FOR PART ONE OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE (2016) FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE.
RESISTANCE, INC: THE FAUX REBELS OF ANTI-TRUMP HYSTERIA. One of my most-read blog posts of all time.
THE NEW YORK TIMES ON THE INTOLERANCE FOR FREE SPEECH AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES. And in 2017 we hadn’t seen ANYTHING yet! Continue reading
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Here is Part Nine of Balladeer’s Blog’s look at the various mythological works in Ireland’s Lebor na hUidre, The Book of the Dun Cow. This part features multiple sections. For Part One click HERE.
THE CONCEPTION OF CUCHULAINN (Compert Con Culainn) – One of the versions of the birth of the demigod Cuchulainn. This version begins as Ulster’s King Conchobar mac Nessa (at left) goes on a hunt for magical birds with several nobles of Ulster and his daughter Deichtine, his charioteer. (In the later and more popular versions Deichtine is King Conchobar’s sister, not his daughter, and most of the Cuchulainn myths refer to him as Conchobar’s nephew, not grandson.)
A heavy snow falls, prompting the hunting party to seek shelter in an isolated house where they are made welcome by the man and the pregnant woman inside. The woman goes into labor, and Deichtine helps deliver the baby – a son – overnight. A mare also gives birth to two colts that night. Continue reading
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The latest roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.
EVEN THE DEMOCRATS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES ADMIT THAT BIDEN HAS OVERSEEN AN EXPLOSION IN THE NUMBER OF MIGRANT CHILDREN BEING ABUSED AND TRAFFICKED AND SUBJECTED TO CHILD LABOR. More HERE. And HERE.
JOE BIDEN CALLOUSLY CLAIMS TO HAVE ONLY SIX GRANDCHILDREN, INTENTIONALLY SNUBBING HUNTER BIDEN’S CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK. Joe Biden is one of the lowest lifeforms on the face of the Earth.
ANOTHER ARTICLE ASKS A QUESTION THAT I CAN ANSWER BY SAYING “BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE CLUELESS, OUTDATED AND UTTERLY USELESS REPUBLICAN PARTY FAIL TO KEEP UP WITH THE OPPOSITION PARTY IN THE MEDIA ARMS RACE”. That answer won’t change no matter how many ways the question is reworded.
THE DEMOCRATS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES PROTECT BIDEN’S UNFITNESS BY CLAIMING THAT AMERICA’S GOVERNMENT CAN FUNCTION WITHOUT A HEALTHY PRESIDENT. So get ready for that new narrative through the next election. The Democrats felt differently about this issue when Biden’s predecessor was in office. Continue reading
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This weekend’s light-hearted and escapist superhero blog post here at Balladeer’s Blog will examine the unjustly overlooked character the Heretic, a NON-Marvel and non-DC character.
THE HERETIC
Secret Identity: Dominic DeMarco
First Appearance: The Heretic #1 (November 1996)
Origin: Much of the Heretic’s past remains shrouded in mystery. In his early adult life he left the seminary and joined the Brotherhood of Cain, a covert order of religious assassins who presented themselves as righteous warriors crusading against evil.
That turned out to be a lie, so the disillusioned figure left the order and was branded a heretic, a label he embraced as his nom de guerre. Acting independently, he used the skills and abilities he learned from the order to begin his own war against the crime and corruption at all levels of society, including government and organized religion.
Gaining bizarre superpowers, the Heretic also battled the infernal forces behind all Earthly evil, from the lowest street crimes to the bloodiest wars. He learned that God and Satan exist. Heaven and Hell exist. And there’s no predicting which side the rest of us will end up on. Continue reading
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THE TERRORNAUTS (1967) – Simon Oates of Doomwatch fame stars as yet another maverick scientist in this effort from earlier in his career. Oates is running a British version of the SETI project and is forever trying to intercept signals from space … signals that might indicate intelligent life forms.
Conveniently, just when their funding is about to be cut Oates and his team at last receive a broadcast from actual alien life forms. And not just any alien life forms but the exact race that use a cave in France excavated by Oates’ father as a teleportation point from their orbiting space station.
Wild coincidences like that are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of this ridiculous movie’s plot holes, inconsistencies and lack of logic.
At any rate when Oates and company broadcast a reply of their own the extraterrestrials fly to England and snatch the entire building that the scientists’ project is housed in. The Earthlings, including a cockney female janitor along for excruciatingly bad comic relief, find themselves at the mercy of the space station’s Doctor Who (original series) level special effects renditions of androids, monsters and interstellar cooking devices. Continue reading
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FOR PART ONE OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE (2016) CLICK HERE.
EVEN IN 2017 THE PUBLIC WASN’T BUYING THE “RUSSIAN COLLUSION” NONSENSE.
DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EVEN DEFEATED HILLARY IN OTHER STATISTICS.
MORE MOCK HEADLINES ABOUT TRUMP.
MAY 2017 MEME AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP.
A REMINDER THAT ANY OUTSIDER TO AMERICA’S CESSPOOL OF CORRUPTION WILL GET TREATED LIKE TRUMP IS GETTING. And we continue to see it here in 2023. Continue reading
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It’s been nearly six years since the finale of the 18 episode run of new Twin Peaks chapters on cable. Like many other fans I’m still debating my final verdict on the series in light of the gloriously dark and nightmarish conclusion, so this particular blog post applies ONLY to the original Twin Peaks television series, the 1992 film Fire Walk With Me and its deleted scenes from The Missing Pieces.
Here at Balladeer’s Blog I’m often surprised at the way so many detractors still try to insist that the show and the movie made no sense. And bear in mind I am NOT referring to the various theories over particular symbolism or the lengthy debates to be had over the ethical and philosophical implications of the storyline.
No, I’m referring to the way some people dismiss the entire project as if it’s a bunch of weirdness with no discernible plot or storyline. There IS a (very) easily discernible plot and storyline. And I’ll say again I’m NOT talking about deeper meanings which no two people may ever agree upon, but the basic tale. Continue reading
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Here is Part Eight of Balladeer’s Blog’s look at the various mythological works in Ireland’s Lebor na hUidre, The Book of the Dun Cow. This part features multiple sections. For Part One click HERE.
THE ADVENTURE OF CONNLA THE BEAUTIFUL, SON OF CONN OF THE HUNDRED BATTLES (Echtra Condla Chaim meic Cuind Chetchathaig) – Amid the monuments and landmarks on the Hill of Uisnech in central Ireland, Connla and his father Conn, a High King of Ireland, are relaxing with several of their troops around them.
A beautiful woman in strange clothing catches Connla’s eye and he asks her where she is from. She replies she is from Mag Mell, a mystic island to the west of Ireland, where she says everyone feasts forever without effort and lives in peace.
King Conn and others nearby ask Connla who he is speaking to, because only he is able to see her. As the smitten Connla continues “chatting her up” his father and others hear the woman speaking but still cannot see her. She makes it clear that she is inviting Connla to come with her to Mag Mell forever, prompting the panicked Conn to call for his Druid Corann. Continue reading
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Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog presents another roundup of current events:
DEMOCRAT FASCISTS VANDALIZE THE HOME OF A UTAH STATE SENATOR FOR SUPPORTING LEGISLATION THEY DISAGREE WITH. More HERE. Threatening messages left scrawled on the walls, too. If the buffoons who run the Republican Party had kept up with the Democrats in the Media Arms Race this would be a nationwide story 24/7. Instead, it will soon fall down the Memory Hole. America needs a viable opposition party.
ANOTHER AMERICAN DEAD AS JOE BIDEN AGAIN LEAVES THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE BEHIND WHILE FLEEING A COUNTRY. More HERE. Joe Biden’s career of failure and scandal continues.
DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCE THEY WILL HOLD NO DEBATES FOR THE PRIMARIES, TO PREVENT EVEN FURTHER DISASTERS REGARDING JOE BIDEN’S MENTAL UNFITNESS. They still know what they knew in 2020 – Joe Biden is unfit for office. He was hidden away as much as possible in 2020, remember?
EVEN THE DEMOCRATS AT THE AP HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE BIDEN REGIME’S DEA HEAD IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR CRONYISM. It’s life here in Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy.
COURAGEOUS DEMOCRAT ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. TALKS SENSE ABOUT TOTALITARIAN POLITICS. More about Kennedy’s related remarks HERE. And HERE. And HERE. Will the Democrat National Committee do to him what they did to Tulsi Gabbard in 2020? He is already feeling the heat from the Democrat establishment.
BIDEN REGIME STILL USING FEDERAL AGENCIES TO WAGE WAR ON A TWITTER FILES REPORTER. REPUBLICAN PARTY SILENT, OF COURSE. More HERE.
FORMER CIA DIRECTOR ADMITS THAT “THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY” CLAIMING THE LAPTOP EXPOSING BIDEN FAMILY SCANDALS WAS “RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION” WAS INTENDED TO INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTION AND INSTALL JOE BIDEN. More HERE. And HERE. Continue reading
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SANTO VERSUS THE RIDERS OF TERROR (1970) – Called Santo Contra Los Jinetes del Terror in its native Mexico, this is one of my all-time favorite hidden gems among the wacked-out movies about the Mexican wrestler called El Santo.
(Many movies about Santo and other Mexican wrestlers were shown on “the Mexican MST3K” show – A Platicar a Su Casa, reviewed HERE.)
El Santo – often called “Samson” in English-dubbed versions of his flicks – has battled Martians, vampire women, vampire men, witches, mummies, wax figures come to life and dozens of other monstrosities. This particular flick stands out to me because of its joyously tasteless brand of “monsters” – a horseback riding outlaw gang of lepers.
Yes, LEPERS! In a move even Tod Slaughter might have deemed too crass and exploitative a group of bandits deformed by leprosy are at large and pulling off a series of robberies. Continue reading
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