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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: AUGUST SIXTEENTH

media outlet bias 2More current events from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog, here in an America where the Kamala Harris Regime is forcing American Veterans to repay some disability payouts while letting illegal immigrants stay at posh hotels and get pre-paid debit cards paid for by taxpayers.  

kamala or trained sealATTEMPTS TO STOP DEMOCRATS FROM LETTING NON-CITIZENS VOTE IN THE ELECTION ARE FAILING. One side wants it more. But it IS amazing that even Europe, which Democrats so often point to as politically wonderful, requires Voter I.D. for their elections. 

ANOTHER ONE OF KAMALA’S ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT GANG LEADERS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK ARRESTED OVER TWENTY-THREE MURDERS.

NEW JERSEY SOCCER COACH INDICTED FOR SEXTING AND MOLESTING PLAYERS AS YOUNG AS ELEVEN YEARS OLD. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?

bloody hands of joe bidenTHE TALIBAN CELEBRATES THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIDEN-HARRIS REGIME’S DISASTROUS WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN BY PARADING THE MILITARY HARDWARE THAT BIDEN AND HARRIS LEFT FOR THEM. More HERE.

THE TALIBAN HAS MADE LIFE HELL FOR WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN. And gutless, privileged white Democrat poseurs in Handmaid’s Tale costumes are silent about it.

CHICAGO BUSINESSES BOARD UP THEIR WINDOWS OVER FEAR OF WHAT THE DEMOCRAT MOBS WILL DO DURING THEIR CONVENTION NEXT WEEK. Democrats combine the worst of Fascism and organized crime. Let’s hope that “mostly peaceful” fires and murders are kept to a minimum.

ben carsonDR. BEN CARSON: DEMOCRATS OWN THE HOUSING CRISIS CAUSED BY THEIR FLOOD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

THE DEMOCRATS AT NPR PROVE ONCE AGAIN THAT PEOPLE WHO PRETEND TO BE “FACT CHECKING” ARE REALLY JUST EXPRESSING THEIR OWN OPINIONS ABOUT WHY THEY THINK A STATEMENT IS “UNTRUE”. They pretended to find 162 such statements in one recent opposition leader interview. Uh. Yeah. Right. And the Trump campaign could, I’m sure, find even MORE “untrue” statements in Kamala Harris speeches (she still refuses to DO interviews).

           Apparently, NPR Democrats would consider debates on any given subject “battles of lies vs facts” because they pretend The Party’s talking points are “facts” and any deviation from Democrat talking points must be untrue. Grow up, Democrats. What you do is offer REBUTTALS, not “fact checks.”

           And for Sharyl Attkisson’s article exposing the biases and lies of “fact checkers” (LMAO) click HERE. Also – RELATED. Continue reading

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RUDOLPH VALENTINO: HIS SILENT FILMS

Balladeer’s Blog’s periodic look at silent movies and silent film stars continues with a sampling of Rudolph Valentino’s movies, from both before and after he became the Latin Lover sensation of his era.

the sheikTHE SHEIK (1921) – Edith Maude Hull’s 1919 novel came to the big screen to cement Rudolph Valentino’s rising star. He shone as Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan with Agnes Ayers as Lady Diane Mayo.

Diane is an adventuress who has spurned all marriage proposals thus far and her latest escapade is a tour of the desert led by Arab guides. In a ritzy casino the night before her expedition departs, she dresses as a dancing girl to sneak into an exclusive event being held by Ahmed.

The Sheik is charmed and aroused by this wild and haughty Western woman who listens to no man, not even male relatives like her brother. Ahmed and his troops surreptitiously follow Diane’s caravan and when the time is right, the Sheik abducts her and carries her off to his elaborate tent-mansion deep in the desert.

valentino and ayresA lot of Gothic Romance Novel antics follow in this film that has not aged well. Valentino’s wide eyes and flaring nostrils were masterfully parodied by Peter Sellers in a comedy bit decades later.

It’s impossible to take his performance seriously through modern eyes, which is just as well since he is basically guilty of kidnapping and taking advantage of the young woman.

sheikAs their battle of wills goes on, Diane is seized by caravan robbers and taken to their leader’s lair. Sheik Ahmed leads his men to the rescue, and, with Stockholm Syndrome well and truly in charge, Lady Diane “realizes” how much she has fallen in love with her abductor.

The most laughable aspects of silent film histrionics make immersion in this 86-minute movie impossible. Luckily, it’s so ridiculous that you can never forget you’re watching a movie, and that Diane is never really in any danger from Valentino or anyone else. 
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AUGUST FOURTEENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

a tampon dispenser in every boys roomYet another current events roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog, here in an America where Human Tampon Dispenser Tim Walz and cackling incompetent Kamala Harris are pushing a continuation of Joe Biden Regime policies. And a vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for Joe Biden.   

*** NEW: THE DEMOCRATS AT CNN CAUGHT SELECTIVELY EDITING THE TRUMP-MUSK FOOTAGE TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THEY WERE SAYING THAT DROPPING NUCLEAR BOMBS ON JAPAN WAS “NO BIG DEAL.” And of course, anti-Trump imbeciles fell for it hook, line and sinker.

KAMALA HARRIS VOWS AMNESTY FOR MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND PERMANENT, NATIONWIDE “CHEAT-BY-MAIL” VOTING. The thought of Democrat totalitarian rule brings “joy” to Kackling Kamala.

government gangstersGOVERNMENT GANGSTERS: THE NEW DOCUMENTARY WHOSE TITLE ALONE PERFECTLY CAPTURES THE WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINALS OF AMERICA’S CESSPOOL OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION.

REMINDER: THE BIDEN REGIME’S MATERIAL HAS CALLED THEIR DISASTROUS BORDER AND ILLEGALS POLICY “THE BIDEN-HARRIS POLICY” SINCE 2021. To which I’m assuming Kamala clucked “WHAT border policy?” and cackled for several minutes. More HERE.

KAMALA HARRIS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR THE WAY HER BORDER DISASTER HAS TRAFFICKED SO MANY CHILDREN INTO LITERAL SLAVE LABOR. Obscene. The Mexican Cartels love Harris-Biden.

THE PEOPLE’S CANDIDATE: FARMER PLOWS A ONE-MILE WIDE TRUMP SIGN IN SAFFLOWER FIELD.

kamala making faceHARRIS BORDER DISASTER HAS ENABLED CARTEL DRONES TO ACHIEVE AIR CONTROL OVER THE BORDER WITH MEXICO.

JOE BIDEN SCREAMS INCOHERENTLY AT PUBLIC APPEARANCE. The Democrat media outlets who assured us that Joe Biden was sharp as a tack until very recently are the same people telling us Kamala Harris is competent.

DEMOCRAT’S SELF-DESCRIPTION “I’M A TRANS MAN AND GAY AND I HAVE BEEN PREGNANT.” And remember, these people call other people “weird.” Continue reading

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PEOPLE OF COURAGE BLAST DEMAGOGUE KAMALA HARRIS

amanda sealesAMANDA SEALES CALLS OUT KAMALA’S PHONINESS AND HOW THE FASCIST PRESSURED HER TO STOP CRITICIZING HER. Democrats prefer docile, submissive court jesters like Jon Stewart, who used to meet regularly with Obama to make sure his “jokes” were approved by The Party.

CNN PUFF PIECE ON KAMALA HARRIS GOES WRONG WHEN THEY FIND OUT HOW THE BLACK PEOPLE THEY’RE TALKING WITH REALLY FEEL ABOUT THE DISASTROUS VP. More HERE. And HERE.

michaela montgomeryATLANTA HEROINE THOROUGHLY TROUNCES THE MANY FAILINGS OF KAMALA HARRIS AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.

More HERE. And HERE. She points out how Harris’ policies have harmed the Black Community HERE. For far too long, Democrats have attacked and abused voters of color who think for themselves and reject that party of slavery, the Ku Klux Klan, Jim Crow and more.

angela stanton kingANGELA STANTON-KING TAKES DOWN KAMALA HARRIS AND DISCUSSES WHY SHE LEFT THE INTOLERANT DEMOCRAT PARTY.

DEMOCRAT MEDIA FIGURE IMPLODES OVER ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE POINTING OUT THAT THE CORRUPT, PRIVILEGED KAMALA HARRIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT KAMALA HARRIS WOULD EXTRADITE AMERICAN CITIZENS TO THE U.K. FOR ONLINE STATEMENTS LIKE STARMER WANTS . Continue reading

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JULY 2022: A LOOK BACK

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

i dont care aboutnancy pelosi wrinkly picDEMOCRATS VS THE REST OF US: JULY 25th, 2022. Among other things it dealt with Nancy Pelosi and her husband’s Insider Trading scandals. 

MORE COURTS RULING THAT CERTAIN STATES VIOLATED THEIR OWN ELECTION LAWS IN THE FOREVER TAINTED 2020 ELECTION. Have I mentioned lately that the 2020 election was as corrupt as those in 1876 and 2000? But the Democrats knew it would take years to be exposed in the courts.

biden frowningMOTHER JONES BASHES NANCY PELOSI AND JOE BIDEN. Well, they certainly deserve it.

FACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP: JULY 27th, 2022.

ANOTHER BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN LEAVES THE DEMOCRATS PLUS MORE. Much more.

JOE BIDEN CLAIMS YOU CAN’T OPPOSE HIM AND BE “PRO-AMERICAN.” So, we took a look at that. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: AUGUST 8th

don ricklesMore current events in this latest roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog, here in an America where Tim Walz continues refusing to discuss his time on CPO Sharkey & calls voters “hockey pucks” for wanting answers. 

tim don rickles walzKAMALA’S RUNNING MATE TIM WALZ ALL IN ON FLOODING U.S. WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS – “I’LL INVEST IN A LADDER FACTORY” TO HELP ILLEGALS CLIMB ANY BORDER WALL NO MATTER HOW HIGH. Unstable candidate claims we won’t have Thanksgiving dinners anymore without illegal immigrants. Utterly insane. 

HARRIS RUNNING MATE MADE MINNESOTA A STATE WHERE CHILDREN CAN GET TRANSGENDER SURGERY. They can’t get permanent tattoos, but transgender surgery? Tim Walz loves it!

biden criminal enterpriseUNDER TIM WALZ, OVER FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS IN RELIEF AID STOLEN. He’s a perfect fit for Harris and the Biden Crime Family.

HARRIS-BIDEN REGIME LETS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT BREAKING INTO QUANTICO MARINE BASE GO FREE ON BAIL. Democrat priorities in action.

DEMOCRAT D.A. COURAGEOUSLY BLAMES THE REGIME’S POOR BORDER SECURITY DISASTER FOR THE DEATH OF JOCELYN NUNGARY.

KAMALA HARRIS RUNNING MATE CALLS FOR A CARBON TAX ON AMERICANS. The working class and the poor will suffer, one percenters won’t. 

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FIST OF FEAR, TOUCH OF DEATH (1980) – BAD MOVIE REVIEW

fist of fear touch of deathFIST OF FEAR, TOUCH OF DEATH (1980) – It’s the review FOURTEEN YEARS in the making! Yep, Fist of Fear, Touch of Death is yet another one of those classically bad films that I had planned on reviewing here on Balladeer’s Blog back in 2010 but it always fell by the wayside. At long last this review can stand alongside my examinations of other Bruceploitation flicks like The Clones of Bruce Lee and The Dragon Lives Again.

A fictional Karate Tournament being held in Madison Square Garden is hyped as a battle to be the successor to Bruce Lee. That’s just an excuse to feature a conspiracy theory about Bruce having been murdered and mix it in with stock footage from the Master’s interviews, movies, and tv appearances.

another poster for fist of fear touch of deathAlso stretching out this jumbled mess to feature length are scenes from several 1970s and 1960s Chop Socky movies which are supposed to be footage chronicling Bruce’s ancestor, who is called a samurai even though samurai are Japanese, not Chinese. Other forced connections with Lee pollute this sewage.    

Where to start with this Psychotronic gem? Well, for starters, it’s obvious that the late Bruce Lee couldn’t do anything about the footage of himself in this low-class bomb, but Fred Williamson and, of all people – ADOLPH CAESAR – chose to participate in this dreck PLAYING THEMSELVES!

Okay, blaxploitation legend Williamson has his fair share of schlock among his screen credits, but Adolph Caesar was one of the greatest stage actors of all time and his performance in A Soldier’s Story (1984) helped make it the powerful movie that it still is.

If you need a Psychotronic connection to justify Caesar’s presence in this travesty, his very memorable voice narrated film trailers for several grindhouse flicks and horror films over the years. Mr. Caesar is a total boss in this movie, making it clear that he knows it’s sheer garbage and smirking sardonically throughout his screen time.

adolph caesarHe’s being himself, Adolph Caesar, as if he is doing sports commentary for the Madison Square Garden tournament for network television. The bizarre tone of this film is set within the first five minutes, as Caesar’s play by play of a karate tussle we’re seeing in the ring includes the words “suddenly, he grabs for the eyes and twists violently, ripping them out from the sockets and in a dazzling piece of showmanship tossing them to the crowd.”

A dazzling piece of showmanship. To toss your opponent’s torn-out eyes into the crowd. All said in the legendary voice of Adolph Caesar. It’s a true “I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore, Toto” moment for viewers who are used to more conventional fare. Continue reading

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ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE ALERIEL NOVELS (1874-1893)

the authorA VOICE FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1874) – Written by W.S. Lach-Szyrma. The 1874 date marks when a selection of stories that Lach-Szyrma had written beginning at some point around 1865 in untraced magazines were finally collected in novel form. The author penned more novels in the series as the years went by.

Aleriel, an alien from Venus, has come to Earth by piloting a vessel into space, then hitching a ride on a comet he attached it to. He is winged and, like other Venusians, has a lifespan of thousands of years. To better move around on Earth while observing humans, Aleriel tucks his wings under his shirt in a bulge that lets him pass for a hunchback. He uses the alias Dr. Posela. 

aleriel coverEventually during his years traveling among human beings, “Dr. Posela” rescues a friendly Englishman who is among those trapped in the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. The Earthling gets returned to England, and is delighted with Dr. Posela and his philosophical observations about humanity and his theories that life certainly exists on many other planets.

Dr. Posela’s theories are enthusiastically embraced by the young Brit and he impresses his Oxford professors by including them in his own essays. 
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KAMALA KRASH 2024: THE STOCK MARKET CRASHES ALMOST AS BADLY AS THE BORDER

As so many have pointed out, Kamala Harris owns the failures and disasters of her and Joe Biden’s regime. Biden is fleeing in defeat, and Kamala flees accountability. 

please stand byTHE KAMALA HARRIS STOCK MARKET CRASH READIES THE RECESSION AND CAUSES OUTAGES AT CHARLES SCHWAB, FIDELITY, VANGUARD AND OTHERS

ON THE KAMALA KRASH AND RECESSION.

kamala crazy laughBORDER CZAR KAMALA HARRIS BLASTED AGAIN FOR RELEASING NEARLY A HUNDRED TERRORISTS ON THE TERROR WATCH LIST INTO THE U.S. More HERE. Unreal. 

DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNED THIS WAS COMING, BUT KAMALA HARRIS AND JOE BIDEN CLAIMED THAT IT WASN’T

POLL: PRESIDENT TRUMP SOUNDLY DEFEATS KAMALA HARRIS AMONG VOTERS REGARDING WHO WOULD DO A BETTER JOB ON THE ECONOMY. Sound thinking considering how he saved the economy during his first term.

trump photoECONOMIC EXPERT SAYS “IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR PAYCHECK, VOTE FOR TRUMP.” Years of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden warring on the working class and the poor have left them reeling. 

KAMALA CRASH CAUSES JAPANESE STOCKS TO LOSE MORE POINTS THAN THEY DID ON BLACK MONDAY IN 1987. Harris again makes history in a wrong, ugly, devastating way. Continue reading

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AUGUST 5th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Time for another current events roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog, here in an America where no matter how insane 2024 has been, NOBODY had “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confesses to dumping a dead bear in Central Park” on their Bingo cards.

kangaroo judge for a kangaroo courtCONGRESS’ INVESTIGATION ONGOING IN THE EXPOSED LINK BETWEEN KAMALA HARRIS AND “JUDGE” MERCHAN, THE PARTISAN ANTI-TRUMP PERSECUTOR. Hey, just a candidate from the current administration being involved in kangaroo court proceedings against the other political party’s candidate.

JIM JORDAN DEMANDS DOCUMENTS ON JUDGE MERCHAN’S DAUGHTER’S LAW FIRM HELPING PARTISAN DEMOCRATS PUSHING THE POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF OPPOSITION LEADER TRUMP.

joe biden and harrisASSORTED REPUBLICANS FRETTING THAT TRUMP AND VANCE SHOULD BACK AWAY FROM SIMPLY POINTING OUT THE RACEBAITING GAMES PLAYED BY KAMALA HARRIS. Can you imagine the Democrats being told they should “back away” from pushing “Trans” issues to small children, or supporting Hamas, or “sanctuary cities,” or benefitting illegal immigrants with taxpayer money, or eliminating student debt for selected borrowers even though the Supreme Court has struck it down, or any of their other issues? Those issues are just as “divisive” and “off-putting” as anything the opposition party has had to say. 

           For the umpteenth time I will point out that the Republicans still have no idea how to use their media outlets or increase them. The U.S. needs an opposition party to the insanity pushed by Democrats and too few elected Republicans seem interested in that role. They’d rather let the other side dictate what topics are acceptable during political campaigns.

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Democrat Party

DEMOCRATS IN MASSASCHUSETTS PASS BILL TO REMOVE THE “GENDERED” WORDS MOTHER AND FATHER FROM BIRTH CERTIFICATES. Divisive enough to maybe conjure up a fraction of the outrage directed at the populist Donald Trump and his supposedly “weird” running mate?

           This type of thing should be brought up EVERY TIME Democrats huff and puff over Kamala’s race games, or Trump correctly pointing out that illegal immigrants take jobs from black people. (Which was what the “black jobs” comment was referring to, as in illegal immigration took “black jobs.”)   

kamala cacklingVICTIMS OF KAMALA AND HER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS – ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL RAPED AND MURDEREDSEXUAL ASSAULT ON FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL 

NEW YORK CITY PROSECUTOR WILLIAM KEMP-NEAL RESIGNS AFTER BEING CAUGHT WITH THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?  Continue reading

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