Monthly Archives: March 2019

CONDESCENDING WHITE WOMEN LOVE HIJABS

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ISLAM IS SLAVERY

Every so often the world gets subjected to virtue-signaling, privileged white Western women who think they’re accomplishing something by dressing in the degrading body-bags that the patriarchal Muslim World imposes on women. Every time that happens I run this reminder: 

UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL MUSLIM WOMEN ARE FREE TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICE ON THE MATTER, IT IS IRRELEVANT HOW MANY MUSLIM “STEPFORD WIVES” COME FORWARD TO PRETEND MUSLIM WOMEN ALL WEAR THOSE OUTFITS WILLINGLY. 

I’m not just pro-choice on abortion – I’m pro-choice on the clothing issue, too. Privileged white leftists are too hypocritical for that. Especially given how they like to indulge in Handmaid’s Tale cosplay. Yeah, as if they would EVER have the courage to stand up to genuinely dangerous theocrats. 

WANT TO HEAR FROM BRAVE MUSLIM WOMEN WHO POINT OUT THE DAMAGE POMPOUS WHITE WOMEN DO BY DONNING HIJABS? READ IT HERE  AND HERE

 

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SYNOPSES FOR ANCIENT GREEK COMEDIES

map of greeceBy reader request here is a blog post featuring a brief synopsis of the subject matter to each of the dozens of reviews I’ve written of ancient Greek comedies. Some of you indicated that you don’t like clicking on one with no idea what it will be about, so here we go.

I will start with the Big Three of Aristophanes, Eupolis and Cratinus. 

FIRST – My overview of the themes of ancient Greek political satire. CLICK HERE

ARISTOPHANES

LYSISTRATA – The women of Athens and Sparta conspire to withhold sex from their men until they bring about an end to the Peloponnesian War. CLICK HERE 

THE CLOUDS – A comedic look at the lighter side of the Sophist revolution in education and scientific research, with an emphasis on rhetorical ploys used in the courts. CLICK HERE  

THE KNIGHTS – Aristophanes takes on the demagogue Cleon in this examination of the way dishonest candidates always have a built-in advantage in political campaigns. CLICK HERE

THE BIRDS – Proto-Orwellian fantasy in which two Athenians seeking to escape the increasingly oppressive atmosphere of their homeland join with birds to form the absurd Cloud-cuckooland. CLICK HERE  

THE BANQUETERS – A clash of generations and values begins when an Athenian farmer inducts his two sons into his Phratry. CLICK HERE 

MERCHANT SHIPS – Two merchant ships – one from Athens and one from Sparta – carve out a separate peace when they meet at sea. CLICK HERE

THESMOPHORIAZUSAE aka THE POET AND THE WOMEN – The women of Athens call for retribution against the famous tragedian Euripides for his negative portrayal of women in his plays. CLICK HERE

EUPOLIS

DEMOI – An Athenian man brings four dead statesmen back to life to set straight the mess that their political successors have made of the city-state. CLICK HERE

AUTOLYCUS – A less than bright athlete is supported for a political position by his well-to-do gay lover. CLICK HERE 

MARIKAS – Eupolis went after the demagogue Hyperbolus the way Aristophanes went after Cleon in this comedy. The corrupt Marikas was a fictional stand-in for Hyperbolus. CLICK HERE Continue reading

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NAIA COLLEGE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS CROWNED

NAIA DIVISION ONE 

Georgetown College TigersCHAMPIONSHIP GAME – With last night’s NAIA title game in the books the only divisions left to report on are NCAA Division Two and AIHEC Division One. Yesterday the GEORGETOWN (KY) COLLEGE TIGERS did battle with the CARROLL COLLEGE (MT) FIGHTING SAINTS for the NAIA crown.

The Tigers’ relentless defense utterly humiliated the Fighting Saints, stifling them at every turn leading to a Halftime score of Georgetown College 35  Carroll College 15. Yes, a mere 15 points were all that the Fighting Saints could muster for the entire 1st Half. Continue reading

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FOOL KILLER: NEGLECTED AMERICAN FOLKLORE

Fool Killer illustrationBalladeer’s Blog kicks off a multi-part examination of the neglected 1800s folk figure called the Fool Killer. I will cover the various stories featuring the Fool Killer and the different ways the character was used by the authors. If I ever examine the related character called the Rascal Whaler it will be in a separate series of blog posts.

NOTE: FOOL KILLER LORE IS STRICTLY FOR ADULTS. IT IS NOT FOR FOOLS WHO ARE SIMPLE-MINDEDLY OFFENDED BY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. 

The Fool Killer stories began in 1850s North Carolina. Charles Napoleon Bonaparte Evans, editor of the newspaper called The Milton Chronicle, introduced the character around 1851 (some sources say as early as the late 1840s). If Evans had been a political cartoonist he might have used the Fool Killer as his mascot, like the figure Punch over in England or Puck here in the U.S.

Skull walking stick 3However, since Evans was all about the written word, he used the Fool Killer as a much more active figure. Evans’ Fool Killer – claiming Jesse Holmes as his real name – roamed North Carolina and Virginia (which at the time still consisted of what would become West Virginia) looking for fools to kill with a club/ walking stick he always carried with him. The character would then send letters to Editor Evans explaining why he had chosen victims, defending his actions with puckish commentary.

I’ve always been struck by the similarity with the way real-life serial killers would correspond with newspapers, explaining and/or defending their deeds. In the case of Charles Evans’ Fool Killer, it was Evans himself writing the letters as if they were pieces of correspondence that “Jesse Holmes” sent to him.

The killings never happened, of course, and were simply Evans’ way of using political commentary in an entertaining way. Instead of high-brow social criticism, the Fool Killer Letters were very dark satire in which the mock author of the letters bashed the life out of corrupt politicians and other malefactors. Continue reading

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NAIA FINAL FOUR RESULTS

NAIA DIVISION ONE

Georgetown College TigersFIRST SEMIFINAL – The GEORGETOWN (KY) COLLEGE TIGERS and the WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY CRUSADERS started things off. The Tigers seized control and by Halftime they were clobbering the Crusaders 42-24. From there Georgetown College simply had to keep WCU at arm’s length, which they did for a 94-83 triumph. Chris Coffey led the Tigers with his Double Double of THIRTY-TWO points and 12 rebounds. Continue reading

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POST-MUELLER REPORT HUMOR

LAST GO ‘ROUND ON THIS TOPIC … UNLESS THE DERANGED DEMOCRATS CONTINUE PURSUING THIS RUSSIA NONSENSE LIKE THEY ARE THREATENING TO.

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TRUMP DEFEATS HILLARY AGAIN! NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION!

Trump triThis blog post is not targeted at you if you are a rational person who simply doesn’t like President Trump. This is targeted ONLY at the Hillary-supporting loons who have been sniveling to me about the Russian Collusion fantasy for years. Watching the unhinged reaction of those fascists to the “No Collusion and No Obstruction” findings from their beloved Robert Mueller has been almost as much fun as Election Night 2016.

Here is my post from that election one more time just for the Hillary nutjobs who kept crying “Russia, Russia, Russia!”  

HILLARY AND OBAMA ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY

women-for-trumpCAREER CRIMINAL HILLARY CLINTON FAILS IN BID FOR WHITE HOUSE

DEMOCRATS SUDDENLY REALIZE WHY A PRESIDENT’S POWERS NEED REINED IN: And It Ain’t Because of (YAAAAAAWWWN) Racism

WAR WITH RUSSIA AVERTED WHEN MADWOMAN DENIED THE PRESIDENCY

ONE PERCENTERS AND BLOATED RICH PIGS OUTRAGED AT TRUMP WIN

BLOW STRUCK AGAINST AMERICAN DEMOCRAT COLONIALISM

latinas-for-trumpVOTERS TO OBAMA: DROP DEAD

THE WORKING POOR DEFEAT THE MEDIA-DEMOCRAT MONOLITH

DEMOCRATS BANKED TOO MUCH ON ELDERLY WHITE LIBERALS WHO THINK IT’S STILL 1967

ORANGE LIVES MATTER!

DE FACTO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE WINS THE PRESIDENCY

DEMOCRATS’ PLANS FOR 2020: ANYTHING WITH A VAGINA!

MICHAEL MOORE ENGINEERS TRUMP VICTORY

NON-DEMOCRAT AND NON-REPUBLICAN BREAKS GLASS CEILING!

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One percenter and bloated rich pig Mark Cuban (actual size)

MARK CUBAN: FROM BEGGING TO BE TRUMP’S VICE PRESIDENT TO SOUR GRAPES CRITIC TO IRRELEVANT BUFFOON IN ONE ELECTION CYCLE!

DEMOCRATS VOW: THE NEXT CRIMINAL WE RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED AND SERVED THEIR TIME

TRUMP ON HOW HE ATTRACTED SO MANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTES: “I ASKED FOR THEM” (DEMOCRAT TIP O’NEILL STILL HAS WISDOM FOR US)

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LUNATIC FRINGE CONSISTING OF ABOUT 64 MILLION VOTERS ELECTS DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT

HILLARY INSISTS GETTING MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT VOTES IN CALIFORNIA MEANS SHE WON (Democrats refuse to investigate vote fraud to weed out those illegal votes.) 

DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCE THEY’VE JUST DISCOVERED MILLIONS OF UNCOUNTED VOTES … FOR THE 2020 ELECTION! (“Count every vote,” Dems cry)

BLOATED RICH PIGS WHO OWN HILLARY SAY: WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK!

HILLARY: IF I HAD KNOWN U.S. CITIZENS WERE VOTING I TOTALLY WOULD HAVE PANDERED FOR THEIR VOTES Continue reading

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NJCAA CHAMPS CROWNED, NAIA FINAL FOUR SET

NJCAA DIVISION ONE

Vincennes University Trailblazers logo VCHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The last two teams standing in this Tournament were the 3 seeds – the VINCENNES UNIVERSITY TRAILBLAZERS – and the Cinderella 8th seeded RANGER COLLEGE RANGERS. The Trailblazers had things firmly in hand with a 50-34 Halftime advantage over the Rangers, then coasted to an 87-77 triumph. Kevin Osawe led Vincennes University with a Double Double of 22 points and 10 rebounds. * THE TRAILBLAZERS ARE NJCAA CHAMPIONS *

NJCAA DIVISION TWO

Kirkwood College Eagles NEWCHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The top seeded KIRKWOOD COLLEGE EAGLES took on the 2 seeds – the JOHNSON COUNTY COLLEGE CAVALIERS – for the NJCAA Division Two national title. The Eagles were on top of the Cavaliers 33-26 at the break. From there Johnson County College could only cut into Kirkwood’s lead by a fraction. The final score was Eagles 64  Cavaliers 58. Kirkwood College was led by Doug Wilson’s Double Double of THIRTY points and 15 rebounds. * THE EAGLES ARE CHAMPIONS OF NJCAA DIVISION TWO *

NAIA DIVISION ONE

William Carey University BIGFINAL FOUR: FIRST BERTH – In this game the WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY CRUSADERS clashed with the UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & ARTS OF OKLAHOMA DROVERS. The Drovers were threatening an Upset at the midpoint with their 51-40 lead. The Crusaders came storming back from there to force Overtime with an 86-86 tie. In the extra session William Carey University emerged with a 102-98 victory. Twenty-one points from Javontae McDavid led the Crusaders. Continue reading

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ADAM WARLOCK: THE MAGUS PART TWO

Adam WarlockWith the superhero movie season already upon us Balladeer’s Blog’s examination of another old, old, OLD Marvel Comics hit continues. 

FOR PART ONE PLUS A RECAP OF ADAM WARLOCK’S FICTIONAL HISTORY CLICK HERE

Magus Part TwoPART TWO

Strange Tales #179 (April 1975)

Title: DEATH SHIP

Synopsis: The previous chapter ended with Adam Warlock being smacked around by the superior power of the Magus, the god worshipped by the interstellar Universal Church of Truth. It developed that the Magus could not kill Adam because, somehow, Warlock and the Magus were actually one and the same being. Killing Warlock would be the same as killing himself. 

Adam (powerful enough to fly through space under his own power at faster than light speeds) set off for the faraway galaxy that is the seat of power of the thousand worlds ruled by the Universal Church of Truth. That lies roughly 12 galaxies away from the Milky Way so this long, long journey is taking Warlock into parts of space never before depicted in the Marvel Comics universe of the time. 

Our hero is determined to free the worlds enslaved by the Magus, destroy his “Church” and slay the Magus himself … even if it means that he (Adam) will die as well. 

AutolycusAfter his clash with Warlock last time around the Magus has alerted his empire’s starships to be on the lookout for any sign of our hero. The first vessel to come across Adam is the spaceship called The Great Divide, commanded by the blue-skinned Captain Autolycus of the Black Knights of the Church (more on them shortly).

Warlock can tell the ship is a Church craft because of the insignia on its hull: the main church symbol (the high-tech cross-ankh that Adam was crucified on back on Counter-Earth) as well as cocoons, lightning bolts and assorted bee-hives. All of them connected to Warlock’s strange existence thus far and therefore tantalizing reminders that he and the Magus are one and the same being somehow.  

Adam is powerful enough to single-handedly take on an entire starship and the battle is on. Unfortunately our hero loses the dogfight, is knocked out by blasts from the spacecraft and is hauled in as a prisoner.   Continue reading

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MUELLER DELIVERS HIS NOTHING BURGER

Robert Mueller surrendersThe proverbial wailing and gnashing of teeth on the part of those anti-Trump fascists who actually believed the Russian Collusion fantasy has been hilarious! Yesterday and today have provided memes aplenty from the comedy gold produced by the slobbering psychopaths who were suckered in by accused suborner of perjury Robert Mueller.

“Murky” Mueller and his Funky Bunch of Hillary donors pursued endless process crimes to try to get their targets to conjure up anything they could use to promote the absurd Russian Collusion fairy-tale. Even for an American prosecutor Mueller is outrageously sleazy and corrupt. (Look into his dubious behavior during the Whitey Bulger business.)   

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