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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THE MAN FROM PAINTED POST (1917) DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS ACTION COMEDY

man from painted postTHE MAN FROM PAINTED POST (1917) – Here is another Douglas Fairbanks movie from the years before he became the film world’s premier swashbuckler. Unlike the pure comedy of Fairbanks’ The Mystery of the Leaping Fish, which I reviewed last week, The Man from Painted Post was an action comedy set in the old west.

Doug starred as Fancy Jim Sherwood, a Charles Siringo-style old west private detective whose agency has been hired to investigate and shut down a Wyoming rustling empire run by outlaw chief Bull Madden (Frank Campeau). Fancy Jim sets about his task by showing up in the crime-ridden region undercover in the guise of a clumsy, citified twit from back east.

That allows Fairbanks to show off his athleticism AND talent for comedy through slapstick fakery to make his eastern Dude character seem hilariously inept at roping, riding and shooting. Fancy Jim Sherwood’s masquerade succeeds in making Bull Madden and his gang dismiss him as a non-threatening wimp.
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION: NEGLECTED MILITARY ACTIONS IN LATE 1781

The 4th of July holiday is rapidly approaching, so here is another seasonal post from Balladeer’s Blog. In other blog posts I’ve examined the post-Yorktown battles in 1781 and 1782 in detail, but this item will deal with smaller, neglected clashes.

continental soldiersOCTOBER 24th – Near Sandy Hook, NJ American rebel Captain Adam Hyler leads an unknown number of men in a clash with an unknown number of British Loyalists. Hyler takes 6 prisoners during the action.

OCTOBER 28th – Vince’s Fort, SC, manned by 80 American rebels under Captain Joseph Vince, was attacked by Colonel Hezekiah Williams’ British Loyalist forces in the area. The Americans successfully drove off the attackers with minimal casualties.  

OCTOBER 30th – At West Canada Creek, NY, the site of a larger battle in September, American Colonel Marinus Willett led 400 New York militiamen and over 60 Oneida Indians allied with the U.S. Willett’s forces clashed with 750 of Major John Ross’ Tory troops and Native Americans who sided with the British. Colonel Willett’s men were victorious, and Tory officer Walter Butler, one of the most blood-soaked Loyalists during the war, was among those killed.

gowens fortNOVEMBER 1st-6th – At Gowen’s Fort, SC, Roebuck’s Battalion and civilian non-combatants were attacked and besieged by a combined force of British Loyalists and Chickamauga Indian allies of the British. On November 6th, the Americans surrendered after the Loyalist Captain William Bates guaranteed their safety.

        However, after the fort’s gate was opened, Bates ordered all those inside – including women and children – to be killed. Details are hard to nail down from this action and no estimates of American and Loyalist numbers are available. Mrs. Abner Thomson, scalped and left for dead, was one of the few survivors. Continue reading →

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ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

A look at some of the latest from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

gets hisHUNTER BIDEN PAID FOR $300 PER MONTH INTERNATIONAL PHONE FOR JOE BIDEN. How convenient. Joe’s conversations with Hunter’s “business” partners overseas (LMAO) were on a phone not in Joe’s name. It’s life in the Biden Crime Family’s corporate fascist kleptocracy. 

BURISMA WHISTLEBLOWER FOUND DEAD. How convenient for the Biden Crime Family.

biden bribery scandalBIDENS RECEIVED OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WITHIN DAYS OF THE NOTORIOUS APP MESSAGE. Just a coincidence, right?

CELEBRATED DEMOCRAT LEGISLATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?

BIDEN’S DOJ BLOCKED ATTEMPTS TO PROSECUTE HUNTER BIDEN. More HERE. But prosecutors abusing their positions by going after Joe Biden’s political enemies go unchecked.

biden screwupsTHE DEMOCRATS CALL ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. “A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY” FOR CHALLENGING THE UNFIT JOE BIDEN. See? They will say that about ANYBODY who doesn’t toe The Party line. But for four years fools bought into it when The Party said it about Trump.

DEMOCRATS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES CLAIM ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. IS A “RUSSIAN PUPPET.” The Party is still trying the old “Russia, Russia, Russia!” nonsense.

COURAGEOUS DEMOCRAT CALLS FOR RETAKING THE PARTY FROM THE INTOLERANT FASCISTS WHO NOW RUN IT.  Continue reading →

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THE PURPLE DEATH (1895) – ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION

Purple DeathTHE PURPLE DEATH (1895) – Written by William Livingston Alden. Presented in the first person this story is narrated by a British gentleman staying in Italy. He becomes friendly with his neighbor, a German M.D. and bacteriologist named Dr Schmidt.

Subsequent conversations reveal that Schmidt is a good old-fashioned mad scientist who has some very odd sympathies. The German doctor sides with Anarchists (among the biggest bogey-men of the 1890s) and his only objection to the occasional assassinations that Anarchists commit is how impractical those crimes are. Continue reading →

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