From Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog:
KAMALA HARRIS EMBRACES THE PORT WORKERS STRIKE DESPITE THE BLOW IT WILL DELIVER TO THE ECONOMY. But Harris and Biden and their fellow one-percenters will be just fine.
OVER TWO HUNDRED RETIRED GENERALS AND ADMIRALS ENDORSE TRUMP. This doesn’t impress ME, but I’m posting it because of the way Democrats always pretend it means something when military figures endorse their candidates.
THE TALIBAN HAS BEEN NULLIFYING THE DIVORCES OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILD BRIDES AND DRAGGING THEM BACK TO THEIR FORMER SPOUSES. But not a peep from privileged white Democrat women who pretend to be bold and daring by indulging in Handmaid’s Tale cosplay. But then, Democrats are big fans of sexually abusing children. Especially Democrat “teachers” (LMAO).
AND YET ANOTHER ANTI-TRUMPER REALIZES THEY WERE WRONG. AMBASSADOR GORDON SONDLAND SAYS HE’S VOTING FOR TRUMP – “I’ll tell you why. I’ve lived four years under the Biden-Harris policies, and I have to say those policies are not only becoming an existential threat to our country’s way of life but to our allies as well.”
DEMOCRATS CELEBRATING THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION THAT HURRICANE HELENE DID TO WHAT DEMOCRATS CONSIDER “RED STATES.” Democrats love to “other” and dehumanize anyone they even THINK disagrees with their opinions.
TAMPON TIM WALZ, THE LARGEMOUTH BASS THAT WALKS LIKE A MAN, IS GETTING DESERVEDLY RIDICULED FOR HIS BOAST ABOUT BEING FRIENDS WITH SCHOOL SHOOTERS. More HERE. Also during the event, he called himself a “knucklehead,” a nickname he truly deserves.
WALZ ALSO LIED THAT TRUMP HASN’T PAID TAXES IN FIFTEEN YEARS. Anti-Trumpers are so thoroughly sleazy – REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP DISCLOSED SEVERAL YEARS’ WORTH OF TAX RETURNS BECAUSE DEMOCRATS WERE OBSESSING OVER THEM – AND NOTHING WRONG WAS FOUND! Democrats can’t even keep their anti-Trump hoaxes straight. Continue reading
HAWKINS (1973-1974) – Before Matlock, there was Hawkins! The iconic Jimmy Stewart starred as Billy Jim Hawkins, an aw-shucks country lawyer who was really shrewd and calculating behind his stammering, Good Ol’ Boy facade.
Hawkins rotated with Shaft, which starred Richard Roundtree reprising his big screen role as private detective John Shaft (but a John Shaft who couldn’t be as violent or profane as he was in the movies, of course).
LIBERTY VS ACES: GAME TWO – The NEW YORK LIBERTY took the court against the visiting two-time defending WNBA champions, the LAS VEGAS ACES. 





The Halloween Season has rolled around once again! For newcomers to Balladeer’s Blog let me point out that I post about more than just horror topics in October. I also cover my usual recurring subjects but throw in reviews of neglected, centuries old novels and short stories from around the world in a Gothic Horror equivalent of my Ancient Science Fiction blog posts. I also review horror films throughout the month.
A NOVA CALIFORNIA (1921) – This short horror story from Brazil was written by Lima Barreto. The tale is set in a fictional Brazilian town called Tubiacango after the river along whose banks it stood. Tubiacango’s population was roughly 4,000.
NOTE: Something I’ve been struck by as I read more and more Brazilian literature is how even the smallest towns could boast an international population. There will be native Brazilians, newly arrived Portuguese, white Europeans, and – as the literature itself points out – every shade of dark colored people from all over the world.