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JANUARY 2020: A LOOK BACK

FOR PART ONE (2016) OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE.   

profiles in corruptionPETER SCHWEIZER’S RECENT (back then) BOOK “PROFILES IN CORRUPTION” WHICH EXPOSED EVEN MORE OF THE ROT AT THE CORE OF POWERFUL DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. Read the item HERE

TWENTY GREAT NEWS ITEMS FOR THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR IN AMERICA AS 2020 BEGINS. A look at what was then the latest news regarding de facto Third Party President Donald Trump’s policies helping the working class and the poor. Click HERE.

Fool Killer with staff and Bowie knifeFOOL KILLER – The political and social commentary publication. JANUARY 1910 covered a corrupt Federal Appeals Court Judge, Thomas Edison foolishly buying into psychic phenomena, the raging arguments about reaching the North Pole and more HERE.   

         JULY 1921 covered reports that America was still experimenting with poison gas and chemical warfare despite treaty agreements to the contrary, took shots at an early form of “road rage” and at President Warren G. Harding, Henry Ford and others HERE.

TWENTY MORE HILARIOUSLY FAILED PREDICTIONS BY PSYCHICS – Some needed comic relief HERE.

educa smallerFACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP – America’s joke of an educational system HERE.

UNDER TRUMP, BLUE-COLLAR WAGES ARE GROWING EVEN FASTER THAN WHITE-COLLAR WAGES – He was the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime. HERE.

mcgovernPROS AND CONS OF TWENTY LOSING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES– A light-hearted look in the style of my Pros and Cons of Presidents HERE.

CBS NEWS POINTS OUT TRUMP’S MANY POLICIES WHICH HELPED THE BLACK COMMUNITY – Unprecedented funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Opportunity Zones for black communities, and much more. Click HERE . Continue reading

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NOVEMBER 30th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

The latest roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for.   

HALF A MILLION STRONG “MOMS FOR AMERICA ACTION” ENDORSES TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT. “We need leaders who are not afraid to fight”

Mark fisherMARK FISHER, FORMER BLM LEADER FOR A RHODE ISLAND CHAPTER OF THE GROUP, ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT AND CALLED DEMOCRAT POLICIES “RACIST”. The active BLM leadership still condemns Trump and called Fisher’s endorsement “pathetic.”   

        Fisher, a former Democrat like me before I became an Independent Voter, made his remarks when asked about Trump’s support among Black voters. Some excerpts from Fisher’s comments: “I think personally it’s the duplicity of the Democrats, the hypocrisy. We are not stupid. The brothers are not stupid. We understand when someone is for us and when someone is not. It’s obvious that the Democratic Party is not for us.”

Trump never called racist til running against Democrats        “We’ve been used and abused for so long by that party, they don’t value our vote,” Fisher said. “Their policies are basically racist policies. I believe it’s a racist party. Donald Trump is just the opposite.”

        “Trump has done more for the black community than any president I can think of in my lifetime.”

        “A lot of people are misinformed,” Fisher said. “They don’t really understand because they don’t educate themselves on Donald Trump as a person and his history”

        trump rosa parks and muhammad ali“My message that I preach and that I tell is unity. It’s a message of unity, unity driven,” Fisher said. “I want to bring together all the marginalized groups from the margins and bring them to the center because we’re stronger together as … one nation under God, indivisible…” 

        No matter if you like or hate de facto Third Party President Donald Trump, this is yet another indicator that he has been the jolt that America’s pompously complacent Democrat and Republican Parties have long needed. (And for Trump haters, rest assured that your side is already trying to paint Trump in a negative light for graciously acknowledging Mark Fisher’s praise.) Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP FOR NOVEMBER 27th

Another roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for.   

democrats vote fraudTHE BATTLE TO STOP THIS VOTE FRAUD FRIENDLY PROCEDURE IN PENNSYLVANIA. Democrats pretend it’s too much trouble to have Vote by Mail ballots be mailed prior to Election Day. It helps them to conjure up however many votes they need while they slow-count results in certain districts. And wasn’t Cheat by Mail supposed to go away after Covid?

LATEST EVIDENCE OF BIAS AND MISCONDUCT BY COMPROMISED JUDGE ENGORON. What a joke that whole trial is.

FIRST AMERICAN HOSTAGE FREED BY HAMAS IS FROM A FAMILY WHICH “BOUGHT” SOME OF HUNTER BIDEN’S ALLEGED ART. The Biden Crime Family saga continues. 

half ofILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS INCREASING TO THE NORTH. The word is apparently out. Skip the lines at the US-Mexico border. Just get to Canada then enter the US illegally by crossing that border with us.

DEMOCRATS STILL HARASSING UNIVISION FOR AIRING THEIR INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. Pompous, privileged white Democrats still think they “own” Hispanic Americans and are outraged when they think for themselves. Continue reading

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DECEMBER 2019: LOOKING BACK

FOR PART ONE (2016) OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE.    

deneen borelli picANOTHER MARTIN LUTHER KING PERSON OF COURAGE EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP – Deneen Borelli of Black Voices for Trump cited the NPR, Marist and Rasmussen polls which had Trump at 35% approval among black voters, an astronomically high figure compared to the incredibly low approval percentage that garbage like George W. Bush and Mitt Romney had among black voters.

        Another excerpt from that article: “It might shock Democrats that support for President Trump is rising with Black Americans but it shouldn’t. Blacks are more prosperous than ever because of President Trump with record-low unemployment and rising paychecks.”

        democrat republican or awakeAs for why Deneen Borelli called Trump’s rising numbers among voters of color “Democrats’ worst nightmare”, well, even the Democrats themselves admit that they need their usual roughly 90% approval from black voters to win nationwide elections. This is one more way that Trump threatened the status quo of America’s corrupt political parties. Click HERE.

eupolisCOTTABUS PLAYERS – Balladeer’s Blog’s examination of this ancient Greek comedy from the 420s B.C. and its relevance today. Click HERE.

DEMOCRATS DON’T KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORDS “DEBUNKED” AND “DISCREDITED” – I took a look at how Democrats laughably think that the minute one of their politicians gives their excuses regarding accusations it means that those accusations have been debunked or discredited. Click HERE.

AMERICA’S REJECTED SUPREME COURT NOMINEES – A look at the nominees who were rejected by the Senate, from the 1700s on up through December of 2019. Click HERE

sharyl attkisson smallerCOURAGEOUS JOURNALIST SHARYL ATTKISSON’S LIST OF OVER ONE HUNDRED (as of December 2019) MISTAKES AND LIES IN CORPORATE MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP – And the list has grown substantially since then. Click HERE

CALLING OUT AMERICA’S DEMOCRATS – They’re NOT liberals and they’re NOT progressives, they’re just partisan Democrat zealots. First an excerpt: “We are long past the time when America’s pompous, pretentious asses called Democrats need to be called out on their ridiculous airs. Let’s dare to blaspheme against the Democrats’ most sacred deities – themselves.” Click HERE

hillary unhingedCONVICTED PEDOPHILE INDICTED FOR FUNNELING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO HILLARY CLINTON’S 2016 CAMPAIGN – America’s political establishment is a cesspool. To read the full story on this item just click HERE. Continue reading

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NOVEMBER 21st ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Another roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for.

trump abbottGOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT. More HERE. And HERE. Per Newsweek, right-wing pass-around Ann Coulter is outraged at Abbott, and it’s always good when Coulter is upset.

TRUMP AND ABBOTT SERVE EARLY THANKSGIVING MEALS TO NATIONAL GUARD AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TRYING TO MAINTAIN ORDER AT JOE BIDEN’S DISASTROUS SOUTHERN BORDER

AT LONG LAST ALL THE JANUARY 6th VIDEO IS RELEASED, NOT JUST THE DEMOCRAT CHERRY-PICKING – CLAIMS OF “INSURRECTION” ARE SHOWN TO BE EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. More HERE. And HERE. I think people who have lived in countries that underwent REAL insurrections would like to set straight pampered white American Democrats who pretend January 6th was one. Even more HERE.

winding bidenANOTHER LOOK AT JOE BIDEN’S FAILURES AND DISASTERS.

SMALL BUSINESSES SUPPORT TRUMP OVER BIDEN 61% TO 21%. And I will say again that Trump was the greatest president of my lifetime for the working class and the poor. 

DERANGED BIDEN ADMINISTRATION EXPRESSES WORRY THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS MIGHT GET “MISGENDERED.” What an unhinged pack of hacks. Continue reading

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NOVEMBER 2019: A LOOK BACK

FOR PART ONE (2016) OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE.   

freedom of expression is a human rightAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JOINS THE VOICES SAYING GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS – This was November, 2019, and Big Tech has become an even bigger threat to human rights since then. Click HERE

HARRIET: THE WOMAN CALLED MOSES OPERA BY THEA MUSGRAVE – My look at Thea’s terrific opera about Harriet Tubman. Click HERE.

trump rosa parks and muhammad aliBLACK VOICES FOR TRUMP – Item from November 10th of 2019. Click HERE

EVEN MORE HILARIOUSLY WRONG PREDICTIONS FROM PSYCHICS – We all need a laugh and this look at some absurdly wrong predictions by supposed psychics provides some needed comic relief. Click HERE.

FACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 2019 – You can read it HERE.

sharyl attkisson smallerSHARYL ATTKISSON’S REMINDER OF PROOF OF HILLARY CLINTON’S 2016 CAMPAIGN’S COLLUSION – A needed reminder for us from back then. Click HERE.

A FANTASTICAL EXCURSION INTO THE PLANETS (1839) – One of the most popular works of Ancient Science Fiction ever reviewed here at Balladeer’s Blog. Click HERE.

tulsi gabbard heroicHEROIC THEN-DEMOCRAT TULSI GABBARD AGAIN POINTS OUT HOW LOW THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SUNK – You can read it HERE.

“READ THE TRANSCRIPT” T-SHIRTS – The terrific sales of the t-shirts reminding people how the transcript of the Ukraine phone call exonerated Trump from the bogus accusations against him. And here in 2023 the bogus accusations against the outsider Trump continue. Click HERE. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 17th

Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at some of the latest. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for. 

biden regime dumpster fire

BIDEN’S DISASTROUS INFLATION DRIVES THE COST FOR THIS YEAR’S THANKSGIVING MEALS UP BY AN ENTIRE TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT. But callous, comfortable and uncaring Joe Biden and his criminal cronies are just fine.

BIDEN REGIME’S RULE PROVIDES UNION RIGHTS FOR FOREIGN FARM WORKERS BUT EXCLUDES AMERICAN FARMERS FROM THAT ELIGIBILITY. Biden’s war on the working class and the poor continues. Can we stop pretending that this is still the same Democrat Party that it was decades ago?

FIVE WHITE HOUSE AIDES SUBPOENAED AS PART OF THE ONGOING BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION.

THE FASTEST GROWING THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT IN AMERICA.

he liedANOTHER DEMOCRAT VOTE FRAUD RING UNDER INVESTIGATION. Yet The Party always pretends things like this don’t happen. 

BIDEN RELEASES ANOTHER TEN BILLION DOLLARS TO IRAN. HOW MUCH WILL WIND UP IN THE HANDS OF HAMAS?

BOSTON DEMOCRATS BECOME THE LATEST LOCATION TO INTRODUCE MEASURES TO ALLOW FOREIGN NATIONALS TO VOTE. And as I’ve noted every single time a new location does this, it’s eventually coming to an area near you. And we lack a competent opposition party to deal with this. Continue reading

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LASKARINA BOUBOULINA: HEROINE OF THE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

laskarinaLASKARINA BOUBOULINA (1771-1825) – Often hailed as history’s first female admiral, Laskarina developed a passion for sailing in her youth and was permitted to pursue that passion thanks to her stepfather’s open-mindedness regarding women’s behavior and education. 

At some point after 1814 Bouboulina joined Filiki Etairea, a covert organization working toward liberating Greece from its long occupation by the Ottoman Muslim Empire. By the time the actual Greek War of Independence broke out in February of 1821, Laskarina had six children and lost two husbands, the second one a very wealthy man.

laskarina picOur heroine poured her inheritance into the cause of Greek Independence and personally took command of her small fleet of four ships (some sources say eight ships) which had been constructed and outfitted in defiance of Ottoman regulations on Greek battleships. She even designed her own flag.

Laskarina became a legend in the ongoing war and participated in many naval campaigns. She also financed an army unit. Continue reading

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THIS BLOG POST CLARIFYING ELEMENTS OF AMERICAN POLITICS FOR OVERSEAS READERS STILL HOLDS UP

mascot miniFor Balladeer’s Blog’s new readers, especially from overseas, this may clarify my reasons for so openly despising both of the rival gangs of white-collar criminals called the Democrat and Republican Parties. That contempt applies to the people who run those two gangs, not the general voters.

Here are some highlights from that November of 2022 blog post, which blasted both major parties after last year’s midterm elections. I will repeat this is for readers who express confusion regarding my preference for being an Independent Voter. 

RELEVANT EXCERPTS: Continue reading

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NOVEMBER 13th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at some of the latest. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for. 

arthur engoron partisan hackFEMALE NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL REP CALLS TO HOLD UNHINGED, NUDE SELFIE-POSTING, PARTISAN HACK ARTHUR ENGORON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CIRCUS HE HAS REDUCED THE NEW YORK TRIAL TO.

RECORD HIGH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AS BIDEN APPEARS TO HAVE PROMISED TO FINISH TRUMP’S WALL AS JUST A PLOY TO SETTLE DOWN PUBLIC COMPLAINTS.

EVEN MORE OUTRAGE OVER THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL GAG ORDERS ON AMERICA’S OPPOSITION LEADER.

ONLY FOURTEEN PERCENT SAY JOE BIDEN’S POLICIES HAVE HELPED THEIR ECONOMIC SITUATION. Biden’s war on the working class and the poor continues. Continue reading

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