Thomas Kennedy

‘The Walking Dead’ Is Dead: 10 Comic Books You Should Have On Your Pull-List [Besides the Walking Dead]

Just kidding. The Walking Dead isn’t dead–it’s undead. And it’s an American classic–if you haven’t read it, you should reconsider your priorities in this life (and the life-to-come). But you know who is dead? Glenn Rhee. In the wake of last night’s dramatic zombie execution of Glenn Rhee on The Walking Dead, I’d like to […]

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The Problem With Netanyahu’s ‘Never Forget’ Speech

The media has been jumping all over a speech in which Netanyahu invoked Holocaust history and its solemn, though often misused and abused, talismanic phrase: “Never Forget.” The duty to “Never Forget” is one that’s drilled into the heads of Jewish children who go to Hebrew School (the Judaic equivalent of Sunday school) — and […]

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‘The Future’ Is Now Officially Yesterday’s News — Literally [Video]

We can now officially refer to “The Future” in the past tense. Specifically, it happened on October 21, 2015. Yes, yes — I can remember it as if it happened yesterday — that fateful day when Marty McFly arrived in our temporal present, having been persuaded by the unfailingly reliable Doc that he should pose […]

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Deerhunter Sings The Blues On “Fading Frontier” [REVIEW]

“I’m not fetishizing the object, I’m fetishizing the very idea that damage could be considered an asset,” Bradford Cox tells us. That is: Bradford Cox, who was recently hit by a car traveling at a speed sufficient to throw him through the air, burst all the buttons off of his shirt, knock his shoes off […]

9y ago

El Chapo Wounded In Raid

In the 100 days since El Chapo escaped from Altiplano federal prison Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has narrowly evaded being re-captured on several occasions. Several days ago, the world’s most dangerous drug trafficker barely escaped being detained and suffered injuries to his leg and face as he “engaged in a hasty retreat,” […]

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The Cure Announces U.S. Tour

The Cure, seminal British post-punk band, announced that they’ll be playing 25 shows in North America next year. At this point they’ve only revealed the times & locations of three of the dates. There is some speculation that they might be headlining at Bonnaroo. The few dates that have been announced can be found below. […]

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421 Words For Snow Appear In New Scottish Thesaurus

The new Historical Thesaurus of Scotland includes 421 words for snow. The University of Glasgow, therefore, makes a valid point in their recent blog post, “Scots Beat Inuits In Words For Snow.” But there’s Scottish and then there’s Scottish. Which Scottish idiom are we talking about? Are we talking about the Scottish that’s spoken in […]

9y ago

The TPP Is Finalized: 5 Things You Should Know About The Trans-Pacific Partnership

The TPP–also known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership–is the type of complex legislation that resists commentary and tends to fly under the radar. The consensus at the Wall Street Journal is that TPP is going to pass through Congress easily, which in and of itself should garner the interest of the commentariat. But trade deals tend […]

9y ago

Pablo Escobar: The Many Faces Of The Narco [REVIEW]

Pablo Escobar was a man but he became a legend, and Hollywood helped make that happen in more ways than one. Not only was Los Angeles one of the biggest U.S. regional markets for cocaine in the 80’s when Escobar reigned supreme, the Hollywood pop-cultural-memory-complex has been pumping out Pablo Escobar films steadily since the […]

9y ago

Recreational Marijuana Sales Start Today In Oregon

Recreational marijuana goes on sale today in the state of Oregon. Oregon is the third state in the U.S. to legalize marijuana for recreational use following Colorado and its northern neighbor Washington State. Personal recreational use of marijuana has been legal in Oregon since July 1, 2015. Medical use has been legal since 1998. Today […]

9y ago

Should Twitter Change Their Character Count?

Twitter is considering changing the character count allowable in each tweet. Or, rather, in the words of Re/Code, the blog that broke the story about Twitter’s character limit shifting, “Twitter is building a new product” that will allow users to do this. The language being used to describe this formal shift seems to imply that […]

9y ago

Listen To Florence & The Machine Cover Justin Bieber [Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEak-k2rrpM Florence & The Machine are the third major indie group to cover Justin Bieber in the past few weeks. Florence joins Chvrches (with their cover of Bieber’s “What Do You Mean”) and Pentatonix (who covered the same song as Florence & The Machine). To check out Florence & The Machine singing “Where Are Ü […]

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Taliban Seize Kunduz, Afghan Security Forces In Disarray

Video courtesy of the New York Times. Twenty-four hours after the Taliban’s successful seizure of the provincial capital in Kunduz, the counter-attack launched by Afghani security forces is disintegrating, according to the New York Times. After their initial offensive failed, government forces retreated to the airport outside of the city, to attempt to rally for […]

9y ago

Meet The MacArthur Genius Grant Winners Of 2015

Winners of the MacArthur Foundations genius grant for 2015 have been announced. The grant pays artists, authors, scientists, and other types of geniuses $625,000 annually for five years with no strings attached. Below you can read up on each of the winners and check out media related to their work. Patrick Awuah is an educational […]

9y ago

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Donald Trump’s Lays Out His Platform On ’60 Minutes’

Last night, Scott Pelley interviewed Donald Trump on 60 Minutes. Pelley attempted to clarify Trumps platform. Whether or not Donald Trump rose to the challenge was debatable, but he did reveal several substantial details about his platform, outlined below. Impose heavy tariffs on China if they don’t agree to cut it out with quantitative easing. […]

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Fetty Wap V. The Beatles: Bad Vibes In The Music Business

Fetty Wap’s name–loosely translated–means “Money Money.” Fetty Wap’s self-titled debut album dropped on Friday. Before the album came out, Billboard noted that there are only two artists who have managed to chart three songs concurrently in the Hot 100’s top 11 slots–The Beatles and Fetty Wap. https://instagram.com/p/8GcGxkE111/?taken-by=fettywap1738 Saturday he got into a motorcyle accident. On […]

9y ago

Amazon Prime Buys Exclusive Streaming Rights To ‘Mr. Robot’

According to the Verge, Amazon Prime has purchased exclusive streaming rights to the critically acclaimed USA Original series Mr. Robot, winner of the 2015 SXSW Film Award for best serial drama. The new Amazon Prime show’s tagline is “Just a regular cyber-security engineer by day–but I’m a vigilante hacker by night.” The show is basically […]

9y ago

10 Things You Should Know About Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy who took on a new role as the House Majority Leader just a few months ago in August is now looking at another promotion: to Speaker of the House. The departure of John Boehner is being interpreted by many commentators as a sign of the times–if Boehner can’t corral the radicalized elements in […]

9y ago

Right To Die Passes In California [Infographic]

The California State Assembly passed a bill this Wednesday legalizing physician-assisted suicide — also referred to as the “Right to Die” or “Death with Dignity.” The legislation permits doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to patients who are terminally ill who have voluntarily opted to end their life via drugs rather than continuing to […]

9y ago

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Beatings By Dre: Three Women Speak Out

There’s Beats By Dre, and then there are beatings by Dre. The former is a reference to the music streaming platform founded by Dr. Dre, in partnership with Jimmy Iovine and later acquired by Apple. The latter is a reference to the three women who have come out publicly to decry the whitewashed narrative presented […]

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