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From the good folks over at /Film:

Over on Metatalk, Cool Papa Bell has created something I’m calling the Ferris Bueller Fight Club Theory:

My favorite thought-piece about Ferris Bueller is the “Fight Club” theory, in which Ferris Bueller, the person, is just a figment of Cameron’s imagination, like Tyler Durden, and Sloane is the girl Cameron secretly loves.

One day while he’s lying sick in bed, Cameron lets “Ferris” steal his father’s car and take the day off, and as Cameron wanders around the city, all of his interactions with Ferris and Sloane, and all the impossible hijinks, are all just played out in his head. This is part of the reason why the “three” characters can see so much of Chicago in less than one day — Cameron is alone, just imagining it all.

It isn’t until he destroys the front of the car in a fugue state does he finally get a grip and decide to confront his father, after which he imagines a final, impossible escape for Ferris and a storybook happy ending for Sloane (”He’s gonna marry me!”), the girl that Cameron knows he can never have.

What do you think?

Completely trippy and enought to make me want to see this again this weekend. This guy is a genius.

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The Consumerist reported on a story [which has been removed] about an experimental new item that may be available at Burger King in the near future.

An anonymous tipster just sent us this screen shot he grabbed while completing a consumer survey for Burger King. He writes, “I don’t think there has been a more horrendous idea for a burger than what I just saw. It’s a sloppy joe inside a fried shell. Wow. I thought Friday’s mac-and-cheese-nuggets were over the top, but this is gross.” Burger King, we implore you to make this real and add it to your menu, so we can write more posts about it.

Excellent interview (again) by Stewart, proving why national political figures keep agreeing to appear on a comedy show. His is still one of the best sources of actual information in the media sphere. It really is disgusting that more news outlets have not followed suit.

Salam hits the nail on the head with this one line:

Reihan Salam, co-author of “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save America,” said this week that the danger for Republicans is to think that they now represent a vast, silent majority that is waiting to reassert itself. “When you believe yourself to be a silent majority, you don’t feel the need to reach out,” he said. “Rather, you think that getting louder and more aggressive is the solution.” [emphasis mine]

This pretty much describes the party over the last few months to a tee.

Republicans and the Hunt for a Silent Majority.