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THE BIDEN REGIME VS THE REST OF US

biden lying criminalThe latest roundup of news, memes and political cartoons from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

biden criminal enterpriseTEN NEW NAMES EXPOSED IN THE ONGOING BIDEN SCANDAL INVESTIGATIONS. Not since Warren G. Harding and the Ohio Gang has the White House been filled with so many blatant criminals.

EVEN AXIOS IS FORCED TO ADMIT THE TRUTH ABOUT CORRUPT YET SENILE JOE BIDEN’S LOUD, SADISTIC, PROFANITY LACED TIRADES AGAINST SUBORDINATES. Remember under Joe’s predecessor when far less aggressive behavior than this was hyped as the Weekly Apocalypse?

following bidens instructionsLATEST TWITTER FILES RELEASE REVEALS ANOTHER INSTANCE OF THE FBI (FUGGEDA BOUT INTEGRITY) HAVING TWITTER TAKE DOWN MATERIAL DAMAGING TO DEMOCRATS FOR NO SUPPORTABLE REASON. One of the reasons I used to be a Democrat is because they used to be very openly critical of the abuses of the FBI, CIA, etc. In recent years Democrats became okay with such abuses as long as they benefit “The Party.”

mesha mainorANOTHER COURAGEOUS DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVE – GEORGIA’S MESHA MAINOR – LEAVES THAT PARTY, POINTING OUT THE DEMOCRATS’ CONTINUALLY “USING AND ABUSING THE BLACK COMMUNITY.” She also stated “I will NEVER apologize for being a black woman with a mind of my own.” The Democrats’ media outlets have already begun crucifying her. More HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and especially HERE

A PIECE COVERING THE OVERT POLITICIZING OF THE FBI AND OTHER AGENCIES.

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TEMPLE HOUSTON: SAM HOUSTON’S SON

temple houstonTEMPLE LEA HOUSTON (August 12th, 1860-August 15th, 1905) – This future gunslinging lawyer and last child of Sam Houston with his wife Margaret Lea-Houston was born in the Governor’s Mansion in Austin, TX. His storied father, the first president of the short-lived Republic of Texas was then serving as governor for the state of Texas.

Temple’s father died in 1863 and his mother passed away in 1867, from which point the boy was raised by his older sister and her family in Georgetown, TX. In 1873 he ran away to serve in a cattle drive from Texas to what is now North Dakota, then worked on a riverboat to earn his way back down south to New Orleans.

temple h on the leftIt was during this time that Temple met an old friend of his father, who arranged a job for the young man as a Senate Page in Washington, DC. Working in that capacity for 3 years, Temple developed an ambition to study law and enter politics himself someday. Continue reading

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JULY 10th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, ETC.

twitter folliesIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some of the latest. (And regarding the above item I will say again that the 2020 election was as tainted and corrupt as the 1876 and year 2000 elections.)

biden family values sampleFURTHER QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT THE BIDENS BEING COMPROMISED BY ALL THEIR CHINA MONEY.

EVEN MORE ALLEGATIONS REGARDING THE BIDEN REGIME PRESSURING A WITNESS AGAINST THEM IN THE BIDEN CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS. More HERE.

AUDIT OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE SPENDING REVEALS HOW MONEY IS BLOWN ON OUTRAGEOUS PERKS FOR THE CLUELESS, OUTDATED AND UTTERLY USELESS PEOPLE WHO RUN THAT POLITICAL PARTY. Have I mentioned lately that we need alternate political parties? Continue reading

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APRIL 2018: LOOKING BACK

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

free speech quoteA LOOK AT HOW DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ERODING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. “The totalitarian asses of the 1960s can’t bear the fact that younger people might have opinions that offend THEM as much as their opinions offended their parents’ generation.”

A TERRIFIC – AND EVEN MORE RELEVANT HERE IN 2023 – ARTICLE ABOUT THE “JUSTICE GAP” BETWEEN AMERICA’S POLITICAL CLASS AND THE REST OF US.

A LOOK AT TRUMP-HATERS, FASCISTS AND BUFFOONS. Their attacks on the de facto Third-Party president.

trump and founderBLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION FOUNDER AND OTHER BLACK BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS PRAISE PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HIS ECONOMIC MEASURES MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN JOBS.   A reminder that Trump achieved the lowest black unemployment figures ever, but people trapped in the outdated political paradigms of the past failed to recognize the fresh air that the NON-career politician brought to America’s political cesspool.

MOCK HEADLINES: The definitive “Oh no, he didn’t!” edition that infuriated both Republicans and Democrats.

lloyd marcus heroHEROIC LLOYD MARCUS CALLING OUT “MURKY” MUELLER AND HIS FELLOW CORRUPT FUNCTIONARIES – The Martin Luther King Person of Courage spoke his mind in April 2018. 

MICHAEL MOORE: FAKE FRIEND TO THE WORKING CLASS. Moore and other financially comfortable Democrats are as callous toward the actual plight of the poor and the working class as the most bloated rich pig Republicans ever were.

FDR AND TRUMP HAD THE SAME KIND OF ENEMIES – Both major parties attack Trump for “filling the minds of the working class rabble with thoughts above their station in life.”

QUOTES TO PONDER: APRIL 4th – Social media robber barons plus callous and complacent fools. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: JULY SIXTH

Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some of the latest:

banana republicWHISTLE BLOWERS ABOUT BIDEN CORRUPTION AND COVERUPS PROVEN RIGHT WHILE BIDEN ATTORNEYS GET DEFEATED.

JOE BIDEN’S UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN WAS IN THE LOOP ON SHADY UKRAINE ANTICS.

COURAGEOUS DEMOCRAT ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. STILL BEING TARGETED BY THE BIDEN MACHINE. The DNC will do to RFK Jr. what it did to Tulsi Gabbard in 2020. They’ve even tried to label him “right-wing” HERE.

do you findHUNTER BIDEN “PROSECUTOR” (LMAO) WHO LET HIM OFF WITH A SWEETHEART DEAL WHICH IGNORED PRECEDENT, PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR HUNTER’S BUSINESS PARTNER. Such a massive conflict of interest is just life here in Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy. Hunter and Joe are still under investigation for many more of the Biden Crime Family’s corrupt ventures but with “prosecutors” like this being in bed with the Bidens it’s not likely that justice will be served. More HERE

And speaking of corporate fascism, TARGET REFUSES TO CARRY A BOOK CRITICAL OF “THE PARTY“. And the clueless, outdated and utterly useless people who run the opposition party just take it.

AP POLL: ONLY THIRTY PERCENT OF AMERICANS FEEL BIDEN’S ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE WORKING. And that thirty percent are presumably privileged white one percenters. Continue reading

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THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO: REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO

t kTHADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO (1746-1817) – As my last name makes clear, I’m of Polish American descent. Last 4th of July I made a blog post about the Polish General Casimir Pulaski‘s career during the Revolutionary War. This year I’m taking a look at another Polish officer who served in the American armed forces during that conflict.

Just as Pulaski is remembered as “the father of American cavalry,” Kosciuszko is often referred to as the father of America’s Army Corps of Engineers. Thaddeus’ brilliant improvisational engineering and architectural works proved essential to winning American independence.

th koAfter receiving his education and military training in Europe, Kosciuszko sailed for America in June 1776. Unlike his fellow Pole Casimir Pulaski, he had missed out on serving in the Bar Uprising in Poland and was enthusiastic about fighting in the Revolutionary War. Poland’s long history of religious tolerance made Thaddeus feel a certain kinship with those who held similar sentiments in our emerging nation.

By August 30th of 1776 Kosciuszko was in Philadelphia presenting his request for service to the Second Continental Congress. The next day he was accepted and assigned to America’s Continental Army. Thaddeus’ first undertaking was the construction of fortifications at Fort Billingsport in Paulsboro, NJ to prevent a British advance up the Delaware River. Continue reading

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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY 2023

American flagBalladeer’s Blog wishes a happy birthday to the USA! What happened in early July of 1776 certainly needs no rehashing so in keeping with my blog’s theme of addressing more out of the way subjects this post will examine various events that took place on other July 4ths throughout American history.

JULY 4TH, 1778 – George Rogers Clark led his rebel forces in taking the British stronghold of Kaskaskia, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Kaskaskia Rivers. Clark and his Rangers were on a mission for then-Virginia Governor Patrick Henry.

JULY 4TH, 1783 – The Massachusetts Supreme Court is finalizing its written decision holding that slavery has been illegal in the state since adoption of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights in 1780. 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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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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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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