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ThePenningtonLens

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Seeking an interconnective vantage point through writings on sports, culture, history, art and conspiracies.

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ThePenningtonLens
@penningtonlens Mar 10, 2018, 8:37 PM UTC

Netflix’s DEATH NOTE: Missing the Mark

About an hour into Netflix’s Death Note, I wondered: why am I still watching this? The answer was obvious: I love the source material. The manga, the animation, the original live action – Death Note…

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@penningtonlens Mar 9, 2018, 7:18 PM UTC

Wait… How Old is Halloween?

Randall Carlson is a national treasure of wisdom and knowledge. I stumbled across him in my fascination with Graham Hancock’s theories and their interviews on the Joe Rogan Experience. Ever since, I’…

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@penningtonlens Mar 8, 2018, 7:18 PM UTC

Are these the factors that caused the recent crypto drop?

BTCbusinessconsult has a great overview in his latest video. Although I've seen a lot of mention of these factors individually, this is the first time I've seen them taken as a whole. He goes over Bi…

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@penningtonlens Mar 8, 2018, 5:18 PM UTC

Reading Between the Headlines: Guacamole is evil now and we should ban it… wait, what?

This NPR article titled “FDA finds hazards lurking in parsley, cilantro, guacamole” is a great place to start reading between the headlines. image ref It talks about the FDA focusing on nasty bugs li…

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@penningtonlens Mar 7, 2018, 4:32 PM UTC

Did the Younger Dryas Cosmic-Impact Hypothesis Just Get Legitimized?

A recently released paper (with 24 authors) in the Journal of Geology from the University of Chicago Press seems to be seriously backing a theory Graham Hancock helped to make popular – that a giant…

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@penningtonlens Mar 7, 2018, 4:20 PM UTC

The Unintended Insight of ANNIHILATION: a Critical Analysis of a High-Concept Sci-fi Flick

High-concept sci-fi movies are far and few between which is why Annihilation had me in the theaters. Natalie Portman’s hard-edged, emotionally worn down protagonist Lena carries this character study…

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@penningtonlens Mar 7, 2018, 4:08 PM UTC

From the “I Swear I’m Not an Asshole!” Department: United Airlines Edition

Did you hear about this? United Airlines execs last Fri rolled out a new employee lottery to replace their employee’s quarterly bonuses. So instead of giving EVERY one of the 90,000 employees a bonus…

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@penningtonlens Feb 22, 2018, 1:54 PM UTC

Can a cryptocurrency be used to pay your taxes?

The answer to that is dependent on whether or not anyone is paying attention to what is happening in Arizona where the state senate passed a bill that would allow residents to pay their income taxes…

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@penningtonlens Feb 14, 2018, 7:22 PM UTC

Animal Fries: Where's the Steemit Hidden Menu?

It's easy enough to google Steemit for Dummies and find out the basics (what is SP? where does the money come from? etc.) That's not the aim of this article. Knowing that Steemit's format could look…

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@penningtonlens Feb 12, 2018, 10:33 PM UTC

What does Godless even mean?

The best thing about Netflix's Godless mini-series is that it understands and embraces the Western genre. It's not just another period drama that happens to take place during that time-frame. The cin…

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