It’s another current events roundup courtesy of Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog, coming to you from an America where people are happy to see the first hostages released by Hamas per President Trump’s insistence that it get started before Inauguration Day tomorrow.
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BIASED, TRUMP-HATING POLITICAL CARTOONIST DARRIN BELL ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. Democrats, can you please leave children alone? More HERE.
EVEN DEMOCRAT MEDIA’S SAAGAR ENJETI CALLS THE CEASEFIRE/ HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL “AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT BY TRUMP AND AN INCREDIBLE HUMILIATION OF JOE BIDEN.” That says it all, but there’s also THIS.
BIDEN REGIME’S MAYORKAS THROWS CROOKED JOE UNDER THE BUS BY SAYING JOE REFUSED TO LET HIM SECURE AMERICA’S SOUTHERN BORDER. Hilarious, especially considering how many times Mayorkas TESTIFIED that the border was secure. Sure, nobody believed him, but that’s not the point.
DEMOCRAT STACEY ABRAMS’ GROUPS FINED RECORD THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CAMPAIGN VIOLATIONS. Remember her idiotic appearance on one of the Star Trek shows when they were trying to prop up Abrams’ political career?
LITHUANIA TO INCREASE THEIR NATO CONTRIBUTION TO BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX PERCENT PER TRUMP REQUEST. Remember the way the “harrumph, harrumph” Republicans at National Review feigned outrage at Trump raising the topic?
RECALLED DEMOCRAT SHENG THAO CORRUPTION SCANDAL. Continue reading
NBA LEVEL SCORE – Both teams made the Century Club in this game between the NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA MIGHTY BANYANS and the visiting WARNER UNIVERSITY ROYALS. By Halftime the Mighty Banyans were on top 66-41. The Royals rallied after the break but fell short as NCF won 124-117. Charlie Yoder led the victors with a Double Double of FORTY-FOUR points and 10 rebounds. 
CENTURY CLUB – Teams scoring 100 or more points in Regulation: The HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY FORESTERS won 109-60 at the GOSHEN COLLEGE MAPLE LEAFS ## The BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY BEACONS beat the EVERGREEN COLLEGE GEODUCKS 100-92 ## The LSU-ALEXANDRIA GENERALS won 104-72 at the TEXAS COLLEGE STEERS ## And the DALTON STATE ROADRUNNERS downed the BREWTON-PARKER COLLEGE BARONS 115-87. 
DEFENSIVE EPIC – This game pitted the traveling CAL MARITIME ACADEMY KEELHAULERS against the SIMPSON UNIVERSITY REDHAWKS. The Keelhaulers held a 36-27 advantage at the Half then maintained enough distance from the Redhawks for a 64-59 triumph. Thirteen points from Jamal Frenchwood led this team effort. 
AVENGERS Vol 1 #114 (August 1973) 
Synopsis: The villainous Swordsman rejoins the Avengers with a pardon and alongside his mysterious romantic partner Mantis, making her very first full appearance. Mantis is part Vietnamese and part unknown at this point. 
Here at Balladeer’s Blog I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m an enormous fan of Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel, Josh Becker, Robert Tapert and all the rest of the Michigan gang who hit the jackpot with the original The Evil Dead (1981, 1983). Ever since then they’ve starred in, written, and directed countless other movies and television projects like Hercules the Legendary Journeys, Spider-Man, Adventures of Brisco County Jr, you name it. 
CLEVELAND SMITH: BOUNTY HUNTER (1982) – This last of the Michigan Mafia’s short films is among the most accessible and enjoyable. I review the older ones below. As the title indicates, this 9-minute flick was one of the earliest Raiders of the Lost Ark parodies ever made. 
Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter plays like a live-action Warner Brothers or Woody Woodpecker cartoon and is a fun watch on that level. The Michigan gang’s infectious enthusiasm carries the comedy short, helped by the “cool” factor of knowing what the gang members went on to achieve in the years ahead. 
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I was happy when Lizard Planet started selling Murph Merchandise comparatively recently. We got Murph calendars for different rooms but if calendars aren’t your thing there are magnets, mugs, hoodies, cards, throw pillows, shopping totes and more! 
NBC OPERA THEATRE (1949-1964) – Believe it or not, television networks used to regularly broadcast presentations of operas. Gradually, declining public interest drove operas off the networks and onto educational television. 
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