FLASHBACK: POLL RESULT – FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN BETTER FOR YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAN OBAMA WAS

FROM JUNE TWENTY-FIFTH OF 2019:

Trumping Obama's legacyIt’s no secret that Donald Trump is a de facto Third Party President, which is why he’s had to fight the crooks in both major political parties. Recently yet ANOTHER poll showed people recognizing the fact that President Trump has been better for young African-Americans than Obama was.

Remember, I’m skeptical of polls but anti-Trump loons eat, sleep and breathe polls, so it’s always fun to watch them froth at the mouth every time polls show a result they don’t like. Hilarious! Fifty-five percent of the respondents recognized that Trump was better for young African-Americans, as stated. CLICK HERE 

 

Donald Trump never called racist till running against DemocratsMeanwhile, regarding Africa, even anti-Trump zealots like Aubrey Hruby have been forced to admit that UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP AMERICA INVESTS MORE IN AFRICA THAN UNDER ANY OTHER PRESIDENT!

The cornerstone to Trump’s strategy is his Prosper Africa program. It’s just another way that the Donald is pretty much “the new FDR.” CLICK HERE  Continue reading

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ITALIAN-MADE SUPERHEROES

This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog looks at several vintage characters from Italian creators.

MASKAR

Debuted: 1951

Secret Identity: Unknown

Origin: An ordinary man decided to use his criminology skills to fight crime without endangering his loved ones. He adopted the costumed identity Maskar and went into action.

Powers: Maskar was in peak physical condition, was as agile as an acrobat and was a master of unarmed combat. He was a first-class detective and an expert regarding the supernatural. This hero’s series ran until 1966.

BARBEL

Debuted: 1965

Secret Identity: Barbara Bell

Origin: Fashion model Barbara Bell one day met the twin sister she never knew about. The twin was taken into outer space as an infant. She bestowed superpowers on Barbara so she could combat evil, then left Earth for good.

Powers: Barbel possessed greater than human strength, telepathy and telekinesis plus a degree of invulnerability. Her sidekick was her police detective boyfriend. Continue reading

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM AUGUST TWENTY-SEVENTH

HEADLINES

NAIA OVER NCAA DIVISION ONE – Every year NAIA teams upset some teams in the higher division aka NCAA Div 2. Less frequent are the times that NAIA teams defeat NCAA Div ONE teams, but such upsets do happen. Last night the LOUISIANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY WILDCATS visited D1’s NORTHWESTERN STATE DEMONS. At Halftime the Demons led 27-14, but a big 3rd Quarter put the Wildcats up 35-30. The teams exchanged TDs in the 4th as LCU toppled Northwestern State 42-37.

NAIA OVER NCAA DIVISION TWO – The KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS welcomed D2’s KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE PANTHERS. The Knights parlayed a 14-3 1st Quarter lead into a 35-3 advantage at Halftime. After the break, the Panthers rallied but fell far short as Kentucky Christian University won by the comfortable margin of 44-24. Continue reading

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NEWS ROUNDUP FOR AUGUST TWENTY-EIGHTH

Here’s a Friday current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

DEMOCRAT PARTY

NEW YORK TIMES CALLED OUT FOR BLOCKING A NEWS STORY ABOUT DEMOCRAT FUND-RAISERS FINANCIALLY SCAMMING THE ELDERLY. Bear this in mind the next time they try to pretend they’re not a Democrat Party Media Outlet.

DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO CAUGHT LYING ABOUT TWO DEATHS BY MEASLES IN HIS STATE. More HERE.

IN DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY” CITY PORTLAND, NEARLY EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE FENTANYL ARRESTS ARE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

MORE ABOUT BIDEN’S AFGHANISTAN DISASTERS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP “TRUMPS” OVER-REACHING JUDGE.

IN DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY” STATE VIRGINIA, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED ON OVER TWENTY CHILD PORNOGRAPHY COUNTS. Why are Democrats so obsessed with protecting child predators?

CROWDER LOOKS AT MORE TRUMP WINS.

TWENTY DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. Continue reading

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TYRONE POWER’S SWASHBUCKLER FILMS

Tyrone Power was one of Hollywood’s top level heart-throbs and came from an acting family which had performed onstage since the 1700s. Here are his swashbuckler movies.

THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940) – Tyrone Power starred in this semi-remake of the 1920 Douglas Fairbanks classic. To me, nothing can top the Fairbanks version, but this Power effort comes a close second.

We all know the basics – Don Diego de Vega (Power) returns to 1820s California following his higher education in Spain. His father’s letters while he was away have made him pose as a meek and foppish aristocrat; the better to covertly fight California’s oppressors as the masked and costumed el Zorro – “the Fox.” 

Not even Diego’s father knows about his son’s dual identity, so he is just as contemptuous of the cowardly, buffoonish figure he pretends to be as everyone else. Eligible ladies of California look down on Diego, too, despite his family’s wealth. They all have the hots for the dashing Zorro who strikes the oppressors with his sword, pistols and whip, then vanishes into the night. 

Ultimately, Zorro gains enough popular support to topple the villains, led by Basil Rathbone. Linda Darnell plays Lolita, Gale Sondergaard is Inez and Eugene Pallette portrays Frey Felipe. 94 minutes. Continue reading

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FOOL KILLER PART SEVENTY-FOUR: OCTOBER 1914

Balladeer’s Blog continues its examination of the many facets of Fool Killer lore. FOR PART ONE, INCLUDING THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN THE 1850s, CLICK HERE.

PART 74 – Some of the Fool Killer’s targets on both sides of the aisle in the October of 1914 edition of the folk figure. The World War is in full swing.

*** Dr. William F. Snow of the American Hygiene Association. The Fool Killer targeted Snow over his crusade against the unhygienic nature of kissing. Dr. Snow had just patented his weird Sanitary Kiss invention. That invention involved the pair of kissers using sanitized tissue paper over their mouths with a hole in the middle, looking for all the world like the kind of tissue paper we now place over toilets in public restrooms.

*** The editors of the Greensboro Daily News, who called for “less nonsensical” war songs compared to the past. The U.S. had not yet entered the war, so the country’s coverage of it was less than gripping at first.

*** President Woodrow Wilson, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan and Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi for blaming the war for everything that the voters were holding them responsible for.

*** High Society Fashionistas for the way they seemed lost now that the war had prevented the release of the New Fall Line from Paris.

*** The “Redemocans”, one of the Fool Killer’s words for what we today call the Uniparty. He also called them Republicrats, a word we still use today. This month he depicted the Republicrat Devil driving honest outsiders out of politics by “setting all the political dogs on them and tearing them to pieces.” Continue reading

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FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: U.S. STEEL HOUR – SEASON THREE (1955-1956)

Yes, “the Broadway of TV” is back for this look at the program’s third season.

STANDOUT EPISODES:

THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD – Directed by the one and only Sidney Lumet, this episode dealt with a mean-spirited father trying to force his kind-hearted son to treat people as horribly as he himself does. It all culminates in mean ol’ dad wanting his son to join him in foreclosing on an elderly widow and a deserted orphan on Christmas Eve. Starring Betsy Palmer, Wally Cox, Richard Hilton and Josephine Hull.

THE SEVENTH VEIL – A psychiatrist (Ben Astar) tries to determine which of the men in the life of his patient Francesca (Diana Lynn) is so abusive that he has caused her nervous breakdown. Also starring Dan O’Herlihy, Conrad Janis, Richard Abbott and Cindy Cameron.

COUNTERFEIT – BORIS KARLOFF stars as George Redford, a seemingly mild-mannered British man who raises tomatoes. Actually, he is really a brilliant counterfeiter whose work is so terrific that it takes years for the authorities to catch on. Edna Best and John McGiver also star. Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: THE 2026 SEASON IS UNDERWAY!

NJCAA

CHAR-BROILED – The number 2 team in the nation – the HUTCHINSON COLLEGE BLUE DRAGONS – welcomed the CISCO COLLEGE WRANGLERS. The Blue Dragons proceeded to fold, spindle and mutilate Cisco College, leading them 21-0 to end the 1st Quarter, 42-7 at Halftime, and 52-7 in the 3rd Quarter before logging a FIFTY-NINE to SEVEN triumph over the Wranglers in the 4th.

ANOTHER ROSWELL INCIDENT – In Roswell, NM the NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE BRONCOS (should be Cavalry) took the field against the visiting DODGE CITY COLLEGE CONQUISTADORS. The Conquistadors led the Institute 7-3 in the opening Quarter, but the Broncos went up 23-20 by the Half. The 3rd Quarter ended with NMMI leading 30-20 before winning out 37-20 in the end. Continue reading

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AUGUST TWENTY-SIXTH NEWS ROUNDUP

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog is here with another current events roundup.

TRUMP-ENDORSED DARLINE GRAHAM WINS SENATE PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION. More HERE.

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TRUMP’S PRESIDENTIAL MOVES TO FIGHT VOTE FRAUD VIA MAIL-IN (“CHEAT BY MAIL”) BALLOTS. The tainted and corrupt 2020 presidential election should never be allowed to happen again. Democrat strategy now will likely be to flagrantly violate election laws and when Trump enforces those laws to force violence and pretend Trump is being a “dictator” by stopping their violations of the laws.

MORE ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION HERE. And HERE. And HERE.

A LOOK AT SOME OF CNN’S MANY, MANY LIES ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT THEY’VE BEEN EXPOSED FOR.

NORTH MACEDONIA’S PRIME MINISTER POINTS OUT THE MANY WAYS THAT HE AND HIS CITIZENS SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE U.S. It’s the European country where Trump is most popular at present. 

DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN GOTTHEIMER COURAGEOUSLY CALLS OUT EL-SAYED FOR NOT DISAVOWING HATEMONGER HASAN PIKER FOR ENCOURAGING VIOLENCE AGAINST AMERICAN JEWS.

REPUBLICAN TIM SCOTT EXPERTLY DOWNS DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET NBC’S WELKER FOR INSISTING THEY “PRETEND SENATE CANDIDATE EL-SAYED’S TERRORISM TIES DON’T COUNT”

RAHAL DEBUNKS ADAM SCHIFF’S LIES BY POINTING OUT THAT THE FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX WAS PRIVATELY FUNDED, NOT TAXPAYER FUNDED. And yet another anti-Trump lie goes down in flames. Continue reading

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DOLLY PARTON R.I.P. – STRAIGHT TALK (1992)

Unfortunately, Dolly Parton, singer and movie starlet, has passed away. Here’s my review of her film with James Woods. 

STRAIGHT TALK (1992)

Dolly’s Role: Shirlee Kenyon

James’s Role: Jack Russell 

Comment: James Woods as the leading man in a romantic comedy? With Dolly Parton as his love interest? Believe it or not this Lady of Many Talents and the Man of a Thousand Personae even pull off THIS!  Continue reading

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