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May 9, 2012 · 8:46 pm

BAD MOVIE PAGE ENCORE – ASSIGNMENT: TERROR (1970)

 I’ve been getting emails requesting that I review this movie, but I already did in 2010. For the folks requesting it, here it is again. And remember, if you want instant gratification for your bad movie fix you can check my Bad Movie page to see if I’ve already reviewed the movie you’re requesting: https://glitternight.com/bad-movies/

ASSIGNMENT: TERROR (1970) – If they gave a Nobel Prize for bad movie premises this baby would easily wind up wearing one of those big medallions around its neck! Spain’s King of Horror (and John Belushi look-alike) , Paul “Jacinto Molina” Naschy is in this film playing his recurring character, tormented lycanthrope Waldemar Daninsky. The premise of this movie is that aliens plan to conquer the world by frightening humanity into submission by scaring us with monsters. Call me crazy, but I think Continue reading →

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April 27, 2012 · 9:26 pm

PRELUDE TO WORLD WAR III: THE 2ND UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR

   In my fictional role as an archaeologist who retrieves documents from the future (after all, anybody can find documents and relics from the PAST) I’ve discovered quite a few items pertaining to our near future. This is one of those fragmented cyber-documents that I’ve been able to translate into English from the dominant Earthly language of the future. There are a great many lacunae in the documents owing to the strain of temporal travel back here to the year 2012 so the translations will be slow- going.

This first item is from a book that appears to be from roughly 2109 – 2120. I’m changing the author’s name to prevent potentially interfering with the lives of their ancestors who are alive right now. First of Continue reading →

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April 18, 2012 · 9:49 pm

ANOTHER WAY LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES ARE THE SAME

“Can 2 of the worst presidents in history share an apartment … without driving each other crazy?”

 Welcome back to Balladeer’s Blog, the only Independent Voter site on the internet that criticizes both Liberal fanatics and Conservative fanatics equally. This time around we’ll look at another of the many ways that Liberals and Conservatives are the same kind of unbearable people.

And not just because of the way they can’t comprehend that the rest of us (aka “adults”) aren’t the same narrow- minded partisans they are.  

Conservatives delude themselves that Continue reading →

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April 4, 2012 · 12:42 am

COLLEGE BASEBALL TOP 25: D3

 The Top 3 in the rankings remained the same, with the Christopher Newport University Captains (logo at left) holding at number 3, the Marietta College Pioneers in 2nd place and the Trinity (TX) Tigers retaining the top spot.

There was a lot of movement elsewhere in the poll, as you’ll see right here:

1. Trinity Tigers *** 2. Marietta Pioneers (defending champs) *** 3. CNU Captains *** 4. Salisbury Sea Gulls *** 5. Eastern Continue reading →

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April 3, 2012 · 8:46 pm

BAD MOVIE PAGE: BLOOD OF DRACULA (1957)

 I’ve been getting emails requesting that I review this movie, but I already did in 2010. For the folks requesting it, here it is again. And remember, if you want instant gratification for your bad movie fix you can check my Bad Movie page to see if I’ve already reviewed the movie you’re requesting: https://glitternight.com/bad-movies/

BLOOD OF DRACULA (1957) – Category: Bad enough and with a classically weird premise but not fun-bad enough for my highest rating.   Not to be confused with Blood Of Dracula’s Castle, yet another of the roughly 9,712 movies in which John Carradine appeared. No, this little honey is best remembered as the movie that should have been called I Was A Teenage Vampire. It’s from the people who brought us both I Was A Teenage Werewolf and I Was A Teenage   Frankenstein. Not only Continue reading →

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March 28, 2012 · 9:22 pm

LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES AND THE SUPREME COURT HEARINGS ON OBAMACARE

 Welcome back to Balladeer’s Blog, the only Independent Voter site on the internet that is truly non-partisan in its criticism of the shrill children called Liberals and Conservatives.

Both sides of the American political spectrum have hilariously overreacted to the inept presentation made before the Supreme Court by Obama’s Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. Verrilli’s role in such a hearing is to provide some justification regarding the constitutionality of Obamacare but he sounded like a poorly-prepared 12 year old reading his book report to the class. 

Liberal pundits have been uproariously downbeat about Verrilli’s universally panned performance and Conservative pundits have been just as uproariously upbeat about it. They all Continue reading →

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March 6, 2012 · 3:13 pm

FORGOTTEN TELEVISION TREASURE: THE NEW PEOPLE (1969)

T My sister Rosemary has been hospitalized since Saturday and I’ve been updating my blog remotely here and there to take my mind off worrying about her whenever I can squeeze out a few moments. This post is a little shoutout to her since it looks at one of her favorite forgotten shows. Thank you to loved ones and friends doing their best to help me through this difficult time.

The New People was part of a brief and very odd experiment with Continue reading →

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March 4, 2012 · 9:18 pm

MUSH MADNESS: THE 2012 IDITAROD RACE IS UNDER WAY!

 The 2012 Iditarod sled dog race, aptly billed as The Last Great Race On Earth, got underway today. My sister Rosemary has been a passionate follower of this event for years and got me into it several years back. Stay tuned to Balladeer’s Blog for updates on your favorite racers who will, of course be referred to here under their Official Balladeer’s Blog nicknames.

To let you know where the most popular racers at this site are right now in the VERY early Continue reading →

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February 28, 2012 · 11:31 pm

COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RESULTS FROM FEBRUARY 27TH

 As Balladeer’s Blog’s February Frenzy continues the Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers (logo at left) take on the Brescia Bearcats in tonight’s championship game in the KIAC. The winner gets the conference’s automatic bid to the NAIA’s National Tournament, which begins next Wednesday. Automatic bids are also on the line tonight for the Cal Maritime Keelhaulers in the Continue reading →

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February 27, 2012 · 11:15 pm

MOVIE HOSTS: MR PLINKETT

 I’ve been debating with myself for over a year now about whether to include Mr Plinkett, the fictional movie critic from Red Letter Media’s site, in my Movie Host section. I’m amazed to learn there are still people out there who haven’t tasted the Harry S Plinkett experience (and for the record, it tastes like pizza rolls ) so that got me energized to finally add an article about him.

Purists and politically correct fools may object to my classifying Plinkett (pictured at left) as a movie host, but Continue reading →

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