NJCAA DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PLUS DIVISION ONE FINAL FOUR

NJCAA DIVISION TWO

national park college nighthawksNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – Fighting it out for this division’s crown were the 5 seeds – the NATIONAL PARK COLLEGE NIGHTHAWKS – and the 2nd ranked SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE BULLDOGS.

The Nighthawks were on top of South Suburban College 44-38 at Halftime. Following the break, the Bulldogs managed to chop off just one point from the National Park College advantage. The final score was Nighthawks 84  South Suburban College 79. Twenty-two points from Taylor Harrell led NPC to the championship. Continue reading

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APRIL ELEVENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

FroIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog comes another look at the ongoing disasters here in Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy.

case to impeach and imprison joe bidenFORMER OBAMA AIDE: JOE BIDEN SHOULD BE IN PRISON. Tell us something we don’t know. See more HERE

DEMOCRATS PROPOSE FIVE BILLION DOLLAR TAXPAYER-FUNDED BAILOUT FOR MOVIE THEATERS. Democrats have mastered the buying of votes. Meanwhile, most Congressional Republicans brag about not spending money on anything for their own constituents.

ANTI-TRUMP FILM SET TO DEBUT AT CANNES. In an election year. And the filmmaking industry/ theater chain/ Democrat-sponsored tax bailouts “complex” rolls along.

trump praised on hbcu policiesDE FACTO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PRAISED ONCE AGAIN FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION’S POLICIES THAT HELPED HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. “Much better than” Biden. More HERE.

BIDEN REGIME SUES UTAH FOR NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH PRIVILEGES FOR TRANS PRISON INMATE. Among his demands is a transfer to a women’s prison. Well, delusional trans people are sure Democrat voters for life, hence the Regime’s policies making trans people virtual royalty. Democrats are “anti-science” on XX and XY chromosomes.

democrat republican or awakeFORMER NPR EDITOR POINTS OUT HOW NPR HAS LOST THE PUBLIC’S TRUST BY BEING FLAGRANTLY PRO-DEMOCRAT. More HERE. He provides details, too, like how eighty-seven NPR editors in DC are Democrats, but NONE belong to other political parties.

        Meanwhile, the clueless, outdated and utterly useless Congressional Republicans STILL refuse to act against open political bias in the taxpayer-funded NPR. Democrats would not sit still if it was 87 Republican editors to zero Democrat editors. One side wants it more.

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT “SCHOOL TEACHER” (LMAO) ARRESTED FOR CHILD TRAFFICKING AND “COMPELLING PROSTITUTION OF JUVENILES.” Democrats, can you please leave children alone? Continue reading

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NEIL BREEN: HIS FIRST FIVE BAD MOVIES

Neil Breen making a faceHere at Balladeer’s Blog my love of enjoyably bad movies has been well established. You can count me as one of the many “Human Breens” as fans of filmmaker Neil Breen are called.  

Neil Breen (PBUH) started out as an architect and realtor with minor show-biz dabblings as a dancer in Madonna’s Vogue video and as a cop in Scream. Years later Breen surfaced once again in the entertainment world, this time as an independent filmmaker.

Neil Breen realtorAs with the best of the bad auteurs Neil churns out productions that are uniquely his own. There is no mistaking a Neil Breen film with a film made by anyone else. Picture The Room’s Tommy Wiseau trying to make a David Lynch movie. But with a LOT more needless violence against laptop computers.

Read on for a look at the first five examples of Breen Cinema.

Double DownDOUBLE DOWN (2005) – Neil Breen starred, wrote and directed this movie – and quite obviously he or an associate even wrote the IMDb description of the plot. That description calls Double Down “an edgy action thriller,” which would certainly come as a surprise to anyone who has actually SEEN the film. 

Double Down set the pattern for all things Breen, which is to say it redefines Vanity Projects AND Mary Sue-ing. He casts himself as (insert some sort of human or superhuman paragon here) who (engages in some sort of activity) while looking down on everyone else with a judgmental air of disapproval and ennui. And needless to say, he’s the BEST at looking down on everyone else with a judgmental air of disapproval and ennui. (Sure, but can he climb anything?). Continue reading

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THE VILLON LEGEND PART THREE

This is the third part of Balladeer’s Blog’s look at the swashbuckling legends that surround Francois Villon (1431-1463?), remembered as one of France’s greatest poets and a notorious outlaw.

je francois villonFRANCOIS VILLON PART THREE – We left off last time with Villon forced to flee Paris after killing the priest Sermoise in a duel over a woman named Isabeau. Already well-versed in the criminal underworld of the region from his career as a thief, Francois hid out just 17 miles southwest of Paris at the Abbey of Port Royal-des-Champs.

In that June of 1455 the abbey was often called “l,abesse de Pourras (rotten)” because it was in the era when the infamous Abbess Huguette du Hamel ran the place. Typical of the chaotic tableau and moral ambiguity of the time, though the Abbess played the game of public piety, on the side she was as corrupt as many of her male counterparts. 

The Abbess often disguised herself as a man to enter tawdry establishments that were barred to women. She was also noted for drinking like a man and cursing like a man.  Continue reading

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NJCAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL: D3 CHAMPIONS CROWNED PLUS MORE

NJCAA DIVISION THREE

north lake college blazersNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The top seeded NORTH LAKE COLLEGE BLAZERS vied with the 3 seeds – the HERKIMER COLLEGE GENERALS – for the NJCAA’s D3 title. 

This was a tale of two Halves, as the Blazers were clinging to a mere 30-29 edge over Herkimer College by the midpoint of the game. After the break, North Lake College dominated the Generals to win by a final score of 74-61. Bryson Smith tossed in 24 points to lead the Blazers to their 5th national championship. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: APRIL EIGHTH

Another current events roundup froIndependent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

democrats culture of hateSIXTY-FOUR YEAR OLD TRUMP SUPPORTER BEATEN WITH SLEDGEHAMMER IN NEW JERSEY CLINGING TO LIFE. More HERE.  

ADDITIONAL LEGAL MINDS TRASH THE IDIOTIC MANHATTAN FRONT OF THE POLITICAL LAWFARE AGAINST THE OPPOSITION LEADER TRUMP. – Banana Republic America under Biden.

BIDEN GETS CONFUSED AND FRANTICALLY CHEWS OUT REPORTER. Such actions were always called “a war on the Free Press” under the demented Biden’s predecessor.

ROBERT F. KENNEDY CALLS OUT THE WAY JANUARY SIXTH WAS NOT AN “INSURRECTION” (LMAO).

joe biden is aDEMOCRAT ACTRESS HYSTERICALLY CLAIMS TRUMP WILL PUT MINORITIES IN CAMPS. Trump did none of the things that the slobbering psychopaths who hate him claimed he would back when he was in office, yet they still keep churning out imbecilic takes like this. Anti-Trump loons who come up with these weird ideas are the most ignorant, uninformed and emotionally unstable people I have ever encountered.

FEDERAL JUDGE POINTS OUT HOW THE BIDEN REGIME’S DOJ IGNORES SUBPOENAS WITHOUT PENALTIES BUT OPPOSITION FIGURES GET SENT TO PRISON FOR THE SAME ACTIONS. Continue reading

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LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED TO ROSEMARY’S BABY (1976) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION

look whats happened to rosemarys babyLOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED TO ROSEMARY’S BABY (1976) – With The First Omen currently in theaters, its creative team’s obvious desire to make their Omen prequel seem more like Rosemary’s Baby made me decide to review the often forgotten made-for-television sequel to that horror classic. 

Let’s be clear that this telefilm has nothing to do with Ira Levin or his later sequel novel Son of Rosemary. Levin’s genius was sorely missed in Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby, an aggressively “meh” little nothing. After all, in addition to his novel Rosemary’s Baby, Ira Levin wrote the books The Stepford Wives, A Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil and Sliver

Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (henceforth LWHTRB) featured Ruth Gordon as the only returning cast member from the 1968 movie, reprising her role of Minnie Castevet. Ray Milland played her husband Roman Castevet and George Maharis portrayed Rosemary’s actor husband Guy Woodhouse.
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APRIL 2021: LOOKING BACK

FOR PART ONE (2016) OF THIS RETROSPECTIVE FROM INDEPENDENT VOTER SITE BALLADEER’S BLOG CLICK HERE.

brandon tatum picBRANDON TATUM, A MARTIN LUTHER KING MAN OF COURAGE, SETS STRAIGHT A WHITE BBC REPORTER OVER HIS FALSE ASSUMPTIONS – Well done, too. 

AUSTRALIAN NEWS SAYS “JOE BIDEN’S STUPIDITY IS NOW A THREAT TO THE WEST.” Video.

TRUMP VINDICATED AS YET ANOTHER FALSE MEDIA STORY IS EXPOSED – And since April of 2021 several other false narratives against Trump have been exposed as lies, too.

antifa is that youANTIFA HATE GROUP SETS FIRE TO PORTLAND FEDERAL BUILDING WITH EMPLOYEES INSIDE – Animals.

AMERICA’S MEDIA: EVEN LOWER THAN OUR CAREER POLITICIANS? – Yes.

CORPORATE FASCISM – A step by step look.  Continue reading

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NCAA D3 COLLEGE BASKETBALL CHAMPS PLUS NJCAA ACTION

NCAA DIVISION THREE

trine thunderNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The TRINE UNIVERSITY THUNDER clashed with the HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE TIGERS for the D3 title.

Both teams played suffocating defense in the 1st Half, with the Tigers clinging to a tight 25-23 edge at the midpoint. After the break the Thunder offense kicked into action, outscoring Hampden-Sydney College 46-36 for a 69-61 victory. Cortez Garland scored 22 points to lead Trine University.  Continue reading

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THE HULK: EARLY 1970s

This weekend’s light-hearted, escapist superhero blog post from Balladeer’s Blog will look at several consecutive issues of The Incredible Hulk. Previously I examined his first twenty stories in the 1960s.

hulk 150HULK Vol 1 #150 (April 1972)

Title: Cry Hulk, Cry Havok

Villains: Havok and Polaris

Synopsis: Hulk once again escapes from Hulkbuster Base despite the efforts of General “Thunderbolt” Ross and his troops to prevent it. Ross gets summoned to Washington D.C. to face a Senate committee regarding continued funding of his base.

In Ross’s absence, Major Glenn Talbot is left in charge. Betty Ross, Bruce Banner’s previous romantic interest, convinces Glenn to continue the base’s search for the Hulk in the American desert southwest. Hulk encounters X-Men member Polaris (Lorna Dane). Her green hair confuses Hulk into mistaking her for his love interest Jarella, who recently returned to the Microverse/ Quantum Realm. 

havok and polarisNOTE: Thanks to sorcerers on Jarella’s home planet in the Microverse, Hulk was able to retain Bruce Banner’s mind there even when he was the Hulk, so she technically loved both his personae.

Polaris has come westward to convince her teammate Havok (Alex Summers) to return to the X-Men. He had stormed out after injuring Iceman in a fight over Lorna’s affections. Hulk wants her to come with him because he still thinks she is Jarella.

Havok dons his costume and follows after them. Polaris uses her magnetic powers to free herself from the Hulk’s clutches and Havok manages to blast the Hulk with such intense power blasts that the monster is knocked out. Continue reading

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