MALDOROR 5:1 – BETWEEN YOUR LITERATURE AND MINE

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror.

BETWEEN YOUR LITERATURE AND MINE

“Hey, Maldoror! You da MAN!”

We are now on the 5th Canto, 1st Stanza. Maldoror goes meta on us and addresses the readers directly, dismissing any moral indignation they may be feeling about his actions by pointing out the obvious: if any of us were all that disgusted with his sadistic reign of terror we could have just stopped reading long ago. 

Continuing along those lines our main character takes credit for erasing the boundaries between the usual literary fare of his readers and his own daring and envelope-pushing brand of writing. This would have been especially true back in the late 1860’s. The Songs of Maldoror makes anything by Poe or Hoffmann or any of the other alleged masters of horror back then look pretty wimpy by comparison.   Continue reading →

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GUESS THE RELIGION: A BEHEADING FOLLOWED BY A BIG EXPLOSION

A SYMBOL OF HATRED, SLAVERY,  MASS RAPE AND INFANTICIDE.

A SYMBOL OF HATRED, SLAVERY, MASS RAPE AND INFANTICIDE.

Well, of COURSE it’s Islam! Only simple-minded fools or political robots would pretend that it would be otherwise at this particular point in history! Today in France at least 2 Muslims beheaded a victim, scrawled Arabic writing on the head and then rammed a gas business with a car, causing an explosion and multiple injuries. The attackers carried the flag of the Islamic State, the patriarchal, homophobic theocracy spawned by Barack Obama’s premature withdrawal from Iraq.

In a related story much was made of the recent survey in which 25 % – yes, ONE FOURTH – of American Muslims said they support the use of force against non-Muslims who don’t live according to Muslim prohibitions. Personally I think that’s much less of a deal than the fact that nearly ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of American Liberals support such use of force. After all, American Liberals are mindless, unquestioning foot-soldiers of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party wants the Muslim vote, therefore, the rest of us are acceptable losses in the pursuit of that voting bloc.

American Liberals are the Kapos of the world, happily performing administrative tasks for the intolerant fanatics of Islam hoping that the rest of us will get killed or otherwise victimized before they do. And let’s face it, Muslim fanatics are the ONLY Muslims who are of use to Liberals. Muslims who are peaceful and capable of coexistence don’t help the Democratic Party in ginning up hostility between Muslims and Non-Muslims. Continue reading →

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SACRED HONOR:1776 – THE MEN WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

JULY 4th IS COMING! The big names among the signers of the Declaration of Independence get all the attention they need, so Balladeer’s Blog will be spreading the love to ALL the signers in this article. And for a look at Revolutionary War battles PRIOR to July 4th, 1776 click here: https://glitternight.com/2012/07/01/before-the-fourth-revolutionary-war-battles-before-independence-day/

CONNECTICUT –

Samuel Huntington

Samuel Huntington

1. Samuel Huntington – Served as president of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1781. After the war served as Connecticut’s Chief Justice and then Governor.   ###   2. Roger Sherman – In addition to signing the Declaration he also signed the Articles of Association, the Articles of Confederation AND the U.S. Constitution.   ###   3. William Williams – Used his own money to finance various Connecticut Militia units and allowed American and later French troops to quarter in his home.   ###   4. Oliver Wolcott – Went on to serve as a Major General and led his forces against British Loyalists who were launching raids along the Connecticut Coastline. He also Continue reading →

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CCCAA BASEBALL PLAYERS TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Previously Balladeer’s Blog featured NAIA college baseball players who were drafted by Major League Baseball teams. Now it’s the CCCAA’s turn, starting with the 2015 Champions.

Orange Coast College pirate logoORANGE COAST COLLEGE PIRATES

David Hill to the Rockies    

Chris Iriart to the Athletics

Kyle Dowdy to the Tigers  

Zach Nehrir to the Diamondbacks  

Collin Yelich to the Braves

Jacob Hill to the Indians Continue reading →

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BRUCE CAMPBELL GOES THE BRUCE JENNER ROUTE

Bruce Campbell after a LOT of surgery.

Bruce Campbell after a LOT of surgery.

BALLADEER’S BLOG SCOOP: My unimpeachable sources in the industry – and by the industry, I mean the business – have informed me that cult figure Bruce Campbell (pictured) was so inspired by Bruce Jenner’s recent decision to go female that he has found the courage to do so himself!

“I started re-evaluating my life a few years ago when I learned that reruns of Jack of All Trades were being used to torture prisoners at Gitmo”, Campbell confided to Balladeer’s Blog.

“It made me seriously rethink my legacy and how I’d like to be remembered. And I want to be remembered as the busty stripper I’ve felt gestating inside me ever since one of the Raimi brothers said to me ‘ Y’know, if I was drunk enough I could go for a real cutey-pie like you.’ … Or maybe it was Julius Carry who said that. It’s all a blur right now.” Continue reading →

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COLLEGE RODEO CHAMPIONS FOR 2015

Tarleton State Texans logo BESTCongratulations to the College Rodeo Champions for 2015!

National Champions – TARLETON STATE TEXANS

Runners-Up – Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies

2014 Champions – Tarleton State Texans

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MALDOROR 4:8 – SPREADING MY WINGS INTO MY TORTURED MEMORY

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror.

SPREADING MY WINGS INTO MY TORTURED MEMORY

Maldoror 4 8 skull headThis stanza starts out with vague hints about what is going on but gradually becomes clearer.

The supernatural being Maldoror finds himself haunted by the ghost of the first person he ever killed. In an account that – naturally – contradicts some of the versions of his past that he has previously related, our protagonist recalls what happened.  Continue reading →

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LATEST WNBA STANDINGS

Connecticut SunEASTERN CONFERENCE – 1. CONNECTICUT SUN (6-1)    ###      2. WASHINGTON MYSTICS (4-2)    ###     3. NEW YORK LIBERTY (4-3)    ###    4. CHICAGO SKY (3-3)    ###    5. INDIANA FEVER (3-5)    ###    6. ATLANTA DREAM (3-5)    ###   Continue reading →

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WHY SALON DOT COM IS THE JOKE THAT IT IS

A perfect example of why huffy and pretentious American Liberals are the only people who take Salon dot com seriously: 

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RAMADAN BODY COUNT

Islamophobia posterIt’s no secret that Islam is the sole remaining untamed beast among the world’s religions. The month-long Ramadan holiday is a long celebration of those Muslim sacraments of killing, killing and more killing. We’re just a few days into the Ramadan Murder-Palooza for 2015 and I’ll be periodically updating the violence perpetrated in the name of that reactionary pack of savage superstitions. Decade after decade, century after century Islam is forever retarding the rest of the world’s social progress, ESPECIALLY  REGARDING  WOMEN’S  RIGHTS. 

June 19th

The City: Anbar  The Body Count: A Muslim suicide bomber (15 years old) takes at least 30 funeral attendees with them as they self-detonate.      

June 20th Continue reading →

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