NCCAA Division One
# 1. MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY EVANGELS ### # 2. BETHEL (IN) COLLEGE PILOTS (Riverboat Pilots) ### # 3. INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY WILDCATS ### # 4. SOUTHWESTERN ASSEMBLIES OF GOD UNIVERSITY LIONS ###
# 5. GRACE COLLEGE (IN) LANCERS ### # 6. WARNER UNIVERSITY ROYALS ### # 7. TRINITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TROJANS ### # 8. EMMANUEL COLLEGE LIONS (Defending Champions) ### Continue reading
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*** *** *** *** *** … … JULIE PACE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
While the defeated Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continue distorting the facts to push their Fake News story about Russian interference ADULTS are offering realistic analysis.
Associated Press White House Correspondent Julie Pace recently stated that Donald Trump won because he was “authentic” and addressed the VOTERS’ concerns, unlike Hillary “No Billionaire Left Behind” Clinton. The link is below but here are some excerpts:
“One, he did see that there was anxiety in the country on a bunch of fronts. Economic anxiety, anxiety over immigration, anxiety over terror threats that feel different than what we maybe have become accustomed to.”
… REMEMBER WHEN DEMOCRATS SAID TRUMP WOULD BE A SORE LOSER IF HE DIDN’T ACCEPT THE ELECTION RESULTS?
“And I think that he was authentic. You never felt with Donald Trump like he was speaking based on what he saw in internal polling or based on what he saw in focus groups.”
“And he understood that for a lot of Americans, Democrats and Republicans, they look at Washington and don’t believe anything that they hear. And he was an antidote to that. And I think that that resonated with a lot of people regardless of the actual words that were coming out of his mouth.”
“The mere fact that he was willing to challenge Democrats and his own party I think was appealing.”
BINGO, Ms Pace! Many would argue that Trump was a de facto Third Party Candidate because BOTH the Democrats AND the Republicans were fighting him at the bidding of the billionaires who OWN them. Continue reading
Filed under LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, Neglected History
… … “Christopher Coffin”
Special thanks to O Lytle Hoover for contacting me and letting me know about this labor of love at his Youtube channel!
Christopher Coffin (Reed Farrell) hosted Theater of Thrills in Michigan in the 1960s. O Lytle Hoover DIRECTED that late-night Movie Host show and drew on his personal experience to “reconstruct” a Theater of Thrills episode at his Youtube Channel.
FOR MY ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON CHRISTOPHER COFFIN CLICK HERE
FOR O LYTLE HOOVER’S VIDEO, SEE BELOW: Continue reading
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With a new year underway – 2017 C.E. – Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some past predictions by “psychics” (LMAO) that turned out to be wildly off the mark.
FREDERICK DAVIES – In 1978 he predicted:
— Jimmy Carter would get reelected.
— In the early 1980s sea research would result in a cure for various types of cancer.
— A manned landing on Mars would be made by 1985.
— By 1988 a third of all homes would be using solar energy for cooking and heating.
— Private automobiles would be banned … by 1990.
— Also by 1990 life would be discovered on Jupiter and communication with another planet – possibly from beyond our solar system – would be achieved.
— Between 1999-2001 the origin of the UFO sightings around the world would be determined. Continue reading
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*** *** *** *** *** … … At Politico: Kim McKinney Cohen and husband Robert Carl Cohen
Here’s another American Liberal – Kim McKinney Cohen – explaining how the Left’s forever-increasing corruption drove her away like it did me. I like to run these items as a break from me noting the reasons why I grew to dislike both American Liberals and American Conservatives.
The link to the whole piece is below, but I’ll start with some excerpts:
Cohen called her vote for Donald Trump a “primal scream” aimed at the Democrats, who – as I often point out – have been pocketed by one percenters and bloated rich pigs as surely as the Republicans were long ago.
She further stated “I wanted it (the Democrats’ Party) burned down … so that we could build a new, hopefully more equitable one that meets the needs of all, not only the super-rich.”
The symbol of the nonexistent Balladeer Political Party
“The Democratic Party, to which she had been unswervingly loyal for four decades, had sabotaged her chosen candidate, Bernie Sanders, and then lectured her about the need to vote for a woman whose hawkishness and arrogance rubbed her the wrong way. When Hillary Clinton said dismissively supporters of Donald Trump were ‘a basket of deplorables,’ Cohen had heard enough.”
“Well, then,” she sighed, “I guess I’m a deplorable.” Continue reading
Filed under LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, opinion
Balladeer’s Bowl always pits the NAIA football champs against the NCAA D3 football champs. The results are in, and for the VERY FIRST TIME the Champions of NCAA D3 – this year the UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR CRUSADERS – defeated the Champions of the NAIA – this year the UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS (IN) COUGARS.
The voting ended today and the Crusaders won, 203 votes to 161. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UMHB CRUSADERS, THE WINNERS OF BALLADEER’S BOWL SEVEN! This may be the first step toward making it a real rivalry, like when Namath’s Jets beat the Colts.
Here are the results of the six previous Balladeer’s Bowl matchups: Continue reading
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! As a light-hearted start here’s a look at events that happened on New Year’s Day in the past.
1935 – The very first Orange Bowl pitted Bucknell University against the University of Miami. Bucknell won 26-0. Meanwhile the first Sugar Bowl saw Tulane defeat Temple 20-14.
1915 – With World War One raging a German U-Boat struck in the English Channel, sinking the ship the Formidable and killing 547 people.
1902 – In the first Rose Bowl game Michigan defeats Stanford 49-0.
1946 – Japanese soldiers at Corregidor learned from news reports that World War Two had ended months ago and finally came out of hiding to surrender.
1801 – The asteroid (now a dwarf planet) Ceres is discovered by the Italian Giuseppe Piazzi. Continue reading
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