THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO BE ALIVE!

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How can you NOT love being alive right now? There are so many battles worth fighting against so many thoroughly contemptible opponents! Both of our political parties in America now represent ONLY bloated rich pigs and have become so completely dishonest that only the obscenely wealthy have a realistic shot at the presidency.  

Liberals have taken over the censorship and blacklisting activities they pretended to disapprove of when they were used against them. In response Conservatives, who USED to control the censorship and blacklisting racket, have taken over the Liberals’ role of pretending to oppose those activities … for now.

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The Liberal Political Correctness Police are so hypersensitive and huffy they are even MORE fun to offend than Christian Conservatives used to be. Even worse are fanatical Muslims who seek to end Free Speech and spread their barbaric treatment of women everywhere they go. Liberals are happy to help ONLY the Muslims who hate the civilized world while refusing to let Muslims who seek reform of their faith even speak on college campuses.

Barack Obama has given the Mad Mullahs of Iran, some of the most bloodthirsty and irrational lunatics alive, a nuclear weapons program! The Islamic State spawned by Obama’s premature withdrawal from Iraq has managed to make Muslim Fascism the Nazi Party of the 21st Century. Continue reading →

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YES, THE FILM CHI-RAQ IS BASED ON LYSISTRATA

AristophanesMany of you have been kind enough to let me know that the new movie Chi-Raq, about black-on- black violence in Chicago, can be added to the long list of adaptations of Lysistrata by Aristophanes.

For new readers here is my examination of Lysistrata:

Lysistrata was written by the Big A himself, Aristophanes, and this comedy always makes a perfect introductory play for newcomers to Ancient Greek Comedy (henceforth AGC). Part of its accessibility to modern audiences obviously comes from the risque premise of the play, of course.

For me the notion that we can understand and laugh at the same simplistic but brilliant story that Athenian audiences from 2,427 years ago laughed at and appreciated embodies the value of these ancient works. 

THE PREMISE

Lysistrata1By 411 BCE the Peloponnesian War between Athens (and its allied city-states) and Sparta (and its allied city-states) had been raging for roughly 20 years. The war provides the backdrop for many of Aristophanes’ surviving comedies and is especially apt where Lysistrata is concerned.   

Weary of the long, drawn-out conflict the women of Athens, led by the title character Lysistrata (supposedly based on Lysimache, the Priestess of Athena in Athens at the time), join forces with the women of Sparta and decide to withhold sex from the men until they agree to bring an end to the war.  Continue reading →

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS: USCAA

Spalding Golden EaglesNUMBER SEVEN TAKES A FALL – The SPALDING UNIVERSITY GOLDEN EAGLES hosted the 7th ranked IOWA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY TIGERS yesterday. The Golden Eagles had built up a nice 40-28 lead by Halftime and then went on to win the game in a 78-56 stunner. Brandon Goeing led Spalding University with 26 points.

Miami_University_HamiltonCENTURY CLUB – Teams scoring 100 or more points in Regulation: The MIAMI (OH) AT HAMILTON HARRIERS notched a 100-78 road rout over the SOUTHERN STATE PATRIOTS    ***    The SOUTHERN MAINE SEAWOLVES topped their hosts the UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT MACHIAS CLIPPERS 102-92    ###    And the HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY RAMS obliterated the PAUL QUINN COLLEGE TIGERS to the tune of 123-62.   Continue reading →

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LEFT-WING ARCHIE BUNKERS: THE SIXTIES

Every war is the Vietnam War!

Every war is the Vietnam War!

Welcome back to Balladeer’s Blog, the only site on the web that offers non-partisan criticism of Liberals and Conservatives. This post is part of my series in which I examine the construction of political myths. At this particular point in history American Liberals are more hubristic and in need of criticism so I’ll start with their political myths first.

As we “deconstruct” some of the concepts and figures held sacred by the hilariously pretentious asses of American Liberalism much of the fun will come from the huffy indignation they display when their own outdated value system is subjected to the same critical eye which they use to regard others. Most Liberals of the 1960s generation have become left-wing Archie Bunkers, forever living in the past.

THE 1960s – You’ve heard of the book The Greatest Generation? Well the American youth of the 1960s have earned a name as “the most self-aggrandizing generation.”  The 60s generation has never forgiven the land of their birth for the fact that life was not as simple and pleasant as what they saw on episodes of Father Knows Best or The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. They grew up … well, American Liberals NEVER grow up, so let’s instead say they “grew older” while Continue reading →

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PELE AND HI’IAKA: EPIC OF HAWAII PART FIVE

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

PART FIVE

The morning after their battle with Pana-Ea and its legion of monsters Hi’iaka, Pa’u’o’pala’e and Wahine resumed their journey. Around mid-day the path they were following suddenly ended at a precipice. Wahine suggested they all descend the cliffside to reach the base, where the waves pounded the jagged stones and from there swim across to the other side. Continue reading →

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DYSTOPIA? WE’RE BORDERING ON IT!

MASCOT SABRE POSE 2You could say we now live in the Dystopian States of America. So many negative predictions for the future have already come true. On top of that our elected officials run the country like a Mafia bust-out operation, making themselves rich while ensuring an increasingly bleak future for the rest of us.

Meanwhile Mexico, our forever dysfunctional neighbor to the south, has become a virtual Narco-State. Drug gangs are pretty much an occupying force in many areas, with elected officials getting gunned down as casually as anyone else.

Those drug gangs have taken advantage of the mounting chaos to establish blatant drug-mule trails into the American Southwest. Online you can find plenty of uploaded photos of signs the cartels have put up warning American citizens that “Your government cannot help you here” and similar messages. Continue reading →

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WEST FLORIDA ARGONAUTS SIGN RECRUITING CLASS

west florida argonautsThe debut season of intercollegiate football for the University of West Florida Argonauts draws ever nearer! They just signed their second recruiting class. 

PENSACOLA, FL – University of West Florida football coach Pete Shinnick announced a class of 16 high school standouts on Wednesday, marking the second full class of recruits since the program was established.

Shinnick’s second class includes five offensive players, 10 on defense and one dynamic kicker/punter. Additionally, the staff announced eight mid-year transfer student-athletes who enrolled at UWF in January. Continue reading →

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“WE ARE ALL PUPPY DOGS”

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THIS BUFFOON IS LIVING PROOF WHY WE NEED THIRD PARTIES.

In Balladeer’s Blog’s criticism of Liberals and Conservatives I’ve often remarked that Liberals spend their lives figuratively saying “Don’t kick puppy dogs!” to people who had no intention of kicking puppy dogs in the first place. Even worse the pompous jackasses of Liberalism then pat themselves on the back and convince themselves that they deserve the credit if people don’t kick puppy dogs.

Recently Barack Obama – the man who embodies American Liberal condescension and pretentiousness – once again lectured the nation whose diverse people elected him. The topic of course was his ongoing snipe hunt for Islamophobia. When rabid Muslim fanatics kill untold numbers of innocent people Obama’s paramount concern is Islamophobia. When nothing in particular happens Obama’s paramount concern is still Islamophobia. 

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OBAMA: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANTS THE MUSLIM VOTE, THEREFORE WE MUST CONVINCE THEM THAT OUR PARTY IS ALL THAT STANDS BETWEEN THEM AND MOBS OF HATE-FILLED AMERICANS!

Little Barry continues to lecture a nation that plans no harm to Muslims who live within the law NOT to plan harm to Muslims who live within the law. (Yawwwn!) Obama delivered this lecture from a Baltimore mosque with ties to recognized terrorist groups. Even the New York Times criticized Little Barry for this and for his persistent silence on the subject of Muslim Apartheid: the barbaric treatment of women in Muslim culture. 

Obama spoke from a mosque known for its demeaning treatment of its female members, as the New York Times also pointed out. Continue reading →

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS: USCAA

Florida National University ConquistadorsBalladeer’s Blog’s Rankings for Division One in the USCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association)    1. FLORIDA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CONQUISTADORS      ###      2. ROCHESTER COLLEGE WARRIORS     ###      3. WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY SHOCK    ###      4. OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY AMBASSADORS      ###      5. SUNY-CANTON KANGAROOS      ###       Continue reading →

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MUSLIMS WHO WANT TO ASSIMILATE ARE REJECTED BY THE POLITICAL LEFT

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Democrats: Muslims who don’t hate the Western World are useless to us!

You’ll never see self-adoring, virtue-signalling Leftist demagogues like Obama doing photo ops with Muslims who came to America to GET AWAY from the suffocating oppression of the Muslim World and the endless wars which Muslim groups have been waging against each other for over a thousand years.

Muslims are the new toys of the pompous, condescending Liberals (more like fascists) of the Western World. The ONLY Muslims who are useful to them are Muslims who say that America is “Islamophobic” (Oh, NO WONDER they want to come here in such large numbers) or (yawn) racist (Islam is not a race).

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You will NEVER see the political media giving air-time to Muslims who want to say “The West is not our enemy” or “Actually I find it fascinating to interact with so many non-Muslims. It’s really opened my mind.” and ESPECIALLY not “I came to America so my daughters can have more freedoms and pursue their own dreams.” Continue reading →

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