MARCH 2022: A LOOK BACK

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

biden crime family shirtMORE REVELATIONS ABOUT THE INFLUENCE PEDDLING SCAM OF JOE BIDEN AND HIS SON HUNTER, THE UNDERBOSS OF THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY. And that was March of 2022. Much more has come out since then.

DEMOCRATIC MEDIA OUTLETS CAUGHT COVERING UP HUNTER BIDEN’S CORRUPTION. More HERE.

MORE LONG-AGO PROOF OF JOE BIDEN’S UNFITNESS FOR OFFICE – HE SENILELY BABBLED SECRET INFORMATION IN BRUSSELS. Never forget how the media covered up how unfit Biden was, from 2020 onward.

pelosi old and defeatedNANCY PELOSI’S RAMPANT CORRUPTION. And her husband’s, too, HERE.

HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP CONTAINED DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ENCRYPTION CODES. Don’t let this fall down the Memory Hole, either.

MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT CHARGED WITH BALLOT TAMPERING AND MORE IN THE FOREVER-TAINTED 2020 ELECTION. Remember the Democrats boasting about “fortifying” the 2020 election?

Biden and Bush asterisks

“I didn’t really win mine, either.”

WISCONSIN JUDGE ORDERS THE STATE’S DEMOCRAT HOUSE SPEAKER TO TURN OVER EVIDENCE IN PROBE OF 2020 ELECTION CORRUPTION. The 2020 election was as corrupt and tainted as the ones in 1876 and 2000.

ARIZONA SENATE PROBE FINDS OVER 200,000 BIDEN BALLOTS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED BUT WERE COUNTED IN THE 2020 ELECTION. Joe Biden, George W. Bush and Rutherford B. Hayes were all “selected, not elected.”

MARK ZUCKERBERG FOUND VIOLATING WISCONSIN’S ELECTION LAWS WITH HIS DEMOCRAT BALLOT “ASSISTANCE” IN THE 2020 ELECTION. More HERE. Continue reading

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CAPTAIN AMERICA & THE FALCON: BICENTENNIAL YEAR

This weekend’s light-hearted, escapist superhero post here at Balladeer’s Blog will look at Jack Kirby’s Captain America storyline for America’s Bicentennial Year: 1976. 

ca 193CAPTAIN AMERICA Vol 1 #193 (January 1976)

Title: Screamer in the Brain

Villains: The Elite aka the Royalist Forces of America

NOTE: Legendary comic book artist and writer Jack Kirby, who co-created Captain America back in 1941, had returned for this Bicentennial storyline.

Synopsis: Captain America and the Falcon are casually hanging out at the apartment of Leila Taylor, the Falcon’s romantic partner. Suddenly, a radiation that feels like screaming in one’s brain induces madness in everyone within a couple block radius including Cap and Falc. 

They are eventually able to resist it and fight the destructive mob of other victims until Cap finds and destroys the device responsible. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrive on the scene and take our heroes to a briefing by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Increasingly large versions of these “Madbombs” have unleashed chaos in multiple locations across the U.S. Continue reading

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THE PONY EXPRESS: FRONTIERADO SEASON

pony express ridersFrontierado is celebrated the first Friday of every August, so this year it will be marked on August 2nd. This holiday celebrates the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality. Here’s a seasonal post regarding the Pony Express, the much-romanticized messenger service across the west that lasted from April 3rd, 1860 to October 26th, 1861.

expressmanPONY BOB HASLAM – One of the most famous Pony Express riders of them all, after Buffalo Bill Cody. (Wild Bill Hickok did not really work for the Pony Express, but rather as a teamster for its parent company.) Click HERE

THE MAN CALLED BOSTON – This Expressman, real name Warren Fremont Upson, wasn’t really from Boston, but he was from back east and the nickname just stuck. For his colorful career with the the Pony Express and afterward, click HERE.

IRISH TOMMY RANAHAN – A look at his time with the Pony Express and his later career as an armed guard accompanying payroll shipments for gold and silver mines out west, then as an Army Scout. Click HERE Continue reading

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JULY FIFTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

 Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog presents another current events roundup from the land where an alarming number of alleged adults have zero comprehension of how their own government works.

EMERGENCY MOTION FILED TO STOP THE DEMOCRAT PLAN TO ALLOW VOTING IN 2024 TO NON-CITIZENS. The people who feign concern for “democracy” always pull the sleaziest maneuvers.

meme of trump hatersDERANGED AND UNSTABLE TRUMP-HATERS LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT KILLING FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO SUPPORT TRUMP “BEFORE THEY KILL YOU.” These bizarre little people are insane. More about Trump Derangement Syndrome HERE. More on the court decision HERE

TRUMP-HATERS ARE ALSO SO IGNORANT AND UNINFORMED THEY ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE SUPREME COURT’S RECENT DECISION MEANS THAT PRESIDENTS CAN RANDOMLY ASSASSINATE PEOPLE AND MORE. I will say for the umpteenth time that the people who froth at the mouth about Trump during their every waking moment are not capable of rationally following nuanced language in court decisions.

          democrat party platformTo make up for their stupidity they jump to the wildest, most unrealistic assumptions and seem absolutely convinced that their delusions are real. We share a country with these panicked imbeciles.

ANTI-TRUMP “ACTRESS” CALLS FOR BIDEN TO KILL DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. She honestly seems to think that the Supreme Court decision means Biden would have “immunity” to do this. Trump-haters like this are the lowest of the low. How moronic can they be? 

if you wereFORMER NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR COURAGEOUSLY CALLS OUT THE FAILURE OF DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS FOR COVERING UP FOR BIDEN’S UNFITNESS. They covered up his crimes, too. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. And especially HERE.

JOCELYN NUNGARAY’S GRANDFATHER SAYS “GOD BLESS” DONALD TRUMP FOR CALLING US. Understandable. A Democrat candidate for president would be siding with an illegal immigrant who murdered rather than with the victims of the crime. More HERE.

JAMES WOODS HEROICALLY CRUSHES BIDEN OVER HIS VIOLATION OF THE SUPREME COURT RULING BY CONTINUING TO WIPE OUT THE STUDENT LOAN DEBT OF SELECT PRIVILEGED DEMOCRATS Continue reading

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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY 2024

American flagBalladeer’s Blog wishes a happy birthday to the USA! What happened in early July of 1776 certainly needs no rehashing so in keeping with my blog’s theme of addressing more out of the way subjects this post will examine various events that took place on other July 4ths throughout American history.

JULY 4TH, 1778 – George Rogers Clark led his rebel forces in taking the British stronghold of Kaskaskia, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Kaskaskia Rivers. Clark and his Rangers were on a mission for then-Virginia Governor Patrick Henry.

JULY 4TH, 1783 – The Massachusetts Supreme Court is finalizing its written decision holding that slavery has been illegal in the state since adoption of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights in 1780. 

continental soldierJULY 4TH, 1788 – The Constitution of the United States is starting to come into full effect this calendar year, instituting the government we are still officially ruled by. First elections are scheduled for later in the year.

JULY 4TH, 1789 – Congress passes a tariff that taxes goods imported in American ships at a rate 10% lower than on goods imported in ships under foreign flags.

JULY 4TH, 1794 – The “Whiskey Rebellion” is underway in western Pennsylvania. Farmers protesting a federal tax on grain alcohol act against it by refusing to pay it and by tarring and feathering the revenue agents sent to collect the tax money. They also take to burning down the homes of revenue officials. The rebellion ends in November.    Continue reading

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SILENT FILMS ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Tomorrow is the big day – July 4th! Balladeer’s Blog is squeezing in another seasonal post before then.

the spy 1914THE SPY (1914) – This four-reel movie was based on the 1821 novel of the same name by THE James Fenimore Cooper. The story is set largely at a home in Scarsdale, New York as American Rebel families share feuds, intrigues and romances with British Loyalists. 

Everybody is keeping a secret or two and which characters are spies and which are really what they say they are remains uncertain until the very end. Cooper based the man who emerges as the central American spy on the real-life Enoch Crosby, a friend of John Jay.

Even in this June of 1914 release, George Washington’s reputation for running his own spy networks was well and truly in force in popular culture and the wily general even shows up in disguise a few times. Things work out well for the Americans, but the deep-cover double agent hero doesn’t get credit until after his tragic death. 

A large battle set-piece at a bridge was impressive for 1914 and was praised by Moving Picture World and Variety that year. Herbert Rawlinson and Edna Maison starred. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JULY SECOND

Another current events roundup courtesy of Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog, from the land where the political prosecution of the opposition leader proved why the Presidential Immunity concept is necessary. Our career politicians are too corrupt not to abuse the court system.  

trump smilingTRUMP-HATERS ACT STUNNED BY WHAT WE ALL KNEW WAS COMING IN TRUMP’S PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY CASE. More HERE. They need to relax, though. For the aspects sent back to the lower court the anti-Trump bias there means they will pretend virtually nothing he did was an “official act.”

ANTI-TRUMP HYSTERIA CONTINUES AS IGNORANT, UNINFORMED AND EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE DEMOCRATS PRETEND TRUMP CAN SEND THE NAVY SEALS AFTER THEM. Can these people ever state rational opinions instead of being drama queens?

democrats are the real racistsDEMOCRAT RACISM STILL FUELING THEIR DESIRE TO BYPASS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IF THEY REPLACE BIDEN. How much do Democrats hate black people for them to tell the public that Kamala is worse than the senile little graft-grabber Joe Biden?

CLUELESS JOE BIDEN STILL HYPING THE NON-EXISTENT “INSURRECTION” (LMAO) OF JANUARY 6th, 2021. The imbecile even read “end of quote” off his teleprompter. He also forgot the Supreme Court recently ruled that the Democrat prosecutors were wrong in HUNDREDS of cases regarding their political prisoners who were merely protesting that day, so THEIR sentences will be getting lightened, too.

biden derangedMSNBC’S WALLACE PRETENDS THAT SHE’LL BE TARGETED AND “PEOPLE WILL FLEE THE COUNTRY.” But she forgot about the way Joe Biden’s rape accuser Tara Reade REALLY DID have to flee the country to be safe from the Biden Regime. 

SUPREME COURT’S OTHER RECENT DECISION ELIMINATED THE “INSURRECTION” (LMAO) NARRATIVE. Well, for people who care about facts. Anti-Trump loons will still pretend it was an insurrection even though NOTHING THAT HAPPENED THAT DAY COULD POSSIBLY HAVE RETURNED TRUMP TO THE WHITE HOUSE. Continue reading

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR: THE BLACK SOLDIERS OF THE CHASSEURS-VOLUNTAIRES DE SAINT-DOMINGUE

Here’s another seasonal post from Balladeer’s Blog for the upcoming Fourth of July Holiday.

chasseurTHE CHASSEURS-VOLUNTAIRES DE SAINT-DOMINGUE – French assistance to the emerging United States of America during our Revolutionary War took many forms. One of the most often overlooked elements of such assistance came in the form of a unit from Saint-Domingue (renamed Haiti during the nation’s own revolution against French control in 1804).

Originally numbering roughly 800 colored soldiers, the Creole regiment had white officers with the exception of their overall commander – the black Marquis de Rouvray, Laurent Francois Lenoir. The unit was formed in Saint-Domingue on March 12th, 1779, and after training and outfitting departed from Haiti on August 15th.

another chasseurThese Chasseurs arrived outside Savannah, Georgia on September 8th and served alongside the American forces and other French troops in besieging the city. In December of 1778 the British had taken Savannah as part of their operations in Georgia and the Americans were trying to take it back. 

The soldiers served with distinction during the campaign and there is a monument in Savannah’s Franklin Square commemorating their heroism. The Chasseurs also served in South Carolina beginning in 1780. Continue reading

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ANOTHER RUM MAKES THE LIST JUST IN TIME FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY

Squeezing in at nearly the eleventh hour is one last new rum for the 2024 list of Balladeer’s Blog’s Favorite Rums for the Independence Day holiday.

blackheart rumBLACKHEART RUM – Made in America, this rum product is described by the distillers as “rich in flavor and edgy to the core.” Blackheart Rum comes in at 93 proof. 

TASTING NOTES

Nose – Mix of cinnamon, fennel, caramel and licorice.

Palate – Spicy and flavorful, with notes of cherry, cream and molasses.

Finish – Finishes with a tantalizing taste and a tinge of spice.

LORE – With my oddball sense of humor I thoroughly enjoyed the elaborate, tongue-in-cheek backstory that Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. came up with for this rum’s mascot. Ready for it?  Continue reading

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BIDEN DIDN’T JUST BECOME THIS WAY, WE KNEW IN 2020

biden in 2021

JOE BIDEN IN 2021, ALREADY LOOKING AS FAR GONE AND PATHETIC AS HE LOOKED IN THURSDAY NIGHT’S DEBATE. THIS IS NOTHING NEW.

Here at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog, I’ve been deluged with remarks, emails, text messages, etc. ever since Thursday night when Joe Biden once again behaved as unfit for office as he’s been since 2020. Some were surprised that I hadn’t immediately posted a crowing account of how – even with the host network’s accommodations for his unfitness that NO sitting president should ever be given – Biden once again behaved as poorly as we have all seen him do in countless video clips from recent years.   

unfit and pathetic bidenRather than just focus on how idiotically Old Soils Himself behaved Thursday night I will first offer some reminders about how the Democrat Party, the Bidens themselves and ESPECIALLY Democrat media outlets have been running cover for Biden’s unfitness for the past four years. Remember how the Democrats were most recently pretending video footage of Biden’s imbecility were “deep fakes” or “taken out of context.”

Legitimate questions were ignored regarding the Media Wall of Protection around Biden that has been lying to the voters for years now. The Party kept claiming Biden was sharp-minded and alert and that his “just a few hours and done for the day” conduct was just opposition party propaganda and not proof of his unfit condition.

biden embarrassingOne of the benefits of my series of blog posts looking back on the national scene under President Donald Trump and then following the installation of Joe Biden has been seeing how short the public memory is. Every week those posts produced “Hey, yeah, I forgot all about that” reactions from people.

Rather than just dump them all in one long blog post, I will recap the most crucial items in the days ahead. Even if the Democrats drop Biden I will still be making these posts because the monumental dishonesty of the Democrat Party and their media outlets as they forced the pathetic little crook Joe Biden on us NEEDS more attention than the topic has gotten so far.

Joe Biden dem in dementiaFirst, there was this satirical depiction of Joe Biden’s unfitness and inability to truly campaign in 2020 as he hid away from the public as much as possible. It’s a hilarious video: WEEKEND AT BIDEN’S. It could still be rerun here in 2024 because Biden’s unfitness is still apparent to everyone except people who refuse to ever read or watch media outlets that don’t play to their own biases and preconceived notions.

Lastly for this time is THIS 2021 ITEM FROM THE U.K. – yes, 2021 – and the reporter correctly points out how clear Biden’s unfitness already was, AND how clearly the media had failed to properly cover Biden’s inadequacies, AND how it was still going on as even then Democrat “reporters” were helping Biden through his public appearances. The whole item is HERE, but first, some excerpts reminding us that Joe Biden didn’t just suddenly become what he was Thursday night. From 2021:

     “(the) reason why too few realised what the world was going to get from a Biden presidency is that the US media simply didn’t ask the questions it needed to ask. Before the election a near entirety of the American media gave up covering it and simply campaigned for the Democrat nominee.” (NOTE FROM BALLADEER: And so did the near entirety of the British media and other European media.)

“Instead, they just hung on his every incoherent sentence and accepted his pronouncements (generally beginning with “Look”) as if they had any more idea than he did about whatever point he was forever struggling to make.”

“Until you see it up close you just cannot believe the cravenness of most of the American media. Last month the CNN presenter Don Lemon was selected to quiz Biden at a “town hall” event before the cameras. Biden was, as usual, meandering and unfocused as though lost in the fog of his own sentences. But Lemon would not press him properly … It wasn’t journalism. It wasn’t even kindness. He was rooting for the president.” Continue reading

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