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LUCKY SEVEN: SYRACUSE’S PIRATE TELEVISION STATION (1978)

LUCKY SEVEN (1978) – Years before the hacker calling himself Captain Midnight hijacked HBO airtime to protest their high prices and years before the weird Max Headroom parody hack in Chicago came this forgotten incident in the annals of pirate broadcasting.

As many people know, pirate radio stations were often able to operate for months or even years before getting shut down, but pirate television broadcasting was limited to random hacks of a few minutes tops. The exception was Lucky 7, a rogue outfit that operated on the (then) unused frequency for what would have been Channel Seven in Syracuse, New York.

The host for Lucky 7 was a memorable man wearing a gas mask on his face like he was some kind of late-night Horror Host. This figure would introduce the programs and movies being shown on the channel and would also editorialize about the way corporations and the government held a monopoly on the airwaves. 

Not content to merely hack into other television broadcasts for a few minutes the rebels at Lucky 7, who called themselves the Renegade Broadcasting Company, were seen on thousands of tv screens in Upstate New York for roughly eight hours per night. 8 or 10 PM to 4 or 6 AM are often claimed. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: FEB FIFTH

From Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog it’s another current events roundup.

FURTHER CONFIRMATION THAT FORMER CIA HEAD JOHN BRENNAN AND HIS ILK LIED ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP BEING RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION JUST TO PROVIDE JOE BIDEN WITH A “GOTCHA” MOMENT IN THAT 2020 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WITH TRUMP. Outright election interference to cover up the Biden Crime Family Scandals in the 2020 election. The thugs of the “intelligence community” are as disgusting as ever and need cleaning up. 

REMEMBER HOW DEMOCRAT SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER GLOATED IN JANUARY OF 2017 ABOUT HOW THE THREE-LETTER AGENCIES WOULD GET BACK AT TRUMP “SIX WAYS FROM SUNDAY” FOR DARING TO CALL OUT THEIR FAILURES LIKE JOHN F. KENNEDY DID. Back then I was one of the people pointing out how repulsive it was to have a senator grovelingly and complacently admit to imminent illegal revenge tactics from the scum of the CIA and others.

VIDEO: PRESIDENT TRUMP PRESENTS THE MOTHERS OF VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT VIOLENCE RESPONDING TO SELENA GOMEZ. More HERE.

TRUMP MAKES DISASTROUS COMMITMENT TO CONTROLLING GAZA. In my opinion his proposal cannot work and should not even be attempted. It’s the kind of mistake he avoided in his first term.

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY: EVEN ZELENSKY ADMITS THAT NEARLY ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS IN UKRAINE AID IS MISSING. More HERE. As rational people could tell all along the funds seemed to be diverted for use as a slush fund for corrupt politicians in the U.S. and Ukraine (including Zelensky). Joe Biden’s Regime embodied everything wrong with America’s political establishment.

BIDEN REGIME EXPOSED FOR OBSTRUCTING INVESTIGATIONS INTO TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS LAST YEAR. At one time such information would dominate the headlines but in 2025 it gets lost in the flood of other Biden Regime Scandals.

TRUMP INSPIRES MEXICO TO FINALLY ARREST REGIONAL LEADER OF DRUG CARTEL. Remember, obviously such action could have been taken before now, but the political will was lacking. Continue reading

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FEBRUARY THIRD ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

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

PILOTS HAD BEEN COMPLAINING TO THE BIDEN REGIME FOR YEARS ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS THE AIRSPACE OVER WASHINGTON D.C. HAD GOTTEN.

LAWSUIT EXPOSES HOW THE FAA – WHICH COMPLAINS NOW ABOUT UNDERSTAFFING – HAD TURNED AWAY OVER ONE THOUSAND QUALIFIED APPLICANTS BECAUSE OF DEI POLICIES. DEI is bigoted against white and Asian applicants. Democrat hatemongers even call Asians “white-adjacent.”

      And let’s be clear – DEI isn’t designed to help all people of color, only those people of color who show sufficient fealty to Democrat attitudes via their “studies” or “activism” as reflected on their job applications. Democrats weren’t hiring Thomas Sowells or Joy Villas or Clarence Thomases. It was similar to the way any applicant refraining from filling in their preferred pronouns would have been a red flag for Democrat Human Resources workers. 

TRUMP GETS AMERICANS FREED FROM VENEZUELA

CIA ADMITS PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT A LAB LEAK BEING THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC. But Democrats hysterically insisted that notion was wrong just because Trump said it, remember?

MS13 GANG LEADER – WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE COUNTRY IN THE FIRST PLACE – SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON OVER SIX MURDERS THAT JOE BIDEN PERMITTED HIM TO COMMIT.

FENTANYL-DEALING TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY ARRESTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Obviously, the Biden-Harris Regime could have been making these arrests all along, but callously chose not to.

WASHINGTON POST: QUINNIPIAC POLL SHOWS DEMOCRATS HAVE FIFTY-SEVEN PERCENT NEGATIVE RATING FROM THE PUBLIC AND ONLY A THIRTY-ONE PERCENT FAVORABLE RATING.  

PANAMA CAVES TO TRUMP BY AGREEING TO EXIT THEIR DEAL WITH CHINA. Yet, anti-Trumpers STILL fail to comprehend that in negotiations a hard opening position can get wheeled and dealed down from there. Instead, they keep pretending Trump’s trying to dictate to other countries with his opening offers. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JAN THIRTY-FIRST

 Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog gives you another current events roundup from an America where, with the inevitable difficulties arising, we’ll see if the Congressional Republicans are their usual gutless selves and will turn on de facto Third Party President Donald Trump.

BRILLIANT DEBUNKING OF SOME OF THE BIGGEST LIES ABOUT TRUMP FROM DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS SO FAR IN HIS SECOND TERM. More HERE. And HERE.

PATIENTS FIRST GROUP SIDES WITH ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. WHILE DEMOCRATS SIDE WITH BIG PHARMA

NEW YORK MAGAZINE EXPOSED FOR CROPPING PHOTO TO PRETEND NO BLACK PEOPLE WERE AT TRUMP EVENT.

DEMOCRAT ELIZABETH WARREN, LONG DISGRACED OVER HER FRAUDULENT CLAIM TO BE NATIVE AMERICAN IN ORDER TO EXPLOIT HIRING PRACTICES, CALLED OUT FOR BEING IN BIG PHARMA’S POCKETS.

FURTHER FALLOUT FROM THE DISGUSTING BISHOP AND HER USE OF A RELIGIOUS SERVICE AS HER PERSONAL SOAPBOX. Democrats gutlessly love to hijack situations where they have a captive audience to lecture people they disagree with. Usually it’s funerals, but this time it was the inaugural prayer address. They pollute everything with their deceptive and divisive political whining.

DEMOCRATS TRY BLAMING TRUMP FOR AIR COLLISION EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN DELAYING THE CONFIRMATION OF HIS FAA NOMINEE JUST TO PLAY POLITICAL GAMES. More HERE. And HERE. Trump has only been in office again for 11 days and Democrats haven’t even let a new FAA head be confirmed, so rational people know this is not Trump’s fault.

EVEN THE NEW YORK TIMES POINTS OUT THAT CONGRESS WAS WARNED ABOUT THE AIR TRAFFIC OVER DC LONG BEFORE TRUMP WAS REELECTED IN NOVEMBER. Continue reading

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JANUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

It’s time for another current events roundup, courtesy of Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

*** As usual with developing, complex situations, I will cover what is happening at the border between Mexican drug cartels and the U.S. Border Patrol in a few days when the inevitable information fog clears.

ORANGE COUNTY DEMOCRAT TREASURY OFFICIAL ARRESTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGES AND WITH TRYING TO MEET UP WITH A NINE-YEAR-OLD. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?

“INTELLIGENCE” (LMAO) OFFICER LISA YATES FORGETS TO REMOVE HER NAME FROM A POST SHE SENT OUT TO COLLEAGUES COACHING THEM ON HOW TO SABOTAGE PRESIDENT TRUMP “AND LEAVE NO TRACE”. Hey, Lisa, accidentally leaving your name on the post ruins that whole “leave no trace” aspect of your treasonous instructions. Deep State functionaries still hate President Trump and his efforts to reform America’s hopelessly corrupt intelligence agencies. 

FOR DEMOCRATS WHO TRY MINIMIZING THE NATURE OF YATES’ ACTIONS, HERE’S A REMINDER THAT THE REASON THE CIVIL SERVICE REPLACED THE DEMOCRATS’ FORMER SPOILS SYSTEM WAS TO PREVENT NAKEDLY PARTISAN ACTIVITIES BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. In other words, it was meant to prevent the kinds of things that Deep State functionaries like this just admitted to doing.

        AMONG CINDY CALLAND’S POINTS ABOUT HOW DAMAGING IS YATES’ TREACHERY: “Civil servants are supposed to be apolitical. Their job is to implement the policy of the executive. Due to their apolitical nature, they are shielded by the firing and hiring that occurs with political appointees for each new administration.”

         “If they are not going to do their jobs in an apolitical manner and they are not going to work hard to implement the policies of the executive, regardless of who the executive is, they should be treated like political appointees and forfeit the protections of the civil service.”

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“RAISING AWARENESS” ABOUT DEMOCRAT UGLINESS AND HYPOCRISY

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America’s Democrats persist in pretending that they are THE moral models for the rest of us, so here’s a blog post from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog “raising awareness” (to use one of the Democrats’ favorite nauseating cliches) about some of their loathsome conduct. 

*** Last week Democrats resumed their grotesque peddling of cheap exploitation via sad stories from illegal immigrants and their devotees. Let’s remember one of their most disgusting displays of hypocrisy on this sort of thing:   

Previously the perpetual children who call themselves Democrats tried to make cheap political capital out of a supposed note that the child of an illegal immigrant addressed to their parents. The child (if they actually wrote the note) was sad about the possibility of immigration authorities catching the family and sending them home. Democrats acted like this letter was proof of how supposedly “evil” it is for countries to have immigration laws.

To counter that here’s a letter written to Heaven by the child of a law enforcement officer killed by an illegal immigrant. It’s just as sad, Democrats. Do you immature drama queens STILL think that heart-breaking letters written by children should form the basis of a country’s immigration policy? Or have you decided to finally grow up?

Oh, I know, Democrats. Only touching letters that further your political goals count. If the letter below helped push your politics the letter and the little girl who wrote it would be world-famous.

Below is that letter written by a little girl whose father will never be coming home because of an illegal immigrant. Try to remember, Democrats, emotion can cut both ways.  Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JAN TWENTY-FOURTH

Courtesy of Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog, it’s time for another current events roundup.

JOE BIDEN PROTECTED HIS CRIME FAMILY AND MALEFACTORS LIKE ANTHONY FAUCI AS HE SLITHERED AWAY. Crimes going all the way back to 2014 covered. Crooked Joe made Carter (D) look competent and Harding (R) look less corrupt. More HERE. And HERE.

DEMOCRAT POLITICIZING OF THE CIVIL SERVICE MADE IT AS BAD AS THE OLD SPOILS SYSTEM.

FAUCI CONVENIENTLY FORGETS HE ADMITTED TO HIS CRIME.

BIDEN FOREVER SOILS THE PRESIDENCY WITH HIS “PREEMPTIVE PARDONS” CONCEPT. Just like he soiled his pants that time during his meeting with the pope. Expert points out that Joe Biden was America’s most self-serving and corrupt president.

REPORTERS REVEAL EVEN MORE ACCOUNTS OF POLITICO SMOTHERING STORIES ABOUT BIDEN SCANDALS.

HEEDING PRESIDENT TRUMP, WAR CRIMINAL VLAD PUTIN WANTS TO TALK PEACE WITH UKRAINE. Never forget that Putin invaded Ukraine in the first place after Joe Biden said a “minor incursion” would be acceptable. 

HEEDING TRUMP, FRANCE’S MACRON URGES THE E.U. TO INCREASE SPENDING ON NATO AND DEFENSE IN GENERAL. Remember when the foolish “harrumph, harrumph” Republicans at National Review freaked out over Trump even raising this issue?

TRUMP BRINGS EVEN MORE AUTO INDUSTRY JOBS BACK TO THE U.S. Trump has been the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime.

DEMOCRAT RACE HATRED PHILOSOPHIES NOW CLAIM MATH CLASSES CAUSE “INTELLECTUAL TRAUMA” IN MINORITY STUDENTS. “Mathematical violence” (LMAO) is another ridiculous term pushed by the hatemongers behind this.

        The team of bigots further stated “As a culture, whiteness is toxic in society and in education. More specifically, in society, whiteness presents through norms including—but not limited to—perfectionism, a sense of urgency, individualism, and objectivity.”   Have I mentioned lately that Democrats have transformed America’s colleges and universities into churches of irrational thought and political intolerance?   Continue reading

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RETURNS IN TRIUMPH ON INAUGURATION DAY

Donald Trump, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi and Lech Walesa. America’s indefatigable populist president officially completes the triumphant quartet of political mavericks who were ruthlessly persecuted by corrupt and/or authoritarian regimes yet defeated them to become their nation’s leader.

All four even had bogus “felony convictions” at the hands of the corrupt regimes they opposed but came through it all with head held high, ultimately defeating the vile forces aligned against them when voters delivered the REAL verdicts. Not even a stolen election in 2020 or mocked-up impeachments that everyone knew didn’t have the votes for a conviction BOTH times stopped Trump.

Not even having the career criminal installed in his place in 2020 unleashing his attack dogs in the DOJ on him stopped him. Not even the heinous heads of the CIA stopped him. Not even multiple assassination attempts stopped him. (Though let’s face it, America’s cesspool of a political establishment may yet try more impeachments and assassination attempts against him.)

Unscrupulous political crime families like the Bushes, Cheneys and Romneys on the Republican side and the Pelosis, Bidens and Clintons on the Democrat side were defeated in their efforts to derail President Donald Trump.

But most importantly, the man himself prevailed.  By refusing to give in to forces that would have stopped lesser figures, Trump inspired America’s voters to remember the many successes from his first term and take note of the failures, graft and lies of the white-collar criminals who opposed him. From BOTH parties.  Continue reading

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JANUARY NINETEENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

It’s another current events roundup courtesy of Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog, coming to you from an America where people are happy to see the first hostages released by Hamas per President Trump’s insistence that it get started before Inauguration Day tomorrow. 

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BIASED, TRUMP-HATING POLITICAL CARTOONIST DARRIN BELL ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. Democrats, can you please leave children alone? More HERE.

EVEN DEMOCRAT MEDIA’S SAAGAR ENJETI CALLS THE CEASEFIRE/ HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL “AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT BY TRUMP AND AN INCREDIBLE HUMILIATION OF JOE BIDEN.” That says it all, but there’s also THIS.

BIDEN REGIME’S MAYORKAS THROWS CROOKED JOE UNDER THE BUS BY SAYING JOE REFUSED TO LET HIM SECURE AMERICA’S SOUTHERN BORDER. Hilarious, especially considering how many times Mayorkas TESTIFIED that the border was secure. Sure, nobody believed him, but that’s not the point. 

DEMOCRAT STACEY ABRAMS’ GROUPS FINED RECORD THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CAMPAIGN VIOLATIONS. Remember her idiotic appearance on one of the Star Trek shows when they were trying to prop up Abrams’ political career?

LITHUANIA TO INCREASE THEIR NATO CONTRIBUTION TO BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX PERCENT PER TRUMP REQUEST. Remember the way the “harrumph, harrumph” Republicans at National Review feigned outrage at Trump raising the topic?

RECALLED DEMOCRAT SHENG THAO CORRUPTION SCANDAL. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: JAN SIXTEENTH

From Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog it’s another current events roundup from an America where career criminal Joe Biden, who was knocked out of the presidential race by Trump after ONE debate, likes to pretend he could have won the election. Hilarious! Biden, you figuratively got knocked out in the 1st round of the playoffs and crawled away. You could never have won the election.

PINSKER ON HOW JOE BIDEN’S CORRUPTION WEAKENED THE PRESIDENCY

GAVIN NEWSOME, ELIZABETH WARREN AND OTHER DEMOCRATS CALLED OUT FOR TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO DONATE FOR THE CA FIRES THROUGH THE DEMOCRATS’ SCANDALOUS ACTBLUE. A reasonable person might wonder if some of the donations might be skimmed for The Party under the guise of “processing the donations.” More HERE

ONE OF THE COLORADO APARTMENT COMPLEXES TAKEN OVER BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT GANGS ORDERED SHUT OVER “IMMINENT THREAT”. Remember when Democrats were pretending that gang activity in those complexes wasn’t really happening? Their usual claims that “Trump is lying” were wrong again and innocent people paid the price.

ARAB OFFICIALS SAY TRUMP’S TEAM DID MORE FOR A CEASE FIRE DEAL IN ONE MEETING THAN BIDEN DID IN A YEAR. Plus, Biden humiliated at the presser HERE.

GALLUP POLL: JOE BIDEN IS THE SECOND-WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY. Only Nixon was considered worse in the poll.

NAPOLITAN POLL: SEVENTY-THREE PERCENT SAY AMERICA BECAME LESS SAFE UNDER THE BIDEN REGIME. But hey, Joe got plenty of graft money. 

GUTHRIE BLASTS JOE BIDEN FOR RUINING ONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST TERM HEALTHCARE MEASURES. Trump was the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime. Continue reading

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