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2023 JUNETEENTH – MARKING THE DAY DEMOCRATS LOST THEIR SLAVES

Democrats KKKIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog wishes you a happy Juneteenth, commemorating the day Democrats lost their slaves. (Only Democrats owned slaves.) African-Americans continue fighting for their freedom from the Democrats, who today treat people of color like they still own them and that they MUST vote for Democrats and ONLY Democrats. Democrat Joe Biden, embodying the grotesque hypocrisy of that detestable political party, EULOGIZED A KLANSMAN – DEMOCRAT SENATOR ROBERT BYRD – yet Biden thinks he’s fit to give finger-wagging lectures to the rest of us.

And y’know what? I’ve managed to go my whole life without ever knowing a Klansman let alone praising them after their death. But a piece of garbage like Joe Biden – whose racial slurs and other incidents of racist behavior are legion – presumes to elevate himself above the nation at large as if he’s some sort of High Priest of Racial Awareness. I’m neither a Democrat nor a Republican, so I’m not being partisan when I point out that Joe Biden is the herpes sore on the Body Politic.

Hillary and KKK Robert Byrd

Hillary Clinton with the Klansman she called one of her “mentors” – fellow Democrat Robert Byrd.

In further commemoration of Juneteenth here’s some more reminders about Democrats: the party of slavery, Dred Scott, the Ku Klux Klan, Jim Crow and so much more. None of us choose the skin color we were born with or what country we were born in but we can certainly choose what political party we are or are not associated with. Do you still choose to belong to the party of the Democrats after all their crimes against humanity? #WALKAWAY and become an Independent Voter . Continue reading

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HAPPY BLOOM’S DAY 2023!

jamesjoyceYes, it’s the 16th of June, better known to James Joyce geeks like me as Bloom’s Day. The day is named in honor of Leopold Bloom, the advertising sales rep and Freemason who is one of the major characters in Joyce’s novel Ulysses. The novel also brings along Stephen Dedalus, the protagonist of his earlier novel Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

For those unfamiliar with this work, Ulysses is Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness novel in which he metaphorically features the events from the Odyssey in a single day – June 16th, 1904, in Dublin. (The day he met Nora Barnacle, the woman he would eventually marry after living together for decades)

Bloom represents Ulysses/Odysseus, Stephen represents Telemachus and Leopold’s wife, Molly Bloom, represents Penelope. Continue reading

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JANUARY 2018

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

trump over media biasDON SURBER ON TRUMP’S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE

FACEBOOK IS FAKEBOOK. Even in 2018 Facebook’s facade was crumbling.

TRANSGRESS WITH ME: JANUARY 29th. Are you brave enough for this?

g men mock cover“THE PARTY’S” ATROCITY ROUNDUP. Back in 2018 the FBI’s fake Russian Collusion nonsense had already been exposed. Plus vote fraud and more.

BLOCKBUSTER DEVELOPMENTS. 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. All that and more.

ONE MAN ALONE AGAINST BOTH CORRUPT POLITICAL PARTIES. Republican trash like Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Chris Christie and all the stuffy white males at National Review continue proving President Trump’s status as a de facto Third Party President. Continue reading

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AMERICAN REVOLUTION: JANUARY 8th to 28th, 1776

With the July 4th holiday fast approaching, Balladeer’s Blog offers readers another seasonal post regarding overlooked military actions.

america rebelsJANUARY 8th, 1776 – In Charlestown, Massachusetts, British troops and American Tories were attending a performance of General John Burgoyne’s play The Blockade of Boston. The play was a farce ridiculing the supposed inadequacies of the American rebels. An unknown number of American soldiers carried out a raid on the town, panicking the theater audience, capturing 5 British soldiers and destroying 8 Tory buildings.

JANUARY 12th – At Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, the HMS Glasgow and HMS Sloop Swan landed 250 British soldiers and Marines. The Brits clashed with approximately 50 American men of Richmond’s Regiment and forced them to retreat. Throughout the night the Redcoats pillaged supplies, stole livestock away to the two ships and burned down homes and barns.

JANUARY 13th – After daybreak, Captain William Barton led 60 men from Richmond’s Regiment in an attack on the British. Gunfire was exchanged for over 3 hours, with several men from other Rhode Island units crossing the bay to reinforce their fellow rebels. Ultimately, the Brits were forced to end their pillaging and burning and to retreat to the two warships, having suffered at least 14 dead and an unknown number of injured. Continue reading

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JUNE 13th NEWS, POLITICAL CARTOONS AND MEMES

trump was presAs always, Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some current events. 

COURAGEOUS TULSI GABBARD SPEAKS OUT ON HOW THE WAR ON TRUMP ENDANGERS DEMOCRACY.

EVEN MORE EXPLOSIVE REVELATIONS ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S BRIBERY SCANDAL AND THE FBI COVERUP. It’s life here in Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy.

JOE BIDEN’S SECRETARY OF ENERGY ADMITS LYING UNDER OATH, BUT NO CONSEQUENCES. More HERE. Meanwhile, the Democrats pursue convictions on the slightest pretext.

INFLATION OUTRACES WAGES FOR THE TWENTY-SIXTH MONTH IN A ROW UNDER JOE BIDEN’S DISASTROUS ECONOMIC POLICIES. Biden’s war on the working class and the poor continues.

biden unleashed theTHE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY’S TWENTY SHELL COMPANIES.

JIM JORDAN’S PASSIONATE DEFENSE OF TRUMP

VENTRY: ANOTHER SCAM INDICTMENT AGAINST TRUMP.

IT’S BIDEN’S GOONS, NOT TRUMP, VIOLATING CONSTITUTIONAL NORMS.

DEMOCRAT FASCISM ROLLS ALONG.

ANOTHER ITEM ON THE DEMOCRATS ABANDONING THE WORKING CLASS. Continue reading

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THE TIRED REFRAIN OF ANTI-TRUMP FASCISTS

biden bribery scandalHere at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog I’ve written about the rival gangs of white-collar criminals called Democrats and Republicans since long before de facto Third-Party President Donald Trump announced his candidacy in 2015.

Since then, the mere existence of a viable candidate who was NOT a made member of the criminal cabals called the Democrat and Republican parties has fueled hysterical anti-Trump panic from the two major parties and their media outlets.

biden tax returnsWhether you like or hate Donald Trump is irrelevant – it became clear long ago that the cesspool of corruption which masquerades as America’s political system is targeting Trump to make a public example of any non-career politician who dares to oppose the establishment.

So, we once again see the corporate fascist Biden regime hurling another meaningless, unfounded indictment against Donald Trump, this time on the same day that the latest evidence of the Joe Biden bribery scandal was produced. Not exactly subtle.
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DON Q: SON OF ZORRO (1925) SILENT MOVIE POSTERS

don q son of zorroRegular readers of Balladeer’s Blog may remember that I’m a Silent Movie geek. Last time around I took a look at the magnificent film poster for Douglas Fairbanks’ Thief of Bagdad. This time around it’s posters for one of my favorite underrated Fairbanks flicks, Don Q: Son of Zorro.

Decades before Lash Larue and Indiana Jones, Douglas Fairbanks wielded a whip in battle like no one had ever seen. Don Q, the alias adopted by the son of Zorro, took on his own set of evildoers and in the exciting finale Fairbanks used split-screen technology to show up as papa Zorro to fight side by side with his swashbuckling son.

I could drone on and on about my enthusiasm for Douglas Fairbanks and his fellow stars of the silent screen, but for today I’ll stay focused on a few posters for this movie. Doug adapted the Don Q pulp character and retconned him into being Zorro’s son to make this a sequel to his 1920 film The Mark of Zorro. Continue reading

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DECEMBER 2017

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

corinne brown and hillary clintonCORINNE BROWN, DEMOCRAT CONGRESSIONAL REP FROM FLORIDA, SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR RUNNING A FAKE CHARITY AND SPENDING THE MONEY IT RAISED ON HERSELF AND ASSOCIATES. Have I mentioned lately that American political figures are career white-collar criminals?

BRIAN ROSS OF ABC NEWS SUSPENDED FOR FOUR WEEKS WITHOUT PAY OVER HIS FAKE NEWS REPORT ABOUT TRUMP. AND JOY BEHAR FORCED TO WALK BACK HER REMARKS CLAIMING THE NEWS WAS TRUE! Yes, in 2017 the hysterical anti-Trump media outlets still had a shred of integrity left, so some consequences were paid when they lied. Since then, even that shred evaporated.

elizabeth warren paysPRESIDENT TRUMP RESTORES MEALTIME CHOICES TO STUDENTS. And more news …

IN 2017 THE KATE STEINLE CASE GAVE THE COUNTRY A SMALL TASTE OF THE CRIMES THAT DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY CITIES” WOULD UNLEASH ON US. Continue reading

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NEWS AND MEME ROUNDUP: JUNE 7th

Another look at the latest from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

quid pro joeJOE BIDEN BRIBERY SCANDAL STARTED TO BE EXAMINED IN 2017 AND INVOLVED UKRAINE AS WELL AS HUNTER BIDEN’S “NO-SHOW” JOBS AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING.

ANOTHER ARTICLE COVERING THE SHELL COMPANIES FUNNELING MONEY TO THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY. It’s life here in Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy.

democrat republican or awakeVERY INSIGHTFUL PIECE ABOUT THE CLUELESS, OUTDATED AND UTTERLY USELESS REPUBLICAN PARTY BOSSES. Plus a takedown of the Republican Ronna Romney McDaniel HERE.

EVEN THE DEMOCRATS AT THE ATLANTIC FINALLY ADMIT THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS USED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WEALTHY TO CUT WAGES FOR THE WORKING CLASS. Took them long enough to catch on to the corporate fascist game.

HEROIC DEMOCRAT RFK JR SCARES JOE BIDEN WITH HIS CANDIDACY. Sadly, The Party will do to him what it did to Tulsi Gabbard in 2020. Continue reading

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JUNE 6th, 1775

marinus willettTHE SIXTH OF JUNE – Many sites are marking the larger event of the D-Day Invasion during World War Two on this date, but in keeping with Balladeer’s Blog’s theme of neglected and obscure items I’ll take a look at a forgotten action from America’s Revolutionary War. With the 4th of July less than a month away, similar seasonal posts will follow in the weeks ahead.

This action involved fighting between New York City’s Sons of Liberty and British forces in the area. Continue reading

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