NOVEMBER ELEVENTH NEWS ROUNDUP

Republican Senator Thune – Greatest cause of last week’s events

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog is here with a current events roundup in an America where Democrat failures on affordability in New York City are set to go nationwide in January.

STICKY REMINDER: In the midterm elections during Barack Obama, the Democrats were massively blown out and lost SIXTY-THREE seats in the House and NINE MORE in the Senate. Obama fans tell me that had nothing to do with Obama because he wasn’t on the ballot that year. WELL, NEITHER WAS TRUMP ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR. More elections HERE.

DEMOCRAT PARTY

DEMOCRAT-HELD CALIFORNIA NOW REQUIRES I.D. TO BUY MUSCLE SUPPLEMENTS BUT NOT TO VOTE. Without Voter I.D. like most of the world requires, do election results really deserve to be believed?

LATEST DEMOCRAT FRAUD IN NEW YORK: PAYING A “PRINCIPAL” ONE HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR RUNNING A NON-EXISTENT SCHOOL. How many more like this are there? Democrats never try fraud scams just once.

UNFIT AND ILLEGIT JOE BIDEN BOMBARDED WITH MILK CARTONS BY PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS IN DUBLIN. More HERE. They were calling him Genocide Joe. Hey, Democrats THIS is part of what is meant by “Globalize the Intifada.” They’re using YOU, you’re not using them.

AND “THE ISLAMIC LABOUR PARTY OF IRELAND” IS USING THAT COUNTRY’S LEFTISTS, TOO. 

RO KHANNA, 2028 PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL, PRAISES DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN-ELECT BRAD LANDER AS A “VOICE FOR PALESTINE“. And no doubt shared a chuckle with Brad about how “We fooled imbecilic Democrat voters into thinking we gave a damn about affordability.”

IN TEXAS NEARLY THREE MILLION NEW VOTERS REGISTERED WITHOUT SHOWING I.D. And Texas Republicans dare to blame Trump for their election losses last week when their own Republican office-holders failed to make I.D. necessary for voter registration?

SENATOR RICK SCOTT POINTS OUT WHY THE DO-NOTHING REPUBLICAN SENATE WAS DESERVEDLY BEATEN LAST WEEK. President Trump has been fighting virtually alone. 

MINNESOTA LOBBYIST PLEADS GUILTY AFTER THREATENING TO SHOOT LAWMAKERS AT THE MINNESOTA CAPITOL BUILDING.

ANOTHER ATTACK ON TPUSA ON AMERICA’S DEMOCRAT-HELD COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

VICTORY GIRLS CALL TO STOP TOLERATING DEMOCRATS’ CALLS FOR VIOLENCE.

BELGIUM PASSES LAW ALLOWING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT RAIDS IN HOMES. Continue reading →

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AMERICAN NAVAL BATTLES FROM WORLD WAR ONE

HAVE A RESPECTFUL VETERANS DAY. Here’s one of my seasonal blog posts – this one about neglected U.S. Naval actions from World War One. 

Navy in World War OneOCTOBER 15th, 1917 – America entered the war just six months earlier and the Navy had been transporting the American Expeditionary Force under General “Black Jack” Pershing to Europe, with additional Navy craft escorting those transport ships and fighting German U-Boats. On this date the USS Cassin encountered U-Boat 61 and, after an hour’s pursuit the German submarine turned to fight the Cassin. After a lengthy exchange of torpedoes and depth charges the Cassin was battered but still afloat, while the U-61 suffered substantial damage also, including the destruction of its conning tower, forcing the sub to break off the action and flee.

NOVEMBER 17th, 1917 – The USS Fanning and USS Nicholson clashed with the German U-Boat designated U-58 when eagle-eyed sailors spotted the German sub’s periscope above the water line. Depth charges from the two U.S. ships damaged the U-58 and forced it to surface and engage in standard ship-to-ship combat. The Fanning and Nicholson sank the U-Boat, becoming the FIRST United States ships to Continue reading →

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FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: PROJECT U.F.O. (1978-1979)

PROJECT U.F.O. (1978-1979) – Jack Webb’s Mark VII Ltd. produced this short-lived wonder which dramatized selected cases from the U.S. Air Force’s real-life Project Bluebook, which investigated reports of Unidentified Flying Objects.

Don’t go into this series expecting wild alien races or X-Files-level conspiracies and cover-ups. Typical of Jack Webb productions, the investigations were purely procedural and very dry, with the only fantastic elements coming in the reenactments of what the U.F.O. “witnesses” CLAIM they saw. The investigators could often debunk the sightings in a professional, unemotional way. 

The only bone thrown to fringe true believers in alien visitations was when the investigators were stumped and would classify a U.F.O. sighting as “a true unknown.” Simply meaning they could not explain it, not that they were saying that the sighted object was an alien spaceship. Continue reading →

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WORLD WAR ONE CONTRASTED WITH WORLD WAR TWO

With Veterans Day/ Armistice Day approaching, here is Balladeer’s Blog’s handy guide to some differences and key players between World War One and World War Two.

American Dough Boys WW I – Lasted from 1914 to 1918  *** WW II – Lasted from 1939 to 1945 

WW I – America entered the war in April, 1917 *** WW II – America entered the war in December, 1941

WW I – Italy and Japan fought on the side of the Allied Powers *** WW II – Italy and Japan fought on the side of the Axis Powers

WW I – Germany, under Kaiser Wilhelm, led the Central Powers *** WW II- Germany, under Adolf Hitler, led the Axis Powers

WW I – Sinking of the Lusitania *** WW II – Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

WW I – The Allied disaster at Gallipoli *** WW II – The Allied disaster Operation: Market Garden

gallipoliWW I – Douglas MacArthur is an American Commander in charge of the Rainbow Division in Europe *** WW II – Douglas MacArthur is Commander in Chief of the entire Pacific Theater of Operations

WW I – George S Patton is an American Cavalry Officer who eventually becomes a tank commander *** WW II – George S Patton is an American Army commander leading troops in North Africa, Italy and France Continue reading →

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ANOTHER LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE MEMBER

Lafayette Escadrille

Just two days until Veterans Day, formerly called Armistice Day, which marked the end of World War One on “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918. Last year I posted about the first 7 pilots in the Lafayette Escadrille HERE. Here is another. 

QUICK FACTS: The French Foreign Legion connection to this storied squadron of American pilots came about because the United States did not enter the First World War until April of 1917 even though it began in 1914. Many American flyers volunteered to fight for the Allied Powers against the Central Powers.

*** Originally called the Escadrille Americaine, the unit had to drop that name when Germany, the Ottoman Turks and other Central Powers nations complained to the U.S. stating such a name indicated a violation of its official neutrality at that point in the war. The new name was the Lafayette Escadrille in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French aristocrat who served in America’s Revolutionary War. 

*** This unit was active from March 1916 to February 1918, at which time it was disestablished, and its pilots were absorbed into the official United States armed forces because America had by then been one of the belligerent nations for nearly a year.

*** Two lion cubs became the escadrille’s mascots. The pilots named them Whiskey and Soda.

*** Officers of the escadrille were French, which was standard for the French Foreign Legion.

*** 224 Americans served in the Lafayette Escadrille, with 51 slain in battle and 11 more dying from other causes. 15 pilots became Prisoners of War and 11 became Aces.

Here is another member of the group: Continue reading →

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NEWS ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER NINTH

It’s a Monday current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

REMINDER: 2014 – In the midterm elections of Barack Obama’s second term, the Democrats were massively blown out and lost SIXTY-THREE seats in the House and NINE MORE in the Senate. Republicans claimed Obama had been “rebuked for all time” and would be remembered as the man whose presidency was the nail in the coffin for leftism in America. FOR MORE REMINDERS OF RIDICULOUS OVERREACTIONS LIKE WHAT WE’RE SEEING THIS YEAR CLICK HERE. I cover 1986 up to today.

        And like Trump this year, Obama wasn’t on the ballot in 2014. Sounds like voters were angrier at Congress in both cases. 

DEMOCRAT HAKEEM JEFFRIES SNIVELS AS EVEN CRAZIER DEMOCRATS TARGET HIM FOR DEMOTION.

DEMOCRAT SEIZURE OF CONGRESS CAUSES THE STOCK MARKET – AND THEREFORE PEOPLE’S 401(k)s TO LOSE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. More HERE. And HERE.

BETWEEN 2022 and 2024 TWENTY MILLION NEW VOTERS WERE REGISTERED IN STATES WHICH DON’T REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.

COTTO POINTS OUT THAT NOW IS THE TIME FOR REPUBLICANS TO RALLY AROUND PRESIDENT TRUMP.

ATTORNEY GENERAL BLANCHE HUMILIATES DEMOCRAT PROPAGANDIST DANA BASH … AGAIN.

AS TRUMP PREDICTED, COLLUSION NOW HAS GAS PRICES DROPPED BELOW FOUR DOLLARS PER GALLON. More HERE.

Gas Drops Below $4 Right After Dems Sweep Midterms — Trump Predicted the Exact Timing – Twitchy: Hilarious Political Commentary & Current Events

DON SURBER ON HOW THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT CAUSED THE MIDTERM RESULT, NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP. Continue reading →

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ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE MAN FROM SATURN (1890)

SaturnTHE MAN FROM SATURN (1890) – By an unknown author. This work also appeared under the title Willmoth the Wanderer, a cutesy reference to the classic Melmoth the Wanderer. A young, unnamed American encounters Willmoth, a male humanoid who states he is from the planet Saturn and is hundreds of thousands of years old.

Willmoth begins the tale of how he came to be stranded on Earth long ago. He was born and raised in the Saturnian city called Eathman, which he describes as a happy socialist state which survives due to the absolute honesty of its citizens. Eathman is an isolated city-state and its perfection has meant that the inhabitants have never undertaken expeditions to see what the rest of Saturn is like, despite their futuristic technology. (Odd.)

The women outnumber the men 20 to 1 in Eathman so all of the men have multiple mates, which I’m guessing explains the lack of interest in exploration, though the author never goes there. Willmoth’s tutor back then was a famous astronomer named Elwer. One day Elwer shows Willmoth a flying machine he has invented, a device which uses hot-air to rise and propellers for directional flight.  Continue reading →

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL POST: NOV 8th

Balladeer’s Blog’s college football coverage.

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NUMBER TWO TAKES A FALL – In NCAA Division 3, the number 4 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT WHITEWATER WARHAWKS visited the 2nd ranked UW-PLATTEVILLE PIONEERS. A 7-7 1st Quarter tie became a 21-7 advantage for the Warhawks by the midpoint. The Pioneers made it a 21-14 game in the 3rd Quarter. UW-Whitewater held on in the 4th for a 24-21 victory

DOWN GOES NUMBER THREE – Up in NCAA Division 2, the 21st ranked AUGUSTANA (SD) VIKINGS welcomed the nation’s number 3 team – the MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS. By Halftime the Mavericks led Augustana 20-14 and 27-17 to end the 3rd Quarter. In the 4th, the Vikings charged back to win the game by a final score of 31-30. Continue reading →

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OKUNINUSHI: SHINTO DEITY

For my larger entry on Shinto gods and goddesses click HERE.

OKUNINUSHI – The Shinto god of medicine who eventually became the ruler of the Izumo area of Japan. Okuninushi lived in Izumo, which was under the control of the extended family of deities of the exiled storm god Susanowo.

The turning point in the medicine god’s life came when he used his healing powers to cure a rabbit that his brothers had cruelly abused. The healed rabbit transformed into his true form as the dwarf-sized Sukunabiko, a god who had fallen to Earth from Takamagahara, the heavenly home of the Shinto gods, like Mt Olympus, Asgard, etc, in other pantheons. Continue reading →

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MARVEL (TIMELY COMICS) MARCH 1942 STORIES

This weekend’s escapist superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog looks at Timely Comics (later Marvel Comics) stories in March 1942. I reviewed their January 1942 stories HERE.

ALL WINNERS COMICS #4 (Mar 1942)

Story 1: The Terror of the Japs

Heroes: Human Torch and Toro

Villain: Reverend Moppino

Synopsis: New York City’s Sun Temple is directed by Reverend Moppino from Japan. He is secretly an Imperial Japanese spy and, now that America is officially in the war, he and his agents spread destruction and chaos throughout the city with their weapons, including an “atom-expansion ray.”

Comment: The Sun Temple was set up with all manner of high-tech death-traps for the android hero the Human Torch and his mutant sidekick Toro. Continue reading →

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