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What's Wrong with the US Secret Service?
The Secret Service has a number of phantoms to confront, including a cadre of supervisors who might have been good agents but make very bad managers of human beings. Another big problem: rampant alcoholism.
Marc Ambinder
10.2.14
videos

Safe Barracks Are a Melting Pot of International Sounds
Concrete angles and deep acid tinges combine on this exclusive video premiere.
THUMP Staff
10.2.14
Words

Jakwob Soundtracks a Rave-Induced Holiday Romance With This Laura Doggett Remix
It's a bit like that time you fell in love in a warehouse...
THUMP Staff
10.2.14
Stuff

Fighting for the Right to Party in Beirut
We talked to Lebanese club promoter Yousef Harati about nightlife in Beirut, including declining tourism's effect on clubbing, canceling pop-up parties due to suicide bombers, and why valuing parties in a tumultuous city isn't as superficial as it may...
Mary von Aue
10.2.14
Health

Ebola Doesn’t Threaten America — Other Tropical Diseases Do
Ebola has reached the US, but it's not going to spread. Several other dangerous tropical diseases, however, are already affecting millions of Americans.
Peter Hotez
10.2.14
house

DJ Sneak Flexes His House-Don Status in This New Tribal Sessions Mix
He's just a boss, basically...
THUMP Staff
10.2.14
police

Police Used a Drone to Chase Down and Arrest Four DUI Suspects in a Cornfield
It's the first time a local police drone has been used to arrest someone in the United States.
Jason Koebler
10.2.14
YouTube

Transhumanism Has a Conspiracy Theory Problem
Alex Jones believes transhumanism will usher in "The New Dark Age."
Zoltan Istvan
10.2.14
Consumerism

In Defense of Pumpkin Spice
I reach for my paper cup and let sweet, spicy ambrosia warm the interior of my body. I imagine lying naked in a pile of dead leaves and letting a personified version of autumn ravish my entire body.
Camille Goldberg-Shpall
10.2.14
Tech

Bill Nye Talks About Canadian Oil and the Certainty of Climate Change
"The science of climate change is, by many reasonable estimates, more strongly proven than the connection between cigarettes and cancer."
Patrick McGuire
10.2.14
ANIMALS

These Beetles Have Been Evil Ant Overlords for 52 Million Years
Fossilized amber from the Eocene proves that these beetles have a long history of freeloading off of ants while eating their babies. Deception level: Clavigerite.
Becky Ferreira
10.2.14
Highlights

Krasnodar Go Up 1-0 On Everton With Nifty Goal
Krasnodar score on a delicate ball in and emphatic finish from Ari.
Sean Newell
10.2.14
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