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February 20, 2016 · 2:49 am

PELE AND HI’IAKA: EPIC OF HAWAII PART NINE

island of mauiBalladeer’s Blog continues its examination of the grand and exciting Hawaiian epic about the goddesses Pele and Hi’iaka.

PART NINE

By nightfall Hi’iaka had secured passage for herself and the mortal woman Wahine in a craft bound for the island of Maui. That vessel set off the next morning. In some versions the boatman and his son refuse to take the ladies so Hi’iaka punishes them by using her powers to make their craft sink. After swimming to shore the two men were more than happy to take the ladies in their other ship. Continue reading →

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February 19, 2016 · 10:37 pm

COOL-NAMED TEAM: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PANDAS

UNIVERSITY  OF ALBERTA PANDAS

 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Division: NAIA

Conference Affiliation: Canada West Universities Athletic Association

Comment: Many people don’t realize some Canadian schools play various college sports in America’s lower divisions. I don’t know anybody who doesn’t like pandas unless they were traumatized by the long national nightmare we had trying to get the National Zoo’s panda bears to mate. Continue reading →

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February 14, 2016 · 4:03 pm

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES

CENTURY CLUB (Teams scoring 100 points or more in regulation)

Hawaii at Hilo VulcansHAWAII ONE-OH-ONE – The UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO VULCANS trailed their guests – the CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY SILVERSWORDS – by a score of 45-36 at Halftime. After the break the Vulcans erupted for 65 points, winning this Instant Classic by a count of 101-99. Salim Gloyd led Hawaii- Hilo with a Double Double of 28 points and 14 rebounds.  

novasoutheasternFINS TO THE LEFT, FINS TO THE RIGHT – (For all you Jimmy Buffett fans) The NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SHARKS took the court against the visiting BARRY UNIVERSITY BUCCANEERS yesterday. The Sharks were up on the Buccaneers 50-40 by the midpoint then retained the lead for a 105-91 victory. Chris Page tossed in FORTY-ONE points for Nova Southeastern University.  Continue reading →

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January 29, 2016 · 8:46 pm

FOUR BASIC TIPS FOR MAKING A SHORT FILM

The one and only John Montana has graciously provided Balladeer’s Blog with this article regarding independent film-making.

Four Basic Tips for Making a Short Film

Making a short film, or any film for that matter can be a lot of amazing fun. But most of the time, making a movie is very stressful and filled with problems. I recently made my most recent short film called HUNGRY. I had this idea for a short that came to me a couple of years before. A wicked, humorous, little piece on the greed that is rampant at Christmas. Here are the major issues that came up and what I learned from it for my next shoot. Continue reading →

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January 22, 2016 · 9:22 pm

FRANCES BARBER SPEAKS OUT ABOUT MUSLIM MISOGYNY

Frances Barber

Frances Barber

Another woman with a backbone has spoken out about the misogyny and other outdated attitudes Islam carries with it. British actress Frances Barber publicly discussed her encounter with a Muslim man who flaunted his religion’s savage superstitions about women and how they should dress and conduct themselves.

See the link below for the details. I know it’s nowhere near as bad as the Muslim rape mobs who preyed on (at last count) over 1,000 women but it still underscores one of my points: Plenty of us stopped considering ourselves part of the political left because of the left’s cowardly and hypocritical refusal to show enough societal solidarity to make it clear to Muslim men that their backward views have no place in the multicultural free nations of the west.

Instead, here in America, Liberals constantly make excuses for Islam’s misogyny or even try to deny that it exists. And there’s also the skyrocketing number of Muslim women in America being forced by their parents to undergo Female Genital Mutilation. New York is the biggest problem area, so even the New York Times couldn’t ignore that issue.  

FRANCES BARBER STORY HERE Continue reading →

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January 22, 2016 · 3:46 pm

ANOTHER ANCIENT GREEK THEATER UNEARTHED

Lefkada 2Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog are familiar with my obsession with ancient Greek comedies. A related story has hit the news – on the Ionian island of Lefkada a previously unknown ancient amphitheater was discovered recently.

The find is located on Koulmou hill and is being further excavated by the Lefkada and Aitoloakarnania Antiquities Ephorate. (On a side note, remember the Ephors of ancient Sparta?) So far digs in 13 areas have uncovered the theater’s rows of seats, the orchestra section and assorted walls. No surviving ancient sources refer to a theater in this area so ancient Greek stage geeks like me are in Dork Heaven right now!  Continue reading →

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January 21, 2016 · 9:43 pm

THE SCARLET AVENGER: FORGOTTEN SUPERHERO

Superheroes are dominating the box office these days and are well-represented on the small screen, too. Reaction to Balladeer’s Blog’s look at the forgotten MLJ superheroes has been so impressive I’m throwing in a bonus hero from MLJ.

Scarlet AvengerTHE SCARLET AVENGER

Secret Identity: Jim Kendall

Origin: Jim Kendall, his wife and child were on board an airplane which was also transporting a shipment of gold bullion. A criminal gang tried to hijack the plane to get the gold and in the resulting mayhem the plane crashed near a remote mountain.

Kendall was the only survivor, his face paralyzed from the crash and never able to smile again. (Shades of the Avenger from Justice, Inc.) He vowed to wage war on the type of criminals who caused his wife and child’s death. Believed dead, Jim Kendall covertly used the fortune in gold bullion to finance his crusade against crime.  

First Appearance: Zip Comics # 1 (February 1940). His final Golden Age appearance came in late 1941.

Powers: Continue reading →

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January 20, 2016 · 7:52 pm

MUSLIMS STONE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN GERMANY

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The “vulnerable” Muslim community

Dortmund, Germany – What kind of savages stone people for being trannies here in the 21st Century? I think we all know … Muslim savages. I consider all religions to be ridiculous but only cowards and hypocrites pretend that Islam is NOT the most homophobic, misogynistic and otherwise intolerant religion in the world at this particular point in history.  

In Germany – where the horror of the Muslim rape mobs of New Year’s Eve still hasn’t worn off – three Muslim males were arrested for stoning two transgendered people. The Muslim males tried to justify their action by saying “such persons must be stoned” because that is what would happen to transgender people in the Muslim World.  

One of the victims was quoted referring to the attackers as “barbarians” so I’m sure American Liberals would indignantly demand that the victim should be forced to attend one of their reeducation seminars where they try to force people to embrace the hatred that Islam carries with it.

As always I’ll never be a Conservative but I feel contempt for Liberals because of the way they gutlessly refuse to provide enough societal solidarity to make it clear to Muslims that their many, many hatreds will not be acceptable in multicultural western democracies. Instead they run interference for the worst Muslims while ignoring courageous women like Ayaan Hirsi Ali and others who fight to end oppression of Muslim women by the Islamic Patriarchy. Continue reading →

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January 19, 2016 · 9:09 pm

ROBERT DE NIRO TO STAR IN THE PORKY’S REBOOT

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Robert De Niro and Zac Efron 

Yes, Balladeer’s Blog has another scoop! My sources in the industry – and by the industry I mean the business – have informed me that in keeping with his “you sign my paycheck and I’ll be in your movie” philosophy Robert De Niro will play the title character in the reboot of the teensploitation flick Porky’s.  

De Niro stated he wants to end his career as “the 21st Century Cameron Mitchell, y’know, one of those guys who are in so many movies they become a joke and their earlier, quality stuff gets forgotten. Ya gotta problem with that? I may appear in drag in my next movie. You don’t like it – don’t come see me, awright?”

Johnny Depp has signed onto the project to portray Pee Wee, the character with the notoriously small penis. At first Depp refused to even return the director’s calls but relented when promised he could play Pee Wee wearing weird hats and strange makeup. Continue reading →

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January 18, 2016 · 9:29 pm

ANOTHER HEROIC WOMAN WHO TAKES ON ISLAM

Alice SchwarzerGerman feminist Alice Schwarzer is the latest woman to denounce the gutless hypocrisy of the political left around the world when it comes to Islam’s barbaric treatment of women. Needless to say the political robots called Liberals now viciously denounce her for courageously breaking free of their herd mentality.

Accusations of (yawn) Islamophobia and racism (Islam is not a race) are being thrown at Schwarzer but she has a backbone and so she continues speaking out no matter how much the Political Correctness Police try to silence her. Alice’s latest activity is speaking out on behalf of the hundreds of victims of the Muslim rape mobs across Europe on New Year’s Eve. ESPECIALLY THE WAY THE POLITICAL MEDIA TRIES TO BURY THE STORY LEST ANYONE EYE ISLAM WITH SUSPICION.  

I’ll mention once again that so many of us who used to identify as Liberals have grown disgusted with Liberalism’s cowardice when it comes to criticizing Islam. It’s not just a religion – Islam is a fascist philosophy that marries religion to government.  Continue reading →

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