Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog offers an end of week current events roundup from an America where Stephen King, looking nothing like a creep who hangs out at playgrounds, deleted his posts supporting scat fetishist and woman abuser Graham “Nazi Tattoo” Platner, the Democrat cause célèbres recently.
DEMOCRAT PARTY
CHICAGO TEACHER FACING EIGHT CHARGES OF FILMING STUDENTS THEN USING THE FILM TO MAKE AI CHILD PORN OF THEM. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?
IRAN BOMBS NEIGHBORING NATIONS. Democrat encouragement of Iran to keep fighting until after the midterm elections is apparently working.
EVEN CHINA IS PRESSURING IRAN TO ABIDE BY THE CEASEFIRE TERMS.
TRUMP EFFECT: U.S. ECONOMY UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP OUTSHINES OTHER ADVANCED NATIONS.
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLICIES, THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2026 SAW THE LOWEST LEVEL OF JOBLESSNESS SINCE 1969. He’s the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime.
FLASHBACK: PRESIDENT TRUMP LED THE WAY IN DEFEATING CORRUPT POLITICAL FAMILIES LIKE THE BUSHES (R), CLINTONS (D), CHENEYS (R), BIDENS (D) AND MCCAINS (R). Continue reading
Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at another YouTube movie review channel. This one is called Hard Cut Reviews. I haven’t been this enthusiastic about a YT channel since Red Letter Media when I covered them way back in the early years of 2010 and 2011. 
OZIDI – Over the years, Balladeer’s Blog has examined several epic myths from around the world. I’ve reviewed Navajo, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Greek, Roman and African epics. Among the African epics I’ve examined were the Mwindo Epic, the Woi Epic, the sagas of Aiwel Longar, Bakaridjan Kone and others. 
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BLINDMAN (1971) – Richard Starkey aka Ringo Starr turns 86 years old today. In his younger years he was affiliated with some musical group, but REAL Ringo fans know him as a Master Thespian who appeared in plenty of memorable movies. 
The Frontierado Holiday lands on Friday, August 7th this year. Regular Balladeer’s Blog readers may recall that Frontierado Season celebrates the myth of the Old West, not the grinding reality. To mark the season, I always review Westerns, look at neglected elements of the 1800s west and examine overlooked gunslingers whose lives were at least as exciting as the big-name figures. 
“WHISKEY JIM” GREATHOUSE – He started out by shooting his way to the top of a bootleg whiskey ring in the early 1870s. From there he moved on to stealing horses and mules with his gang, later switching to Buffalo “Hunting” with Pat Garrett. That got Whiskey Jim caught up in the war between buffalo “hunters” and the Comanches. In New Mexico, Jim took on crime lord “Hoodoo” Brown and ultimately moved on to rustling and rubbing shoulders with Billy the Kid. Click 
HARLEM DETECTIVE (1953-1954) – Black actors like THE William Marshall and William Hairston played police detectives in multiple episodes of this short-lived television series set in Harlem. They were partnered with the program’s major white detective, portrayed by Owen Jordan. Other black performers appeared in supporting roles each episode and several scripts were written by African American writer William Attaway (Above left). William’s sister Ruth appeared in the first episode of Harlem Detective. 
Before I delve into the few episodes that I was able to learn details about I’ll point out that William Marshall was forced off the series when he was accused of being a communist. Some online mentions claim the entire series was canceled because of that. 
CYN RENTERIA aka ORIGINAL CYN aka CYNTHIA RENTERIA hosted Cynful Movies from 2019-2022. That show was another movie hosting production from Joel Stephens, whose programs
Best of all, from 2019-2022 Cyn was simultaneously the starring hostess of Cynful Movies, on which series she got to present movies outside of just horror flicks. Original Cyn served up Psychotronic classics from additional genres, including peplums, sci-fi, mysteries and spaghetti westerns. Cynful Movies boasted at least as much of a variety of B-Movies as 
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