NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: JULY SIXTH

Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some of the latest:

banana republicWHISTLE BLOWERS ABOUT BIDEN CORRUPTION AND COVERUPS PROVEN RIGHT WHILE BIDEN ATTORNEYS GET DEFEATED.

JOE BIDEN’S UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN WAS IN THE LOOP ON SHADY UKRAINE ANTICS.

COURAGEOUS DEMOCRAT ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. STILL BEING TARGETED BY THE BIDEN MACHINE. The DNC will do to RFK Jr. what it did to Tulsi Gabbard in 2020. They’ve even tried to label him “right-wing” HERE.

do you findHUNTER BIDEN “PROSECUTOR” (LMAO) WHO LET HIM OFF WITH A SWEETHEART DEAL WHICH IGNORED PRECEDENT, PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR HUNTER’S BUSINESS PARTNER. Such a massive conflict of interest is just life here in Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy. Hunter and Joe are still under investigation for many more of the Biden Crime Family’s corrupt ventures but with “prosecutors” like this being in bed with the Bidens it’s not likely that justice will be served. More HERE

And speaking of corporate fascism, TARGET REFUSES TO CARRY A BOOK CRITICAL OF “THE PARTY“. And the clueless, outdated and utterly useless people who run the opposition party just take it.

AP POLL: ONLY THIRTY PERCENT OF AMERICANS FEEL BIDEN’S ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE WORKING. And that thirty percent are presumably privileged white one percenters. Continue reading

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THE CLONES (1973)

ClonesTHE CLONES (1973) – This neglected sci-fi item from the 70s was directed by Lamar Card & Paul Hunt, based on Hunt’s story. The Clones falls into that category of films that I always refer to as “X-Movies” because of the way they put one in mind of the paranoid and conspiratorial air of the best X-Files episodes.

Michael Greene, who played Secret Service Agent Jimmy Hart in To Live and Die in L.A, stars as Dr Gerald Appleby. Gerald is a scientist who has been cloned and finds himself vying with his clone for ownership of his life, career and girlfriend when the duplicate begins impersonating him.

clones 2Gregory Sierra, best known to trivia buffs as “And Gregory Sierra” for the number of times he was credited like that in various television shows and movies, plays Nemo, a government agent tasked to keep the clone project a secret and bring in the escapee.

Helping him out is fellow agent Sawyer, portrayed by Otis Young (Blood Beach). Sawyer suffers a crisis of conscience during this coverup assignment.  Continue reading

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THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO: REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO

t kTHADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO (1746-1817) – As my last name makes clear, I’m of Polish American descent. Last 4th of July I made a blog post about the Polish General Casimir Pulaski‘s career during the Revolutionary War. This year I’m taking a look at another Polish officer who served in the American armed forces during that conflict.

Just as Pulaski is remembered as “the father of American cavalry,” Kosciuszko is often referred to as the father of America’s Army Corps of Engineers. Thaddeus’ brilliant improvisational engineering and architectural works proved essential to winning American independence.

th koAfter receiving his education and military training in Europe, Kosciuszko sailed for America in June 1776. Unlike his fellow Pole Casimir Pulaski, he had missed out on serving in the Bar Uprising in Poland and was enthusiastic about fighting in the Revolutionary War. Poland’s long history of religious tolerance made Thaddeus feel a certain kinship with those who held similar sentiments in our emerging nation.

By August 30th of 1776 Kosciuszko was in Philadelphia presenting his request for service to the Second Continental Congress. The next day he was accepted and assigned to America’s Continental Army. Thaddeus’ first undertaking was the construction of fortifications at Fort Billingsport in Paulsboro, NJ to prevent a British advance up the Delaware River. Continue reading

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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY 2023

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. Continue reading

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JULY THIRD ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Time for another look at the latest here at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog

i am not inBRIBE/ INFLUENCE PAYMENTS TO THE BIDENS MAY EXCEED FORTY MILLION DOLLARS PER LATEST EVIDENCE. Congressman says “This was organized crime. There’s no other way to define it.” Well, this type of thing IS why the term “Biden Crime Family” became so popular in recent years.

JOE BIDEN MOVES TO SLASH MEDICARE FUNDING FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES DESPITE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THOSE SERVICES. I guess those services can’t afford to kick back to Biden the infamous “Ten percent for the Big Guy” that Joe gets from graft elsewhere.   

bidenomicsEVIDENCE EMERGES OF YET ANOTHER HUNTER BIDEN CONTACT WITH A CCP-LINKED “BUSINESS” ASSOCIATE.

A NINETEEN-POINT TIMELINE OF JOE BIDEN’S TIES TO THE SHADY ACTIVITIES OF “THE FAMILY BUSINESS.

DEMOCRAT ALESSANDRA BIAGGI, WHO RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1.1 MILLION-DOLLAR HOME, COMPLAINS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION MEANS SHE HAS TO PAY BACK HER STUDENT LOANS. Now THAT’S White Privilege, yet she belongs to the party that pompously lectures the rest of the country. 

BIDEN’S INFLATION CONTINUES TO RUN WILD. The Biden Regime has inflicted untold suffering on the working class and the poor. Continue reading

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS FROM NEW JERSEY

The 4th of July is nearly upon us, so here is yet another seasonal blog post. This one looks at the five men from New Jersey out of the fifty-six men total who signed America’s Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. 

abraham clarkABRAHAM CLARK – Abraham’s two sons Aaron and Thomas were captured during the war and may have perished while captives of the British. Accounts vary and some sources even claim he had three sons die in the war. 

JOHN WITHERSPOON – His son James was killed in the Battle of Germantown, his home was burned by the British and Princeton University, where Witherspoon was president, was vandalized by the Brits as well. Continue reading

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MARCH 2018: LOOKING BACK

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

educa smallerFACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP: March 19th, 2018 HERE.

POLITICAL CARTOONS: March 26th, 2018 HERE.

TRANSGRESS WITH ME: MARCH 28th, 2018 – Only for the brave and iconoclastic. HERE.

MOCK HEADLINES: March 20th, 2018 HERE. March 14th HERE. March 9th HERE.

JIMMY KIMMEL: THE BALLADEER’S BLOG INTERVIEW: It’s HERE. Continue reading

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MARVEL PUBLICATIONS: JANUARY 1972

This weekend’s escapist, lighthearted superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at all the Marvel Comics publications for January of 1972, excluding reprints.

sm 104SPIDER-MAN Vol 1 #104 (January 1972)

Title: The Beauty and the Brute

Villains: Kraven the Hunter and Gog

Synopsis: This issue picks up from the previous issue’s cliffhanger ending – Spider-Man is sinking in quicksand in the hidden Antarctic realm called the Savage Land.

NOTE: Introduced in X-Men #10, the Savage Land was a “lost world” in Antarctica. Geothermal heat kept the place a tropical rainforest year-round, and the Savage Land was home to countless species of dinosaurs, primitive humans and monstrous creatures. The U.N. looked after the Savage Land to preserve it.

        Vibranium was plentiful in the Savage Land and it was depicted there even before its presence was mentioned in Wakanda.

gogBack to the story, Spider-Man is saved from the quicksand by the timely arrival of Ka-Zar, the blonde Tarzan-like hero of the Savage Land, and his sabretooth tiger companion Zabu. Soon, Spider-Man, Ka-Zar and Zabu are attacked by Kraven the Hunter and his enormous creature Gog. Continue reading

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A HONEYMOON IN SPACE (1900) ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION

honeymoon in spaceA HONEYMOON IN SPACE (1900) – Written by George Chetwyn Griffith- Jones under the pseudonym George Griffith. Jones had worked as a sailor, a journalist and a teacher before writing a series of novels covering a broad range of topics.    

This story details the adventures of Lord Redgrave and his American wife Zaidie. Redgrave has created the Astronef, a “space yacht” powered by the fictional R-Force, a means of harnessing gravity and deploying its energy in whatever way was desired.

The maiden voyage of the Astronef causes a global sensation and inspires peace between various nations on the verge of war. (no squid-gina necessary) Next, Lord Redgrave decides to take his blushing bride on a honeymoon spent exploring our solar system. Continue reading

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REUTERS: DONALD TRUMP REVEALED TO BE ONLY LIVING U.S. PRESIDENT NOT DESCENDED FROM SLAVEHOLDERS

joe biden slaveholding family but not trumpTrump never called racist til running against DemocratsHere at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog I got a kick out of the recent Reuters report on their investigation into the slaveholding roots of U.S. politicians. It’s long been known that Joe Biden is from a line of slave owners but – as I’m sure it galled Reuters to have to report – their bete noir Donald Trump was the ONLY living U.S. president NOT descended from slave owners. (Yes, even Barack Obama’s ancestors were slave owners.)

trump rosa parks and muhammad aliRepublican office holders who are descended from slave owners include some of my frequent targets for bashing over present-day corruption like Mitch McConnell, George W. Bush and Lindsey Graham.

Democrats descended from slave owners and who are among my frequent targets for bashing over present-day corruption include Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren, infamous for her exposed lies about being Native American (and using that lie to fill minority positions in academia despite being lily-white). Continue reading

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