COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM OCTOBER 22nd

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davenport panthers helmetDAVENPORT CONQUERS THE WORLD – As usual an NAIA team toppled a team from a higher division in yesterday’s action. The NAIA’s DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS squared off against the visiting QUINCY UNIVERSITY HAWKS from NCAA Division TWO. This was a true game for the ages, with the Panthers squeezing out a 14-10 upset.

West Texas A&MTHAT WAS NUMBER FIIIIIIVE! – The unranked WEST TEXAS A&M BUFFALOES welcomed the number 5 team in the nation – the MIDWESTERN STATE MUSTANGS. For 4 bruising Quarters these two teams went blow for blow but there could only be one winner. That winner turned out to be the Buffaloes, who dragged down the Mustangs by a score of 35-27.   Continue reading →

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TOP FOUR SUPERHERO PANTHEONS COVERED AT BALLADEER’S BLOG

australian-superheroesWith superhero Cosplay rivalling monster themes for Halloween these days I figured it was a good time to showcase the various superhero pantheons that Balladeer’s Blog has examined in a style similar to my mythology posts.

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Dark NebulaAUSTRALIAN SUPERHEROES

Sampling: Vixen – She’s part human and part fox … The Jackaroo – Picture a costumed Crocodile Dundee … The Technocrat – She’s a mutant technopath with a flying rocket-skateboard … The Southern Squadron – Australia’s home-made team of superheroes.  

Top Hero On List: Dark Nebula – A cosmic and mystical hero whose adventures combine science fiction and the supernatural, like Doctor Strange meets Green Lantern. 

Comment: For this list I went ONLY with superheroes created by Australian writers and artists and published in Australia.

FOR THE OTHER AUSTRALIAN HEROES CLICK HERE  Continue reading →

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THE BODY SHOP (1973)

 THE BODY SHOP (1973) – Category: A neglected bad movie classic that deserves a Plan 9-sized cult following

The horror film titled The Body Shop is one of my all-time favorite bad movie gems. It includes all the little extras that separate mere bombs from the truly legendary turkeys and, like another neglected classic, The Wizard of Mars (see my Bad Movie page for the review), just keeps getting worse and worse and weirder and weirder all the way to the end. Continue reading →

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OBAMA AND HILLARY’S FAILURES WITH PUTIN

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“I thought for sure that groveling for Putin and for Iran would make them like me.”

The weak, inept and crooked little man named Barack Obama isn’t just a failure here at home! He’s now gotten a well-deserved reputation on the international stage as the only U.S. President to make Jimmy Carter seem tough and George W Bush seem sophisticated.

I’m sure there’s no need to rehash the details of Putin’s latest adventures featuring him bending Little Barry Obama over and driving it home. Little Barry deserves this for his candid “accidentally caught on a hot mike” private reassurance to Russia long ago that “After I get reelected I’ll have a lot more flexibility.”

Remember that? It demonstrated why a person like Obama, who never had to function in the real world, and who doesn’t know anything except what he was told to memorize in classrooms, was very unfit for any job that involved real-world responsibilities.

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The confused, uncomprehending face of utter incompetence.

That “more flexibility” incident perfectly captured the condescending pomposity of American Liberals, especially the 1960s generation of Liberals that Obama mindlessly adores (and vice versa). The insinuation to Putin back then was “Look, Vladimir, we two cosmopolitan sophisticates should be able to settle all our differences like adults once I no longer have to worry about appeasing those redneck morons from my own country by maintaining a facade of toughness.” 

And who could forget Hillary Clinton’s amateurish “RESET BUTTON” with Putin, the man she now paints as a huge villain. Her pathetic Reset Button made Republican Gerald Ford’s “Whip Inflation Now” buttons look like something Talleyrand would have conceived. 

This is so very typical of the thinking of the American Left, who have convinced themselves that the only obstacle to worldwide peace has been the United States and that if only we would “talk” with hostile leaders the whole world would be united in harmony.

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A CROOK AND A FOOL DREAMS OF GOLFING WHILE THE WORLD SUFFERS.

So Obama has alienated countries close to the United States (Remember his foolish threats to the U.K. to try to get Brits to vote against Brexit?) and groveled for nations hostile to us. We see how well that approach worked with Putin, who has been cutting Barry’s shriveled little excuse for testicles off and force-feeding them to him before a worldwide audience for quite some time now. Gee, maybe the problems with Putin WEREN’T just a case of the mean old U.S. not being nice enough to him, eh Barry?

Not everyone who is hostile to the United States is automatically in the right, just as not everyone who has friendly relations with the U.S. is automatically right, either. American Liberals seem incapable of grasping this. Any nation as large as the United States will ALWAYS – no matter which party is in office – face the situation of some countries approving of our policies and some countries disapproving of them. To the hypocritical cowards of American Liberalism ONLY the people who disagree with our policies have valid points and should be listened to. Continue reading →

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: CCCAA

Golden West College RustlersTAKING DOWN NUMBER TWO – The unranked GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE RUSTLERS engaged in a gridiron grudge match with the visiting 2nd ranked SADDLEBACK COLLEGE GAUCHOS. After a scoreless 1st Quarter the Rustlers managed a 7-0 edge by Halftime. From there Golden West College clung to a 14-10 lead over the Gauchos to end the 3rd Quarter and held their opponents off for a 20-17 upset win. 

Mount San Antonio College MountiesNUMBER FIVE WENT DOWN, TOO – The number 13 MOUNT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE MOUNTIES hosted the 5th ranked LONG BEACH COLLEGE VIKINGS (should be the Beachcombers). The storied Mounties seized a 6-0 1st Quarter lead then expanded that into a 20-3 advantage by the midpoint. After the break Mount SAC stayed in control, improving to 4-2 with a 34-3 triumph.  Continue reading →

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TALES OF HOFFMANN FOR HALLOWEEN

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Tales of Hoffmann

Yes, as if I wasn’t boring enough already I’m also into opera! Now, I know traditionally “the” Halloween Opera has always been Don Giovanni , but I’ve never bought into that notion since there’s really only one scene in the whole opera that qualifies as spooky and supernatural.

At this time of year I prefer Offenbach’s Tales Of Hoffmann. Not only is it full of appropriately eerie and menacing elements, but it’s also the perfect opera for you to share with someone who’s seeing their very first opera.

One of the reasons for that is that it’s in short segments, surrounded by a wraparound opening and finale. Offenbach adapts short stories written by E.T.A. Hoffmann, who in real life was a pre-Edgar Alan Poe author of eerie short stories in his native Austria during the 1800s. At any rate since this opera’s in short segments novices to the artform won’t have time to Continue reading →

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WIKILEAKS AND PROJECT VERITAS PROVE HOW CORRUPT HILLARY CLINTON IS

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And if you’ve read my takes on all the American presidents you know I’m no stranger to presidential corruption. 

Yes, Hillary “Bugsy” Clinton continues her ignoble quest to become the first organized crime leader to become U.S. president! The debates – which are useless as long as they remain in the hands of the shallow media giants – finish tonight. Supporters of both candidates will be insisting THEIR favorite won, so nothing you hear about the debate’s results means anything.

Meanwhile WIKILEAKS and PROJECT VERITAS have been doing the jobs that American “reporters” stopped doing long ago. AS FOR HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE CANDIDATES, CHECK OUT MY MOSTLY ACCURATE PREDICTIONS FROM LAST YEAR BY CLICKING HERE 

Anyway, Project Veritas’ reporting has established that Hillary’s campaign planned and carried out violent acts at Trump rallies, knowing that their house organs in the media would blame it all on the Trump supporters. Hillary’s media never bothered addressing the inherent contradiction of their repeated claims that only elderly white people supported Trump and their attempts to depict those oldsters as the most dangerous street-fighters in decades! 

wikileaks-hillaryMeanwhile Wikileaks continues to release documented proof of Hillary grabbing Justice by the pussy and refusing to let go. The releases continue coming from Julian Assange’s deputies now that John Kerry of the U.S. bullied Ecuador (in whose embassy Assange has been forced to seek sanctuary ) to cut Assange’s ability to post Wikileaks documents online.  

Some of the latest leaks have thoroughly established Hillary Clinton’s crimes and misdeeds and can be found through ANY ONLINE SEARCH. Pay-for-play, VOTE FRAUD and much, much more plus the documents have made Hillary’s guilt even clearer than the criminal culpability of repulsive figures like George W Bush and Richard Nixon. 

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Hillary Clinton (right) and her paymaster, one percenter George Soros (left). Bernie Sanders was right.

Hillary and the DNC’s status as shoe-shiners for one percenter George Soros and other bloated rich pigs has also been established by Wikileaks.

As Green Party Candidate Dr Jill Stein said “A vote for Hillary is a vote for establishment corruption.”

I was going to vote for Dr Stein – the only honest woman in this race – or maybe write-in Bernie Sanders’ name. Trump supporters have made the argument that he is a de facto Third Party candidate and they do have a bit of a point.

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“Who is Doctor Evil and why do you say I dress like him?”

I’ve mentioned in the past that Trump outmaneuvered the execrable Bush Family and the Koch Brothers and basically said “Since you people aren’t using your political party apparatus for anything worthwhile how about if I borrow it?”

So, like I said, those readers of Balladeer’s Blog had a point. They also mentioned BERNIE BROS FOR TRUMP, a FACEBOOK group of BLACK Bernie Sanders supporters who switched to Trump, the only Republican candidate to care about the black working class in several decades. Continue reading →

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TALES OF THE ZOMBIE AND OTHER HORRORS

tales-of-the-zombie-2As always October is one long celebration of Halloween here at Balladeer’s Blog. The hulking undead figure in the picture is Simon Garth, the title character in Tales of the Zombie from Marvel Comics. Marvel still hasn’t properly used their horror figures, with just Blade the Vampire Slayer (Debut Year 1973) and the Ghost Rider (Debut Year 1972) getting treatment on the big and small screens.

For additional pics and my in-depth examination of Tales of the Zombie, Satana the Devil’s Daughter and three others Continue reading →

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THE MESSENGER (1897): GOTHIC HORROR

messenger-or-black-priestTHE MESSENGER (1897) – Balladeer’s Blog’s month-long celebration of Halloween continues with another neglected work of horror – this one penned by Robert W Chambers, author of The King in Yellow, which I reviewed HERE 

The story – also known as The Black Priest or The Black Abbot – is set in 1896 in the mysterious Brittany region of northwest France. Richard Darrel, a wealthy American knickerbocker (upstate New York gentry) has bought a Breton estate with assorted household staff. He lives there with his beautiful (of course) wife Lys, a native of Brittany.  

Landscaping work near Richard’s estate has uncovered thirty-eight skeletons: men killed in a battle between English invaders and Breton defenders back in 1760. A bronze cylinder in the mass grave holds a delicate parchment with a message written in human blood at the time of the burial. The writing is in the ancient language of Brittany, which only the clergy of the 1760 time period were literate in.  

Our American hero senses that the local authorities are withholding vital information from him. He is also intrigued by the revelation that there were thirty-nine men buried in the pit but only thirty-eight skeletons have been found. Continue reading →

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NJCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS

east mississippiNUMBER ONE GETS DETHRONED – The 4th ranked EAST MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE LIONS welcomed the number 1 team in the nation – the NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE RANGERS. The Lions seized a 7-0 edge in the opening Quarter and built that into a 24-17 advantage at Halftime. After a tight 3rd Quarter East Mississippi College exploded for 20 points in the 4th, winning the game 51-32.

scottsdale-fighting-artichokes-helmet-newTHE ALL-NAME GAME OF THE WEEK – The SCOTTSDALE COLLEGE FIGHTING ARTICHOKES (yes, really) traveled to face the EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE GILA MONSTERS. The Fighting Artichokes managed a 12-8 1st Quarter lead and then took charge from there. At the break they led the Gila Monsters 19-8 on their way to a FIFTY-TWO to TWENTY evisceration of their opponents. Continue reading →

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