Then there's the media that broadcast cartoon jets doing the impossible who worked hand in fist with the government squawking heads....
I think you've conflated the phrases "hand in glove" and "hand over fist".
Yes.
"Hand in glove" and "Hand over fist" are actual sayings with derivations and numerous examples of usage. "Hand in fist" not only isn't a saying, it doesn't even make any sense. In the context of your sentence, "hand in glove" seems apt, while "hand in fist" does not.
But maybe I am mistaken. What does "hand in fist" mean, exactly?
It was a metaphor, picture a hand in a fist.
I tried but all I got was one hand wrapped around another.
Are you absolutely certain you haven't made some innocent Yogi Berra-ism?
Yeah, I'm certain.
What does any of this have to do with...
Beautiful
And
that, my friends, is a Conspiracy Theorist in a nutshell:
1. A general difficulty with idioms, metaphors, similes, analogies, etc.
2. An absolute refusal to admit to being wrong, indeed refusing to admit even to the
possibility of being wrong, when confronted with a crtitical analysis of
his beliefs. I would've said "his or her beliefs", but lets face it, this sort of macho CT nonsense (all bombs, hi-tech gizmos and secret agents) is almost always spouted by
men.
3. A quick change of subject when the CTist realizes, however dimly, that the debate is not going in his favor.
Here's another fun personal anecdote since the last one in the Shanksville thread went over so well. Once, in conversation with another person, I offhandedly mentioned an article I had read about ballet, but I mispronounced it as "bal-ETT". The other person smiled and said "I think you mean bal-
lay. It is spelled 'ballet', but it's pronounced bal-lay. The t is silent". Embarrassed, offended and confused, I sputtered "No, no, no. I know what bal-LAY is, but this is
another kind of dancing I'm talking about called bal-ETT!". Thankfully the other person just smiled and said "ah", whereupon I quickly changed the subject.
Silly, isn't it? Humiliating, even

What a silly, stubborn ass I made of myself!
Then again, I was only
six years old at the time...
How old are you, yankee?
