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JULY SIXTEENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Here’s another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog here in an America where the same crowd of cowardly self-aggrandizers are still pretending and play-acting at being some kind of “resistance” movement. LMAO. These slobbering psychopaths are gutless, violent and deluded little people who prey on the innocent while talking tough.

DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR PROMOTES MORE VIOLENCE BY CLAIMING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE WITHIN THEIR “RIGHTS” TO SHOOT IMMIGRATION OFFICERS. Insanity.

SCANDAL OVER BIDEN REGIME’S INVALID PARDONS DEEPENS. FAUCI PARDON LOOKS LESS LEGIT BY THE DAY.  Plus we still don’t know who was really making presidential decisions while the unfit Joe Biden was paraded before the cameras for years.

CALIFORNIA MARIJUANA FARM THAT WAS BUSTED FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND USING CHILD LABOR HAS A HISTORY OF DONATING TO DEMOCRATS. No surprise.  CHILD PREDATOR AMONG THOSE ARRESTED. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?   

PRESIDENT TRUMP LAUDED FOR BRINGING NINETY-TWO BILLION DOLLARS IN TECH AND ENERGY INVESTMENTS TO PENNSYLVANIA. More HERE. Other Democrat and Republican administrations never made the effort and dismissed such efforts as impossible. 

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON PRAISES TRUMP’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HOW HE HAS PROVEN THE NAYSAYERS WRONG OVER AND OVER AGAIN. He also said President Trump has accomplished more in these first six months of his second term than most presidents accomplish in four years.

DEMOCRAT ADAM SCHIFF BEING INVESTIGATED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD. Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns.

ECONOMIST BRIAN WESBURY LAYS OUT HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOT ONLY CUT INFLATION BUT HAS REDUCED THE DEFICIT WITH HIS POLICIES AND LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE.   NO INFLATION IN JUNE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP STANDS BY PROTECTING FUNDS TO CONTINUE FIGHTING AIDS. A president for everybody, no matter how much flack he catches for it. Continue reading

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MABEL NORMAND’S BEST SILENT COMEDIES (1916-1920)

Previously, Balladeer’s Blog examined the 1910-1915 silent films of pioneering comedienne Mabel Normand. This time around I’m taking a look at her 1916-1920 work.

FATTY AND MABEL ADRIFT (1916) – This 34-minute film is not only one of the most popular shorts teaming Mabel with fellow comedy legend Fatty Arbuckle but it’s one of the most popular silent comedies ever. When Fatty wins Mabel’s hand in marriage his jealous rival (Al St. John) sabotages their honeymoon cottage by the sea.

The cottage drifts further and further out to sea and is gradually sinking, prompting some comedy set pieces from our stars as they struggle to survive. They send their dog Fido to shore with a plea for help attached to his collar and get rescued by a tycoon on his yacht. The villain gets his.  Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JULY FOURTEENTH

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog serves up another current events roundup. Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump surviving the first of his deranged enemies’ attempts to assassinate him. Democrat media outlets covered it this way.

*** NEW! JOE BIDEN ADMITS HE DID NOT APPROVE MANY OF THE NAMES PARDONED VIA AUTOPEN. Much bigger scandal than the irrational accusations being thrown at Trump right now.

TRUMP POLICIES DELIVER BUDGET SURPLUS.

AMERICAN ECONOMIC OPTIMISM HITS HIGHEST LEVELS IN YEARS. What a difference an actual president can make.

DEMOCRAT LIES ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFFS GO DOWN IN FLAMES … AGAIN.

DEMOCRAT MAYOR BASS ANNOUNCES CASH GIVEAWAY TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN LOS ANGELES. The Party has made their slogan “Illegal immigrants uber alles” into a pure exercise in spite now.

DHS SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM DEBUNKS ADDITIONAL DEMOCRAT LIES ABOUT THE TEXAS FLOODING. More HERE. And HERE.

SENATOR KENNEDY BASHES DISGRACED FORMER CIA HEAD JOHN “THE MAN FROM S.C.U.M.” BRENNAN FOR HIS CORRUPTION. More HERE. Also, remember how Brennan had to resign years ago following the scandal about his spy antics against congress itself?

TRUMP EFFECT: JOBS GAINS ARE GOING TO CITIZENS AND WAGE GAINS ARE OUTPACING INFLATION. More HERE. And HERE. Donald Trump remains the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime.

EVEN THE DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET THE NEW YORK TIMES FINALLY ADMITS TRUMP WAS NOT WRONG ABOUT THE TREN DE ARAGUA ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT GANG TAKEOVER OF APARTMENT COMPLEX IN COLORADO. And as we’ve seen over the past ten years, whatever they are claiming Trump is wrong about today they’ll eventually admit he was right about. All that changes is the amount of time it takes them to admit it. Continue reading

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JULY ELEVENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog does another current events roundup from an America where anti-Trump loons continue to prove that they make absolutely NO effort to determine if their insane claims about him are true

        For just one example, they’re still hysterically blaming things on Trump budget cuts THAT HAVEN’T EVEN GONE INTO EFFECT YET.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT PEDOPHILE RING BUSTED BY ICE IN MINNEAPOLIS. Democrats, who like to pretend such rings don’t exist, are outraged, of course. If they had their way the ring would still be in operation. Right, Governor Walz? 

DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS CLAIMING THAT THE THAI AND LAOTIAN-RUN RING IN MINNEAPOLIS JUST HAD A “CULTURAL MISUNDERSTANDING.” Democrats, can you ONCE side with victims of crime instead of the perpetrators? 

EVEN DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET CNN NOW ADMITTING THAT THERE IS NO BASIS FOR BLAMING PRESIDENT TRUMP REGARDING THE TEXAS FLOODING. Same old anti-Trump tactics – hysterical shrieking followed days later by quiet corrections.

ICE RAIDS CALIFORNIA MARIJUANA FARM ON DRUG, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT AND CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS. More about the children being used HERE. Needless to say, Democrat Governor Newsome defended those arrested and called Trump “real scum” for the raid. Unreal.

PRESIDENT TRUMP MOVES TO PROTECT FORTY BILLION DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER FUNDED BENEFITS PROGRAMS FROM ILLEGAL USE BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Financially comfortable Democrats who don’t need to rely on those benefits like the working class and the poor do are, of course, upset. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JULY NINTH

Here’s a mid-week current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog, here in an America where ignorant, uninformed and emotionally unstable anti-Trump zealots continue to run around as mindlessly as the torch bearing mobs in a Frankenstein movie. Not a single rational thought among all of them.

TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT SMACKS DOWN MORE OF DEMOCRAT MEDIA EMPLOYEE DANA BASH’S LIES ABOUT THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT. So far, no criticism outside the fact that it’s a goofy name for a legislative item has been proven right.

MORE ECONOMIC EXPERTS ADMIT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT TARIFF MANAGEMENT ALL ALONG.

BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTER NINA TURNER COURAGEOUSLY CALLS OUT THE RABID LIES BLAMING TRUMP FOR THE TEXAS FLOODING.

PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES AWAY WITH BIDEN REGIME RULE TO LET NON-CITIZEN FARMERS ENJOY UNION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS BUT NOT AMERICAN FARMERS. People warned Democrat fascists that their grotesque excesses would come back to bite them.

DEMOCRATS CONTINUE ENCOURAGING VIOLENCE AGAINST ICE AGENTS.     SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE MATTHEW GAUNA CALLED OUT BY DHS FOR HIS STATEMENT “I WANNA SEE A FEW DEAD ICE AGENTS, LOS ANGELES! DON’T LET ME DOWN”. What an animal. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE.       

HERE’S YET ANOTHER LOOK AT THE HATE-FILLED GIBBERISH FROM THE VIOLENT DEMOCRAT MOBS WHO PRETEND TO BE “PEOPLE WITH EMPATHY.”  Continue reading

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INDIANA JONES REBOOT RUMORS

The buzz surrounding the planned reboot of Indiana Jones reminded me of my blog post from five and a half years ago. That post was prompted by the news that Steven Spielberg declined to direct the upcoming fifth movie in the Indiana Jones franchise –  

Chris Pratt“In the past I’ve mentioned how foolish it is to think that Harrison Ford MUST play Indy in all the movies. James Bond and Tarzan are just two recurring heroes that have survived multiple casting changes over the years.

“The obvious move long ago would have been to cast a younger actor – say, Chris Pratt – as Indiana Jones and detail some of his earlier adventures. I love the Roaring Twenties so I think it would have been great to see Dr. Jones’ activities in that decade.

“Since it would be before Raiders of the Lost Ark even Belloq (maybe Gary Oldman) could appear in a few installments. I can’t possibly be alone in wanting to see some of those “many stimulating encounters” that Belloq referred to having with Indy in Raiders.

“Belloq was French, so do a story with Dr. Jones searching for a lost relic in 1920s Vietnam. Belloq’s hoity-toity family could be among the French plantation owners there, helping to set up a clash with our hero. Or have the two vying with each other to recover ancient Russian artifacts from violent factions of Red and White Russians in the years after the Russian Civil War. Any number of things. Continue reading

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JULY SEVENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

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

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL HARMEET DHILLON COME DOWN HARD ON WHITE SUPREMACIST MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT.

A LOOK AT EIGHTEEN OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S GREATEST WINS IN RECENT MONTHS.

DEMOCRAT MAMDANI’S HANNUKAH VIDEO MOCKING JEWS EXPOSED. Well, it’s no secret that Democrats are the party of rabid antisemitism and rabid support of Hamas. 

PRO-ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DEMOCRATS ARE NOW TARGETING THE CHILDREN OF ICE AGENTS. Have I mentioned lately that 21st Century Democrats are the combined Nazis and Mafia?

TRUMP’S U.S. ATTORNEY ALINA HABBA LEADS OPERATION THAT JUST APPREHENDED TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR WANTED CRIMINALS. 95 gang members were among those arrested. More HERE

ABC, NYT, CBS, MARQUETTE POLLS SHOW LARGE MAJORITIES OF THE VOTERS SUPPORT TRUMP’S LARGE-SCALE DEPORTATIONS. But we all know Democrats will continue to lie that the policy is “not popular.” 

LARGE-SCALE NEW YORK BRIBERY RING EXPOSED FOR PROVIDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WITH FALSE DRIVER’S LICENSES. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JULY FOURTH

Time for an end of the week current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

TRUMP’S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT PASSES IN TIME FOR JULY FOURTH SIGNING CEREMONY. Another win for populist President Donald Trump. Bradley Jaye and others noted: “The bill, which codifies into law much of what Trump has done through executive action and unlocks much more that required Congressional approval, may be considered by history as Trump’s crowning achievement” AND “manages to include almost every campaign promise Trump made …”

        Trump’s bill also fulfills his pledges regarding “no taxes on tips, overtime, or social security.” Plus there’s the biggest middle class tax cut in history and full funding for the Border Wall.

JUNE JOBS REPORT: TRUMP’S POLICIES ADD ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND NEW JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS AGAIN. More HERE. Trump remains the best president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime.

DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET CNN LAMENTS THAT THEY DIDN’T GET THE JOBS SLOWDOWN THEY GLEEFULLY PREDICTED Continue reading

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1776: FOURTH OF JULY MUSICAL

For the first time in years, here’s Balladeer’s Blog’s look at the terrific musical 1776.

1776-musical-movieIt may be my fondness for mythology that makes me love to watch particular movies around particular holidays.  I say that because many of the well- known myths were recited on ancient holidays when their subject matter was relevant to those festivities. The stories helped accentuate the meaning of the special events and that’s the reason I love holiday-themed movies.

At Christmas I watch countless variations of A Christmas Carol, for New Year’s Eve it’s Bloodhounds of Broadway, around Labor Day I watch Matewan and Eight Men Out, at Halloween, naturally, horror films. Thanksgiving Eve I do Oliver! and for Frontierado (which is just a month away now) I do Silverado and other westerns.

Since the actual 4th of July is loaded with activity I always show 1776 on the night before. It’s a great way to get in the mood for Independence Day. It’s a musical but with brilliant dialogue portions and the story involves the political maneuvering surrounding the Original Thirteen Colonies at last announcing their independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the shots fired at Lexington and Concord started the war.

The story is excellently conveyed and is moving, comical, invigorating and poignant all at once. As long as you know which parts of the tale are depicted accurately and which are complete b.s. it’s a terrific way to spend each 3rd of July evening. Continue reading

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JULY 2nd ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

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

AS TRUMP-BACKED LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE HEADS TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOW, HE CALLS FOR UNITY. “It’s everyone’s bill” he stated.   JENNINGS REMINDS BEGALA THAT IT WAS DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WHO ADDED WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAID, NOT TRUMP.    SCHMITT SHOOTS DOWN DEMOCRAT LIES BY POINTING OUT THE MEDICAID CUTS ARE FOR 1.4 MILLION ILLEGALS. Anti-Trumpers are still stuck in the pre-Trump past, when Republican policies were uniformly callous regarding public benefits.

TRUMP’S BBB KEEPS HIS PROMISE TO SENIOR CITIZENS REGARDING NOT HAVING THEIR BENEFITS TAXED. Trump continues to be the new FDR.

EVEN DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET CNN ADMITS FOURTH OF JULY GAS PRICES UNDER TRUMP HAVE DROPPED TO FOUR-YEAR LOW. Now that the corrupt and unfit figurehead Joe Biden and his handlers are gone.

HELEN LEWIS OF THE DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET THE ATLANTIC ADMITS DEMOCRATS PUSH “ZOMBIE FACTS” WHICH ARE NOT TRUE BUT WHICH THE POLITICAL BUBBLES THEY LIVE IN CONVINCE THEM ARE TRUE. As a former Democrat turned Independent, I certainly agree. Uninformed Democrats STILL spout lies about President Trump and other items on a daily basis.

HARVARD CALLED OUT AGAIN FOR THEIR VIOLATIONS OF STUDENT CIVIL RIGHTS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP WELCOMES * LEGAL * IMMIGRANTS AND NATURALIZED CITIZENS “INTO OUR NATIONAL FAMILY”. Democrats still pretend they don’t understand the difference between legal and illegal immigration.

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