DEMOCRAT ATROCITY ROUNDUP: APRIL 9th

democrat republican or awakeHere at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog I always follow plenty of Democrat and Republican media outlets, so that’s why I’m able to point out the damage done by both parties. This is in stark contrast to close-minded people who only follow media outlets which pander to their political prejudices. Supporters of the corrupt, addle-minded Joe Biden like to pretend that everything is wonderful now and that the country is “tranquil” and “united” (LMAO). Uh, NO, Biden fascists, just because your biased news outlets don’t cover Joe’s disasters and his divisive, hate-filled policies does not mean that everything is okay.

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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION COVERING UP THE STORY ABOUT YEMENIS ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST BEING APPREHENDED AT AMERICA’S FOREVER-UNSECURED SOUTHERN BORDER.

DEMOCRATS AT UVA CONTINUE THEIR VIOLATIONS OF STUDENTS’ CIVIL RIGHTS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT BLASTS BIDEN’S HORRIFIC BORDER CATASTROPHE

BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY LEO TERRELL SHOWS HOW EASY IT IS TO GET A VOTER I.D. It’s like Democrats only oppose voter i.d. because they don’t want their Vote Fraud scams to stop.

DEMOCRATS STILL TRYING TO OBSTRUCT ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS INTO 2020 MAIL-IN VOTE FRAUD AND OTHER IRREGULARITIES. It’s no secret that the 2020 election was as crooked as the 1876 and 2000 elections.

TEXAS AND LOUISIANA SUE BIDEN OVER HIS INHUMANE BORDER CATASTROPHE.

EVEN MORE ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS.

VICTIMS OF THE BIDEN-MEXICAN CARTEL ALLIANCE.

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Tiny handed Joe Biden

AND ANOTHER DEMOCRAT MAYOR LEAVES THEIR POLITICAL PARTY OVER THEIR FASCISM.

RASMUSSEN POLL: VOTERS REALIZE MOST REPORTERS SLANT NEWS TO HELP BIDEN.

AUSTRALIA CLOBBERS DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS FOR HAVING BURIED BIDEN SCANDALS UNTIL NOW. Remember, when Democrat media outlets claim a news story has been “debunked” or “discredited” it NEVER is. Continue reading

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FOOL KILLER FIFTY-FOUR: MARCH 1912

Balladeer’s Blog continues its examination of the many facets of Fool Killer lore. FOR PART ONE, INCLUDING THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN THE 1850s, CLICK HERE  

Fool Killer wardrobePART FIFTY-FOUR – There was no February issue of James Larkin Pearson’s version of The Fool-Killer in 1912, so we resume with the March issue, put together with Pearson’s new printing machinery. The Fool Killer’s targets this time around included:

*** Lawyers and politicians who felt constrained by legal precedents. Pearson and his Fool Killer called for dismantling the current system and starting fresh. Yet, once again, we will see below that he also had astonishingly regressive attitudes. The contradictions are part of the fascination. 

*** North Carolina politicians and law enforcement personnel who, despite the state having Prohibition, secretly indulged in drinking alcohol and/or turned a blind eye to speakeasies and bootlegging. NOTE: Prohibition was not a nationwide policy yet. “Dry” states forbade the sell of booze while “Wet” states still had legal drinking.

*** People who chewed tobacco. Pearson had a big thing against chewers and smokers.

*** Lawyers and the legal system, which he wanted overhauled. 

*** Meat packers and meat retailers, who were blaming each other for the inflated prices of meat products. Continue reading

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RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: LINKS

rivals of sherlockThank you to those Balladeer’s Blog readers who reminded me that I hadn’t provided a post with the links to ALL my reviews of the episodes of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. That was a 1971-1973 British television series which adapted Victorian Age and Edwardian Age stories about detectives other than Sherlock Holmes.

1971 SEASON

masc graveyard smallerA MESSAGE FROM THE DEEP SEA – R Austin Freeman’s police surgeon detective Doctor John Evelyn Thorndyke (created in 1907) uses his unique talents to investigate the murder of a London prostitute. Click HERE.

THE WOMAN IN THE BIG HAT – Molly Robertson-Kirk aka Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, was created by THE Baroness Orczy in 1910. In this mystery she solves the murder of a man left poisoned in a public eatery by the title suspect. Click HERE

THE AFFAIR OF THE AVALANCHE BICYCLE & TYRE CO. LTD – Arthur Morrison’s 1897 creation Horace Dorrington, a roguish and frequently dishonest private investigator, gets to the bottom of the public stock offering from a mysterious new corporation which may be running a scam. Click HERE.

THE RIPENING RUBIES – Bernard Sutton, a jeweler who solves mysteries, was created by Max Pemberton in 1894. In this case he solves a series of spectacular jewel thefts in London high society. Click HERE.

MADAME SARA – In 1902 L.T. Meade (Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith) and Robert Eustace published this first of six mysteries pitting their detective Dixon Druce against Madame Sara, a female combination of Professor Moriarty and Dr Fu Manchu. Click HERE. Continue reading

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THE STEAM MAN OF THE PRAIRIES (1868): ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION

Steam Man of the PrairiesTHE STEAM MAN OF THE PRAIRIES (1868) – Written by Edward Sylvester Ellis. Before the Frank Reade stories came this work that is often hailed as the first Dime Novel with a science fiction theme.

Ellis seems to have been inspired by the REAL and well-known Newark Steam Man built by Zadoc P Dederick in January of 1868. That Steam Man was built strictly to pull carts and wagonloads up and down the street. Its human appearance was just a novelty.

Back to Ellis’ novel: In Saint Louis lives Johnny Brainerd, a 15 year old dwarf with a hunchback, who has a brilliant mind in his misshapen body. After a long line of somewhat modest inventions Johnny constructs a human-shaped Steam Man that stands 9 feet tall. It has long legs with spiked feet, has the boilers in its chest, the firepot in its stomach and lets excess steam vent from its hat. (Dederick’s Newark Steam Man also wore a top hat.) The creation’s nose serves as its whistle, like on a tea kettle.      Continue reading

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AMERICA’S MEDIA: EVEN LOWER THAN CAREER POLITICIANS?

mascot donkey and republican headsIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog notes once again that the people who work in America’s media outlets may be the only life-forms who are even lower than our career politicians. We just saw the Democrats at NPR finally admit they misled the public into thinking the scandals against Hunter Biden had been “discredited by U.S. Intelligence.” It was necessary for Democrat media outlets to make such claims because the Biden Family scandals were threatening the Biden campaign, but now that it is safe, they will admit to their claims being false.

This has been the pattern for years now, so bear that in mind the next time Democrat media outlets tell you that something has been “discredited” or “debunked.”

For overseas readers I’ll explain that before the 2020 election the news about Hunter’s laptop and other scandals would have worked AGAINST Democrat political strategy. With Biden installed in the White House it no longer poses a threat to Democrat strategy because if Joe Biden resigns over his many, many scandals or because of his senility, then Kamala Harris will simply take his place, since she’s the Vice President.

Also in the news recently was last week’s attack on the Capitol which killed a policeman and injured others. The Democrats in the media recklessly insisted it had to be a “white supremacist” following up on the supposed “insurrection” that conspiracy kooks pretend happened on January 6th. Though it was eventually established that the attacker was really Noah Green, a black man who supported Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam, no doubt many people still think the initial media takes were accurate. That also accommodates Democrat political strategy. Continue reading

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THE LAST DAYS OF PATTON (1986): MOVIE REVIEW

Last days of pattonTHE LAST DAYS OF PATTON (1986) – George C Scott SINGS! Yes, an ENTIRE SONG while camping it up like he’s in a vaudeville revue! Blood and Guts Song and dance man George S Patton belches belts out Lilly From Picadilly in a WTF moment from this otherwise reasonable made-for-tv movie which SHOULD have been titled AfterP*A*T*T*O*N.

Nearly two decades after George C Scott played Patton on the big screen he returned to the role to depict the final days of the controversial military icon. The above-referenced strange interlude in which the General sang on-stage was a mere aberration but you just knew that as weird as I am I would start out my review with it.  

The Scottsploitation angle is the best thing The Last Days of Patton has going for it, because without the novelty appeal of the charismatic actor in the lead role this telefilm would be hopelessly soap-operatic. We’re told the General had an affair with a younger woman but his stoic wife (Eva Marie Saint) tolerated it even though she did not approve. We also get lots of medical drama after Patton is paralyzed following a car accident in Germany the day before he was to leave for America.  

Last Days of Patton 2Roughly half of the movie is spent with the great George C Scott in a hospital bed, like we’re watching Whose Life Is It Anyway, Ya Pusillanimous Sons of Bitches? Scott is always watchable, and really shines here, but the other actors have no room. With such a gigantic figure – real-life Elmer Fudd voice aside – it may have been like that in reality, too. Sharing any stage with the likes of George S Patton must have been suffocating for one’s own ego.  Continue reading

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THE QUEST OF SETH FOR THE OIL OF LIFE (1962): HAPPY EASTER!

Quest of SethTHE QUEST OF SETH FOR THE OIL OF LIFE (1962) – Written by Esther Casier Quinn, this is one of the best and most concise works of comparative mythology that I have ever read. I meant to review this book way back when I started Balladeer’s Blog in 2010 but for various reasons it kept falling by the wayside. The Quest of Seth for the Oil of Life is also known as The Quest of Seth for the Oil of Mercy, The Legend of the Rood and many other titles.

Quinn draws from a multitude of sources to provide several variations of this tale and explores the ways in which the course of history shaped the revisions and embellishments involved in this legend. The Seth of the title is the son of Adam and Eve, the Oil of Life/ Oil of Mercy is often said to represent Jesus Christ, the Rood refers to the cross on which Jesus was crucified and its “legend” details the history and many forms of the tree/ wood that eventually became that cross. 

For those not familiar with this particular popular offshoot of the canonical story of Jesus Christ here’s a brief overview:
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2021 NAIA COLLEGE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS

shawnee stateNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The 5 seeds – the SHAWNEE STATE BEARS – squared off against the 3rd seeded LEWIS-CLARK STATE WARRIORS (should be the Explorers) for the 2021 title in NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) basketball.

This was the 83rd national tournament in the history of the NAIA. Continue reading

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AND YET ANOTHER HILARIOUS OLD COMMERCIAL

First we looked at the Wunder Boner, then learned how “Ayds can help you lose weight” and now comes the excitement of Ball Buster!

Vintage – Ball Buster Game Commercial – YouTube

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JOE BIDEN: EVEN WORSE THAN ANTICIPATED

Joe Biden doofusIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at Joe Biden’s corruption, incompetence, senility and hatred of the working class & the poor. Will he be even worse than America’s last “selected and not elected” president, the execrable George W Bush? Who knows?

ACCUSED RAPIST JOE BIDEN ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR RAPES, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND OTHER ABUSES AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

HATEMONGER JOE BIDEN CALLED OUT FOR EVEN MORE RACIST COMMENTS. Why does Joe hate non-whites so much?

EVEN MORE ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S RACIST HATEMONGERING.

COURAGEOUS DEMOCRAT BLOWS THE LID OPEN ON JOE BIDEN’S KIDS IN CAGES COVERUP

OVERWHELMED JOE BIDEN ONCE AGAIN PROVES HE IS UNFIT FOR OFFICE BY HIS PANICKED CRYING ABOUT “IMPENDING DOOM” FROM COVID. Democrat media outlets refuse to hold Joe to the standards they’ve held others to when it comes to his failures.

EVEN THE DEMOCRATS AT THE WASHINGTON POST POINT OUT JOE  BIDEN IS LYING ABOUT GEORGIA’S ATTEMPT TO PREVENT SOMEONE LIKE HIM FROM USING VOTE FRAUD IN THE FUTURE. And when even the Post calls out a Democrat in office you know the lies are indefensible.

JOE BIDEN IMITATES HIS TYRANNICAL CHINESE OWNERS WITH HIS WAR ON THE MEDIA AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.  

CAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN STILL OKAY WITH FELLOW DEMOCRAT ANDREW CUOMO PRIORITIZING HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR COVID TREATMENT. Senile Joe BidenSilence is consent, Democrats tell us.

FASCIST JOE BIDEN CONTINUES HIS INHUMANE ACTIONS.

FORMER CLINTON ADVISOR JOINS THE CALLS TO IMPEACH JOE BIDEN.

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THUGS STILL TRYING TO COVER UP HIS KIDS IN CAGES AT THE BORDER.

JOE BIDEN’S DAILY SCHEDULE CONFIRMS HOW PATHETIC HE IS.

DEMOCRATS AT YOUTUBE REMOVE THE “DISLIKE” FEATURE FROM BIDEN WH VIDEOS TO SPARE THE BUFFOON EVEN MORE HUMILIATION FROM HOW RATIOED HE KEPT GETTING. Continue reading

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