World

I woke up this morning to the news that activist judges in Canada's high court ruled this morning that the country's constitution does not prohibit same-sex marriage, opening the door for Canadian lawmakers to pass legislation redefining marriage to include same-sex couples. A measure like this would be a joke in America, simply a gesture by Congress to flagrantly dismiss the gay community. "Hey guys, look at this! Nobody but Dennis Kucinich wants to let you get hitched! And he's an elf! Ha!"

In Canada, well:

One top Liberal predicted the legislation should pass easily after its introduction, likely early next year. It already has the support of the 38-member Liberal cabinet and virtually all the 54 Bloc Quebecois and 19 New Democrat MPs.

49% of U.S. Americans say "sorry" to the world.

The world's response: "apology accepted"

So we got that goin' for us ... which is nice.

This guy is a total badass.

In other news, a poll of Maine adults announced on the news last night had 20% in favor of reinstating the draft, 9% unsure and 70% opposed to it. In short, it's not a very popular idea.

Why is it that there are always people who believe in fighting fire with fire and evil with evil? You know what happens when you fight fire with fire? You just get a

bigger fire.

Dozens of right-wing Israeli leaders have announced the creation of a new political party which founders say will be dedicated to the expulsion of millions of Muslims and Christians from Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.

Yeah, that'll help.

According to Ben Elyaho, a co-founder of the new party, the expulsion of non-Jews from Israel would "resolve all of Israel's political, economic and social problems".

OK, either that or it will catalyze all-out war. Although, I have to grant that complete nuclear holocaust would solve all political, economic and social problems. It's hard to have those kinds of problems when you have no government, economy or society. It's kind of like how suicide is a remedy for pain.

I love the Olympics. I'm not loving the network coverage (don't have cable yet/any more), but I love the games. I made the following observations when watching the opening ceremonies and first day coverage: