About Time

Yasser Arafat may well be on the way out. There was a brief hope earlier this year when it was thought that Yasser Arafat was critically ill but it seems to be happening for real this time. From the link to Haaretz: bq. Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's health has deteriorated and he is in critical condition, Palestinian sources said on Wednesday night. The sources went on to say that a team of doctors in his Ramallah headquarters were fighting for his life. According to some reports, the PA chairman regained consciousness, though he was suffering from hallucinations. Emphasis mine -- I hope these are good hallucinations -- ones that foretell the times in the underworld awaiting his soul... Vomiting up swarms of wasps sounds like a good start. Endless flaying of his skin would be a good followup (remember, he has eternity, no need to do everything at once!) And remember once again, he is a construct of the old Soviet cold war (spent several years off and on in Moscow) -- he was an Egyptian, there are no palestinian people, they are also a construct (they are Jordanian but the Jordanians certainly do not want them back -- it is illegal for a palestinian to own land in Jordan) The thought that he was so ego-centric as to not appoint a successor adds a delightful frisson to the event -- no clear line of sucession, sounds like a nice long riot to me... As Jen said -- "These people want a state? Let's give them one -- PLASMA"