DawnStrider

The tide is turning in America. Long-churning sentiments about guns and gun violence have finally erupted and people no longer accept the tired-old narrative of "let's not politicize this issue". No, let's actually do that for a change. Democracy is a political system. Any issue that concerns democratic citizens is a political issue by default and this includes guns and gun control. People can grieve and respect the victims and the survivors while also calling out for change. These are not mutually exclusive. But whenever a call for change is heard, there's always another call from across the street calling for stagnancy. In this case, it's coming from the 2nd Amendment die-hards. Let me be clear here, I'm not talking about the people who simply want to have a firearm or two for legitimate self-defense. The people I'm referring to are the ones who amass a stockade's worth of armaments as if they're expecting the Queen's f...

For all we know, this may actually happen. The only reason why Kim is willing to hold this unprecedented meeting with Trump is that he believes he can pull a fast one on him (and he has good reason to think so). However, what I'd really want to know is why he thinks that this is enough. Because getting Trump to go along with you seems to be fairly easy so long as you push the right buttons (e.g. tell him he has big manly hands or that he's doing a real bang-up job at the Oval Office). But then how is he going to get Congress to go along with it? Especially with the midterm elections threatening Republicans' control of the House and the Senate, since there is no way Democrats are going to go along with anything  Trump suggests. The answer is bullying. Here's what I mean by that and I'll explain it by describing how I think things are going to go down: First, Trump and Kim are going to meet in Trump's typical unorthodox (i.e. disorganized) fashion an...

Image Source: Entertainment Weekly It's that time of the year when Tinseltown's best and brightest get to loosen up, have a few drinks, pop a dozen pills and see which studio had the best For Your Consideration campaigns. Here are my picks for some of the leading categories from the 2018 Academy Awards: Source: Universal Best Picture: Get Out Musings: I have not seen any of the nominees this year, but judging from the backlash two years ago over the lack of inclusiveness at the Oscars, I'd bet reasonable sums of money that Get Out will get the pick. If not, then Jordan Peele will definitely get Best Director. If it does, however, then Guillermo del Toro is almost a sure-thing for that category. Was I right? Nope! The Best Picture award went to The Shape of Water . Who knew the Academy had a kink for fish porn? Source: Focus Features Lead Actor: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Musings: The nominated performance I've seen is Denzel Washington...