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FEBRUARY 2022: LOOKING BACK

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

ukraine flagPOLL: SIXTY-TWO PERCENT OF VOTERS SAY PUTIN WOULD NOT HAVE INVADED UKRAINE IF TRUMP WAS STILL IN THE WHITE HOUSE. And that was in February of 2022. The number may be much higher now.

DEMOCRATS IN VERMONT FOLLOW NEW YORK’S LEAD IN OPENING UP VOTING TO FOREIGN NATIONALS. Coming soon to a location near you if Democrats get their way. 

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Weird little man

JOE BIDEN’S INFLATION STILL DRIVING RENTS SKY-HIGH. The Biden Regime’s war on the poor and the working class continues.

DEMOCRATS WHO RUN SCHOOL DISTRICT ALLOW MALES WHO GO BY “NON-MALE PRONOUNS” TO SLEEP IN FIFTH GRADE GIRLS’ CABINS ON THREE DAY TRIP. What is it with Democrats and children? Very creepy.

educa smallerFACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 6th.

BIDEN’S POLICIES DRIVING BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS HIGHER AND HIGHER. Under his predecessor’s policies black unemployment was at a record low.

COURTS CONTINUE INVALIDATING THE DEMOCRATS’ CHANGES TO VOTING PROCEDURES WHICH ENABLED THEIR “CHEAT BY MAIL” AND OTHER SCAMS IN 2020. More HERE.

AND ANOTHER COURT RULES THAT THE CHEAT BY MAIL CHANGES MADE IN 2020 WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. And even more have ruled the same way since February of 2022. But Democrats knew the court cases would take until long after the election was over. Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG IS FOURTEEN YEARS OLD

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Balladeer’s Blog

THANK YOU once again to all of you readers for making Balladeer’s Blog so enjoyable to write. As I always say, the unusual and controversial items I sometimes churn out here mean that readers have to be open-minded and very secure in their own beliefs not to just take offense and leave. You folks are the greatest!

Here are some of my most popular blog posts from the past 12 months.

riverboat coverFORGOTTEN TELEVISION – Burt Reynolds and Darren McGavin’s western series RIVERBOAT (1959-1961), Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s Five Tomorrows (1970) and Between Time and Timbuktu (1972), Heimskringla! (1969), Peter Pan (1976), Thirteen Against Fate (1966), The Man Hunter (1973), City Beneath the Sea (1962) and Secret Beneath the Sea (1963), Shirley Temple’s Storybook (1958-1961), Desert Crusader (1968), Frightmare Theater (2015-2022).   

AMERICAN REVOLUTION – Neglected battles of: Late 1781, March 1776, PLUS Thaddeus Kosciuszko.   

FORGOTTEN GUNSLINGERS – Comanche Jack, Jim Leavy, California Jim, Ferd the Dandy, Long Henry, and Temple Houston – Sam Houston’s Son.   

a fool there wasSILENT MOVIES – Since last year I reviewed: Theda Bara’s Movies, The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Metropolis (1927), Conrad Veidt: Silent Horror Film Star, Douglas Fairbanks’ 1916 drug comedy about “Coke Ennyday,” The Man from Painted Post (1917), A Modern Musketeer (1917), Alfred Hitchcock’s Silent Movies, Harry Houdini’s Silent Movies, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, Teddy the Great Dane, and Dick Turpin (1925).   

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION – Life in a Thousand Worlds (1905), The Monster Maker (1897), Land of the Changing Sun (1894), An Automatic Enigma (1872, 1878), and Another World (1873).

SPAIN’S HOMEMADE SUPERHEROES – A look at the incredible characters and storylines from Iberia, Inc. in the 1990s. Click HERE.

14 amazonsQUALITY MOVIES – The 14 Amazons (1972), The Elusive Avengers (1967), The White Reindeer (1952), The Fourth Reich (1990).      

THE BLACK WESTERN THOMASINE & BUSHROD (1974) – Click HERE.

FOOL KILLER: THE KLARENC WADE MAK VERSION (1917-1918) – Click HERE.

THE ABSOLUTE BEST EVER NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP FROM JUNE OF 2023 – Click HERE. Continue reading

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JUNE TWENTIETH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

From the land of career criminal Joe “not competent to stand trial” Biden, it’s time for another current events roundup courtesy of Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

allison hOBAMA’S ALLISON HUYNH SWITCHES TO SUPPORTING TRUMP AND PRAISES HIS POLICIES OVER THE DISASTROUS POLICIES OF THE DEMOCRATS’ BIDEN REGIME. Some excerpts:

“He (Trump) was light and funny and intelligent.”“I was happy with how knowledgeable Trump is about what is going on with the country and the economy,” she continued. “He had the information. He is all there with the things that matter” 

        “I am all for hardworking immigrants, but not for open admission of immigrants. We have to differentiate between legal immigrants who come here and work hard and illegal immigrants who come here and commit crimes,” she said.

cori bushDEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN CORI BUSH MAKES THE DERANGED CLAIM THAT GOD GAVE HER POWERS TO CURE CANCER AND TREAT TUMORS THROUGH MIRACLES. And yes, this REALLY happened. Had a member of the opposition party made this remark the story would rightfully be everywhere and would be brought up in every subsequent news story about them because the Democrats understand how to use their media outlets. The Republicans are so inept with their own media outlets that this incident will be all but forgotten soon.

BIDEN REGIME’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL (PER THE SUPREME COURT) ELIMINATION OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR SELECT DEMOCRATS PRODUCES ANOTHER APPALLING REPORT. Biden still ignoring the Supreme Court’s decision. Impeachments have been launched over far less. Continue reading

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2024 JUNETEENTH – MARKING THE DAY DEMOCRATS LOST THEIR SLAVES

democrats kkkIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog wishes you a happy Juneteenth, marking the day Democrats lost their slaves. (Democrats owned slaves, not Republicans.) African-Americans continue fighting for their freedom from the Democrats, who today treat people of color like they still own them and that they MUST vote for Democrats and ONLY Democrats.

That political party, which I’m ashamed to say I used to belong to years ago, even distorts the Juneteenth holiday. They try fundamentally transforming it into a day when Democrats – the only extant political party which supported slavery and even fought a Civil War over it – can act like they are above reproach while THE REST OF THE COUNTRY shares a guilt The Party pretends to be free from. 

Joe Biden, embodying the grotesque hypocrisy of that detestable political party, EULOGIZED A KLANSMAN – DEMOCRAT SENATOR ROBERT BYRD – yet Biden thinks he’s fit to give finger-wagging lectures to the rest of us. (If this post upsets you, tell the Democrats to stop politicizing Juneteenth by pretending they had nothing to do with slavery, or the Ku Klux Klan, or Jim Crow, etc.) Continue reading

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JUNE FOURTEENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

From Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog it’s time for another current events roundup here in Joe Biden’s corporate fascist state.

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DEMOCRAT PARTY

FOUR DEMOCRAT CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS IN CONNECTICUT ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ELECTION FRAUD. More HERE. And this is just the latest incident. No matter how many news reports there are on this topic every year, Democrats still insist there’s no evidence of their election fraud scams.

banned mail in votingANOTHER WIN FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY. MICHIGAN JUDGE STRIKES DOWN THE BALLOT-COUNTING CHANGES THAT THE DEMOCRAT SEC OF STATE MADE BEFORE THE 2020 ELECTION, HOPEFULLY HELPING TO AVOID SUCH FRAUD IN FUTURE ELECTIONS. Add this to the pile of other court decisions striking down the Democrat alterations before the 2020 election. Have I mentioned lately that the 2020 presidential election was as tainted and corrupt as in 1876 and 2000?

BIDEN REGIME STILL FIGHTING ELECTION INTEGRITY MEASURES

bloody hands of joe bidenBIDEN CALLED OUT FOR THE WAY HIS BORDER POLICIES HELP ORGANIZED CRIME AND THE MEXICAN CARTELS.

VIDEO OF THE LATEST GIBBERISH FROM JOE “INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL” BIDEN. Hilarious!

PRO-HAMAS DEMOCRATS TARGET THREATS AT THE HOMES OF JEWISH MEMBERS OF THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM’S BOARD. Democrat = Hater of American Jews as if they are representatives of Israel’s government. Such garbage. Continue reading

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MICHELLE FROM FORCE OF LIGHT ON STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE

michelle from force of light entertainmentMany readers have been asking me about my take on the latest Disney show by Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant Leslye Headland – The Acolyte. I checked out of Star Wars quite a few years ago, so I’m not up to date on all the Disney debacles.

Regular readers may remember my 2022 shout out to Force of Light Entertainment, a terrific YT channel by two sisters named Michelle and Natalie. Michelle (who has a PhD by the way) has kept current with the IP and skillfully dissects The Acolyte through its first three episodes.

force of light entertainmentThis pathetic series is apparently every bit as horrible as we’ve heard, but Michelle is much less sarcastic than I am when I write reviews, so her approach may be more appealing. Below is her take on the first two Acolyte episodes, but for Michelle’s review of the execrable third episode AND to subscribe to the channel Force of Light Entertainment, click HERE

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A NEW FOOL KILLER LETTER FROM 2019

Balladeer’s Blog continues its examination of the many facets of Fool Killer lore. FOR PART ONE, INCLUDING THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT, CLICK HERE

Fool Killer garbPART TWENTY: In a surprising development Balladeer’s Blog was contacted by THE actual Fool Killer. Using Jimmy Neutron-level science I determined that this correspondent was indeed the actual supernatural figure who had been at large in America since the 1830s.

After some introductory email exchanges the Fool Killer confirmed for me that Jesse Holmes was not his real name but he often used it as his alias going back to Charles Napoleon Bonaparte Evans’ original publication of The Fool Killer Letters from roughly 1850 to around 1880.

The roaming vigilante stated that since there was absolutely nothing that I or any other mortals could do to stop him from slaying whenever and wherever he pleased he was happy to answer assorted questions for me. He did so in the following email:

Fool Killer condensedComing to you as I wander in search of fools to kill, as usual a murder of crows following in my wake to feast upon the ample corpses I leave behind me in my travels.

Eddie, or Mr. Wozniak or Balladeer or however you prefer to be addressed, I noticed from your queries that you have that modern-day obsession with wanting definitive answers. I’m not able to provide them regarding my exact nature nor would I if I WAS able.

Your tracing of my origins to the Tennessee Hills of the 1830s was part of the reason I contacted you. I figured your perseverance and your perceptive comments about the Hill Portughee or Melungeons importing tales of Longstaff from Portugal showed you deserved to be my new correspondent. You’re no Charles Evans or James L Pearson but I’ve been a mighty long time without a confidant so you’ll do.

My birth around 1830 was roughly as recounted in Mountain Legends. I can correct the record on one particular item, though. My Daddy, whatever he really was, was not THE Devil. Not even I could have overcome Satan himself like I did and driven him from the Tennessee Hills. He may have been “A” devil or demon or maybe something from another world. Maybe he was just a relic from Earth’s distant past or some unknown thing that walked up from the very bottom of the ocean. Continue reading

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JANUARY 2022: A LOOK BACK

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

biden family values sampleINVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST REPORTS THAT THE BIDEN FAMILY HAS RECEIVED 31 MILLION DOLLARS FROM INDIVIDUALS IN CHINA’S INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. More HERE. And HERE.

NBC NEWS POLL: SEVENTY-TWO PERCENT SAY JOE BIDEN HAS THE COUNTRY GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

PRIVILEGED WHITE ONE PERCENTERS DEMOCRAT NANCY PELOSI AND HUSBAND GROW EVEN WEALTHIER FROM CHINA. And what about Nancy’s insider trading scandals, too?

BIDEN POLICY WILL MAKE MONTHLY HEALTH CARE COSTS SKYROCKET.

tulsi gabbard heroicCOURAGEOUS TULSI GABBARD POINTS OUT THAT JOE BIDEN IS DOING ALL HE CAN TO DIVIDE US.

DEMOCRAT ATROCITY ROUNDUP: JANUARY 28th

BIDEN’S MISOGYNY: HE CONTEMPTUOUSLY TELLS A FEMALE REPORTER SHE ASKED A “STUPID QUESTION” AND HIS HANDLERS PREVENT THE PRESS FROM FOLLOWING UP. More HERE. Under Biden’s predecessor, this would have been treated as “the Apocalypse of the Week” by Democrat media outlets and declared a “war on the free press.”  Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JUNE TENTH

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

breaking bidenEVEN THE DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET POLITICO IS REPORTING ON THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY. Good thing for Crooked Joe Biden he was already pronounced mentally unfit to stand trial. (Yet somehow is fine to remain in office.) More Biden Crime Family coverage HERE.

DEMOCRAT PROSECUTOR IN ATLANTA SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SEVEN YEARS FOR ILLEGALLY USING FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN COVID FUNDS FOR HER OWN LUXURIES. Have I mentioned lately that America’s career politicians tend to be white-collar criminals? I thought I had.

EXCELLENT BREAKDOWN ON DEMOCRATS AND THEIR OFTEN UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAR ON DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.  

amber rose and trumpAMBER ROSE HEROICALLY DOUBLES DOWN ON HER TRUMP SUPPORT, SAYING “WE’RE NOT BRAINWASHED ANYMORE BY THE LEFT.” More HERE.  

BIDEN REGIME AGAIN INSTRUCTING THE BORDER PATROL TO SIMPLY RELEASE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT AT THE BORDER. Over seventeen million illegals entering the U.S. under the Biden Regime aren’t enough, apparently, so Biden makes it even easier for them while publicly pretending he’s clamping down.

DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME EXPOSED FOR ILLEGALLY BILLING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR OVER FIFTY-TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.  

brandon tatum picBRANDON TATUM COURAGEOUSLY HIGHLIGHTS PRO-TRUMP VIDEO. Be sure to read the comments!

POPULIST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CONTINUES TO SCORE HUGE CROWDS AT HIS RALLIES. People see through the temporary conviction which will clearly be overturned during the appeals process. Continue reading

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JUNE SIXTH AND SEVENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

The latest current events roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

david hilliardACTIVIST DAVID HILLIARD COURAGEOUSLY EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT FOR DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. He’s known Trump since Trump was a college student, the historical man of color stated. “Trump’s a friend of African Americans, and I knew Trump from the 1960s in New York, where he comes from, and he’s a friend to African Americans,” Hilliard continued. “I mean, he’s not a racist. He’s not a racist, fascist, white man. He supported Black people.”

DEMOCRAT OMERTA.

Trump never called racist til running against DemocratsTHE NUMBER OF JOBLESS CLAIMS JUMPS UP YET AGAIN. Joe Biden’s policies continue to crush the working class and the poor.

GEORGIA COURT OF APPEALS SMACKS DOWN PARTISAN ANTI-TRUMP PROSECUTOR

FINANCIERS BACKING A TEXAS-BASED STOCK EXCHANGE. The move of big money out of corrupt, partisan New York City after its political persecution of Donald Trump continues. More history in the making.

BIDEN REGIME ILLEGALLY GRANTS DE FACTO AMNESTY TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

UNFIT JOE BIDEN SOILS HIMSELF AGAIN DURING D-DAY CEREMONY AT NORMANDY. He also screwed up his speech and fell asleep, prompting his wife Jill to nudge him awake

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DEMOCRAT PARTY

ILLINOIS JUDGE RULES UN-CONSTITUTIONAL A DEMOCRAT-BACKED LAW WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FROM BEING ON THE BALLOTS IN NOVEMBER. The Democrats still prefer to try winning elections via unconstitutional means while pretending to care about “democracy.” #WALKAWAY from the fascistic party of the Democrats like so many of us already have.

ARIZONA JUDGE RULES THAT DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR HOBBS VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION BY APPOINTING THIRTEEN DEPARTMENT HEADS WITHOUT STATE SENATE APPROVAL. Such constitutional checks and balances are nuisances to the criminally minded Democrats in office.

CONGRESSIONAL HEARING REVEALS ADDITIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR WHY POLITICAL PARTISAN JACK SMITH’S APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL PROSECUTOR WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Continue reading

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