Sharon Suffers Severe Stroke

As if the geopolitical waters in the Mideast couldn't become even more murky, Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has suffered a severe stroke and his prognosis is uncertain. Sharon's deputy, Ehud Olmert, has been given temporary ministerial powers. From Reuters.

Never ones to miss a good party, some Palestinians were rejoicing at this gift from Allah.

Of course, this from the same sort of religious expert that proclaimed Allah had planted camel spiders to help protect Fallujah from invading US forces. Oddly, these same gifted experts offered no such explanation when the 2004 tsunami killed tens of thousands of Muslims and the Iran earthquake of last year killed tens of thousands more.

Still, those spiders are pretty damn ugly.