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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ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: ICAROMENIPPUS & TRUE HISTORY (BOTH C 150 A.D.)

lucianThese two works were written by Lucian, the Greek philosopher and satirist who lived in the 2nd century A.D. Lucian was noted not just for his philosophical observations but also for two works that defied definition by his contemporaries but would easily fall into the category of science fiction today. Both works are from roughly 150 A.D. and feature trips to the moon by pseudo-scientific means.   

1. ICAROMENIPPUS – The title, obviously, was inspired by the myth about Icarus using wings crafted by his father Daedalus to fly too close to the sun, which hubristic act led to his death. In this work Lucian depicted his hero Menippus using one wing from a large eagle and one from a large vulture to fly to Mt. Olympus, and from there to the moon.

from lucianHe discovered that the moon (on which he could breathe just like on Earth) was populated by the souls of the deceased (roughly twelve hundred years before Dante’s Paradiso). From the moon Menippus made the astonishing observation that the Earth was round and not flat, in a wry addition to the then-ongoing philosophical debate about the subject. Continue reading

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BAD MOVIE REVIEW: THE MANCHU EAGLE MURDER CAPER MYSTERY (1973, 1975)

manchu eagle murder caper mysteryTHE MANCHU EAGLE MURDER CAPER MYSTERY (1973, 1975) – This film was made in 1973 but not released until 1975. Where to begin with this bizarre detective “comedy” that starred Gabriel Dell long after his days with the Dead-End Kids/ Bowery Boys/ Little Tough Guys. For starters, fans of that series of films that ran from the 1930s onward will enjoy the fact that Dell gets to share a few scenes with his fellow veteran of those movies – Huntz Hall.

Sadly for such fans, Leo Gorcey and the rest are nowhere to be found in this flick. Making up for their absence is a cornucopia of cult stars and fringe figures that will simplify all your future games of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery was directed and co-written (with Dell) by Dean Hargrove, producer and director of countless television detective shows like Columbo, Perry Mason, Matlock, Jane Doe, McBride, Real McCoy, and many, many others. In fact, Columbo’s basset hound is said to be the dog playing Winston in this flick! Continue reading

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O. HENRY’S TAKE ON THE FOOL KILLER

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

Matthew as the Fool Killer would be perfectPreviously I examined Joel Chandler Harris’ 1902 story Flingin’ Jim And His Fool-Killer, set in Georgia in October of 1872, plus Ridgway Hill’s Facts for the Fool-Killer, set in and around Buffalo, NY in 1909.

Now we back up a year for the great O. Henry’s story The Fool-Killer, published as part of The Voice of the City in 1908. In his younger years O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) had personally known Charles Napoleon Bonaparte Evans, the editor of the Milton Chronicle.

Evans was the man behind the earliest written examples of Fool Killer stories and published them as if they were letters from the “real” Fool Killer himself, who claimed Jesse Holmes was his actual name. O. Henry started his short story The Fool-Killer by recapping the fame of the folk-figure, claiming he was known “from Roanoke to the Rio Grande.” 

In apparent deference to his old friend Charles Evans, Porter kept Jesse Holmes as the Fool Killer’s “real” name but introduced some of his own innovations to Fool Killer lore.      Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JUNE 3rd

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

outlaw heroTHE “OUTLAW FOLK HERO” MEMES FOR TRUMP ARE IN FLIGHT! His enemies have made him an immortal symbol of resistance to their form of oppression and corruption.

* AND NEVER FORGET THAT THE ONLY REASON JOE BIDEN IS NOT A CONVICTED FELON IS BECAUSE HE’S BEEN DECLARED MENTALLY UNFIT TO STAND TRIAL FOR HIS CRIMES. *

biden tax returns(Oh, and never forget that anti-Trump fascists acted like forcing Trump to release years of his tax returns was so important, yet the returns revealed he had done nothing wrong. Our corrupt elected officials then declined to have any other politicians reveal several years of their tax returns. It has only – and ever – been about “getting” the outsider Trump.) 

SENATOR JOE MANCHIN LEAVES THE INCREASINGLY FASCISTIC DEMOCRAT PARTY TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT. As a former Democrat who made that move long ago I’d say it’s about time Manchin joined the many, many other Democrat officeholders who have left that political party in recent years.

MORE REMINDERS OF HISTORICAL HEROES WHO WERE “CONVICTED FELONS” (LMAO) LIKE TRUMP, WALESA, MANDELA, GANDHI, ETC. Plus remember JFK, who was killed by many of the same forces opposing the populist Trump.

biden the fascistJOE BIDEN AND HIS REGIME’S FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER THE POLITICAL SHOW TRIALS OF DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

EL SALVADOR’S PRESIDENT BOASTS “WE DON’T JAIL THE OPPOSITION.” America USED TO BE like that, too. More HERE.

flushing justiceREAD THE LONG LISTS OF REASONS WHY LEGAL SCHOLARS SAY THE BOGUS TRUMP CONVICTION WILL BE OVERTURNED ONCE THE CASE IS OUT OF THE CORRUPT NEW YORK CESSPOOL. More HERE. And HERE

BIDEN REGIME SCREWS SENIOR CITIZENS WITH THE LARGEST MEDICARE PREMIUM INCREASE EVER. Can people stop pretending this is the same Democrat Party that it was under FDR and JFK?

OUTLAW” FOLK HERO AND POSSIBLE POLITICAL PRISONER PRESIDENT TRUMP GETS A HERO’S WELCOME AT UFC 302. More HERE. And HERE. CROWD CHANTS “F*CK JOE BIDEN!” HERE. Continue reading

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VILLON CHAPTER LINKS

a stranger in villonHere is my usual post-completion collection of chapter links, in this case for The Villon Legend.

PART ONE – Francois Villon, poet and outlaw, is born in 1431 into a nearly post-apocalyptic France in the wake of the Hundred Years War and the Plague. He grows up idolizing and defending the memory of the controversial Joan of Arc, who was not made a saint until 1920.

           Villon begins writing irreverent poems in his teens and through his years getting a Master’s Degree at the Sorbonne.

           After that, he falls into a career as a thief in Paris while still churning out poetry. CLICK HERE.

Continue reading

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DECEMBER 2021: LOOKING BACK

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

biden derangedLIFELONG RACIST JOE BIDEN SAYS SCHOOLS IN IOWA DO BETTER THAN SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON DC BECAUSE IOWA HAS A LOWER AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION. If we had a competent opposition party that understood media usage like Biden’s party does, this remark would still be getting quoted on a weekly basis, just like any such remark by an opposition party candidate would be endlessly quoted by the media-savvy Democrats. We need 3rd Parties, or maybe I should say an effective 2nd Party.   

JOURNALIST SHARYL ATTKISSON STILL IN COURT OVER THE WAY DEMOCRATS VIOLATED HER RIGHTS.

Trump ala Lech Walesa and Nelson MPRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NAMED MAN OF THE YEAR.

DEMOCRAT POLLSTER: 67 PERCENT SAY BIDEN HAS MADE THE U.S. MORE DIVIDED THAN IT WAS UNDER TRUMP. And Biden was just getting started on dividing the country with his hatemongering.

JUSSIE SMOLLETT HATE HOAX AGAINST TRUMP SUPPORTERS EPITOMIZES ALL THE LIES PUSHED BY ANTI-TRUMP FASCISTS.

populism picESTABLISHMENT FEAR OF POPULISM FUELS THEIR HATRED OF TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS.

JOE BIDEN CRIMES AND SCANDALS: DECEMBER 20th Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG: WNBA RESULTS

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indiana feverINSTANT CLASSIC – The INDIANA FEVER (2-8) welcomed the CHICAGO SKY (3-4) yesterday for what turned out to be a terrific game.

The Fever led 17-14 in the 1st Quarter and 35-33 at Halftime. After the break, the Sky put up 37 points to the 36 scored by Indiana but the Fever won out 71-70. Kelsey Mitchell led the victors with 18 points. New draftee Caitlin Clark plays for Indiana. Continue reading

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JACK OF HEARTS: NEGLECTED MARVEL HERO

This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at the early stories about Jack of Hearts.

jack of hearts coverDEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU Vol 1 #22 (March 1976)

Title: Who is the White Tiger?

Villains: The Corporation

NOTE: In his first appearance, Jack of Hearts was a supporting character.

Synopsis: Jonathan Hart, the son of scientist Phillip Hart, saw his father killed by agents of the Corporation (a lesser version of Marvel’s Hydra and A.I.M.). The Corporation agents wanted the secret of Jonathan’s father’s Zero Fluid, a liquid energy source.

deadly hokf 22While fleeing those villains, Jonathan was accidentally exposed to the Zero Fluid, transforming him into a super-powered being able to shoot Zero Energy from his hands in the form of rays of concussive force. That concussive force from his hands could allow him to fly, as well, the same way the Fantastic Four villain Blastarr does. 

Jonathan designed armor to contain the volatile Zero Energy in his body and made it a costume which he wore as the superhero Jack of Hearts. In this story he fought Corporation agents to start his revenge quest. He also fought the martial arts hero the White Tiger, mistakenly thinking he too worked for the Corporation. Continue reading

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DEMOCRATS PLAY THE SHORT GAME AGAIN: TRUMP VERDICT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE OVERTURNED ON APPEAL

political martyrsIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog recognizes that multiple titles could have applied to this blog post, so before I get into the meat of this item, let’s look at some of those potential alternate titles.

VERDICT MEANS JUST ONE THING: PEOPLE WHO HATED TRUMP YESTERDAY STILL HATE HIM TODAY AND PEOPLE WHO LIKED TRUMP YESTERDAY STILL LIKE HIM TODAY

rock star trumpDEMOCRAT FASCISTS FURTHER TRUMP’S MARTYRDOM IN PURSUIT OF A TALKING POINT THAT WILL ULTIMATELY GET OVERTURNED ANYWAY. (Just like all the frantic “Trump colluded with Russia” nonsense and “Trump was running a nuclear program at Mar-a-Lago” and all the other anti-Trump fables that have been spun out of whole cloth.) ALSO, REMEMBER, ALL OF THESE CHARGES ARE USUALLY MISDEMEANORS THAT WERE DISTORTED INTO FELONIES JUST TO “GET TRUMP,”

CLEARLY PARTISAN JUDGE AND JURY MAKE SURE TRUMP IS THE NEW NELSON MANDELA, MAHATMA GANDHI AND LECH WALESA, ALL OF WHOM WERE ALSO “CONVICTED FELONS” (LMAO) VIA THEIR COUNTRY’S CORRUPT AND SLANTED LEGAL SYSTEMS

mandela and trumpONLY FOOLS ARE ACTING LIKE WE DIDN’T ALL KNOW THIS WOULD BE THE INITIAL VERDICT FROM DAY ONE. THAT’S WHY THE APPEALS PROCESS EXISTS, BECAUSE OF FLAWED OUTCOMES LIKE THIS.

DONATIONS POUR IN FOR TRUMP CAMPAIGN FOLLOWING LATEST LEGAL TRAVESTY AGAINST HIM. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. Silicon Valley man donates $300,000 HERE.

reminder that trump neverOkay, for overseas readers, let me mention once again that EVEN IF TRUMP IS SENT TO PRISON, HE CAN STILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT JUST LIKE EUGENE DEBS DID. Hell, such a provision was made possible by recognition of the fact that any incumbent administration could well turn out to be as criminal and authoritarian as the Biden Regime has proven to be and would jail political opponents.  I never thought the hopelessly corrupt Democrat and Republican political establishment would allow Trump to win, anyway, and have said so in countless previous blog posts. I will still vote for him, though.  It looks like my comparison of these situations to the ending of the Robert Redford movie Brubaker years ago was accurate.  

trump won twiceAnd remember: “The evidence and testimony don’t matter, because the outcome was predetermined before the “trial” ever started. This is a political operation organized by the Democratic Party to punish Trump and, if possible, to prevent him from being elected president again.
Understand that 86% of voters in Manhattan voted for Joe Biden in 2020. There are no honest people on that jury. They know full well why they are there, and what is expected of them.”      Every word of that is true. Plus, in another of the Trump cases NY literally changed the Statute of Limitations to get Trump, remember that? They also broke ex post facto by trying Trump, for whom that statute of limitations had already passed

Now, on to my usual roundup of news, memes and political cartoons: 

ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST PARTISAN ANTI-TRUMP ZEALOT MERCHAN ALREADY FILED.

tulsi gabbard heroicTULSI GABBARD BRAVELY CALLS OUT BIDEN FOR “ABUSE OF POWER”.

LEGAL SCHOLARS DELUGE THE MEDIA TO POINT OUT THE MANY, MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS ABSURD TRUMP VERDICT. More HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE.

MOTHER JONES: TRUMP IS MANY HEROES IN ONE. Continue reading

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