JULY 21st ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

when you joinedIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some of the latest:

biden corruption and dojBOMBSHELL REVELATIONS FROM BIDEN BRIBERY HEARINGS AS THE EVIDENCE THAT BIDEN’S FBI LACKEYS WANTED COVERED UP FINALLY GETS EXPOSED. Underboss Hunter Biden tied even closer to the bribery and influence peddling scandals. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. Another call for impeachment HERE.

REVEALED: HUNTER BIDEN WAS CONSIDERED “STUPID” BUT NECESSARY TO KEEP PAYING IN ORDER TO KEEP POLITICAL PROTECTION FROM HIS FATHER JOE GOING. “DON’T WORRY, HUNTER WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE ISSUES THROUGH HIS DAD” HERE.

TESTIMONY: BURISMA CEO SAID HE WAS “COERCED” INTO PAYING THE BIDENS TEN MILLION DOLLARS.

witch hunt for trumpONCE AGAIN, THE BIDEN REGIME’S RESPONSE TO EVIDENCE OF THEIR CRIMINALITY IS TO THROW ANOTHER GARBAGE INDICTMENT AGAINST TRUMP. Banana Republic America.

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY CUT FROM THE CAPERS MAY HAVE BEEN SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS PER OTHER TESTIMONY

TIMELINE OF THE BIDEN INFLUENCE PEDDLING SCHEMES.

COURAGEOUS DEMOCRAT ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. STILL UNDER ATTACK FROM JOE BIDEN’S THUGS. They’re doing to him what they did to Tulsi Gabbard in 2020, right down to the accusations of “instability” and “conspiracy theorizing.” Continue reading

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CALIFORNIA JIM: NEGLECTED GUNSLINGER

masked outlawCALIFORNIA JIM – The Frontierado Holiday is coming up on Friday, August 4th, so here is another blog post in honor of the season. California Jim was also known as Six-Shooter Jim Smith and Six-Shooter Bill, but on his deathbed, he claimed that his real name was John Henry Hankins (some sources say Jankins or Hawkins).

A large part of California Jim’s history is known only from that deathbed confession, with periodic news reports or journals offering supplementary information. Jim was born around 1856 in either Texas or Missouri, depending on which source you go by.

In his teens, California Jim supposedly went to California, where he spent some of the 1870s pulling off masked robberies of gold shipments and mine payrolls. By 1877 or 1878, this man had wandered back to Texas, where he shot to death a man in Cooke County and took it on the run.

gunslinger costumeJim lingered in Dodge City, Kansas for a time, committing various crimes. On August 17th, 1878 Deputy Marshal Bat Masterson himself arrested California Jim for stealing a horse.

For unknown reasons, our gunslinger was not sentenced over this crime and continued fraternizing with other Dodge City desperadoes like Dirty Dave Rudabaugh and Mysterious Dave Mather. The summer of 1879 saw plenty of Dodge City criminals, California Jim among them, gravitate to newly thriving Las Vegas, New Mexico where they joined Hoodoo Brown’s organized crime outfit. Continue reading

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CLARIFYING FOR OVERSEAS READERS WHY JANUARY SIXTH WAS NOT AN INSURRECTION

vermin vs trumpOkay, as always here at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog I find it humbling when overseas readers pay me the compliment of asking me to explain, in non-partisan terms, the cesspool of corruption called America’s political system. In this case, the absurd notion that the events of January 6th, 2021 were “an insurrection” (LMAO). I will address other recent events tomorrow or so, but today it’s just about January 6th.

democrat republican otherONE: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED THAT DAY WOULD HAVE SOMEHOW MADE DONALD TRUMP THE WINNER OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. This is crucial. It doesn’t matter if you support Trump or hate him, NOTHING that might have happened in Congress on January 6th could have “overturned the 2020 election.”

        The members of Congress who opposed certifying the results were citing the need for further investigation of election results that day – as Democrat members of Congress did after Donald Trump’s election in 2016. In the Democrats’ case it was over their long-disproven claims of Russian Collusion/ Russian Interference. (But at least Democrats got to conduct ENDLESS investigations of their claims in the years ahead.)

democrat republican or awakeTWO: THE REPUBLICANS DID NOT HAVE THE VOTES TO PREVENT CERTIFYING THE ELECTION RESULTS. Just as the Congressional Democrats did not have the votes to block certification in January 2017 against Trump, Congressional Republicans did not have the votes to block certification on January 6th 2021.

        Even if there were no protests and arrests, January 6th would have ended the same way it did – without enough votes to send election results back to the states with suspect results for further investigation, pro-Trump Congressional reps would have been outvoted and the 2020 election results WOULD HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED ANYWAY.

        And, if you’ll recall that IS what happened anyway once the protesters were removed. The interruption was followed by the majority refusal to permit pro-Trump representatives from citing their reasons for doubting the 2020 results, as the Democrats had been granted the courtesy of citing their doubts regarding Trump’s election in 2016.

So, it’s amazing that those first two items even have to be clarified at this late date and it reflects on America’s joke of an educational system (LMAO) that so many adults do not understand our country’s own procedures.

        But, to recap – NOTHING could have happened that day to declare Trump the winner of the 2020 election. Even if the Republicans raising questions about the election results had had the votes (which they didn’t), those results would have just been sent back to the states for further investigation.  

mascot donkey and republican headsTHREE: THERE IS NO WAY TRUMP COULD HAVE JUST REFUSED TO LEAVE OFFICE. The many, many staff members needed to keep a presidential administration running had already tendered their resignations, as is customary.

        This is one of the silliest claims by the anti-Trump people. Do they think running the United States is like running a family diner? Do they imagine that Trump could have just figuratively said “Melania, you bus the tables, Don Junior, you do the cooking, Jared, you work the counter!”

FOUR: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP WAS PURSUING ANY EXTRA-LEGAL MEANS OF REMAINING IN OFFICE. The Democrats held exhaustive hearings about the events of January 6th, 2021 and found no evidence of a “coup” (as Democrats were already calling it) – even with the Democrats blocking minority party assignments to the committee in order to select anti-Trump Republicans instead – and even with them NOT ALLOWING TRUMP’S LEGAL TEAM TO INTERROGATE WITNESSES OR PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE OF THEIR OWN.

        That’s not an investigation, that’s a kangaroo court. And yet, the anti-Trump forces STILL could not produce any evidence that he was planning a takeover. Given the absurd charges that Democrats HAVE been taking Trump to court over, does ANY reasonable person believe that if there was proof that Trump had been running such a conspiracy that Democrats would not have produced it or leaked it to the media long before now?

        It certainly appears that anti-Trump forces simply keep alive the “insurrection” (LMAO) myth in order to keep Trump in court. “The process is the punishment” as the old saying goes, and they are counting on legal proceedings – especially any appeals – dragging on long enough to prevent Trump from winning in 2024. The end result will no doubt be vindication for Trump, as in all the other unfounded accusations against him, but by then it will be far too late regarding the next election. Continue reading

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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: KINGSBOROUGH COLLEGE

kingsborough waveBalladeer’s Blog gives a shoutout to yet another cool-named sports team:

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A MODERN MUSKETEER (1917) – DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS ACTION-COMEDY

a modern musketeer overseas posterA MODERN MUSKETEER (1917) – This 68-minute film was released on December 30th, 1917, when Douglas Fairbanks was known for his comedies rather than for his later success as cinema’s first swashbuckling superstar.

A Modern Musketeer gave the world the first glimpse of what Fairbanks could do if let loose in sword-swinging tales of derring-do. The opening 5 minutes and 36 seconds of the movie consist of a flashback depiction of D’Artagnan in the 1620s taking on an entire tavern full of rival swordsmen competing to return a fair maiden’s dropped handkerchief.

doug in a modernI’m not exaggerating when I say that that opening segment provides almost as many thrills and spectacular stunts as the entirety of Doug’s 1921 serious turn as D’Artagnan in his silent Three Musketeers film. However, it would not be until 1920’s Mark of Zorro that Fairbanks would get to start his long series of costume swashbucklers.

When the initial 5:36 is over, the movie resumes in 1917 Kansas, where Ned Thacker (Fairbanks), an energetic dynamo of a man, is obsessed with seeking out adventure and protecting women like his fictional idol D’Artagnan. He even runs an organization called the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Women. Continue reading

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POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: JULY 17th

Some of the latest from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog:

biden crime family shirtREPORT ON HUNTER BIDEN’S BURISMA OWNERS LAYING DOWN EXPECTATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE REID HOFFMAN DONATED $699,600.00 TO JOE BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN ON APRIL 26th OF THIS YEAR PER THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.

JOE BIDEN CALLED OUT ONCE AGAIN FOR CLAIMING CREDIT FOR A TRUMP ACCOMPLISHMENT. Crooked Joe lies out of reflex at this point.

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HURRICANE NELL: DIME NOVEL HEROINE

hurricane nellHURRICANE NELL, THE GIRL DEAD-SHOT (1877) – Written by Edward L. Wheeler. This blog post is dedicated to the prolific author and fellow blogger Jacqui Murray from WordDreams here at WP. Her blog is ideal for blogging tips, information on her latest book releases and much more. Jacqui had expressed interest in Dime Novel heroes and heroines for my Frontierado Holiday coverage this year, so here is the first of many more posts I will make about these often forgotten characters.

In general, the Dime Novel period of westerns, detective, science fiction and horror tales lasted from 1860 to around 1919 or the early 1920s. Pulp magazines took over from there. Many Dime Novels were very loosely based on real-life figures like Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane and others. Many more were purely fictional.

bob woolf titleThat brings us back to Hurricane Nell, the Girl Dead-Shot, also known as Hurricane Nell, the Queen of the Saddle and Lasso, and, in a misleading re-titling, as Bob Woolf, the Border Ruffian. (NOT three separate books.) Though published in May of 1877, Nell’s adventures were set earlier in the 1800s than most of the other big-name heroines of Dime Novels, so I am starting with her and will move on to the others in the next few weeks.

Hurricane Nell started life as Nelly Allen, and was around 13 years old when Bob Woolf and his gang of Missouri outlaws set fire to her family’s home in Kansas intent on murdering her parents (who were already dead of small pox anyway). In typical pulp fiction fashion, Nelly vowed to get revenge on the men who burned her home. Continue reading

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MAY 2018: LOOKING BACK

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

eric schneiderman picNEW YORK DEMOCRAT ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN GOES DOWN IN FLAMES – Karmic cautionary tale about this politician who was being mindlessly praised and called a “superhero” by Democrats just because he criticized de facto Third-Party President Donald Trump. Schneiderman’s “Andrew Cuomo” downfall came as he resigned in May 2018 when several women came forward with accusations about the physical abuse and humiliation he inflicted on them. Click HERE.

        One woman of color even stated that Schneiderman made her call him “master” during roleplay. Democrats still haven’t learned to stop elevating creeps like Schneiderman, Andrew Cuomo, Michael Avenatti and so many others just because they trash Trump. 

balladeer anti dems and repsTECHNO-TYRANTS OF SILICON VALLEY – This tongue-in-cheek dystopian item looked at the abuses by Big Tech. In May 2018 it was meant as a dose of humor, but since then Big Tech has been revealed to be far worse in real life. Click HERE.

NEW YORK TIMES ITEM ON THE POMPOUS SNOBBERY OF ANTI-TRUMP FANATICS – And a look at how their hysteria drives people away. HERE. And HERE

TRANSGRESS WITH ME: MAY 28th – Included sayings like “Never believe white Democrats about how women, people of color and gay people feel about various issues. They have a diversity of opinions and are not the monolithic “mobs with a single mind” like Democrats always try to depict groups they pretend to “own.” It’s HERE.

lloyd marcus picCOURAGEOUS AFRICAN-AMERICAN LLOYD MARCUS POINTED OUT HOW TRUMP WAS “PULLING DOWN WINS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE”. Click HERE.

JOURNALIST DANIEL GREENFIELD BRAVELY CALLED OUT THE ROT AT AMERICA’S THOROUGHLY REPULSIVE CIA. It’s HERE and HERE.

FACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP – The May 2018 edition HERE. Continue reading

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MARVEL ISSUES: JANUARY 1973

This weekend’s light-hearted, escapist superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog will take a look at the Marvel publications from January of 1973, excluding reprints.

dd bw 95DAREDEVIL AND THE BLACK WIDOW Vol 1 #95 (January 1973)

Title: Bullfight on the Bay

Villain: The Man-Bull

Synopsis: Matt Murdock has relocated his law practice to San Francisco in order to move in with his new lady, the wealthy Natasha Romanoff aka the Black Widow. Matt’s alter ego Daredevil has also made San Francisco his new home, but because this is just a comic book nobody makes the connection that Matt is Daredevil … even though DD has become the Black Widow’s crimefighting partner.

Back in New York, Daredevil’s old foe the Man-Bull has his gang break him out of prison so he can go to San Francisco and kill Daredevil. The unsuspecting Matt Murdock is settling in at Broderick & Sloan, his new law firm.

black widow shooting her widow stingWhen the Man-Bull begins rampaging through Frisco in order to flush out our hero, the Black Widow and Daredevil swing into action against him. Eventually the villain renders Daredevil unconscious, leaving the Black Widow alone against him for the cliffhanger ending. Continue reading

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FERD THE DANDY: NEGLECTED GUNSLINGER

ferd the dandyFERD THE DANDY (1821-1866) – The Frontierado holiday is coming up on Friday, August 4th this year, so here is another seasonal post from Balladeer’s Blog. This one covers a ruthless, yet often forgotten, gambler-gunslinger.

Ferdinand J. Patterson was born in Texas in 1821 and stayed off the historical grid until 1856, when he arrived in California for the later stages of the Gold Rush. Dressed like a dandy but 6 feet tall and packing a colt pistol and a Bowie knife, he began to clean up at card games. 

pistol poker deckCome 1859 Ferd the Dandy had acquired too big a reputation as a professional gambler to even get in a game anymore, so he gravitated to the Sailors’ Diggings Gold Rush near Waldo, Oregon. The mining town had already known the murderous rampage of the Triskett Gang by the time Patterson arrived to stain Waldo with his own activities.

Circulating among the saloons, the Dandy regularly wiped out prospectors who foolishly joined him at the card tables. Eventually a pair of losing miners wound up in an argument with Ferd – an argument that escalated to a gunfight, with the gunman shooting them both to death. Continue reading

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