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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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DEC ELEVENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog presents another look at current events from an America where Democrat violence and calls for violence against people who disagree with them are still increasing.

CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE ATTACKED AND INJURED ON CAPITOL HILL. Her pro-trans male attacker injured her wrist and arm before being apprehended.

NEW YORK CITY DEMOCRATS CALL FOR VIGILANTE VIOLENCE AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE AFTER DANIEL PENNY ACQUITTAL. Yes, with crime spiraling out of control in NYC, Democrats can only be outraged by a good Samaritan who acted to protect his fellow subway passengers.

           Once again, Democrat behavior demonstrates one of my joking Democrat slogans – “Democrats: Jury verdicts should have to be ratified by our raging, howling mobs of shallow, uninformed and emotionally unstable political robots.” 

david j. harris jr.DAVID J. HARRIS JR. ON TRUMP’S POLICIES THAT WILL ONCE AGAIN BENEFIT BLACK AMERICANS.

CAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN EXPOSED FOR GIVING TEN MORE BILLION DOLLARS IN RELIEF TO IRAN THE DAY AFTER TRUMP WAS REELECTED. But hey, Joe’s been pronounced too mentally unfit to stand trial, remember? 

FBI STILL MEANS “FUGGEDA BOUT INTEGRITY” – AGENT ARRESTED FOR USING FBI SEARCHES OF HOMES TO COMMIT THEFTS. Needless to say, their victims included a political opponent of the Biden Regime.

BRANDON TATUM VIDEO ABOUT TRUMP DEALING WITH BIASED REPORTER.

AND YET ANOTHER ELECTED DEMOCRAT – FLORIDA HOUSE MEMBER SUSAN VALDES – LEAVES THAT PARTY TO BECOME A REPUBLICAN. Among her remarks she called out how Democrat “leadership expects me to ignore the needs of my community.”

NEW BOOK ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON SCANDALS BY FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT. Continue reading

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BEST OF MARCH 2024

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

SILENT MOVIES ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS – On Easter Sunday I reviewed silent films that were relevant to the holiday. The movies dated from 1898, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1912, 1916, 1917, 1923, 1927 and 1928. Click HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: A TALE OF THE X-RAY (1898)- Written by Clara H. Holmes. Click HERE.

SUPERHEROES FROM INDONESIA – From the 1950s onward, it’s a selection of heroes and heroines like Tira, White Garuda, Merpati, Starblast and more. Click HERE.

THE LEGEND OF FRANCOIS VILLON – The life and legend of this 1400s poet and outlaw from France. Follow his saga as a lauded poet who was often on the run in between crimes. Click HERE.

ALIEN: NO MAN’S LAND (2024) – A tribute film set during World War One. Click HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE WORLD UNDERGROUND (1741) – A novel about the discovery of life and civilizations deep inside the Earth.

This pioneering work blazed a trail for many later stories about Inner Earth adventures. Click HERE.

USTINOV AD LIB (1966) – Peter Ustinov’s comedy special with guest star Dudley Moore. Click HERE

SPACE MONSTER WANGMAGWI (1967) – A South Korean attempt to jump on the Godzilla and Gamera bandwagon as invading aliens unleash their enormous monster called Wangmagwi on the world. Hilariously bad. Click HERE.

IBERIA, INC: SPAIN’S SUPERHEROES – Beginning in 1996, Spain’s homegrown superteam Iberia, Inc. caught lightning in a bottle with stories that combined the best qualities of Claremont’s X-Men with the multi-decade saga of the Watchmen. Click HERE. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: DEC NINTH

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

trump fistTRUMP STATES HE WON’T TARGET JOE BIDEN. Trump also refrained from prosecuting Hillary Clinton right after his 2016 victory, too. Democrats ungratefully reacted to that magnanimous gesture by trying to destroy him daily. We’ll have to see what comes of his compassion toward career criminal Joe Biden.

TRUMP MAKES IT CLEAR ONCE AGAIN THAT HE WILL NOT CUT SOCIAL SECURITY, NOR DID HE DO THAT IN HIS FIRST TERM. But Democrats are still going by their same script of lies.

WESLEY HUNT BACKS PRESIDENT TRUMP ON DEFENSE SECRETARY.

TALK OF HEROIC DANIEL PENNY RECEIVING CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

ASSAD’S SYRIAN REGIME FALLS, FILES ABANDONED.

ERIC ADAMS WON’T RULE OUT LEAVING THE DEMOCRAT PARTY. And who could blame him if he does?

TRUMP SPARKS BREAKTHROUGH IN HAMAS HOSTAGE STANDOFF. Continue reading

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DEC SIXTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

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

biden wretchedJOHNSON: TRUST IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS BEEN ALMOST IRREPARABLY DAMAGED BY THE BIDENS.

I’m not sure “almost” is the word.

CAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN EMBARRASSED HIMSELF IN ANGOLA. More HERE.

trump teamPRESIDENT TRUMP’S LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN.

GREAT PIECE ABOUT HOW SO MANY ELECTED REPUBLICANS “STILL DON’T GET IT.” More HERE.

OPTIMISM AMONG AMERICAN FARMERS SURGES AFTER TRUMP VICTORY.

JOE BIDEN’S CALLOUSNESS TOWARD THE AMERICANS STILL HELD HOSTAGE GETS CALLED OUT. Continue reading

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BEST OF FEBRUARY 2024

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

FURIOUS (1984) – The Rhee Brothers star in one of the most joyously bad and disjointed martial arts movies of all time.

My review is HERE.

BALLADEER’S BLOG RANKS THE PRESIDENTS – And I do it the way that ANYONE trying to be objective would do it – by omitting the most recent presidents because there is still too much emotion surrounding the perception of such figures. Click HERE.

AUSTRALIA’S SUPERHEROES OF THE 1940s & 1950s – An examination of Atom-Girl, the Grey Domino, Jet Fury, the Blue Ghost, the Vesuvian and many more HERE.

MY TOP TEN HORROR FILMS OF THE PAST FIFTY YEARS – Click HERE. Some expected titles plus a few surprises.

QUENTIN DURWARD (1971) – A French-German television series about Sir Walter Scott’s lesser-known swashbuckling hero. It was produced in the same spirit as Desert Crusader and The Flashing Blade. My review is HERE.

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: DEC 4th

Here is another current events roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

GREAT LIST OF THE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF CRIMES THAT UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN WAS JUST PARDONED FOR. Plus it’s important to remember that a pardon means that Hunter can no longer invoke the 5th Amendment if called to testify regarding any of the crimes that his father and his associates are being investigated for.

           Joe Biden would have to pardon himself and all his co-conspirators to avoid such a situation. He may do that. I wouldn’t be surprised.

ANOTHER GREAT LIST – THIS ONE OF THE LIES INFLICTED ON THE PUBLIC BY DEMOCRAT NEWS OUTLETS.

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

TRUMP’S DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY (D.O.G.E.) SET TO TARGET “FEATHERBED”, UNNECESSARY JOBS THAT POLITICIANS LIKE NANCY PELOSI GIVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.

ARTICLE SAYS “THE WORLD IS HEALING” AS TRUMP IS ALREADY HARD AT WORK.

JENNINGS: “BIDEN IS LEAVING OFFICE IN COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISGRACE.” He has a point. Trump knocked him out of the race in the debate, defeated Joe’s hand-picked successor and there are all the Biden scandals.

VILLAGE PEOPLE MEMBER THANKS TRUMP FOR USING HIS SONG YMCA. Continue reading

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THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ (1904) BOOK REVIEW

marvelous land of ozTHE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ (1904) – We’ve all been exposed to countless variations of the adventures of Dorothy Gale and company in Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). Therefore I’m starting my reviews of the Oz books with the second in the series – The Marvelous Land of Oz.   

A little boy named Tip lives with the mean-spirited witch Mombi as his adult “guardian.” One day Tip mischievously plans a bit of revenge on Mombi by building a pumpkin-headed figure made of wood, branches and old clothes. He then positions the figure – named Jack Pumpkinhead – to scare the evil witch when she arrives home.

pumpkinhead and tipThe nasty old witch is unfazed and further proves she’s not scared by sprinkling the pumpkin-headed figure with a magical Powder of Life. The powder brings Jack Pumpkinhead to life but he’s very naive and ignorant.

When Mombi threatens to turn Tip into a marble statue as revenge for trying to scare her, the boy steals some of her Powder of Life and runs away with Jack Pumpkinhead as a traveling companion. Tip sprinkles some of the powder on a sawhorse, bringing it to life as a mount for Jack, who is still unsteady on his legs.

Thus begins another adventure throughout the bizarre Land of Oz. Among the other characters encountered by Tip, Jack and the Sawhorse: Continue reading

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BEST OF JANUARY 2024

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end of year retrospective begins with this look at January’s Best.

DICK TURPIN (1925) – My review of this silent movie which starred American cowboy star Tom Mix trading in his rifle and six-guns for a sword and pistols in an exciting film about England’s real-life outlaw Dick Turpin. It’s HERE.

SAM SPADE – I take a look at Dashiell Hammett’s four overlooked 1932 short stories about his hard-boiled detective from The Maltese Falcon. Read it HERE.

SCARFOLK: LIKE MY MILWAUKEE CROSSED WITH LOCAL 58 TV – Richard Littler’s eerie, dark-humored presentations of the lore behind his fictional English town of Scarfolk has been presented as a website and then as a few books. Experience 1984 and Twin Peaks wrapped into one HERE.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE’S STORYBOOK (1958-1961) – This bit of Forgotten Television featured Temple starring alongside some of the biggest celebrities of the day in child-safe dramatizations of classics from children’s literature. Click HERE.

BRITISH-MADE SUPERHEROES OF THE 1940s – My look at forgotten characters like Streamline, Electro-Girl, Captain Magnet, Acromaid, Tiger-Man and over twenty more HERE.

DESERT CRUSADER (1968-1969) – A French tv series about Thibaud (tee-bow), a French knight who has adventures along the road to the Holy Land in between the 1st and 2nd Crusades. My review is HERE.

THE FLASHING BLADE (1967) – A similar French tv series. Dumas meets Sabatini in this swashbuckling tale of Francois, Chevalier de Recci, from 1628-1631. HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: ADVENTURES OF JAMES MASSEY (1714) – A novel about the title character finding an island of giant-sized birds, odd plant-life, bear-sized beavers and strange human beings, both “normal” and ape-like. It’s HERE. Continue reading

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