See below for updates during the day.
Doctors are expected to cease administering sedatives to Prime Minister Sharon by this evening, after which time they will have to wait up to 36 hours until the sedatives leave his body entirely, in order to assess any further neurological improvement.
Meanwhile, cartoonist Michael Leunig of The Age has managed to not only kick a sick man while he is down, but also display a complete ignorance of the distinction between terrorism and self-defence.
(That “old Palestinian man in a wheelchair” was Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin, “spiritual” leader of Hamas, and responsible for the murders of at least hundreds of innocent people).
Updates
9:15AM: Israel has rejected signing a funding deal with US Evangelical leader Pat Robertson, after the latter’s odious comments about Ariel Sharon a few days ago.
I’m sure Pat won’t mind. After all, he is obviously very chummy with G-d, and knows what G-d thinks, so he can probably just ask Him for some help in convincing Israel to change their mind. Perhaps an earthquake or flood would suffice.
11:55AM: Huh?
Kadima officials began examining the feasability of placing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the top of the party’s list, if he were found competent to serve from a medical standpoint.
Optimistic to say the least.