I Wonder What They Are Telling Themselves Now

For some reason, I remembered this article from the July 29 Washington Post:

Prayers had failed. Plan B called for a curse.

So a week ago, 20 men gathered in darkness around a grave in northern Israel to carry out the cabalist ritual pulsa denura , which in Aramaic means 'lash of fire.' The object of the curse was Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who refuses to cancel his plan to evacuate 25 Jewish settlements in Palestinian territory.

According to participants, Sharon will be struck down by the Angels of Destruction in less than a month, or else the 20 men themselves will die.

Well, August 22 came and went and Sharon is still very much alive. I wonder what happened to the other guys. And, assuming at least some of them are still alive, aren't they feeling a bit embarrassed? Probably not, but it would be interesting to hear their explanation.