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August 10, 2013 · 2:52 am

THE GREEN HORNET: THE 2006 FRENCH FILM

The Green Hornet (2006)

Attention, my fellow Green Hornet fans: All of us disappointed by the awkward 2011 Seth Rogan Green Hornet movie can savor this experimental 2006 French short. This 10 minute story is much better than the 2011 flick despite its short running time. It makes you hope that some overseas filmmaker may yet pick up the GH brand and present his story the way it deserves to be presented.

I’m linking to the English-dubbed version of the short. It’s very energetic and features impressive stunt work, plus the music that plays with the closing credits is a variation of the jazzy Al Hirt theme from the 1960s Green Hornet television series.

NOTE FOR PURISTS: No gas gun for the Hornet in this version, he wields nun-chucks and uses kung fu like Kato. Here is the link: Continue reading →

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August 8, 2013 · 8:57 pm

KAYLA KLEEVAGE, SEXUAL ICON, LOVES BALLADEER’S BLOG!

Thank you to the mind-numbingly beautiful Kayla Kleevage for this kind shoutout to Balladeer’s Blog! Not only is she the ultimate woman but she clearly is a very intelligent lady with amazing taste in blogs! If you want to see more of Continue reading →

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August 7, 2013 · 10:31 pm

IROQUOIS EPIC MYTH: HODADEION PART SEVEN

Iroquois Confederation

Continuing the adventures of the Iroquois god of magic, Hodadeion.

PART 7 – THE TWIN HERONS – Hodadeion moved swiftly through the forest. He wanted to put as much space between himself and the giant horned serpents as possible before they grew hungry again. He continued heading north and at length came upon a pathway guarded by two enormous white herons. Each bird was bigger than a horse and at the sight of the demigod they attacked him, trying to claw and peck at him while simultaneously battering him with their powerful wings.

Hodadeion fled as quickly as Continue reading →

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August 6, 2013 · 9:00 pm

LIBERALS & CONSERVATIVES & INTELLIGENCE

A nauseating demagogue who racially profiles every white person he meets.

Welcome back to Balladeer’s Blog, coming to you from an America where Al Qaeda has Barack Obama on the run and where that same Obama has callously turned his back on Detroit. (Since last year was an election year Barry pretended it was only his political opponents who would dare do something so unfeeling, but now that he no longer needs votes the repulsive piece of political sewage from the cesspool of Chicago politics figures Detroit can burn!)

Join me as I once again trash both Liberals and Conservatives.

It’s no secret that American Liberals are hilariously pretentious asses. Just as American Conservatives have hopelessly politicized the word “patriot” to the point where it’s meaningless, American Liberals have hopelessly politicized the word “intellectual” to the point where it is meaningless, too. Conservatives will Continue reading →

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August 5, 2013 · 8:53 pm

COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: COKER COLLEGE

COKER COLLEGE COBRAS

Location: Hartsville, SC

Division: NCAA Division 2

Conference Affiliation: Conference Carolinas

Comment: The name Cobras is so cool you have to wonder why some professional sports franchises in the U.S. haven’t used it. Coker College is Continue reading →

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August 4, 2013 · 7:42 pm

FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: ATOM SQUAD (1953-1954)

Atom Squad

ATOM SQUAD – No relation to Atom 12 (rimshot). This fun and campy science fiction/ spy series hybrid ran 5 days a week from 1953 – 1954 and was one of the many 15 minute-long television shows of the era. Anyone who enjoyed my earlier Forgotten Television Treasure titled Captain Z-Ro will no doubt love Atom Squad.

Scientists Steve Elliot and Dave Fielding ( Robert Courtleigh and Bob Hastings) worked for the title organization and defended America from Commies, mad doctors and extraterrestrials. The Atom Squad specialized in cases involving radiation and atomic weapons so the outdated science and social attitudes on display are a HUGE part of the fun in this relic from the”duck and cover” days.

Elliot and Fielding are Continue reading →

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August 4, 2013 · 3:07 pm

MUSLIM APARTHEID CONTINUES AS THEIR MISOGYNY RAGES UNABATED

I’ve often wondered why any woman would want to travel to the nations in the Muslim world given how they treat women as slaves and worse. The Continue reading →

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August 2, 2013 · 8:36 pm

THE WICKED BURGH: THE NEGLECTED WILD WEST TOWN OF SIDNEY, NEBRASKA

Sidney today

Happy Frontierado! Here’s a bonus post for this joyous day! When it comes to Wild West towns places like Tombstone, Dodge City and Deadwood get the lion’s share of the attention. In keeping with Balladeer’s Blog’s overall theme here’s a look at some of the action in the neglected town of Sidney, NE. Figures like Wild Bill Hickok, Luke Short, Susan B Anthony, Whispering Smith and Dom Pedro II of Brazil passed through Sidney in its heyday. Here’s a timeline of just some of the events in the town infamous as “The Wicked Burg”:

April 29th, 1868 – Daniel Richardson, Thomas Cahoon and William Edmondson became the first recorded dead men buried in Sidney’s Boot Hill Cemetery. All three men were killed in a clash with Native Americans.

May ?, 1875 – Susan B Anthony delivered a lecture in Sidney advocating women’s suffrage.

October 24th, 1875 – At the Capitol Saloon the Continue reading →

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August 2, 2013 · 12:07 am

RANGE WARS OF THE AMERICAN WEST

HAPPY FRONTIERADO! The great day is here once again which means it’s the first day of a three-day weekend for those of us on four continents who celebrate it! Today we’re all busy getting ready for our meals of buffalo steaks and ribs, New Mexico Territory Fried Rice, Western Spaghetti, rabbit legs, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob and cactus salad! After that we’ll all play Frontierado Poker while drinking Cactus Jacks and wind up the evening with Tumbleweed Pizzas and a midnight viewing of Silverado, the OFFICIAL western of Frontierado!

To help celebrate this holiday which commemorates the myth of the American West, not the grinding reality here is a look at some of the best-known Range Wars of the period along with their most famous gunfighters.

Texas

MASON COUNTY WAR

Location: Texas

When: June 1874 to September 1876

The Belligerent Parties: The majority German population ranchers versus the English-speaking ranchers.

The War’s Most Famous Gunfighter: Continue reading →

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July 31, 2013 · 10:32 pm

COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-KEARNEY

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-KEARNEY LOPERS

Location: Kearney, NE

Division: NCAA Division Two

Conference Affiliation: MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association

Comment: Founded in 1905 this former NAIA institution is Continue reading →

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