Time for a midweek current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.
NOTE: Well, another Midterm Election cycle went the usual and expected way. Long time readers of Balladeer’s Blog may recall that – no matter who is in the White House – since 2010 I have been saying that America’s congressional candidates from BOTH parties should stop blaming their midterm losses on whoever the president is and accept responsibility.
Many Republican candidates this year were terrible and the Republican-held House and Senate failed to pass legislation important to their constituents – like the SAVE Act for just one example. Grow a backbone, congressional figures. Start legislating again and stop relying on the Supreme Court or your party’s presidents’ Executive Orders to bail you out for failing in your legislative responsibilities.
How about Republican and Democrat politicians acknowledging that if their party’s president is not on the ballot then maybe the people are voting them out of office because they don’t like the job those congressional politicians are doing. Abandon this lazy excuse that it’s up to a president to drag poor to mediocre candidates to victory.
AND A REMINDER FOR ANYONE BLAMING TRUMP ALONE FOR THE “DO-NOTHING” REPUBLICAN LOSSES THIS YEAR. IN BARACK OBAMA’S FINAL MIDTERMS IN 2014 HIS PARTY, THE DEMOCRATS, LOST IN A SWEEP, TOO. The Republicans ended up with – you ready for this – 54 seats in the Senate and 247 seats in the House. Almost identical to what this year’s result was for Democrats. So, unless you’re saying that 2014 result meant that the country was rejecting Barack Obama in disgrace, don’t bother saying that about Trump, either.
PLUS, THIS ISN’T A NEW SENTIMENT FROM ME. All along I’ve called Congressional Republicans “clueless, outdated and useless”, remember?
DEMOCRAT ABDUL EL-SAYED CAMPAIGN WORKER CHARGED IN MICHIGAN TERROR PLOT AGAINST JEWISH COMMUNITIES. El-Sayed held the already Democrat seat for his antisemitic party.
DEMOCRAT IN MICHIGAN ARRESTED FOR ATTACKING AND THREATENING TO KILL CONSERVATIVE.
DEMOCRAT POLL WORKER – YES, A POLL WORKER – IN DEMOCRAT-HELD MINNESOTA ALLOWED TO WEAR SHIRT WITH FAKE BLOOD AND THE WORDS “PROBLEM SOLVED” AS AN ENDORSEMENT OF VIOLENCE LIKE THE KILLING OF CHARLIE KIRK. Stay classy, Democrats. The shirt violates laws regarding poll workers, but in MN nothing will be done about it.
REPUBLICAN SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS’ OFFICE VANDALIZED AGAIN WITH RED PAINT REPRESENTING BLOOD PER THE MESSAGE. This is what Democrat fascism has done to our elections.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLICIES CAUSE JOB OPENINGS TO SOAR AND LAYOFFS TO FALL.
TRUMP PRAISED BY BIDEN’S FORMER BORDER CHIEF RAUL ORTIZ FOR GETTING THE BORDER UNDER CONTROL. Continue reading
PART 81 – As always, it’s fascinating to read the over 100-year-old opinions of James Larkin Pearson (and by extension his Fool Killer), including the opinions that one doesn’t agree with. Here are some of the Fool Killer’s targets in January 1916: 
MID-SUMMER – Future television icon JACKIE COOPER starred as Val Barton, a man who longs to continue performing in vaudeville with his stage partner (Larry Wilde). BARBARA BEL GEDDES – Dallas‘ Miss Ellie Ewing herself – played his wife Lily Barton, who wants him to settle down in a more stable and respectable job as a teacher. 
WALTER KOENIG ON THE STARLOST (1973) – Fair solar winds and following seas to the late Walter Koenig. Since everybody else has been covering his Star Trek role Pavel Chekov or his movie Moon Trap, Balladeer’s Blog will instead review his two episodes as the alien named Oro on the Canadian sci-fi series The Starlost in 1973. 
EPISODE TEN: THE ALIEN ORO (November 3rd, 1973) – Brace yourself for a villainous Walter Koenig speaking without a Russian accent. 
KNOCKING OFF NUMBER FOUR – In the NCAA Division 2, the number 20 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY WARRIORS played host to the 4th ranked team in the country – the KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY GOLDEN BEARS. A 16-10 midpoint edge for the Warriors became a 25-25 tie to end Regulation. In Overtime, East Stroudsburg prevailed 32-25.
DOWN GOES NUMBER NINE – Over in the NAIA, the UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS PATRIOTS visited the 9th ranked GEORGETOWN (KY) COLLEGE TIGERS. The Patriots put Georgetown on Upset Alert with their 19-10 Halftime lead. The Tigers cut that to a 19-17 difference to end the 3rd Quarter, but UC held on from there to win 26-25. 
THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (2016) – This horror film was the 1st English-language movie directed by 
TALES OF THE ZOMBIE Vol 1 #1 (July 1973) 
This low-key but riveting horror story is fiction but is one of those presented as if it’s true. 
