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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JAN THIRD

Another roundup here at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog coming to you from an America where the repulsive Biden-Harris Regime spent years lying that their political targets were the greatest danger regarding domestic violence, thereby enabling the New Year’s attacks

        You’ll notice Biden didn’t blast the pro-terrorist Democrats who marched to celebrate the attacks “globalizing the Intifada” the way he did to people who simply didn’t support his policies.

AND AN ADDITIONAL REMINDER THAT DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS IGNORED THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY BEING TIGHT WITH AND GETTING FUNDS FROM THEIR CHINA ACCOMPLICES.   

SPENCER’S TERRIFIC TAKEDOWN OF THE MAKE-BELIEVE “FACT CHECKERS” OF THE CORPORATE MEDIA. Fact-checkers (LMAO) are anything BUT.

SUIT: TRANS CHILD MOLESTER PRETENDING TO BE A WOMAN WAS IMPRISONED WITH BIOLOGICAL WOMEN AND COMMITTED REPEATED SEXUAL ASSAULTS. More HERE. Democrats, we know you don’t care about children and now you’re determined to show that you don’t care about real women when it comes to your Trans religion.

TEACHERS IN NEW JERSEY NO LONGER NEED TO DEMONSTRATE BASIC COMPETENCE IN MATH, READING AND WRITING TO BE HIRED. More HERE. And the circus that Democrats have reduced America’s school systems to continues. This is why there is so little respect for the Democrat clergy members who pretend to be “teaching.” Continue reading

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DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST ROUND-UP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

A current events roundup here at Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog coming to you from an America where Republicans need doused with a bucket of cold water and forced to look at their barely-existent “majority” in the House now that the California Slow Count is over. They don’t have the same numbers they thought they had on election night.

JOURNALIST SHARYL ATTKISSON ONCE AGAIN EXPOSES THE BIASES OF THE CORPORATE MEDIA’S MAKE-BELIEVE “FACT CHECKERS.” I still consider Attkisson to be America’s greatest actual journalist since Ida Tarbell.

CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE COURAGEOUSLY ADDS HER VOICE TO THOSE CALLING TO EXPOSE ALL THE CONGRESSMEN – FROM BOTH PARTIES – WHO USED TAXPAYER MONEY TO PAY SEXUAL (AND OTHER) HARASSMENT SETTLEMENTS WHILE IN OFFICE.

           FOR OVERSEAS READERS, this Slush Fund that goes back years has long been exposed but because figures from BOTH gangs of white-collar criminals are involved Congress has “bipartisanly” ignored it. At least SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS of taxpayer money was spent on those settlements and representatives like Marjorie Taylor Greene and others who keep speaking out about it get attacked and ostracized and ridiculed.

          Greene, Thomas Massie and Lauren Boebert are among the few demanding names of the offenders be made public since taxpayer funds were used. This is just one of the reasons why Greene and Boebert in particular get subjected to so much trashing and ridicule by their colleagues, especially through dubious leaks against them. 

           FOR JUST A FEW OTHER REMINDERS OF THESE BIPARTISAN COVERUPS OF ATROCIOUS CONGRESSIONAL CONDUCT: The Congressional Bank Scandal more than 30 years ago, in which elected white-collar criminals FROM BOTH PARTIES were sticking taxpayers with overdrafts on checking accounts of Congressmen. *** The BCCI Scandal and the earlier Savings & Loan Crisis saw members of both major parties involved in wrongdoing and/or questionable ethics.   

AND YET ANOTHER DEMOCRAT COURAGEOUSLY LEAVES THAT INTOLERANT PARTY BEHIND AND BECOMES A REPUBLICAN. Representative Hillary Cassell joins so many of us in leaving the irrational, hatemongering mess that the Democrats have become.

DEMOCRAT JOHN MORGAN – A MEGADONOR TO JOE BIDEN – CONSIDERS LEAVING THE DEMOCRATS TO RUN FOR OFFICE AS A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE. Hopefully he will. Morgan praised Trump’s transformation of the Republican Party and called him “a f**kin’ genius.”     

CHINA’S GOVERNMENT HACKED THE U.S. TREASURY. This happened on December 8th, but the outgoing Biden-Harris Regime covered it up until now. Have I mentioned lately that buying Joe Biden long ago was the best investment that China’s government ever made?

LATEST REPORT ON HOW JOE BIDEN WAS OBVIOUSLY UNFIT FROM DAY ONE. All of us who were paying attention noticed it during the 2020 campaign. Continue reading

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SANTA CLAUS (1925) A SILENT SHORT IDEAL FOR CHILDREN

While we’re still in that “Christmas into New Year’s” week here’s a look at a terrific seasonal silent movie.

SANTA CLAUS (1925) – This 28 minute and 44 second movie was directed by Frank Kleinschmidt, the famous explorer and documentary filmmaker. Santa Claus has an irresistible charm and with its short running time might be the ideal way of introducing silent films to modern day viewers who are unfamiliar with them.   

Kleinschmidt filmed this project in Alaska, so viewers get plenty of snowy scenery plus animal life from the far north. The movie presents some very clever lore surrounding Santa and his activities.

Santa Claus opens with Saint Nick himself welcoming us with arms spread wide. The story proper gets underway as we join two children – a brother and sister – who sneak out of their beds overnight to wait for Santa in their living room.

That right jolly old elf eventually materializes in the children’s home like he’s “beamed down” on Star Trek.  The boy and girl hug Santa and want him to explain what he does the rest of the year. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: DEC TWENTY-NINTH

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

JOE BIDEN’S OWNERS IN CHINA’S GOVERNMENT HACKED INTO YET ANOTHER TELECOMS FIRM TO SPY ON AMERICAN CITIZENS. I will say for the umpteenth time that buying Joe Biden was the best investment that China’s government ever made. Joe Biden is humanoid bacteria.

A REMINDER OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF OF JOE BIDEN MEETING WITH CHINA FIGURES FUNNELING MONEY THROUGH HIS SON HUNTER BIDEN EVEN THOUGH JOE KEPT DENYING HAVING EVER MET THEM. Much more HERE. And Democrat media outlets ignored Biden’s lies.

BIDENOMICS: HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA INCREASED BY A RECORD EIGHTEEN PERCENT THIS YEAR. And that’s on top of the 12% increase in 2023. Joe Biden’s war on the working class and the poor has taken its toll.

EVEN THE BIDEN REGIME’S OWN HUD FORCED TO ADMIT HOMELESSNESS IS AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN MODERN HISTORY UNDER JOE. And that’s just part of Biden’s dark, horrific legacy.

GALLUP POLL: ONLY NINETEEN PERCENT ARE SATISFIED WITH THE STATE OF THE U.S. UNDER JOE BIDEN. The career criminal’s actions since being knocked out of the race by Trump in the debate certainly didn’t help. More HERE.

NEWSWEEK’S SENIOR EDITOR-AT-LARGE STATES THAT DONALD TRUMP’S FOREIGN POLICY DURING HIS FIRST TERM WAS “NOTHING SHORT OF GENIUS.” Delusional Democrats will hate him and ostracize him now for speaking such truth to their power.  Continue reading

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BEST OF SEPTEMBER 2024: END-OF-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE CONCLUDES

mascot head picBalladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective concludes with this look at September’s best.

I’m always open to cutting the retrospective off after the best of August if readers prefer, so let me know if you feel September is too recent. 

RED SUN (1971) – My review of this action western which starred Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress and Capucine. Outlaw Charles Bronson joins forces with samurai Mifune to recover a ceremonial sword (and a fortune in gold) stolen during a train robbery by Delon.  Capucine and Ursula are a pair of dangerous ladies. Click HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: A VOYAGE INTO TARTARY (1689) – I reviewed this long-ago sci-fi novel about the discovery of a futuristic city whose inhabitants had flying machines, ray-guns, and telescopes which had let them see forests and unknown life-forms on the moon. The city’s science had also spawned genetically engineered hybrid creatures. Click HERE

HEADMASTER (1970) – This example of Forgotten Television starred Andy Griffith in his first post-Mayberry sitcom role. He played the new headmaster at a private academy in California. Jerry Van Dyke co-starred. Click HERE.

MICRONAUTS: THE SWORD IN THE STAR – The Micronauts scour the Microverse/ Quantum Realm on a quest for a relic called the Sword in the Star. The fate of two universes rests on finding it. Click HERE.

LABORS OF SAMSON – A Labor Day look at Samson’s adventures broken down like the Labors of Hercules. Click HERE.
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DEC TWENTY-SIXTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

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

CAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN RELEASES CONVICTED MURDERERS WHO KILLED ENTIRE FAMILIES INCLUDING CHILDREN. More HERE. And remember, we’ve been told Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial for his crimes, yet he’s somehow fit to continue to wield presidential powers regarding pardons, clemency and commutations.

ROSS’s TOP TWENTY SCANDALS REVEALED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON HOW THE BIDEN REGIME WEAPONIZED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AGAINST THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS.

CBS POLL: SIXTY-PERCENT SAY TRUMP’S RETURN MAKES THEM OPTIMISTIC FOR 2025. Understandable, but we still have to see what America’s corrupt political establishment may throw at Trump between now and his inauguration.

HEAD OF THE TEAMSTERS REVEALS THE POMPOSITY AND CLUELESSNESS OF KAMALA HARRIS TOWARD THE ORGANIZATION. No wonder they refused to endorse her.

OUTGOING ILLEGITIMATE BIDEN REGIME REVEALS EVEN MORE JOB STATISTICS THEY LIED ABOUT TO MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK BETTER. More HERE. Was any aspect of the Biden-Harris Regime honest?

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE EMERGES OF CAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN AND HIS UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN MEETING WITH THE CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BOUGHT THEM. More HERE. Continue reading

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ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS CAROL MOVIE: “INSPIRED” BY CRAFTS INSPIRE ME

Balladeer’s Blog’s Fifteenth Annual Christmas Carol-a-Thon speeds toward its conclusion! For today’s installment I’m grateful to my fellow blogger at Crafts Inspire Me for suggesting this in one of her comments here. Her blog is very enjoyable and holidayish!   

ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS CAROL MOVIE (2024) – As mentioned above, C.I.M.’s author inquired about my ultimate cast for a film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. If I could pluck actors and actresses from any production of the Carol out of the time stream I would cast the following

NOTE: I’m listing the cast from least prominent up to most prominent. 

kath soucieWAITRESS AT THE INN/ TAVERN: KATH SOUCIE – The waitress who served Scrooge his dinner at the inn/ tavern he stopped at on his way home after parting company with Bob Cratchit on Christmas Eve. She is in the Dickens novel but has no dialogue and is omitted from most versions of A Christmas Carol

   An exception is the 1997 animated version, which used the waitress as a great way to add another female character without going outside the source material. Souci as the waitress even got a song!

ghostly hearse driverGHOSTLY HEARSE DRIVER: ROY EVANS – This phantasmal character from the Dickens novel was rarely featured in screen adaptations of the Carol. Shortly after Scrooge sees Jacob Marley’s face in his door knocker, he gets a brief glimpse of this coachman driving a horsedrawn hearse.

   Roy Evans played this ghost in the 1970 Scrooge musical and actually got a line of dialogue! By default that makes him THE choice for this particular role in my opinion. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: DEC TWENTY-THIRD

biden criminal enterpriseIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog does a current events roundup from an America where the full scope of the coverup over career criminal Joe Biden’s failings continues to trickle out.

That graft-grabbing, mentally unfit creature did immeasurable damage to the working class and the poor while enriching the Biden Crime Family.

MONUMENTAL EXPOSE ABOUT HOW THE BIDEN REGIME WEAPONIZED THE GOVERNMENT AGAINST THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS. More HERE. And HERE. Joe and his ilk were and are utter filth.

JOE BIDEN UNCONSTITUTIONALLY CANCELS STUDENT LOAN DEBTS FOR FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND MORE PUBLIC SERVICE DEMOCRATS. More HERE. And HERE. The Supreme Court ruled long ago that a president cannot do this, but the clueless elected Republicans still do nothing. 

          But then they can’t even keep track of congressional rep Kay Granger, who was secretly in assisted living and hadn’t voted on bills in months

SCRANTON OFFICIALS WANT JOE BIDEN’S NAME REMOVED FROM LANDMARK OVER HIS GROTESQUE PARDON OF CORRUPT FEDERAL JUDGE. Countless lives ruined over his actions. Was Joe Biden getting his usual “ten percent for the Big Guy” out of the judge’s haul?   

CONFIRMED: JOE BIDEN MET WITH HIS UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN’S INFLUENCE PEDDLING CUSTOMERS MORE OFTEN THAN HE DID WITH HIS OWN CABINET. Try to picture how Biden’s defenders would be talking about such a fact if it pertained to Trump instead. Joe Biden was always unfit and illegit.

BRANDON TATUM IS CONFIDENT ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SECOND TERM.

DONALD TRUMP IS STILL DOING MORE FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS THAN JOE BIDEN’S ILLEGITIMATE REGIME

REPORTER AT DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET CNN CONFESSES AND APOLOGIZES FOR FAILING TO ACCURATELY COVER JOE BIDEN’S UNFITNESS. Does anyone still wonder why only brainless zealots believe corporate media?

DON’T EVER LET THE DEMOCRATS’ PROPAGANDA OUTLETS FORGET HOW THEY LIED AND COVERED UP TO INSTALL JOE BIDEN AND PROP HIM UP. Coin a term for all this and make it stick to Democrat media outlets for several decades at least, similar to the way “-gate” is still added to political scandals. Continue reading

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BEST OF AUGUST 2024

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective continues with August’s best. 

THE BIONIC BOY (1977) – BAD MOVIE REVIEW – I reviewed this Asian film about a boy who survives a car accident thanks to bionic replacements for some of his body parts. He seeks revenge on the gangsters who killed his parents. Read it HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION – THE AIR WAR: A VISION OF THE FUTURE (1859) – Astonishingly ahead of its time, this daring, controversial tale was set in 6900 A.D. when people of color run the planet and white people are slaves. A global war breaks out between black people who want to end slavery for all time and black people who want to keep white people in chains.

           This novel never goes where you think it’s going to. Click HERE.

BUFFALO SOLDIERS – A Frontierado celebration of the famed African-American soldiers of the 1800s west. Click HERE.

CITIZEN SOLDIER (1956-1957) – This Forgotten Television item depicted actual heroes of World War Two action playing themselves in reenactments of their battlefield heroics. You can find it HERE.

RUDOLPH VALENTINO’S SILENT FILMS – I reviewed the movies of the big screen’s 1920s heart-throb and the man Susanna Hoffs sang about “kissing by a crystal-blue Italian stream.” Click HERE.

1790: THE FIRST AMERICAN SHIP TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE – Read about it HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: IN THE DEEP OF TIME (1897) – A very imaginative look at life in 2190 A.D. There are “Sun Telephones”, tripod-like vehicles for personal travel, all manner of futuristic technology for everyday life and much, much more. This work deserves far more fame. Click HERE.

TONY ORLANDO & DAWN: THEIR TELEVISION SERIES (1974-1976) – I reviewed the singing trio’s variety show which featured plenty of guest stars. Click HERE.

THE MICRONAUTS – A look at several of their 1980s crossover stories with Marvel characters like Nick Fury & S.H.I.E.L.D., the Fantastic Four, Ant-Man and others. Plus Baron Karza returns. Click HERE.

FIST OF FEAR, TOUCH OF DEATH (1980) – One of the most hilariously bad kung fu movies ever made. Believe it or not, the great black actor ADOLPH CAESAR co-starred. Click HERE. Continue reading

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1914) – ANOTHER SILENT FILM VERSION

Christmas Carol-a-Thon 2024 continues here at Balladeer’s Blog with another all-new review.

christmas carol 1914A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1914) – This British production was directed by Harold M. Shaw and runs a bit over 22 minutes. Charles Rock starred as Ebenezer Scrooge and he delivered a very good performance, diminished only by the brief running time.

Though longer than the 1901 and 1910 silent film versions of the Carol, this 1914 movie is still a big step backward from the 1913 big-screen version which ran roughly 40 minutes. One of the very few Carols to overcome being limited to just twenty-some minutes was the 1971 animated production, and Harold Shaw’s effort falls far short of that one. 

Still, there are bright spots in the 1914 version. Let’s take a look. Continue reading

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