Here’s a Friday current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.
THE CIA, THE REPUGNANT GANG OF THUGS, ADDS ANOTHER BLACK MARK TO ITS CRIMINAL HISTORY BY TAKING DOCUMENTS FROM DNI TULSI GABBARD BEFORE SHE COULD DECLASSIFY THEM. More HERE. And HERE. This usually means that CIA scum like John Brennan and his ilk want to cover up more of their atrocities.
I’m sure Democrats will be defending the CIA. One of the reasons I used to be a Democrat years ago was because they were always openly critical of the CIA, NSA, etc. In recent years Democrats have become nothing but enablers of the three-letter agencies. The CIA’s very existence is incompatible with a free society. JFK wanted to “shatter the CIA into a thousand pieces” long ago. That was the right idea.
PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETS WITH XI FOR HIGH-LEVEL TALKS. Historic banquet HERE.
TRUMP DOJ CONVICTS HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE TYCOON BRETT BLACKMAN IN CASE OF ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN MEDICARE AND OTHER FRAUD. D.O.G.E. was a terrific idea of the Trump Administration, exposing such acts by former untouchables.
AND YET ANOTHER FIRST-GRADE TEACHER ARRESTED FOR SEX WITH STUDENT AFTER CONFESSING.
PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CHANGES HIS POLITICAL AFFILIATION FROM DEMOCRAT TO INDEPENDENT. Leaving the Democrat Party is the best decision that many of us have ever made.
VIRGINIA DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY COUNTY” D.A. DESCANO DISGRACES HIMSELF IN HOUSE JUDICIARY HEARING. Jim Jordan takes him down HERE. DISGRACED D.A. UNDER FIRE FOR DROPPING CHARGES AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT OVER KIDNAPPING OF A FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL. AND FOR LETTING AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT RAPIST OFF WITH JUST A SUSPENDED NINETY-DAY SENTENCE. Never any “sanctuary” for victims under Democrats, only for perpetrators.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS INDICTED FOR RUNNING MULTI-STATE, MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BURGLARY RING. The latest Democrat heroes. Continue reading
SOLO (1980) – Written by Jack Higgins. Solo is not exactly one of my favorite espionage novels but it is definitely my favorite by Jack Higgins. It’s the story of efforts to catch an international assassin code-named the Cretan Lover. Luckily that ludicrous codename is often shortened to just “The Cretan” throughout the novel. I’ll use the same review format that I used for my look at The Top Seven Robert Ludlum Novels. 
SECRET OF THE INCAS (1954) – Considering that some of the costume and design staff members for Raiders of the Lost Ark have openly stated that they did repeated viewings of this neglected Charlton Heston film while putting together the “look” of that 1981 blockbuster I admit to being as puzzled as they are that Secret of the Incas isn’t mentioned as much as old serials are as an influence. 
Location filming in Peru greatly improves the quality of this overlooked film. Footage of Machu Pichu’s 1950s condition is fascinating and Peruvian singer Yma Sumac as priestess Kori-Tica performs a few folk songs in honor of Inca culture. Expect a movie closer to Film Noir with archeological trappings rather than an action spectacle and you may enjoy Secret of the Incas as much as I do. Beautiful Nicole Maurey plays Heston’s love interest. 
Remember when Marion Ravenwood tells Dr. Jones “You’re not the man I knew ten years ago.” Well, it’s tempting to think that Harry Steele IS what Indy was like ten years ago. Brasher than Jones in Raiders and as ruthless as Han Solo, Steele is also fluent in multiple languages, including Quechua. As a veteran relic hunter he’s also well-versed in ancient cultures and is buddies with the scholars at Cuzco’s museum. 
DR. LUCIFER (1957-1959) – The actor playing this Movie Host was named Richard Dix, but to be clear he’s NOT the same Richard Dix who starred in old westerns and was jokingly mentioned in Blazing Saddles. This Richard Dix was a legend in Baltimore, MD for his stage and television work with a few movies thrown in. 
PHILIP HALL’S AIR SHIP – This tale was first published in the October 11th 1879 edition of The Argonaut. Inventor Philip Hall has constructed a steam-powered flying machine that also uses controlled explosions from compressed cartridges. 
THE HUNTRESS (2000-2001) – This Forgotten Television series is appropriate for Mother’s Day. Annette O’Toole and Jordana Spiro starred in what was basically a continuation of the Steve McQueen movie The Hunter. McQueen depicted the real-life bounty hunter Ralph “Papa” Thorson. 
This actually happened and was covered in the True Crime book Deadly Games, written by Christopher Keane, who had also written The Hunter, on which the Steve McQueen film was based. 
THE HUNTRESS – This telefilm aired March 7th, 2000 with Annette O’Toole portraying Dottie Thorson and Aleksa Paladino playing Brandi Thorson. Paladino would be replaced by Jordana Spiro for the subsequent series. Craig T. Nelson played Ralph Thorson before his murder. 
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