Category Archives: opinion

Balladeer’s Blog’s end of year retrospective continues with the Best of June:

PRIME CUT (1972) – My review of this neglected gangster movie about a Chicago enforcer sent to nip in the bud an incipient rebellion from a defiant Kansas crime boss who is technically subordinate to Chicago. Click HERE.

JUNETEENTH: THE DAY DEMOCRATS LOST THEIR SLAVES – The Democrats and their long love of their “peculiar institution” of slavery. Click HERE. More HERE.

TEN TELEVISION FLOPS – Balladeer’s Blog’s look at ten bizarre, failed attempts at launching a television series. Click HERE.

FIRST SIXTEEN FIGHTING YANK STORIES FROM THE 1940s – The early tales of the patriotic Nedor superhero. Click HERE.

ESTABLISHMENT FEAR OF POPULISM – America’s notoriously corrupt political establishment has always feared and attacked great populist leaders like William Jennings Bryan, Eugene Debs and Donald Trump. The white-collar criminals who run our political system condemn populism with ever-changing slurs. Click HERE.

LIGHT SPEED ESPER (1967-1968) – An overlooked science fiction television series from Japan about a heroic boy who fights off invading aliens with the high-tech suit he wears. Click HERE.

THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION IN THE SECOND MADAGASCAR CONFLICT – A look at the Legion’s 1894-1895 participation in the French invasion of Madagascar. Click HERE.

I WOKE UP EARLY THE DAY I DIED (1998) – My review of the Billy Zane movie based on the legendary unproduced script written by THE Ed Wood. Click HERE.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS SAYS THE WORLD NEEDS MORE TRUMPS AND FEWER BIDENS – Click HERE.

SHANG-CHI: HIS FIRST TWELVE ADVENTURES – An examination of Shang-Chi’s first 12 stories in the 1970s. Click HERE.

MORE NEGLECTED AMERICAN VICTORIES IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR – A look at several overlooked battles from late 1775 and most of 1776. Click HERE.

THE YEAR 2440 (1771): ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION – In this old forbidden book which was owned by both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, we readers get a glimpse of life on Earth in the title year. Click HERE.

THE PEOPLE VS JOE BIDEN – The corrupt yet senile Joe Biden is even worse than the repulsive George W Bush. Articles covering Biden’s many crimes against the rest of us are right HERE, HERE, and HERE.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR: PRIVATEER ACTION IN SEPTEMBER OF 1778 – The title says it all about one of the busiest months for American Privateers during the war. Click HERE. Continue reading →

Balladeer’s Blog’s end of year retrospective continues with this look at May’s best.

BEYOND THE UNIVERSE (1981) – My review of the tenth and final hilariously bad science fiction film from 1980 and 1981 by the Anne Spielberg, Robert Emenegger and Allan Sandler team. Yes, ten films in two years.

This one is set in the year 2081 as the Earth is facing the end and struggles to contact Higher Intelligences in the universe to come to the rescue. Click HERE.

THE REAL DIVIDE IN AMERICA: DEMOCRATS VS THE REST OF US – A piece about how the real divisiveness in America is not black vs white, rich vs poor, gay vs straight, etc. It’s really Democrats vs the rest of us. *** Remember, the people who call others White Supremacists do not speak for all black people, they speak for DEMOCRATS, some of whom happen to be black.

*** People who insist other people must lose their jobs and/or be driven from an entire profession for expressing opinions that supposedly “offend” or “marginalize” entire groups do not speak for those entire groups, they speak only for DEMOCRATS.

*** People who oppose voter i.d. do not represent all people of color, they represent DEMOCRATS.

*** People who pretend to represent educators do not represent all educators, they represent DEMOCRATS in the education field. Democrats file complaints about or otherwise harass anyone who expresses dissenting opinions.

*** People who insist that “some males menstruate” or “some men can become pregnant” (and want everyone who disagrees to be utterly destroyed) do not represent all trans-people. They represent DEMOCRATS, who relate to every issue ONLY in terms of how much hatred and division it can be used to spread. FOR THE WHOLE ITEM CLICK HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION – Remarkable Experiences In Another World (1899) HERE, In The Year 10,000 (1890) HERE.

AMERICAN FORCES FIGHTING IN RUSSIA: SEPTEMBER 1918 to JANUARY 1920 – The often forgotten veterans who fought in actions on Russian soil. Click HERE.

FIRST TWENTY BLACK CONDOR STORIES FROM THE 1940s – The Quality Comics superhero in action. Click HERE.

FEW THINGS ARE MORE TRUE THAN ITEMS THAT WERE HYSTERICALLY CALLED “TRUMP LIES”- Click HERE.

WITH THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION IN SYRIA (1928) – A memoir from a Legionnaire about the war in Syria during the 1920s. Click HERE.

SEVEN BURIED TREASURES THAT HAVE YET TO BE FOUND – Click HERE.

AMERICAN TELEVISION 1940 – Highlights of U.S. broadcasting in 1940. Click HERE.

FACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP: MAY 22nd – Click HERE.

MARVEL COMICS IN THE 1940s – When they were called Timely Comics.

           All Twenty All Winners Comics issues from the 1940s. Click HERE.

           Marvel’s Forgotten 1940s Superheroes – Click HERE. Marvel’s One-Appearance Heroes of the 1940s – Click HERE. Continue reading →

Balladeer’s Blog’s end of year retrospective continues with a look at April’s best.

EIGHT JAMES WOODS MOVIES – My reviews of James Woods films like Videodrome, Salvador, The Hard Way and others. Click HERE.

BAKARIDJAN KONE – A neglected epic myth from Africa. Click HERE.

THE SCARLET PLAGUE (1912) – Jack London’s often forgotten science fiction work about a world ravaged by class divisions and a deadly disease. Click HERE.

JIM HENSON’S PROTO-MUPPETS WILKINS AND WONTKINS (1957-1961) – A fascinating look at Henson’s early work. Click HERE.

QUALITY COMICS SUPERHEROES – A look at the 1940s and 1950s superheroes from Quality Comics. Figures like Phantom Lady, Margo the Magician, Uncle Sam, Black Condor, etc. Click HERE.

JOE BIDEN: AUSTRALIAN NEWS ON BIDEN’S STUPIDITY BEING A THREAT TO THE WEST – Biden has been even worse than expected. Click HERE. And HERE.

CAMERONE DAY – The French Foreign Legion’s most hallowed military action. Click HERE.

AGON: ATOMIC DRAGON (1964) – The often forgotten giant Japanese kaiju monster. Click HERE.

TRUMP VINDICATED YET AGAIN – And another anti-Trump lie was exposed, adding to the long, long list. Click HERE.

FOOL KILLER – March 1912, as he targeted corrupt lawmen and lawyers, Click HERE … April 1912, as he targeted the Steel Trust, political corruption rings and more. Click HERE.

ANTIFA SETS FIRE TO OCCUPIED BUILDING – Hate squads are gonna hate squad. Click HERE.

THE CLOCK: His first 1930s adventures. Click HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION – Steam Man of the Prairies (1868) HERE, Are The Planets Inhabited? (1913) HERE, and Cavern of Fire (1888) HERE.
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Because December is the time for end of the year retrospectives, here is a look at Balladeer’s Blog’s Best of February 2021.

LIFEPOD (1981) – My review of another of the 10 cheapjack Robert Emenegger/ Allan Sandler science fiction movies from 1980 and 1981. In my view this is the best of the bunch. For the review click HERE.

ANALOG ARCHIVES & CHANNEL 7 – Balladeer’s Blog’s review of two of the internet’s best works of “Unfiction” (all-video ARGs mixed with elements similar to Creepypastas). These two are complete and can be viewed in their entirety. Click HERE.

THE DEFENDERS: THEIR FIRST TWENTY 1970s STORIES – The opening tales of the Defenders, back before they were the mere street-level heroes that fans consider them today.

Members included Hulk, Dr Strange, Sub-Mariner, Valkyrie, Silver Surfer and more. Click HERE.

1912: BATTLE OF THE THREE PRESIDENTS – The memorable race of 1912, pitting Theodore Roosevelt against Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft. Click HERE.

FOOL KILLER: NOVEMBER 1911 – Click HERE.

RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE MOABITE CIPHER – My review of the final episode of the 1971-1973 BBC series, this one featuring a Dr Thorndyke mystery. Plus a look at the subsequent radio series about Holmes’ rivals. Click HERE.

TRUMBO (2015)- My review of the movie that proves Democrat hypocrisy is hilarious. We need 3rd Parties. Click HERE.

FOURTEEN FAILED PREDICTIONS BY SCIENTISTS – Women buying embryos to get implanted? Moon colonies by the year 2000? Soldiers with Anti-Grav belts? Japan and China facing mass starvation? Click HERE.

AUSTRALIA POINTS OUT JOE BIDEN’S SENILITY – Click HERE. Continue reading →