Monthly Archives: January 2019

January 3, 2019 · 11:16 pm

COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS FROM BALLADEER’S BLOG

Balladeer’s Blog’s latest college basketball rankings per the Glitternight Index.

LSU-Alexandria GeneralsNAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) – 1. LSU-ALEXANDRIA GENERALS    ###     2. MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY SPARTANS    ###     3. WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY STATESMEN    ###     4. CARROLL (MT) FIGHTING SAINTS    ###    5. VANGUARD UNIVERSITY LIONS    ###    

acu firestorm6. ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FIRESTORM    ###     7. BENEDICTINE COLLEGE RAVENS     ###     8. OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY STARS     ###     9. JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY GOLDEN EAGLES (Should be the Abolitionists)     ###     10. UNIVERSITY OF PROVIDENCE ARGONAUTS     ###     Continue reading →

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January 3, 2019 · 10:47 am

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE LUNARIAN PROFESSOR (1909)

Lunarian ProfessorTHE LUNARIAN PROFESSOR AND HIS REMARKABLE REVELATIONS CONCERNING THE EARTH, THE MOON AND MARS TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE CRUISE OF THE SALLY ANN (1909) – Written by James B Alexander back in the glory days of titles so long they might not fit in a 140 character limit.

The story is set in 1892, when James Alexander pretends that, while on a fishing trip he encountered a humanoid with a head like a globe, six limbs, large eyes and six wings. The being claims to be a “Lunarian,” a man from our moon.

He is a professor and informs Alexander that he and his fellow Lunarians travel from planet to planet by manipulating gravity. They live in vast underground caverns on the moon, caverns with a breathable atmosphere. Their mastery of gravity is the key to their advanced technology.

The professor’s people have been observing Earth for an untold amount of time. James Alexander even learns that in the distant past humans had to fight intelligently evolving reptiles for planetary supremacy. The cavemen won.

The Lunarians grow vegetation in hydroponic trays and dispose of their dead through a disintegration process that breaks the bodies down into their base elements, thus nothing gets wasted. Continue reading →

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January 2, 2019 · 3:47 pm

#BLEXIT: KANYE WEST STILL HYPING TRUMP AND DISSING DEMOCRAT FASCISM

Kanye Democrat PlantationKanye West brought in 2019 by reaffirming his fondness for de facto Third Party President Donald Trump. (And no, that doesn’t mean he likes Republicans, since the Donald is not a real Republican OR Democrat.)

Per Billboard (link below, but first an excerpt):

“Trump all day,” he wrote, followed by dragon emojis — likely calling back to tweets from April in which he said he and Donald Trump share “dragon energy,” which he defined as “natural born leaders,” “very instinctive” and “great foresight.”

“They will not program me. Blacks are 90% Democrats,” West tweeted. “That sounds like control to me.”

On his Twitter account Kanye also vowed to continue performing while wearing a MAGA hat:

“One of my favorite of many things about what the Trump hat represents to me is that people can’t tell me what to do because I’m black.”

“From now on I’m performing with my mutherf****ng hat on”
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January 2, 2019 · 2:36 pm

NAIA FOOTBALL CHAMPS DEFEAT THE NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPS AGAIN

Morningside MustangsBalladeer’s Bowl always pits the NAIA football champs against the NCAA D3 football champs. The results are in, and – after two years in a row in which the D3 champs won – the NAIA champs got the victory. The MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE MUSTANGS defeated the UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR CRUSADERS in Balladeer’s Bowl IX.

The voting ended today and the Mustangs won it 242 to 196. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MUSTANGS, THE WINNERS OF BALLADEER’S BOWL IX.

Here are the results of the 8 previous editions of Balladeer’s Bowl: Continue reading →

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January 1, 2019 · 10:49 pm

JUSTICE SOCIETY 10: THE BLACK DRAGONS

SandmanEnjoy some more kid-friendly holiday season content as Balladeer’s Blog wraps up the Christmas/ New Year celebrations for this time around. It’s the very first superhero team in history: the Justice Society of America. FOR PART ONE CLICK  HERE 

I will review the original issue and then detail how I would “script-doctor” the story for modern audiences.

All-Star 12ALL STAR COMICS #12 (August 1942)

Title: VICTORY FOR AMERICA AND DEMOCRACY

Heroes: STARMAN, WONDER WOMAN (Original), THE SPECTRE, DOCTOR FATE, SANDMAN, HAWKMAN (Original), DOCTOR MIDNITE, THE ATOM (Original), JOHNNY THUNDER

Villains: THE BLACK DRAGON SOCIETY

Synopsis: Just as the U.S. Government had previously asked the Justice Society to take on the Greyshirts, Nazi Germany’s covert saboteur network in America, they now sic our heroes on Imperial Japan’s covert Black Dragon Society in America. Continue reading →

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January 1, 2019 · 4:20 pm

NINETEEN MORE COOL FOOTBALL HELMETS

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This day is all about football so Balladeer’s Blog welcomes 2019 with a look at 19 more cool football helmets. 

Bishop Guilfoyle MaraudersBISHOP GUILFOYLE MARAUDERS

Comment from Balladeer: Having a depiction of a sword-wielding Scotsman on your helmet is no guarantee of victory. But it sure doesn’t hurt.

I can’t tell if that’s supposed to be a Claymore.   

Central Cambria Red DevilsCENTRAL CAMBRIA RED DEVILS

Comment from Balladeer: Now that is some excellent artwork for this helmet logo.

And how can you not love that whole “What’re YOU lookin’ at?” expression on the Red Devil’s face? 

Lebanon CedarsLEBANON CEDARS

Comment from Balladeer: Not only is the name Cedars fairly unique among sports teams but the tie-in with the notorious Cedars of Lebanon makes this lid irresistible.

Terrific in all kinds of ways.   Continue reading →

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