For Flashman Down Under and Flashman in the Opium War click HERE Balladeer’s Blog moves on to another Harry Flashman adventure referred to but never completed before George MacDonald Fraser’s death.
Projected Title: FLASHMAN AND THE KINGS
Time Period: The Taranaki War (1860-1861)
NOTE: The title refers to the Maori King Movement, which began during this period and whose descending line of a designated “King of Kings” has survived to this very day with the current Maori King in New Zealand.
From 1860-1861 the Maori Kings aka the Maori King Movement proved to be the most battle-savvy and politically shrewd opponents the British would face until the First Boer War of 1880-1881. If the native inhabitants of other regions around the world had been this proficient and coordinated, the Colonial Powers of the European and Muslim Empires might have been dealt such massive setbacks that the course of history would be fascinatingly different.
The Set-Up: As of the finale of Fraser’s Flashman and the Dragon we readers were left guessing exactly what Harry was being dragged into by blonde, luscious Phoebe Carpenter and her husband.
In Flashman and the Dragon the Carpenters were shown to be smuggling guns to the Taipingi rebels in China, so my speculation would be that they were also involved in smuggling guns to the Maori forces in New Zealand. The Taranaki War had been raging between the Maori and British colonial troops since March of 1860.
The Carpenters had been posing as Christian Missionaries as cover for their smuggling operation in FATD so they might well have been using that same cover for their dealings with the Maori King Movement. Flashman’s standing as a storied, active duty British Colonel could be exploited to their advantage through their extortionate hold on our antihero.
FATD ended in October of 1860. The Taranaki War lasted until March 18th of 1861 so Harry could be on hand for the last several months of the conflict. As usual he might well end up with undeserved military honors from his misadventures, caught up in the martial action while striving to free himself from his entanglement with Phoebe and her husband.
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### Facebook and Twitter should be treated like public utilities and stopped from their war on the free exchange of ideas. Ever check out how the overwhelming majority of the one-percenters at those companies donate ONLY to the Democrats? They are also giving IN-KIND contributions to the Democrats and need to provide equal time. 
The invasive and ever-expanding tentacular reach of techno-fascists like Google and others makes these totalitarians a very credible threat to political freedom and freedom of expression. 
Many readers have been asking me why I don’t do my own #WalkAway article about how I was driven away from the Democrats by their unhinged fascism. Basically because ever since 2010 many items here at Balladeer’s Blog have ALREADY BEEN my #WalkAway testimonials. I’ve also featured other former Democrats who came to feel just as disgusted long before this whole, beautiful #WalkAway movement began. 
Another one of the latest #WalkAway heroes is Rob Smith who is black and gay and is fed up with the way Democrats treat black people and gay people like they own them. The link to the item is below, but first some excerpts:
“I think for me, I got so sick of the lies. What they were telling black people,” Smith said. 
Time for another round of Transgress With Me. 
*** REMEMBER THE LYRICS TO THE 1960s SONG THAT WENT “HATE YOUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR/ BUT DON’T FORGET TO SAY GRACE” AS A POKE AT MIDDLE-CLASS CHRISTIAN HYPOCRISY? … THESE DAYS THE HYPOCRISY OF LEFT-WING ARCHIE BUNKERS FROM THE 1960s GENERATION COULD BE CRITICIZED WITH LYRICS LIKE “HATE AND THREATEN VIOLENCE AGAINST YOUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR FOR SUPPORTING TRUMP/ BUT DON’T FORGET TO TELL YOURSELF HOW TOLERANT YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE” 
As our de facto Third Party President Donald Trump continues battling America’s 3rd World-level cesspool of corruption which masquerades as a government here are some quick headlines and links. 
SAN FRANCISCO LETTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS VOTE – Hey, why not? Illegal immigrants in California have been voting for Democrats for years and gave Hillary millions of votes in 2016. San Francisco says it’s just for “local” elections but in national election years their local and national items are on the same ballot. I guess they’ll go by “The Honor System” to make sure the illegals don’t fill in the national part of those ballots. CLICK 
Our de facto Third Party President Donald Trump continues to prove that he’s the new Franklin Roosevelt. Not only has he saved the economy and turned it around but he undid Obamacare’s destructive Individual Mandate, saving countless working class families from economic devastation. All that and much, much more. 
AFTER CALLING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, DEMOCRATS GO ON TO DEMAND THE DISMANTLING OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS Nancy Pelosi says “Ever notice those guys always show up every time a fire breaks out? It can’t be just a coincidence!”
PRESIDENT TRUMP STARTS WORLD WAR III – DEMOCRATS MOVE TO IMPEACH HIM 
And Democrats wonder why the #WalkAway movement is so popular. Well, actually, it should come as no surprise that HuffPo, the site for HUFFy, POST-menopausal white Democrats, blamed #WalkAway on RUSSIANS! I’m serious. 
And let’s talk about CIA scumbag JOHN BRENNAN! This barely human piece of filth – WHO HAD TO RESIGN OVER CIA SCANDALS ABOUT COVERT OPS AGAINST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WAY BACK WHEN – has no room to criticize President Trump – or anyone else – about anything. There are drug dealers and child pornographers who can look down their noses at the John Brennans of the world and say “Eeewww.” 
And speaking of Hillary, remember her ridiculous presentation of a “RESET” button to the Russians when she was Secretary of State (LMAO)? If you’re upset over Trump – quite correctly – implying our intelligence services are just as crooked and self-serving as the Russians’ intelligence services then why weren’t you upset at Hillary and Obama basically saying “Now that the scum from the previous administration is gone we cosmopolitan sophisticates can reset our relationship.” 
For Flashman Down Under click 
To the most critical eyes – then and now – the Empire seemed to be facilitating the market in opium so that certain British businessmen could get rich and if the drug’s use had a very negative, epidemic downside for the Far Eastern customers, that was callously perceived to be a fringe benefit. 
ILLEGAL ALIENS: KILLING LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL THAT AMERICANS WON’T KILL – A mere TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLAR FINE was all that an Illegal Alien – Roberto Garza Palacios – had to suffer for killing an FBI Agent and a Fire Investigator with his vehicle … AND DIDN’T EVEN HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT OR DO JAIL TIME. 
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