Monthly Archives: January 2014

GALLUP POLL: RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS NOW REJECT PARTY LABELS

Two fools who prove that ANYBODY can get reelected and it doesn't prove they are competent.

Two fools who prove that ANYBODY can get reelected and it doesn’t prove they are competent.

It’s no secret that the Democratic and Republican Parties are nothing more than two rival gangs of white collar criminals. This is what has been driving so many Americans to reject either party label and to proclaim themselves Independent voters. Even the latest Gallup Poll has caught up with this reality.

The number of respondents defining themselves as Independent grew to 46% in the final quarter of 2013 but averaged 42% for all of that calendar year. The Gallup analysts elaborated on the obvious by saying that these results reflected “an outgrowth of Americans’ record or near-record negative views of the two major U.S. parties” and their “low level of trust in government more generally.”

The analysts optimistically concluded that Continue reading

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BETTING ON WHO NEXT YEAR’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS WILL BE?

puck1The college football season is behind us now until August when the divisions covered here at Balladeer’s Blog kick off their seasons. I’ve been getting a lot of emails asking me to predict next year’s champions given my blog’s reputation for predicting the ascension of various college football teams over the past few years. Yes it may be true that in 2010 I predicted a national championship for the Marian University Knights by 2015 (they won the title in 2012) and I accurately foresaw the 2013 playoff run for the Tabor College Blue Jays at the end of the 2012 season.

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CHANGE OF HABIT (1969) ON THE TEXAS 27 FILM VAULT

Change of Habit bBefore MST3K there was … The Texas 27 Film Vault!

EPISODE ORIGINALLY BROADCAST: Saturday January 10th, 1987 from 10:30pm to 1:00am.

EXTRAS: Special thanks to T27FV fan Dr Shock-the-Monkey for the date and other info about this episode. He stated this episode also featured appearances by various Elvis impersonators but he wasn’t sure if they were legit or put-ons since they were all of the “bloated stomach and very weird hair” type of Elvis look-a-likes. 

Elvis on BerleSERIAL : Due to the length of the movie this time there was not enough time before the film for Randy Clower and Richard Malmos, the machine-gun toting Film Vault Technicians First Class to show and mock a full episode of one of their pre-movie serials. Instead they showed the excerpt of Elvis Presley’s April 3rd, 1956 appearance on The Milton Berle Show before moving on to the night’s film.

THE MOVIE: Change of Habit is a movie that was practically MADE to be ridiculed. You’ve got Continue reading

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NINA ELLE WAS PART OF WHAT MADE 2013 FUN AT BALLADEER’S BLOG

DSC_0238-CopyPart of what made 2013 so much fun here at Balladeer’s Blog was this kind shoutout from the indescribably beautiful Nina Elle, pictured above. I’m helping us all Continue reading

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NAIA CHAMPIONS DEFEAT THE NCAA CHAMPIONS YET AGAIN

HELMETGrand_View_IABalladeer’s Bowl 4 is now complete and the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) once again reigns supreme. The GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY VIKINGS, the NAIA football champions defeated the WHITEWATER WARHAWKS, the football champions of NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division 3. This marks the fourth straight year the NAIA has defeated NCAA D3. 

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL AND HOCKEY RESULTS FROM JANUARY 4th

kccougar_logosmall.gif (150×154)SCORING ORGY IN DOUBLE OVERTIME – The KUYPER COLLEGE COUGARS were on the road against the PURDUE UNIVERSITY-CALUMET PEREGRINES yesterday in an offensive explosion that lasted through regulation and two Overtime periods. In the end the Cougars went back home with a 127-120 victory   ###   Also in Double Overtime the MCPHERSON COLLEGE BULLDOGS defeated the visiting HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY INDIANS by a score of 112-105.

Bethany Swedes logoTHE BAHAMA HOUSE SHOOTOUT – The BETHANY COLLEGE SWEDES took on the TRINITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TROJANS in the semifinals of this tournament yesterday. The Swedes put up 92 points to the 82 scored by the Trojans   ###   And in the other semifinal the top-ranked host school, the EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY EAGLES came out on top in an 82-60 affair against the CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE TIGERS.  

talladegacollegetornadoesCENTURY CLUB – NAIA DIVISION ONE – The TALLADEGA COLLEGE TORNADOES were very ungracious hosts to the DILLARD UNIVERSITY BLEU (sic) DEVILS, mangling them to the tune of 123-76   ###   Meanwhile the COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS BOBCATS notched a 101-91 victory over the MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY PIONEERS   ###   And the LU-BELLEVILLE LYNX entered the Century Club with their 100-91 win over the Continue reading

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THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL INDEPENDENT MOVIES OF 2013

With the calendar year 2013 firmly in the books Balladeer’s Blog takes this opportunity to examine the six most controversial indy flicks from the preceding twelve months.

The Burqa: A heroic woman fighting Muslim Apartheid and defending women's rights.

The Burqa: A heroic woman fighting Muslim Apartheid and defending women’s rights.

THE BURQA –  This movie far and away deserves the top spot. The Burqa boasts the most explosive premise of any of the films on this list and plays like a combination of Robert Rodriguez’s El Mariachi trilogy, Spaghetti Westerns and post-apocalypse actioners like The Road Warrior. The main character is a mysterious gun-wielding Muslim woman who calls herself the Burqa for the garment that Muslim fundamentalists insist women wear. The cloaked heroine travels battle-scarred Iraq blowing away Islamists who oppress women physically or intellectually. FOR MY FULL-LENGTH REVIEW CLICK HERE: https://glitternight.com/2013/05/08/movie-review-the-burqa-2013/

Mascot with demo and repub headsTO THE FOURTH POWER – A mock documentary that deals with the way in which the Democratic and Republican Parties have become little more than rival gangs of white collar criminals whose elected officals represent their party’s interests and not the interests of the people who elected them. The mockumentary starts with fictional depictions of Continue reading

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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: RAINY RIVER COLLEGE

Rainy River College VoyageursRAINY RIVER COLLEGE VOYAGEURS

Location: International Falls, MN

Conference Affiliation: Minnesota College Athletic Conference

Comment: The motto of this excellent institution is “Don’t just plan your future … begin your future!” Their secondary motto should be “Don’t call your sports teams something boring like Eagles, Tigers, Bulldogs or Wildcats … call them something cool like Voyageurs!” Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog are familiar with the Continue reading

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NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR AMERICAN LIBERALS AND AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES

ALL Presidents are fair game for this type of ridicule. Deal with it Liberals.

ALL Presidents are fair game for this type of ridicule. Deal with it Liberals.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM BALLADEER’S BLOG! Regular readers are very familiar with how much contempt I feel for the shrill fanatics of American Liberalism and American Conservatism. To usher in 2014 here are some suggested New Year’s resolutions for all of those overgrown children.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR AMERICAN LIBERALS

* Stop being such hilariously pretentious asses and such cowardly hypocrites.

* Grow a backbone and begin criticizing Islam’s homophobia and misogny as much as they criticize Christianity for those same faults.

* Acknowledge the genuine pain and financial hardship that Barack Obama’s policies have caused and stop callously denigrating the victims of his heartlessness when they speak out.

* Try to remember a time when they were capable of spontaneous human emotions without distorting them through the prism of their bizarre political prejudices. 

* Stop acting as if Continue reading

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