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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: DEC TWENTY-THIRD

biden criminal enterpriseIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog does a current events roundup from an America where the full scope of the coverup over career criminal Joe Biden’s failings continues to trickle out.

That graft-grabbing, mentally unfit creature did immeasurable damage to the working class and the poor while enriching the Biden Crime Family.

MONUMENTAL EXPOSE ABOUT HOW THE BIDEN REGIME WEAPONIZED THE GOVERNMENT AGAINST THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS. More HERE. And HERE. Joe and his ilk were and are utter filth.

JOE BIDEN UNCONSTITUTIONALLY CANCELS STUDENT LOAN DEBTS FOR FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND MORE PUBLIC SERVICE DEMOCRATS. More HERE. And HERE. The Supreme Court ruled long ago that a president cannot do this, but the clueless elected Republicans still do nothing. 

          But then they can’t even keep track of congressional rep Kay Granger, who was secretly in assisted living and hadn’t voted on bills in months

SCRANTON OFFICIALS WANT JOE BIDEN’S NAME REMOVED FROM LANDMARK OVER HIS GROTESQUE PARDON OF CORRUPT FEDERAL JUDGE. Countless lives ruined over his actions. Was Joe Biden getting his usual “ten percent for the Big Guy” out of the judge’s haul?   

CONFIRMED: JOE BIDEN MET WITH HIS UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN’S INFLUENCE PEDDLING CUSTOMERS MORE OFTEN THAN HE DID WITH HIS OWN CABINET. Try to picture how Biden’s defenders would be talking about such a fact if it pertained to Trump instead. Joe Biden was always unfit and illegit.

BRANDON TATUM IS CONFIDENT ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SECOND TERM.

DONALD TRUMP IS STILL DOING MORE FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS THAN JOE BIDEN’S ILLEGITIMATE REGIME

REPORTER AT DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET CNN CONFESSES AND APOLOGIZES FOR FAILING TO ACCURATELY COVER JOE BIDEN’S UNFITNESS. Does anyone still wonder why only brainless zealots believe corporate media?

DON’T EVER LET THE DEMOCRATS’ PROPAGANDA OUTLETS FORGET HOW THEY LIED AND COVERED UP TO INSTALL JOE BIDEN AND PROP HIM UP. Coin a term for all this and make it stick to Democrat media outlets for several decades at least, similar to the way “-gate” is still added to political scandals. Continue reading

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BEST OF AUGUST 2024

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective continues with August’s best. 

THE BIONIC BOY (1977) – BAD MOVIE REVIEW – I reviewed this Asian film about a boy who survives a car accident thanks to bionic replacements for some of his body parts. He seeks revenge on the gangsters who killed his parents. Read it HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION – THE AIR WAR: A VISION OF THE FUTURE (1859) – Astonishingly ahead of its time, this daring, controversial tale was set in 6900 A.D. when people of color run the planet and white people are slaves. A global war breaks out between black people who want to end slavery for all time and black people who want to keep white people in chains.

           This novel never goes where you think it’s going to. Click HERE.

BUFFALO SOLDIERS – A Frontierado celebration of the famed African-American soldiers of the 1800s west. Click HERE.

CITIZEN SOLDIER (1956-1957) – This Forgotten Television item depicted actual heroes of World War Two action playing themselves in reenactments of their battlefield heroics. You can find it HERE.

RUDOLPH VALENTINO’S SILENT FILMS – I reviewed the movies of the big screen’s 1920s heart-throb and the man Susanna Hoffs sang about “kissing by a crystal-blue Italian stream.” Click HERE.

1790: THE FIRST AMERICAN SHIP TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE – Read about it HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: IN THE DEEP OF TIME (1897) – A very imaginative look at life in 2190 A.D. There are “Sun Telephones”, tripod-like vehicles for personal travel, all manner of futuristic technology for everyday life and much, much more. This work deserves far more fame. Click HERE.

TONY ORLANDO & DAWN: THEIR TELEVISION SERIES (1974-1976) – I reviewed the singing trio’s variety show which featured plenty of guest stars. Click HERE.

THE MICRONAUTS – A look at several of their 1980s crossover stories with Marvel characters like Nick Fury & S.H.I.E.L.D., the Fantastic Four, Ant-Man and others. Plus Baron Karza returns. Click HERE.

FIST OF FEAR, TOUCH OF DEATH (1980) – One of the most hilariously bad kung fu movies ever made. Believe it or not, the great black actor ADOLPH CAESAR co-starred. Click HERE. Continue reading

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DEC TWENTIETH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

From Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog it’s time for another current events roundup.

democrat republican or awakeCOUNTER-PROPOSAL TO THE ABSURD, BLOATED 1,547-PAGE SPENDING ITEM ALSO GETS DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THIRD ATTEMPT BEGINS.

*** QUICK NOTE FOR OVERSEAS READERS – THE INITIALS “C.R.” IN SO MANY STORIES ABOUT THE SPENDING NEGOTIATIONS STAND FOR CONTINUING RESOLUTION. Long before Trump came along, Democrats and Republicans spent decades playing games of chicken over trying to avoid “government shutdowns” ultimately blaming each other for any temporary shutdowns that resulted.

          profiles in corruptionLong years ago things were always slapped together right before a shutdown while the corrupt political establishment acted like an apocalypse had been averted. But eventually, arrangements started falling through and we got “government shutdowns” (which were NEVER truly government shutdowns) that resulted in Continuing Resolutions, etc. and our white-collar criminals in office switched to hyping up the repeated “showdowns” over the C.R.s, like is going on now.   

           HOWEVER, THIS TIME IS EVEN MORE REPULSIVE BECAUSE MEMBERS OF THE OUTGOING, LAME-DUCK CONGRESS ARE SABOTAGING ATTEMPTS AT COMPROMISE BY INCLUDING DEAL-BREAKING ITEMS. This is setting an ugly trend for the future – Congress members who were just VOTED OUT OF OFFICE in November are free to play scorched earth games with the entire country on their way out the door. Specific members from BOTH parties are guilty.

CONFIDENCE IN TRUMP LEADS TO FIRST RISE IN LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS IN YEARS. He fixed the economy before, hopefully he can do it again.

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Nancy Pelosi, whose policies harm the working class and the poor.

DEMOCRATS NANCY AND PAUL PELOSI CASHED IN ON FEDERAL BAILOUT MONEY. All this on top of Nancy’s insider trading scandals.

CAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN FREES MEN WHOSE VICTIMS NUMBER ROUGHLY A MILLION. Those same men scammed over five billion dollars.

OREGON DEMOCRAT ELECTION OFFICIAL RESIGNS OVER SCANDAL ABOUT NON-CITIZENS BEING ALLOWED ON THE VOTER ROLLS. Ignore elected figures who say voters should stop looking into vote fraud. It’s important to keep fighting it.

#walkawayAND YET ANOTHER COURAGEOUS WOMAN WALKS AWAY FROM THE INCREASINGLY DERANGED DEMOCRAT PARTY.  

AND ANOTHER APPEALS COURT – AS ALL REASONABLE PEOPLE KNEW IT WOULD – SETS RIGHT YET ANOTHER DEMOCRAT LAWFARE ABOMINATION AGAINST TRUMP. More HERE. Fani Willis goes down in flames. Trump responds HERE. Continue reading

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BEST OF JULY 2024

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective continues with a look at July’s best.

SHOTGUN JOHN COLLINS: NEGLECTED GUNSLINGER – A look at his real-life experiences and encounters with Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Johnny Ringo, Bat Masterson and others. Click HERE.

ONE LAST RUM MAKES THE LIST OF BALLADEER’S BLOG’S FAVORITES – I squeezed it in right before July 4th. Click HERE.

RIN TIN TIN: HIS SILENT FILMS – I examined the real-life original Rin Tin Tin from his adoption as a puppy by American troops during World War One. From 1918 to 1928 the canine superstar became an international sensation who had more endorsement deals than some human actors. Click HERE.

COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM: SUSSEX COUNTY COLLEGE – Click HERE.

THE BLACK SOLDIERS OF THE CHASSEURS DE SAINT-DOMINGUE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR – I examined the often overlooked soldiers of color fighting on America’s side during the war. Click HERE.

THE TOUCH OF BREEZE (2023) – Pritilata Nandi’s latest literary work. Click HERE.

SILENT FILMS ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR – I reviewed silent films about that war made in 1914, 1916, 1917, 1922 and 1924. Plus, an infamous court ruling on one of them. Click HERE.

HAS TO BE SAID: JULY SEVENTEENTH – Daring and irreverent takes. Click HERE.

DEADWOOD DICK (1877) – The very first adventure of this gunslinging Dime Novel character. Click HERE.

PONY EXPRESS RIDERS – A look at Pony Bob, Irish Tommy, the man called Boston and others. Click HERE.

JANUARY OF 1976 STORIES FROM MARVEL COMICS – An examination of every issue published by Marvel that month. Click HERE

JUDGE ROY BEAN: HIS REAL-LIFE SAGA – A look at the stranger than fiction adventures of this old west gunslinger and judge. Click HERE.

THE JAYBIRD-WOODPECKER WAR (1888-1889) – The real-life war of bullets and ballots in Texas. Click HERE.

THE CLOCK – The pre-Superman and pre-Batman character from 1936 and his 1939-1940 stories. Click HERE. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP FOR DEC EIGHTEENTH

herschel walkerAnother current events roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

HERSCHEL WALKER NAMED TO AN AMBASSADOR POSITION BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.

DEMOCRAT ERIC ADAMS COURAGEOUSLY DENOUNCES THE WAY HIS POLITICAL PARTY ABUSED THE COURT SYSTEM IN THEIR POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF TRUMP.

CAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN MOVES TO PROTECT BIG PHARMA FROM LEGAL LIABILITY THROUGH 2029. But remember, he’s been pronounced mentally unfit to stand trial.

trump newSOFTBANK PLEDGES ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS IN U.S. INVESMENTS AS A SHOW OF CONFIDENCE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. Career criminal Joe Biden would have gotten them to invest that money in China or Iraq … while getting his usual “Ten percent for the big guy” graft.

TRUMP THE DEAL-MASTER ON GETTING SOFTBANK’S ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS IN U.S. INVESTMENT UP TO TWO HUNDRED BILLION.

trump thumbs upHUNGARY’S DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER CONFIDENT THAT TRUMP’S RETURN WILL USHER IN A RETURN TO “PEACE, PROSPERITY AND PARTNERSHIP.”

THE WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINALS OF CONGRESS SLIP A STEALTH PAYRAISE FOR THEMSELVES IN SPENDING ITEM. Have I mentioned lately what a cesspool of corruption America’s political establishment is? And it will be the usual game of slowly learning what else was snuck through in the 1,547-page spending package, like pro-censorship funding. Trump’s 2nd Term beginning on January 20th, 2025 can’t get here fast enough.   *** LATEST – Another hidden item – a provision to block the investigation of the corrupt and unconstitutional J6 Committee

pro hezbollahPRO-HEZBOLLAH DEMOCRATS IN NEW YORK CITY VOW SUPPORT FOR THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. Among their remarks: “Our fingers, our pens, our rifles will be pointed at the U.S. government, the Zionist entity, and nobody else.”   

           In response, one journalist opined “The day will come when these Palestine ‘activists’ inevitably execute a massive terror attack in NYC. And once they do, don’t say we didn’t warn you.”  Dr. Victor Davis Hanson has previously pointed out how such “activism” has “fused with the leftwing DEI industry.”

REPUBLICAN LIZ CHENEY ACCUSED OF WITNESS TAMPERING. The repulsive trash from a repulsive political family back in the news.

Tulsi Gabbard pictureMORE DEBUNKING OF DEMOCRAT CLAIMS THAT TULSI GABBARD IS A “RUSSIAN ASSET.” Democrats need new material.

DEMOCRAT SENATORS AGAIN SUPPORT PUSHING TRANSGENDERISM ON STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN ONWARD. Democrats, can you please leave children alone? Continue reading

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BEST OF JUNE 2024

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective continues with June’s best. 

THE SWAMP FOX (1959-1961) – The forgotten television series about a young Leslie Nielsen portraying Francis Marion, the guerrilla leader known as the Swamp Fox during the Revolutionary War. Click HERE.

BALLADEER’S BLOG’S FAVORITE RUM BRANDS – I presented a pair of lesser-known rum brands. Click HERE.

ANNA MARIA LANE (left) AND SALLY ST. CLAIR (far left): REVOLUTIONARY WAR HEROINES – A look at two heroines from the American Revolution. Click HERE.

BLACKE’S MAGIC (1986) – A Father’s Day look at the series which featured Hal Linden and Harry Morgan as a father-son team of stage magicians who solved seemingly impossible murders and other crimes on the side. Click HERE.

BAD MOVIE REVIEW: TELEVISION SPY (1939) – I examined this forgotten sci-fi film regarding the hilariously overstated potential of television for espionage purposes. Starring Anthony Quinn and Richard Denning (The Governor from Hawaii 5-0). Click HERE.

THE BLACK COAT – My look at this comic book series about a costumed Revolutionary War hero. Click HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE FEARSOME ISLAND (1896) – The discovery of a Caribbean Island on which an exiled mad scientist from Spain enslaved the population and made them erect his castle full of futuristic devices. Click HERE

NEGLECTED REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES IN FEBRUARY 1777 – Often overlooked actions. Click HERE. Continue reading

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DEC SIXTEENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

From Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog it’s another current events roundup from an America still reeking of the repulsive Biden Regime’s stench.

*** NEW – WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE SHUT DOWN DUE TO DRONE ACTIVITY. While the Biden Regime remains impotent since there’s no way to grab graft money from the situation.

NBC NEWS ADMITS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S STRONG WORDS FOR HAMAS HAVE FORCED THEM TO MAKE CONCESSIONS REGARDING HOSTAGES.

SISTER OF HAMAS HOSTAGE STATES SHE “FEELS BETTER” ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH TRUMP SPEAKING OUT ON IT. Joe Biden, a clump of bacteria sculpted into human form, has utterly failed the Americans held hostage.  

DNC MEMBER CALLS OUT THE BIDENS AND KAMALA HARRIS FOR LYING ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S UNFITNESS FOR OFFICE. Those of us who paid attention realized Joe was unfit back in 2020.

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION VP HAILS PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR “TAKING UP THE MANTLE FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.” Trump did so in his first term, too.

DISGUST WITH CORRUPT, DOUBLE-DEALING PELOSI: ADAM MCKAY, DIRECTOR OF VICE AND THE BIG SHORT, URGES DEMOCRATS TO LEAVE THE PARTY AND FORM A NEW ONE. Nancy Pelosi, Queen of Insider Trading Scandals and other corruption, should have been called out for her selfish maneuvering long ago.

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EVEN DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR HOCHUL DEMANDS THAT THE BIDEN REGIME DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DRONE SITUATION AFTER DRONES SHUT DOWN RUNWAYS OF A NEW YORK AIRPORT. Everyone associated with the Biden Regime is worthless, criminally negligent garbage.

GEORGIA SPECIAL COUNSEL ADMITS THAT THE LEGAL PERSECUTION OF TRUMP WAS COORDINATED WITH THE BIDEN REGIME. Have I mentioned what filth Joe Biden and his ilk are? Continue reading

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BEST OF MAY 2024

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective continues with this look at May’s best.

R.I.P. ROGER CORMAN: FILM LEGEND – I noted the passing of the King of B-Movies and the man who nurtured more up and coming talent than most other figures in Hollywood history. Click HERE.

THE 1926 AERIAL BOMBING OF ILLINOIS BY GANGSTERS – The unlikely account of how feuding gangsters unleashed the only aerial bombing of Illinois ever. Click HERE.

BRAZIL’S SUPERHEROES – From the 1950s into the 21st Century, I looked at Brazil’s home-grown heroes like Captain Seven, the Black Ray, Mylar and the Black Lizard.

Plus home-grown heroines like Stupendous Woman, the Bee, Velta and the Gymnoid. Click HERE

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: GUESSES AT FUTURITY (1894-1895) – Frederick Thomas Jane’s work of speculative science fiction about what life might be like in the year 2000. He predicted scientific achievements far beyond what 2000 really had to offer, but his take is still fascinating. Click HERE.

TRADER HORN (1927) – Alfred Aloysius Horn’s book about his experiences as a Trade Agent in Africa during the late 1800s. Various film versions were made over the decades. Part One HERE. Part Two HERE. Part Three HERE.

BLAME CANADA: FORGOTTEN MOVIES AND TELEVISION SHOWS FROM ABOVE THE BORDER – I reviewed the 14-year-old Mike Myers’ tv show, plus five other Canadian dramas and adventure tales. Click HERE.

BLACK LIGHTNING: HIS 1970s STORIES – The early adventures of DC’s African American superhero from the 1970s. Click HERE.

MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS FROM AMERICA’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE SECOND SAMOAN CIVIL WAR (1898-1899) – Read about them HERE. This forgotten conflict featured American and British forces fighting alongside each other AND Samoan forces against German troops and their Samoan allies on the other side of the civil war. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: DEC THIRTEENTH

Another current events round up from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

dem lies corruptionTHE LATEST BOMBSHELL FROM THE SCANDAL ABOUT DEMOCRAT FUNDRAISERS IGNORING BANS ON ACCEPTING MONEY FROM OVERSEAS SOURCES. So basically it’s bribes from other countries and the money they “donate to a candidate’s campaign” can certainly influence their voting record in office. Have I mentioned lately what a cesspool of corruption America’s political establishment is?

joe biden is aCAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN HANDS OUT MOST PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS IN A SINGLE DAY IN HISTORY. The Biden Regime came in like a bunch of criminal thugs and they’re going out the same way. And by the way, Chinese spies are among the people he pardoned. Like I said long ago, buying Joe Biden was the best investment the Chinese government ever made.

KENNEDY RIGHTFULLY CUTS DOWN ONE OF AMERICA’S RETIRED COMIC OPERA GENERALS WHO HAVE NEVER WON A SINGLE WAR AND TARGET FELLOW AMERICANS AS THE ENEMY.

AND YET ANOTHER DEMOCRAT OFFICIAL LEAVES BEHIND THAT GROTESQUE PARTY TO BECOME A REPUBLICAN – THIS TIME IT’S A LATINO JUDGE IN TEXAS. Among his remarks: “the radicalization of the national Democrats pushed me away a long time ago.” Continue reading

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BEST OF APRIL 2024

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective continues with this look at April’s best.

L’INFERNO (1911) – My review of the epic silent film adaptation of Dante’s Inferno. This production blew me away given its time period. And it was filmed in Italy just a few years before the horrors of World War One. Click HERE.

SARAH BERNHARDT: HER SILENT FILM APPEARANCES – The iconic Nineteenth Century actress lived long enough to appear in multiple silent movies. Click HERE

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: A DEMIGOD (1886) – A criminally overlooked sci-fi saga about Hector Vyr, whose mad scientist forebears bred him for genetic perfection. The tale of this heroic Platinum Age figure has elements of Philip Wylie’s 1930 sci-fi novel Gladiator but forty-four years earlier. Click HERE

INDEPENDENT ACTION AND HORROR FILMMAKER LEN KABASINSKI REMEMBERS THE LATE LEO FONG – The one and only Kabasinski was gracious enough to leave a few memories about international action star Leo Fong here at Balladeer’s Blog. Click HERE.

SPIDER-MAN: HIS FIRST 1960s STORIES – The early years of the Stan Lee-Steve Ditko creation. Click HERE.

TRANSGRESS WITH ME: APRIL EIGHTEENTH EDITION – Are you daring enough for this? It’s an ongoing series going back several years. Click HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: BY AEROPLANE TO THE SUN (1910) – The story of an expedition to the sun and other planets by way of a spaceship that the author calls an aeroplane. Click HERE. Continue reading

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