Monthly Archives: July 2024

TRUMP’S ENEMIES FURTHER IMMORTALIZE HIM BY ATTEMPTING TO ASSASSINATE HIM

trump survives attempt on his life by the trash who hate himWell, the Democrats, their media outlets and their unhinged narrative that de facto Third Party President Donald Trump is the new Hitler finally got the result they’ve been wanting … almost. Clearly they would rather that Trump was dead. I will have more to write about this in a day or so.

trump and jfkLongtime readers of Balladeer’s Blog know that when something huge happens I like to wait for the initial fog of mistakes and incorrect reports by the media to clear up before I do a lengthy blog post. In the meantime, obviously, I’m glad that Trump – who kept us out of any new wars, was the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime and the man most feared by the absolute garbage called career politicians in the United States – survived this attempt on his life.

Just like one of the men he reminds me of – President Theodore Roosevelt – Trump has now survived an assassination attempt during a speaking appearance. Continue reading

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JANUARY 1976 MARVEL STORIES

This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post here at Balladeer’s Blog resumes my old January by January look at what stories Marvel had out that month.

ff 166FANTASTIC FOUR Vol 1 #166 (January 1976)

Title: If It’s Tuesday, It Must be the Hulk

Villain: Hulk

Synopsis: The U.S. Army calls in the Fantastic Four to help them corral the fugitive Hulk now that Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) has invented a new device which might be able to cure Bruce Banner once and for all.

Through teamwork, the F.F. manage to capture the Hulk. Back at the army facility, Reed’s device works, but the Thing, outraged at the inhumane treatment of the captive Bruce Banner, mucks thing up, causing Bruce to turn back into the Hulk. Continue reading

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JULY TWELFTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Time for another current events roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog, as always coming to you from a land where senile graft-grabber and career criminal Joe Biden spends more time trying to distract from how unfit he is than he does on any of his responsibilities.

biden bloodJOE BIDEN CALLED OUT FOR CALLOUSLY IGNORING THE HURRICANE BERYL DISASTER. The repulsive Republican George W. Bush had Hurricane Katrina, and the repulsive Democrat Joe Biden has Hurricane Beryl. Grotesque.

NBC DEMOCRAT CHUCK TODD AND POLITICO DEMOCRAT JONATHAN MARTIN ADMIT THEY’VE BEEN COVERING UP FOR BIDEN’S UNFITNESS “FOR YEARS.” It’s always “The Party uber alles” with such non-journalists. They don’t deserve to be trusted. More HERE.

NO CABINET MEETINGS IN NINE MONTHS? BIDEN “STEALTH RELEASING” HIS DELEGATES TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN HIM AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION? Wow! If only we had a media curious enough to press Joe Biden on any of this.

media biasMEDIA-GATE CONTINUES: MILWAUKEE RADIO STATION EXPOSED FOR ALLOWING THE BIDEN REGIME TO MAKE THEM EDIT OUT JOE’S RAMBLING GIBBERISH IN ORDER TO COVER UP HIS UNFITNESS.

DEMOCRAT SENATOR SHERROD BROWN BLASTED FOR COVERING UP JOE BIDEN’S CONDITION. White-collar criminals clinging together like bacteria. A Senator practicing “omerta.”  

BIDENS IN THE BUNKER: REPORT STATES UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN IS JOE’S “ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF.” The Biden Crime Family, as people say.

azealia banksAZEALEA BANKS REMAINS A TRUMP SUPPORTER; REAFFIRMING HER PRAISE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HER INTERVIEW WITH THE STANDARD. More HERE.

CULTISTS: THE DEMOCRATS ON THE VIEW SINK TO NEW DEPTHS TO DEFEND BIDEN, WITH WHOOPIE ADMITTING SHE SOMETIMES SOILS HERSELF LIKE JOE DOES. What these clowns won’t do for The Party, even debasing themselves just to share shame with their Regime’s ring-leader. Continue reading

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THE TOUCH OF BREEZE (2023) – PRITILATA NANDI’S LATEST LITERARY WORK

the touch of breezeTHE TOUCH OF BREEZE (2023) – Last year Balladeer’s Blog reviewed Love of Rain, Indian authoress Pritilata Nandi’s brilliant and moving collection of short stories about Indian life. Nandi has followed that up with a novel about emotional upheaval and eventual atonement … to whatever degree is possible in life.

I’m fairly cynical and jaded but Pritilata has a gift for making even someone like me feel moved by the storm of emotions she conjures up. Through her characters Susmita and her granddaughter Silpa readers get introduced to a family from India who are about to travel to Hawaii.

Susmita, a teacher turned author (like Nandi herself) had hoped to take such a trip with her husband Arijit but unfortunately, he has passed away. The widow will be traveling there with Silpa and her parents, and we get some wonderful bonding between grandmother and granddaughter. Continue reading

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THE ALASKANS (1959-1960) FRONTIERADO TV SERIES

The Frontierado holiday is about the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality. This year it will be observed on Friday August 2nd. Here’s another seasonal post.

moore and provineTHE ALASKANS (1959-1960) – The gold rushes in Alaska during the late 1890s and early 1900s provided the usual tableaus of boom towns, claim-jumping, gambling and gunslinging. Unlike such rushes in the Continental United States, the frigid temperatures and monumental snows of Alaska added unique twists to the wild west feel of gold-seeking.

Previously, Balladeer’s Blog covered Alaskan prospectors, gunslingers and gamblers like the Montana Kid, Swiftwater Bill, Klondike Kate, One-Eyed Riley, Silent Sam Bonnifield and others HERE. The Alaskans starred Roger Moore, Dorothy Provine, Ray Danton, John Dehner and Claude Akins searching for gold in the 1890s.   

alaskansThe series was produced by the same outfit behind James Garner’s iconic series Maverick and featured Roger Moore’s character Silky Harris, who ran con games and gambled with as much skill as he displayed at gunplay. Dorothy Provine’s Rocky Shaw was a Klondike Kate-style saloon entertainer who knew how to handle herself in rough company.

John Dehner appeared as the real-life figure Soapy Smith, infamous crime lord of the frozen north. Balladeer’s Blog examined Soapy’s career of crime in Denver and later in Alaska HERE.
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THE FORGOTTEN LAND (1917) ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION

the popular magazineTHE FORGOTTEN LAND (1917) – Written by H. H. Knibbs. This writer was much better known for his poems about the American West. The Forgotten Land ventured into science fiction and “future history.”

This short story began in “the near future” from its publication in the February 7th, 1917 issue of The Popular Magazine. The narrative drops us into the middle of ongoing events. Sometime earlier, Japan invaded the west coast of the United States.

Japan’s armies have been routing America’s armed forces and multiple tribes of Native Americans have seized the opportunity to try to retake much of their land from both the whites and the Japanese. The story’s central character is a railroad official named Jack Hanley.    Continue reading

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RIN TIN TIN: HIS SILENT FILMS

rin tin tin at typewriterRIN TIN TIN (1918-1932) – Here at Balladeer’s Blog, I’m even fonder of dogs than I am of silent movies, so this post will combine the two topics. Sadly, most silent films have become so little remembered that few people even realize that there actually WAS a real Rin Tin Tin, adopted by American soldiers during World War One.

Amid battles in September of 1918, Corporal Lee Duncan of the 135th Aero Squadron was doing recon work on a bombed-out area near Flirey, France. One of the buildings had been a breeding kennel for German Shepherds trained for Kaiser Wilhelm’s troops. The only animals still alive were a starving mother with five nursing puppies who were so young their eyes had not even opened yet.   

Duncan adopted the six German Shepherds and took them back to his unit. His superiors permitted the mother to be given to an officer, one each of the puppies to three enlisted men and the final two – a boy and a girl – were adopted by Lee Duncan himself and named Rin Tin Tin and Nanette. Continue reading

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SUSSEX COUNTY COLLEGE: COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM

Balladeer’s Blog takes its latest look at a college whose sports teams have a nickname that is out of the ordinary.

SUSSEX COUNTY COLLEGE Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JULY NINTH

 Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog presents another current events roundup from the land where corrupt career politicians run the country like a Mafia bust-out operation.

casey cartel“CASEY CARTEL” – A REPORT ON DEMOCRAT SENATOR BOB CASEY AND HIS FAMILY’S QUESTIONABLE GRAFT ACTIVITIES. Have I mentioned lately that America’s career criminals – and often their family members – tend to be white-collar criminals? I thought I had.

NON-PARTISAN ETHICS GROUP ACCUSES DEMOCRAT GWEN MOORE OF RUNNING A “SCAM PAC.”  

HUFF-PO, THE SITE FOR HUFFY, POST-MENOPAUSAL WHITE DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY ENCOURAGES THE BIDEN REGIME TO USE A.I. TO MAKE BIDEN LOOK MORE ALERT. You can’t make up this stuff. 

the party on bidens unfitnessA LOOK AT THE MEDIA COVERUP ON HOW UNFIT FOR OFFICE JOE BIDEN IS. More HERE. And considering that Democrats refuse to have his Vice President Kamala Harris replace him I guess they’re admitting that they knew that NEITHER their presidential NOR vice-presidential candidates in 2020 were fit for office.

DERANGED DEMOCRATS STILL INSISTING THAT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION MEANS JOE BIDEN HAS “IMMUNITY” TO ARREST REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS AT WILL AND TO LET THE F.B.I. USE DEADLY FORCE TO GIVE DEMOCRATS CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Have I mentioned lately that people who spend their every waking moment hating Trump are the most ignorant, uninformed and emotionally unstable people I’ve ever observed?

MORE UNHINGED ANTI-TRUMP HYSTERIA

EXPLOSIVE STORY ABOUT HOW THE MEDIA COVERED UP BIDEN’S UNFITNESS DURING MEETINGS WITH ALLIES. More HERE.

biden blustering like a foolBIDEN STATES HE IS “RUNNING THE WORLD” We all know what he meant, but if Trump had made that statement we also know that the media would be frantically claiming it proved he wanted to be a dictator.

ANOTHER ROUND OF TAXPAYER-FUNDED DEBIT CARDS HANDED OUT BY DEMOCRATS TO NEW YORK CITY’S ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FLOOD.

DEMOCRATS FIGHTING BILL IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD PREVENT ILLEGALS FROM VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. And they’re buying the votes of illegals via debit cards paid for by the little people.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE GETTING CERTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS IMMEDIATELY. Another way Democrats are buying their votes. Continue reading

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CHARLIE SIRINGO: GUNSLINGING DETECTIVE OF THE OLD WEST

Time for another Frontierado blog post. That holiday is all about the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality, and this year will be celebrated on Friday August 2nd. Here’s a look at cowboy and Pinkerton Detective Charlie Siringo.

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SiringoCHARLIE SIRINGO – Like a real-life Harry Flashman of the American West, Charles Angelo Siringo, cowboy, bounty hunter and lawman, fought alongside or against some of the biggest names of his era. Siringo crossed paths with the likes of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, the Wild Bunch, Tom Horn, Clarence Darrow, Kid Russell, Will Rogers, William Borah and many others.

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Charlie was born February 7th, 1855 on the Matagordo Peninsula in Texas. In 1867 he began doing ranch work in whatever positions his youthful frame could handle. By April of 1871 he was working for Abel “Shanghai” Pierce as a full-fledged cowboy. Siringo went on to work on cattle drives throughout Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and Oklahoma (then called Indian Territory).

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L Q Jones as Siringo

L.Q. JONES AS SIRINGO

In 1876 our hero rose to the position of trail driver and led his subordinate cowboys in herding roughly 2,500 head of Longhorn Cattle from Austin, TX along the Chisholm Trail to Dodge City, KS. Spring of 1877 found Charlie once again serving as trail driver from Austin to Dodge City.

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On his trips to iconic Dodge City, Siringo had supposedly friendly encounters with the likes of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson and witnessed an altercation between a pair of Dodge City merchants and Clay Allison, the notorious gunfighter and bullying rancher

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