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FEBRUARY 2021: LOOKING BACK

FOR PART ONE (2016) OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE.

biden kids in cagesWITH BIDEN INSTALLED, ALL THOSE “KIDS IN CAGES” ARE NOW CALLED “CHILDREN IN SHELTERS” BY DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS. We all knew that Democrats never really cared about those kids. They just used them for propaganda purposes.

MARK MORGAN BLASTS JOE BIDEN FOR HIS CRUEL, INHUMANE AND MONSTROUS HYPOCRISY AS HE IGNORES THE KIDS IN CAGES HE PRETENDED TO CARE ABOUT. It’s almost like the real problem is the unsecured southern border and Democrats knew all along there are limited choices about how to deal with all those children pouring across that border, but the Biden Regime just ignores the problem while making it worse.

BORDER PATROL UNION CALLS OUT JOE BIDEN FOR NOW ILLEGALLY IMPRISONING UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, TOO. The people who screamed about “kids in cages” are silent about this, of course, since Biden has a (D) after his name. Had Trump done this the usual “Apocalypse of the Week” media treatment would have resulted. 

biden not legitBIDEN INTENSIFIES HIS WAR ON THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR.

CIRCUIT JUDGE RULES THAT DEMOCRATS ILLEGALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY COUNTED MAIL-IN BALLOTS WITH NO POSTMARKS AND WHICH ARRIVED DAYS LATER. And since this February of 2021 decision several more courts across the U.S. issued such decisions. The 2020 election was as tainted and corrupt as the ones in 1876 and 2000. It truly was “Cheat by mail.”

AUSTRALIAN MEDIA POINTS OUT BIDEN’S BIZARRE UNFITNESS FOR OFFICE. And this was back in 2021. Career criminal Joe has gotten much worse since then. Continue reading

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VIRGIL TIBBS: THE FORGOTTEN NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES

Author John Dudley Ball, Jr. created the iconic African American detective Virgil Tibbs in his 1965 novel In the Heat of the Night. Sidney Poitier brought Virgil to life on the big screen in the classic film version in 1966. Poitier reprised the role in They Call Me Mister Tibbs (1970) and The Organization (1971).

cool cottontailBalladeer’s Blog takes a look at the forgotten (or at least neglected) novels and short stories which John Dudley Ball wrote about his fictional detective. I am amazed that no one adapted the other Virgil Tibbs novels in the 70s, 80s or 90s. He is up there with other American detectives like Sam Spade, Nero Wolfe, Moses Wine and more.   

THE COOL COTTONTAIL (1966) – After winning the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel for In the Heat of the Night, John Ball wrote this follow-up novel about Virgil Tibbs. If you’re only familiar with the big screen Tibbs let me point out that The Cool Cottontail is set in Pasadena, CA, where the literary Virgil Tibbs was a homicide detective. In movies Virgil worked in Philadelphia and San Francisco while the In the Heat of the Night tv series stranded him down south.  Continue reading

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MARCH 21st ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

From Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog comes another look at current events here in the Joe Biden Banana Republic.

democrats vote fraudWISCONSIN DEMOCRAT KIMBERLY ZAPATA FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN VOTE & BALLOT FRAUD SCANDAL. But no matter how many of these cases come up every year the Democrats STILL pretend such things never happen and it’s all just “a conspiracy theory.”

CHICAGO VOTERS OF COLOR SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE FAILURES OF JOE BIDEN AND HIS REGIME.

FACULTY LOUNGE FASCISTS: THE LATEST.

democrats gagging rfk jrCOURAGEOUS ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. CALLS OUT THE CORPORATE FASCISM AND “INTELLIGENCE AGENCY” UGLINESS IN AMERICA. And he comes from a family that should know. RFK said “The CIA works for military contractors, providing a steady pipeline of forever wars. The health agencies are controlled by the pharmaceutical industry, which profits from chronic disease …” 

IN CONGRESS, A DEMOCRAT REP EMBARRASSES HERSELF BY CITING LONG LINE OF THE PARTY’S ALREADY DEBUNKED HOAXES ABOUT DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. Truly hilarious self-own!

VOTERS WHOSE LIVELIHOODS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY JOE BIDEN’S DISASTROUS POLICIES PUTTING THEIR HOPE IN TRUMP. Sadly, I still believe America’s authoritarian political establishment will not let the opposition leader return to the White House. Continue reading

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ROBERTO CARLOS ALVAREZ-GALLOSO, A LIFELONG FIGHTER FOR FREEDOM, EXPRESSES HIS SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF CUBA

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: MARCH 19th

media scumFrom Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy comes the latest look at current events from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

ELON MUSK CALLS OUT GOOGLE’S REPEATED ELECTION INTERFERENCE. More HERE. And HERE.

SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT HUR SAYS THE BIDEN REGIME PRESSURED HIM TO CHANGE HIS FINDINGS. Impeachments have been launched over far less. Just a few years ago, in fact.

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BIDEN REGIME HAS NOW DESTROYED AMERICA’S RELATIONS WITH NIGER, COSTING THE U.S. EVEN MORE URANIUM THAN HILLARY CLINTON FUNNELED TO PUTIN’S RUSSIA.

ANTI-TRUMP HYSTERIA: DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS PRETEND THAT WHEN TRUMP SAYS JOE BIDEN’S REELECTION WOULD RESULT IN “A BLOOD BATH” IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY IT MEANS HE IS CALLING FOR VIOLENCE. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. As all sane, rational human beings knew, by “bloodbath” Trump meant the additional jobs that would be lost in that industry because of Biden’s disastrous policies. Media propagandists may be the only lifeforms lower than America’s career politicians.

democrat party platformUNHINGED DEMOCRAT MAKES RIDICULOUS CLAIM THAT WOMEN WILL BE FORCED TO DRESS AS HANDMAIDENS IF TRUMP RETURNS TO THE WHITE HOUSE. I will say again that anti-Trump loons are the most ignorant, uninformed and emotionally unstable people I have ever encountered. 

THE DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS FORCED TO ADMIT THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THEIR RECENT SMEAR AGAINST AN OPPOSITION PARTY CANDIDATE. No surprise there.

flushing justiceCOURAGEOUS JUDGE CALLS OUT THE WAY THAT DONALD TRUMP IS THE ONLY EX-PRESIDENT TO BE HARRASSED OVER DOCUMENTS. But Democrats, who always outmaneuver the clueless, outdated and utterly useless Republican Party, know they can count on the incredible ignorance of the general public regarding the way previous presidents (for decades) have always taken such documents for their presidential libraries and/ or as reference material for their memoirs. 

MENDACITY AND CORRUPTION IN THE JUDICIARY. A terrific piece about America’s fairly recent (starting in 2016) phenomenon of judges and prosecutors confirming that there are long lists of legal violations by Democrats but then, like the ending of an O. Henry story, they say nothing will be done about those violations. Continue reading

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JANUARY 2021: A LOOK BACK

FOR PART ONE (2016) OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE.

Tulsi Gabbard pictureCOURAGEOUS (THEN) DEMOCRAT TULSI GABBARD BLASTS C.I.A. GARBAGE JOHN BRENNAN AND OTHERS AS DOMESTIC ENEMIES FAR MORE DANGEROUS THAN PROTESTERS. “But let’s be clear, the John Brennans, Adam Schiffs and the oligarchs in Big Tech who are trying to undermine our constitutionally protected rights and turn our country into a police state with KGB-style surveillance are also domestic enemies,” she continued.  And events since 2021 have more than proven her right.

BEST OF BIDEN GOOFS AND GAFFES. Back then this was just the start of the flood of Biden screwups.

pelosi and schumer love illegal immigrantsBLEEDING AMERICA. A terrific post from a fellow blogger about America’s corrupt political establishment. “They wanted to destroy Trump’s wall and open up the border” And we’ve all seen how accurate that statement was. And is.

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE THE DONALD

SUPERCUT OF DEMOCRATS CALLING FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE.

MOTHER JONES: TRUMP IS BRUBAKER AND OTHER HEROES. Continue reading

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MARCH 15th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

democrat republican or awakeIt’s an Ides of March look at current events from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

JOE BIDEN CALLED OUT FOR THE WAY HIS POLICIES HAVE BEEN WORSENING THE SITUATION IN HAITI.

JUDGE CANNON CALLS OUT POLITICAL BIAS AND “ARBITRARY ENFORCEMENT” IN THE DOCS CASE AGAINST TRUMP.

bloody hands of joe bidenCOURAGEOUS FATHER OF SERVICEMAN KILLED BY BIDEN’S DISASTROUS DECISIONS SPEAKS OUT AFTER THE REGIME ARRESTED HIM. Yet delusional Democrats still pretend Trump is the authoritarian.

U.S. AMBASSADOR PRAISES TRUMP FOR STRENGTHENING NATO BY CONVINCING OTHER MEMBER NATIONS TO INCREASE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.

ask notASSORTED CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP THROWN OUT. Same ol’ same ol’, but anti-Trump fascists will still mindlessly pretend he is guilty of them.

JOE BIDEN’S INFLATION CONTINUES TO RAVAGE THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR. More HERE. Joe and his fellow one percenters are just fine, though.

DEMOCRAT WHO SUPPORTED NIKKI HALEY ANNOUNCES WHY SHE IS NOW ENDORSING TRUMP. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: MARCH 11th

And from drug and senility-addled Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy comes another current events roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

unfit and pathetic bidenSENILE YET CORRUPT BIDEN ASKING STAFF IF HE IS ALLOWED TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA. STAFF, IRATE THAT THE QUESTION WAS OVERHEARD, SEND AWAY THE MEDIA. Joe’s deranged, yelling, authoritarian disaster during the SOTU address has left the staff wary of letting the career criminal speak.

UNINFORMED AMERICANS SHOCKED OVER REMINDER THAT THE DEMOCRATS COUNT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TOWARD CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION, SO THEIR PARTY GETS MORE SEATS IN CONGRESS BASED ON THE MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS IN THE U.S. More HERE. Too bad we don’t have a competent opposition party in America who should be reminding people of that all the time.  

THE KANGAROO COURT JANUARY 6th COMMISSION DISCOVERED TO HAVE SUPPRESSED EVEN MORE EVIDENCE THAT EXONERATES TRUMP. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. At this point no matter what you hear lying media newsreaders say about Trump, you seriously need to wait until all shoes have dropped before you believe them.

Adam Schiff eyesDEMOCRAT ADAM SCHIFF PUBLICLY ENCOURAGES AMERICA’S INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM A PRESIDENT HE PERSONALLY DOESN’T LIKE. Democrats in bed with America’s thuggish, atrocious CIA, NSA, FBI, etc? Not a secret at this point. One of the reasons I used to be a Democrat was because they USED TO openly criticize the CIA, etc. The past several years Democrats have viewed those corrupt agencies as extensions of The Party.

TARA READE, JOE BIDEN’S ALLEGED RAPE VICTIM, SPEAKS OUT AGAIN AFTER SHE WAS FORCED TO FLEE THE COUNTRY TO ESCAPE THE BIDEN REGIME’S UGLINESS AGAINST HER. And no, anti-Trump loons, the New York jury specifically ruled that Trump did NOT rape E. Jean Carroll, but they added nonsense side-items that will likely get overturned on appeal.

        REMEMBER – Tara Reade told people about Joe Biden’s behavior AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED and took other measures to get it on the record. E. Jean Carroll couldn’t even recall WHAT YEAR that the false rape she accused Trump of committing occurred. She contradicted her own statements over and over, plus has thrown around multiple rape accusations over the years AND has made repeated bizarre remarks like “rape is sexy.” Democrats have set back actual rape victims by decades with their (Democrats’) grotesque political exploitation of rape accusations. Remember the farcical accusations against Brett Kavanaugh in 2018? Democrats, you sink lower year after year after year. Related story HERE.

joe biden is aDue to the lengthy power outage in this area preventing me from posting for a time, below are several items pointing out what a trainwreck and collection of lies that Joe Biden’s SOTU address was:

BIDEN CALLED OUT FOR “NAKEDLY PARTISAN” ADDRESS. To say nothing of fascistic, deranged and twiddle-pated. Crooked Joe is as unfit and illegit as ever. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. BIDEN “UNHINGED” HERE.

BIDEN TERRIFIED OF DEBATING TRUMP. Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG IS BACK

I am back after we had an area-wide power outage since yesterday morning. I will post more later today but in the meantime here’s an evergreen post that becomes more relevant every year even though it’s basically a comedy bit.

DEMOCRAT SLOGANS

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“Many a true word is spoken in jest” as the old saying goes, and that becomes ever more valid by the year regarding Balladeer’s Blog’s handy list of Democrat Slogans. These slogans capture what the Democrats have REALLY become, not the glowing image that they have of themselves.

Back in 2017, when I started compiling this semi-annual post I didn’t realize how hard the Democrats would work to prove how accurate these tongue-in-cheek slogans for them are. (I used to be a Democrat until I turned Independent.)

DEMOCRATS: YOU PEASANTS ARE ALLOWED TO SAY, DO, WRITE OR POST ON THE INTERNET ONLY THOSE THINGS WHICH DON’T UPSET US DEMOCRATS.

DEMOCRATS: NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF SIMPLE-MINDED FASCISTS IN LARGE NUMBERS!

DEMOCRATS: WE’RE THE CONFIRMATION BIAS COMMUNITY!

DEMOCRATS: ALL OF OUR OPINIONS SHOULD CARRY THE FORCE OF LAW!

DEMOCRATS: WE OVERUSED THE WORD “RACIST” TO THE POINT OF MEANINGLESSNESS. NOW WE’RE DOING THE SAME WITH “WHITE SUPREMACIST” AND OUR NEW FAVORITE: “TRANSPHOBE!”

DEMOCRATS: WE ARE THE FASCISTS WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

DEMOCRATS: THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE TRUTH … UNLESS IT’S ONE OF OUR PARTY’S TALKING POINTS.

DEMOCRATS: WE’RE STILL WAGING WAR ON AN AMERICA THAT HASN’T EXISTED FOR DECADES!

DEMOCRATS: ONLY THOSE NEWS OUTLETS WHICH PANDER TO OUR PREJUDICES AND PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ARE ACCURATE. ALL OTHERS ARE PROPAGANDA. Continue reading

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ALIEN: NO MAN’S LAND (2024)

alien no mans landALIEN: NO MAN’S LAND (2024) is a top tier Fan Film that goes far beyond the majority of such efforts. This item runs less than 29 minutes and deals with an encounter between the Alien franchise’s xenomorphs and World War One Brits and Aussies set in No Man’s Land.

The quality is cinematic – maybe even better considering some of the rushed special effects that the film industry has cranked out lately. Sound, costuming, direction and even the acting are exemplary for a Fan Film and pretty solid even when compared to professionals.

The story: Continue reading

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