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CRYSTAL WRIGHT: A MARTIN LUTHER KING WOMAN OF COURAGE

Martin Luther King Day is approaching. Some of the most courageous champions of Doctor King’s dream of a society in which people are judged by their character rather than their skin color are PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO DARE TO DEFY THE DEMOCRATS. Here is a look at one of those heroic women.

crystal-wrightCRYSTAL WRIGHT

Ms Wright runs her own website and makes personal appearances around the country. Race-baiting Democrats always harass people like her who are brave enough to form their own political opinions despite the condescending disapproval of hate-filled American Liberals. 

The vile abuse that Democrats throw at her for defying them will disgust you. Continue reading →

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BILLY SQUIER: MY KIND OF LOVER

Actually Billy Squier and I are just platonic friends. Honest. It’s another musical shoutout from Balladeer’s Blog. It’s not My Candelabra, though that DOES sound like what Billy is singing. Nor is it Joe Kenda Lover, which would be just plain silly. No, it’s Squire Squier’s hit song My Kinda (Kind Of) Lover.

 

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A SITE THAT REHASHES PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST INCREDIBLE YEAR

Trump triIt’s no secret that Donald Trump is our very first de facto Third Party President. I am enjoying watching the political realignment here in the U.S. as the white collar criminals called Democrats (DemCorp) and Republicans (RepubCorp) keep proving – day after day – the ugliness of America’s cesspool of corruption that Trump is fighting.

I feel that the writer at this site is sometimes a bit too generous with his praise for President Trump but he covers a LOT of items that the Democrats in the media tried to lie about or ignore.

Trump over mediaESPECIALLY all the manufacturing jobs that Trump has brought back to the U.S. after Little Barry Obama tried saying “Those jobs ain’t coming back.” Obama was, as always, wrong. And countless working class people (the kind of people that Obama and the rest of the Democrats HATE) are grateful that Barack was wrong.

FOR THE ENTIRE ITEM CLICK HERE

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A CARTOON ABOUT TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME

Hysterical fascists were convinced that President Trump would destroy the world a hundred times over last year. Here’s a fun political cartoon about it.

Trump derangement syndrome cartoon

 

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PRIMER (2004) – CREPE SYUZHET

primerPRIMER (2004) – HAPPY NEW YEAR and yes, I’m just childish enough to pat myself on the back for that play on words in the title of this blog post. With that out of the way I know I’m late to the game when it comes to Primer but my own skepticism about it made me keep it on the back burner in terms of priority movies to watch.

Since New Year’s Eve into the New Year is the closest any of us ever get to time travel I figured today was the perfect time to review this controversial film. Primer was made for just $7,000 (really) by Shane Carruth, who starred, wrote, directed, edited, arranged the music and pretty much did everything but wash the cars of his collaborators.

The film’s 2:1 film ratio has become legendary and decisively proved the benefits of having your cast repeatedly rehearse scenes before letting the cameras roll. Film stock ain’t cheap and anything an independent producer can do to save on it is pure gold.

primer-2Shane Carruth stars as Aaron and David Sullivan portrays Abe. The pair are engineers who – on the side – run a tech business out of Aaron’s garage. As a side effect of a project they are working on the two discover a means of time travel.

Don’t roll your eyes and assume that Primer is just another use of this well-worn concept. I made that mistake and put off watching this excellent and thought-provoking movie for far too long.

You can ignore reviews which claim the opening half of this 77 minute film is boring. Literally even the most casual exchanges of dialogue have bearing on the overall story. It’s not really a spoiler at this late date to point out that the very beginning of the film is NOT the “first run” of the events in the storyline, as a viewer discovers later. Continue reading →

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SONG FROM BLOODY NEW YEAR (1987): RECIPE FOR ROMANCE

Balladeer’s Blog reviewed the hilariously bad New Year’s Eve horror film Bloody New Year several years ago. One of my favorite bits is the odd but quirkily enjoyable song that plays over the opening credits. Here is the group behind that song – Cry No More – with Recipe for Romance.

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AUGUST 2017’s BEST BLOG POSTS

Balladeer’s Blog continues its look at the Best of 2017 with the most popular blog posts from August.

mascot-a-faceNUMBER ONE – It’s no secret that I’m a non-believer in any of the world’s religions. It’s also no secret that what passes for American Liberalism has become a faith-based belief system as irrational as any other religion.

In this post I looked at the Democrat version of an Afterlife, since they pompously and absurdly pretend they are on THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY? Click HERE 

Islamophobia posterNUMBER TWO – As Muslim Violence Awareness Year continued so did their annual pile-up of atrocities and ever-climbing body counts.

For the MUSLIM FASCIST ATROCITY ROUNDUP: AUGUST 10th click HERE

Mascot with demo and repub headsNUMBER THREE – Transgress with me once again as Balladeer’s Blog examined the faulty premises of so many of the Left-Wing Archie Bunkers of the world.

It’s a blog post that really struck a nerve:

To read WHITE PRIVILEGE, LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES click HERE 

Democrat sloganNUMBER FOUR – The blog post DEMOCRATS, THE SMIRKING JACKASSES OF LIFE took a good look at why so many of us who still lean leftward have grown to despise America’s Democrats and to regret having ever been associated with them.  

For that item click HERE

Democrats don't control meNUMBER FIVE – Democrats – the Party of slavery, Jim Crow, the Ku Klux Klan, the Trail of Tears, the Japanese Internment, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Spoils System, Tammany Hall, the Gulf of Tonkin Lie and so much more – are boiling mad at their ongoing loss of credibility.

See DEMOCRATS DO NOT “OWN” BLACK VOTERS, FEMALE VOTERS, GAY VOTERS, THE POOR OR THE WORKING CLASS by clicking HERE  

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2012)

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Christmas Carol-A-Thon 2017 comes to a close with this eeriest of all the versions to date!

MV5BMTM5NTg3NDY4N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODkyODAzMDE@._V1_SY317_CR5,0,214,317_AL_.jpg (214×317)A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2012) – This adaptation of A Christmas Carol was a noble effort to try something different that was not just a gimmick. Ignore the negative IMDb reviews which accuse this adaptation of using “Elizabethan language.” They’re off by a few hundred years, since in reality the dialogue follows that in the Dickens novel of 1843.

This 2012 version of A Christmas Carol boasts absolutely beautiful cinematography. Its emphasis is on the eerie nature of the story and has the look of a horror film much of the time. It has assorted flaws which I’ll cover as we go along but I almost hate having to cover the negative aspects of such a brave experiment.

I will take a hundred creative attempts like this, which may fall short but are trying something new, over one more soulless item which updates the story to the modern age but has no emotion to it.      Continue reading →

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JULY 2017’s BEST

Balladeer’s Blog’s Best of 2017 continues!

democrats and poor peopleNUMBER ONE – My two-part look at NEW DEMOCRAT SLOGANS was a comedy hit. This “Party of CEO’s” has come to deserve its reputation for having driven away all of us except pompous snobs and hilariously pretentious asses.

For this look at humorous slogans for this political party which Franklin Roosevelt and John F Kennedy would not even recognize CLICK HERE  

AND FOR PART TWO CLICK HERE 

Incubated GirlNUMBER TWO – One of Balladeer’s Blog’s most popular Ancient Science Fiction posts EVER was this look at a very obscure 1896 work and its fascinating female lead.

Very fascinating.

For my review of THE INCUBATED GIRL click HERE 

Camille PagliaNUMBER THREE – Legendary Camille Paglia was in rare form this year, speaking on behalf of all of us who left the Democrats in disgust in recent years.

In July came CAMILLE PAGLIA BLAMES THE DEMOCRATS FOR DESTROYING JOURNALISM WITH THEIR ANTI-TRUMP HYSTERIA. Click HERE

Berenger Avenging Angel 2NUMBER FOUR – For Frontierado Season this year one of my blog posts dealt with the story-telling possibilities inherent in a neglected aspect of Mormon history.

To read DANITES: GUNSLINGING “KNIGHTS” OF THE OLD WEST just click HERE 

Delia Haskett RawsonNUMBER FIVE – Another western figure got a lot of attention in July, a gunslinging lady who braved Old California on a stage coach route.

For my article on DUSTY DELIA: FEMALE STAGE COACH DRIVER click HERE

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TRUMP STILL HARASSED BY “MURKY” MUELLER AND HIS WITCH-HUNT

American FlagHere at Balladeer’s Blog I am appreciating all the history we are living through right now. America has its first de facto Third Party President in Donald Trump. He is being attacked from all sides by crooks just like Bernie Sanders or ANY OTHER outsider would have been.

The Office of Special Counsel was originally established as a safeguard. Unfortunately Republican Newt Gingrich ruined it with his Snipe Hunts against Bill Clinton in the 1990s. Then, since the Democrats can out-do the Republicans a hundred-fold when it comes to corrupting any and all governmental functions we now see them using the ongoing Witch-Hunt against President Trump as a Soft Coup.

The ridiculous “investigation” (LMAO) into non-existent Russian Collusion with the Trump Campaign has cancerously spread into a network of America’s corrupt politicians from BOTH PARTIES trying to drive out an outsider (Trump). They are leaving reasonable people with no reason to accept ANY findings that Murky Mueller and his Funky Bunch of Hillary Donors fabricate come up with.

It may result in an American version of the many European conflicts of the past over supposed “illegitimate” monarchs. Mueller has no credibility and I cannot blame anyone who would refuse to accept ANYTHING he tries to pin on Trump. (But if he finds something on Jared Kushner, the Fredo Corleone of the Trump Administration I have to admit I probably wouldn’t object. I might not even be able to stop laughing.) 

MUELLER’S CLOWN CAR OF CORRUPTION

Russian collusionIt’s no secret that the longer Mueller’s make-believe investigation (LMAO) goes on the more it has become apparent how Barack Obama imposed Chicago-Style Corruption in every governmental agency. And I mean EVERY.

Obama and Hillary expected her to win, in which case the subsequent chaos exposing her and Obama never would have happened. All their corruption would have been tucked away and hidden. It’s clear that all of this is one reason why Barack and his fellow crooks paniced when President Trump won.

Mueller’s ugly campaign against Flynn exposed how biased and one-sided Comey and Mueller are. Hillary and select “aides” were not put under oath when THEY were questioned by the FBI (Fuggedda Bout Integrity), which saved them from ever getting accused of “lying to the FBI” like Flynn – who WAS put under oath. Nice how that works out for crooked functionaries like Mueller.

THE CLOWNS: We’ll start with Robert “Hillary Donor” Mueller. His crooked buddy – former FBI Director James Comey – ADMITTED TO A CRIME, namely leaking a  memo. After some Salem Witch Trials-level judicial prestidigitation DemCorp and RepubCorp decided Trump must have done SOMETHING wrong and Murky Mueller was appointed Boss Clown of this travesty of a Special Counsel’s Office.

Even CNN was forced to admit Mueller loaded his staff with Hillary Clinton DONORS. A reasonable person might conclude Mueller’s staff is strictly out for vengeance on President Trump because Crooked Hillary lost to him. There’s also a senior advisor to Obama’s corrupt lackey Eric “Fast and Furious” Holder. THIS STAFF MAY SOUND LIKE AN ORGANIZED CRIME GANG BUT THEY’RE THE “INVESTIGATORS.” 

Peter StrzokPETER STRZOK (Pronounced “Strzok”) – This clown proved that there actually ARE grotesque ethical violations that – once sufficiently publicized – WILL force Murky Mueller and his Funky Bunch to pretend they’re going to do something about it. Strzok was – by his own social media accounts – a Hillary shoe-shine boy and bears a pathological hatred of President Trump. It redefines “sleaze” that this bizarre little man was allowed to be part of both the coverup of Hillary Clinton’s crimes and the investigation of the man who defeated her in the election.

And I didn’t even mention the ongoing investigation into Strzok and the “anti-Trump insurance policy.” The American “Intelligence Community,” folks!

ANDREW WEISMANN – This Mueller thug has been caught encouraging sabotage in the Department of Justice by communicating praise to the now-disgraced (and by the Supreme Court, no less) former Acting Attorney General Sally “Obama Lackey” Yates. Yep. Nothing wrong at all with having the losing team trying to undermine and/or overthrow the winner.

BRUCE G OHR – Rosenstein lackey Ohr was demoted recently over his alleged involvement in the fabricated Steele Intelligence Dossier, the bizarre gossip in which was used as the flimsy justification for FISA warrants to electronically monitor the incoming President Trump and … well, as we’ve seen, apparently anyone else Obama and Hillary had a grudge against or thought they could use to trump up charges against the man who defeated Crooked Hillary.

AND REMEMBER THE MAFIA-STLE WORDPLAY THAT OBAMA AND HILLARY’S THUGS USED ON THE STAND TO PRETEND PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS WRONG ABOUT BEING WIRETAPPED? SINCE IT TURNS OUT THAT THE TERM “WIRETAPPING” IS NO LONGER USED TO DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE THAT TRUMP AND HIS STAFF AND FAMILY WERE SUBJECTED TO, THE SWAMP-CREATURES IN WASHINGTON’S CESSPOOL OF CORRUPTION TRIED USING THAT TO JUSTIFY WHAT A REASONABLE PERSON MIGHT CALL “LYING ON THE STAND.”

Throw in GPS Fusion and how many people – like Bruce Ohr’s wife – tied to IT are also being found to be connected to Murky Mueller’s SERIOUSLY compromised gang of “investigators”  (LMAO) and it makes it clear that assorted Banana Republics could point and laugh at what has been going on in the U.S. under those rival gangs of white-collar criminals called Democrats and Republicans.

Yes, Europeans, I know you hate Donald Trump so here’s another political pose you can affect to avoid having to say anything good about him: “The Americans have no grounds to ever talk about the supposed integrity of their political process now that Donald Trump of all people has been proven more honest than any American career politicians!”     Continue reading →

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