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NEWS ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY TWENTY-FIFTH

Another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTS HIS MANY SUCCESSES AT THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, WHILE DEMOCRATS DOUBLE DOWN ON THEIR “ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS UBER ALLES” POLICIES. More HERE

TRUMP ALSO TOUTS HIS SUCCESS AT BRINGING THE LOWEST DRUG PRICES ANYWHERE. Related HERE.

TRUMP GETS DEMOCRATS TO ONCE AGAIN OPENLY ADMIT THEIR SUPPORT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OVER U.S. CITIZENS. More HERE. And HERE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HONORS DALILAH COLEMAN, SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL LEFT WITH LIFE-ALTERING INJURIES BY AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT. You’ll notice that demented vermin like Bono don’t write songs supporting victims like this. He should be asked about that at his every appearance. 

TRUMP EFFECT: CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX AGAIN RISES.

CNN’S OWN POLL SHOWS SIXTY-FOUR PERCENT OF THEIR VIEWERS FEEL PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLICIES WILL MOVE THE COUNTRY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. In spite of their endless attempts to propagandize against Trump his successes shine through. 

PRESIDENT TRUMP REUNITES VENEZUELAN FAMILY AT THE SOTU ADDRESS.

YET ANOTHER REMINDER THAT DEMOCRATS OPPOSE VOTER I.D. SO THEY CAN CONTINUE COMMITTING VOTE FRAUD.

PRIVILEGED WHITE ONE PERCENTER DEMOCRAT NANCY PELOSI IS STILL HAUNTED BY HER INSIDER TRADING SCANDALS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP USES NANCY PELOSI AS EXHIBIT A FOR WHY LEGISLATION IS NEEDED TO BAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM STOCK TRADING. Pelosi, her husband and her relative Gavin Newsom embody Democrat malfeasance.

DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS REFUSE TO COVER TRUMP’S CEREMONY HONORING FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT VIOLENCE  aka “ANGEL FAMILIES”. More HERE.

LAKEN RILEY’S MOTHER COMMENDS HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN THE SUFFERING OF ANGEL FAMILIES AT THE HANDS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Democrats, meanwhile, prefer to protect illegal immigrant criminals. Think of Darwin Award fools Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

TRUMP DECLARES ANGEL FAMILY DAY. More HERE. And HERE. Democrat media outlet CNN sneers with contempt at those families HERE.

ANGEL FAMILY DAD REMINDS DEMOCRATS THAT EVERY AMERICAN DEATH BY AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IS PREVENTABLE. And “if it saves even one life” isn’t it worth doing, Democrats?

DEMOCRATS EVEN REFUSE TO STAND FOR THE PARENT OF THE SLAIN IRYNA ZARUTSKA. More HERE. No Democrat songs for Iryna, either. Continue reading

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ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP (1917) SILENT FILM

ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP aka Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1917) – Remember how the 1976 movie Bugsy Malone presented a gangster tale with children in all the roles? And how Shirley Temple starred in an entire series of Baby Burlesque shorts with all-child casts in assorted genres? Well, this 80-minute silent film was earlier than all of them. 

All but a few roles are played by children and the Genie is played by one of the adults in the cast – Elmo Lincoln, who would star as the first screen Tarzan the following year. The child cast members overact like crazy but to me that just adds to the cartoonish charm of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. Continue reading

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FEBRUARY TWENTY-THIRD NEWS ROUNDUP

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog presents another current events roundup.

JUST LIKE THE SUPREME COURT DID WITH SOME OF DEMOCRAT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT’S PROGRAMS, THE COURT NOW STRIKES DOWN MANY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFFS. More HERE. The parallels between FDR and Trump and their battle with the corrupt political establishment are many.

TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES PURSUE THE TARIFFS VIA OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL PATHS THAT ARE OPEN. “A setback, not a defeat.” Law professor lays out those other paths HERE. Carney explains how the tariffs will continue under other statutes HERE. Even CNN host acknowledges Trump can do that HERE. More HERE

POWERFUL DISSENT FROM JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS ON TARIFF RULING. And another from Justice Kavanaugh examined HERE.

BESSENT SIGNALS NO RETREAT BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON TARIFF FRONT. Trump and his allies are the only members of the opposition party who fight back with the same energy that Democrats do.

DEMOCRAT-RUN NEW YORK CITY REQUIRES I.D. TO WORK AS A SNOW SHOVELER BUT NOT VOTE.    More HERE. Hilarious!

TRUMP DOJ SUES OVER NON-COMPETITIVE HEALTHCARE PRACTICES IN OHIO. Sort of like Theodore Roosevelt and his Trust-busting.

VIDEO: REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN SPECIAL ELECTION.

DEMOCRAT ANTI-TRUMP HATEMONGERING LEADS TO YET ANOTHER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. Continue reading

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FLASHBACK: CIVIL RIGHTS ICON CLARENCE HENDERSON SAYS TRUMP DID MORE FOR BLACK AMERICANS IN FOUR YEARS THAN BIDEN DID IN FIFTY

FROM September 7th, 2020: 

Civil Rights Icon Clarence Henderson added his voice to those of other Martin Luther King People of Courage in praising de facto Third Party President Donald Trump’s accomplishments for black Americans.

Trump never called racist til running against DemocratsHe also contrasted Trump’s successful record with Joe Biden’s abysmal record on the same issues.

Henderson reminded voters that Trump gave a record amount of funding to HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), created a record amount of jobs for the black community, and passed criminal justice reform through the First Step Act where 91 percent of the inmates released were black. 

trump rosa parks and muhammad ali“These achievements demonstrate that Donald Trump truly cares about black lives. His policies show his heart.”

His praise of President Trump and his policies continued – 

“He has done more for black Americans in four years than Joe Biden has done in 50!” Henderson said. Continue reading

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NEWS ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY TWENTIETH

It’s a week-ending current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog here in an America where we can’t help but wonder why elderly, decrepit Bono never writes songs for the dead and/or raped victims of illegal immigrants. Or their children. He should be asked that question every time he plugs his latest pathetic effort.  

EPSTEIN FILES REVEAL CENTRAL ROLE JEFFREY AND GHISLAINE MAXWELL HAD IN THE “CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE”, CONTRADICTING HILLARY’S CLAIMS.

TRUMP EFFECT: TRADE DEFICIT DOWN FORTY-FIVE PERCENT IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS. Its best quarter in THIRTY-THREE YEARS. More HERE.

TRADE DEAL BETWEEN U.S. AND INDONESIA.

ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT PEDOPHILE WHO WAS RELEASED BY DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY” STATE CONNECTICUT. The victims of illegal immigrants get no sanctuary under Democrats. 

MORE ICE ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GUILTY OF CHILD ABUSE, KILLING AND SEX CRIMES. But no obituary songs for the victims get written by singers famous in the 1980s. Ever.

DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY” COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA RELEASES ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WANTED FOR CHILD RAPE. Why are such offenders the highest priority for Democrats? Why?

FORLESIA COOK, WHO LOST HER GRANDSON TO THE STREET VIOLENCE DEMOCRATS IGNORE, PRAISES PRESIDENT TRUMP AT BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT. But the racist, shallow, hypocritical Bono did not write an obituary song for her slain grandson. Only for privileged white Renee Good. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE.

FLORIDA POLICE RESCUE ELDERLY DRIVER WHO CRASHED THEIR CAR INTO A POND. You will NEVER see anti-police “activists” risking their lives to save the lives of others like this. NEVER. Continue reading

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FEBRUARY EIGHTEENTH NEWS ROUNDUP

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog is back with a mid-week current events roundup.

IN DEMOCRAT-HELD CHICAGO ANTI-ICE FASCISTS ARE PUTTING BOUNTIES ON THE HEADS OF ICE AGENTS

DERANGED HATEMONGER WHOOPI GOLDBERG IS THE LATEST TRUMP-HATER TO BE EXPOSED IN DEEP WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN. It may be that the best way to know if someone had ugly ties to Epstein is to see how deep their Trump Derangement Syndrome goes.   

ANOTHER CALL OUT REGARDING ILHAN OMAR’S MISLEADING FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES.

AND YET ANOTHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTION AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. Always remember that Democrats canonize such people.

JOURNALIST NICK SHIRLEY UNCOVERS MONUMENTAL VOTE FRAUD IN CALIFORNIA. More HERE. Continue reading

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ROBERT DUVALL: MY FAVORITES AMONG HIS OVERLOOKED STARRING ROLES

R.I.P. Robert Duvall. This year we say goodbye to this monumental actor like we said goodbye to his friend and fellow thespian giant Gene Hackman early last year. Most tributes will cover Duvall’s roles in his many, many films whose titles are household words. This being Balladeer’s Blog I’ll instead look at some of his overlooked gems.

TOMORROW (1972) – Robert Duvall – who called this one of his favorite performances – plays poverty-stricken farmer and sawmill operator Jackson Fentry of Mississippi. One cold December evening he comes across the pregnant Sarah Eubanks, a poor woman whose abusive husband has abandoned her because he wants nothing to do with raising their child.

The lonely Fentry nurses Sarah back to health and supports her through her baby’s birth. He promises to raise the child as his own and keeps his word even when his and Sarah’s relationship is cut short by her poor health. Fentry’s fundamental decency rubs off on the boy, who shows signs of being as compassionate as Jackson himself.

SPOILERS: Unfortunately, Sarah’s violent brothers eventually learn that “Jackson Jr.” (Johnny Mask) is their sister’s child and take him from Fentry by force. From then on, the boy grows into the same kind of violent criminal that his uncles are. Ultimately, the young man is murdered, and his killer is let off because the jury views the slaying as a public benefit given what a depraved criminal the late Jackson Jr. was.

Horton Foote (who adapted the screenplay for To Kill a Mockingbird in which Duvall played Boo Radley) expanded one of William Faulkner’s short stories about lawyer Gavin Stevens into this film’s screenplay. A shorter version was first performed on tv’s Playhouse 90.

The film drags, but Robert performs brilliantly as a downtrodden man whose dignity and character shine through despite the deficient vocabulary his lack of education has left him with. Continue reading

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NEWS ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY SIXTEENTH

It’s a Monday current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAIN LAUDED AS THE PERSON WHO DID MORE THAN ANYONE TO BRING DOWN JEFFREY EPSTEIN. And all while many people who hate Trump have been exposed for their complicity in Epstein’s activities.

TRUMP HATER REID HOFFMAN REVEALED TO BE MENTIONED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT TIMES. “Gifts for the girls” and other references. And more HERE.

MARYLAND DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO DISCARD CITIZENS AS COLLATERAL DAMAGE.

MARYLAND SHERIFFS COURAGEOUSLY VOW TO IGNORE THE STATE’S DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR’S ORDERS NOT TO COOPERATE WITH ICE. Public safety should take priority over the Democrat motto “Illegal immigrants uber alles.”

DEMOCRAT BOOSTER CENK UYGUR BLASTS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AGAIN. Hopefully he’ll follow so many of us in leaving behind The Party. An excerpt of what he had to say – “I was just in Washington and here’s my read of Democratic Party right now. 98% of them think they are the most important people on earth. 98% of them have done absolutely nothing. They demand respect, which they haven’t earned at all. They have an unbearable entitlement complex.” 

ANOTHER MINNESOTA WOMAN TRIES TO IMPEDE ICE’s SEARCH FOR AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHILD RAPIST AND MURDERER. Sanctimonious fools continue to delude themselves that they are justified in helping to keep illegal immigrant child rapists and murderers at large.

BIDEN REGIME REVEALED TO HAVE LET BIG-MONEY DONORS SPONSOR DOJ INVESTIGATIONS INTO THEIR POLITICAL ENEMIES. If only the clueless Republican Party had kept up with the Democrats in the Media Arms Race this could be as prominently featured as the Democrats’ pet news stories of the moment.   

PRESIDENT TRUMP STEPS IN TO DEAL WITH THE DEMOCRAT DISASTER REGARDING SEWAGE BEING DUMPED INTO THE POTOMAC

ANTI-ICE ACTIVITIES WITH STUDENTS LED BY DEMOCRAT “TEACHERS” BECOME MORE AND MORE VIOLENT. More HERE. Do Democrats hope that a student or two will be harmed or worse just so they can make propaganda about it?

DOLTISH ANTI-ICE DEMOCRAT WOMAN HARASSES A POLICE OFFICER BECAUSE SHE MISTAKENLY ASSUMED HE WAS AN ICE AGENT. Renee “Darwin Award” Good syndrome spreads.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT KILLS INNOCENT WOMAN WITH VEHICLE WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE JUSTICE. Will he be the latest Democrat media darling like Darwin Award Renee Good and Alex Pretti?

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FLASHBACK: CBS/ QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY POLL NAMES OBAMA THE WORST PRESIDENT OF THE POST-WORLD WAR TWO ERA

FROM JULY THIRD OF 2014. 

THE WORST U.S. PRESIDENT OF THE POST-WORLD WAR TWO ERA

In the recent CBS News/ Quinnipiac University Poll Americans quite correctly voted Barack Obama the worst U.S. president of the post- World War Two era. How appropriate that, just in time for the July 4th holiday Little Barry Obama won this distinction since he is exactly the type of pompous, clueless, corrupt and self-satisfied ass that we declared our independence from back in 1776!

Congratulations to the poll respondents for absolutely nailing Obama, the quintessential Hollow Man. And the repulsive George W Bush was in 2nd place so that’s equally enjoyable, too!  Continue reading

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AMERICAN PRESIDENTS: PROS AND CONS

In honor of Presidents Day Weekend here’s my updated look at presidential pros and cons. The original was posted in 2012. It’s light-hearted and irreverent so presidents from all parties get insulted. 

1. GEORGE WASHINGTON

Motto: “Screw taking a salary as a general, just bill ’em outrageously for your expenses!”

Nickname: The First Lady of Broadway 

Pro: Established the precedent of stepping down after 2 terms max.

Con: Owned other human beings.

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2. JOHN ADAMS 

Motto:  “A day without alienating someone is like a day without sunshine.”

Nickname: Boom-Boom 

Pro: Was almost fanatically honest and never owned other human beings. 

Con: Alienated nearly everyone except his wife Abigail.

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