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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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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP FOR DECEMBER 15th

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.

joe biden is aCONGRESS TAKES THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEDURES AGAINST JOE BIDEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN CAUSES CONTEMPT CHARGES OVER FLOUTING OF SUBPOENA.

breaking bidenONE OF THE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS WHO WERE SCANDALOUSLY TRYING TO HELP HUNTER BIDEN AVOID PROSECUTION LEAVING THE DOJ. About time.

MORNING CONSULT POLL: VOTERS TRUST TRUMP OVER BIDEN ON SAVING THE ECONOMY (AGAIN, IN TRUMP’S CASE) – TRUMP 50%, BIDEN ONLY 32%.

MASTERFUL TAKEDOWN OF THE TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD.

SLOBBERING ANTI-TRUMP LOONS SPOUT DERANGED NONSENSE ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD SUPPOSEDLY DO BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE. Their unhinged claims didn’t come true during his first term, but that doesn’t stop them from making even more irrational claims this time around.

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BEST OF MARCH 2023

Here’s another installment of Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end of year retrospective, this one reflecting on March’s best.

floris dvdFLORIS (1969 and 1975) – Rutger Hauer and Paul Verhoeven’s neglected television series starring Rutger as a swashbuckling hero caught up in the Guelders Wars of the Netherlands. Read about it HERE.

BOOK OF THE DUN COW – My examination of each section of Ireland’s Lebor na hUidre, The Book of the Dun Cow. Part One HERE. Part Two HERE. A wealth of mythology.

TWO EARLY GOTHIC HORROR NOVELS – I reviewed The Monk (1796) and The Castle of Otronto (1764) HERE.

hitler dead or alive coverBAD MOVIE REVIEW: HITLER – DEAD OR ALIVE (1943) My review of this bizarre movie HERE.

BLONDE PHANTOM: HER 1940s STORIES – Stan Lee’s 1946-1949 female superhero from his much, much younger years. Click HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE END OF AN EPOCH (1901) – A bio-engineered disease that wipes out millions upon millions of lives on Earth. Click HERE.

jsa jla 1963JUSTICE SOCIETY AND JUSTICE LEAGUE CROSSOVER STORIES: 1963-1969 – Their first 7 meetings HERE

DEMOCRATS FURTHER CEMENT DONALD TRUMP’S MARTYRDOM. Click HERE.

MY TOP HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS HORROR FILMS – Read it HERE.

GRACE O’MALLEY: THE PIRATE QUEEN OF IRELAND – The real-life female pirate leader of the late 1500s and early 1600s. Click HERE. Continue reading

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DECEMBER 12th NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP

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

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UNDER JOE BIDEN’S INFLATION AVERAGE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED. Average new home payments currently stand at $3,322, up from $1,746 at the end of 2020. Biden’s war on the working class and the poor continues.

REPUBLICAN NIKKI HALEY IDIOTICALLY ATTACKS SOCIAL SECURITY. No wonder garbage like George W. Bush, Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney speak highly of her.

CONGRESS NOTES SIX OF THE BIGGEST REVELATIONS ABOUT THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY SO FAR IN THE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION. More HERE. And HERE.

CONGRESSMAN MATT ROSENDALE IS THE LATEST TO ENDORSE TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024.

MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO KILL REPUBLICAN VIVEK RAMASWAMY AND HIS SUPPORTERS.

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CNN POLL: TRUMP OPENS UP A DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD OVER BIDEN IN MICHIGAN. As always, I feel that polls this far out from election day are meaningless, but I enjoy noting how Trump withstands all the unhinged and untruthful attacks on him. Continue reading

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FEBRUARY 2020: LOOKING BACK

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

Andrew YangDEMOCRAT ANDREW YANG ON HOW DEMOCRATS HAVE BETRAYED THE WORKING CLASS. Excerpts: “Yang pointed out that the Democrats’ snobbery and contempt for working class voters was why he entered the presidential race in the first place, to try to bring the party back to its long-abandoned base.”“The Democrats can barely conceal their disdain for the working class and the poor. Democrats are incredibly out of touch with the voters and have been for quite some time.” Read the full item HERE.

jack brewerJACK BREWER PRAISES DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES. Excerpts: “Brewer also noted that President Trump had ignited “a tremendous awakening in the country” among black Americans.” For the full item click HERE.

FOR A NEEDED LAUGH, HERE ARE EVEN MORE RIDICULOUSLY WRONG PREDICTIONS BY PSYCHICS. You can read them HERE.

tulsi gabbard heroicDEMOCRAT TULSI GABBARD (back in February 2020) CALLS OUT THE DNC FOR RIGGING THE PRIMARIES IN FAVOR OF JOE BIDEN’S 2020 CAMPAIGN JUST LIKE THEY RIGGED THEM IN FAVOR OF HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016. And journalistic exposes since 2020 have supported Gabbard’s statement. Click HERE. And for Democrat Donna Brazille’s book exposing Hillary’s rigging of the 2016 primaries against Bernie Sanders click HERE.

democrat republican or awakeROLLING STONE IN FEBRUARY OF 2020 SHARED GABBARD’S EVALUATION. Excerpt: “What happened over the five days after the caucus was a mind-boggling display of fecklessness and ineptitude. Delay after inexplicable delay halted the process, to the point where it began to feel like the caucus had not really taken place.” Read the full piece HERE.

SON OF INDIANA JONES – You can read it HERE.

Van JonesEVEN CNN’S VAN JONES AND JAMAL SIMMONS CITED TRUMP’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR VOTERS OF COLOR. Excerpts: “You may not like it, but he mentioned HBCUs [historically black colleges and universities] — our black colleges have been struggling for a long time, a bunch of them have gone under — he threw a lifeline to them, in real life, in his budget. He talked about that. He talked about the criminal justice reform. He talked about opportunity zones. He talked about school choice.”

        “Jones also called out “the bubble” in which white Democrats live, a confirmation bias bubble which prevents white Democrats from acknowledging Trump’s positive results in minority communities. That same bubble also prevents white Democrats from seeing Trump’s positive results for the entire working class.” For the full piece click HERE. Continue reading

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BEST OF FEBRUARY 2023

Here’s another installment of Balladeer’s Blog’s end of year retrospective, reflecting on February’s best.

keepTHE KEEP (1983) – My review of this love-it-or-hate-it movie directed by Michael Mann. Part horror, part fantasy, The Keep could have been a classic but wasn’t. During World War Two, Nazis uncover a site which holds a demonic entity, and while it’s fun watching it prey on the S.S. troopers the entity goes on to prey on innocent people as well.

        Scott Glenn played an immortal warrior who has been fighting such vile forces for hundreds of years and he arrives to do battle with the dark monstrosity. Also starring Jurgen Prochnow, Ian McKellan and Alberta Watson. CLICK HERE.

FACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP – The February 6th, 2023 edition. Now they claim that expecting correct answers in math class is an example of “white cisheteropatriarchy.” I wish I was joking. CLICK HERE.

captain blood coverRAFAEL SABATINI NOVELS – Balladeer’s Blog’s review of several books by the writer of many, many swashbuckling, sword-swinging tales of pirates, rebels, knights and cavaliers. In addition to well-known Sabatini classics like Captain Blood, Scaramouche, The Sea Hawk and The Black Swan I also reviewed overlooked works like The Tavern Knight, Love at Arms and Venetian Masque. CLICK HERE.

COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAMS – Cuyahoga College HERE, El Paso Community College HERE.

N.E.T. PLAYHOUSE 1970 – Episodes included a Ghanaian adaptaton of Hamlet, a filmed Volpone, a telefilm about Quebec Separatist terrorists in Canada, Australian spy antics during World War Two, and a dystopia ruled by youthful tyrants. With performers like Christopher Walken, George Carlin, Jack Palance, Sam Waterston, Jean Stapleton and Christopher Guest. CLICK HERE.  

thunder warriorTHUNDER WARRIOR: ALL THREE MOVIES – The trilogy of movies in which cult actor Mark Gregory starred as a combination of Rambo and Billy Jack, waging all-out war on corrupt law enforcement, corrupt businesses and corrupt politicians in unrealistic but kickass ways. CLICK HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE KE WHONKUS PEOPLE (1890) – The discovery of a hidden civilization near the North Pole, a civilization with advanced technology in a region with unusual creatures. CLICK HERE.

RELIC OF FORT TEJON – Forgotten Television segment about gambler/ gunslinger Bret Maverick (James Garner) winning a camel left over from the ill-fated American Camel Corps in the 1800s. CLICK HERE Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER FIFTH

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

biden criminal enterpriseBIDEN CRIME FAMILY: EVEN MORE EVIDENCE SHOWING HUNTER BIDEN FUNNELED MONEY TO CAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN FROM THE MONEY HE RECEIVED FROM CHINA. More HERE. And HERE. Buying Joe Biden was the best investment China’s government ever made. More HERE.

BIDEN RELEASING SIX BILLION MORE DOLLARS TO IRAN, THE COUNTRY FUNDING HAMAS AS WELL AS THE HOUTHIS WHO JUST ATTACKED U.S. SHIPS IN THE REGION

DEMOCRAT SENATOR DICK DURBIN BLOCKS FELLOW SENATOR’S ATTEMPT TO SUBPOENA THE EPSTEIN FLIGHT LOGS. Does Durbin, like so many other American politicians, fear some sort of exposure?

biden crime family shirtCONGRESS TO TAKE THE ONGOING BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION TO THE NEXT LEVEL

INDIGENOUS ALASKANS BLASTING THE BIDEN REGIME OVER ITS POLICIES IN THEIR STATE. Multiple tribal leaders speaking out. Yet Biden’s predecessor was often praised by Native American leaders for his policies.

ENTIRE PARTY ORGANIZATION IN OHIO ENDORSES DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT. An excerpt from their endorsement: “President Trump has proven time and again that despite the unhinged and relentless attacks from the radical left, he will never give up on fighting for Ohio’s workers, business, and families.”

matt taibbiCOURAGEOUS JOURNALIST MATT TAIBBI STILL STANDING STRONG AGAINST CORPORATE MEDIA PROPAGANDISTS MASQUERADING AS SAME. A terrific piece which also features Taibbi discrediting corporate media hacks on social media. NEW VIDEO ON TAIBBI’S REVELATIONS DURING CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY HERE.

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT TEACHER SENTENCED TO PRISON ON MOLESTATION CHARGES. Democrat “teachers” have replaced Catholic priests in the public consciousness when it comes to molesting and grooming.

REPUBLICAN RONNA MCDANIEL’S MANY FAILURES CALLED OUT AGAIN.

DEMOCRAT RAYMOND LOPEZ COURAGEOUSLY BLASTS HIS OWN PARTY FOR POLICIES HARMING THEIR OWN BASE. An excerpt: “the Democratic Party vocalizes all kinds of things and then does not deliver. It actually does quite the opposite and continues to harm its own voting base while still saying that they are caring about their issues …”. Continue reading

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JANUARY 2020: A LOOK BACK

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profiles in corruptionPETER SCHWEIZER’S RECENT (back then) BOOK “PROFILES IN CORRUPTION” WHICH EXPOSED EVEN MORE OF THE ROT AT THE CORE OF POWERFUL DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. Read the item HERE

TWENTY GREAT NEWS ITEMS FOR THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR IN AMERICA AS 2020 BEGINS. A look at what was then the latest news regarding de facto Third Party President Donald Trump’s policies helping the working class and the poor. Click HERE.

Fool Killer with staff and Bowie knifeFOOL KILLER – The political and social commentary publication. JANUARY 1910 covered a corrupt Federal Appeals Court Judge, Thomas Edison foolishly buying into psychic phenomena, the raging arguments about reaching the North Pole and more HERE.   

         JULY 1921 covered reports that America was still experimenting with poison gas and chemical warfare despite treaty agreements to the contrary, took shots at an early form of “road rage” and at President Warren G. Harding, Henry Ford and others HERE.

TWENTY MORE HILARIOUSLY FAILED PREDICTIONS BY PSYCHICS – Some needed comic relief HERE.

educa smallerFACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP – America’s joke of an educational system HERE.

UNDER TRUMP, BLUE-COLLAR WAGES ARE GROWING EVEN FASTER THAN WHITE-COLLAR WAGES – He was the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime. HERE.

mcgovernPROS AND CONS OF TWENTY LOSING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES– A light-hearted look in the style of my Pros and Cons of Presidents HERE.

CBS NEWS POINTS OUT TRUMP’S MANY POLICIES WHICH HELPED THE BLACK COMMUNITY – Unprecedented funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Opportunity Zones for black communities, and much more. Click HERE . Continue reading

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BEST OF JANUARY 2023

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It’s the start of Balladeer’s Blog’s yearly retrospective, in which I randomly sprinkle in some highlights from earlier in the year for new readers who may have missed them. I review from January to September only, so just nine posts scattered throughout the month of December. My usual blog posts continue all the while.

andromeda nebula picANDROMEDA NEBULA (1967) – My review of this pioneering science fiction film from Russia about organized space travel in the far future. Sort of a combination of Dune, Star Trek and Alien. CLICK HERE

N.E.T. PLAYHOUSE – A season by season review of the programming on this milestone production of National Educational Television. Many productions from the U.S. and the world. CLICK HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.

ARIZONA’S RED GHOST (1883-1893) – My look at the sightings of the monstrous “Red Ghost” creature that was reported around Arizona for ten years and the very real resolution of the mystery from examination of its remains. CLICK HERE.

les grands detectivesTHE GRAND DETECTIVES (1975) – A French television series in the tradition of Rivals of Sherlock Holmes and which presented other fictional detectives solving mysteries. Classy production. Featured American detective Nick Carter, French detective Monsieur Lecoq, Belgian Inspector Wens, Irish detective Slim Callaghan and, of course, Auguste Dupin and Sherlock Holmes. CLICK HERE.

THE MOST REPULSIVE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS OF 2022 – The title says it all. Click HERE.

SPACE COMMAND (1953-1954) – Forgotten television from Canada as a pre-Star Trek James Doohan and others starred in this series about Earthlings exploring interstellar space. William Shatner guest-starred in one episode. CLICK HERE.

new y dayNEW YEAR’S DAY (1989) – My review of this early film featuring David Duchovny. Directed by Henry Jaglom. CLICK HERE

JANUARY THIRTEENTH IN HISTORY – A look at some of the tragic and triumphant events from previous January 13ths over the centuries. CLICK HERE.

JOE BIDEN SCANDALS OVERFLOWING – To say the least. CLICK HERE.

WHEN HERCULES JOINED THE AVENGERS – Following in the footsteps of his friend Thor, Hercules himself joined the Avengers for a time, helping them take on the Enchantress, Ares, the Tesseract, Dragon Man, Diablo, the Red Guardian, the Mandarin, Magneto and others. CLICK HERE. Continue reading

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NOVEMBER 30th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

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

HALF A MILLION STRONG “MOMS FOR AMERICA ACTION” ENDORSES TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT. “We need leaders who are not afraid to fight”

Mark fisherMARK FISHER, FORMER BLM LEADER FOR A RHODE ISLAND CHAPTER OF THE GROUP, ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT AND CALLED DEMOCRAT POLICIES “RACIST”. The active BLM leadership still condemns Trump and called Fisher’s endorsement “pathetic.”   

        Fisher, a former Democrat like me before I became an Independent Voter, made his remarks when asked about Trump’s support among Black voters. Some excerpts from Fisher’s comments: “I think personally it’s the duplicity of the Democrats, the hypocrisy. We are not stupid. The brothers are not stupid. We understand when someone is for us and when someone is not. It’s obvious that the Democratic Party is not for us.”

Trump never called racist til running against Democrats        “We’ve been used and abused for so long by that party, they don’t value our vote,” Fisher said. “Their policies are basically racist policies. I believe it’s a racist party. Donald Trump is just the opposite.”

        “Trump has done more for the black community than any president I can think of in my lifetime.”

        “A lot of people are misinformed,” Fisher said. “They don’t really understand because they don’t educate themselves on Donald Trump as a person and his history”

        trump rosa parks and muhammad ali“My message that I preach and that I tell is unity. It’s a message of unity, unity driven,” Fisher said. “I want to bring together all the marginalized groups from the margins and bring them to the center because we’re stronger together as … one nation under God, indivisible…” 

        No matter if you like or hate de facto Third Party President Donald Trump, this is yet another indicator that he has been the jolt that America’s pompously complacent Democrat and Republican Parties have long needed. (And for Trump haters, rest assured that your side is already trying to paint Trump in a negative light for graciously acknowledging Mark Fisher’s praise.) Continue reading

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