Monthly Archives: December 2016

DEMOCRAT CRIMINALS: CHAKA FATTAH

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… *** *** *** *** ***     Is Mr Fattah the Democrats’ 2020 Presidential nominee?

Ah, those Democrats! They love to act like they are THE moral models for everyone else in the world. Disgraced Democrat Representative Chaka Fattah – living up to the grand standards of the Party of Hillary “Bugsy” Clinton – has been sentenced to TEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON for bribery, for stealing campaign contributions, for stealing charitable donations, and for stealing federal grant money, all to finance his own Democrat-model lifestyle.

democratic party donkeyI THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE FOUND THEIR 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE! Nobody will ever match the criminal career of the Hillarytron or get as many cops killed as Obama has, but hey! There is obviously a great farm system in the Party of slavery, the Ku Klux Klan, the Spoils System, Tammany Hall, Jim Crow, making police Public Enemy Number One, vote fraud, Cities of Illegal Immigrants and making death threats against members of the Electoral College! Democrats are so innovative!

C’mon, Democrats! Lecture the rest of us some more in that sickeningly sanctimonious way that you love to do!  

On the Republican side: Continue reading

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NOHOILPI: NAVAJO GAMBLING GOD

navajo-territoryNohoilpiThe gambling god of the Navajo, sometimes referred to as the Great Gambler. He is a renegade son of the sun god Tsohanoai.

Nohoilpi came to the Earth and taught his gambling games to the various tribes but soon abused his power by besting them at all of his games of chance and then collecting his winnings by enslaving people to build an entire city to mark his glory. Continue reading

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TO THE MOON AND BACK IN NINETY DAYS (1917)

to-the-moon-and-back-in-ninety-daysTO THE MOON & BACK IN NINETY DAYS (1917) – By John Y Brown. Balladeer’s Blog presents more Ancient Science Fiction (or Vintage Science Fiction if you prefer). This story was first penned in 1917 and later published by the Lunar Publishing Company in 1922.

Brown himself pretended to narrate the adventure, which hewed so closely to what was known about the moon back then that it must have both educated and entertained readers. The story says that in 1914 our narrator met Captain Horace Ewald, a brilliant nautical engineer and scientist in Alton, IL.

Captain Ewald invited Brown along on his planned expedition to the moon in what he dubbed his “Ethereal Vessel” but which we would call a spaceship. The craft was 235 feet tall with the shape of a dome fused to prisms. Ewald and his team constructed the Ethereal Vessel out of aluminum plating and used electric batteries to power the anti-gravity pods.   Continue reading

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OBAMA LIES AGAIN, CLAIMING THERE’VE BEEN NO MUSLIM TERROR ATTACKS DURING HIS PRESIDENCY

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Obama consulting with his speech writers.

And this piece of garbage has the nerve to talk about “Fake News?” At what point does somebody do an intervention with this deluded fool? Yes, Barry, we know you always tried to mislabel Muslim terror attacks on U.S. soil as “workplace violence” or “toxic American gun culture” and all the other excuses you’ve used but I doubt if even Paul Krugman believes THIS particular lie.

Fort Hood, the Boston Marathon Muslim Massacre, the Muslim fanatic gunning down gay people in Florida earlier this year, last December’s Muslim slaughter at an office party, and many others, right on up through the recent Ohio State Muslim loon there have been PLENTY of Muslim terror attacks on U.S. soil under this weak, inept and crooked little man. Continue reading

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BLOODBEAT (1982): CHRISTMAS HORROR FILM

Bloodbeat BIGBLOODBEAT (1982) – The presence of a female slasher adds a fresh (but not uprecedented) feel to Bloodbeat. This Christmas horror film is so obscure people seldom if ever get its year of release correct let alone the storyline.

Even in the world of weird film premises this little honey manages to stand out. Bloodbeat is about a woman who goes to spend Christmas with her boyfriend’s family in Wisconsin only to find herself possessed by the spirit of a dead samurai warrior who forces her to go on a killing spree with his sword. Continue reading

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BR’ER RABBIT’S CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992)

brer-rabbits-christmas-carolBR’ER RABBIT’S CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992) – Balladeer’s Blog’s Seventh Annual Christmas Carol-A-Thon continues! Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Fox, Br’er Bear, Br’er Gator and many other characters created by Joel Chandler Harris are featured in this animated version of the Dickens tale.

Br’er Rabbit’s Christmas Carol is my favorite out of all the versions which present A Christmas Carol as the framework of a Mission Impossible/ Leverage “con job” to make a greedy character change their ways. To nobody’s surprise, Br’er Fox is the Scrooge stand-in who requires a wakeup call.

brer-rabbits-christmas-carol-2All the characters live in a town in the American South, where a charity stage production of A Christmas Carol is being performed, with the proceeds going to benefit the terribly ill Timmy Mouse. No, not “Br’er Timmy” or anything like that, just Timmy Mouse as our Tiny Tim stand-in.

Br’er Fox has no time for silly fiction and is completely unfamiliar with the Dickens Christmas classic. That fact gives Br’er Rabbit the idea to work with his friends to instill some holiday spirit into Br’er Fox, who refuses to help Timmy Mouse and charges the other animals exorbitant prices for the firewood he sells. If they can’t afford to pay, they go cold.   Continue reading

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AMERICAN MEDIA: SOME ADMIT THEIR TRUMP MISTAKES, OTHERS DOUBLE-DOWN

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Media bias rages unabated

Some elements of America’s hilariously biased Corporate Media have shown some integrity by pondering the way their prejudices and snobbery blinded them to the Donald “Agent Orange” Trump victory. Others apparently think they didn’t go far ENOUGH in their snobbery, hatemongering and lying to cover up Hillary “Bugsy” Clinton’s countless crimes and conflicts of interest.

And you have to laugh at the biased media’s new obsession which has them insisting that “Fake News” is ANYTHING that puts the Democrats in a bad light. 

*** THE WASHINGTON POST ran this story about the study by Harvard (no friends of anyone outside the Democrats) regarding the 10-1 media bias AGAINST Trump. CLICK HERE 

*** TIME/ WARNER CEO admitted the Democrats are a bigger threat to the First Amendment and Press Freedom than Trump ever was. CLICK HERE 

*** THE JACKSON PRESS ran this item on the media’s obsession with praising Left-Wing Dictators and expressing contempt for the working poor. CLICK HERE 

*** AND A REMINDER about how the American Media ignored black support for Trump – CLICK HERE Continue reading

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS FROM DECEMBER 10th

*** CCCAA ***

Fullerton College HornetsCHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The FULLERTON COLLEGE HORNETS and the AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE BEAVERS played each other for the CCCAA title. The Beavers managed a 3-0 lead to end the 1st Quarter but by Halftime the Hornets held a 14-13 edge. After the break it seemed Fullerton College was putting it out of reach as they compiled a 29-13 lead but American River College came back to within 29-21 to end the 3rd Quarter. In the 4th a missed 2-point conversion by the Beavers gave the Hornets a 29-27 win and the 2016 title.

*** NCAA DIVISION TWO ***

Northwest Missouri BearcatsSEMIFINAL ONE – This game pitted the NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE BEARCATS – the Defending Champions of D2 football – against the visiting FERRIS STATE BULLDOGS. The Bearcats led 21-13 at the break following which the two teams exchanged Touchdowns in the 3rd Quarter. Northwest Missouri State scored another TD in the 4th, making the score 35-20 and ending the scoring with just 4:45 left to play. The Bearcats return to the title game. Continue reading

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MOANA FANS ARE LOVING THE TALE OF PELE AND HI’IAKA

moana-movie-posterThe hit movie Moana seems to have caused a lot of people to refer each other to my various Polynesian myth articles. A few of them even claim that it feels like my articles (written and posted years ago) may have inspired the creative team behind Moana.

At any rate the extra attention for my highly detailed look at the Hawaiian epic myth about the fire and volcano goddess Pele and her sister Hi’iaka is great.

For readers’ convenience here are links to each of the chapters:  

Pele and Hi'iakaPART ONE: When Pele offends the love goddess Laka that deity takes revenge by causing Pele to fall in love with the mortal Prince Lohiau of Kauai. CLICK HERE 

PART TWO: While Pele remains on Mount Kilauea, the Axis Mundi in Hawaiian mythology, she sends her younger sister the goddess Hi’iaka to the island of Kauai to bring back Prince Lohiau to become Pele’s husband. CLICK HERE 

PART THREE: Hi’iaka and her traveling companions – the fern goddess Pa’u’o’pala’e plus the mortal woman Wahine – encounter men love-struck at the sight of them. Later, Hi’iaka proves her godhood to the Hawaiians with a display of power. CLICK HERE 

PART FOUR: In Pana Ewa Rainforest, Hi’iaka and her companions do battle with an entire legion of mo’o monsters. CLICK HERE 

PART FIVE: Hi’iaka must save her traveling companions from the gigantic shark-monster named Maka’ukui. CLICK HERE    Continue reading

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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SCROOGE (1983)

Gospel According to Scrooge 2This entry for Balladeer’s Blog’s Christmas Carol-A-Thon 2016 is a true oddity. It’s not so much a “love it or hate it” version of the Dickens classic so much as it’s a “like it or ridicule it” version, due entirely to the forced religious slant.

The Gospel According to Scrooge is a musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol – one which continues to be performed to this very day at various Christian venues around the country. This very first performance was televised in December of 1983 on the Trinity (as in Holy Trinity) Broadcasting Network.

Gospel According to Scrooge 3I have a hard time forcing myself to be as rough on Christianity as I used to be, given the atrocities committed by Muslim fanatics on a daily basis and the way in which the world grovels for those same Muslims, all the while that same world pretends to be “daring” and “iconoclastic” by relentlessly bashing Christians and Jews. Uh. Yeah. Gutless hypocrites.

At any rate since I’m a non-believer in all the world’s religions I laugh my ass off whenever I watch The Gospel According to Scrooge, but committed Christians will probably like this Carol for all the same reasons that someone like me laughs at it.   Continue reading

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