LYNX VS LIBERTY: GAME FOUR – In this 4th game of the best of 5 series, the MINNESOTA LYNX welcomed the NEW YORK LIBERTY.
The Lynx were fighting to stave off elimination as the 1st Quarter ended in a 23-23 tie and the arrival of Halftime saw Minnesota clinging to a mere 46-45 edge over the Liberty. Continue reading
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This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at DC’s character Man-Bat.
DETECTIVE COMICS Vol 1 #400 (June 1970)
Title: Challenge of the Man-Bat
Villains: The Blackout Gang
Synopsis: Kirk Langstrom, a Gotham City zoologist, makes his first appearance in this issue. Langstrom was using genetic components from bats to try restoring hearing to the deaf, but the formula instead wound up transforming him into a human-sized bat creature.
The anguished Langstrom realizes he must go into seclusion until he can devise a cure for his condition. That night he happens by as Batman interrupts the Blackout Gang’s attempt to rob a Gotham museum.
Man-Bat helps Batman defeat and capture the gang and reveals to the curious hero that he is not wearing a costume before departing, leaving the caped crusader stunned. Continue reading
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Earlier this month was the annual celebration over the death of one of the world’s worst hatemongers – Che Guevara. Guevara was a murderous, homophobic, racist would-be dictator propagandistically depicted as a symbol of youthful rebellion thanks to the spiteful cluelessness of Left-Wing Archie Bunkers.
Thank the forever-childish 1960s generation’s leftists for elevating such a repulsive and barely human creature to such heights. Even at HUFFINGTON POST the truth about blood-soaked animal Che has been written. Click HERE.
Here are some actual quotes from hatemonger Che:
“Go ahead and try them tomorrow morning — but execute them NOW!”
“We must do away with all newspapers. A revolution cannot be accomplished with freedom of the press.”
“Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any enemy that falls in my hands! My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood.”
“We don’t need proof to execute a man. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. A revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate.” (Note from Balladeer: Gee, I thought the poseurs and buffoons of the Left said they’re AGAINST “hate.”)
“What we affirm is that we must proceed along the path of liberation even if this costs millions of atomic victims.” Continue reading
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As Halloween Month continues, here’s a look at my favorite Jean Rollin vampire films. Note that these are not my all-time favorite movies about vampires, just my favorites by Rollin.
This French director is known as a “love him or hate him” kind of creator and in my opinion his works range from brilliant to So Bad They’re Good. In the past Balladeer’s Blog has examined Jean’s zombie films like The Living Dead Girl and Pesticide, his “vampires as a mutant species” flick The Nude Vampire and his oddly modern horror work Night of the Hunted.
Toss in his eerie, haunting and beautiful movie The Iron Rose and I’ve covered most of the Jean Rollin films that I consider to be on the good to brilliant side of the ledger. I avoided reviewing his vampire movies (outside of the quasi-science fiction piece The Nude Vampire) because they are virtually their own separate subgenre and I wanted to feature my favorites in one post.
THE SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES (1970) – In my view this is the first real example of a Rollin vampire film. His Rape of the Vampire definitely showed how inexperienced he was at horror, while The Nude Vampire had those undertones of sci-fi that I mentioned above.
This film is labeled everything from arthouse to grindhouse but I consider it to be more on the arthouse side. Think of a combination of Federico Fellini & David Lynch crossed with Hammer’s erotic vampire movies. It’s definitely Adults Only but more for tone and eroticism than gore and violence.
Isle (Sandra Julien) and Antoine (Jean-Marie Durand) are newlyweds who have just left their wedding reception and stop off to visit two of Isle’s male cousins in their very old castle by the sea. Two beautiful, enigmatic ladies greet them at the castle and introduce themselves as the maids. Continue reading
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Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at current events.
KAMALA HARRIS-JOE BIDEN REGIME FORCED TO ADMIT THAT UNDER THEIR POLICIES CHILD SEX-TRAFFICKING REPORTS HAVE TRIPLED. Horrific details about the treatment inflicted on the victims. More HERE. And HERE.
KAMALA HARRIS-JOE BIDEN REGIME’S POLICIES ARE TAKING CUSTODY AWAY FROM PARENTS IF THEY DON’T OKAY THEIR CHILDREN’S “TRANS” PROCEDURES. Those kids can’t get permanent tattoos yet, but Democrats insist they’re adult enough to make health-altering decisions. Unreal. But then, trans kids will likely be Democrat voters for life and procedures make millions for the industries performing them, so Democrats have been all in on this.
TRUMP-HATER PROVIDES LIST OF REASONS WHY HE IS VOTING FOR TRUMP THIS ELECTION. It is excellent.
HARRIS-BIDEN DOJ CAUGHT STEALTH-EDITING CRIME STATISTICS LIKE THEY DO THE JOBS REPORTS. Quite a scam – report figures favorable to the Regime, then quietly “correct” those figures after claiming successes.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT GANGS EXTORTING AND TERRORIZING APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN COLORADO GROW EVEN MORE VIOLENT. Photo of the latest victim beaten bloody.
GALLUP POLL: RECORD LOW TRUST FOR THE CORPORATE MEDIA. Just some of the exposed media hoaxes HERE. Continue reading
Filed under LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES, Neglected History, opinion
LIBERTY VS LYNX: GAME THREE – The NEW YORK LIBERTY visited the MINNESOTA LYNX as this best of five series stood at 1 game apiece.
The 1st Quarter ended with Minnesota up 28-18 and Halftime found the Liberty within 43-35. To close out the 3rd Quarter, New York still trailed the Lynx but had made it a one-point game – 62-61. Continue reading
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Balladeer’s Blog’s month-long celebration of Halloween continues with this look at Canadian werewolf lore.
THE WERWOLVES (1898) – Written by Honore Beaugrand, this story features fairly unique werewolf lore. The tale is not structured in a traditional way but instead expands upon accounts of lycanthropy in campfire tales as if they really, truly happened.
A modern comparison might be with those far-fetched tales of the supernatural from supermarket tabloids or online Creepypastas. The pretense of reality adds to the fun.
Set in the very early 1700s The Werwolves treats readers to a pack of Iroquois lycanthropes rampaging around Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. These werewolves are much more intelligent and gregarious than many other such monsters.
They operate in a pack to steal away victims and even dance around a fire in their wolfmen forms howling and chanting before devouring their victims.
These Canadian variations also look much different than readers might expect: they have the heads of wolves and the tails of wolves but the rest of their bodies remain human after their nocturnal transformation. Continue reading
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NANCY (1970-1971) – With I Dream of Jeannie having finished its final season, creator Sidney Sheldon launched his new series Nancy, about the 21-year-old daughter of the incumbent U.S. President finding love with a small-town Iowa veterinarian. Would it complete a sitcom Hat Trick for Sidney and be as successful as his previous Patty Duke Show and the aforementioned I Dream of Jeannie? Not a chance.
When it comes to television sitcoms who can tell what will be popular? Hell, Sidney Sheldon had just finished a long-running show about a genie marrying a U.S. astronaut. The premise of Nancy seems positively grounded by comparison.
Renne Jarrett starred as First Daughter Nancy Smith, a pretty young lady living in Center City, IA. Nancy stayed with her guardian and chaperone Abby Townsend, played by the one and only Celeste Holm.
Abby offered wry commentary and sarcastic barbs regarding the madness that unfolded as Nancy pursued a romance with Center City veterinarian Adam Hudson. Dr. Hudson was played by John Fink, an actor who kept that name in defiance of all show business common sense. Continue reading
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Halloween Month continues with this look at the three silent movie versions of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
FRANKENSTEIN (1910) – This first ever cinematic depiction of the classic horror story was produced by Edison Studios, as in Thomas Edison. Luckily Frankenstein has survived, and existing copies run from 11 minutes to 16 minutes.
The movie opens on a scene with a painted backdrop and with Victor Frankenstein (Augustus Phillips) parting with his fiancee Elizabeth (Mary Fuller) and his father as he goes off to attend college.
Edison Studios efforts were known for their slipshod, seat of their pants nature, and Frankenstein serves up my all-time favorite back-to-back dialogue boards. “Frankenstein leaves for college.” followed by “Two years later Frankenstein has discovered the mystery of life.” (… And Frankenstein Created Cram School)
We get the exaggerated pantomime acting typical of such early silent films as Victor is excited at the thought of employing “the mystery of life” to create what he claims to Elizabeth will be the most perfect being ever. Continue reading
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Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog takes another look at current events.
THE KAMALA HARRIS-JOE BIDEN REGIME’S FAILURE TO ENFORCE THE SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN ALLOWED THAT GOVERNMENT TO TAKE IN TWO HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS IN OIL REVENUE DURING THE PAST FOUR YEARS. Kamala and Joe apparently enjoy enabling every self-declared foe of the U.S.
NATIONAL BORDER PATROL COUNCIL ENDORSES TRUMP. Among the council’s remarks –
“If we allow Border Czar Harris to win this election, every city, every community in this great country, is going to go to hell,” said Paul Perez, the president of the National Border Patrol Council.
“The untold millions of people, unvetted, who she has allowed into this country that are committing murders, rapes, robberies, burglaries, and every other crime will continue to put our country in peril. Only one man can fix that and that is Donald J. Trump. He has always stood with the men and women who protect this border.” More HERE.
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL ENDORSES DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
STANLEY KUBRIK’S DAUGHTER VIVIAN DEFENDS TRUMP AND SAYS “TRUMP HAS MY BLESSING” TO USE FOOTAGE FROM FULL METAL JACKET IN HIS CAMPAIGN. She also stated “Trump is always seeking to end wars and use peaceful methods.” and pointed out that her courageous father would likely approve of resisting “highly destructive globalist forces.”
ARIZONA IS ALLOWING OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WITH UNCONFIRMED CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE THIS YEAR. Unreal.
AN ITEM POINTING OUT THAT THE DEBUNKED ANTI-TRUMP LIES ARE STILL LIES NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES ANTI-TRUMPERS INSIST ON REPEATING THEM. Continue reading
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