Category Archives: Neglected History

THE MEMO: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

Democrat Crime FamilyI’m still weighing and sifting everything from the explosive Memo that the nation is talking about. It looks very, very bad for Hillary, Obama and the rest of the anti-Trump cabal.

Right now the Democrats are proving as reluctant as many Republicans were to accept their own side’s exposed abuses years ago.

The anti-Trump cabal’s abuses were far worse, apparently, since they assumed Hillary would win and that none of their crimes and other misdeeds would ever have come to light. No wonder they’ve been raving lunatics since President Trump won.

And the Democrats’ house organs are complicit in the attempted coverup. The Washington Post should change its motto to “Democracy Dies At Our Hands, God Willing.”  Continue reading

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IT’S JAMES JOYCE’S BIRTHDAY!

jamesjoyceHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAMES JOYCE! His works got me hooked in my teens when I really related to his character Stephen Dedalus as he rejected his religion and indulged what I call his “young and pretentious side” in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. I wore out my copy of Joyce’s novel Ulysses and continue to mark Bloom’s Day to this very day.

Over the years Finnegans Wake replaced Ulysses as my favorite Joyce novel and I’m fonder than many people are of his play Exiles. Naturally, I’m also into his “epiphanies” in Dubliners and, poetry geek that I am, even Pomes Penyeach and Chamber Music. So, if you live in Ireland, say hello to Anna Livia Plurabelle for me today!   Continue reading

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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEMOCRATS: PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SOTU IS A TRIUMPH

donald-trump-and-flagPresident Donald Trump – America’s de facto Third Party President AND “the new Franklin Roosevelt” – delivered his first State of the Union address Tuesday Night to an approving citizenry … and to a dour-faced and hate-filled Democrat Gang.

The Democrats have become so twisted and bitter they seem to WANT to be known as a one-issue party, and that one issue is ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS UBER ALLES! According to some of those polls that Democrats eat, sleep and breathe by, more and more African-Americans are noticing that Democrats have brutally tossed them aside to pander to illegals.

As just one of many examples, one of the African-American parents whose children died at the hands of illegal immigrants has been speaking out since Tuesday night about how disgusted he is that the Democrats – even their Kapos in the Congressional Black Caucus – refused to show any compassion for the plight of families like his.

Stolen Lives QuiltThe Democrats are so far-gone on this issue- and have taken to rejecting ANY voices that tell them how callous they come across – that they refuse to even put on a public show of mourning the dead victims of their beloved illegal aliens. What a pack of unfeeling political robots. 

But enough about that one lone issue. President Trump highlighted his many, many accomplishments and once again came off looking like a reasonable, compassionate leader while the Democrats looked bitter, hate-filled and partisan.  Continue reading

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TOP FIVE HARRY FLASHMAN NOVELS: NUMBER TWO

For Balladeer’s Blog’s Number One Harry Flashman Novel click HERE  For background info on George MacDonald Fraser’s infamous anti-hero Harry Paget Flashman you can also click that link. 

Flashman in the Great Game2. FLASHMAN IN THE GREAT GAME (1975)

Time Period: The Great Mutiny (1857-1858)

This Flashman novel comes in a very close second to my top selection, which I examined last time around. Ultimately the way that a portion of Flashman in the Great Game gets a wee bit unfocused relegated it to the Number 2 spot.

Synopsis: As the title indicates, this time around Harry Flashman, the most self-serving and roguish Cavalry Officer in Queen Victoria’s army, gets caught up in what diplomats of the 1800s called “The Great Game.” Said game involved the figurative chess match played by Great Britain, Russia and other powers as they all angled to extend or maintain their power and influence in Central Asia, especially India.   

Alan Bates -better Flashman than MalcolmLord Palmerston of Her Majesty’s Government is wary of a potential uprising among the Indian troops employed by the British East India Company and of Russian interference in the form of Flashman’s old foe, (the real life) Count Ignatieff.

Once again the fate of nations rests on the thoroughly unreliable shoulders of Harry Paget Flashman. (See pic of Alan Bates at left)

Laila Rouass perfect LakshmibaiIn India our swashbuckling protagonist struggles to stay alive amid assassination attempts by Russian agents while vying with Count Ignatieff for political influence in the court of (the real life) Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi. (See pic of Laila Rouass to the right)

Lakshmibai’s overwhelming beauty, feisty spirit, skill at horsemanship and magnificent fencing abilities make her one of the few women to actually tug at Flashman’s heart and not just his man-parts.

In real life many prudish British politicians of the time called her “The Jezebel of Jhansi” over her sexual openness but such a derogatory nickname would only enhance her standing in the eyes of the lustful Colonel Flashman.       Continue reading

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TRUMP CARDS: JANUARY 30th

 

Trump vs swampIt’s the return of TRUMP CARDS, as America’s de facto Third Party President Donald Trump aka The New Franklin Roosevelt continues to rescue the working class and the poor  from our hopelessly corrupt politicians and their media allies.

*** The International Monetary Fund recently credited President Trump’s actions with fueling a global economic boom.

*** Plus, here at home African-American unemployment is now the lowest it has ever been as Trump continues to deliver for REAL WORLD people of color. And he’s a big enough man to do this despite the childish tantrums directed at him by millionaire black celebrities who apparently don’t care about the suffering poor.

Hillary Clinton creepy*** Hillary “Bugsy” Clinton has been reduced to reading aloud from that National Enquirer-level book about President Trump to try to soothe her bitterness and humiliation from getting defeated by Trump in 2016. Hillary is extra-creepy when she tries to act funny.

*** And, as always, EVERY DAY THAT NEITHER HILLARY CLINTON NOR JEB BUSH ARE PRESIDENT IS A TERRIFIC DAY! 

The more that the forces of conformity try to browbeat all of us into pretending President Trump is not doing a wonderful job for the working class and the poor the more fun it is to see more and more people stop humoring them and begin pushing back.

President trump saving childrenAs I said awhile back, at this point even if I DIDN’T support President Trump (the new FDR) I would PRETEND that I did. The anti-Trump fascists are such humorless, pompous and indignant fools. Roughly sixty-three to sixty-four million voters DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF UPSETTING YOU FASCISTS JUST BECAUSE YOUR CROOKED CANDIDATE HILLARY LOST!

The fact that the anti-Trump pieces of garbage think they can demand the elimination of all evidence of President Trump’s victory once again proves my old saying that “THEY are the fascists they’ve been waiting for.” ( Yes, I’m intentionally overusing the word fascists like pathetic “resistance” cowards do.) Continue reading

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THE TOP FIVE HARRY FLASHMAN NOVELS: NUMBER ONE

Flashman cutGeorge MacDonald Fraser’s series of novels about his infamous anti-hero Harry Paget Flashman are thought-provoking, educational, thrilling and most especially – gloriously dark-humored.

Collectively referred to as The Flashman Papers, the books are DEFINITELY for adults only and not just because of the raucous sexual escapades of the main character. The historical and philosophical themes explored are not for the squeamish nor the simple-mindedly outraged.   

Fraser’s first Harry Flashman novel appeared in 1969, the same year as the American novel Little Big Man. The two books are similar in approach since they both depict a main character who gets caught up in a series of historical adventures involving Great Events and Great Figures with the events being looked at in a critical light and the figures largely lampooned.

FlashmanIn the case of Harry Flashman, however, the adventures are much more detailed because Fraser used an entire series of novels. (The 4th book in the series, not the 1st, is my Number One listing) Flashman himself is amoral, ruthless and driven largely by his lust for loot and sex.

And therein lies the genius of Fraser’s writing: the reader is permitted to feel THEIR OWN outrage over the atrocities depicted in the novels. There are no shrill lectures in the narrative, just an often bleak backdrop in which the misdeeds of history’s Great Names often make Harry Flashman’s mere monetary and carnal pursuits look almost noble by comparison.   

Flashman himself often brings to mind James Garner’s slick-talking gambler/ gunslinger Bret Maverick from 1950s television. Like Maverick, Harry Flashman proudly calls himself a coward who tries to avoid violence and thrives on trying to con or outsmart his adversaries rather than fight them. (But he often winds up having to fight them anyway.)

And like Maverick, the needs of adventure fiction eventually make the claims of cowardice wear thin because – no matter how reluctantly – both Harry and Bret always wind up in situations requiring conduct above and beyond the call. But when it comes to underhandedness “Ol’ Flash Harry” beats Maverick hands-down. Continue reading

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DEMOCRAT ATROCITY ROUNDUP: JANUARY 25th

illegal immigration cartoonILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS UBER ALLES – The Democrats very recently brought about a government shutdown on behalf of their beloved illegal immigrants from Mexico. Tone-deaf as ever, the members of DemCorp were stunned by how unpopular that move was and quickly surrendered.

Yes, illegal immigrants are sure Democrat voters (despite the way Democrat President Polk was the man behind the Mexican War that DemCorp loves blaming on the rest of the country) so Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and their ilk were happy to cut off the pay of men and women serving in the field on behalf of people in the country illegally. (aka “Hillary Voters in 2016”) 

FBI coupF.B.I. – FELONIOUS BARACK’S INQUISITORS – Every day more and more information emerges about the illegal way Obama’s politicized FBI functioned as a pro-Hillary sabotage operation during and after the 2016 presidential election.

President Trump – our de facto Third Party President – is still battling countless Obama partisans bitterly clinging to their bureaucratic fiefdoms. Draining the Swamp – more like the cesspool – at the FBI is still an uphill fight. Meanwhile Murky Mueller and his Funky Bunch of Hillary donors continue their absurd Russian Collusion inquisition.

Democrats feel “If you liked the Civil War we caused to try to keep our slaves, you’ll LOVE the Civil War we’re trying to cause over our hatred of Trump!” Continue reading

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MUSLIM FASCIST ATROCITY ROUNDUP: JANUARY 22nd

Muslim violence and shariahRegular readers of Balladeer’s Blog know that I’m an atheist but there is no denying that Islam – the religion founded by the blood-soaked child rapist named Muhammad – is the most homophobic, misogynistic and otherwise intolerant religion in the world right now.

People around the world know that Muslim immigrants have a greater tendency to engage in fascistic violence than Hindu immigrants, Buddhist immigrants, etc. It is always and only Muslim immigrants who demand that every place they migrate to MUST obey their commands to live in a way that does not offend their 7th Century mindset.

Here are just a few of the latest Muslim fascist attacks.

January 17th: Muna Garage, Nigeria – A Muslim fascist suicide bomber killed TWELVE innocent people at a market and injured FORTY-EIGHT more.

January 19th: Eringeti, Democratic Republic of the Congo – ADF, the local affiliate of the Global Muslim Fascist Murder Machine, ambushed and killed TWELVE innocent people while wounding over TWENTY more. 

January 12th: Unguwan Gajere, Nigeria – Gunmen from Miyetti Allah, one of the local affiliates of the Global Muslim Fascist Murder Machine, killed TEN innocent people and wounded 2 more. Continue reading

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TRUMP CARDS: JANUARY 18th

donald-trump-and-melaniaThe more that the forces of conformity try to browbeat all of us into pretending President Trump is not doing a wonderful job for the working class and the poor the more fun it is to see more and more people stop humoring them and begin pushing back.

As I said awhile back, at this point even if I DIDN’T support President Trump (the new FDR) I would PRETEND that I did. The anti-Trump fascists are such humorless, pompous and indignant fools. Roughly sixty-three to sixty-four million voters DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF UPSETTING YOU FASCISTS JUST BECAUSE YOUR CROOKED CANDIDATE HILLARY LOST!

The fact that the anti-Trump pieces of garbage think they can demand the elimination of all evidence of President Trump’s victory once again proves my old saying that “THEY are the fascists they’ve been waiting for.” ( Yes, I’m intentionally overusing the word fascists like pathetic “resistance” cowards do.)

Trump is SerpicoTRUMP CARD ONE: De facto Third Party President Donald Trump’s FAKE NEWS AWARDS were terrific! He is one man alone against America’s cesspool of corruption which INCLUDES the corporate media.

TRUMP CARD TWO: Apple CEO Tim Cook joined the chorus of voices praising Trump’s tax plans. All of the working class people benefiting from Trump’s presidency so far also continue smiling, even though bloated rich pigs like Democrat Nancy Pelosi and the repulsive Bush family try downplaying it.  

TRUMP CARD THREE: A CBS poll showed President Trump’s support among African-American voters MORE THAN DOUBLING since he took office. And in the election of 2016 he got more of the African-American vote than any Republican in decades. Now, personally, I refuse to take ANY polls very seriously, especially after 2016’s mammoth errors, but it is ALWAYS fun to see Trump-haters ignore polls which go in Trump’s favor but “trump”-eting any and every poll that goes against him.  

black-trump-supportersTRUMP CARD FOUR: Republican trash like Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush and all the stuffy white males at National Review continue proving President Trump’s status as a de facto Third Party President. The Paul Ryans and Lindsey Grahams of the world apparently don’t like the way Trump attracts so many voters of color. I guess they want the Republicans to go back to being the party of Boring White Clowns In Suits.  

TRUMP CARD FIVE: Trump-haters played Wile E Coyote to President Trump’s Road Runner AGAIN yesterday as they tried claiming the doctor that gave Trump a glowing appraisal following his ANNUAL PHYSICAL was a paid Trump stooge. In reality it was THE SAME DOCTOR WHO GAVE OBAMA HIS PHYSICAL! Too funny! 

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MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ

martin-luther-king WHY WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY ESTABLISHED?

A. So that it could be politically exploited by out of touch White Democrats of Privilege who think that making a hobby out of the real-life suffering that African-Americans went through means they are qualified to speak on their behalf

B. To commemorate the life of a man who expressed a message of unity and non-violence

C. So that the racist hatemongers of BLM could pretend to be honoring the man’s memory by preaching non-stop race hatred and cop killing

WHEN DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WANT A DAY OF “RACIAL HEALING” WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY THAT?

A. A day where everyone mindlessly agrees with the hatemongering rhetoric spouted by Democrats

B. A day where everyone refrains from mentioning that the Democrats were the party of the KKK, Jim Crow and slavery yet they think they’re fit to lecture the rest of us about racial matters.

C. Both A and B

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT DEMOCRATS AND THEIR AL SHARPTON-STYLE KAPOS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY WOULD CALL A CIVIL RIGHTS HERO?

A. An African-American teen who studies hard and works toward a better future but who gets gunned down by black street criminals

B. A black street criminal who guns down the aforementioned African-American teen as long as that criminal charges at cops and gets killed by them

C. People of color who point out that they are free to decide for themselves which political party they will vote for 

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A RACIST EXPRESSION?

A. Colored people

B. People of color

C. Neither, and only a paranoid race-baiter would say otherwise

WHICH OF AMERICA’S TWO LARGEST POLITICAL PARTIES BEST REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS?

A. Democrats

B. Republicans

C. Neither of those parties represents the interests of anyone except white collar criminals who hold office and the bloated rich pigs who own those office-holders

AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF PEOPLE SURVEYED AGREED THAT:

A. The Democrats are vermin for treating Martin Luther King Day like it’s a day they own even though King was a Republican

B. The Democrats are vermin for treating Martin Luther King Day like it’s part of one of their political campaigns

C. The Democrats are vermin Continue reading

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