Creeping Fascism Watch

In line at Starbucks, behind a blonde girl, petite, 20-ish. She's telling the cashier how she's been put on probation by her supervisor -- for wearing pink socks. Regulations call for white socks, and she came to work in pink socks. "Fascists," she says.

So, just what faceless, monolithic corporation is trying to crush this young free spirit into mindless conformity?

AmeriCorps!

Goddamn fascist community service Nazis.