It’s been a while since Balladeer’s Blog has done some Mock Headlines but with Halloween and Veterans Day behind us here we go.
DONNA BRAZILLE CONTINUES TO PLAY SAMMY THE BULL GRAVANO TO HILLARY’S JOHN GOTTI
JARED KUSHNER TRIES TO COUNTER BRAZILLE BY BEING THE FREDO CORLEONE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: FAILS EVEN AT THAT
DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN OFFICE-HOLDERS CONTINUE TO FIGHT DE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT TRUMP
TRUMP-HATERS INSIST HIS MANY TRIUMPHS ARE JUST LULLING US INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
DEMOCRATS VOW TO CONTINUE COMMITTING THE ATROCITIES THEY WILL THEN BLAME ON THE REST OF US
PAUL KRUGMAN STILL OUTRAGED THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS HAD MUCH BETTER-LOOKING WOMEN THAN HE EVER DID
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY EXPOSED AND CRIPPLED: WORLD REJOICES
INSECURE AND UNINFORMED TROLLS CONTINUE TO HATE TRUMP SUPPORTERS Continue reading
NUMBER SIX GOES DOWN – With the playoffs beginning next weekend this final Saturday of the Regular Season saw the WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY STATESMEN welcome the nation’s 6th ranked GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY VIKINGS. The Statesmen marked Senior Day in style, knocking off the storied Vikings by an authoritative score of 33-14. 
EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE – The top 3 teams in the nation over in D2 prevailed. The (1) INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN PENNSYLVANIA CRIMSON HAWKS logged a 24-7 road smackdown of the WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY GOLDEN RAMS ### Meanwhile the (2) MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS survived a 27-24 visit with the (11) UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS COUGARS ### And the (3) ASHLAND EAGLES defeated the SAGINAW VALLEY CARDINALS 31-19. 
USCAA GAME OF THE WEEK – In the United States Collegiate Athletic Association the NEWPORT NEWS APPRENTICE SCHOOL BUILDERS (formerly the Shipbuilders) were on the road against the HUDSON VALLEY COLLEGE VIKINGS. A 7-7 Halftime tie became a 21-21 deadlock to end Regulation. In Overtime the Builders won it 28-27 off a missed PAT by the Vikings. 
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky did real-life work crucial to space-flight and is one of the neglected pioneers of Science Fiction. Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at a few of his works. 
These flying plant-people from the Asteroid Belt obtain nourishment through chlorophyll and solar radiation. They also have advanced technology like the harnessing of dismantled asteroids into rings, resulting in lower gravity for manufacturing work. 
OUT OF THE EARTH (1920) – Coincidentally set in the year 2017 A.D. this tale features what readers are told is the first manned flight to the moon, some 48 years AFTER it happened in real life. An international team of tycoons and scientific adventurers are planning to explore the universe, with the moon an obvious first step. 
Balladeer’s Blog wrings down the curtain on Veterans Day of 2017 with this item. In keeping with the whole “Eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” tradition here are eleven World War One figures who were awarded the Medal of Honor. 
JAKE ALLEX 
J.M. SWAAB – Jacques Michael Swaab didn’t even take to the air with the 22nd Aero Squadron until August 27th of 1918 but before the war ended on November 11th he managed 10 confirmed kills and SEVEN more possible. At that rate Swaab could have challenged Eddie Rickenbacker’s total of 26 kills if he had started earlier in the war. 
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