Monthly Archives: September 2025

NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FOURTH

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog does another current events roundup from a country flooded with Democrat hatred, lies and callousness toward the survivors who mourn their dead victims. Long time readers may remember when I titled a 2017 blog post Democrats: The Smirking Jackasses of Life. Well, Democrat Fundamentalists have spent the years since then more than living up to that designation. Anyway, here we go.

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ALPHABET PLATFORM ADMITS THE BIDEN REGIME PRESSURED GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE TO SHUT DOWN DISSENTING OPINIONS. In other words, Democrats really did what they are lying about Trump doing to callous capitalist and blackface performer Kimmel.

THE FIFTEEN WEALTHIEST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ALL ELECTED DEMOCRATS. This isn’t new and it continues to prove that Democrats haven’t been the party of the working class and the poor in a very, very long time.

DEMOCRAT-INCITED ATTACK ON ICE FACILITY RESULTS IN THE SNIPER ACCIDENTALLY KILLING TWO DETAINEES BUT NOT THE ICE AGENTS HE TARGETED.

REPUBLIC OF CONGO PRESIDENT PRAISES PRESIDENT TRUMP’S U.N. SPEECH.

GEORGIA DEMOCRATS IGNORE COURT ORDER TO SEAT TWO REPUBLICANS. It’s against the law to do that, but Democrats only pretend to get upset about ignored court orders when they want to use that against President Trump. 

VIDEO: THE LATEST MONTAGE OF FORMER DEMOCRATS DRIVEN TO LEAVE THAT HATE GROUP OVER THEIR CELEBRATION OF THE CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION AND THE HARASSMENT OF HIS WIDOW. Not being cruel to people who just lost a loved one isn’t a very high bar, but Democrats STILL weren’t capable of reaching it. 

DEFEATED AND HUMILIATED KAMALA HARRIS MORONICALLY CALLS PRESIDENT TRUMP A “COMMUNIST DICTATOR.” Unreal.

DEMOCRAT HATEMONGER JASMINE CROCKETT CALLS LATE VICTIM OF AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT “A RANDOM DEAD PERSON.” But Democrats unceasingly claim to be oh-so-compassionate. The mother responded HERE. Continue reading

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THE DAY OF RESIS (1897) ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION

THE DAY OF RESIS (1897) – This sci-fi novel was written by Lillian Francis Mentor. The main character is Enola Cameron, a strong-willed 20-year-old American woman from a well to do family. She purchases a very old goatskin document describing a hidden African kingdom called On.

The goatskin also features a rough map of the route to On. Enola proclaims that men don’t have a monopoly on leading lives of adventure and names herself the commander of a co-ed expedition to find On.

The participants consist of her lady friends, mixed male and female relatives and Henry, who is in love with her. In a gross element common to a lot of stories back then, he is also her cousin. Enola boldly leads the expedition to Africa and a march to the interior.

At length the party reaches the mountain range which supposedly conceals the Kingdom of On. Enola and company manage to find the secret tunnel that leads to the enormous canyon which houses On. Continue reading

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FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: A YEAR AT THE TOP (1977)

A YEAR AT THE TOP (1977) – What a cast! PAUL SHAFFER, GREG EVIGAN, Gabriel Dell (from the Dead End Kids/ Bowery Boys/ East Side Kids/ Little Tough Guys), Priscilla Morrill (Lou Grant’s wife Edie), Antonio “Huggy Bear” Fargas, Julie Cobb (Lee J. Cobb’s daughter) and Nedra Volz in her usual “sassy old lady” role. 

This Norman Lear series lasted just 5 half-hour episodes. Paul Shaffer actually left his gig as a musician on Saturday Night Live to take this role, but luckily it got canceled so quickly he was still able to go back to SNL.

Even worse, Greg Evigan turned down a role on Welcome Back, Kotter to star in this TV Turkey. But at least B.J. and the Bear lurked in his 1970s future. I’ll let you readers decide if that’s good or bad.

A Year at the Top sports a premise that sounds like it could work … as a made-for-tv movie, NOT a series. After three pilots – one as early as 1975 but still with Shaffer and Evigan – the producers went ahead with a tale centered around two would-be rock stars who sell their soul to the Devil’s son in exchange for the titular year at the top of the music industry. Continue reading

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QUISP VS QUAKE (1965-1973)

Previously, Balladeer’s Blog examined the Big Five Monster Cereals (Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Boo Berry, Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy), now I’m taking a look at the forgotten Cereal War between two Quaker Oats brands – Quisp and Quake.

As a sign of the times, Quaker Oats had developed two new types of breakfast cereals but rather than name the pair themselves, they went to advertising agencies and Jay Ward Productions, creators of Cap’n Crunch, to come up with two advertising mascots for the new cereals.

Ward, famous for Bullwinkle and Rocky plus other characters, quasi-cannibalized his own Moon Men figures from his most famous series. The result was Quisp, a zany alien, as the name and mascot for one of the new cereals. For the other cereal, Ward came up with Quake, a muscular miner in a hardhat.

In a gimmick that the General Mills Monster Cereals mentioned above would later imitate, the animated Quisp and Quake would be rivals, each one insisting that their cereal was clearly the superior product. That tongue-in-cheek rivalry was even more successful than the Quaker Oats people had hoped.

The series of cartoon Quisp vs Quake commercials so appealed to their target audience of children that a true Battle of the Boxes broke out in grocery stores across the nation. Kids, as kids will do, badgered their parents to get the cereal represented by their preferred mascot even though there really wasn’t all that much difference between Quisp and Quake cereal. Continue reading

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SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SECOND ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Here’s another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog while we all wait to see who the Democrats will murder next, then lie about their late victim’s words and conduct. Plus they’ll refuse to be civilized and condemn killing people.

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHERS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLIE KIRK, FREE SPEECH MARTYR KILLED BY THOSE HE TRIED TO BE CIVIL TOWARD. More HERE. And HERE.

MOURNERS SAY “WE ARE ALL CHARLIE.” But let’s hope this doesn’t fade away as quickly as “We are Charlie Hebdo” did back in 2015.    ARMED MAN IMPERSONATING A COP ARRESTED AT THE CEREMONY.

GELLER STATES “IN ONLY EIGHT MONTHS, PRESIDENT TRUMP LIFTED MORE PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY THAN BIDEN.” Donald Trump is the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime. 

PERSON WHO SHOT UP A SACRAMENTO ABC AFFILIATE IN HONOR OF JIMMY KIMMEL IS A PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS. The term “Faculty Lounge Fascist” comes to mind.

ANIMAL SHOUTING “FREE PALESTINE” KILLS ONE AND WOUNDS MANY MORE AT A NEW HAMPSHIRE WEDDING. You’ll notice it’s NEVER the people who want Hamas to “free their hostages” who do all the killing.

MARK STEYN’S INSIGHTFUL LOOK AT THE CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION AND AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN ENGLAND BEING PRESSURED BY THE COUNTRY’S THOUGHT POLICE FOR SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP.

CHICAGO’S DEMOCRAT MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON INSANELY STATES “LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A SICKNESS THAT DOESN’T REDUCE CRIME.” It’s that kind of attitude that reduces Democrat-run cities to violent cesspools and makes their citizens cry out for federal help.   POLICE UNION HEAD CALLS MAYOR HYPOCRITE AND PIECE OF GARBAGE IN REPLY.

DEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN JASMINE CROCKETT IDIOTICALLY STATES THAT COMMITTING CRIMES DOESN’T MAKE SOMEONE A CRIMINAL. What an imbecile. Continue reading

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TIMEBOMB (1991) – OVERLOOKED MICHAEL BIEHN MOVIE

TIMEBOMB (1991) – With Alien: Earth being streamed in recent weeks, it has brought with it the usual remarks from Alien franchise fans about what a raw deal Michael Biehn got when his character Corporal Hicks was killed off with Newt in between films.

And THAT put me in mind of Biehn’s virtually forgotten action/ sci-fi film Timebomb from 1991. While very good it’s not a classic and it does incorporate a lot of elements that had already been done better in movies like Total Recall and in future flicks like The Bourne Identity.

Still, though, it’s a valentine for fans who miss R-rated 1980s action movies and features Michael in his prime, once again portraying an appealing hero up against forces that seem beyond human ability to overcome. Plus, he and his costar Patsy Kensit started a relationship while filming Timebomb if you’re interested in such things. Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM SEPTEMBER 20th

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DIVISION THREE OVER DIVISION TWO – Three NCAA D3 teams shamed higher Division Two teams yesterday. The UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT OSHKOSH TITANS beat the ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY LAKERS 38-21   ###   Next, the BREVARD COLLEGE TORNADOES survived a 38-34 visit from the ERSKINE COLLEGE FLYING FLEET   ###   And the UW-LACROSSE EAGLES beat the WAYNE STATE WARRIORS 31-22.

SINKING NUMBER SIX – In the NAIA, the 14th ranked ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY BOBCATS (should be Tomcats) hosted the number 6 team in the nation – the GEORGETOWN (KY) COLLEGE TIGERS. The Bobcats stunned GC, leading them 3-0, 17-0 and 17-7 in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Quarters, respectively before putting them away 26-7 in the 4th.

ANOTHER NUMBER SIX GOES DOWN – Down in NCAA Div 3, the number 16 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT WHITEWATER WARHAWKS took it on the road against the country’s 6th ranked UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR CRUSADERS. The Warhawks were on top 13-6 at Halftime, then shut out UMHB from there to topple them 26-6. Continue reading

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IRON FIST: MORE OF HIS 1970s STORIES

This weekend’s light-hearted, escapist superhero post here on Balladeer’s Blog continues from my 2021 look at the earliest Iron Fist martial arts stories.

MARVEL PREMIERE Vol 1 #25 (Oct 1975)

Title: Morning of the Mindstorm

Villains: Angar the Screamer and Khumbala Bey

Synopsis: This issue picks up right after Iron Fist (Danny Rand) stopped the Skrull robot called the Monstroid before it could kill Princess Azir from Marvel’s fictional Arabic nation Halwan. Lt. Rafael Scarfe and the rest of Azir’s New York City police bodyguards are grateful, but the princess’s hulking Halwan bodyguard Khumbala Bey feels shamed and attacks Iron Fist.

Soon, Azir stops the fight and returns to the Halwan consulate in New York City. Next, Iron Fist learns that Colleen Wing has been abducted by minions of his archenemy Master Khan, who is secretly running a plot in Halwan. On Master Khan’s orders, Daredevil and the Black Widow’s old foe Angar attacks our hero with his Mindstorms. Iron Fist defeats the villain. Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM SEPTEMBER 18th

NCAA DIVISION TWO

TIGER ON TIGER VIOLENCE – The BENEDICT COLLEGE TIGERS welcomed the storied TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY GOLDEN TIGERS last night. The Golden Tigers led 14-7 to end the 1st Quarter but Benedict College was up 28-17 by Halftime. After the break, the Tigers outscored Tuskegee 17-7 to win the game by a final score of 45-24.

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UPSET IN THE RANKINGS – In this game the ITAWAMBA COLLEGE INDIANS took the field against the visiting number 12 team in the nation – the EAST MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE LIONS. At the Half the Lions were on top 17-3 but Itawamba College came out of the locker room ready for a comeback. The 3rd Quarter saw the Indians tie things up at 17-17 before winning it in the 4th 34-24. Continue reading

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MOTHER JONES LOOKS AT DEMOCRAT UGLINESS IN ALL ITS FORMS

For the first time since October of 2022, Mary Harris Jones – aka Mother Jones – speaks with Balladeer’s Blog despite having passed away in 1930. Much of the fun comes from the way that Democrat fundamentalists froth at the mouth over her visits here.

Adding to that fun is the question I always ask those shrieking, hate-filled Democrats – “Are you saying that you think it’s wrong for Mother Jones’ name to be used to promote political opinions she may or may not have agreed with? Is that really the argument you’re making?” Hilarious little hypocrites.

Before I turn the floor over to Mother Jones, let’s all remember that the Democrats now sniveling about the repulsive little toad Jimmy Kimmel were fine with how Roseanne Barr, Gina Carano and so many others were treated by their entertainment industry employers. 

MOTHER JONES: Good to be back, Balladeer. I notice you’ve tended to let up on some basic, solid points you’ve made in your blog posts over the years. I’m here to provide your easily distracted mind with some refreshers.

BALLADEER: Really? I’m curious which points you think I’ve –

MOTHER JONES: Well, shut up then and let me get started! Here we go …

DEMOCRATS HAVE A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE … WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT (June 8th, 2020) – Some excerpts: “It’s no secret that Democrats have become the most intolerant and oppressive totalitarians imaginable.” … Democrats apparently feel that ONLY people who express opinions with which Democrats agree are to be permitted to safely speak at public institutions.”

If Democrats didn’t vote for your candidate – even if your candidate won – they want it considered Hate Speech to display any hats or other support for that candidate. And they’ll use violence against you if you disagree.” … “Democrats spew nothing but hatred and division yet lecture the rest of us about ‘love’ and ‘compassion’ and ‘tolerance.”   

DEMOCRAT UGLINESS IN ITS MANY FORMS (July 28th, 2021) – Some excerpts: “At present, Democrats push divisiveness everywhere.” … DEMOCRATS USE DISCRIMINATORY HIRING AND FIRING PRACTICES – Democrats are the overwhelming majority of administrators and ‘educators’ (LMAO) from kindergarten through college. Democrats are the overwhelming majority of ‘news’ media broadcasters. Democrats are the overwhelming majority of workers in the entertainment industry. Those things don’t happen by accident.” Continue reading

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