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NOVEMBER 2019: A LOOK BACK

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

freedom of expression is a human rightAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JOINS THE VOICES SAYING GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS – This was November, 2019, and Big Tech has become an even bigger threat to human rights since then. Click HERE. 

HARRIET: THE WOMAN CALLED MOSES OPERA BY THEA MUSGRAVE – My look at Thea’s terrific opera about Harriet Tubman. Click HERE.

trump rosa parks and muhammad aliBLACK VOICES FOR TRUMP – Item from November 10th of 2019. Click HERE. 

EVEN MORE HILARIOUSLY WRONG PREDICTIONS FROM PSYCHICS – We all need a laugh and this look at some absurdly wrong predictions by supposed psychics provides some needed comic relief. Click HERE.

FACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 2019 – You can read it HERE.

sharyl attkisson smallerSHARYL ATTKISSON’S REMINDER OF PROOF OF HILLARY CLINTON’S 2016 CAMPAIGN’S COLLUSION – A needed reminder for us from back then. Click HERE.

A FANTASTICAL EXCURSION INTO THE PLANETS (1839) – One of the most popular works of Ancient Science Fiction ever reviewed here at Balladeer’s Blog. Click HERE.

tulsi gabbard heroicHEROIC THEN-DEMOCRAT TULSI GABBARD AGAIN POINTS OUT HOW LOW THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SUNK – You can read it HERE.

“READ THE TRANSCRIPT” T-SHIRTS – The terrific sales of the t-shirts reminding people how the transcript of the Ukraine phone call exonerated Trump from the bogus accusations against him. And here in 2023 the bogus accusations against the outsider Trump continue. Click HERE. Continue reading →

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 17th

Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at some of the latest. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for. 

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BIDEN’S DISASTROUS INFLATION DRIVES THE COST FOR THIS YEAR’S THANKSGIVING MEALS UP BY AN ENTIRE TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT. But callous, comfortable and uncaring Joe Biden and his criminal cronies are just fine.

BIDEN REGIME’S RULE PROVIDES UNION RIGHTS FOR FOREIGN FARM WORKERS BUT EXCLUDES AMERICAN FARMERS FROM THAT ELIGIBILITY. Biden’s war on the working class and the poor continues. Can we stop pretending that this is still the same Democrat Party that it was decades ago?

FIVE WHITE HOUSE AIDES SUBPOENAED AS PART OF THE ONGOING BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION.

THE FASTEST GROWING THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT IN AMERICA.

he liedANOTHER DEMOCRAT VOTE FRAUD RING UNDER INVESTIGATION. Yet The Party always pretends things like this don’t happen. 

BIDEN RELEASES ANOTHER TEN BILLION DOLLARS TO IRAN. HOW MUCH WILL WIND UP IN THE HANDS OF HAMAS?

BOSTON DEMOCRATS BECOME THE LATEST LOCATION TO INTRODUCE MEASURES TO ALLOW FOREIGN NATIONALS TO VOTE. And as I’ve noted every single time a new location does this, it’s eventually coming to an area near you. And we lack a competent opposition party to deal with this. Continue reading →

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LASKARINA BOUBOULINA: HEROINE OF THE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

laskarinaLASKARINA BOUBOULINA (1771-1825) – Often hailed as history’s first female admiral, Laskarina developed a passion for sailing in her youth and was permitted to pursue that passion thanks to her stepfather’s open-mindedness regarding women’s behavior and education. 

At some point after 1814 Bouboulina joined Filiki Etairea, a covert organization working toward liberating Greece from its long occupation by the Ottoman Muslim Empire. By the time the actual Greek War of Independence broke out in February of 1821, Laskarina had six children and lost two husbands, the second one a very wealthy man.

laskarina picOur heroine poured her inheritance into the cause of Greek Independence and personally took command of her small fleet of four ships (some sources say eight ships) which had been constructed and outfitted in defiance of Ottoman regulations on Greek battleships. She even designed her own flag.

Laskarina became a legend in the ongoing war and participated in many naval campaigns. She also financed an army unit. Continue reading →

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THIS BLOG POST CLARIFYING ELEMENTS OF AMERICAN POLITICS FOR OVERSEAS READERS STILL HOLDS UP

mascot miniFor Balladeer’s Blog’s new readers, especially from overseas, this may clarify my reasons for so openly despising both of the rival gangs of white-collar criminals called the Democrat and Republican Parties. That contempt applies to the people who run those two gangs, not the general voters.

Here are some highlights from that November of 2022 blog post, which blasted both major parties after last year’s midterm elections. I will repeat this is for readers who express confusion regarding my preference for being an Independent Voter. 

RELEVANT EXCERPTS: Continue reading →

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NOVEMBER 13th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at some of the latest. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for. 

arthur engoron partisan hackFEMALE NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL REP CALLS TO HOLD UNHINGED, NUDE SELFIE-POSTING, PARTISAN HACK ARTHUR ENGORON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CIRCUS HE HAS REDUCED THE NEW YORK TRIAL TO.

RECORD HIGH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AS BIDEN APPEARS TO HAVE PROMISED TO FINISH TRUMP’S WALL AS JUST A PLOY TO SETTLE DOWN PUBLIC COMPLAINTS.

EVEN MORE OUTRAGE OVER THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL GAG ORDERS ON AMERICA’S OPPOSITION LEADER.

ONLY FOURTEEN PERCENT SAY JOE BIDEN’S POLICIES HAVE HELPED THEIR ECONOMIC SITUATION. Biden’s war on the working class and the poor continues. Continue reading →

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OCTOBER 2019: LOOKING BACK

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.

john brennanC.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.

matt taibbiROLLING 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. 

lftJCN/ 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 shame signHILLARY 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.

        pray for kayla“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 →

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 10th

this entireIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog once again takes a look at some of the latest. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for.

RAMASWAMY LEADS CALL FOR REPEATED LOSER RONNA ROMNEY MCDANIEL TO STEP DOWN AS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE HEAD AFTER YET ANOTHER BOTCHED ELECTION CYCLE. More HERE. 

trump avenue signHIALEAH’S CUBAN-AMERICAN MAYOR ESTEBAN BOVO ANNOUNCES PLAN TO DESIGNATE AN AVENUE AS PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AVENUE.   

GOVERNOR SARAH H. SANDERS ENDORSES DE FACTO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024 RACE.

CNN REPORTS THAT MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT REJECTS ATTEMPT BY BIDEN REGIME ALLIES TO KEEP OPPOSITION LEADER DONALD TRUMP OFF OF THE MINNESOTA BALLOT IN 2024. Yet Trump’s unhinged foes continue trying to throw out the baby with the bathwater in their unconstitutional attacks on him.  Continue reading →

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NOVEMBER EIGHTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

From Joe Biden’s sub-Banana Republic, corporate fascist kleptocracy, Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some of the latest. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for.

joe biden is aJOE BIDEN EXPOSED AGAIN OVER LIES ABOUT INVOLVEMENT IN UNDERBOSS HUNTER’S INFLUENCE PEDDLING ACTIVITIES.

BIDEN REGIME SICS HIS POLITICIZED FBI ON DEMOCRAT NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS FOR DARING TO CALL OUT BIDEN’S FAILED BORDER POLICY.  

engoron partisan hackMAD DOG PARTISAN JUDGE ARTHUR ENGORON IS EVERYTHING WRONG WITH NEW YORK’S “JUDICIAL SYSTEM.” More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. Another “end of the innocence” moment for the forever-naive American public about how their institutions are rotten to the core.   

joe biden launderedFURTHER LIES AND CORRUPTION EXPOSED IN THE POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF AMERICA’S OPPOSITION LEADER TRUMP. More HERE. Trump’s foes continue to make him a martyr and folk hero.

SHAM TRIAL WITH PREDETERMINED OUTCOME. More HERE. 

THREE OF THE LATEST VOTE AND ELECTION FRAUD SCANDALS FOR THE DEMOCRATS. Funny how the political party that keeps getting caught is the one that keeps pretending that such fraud doesn’t exist. Americans need to grow up and accept the fact that their country is not immune to such misconduct.

ANTI-TRUMP GOVERNMENT FIGURES OUTED FOR RUNNING STANFORD GROUP WHICH WAS CENSORING NEWS ABOUT BIDEN SCANDALS AND WAS PUSHING DISINFORMATION AS THE 2020 ELECTION NEARED. More HERE. Then the Biden Regime covered up 2020 election interference HERE.    Sometimes even someone as cynical as I am can’t help but be surprised by what is being exposed.

CBS-YOUGOV POLL SHOWS VOTERS TRUST TRUMP OVER BIDEN TO FIX THE ECONOMY (AGAIN) AND KEEP AMERICA OUT OF WAR (AGAIN). And all that with an all-out media blitz and political persecution raging against him. Trump was and is a de facto Third Party President.
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WORLD WAR ONE: SOME BRIEF COMPARISONS WITH WORLD WAR TWO

With Veterans Day/ Armistice Day approaching, here is Balladeer’s Blog’s handy guide to some differences and key players between World War One and World War Two.

American Dough Boys WW I – Lasted from 1914 to 1918  *** WW II – Lasted from 1939 to 1945 

WW I – America entered the war in April, 1917 *** WW II – America entered the war in December, 1941

WW I – Italy and Japan fought on the side of the Allied Powers *** WW II – Italy and Japan fought on the side of the Axis Powers

WW I – Germany, under Kaiser Wilhelm, led the Central Powers *** WW II- Germany, under Adolf Hitler, led the Axis Powers

WW I – Sinking of the Lusitania *** WW II – Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

WW I – The Allied disaster at Gallipoli *** WW II – The Allied disaster Operation: Market Garden

gallipoliWW I – Douglas MacArthur is an American Commander in charge of the Rainbow Division in Europe *** WW II – Douglas MacArthur is Commander in Chief of the entire Pacific Theater of Operations

WW I – George S Patton is an American Cavalry Officer who eventually becomes a tank commander *** WW II – George S Patton is an American Army commander leading troops in North Africa, Italy and France Continue reading →

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COLLEGE FOOTBALL!

Northeastern_Oklahoma_AMIt was on November 6th, 1869 that Rutgers and Princeton played the very first college football game “on the banks of the Raritan” as the Rutgers fight song says.

taylor swiftOne 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.

And per new legislation, the Taylor Swift Act of 2023, all football items MUST be accompanied by footage of Taylor Swift. Here’s to 154 years of college football! 

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