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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: APRIL FOURTH

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog serves up another current events roundup from a world where anti-Trump loons who never even heard of the word “tariff” a few weeks ago are joining the latest pile-on panic. Seriously, the best way to silence anti-Trumpers with the TikTok mentality is to ask them to explain their understanding of how tariffs work. You’ve never seen conversations end so quickly.

COURAGEOUS BATYA UNGAR-SARGON DEFENDS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND POINTS OUT HOW MUCH HE HAS ALWAYS HELPED THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR. Like me, she calls him a new FDR HERE.

SENATOR BERNIE MORENO SMACKS DOWN REPUBLICAN MIKE PENCE AND DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET’S ANTI-TRUMP TARIFFS HYSTERIA. Pence was typically clueless, outdated and useless.

ECONOMOST E.J. ANTONI POINTS OUT THAT TRUMP’S TARIFFS WILL STILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN THE TARIFFS OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE HAD ON THE U.S. FOR DECADES. More HERE. Trump fighting the unfairness is not him “unleashing a trade war.”

NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS LEAVES THE CORRUPT AND FASCISTIC DEMOCRAT PARTY TO SEEK REELECTION AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.

PRIVILEGED WHITE ONE PERCENTER DEMOCRAT NANCY PELOSI SUPPORTED THE KIND OF TARIFFS TRUMP IS PURSUING … WHEN IT WASN’T TRUMP PURSUING THEM. Anti-Trump hysteria is pathetic.

EVEN THE DEMOCRATS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES ADMIT ONCE AGAIN THAT TRUMP’S POLICIES REGARDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WILL BOOST WAGES FOR THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS.

LENARD MCKELVEY CALLS FOR DEMOCRATS CHUCK SCHUMER AND HAKEEM JEFFRIES TO BE PRIMARIED AND THROWN OUT OF OFFICE.

EYESOVER ANALYSIS SHOWS TRUMP’S SUPPORT CONTINUES TO GROW. More HERE.

TRUMP ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE MIDDLE CLASS.

TRUMP ECONOMY FAR EXCEEDS ECONOMIST PREDICTIONS BY ADDING 228,000 NEW JOBS IN MARCH. Fretful economists predicted just 140,000 new jobs. Continue reading

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VAL KILMER: RIP – TOP SECRET (1984)

With the passing of the one and only Val Kilmer here’s a look at his debut movie, Top Secret

TOP SECRET (1984)

Directed and written by the Zucker Brothers and Jim Abrahams, Top Secret is the Citizen Kane of movies which simultaneously parody spy movies and Elvis Presley flicks.

Val Kilmer, in the years before he took himself way too seriously, could truly do it all and masterfully stars as rock music idol Nick Rivers. Nick gets caught up in an anachronistic World War Two-style spy movie which also incorporates elements of Elvis’ Harum Scarum but with Nazi stereotypes instead of Arab stereotypes.    Continue reading

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APRIL SECOND ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Here’s a Wednesday current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

SPECIAL ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATS WON WHERE THEY WERE EXPECTED TO AND REPUBLICANS WON WHERE THEY WERE EXPECTED TO. And both sides spent millions doing it. And both sides will spend days talking about it. More HERE.

FAYE HALL, THE FOURTH AMERICAN THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS GOTTEN RELEASED BY THE TALIBAN SINCE JANUARY 20th, THANKS HIM.

DOGE TO LOOK INTO HOW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SUDDENLY BECOME MILLIONAIRES WHILE IN OFFICE. Well, we all know how, but this is a long overdue step and may go a long way toward cleaning up governmental corruption. More HERE.

CNN POLL: DEMOCRAT APPROVAL RATING DOWN TO TWENTY-ONE PERCENT NOW.

TRUMP APPOINTS JULIA POLLAK AS CHIEF ECONOMIST AT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

WISCONSIN OVERWHELMING-LY VOTES FOR VOTER I.D. The usual Democrat attempts to use judges to destroy democracy will, of course, follow.

JUDICIAL CORRUPTION IS SELF-SUSTAINING: CASE ON JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT WILL BE DECIDED ON BY THE JUDGES ACCUSED OF THAT JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT.

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DETROIT WHISTLEBLOWER EXPOSES YEARS OF DEMOCRAT BALLOT TRAFFICKING. The battle against vote fraud continues.

SENATOR KENNEDY DOES EXCELLENT STEP BY STEP BREAKDOWN ON WHY DISTRICT JUDGES HAVE NO LEG TO STAND ON WHEN OVERREACHING. More HERE. More efforts to combat it HERE

FOR 2025 DEMOCRATS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS A WAY OF LIFE. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And even HERE. Disabled teen’s Tesla vandalized HERE.

IVY LEAGUE PROFESSOR PROVIDES FURTHER PROOF THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE DISTORTED THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INTO POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION. Continue reading

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SEAN FLYNN: ERROL’S SON ON THE BIG SCREEN

Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at the film appearances of Errol Flynn’s son Sean. The two did not get along, unfortunately, largely because of Errol only caring about Sean when the mood struck him according to Sean.

However, Sean did get to star in various movies thanks to his name and the efforts of his mother Lili Damita.

Growing bored with filmmaking, Sean worked as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War and tragically wound up among the dead victims of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia during 1970.    

THE SON OF CAPTAIN BLOOD (1962) – Since the 1935 swashbuckler Captain Blood propelled Errol Flynn to stardom, the studio was hoping a Son of Captain Blood flick would do the same for Sean. Jock Mahoney, a former Tarzan and stunt man for Errol trained Sean in fencing and acrobatics to prepare for the role.

The younger Flynn starred as Robert Blood, the adventurous son of the famous pirate Captain Peter Blood. Robert has been itching to take to the seas with a crew of his own to command. Early on in the film his mother Arabella (played this time by Ann Todd) at last gives her assent.

The ship Robert commands has among its passengers a handful of giggling young ladies being transported to England along with their stern lady chaperone. This new Captain Blood turns their heads and ultimately Abigail McBride (Alessandra Panaro) beats out the others for his heart.

On the way to England the ship is attacked by pirates and Robert is too inexperienced to prevail over the veteran freebooter he’s up against. That figure is Captain de Malagon (Jose Nieto), an old foe of Robert’s father, who is delighted that his enemy’s son has fallen into his clutches. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: MARCH THIRTY-FIRST

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

DEMOCRAT TERRORISM MOVES BEYOND TESLA OWNERS AND DEALERSHIPS TO ARSON AGAINST POLITICAL OPPONENTS’ OFFICES. More HERE. “Silence is consent” the Democrat fascists always tell us and their refusal to condemn this type of violence is deafening. Video HERE.

UNHINGED WAR CRIMINAL VLAD PUTIN FAFO – PRESIDENT TRUMP MOVES AGAINST HIM WITH TARIFFS AND MORE SANCTIONS. More HERE.

DEMOCRAT SENATOR MICHAEL BENNETT COURAGEOUSLY POINTS OUT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE “LOST TOUCH WITH WORKING PEOPLE.”

        He added “I think the Democratic Party needs to use this moment of having been repudiated at the national level to figure out a creative and imaginative agenda for the 21st century that’s going to lift the fortunes of working people and the middle class all across this country.” 

AUTO UNION CHIEF SETS DEMOCRATS STRAIGHT ABOUT TRUMP TARIFF BENEFITS. More HERE.

TRUMP CONTINUES CLEANING UP CORRUPTION AT THE DOJ. The Great Reformer soldiers on.

PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES ON THE DEMOCRAT GRAFT FUNNELING OPERATIONS.

CONGRESS ACTING TO REIN IN THE DISTRICT JUDGES WHO ARE DRASTICALLY OVERREACHING. More HERE. And HERE. I will say again, these showboating, self-aggrandizing, partisan hacks need reined in for the sake of whoever is president from whichever political party.

SCHLICHTER CALLS IT RIGHT ON TRUMP’S IMPACT.

NEARLY EVERY JUDGE SHOWBOATING AGAINST TRUMP HAS A FAMILY MEMBER BEING PAID BY A DEMOCRAT NGO. More HERE. And HERE. Partisan Democrat judges are clearly destroying the long-lasting principle of judges recusing themselves from cases in which they or their families have a vested interest.

USAID SHUTTING DOWN AFTER TRUMP PREVAILS. More HERE. And HERE. Continue reading

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MARCH TWENTY-EIGHTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Time for another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

TRUMP EFFECT: U.S. DURABLE GOODS ORDERS SURGE WELL ABOVE EXPECTATIONS IN FEBRUARY.

UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION PRAISES PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HIS MOVES TO EVEN OUT THE UNFAIR TARIFFS OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE IMPOSED ON AMERICA FOR DECADES. Like in his first term, Trump is looking out for the working class and the poor. Other countries are always fine with the damage they do to our workers.

DHS SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM WASTES NO WORDS DURING COMMENTS FROM EL SALVADOR.

FCC PREPARING TO INVESTIGATE DISNEY CORPORATION’S RACIST POLICIES OF DISCRIMINATION, EXCLUSION AND INTOLERANCE.

NATIVE ALASKAN INUPIAT GROUP IS ON BOARD WITH TRUMP’S DRILLING PLAN BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IT BRINGS TO THEIR PEOPLE. “We feel like we’re going to be able to get some things done with a more favorable administration …” per the group’s President Nagruk Harcharek.

KASH PATEL’S FBI HANDS OVER THE DOCUMENTS ON THE DEMOCRAT-INCITED SHOOTING AT THE CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME YEARS AGO. Good move. The fetish for needlessly withholding information on the part of America’s 3-letter agencies needs to be broken for good.

RECALLED DEMOCRAT MAYOR OF OAKLAND, CA INDICTED ON CORRUPTION, FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES. Have I mentioned lately that America’s politicians are largely a pack of white-collar criminals?  Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH

 Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog presents another current events roundup from an America where it’s deja vu as anti-Trump loons are again pretending every day is the apocalypse.

CONGRESSMAN BURGESS OWENS PRAISES TRUMP AND POINTS OUT “THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL HAVE TO CHANGE.”

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCE HYUNDAI INVESTING TWENTY-ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN THE U.S. OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. Another of these mega-deals from Trump. Quite a change from career criminal Joe Biden, when deals made tended to benefit China and the Biden Crime Family, not the U.S. More HERE.

TRUMP EFFECT: NEW HOME SALES JUMP AS HE REPEATS HIS FIRST TERM ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SAVING THE ECONOMY.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NEGOTIATES BLACK SEA CEASEFIRE BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA.

FMR TARGET EXECUTIVE STORCH POINTS OUT THE HYSTERICAL OVERREACTION TO TRUMP’S TARIFF PLANS. “Grossly exaggerated” were his words.

DEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS INSANELY CALLS FOR FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP TO BE DEPORTED EVEN THOUGH SHE IS IN THE U.S. LEGALLY. Perpetually dishonest Democrats love to pretend they don’t understand the difference between LEGAL immigration and ILLEGAL immigration. Continue reading

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MARIE WALCAMP: THE DAREDEVIL OF SILENT MOVIES

MARIE WALCAMP (1894-1936) – Like her fellow silent film icons Douglas Fairbanks and Buster Keaton, Marie Walcamp did most of her own stunts. This earned her the nickname “the daredevil of the movies” as she dazzled audiences in serials, westerns and other action films.

Walcamp also appeared in other types of productions, of course. Among her earliest roles she played the younger version of the female lycanthrope in the 1913 horror film The Werewolf, reviewed previously here at Balladeer’s Blog.

Marie’s final appearance came in a supporting role in the movie In a Moment of Temptation (1927). The talented figure became prone to depression over the years and when her husband was out of town one day in 1936, she committed suicide by turning on the gas in their residence. Her ashes were scattered on the Universal Studios back lot per her request.   

Below are some of Marie Walcamp’s milestone films and serials.

TEMPEST CODY – Marie was already getting above the title billing by the time her two-reel Tempest Cody western shorts came along in 1919. Tempest was a hard-riding, two-fisted, straight-shooting woman of the old west who was always on the side of right.

TEMPEST CODY HITS THE TRAIL (September 1st, 1919) – One of the many, many silent films which has not survived, this kicked off Universal’s Spur and Saddle package of westerns.

TEMPEST CODY FLIRTS WITH DEATH (September 8th, 1919) Continue reading

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MARCH TWENTY-FOURTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

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

ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI SPELLS OUT HOW OUT OF LINE “JUDGE” (LOL) BOASBERG IS.

TRUMP ALLIES IN CONGRESS WORKING TO SHUT DOWN THE CHINESE POLICE STATIONS THAT BOUGHT AND PAID-FOR JOE BIDEN PERMITTED TO FLOURISH IN THE U.S. Well, they did own Joe lock, stock and barrel.

SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS ADMITS THAT WHEN DEMOCRATS WERE IN CONTROL “THEY DID VIRTUALLY NOTHING FOR WORKING PEOPLE.” And that’s part of why the working class and the poor shifted their support to Donald Trump.

DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET MSNBC FORCED TO ISSUE ANOTHER APOLOGY FOR LYING ABOUT DNI TULSI GABBARD.

PRESIDENT TRUMP OFFERS TO PERSONALLY PAY THE OVERTIME OWED TO THE NOW-FREE STRANDED ASTRONAUTS HE SAVED. More HERE.

USHA VANCE ANNOUNCES TRIP TO GREENLAND.

FEEL-GOOD VIDEO AS PRIVILEGED, WHITE ANTI-TRUMP FASCIST GETS HER COMEUPPANCE FOR ATTACKING TRUMP SUPPORTER OF COLOR. More HERE.

TRUMP POLICIES PROMPT ROLLS-ROYCE TO PLAN SHIFTING PRODUCTION TO THE UNITED STATES. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: MARCH TWENTY-FIRST

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog presents another current events roundup from an America where 2025 Democrats become more and more violent the more the rest of us reject their fascistic thuggery.

TRUMP IS STILL DRIVING DOWN EGG AND GASOLINE PRICES, PROMPTING ABSURD DEMOCRAT LIES. More HERE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SECURES THE RELEASE OF ANOTHER AMERICAN HOSTAGE. More HERE.

UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION SURGES IN FEBRUARY TO RECORD LEVELS LED BY AUTOS AND MANUFACTURING.

ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI ANNOUNCES THE DOMESTIC TERRORISM CHARGES AGAINST THREE CHARGED IN ATTACKS ON TESLA FACILITIES. More HERE.

CONGRESSMAN BYRON DONALDS ADDS HIS VOICE TO OTHERS IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ABOUT THE NEED TO REIN IN JUDICIAL ABUSE AND OVERREACH.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY JANITORS WHO WERE ABUSED AND HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS-SUPPORTING DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING BACK.

ILLINOIS DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVE ATTACKS TEEN GIRLS WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT BEING FORCED TO CHANGE IN FRONT OF A MALE PRETENDING TO BE FEMALE IN THEIR LOCKER ROOM. Continue reading

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