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FRONTIER CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The MONTANA TECH OREDIGGERS and the CARROLL COLLEGE FIGHTING SAINTS battled for this tournament’s title.
The Orediggers were well and truly in charge by Halftime with their 47-30 lead. From there, Montana Tech coasted to a 93-77 victory. Asa Williams led the Orediggers to the championship with THIRTY-ONE points. Continue reading
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This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post here at Balladeer’s Blog will look at the world of Iberia Inc. Since the 1990s those Spanish-made superheroes and the detailed world surrounding them have made them – in my opinion – Spain’s premier home-grown comic book I.P. since 1996. Sadly, there’s been no new material since 2009.
TRUENO (Thunder)
Secret Identity: Miguel Angel Roldan
Debut Year: 1996
Origin: Miguel Roldan was a two-time winner of the Nobel Prize in physics. After a laboratory accident destroyed both his hands and part of his arms, he designed cybernetic replacements that he customized with potent superweaponry. From then on he went into action as the superhero Trueno.
Powers: Trueno’s cyborg parts possess superhuman strength and can shoot energy blasts of varying levels. They can also generate a force field around him. If he is separated from his artificial arms he is able to control them remotely.
Comment: This hero was the leader of the superhero team called Iberia Inc. (Named, of course, for the Iberian Peninsula.) The group was headquartered on Isla de la Cartuja in Seville. Continue reading
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ROAR (1981) – This was one of the first bad/ weird movies I planned to review when I started writing Balladeer’s Blog back in 2010, but like Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky it kept falling by the wayside. This film is no longer as unknown as it was in 2010 and has even been the subject of a documentary about its making, called The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made.
Even making jokes about this flick feels played out for everyone except people who haven’t seen or heard of it yet. Let me give it a try, though. “Roar: It’s not just the title – it’s the script!” or “You’ll believe people are stupid enough to make a drama using dozens of UNTRAINED jungle animals.”
Yes, untrained. The original movie advertisements for Roar boasted that “No animals were harmed in the making of this film. 70 cast and crew members were.” The end result is not something any human or animal should have been put at risk over, believe me.
Roar is such a bizarre product. Part “animals strike back” film, part Mondo Cane flirtation, part Golden Turkey, part vanity project, part home movie, part masochistic family production, part stunt-casting orgy, I could go on and on.
First up, the general story: A naturalist lives in Africa in a large, sprawling home with dozens of lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, jaguars, etc. His marriage is in trouble (of course) and he’s in danger of losing his grant money.
His estranged wife plus his two sons and a daughter come to visit but a mix-up causes them to arrive at the naturalist’s home while he is trying to pick them up at the airport. This strands the family with a houseful of wild and very dangerous jungle cats. Continue reading
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Here’s the latest roundup regarding current events from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.
DALLAS MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON DISCUSSES THE WAY DEMOCRAT POLICIES DROVE HIM TO LEAVE THAT POLITICAL PARTY TO BECOME A REPUBLICAN. I would prefer he became an Independent, but anyone leaving the intolerant and hate-filled Democrat Party is still a win.
BIDEN REGIME ADMITS IT IS PAYING STUDENTS WITH TAXPAYER MONEY TO “REGISTER VOTERS.” More HERE. Uh. Yeah. Right. Democrat vote fraud scams roll along and we lack a competent opposition party to fight it. More about Democrat election scams HERE.
DELAWARE COURT RULES THAT PERMANENT EARLY VOTING VIOLATES THE STATE’S CONSTITUTION. Another step toward fighting the rampant vote fraud that goes with spreading election day out over several weeks.
AGENTS FOR DEMOCRATS CALLED OUT FOR COVERUP OF VOTE FRAUD RING DISCOVERED IN MICHIGAN IN 2020. The 2020 election was as corrupt and tainted as the ones in 1876 and 2000. Continue reading
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Charles “The Bearded Badass” Darwin
Some things happen only once every four years – things like Democrat Joe Biden having a coherent thought and Republican Mitt Romney prying his head out of his ass. Another one of those things would be February 29th: Leap Day. Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some of the milestone events that got cheated out of a yearly anniversary by happening on this date.
1704 – French provocateurs and Native Americans attack Deerfield, MA and kill roughly 50 inhabitants while abducting 100. Elizabeth Warren’s ancestor recommends killing all the Native Americans and then claiming to BE part Native American when it’s monetarily or politically convenient. Continue reading
Filed under humor, Neglected History, opinion
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SUN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FIRE and the SAINT THOMAS UNIVERSITY (FL) BOBCATS (should be Tomcats) were the last two teams standing in this conference tournament. At Halftime the Fire were clinging to a 32-30 edge. From there Southeastern U. managed more separation from the Bobcats to win the game by a final score of 70-62. Reggie Mesidor’s 24 points led the Fire while his teammate Riley Minix logged a Double Double of 18 points and 13 rebounds. Continue reading
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Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at my top horror movies of the past fifty years. It is NOT a list of my all-time favorite horror films, just the ones that fall within the round number of fifty years.
If the selected movie spawned a franchise I rank the franchise’s top five flicks by titles only. As always, these are just my opinion. We all have our favorites and none of us are right or wrong.
MY LIST: Continue reading
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With Dune 2 out there now, here are TWO items as a salute of sorts to the Frank Herbert classic. The first book in the series was serialized beginning in 1963, then released as a novel in 1965.
DUNE: THE OPERA – Previously I wrote about how Philip Wylie’s science fiction novel Gladiator could be done as an opera. Then I looked at how an opera version of the 1966 Spaghetti Western Django could be done and then an opera based on the novel Venus in Furs. If you’re not familiar with the story told in Dune it is set over 20,000 years in the future, when humanity has colonized many Earth-like planets.
LANGUAGE: Spanish. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that most of my fellow English-speakers find English-language operas to be silly. The prosaic nature of the forced rhymes in a language we are well-versed in does seem to rob opera of its mystique and its grandeur.
SINGERS: Two Baritones, two Bass-Baritones, two Sopranos, one Mezzo-Soprano, four Tenors, a contralto and a Bass.
ACTS: FOUR ACTS
STORY: My fellow Dune geeks may get annoyed with this change, but remember, adaptations for staged performances have to be made very tight. I would start out at the Arrakeen Great Hall as the family and court members of House Atreides have just arrived on Arrakis/ Dune, the desert planet. All the scenes that the book covered while the Atreides family were preparing to depart their home on Caladan would instead play out shortly after their arrival on their new planetary fiefdom. Continue reading
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Here’s the latest roundup regarding current events from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog here in Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy.
BLOOD MONEY – PETER SCHWEIZER’S LATEST INVESTIGATIVE BOOK REGARDING THE CESSPOOL OF CORRUPTION RUN BY AMERICA’S CAREER CRIMINALS IN OFFICE – OFFICIALLY COMES OUT TOMORROW. Excerpts have been made available HERE.
JOE BIDEN’S LATEST MURDER-BY-ILLEGAL-ALIEN SCANDAL AGAIN EXPOSES HIS MANY SCANDALS AND FAILURES. More HERE. And HERE. The alleged murderer was arrested and let go in “sanctuary city” New York, thus enabling him. “Illegal Immigrants Uber Alles” remains the Democrat motto.
Nancy Pelosi, whose policies harm the working class and the poor.
NANCY PELOSI INSIDER TRADING SCANDAL SURFACES AGAIN AS THE PRIVILEGED WHITE ONE PERCENTER’S PRIVILEGED WHITE ONE PERCENTER HUSBAND MADE WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN JUST THREE MONTHS. Hubby has gotten years of government contracts somehow (wink) and he and Nancy still rake in money while her insider trading scandal rolls along. And America lacks a competent opposition party to do anything about it.
BIDEN REGIME FIGHTS FOR IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION FOR ILLEGALS. The regime is even having a U.S. State Department figure advocate AGAINST Texas and FOR illegal immigrants. If only there was an opposition party to work against this.
SENATOR TIM SCOTT RECAPS CAREER CRIMINAL JOE BIDEN’S LIFE OF DESPICABLE BIGOTRY.
A REMINDER OF THIS INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST’S LIST OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DONALD TRUMP ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN OFFICE. More cold, hard facts that make the slobbering psychopaths who hate Trump 24/7 even crazier than they usually are.
BIDEN UNCONSTITUTIONALLY IGNORES SUPREME COURT RULING AND DECREES THAT OVER A BILLION DOLLARS MORE IN STUDENT LOANS TO DEMOCRATS DON’T HAVE TO BE REPAID. Impeachments have been launched over far less. Just a few years ago, in fact. Meanwhile, the suffering working class and poor face ruin in Biden’s economy.
An arrested drunk? Nope, it’s the alleged judge.
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING ROUTED OUT OF NEW YORK CITY FOLLOWING PARTISAN DEMOCRAT ELECTED JUDGE ARTHUR ENGORON’S GROTESQUE HANDLING OF THE TRUMP TRIAL. Engoron’s miscarriage of justice will likely be overturned, but this is a reminder of why elected judges are so often viewed as corrupt hacks.
MORE ABOUT C.I.S.A.’s ROLE IN CENSORING THE TRUTH ABOUT FRAUD-FRIENDLY VOTE BY MAIL. The 2020 election result was just as corrupt and tainted as the 1876 and year 2000 results. Continue reading
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USA SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The last two teams standing in this tournament were the MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY FIGHTING SQUIRRELS and the GREENSBORO COLLEGE PRIDE. By Halftime the Fighting Squirrels held a slight 30-28 edge. After the break Mary Baldwin University left their opponents further and further behind on their way to a 72-62 triumph. Luke Ogle led the Squirrels with 15 points. Continue reading
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