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JANUARY SIXTH-A-PALOOZA: 2024

biden bloodHere’s what will apparently be an annual post for as long as demagogues insist on pretending there was an “insurrection” (LMAO) on January 6th, 2021. Uh. Yeah. No guns, no police officers killed (despite Joe Biden’s absurd claims otherwise) and the Capitol building’s doors were OPENED for the trespassers by the authorities, as shown on film.

And remember, NOTHING THAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY SIXTH COULD HAVE PUT TRUMP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE! Learn something about how your own government works, anti-Trump fascists! At any rate, here we go again: 

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BIDEN CALLED THESE RIOTS MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS

The overwrought propaganda of Biden supporters on this date has me laughing VERY hard. They theatrically pretend that the mass trespassing incident of January 6th, 2021 was “worse than the Civil War and the 9-11 attacks.” What disingenuous garbage.

Their monumental and hilarious political hypocrisy is on full display in Washington DC as Democrats engage in political theater while pretending to revere the Capitol Building and its “symbolism.” (LMAO) Before I became an Independent Voter I spent most of my life as a Democrat and believe me, they feel contempt for the Capitol and its “symbolism”, even calling it one of the “institutions of imperialist rule” and “the seat of White Supremacy and systemic racism in America.”

Democrats also despise people who DO revere the Capitol and its symbolism, dismissing them as simple-minded patriotic rednecks.

Nancy Pelosi demagogueOn January 6th, 2021, a “mostly peaceful protest” (as Democrats described the MONTHS-LONG Antifa riots which terrorized the country) at the Capitol turned into a chaotic mass-trespassing incident with the Democrats of the Capitol Police even killing an unarmed woman. Suddenly, Democrat pretensions that they revered the Capitol poured from the mouths of the demagogues of the Democrat Party.

Hey, let’s rename it “the Demagogue Party”. After all, the Democrat Party is the country’s oldest existing institution which launched a Civil War and fought for slavery, so a name change for that political party is LONG overdue. Okay, so they won’t rename themselves the Demagogue Party, but they should rename it something to distance themselves from the Democrat Party’s horrifically racist past.

capitol bombing 1983Anyway, Democrats felt that their OWN storming of the Capitol was fine back on October 4th, 2018, even though THEY WERE INTERFERING WITH ONE OF THOSE GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS WHICH THEY NOW PRETEND SHOULD BE SACROSANCT. Democrats/ the left cheered on that activity. And let’s not forget the way the left literally set off a BOMB in the Capitol on November 7th, 1983. Also HERE. A million dollars (by 1983 standards, so much more today) in damage was done.

Most adults are above the fake tears and the fear-mongering which truly pathetic Democrat members of Congress are indulging in regarding January 6th. The Democrats will probably never lose their competitive edge in phoniness and manufactured emotion, so non-Democrats – as in Independents, Third Party Voters, Republicans and People Who Claim No Political Affiliation, in other words THE REST OF US – will always need to remain highly skeptical of any and all political theater from them. 

Kenosha democrat riotIn May 2020 when the White House was violently attacked for about 24 hours and many secret service agents were seriously injured, Biden and other Democrats said Trump “used tear gas against peaceful protestors” even though it’s been proven that he DIDN’T use tear gas on those “peaceful protestors.” Listen to those Democrat hypocrites today and the draconian measures they now recommend against civil disobedience!
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The night of May 31st, 2020 rioters set fires all over the capital of the United States. A mob of them gathered outside the White House and threatened to storm it. The president was said to have been moved to a bunker. Many Democrats laughed at him and supported the mob. Never mind that the safety of the president, as a symbol of America and self-governance, goes beyond individual or party and should never be a laughing matter, like Democrats are now sniveling about the Capitol.
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Who knows? Some day the January 6th protestors may be looked on as the victims of governmental authoritarianism, like the Bonus Marchers of long ago. Nobody knows how events will be viewed decades and centuries from now, no matter how much Democrats pretend that they do with their ridiculous “right side of history” nonsense.

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BEST OF AUGUST 2023

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end of year retrospective continues with this look at August’s best.

theda as cleopatraTHEDA BARA: SILENT FILM STARLET – My examination of this big-screen femme fatale, her surviving films and what little is known about her movies that have not survived. A Fool There Was, Cleopatra, The Vixen, An Unchastened Woman, Sin, Madame Mystery and more.  Click HERE.

HEIMSKRINGLA! OR THE STONED ANGELS (1969) – Forgotten television dramatization of old Norse lore, presented in the experimental new “Videospace” format. Click HERE.

life in aLIFE IN A THOUSAND WORLDS (1905) – “Ancient” science fiction story about life on other planets in our solar system AND around distant stars. Click HERE.

MARVEL’S JANUARY OF 1975 ISSUES – Iron Fist vs Batroc, Hulk vs Zzzax, the Avengers vs Kang the Conqueror for the Celestial Madonna and more HERE.

LONG HENRY THOMPSON – Neglected gunslinger. Click HERE.

peter pan 1976PETER PAN (1976) – My review of this forgotten musical version of the Peter Pan story, starring Mia Farrow as Peter, Danny Kaye as Captain Hook and Paula Kelly as Princess Tiger Lily. Click HERE.

BARACK OBAMA’S BROTHER ENDORSES TRUMP AGAIN – Plus more HERE.

COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAMS – Western Texas College HERE, Luna College HERE, Quincy College HERE.

denver doll dime novelsDENVER DOLL DIME NOVELS – My look at the four Dime Novels starring the fictional female gunslinger the Denver Doll during the 1880s. Click HERE.   

JUSTICE SOCIETY: 1949 STORIES – The JSA takes on the X-Criminals, Mr. Alpha, the Fire People, and the Invisible Band HERE

THE FOURTH REICH (1990) – Movie about the true story of a South African agent working to thwart a Nazi attempt to assassinate South Africa’s national leader. Click HERE. Continue reading

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APRIL 2020: LOOKING BACK

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

joe biden is so creepySENILE JOE BIDEN BLITHERS AGAIN – Even Bernie Bros were disgusted with the creepy Joe Biden, who embodied the corruption of career politicians in the U.S. Click HERE.

vernon jones picDEMOCRAT BIGOTS ATTACK COURAGEOUS MAN OF COLOR VERNON JONES FOR REFUSING TO OBEY THEM. Among Jones’ remarks: “A generation of African American families have been devastated by draconian policies that Joe Biden supported and voted for when he served in the U.S. Senate,” Jones said in a statement to CBS 46. “A change was needed and President Trump took action.” “Turn the lights off, I have left the plantation.” Click HERE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM IS HIS LATEST POLICY HELPING THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR – Trump was the best president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime. Click HERE.

trump is fdrMORE DEMOCRATS REBEL AGAINST PRIVILEGED WHITE ONE-PERCENTERS LIKE NANCY PELOSI AND CHUCK SCHUMER’S ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FDR-STYLE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM. Can we stop acting like this is the same Democrat Party that it was long ago? Click HERE.

THE GUARDIAN’S MELANIE PHILIPS: “WHY I LEFT THE LEFT” – Not just in America, but also in the U.K. the political left has become everything it used to pretend to oppose. Click HERE.

karen wCOURAGEOUS DEMOCRAT KAREN WHITSETT PRAISES PRESIDENT TRUMP – It’s HERE.

LAUGHING AT JOE BIDEN’S IDIOCY IS THE BEST MEDICINE – More video fun regarding Joe Biden’s obvious unfitness – and he has more than lived up to that unfitness. Click HERE.

TWENTY WRY QUOTES – Some needed comic relief. Click HERE. Continue reading

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BEST OF JULY 2023

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end of year retrospective continues with this look at July’s best.

riverboat coverRIVERBOAT (1959-1961) – My review of this neglected television series about Darren McGavin and a young Burt Reynolds as partners who run a riverboat along the Mississippi and its tributaries during the 1830s and 1840s. Burt and Darren help Texas rebels fight Mexican tyrants, assist historical figures like Zachary Taylor and Abe Lincoln, and clash with river pirates, gunrunners and fugitives. Click HERE.

A MODERN MUSKETEER (1917) – Douglas Fairbanks’ silent action-comedy about a quixotic 20th Century man who longs for the age of chivalrous adventuring. Click HERE

thomasine and bushrod posterTHOMASINE & BUSHROD (1974) – A western about a pair of fictional outlaws who become folk heroes from 1911-1915 as the Wild West is fading away. Vonetta McGee plays Thomasine, a female bounty hunter who winds up robbing banks alongside her true love J.P. Bushrod (Max Julien). The pair give away most of their illegal proceeds to the poor of all colors. This movie is like The Wild Bunch crossed with Bonnie & Clyde, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid and more. Click HERE

NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUPS – July 3rd HERE, July 6th HERE.

black bolt and inhumansJANUARY 1972 MARVEL PUBLICATIONS – Black Bolt and the Inhumans take on Magneto, Spider-Man fights Kraven the Hunter in the Savage Land, Daredevil and the Black Widow face MK-9, Conan the Barbarian meets Omm the Spider-God and much more. Click HERE.

CALIFORNIA JIM – Real-life gunslinger and his forgotten saga. Click HERE.

THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO: REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO – A brief look. Click HERE.

hurricane nellHURRICANE NELL – One of the first Dime Novel heroines created by Edward L. Wheeler in 1877. This tale follows the daring young lady sharpshooter on her revenge quest against a gang of outlaws. Click HERE.

KINGSBOROUGH COLLEGE – Cool named sports team. Click HERE.

THE LAND OF THE CHANGING SUN (1894) – “Ancient” science fiction about a futuristic underground civilization. Click HERE. Continue reading

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DECEMBER 28th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

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

DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR SAYS “WE’RE GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS BECAUSE BIDEN IGNORED THE BORDER.” Oh, there’s all kinds of reasons that so many of us former Democrats have left the Party to become Independent Voters.  

jack smith picILLEGITIMATE FUNCTIONARY JACK SMITH, LOOKING NOTHING AT ALL LIKE A STALKER AND RAPIST, DEMANDS THAT THE BIDEN REGIME’S TARGET DONALD TRUMP BE PREVENTED FROM CITING EVIDENCE. More HERE. The latest in the Regime’s travesties, fresh off Smith’s latest defeat on expediting the immunity ruling.

YET ANOTHER REPORT INDICATES THE BIDEN REGIME IS DIVERTING VETERANS ADMINISTRATION FUNDS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Not since Warren G. Harding and the Ohio Gang has the country been victimized by such blatant criminals as Joe Biden and his ilk. Continue reading

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BEST OF MAY 2023

Here’s a look at May’s best as Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end of year retrospective continues.

cassandra crossing posterTHE CASSANDRA CROSSING (1976) – My review of this hilariously bad disaster movie starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Martin Sheen and O.J. Simpson. Passengers on a train are exposed to a deadly virus because of terrorists. Click HERE.

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS HENCE (1818) – This work of “ancient” science fiction presented a look at the United States, England, Canada and Mexico in the year 2318. Covers the social, political and economic state of the world as well as scientific advances like space travel. Click HERE.

BOOK OF THE DUN COW PART TEN – The final part of my review of this treasure trove of Celtic myths with both pagan and Christian material. Features accounts of the deaths of five major Irish heroes as well as many myths about the legendary figure Mongan. Click HERE.

grips on coverGRIPS: ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL SUPERHEROES EVER – From 1986-1992 Grips, a combination of Wolverine and the Punisher, had ultra-violent and otherwise adult adventures in Kris Silver’s independent publications. Only Faust exceeded Grips in the 80s and 90s, and artist Tim Vigil worked on both series. Must be read to be believed. Click HERE.   

SIXTEEN MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS FROM THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR (1898) – A Memorial Day look at several white and black honorees from that long-ago conflict. Click HERE.

eve in avmpA VERY MISSING PERSON (1972) – Eve Arden starred as amateur sleuth Hildegarde Withers from a series of mystery novels. Hildegarde solves a murder involving high-level figures in New York City. Also includes my review of the 1930s movies about the character. Click HERE.

AN ABSOLUTE CESSPOOL OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION – It’s all HERE.

PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS – J.M. Barrie’s often forgotten, ORIGINAL version of the Peter Pan character from 1902. Peter is younger and an enchanted version of Kensington Gardens serves as his “Neverland”. Click HERE

esther and jean marshMOMMA THE DETECTIVE (1981) – A Mother’s Day look at this made for tv movie about Esther Rolle as an amateur detective who solves a high society murder. Think of shows like McMillan and Wife, The Snoop Sisters, etc. Click HERE. Continue reading

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DEMOCRATS REMOVE TRUMP FROM A STATE BALLOT LIKE THEY DID WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1860

blocked from ballotIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at the latest anti-Trump hysteria here in Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy. As always, everyone is welcome here no matter who they vote for.

abraham lincoln and trumpFor overseas readers, let me be clear that the title of this blog post is no joke. Abraham Lincoln also caused Democrats to froth at the mouth with hatred even more than they usually do and he was removed from multiple state ballots in the 1860 election, which he went on to win.

Obviously, this move by Colorado’s Democrat Supreme Court taking Trump off its ballot for 2024 is unconstitutional, but I’m not as confident as others are that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the decision. The rival gangs of white-collar criminals called the Democrat and Republican Parties are still a terminal cancer on the body politic and they don’t want outsiders like populist Donald Trump rocking their crooked boat. 

trump and jfkI’ll have more to say on this in the days ahead, but holiday preparations limit my time today. Here are items written by others about this latest anti-Trump travesty:

DEMOCRATS’ ANTI-TRUMP BALLOT STUNT ISN’T GOING AS PLANNED.

ayatolla andCOLORADO DEMOCRATS ON THEIR STATE SUPREME COURT REMOVED TRUMP FROM BALLOT OVER THINGS HE HASN’T EVEN BEEN CHARGED WITH. A mere hearing report was their basis for this unconstitutional decision.

AS I WROTE IN THIS ARTICLE THERE WAS NO “INSURRECTION” ON JANUARY SIXTH AND NOTHING ON THAT DAY WOULD HAVE PUT TRUMP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

Trump in the wayCONGRESSMEN AND A FEW GOVERNORS RESPOND TO COLORADO OVERREACH WITH CALLS TO REMOVE BIDEN FROM THE BALLOT IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA. Hey, why not, since Colorado made it clear they did not base their decision on any actual verdict in any trial anywhere. But we’ll see if Republicans have the backbone to go through with this. I’m betting they don’t.

REACTIONS AND CONDEMNATIONS CONTINUE TO POUR IN OVER COLORADO’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTION AGAINST TRUMP. Continue reading

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BEST OF APRIL 2023

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end of year retrospective continues, this time with a look at April’s best.

golem 1980GOLEM (1980) – My review of this Polish science fiction film that is sort of a blend of Eraserhead and Patrick McGoohan’s series The Prisoner. An authoritarian dictatorship has risen in the aftermath of a global nuclear war. Click HERE.

NEWS ROUNDUP: APRIL 29th – The New York Times calls out Joe Biden for the explosion of child trafficking at his disaster of a southern border. Plus much more. Click HERE.

cover with nelvanaCANADIAN-MADE SUPERHEROES 1941-1950 – From well-known names like the superheroine Nelvana of the Northern Lights (at left) and the superhero Thunderfist to less celebrated figures like Freelance, Nitro, the Blue Raven and Commander Steel. Plus superheroines like the Wing, Ghost Woman and many more. Thirty-eight characters in all. Click HERE.

BOOK OF THE DUN COW PART THREE – The long, action-filled voyage of the hero Mael Duin, an epic myth dated to around the 900s A.D. Click HERE.

pathfinders in space setPATHFINDERS IN SPACE (1960) – The neglected British sci-fi television series. Includes my review of its sequels, Pathfinders to Mars and Pathfinders to Venus. Click HERE.

JESUS: A PASSION PLAY FOR AMERICANS (1969) – Before Jesus Christ Superstar and before Godspell came this rock/ jazz version of the last days before the Crucifixion. Click HERE.

ARK II (1976) – My review of this short-lived American science fiction series about attempts to resettle the Earth after a destructive war hundreds of years in the future. Click HERE.

jla number 124JUSTICE SOCIETY/ JUSTICE LEAGUE TEAM-UPS – 1975-1979 HERE.  1970-1974 HERE.

BOOK OF THE DUN COW PART FOUR – The Vision of Adomnan: Centuries before Dante’s Inferno came this Irish myth about an Angel giving Saint Adomnan a tour of Heaven and Hell. Click HERE.

NEWS ROUNDUP – April 10th: Matt Taibbi exposes MSNBC’s fraudulent reporting HERE. 

BOOK OF THE DUN COW PART FIVE – The epic myth of The Expulsion of the Deissi. Think Game of Thrones meets Exodus. Click HERE. Continue reading

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DECEMBER 18th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

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

SOME OF THE CRIMES BEING INVESTI-GATED IN THE BIDEN IMPEACHMENT PROCESS.

CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION REVEALS THAT THE FBI HAS BEEN COVERING UP EVIDENCE OF BIDEN FAMILY’S INVOLVEMENT WITH BRIBERY SINCE 2008! FBI = Fuggeda Bout Integrity.

fbi biden kgbFBI SENIOR COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE MAN CHRIS MCGONIGAL, WHO WAS LINKED TO THE ATTEMPT TO FRAME PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOR COLLUDING WITH RUSSIA, HAS HIMSELF JUST BEEN SENTENCED TO 50 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HIS OWN ACTUAL COLLUSION WITH PUTIN’S RUSSIA. Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns. More HERE. Someday maybe the people fraudulently going after Trump now will face similar outcomes.

JOE BIDEN’S DAUGHTER ASHLEY IS THE LATEST BIDEN TO BE FOUND OWING BACK TAXES. But it’s difficult not to feel sorry for Ashley given the way her diary revealed that her father Joe took “inappropriate” showers with her when she was a child. The Bidens claimed the diary was stolen, you’ll recall, not that its contents were untrue. More HERE.

biden ordered through the mailJOE BIDEN’S DISASTROUS ECONOMIC POLICIES HAVE DRIVEN HOMELESSNESS NUMBERS BACK TO THE SAME HIGH FIGURES AS UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH. More HERE

A TERRIFIC ARTICLE CALLING OUT THE CLUELESS, OUTDATED AND UTTERLY USELESS PEOPLE WHO RUN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. We need alternate parties.

GERMANY’S FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULES THAT VOTING IRREGULARITIES REQUIRE REDOING THE 2021 FEDERAL ELECTIONS IN 455 GERMAN CONSTITUENCIES. Yet many Americans still choose to ignore our own problems with election integrity.  

CNN SHOCKED WHEN DATA REPORTER LAYS OUT HOW HORRIBLE JOE BIDEN’S ECONOMY IS. First, some excerpts: “Enten explained that since Biden took office, the economy has seen a downward spiral of negative growth.” Continue reading

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MARCH 2020: A LOOK BACK

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

shakem akhetSHAKEM AKHET BLASTS THE DEMOCRATS FOR DOING NOTHING FOR BLACK VOTERS. He courageously calls out The Party. Click HERE.

JOE BIDEN’S PUBLIC INEPTITUDE AND UNFITNESS ON DISPLAY: MARCH 2020 – It was all obvious VERY early on. But, “By any means necessary” was the slogan of America’s crooked political establishment. Click HERE. In addition, video of Biden’s unfitness on display at his disastrous Virtual Town Hall. Click HERE.

EVEN MORE HILARIOUSLY WRONG PREDICTIONS FROM PSYCHICS – This latest edition of that popular bit kept the laughs coming. Click HERE.

brandon strakaBRANDON STRAKA AND THE #WALKAWAY MOVEMENT WERE STILL ROLLING – A March of 2020 blog post about former Democrats (like myself) leaving the party over its intolerance and growing authoritarianism. Click HERE.

FOOL KILLER: JUNE 1910 – The publication targeted people who wrongly predicted that Halley’s Comet would hit the Earth, Coca Cola Corporation, early nudists, a false Missing Link find, human traffickers, and Speaker of the House Joe Cannon, who was as corrupt as Republican Paul Ryan and Democrat Nancy Pelosi . Click HERE. Continue reading

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