The 555th Review

I think this video of mine from February 17, 2020 is more relevant than ever. If we want to protect our Democracy, out Liberties, our Freedoms, and our Rights then we need to engage in civics and stand up to those who seek to to undermine it for the sake of power.

One of my favorite moments in Star Wars is when Luke removes the Helmet of Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker dies in Return of the Jedi. So The Throne Room scene has ended and the Death Star is about to be destroyed. In the moment of all that tension we first see Imperial Officers and stormtroopers running around and we see Luke dragging Vader across a hanger floor to an Imperial Shuttle. There Vader, or should I be saying Anakin, asks Luke to remove his helmet. But Luke is does not want to, as Anakin would die, but Anakin says that it's already too late for him. Luke then removes the helmet and touching words are exchanged. Anakin passes away whispering to Luke to tell his sister, that he [Luke] was right. For some context, it was a few years from when I was first found out about Star Wars and when I saw my first Star Wars film. That film happened to be Return of the Jedi shortly after Elementary school. Since then, this scene has always stuck with me. The only scenes that could co

This blog post was originally published March 7, 2017 on my old website. No changes have been made except formatting and spelling and grammatical corrections. Political Satire Today, Alternate History Tomorrow Last week, I was scrowling through Twitter, and I stumbled across a Washington Post Article, Thousands of furious Trump fans can’t stop visiting a website that pretends Clinton won. The article talks about a satirical website,  www.hillarybeattrump.org , and people’s opinions regarding that website. The website pretends that Hillary Clinton won the Presidency instead of Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential election. Conservatives, have called the website “fake news” and a place for liberals to seek “refuge from reality.” The Washington Post described the website as, “a parody-based parallel universe whose creator intended for it to serve as a trap for Trump supporters online, with a mocking masthead that says: ‘President Hillary Rodham Clinton.’” The creator of the website in

This blog post was originally published March 31, 2017 on my old website. No changes have been made except formatting and spelling and grammatical corrections. Who is the Chosen One? In the Star Wars Rebels Episode Twin Suns, Obi-won Kenobi refers to Luke Skywalker as the chosen one. This can be supported by when Ben Kenobi’s Force Ghost says, “That boy is our only hope” to Yoda in the Empire Strikes Back. So is Luke the Chosen One? XL L S ​ ​ According to George Lucas, No, Anakin is the Chosen One. However, since Disney is now in charge of Star Wars this could change, but lets first operate under the assumption that Anakin is the Chosen One. There is plenty of evidence to support this. His High Midi-chlorian count. In the Mortis arc of the Clone Wars he was able to control both the Son and the Daughter. Representations of the Dark Side and the Light Side respectively. He Destroys the Jedi Order After Ben Kenobi’s Force Ghost stated, “That boy is our only hope,” Yoda responded with, “t

 The first Presidential debate between President Trump and former Vice President Biden recently concluded. The debate was moderated by Chris Wallace. First off, I caught Trump and Biden exchanging pleasantries right before the debate on stage. But other than that, they were not pleasant with each other. I felt Biden was a bit more cordial, but still very blunt. Also, I felt like Biden held the better position at the end of the debate. In terms of being a debater. However, I felt like Trump made a larger impact on screen due to him being a former reality TV host and knowing how to rally a crowd. I also have to say, I think Hillary Clinton did a better job debating Trump than Biden did. Still I felt Biden held his ground well and preformed better in the debate. He stayed relevant to the topic more often and he did not need to resort to lies to support his arguments. Trump failed to denounce white supremacy and white supremacists groups during the debate and frequently interrupted Biden.

Original Posted on DevientArt on April 26, 2019. Select Changes have been made in formatting, grammar, spelling, and a few added sentences. No fundamental changes have been made. How to Fix The Last Jedi This may be turned into a video someday. Step 1 - Re-frame the Poe/Holdo conflict of the film. This is actually the easiest fix. Holdo should tell Poe that there might be a First Order spy on board and all information is on a need to know basis. She should also say that she suspects Finn may be a spy. And since Finn has been unconscious since TFA, Poe will consider that an unreasonable assumption and should point that out. Resulting in Poe being sharply dismissed. YouTuber EcHenry has already suggested this fix and I think its a good one as it sets up that the conflict is because of a trust issue. Poe can even suspect that Holdo or one of her staff is a spy. He can even comment to himself what does he know about Holdo. This can lead to Finn and Rose suggesting the Canto Bight

 As you may heave heard, the New York Time has obtained Donald Trump's Federal Tax Returns. And let me just say, Donald Trump has paid less in taxes than the vast majority of Americans. The only people who pay less have to either get more money from the Federal Government than they pay in taxes (likely through welfare services) or do not have a job. In the year of his election and the following year Trump only paid $750 in taxes each year. That is Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars, no thousand, no million, just $750. It is disgraceful that the supposedly richest President pays so little in taxes. He does not contribute to the government the same as all Americans do, he contributes less than people working minimum wage, less than teacher, less that frankly anyone. The NY Times also has revealed that Trump pays more in taxes in other countries from overseas investments and offshore accounts, than he does in the United states. But what is even more troubling is that these revelations have

  DuckTales: The Phantom and the Sorceress! REVIEW https://youtu.be/OkSMMjuyZRg  

This Blog post was originally Published May 1, 2017 on my old website. No changes have been made, expect formatting. Politics and the World: Can a President be Recalled? With the election of Donald Trump as President, many Americans are looking for ways to remove him from office. While some methods are less than legal, let us  only look a the legal methods of removing a President from office. The Constitution only provides for five ways for a President to be removed from office: End of Term (on second term or not reelected), Death (Side Note 1), Resignation, Impeachment, and the Vice President and the Cabinet declare the President unfit for Office (twenty-fifth Amendment). In a future video I will explain the twenty-fifth Amendment. Of all these methods, only one directly involves the People; the President not being reelected. There is another option that could be used to remove the President from office. While this method is not provided for in the constitution; it is not banned by it

The Muppets are American Classics, whether you know them best from any of their many movies, from the Muppet Show, or from another source it is undeniable that nearly every American has at least heard of the Muppets. My two favorite Muppet productions are A Muppets Christmas Carol, an adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Muppet Treasure Island, an adaptation of Treasure Island by Robert Lewis Stevenson. Getting to the point of this article, I sincerely wish for another Muppet movie to come out that is an adaptation of another classic novel like those two. I have brainstormed many of books: Hard Times b y Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, any of the Sherlock Holmes Story by A. Conan Doyle (or a story inspired by), Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne, and A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. These are a few stories that I think can be given the Muppet treatment and it would work. I'm sure there are other, but these are the on

During the American Civil War (1861-1865), many Songs were published and sung. One of them was "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" and it went: In the prison cell I sit, thinking Mother, dear, of you, And our bright and happy home so far away, And the tears they fill my eyes 'spite of all that I can do, Tho' I try to cheer my comrades and be gay. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The boys are marching, Cheer up comrades they will come, And beneath the starry flag we shall breathe the air again, Of the free land in our own beloved home. In the battle front we stood, when their fiercest charge they made, And they swept us off a hundred men or more, But before we reached their lines, they were beaten back dismayed, And we heard the cry of vict'ry o'er and o'er. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The boys are marching, Cheer up comrades they will come, And beneath the starry flag we shall breathe the air again, Of the free land in our own beloved home. So within the prison cell we are waiting for th