Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog offers up a few visual items as we head into the weekend.
First off, here’s the 2024 electoral map:
Next, some joke toys for this Christmas: Continue reading
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ELECTORAL MAP AND OTHER VISUALS
Filed under humor, LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, Neglected History, opinion
CLEOPATRA (1917) SILENT FILM WITH THEDA BARA
Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog may remember my fondness for silent movies.
CLEOPATRA (1917) – Born Theodosia Goodman in Cincinnati, OH on July 29th, 1885, Theda Bara was the first monumental “man-eating”, femme fatale sex symbol in American cinema. It was inevitable that she would portray one of history’s most notorious women. Only part of this film has survived, and the story is a mix of various accounts of Cleopatra’s activities.
Cleopatra is covertly brought to Julius Caesar (Fritz Leiber Sr.) wrapped in a carpet and seduces him. The pair plan to conquer the known world, but Caesar’s assassination prevents this. A plot to kill Cleopatra herself is formed within her own court, but Pharon (Albert Roscoe), the designated assassin, succumbs to his love for her instead. Continue reading
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ELECTION DAY PLUS ONE ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS
Earlier today Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog posted my congratulations to President Donald Trump and his populist movement which has upset the American establishment’s cesspool of political corruption even more than in 2016.
Hopefully parasitic political families like the Bushes, Cheneys and Romneys (Republican) and the Pelosis, Bidens and Clintons (Democrat) will trouble us no more.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON HIS “HISTORIC REALIGNMENT” OF AMERICA’S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.
PEGGY RYAN’S ITEM ABOUT THE TRUMP PHENOMENON. For just one excerpt, “ … in one of the darkest periods of our country’s history, a man stepped out from the political quagmire to stop the attacks on our Constitution, to save America.”
GREAT PIECE ON “TRUMP’S ELECTRIFYING, WORLD-CHANGING VICTORY.”
RECORD LATINO SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
CHARLIE HURT: TRUMP’S VICTORY HAS COMPLETELY REMADE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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THE DEMOCRATS AT MSNBC CONTINUE THEIR SNOBBERY BY CALLING AMERICA’S WORKING CLASS “UNGRATEFUL.”
SALENO ZITO: THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ONE LIKE HIM. In praise of the new political coalition that formed around Donald Trump. “They have seen what the power of the cultural curators in our country, in academia, media, Hollywood, institutions, and corporations, and in the bureaucracies has done to their lives, and they have rejected it.” Continue reading
Filed under LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, Neglected History, opinion
THE MORNING AFTER: TRUMP AND THE PEOPLE WIN THIS ROUND, KAMALA AND AMERICA’S CORRUPT ESTABLISHMENT LOSE
Congratulations to de facto Third Party President Donald Trump, America’s populist leader, for enduring a storm of cowardly, destructive attacks that no president since Abraham Lincoln had to endure from their enemies on the way to another term.
Trump’s incredible fighting spirit and grassroots efforts against the white-collar criminals of America’s political establishment have won so far with election night behind us.
Not to be forgotten are the many legislative and court victories for election integrity since the 2020 debacle. Balladeer’s Blog covered all those efforts to prevent a recurrence of such fraudulent tactics every step of the way.
As for the other election races around the country, Real Clear Politics has projected Trump’s political party retaking the Senate, but with the final figure on House of Representatives races still undetermined. Continue reading
Filed under LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, Neglected History, opinion
BEST OF N.E.T. PLAYHOUSE (1966-1972) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION
It is such a waste that so few installments of National Educational Television Playhouse are available despite video copies still being in their archives. For six years, N.E.T. Playhouse offered up some of the most interesting, profound and innovative productions from around the world. That 1966-1972 run puts what passes for educational television today to shame.
HAMILE (January 15th, 1970) – A Ghanaian adaptation of Hamlet written by that nation’s Joe C. De Graft and performed by actors from the National Theatre of Ghana.
De Graft sets the action in Tongo, changes the names Hamlet and Laertes to Hamile and Laitu, plus he adapts swordplay into traditional Ghanaian wrestling in this 2-hour production.
YESTERDAY THE CHILDREN WERE DANCING (February 26th, 1970) – A 90-minute CBC drama about the 1964 terrorist attacks in Canada launched by Quebec Separatists and plans for further attacks during the federal elections.
The French-Canadien Gravel family falls apart over divisions on the entire issue of independence for Quebec. Adapted from the play by Gratien Gelinas. Continue reading
Filed under Forgotten Television, opinion
NOV 4th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS
Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at current events.
EVEN MORE OF MINNESOTA’S MUSLIM AND SOMALIAN COMMUNITY ENDORSE TRUMP. “We can’t afford anything as working class and middle-class people. Now please understand this, we love our brothers and sisters who are Democrats, but you left us.” one man said in a recurring theme of Democrats abandoning the working class and the poor.
KIMBERLY BROWN, DAUGHTER OF NFL LEGEND JIM BROWN, DISCUSSES HER SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP GOING BACK TO HIS FIRST TERM. Among her remarks: “I came out as a Trump supporter because I saw the moves that Donald Trump was making … I saw that Trump was doing a lot for black people.”
ARAB-AMERICANS IN DEARBORN PRAISE TRUMP AND SAY THEY ARE LOOKING TO HIM “WITH HOPE. Among the remarks “A wise man once said, peace is the prize, and I stand before him today. As Arab-Americans, we unite against the betrayal of those in power.” And pointed out that the Kamala Harris-Joe Biden Regime “has failed miserably in all aspects of humanity.”
Among her remarks “Guess you haven’t met me yet, buddy. It takes a lot of balls to come out and support the anti-war machine, and you know it.” She also posted the following on her X account in response to Mark Cuban and his ilk:
Filed under LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, Neglected History, opinion
THE NAME DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT APPEAR IN THIS BLOG POST ABOUT JANUARY SIXTH
Here at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog I will leave out one particular name in this blog post because it is unbelievable how many people are either uninformed or lying when they say that anything that happened on January 6th of 2021 could have returned the incumbent to office.
I’m making this post today because from tomorrow onward for who knows how long the election will be addressed, so this is a look at a non-election day matter of basic civics.
For people who get angry just seeing a certain name, rest assured I will not include it in the body of this post, so please consider these words as important information, no matter who you vote for. It’s alarming that so much hysteria has been encouraged over a procedure that a lot of Americans and non-Americans are obviously unclear about. Continue reading
Filed under LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, Neglected History, opinion
NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: NOV FIRST
Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at current events here in an America where Democrats pretend that Kellyanne Conway, the first woman to manage a successful presidential campaign, doesn’t count because she did it for President Trump in 2016. She sounds like a strong woman to me. And a positive role model for young women.
FEMINIST ICON NAOMI WOLF ENDORSES DONALD TRUMP. Among her comments: “He’s being more inclusive” … “He’s speaking out to the concerns of black people, white people, Puerto Rican people, Hispanic people of all kinds, women, men, it doesn’t matter”. Win or lose, Trump has shown that fighting back against slander from Democrat media outlets needs to be done.
MUSLIM LEADERS IN MICHIGAN ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP AS THE PEACE CANDIDATE. Remember, he was the only U.S. President in decades to NOT get the country into any new wars. That’s partly why corrupt politicians, the military-industrial complex AND America’s repulsive spy agencies hate Trump.
DEMOCRAT CHUCK SCHUMER EXPOSED FOR HIS ROLE IN ANTISEMITIC CAMPUS RIOTS.
EVEN PUERTO RICO’S FEMALE SHADOW SENATOR ENDORSES TRUMP! The Donald beep-beeps his way through another “controversy” manufactured by Democrats. More like a non-troversy.
GEORGE W. BUSH’S DAUGHTER CAMPAIGNS FOR KAMALA HARRIS. Bacteria cling together.
ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN ENDORSES DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
MORE ELECTION SHENANIGANS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
EXPERIENCED DEMOCRAT FUNDRAISER CALLS OUT HOW SNOBBISH, OUT OF TOUCH DONORS TOOK OVER THE PARTY AND ABANDONED THE WORKING CLASS. We all saw it happen, but this article offers some unique insight. Continue reading
Filed under LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, Neglected History, opinion
TIME FOR SOME COMEDIC MATERIAL AMID ALL THE HATRED
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In the wake of Joe Biden daring to call anyone else garbage, let’s lighten the mood. From back when it was Trump vs Hillary in 2016 and then into his first term I often ran humorous mock headlines about it all. Here are some of them:
SHOCKING POLL REVEALS THAT PEOPLE WHO HATED TRUMP YESTERDAY STILL HATE HIM TODAY!
CHELSEA CLINTON ENDORSES HER MOTHER OVER DONALD TRUMP! Is it over for the Donald?
HILLARY CLINTON’S NEW CAMPAIGN SLOGAN – “DON’T MAKE ME BEG!”
TRUMP’S INTENTION TO ENFORCE PERFECTLY REASONABLE LAWS SHOWS HIS CAMPAIGN’S DESPERATION!
MILLIONS REPORT THAT OVERNIGHT TRUMP BROKE INTO THEIR HOME, STOLE ALL THEIR FURNISHINGS AND REPLACED THEM WITH EXACT DUPLICATES! “Come over and see for yourself” outraged victims demand. Continue reading
Filed under humor, LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, opinion
OCTOBER 29th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS
Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at current events here in an America where Democrats are so historically illiterate that they think everyone who disagrees with them is “literally Hitler.”
AND YET ANOTHER FORMER DEMOCRAT – AUDREY MCNEAL – LEAVES THAT PARTY BEHIND TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP. Her story is similar to so many of us who left behind the Democrats who have become increasingly unhinged over the years. Among her remarks: “I was a lifelong democrat, elected to the DNC twice … I’m voting Trump/ Vance in November …
“I wanted to go to the DNC because I wanted answers on free speech issues, the border, and the economy. However, reflecting on my time at the DNC I realized it was no longer the party of free speech and civil liberties it used to be.” So many of us came to feel the same way as this young woman. The Democrats are no longer the party of FDR and JFK.
BYRON DONALDS DISMANTLES CNBC’s ANTI-TRUMP HATEMONGERING.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR JERRY WARTSKI OBLITERATES KAMALA HARRIS AND HER ILK FOR COMPARING TRUMP TO HITLER. More backlash from Jewish community over Democrats constantly comparing Trump voters to Nazis HERE.
ANOTHER FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULES THAT BALLOTS MUST ARRIVE BY ELECTION DAY TO COUNT. Another victory for election integrity. And ANOTHER reminder that the countless ballots that Democrats counted for Biden even though they arrived long after election day (and with no post mark) in 2020 should NOT have been counted. And that’s just ONE of the ways the 2020 election was corrupt and forever-tainted.
THESE ARRESTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SEX TRAFFICKERS WENT FREE DUE TO DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY” POLICY. How many people have suffered because Democrats love to virtue signal?
MORE ANTI-TRUMP HYSTERIA AS GOLDBERG CLAIMS TRUMP WILL DISMANTLE INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND REDISTRIBUTE WHITE SPOUSES. Are there ANY sane Democrats left, or did all of us leave that deranged Party long ago?
KAMALA HARRIS CLAIMS TRUMP WILL STRIP GUN RIGHTS FROM BLACK PEOPLE. What? So Democrats, who want to take gun rights away from nearly everybody, are making THIS insane claim? As if Democrats care about the 2nd Amendment.
HASIDIC JEWS ENDORSE TRUMP AND CALL KAMALA HARRIS “A THREAT TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.” Karmic justice comes for Kamala. Continue reading
Filed under LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, Neglected History, opinion
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