Time for another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.
UKRAINIAN MP JOINS THE VOICES AGAINST ZELENSKYY AND CALLS FOR HIS IMPEACHMENT. How many times now has Zelenskyy blown opportunities for peace? And yes, Vlad Putin is a barbaric, unstable war criminal but that does not give Zelenskyy a pass for all of his corruption, his ending of elections and opposition parties, his press gangs using ever-younger Ukrainians as cannon fodder to feed his own ego, etc. More HERE. Trump also extended the sanctions against Putin HERE but anti-Trump loons ignore that.
*** NEW! ZELENSKYY CAUGHT LYING TO THE U.S. Is anyone all that surprised?
REMEMBER: EVEN JOE BIDEN LOST HIS TEMPER WITH THE UNGRATEFUL, WARMONGERING TROLL ZELENSKYY. Plus, HANSON ON ZELENSKYY’S CRAVENNESS AND INGRATITUDE.
AND ANOTHER UKRAINIAN MP BLASTS ZELENSKYY FOR HIS “ABSOLUTE IDIOCY.” More HERE. Plus remember, Trump was ELECTED, unlike Zelenskyy who canceled elections in his country.
HEGSETH REMINDS HILLARY CLINTON OF HER ABSURD, GROVELING “RESET” BUTTON WITH PUTIN WHEN SHE WAS SECRETARY OF STATE. Plus there’s always Hillary’s uranium scandal when she funneled it to Putin AND her collusion with Russia to slander and libel Trump.
EVEN THIS ANTI-TRUMP REPORTER ADMITS THAT ZELENSKYY WAS AT FAULT IN THE MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. It’s obvious if you watch all 50 minutes of the meeting, but of course most anti-Trump propagandists prefer to push their shrill, hysterical narrative. And look, I stated Trump was foolish for the whole “51st State” bit with Canada and for his bizarre Greenland remarks, but it’s not Trump’s fault that Zelenskyy – whom American taxpayers should all list as a “dependent” on their tax returns – proved once again what a corrupt, self-aggrandizing little toad he is.
STARMER’S PATHETIC “AREN’T WE BUTCH” ALLIANCE INCLUDES WORDING THAT “NOBODY GOES WITHOUT THE U.S. BACKING US.” HILARIOUS! They’ll talk tough about “defending Ukraine” but it’s still only talk.
SOME UNIVERSITIES ARE REFUSING TO END THEIR RACIST AND DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES. The Democrats who run those institutions still push their Discrimination, Exclusion and Intolerance (DEI) approach. Continue reading
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) 
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Watching President Trump cleaning up the cesspool of corruption in our political establishment reminds me of a much larger version of the cleanup in New York City’s police department in the 1970s following Frank Serpico’s revelations. 
For another comparison remember the real-life efforts of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino as they tried to end organized crime’s control of Sicily’s governmental figures. They were eventually assassinated after years of having the entire corrupt system against them. The non-fiction book Excellent Cadavers is a great way to familiarize yourself with them. 
Even worse, Trump has made some unforced errors and lapsed into foolish distractions like the whole “51st State” nonsense with Canada. He’s still a de facto Third Party President and given the unreliability of A LOT of Congressional Republicans massive betrayal could come at any time. 
MOTOR PIRATES (1906) American release title The Modern Pirates – This British action short was directed by England’s monumentally underrated silent film director Arthur Melbourne Cooper. Motor Pirates clocks in at under 9 minutes but crams quite a bit into that runtime. 
The Motor Pirates drive their vehicle on to a country estate where they employ its front-end “suction feature” to vacuum up several chickens. Four men of the estate come out with guns blazing to stop the crooks, but they shoot down their victims, leaving three dead and one barely clinging to life as they drive off. 
BESS THE DETECTRESS – Bess Meredyth was a silent film starlet, writer and director. This particular blog post will focus on her Bess the Detectress character at Universal Studios but in the future Balladeer’s Blog will cover other aspects of her life and career. 
BESS THE DETECTRESS IN THE OLD MILL AT MIDNIGHT (Jun 1914) – The first short in the Bess the Detectress series. When the stage show she was performing in closes as a flop, Bess is left scrambling for her next meal. She spots a Wanted poster offering a reward of $200.00 (equal to $6,300 in 2025) for the capture of the male outlaw Honey Hall. 
FIRST, I AM DOING WHAT ANY SUCH LIST COMPILER SHOULD DO IF THEY ARE TRYING TO BE AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE: I am omitting the most recent presidents because of the way emotion (and hysteria in some cases) can color perceptions of them. Presidential rankings lists which go all the way up to the present year are used simply as partisan political propaganda, not as true assessments.
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