QUICK-HITS: NOVEMBER 25th

media-bias-against-trumpHere’s another equal amount of quick-hits against American Liberals and American Conservatives from Balladeer’s Blog.

ONE: WHO CAN SAY? –

There is no way of ever knowing how many voters went for Trump out of support for him and how many went for him out of contempt for the outrageous lies and misrepresentations the far-left media made about the man from day one.

As a reminder, here’s an article from the far-left site Salon written by a Liberal Bernie Sanders supporter slamming the corporate media’s distortion of Trump’s remarks, especially about illegal immigration. Click HERE   

(By the way Bernie Sanders supporters had the nerve to buck the Democrat Establishment the same way Donald Trump supporters had the nerve to buck the Republican Establishment. Hope for the future.)

michelle-malkinTWO: AND WE HAVE A WINNER! –

And we have a winner for the first overconfident and cocky statement from an American Conservative following this election. Michelle Malkin, showing the ridiculous bravado that pundits from the winning side always show, wrote a piece called Identity Politics: A Post-Mortem.  Continue reading →

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JOSIAH BREEZE: THANKSGIVING TALE FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

truro-massTwo thousand fishermen from Cape Cod had gone off to enlist in the Continental Army, and in their absence the British had repeatedly landed raiding parties to harass the citizens.

Every man, woman and child on the Cape hated the soldiers and sailors of King George and would do anything to work them harm. When the Somerset was wrecked off Truro in 1778 the crew were helped ashore, but they were immediately marched to prison.

It was November – the night before Thanksgiving Day in fact – and ugly weather caused a British three-decker warship to yaw wildly and drift toward land with a broken tiller. No warning signal was raised on the bluffs; not a hand was stirred to rescue. The New Englanders who saw the accident watched with sullen satisfaction.

Ezekiel and Josiah Breeze – father and son – stood at the door of their cottage and watched the warship’s peril until three lights twinkling faintly through the gray of driving snow were all that showed where the enemy lay, straining at her cables and tossing on a wrathful sea. They stood long in silence, but at last the boy Josiah said “I’m going to help the ship.” Continue reading →

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SEVEN MOST INFLUENTIAL MOVIE HOSTS LEADING TO MST3K

Mad Marvin

Mad Marvin

Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog are familiar with my fondness for bad movies and for movie host shows. 

Here is a salute to some of the most influential figures who made hosting bad and/or weird movies the time-honored American folk art it is today. This list features hosts who had crossover appeal into the culture at large or broke ground in the “so bad it’s good” element.

7. MAD MARVIN (Real name: Terry Bennett)

Program: Shock Theatre

Run: 1957 – 1959

Home Base: Chicago

Comment: Long before Jerry Bishop’s more well-known host Svengoolie and his even more famous “son” played by Rich Koz, Mad Marvin brought late-night b-movie fun to the Windy City. Marvin was a mad beatnik and was described in contemporary accounts as ” a combination of Charles Addams, Ernie Kovacs and Jack Paar.”

Bennett’s program was so popular in Chicago that celebrities like Sammy Davis, Jr, Jerry Lewis and Burt Lancaster made guest appearances. Terry’s wife Joy appeared on the show as “Dear”, and also joined him in co-hosting the Mad Marvin spin-off show The Shocktail Party.
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DEAN COLLEGE BULLDOGS NAMED USCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPS

Balladeer’s Blog has named the Dean College Bulldogs the USCAA football champions for 2016 based on the Glitternight.com index.

dean-college-bulldogs-helmet-newUSCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association)

National Champions -DEAN COLLEGE BULLDOGS

Runners-Up – Newport News Apprentice School Builders (2nd year in a row)

2015 Champions – Williamson College of the Trades Mechanics  

For the NCCAA Champions: Continue reading →

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OLIVER! FOR THANKSGIVING EVE

"Please, sir, may I have some more?"

“Please, sir, may I have some more?”

It’s that time of year again! Just a note in the spirit of the holiday season to mention my favorite Thanksgiving Eve movie.

Every Wednesday before Thanksgiving I make a point out of watching the musical Oliver!

I know the musical sentimentalizes  several characters that Dickens portrayed in a sinister way in the book (especially Fagan and The Artful Dodger) but the finished product has always seemed very holidayish to me. Continue reading →

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NOT A JOKE:U.S. COLLEGE STUDENTS NEED PLAY-DOH & COLORING BOOKS TO COPE WITH ELECTION RESULTS

college-students-need-play-doh-to-copeYes, I know I’m late with this since other outlets have been running these items for nearly two weeks now, but I was double and triple-checking because of how absurd it all seemed. Unfortunately, the accounts are true and American college students really are even bigger emotional cripples than the world used to think they are.

These delicate little snowflakes not only need Safe Spaces just to deal with everyday life but when the favored candidate of their “teachers” (LMFAO) doesn’t win an election they figuratively curl up in the fetal position. They also cry and are so oblivious to what weak, pathetic creatures they seem to be that they actually take to the internet to POST VIDEOS OF THEMSELVES CRYING ABOUT IT!

Just a few of the other bizarre indulgences being offered these emotional cripples (hate to overuse that term but it fits):

CORNELL: This Ivy League university had A CRY-IN where faculty and administrative staff (the dead weight on any college campus) SERVED HOT CHOCOLATE AND HANDED OUT TISSUES. Coloring books and play-doh were also made available for therapeutic reasons. Again, these are COLLEGE STUDENTS, not special needs children.

UNIV OF MICHIGAN likewise made coloring books available for its overgrown toddlers.

TUFTS made a craft center available so its sensitive little flowers could play with clay and paints and paper-crafts. Continue reading →

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TALES OF THE THIRD DIMENSION (1984)

tales-of-the-3rd-dimensionTALES OF THE THIRD DIMENSION (1984) was yet another of the six 3D movies released in the 1980s by Balladeer’s Blog’s old friend Earl Owensby. Earl was known as “The Dixie DeMille” since he and his film company operated almost exclusively out of North Carolina. To me he’s always seemed more like Roger Corman, however, since Owensby’s flicks were mostly just unpretentious B Movies made with so little money they were guaranteed to turn a profit. 

Many of Earl’s film ventures are okay time-wasters but horror was definitely not his forte. Previously I reviewed three of Owensby’s other gems of Bad Movie Goodness: Wolfman, A Day of Judgment and Dogs of Hell. Recently I finally got a chance to watch his horror anthology Tales of the Third Dimension.  

Let’s start with the title. Since we live in a 3-dimensional universe there is nothing eerie or macabre about anything from “the third dimension.” Usually movies reference the fourth or fifth dimension. And that brings us to the film’s biggest problem: it seems to be an attempt at horror-comedy, like some of the elements in the Creepshow movies. That being said I guess it’s possible that the title was supposed to be a joke … kind of.  Continue reading →

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NON-PLAYOFF BOWL RESULTS FROM CCCAA FOOTBALL

Antelope Valley CollegeHIGH DESERT BOWL – In this game the ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE MARAUDERS took on the VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE RAMS. The teams went blow for blow, with a 7-7 1st Quarter tie and a 14-14 Halftime draw. After the break the Marauders got some separation from the Rams, ultimately winning the game 35-21.  

Mount San Antonio College MountiesGOLDEN STATE BOWL – The MOUNT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE MOUNTIES clashed with the COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS COUGARS in this year’s Golden State Bowl. The Mounties actually fell behind 3-0 in the 1st Quarter but never let the Cougars score again. By the midpoint Mount SAC led 17-3  and in the 2nd Half coasted to a 27-3 victory. Continue reading →

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LAST NOVEMBER’S MUSLIM FANATIC ATTACKS IN PARIS AND THE INSANE REACTION OF LEFT-WING ARCHIE BUNKERS

Muslim attacks in parisWe recently passed the anniversary of last November’s attacks by Muslim fanatics in Paris. Enough days have gone by to go ahead and recall the insane fantasy scapegoats dreamed up by Left-Wing Archie Bunkers the night of the attacks.

From last year:

“Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog know I’m not a Conservative but I always like to point out that that does NOT make me a Liberal. American Liberals are cowardly hypocrites, pompous snobs and hilariously pretentious asses. They’re also the ultimate imbeciles, as shown by their reaction to Friday’s Muslim attacks in Paris.

I waited hours before I posted anything, just to make absolutely sure it was Muslims behind the attacks and that credit was being claimed by the Islamic State spawned by Barack Obama’s premature withdrawal from Iraq. I always check out both Liberal AND Conservative websites because it’s the only way to get the whole picture. 

Muslim attacks in Paris 2Shortly after the attacks I felt a renewed contempt for American Liberals as I read the comments they were leaving on Huffpo, Salon and all the other sites that are big with the left. The overwhelming majority of the commentors were insisting the attacks could not POSSIBLY be by Muslim fanatics.

The Liberal buffoons were insisting the attacks in France must have been committed by … right-wing anti-environmentalists. No, I’m NOT joking. Liberals are so officially detached from reality that they fabricated a pack of right-wing fanatics wanting to attack Paris in advance of the Climate Summit. To them this was more reasonable than acknowledging that it might be yet another of the countless Muslim attacks that happen daily. (See my roundups if you doubt the “daily” part.)

Muslim attacks in Paris 3Let me emphasize that for overseas readers. Rational people were thinking “This could well be ANOTHER attack by Muslim fanatics since they’re so prone to this type of violence but let’s wait for all the facts to make sure.” And while those rational people were thinking along those lines Liberal fools were harassing people making that rational observation and were instead pushing the notion that imaginary right-wing anti-environmentalists were behind the attacks. Anything to defend Islam.   Continue reading →

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BLACKOUT: HOLYOKE SUPERHERO

Balladeer’s Blog continues to feed the beast that IS our superhero-obsessed world with a look at another forgotten Holyoke Superhero.

blackout-holyokeBLACKOUT

Secret Identity: Jack Wayne, Berlin Correspondent for the New York Globe.

Origin: When America entered World War 2 on the Allied side Jack Wayne and his editor “Pop” Simms were seized by the Gestapo. Since Jack had been a Flying Ace for the Americans during World War One the Gestapo assumed he and Pop were spies and tortured them for information.

Pop was killed by the torture and Jack, though blinded by his interrogator’s whip, managed to escape. He was rescued by the Underground Society, a secret resistance group led by Dr Dismal who – despite his name – was not a supervillain. Dr Dismal ran his resistance group from a secret base far beneath Gestapo Headquarters and, noting that Jack Wayne’s optic nerves were not entirely dead, devised special glasses and a visor he could wear that allowed him to see in daylight OR at night.

Jack donned a costume and under the nom de guerre Blackout joined Dr Dismal’s band of rebels, terrorizing the Nazis by night.  

First Appearance: Cat-Man Comics #10 (May 1942). His final Golden Age appearance came in 1944.

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