From Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog, coming to you from an America where the opposition leader was nearly assassinated due to unheard of levels of incompetence (wink) on the part of the Secret Service, more current events.
FOR OVERSEAS READERS CURIOUS ABOUT THIS LAST-MINUTE MADNESS THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE CHOSEN TO INFLICT ON THE NATION: There was a time several decades ago when presidential election campaigns didn’t kick off in earnest until after the nominating conventions of both major political parties.
Believe it or not, there was a time when LABOR DAY was the traditional start of hardcore presidential campaigning. In this era of instant communication, it should be even easier to conduct such quick campaigns. Bump the nominating conventions up a few months earlier if need be.
Yes, unlike recent decades, the candidates were not campaigning entire calendar years before our November election day. Sure, you still had Primary Season on the way to seeing who each party would nominate, but our current nonsense involving “Old Soils Himself” Joe Biden and Kamala “Koo-Koo for Cocoa Puffs” Harris would not be as chaotic IF campaigns still operated that way.
Maybe the Democrats and Republicans will look at this year and say “Hey, the less time that the opposing party has to dirty up our candidate and THE LESS TIME THEY HAVE TO EVEN KNOW WHO OUR FINAL CANDIDATE WILL BE, the better.” And from the other party’s side, why spend all that money and effort trashing one opponent only to have to switch gears completely for a new one at around the time WHEN STARTING HARDCORE CAMPAIGNING USED TO BE THE NORM?
Sadly, I don’t expect that to ever happen. Anyway, on to headlines.
IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES INTRODUCED AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT AND “BORDER CZAR” (LMAO) KAMALA HARRIS. Democrats have only themselves to blame for such maneuvers after they put the country through TWO false impeachments of President Trump even though they knew BOTH TIMES they had nowhere near enough votes for conviction in the Senate.
A REMINDER THAT UNDER THE NEW PARADIGM IT’S THE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE OWNED BY RICH DONORS. More HERE. Kamala is now in bed with the scuzziest plutocrats around. This is NOT the Democrat Party of FDR and JFK.
BLACK LIVES MATTER BLASTS THE DEMOCRATS FOR “ANOINTING” THE UNTESTED AND GIGGLING KAMALA HARRIS RATHER THAN DO A QUICK MINI-PRIMARY SEASON. More HERE.
A BOSTON HERALD LOOK AT HOW JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER. But Kackling Kamala’s saying “Hold my beer!”
EXCELLENT PIECE ON HOW THE DEMOCRATS HAVE PROVEN THEY ARE THE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. And to the working class and the poor, for that matter. More HERE.
THE PARTY OF HATE: REPORT ON HOW THE ANTI-TRUMP PSYCHOPATH WHO RAN OVER MICHIGAN TRUMP SUPPORTERS IN HIS ATV CONFESSES, THEN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. Yet deranged Democrats still pretend it’s Trump and his supporters who are “dangerous”. More HERE. Continue reading
THE CABALLERO’S WAY (1907) – This was the original short story written by O. Henry in which he introduced the character called the Cisco Kid. The Caballero’s Way was first published in the July issue of Everybody’s Magazine, then was included in the anthology The Heart of the West later that year. 
The communities in the Cisco Kid’s territory between the Frio River and the Rio Grande help hide the kid from his Texas Ranger pursuers out of fear, NOT out of any fondness for the violent killer. Also unlike later portrayals of the Kid as a good guy, Cisco is an American whose surname is Goodall and he loves to shoot Mexican men.
In the past Balladeer’s Blog has examined epic myths from around the world and from many belief systems. Examples include 
COWBOY G-MEN (1952-1953) – A reader recently mentioned the old Robert Conrad series The Wild Wild West, and that reminded me of The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. AND the much earlier television western titled Cowboy G-Men. That last series featured fictional exploits of U.S. Secret Service Agents in the old west. 
DOWN TO THE WIRE – The INDIANA FEVER (11-15) took it on the road against the MINNESOTA LYNX (17-8). 
BROOKLYN BATTLE AT BARCLAY’S – In this game the NEW YORK LIBERTY (21-4) welcomed the CONNECTICUT SUN (18-6) to the Barclay’s Center. 
CAPTAIN BRITAIN Vol 1 #1 (October 13th 1976)
Synopsis: British college student Brian Braddock was working as an assistant to Dr. Hugo Travis at the Darkmoor Energy Research Center, a scientific organization probing the supernatural energies and anomalies of the Darkmoor area. 
The Amulet of Right and the mystic Quarterstaff turned Brian into the costumed superhero called Captain Britain. Stragg and his men had not seen Braddock’s face clearly, so his real identity was safe. Using his new powers – flight, a skin-tight force field, enhanced senses and enough strength to lift a couple tons – the hero defeated Stragg’s armed thugs. 
SHOTGUN JOHN COLLINS – This overlooked gunslinger was like a talented session musician whose name isn’t better known to laymen mostly because of his time with assorted big-name rock bands. Shotgun John was born Abraham G. Graham in South Carolina on November 22nd, 1851. His great-grandfather had served under General Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, during the Revolutionary War. 
During his teen years Shotgun John was in and out of jail for assorted offenses, but to that point not fatal ones. This time period saw our man forge casual friendships with future notorious figures like Johnny Ringo and John Wesley Hardin.
Okay, not THAT Keith Richards. 
THE JAMES BROTHERS OF MISSOURI (1949) – In this 12-chapter Republic serial the Keithmeister General starred as Jesse James with Robert Bice as his brother Frank. Future Lois Lane Noel Neill played Peg Royer, while B-movie staple Gene Roth was along for the ride in a supporting role. 
THE LIVING CHRIST SERIES (1951) – Keith was At His Satanic Majesty’s Request as Judas in this 12-episode television series about incidents in the life of Jesus Christ. Each episode filled a 30-minute time slot. 
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