Balladeer’s Blog continues its examination of the many facets of Fool Killer lore. FOR PART ONE, INCLUDING THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT, CLICK HERE
PART TWENTY-SEVEN: Here is a look at some of the Fool Killer’s targets from James L Pearson’s April of 1920 issue. As always we find an intriguing mix of attitudes, some of which would please us today or anger us today.
** Democrat Woodrow Wilson’s Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer (as in the Palmer Raids) and his fellow self-appointed censors of supposedly “dangerous” political ideas. Ironically, in 1920 the ideas under assault were Socialist ideas, today it is people espousing Socialism who want OTHER philosophies censored.
The Fool Killer complained “a little handful of self-appointed bosses around Washington think they must be the sole judges of what a hundred and ten million Americans may read or hear.”
** The New York State Assembly – as usual called “the ASS-embly” – for refusing to seat the five elected members of the Socialist Party. Pearson and his Fool Killer saw this as invalidating the votes of the 60,000-odd New Yorkers who had voted for the candidates. The Assembly refused to seat the elected representatives solely because of the political party they belonged to.
The Fool Killer pointed out that there were still parts of the South in 1920 where it was considered as disgusting to be a Republican as it was to be a Socialist. The point being “how would the country feel if the state legislatures in the South took it upon themselves to unseat elected Republicans like New York had unseated the Socialists?” Continue reading
Time for another round of Faculty Lounge Fascist Roundup! 
WHEN RANKED TEAMS CLASH – The 19th ranked GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE BULLDOGS welcomed the number 18 NAVARRO COLLEGE BULLDOGS in a dogfight that has become an opening weekend tradition in recent years. Navarro College led 7-3 in the 1st Quarter and 16-11 come Halftime. Georgia Military College made their move in the 3rd Quarter, grabbing a 26-23 edge before winning it 33-30. 
NUMBER TWO PREVAILS – The number 2 team in the nation – the IOWA WESTERN COLLEGE REIVERS – played host to the COFFEYVILLE COLLEGE RED RAVENS last night. The Reivers were chasing the Red Ravens 7-0 in the 1st Quarter before tying things up at 7-7 by the break. Iowa Western ruled the 2nd Half, outscoring Coffeyville 29-7 for a comfortable 36-14 triumph. 
THE STRANGE MANUSCRIPT BY _________ M.D. (1881) -Written by Alexander Pitts Bettersworth. The mock author, an M.D. who remains anonymous, upon learning that a comet will strike the Earth in 1883, stores supplies in Mammoth Cave with the help of his black servant Josh. With most of humanity dismissing the threat as a hoax or a mistake, the only other people who join them in the cave are a young woman named Ida and her black servant Chloe. 
The 5th ranked HUTCHINSON COLLEGE BLUE DRAGONS 
take it on the road for their season opener against the ELLSWORTH COLLEGE PANTHERS. Kickoff is set for 8:00pm ET.
The number 2 IOWA WESTERN COLLEGE REIVERS, meanwhile, will be playing host 
to their newfound rivals the COFFEYVILLE COLLEGE RED RAVENS. Kickoff in this game will be 7:00pm ET. 
Jewish model Elizabeth Pipko has been receiving death threats and rape threats over her support of de facto Third Party President Donald Trump. 
6. KILGORE COLLEGE RANGERS ### 7. LACKAWANNA COLLEGE FALCONS ### 8. BUTLER (KS) GRIZZLIES ### 9. SNOW COLLEGE BADGERS ### 10. NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA A&M GOLDEN NORSEMEN ### 
FARMING IN THE YEAR 2000 A.D. (1890) – Written by Edward Berwick. Just when you thought it was safe to read speculative science fiction about life in the future without Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward being referenced, along comes this entry from the Overland Monthly‘s Twentieth Century special. 
Balladeer’s Blog is still the only site on the web that criticizes Democrats and Republicans equally. De facto Third Party President Donald Trump’s amazing successes for the African-American community have driven his approval ratings among those voters to as high as 39% and as low as 22% in assorted recent polls. Those numbers are astronomical for any Republican not named Lincoln (other Republicans get about 8%) and they reflect how President Trump has aided the working class and poor of ALL colors. 
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