04/01/2016

Mainstream media has a strong influence on public opinions in the U.S. today. The stories they feature and the videos and debates they show are direct influences on what the public believes are the major issues and topics in the U.S. and the world today. The issue with this is that mainstream media does not feature the most important current events and political stories. They enjoy talking about how Trump has smallish hands and how Hillary is copying Bernie Sanders. I understand the race to the

03/31/2016

The year 2016 is a historical one in politics, we have two "anti-establishment" outcasts, Trump and Sanders, who have great support throughout this whole primary race. Hillary is already preparing for the general election as she believes she has the nomination in the bag. There is also one other candidate getting ready for his participation in the upcoming general election. That man is Dr. Martin Nader. No one saw this man coming but so did they not see Trump coming. Nader will run as an

03/20/2016

As a nineteen year old political science major, I am still exploring all sides of the political spectrum, and learning where I fit in. I am still researching how our country works in the world of politics. The more I learn the more interested and invested I become, especially for someone my age. Although I enjoy researching and following whats going on in politics, I do not find joy in debating policies and various opinions. I am not the type to spew my agenda on others or try to influence

03/20/2016

March 22nd is the day that both the Arizona primary and Utah caucus for the GOP candidates. Although there are only two states up for grabs, they hold a deep importance in the 2016 primary race. Arizona holds 58 delegates up for grabs in a winner-take-all primary. As for Utah, 40 delegates are available and distributed proportionally. Currently, only three candidates remain for the Republican nomination. After last Tuesday's primaries, where Marco Rubio lost substantially to Donald Trump, Rubio

03/13/2016

The 2016 State of he Union Address was Barack Obama's last. As his last, he wanted to emphasize issues he wanted to take care of and wok with in his final year of presidency. He also goes on to remind everyone of all the accomplishments they've made in the previous years, and also the current state of the nation. While he gave his speech, Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan sat behind him. They both had significantly different responses to Obama's remarks. For one, Biden

03/06/2016

The position of parliament as an independent candidate for Mission Matsqui Fraser Canyon (in Canada) is not one many people think about or vote for. However, one independent, Wyatt Scott, wanted it badly. His main argument and plea as to why he should be swarn in, is the fact that as an independent he can communicate and work with any political party and focuses on what the people want. He discusses this in a minute long campaign ad below. This a nice calm ad, discussing his passion for his

02/28/2016

Ever since the internet and social media has came to be, internet trolling has been a booming business for assholes everywhere. Most trolling originated from Youtube, before twitter and many Facebook commentators. A common and one of my favorite classic trolling techniques is the infamous "Rick Rolled." "Rick Rolling" is where there is an interesting video and caption, but around ten seconds into the video, it's cut and Rick Ashley's "Never gonna Give You Up" plays, frustrating viewers

02/28/2016

The documentary "Mitt" covers Mitt Romney and his family throughout both the 2008 primaries and 2012 general election. The film captures him and his family behind the scenes when media did not during the elections. This introduces a new side of Mitt Romney that the public was not shown. Mitt Romney as a politician is widely known as a segregated, out of touch, privileged, white Mormon. That does not have the nice appeal politicians need. Politicians need to illustrate that they can connect with

02/21/2016

​Warning - This post is highly anti-Trump, so if you support him, read with discretion or don't read at all. Let me just start this post by saying this presidential race is the craziest I can ever recall, although I am only nineteen and this is the first one I had constantly followed, either way, it's pretty damn crazy and chaotic. There is a Democratic Socialist who looks like he still remembers World War One getting about 70 to 80 percent of millennial vote in the Democratic side, and a crazed

02/21/2016

To begin, The film "Frost/Nixon," directed by Ron Howard, was beautifully put together, and the actors performances were great enough to make this a fantastic screenplay.  Coming into the movie, I was expecting complete and utter negativity to Richard Nixon's character. This seemed to hold true throughout the initial scenes of the movie. The beginning scenes replayed various broadcasts based in the timeline of the Watergate scandal and investigation. They set the tone that this is in fact the

02/13/2016

The GOP debate on Saturday night, February 13th, was plastered with insults, yelling, disrupting, and childish behavior by many candidates. Donald Trump went off to repeatedly attack Jeb Bush, and called out numerous candidates as being "lairs." Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz argued about unimportant issues and spewed childish remarks at each other. All Ben Carson did was complain (rightfully so) about the lack of questions and air time directed towards him. These actions made the CBS debate look more

02/07/2016

Propaganda Game Editor – Alec Billingsley The documentary “Propaganda Game” is groundbreaking for obvious reasons. U.S. citizens are virtually never allowed visitation into North Korea, especially with a camera. With a convenient Facebook friend in a foreign officer, the reporter was authorized inside, to never be alone outside of his hotel, and always accompanied by multiple officers. The documentary is primarily based in the capitol of Pyongyang, but has a quick scene in the 38th parallel

02/06/2016

Donald Drops Sanders Soars Editor – Alec Billingsley The results are in from the Iowa caucus held on Monday. To some people’s surprise in the GOP race, Ted Cruz edged a victory with 27.6% of the voting, while Donald Trump came in a close second at 24.3%. The most suprising was that Marco Rubio snuck in with a close third place finish with 23.1% of the votes. On the Democrat’s side of the story, Hillary Clinton (49.9%) and Bernie Sanders (49.6%) had near identical numbers, even though Hillary

04/01/2016

Mainstream media has a strong influence on public opinions in the U.S. today. The stories they feature and the videos and debates they show are direct influences on what the public believes are the major issues and topics in the U.S. and the world today. The issue with this is that mainstream media does not feature the most important current events and political stories. They enjoy talking about how Trump has smallish hands and how Hillary is copying Bernie Sanders. I understand the race to the

03/31/2016

The year 2016 is a historical one in politics, we have two "anti-establishment" outcasts, Trump and Sanders, who have great support throughout this whole primary race. Hillary is already preparing for the general election as she believes she has the nomination in the bag. There is also one other candidate getting ready for his participation in the upcoming general election. That man is Dr. Martin Nader. No one saw this man coming but so did they not see Trump coming. Nader will run as an

03/20/2016

As a nineteen year old political science major, I am still exploring all sides of the political spectrum, and learning where I fit in. I am still researching how our country works in the world of politics. The more I learn the more interested and invested I become, especially for someone my age. Although I enjoy researching and following whats going on in politics, I do not find joy in debating policies and various opinions. I am not the type to spew my agenda on others or try to influence