FOR PART ONE (2016) OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE.
THE “RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY” NONSENSE – People believing they are on “the right side of history” are as plentiful as people who believe they have “God on their side.” A look at the pomposity of idiots who claim they are on said right side of history. Click HERE.
C.I.A. DIRECTORS – THE MEN FROM S.C.U.M. – A reminder of what absolute garbage the people who have run America’s C.I.A. are. One of the reasons I used to be a Democrat before leaving that party of fascists to become an Independent Voter was because Democrats USED TO openly bash abuses by the C.I.A., F.B.I., N.S.A. and others.
Unfortunately, in the past several years, Democrats have decided that as long as the dirty activities of those agencies benefit their political party, they are fine with them. Click HERE. More reminders about C.I.A. trash HERE.
ROLLING STONE EDITOR MATT TAIBBI COURAGEOUSLY BASHES INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND POLITICAL PARTISANS FOR THE DANGERS POSED BY THEIR UNHINGED OBSESSION WITH TRUMP – Links below, but first some excerpts: “My discomfort in the last few years, first with Russiagate and now with Ukrainegate and impeachment, stems from the belief that the people pushing hardest for Trump’s early removal are more dangerous than Trump.”
“The Trump presidency is the first to reveal a full-blown schism between the intelligence community and the White House. Senior figures in the CIA, NSA, FBI and other agencies made an open break from their would-be boss before Trump’s inauguration, commencing a public war of leaks that has not stopped.” And the war against Trump by America’s cesspool of a political establishment continues to this day. Click HERE and HERE for Taibbi’s piece.
JCN/ B2C STUDY: TRUMP’S ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE HELPING HISPANIC BUSINESSES THRIVE – Links below, but first some excerpts: “Alfredo Ortiz said “The fact is that Hispanics are flourishing in the Trump economy. Democrats asserting the contrary is a mere partisan talking point to try to deny Trump the Hispanic support he has earned”.
“Rohit Arora noted that “Latino business owners are enjoying a 46 percent jump in revenue this year, which will bolster the nation’s thriving economy.” For the full OCTOBER OF 2019 studies click HERE and HERE.
HILLARY CLINTON ACCUSES COURAGEOUS TULSI GABBARD OF BEING (YAWN) “A RUSSIAN ASSET.” – All that plus more HERE.
DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PRAISED BY KAYLA MUELLER’S PARENTS – The link is below but first some excerpts: “President Donald Trump received praise from the parents of Kayla Mueller, the international humanitarian worker raped and killed by Islamic State officials when Obama was in office.
“They praised the president for the recent raid in which Abu bakr al Baghdadi, current head of ISIS and one of Mueller’s rapists, was killed. Al Baghdadi’s likely replacement was also killed over the weekend.”
“The Democrat media outlet the Washington Post (Motto: Democracy dies at our hands) eulogized Abu bakr al Baghdadi as ‘an austere religious scholar’ who ‘dies at 48.’ Sounds like the way the Washington Post carries Hamas’ water here in 2023.
Marsha Mueller expressed gratitude that their daughter and the others who were tortured and killed by ISIS have not been forgotten. “I still say Kayla should be here, and if Obama had been as decisive as President Trump, maybe she would have been,” Marsha Mueller said. Click HERE.
MOTHER JONES: TRUMP IS THE NEW ABRAHAM LINCOLN – Click HERE.
NPR-PBS POLL: MORE PEOPLE TRUST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAN TRUST THE MEDIA – Well, of course, given the corporate media’s hysterical distortion of everything Trump says and does. Click HERE. Continue reading
SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS Vol 1 #1 (May 1963) 
VOYAGE TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH aka Planet at the Center of the Earth aka “Journey to the Centre of the Earth, or Various Adventures of Clairancy and His Companions, to Spitsbergen, to the North Pole, and to Unknown Countries, translated from the English of Hormidas Peath by M. Jacques Saint-Albin”. 
This particular story centers around the fictional seaman Hormidas Peath and his crew who became shipwrecked in the icy Arctic Sea in 1806. They were shocked to discover that temperatures got warmer the further north they went, so they kept following the warmer air until they reached the Iron Mountains. 
HOME aka Future Soap (1968) – This science fiction drama set hundreds of years in the future first aired on January 19th, 1968 on American Public Broadcasting’s N.E.T. Playhouse. Home is a 90-minute piece about the threat of overpopulation – and the excuses that threat gives the government to impose authoritarian conditions on the populace – set among a honeycomb of claustrophobic rooms in which citizens of the future must spend their lives due to the dictates of the government. 
Food is in pill form, rituals praising the government are required and “happy drugs” must be consumed daily in order to keep the populace in line. When a couple is able to obtain permission to have a child they must wait until someone in their communal room dies. 
One of the things I love about college football is how far back its history goes. It feels odd to think that Ulysses S Grant was in the White House when that game was played. 
NUMBER THREE TAKES A FALL – In NCAA Division Two the 24th ranked MISSOURI WESTERN STATE GRIFFONS played host to the number 3 team in the nation – the PITTSBURG (KS) STATE GORILLAS. This Instant Classic saw the Gorillas on top 17-10 at Halftime but the Griffons up 24-17 in the 3rd Quarter. In the 4th, Missouri Western State held on against a Pittsburg State rally to win the game 31-30. 
DOWN GOES NUMBER FIVE – Over in the NAIA, the number 23 DORDT UNIVERSITY DEFENDERS took it on the road against the 5th ranked MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE MUSTANGS. The Defenders put the Mustangs on Upset Alert by the Half with their 21-7 advantage. MC cut that to a 21-14 score to end the 3rd, then Dordt survived the 4th Quarter with a 28-24 victory. 
WE WENT TO A FOOTBALL GAME BUT A BASKETBALL GAME BROKE OUT – Down in NCAA Division Three, the MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY MUSKIES played the visiting WILMINGTON COLLEGE QUAKERS. Points flew like shrapnel as a 28-28 Halftime tie became 42-42 in the 3rd Quarter. The 4th saw the Muskies eke out a 64-63 triumph. 
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