Month: June 2007

I really shouldn’t be surprised, but apparently Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia can’t tell fact from fiction:

The conservative jurist stuck up for Agent Bauer [of the television show 24], arguing that fictional or not, federal agents require latitude in times of great crisis. “Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles. … He saved hundreds of thousands of lives,” Judge Scalia said.Then, recalling Season 2, where the agent’s rough interrogation tactics saved California from a terrorist nuke, the Supreme Court judge etched a line in the sand.

“Are you going to convict Jack Bauer?” Judge Scalia challenged his fellow judges. “Say that criminal law is against him? ‘You have the right to a jury trial?’ Is any jury going to convict Jack Bauer? I don’t think so.

“So the question is really whether we believe in these absolutes. And ought we believe in these absolutes.”

Via Gerry Canavan, who rightly points out that “[k]nowing the difference between escapist TV fantasy and real life ought to be a litmus test for being under 24-hour psychiatric care, much less being a supreme court justice.”

The Associated Press reports:

A rule against physical contact at a Fairfax County middle school is so strict that students can be sent to the principal’s office for hugging, holding hands or even high-fiving.

Let’s dump the kids into hermetically sealed bubbles until they’re eighteen and be done with it.

I saw a movie trailer this past weekend for Daddy Day Camp. You know, when you can’t even get Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin to be in your comedy — but you can get Cuba Gooding, Jr. — maybe it’s better to just call it quits before you even start.

And apparently this is a direct sequel to Daddy Day Care. Was the world really calling out for a sequel to Daddy Day Care?