SEPTEMBER 2020: A LOOK BACK

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

democrats oppressing people whileDEMOCRATS AND CORPORATE FASCISM – Some excerpts: “Let’s start with the basics – long ago corporate fascists and other bloated rich pigs tended to gravitate toward the Republicans. However, the clueless Republican leadership understands nothing but money, while the Democrats understand power and its use.”

          “Money follows power, so corporate fascists therefore naturally gravitated more and more to the Democrats, who not only get the corporate fascists what they want but manage to make them look civic-minded in the process. Conversely, if rich pigs don’t play ball with the Democrat fascists the Democrats use their media outlets to smear those rich pigs to the point of ruin.”

          “(T)he Democrats’ reasoning goes, “if we can work hand-in-hand with corporate fascists to ensure you won’t even be allowed to make a living if you express disagreement with us, then we think you’ll realize it’s in your own best interest to stop resisting and pretend you go along with even our most ridiculous positions.”  For the full article CLICK HERE.

clarence hendersonCIVIL RIGHTS ICON CLARENCE HENDERSON SAYS TRUMP “HAS DONE MORE FOR BLACK AMERICANS IN FOUR YEARS THAN BIDEN HAS IN FIFTY” – Excerpt: “These achievements demonstrate that Donald Trump truly cares about black lives. His policies show his heart.” CLICK HERE

AUSTRALIAN NEWS ON JOE BIDEN’S SENILE, INCOHERENT BABBLINGS – And this was back in 2020! Biden is far worse now! CLICK HERE.

president trumpDEMOCRAT MAYORS ENDORSING TRUMP OVER HIS HELP FOR THE WORKING CLASS – Some excerpts: “… politicians like Joe Biden did nothing to help the working class. We lost thousands of jobs, and generations of young people have left the Iron Range in order to provide for their families with good-paying jobs elsewhere.”

          “Today, we don’t recognize the Democratic Party. It has been moved so far to the left it can no longer claim to be advocates of the working class. The hard-working Minnesotans that built their lives and supported their families here on the Range have been abandoned by radical Democrats.” CLICK HERE.

SERBIA AND KOSOVO NAME BORDER LAKE AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. CLICK HERE. Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS FROM FEBRUARY 3rd

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south plains college texansCLOSE CALL FOR NUMBER ONE – The number 1 team in the nation – the SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE TEXANS – visited the 11th ranked ODESSA COLLEGE WRANGLERS.

At Halftime the Wranglers were on top 32-27, but the Texans came out of the locker room primed for a comeback. Odessa rallied but fell just short as SPC held on by their fingertips for a 67-66 win. Jabori McGhee’s 21 points led the Texans.

Walters State SenatorsCENTURY CLUB – The (25) WALTERS STATE SENATORS won by a final score of 109-81 at the DYERSBURG STATE EAGLES   ###   Meanwhile, the WAUBONSEE COLLEGE CHIEFS routed the visiting WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE RAMS 111-76   ###   And the CASPER COLLEGE THUNDERBIRDS downed their guests the EASTERN WYOMING COLLEGE LANCERS by a final score of 101-90.  Continue reading

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FLASH VS HIS ROGUES GALLERY

This weekend’s light-hearted and escapist superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at the 1960s and 1970s Flash stories in which several of his recurring villains would team up against him.

fl 155FLASH Vol 1 #155 (September 1965)

Title: The Gauntlet of Supervillains

Villain Roster: Captain Cold, the Top, Mirror Master, Heat Wave, Pied Piper, Captain Boomerang and Gorilla Grodd

Synopsis: Gorilla Grodd (the mysterious villain referred to on the cover) engineers prison breakouts for the six other Flash foes mentioned above. Grodd uses the other villains to wear down the Flash and erode his powers, hoping to then kill the hero himself.

NOTE: The semi-annual team up of Flash villains soon becomes referred to as his Rogues Gallery Convention and/ or “Convention of Flash Villains.” For a time the event was almost as frequent as the annual Justice Society/ Justice League get-togethers.  Continue reading

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SORRY, BUT THESE NEWS STORIES CAN’T BE IGNORED

Here at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog I hate to do news more than twice a week but some stories can’t be ignored. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for.

joe biden is aBIDEN IMPEACHMENT AND INVESTIGATIONS: BURISMA BRIBERY TAKES CENTER STAGE NOW.

OREGON NOW BARS TEN REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS FROM BALLOT ACCESS. Anyone who thought this tactic would be limited to Trump was being incredibly naive.

EVEN THE UAW HEAD ADMITS MANY OF THE UNION’S MEMBERS WILL NOT VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN AFTER HIS ANTI-UNION POLICIES AND WAR ON THE WORKING CLASS.

bideningMAYOR OF EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, WHOSE EMERGENCY SITUATION JOE BIDEN HAS IGNORED FOR A YEAR, TELLS BIDEN NOT TO VISIT UNTIL “AFTER HE LOSES TO TRUMP.”

YOUNG VOTERS CALLING BIDEN “GENOCIDE JOE.

DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS EVICTS AFRICAN AMERICANS IN ORDER TO HOUSE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Continue reading

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAMES JOYCE (2024 EDITION)

jamesjoyceHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAMES JOYCE! His works got me hooked in my teens when I really related to his character Stephen Dedalus as he rejected his religion and indulged what I call his “young and pretentious side” in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916). I wore out my copy of Joyce’s novel Ulysses (1922) and continue to mark Bloom’s Day to this very day.

Over the years Finnegans Wake (1939) replaced Ulysses as my favorite Joyce novel and I’m fonder than many people are of his play Exiles (1918). Continue reading

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FEBRUARY 1st ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Welcome in February with Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog and its latest look at current events. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for.

president trumpPRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ONCE AGAIN NOMINATED FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HIS ABRAHAM ACCORDS. The Nobel Peace Prize hasn’t meant anything in several decades, but I’ll go ahead and mention this.

BIDEN REGIME BRAGS ABOUT IGNORING THE SUPREME COURT. Can you imagine their reaction if Trump had ever said anything like that? Hilarious hypocrisy!

they hate trump that muchANTI-TRUMP ZEALOT FANI WILLIS FIRED EMPLOYEE WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE ON HER MISUSE OF FEDERAL FUNDS SCANDAL. More HERE. And HERE. Fani fired the employee for WARNING HER about the misuse. Fani fired the whistle blower but kept the employee involved in the scandal HERE.

BIDEN’S PLANS FOR REVENGE DISCUSSED.

 IRS WORKER WHO LEAKED TRUMP’S PRIVATE TAX INFORMATION SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns. Hopefully some of the current participants in the deranged anti-Trump hysteria will someday face justice themselves. Continue reading

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SCARFOLK: LIKE “MY MILWAUKEE” CROSSED WITH “LOCAL 58 TV”

discovering scarfolkIf you enjoy serious analog horror like Magical World of Ania or more tongue in cheek analog horror like My Milwaukee, then Richard Littler’s Scarfolk is definitely for you. If you enjoy the eeriness of those old Public Service Messages from 1970s Canada or Great Britain that are so beloved on the internet then you’ll probably hate yourself if you still haven’t gotten into Scarfolk.   

Part haunted town, part 70s dystopia, Scarfolk refers to Littler’s fictional British town which is by turns nightmarish and hilarious. There are even undertones of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy type of humor in the town’s faux “reference material” and “artifacts”.

dr j swift eatingAround 2012 Richard Littler began mocking up some fake 1970s public health posters and government pamphlets for schools and general consumption. He presented them with an enjoyably twisted slant that perfectly captured the vaguely menacing, often insulting approach of such material. 

Littler took to posting them on his Facebook account, where positive feedback encouraged him to start a blog devoted to his dark-humored artifacts of the nonexistent town of Scarfolk, “a town in North West England which is just west of northern England” as the author describes it.
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TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF JAMES MASSEY (1714) ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION

voyages and adventuresTRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF JAMES MASSEY (1714) – By Simon Tyssot de Patot. Supposedly written in 1710 but not published until 1714, this novel dealt with the travels of the title character to exotic lands.

James Massey is a physician who becomes inspired by the tales told by the Wandering Jew (presented as a real person in this tale) when he comes to town. The encounter fills Massey’s head with a desire to travel in hopes of seeing some of the wonders that the Wandering Jew has seen multiple times during his endless travels.

From that meeting with a mythic figure, Dr. Massey’s adventures constitute a science fiction odyssey. He signs on as a Ship’s Surgeon under Captain Le Sage, and their vessel with a 52-man crew set sail on May 21st, 1643.  Off Finisterre their ship began taking on water, prompting an evacuation in longboats before it sank. Continue reading

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SHIRLEY TEMPLE’S STORYBOOK (1958-1961)

st storybookSHIRLEY TEMPLE’S STORYBOOK (1958-1961) – This time around, Balladeer’s Blog’s recurring feature Forgotten Television takes a look at this overlooked children’s series hosted by an adult Shirley Temple. Like Shelley Duvall’s 1980s series Faerytale Theatre this earlier program managed to attract some big names and soon-to-be-big names for its cast.

With Shirley hosting, this series ran 41 episodes, some fitting a half-hour slot with commercials and some fitting an hour-long slot with commercials. Similarly, some were black & white, others in color. Temple owned the series and released a few episodes here and there on video over the decades.

shirleyShirley Temple’s Storybook was one of Shirley’s A.J.A. (After John Agar) ventures, in fact it debuted 8 years after their divorce. The program aired from January 12th, 1958 to July 16th, 1961.

SEASON ONE HIGHLIGHTS  

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – We all know this story, so I’ll jump to the cast – Charlton Heston as the Beast, Claire Bloom as Beauty, June Lockhart and Barbara Baxley as her sisters, and E.G. Marshall as a merchant.  Continue reading

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ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS: JANUARY 29th

Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at current events. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for.

biden family values sampleWALKER TESTIMONY ON JOE BIDEN’S INFLUENCE PEDDLING: BIDEN MET WITH CCP-LINKED COMPANY WHICH THEN PAID HIM THREE MILLION DOLLARS. Buying Joe Biden was the best investment China ever made.

BIDEN REGIME CHALLENGED BY PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATORS REGARDING THE REGIME MEDDLING IN ELECTION PROCEDURES THAT ONLY THE LEGISLATURE IS AUTHORIZED TO CHANGE. Another attempt to prevent the recurrence of the vote fraud in 2020.

trump and jfkREMEMBER THE UNDEMOCRATIC AND OLIGARCHIC “SHADOW CAMPAIGN” THAT TIME MAGAZINE BRAGGED HAD INSTALLED BIDEN IN THE 2020 ELECTION? WELL, THE ANTI-TRUMP GROUPS ARE BEING EVEN MORE BLATANT THIS TIME AROUND. For that Time article click HERE. Are the uninformed and unhinged anti-Trump forces aware that long after Trump is gone such unconstitutional efforts will still be polluting our elections? Corrupt American politicians never stop once they realize they can get away with something. 

ARTICLES COVERING THE GROTESQUE LAWFARE AGAINST THE OPPOSITION LEADER TRUMP, ESPECIALLY THE LATEST UNHINGED ACTION IN NEW YORK. Overview of all the lawfare HERE. Fifteen facts on why the shoddy Carroll case will likely get overturned on appeal HERE. Gorka on all of the lawfare HERE.

RAHEEM KASSAM: THE TRUMP-CARROLL CASE IS BLATANTLY THE GREATEST MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY. I personally would not go that far, but Kassam expertly tears apart the unfounded political persecution of Trump in this case based on NO evidence.  

it is vitalARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST BIDEN REGIME’S MAYORKAS.

TRUMP STATES HE WOULD SEND TEXAS REINFORCEMENTS, NOT STOP THEIR EFFORTS TO CONTROL OUR UNSECURED SOUTHERN BORDER.

ABC NEWS REPORTS THAT THE INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS OVERLOADING THE DENVER HOSPITAL SYSTEM, FORCING THEM TO TURN AWAY AMERICAN CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY ARE FLOODED WITH ILLEGALS. More HERE.

BIDEN BASHED FOR HIS WEAKNESS WHICH INVITED THE ATTACK BY IRAN
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