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SPARE ME THE HYPOCRISY

Democrat Mobs This Year

THESE BIDEN RIOTS WERE CALLED “MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS”

Anti-Trump fascists have sunk lower than ever over the past two days. We had MONTHS of Democrat mobs rioting and starting fires and causing literally BILLIONS of dollars of damage and the loss of lives while the media and Democrat political figures cheered them on. Biden’s organization as well as several celebrities even PAID BAIL to get their fascist rioters back out on the streets for more mayhem. (Kamala Harris and 13 Biden staffers even donated money to a bail fund for rioters in Minneapolis and encouraged other people to do so, ballooning the fund up into the millions.)

When Harris was on The Late Show she praised the Biden mobs, saying “They’re not going to stop. They’re not going to stop. This is a movement, I’m telling you. They’re not gonna stop. And everyone beware because they’re not gonna stop. They’re not gonna stop before Election Day and they’re not going to stop after Election Day. And everyone should take note of that. They’re not gonna let up and they should not.”

Biden RiotsSO DON’T TRY TO CLAIM PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TO BLAME FOR YESTERDAY IF YOU DIDN’T BLAME BIDEN, HARRIS AND OTHER DEMOCRATS FOR THE MONTHS-LONG WAVE OF VIOLENCE LAST YEAR.

When the White House was violently attacked for about 24 hours and many secret service agents were seriously injured, Biden and other Democrats said Trump “used tear gas against peaceful protestors”. Listen to those hypocrites today!
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The night of May 31st, rioters set fires all over the capital of the United States. A mob of them gathered outside the White House and threatened to storm it. The president was said to have been moved to a bunker. Many on the left laughed at him and supported the mob. Never mind that the safety of the president, as a symbol of America and self-governance, goes beyond individual or party and should never be a laughing matter, like anti-Trumpers are sniveling about the Capitol.
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When Antifa animals caused destruction night after night the powers that be in America praised them as “heroes” and when they inflicted violence on innocent people the media made excuses for them. (Remember Cuomo’s remark “who said protests should be polite or peaceful?”) 

There were political and media pieces of garbage who pretended the months-long orgy of Democrat destruction was an example of “mostly peaceful protests” while buildings burned behind them as they said it. We were told those fascist marches were “93% peaceful” as CHAZ and other “autonomous zones” were declared, with violence and extortion being practiced within them.

In 2018 Nancy Pelosi said “I just don’t even know why there aren’t uprisings all over the country, and maybe there will be …” as just one of the many times Democrats called for the type of “insurrection” they now pretend to be appalled by. In 2019 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that “marginalized people” “have no choice but to riot.” Where was all this corporate outrage then?

The ONLY difference yesterday at the Capitol Building was that the would-be “Royal Houses” called Democrat and Republican career politicians finally got a taste of what they have inflicted on the rest of us month after month after month. If such events happen near YOU they’re fine with it and will spout abstractions to justify it. When it happens near THEM the narrative changes and their majesties feel that it’s just ever so wrong.

If you weren’t condemning Antifa and other fascist mobs these past several months don’t waste my time sniveling to me with faux outrage about yesterday’s events. Furthermore, everyone can see how phony the Democrat outrage is. Reverence for sites like the Capitol Building is the kind of thing they used to ridicule the political right over, painting them as clueless rubes while Democrats struck calculated poses of contempt for the U.S. and cheered terrorist vermin like the Weather Underground and other leftist groups. (Who by the way exploded ACTUAL BOMBS in the country, including in the Senate side of the Capitol building.)

But yeah, we’re supposed to pretend the Democrats are horrified at a protest overflowing into the Capitol Building, AS HAPPENED IN 2018 WITH A DEMOCRAT MOB. Continue reading →

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LATEST POLITICAL CARTOONS & COMMENTARY

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One by assassination, the other by vote fraud?

As the stolen 2020 election joins the stolen 1876 and year 2000 election steals, Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog presents some of the latest political cartoons and a few links to commentary and news stories.

And remember, using Hillary as a guideline, Trump has more than 4 more years (and counting) to insist he was the real winner. 

Latest report on the technical side of some of the blatant vote fraud HERE. 

scalesA report on how poorly U.S. elections are run compared to other countries HERE. Continue reading →

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THE GODFATHER CODA: COPPOLA’S RE-EDITED VERSION OF GODFATHER III: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE

Godfather CodaMARIO PUZO’S THE GODFATHER CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE (2020 re-edit) – That title is almost as awkward as Can Heironymous Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? starring Anthony Newley and Joan Collins. In December Francis Ford Coppolla’s re-edited version of The Godfather Part III: The Death of Michael Corleone became available for viewing. This was done to mark the 30th anniversary of the original release of the much-criticized third installment of the Godfather franchise. 

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this item, but I’m happy to say that I found it to be an improvement of the 1990 version. Coppolla went with different takes on some scenes, trimmed a few and repositioned others, resulting in much better pacing.

I agreed with almost all of the cuts, like getting rid of the “ironic sledgehammer over the head” moment when Eli Wallach’s Don Altobello piously says “Blessed are the peacemakers” after setting up a face-to-face meeting between Vincent and Lucchesi. Continue reading →

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SIXTEEN PREDICTIONS FROM 1975

mascot chair and bottle picRegular readers of Balladeer’s Blog are used to my posts about spectacularly failed predictions. Many of this blog post’s batch of predictions from 1975 came with no set date so they may possibly still come true.

Dates are provided when they were included. 

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*** In 1984 a succession of sudden surprise nuclear explosions will strike an American city. The Nuclear Uses Technology Reaction Analysis Team (NUTRAT, and how appropriate is THAT acronym?) will investigate and declare China to be the culprit.

*** In Phase Two of Bundy’s bizarre, yet apparently sincere prediction, the U.S. would have retaliated by nuking a large city in China.

*** Next Bundy predicted that China would assume that the Soviet Union was behind America’s blaming of them for the initial nuclear explosions and would in turn nuke a large Russian city. All of this reads like something from a satirical tale like Dr Strangelove but was meant seriously.

*** It would turn out that terrorists from two totalitarian countries hostile to the U.S. were really the forces behind the original attack.

*** The U.S. would pay reparations to China. Ten million people would have died in the three destroyed cities. Continue reading →

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TWENTY-ONE WRY SAYINGS TO BRING IN 2021

masc graveyard smallerHAPPY NEW YEAR! With the Christmas holiday season behind us Balladeer’s Blog moves into 2021 with these twenty-one wry sayings.

“Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.” – Oscar Wilde

“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.” – Paul Valery

“There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased that line.” – Oscar Levant

“Philadelphia: all the filth and corruption of a big city; all the pettiness and insularity of a small town.” – Howard Ogden 

“Those who can make you admit absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” – Voltaire

“A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.” – Dean Acheson Continue reading →

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GALLUP POLL: DONALD TRUMP IS THE MOST ADMIRED MAN OF 2020

President Trump and flagFor the second year in a row America’s de facto Third Party President Donald Trump is 2020’s most admired man per the Gallup Polling organization. (link below) I will point out again that Trump has done more to help the working class and the poor OF ALL COLORS than any other president of my lifetime.

On top of that, he deserves admiration for the way he strikes fear into the hearts of America’s notoriously corrupt cesspool of a “government.” Trump has fought the disgusting Powers That Be in the U.S. and kept us out of any new wars. He tried to bring home our troops from others, but the military-industrial complex and their pocket politicians always slithered out to prevent that. Continue reading →

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FIFTEEN MORE FAILED PREDICTIONS

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Balladeer’s Blog has previously examined failed predictions on the part of “psychics,” religious figures and more. This time around here is a list of failed predictions from another belief system with its own form of apocalyptic eschatology.

*** By the year 2000 New York City will be completely submerged by rising sea levels. The sources of that prediction are legion. 

*** By the year 2020 there will be no more snow on Mount Kilimanjaro because of climate change. That was from Al Gore’s Reefer Madness-style Dire Warning flick An Inconvenient Truth plus the Vancouver Sun and others. 

*** In 2004 the Guardian predicted that nuclear and conventional wars would break out by 2020 because of scarce resources. They also predicted that multiple European cities would be under water by 2020. 

*** In 2009, authorities from the U.S. Geological Survey predicted that by 2020 Montana’s Glacier National Park would have no more glaciers. Last year a scramble began to push that date further ahead since obviously 2020 was going to come and go without that prediction coming true. Continue reading →

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BEST OF 2020: OCTOBER

Balladeer’s Blog’s end of year retrospective continues with this look at Halloween Month’s best:

Vampire movieFIVE SCARY BUT NOT GORY HORROR FILMS – For those who like scary Halloween flicks that lack intense gore. Click HERE.

THE DISCOVERY OF THE DEAD (1910) – Neglected horror novel about a researcher who discovers a very unique breed of ghosts. Click HERE.

MARTIN LUTHER KING PERSON OF COURAGE BERNADINE KENT ENDORSES PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR REELECTION – The black Democrat lawmaker praises Trump’s many accomplishments for communities of color. Click HERE.

Ghost rider picGHOST RIDER: THE MOST HALLOWEENISH COVERS – A look at the original 1972-1983 run of the Marvel Comics horror character Ghost Rider. Click HERE.

CROW INDIAN TRIBE PLUS MORE BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ENDORSE TRUMP – Click HERE.

FOOL KILLER 50: A 1980s SLASHER VERSION OF THE FOOL KILLER – The title says it all. Click HERE.

JOE BIDEN STAFFER NAMED IN VOTE FRAUD SCANDAL – Because for Democrats, vote fraud is a way of life! Click HERE.

BladeBLADE THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: THE EARLY YEARS – A look at the original 1973-1983 run of the Marvel Comics horror character Blade. Click HERE.

THE MOST HALLOWEENISH WEREWOLF BY NIGHT COVERS – A look at the Marvel Comics horror series called Werewolf by Night. Click HERE.

TECHNO-FASCISTS CENSOR STORIES ABOUT BIDEN FAMILY CORRUPTION – Click HERE.

FACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP: OCTOBER 6th – A look at the Democrat Archie Bunkers of the “educational system” (LMAO) – Click HERE.

FOUR NEGLECTED HALLOWEEN STORIES – Four neglected horror short stories from the 1800s onward. Click HERE. Continue reading →

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BEST OF 2020: AUGUST

Balladeer’s Blog’s year-end retrospective continues with this look at August’s best:

Latitude Zero posterLATITUDE ZERO (1969) – Long unavailable, this Japanese and American sci-fi monster tale features an underwater civilization and stars Joseph Cotten and Cesar Romero as good and evil scientists, respectively. Click HERE.

JASMYNE CONTOURS, A MARTIN LUTHER KING PERSON OF COURAGE, TAKES ON DEMOCRAT HYPOCRISY – Click HERE.

DJANGO: AN OPERA VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL 1966 MOVIE – Another look at adapting an unexpected work in opera form. Click HERE.

SHARYL ATTKISSON EXPOSES THE BIASES OF SELF-PROCLAIMED “FACT CHECKERS” – It’s no secret that “fact checkers” are really anything but. Click HERE.

Mandarin appearsTHE FIRST TWENTY IRON MAN STORIES FROM THE 1960s – Cold War and Vietnam War-era stories featuring the armored superhero. Click HERE.

LAS VEGAS, NM AND THE DODGE CITY GANG – The tawdry TRUE tale of a wild western town and the violent outlaws who tried to run the town and its vicinity. Click HERE.

DEMOCRATS STEP UP THEIR WAR ON THE REST OF US – Violence, riots, vote fraud and more as Democrats become the combined Nazis and Mafia of our time. Click HERE.

THE KINDRED (1987) – A review of the oddball 1987 horror film from Stephen Carpenter and Jeffrey Obrow. Click HERE.  Continue reading →

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2020’s DISPUTED ELECTION: SOME OF THE LATEST

2020 election itemsIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at the latest on de facto Third Party President Trump’s 4th Quarter drive down the field with time running out. The cesspool of corruption which masquerades as America’s government has already been planning to get back to crooked business as usual but Trump continues to fight for the working class and the poor, demanding $2,000 apiece instead of the token $600 that Pelosi and her fellow Democrats wanted. But they gave plenty of money to their corporate “donors” though. Even heroic Democrat Tulsi Gabbard blasted her fellow Democrats about it.

*** UPDATE *** – SHARYL ATTKISSON: BY THE NUMBERS, PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES THE CASE FOR WIDESPREAD ELECTION FRAUD.

ANOTHER MOVE TO DECERTIFY GEORGIA’S FRAUDULENT RESULTS. 

TRUMP’S LATEST WHITE HOUSE VIDEO ABOUT ELECTORAL FRAUD AND THE ONGOING CASES.

“YES IT WAS A STOLEN ELECTION.” Continue reading →

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