SATANA THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER

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Satana the Devil’s Daughter

Comic book movies have been all the rage for quite a while now. With the explosive financial success of the movie Deadpool despite its R rating there is supposedly a mad rush now in Hollywood to find other comic book projects that were previously overlooked. For some reason the film industry had convinced itself that comic book movies would have a hard time making money if they were rated R. 

The time is perfect for SATANA THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER.

How has this character NOT been the subject of multiple movies by this point? You’d think that Marvel would have learned long ago not to let its strong female horror figures lie unused. For decades Stan and friends let their 1970s character Rachel Van Helsing, the young blonde descendant of a long line of vampire slayers go unexploited only to watch potential millions of dollars fly away as Buffymania took hold in the 90s.   Continue reading →

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: MARCH MADNESS CONTINUES

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Dillard U Bleu DevilsGULF COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – With the top seed in this conference tournament eliminated this game saw the 2nd seeded DILLARD UNIVERSITY BLEU (sic) DEVILS take on the 4 seeds – the XAVIER (LA) UNIVERSITY GOLD RUSH. In the end the Bleu Devils punched their ticket to the National Tournament by defeating the Gold Rush 84-71. * THE BLEU DEVILS ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE GCAC TOURNAMENT *   Continue reading →

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LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES AND NEWS SOURCES

Liberal intolerance

** *** *** *** *** *** *** Unless you mindlessly agree with every single word they say this is pretty much the reaction of American Liberals.

 

Balladeer’s Blog is pretty much the only site on the web that criticizes American Liberals and Conservatives equally. Recently Liberals – who have become the 21st Century’s version of uptight religious zealots who think they’re fit to police everyone else – were shocked by the matter-of-fact way I mentioned that I read both left-wing AND right-wing news sites.

The fact that they were shocked will not surprise anybody who has carried on a conversation with the narrow-minded political robots who call themselves Liberals here in America. For American Liberals their ONLY rhetorical weapon is to insist that any information which challenges their political prejudices MUST be nothing but opposition propoganda.

Listen, Liberal fools, it is necessary to research both sides of every issue because of the way politicians and political organizations lie and lie and lie. And – (gasp) – sometimes it turns out that the political right is being more truthful than the sickeningly sanctimonious asses of the political left. For Liberal idiots to pretend that it’s “too dangerous” to look into the other side’s version of events puts them on the same level with the Bible-thumpers they hate so much.

Liberal intolerance 2Someone who refuses to consider all sides of an argument is automatically less worthy of listening to than someone who DOES consider all sides.

 

It’s impossible to take the arguments of American Liberals seriously when they openly admit that they refuse to consider any opinion except the one shared by their apparent hive-mind. Conservatives used to be just as bad but have opened up more in recent years. My fellow atheist Richard Dawkins recently encountered this ridiculous mindset when debating Liberals about Muslim misogyny and homophobia. He found it pretty absurd, too.

My favorite part was when the American Liberal fools frothed at the mouth and threw fits every time Dawkins cited Breitbart News. The close-minded left-wing nutjobs denounced Breitbart as non-canonical in their American Liberal religion, a stand that Dawkins ridiculed as “reductio ad Breitbartum.” Continue reading →

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MORE TOURNEYS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL

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Oakwood AmbassadorsNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The USCAA’s Division One title game pitted the 5th seeded OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY AMBASSADORS against the 3 seeds – the CONCORDIA (AL) COLLEGE HORNETS. The Ambassadors trailed the Hornets 32-30 at Halftime but shot 57% from the floor in the 2nd Half for an 80-65 victory. Brandon Daniel led Oakwood U with 19 points.  * THE AMBASSADORS ARE USCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS *  

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Dallas Christian BIGNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The DALLAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CRUSADERS and the HILLSDALE FREE WILL BAPTIST COLLEGE SAINTS were the last two teams standing in the National Tournament of the ACCA (Association of Christian College Athletics). The Crusaders were back in prime form and wound up taking the hoops title by a Century Club- level final score of 103-93.  * THE CRUSADERS ARE ACCA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS * Continue reading →

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THE MEN OF THE MOON (1809): ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION

Washington Irving giving us his sexiest come-hither stare.

Washington Irving giving us his sexiest come-hither stare.

THE MEN OF THE MOON (1809) – Several decades before H.G. Wells would use his fictional invasion from Mars in War of the Worlds as an allegorical condemnation of colonialism the American author Washington Irving beat him to it. In Irving’s work The Men of the Moon a technologically advanced race from the moon conquered the Earth and treated its inhabitants the way that European and Muslim colonialists treated the indigenous inhabitants of the areas they subjugated.

Irving tongue-in- cheekly called his invaders from the moon “Lunatics” and depicted them as green-skinned humanoids with tails and one eye each instead of two. Their most bizarre feature is the fact that they carry their detached heads tucked under one arm with a spinal column “cord” attaching the head to the body. For refreshment the moon men drink liquid nitrous oxide.  Continue reading →

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MORE COLLEGE HOOPS TOURNAMENT ACTION

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Berkeley (NJ) KnightsNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – This was pretty much a hardcourt version of jousting as the top seeded BERKELEY (NY) COLLEGE KNIGHTS faced the 2 seeds – the CENTRAL PENN COLLEGE SILVER KNIGHTS. Points were flying back and forth with Berkeley College seizing a 40-37 advantage by Halftime. The 2nd Half saw even more red-hot offense as the Knights went on to win by a final count of 107-88! Massiah Merritt’s 34 points led BC.  * THE KNIGHTS ARE USCAA DIVISION TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONS *  

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William Woods OwlsAMERICAN MIDWEST CONFERENCE – SEMIFINALS – The AMC’s first semifinal pitted the 5 seeds – the WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY OWLS – against the top seeded FREED-HARDEMAN LIONS. The Owls pulled off a 92-82 upset.    ###    And in the 2 spot the COLUMBIA (MO) COUGARS advanced to the title game at the expense of the 3rd seeded PARK UNIVERSITY PIRATES. The final tally was Cougars 86  Pirates 81.   Continue reading →

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MIKE DITKA CALLS OBAMA THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER

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Even at his age Iron Mike could still kick Obama’s butt … but then so could anybody.

Good old Iron Mike himself proved he still calls things like he sees them. The football legend went after Obama like he used to go after Mike Tomczak after an interception.

The Hall of Famer was doing an ESPN Radio interview when he called Obama “the worst president we’ve ever had” (no kidding) and criticized the Golfer-in- Chief’s lack of leadership skills. Ditka also referred to Little Barry as “disgusting.” Ditka knows Chicago well from his time with the Bears and Obama’s emergence from the sewer of Chicago politics was a warning about what a corrupt administration he might run. 

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PELE AND HI’IAKA: EPIC OF HAWAII PART THIRTEEN

OahuBalladeer’s Blog continues its examination of the grand and exciting Hawaiian epic about the goddesses Pele and Hi’iaka.

PART THIRTEEN 

On the Hawaiian island of Oahu near Kualoa the goddess Hi’iaka and the mortal woman Wahine were continuing their quest to reach Kauai. Amid a driving rain the women found themselves attacked by the mountain-sized monster called Mokoli’i. That was where things ended last time around. 

The creature Mokoli’i had thick, nearly impenetrable scales all over its body and a long prehensile tail. That plus the monster’s size would have made it a deadly foe at any time but the mo’o had chosen to attack just when the rain was pelting the two traveling women and was reducing visibility for them.     Continue reading →

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IDITAROD: THE CEREMONIAL START IS TODAY

Balladeer’s Blog welcomes back my sister Rosemary as a guest commentator to share her enthusiasm for the upcoming Iditarod Race. She is a terrific Good Will Ambassador for the event and has gotten me and several other people into following the race each year. Today is the ceremonial start of the 2016 edition.

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Ragnar will provide color commentary.

Balladeer’s Blog will once again offer updates on the race as it progresses, complete with each competitor’s Official Balladeer’s Blog Nickname. Rosemary’s new broadcast partner, in the tradition of Sonny and Sam, is her dog Ragnar – seen at left. 

Rosemary: Did you ever wonder what it Continue reading →

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UPSETS KEY TO LAST NIGHT’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ACTION

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USAO Drovers BIGSOONER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – The 5th seeded UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA DROVERS set the tone for the night with an 82-67 takedown of the 4th seeded SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN EAGLES    ###    The 6 seeds – the WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY PIONEERS – kept the upsets going with their tight 75-71 win over the 3rd seeded OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY STARS    ###    Chalk struck back as the 2nd seeded MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY EVANGELS defeated the 7th seeded SAGU LIONS 86-81    ###    And the (1) TEXAS WESLEYAN RAMS bounced the (8) JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY GOLDEN EAGLES 70-56.   Continue reading →

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