Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog presents another current events roundup from an America where it’s deja vu as anti-Trump loons are again pretending every day is the apocalypse.
CONGRESSMAN BURGESS OWENS PRAISES TRUMP AND POINTS OUT “THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL HAVE TO CHANGE.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCE HYUNDAI INVESTING TWENTY-ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN THE U.S. OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. Another of these mega-deals from Trump. Quite a change from career criminal Joe Biden, when deals made tended to benefit China and the Biden Crime Family, not the U.S. More HERE.
TRUMP EFFECT: NEW HOME SALES JUMP AS HE REPEATS HIS FIRST TERM ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SAVING THE ECONOMY.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NEGOTIATES BLACK SEA CEASEFIRE BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA.
FMR TARGET EXECUTIVE STORCH POINTS OUT THE HYSTERICAL OVERREACTION TO TRUMP’S TARIFF PLANS. “Grossly exaggerated” were his words.
DEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS INSANELY CALLS FOR FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP TO BE DEPORTED EVEN THOUGH SHE IS IN THE U.S. LEGALLY. Perpetually dishonest Democrats love to pretend they don’t understand the difference between LEGAL immigration and ILLEGAL immigration. Continue reading
MARIE WALCAMP (1894-1936) – Like her fellow silent film icons 
TEMPEST CODY – Marie was already getting above the title billing by the time her two-reel Tempest Cody western shorts came along in 1919. Tempest was a hard-riding, two-fisted, straight-shooting woman of the old west who was always on the side of right. 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The 2nd seeded WARRIORS from NELSON UNIVERSITY AT ARIZONA (formerly Nelson American Indian College) fought it out with the top seeds – the COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY RAMS. Come Halftime things were knotted up at 43-43, but after the break the Warriors asserted themselves, pulling away from CIU for an 89-74 triumph. Harley Upton’s 24 points led NU-Arizona, while teammate Rob Jenkins logged a Double Double of 20 points & 11 rebounds. 
FAB FOUR: FIRST BERTH – In this game the ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FIRESTORM took the court against the GRACE COLLEGE LANCERS in what may have been the game of the day. Stellar defense put the Firestorm on top 32-27 at the Half, but from there they had to hang on tight against the Lancers. ACU won out 73-71. Fifteen points from Lorenzo Wright led the Firestorm. 
OMEGON (1915-1916) – Written by George Frederick Stratton, this serialized story dealt with a fictional war of super-scientific weaponry between the United States on one side and China, Japan and Mexico on the other. 
In the middle 1980s The Texas 27 Film Vault was the show to watch on Saturday nights to see “Film Vault Technicians First Class” Randy Clower and Richard Malmos show and mock bad and campy movies preceded by episodes of old serials. Machine-gun toting Randy and Richard would also have comedic sci-fi adventures before and after commercial breaks. 
SERIAL: Before the movie an episode of the 1950 Columbia serial Atom Man vs Superman was shown. Kirk Alyn starred as Superman with Lyle Talbot as his archenemy Lex Luthor. Lex has his own secret identity in this serial – each episode he dons a lead mask and oversees the villainy as “Atom Man”. 
FIRST QUARTERFINAL – The 3 seeds – the OHIO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY TRAILBLAZERS – played the 6th seeded HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY HIGHLANDERS. Come Halftime the Trailblazers were on top 35-32, but after the break the Highlanders forced Overtime with a 68-68 tie. In the extra session OCU triumphed 84-76 led by Caleb Schmelzer’s 24 points.
TALES TO ASTONISH Vol 1 #49 (Nov 1963)
Meanwhile, an interdimensional villain called the Eraser has been abducting Earth’s greatest scientists via his hand-weapons that teleport them to his home dimension. Because the process looks like he’s erasing them bit by bit the media dubs him “the Eraser.” 
BLACK RAIN, also released as THE LAST WAVE (1977) – This was Aussie director Peter Weir’s eerie follow-up to Picnic at Hanging Rock from 1975. If you found the excellent 1975 movie perplexing, Black Rain will redefine that word for you. 
