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THE VILLON LEGEND: SEVENTH AND FINAL PART

This is the final part of Balladeer’s Blog’s look at the swashbuckling legends that surround Francois Villon (1431-1463?), remembered as one of France’s greatest poets and a notorious outlaw.

villon in swordfightFRANCOIS VILLON PART SEVEN – We pick up this time in 1460, as Villon’s roaming career as a highwayman and armed burglar among the Coquillards was fast approaching its end, though the poet seems not to have realized it. None of his poetry from 1458 and 1459 has survived, unfortunately.

Accounts vary wildly, but Francois and some of his outlaw colleagues had supposedly been taking advantage of the feud between Archbishop Thibaud d’Aussigny of Orleans and his subordinate clergy members. Prior to Villon’s fugitive status, the Archbishop might have been a figure who appealed to him. D’Aussigny was a genuine reformer whose appointment was opposed by the Pope and the King, but whose political allies had maneuvered him into position despite all that. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: MAY SEVENTH

Another current events roundup by Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

jack smith picPARTISAN HACK JACK SMITH ADMITS TO HIS TEAM MISLEADING THE JUDGE IN HIS TRUMP CASE WHILE TRYING TO RAILROAD THE OPPOSITION LEADER. Smith, looking nothing at all like a creepy child molester, continues his farcical prosecution. More about Jack’s career of sleaze HERE.

DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR AND HIS WIFE INDICTED ON BRIBERY AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES. More HERE.

NEW YORK FIREFIGHTERS GLEEFULLY WELCOME POPULIST AND DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO THEIR STATION WHILE SHOUTING “Sir, save us please!” and “You gotta win!” Cheers met Trump signing the fire station’s daybook, too.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT RELEASED INTO THE COUNTRY BY JOE BIDEN’S REGIME HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR KIDNAPPING AND SEXUALLY VIOLATING AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL. Another crime on Biden’s head. Democrats, can you and your illegal immigrant heroes please leave children alone?  

robert deniro is patheticDEMENTED FORMER ACTOR ROBERT DENIRO COMPARES TRUMP TO (YAWN) HITLER, AS ALL IMBECILES TEND TO DO. The pathetic Deniro, who plays violent social misfits and predatory criminals in films (Maybe he’s just been “acting naturally?”) was smacked down and put in his place on social media with this reply post:

Well, Trump was actually already president for 4 years and his policies bore no resemblance to those of Hitler, so this makes no sense.

           “In fact, with the Abraham Accords, he made some progress towards peace in the Middle East, which was definitely not high on Hitler’s agenda.”     

          deniro lawsuit picI will add my own note to anti-Trump psychopaths like this – Try reading a little bit of history and/or stop trying to self-aggrandize by pretending that your irrational and unhinged remarks about Trump are somehow equal to fighting Hitler. Deniro would likely be fearfully hiding from the real Hitler or helping him round up victims. Gutless phony. Deniro forgets that he lives in a pathetic world of make-believe, and his lips would be trembling and his eyes welling up with tears in any REAL LIFE conflict. 

        AND ANOTHER HATEMONGERING HOLLYWOOD DEMAGOGUE ALSO MINDLESSLY AND GROUNDLESSLY COMPARES TRUMP TO HITLER. Pathetic. Anyone who seriously thinks that any American president has ever been equivalent to Hitler should seek professional help. Continue reading

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AUGUST 2021: LOOKING BACK

FOR PART ONE (2016) OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE

british parliament holds biden in contemptBRITISH PARLIAMENT OFFICIALLY HOLDS JOE BIDEN IN CONTEMPT. Hey, those fools wanted Biden. They got him. MORE HERE.

JOE BIDEN GETS DESERVEDLY SLAMMED BY SURVIVORS OF THE DEAD FROM HIS AFGHANISTAN DEBACLE. The unfit Biden gets slammed from all directions and deservedly so. Parents of his victims made remarks like “You killed my son! This never would have happened under Trump.” and “You are no leader of any kind! You are a weak human being and a traitor!” and “We didn’t want him anywhere near us!” 

           Another called Biden “a feckless, dementia-ridden piece of crap“.

media biasBIG TECH OLIGARCHS CENSORED ACCOUNTS OF FAMILIES OF THOSE SERVICE MEMBER DEATHS CAUSED BY JOE BIDEN IF THEY CRITICIZED HIM. Joe Biden is a clump of bacteria sculpted into human form.

DEMOCRATS IN COLORADO WORK TO BLOCK ELECTION AUDITS FOR ANY FUTURE ELECTIONS FROM THIS POINT ON. Notice how it’s only ever Democrats who oppose measures to block and/or investigate Vote Fraud? Hmmmm. That says it all.

BRITISH NEWS OUTLET CALLS OUT AMERICAN MEDIA’S COMPLICITY IN BIDEN’S DISASTERS. And I point out that British media outlets are just as guilty.  

BIDEN ATROCITIES CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE Continue reading

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MAY 2nd ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

corrupt dojFrom the execrable Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy comes another current events roundup by Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

biden the fascistBIDEN ALLIES GOING AFTER TRUMP NOW DICTATING WHAT HIS OWN CAMPAIGN SITE CAN SAY. The political persecution continues in New York City. An expression stronger than “Banana Republic” is needed for this blatant persecution of the opposition leader. 

JOE BIDEN AGAIN VIOLATES THE SUPREME COURT DECISION STATING HE DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DECREE THAT DEMOCRAT STUDENTS DON’T HAVE TO REPAY THEIR STUDENT LOANS – WIPES OUT ANOTHER SIX BILLION DOLLARS IN OUTSTANDING LOANS. So, taxpayers who already paid off their own student loans still have to pay off the student loans of Democrat students. 

tulsi gabbard heroicTULSI GABBARD AGAIN SPEAKS FOR SO MANY OF US FORMER DEMOCRATS – “IT’S TIME TO LEAVE THE DEMOCRAT PARTY BEHIND“. The people who still call themselves Democrats now are intolerant and hatemongering fascists.

DEMOCRATS LAUNCH EFFORT TO ELIMINATE THE MANDATORY REPORTING OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE. Hey, Democrats have to try covering up their frequently-reported molestation and sexual assault of children somehow. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?

biden criminal enterpriseBIDEN REGIME DOJ OFFICIAL ADMITS TO LYING UNDER OATH. More HERE. If she was a member of the opposition party this would carry serious consequences, but the Biden Regime displays its illegitimacy every day.

LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT PERMITS 100,000 CITIZENS TO SECEDE FROM DEMOCRAT-RUN BATON ROUGE AND FORM THEIR OWN NEW CITY. If more areas do this it could be the best way for voters to liberate themselves from crime-ridden Democrat hellholes and establish sane governments in their new cities. Continue reading

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THE VILLON LEGEND: PART SIX

This is the sixth part of Balladeer’s Blog’s look at the swashbuckling legends that surround Francois Villon (1431-1463?), remembered as one of France’s greatest poets and a notorious outlaw.

villon portrayedFRANCOIS VILLON PART SIX – We pick up at the point in 1457 when the fugitive outlaw Villon found a warm and unexpected welcome in the court of Rene, Duke of Anjou. This figure was also known as “Good King Rene” because technically the crown of the Kingdom of Sicily was part of his royal inheritance.

Rene was renowned for his interest in science and literature and, despite Francois Villon’s criminal notoriety, the Duke was far more interested in the poetry Villon had churned out over the years. Some of that poetry had scandalized France, but intrigued Rene to the point where his court became a sanctuary of sorts for our man.

The Duke’s castle stood on a promontory above the confluence of the Sarth, Loir (with no e) and Mayenne Rivers, near where they poured into the Loire (with an e). The path along the land outside the castle walls was known as the Promenade of the End of the World. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: APRIL 29th

From Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog comes another current events roundup.

Democrat rat

DEMOCRAT PARTY

ARIZONA DEMOCRAT THE LATEST (D) TO BE CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CHILD MOLESTATION. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?

LATEST CORPORATE MEDIA HOAX – PRETENDING TRUMP INTIMIDATED A WITNESS – GETS EXPOSED AS A LIE IN RECORD TIME. Over and over again these lies get shot down, but the slobbering psychopaths who hate Trump fall for them every single time. They are the most ignorant, uninformed and emotionally unstable people I’ve ever encountered. If Trump was accused of leading an invasion from Mars, those imbeciles would believe it.

justice is detMORE FEDERAL MISCONDUCT DISCOVERED IN TRUMP DOCUMENTS CASE. More HERE. The Biden Regime and its allies have made America a Banana Republic.

GREITENS CALLS OUT HOW THE PARTISAN LAWFARE AGAINST OPPOSITION LEADER TRUMP IS A WAR ON THE LEGAL SYSTEM ITSELF.

DEMOCRAT PROSECUTORS PERSECUTORS CONTINUE THEIR BLATANT ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY INSISTING TRUMP REMAIN IN NEW YORK CITY, SO TRUMP HOLDS RALLIES AND ATTENDS EVENTS. Populist leader Trump cheered on as he battles America’s cesspool of a political establishment.  Continue reading

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JULY 2021: A LOOK BACK

FOR PART ONE (2016) OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE.

biden plutocratJOE BIDEN: DISASTER UPON DISASTER

DEMOCRATS VS THE REST OF US: JULY 22nd.

FORMER TRUMP HATER DISCOVERS THE TRUTH AND BEGINS SINGING HIS PRAISES.

BIDEN, CUBA AND CHINA’S REGIMES CONTINUE SUPPRESSING DISSENT.

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NO DEMOCRAT WOULD ALLOW THIS SIGN IN A CLASSROOM OR OFFICE.

DEMOCRAT UGLINESS IN ITS MANY FORMS.

Some excerpts: “AT PRESENT, DEMOCRATS PUSH DIVISIVENESS EVERYWHERE – Democrats, despite the fact that their political party was behind so many atrocities in America’s past, presume to lecture the rest of us. Hell, the senile and corrupt Joe Biden eulogized an actual Ku Klux Klan official, fellow Democrat Senator Robert Byrd. Biden’s 1994 legislation has long been called out for its draconian punishments which fell mostly on African-Americans.

“Joe Biden and his son Hunter have been caught repeatedly in racist comments and using racial slurs, yet the pathetic Biden tries lecturing THE REST OF US about “racism” and “White Supremacy.” You know … the kind of White Supremacy pushed by the Ku Klux Klan, founded by Democrats and which Biden’s eulogized buddy Robert Byrd held a leadership position in.

“It is DEMOCRATS who keep pushing “transition” drugs on increasingly young children, yet too many people shy away from pointing this out.

It is DEMOCRATS who insist just about everything makes them feel “unsafe”. Continue reading

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APRIL 26th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog presents another look at current events from Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy, where he and his regime victimize the poor and the working class. 

hamas to bidenDEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS CALLED OUT FOR IGNORING THE FACT THAT HAMAS STILL HOLDS AMERICAN HOSTAGES. All just to try protecting callous, uncaring and catastrophic Joe Biden.

BIDEN’S INFLATION ACCELERATES WHILE GDP SLOWS, CAUSING MORE STAGFLATION. But Joe Biden and his fellow one percenters are doing just fine.

ANOTHER OF BIDEN’S ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ASSAULTS MULTIPLE WOMEN, THIS TIME IN MICHIGAN.

mandela and trumpDEMOCRAT FASCISTS STILL REFUSING TO GIVE TRUMP THE RIGHT TO MOUNT A DEFENSE, PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT THESE ARE JUST POLITICAL SHOW TRIALS

TRUMP PROSECUTORS HAPLESSLY PROVE THEIR OWN WITNESS IS A LIAR WHO FAKED EVIDENCE. But let’s face it, the judge and company decided Trump was guilty long ago.

biden is not legitDEMOCRATS AT GOOGLE VOW TO ONCE AGAIN BLOCK NEWS UNFAVORABLE TO BIDEN LIKE THEY DID IN 2020. And the Hunter Biden laptop revelations – which Big Tech pretended were “misinformation” – were just the tip of the iceberg. 

*** ATLANTIC CITY DEMOCRAT ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ELECTION FRAUD. But no matter how many times this type of thing happens every year, Democrats pretend it doesn’t.

JOHNSON CALLS OUT THE BIDEN REGIME’S COORDINATED LAWFARE AGAINST OPPOSITION LEADER DONALD TRUMP. More HERE.

NEW YORK UNION LEADER: “MY MEMBERS SUPPORT TRUMP BY THREE TO ONE.” More HERE. And HERE. Union leadership sold out to corporate interests long ago, but the rank-and-file members love Trump. Trump was the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime.

obama kills childrenSUPREME COURT ARGUMENTS RAISE ISSUE REGARDING WHETHER BARACK OBAMA SHOULD BE TRIED FOR HIS CRIMES LIKE USING DRONES TO KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN. More HERE.

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REPORT FOCUSES ON ANTI-TRUMP D.A. BRAGG’S POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. More HERE. Continue reading

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THE VILLON LEGEND: PART FIVE

This is the fifth part of Balladeer’s Blog’s look at the swashbuckling legends that surround Francois Villon (1431-1463?), remembered as one of France’s greatest poets and a notorious outlaw.

ronald colman as villon againFRANCOIS VILLON PART FIVE – We left off last time with Villon on the run again, having fled Paris after the Navarre College job in which he and his fellows robbed a record amount of gold for the time period.

Formerly, despite his criminal career most of the notoriety Francois had earned was for his scandalous, irreverent poetry regarding The Powers That Be in France of his era. The December 20th, 1456 Navarre caper changed that. 

villon the life dissoluteFrom early 1457 and for a few years more, Villon continued his outlaw existence in and around the French province of Anjou and the Loire River Valley. Depending on the source, Francois either officially became a member of the criminal fraternity called the Coquillards at this time or was already a member and deepened his ties to them.

Falling in with a gang of highwaymen, Villon helped prey on the carriage trade, which enhanced his underdog/ quasi-Robin Hood reputation because only the wealthy and the high-born traveled by carriage in that era. No one else could afford to.  Continue reading

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ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS: APRIL 23rd

Time for another current events roundup by Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

biden bloodBIDEN REGIME HANDS OVER ONE HUNDRED TEN MILLION DOLLAR MILITARY BASE TO THE JUNTA IN NIGER – WHICH THEN TURNS IT OVER TO PUTIN’S RUSSIA. Joe Biden is a disaster all day every day and this action further demonstrates the idiocy of people who pretend Trump is pro-Putin.

OBAMA SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR ARRESTED FOR CHILD SEX CRIMES. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?

SCATHING PIECE TITLED “ILLEGAL ALIENS UNDERSTAND NONE OF THE RULES APPLY TO THEM“. A better title would have pointed out how none of the LAWS apply to them.

DEMOCRAT STATE SENATOR ARRESTED FOR FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY. Democrats’ latest innovation – branching out from white-collar crime to a more hands-on approach.

mark zuckerbergBIG TECH FASCIST MARK ZUCKERBERG PROCEEDING WITH ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY BANNING TRUMP FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.

ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS AT MCKENZIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WILMETTE PUBLIC LIBRARY HOSTING SEMINAR FOR CHILDREN CONSIDERING SEX-CHANGE SURGERY. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?

BIDEN REGIME’S BORDER DISASTER FREES YET ANOTHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CONVICTED KILLER INTO THE U.S

SUPREME COURT STOPS DEMOCRAT ATTEMPT TO EXPAND THEIR VOTE BY MAIL/ CHEAT BY MAIL SCAM. Wasn’t vote by mail (which is NOT the same as absentee ballots) supposed to go away after covid? Another lie from career politicians.  Continue reading

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