With the end of 2022 fast approaching, Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog notes just a few of the latest acts of destruction inflicted on the rest of us by the career white-collar criminals who hold office via the Democrat and Republican Parties.
*** NEW – AND YET ANOTHER STATE SUPREME COURT – DELAWARE THIS TIME – STRIKES DOWN VOTE BY MAIL (Cheat by Mail). Also strikes down election day registration. (And remember, Vote by Mail is NOT the same thing as absentee voting.) At any rate, even more of those unconstitutional mail in ballots should never have been counted.
BIDENGATE CONTINUES AS THE LATEST TWITTER EXPOSURE REVEALS THE FBI ACTED AS A VIRTUAL INTELLIGENCE ASSET FOR THE BIDENS. More on the latest Twitter files HERE. And HERE.
TWITTER FILES REVEAL THAT THE PREVIOUS REGIME AT TWITTER COOPERATED WITH THE U.S. MILITARY ON PSYOPS AND OTHER EFFORTS. Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy and its functionaries are the worst of the worst. The election interference was just the tip of the iceberg.
FRESHLY EXPOSED EMAILS FURTHER DEMONSTRATE PRIVILEGED WHITE ONE PERCENTER NANCY PELOSI’S INCOMPETENCE. More HERE. And HERE. Typical of Nancy, she failed, then blamed everyone else.
EVEN MORE INFORMATION COMES OUT ABOUT BIG TECH AND ITS PARTISAN ALLIES INTERFERING IN THE 2020 ELECTION. As I’ve long said, the 2020 presidential election was at least as corrupt and tainted as the 1876 and year 2000 presidential elections.
THE FASCISTS WHO RUN AMERICA’S “INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES” WAGE WAR ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS. One of the reasons I used to be a Democrat before becoming an Independent Voter was because the Democrats USED TO be openly critical of the abuses of America’s thuggish CIA, FBI, NSA, etc. Not anymore. Now Democrats are fine with using those agencies against all dissenting opinions. More HERE.
BRITISH NEWS OUTLET COVERS THE CIA AND FBI INFESTATION AT SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER BIG TECH GIANTS. The worst such abuses since the 1970s. Continue reading
Because December 21st is the shortest day of the year, Balladeer’s Blog always runs articles about short films, short presidential administrations, etc. This year I’m observing the 57th anniversary of the theatrical release of the very first animated short in The Inspector series on December 21st, 1965. 
The Pink Panther had already graduated from being the opening credits mascot of Edwards’ series to its own series of cartoon shorts. When the tradition of screening original cartoons before the latest movie releases ended (for the most part) in the late 60s/ early 70s, many of those animated shorts were packaged as cartoon shows for Saturday morning television. The Inspector found a new home as part of the Pink Panther cartoon show. 
THE GREAT DE GAULLE STONE OPERATION – Yes, it was 57 years ago on this date when this Inspector cartoon debuted. As of 1965 the Blake Edwards/ Peter Sellers film series consisted of just The Pink Panther (1963) and A Shot in the Dark (1964). (The original Pink Panther movie premiered in Europe in December 1963 and America in 1964, which is why it is sometimes listed as a 1964 release instead of 1963.) 
RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS (1983) – One of my guiltiest of guilty pleasures, this film is loaded with a mind-blow of multiple elements. Raiders of Atlantis combines sci-fi, horror, Road Warrior, Schwarzenegger, zombie flicks and Raiders of the Lost Ark ripoffs in that explosively enthusiastic manner characteristic of so many Italian B-movies.
PONY EXPRESS RIDERS – The Cliff Brothers 
SEVEN ODD MOVIES FOR NATIONAL VCR DAY – Balladeer’s Blog’s brief reviews of The Deadly Spawn, Triumph of the Champions of Justice, Scream Blacula Scream, Cockfighter, Killer Force, Judge Dee & the Monastery Murders plus Shock Treatment. It’s all 
A.D. 2000 (1890) – This work of “ancient” science fiction was one of the first to follow in the wake of Bellamy’s Looking Backward. 
Balladeer’s Blog’s Christmas Carol-A-Thon 2022 rolls along with Ponsett’s Christmas Carol. Back during 2013’s Carol-A-Thon I reviewed The Trail to Christmas (1957), Jimmy Stewart’s television adaptation of this particular radio play. 
Time once again for an edition of Balladeer’s Blog’s recurring feature Faculty Lounge Fascist Roundup. 
THE SECRET OF THE MUMMY (1982) – One of Brazil’s giants of horror – Ivan “the Terrible” Cardoso – directed this movie set in the 1950s. Jose “Mojica” Marins, Coffin Joe himself, has a brief appearance as an occultist in this production from his former assistant director Cardoso. A mummy is reanimated in Brazil and goes on a rampage. Full review 
STAR MAIDENS (1975-1976) – From my Forgotten Television category came this look at a British Sci-Fi series about the planet Medusa, on which women rule and men are nothing but household servants or laborers. Click 
THE FIRST PONY EXPRESS RIDERS – A look at Sailor Billy Richardson, Johnny Fry and other Expressmen from the 1860 launch of the storied service. Click 
FIVE HARD TO FIND FILMS – Michel Auder’s Cleopatra (1970) – with Christopher Walken, A Yank in Vietnam (1964), filmed on location and under fire in early 1960s Vietnam and three more obscure movies. Read the blog post 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The NORTHWESTERN (IA) COLLEGE RED RAIDERS and the KEISER UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS battled it out for the NAIA title on Saturday. After a scoreless 1st Quarter, Halftime arrived with things knotted up at 7-7. The Red Raiders went on top 21-17 in the 3rd Quarter, and an action-packed 4th saw Northwestern College defeat the Seahawks 35-25. * THE RED RAIDERS ARE NAIA CHAMPIONS * 
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1997) – This musical cartoon version of the Dickens classic was produced by DIC, the animators known for the early Real Ghostbusters and Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons. The animation quality is adequate but nothing outstanding. However, I will say I find this version’s animation superior to that in the 1982 Australian cartoon A Christmas Carol. 
VORTEX (1982) – Lydia Lunch and James Russo star in this science fiction detective story. Lydia plays private investigator Angel Powers, who gets caught up in a case involving murders, blackmail and industrial espionage in the near future. The clues lead to James Russo and a heinous plan regarding behavior modification among humans. My full review is 
A FLIGHT TO THE MOON (1813) – This work of ancient science fiction dealt with a bold young man named Randalthus encountering a female alien who flies him to the moon. Once there, he and the lunar inhabitants learn a lot from each other. Click 
THE SECRET OF THE LOCH (1934) – British-made quasi-kaiju film from the 1930s. Loch Ness is the site of a media frenzy after multiple people are devoured by something in the Loch. The Loch Ness Monster attacks divers and ultimately emerges from the waters for the grand finale. My full review is 
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