BALLADEER’S BLOG: COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM SEPTEMBER 30th

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Concordia_MICONCORDIA CONQUERS DIVISION TWO – The NAIA’s CONCORDIA (MI) UNIVERSITY CARDINALS traveled to face the upper-level WAYNE STATE WARRIORS from NCAA Division Two. The Cardinals joined so many other NAIA teams who toppled D2 teams this year in a 24-23 Instant Classic.

HillsdaleHILLSDALE AT HOME – NCAA Division Two’s storied HILLSDALE COLLEGE CHARGERS played host to the NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY TIMBER WOLVES. The Chargers proved their determination to right this disappointing season, leading the Timber Wolves 17-7 at Halftime before winning it in a 40-18 blowout.

Missouri WesternDOWN GOES NUMBER TEN – Staying in D2 for a moment, the MISSOURI WESTERN STATE GRIFFONS welcomed the number 10 team in the nation – the EMPORIA STATE HORNETS. This was a tale of two Halves, as the Griffons led 24-6 by the midpoint, but then had to hold on by their fingertips to pull off the Upset 34-31. Continue reading

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APRIL 2019: LOOKING BACK

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

secret empires bookTHE NONFICTION BOOK SECRET EMPIRES: HOW THE AMERICAN POLITICAL CLASS HIDES CORRUPTION AND ENRICHES FAMILY AND FRIENDS REACHES THE TOP FOUR OF ALL-TIME AT EXPOSING POLITICAL CORRUPTION -The terrific 2019 expose regarding what blatant white-collar criminals that office-holding Democrats and Republicans are HERE.

FACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP: APRIL 10th – Philip Carl Salzman heroically battles political intolerance in America’s joke of an educational system HERE. Among his quotes: ” … there is no longer diversity of opinion. Only those committed to the ideology are admitted to academic staff or administration.”

SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ AMONG THE POLITICAL FIGURES CAUGHT UP IN THIS APRIL OF 2019 SCANDAL. Some things never change, and Bob Menendez being up to his neck in corruption is one of them. It’s HERE.

DEMOCRATS AND THEIR RIDICULOUS BELIEF THAT THEY’RE “INTELLECTUALS.” LMAO. Click HERE.

Trump, Rosa Parks and AliNEW YORK TIMES ADMITS THAT TRUMP’S ENFORCEMENT OF U.S. IMMIGRATION LAWS IS ATTRACTING BLACK VOTERS. I have no idea why media outlets like the New York Times delude themselves into thinking that the rest of the country supports illegal immigration like they do. HERE

DEMOCRAT ATROCITY ROUNDUP – April 23rd HERE.

APRIL OF 2019 BLOWS STRUCK AGAINST AMERICA’S NOTORIOUSLY CORRUPT POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT. They’re HERE. Continue reading

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JUSTICE SOCIETY: 1976 STORIES

This weekend’s light-hearted, escapist superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog features the return of the Justice Society’s series in the 1970s.

asc 58ALL STAR COMICS Vol 1 #58 (February 1976)

Title: All Star Super Squad

Justice Society Roster: 1st Flash, 1st Green Lantern, Dr. Fate, Wildcat, Power Girl, Star Spangled Kid, 1st Hawkman, 1st Robin and Dr. Mid-Nite

Villain: Brain Wave

NOTE: This issue of All Star Comics resumes its numbering from #57 back in 1951, when the JSA’s 1940-1951 series ended. Since then, beginning in 1963 came the annual Justice Society/ Justice League crossover stories. The JSA regained its popularity and now had its series resume. 

power girlSynopsis: Dr. Fate, Flash, Hawkman, Robin, Wildcat, Green Lantern and Dr. Mid-Nite are joined by the Justice Society’s newest members – Power Girl, Earth-Two’s equivalent of Supergirl, and the Star Spangled Kid, former member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory and now the wielder of the retired Starman’s Cosmic Rod.

After fighting eruptions of earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disasters around the world, the Justice Society learns from Power Girl that the villain behind it all is the JSA’s archenemy Brain Wave. Continue reading

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AGZCEAZIGULS: A FICTIONAL LAND

les conquerants didolesAGZCEAZIGULS – Pronounced “Agzceaziguls”, this was a fictional country between Chile and Bolivia.

First Appearance:  Les Conquerants d’idoles (1919) by Charles Derennes.

Lore: Consisting largely of desert terrain in the Andes Mountains, Agzceaziguls is accessible only by crossing a mountain pass called the Gates of Dawn. The sun seems to rise on one end of the pass from the perspective of anyone in the pass at dawn.

At the bottom of a nearby valley is a cleft in the rock that can be negotiated to reach a tunnel in order to enter Agzceaziguls proper. The inhabitants are supposedly descended from the Incas and live in richly appointed homes. Continue reading

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SEPTEMBER 28th ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

From Joe Biden’s corporate fascist kleptocracy, here’s another news roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

*** NEW – READ THE LATEST REVELATIONS FROM TODAY’S BIDEN IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS.  More HERE. And HERE.

biden family values sampleBIDEN CRIME FAMILY UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN HAD TWO OF HIS PAYMENTS FROM CHINA – THIS TIME FOR $260,000.00 – SENT TO “THE BIG GUY” JOE BIDEN’S DELAWARE ADDRESS. Hunter was living in California at the time. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE.

JAMES BIDEN OF THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY ADMITTED TO INVESTIGATORS THAT THE CORRUPT FAMILY TRIED TO HELP COMPANY IN CHINA BUY UP AMERICAN ENERGY ASSETS. More HERE. Buying career criminal Joe Biden and his ilk was the best investment that China ever made.

AND EVEN MORE EVIDENCE DIRECTLY TYING JOE BIDEN TO HIS UNDERBOSS HUNTER BIDEN’S CORRUPTION AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING.

DERANGED ANTI-TRUMP DEMOCRAT JUDGE – ACTING WITHOUT ANY TRIAL, JURY OR VERDICT – IMPOSES THEIR AMATEUR JUDGMENT ON VALUE OF REAL ESTATE AND TRIES TO FRAME IT AS FRAUD ON TRUMP’S PART, RULING HE BE STRIPPED OF HIS BUSINESS LICENSE. It’s being appealed, of course, but there is apparently no illegality that his enemies will not stoop to as they destroy the rule of law while pretending to uphold it.

        Trump in the wayI repeat, this grotesque judge UNILATERALLY IMPOSED THIS JUDGMENT WITHOUT ANY TRIAL, JURY OR VERDICT. America’s cesspool of political corruption has stopped caring about even the pretense of legality. More HERE. And HERE. And like clockwork, it comes right after ANOTHER revelation about Biden Family corruption HERE.

REAL ESTATE EXPERTS DISPUTE THIS JUDGE’S BIZARRE EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTIES. More HERE. It’s Banana Republic America thanks to figures like this judge.

biden criminal enterpriseBIDEN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS ADDRESS THE FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND THE REGIME’S ATTEMPTS TO OBSTRUCT THE INVESTIGATION INTO IT. More HERE.

RABIDLY ANTI-TRUMP JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN REFUSES TO RECUSE HERSELF FROM TRUMP CASE. Yep, Banana Republic America where judges don’t even have to hide their biases. 

HUNTER BIDEN EVEN SIGNED OFF ON THE BURISMA MEMO WARNING THE PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION ON THE PART OF BURISMA. The Biden Crime Family is even more blatant than the Ohio Gang under Republican President Warren G. Harding. Continue reading

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SILENT FILMS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Previously, Balladeer’s Blog examined star vehicles and genre films from the age of Silent Movies. This time around I’m taking a very brief look at Alfred Hitchcock’s pre-sound films.

number 13NUMBER THIRTEEN (1922) – This film marked the first time that Hitchcock worked as a director on a movie, but was the thirteenth film project he had worked on in some capacity, hence the title. The production went unfinished from lack of funds and the original title may have been Mrs. Peabody but even that is uncertain.

        The movie was intended as a comedic (?) look at the Peabody Trust, an organization founded by American philanthropist George Foster Peabody to provide affordable housing to needy Londoners. Hey, I’m laughing already! (I’m kidding!) Only two reels of footage were completed and Alfred Hitchcock himself dismissed the aborted film project as insignificant. Clare Greet and Ernest Thesiger starred.

always tell your wifeALWAYS TELL YOUR WIFE (1923) – Hitchcock started out as a co-director of this 20-minute comedy short but had to step into the top spot when the original director quit over creative differences with the studio. Though Alfred’s previous directing effort had gone unfinished, this comedy short was completed but he was not credited since he had not directed the entire film.

        The storyline involved Ricardo and Mertz-style wackiness between two families, but with the more adult theme of infidelity.

the pleasure gardenTHE PLEASURE GARDEN (1925) – The third time was almost the charm as this 75-minute movie was not only completed, but Hitchcock was credited as the director!

His bad luck lingered, however, and after one public showing, the movie was shelved and not released again until after Alfred’s film The Lodger became a hit a few years later.

The title establishment was a music hall, where chorus girl Patsy Brand gets the struggling Jill Cheyne a job as a dancer (Showgirls 1925!) and fixes her up with her fiancé’s friend. Continue reading

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FIVE HUNDRED CARATS AND THE LOOTING OF THE SPECIE ROOM (BOTH 1973)

rivals of sherlock holmesThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a 1971-1973 British television series about London by Gaslight detectives from both the Victorian and Edwardian Ages.

The program featured mystery stories and charismatic detectives written and created by contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle. For more click HERE.

Five Hundred CaratsEpisode: FIVE HUNDRED CARATS (February 5th, 1973)

Detective: Inspector Leo Lipinzki of Kimberley, South Africa, a figure created by American author George Griffith. The first Inspector Lipinzki story was published in 1893.

Synopsis: We are now in the second and final season of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. In addition to his many “ancient” science fiction stories – reviewed previously here at Balladeer’s Blog – George Griffith also wrote the eight Inspector Lipinzki stories, which were later collected in the book Knaves of Diamonds in 1899.

Inspector Lipinzki leftFor the first time in this series we have a story set outside Great Britain, which I found to be a welcome change of pace. Leo Lipinzki (Barry Keegan) works as a Detective Inspector for the Cape Police, but technically the already wealthy and powerful De Beers Diamond Corporation is who he really answers to.

Virtually all the murders, thefts and other crimes that Lipinzki investigates stem from IDB – Illicit Diamond Buying – amid the busy diamond mines and other establishments of South Africa. (And if you read the Inspector Lipinzki stories you’ll see that the acronym “IDB” is used ad nauseum.)

The episode Five Hundred Carats opens up with a murder that we eventually learn ties into the brilliant, seemingly impossible theft of the Great De Beers Diamond. Though in the original story George Griffith presented it as if the Inspector himself was relating the case to him, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes substitutes the fictional “Mr. Cornelius” (Alan Tilvern), an American diamond buyer, for Griffith. Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: SEPTEMBER 25th

Here are some items regarding current events from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

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FOURTH I.R.S. WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS BIDEN REGIME BLOCKED PROSECUTORS.

WASHINGTON POST POLL RESULTS PUT TRUMP WELL AHEAD OF BIDEN

WASHINGTON POST ALARMED OVER THEIR OWN POLL REFLECTING TRUMP SUPPORT AMONG BLACK AND HISPANIC VOTERS SOARING TO RECORD HIGHS. More HERE. And HERE. Have these people forgotten the election is not until NEXT November, not THIS November? American political reporting sinks lower every single year. NO polls mean anything this far out from election day. Even if their poll had said that career criminal Joe Biden was ahead it would mean nothing.

joe biden is aDEMOCRAT CENK UYGUR OF THE YOUNG TURKS LITERALLY BEGS JOE BIDEN TO STEP DOWN BECAUSE HE’S SURE HE’LL LOSE TO TRUMP. See what I wrote above. The election is not until NEXT year. And I will say again that someday all the anti-Trump panic will be compared to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. So irrational.

ANOTHER COURT STRIKES DOWN DEMOCRAT OBJECTIONS TO ELECTION INTEGRITY MEASURES IN FLORIDA.  Further efforts toward stopping a repeat of the 2020 election’s fraud. 

WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN DEMOCRAT ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND THEIR “CHEAT BY MAIL” DROP-BOX SCAM FROM THE 2020 ELECTION. The Justices ruled that even the 2020 use of such Drop-Boxes was not legal. So that’s EVEN MORE cheat-by-mail ballots that should not have been counted in 2020. Have I mentioned lately that the 2020 presidential election was as tainted and corrupt as the 1876 and 2000 results?

the same lawsCOURAGEOUS ROLE MODEL TULSI GABBARD AGAIN CALLS OUT THE BIDEN REGIME’S BANANA REPUBLIC UGLINESS

LIFELONG RACIST JOE BIDEN CALLS ANOTHER BLACK MAN “BOY” IN PUBLIC

GREAT PIECE ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S DESERVED UNPOPULARITY.

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT OFFICE HOLDER – DALLAS’s BLACK MAYOR – LEAVES THE DEMOCRATS TO BECOME A REPUBLICAN. I wish he had become an Independent instead, but anyone breaking away from the fascistic and intolerant Democrat Party is good news. Continue reading

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM SEPTEMBER 23rd

Results from the divisions covered here at Balladeer’s Blog.

HEADLINES

Endicott Gulls helmet“THAT WAS NUMBER FIIIIIVE!” – In NCAA Division Three, the ENDICOTT COLLEGE GULLS welcomed the number 5 team in the nation – the HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY COWBOYS. For once Endicott didn’t choke in the spotlight, leading the Cowboys 3-0, 17-3 and 37-3 in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Quarters respectively. In the 4th, a garbage time TD from HSU made the final score 37-10.

Montana Tech Orediggers brand newNUMBER SEVEN TAKES A FALL – Up in the NAIA, the number 15 MONTANA TECH OREDIGGERS faced the visiting 7th ranked COLLEGE OF IDAHO COYOTES. The Orediggers parlayed a 17-7 opening Quarter lead into a 34-21 Halftime advantage. The 3rd Quarter ended with the Coyotes making it a 37-35 game before Montana Tech added a 4th Quarter TD to win out 44-35.

Williamson Trade HelmetUSCAA GAME OF THE WEEK – This USCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association) affair pitted the WILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES MECHANICS against the CAPP ACADEMY CRUSADERS. In a driving rain, the Mechanics led the Crusaders 7-0 in the 1st and 10-0 at the Half. A scoreless 3rd Quarter was followed by a CAPP rally attempt in the 4th as Williamson won the game 25-14. Continue reading

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MARCH 2019: A LOOK BACK

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

orwell historyFACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP: MARCH 20th. Click HERE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MORE FEMALE SENIOR ADVISORS THAN OBAMA, BUSH AND CLINTON. It’s HERE.

democrat republican or awakeDEMOCRAT ATROCITY ROUNDUP: MARCH 11th. Find it HERE.

ONE MAN AGAINST AMERICA’S CESSPOOL OF CORRUPTION. Click HERE.

POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: MARCH 9th. They’re HERE. Continue reading

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