Monthly Archives: January 2018

TRANSGRESS WITH ME: JANUARY 13th

Mascot with demo and repub headsBalladeer’s Blog presents another edition of Transgress With Me.

*** REPUBLICAN TRASH LIKE PAUL RYAN STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WHO CROSSED PARTY LINES TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE NOT BECOME REPUBLICANS. WHEN TRUMP – OUR FIRST DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT – IS GONE, NO POLITICIAN WITH AN “R” AFTER THEIR NAME WILL BE WORTH VOTING FOR, BARRING BIG CHANGES TO THEIR PARTY.

*** DEMOCRATS STILL POMPOUSLY THINK THAT POINTING OUT THE WESTERN WORLD’S FLAWS MAKES THEM EXEMPT FROM THE GUILT THEY TRY TO INFLICT ON THE REST OF US. 

*** THE AMERICAN LEFT IS STILL FIGHTING A VERSION OF AMERICA WHICH HASN’T EXISTED FOR DECADES.

*** THE DEMOCRAT MEDIA’S SLOGAN APPARENTLY IS “WHAT WE SAY IS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN REAL LIFE.”

Following the path of MOST resistance is the preferable path. I don’t advocate insincere contrarianism, I mean that there’s not much point in publicly proclaiming safe viewpoints.

For instance, I was an early proponent of gay marriage. In fact I openly supported it YEARS before the weak, inept, crooked and hate-filled Barack Obama decided it was safe enough to change from opposing gay marriage – the punk even voted for the Defense of Marriage Act (LMAO) as a Senator – to supporting it.  

 

Free speech 6I still support gay marriage because I think marriage is anything that a society decides that marriage is, but I no longer bother spouting off that I support it because it’s no longer daring to do so. Considering the fact that people actually get in trouble for OPPOSING gay marriage now means we’ve reached the point where it’s mere virtue signaling to drone on and on about supporting it.

Going around saying “LOOK AT ME! I SUPPORT THE SAFE POSITION!” is not being transgressive. Plus the political left now invokes absurd notions about “morality” to justify supporting gay marriage the same way the political right used to invoke absurd notions about “morality” to justify OPPOSING it.   

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*** I support Donald Trump, our de facto Third Party President. At the present time this is a transgressive position to hold because the conformist forces opposing President Trump are fascistic, close-minded hatemongers who try to inflict all manner of harm on anyone who supports him.   

*** I  have always despised George W Bush but that is NOT a transgressive position to hold. I could loudly proclaim my contempt for George W Bush all day long and there would be no risk involved.  

mascot-a-faceJUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS COUNTER-INTUITIVE IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN IT IS “DEEP” OR “INTELLECTUAL.”

PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT BEING “WOKE” ARE BEING JUST AS SELF-CONGRATULATORY AS PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT BEING “SAVED.”

THE ABILITY TO GET ANOTHER PERSON’S  OPINION CENSORED  DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT. 

+++ The concept of White Privilege is a mere social construct.  

+++ Filing a complaint about everyone who says something you disagree with is NOT “activism.”

+++ Critical race theory is nothing more than bigotry with a self-created halo.

+++ People who think they’re fit to tell you what words you are allowed to use are trying to force their own narrow-minded notions of “morality” on you. 

+++ The party of the Democrats has become nothing more than an organization dedicated to circumventing democracy in order to force everyone to obey their dictates. 

+++ There is no such thing as “Hate Speech.”

+++ The Democrats are irrational for teaching children age 6 or younger that they can decide for themselves if they want to be the opposite sex. They wouldn’t let children that age decide they are capable of driving, so clearly there ARE physical and developmental absolutes.  

+++ Colleges and universities have no business holding their kangaroo courts/ Star Chamber proceedings when a student is accused of a crime. That’s what courts of law are for and the accused is entitled to council.

+++ Women, African Americans and gay people do NOT have to obey the Democrats in order to be “authentic.”

+++ All lives matter. And it is not (yaaawwn) “racist” to say so. 

+++ Preserving civil liberties from reactionary Muslim oppression will be the great Civil Rights struggle of the 21st Century.

+++ Curriculum transformation is required to stop the educational system’s misuse by fanatically partisan Democrats.

+++ The real difference today is no longer Liberals vs Conservatives, which labels have become meaningless. In 2017 the difference is between Populists vs Feudalists.

+++ Increasingly, the question that potential tourists ask themselves is “Should we go abroad and risk getting killed by Muslim fascists or stay close to home and risk getting killed by Muslim fascists?”

+++ Democrats are fine with anti-Semitism as long as it masquerades as disapproval of Israel.

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CRATES: ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY

Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at the surviving fragments of an ancient Greek comedian, in this case Crates.

CratesCRATES – Crates’ career spanned from approximately the 450s B.C. to the 430s B.C. We have fragments from nine or ten comedies from an unknown total output. From other sources we know that comedies as stage productions began sometime around 500 B.C. or earlier so Crates came fairly early to the artform.

Crates was credited with being the first Athenian comic poet (the comedies were written in verse and included songs) to introduce drunken characters, still a comic staple over 2,400 years later. Aristotle himself credited Crates as being the first to abandon the “glorified comic monologues” approach of the oldest comedies and introducing fleshed-out plots and storylines.

Be that as it may, there is still a great deal of academic arguing over whether or not Crates’ work simply reflected the influence of Epicharmus, who may well have been the TRUE innovator.

Crates was supposedly an actor before he began writing comedies (But I’m sure he really wanted to direct. – rimshot – ) and his brother was Epilycus, one of the Epic Poets. Eusebius’ Chronicles stated that Crates was a well-known comedian by 451 B.C. and Demetrius Lacon in his work On Poetry indicates that Crates may have acted in some of Aeschylus’ tragedies before switching genres. 

KNOWN WORKS 

NeighborsNEIGHBORS – We do not have even a hypothetical year for this work, unfortunately. Since titles sometimes referred to the all-important Chorus of a Greek comedy there is speculation that the chorus members were “Neighbors” of some sort (Duh!) but nothing is known about the plot.

 Athenaeus argued that Crates’ use of a drunken character in this comedy PRE-DATED Epicharmus’ use of stage drunks, so apparently even back in ancient times this was being debated.   

The closest thing to an intact joke from the fragments of Neighbors is a lecherous reference to the delectable young males and females on hand serving whatever feast was being celebrated in the comedy. For today you could insert a Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Spacey type of joke, I guess.

The next closest thing to an intact joke is a possibly wry reference to ” playing at pessoi” which could refer both to pebbles used in a board game and pebbles used to wipe one’s bottom after defecation. Since the ancient Greek comedies are LOADED with scat jokes it’s possible that a very grotesque mix-up occurred.

Other fragments from this comedy are virtually useless: “I do not possess a lampstand.” (I want a T-Shirt that says that, dammit!) … “You must be quiet and not make a sound.” … “And had an aroma like sweetest myrrh.” … “If you’re smart, boy” … “A pig through roses” … “You led astray” … and “Scooping out a trough.”  Continue reading

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MUSLIM FASCIST ATROCITY ROUNDUP: JANUARY 12th

Since 2018 has been declared Muslim Violence Awareness Year here’s another look at JUST A FEW recent attacks by the kind of Muslim fascists empowered by Democrats in the U.S. and by Labour in the U.K. and by “educators” (LMAO) everywhere. More daily battles in the war that Muslim fascists wage against non-Muslims everywhere: 

December 30th: Bakin Muna, Nigeria – Boko Haram, the local affiliate of the Global Muslim Fascist Murder Machine, attacked and killed TWENTY-FIVE innocent people.

January 1st: Rivers State, Nigeria – Muslim fascists opened fire on churchgoers, killing SEVENTEEN innocent people and injuring 9 more for being Christians instead of Muslims. They also raped an undetermined number of women. COEXISTENCE!

NEW YEAR’S MUSLIM EVE – The modern-day Nazis rang in the New Year with a LONG series of attacks on innocent people around the world, underscoring the global nature of this conflict. Here are some of the December 31st attacks:

And it's Muslims*** Bia, Cameroon – A female Muslim Fascist suicide bomber detonated in a café, killing 1 innocent person and injuring over THIRTY more.  

*** Pulwama, India – Members of Jaish-e-Mohammed, the local affiliate of the Global Muslim Fascist Murder Machine, killed 5 innocent people and injured 3 more.

*** Sultan Kudarat, Philippines – Islamofascists killed 2 innocent people and injured SIXTEEN more.

*** Maguindanao, Philippines – Bangsamoro Islamists, the local affiliate of the Global Muslim Fascist Murder Machine, bombed 1 innocent person to death and injured 7 more.    Continue reading

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VAN HALEN: DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY

Balladeer’s Blog’s recurring segment Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead strikes again! This time it’s Van Halen with their hit Dance The Night Away.

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CANDACE OWENS: A MARTIN LUTHER KING WOMAN OF COURAGE

Mascot with demo and repub headsMartin Luther King Day is approaching. Some of the most courageous champions of Doctor King’s dream of a society in which people are judged by their character rather than their skin color are PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO DARE TO DEFY THE  DEMOCRATS. Here is a look at one of those heroic women:

Candace Owens has been infuriating DemoKKKrats who love to treat black people like they aren’t “authentic” if they support President Trump, who is doing more for the working class of all colors than Democrats and Republicans have done in decades. Here are two of her great youtube videos, one on Trump Derangement Syndrome and the other on escaping the Democrat Plantation.

 

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MAN-MONSTER: ATLAS COMICS HERO

Balladeer’s Blog’s recent look at the short-lived comic book company Atlas-Seaboard was a big hit. As a follow-up here’s a look at an Atlas figure I did not cover in the main article, which can be found HERE

Tales of Evil 3MAN-MONSTER

Secret Identity: Paul Sanders, Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist

Origin: Hedonistic Paul Sanders lives the life of a playboy from his endorsement deals and his resented oil baron father’s vast fortune. After a flirty/ bickering battle of the sexes-style interview with two female reporters from Women’s Lib Magazine Paul boards a motorboat for one of his father’s offshore oil wells.

To show off for the still-watching ladies Paul leaps overboard to swim the rest of the way to the oil drilling platform. As fate would have it, the oil drilling had just churned up some rare, mutated bacteria from the ocean floor. Sanders winds up covered by the bacteria, which causes changes to his body.  

Man Monster 1Paul barely escapes the bacteria and makes it back to shore, where he transforms into a red-scaled amphibious monster. After a brief rampage he becomes human again and the female reporters take him home.

From then on in times of danger the transformation comes over Paul again and he finds himself battling various forces of evil.

First Appearance: Tales of Evil #3 (July, 1975). His final appearance came in September of that same year.

Powers:    Continue reading

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS FROM BALLADEER’S BLOG

LSU Shreveport Pilots NEWNAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) – 1. LSU-SHREVEPORT PILOTS (Riverboat Pilots)    ###    2. GEORGETOWN (KY) COLLEGE TIGERS    ###    3. WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY STATESMEN    ###    4. LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE BLUE RAIDERS    ###    5. MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY EVANGELS    ###   

Hope International University Royals6. HOPE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ROYALS    ###    7. OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY STARS    ###    8. LSU-ALEXANDRIA GENERALS    ###    9. DALTON STATE ROADRUNNERS    ###    10. UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA DROVERS    ###    Continue reading

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MOCK HEADLINES STRIKE AGAIN

It’s the long-awaited return of Balladeer’s Blog’s mock headlines:

Michael Wolff as Dr EvilDELUSIONAL TRUMP-HATERS OFFICIALLY GO INSANE OVER MICHAEL “DR EVIL” WOLFF’S ANKLE-BITING OF PRESIDENT TRUMP  

WHITE SUPREMACIST MICHAEL WOLFF’S BOOK CLAIMS DONALD TRUMP KILLED ELVIS PRESLEY

DEMOCRATS INSIST THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAVED AMERICA’S ECONOMY JUST TO SPITE THEM

MICHAEL WOLFF VOTED CREEPIEST-LOOKING MAN IN THE WORLD FOR TENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

PAUL KRUGMAN OFFERS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO ANYONE WHO WILL COME FORWARD AND SAY THEY HAD SEX WITH HIM

MICHAEL WOLFF CLAIMS BARACK OBAMA BEGS MELANIA TRUMP FOR HER SOILED PANTIES (Hey, it’s on the same level as anything else this guy writes.) 

Tom SteyerBLOATED RICH PIG AND CORPORATE FASCIST TOM STEYER REDUCED TO HANDING OUT COPIES OF THE WOLFF BOOK

MICHAEL WOLFF’S BOOK CLAIMS GOD TOLD HIM HE THINKS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS “A BIG POO-POO HEAD”

DEMOCRATS MOVE TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP UNDER LITTLE-KNOWN “BIG POO-POO HEAD” PROVISION IN CONSTITUTION

SOURCES SAY MICHAEL WOLFF ASSOCIATES CONSIDER HIM A CHEAP GOSSIP MONGER

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ORION: THE ELVIS PRESLEY HOAX/ PUT-ON/ TEASE

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It’s Battle of New Orleans Day AND Elvis Presley’s birthday! In the past I’ve posted my review of Change of Habit, the Elvis movie with him as a doctor, Mary Tyler Moore as a nun and Ed Asner as a cop. I’ve also posted about the musical in which Elvis IS Andrew Jackson – Rock ‘N’ Roll vs the Redcoats. (With an Ann-Margret drag queen as pirate Jean Lafitte. )

This time around I’ll dredge up the often-neglected Orion business from decades ago. It was a fun bit of nonsense that only the most far-gone Elvis Conspiracy Theorists take seriously. As always I consider conspiracy theories, put-ons, hoaxes and ARG’s to be modern variations of myth and folklore.

Yes, Elvis died in 1977. That’s not the point. The point is the way the whole Orion/ Jimmy Ellis/ Elvis Conspiracy rabbit hole deserves to be studied forever because of the way fiction and reality seemingly influenced each other to the point where they became almost inseparable.

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I WANT EL SANTO AND I WANT HIM NOW!

If you’re new to these events get ready for the Elvis Presley equivalent of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio broadcast. And let me make it clear I’m not accusing anyone of anything. I have no idea what anyone’s motives were regarding any aspect of the following.

I’ll present the tale in the style of the fictional Carl Kolchak – as “items” in a list:

ITEM: Elvis Presley died in August of 1977, yet in the years that followed an ever-increasing body of folklore and myth would develop regarding the late rock star supposedly faking his own death. His motives varied according to the theory.

ITEM: For a time Elvis sightings seemed to outnumber sightings of Bigfoot, UFOs and the Loch Ness Monster combined.

ITEM: The novel Orion was published. Conspiracy lovers often cite either 1977, 1978 or 1979 as the year of publication, so you can see how deep some of the rabbit holes run.

ITEM: Orion featured a very Elvis-like young man from the American south who becomes a sensation as a rock singer. In the end the character Orion is so weary of the stresses of stardom that he fakes his own death to get away from it all.

Orion RebornITEM: Claims are made that enigmatic power players managed to get the novel removed from bookstores. The claims are sometimes accompanied by insinuations that this was done because the book might have struck too close to reality with its “fake death” ending.   

ITEM: A masked singer – who looks like a standard Elvis  impersonator except for the mask – appears and calls himself Orion. He begins releasing albums and performing in public. This Orion’s first album, tantalizingly titled Reborn, is released in 1978. Continue reading

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MY COUSIN’S AIRSHIP (1902): ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION

My Cousin's AirshipMY COUSIN’S AIRSHIP, A TALE OF 1950 (1902) – Written by W.F. Alexander. Though written in 1902 this story is set in a fictional 1950 which has seen incredible scientific advances.

The action begins in England, where our narrator lives with his true love Margaret. His cousin Stephen Rankin – a former rival for Margaret’s affections – is a nasty mean-spirited mad scientist figure.

Stephen has invented a new type of aerocar which can travel 45 miles per hour, which we readers are told makes it the fastest aircraft of 1950. (!) As a peace-making gesture the inventor invites our narrator along for a joyride in the airship. Continue reading

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