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I am passionately interested in college sports, ancient Greek comedies, bad/weird movies, mythology, the American Revolution, Puck Magazine, World War I, U.S. Presidential history, silent movies, the English Civil War, epic, lyric and comic poetry, U.S. Supreme Court history, the Revolutions of 1848, the Philippine War and old pulp heroes like The Moon Man, Pilot G8, Silver John and The Rio Kid.

MUSLIM FASCIST ATROCITY ROUNDUP: SEPTEMBER 9th

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CORPORATE FASCIST MARK “SKIPPY” ZUCKERBERG

MUSLIM VIOLENCE AWARENESS YEAR CONTINUES. Here are just A FEW of the latest atrocities from the kind of Muslim fascists that the Democrats who censor Facebook LOVE! (Since people can block anything they want to block there is NO excuse for Facebook’s obsessive censorship.) 

September 8th: Ancha, Nigeria – Fulani terrorists, the local franchise of the Global Muslim Fascist Murder Machine, butchered 19 innocent people and injured 5 more. The Democrats at Facebook will ban news items about this.

August 30th: Banki, Nigeria – Muslim fascists used KNIVES to kill 18 innocent people. The Democrats at Facebook will ban news items about this. 

August 28th: Maungtaw, Myanmar – Islamofascists hacked 7 innocent people to death and injured 5 more – because the victims were NOT Muslim. The Democrats at Facebook will ban news items about this.

Faisal againSeptember 8th: Ngala, Nigeria – Muslim fascists used machine guns to kill 7 innocent people and injure 3 more. The Democrats at Facebook will ban news items about this. 

September 6th: Rakhine, Myanmar – Muslim fascists killed 6 innocent people for being Hindu instead of Muslim. The Democrats at Facebook will ban news items about this.  

September 6th: Lamu, Kenya – Al Shabaab, the local franchise of the Global Muslim Fascist Murder Machine, beheaded 5 innocent people for being Christian instead of Muslim. The Democrats at Facebook will ban news items about this.   

September 6th: Dhaka, Bangladesh – Jamayetul Mujahideen, the local franchise of the Global Muslim Fascist Murder Machine, used a suicide bomber to kill 4 innocent people. The Democrats at Facebook will ban news items about this.   Continue reading

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TALKING HEADS: PSYCHO KILLER

Time for another installment of Balladeer’s Blog’s “Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead.” This time around it’s Talking Heads with their song Psycho Killer.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM SEPTEMBER 7th

*** NCAA DIVISION TWO ***

Northwest Missouri BearcatsNUMBER ONE SURVIVES A CLOSE CALL – Last night the number 1 team in the nation – the dynastic NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE BEARCATS – took it on the road against the WASHBURN UNIVERSITY ICHABODS. This game went right down to the wire, with the Bearcats holding on in the end for a 20-14 victory in this Instant Classic.

Emporia StateSTUNG BY THE HORNETS – Meanwhile, NCAA Division Two’s 11th ranked EMPORIA STATE HORNETS had no trouble at all with the visiting UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY LOPERS. The Hornets dominated the reeling Lopers on both sides of the ball for a FORTY-FIVE to THIRTEEN blowout win. Continue reading

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DEMOCRATS TO VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT VIOLENCE: DROP DEAD

Stolen Lives QuiltThe increasing unwillingness of American citizens to vote for the Left-Wing Archie Bunkers who call themselves Democrats has made DemCorp even more fanatical about increasing the numbers of illegal immigrants who enter the country. Democrats have alienated most of us who used to belong to their political party (the Republicans, meanwhile, are clueless buffoons and worse) so they are frantically trying to legalize millions of illegal immigrants so they can vote for Democrats.

ShataviaDemocrats are also always trying to give voting rights to convicted felons as well because they know felons will not only VOTE for Democrats but very likely already ARE Democrats. Plus the Democrats are always trying to lower the voting age to 16 because they know people that young are naïve enough to vote for Democrats.

But right now all that matters to America’s politicians and to Corporate Fascists like Mark “Skippy” Zuckerberg are illegal immigrants. Bloated rich pigs want to lower the median wage – plus recently Zuckerberg EXPRESSED DISMAY THAT – IN ONE AREA ALONE – OVER 750,000 JOBS THAT COULD HAVE GONE TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL INSTEAD GO TO AMERICAN CITIZENS. Oh, the horror of it all!

Victims of Illegal Immigrants

********************* Remember the victims of illegal immigrants – they and their loved ones are the people who really “live in the shadows.”

American Liberals like to pretend they are “compassionate” and “caring” but that pretended concern is very selective and goes only one way.

Grieving mother Maureen Maloney was one of the untold thousands of Americans to lose a loved one to people who illegally cross our border with Mexico and then go on to commit other crimes.

Maloney’s 23 year-old son Matthew was hit by a repeat-offending illegal alien drunk driver. Although Matthew survived the initial crash, he died as he was subsequently dragged a quarter of a mile—caught in the wheel well of the illegal alien’s pick up truck— as the alien sought to flee the crime scene. “Witnesses who saw [Matthew] pinned screaming under the truck ran out and pounded on the vehicle, crying out to the driver who kept going…'[Matthew] was alive for a good portion of it,’” wrote a correspondent.

American Liberals, who pretend to be so “caring” always ignore these frequent tragedies. They can’t exploit such events to fit their political narrative, you see, so they turn a blind eye to them. Had an American citizen struck an illegal immigrant and dragged them along, killing them in an attempt to flee, that Mexican’s name would be known worldwide now. 

The Democratic Party (Slogan: “Oppressing others while posing as the oppressed”) would have launched one of its internet and social media memes about the incident. Democrats would go in front of the cameras to make political capital out of the death and for their usual drama queen antics.  

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The Party that represents illegal immigrants but NEVER American citizens. That would be so gauche.

American Liberals always practice this philosophy  – “Something bad happened, so do what we say to do or else it means you are a hater.” They never care about people like this young man’s mother. Liberals will launch no hashtags about her son’s pointless death. There will be no Hollywood movies made about the tragedy. 

Democrats love to whine “If it saves even one life …” about actions the Democrats want done but, trust me, they will NEVER say “If it saves even one life isn’t it worth it to FINALLY secure our southern border?”  

Even Republicans like John Kasich have vowed to pursue amnesty to all illegal immigrants. Maureen Maloney’s public response was to ask Kasich to “visit the grave of my murdered child.” That will never happen of course. Instead, callous, comfortable and uncaring American Liberals prefer to accuse the citizens who mourn the dead victims of illegal immigrants of being (yawn) “racists” and “haters.” 

If Maureen’s heart-breaking request for Kasich to visit her son’s grave furthered the narrative of the pro-illegal immigration crowd then, trust me, EVERY SINGLE ELECTED OFFICIAL would be forced to answer – over and over and over again – questions about what their own feelings are regarding the tragedy. 

Virtually no attention is paid by our politicians to grieving families who have lost loved ones to murders committed by people who illegally crossed our (still unsecured) border with Mexico. Or those families who’ve had loved ones raped or assaulted by those illegal immigrants – and over 600,000 documented crimes have been committed by illegal immigrants  in recent years.

Many of them committed by Mexican criminals WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CAUGHT and either were not deported or were deported but simply strolled right back across our perpetually unsecured southern border. The victims of these repeat offenders and the loved ones of those victims are the people who REALLY “live in the shadows.” ++

(For overseas readers I’ll clarify that last line. Liberal hypocrites like to coyly – and publicly, of course – agonize on behalf of illegal immigrants. A line they’re fond of using is that those illegal immigrants are forced to “live in the shadows.” Uh. Yeah. Who’d have thought you might experience difficulties for making the conscious decision to enter a country illegally? Astonishing.)    

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CCCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS

Fullerton College HornetsDEFENDING CHAMPIONS MAKE A STATEMENT – The top ranked Defending Champions of CCCAA Football – the FULLERTON COLLEGE HORNETS – came out of the gate like men possessed. The Hornets welcomed the SANTA ANA COLLEGE DONS and were less than gracious hosts. Fullerton College led 20-7 in the 1st Quarter and 42-14 by Halftime enroute to a SEVENTY-SEVEN to TWENTY-EIGHT blowout of the Dons.

American River College BeaversNUMBER TWO AND THREE ROLL AS WELL – Not to be outdone, the number 2 team in the rankings – the AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE BEAVERS – utterly annihilated the visiting DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE VIKINGS (should be the Green Devils) to the tune of SIXTY-SEVEN to NOTHING    ###    And the 3rd ranked BUTTE COLLEGE ROADRUNNERS shut out their guests the SANTA ROSA COLLEGE BEAR CUBS by a final tally of 51-0.   Continue reading

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FORMER MUSLIM ATHEIST ALI A RIZVI AND HIS TERRIFIC BOOK

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September 6, 2017 · 10:28 pm

NJCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2nd

scottsdale-fighting-artichokes-helmet-newHOME-STANDS – The SCOTTSDALE COLLEGE FIGHTING ARTICHOKES hosted the GLENDALE COLLEGE GAUCHOS on Saturday and manhandled them by a score of 37-7    ###    Meanwhile the NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA A&M GOLDEN NORSEMEN lambasted the visiting NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE BRONCOS (should be the Cavalry) 40-7    ###    And the MESABI RANGE COLLEGE NORSE clobbered the MINNESOTA STATE SPARTANS 42-15.   

Iowa Western CollegeWHEN TITANS CLASH – The 12th ranked team in the nation – the IOWA WESTERN COLLEGE REIVERS – played host to the HUTCHINSON COLLEGE BLUE DRAGONS. By Halftime the Reivers held a 21-7 advantage over the Blue Dragons. After the break Iowa Western College had to withstand Hutchinson’s furious comeback attempt to emerge with a 27-21 victory. The Reivers improve to 2-0, Hutch is now 1-1.   

ASA CollegeSHUTOUTS – The ASA COLLEGE AVENGERS folded, spindled and mutilated their guests the NEW JERSEY ACADEMY WARRIORS in a 49-0 laugher.    ###    And the GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE BULLDOGS sent the MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE KNIGHTS back home reeling from a SEVENTY-ONE to NOTHING trouncing. Continue reading

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UNSURE ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS? LOAD UP ON DATA FROM THE EXPERTS

College footballCollege football season 2017 has just gotten underway but is already proving that it’s harder than ever to make picks.

My own personal opinion is that the overabundance of details to be had in this internet age creates a virtual “fog of war” and makes it even more difficult to separate vital information from mere noise. Sites like Yahoo Sports or even outright sports machines like Sports Illustrated often get too clever for their own good. 

Cutting through the confusion calls for an approach like the one in this article  which omits the tiresome name-dropping that the guys at those other sites are so dependent upon. Continue reading

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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – FINALE (SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY)

twin peaks the return 2Last Monday here at Balladeer’s Blog I posted about how great Episode 16 was and mentioned the fact that the two final episodes would be shown back to back on Sunday, Sept 3rd.

Now that the final parts have aired I feel that Episode 17 was for the fans and Episode 18 was for David Lynch himself. Fans who want tidy closure got as much of that as Lynch is capable of providing in Episode 17. (And hey, looks like NOBODY can play a Long Game like Gordon Cole can. Although I guess that’s easy to do when it’s not your OWN butt trapped in the Black Lodge for 25 years.)

Episode 18 struck me more like a Lynchian horror film. Especially that ending. I loved it and if that is all the Twin Peaks we ever get I am just fine with it. If you aren’t, then blame our beloved hero FBI Agent Dale Cooper.

Cooper could have just left well enough alone, but no. And he piled foolishness upon foolishness in Episode 18, just like characters in a horror film do. As a MINIMUM, after all he had learned and all he had been through why would he go anywhere near any establishment bearing the name Judy?

Twin Peaks the return 3I was disappointed to see Coop and Diane get together (however briefly) instead of him and Audrey, but what can you do?

The thing that impressed me the most about Lynch’s directing on this 18 episode run was the way he kept up with the times. More so than many of the long-time fans did.

The original Twin Peaks used the story-telling approach of soap operas, while this revival employed the dramatic structure of ARG’s. Frost and Lynch out-did some of the twenty-some year olds who have been flooding the internet with ARG’s for years.

And I was not disappointed at all with that closing scene. A clip of the final four minutes and 20 seconds is below. WARNING: If the names Chalfont and/or Tremond aren’t familiar to you from the original Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me then you won’t get the horror of the ending.

Since even the freeze-frame on the video gives away info, people who don’t want the closing scene spoiled in any way should NOT click to read more: Continue reading

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THREE LABOR DAY MOVIES

The Labor Day Holiday is taking on greater significance the more that the white collar criminals called Democrats and Republicans sell out the working class. Bought and paid for office-holders from BOTH political parties are content to screw over the working class.

MatewanMATEWAN (1987) – This John Sayles film examines the 1920 Matewan Massacre in the West Virginia coal fields. The workers were attempting to form a union and the owners – the kind of people that One percenter Carlos Slim’s New York Times has proclaimed to be “the conscience of the country” used hired thugs to harass – and even kill – the laborers.

On top of that the owners planned to bring in replacement workers who would work for less money and would not expect “luxuries” like worker safety measures and the like.

It’s like today as DemCorp and RepubCorp embrace Corporate Fascism by helping bloated rich pigs usher unlimited numbers of illegal immigrants into countries around the world in order to bring in people who will work for lower wages and without “luxuries” like sick leave and such.    

Today’s rich pigs have added a new wrinkle: pretending to be showing “compassion” and lecturing the working class and the poor about the glories of a borderless society. Ultimately this will even overload Social Programs to the point where they all collapse from lack of funding.

AN IMPORTANT REASON FOR HAVING BORDERS IS PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THE LONG-HELD PRINCIPLE THAT A COUNTRY CAN HAVE SOCIAL PROGRAMS OR OPEN BORDERS BUT NOT BOTH. Borders also help in disease control and crime control, but the one percenters and bloated rich pigs never have to worry about either. Continue reading

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