JULY 2020: A LOOK BACK

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

vernon jones picLIFELONG DEMOCRAT AND OTHER BLACK VOTERS BASH BIDEN AND SUPPORT TRUMP – Some excerpts: “Jones has pointed out that President Donald Trump has done more for the black community than any other Washington politician, all while Biden hides in his basement. Vernon also criticized hysterical Democrat plans to defund police.”  

         “The black unemployment rate under Biden and the Obama administration averaged a horrific 12.8 percent … By comparison, more than double that number – 350,000 black Americans – were lifted out of poverty during just the first two years of the Trump administration.”

we are not our parents        “Jones also reminded voters of color about Joe Biden’s THIRTY-SIX YEARS of pushing horrifically strict bills against black offenders (sometimes in conjunction with Hillary Clinton, who notoriously called black men “super-predators”)

        “Joe Biden is directly responsible for the mass incarceration policies of the 1980s and 1990s, which decimated the black community. Biden authored the 1994 crime bill which imposed mandatory minimum sentences, disproportionately putting hundreds of thousands of young black men in prison.” CLICK HERE, and HERE

trump is fdrTRUMP’S NEW EXECUTIVE ORDERS SAVE WORKING CLASS AND POOR FAMILIES BIG MONEY ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS – And Big Pharma never forgave him. Many of us had loved ones who benefited from these moves by Trump. CLICK HERE.

EXPLAINING DEMOCRATS’ DISASTROUS “DEFUND THE POLICE” POLICY FOR OVERSEAS READERS – CLICK HERE.

carmen best picCARMEN BEST TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEMOCRAT RIOTS IN SEATTLE – “Democrats continue to egg on the riots and the hatred of police by pretending these are “peaceful protests.” CLICK HERE. HERE. and HERE.  

CAMPUS DEMOCRATS CALL A STATUE OF ABE LINCOLN “WHITE SUPREMACY” – CLICK HERE.

Melissa Tate and TrumpBLACK VOTER RECALLS DONALD TRUMP’S LOANS TO BLACK BUSINESSES WHEN BANKS WOULDN’T LEND TO THEM – Read about it HERE.

DEFY DEMOCRAT TYRANTS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON – Having a good time drives the primly disapproving jackasses crazy. CLICK HERE. Continue reading

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BRITISH SUPERHEROES FROM THE 1940s

This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog will take a look at British-made comic books from the 1940s in the same spirit as my examination of Canadian-made superheroes from the 1940s

wonderman from englandWONDERMAN

Secret Identity: John Justice

Debut Year: 1948

Origin: A lifelong wealthy playboy, John Justice enlisted in the army during World War Two and rose to the rank of captain. A few years after the war ended, his scientist father’s atomic experiments granted him superpowers with which John fought the forces of evil as Wonderman.

Powers: Wonderman possessed massive super-strength and invulnerability, could fly, had x-ray vision and super-hearing as well as limited telepathy.

Comment: During his superhero career, which lasted into 1951, Wonderman continued to pretend to be merely a good-timing playboy in his John Justice identity. Nobody recognized him as Wonderman despite his lack of a mask and not even his girlfriend Jan Barrie knew about his double-life.

acromaidACROMAID

Secret Identity: Christine McCall, Surgical Nurse

Debut Year: 1947

Origin: After fighting off a criminal who invaded the operating room to try killing the patient, Christine McCall wanted more action. She adopted the costumed identity of Acromaid and fought crime.

acromaid 2Powers: Acromaid was in peak physical condition and excelled at unarmed combat. She was as agile as an acrobat and was also very skilled at knife-throwing. In addition, Acromaid carried vials of truth serum with her so she could inject it into criminals she was interrogating.

Comment: This superheroine was another crimefighter who wore no mask yet maintained a secret identity with no problem. Her roommate and fellow nurse was named Penny.    Continue reading

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GOVERNOR BENT SLAIN: JANUARY 19th, 1847

charles bentJANUARY 19th, 1847 – With the Mexican War (April 1846 – February 1848) still raging, New Mexico Territorial Governor Charles Bent was killed, scalped, and stripped naked at his home in Taos, NM on this date. Five others were murdered along with him, including a female Native American.

Bent had foolishly eschewed military protection and had just arrived in Taos from his office and business headquarters in Santa Fe. In December of 1846 wealthy and influential New Mexico families had been exposed for acting as agents of Mexico and plotting violence to bring down the American authorities. Continue reading

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DICK TURPIN (1925) – SILENT MOVIE

dick turpinDICK TURPIN (1925) – Western star Tom Mix took a break from his Wild West movies by starring in this highly romanticized film about the real-life English thief and highway robber Dick Turpin. John G. Blystone directed the movie for Fox Film Corporation. Tom swapped his six-guns and rifles for a sword and pistols in this flick.

The story in this 70-minute movie starts out in the mid-1730s. In this version of events Dick Turpin is already well-known for committing masked highway robbery against the carriage trade of well-to-do passengers. Among his men is burly Tom King, played by Alan Hale after his 1922 turn as Little John to Douglas Fairbanks’ Robin Hood.

tom as dickThe main villain of the film is Lord Churlton (Philo McCullough), who not only resents having been robbed by Turpin, but abuses his power and influence by menacingly trying to force Lady Alice Brookfield (Kathleen Myers) to marry him. 

Out and about without his mask on one day, Dick spots a rival gang of highway robbers attacking the carriage of said Alice. Smitten with our heroine’s beauty, Turpin comes to the rescue, single-handedly driving off the bandits and flirting with the young lady. Continue reading

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STANTON UNIVERSITY: COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM

Balladeer’s Blog takes its latest look at a college whose sports teams have a nickname that is out of the ordinary.

STANTON UNIVERSITY Continue reading

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THE BOATS OF THE GLEN CARRIG (1907) – ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION

boats of the glen carrigTHE BOATS OF THE GLEN CARRIG (1907) – Written by horror legend William Hope Hodgson, whose works The House on the Borderland, The Ghost Pirates and the Thomas Carnacki short stories were all reviewed previously here at Balladeer’s Blog. 

Though Hodgson’s usually associated with horror, The Boats of the Glen Carrig gets classed as science fiction because its nightmarish creatures seem rooted in science, making them more akin to the Xenomorphs in Alien than to the undead buccaneers in The Ghost Pirates or the cosmic supernatural entities of The House on the Borderland

another boats of the glen carrigIn 1757 the story’s main character, John Winterstraw, is telling his son James Winterstraw about the horrific adventure that brought John together with the boy’s mother. (How I Met Your Mother: The Prequel Series) John and other sailors were on board the Glen Carrig when it struck a rock near the surface of the waters and sank.

All hands evacuated in the lifeboats but were soon mired in a mass of seaweed in the Sargasso Sea. Their troubles were just beginning, as mutated life-forms began to assault them. Continue reading

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JANUARY SIXTEENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Here is the latest current events roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for.

KEVIN O’LEARY EASILY DISMANTLES THE LUDICROUS NEW YORK CASE AGAINST TRUMP. More HERE. Political lawfare at its lowest levels in Joe Biden’s Banana Republic.

bloody hands of joe bidenTRUMP HAD PUT THE HOUTHIS ON THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LIST. BIDEN TOOK THEM OFF, UNLEASHING ALL THE RECENT BLOODSHED. Biden now admits they are terrorists, after all. That doesn’t help the dead, though.

JOHN HAYWARD DEMONSTRATES HOW THE DEMOCRATS HAVE REALLY DONE – AND ARE STILL DOING – ALL THE THINGS THEY CLAIM IT WOULD BE WRONG FOR TRUMP TO DO. If you read only one item today, this should be it.

ANTI-TRUMP HYSTERIA IN OVERDRIVE: DEMOCRATS OPENLY DISCUSSING THEIR STRATEGY AGAINST HIM – INCLUDING USING THE MILITARY AGAINST HIM – IN THE EVENT OF ANOTHER VICTORY FOR HIM. More HERE. It’s no “conspiracy theory,” they are openly planning far worse against him than anything they’ve accused him of. And we lack an effective opposition party to do anything about it.

        trump donatedSo, they’re already preparing their new version of “Russian Collusion” nonsense to interfere with a Trump administration, this time by frantically claiming it’s legal and constitutional to refuse any cooperation to a winning candidate they don’t like. And remember the Time article bragging about anti-Trump fascists tampering with the 2020 election as if it was something good? CLICK HERE.

SENATOR MIKE LEE ENDORSES TRUMP.

Senile Joe BidenPENNSYLVANIANS TAUNT BIDEN BY SHOUTING “GO HOME, LOSER!” More HERE.

DOUG BURGUM JOINS THOSE ENDORSING TRUMP

LATEST ITEM ABOUT BALLOT FRAUD FROM THE 2020 ELECTION. The 2020 presidential election was as corrupt as those in 1876 and the year 2000. Rutherford B. Hayes, George W. Bush and Joe Biden were “selected, not elected.”

IN ILLINOIS THE DEMOCRATS ARE CALLED OUT FOR HAVING DESTROYED RECORDS FROM THE 2020 ELECTION BEFORE THE LAW ALLOWS. Have I mentioned that the 2020 election is as forever tainted as those from 1876 and 2000? I thought so.

MSNBC’s ANTI-TRUMP LOONS MELT DOWN OVER HIS RECORD-SETTING WIN. More HERE. Pathetic little people. They censored his victory speech when he mentioned Biden’s border disaster HERE.

HILARIOUS! THE DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET THE A.P. FORCED TO ADMIT THAT TRUMP DID BETTER AMONG WOMEN THAN MEN IN IOWA’S CAUCUS YESTERDAY. Continue reading

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THE KNIGHTS OF THE SKY (1967-1970)

knights of the skyTHE KNIGHTS OF THE SKY aka The Knights of Heaven aka The Aeronauts. This 1967-1970 French series is the Forgotten Television subject this time around. The series ran for 39 episodes – 3 seasons of 13 episodes each. Episodes filled a half-hour timeslot with commercials.

Les Chevaliers du Ciel, to use the program’s French title, starred Jacques Santi and Christian Marin as Michel Tanguy and Ernest Laverdure, respectively. The pair were fighter pilots who flew mostly in Mirage aircraft and had a series of espionage and military escapades in addition to lots of encounters with attractive ladies.   

other knights of theThe dynamic of their relationship is that Tanguy is the serious man of action and a Casanova with women, while Laverdure, though capable in a fight and as a pilot, is the comical partner whose antics are often undignified. I like to think of Christian Marin as the French Peter Davison, so think of his character Ernest Laverdure as Davison’s hapless Tristan on All Creatures Great and Small. Continue reading

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JUNE 2020: LOOKING BACK

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

Leo TerrellCIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY LEO TERRELL ON WHY HE “STOPPED DRINKING THE DEMOCRAT KOOL-AID.” – Terrell “joined the chorus of voices coming from African Americans disgusted with the Democrats and their hypocrisy on racial issues.” … “Terrell, like so many others, has pointed out how de facto Third Party President Donald Trump has been better for African-Americans than any Democrat in decades, especially Joe Biden, noted for his draconian legal positions against African-Americans.   

        Terrell said “This is why I stopped drinking the Democrat Kool-Aid. I can’t take this hypocrisy anymore. It’s ridiculous.”

the black exit        “Joe Biden gave us the crime bill in 1994,” Terrell continued, “President Trump gave us the First Step.” CLICK HERE.

BRANDON STRAKA AND #WALKAWAY MARK TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY. CLICK HERE.

DEMOCRAT VOTE FRAUD SCANDALS IN NEW JERSEY AND WISCONSIN – And remember, this was months before the 2020 election was held. It’s just that there are always Democrat vote fraud scandals being exposed. (Republicans would presumably love to do it, too, but are too inept and lack enough media outlets to smother any resulting scandals.) CLICK HERE.

step aside yourTHE BLACK LIVES MERCILESSLY DESTROYED BY THE DEMOCRATS’ ANTIFA RIOTS IN 2020 – Remember the nauseating slogan of the rioters was “Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground.” and “Defund the police.” … “Privileged white Democrats have proven that their sympathies will ALWAYS lie with rioters and never with their victims. It’s the callous worldview of uncomprehending fools who romanticize looting and violence because they are always safely removed from the consequences.” CLICK HERE.

MORE BLACK VICTIMS OF THE DEMOCRATS’ RIOTERS SPEAK OUT – Heartbreaking accounts from the people that privileged white Democrats always ignore – the black victims of the riots that white politicians cheer on. CLICK HERE Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS FROM JANUARY THIRTEENTH

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newport news apprentice school buildersNUMBER ONE ROLLS – The nation’s top-ranked NEWPORT NEWS APPRENTICE SCHOOL BUILDERS (Shipbuilders) took on the CENTRAL INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE CARDINALS. By Halftime the Builders were on top 55-30 and lost no momentum after the break.

The Apprentice School blew out the Cardinals by a Century Club score of 118-70. Adrion Wall’s 28 points led the Builders.

Berkeley (NJ) KnightsDOWN GOES NUMBER TWO – The BERKELEY (NY) COLLEGE KNIGHTS played host to the number 2 team in the nation – the BRYANT & STRATTON COLLEGE AT BUFFALO BOBCATS. The storied Knights held a 33-26 advantage at the Half.

From there the Bobcats outscored Berkeley College 60-56, but still fell short as the Knights triumphed 89-86. Karanja Bright notched 21 points to lead B.C.  Continue reading

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