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Archive for March 31st, 2009

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Jack Bauer does not need immunity against germs. Germs need immunity against Jack Bauer.

By Thoreau
A few weeks ago I noted that Jack Bauer is now fighting a Blackwater-style villain, in response to which it was observed that in fascist mythologies the hero often battles decadent capitalists:
A favorite trope of fascist mythology is that the Great Hero kills and tortures not just the dark-skinned street thugs, but also the [...]

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

When All the Time There’s This Great Plank in Your Own

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I’ve read a lot of Republican wailing and gnashing of teeth about the horror of auto-industry unionization, and the need to cram down, as it were, new terms on [...]