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“While we may laugh at the idea of George W. Bush imagining himself a Jedi, it’s not much of a stretch to paint him as the Dark Knight, the hero willing to go to extraordinary and illegal lengths (rendition, torture, wiretapping) in order to fight terrorism and make the “choice no one else will make,” as Alfred puts in one of his many wise soliloquies. At times the film feels more Chris Hitchens than Chris Nolan. Whitney claimed the analogy breaks down because Batman has an unbreakable moral compass, but the citizens of Gotham (proven to be cowards, willing to hide behind democracy and the safety of mass hysteria as opposed to the morally true criminals) have to put their faith in him and that one day he will recognize his own obsolescence and do it “just this one time,” as Morgan Freeman puts it.” — bitten tongue.
Lego Stephen Hawking.
…Oh, my god.
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LOVE!
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My iPhone Interface for Tumblr in action.
Slightly too much like hard work to implement, but a great idea. Tumblr just doesn’t work on the iPhone the way it should.
Just discovered tomorrow’s preview of The Dark Night is sold out. Now I’ll have to see it with all the little people, ugh.
Wall-E tonight, The Dark Night tomorrow.
Writing my first Wikipedia entry
“An Obama presidency would further legitimize the imperialist orientation of US foreign policy by inscribing it as liberalism or the “new kind” of progressivism. You know, the black is white, night is day kind. And, as he has shown most recently in his June 30 speech he will similarly sanitize the galloping militarization of the society that proceeds under the guise of “supporting the troops.” — Professor Adolph Reed, Jr.