August 6, 2023 · 9:30 pm

BALLADEER’S BLOG’S PRESEASON FOOTBALL TOP 20: NAIA

On Thursday, August 24th, the 2023 college football season will kick off in the divisions covered here at Balladeer’s Blog. Below is my Preseason Top 25 for the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics).

Morningside Mustangs*** 1. MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY MUSTANGS   ###   2. NORTHWESTERN (IA) COLLEGE RED RAIDERS   ###   3. KEISER UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS   ###   4. MARIAN UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS   ###   5. LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE BLUE RAIDERS   ###   

Southwestern College Moundbuilders NEW6. SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE MOUNDBUILDERS   ###   7. GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY VIKINGS (should be Zebras)   ###   8. BENEDICTINE COLLEGE RAVENS   ###   9. REINHARDT UNIVERSITY EAGLES (should be Rottweilers)   ###   10. INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY WILDCATS   ###       Continue reading →

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August 6, 2023 · 1:43 am

AUGUST 2018: LOOKING BACK

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

darrell scottANOTHER AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADER PREDICTS TRUMP WILL BE “THE MOST PRO-BLACK PRESIDENT OF OUR LIFETIME.”

BLOATED BIG TECH RICH PIGS SETTING THEMSELVES UP AS GLOBAL CENSORS. And since the year 2018 all of us have seen that statement become more and more accurate, I’m afraid.

rob smithROB SMITH – BLACK GAY MAN DECIDES TO #WALKAWAY FROM THE DIVISIVE AND HATEMONGERING DEMOCRAT PARTY. More HERE.  “Smith, who grew up a Democrat, said the party is all about keeping people in line.

“I think Democrats use identity politics to keep people in line,” Smith explained. “To keep black people in line. To keep Latinos in line. To keep gay people in line. I’m black and gay, and I have seen them use the same tactics for black people as they do for gay people.”

DYSTOPIA NATION: THE NEW COLONIALISM – More relevant than ever here in 2023. It’s HERE.

salim mansurSALIM MANSUR ON DEMOCRATS REWRITING HISTORY HERE.

PRESIDENTIAL LOSERS: PROS AND CONS – If you liked my tongue-in-cheek look at Presidential Pros and Cons, give this similar bashing of both political parties a try. It’s HERE.

DEMOCRATS LOVE CORPORATE FASCISM – You can read it step by step HERE.

fascist antifaANTIFA IS REALLY KLAN-TIFA – “KLANtifa members seem to be mostly white children of privilege who have a very simple-minded view of the world. Plus, they’re intolerant cowards who hide behind masks.” It’s HERE. Continue reading →

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August 5, 2023 · 3:05 am

JUSTICE SOCIETY: 1948 STORIES

jsa pictureFor this weekend’s light-hearted, escapist blog post about superheroes, Balladeer’s Blog goes back to the Justice Society of America, this country’s very first superteam.

Years ago, I covered the early years of the JSA, from their first appearance in December 1940 up to their December 1945 issue, which wrapped up their World War Two tales with a look at disabled veterans. Earlier this summer I covered their 1946 stories and their 1947 stories.

asc 39ALL STAR COMICS Vol 1 #39 (February 1948)

Title: The Invasion From Fairyland

Justice Society Roster: Dr. Mid-Nite, Johnny Thunder, the 1st Wonder Woman, 1st Flash, 1st Green Lantern, 1st Atom, 1st Black Canary, and 1st Hawkman  

Villainess: The Lorelei

Synopsis: Every thousand years, a portal appears connecting Fairyland to the real world for 24 hours. The Lorelei, evil ruler of Fairyland, wants to lead an army of evil figures from fairy tales to take over the Earth.

The JSA members enter Fairyland and try to stop the Lorelei, a basilisk, a griffin, a dragon, Gallifron the Ogre, tinderbox dogs and a giant from using the portal to invade Earth. Lorelei leads her army in destructive attacks around the globe. Continue reading →

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August 4, 2023 · 1:26 pm

LONG HENRY: NEGLECTED GUNSLINGER. HAPPY FRONTIERADO 2023!

fronti sceneryHAPPY FRONTIERADO! The first Friday of every August marks this holiday devoted to the myth of the old west rather than the grinding reality. For some of us the celebration kicks off Thursday night, for others they wait until the actual day of Frontierado to hold their festivities. Enjoy your buffalo steaks, rattlesnake fried rice, corn on the cob, tumbleweed pizza, cactus salad and more today and tonight, and enjoy the leftovers on Saturday and Sunday.

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Kid Russell’s painting of Long Henry, seen at left

LONG HENRY – Henry Thompson aka Henry Pell was born in 1866 in the Texas Panhandle. His mother was Cherokee, and his father was a white soldier or, by some accounts, a freight driver. Long Henry referred to his mother having to use a bread board for his cradle because of how poor their family was.

Of his father, the gunslinger stated that the man fought Native Americans and outlaws, but no details have come down to us. In his teens, Long Henry joined up with the Henry Starr Gang, taking part in rustling and armed robberies of banks, trains, post offices, and general stores. Continue reading →

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August 3, 2023 · 2:32 am

THE DENVER DOLL: DIME NOVEL HEROINE (1882-1883)

denver dollTHE DENVER DOLL – The annual Frontierado Holiday will be tomorrow, Friday August 4th. Here is yet another seasonal post while there is still time.

The Denver Doll was one of the many Dime Novel heroines created by author Edward L. Wheeler. Previously, Balladeer’s Blog examined his very first gun-toting Wild West woman, Hurricane Nell. Next, I reviewed Wheeler’s books that featured Baltimore Bess and Cinnamon Chip, two other western heroines who fought the forces of evil in the old west.

This time around my subject is the Denver Doll, whose adventures were published in 1882 and 1883. Her four Dime Novels were:

denver doll detec queenDENVER DOLL, THE DETECTIVE QUEEN; or YANKEE EISLER’S BIG SURROUND (November 14th, 1882) – In this debut appearance, the Denver Doll’s two fisted, gunslinging, card playing, crimefighting nature is established, along with her mysterious past. The heroine’s secrets aren’t revealed until her fourth and final tale.

To start off Denver Doll’s saga, she takes on Road Agents in Colorado and the evil Mademoiselle Zoe. Alongside the Doll are her sidekicks Yakie Strauss the Dutchman, a “warm-hearted and brave” African American named Fitzwalter August “Walt” Christie and a hard-drinking, roguish Chinese man called Chug. Continue reading →

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August 2, 2023 · 12:56 pm

AUGUST 2nd ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

non vs realOn the surgery front, my family member is doing even better so far today, so I had a few minutes to compile this latest roundup from Independent Voter site Balladeer’s Blog.

new indictmentYAAAWN. Another purely political, nonsense indictment against Trump by the Kleptocrat-in-Chief Joe Biden, this time over the mass-trespassing incident on January 6th, 2021. I’ve said all I need to say about this idiocy HERE.

ARCHER’S TESTIMONY SKEWERS THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY. More HERE, and HERE

DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS CIRCLE THE WAGONS AROUND THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY.

BIDEN REGIME’S ONGOING EFFORTS TO INTIMIDATE WITNESSES. Joe Biden is a large clump of bacteria sculpted into human form. 

insteadSOME GREAT PIECES ABOUT THE UGLY WAR ON TRUMP BY THE BIDEN REGIME – Read them HERE, HERE, HERE, Just as people came to just accept the fact that politicians take bribes and graft money, Joe Biden has now made indictment warfare a likely fixture of American presidential politics moving forward. As if our cesspool of a system wasn’t already bad enough.

FITCH RATINGS DOWNGRADES AMERICA’S CREDIT RATING DUE TO BIDEN’S DISASTROUS ECONOMIC POLICIES. The Regime’s media outlets try to spin this. Pathetic.

first family of sleazeBUT TURNING TO THINGS THAT HAVE ACTUAL EVIDENCE, EVEN MORE PROOF THAT CREEPY JOE BIDEN TOOK WHAT HIS DAUGHTER ASHLEY BIDEN CALLED “INAPPROPRIATE” SHOWERS WITH HER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. Yeah, I was skeptical about this at first, years ago, but the mountains of evidence to emerge convinced me long ago that this is indeed true and that Joe Biden is an even lower life form than suspected. But hey, maybe Trump can be tied to the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance by America’s joke of a system. Continue reading →

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August 1, 2023 · 10:17 pm

LUNA COLLEGE: COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM

Things are going well today on the surgery front, so thank you all for your well wishes! 

SCHOOL: LUNA COLLEGE  Continue reading →

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July 31, 2023 · 11:54 pm

JIM LEAVY: NEGLECTED GUNSLINGER

I was out most of the day today with a loved one in for surgery. Anyway, here is another seasonal post for the Frontierado Holiday, coming up this Friday, August 4th.

pioche bad menJIM LEAVY/ LEVY – This gunslinger’s last name shows up under both spellings at times. He was definitely from Ireland. Some accounts claim he was Jewish, but those sources may have jumped to conclusions if they were going by the Levy spelling.

Jim was born in 1842 and when he was 8 years old his family moved to America, arriving in New York Harbor on board the Huguenot on May 14th, 1850. By 1860 Jim was living in Sacramento, CA as either a miner or bartender.

pioche nvIn early 1868, a Silver Rush began to eastern Nevada and our subject moved there with hopes of striking it rich. Trying his luck here and there, Jim was eventually prospecting at Pioche, NV, one of the most underrated of the deadly boom towns of the old west.

Legend has it that Leavy fell in with fellow Irishman Morgan Courtney and his handful of gunslingers who were hired by the Ely-Raymond Mining Concern to take back their Washington & Creole Mine from hired gunmen who had seized it for the Newland Brothers. Continue reading →

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July 31, 2023 · 12:01 am

JULY 2018: A LOOK BACK

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

national c f workerPRESIDENT TRUMP’S NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE AMERICAN WORKER – Read about it HERE.

LINKAPALOOZA – It’s HERE.

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT SENATOR’S SPOUSE GOT 131 MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL MONEY FUNNELED TO THEM. Have I mentioned lately how corrupt America’s politicians are? It’s HERE.

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TELLS TRUMP-HATERS THAT THERE ARE NO CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN AMERICA UNDER TRUMP. Read it HERE. Anti-Trump loons truly are idiotic enough to need straightening out on this.

bobby hesley photoBOBBY HESLEY PRAISES TRUMP’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR. HERE.

TRANSGRESS WITH ME: The July 30th, 2018 edition HERE.

REMEMBER, THIS WAS JULY 2018 – A Democrat runoff election in Texas was nullified over VOTE FRAUD. There has since been a GUILTY PLEA in this ongoing saga. CLICK HERE.

AMERICAN STEEL WORKERS APPLAUD TRUMP’S TRADE AGENDA, SAYING “AMERICA HAS BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF TOO LONG.” It’s HERE.

#walkawayTHE WALKAWAY MOVEMENT: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Yes, the #WALKAWAY movement has been around that long! HERE.

EVEN MORE FORMER DEMOCRATS LIKE MYSELF TELL WHY THEY LEFT THAT INCREASINGLY INTOLERANT AND FASCISTIC PARTY.  HERE. And the Democrats have gotten even worse here in 2023.

TRUMP IS WINNING OVER BLACKS, HISPANICS, MILLENNALS AND GAYS. Read it HERE. Continue reading →

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July 30, 2023 · 3:03 am

RIVERBOAT (1959-1961) FOR FRONTIERADO

riverboat showRIVERBOAT (1959-1961) – We are less than a week away from Frontierado 2023, observed on Friday August 4th this year. For a combination Frontierado and Forgotten Television post Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some of the best episodes of the old western series Riverboat.

This series starred Darren McGavin himself as high-stakes gambler Grey Holden, who won the riverboat Enterprise (yes, really) in a poker game. Holden settled down and tried to make a living with the vessel, taking it from New Orleans all up and down the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

holden and frazerGrey Holden captained the Enterprise, but the more experienced Chief Pilot was Ben Frazer, played by the one and only Burt Reynolds. Riverboat was, for a television western, atypically set during the 1830s and 1840s. Some of my favorite episodes are historical fiction, featuring our heroes aiding Texas rebels during the Texas Revolution, clashing with river pirates, or encountering young Abraham Lincoln and a few other historical figures here and there. Continue reading →

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