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JOHN BUNYAN: OF ANTICHRIST AND HIS RUIN (1692)

of ac and his ruinOF ANTICHRIST AND HIS RUIN (1692) – Last week Balladeer’s Blog reviewed John Bunyan’s often neglected work The Holy War (1682). This time around I’ll take a look at Bunyan’s Of Antichrist and His Ruin, published posthumously in 1692.

Bunyan depicts the Antichrist as a religious leader who poses as a Christian at first, then gradually replaces “God’s Word” with his own and distorts religious teachings. The Antichrist cons his followers into believing that he is preaching the true religion and that other faiths are evil.

Ironically, even though the Puritan John Bunyan made it clear that he was referring to the Catholic Church and its Pope (especially claims of papal infallibility), he doesn’t seem to realize that this description could also be applied to Martin Luther, who launched the Protestant Reformation which Bunyan championed.

This book’s Antichrist is described as a three-part entity – the devil as the head, the huge numbers of Antichrist’s followers as the body, and the Antichrist itself as the animating spirit of that mob of followers. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEME AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP FOR SEPTEMBER 4th

arrest that manIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog wishes all you ladies and gentlemen a happy Labor Day!

unfit and pathetic bidenCALLOUS, COMFORTABLE, CORRUPT JOE BIDEN TURNS HIS BACK ON THE SUFFERING OF THE POOR AND WORKING CLASS CAUSED BY HIS POLICIES. Joe Biden is unfit and illegit.

COURAGEOUS BLACK MAN IN ATLANTA SPEAKS OUT ABOUT THE OBVIOUS POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF DONALD TRUMP.

FULTON COUNTY’S FANI WALLACE TIED TO RICO MONEY LAUNDERING, WIRE FRAUD, TAX FRAUD, NON-PROFIT FRAUD AND MUCH MORE. Investigation uncovers an entire ring. 

rfk jr at micHEROIC DEMOCRAT ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. AGAIN CALLS ON JOE BIDEN TO PROVE HIS MENTAL FITNESS FOR OFFICE BY DEBATING HIM. Don’t hold your breath, Robert.

RFK JR. ALSO CALLS OUT BIDEN OVER THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING CAUSED BY BIDEN’S OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER. And even more HERE.

philip bumpWASHINGTON POST PROPAGANDIST HILARIOUSLY MELTS DOWN OVER ALL THE EVIDENCE REGARDING THE BIDEN BRIBERY SCANDALS. EVEN MORE ABOUT IT HEREAnother scathing piece about the pathetic outbursts from Philip Bump HERE.

AND YET ANOTHER NEWS ITEM ABOUT VOTE FRAUD IN 2020. More and more comes out on a regular basis. The 2020 presidential election was as corrupt and tainted as those in 1876 and 2000.

GOLD STAR MOTHERS RIP JOE BIDEN TO PIECES IN ABC SEGMENT. And remember, from about 2002-2008 Democrats told the country that mothers who have lost a child in a war have “absolute moral authority.” But that was when it was the opposition party president being bashed, so Democrat hypocrisy rolls along. Continue reading

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DECEMBER 2018: A LOOK BACK

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

dave rubinDAVE RUBIN: ANOTHER OF US FORMER DEMOCRATS WHO IS FED UP WITH THAT INCREASINGLY FASCISTIC POLITICAL PARTY. Yes, it was that many years ago that Dave Rubin walked away. An excerpt from him: “You’ve got one side [the Left] that screams about tolerance all the time, but never actually exerts it, and you have another side that doesn’t talk about tolerance that much, because they just sort of act that way.” Click HERE.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, IN 2018 REPUBLICAN KURT SCHLICHTER FINALLY ADMITTED WHAT THE WORKING CLASS AND POOR HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN. As Kurt put it “Let’s stop pretending that America in 2018 has a “justice system.” It’s not a justice system. It’s a set of elite institutions that swing the law like a sledgehammer to crush threats to the ruling class’s monopoly on power.” Click HERE.

trump and bob johnsonAFRICAN AMERICAN EXECUTIVE BOB JOHNSON AGAIN PRAISES PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLICIES AND THE WAY THEY BENEFIT THE POOR AND THE WORKING CLASS. It’s HERE

THE REST OF US DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE FALSE PREMISES AND IRRATIONAL ASSERTIONS OF DEMOCRATS. That point and more HERE. Continue reading

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BRIEF ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS FOR AUGUST 30th

democrat republican or awakeHere it is from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog. For loons who are completely unmoored from reality, run along and peek in your bedroom closet, where Donald Trump is probably lurking right now! Or maybe he has summoned a space fleet to take over the world! Anti-Trump fanatics will believe anything!

is anyone going toCLUELESS, OUTDATED AND UTTERLY USELESS REPUBLICAN PARTY TOO BEFUDDLED TO COUNTER DEMOCRAT WARFARE AGAINST TRUMP.

MORE BEAUTIFUL TAKES ON THE WAY TRUMP’S MUGSHOT ELEVATED HIM INTO THE STRATOSPHERE. His enemies have made him even more of a martyr now. 

HUNGARY’S PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN SAYS TRUMP IS NEEDED TO END THE UKRAINE WAR. Makes sense, since that war never would have started if Trump had still been in the Oval Office. (Hell, remember Joe Biden idiotically telling war criminal Vlad Putin that a “minor” incursion into Ukraine would be okay? And how after JFK was removed the military-industrial complex launched the Vietnam War?)

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Justin Trudeau

CANADA’S RACIST, BLACKFACE-WEARING PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAS HIS REGIME OPENLY TALKING ABOUT AN ANTI-TRUMP “GAME PLAN” FOR AMERICA’S 2024 ELECTION.

TRUDEAU REGIME ALSO ISSUES TRAVEL WARNING FOR TRANS PEOPLE GOING TO THE U.S. So, maybe America should issue a travel warning for people of color entering Canada, a nation governed by such a racist hatemonger as Pierre Trudeau.

bat signal for trumpOP-ED AT THE HILL: CRIMINALIZATION OF POLITICS IS ENDANGERING EVERYONE’S RIGHTS. No kidding.

DON SURBER’S BRILLIANT PIECE ABOUT TRUMP BECOMING A RESISTANCE ICON. Continue reading

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THE HOLY WAR (1682) – AN OVERLOOKED JOHN BUNYAN WORK

the holy warTHE HOLY WAR (1682) – The work that John Bunyan is most well-known for is The Pilgrim’s Progress, but given the theme of Balladeer’s Blog, rather than write the 2 billionth review of that book I decided to take a general look at one of Bunyan’s often overlooked writings on mythology/ allegory. 

The City of Mansoul was created by Shaddai (God) and is an Ideal State. It is almost impregnable because its Five Gates (the senses) cannot be opened by force, so it is purely up to the gatekeepers who may or may not enter Mansoul.

the holy war cover(Hey, it’s John Bunyan. If you’re looking for subtlety, let me introduce you to Mr. You-Won’t-Find-It-Here. Still, his works can be entertaining and thought provoking in a quaint, fairy-tale way.)

Perpetually menacing the people of Mansoul are the evil forces outside the gate; forces led by a giant named Diabolus (Guess Who) who has already ruined the other cities created by Shaddai. Things have been so good for the citizens of Mansoul for so long that the guardians at the gates have grown less vigilant and get suckered in by the temptations and appeals to their egos offered up by the agents of Diabolus. Continue reading

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AUGUST 28th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

From Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy it’s another roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

BLACK TRUMP SUPPORTERS LINE UP IN STREETS AND SHOUT “FREE TRUMP“. Terrific video. Long ago I said that if or when the fascists who hate Trump arrest him Trump should do what a Democrat would do – be proud of it and use it. These are purely political prosecutions intended only to keep Trump out of the White House, where he rocked the crooked boat of the Democrats and Republicans too much.

And while Trump, America’s Nelson Mandela and Lech Walesa, battles the true rot at the core of the Democrat and Republican Parties, other candidates engaged in a meaningless Debate of the Living Dead. That non-event was a reminder of how bland and corporatized presidential debates are when no candidates are courageous enough to discuss the REAL issues that the voters care about.

JOE BIDEN’S POLICIES HAVE CAUSED BLACK POVERTY TO SKYROCKET. Contrast that with the Trump years when his policies resulted in record-high employment for black people and higher wages for them as well. 

lawfareEVEN THE DEMOCRATS AT NEWSWEEK HAD TO ADMIT THAT THE LATEST POLL SHOWED THAT A MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS (EXCEPT IN THE NORTHEAST, LOL) BELIEVE THE TRUMP ARRESTS ARE ELECTION INTERFERENCE. But, The Party, in its panic, has abandoned any and all pretense that they are following the rule of law.

A CANADIAN’S GREAT PIECE ABOUT JOE BIDEN BEING THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.

JOE BIDEN SNUBS AND EMBARRASSES THE WNBA CHAMPIONS WHEN THEY VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE. Biden’s war on women continues.

FAMED UKRAINIAN PROSECUTOR TARGETED BY THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY SPEAKS OUT AGAIN ABOUT THE BIDEN PROTECTION RACKET. More HERE.

fani set straightCORRUPT FULTON COUNTY, GA EXPOSED FOR APPOINTING TRUMP-HATERS TO PROCESS BALLOTS IN THE 2020 ELECTION. The 2020 election is as permanently tainted as the 1876 and 2000 presidential elections. 

CORRUPT DEMOCRAT FANI WILLIS (ONE OF THE TRUMP PERSECUTORS) EXPOSED FOR THE SAME THINGS SHE IS TRYING TO CHARGE TRUMP WITH.

What a circus. More HERE.

kutti mug shotCOURAGEOUS WOMAN OF COLOR TREVIAN KUTTI AMONG THE POLITICAL PRISONERS DRAGGED IN DURING THE MOST RECENT FRAUDULENT ATTACKS ON TRUMP. The defiant mug shots from these heroic dissidents, including Trump himself, are epic!

THE BEST AND BRAVEST TRUMP MUG SHOT MEMES. CNN PANICS OVER IT. Continue reading

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NOVEMBER 2018: LOOKING BACK

democrat republican or awakeVery busy weekend with college football and other miscellaneous activities. I promise I will get caught up on current events including the Debate of the Living Dead – and football results later today – but first here is my usual Sunday Looking Back post.

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

more black trump supportersDEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS MAKING RACIST ATTACKS ON BLACK SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. Condescending snobs gone wild! Click HERE.  

MARK HAMILL AND DEMOCRAT DEHUMANIZATION OF ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH THEM. It’s HERE.

MOCK HEADLINES: NOVEMBER 20th – HERE.

black support for trumpVOTERS OF COLOR PROUDLY SUPPORTING TRUMP – The man did more for the poor and the working class of all colors than any other president of my lifetime and has to fight both major political parties. Click HERE for this November 2018 piece.

ANOTHER COURAGEOUS WOMAN CALLING OUT DEMOCRAT CONDESCENSION. It’s HERE. Among her great lines “… feminists fancy themselves rebellious disruptors, but it’s a fantasy. They’re mainstream, their platform is tired, their hypocrisy is predictable and their constant bullying of women on the other side of the aisle is nauseatingly unattractive.”

midterms 20182018 MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS EXPLAINED FOR OVERSEAS READERS. Click HERE.

BACK WHEN WE HAD THE RUSSIAN COLLUSION HOAX INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT HOAX INDICTMENTS. HERE.

YUMIKO BLASCHKO: “TRUMP’S POLICIES ARE WORKING WELL FOR WOMEN & MINORITIES”. Find it HERE.

trump love him or hate himTHE LATEST (AT THAT TIME) FALSEHOOD AGAINST DE FACTO THIRD-PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. Just another lie on the pile of untruths against him from America’s cesspool of a political establishment.

        And many imbeciles still believe every wild, unfounded accusation against Trump that comes down the pike to this very day. Remember when he was accused of paying bounties to Russian soldiers? And conspiring to kidnap Governor Whitmer? No matter how many times the outrage from the brain-dead fizzles out into vindication for Trump there’s always some new, insane accusation against him. If he was accused of murder the usual idiots would cite it as a fact that he killed someone. HERE. Continue reading

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THE FOURTH REICH (1990) – NEGLECTED FILM ABOUT THWARTING NAZI AGENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

the fourth reichTHE FOURTH REICH (1990) – This film’s greatest obstacle to greater renown is its own title. Anyone coming across the title The Fourth Reich will quite reasonably assume it’s a B-movie about Nazi war criminals in hiding trying to resurrect their rightfully defeated cause.

If someone rents or buys it expecting an espionage thriller like The ODESSA File, The Holcroft Covenant or even The Boys from Brazil, they’ll be disappointed that it is instead a quality dramatic account of a NON-FICTIONAL, real-life attempt by Nazi agents to assassinate South African leader Jan Smuts in 1942.   

This movie – produced in South Africa – was partially based on the non-fiction book For Volk and Fuhrer, so even THAT title wouldn’t truly convey the subject matter to anyone outside of people who are so into South African history that they would recognize those words in the context of a thwarted Nazi assassin.

Enough preamble. I started my review this way to hopefully catch the eyes of readers who WERE assuming this is just more warmed-over, regenerate Nazi fiction. Please don’t dismiss this powerful movie due to false assumptions.

the fourth reich another posterTHE FOURTH REICH deals with South African boxer Robey Leibbrandt, who participated in the 1936 Olympics where he met and shook the hand of Adolf Hitler. Leibbrandt was strangely impressed with Hitler and his philosophy of hatred, and after becoming South Africa’s Heavyweight Boxing Champion in 1937 he returned to Germany in 1938.

Robey was studying at the Reich Academy of Gymnastics when World War Two broke out in September 1939, and volunteered to serve the Nazis militarily. After he completed his military training, his commanders felt Leibbrandt would be more effective as a Nazi agent in South Africa, promoting their cause and recruiting saboteurs.

Under the alias Walter Kempf, Robey was sent back to his native land as part of Operation Weissdorn, a plan to assassinate South African leader Jan Smuts for leading South Africa into World War Two as a British ally rather than remaining neutral like his opponents wanted.    Continue reading

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BIDEN REGIME VS THE REST OF US: AUGUST 22nd

we need billionsSome of the latest regarding the callous career criminal Joe Biden from here in his corporate fascist kleptocracy, presented by Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

the government saidUNFIT DISGRACE JOE BIDEN DOES EVERYTHING BUT POINT HIS FINGER AND LAUGH AT THE SUFFERING IN HAWAII. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And HERE. Joe Biden is still utter filth and utterly corrupt. 

CRIMINAL BUFFOON JOE BIDEN ACTUALLY TELLS MAUI VICTIMS “LET ME TELL YOU WHAT REAL LOSS IS.” Crooked Joe is a disgusting clown. Grotesquely whines that he “almost lost my corvette” once HERE.

maui callousness by biden

ALLEGED HUMAN BEING JOE BIDEN GETS DESERVED HOSTILE TREATMENT, SCORN AND RIDICULE IN HAWAII, INCLUDING “WE DON”T WANT YOU HERE.” More HERE. Biden’s Katrina continues.

BIDEN REGIME MAKING “CHILLING THREATS” AGAINST ANYONE BRAVE ENOUGH TO TESTIFY AGAINST THEM. And America lacks anything resembling a true opposition party to deal with the Biden Crime Family. Elected Republicans are the most clueless, outdated and utterly useless people imaginable.

joe biden is aEVEN DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET CNN IS FORCED TO ADMIT “TRUMP WAS RIGHT” AND “BIDEN WAS WRONG” ABOUT BIDEN FAMILY CORRUPTION. Actually, CNN, Joe Biden obviously LIED about it.

PLUS, THE FIRST OF THE TWO GROUNDLESS IMPEACHMENTS OF TRUMP (OVER THE PHONE CALL ASKING ABOUT BIDEN FAMILY CORRUPTION IN UKRAINE) WAS LAUNCHED TO STOP FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THAT CORRUPTION. This is another reason why we need outsiders like Trump and not career politicians. Other American career politicians appear to be neck-deep in Burisma/ Ukraine corruption and would also want it covered up.

GOVERNOR MIKE DUNLEAVY ENDORSES DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT. Continue reading

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OCTOBER 2018: A LOOK BACK

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

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TECHNO TYRANTS OF SILICON VALLEY. And this was from October of 2018. Big Tech has gotten even worse since this was written HERE.

TRANSGRESS WITH ME: THE OCTOBER 16th, 2018 EDITION – The recurring feature that’s only for people with a backbone. Click HERE.

MOTHER JONES: MORE OF HER FAVORITE LINKS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP. Read it HERE.

FOUR WOMEN INDICTED IN DEMOCRAT VOTER FRAUD RING IN TEXAS. And no matter how many stories like this turn up year after year, Democrat fascists still pretend that “there’s no such thing as vote fraud.” It’s HERE.

Trump never called racist til running against DemocratsA LOOK AT THE WAY DE FACTO THIRD-PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN ATTRACTING BLACK, GAY AND HISPANIC VOTERS. “One of the more remarkable parts of watching Trump has been the traditionally (Democrat) groups (gay, Hispanic, African-American) slowly start to peel away from the left.” Click HERE.

MORE MOCK HEADLINES – This October 2018 item featured joke headlines like “PRIVILEGED WHITE ONE PERCENTER NANCY PELOSI DEMANDS THAT WOMEN ‘JUST SHUT UP AND VOTE FOR US DEMOCRATS!” and “DEMOCRATS BOAST “WE’LL NEVER LACK FOR BALLSEY FRAUDS TO SLITHER OUT FROM UNDER ROCKS AND LIE FOR US WHEN NEEDED!” Find them HERE.

#walkaway#WALKAWAY FOUNDER BRANDON STRAKA ON THE OCTOBER RALLY AND MORE. It’s all HERE. Includes quotes like “We are walking away from the lies, the hate, the violence, and vandalism. We are walking away from the vitriol, the name-calling, the censorship, the Fake News. We are walking away from the phony and crooked investigations, the divisiveness, the race-baiting.”

And: “There are many people leaving the Democrat Party because they are sickened by the non-stop bullying, violence, censorship, and crudity displayed by so many on the Left. They are hip to the fact that the left-wing so-called anti-fascists, are in truth the very fascists that they claim to detest.” Continue reading

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