Here at Balladeer’s Blog I am still having the time of my life watching as United States President Donald Trump, the Richard Channing of Presidents, continues overturning the ugly rocks of America’s cesspool of political corruption.
I will say once again that the 24/7 assault on Trump from both Democrats and Republicans continually validates his outsider status. WHETHER IT IS DONALD TRUMP OR ANYONE ELSE WHO TRIES TO DRAIN THE SWAMP THIS IS THE WAY A LEGITIMATE THREAT TO “CROOKED BUSINESS AS USUAL”WILL BE TREATED.
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THE POWERS THAT BE ARE NOT GOING TO COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY “WE ARE ATTACKING THIS FIGURE FOR DARING TO SPEAK FOR THE WORKING CLASS THE WAY NO PRESIDENT HAS SINCE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.”
NO, THEY WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING TO TRUMP. IT IS STILL WAY TOO EARLY TO SEE HOW THIS WILL ALL TURN OUT, BUT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE BAD NEWS IF THEY LOVED TRUMP BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN HE HAS SOLD OUT.
AND HEY, REMEMBER THE ONE AND ONLY THING TRUMP HAS BEEN PRAISED FOR BY BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES WAS LOBBING SOME MISSILES INTO SYRIA. If that didn’t put things into clearer perspective for overseas readers I don’t know what will.
DAY ONE – GAME ONE: The 10 seeds – the MARYGROVE COLLEGE MUSTANGS – faced the 7th seeded PENN STATE AT MONT ALTO LIONS. The Mustangs surprised the Lions by seizing a quick 3-0 lead in the 1st Inning, then making it a 5-0 score in the 3rd and 6-0 in the 4th. 
DAY ONE, GAME TWO: In this game the 8th seeded BLUEFIELD STATE BIG BLUES took the diamond against the 9 seeds – the CENTRAL PENN COLLEGE SILVER KNIGHTS. The Big Blues got off to a 1-0 edge in the 1st Inning but the Silver Knights put up 2 runs each in the 2nd and 3rd to take a 4-1 advantage. 
PSI CASSIOPEIA, or STAR: A MARVELOUS HISTORY OF WORLDS IN OUTER SPACE (1854) – Written by Dr Charlemagne Ischer Defontenay, a French M.D. and author. Long before J.R.R. Tolkien churned out obsessive amounts of fine detail about his fictional Middle Earth, Defontenay produced this volume of history, poetry and drama from his fictional planets in the star system Psi Cassiopeia. 
The system where that planet is located is a three-star system. Ruliel is the large, white star at the center, around which orbit the two lesser stars Altether (green) and Erragror (blue). The planet called Star is orbited by large planetoids/ moons named Tassul, Lessur, Rudar and Elier. Throwing all science to the winds the planet is also orbited by a small red star called Urrias. 
Balladeer’s Blog has often covered former Democrats like myself who left the Democrat Party because of how out of touch they are with the real world. 
Stephen Crowder had a terrific look at this. The link is below but first some excerpts: 
Cluelessly expressing their exasperation with LEGAL Hispanic Immigrants the New York Times continued in this same condescending vein: “Their objections stunned Democratic supporters of sanctuary here and helped bring about the bill’s demise in March. A similar proposal for the state collapsed this month in the Maryland Senate, where Democrats also hold a two-to-one advantage. Some of the same immigrants spoke out against it.” 
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THE AVENGERS Volume 1, Number 114 (August 1973) Night of the Swordsman 
MANTIS: When researching these old stories I’ve come to really “marvel” at Marvel Comics’ writers’ knack for handling long-term episodic storylines. In my opinion they handled it better than many writers of serialized science fiction and horror television series’ of today. Maintaining multiple threads of a long-running narrative is a specialized type of pulp fiction writing and 1970s Marvel Comics are excellent examples of the craft. 
THE SWORDSMAN: Hawkeye’s trainer and mentor when they both traveled the circus and carnival circuit in their pre-supervillain turned hero days. Unlike Hawkeye, however, the Swordsman was an actual villain, not merely misunderstood like his protégé. 
“UP AND AT ‘EM, ADAM ANT!” … Had to be said. Balladeer’s Blog continues with its “Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead” policy with another quick treat from the neglected Adam Ant (Stuart Leslie Goddard). 
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