FLASHBACK: CALIFORNIA WOMAN SAYS “FELLOW LIBERALS, I’M TIRED OF YOU.”

FROM DECEMBER 23rd, 2016, amid the unhinged Democrat overreaction to Trump’s election for his first term. If anything, they’ve grown even worse and certainly more violent.

DEMOCRAT PARTY

Here is ANOTHER former Democrat like me expressing their disgust with what clueless, uninformed Democrats have fundamentally transformed Liberalism into. The link to the whole item is below, but here are some excerpts from her piece:  

” … I want to share with you, from the liberal bastion of Northern California, that I am officially tired of the type of people who have surrounded me my entire life. In the wake of Trump’s election, I am experiencing ‘tribe fatigue.’ I’m not tired of The Other, Detestable Tribe. I’m tired of my own.

“I was raised a secular liberal. My college professors were secular liberals. During my journalism phase, my newspaper colleagues were secular liberals. My law school professors and peers were – in the vast majority – secular liberals. Almost everyone at my corporate law firm was a secular liberal. My California neighbors and friends are secular liberals, as are my colleagues. My mother, siblings, and their spouses are all secular liberals.

By all rights, I should be a member in good standing of their tribe, ‘liking’ their Facebook posts and joining their candlelight vigils against the evil Trump Administration. But November 8 and its aftermath revealed to me that I am just so tired of these people. I can’t be like them, and I don’t want my kids turning into them.

“I am tired of their undisguised contempt for tens of millions of Americans, with no effort to temper their response to the election with humility or empathy.

“I am tired of their unexamined snobbery and condescension.

“I am tired of their name-calling and virtue-signaling as signs of supposedly high intelligence.

“I am tired of their trendiness, jumping on every left-liberal bandwagon that comes along (transgender activism, anyone?) and then acting like anyone not on board is an idiot/hater.

“I am tired of being bored and exasperated by everybody. I feel like I have read this book a thousand times, and there are no surprises in it. Down with Trump! Trans Lives Matter! Climate deniers are destroying the planet! No cake, we’re gluten-free! Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: NOV 16th

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DOWN GOES NUMBER THREE – In NCAA Division Three, the 25th ranked FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE DIPLOMATS welcomed the number 3 team in the nation – the JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLUEJAYS. A 7-0 Bluejays lead in the 1st Quarter became a 21-14 advantage by Halftime. The Diplomats forced Overtime with a 21-21 tie, and in the extra session won out 29-28.

NUMBER FOUR TOPPLED – In NCAA Division Two, the VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS traveled to face the country’s number 4 UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA ARGONAUTS. By the midpoint, the Argonauts were out in front 30-23. From there the Blazers tied the score 44-44 to end Regulation, then went on to win in Overtime 47-44. 

NUMBER SIX TAKES A FALL – Over in the NAIA, the number 9 MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY MUSTANGS visited the 6th ranked DORDT UNIVERSITY DEFENDERS. The Mustangs were on top 13-7 in the opening Quarter and 20-14 at the Half. After the break the Defenders knotted things up at 28. In Overtime Morningside U. triumphed 34-28. Continue reading

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AUSTRALIA’S SUPERHEROES: 1970s-1980s

SORRY I’M LATE. Real life intervened. Just in, so here’s a 2015 look at Australia’s superheroes mostly from the 1970s to the 1980s. The success of this post inspired me to go on to cover the superheroes of several other countries and time periods.  

Dark NebulaDARK NEBULA

Debut Year: 1982

Secret Identity: Mark Medula, an astronaut in Australia’s fictional space program.

Origin: Returning from a flight to Mars, Colonel Mark Medula docked at the Threshold Space Station, which had just been seized by the alien warlord Cerellus.

Medula tried to stop Cerellus and the resulting chaos killed Medula’s body, but, amid all the cosmic energies being unleashed, that body became inhabited by both Cerellus’ soul and Medula’s soul.

Mark Medula’s body gained incredible superpowers and went on to battle Earthly and interplanetary menaces as the superhero called Dark Nebula. Cerellus often challenged Mark for control of their shared body, further complicating Dark Nebula’s adventures. 

Powers: Dark Nebula has super strength and can fly, both in space and in a planet’s atmosphere. He is invulnerable and wields a combination of potent cosmic energy and dark mystical energy. Those combined scientific/ supernatural forces can be used to fire Darkfire energy beams from his hands and employ force fields. He also has psionic abilities like telepathy and ESP.  

Comment: Dark Nebula’s adventures combine the cosmic head-trips of Jim Starlin’s Adam Warlock/ Magus storyline with some of the surreal mysticism of Dr Strange at his best.

Dark Nebula Southern SquadronArguably the greatest Dark Nebula story arc was the one where he was off in deep space having a “deep” adventure while back on Earth his archenemy the Grandstander (Think of the Joker but with powers on Sinestro’s level at least) was impersonating him to ruin his reputation.

It endangered his marriage, too, since his wife had no idea why the man she thought was her husband never came home anymore after his public escapades. When Dark Nebula at last returned to Earth he had to tangle with the Aussie superteam the Southern Squadron who were out to bring him down for the crimes the Grandstander had framed him for.

When the misunderstanding was finally straightened out the Southern Squadron joined forces with Dark Nebula to tackle the Grandstander. This crossover was as much a milestone in Australia as the Avengers/ Defenders War in the 1970s was in the U.S.   Continue reading

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NEWS ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER FOURTEENTH

Time for another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS BLOCK RELEASE OF EPSTEIN FILES.   Congressman Burchett called the Democrats’ bluff with a motion to do what they claim they want – transparency on the Epstein files – but they voted to block it. This Epstein frenzy is just another “Russia, Russia, Russia” style lie against President Trump. The Democrats obviously prefer to just leak isolated bits from the files cherry-picked to mislead people into thinking Trump was involved somehow.

A REMINDER THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES AND MICHAEL WOLFF (LEFT) “BEGGED” EPSTEIN FOR DIRT ON DONALD TRUMP BUT CAME UP EMPTY. How many times will Democrats push this farce? And how stupid are the people who still fall for it every single time? 

A LOOK AT THE MANY, MANY EMAILS THAT CLEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND INDICATE EPSTEIN’S PARANOIA THAT TRUMP WAS OUT TO GET HIM DECADES AGO. More HERE.    

DEMOCRATS, AFTER LYING THAT TRUMP SPENT THANKSGIVING OF 2017 WITH EPSTEIN, FINALLY DELETE THEIR CLAIM. Do 2025 Democrats EVER tell the truth?     

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP (WHO STILL SPEAKS MORE LANGUAGES THAN BOTH OBAMAS COMBINED) LAUNCH INITIATIVE TO HELP FOSTER CHILDREN.

DEMOCRATS AND THEIR MEDIA OUTLETS IGNORE WHAT THE JUST-RELEASED EPSTEIN EMAILS REVEAL ABOUT BILL CLINTON AND ABOUT OBAMA OFFICIALS. More HERE.    

AND REMEMBER THAT REDACTED VICTIM THAT DEMOCRATS IMPLIED TRUMP HAD MISCONDUCT WITH? IT WAS REALLY VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, WHO HAS ALREADY TESTIFIED THAT TRUMP WAS NOT INVOLVED IN EPSTEIN’S CRIMES. More HERE. Continue reading

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FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: BEARCATS! (1971)

BEARCATS! (1971) – This unique action-adventure series was set in the American West of 1914 and starred Rod Taylor (who also produced) and Dennis Cole as renowned trouble-shooters who commanded huge fees for their services. “If you can put a price on it, you don’t need them badly enough” was the program’s tagline.

This short-lived series cleverly used the mix of past and present in America’s southwestern states in that time period as cars and biplanes began sharing the scenery with horses and carriages. Part Wild, Wild West and part Diesel-Punk, the stories featured the two leads clashing with villains who often used primitive tanks and other “futuristic” devices.

The Bearcats named themselves after the Stutz Bearcat automobile they rode around in.

PILOT MOVIE: POWDERKEG (April 16th) – Mercenary trouble-shooters Hank Brackett (Rod Taylor) and Johnny Reach (Dennis Cole) are hired by a railroad tycoon to rescue 73 hostages being held aboard a moving train. Their captors are led by a Mexican bandit chief who demands his brother’s release from prison in exchange for the hostages. Guest stars were Michael Ansara, Fernando Lamas, Luciana Paluzzi and Tisha Sterling. 

EPISODE ONE: THE DEVIL WEARS ARMOR (September 16th) – The Bearcats are hired to stop a gang of bank robbers who travel from town to town using a stolen 1914 prototype tank to carry out their thefts. John Vernon, Kathleen Lloyd (as a nun), Sherry Bain and Paul Koslo guest starred. Continue reading

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MONDO CHARLES BRONSON: HIS MOST UNUSUAL MOVIES

Charles Buchinsky, better known as Charles Bronson, was a World War Two veteran who went on to superstardom as one of the most iconic “tough guys” in film history.

Balladeer’s Blog has reviewed several of his westerns so far, but this time I’ll examine Bronson’s offbeat, uncharacteristic starring roles. 

SOMEONE BEHIND THE DOOR (1971) – This Eurothriller directed by Nicolas Gessner was also released as Two Minds for Murder. Charles Bronson stars as an amnesiac patient of sinister brain-surgeon and psychiatrist Laurence Jeffries (Anthony Perkins himself).

Jeffries knows his wife is cheating on him and subjects Bronson – billed as the Stranger – to unethical psychological programming to make him think the brain surgeon-psychiatrist’s wife is really his wife, then manipulate him into murdering her.

In the role of unfaithful wife Frances Jeffries is Bronson’s wife Jill Ireland, since we’re in the period when Charles dragged her into everything with him like she was Linda McCartney to his Paul. The story isn’t plausible, of course, but artsy Eurothrillers always accentuated atmosphere and “what if” situations over realistic plots. 

Anthony Perkins tones down his twitchiness a bit and Bronson is credible as the manipulated amnesiac thinking he’s met the wife his memory loss wiped from his mind.

To say anything more would give away too many spoilers. Continue reading

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FLASHBACK: ENGLAND’S NICK COHEN ON HOW THE LEFT BECAME APPALLING

From February 17th, 2016. Back when I was still referring to American Democrats as Liberals before I went along with reader requests to just say Democrats instead because they were no longer liberal and were, in fact, very illiberal.

Nick Cohen

“I make no secret of the fact that I’m tired of the outdated Liberal vs Conservative paradigm. I considered myself a Liberal back before the political left became constrictive and totalitarian … I periodically post about fellow former leftists who have also recognized that Liberals throughout the Western World have become everything they pretend to oppose. They’re just better at P.R. than right-wingers are.”

England’s Nick Cohen made plenty of remarks I can relate to:

(A Liberal) cannot break with the pressures that enforce conformity in his left-wing world and accept the real reason why many leave the left. It ought to be obvious. The left is why they leave the left. Never more so than today.”

“The shift of left-wing thought towards movements it would once have denounced as racist, imperialist and fascistic has been building for years. I come from a left-wing family … and I don’t regret any of it. But slowly, too slowly I am ashamed to say, I began to notice that left-wing politics had turned rancid. Continue reading

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NOVEMBER TWELFTH NEWS ROUNDUP

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog serves up a mid-week current events roundup.

DEMOCRAT ANTIFA THUGS VIOLENTLY ATTACK PEOPLE ATTENDING A TPUSA FUNCTION AT UC-BERKELEY. More HERE. And HERE.

        It was the final stop on the speaking tour started by free speech martyr Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated back in September.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL HARMEET DHILLON STATES THE DOJ IS LOOKING INTO UC-BERKELEY’S POTENTIAL COMPLICITY OR NEGLIGENCE IN THE VIOLENCE AGAINST TPUSA ATTENDEES. More HERE. And HERE.

ONE OF THE VIOLENT DEMOCRAT MOB MEMBERS AT THE UC-BERKELEY ATTACK IDENTIFIED.

DEMOCRAT VIRGINIA DELEGATE CONVICTED OF COVID RELIEF FRAUD.

DEMOCRAT SENATOR SCHUMER ADMITS OBAMACARE LITERALLY FUNDS HEALTHCARE FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Unreal.

TOP AIDE TO NEW YORK’S DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR HOCHUL ON TRIAL FOR SPYING FOR CHINA AS AN UNREGISTERED AGENT. And earning millions for it!

TRUMP EFFECT: GOODS SEEING PRICE DECREASES COMPARED TO 2024. The greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime.

PRESIDENT TRUMP PRAISED FOR THE WAY HIS TARIFFS HAVE MADE IT SO U.S. AUTOMAKERS ARE NO LONGER “DISADVANTAGED” FOR MAKING VEHICLES HERE IN THE U.S Continue reading

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COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM: NUNEZ COLLEGE

Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at another educational institution whose sports team has a more creative name than the overused Eagles, Tigers, Bulldogs and Wildcats.

NUNEZ COLLEGE Continue reading

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THE ORIGINAL SEVEN PILOTS OF THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE

It’s Veterans Day, formerly called Armistice Day, which marked the end of World War One on “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918. For Balladeer’s Blog’s final World War One post this year here’s a look at the first seven American pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille.

Lafayette Escadrille

QUICK FACTS: The French Foreign Legion connection to this storied squadron of American pilots came about because the United States did not enter the First World War until April of 1917 even though it began in 1914. Many American flyers volunteered to fight for the Allied Powers against the Central Powers.

*** Originally called the Escadrille Americaine, the unit had to drop that name when Germany, the Ottoman Turks and other Central Powers nations complained to the U.S. stating such a name indicated a violation of its official neutrality at that point in the war. The new name was the Lafayette Escadrille in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French aristocrat who served in America’s Revolutionary War.

*** This unit was active from March 1916 to February 1918, at which time it was disestablished and its pilots were absorbed into the official United States armed forces because America had by then been one of the belligerent nations for nearly a year.

*** Officers of the escadrille were French, which was standard for the French Foreign Legion. 

*** 224 Americans served in the Lafayette Escadrille, with 51 slain in battle and 11 more dying from other causes. 15 pilots became Prisoners of War and 11 became Aces.

*** Two lion cubs became the escadrille’s mascots. The pilots named them Whiskey and Soda.

THE FIRST SEVEN PILOTS OF THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE:  

NORMAN PRINCE – This founding member of the unit was a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School. He was an early enthusiast of the new field of flying and earned his pilot’s license in 1911.

Norman shot down five enemy aircraft and had four more probables before being killed in a crash-landing in mid-October of 1916. The French awarded him the Legion of Honor, a military award established by Napoleon himself. Prince also earned the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille Militaire.    Continue reading

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