Marcu
      23,
      2005
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Right
      Here
      and
      Now
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Rob
      Walker
     
     
      Copy
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      sit
      here
      writing
      this
      on
      Sunday
     
     
      afternoon
      and
      since
      things
      are
      still
      up
     
     
      in
      the
      air
      as
      to
      a
      strike
      and
      what
      it
     
     
      means
      for
      students,
      I
      thought
      I’d
      write
     
     
      about
      some
      current
      news
      issues,
      with
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      little
      bit
      of
      colour
      commentary.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Supreme
      Court
      Justice
      Antonin
     
     
      Scalia
      says
      lawyers
      and
      judges
     
     
      aren’t
      capable
      of
      making
      moral
     
     
      choices
      any
      more
      than
      Joe
      Six-
     
     
      Pack.
      Also,
      Orgies
      are
      good.
     
     
      Source:
      Scalia
      joked
      “...sexual
      orgies
     
     
      eliminate
      tension
      and
      ought
      to
      be
     
     
      encouraged,”
      but
      said
      a
      panel
      of
      judges
      is
     
     
      not
      inherently
      qualified
      to
      determine
      the
     
     
      morality
      of
      such
      behavior.
     
    

    
     
      He
      pointed
      to
      the
      granting
      of
      voting
     
     
      rights
      to
      women
      in
      1920
      through
      a
     
     
      constitutional
      amendment
      as
      the
      proper
      way
     
     
      Jor
      a
      democracy
      to
      fundamentally
      change
      its
     
    
   
   
    
     
      laws.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Commentary:
      This
      is
      the
      coolest
      70-
     
     
      year-old
      in
      the
      world.
      Although
     
     
      listening
      to
      anybody
      that
      old
      talk
     
     
      about
      orgies
      is
      almost
      enough
      for
      me
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      never
      want
      to
      be
      in
      one.
      Almost.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Bush
      pushes
      for
      physical
      searches
     
     
      of
      homes
      and
      businesses
      of
     
     
      ‘suspected
      terrorists’
      without
      any
     
    
   
   
    
     
      legal
      checks
      or
      warrants.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Source:
      “President
      Bush
      authorized
     
     
      the
      National
      Security
      Agency
      to
      begin
     
     
      conducting
      electronic
      eavesdropping
     
     
      on
      terrorism
      suspects
      in
      the
      United
     
     
      States,
      including
      American
      citizens,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ..the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      lawyers
      talked
      with
      senior
      FBI
      officials
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ]
      22
      «¢
     
    
   
   
    
     
      without
      court
      approval.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      about
      using
      the
      same
      legal
      authority
     
     
      to
      conduct
      physical
      searches
      of
      homes
     
     
      and
      businesses
      of
      terrorism
     
    
   
   
    
     
      suspects—also
      without
      court
     
     
      approval,
      one
      current
      and
      one
      former
     
    
   
   
    
     
      government
      official
      tell
      U.S.
      News.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Commentary:
      I
      have
      nothing
      funny
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      add
      about
      this,
      as
      there
      is
      nothing
     
    
   
   
    
     
      funny
      about
      it.
      Let
      me
      just
      say
      that
     
     
      I’m
      glad
      to
      be
      Canadian
      and
      if
      anyone
     
     
      needs
      me,
      P’ll
      be
      hiding
      in
      my
      closet,
     
     
      crying
      until
      my
      eyes
      hurt.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Canadian
      man
      held
      hostage
      in
     
     
      Israel
      treated
      well
      because
      he
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Canadian.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Source:
      “When
      they
      were
      certain
      I
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Canadian,
      they
      were
      very
      disappointed.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Then,
      they
      told
      me,
      ‘We
      love
      |.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Canada.’
      That’
      wonderful
      to
      hear
      when
     
    
   
   
    
     
      you
      have
      guns
      pointed
      at
      you,”
      an
      exhausted
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mr.
      Budzanowski
      said
      yesterday
      in
      a
     
     
      telephone
      interview
      shortly
      after
      he
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      released
      after
      almost
      30
      hours
      as
      a
      hostage.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Commentary:
      Well,
      even
      more
      reason
     
     
      for
      people
      traveling
      abroad
      to
      keep
     
     
      Canadian
      flags
      and
      such
      on
      them.
     
     
      Although
      god
      help
      you
      if
      they
      find
      out
     
     
      you're
      an
      American
      in
      disguise,
      they'll
     
     
      probably
      revoke
      your
      Tim
      Hortons
     
     
      rights
      (they
      have
      Tims
      in
      Israel,
      right?
     
     
      Right?).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      How
      the
      hell
      did
      this
      work
      anyway?
     
     
      “You're
      Canadian?
      Do
      you
      know
     
     
      Jim?”
      “Uh
      yeah,
      I
      know
      Jim.”
      “Jim
     
     
      dated
      my
      cousin
      for
      a
      few
      years,
      he
     
     
      was
      a
      great
      guy!
      You're
      free
      to
      go,
      we
     
     
      love
      Canada!”
      “Uh.
      ..really?
      Ok.
      Bye!”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Isaac
      Hayes
      quits
      Southpark
      for
     
     
      being
      ‘insulting
      to
      religion’,
      irony
     
     
      and
      hilarity
      abound.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Source:
      Soul
      singer
      Isaac
      Hayes
      said
     
     
      Monday
      he
      was
      quitting
      his
      job
      as
      the
      voice
     
     
      of
      the
      lusty
      character
      “Chef”
      on
      the
      satiric
     
     
      cable
      TV
      cartoon
      “South
      Park,”
      citing
      the
     
     
      shows
      “inappropriate
      ridicule”
      of
      religion.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Commentary:
      Are
      you
      serious?
      I
      know
     
     
      this
      issue
      isn’t
      really
      that
      important,
     
     
      and
      it’s
      been
      rehashed
      in
      the
     
     
      but
      what
      the
      hell.
      It’s
      all
      well
     
     
      and
      good
      to
      make
      fun
      of
      religion,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      media...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      unless
      it’s
      your
      own?
      Hmm,
      does
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ever
      sound
      familiar.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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