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  • Last Blockbuster in America planning to run an ad during the Super Bowl

    02/12/2023 7:53:23 AM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 11 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | Saturday, February 11, 2023 | Brad Matthews
    The Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon, the last such store in America, is planning to run an ad during the Super Bowl.Instead of buying ad time during the TV broadcast, however, the proprietors of the Bend Blockbuster will stream the spot on Instagram, and also play it via a VHS tape at a watch party being held at the store, according to Ad Age. Afterwards, the VHS will be available for rent for $2 a day.“We are doing a fun, retro-style commercial that we will be releasing during the Big Game. We are featuring it during halftime in the store and...
  • Blockbuster: Economy adds 943K jobs; unemployment falls to 5.4 percent

    08/06/2021 6:42:36 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 46 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08/06/2021 | Sylvan Lane
    The U.S. added 943,000 jobs in July as a summer rush of travel and recreation spending powered the economy through surging coronavirus cases, the Labor Department reported Friday. The unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent in July from 5.9 percent last month, according to the monthly jobs report, as employment growth exceeded the 850,000 consensus job gain projected by economists. The U.S. was expected to see another strong month of job growth as consumers spent the summer enjoying activities restricted by the coronavirus pandemic.
  • There's now only one Blockbuster left on the planet

    03/06/2019 6:38:44 PM PST · by EdnaMode · 36 replies
    CNN ^ | March 6, 2019 | Michelle Lou and Saeed Ahmed
    It's lonely at the top. That's what the Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon, discovered when the only other store in the world -- located in Australia -- announced it was closing. Although Sandi Harding, the general manager of the Oregon Blockbuster, is excited that hers is the last Blockbuster on the planet, she expressed her condolences for friends at the Australia store. "We all have a kinship with the other Blockbusters," Harding told CNN. The Oregon location has been open for more than 20 years. It offers customers the newest movie releases, but Harding says the classic older titles are the...
  • Blockbuster departs Alaska, leaving 1 store left in U.S.

    07/12/2018 7:11:51 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 84 replies
    A.P. ^ | July 12, 2018
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska >> Alaska’s last two Blockbuster video stores are calling it quits, leaving just one store open in the United States. The stores in Anchorage and Fairbanks will close for rentals after Sunday night and reopen Tuesday for video liquidation sales through the end of August, said Kevin Daymude, general manager of Blockbuster Alaska.
  • **BREAKING**: Leaked video of meeting between Brennan, Comey and Clapper.

    05/21/2018 10:53:29 AM PDT · by dragnet2 · 45 replies
    http://www.freerepublic.com ^ | 5/12/2018 | freerepublic.com
  • Why The Blockbuster Movie Bubble Will Burst In 2018

    12/18/2017 9:57:14 AM PST · by EdnaMode · 72 replies
    Cracked ^ | August 5, 2016 | Luis Prada
    In 2013, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predicted the film industry as we know it would "implode" if/when, in the near future, too many wildly expensive blockbuster movies flopped. And if ever there were a year for an implosion on that scale to occur it would be 2018, the year when there are nearly as many major studio tentpole releases as there are weeks in the year. Well, here's the thing ... Do you like big blockbuster movies? The kind that will make a billion dollars but will never be financially profitable, thanks to Hollywood's shady accounting practices? If so,...
  • Matthews Still Thinks Blockbuster Around, Intros Woman as 'Haley Barbour'

    11/10/2015 5:27:47 PM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 21 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    You'd think that back in April when, as Ken Shepherd noted, Chris Matthews talked about Blockbuster being about all that's left in Rust Belt towns, one of his assistants would have gently taken him aside and explained that Blockbuster shuttered its stores some time ago. But on this evening's Hardball, there was Chris committing the exact same gaffe. And in the very next segment, Matthews introduced MSNBC reporter Hallie Jackson, who is youthful and female, as . . "Haley Barbour," who for all his great qualities is neither. But, hey, look at the bright side. The guest in the next...
  • RIP: The Hollywood Summer Blockbuster, 1970-2012

    09/09/2014 3:29:06 PM PDT · by Perdogg · 24 replies
    Hollywood has forgotten how to tell a story. Hollywood has had a dismal summer. The bad news started coming out in late July, but there were a few still-to-come movies with promise of softening the stats. Alas, they did not. Jim and I took the kids to see one of those flicks on opening Friday night. (Does it matter which one? I hardly remember it.) Jim got tickets online early, in case our preferred 7 o’clock-hour show sold out, and we arrived early to get good seats. We needn’t have bothered. If our foursome made three dozen in the theater,...
  • Dish Network to close all Blockbuster stores, lay off 2,800

    11/06/2013 1:23:26 PM PST · by Responsibility2nd · 56 replies
    Reuters ^ | 11/06/2013 | Reuters
    Dish Network said on Wednesday it will close all 300 or so retail locations of the Blockbuster video rental chain by January, closing a chapter on a brand that failed to compete in the digital world. Dish plans to lay off as many as 2,800 employees. Dish, the second-largest U.S. satellite TV company, bought the failed Blockbuster LLC video rental chain in a bankruptcy auction in 2011 for $320 million, a dramatic fall for a brand that at its peak in 2002 had a market value of $5 billion.
  • Trump (vanity)

    10/24/2012 7:50:13 PM PDT · by TigerClaws · 44 replies
    Does he already have the goods? This a ploy to drag it out and harass Obama? If not, I never want to see his mug again. He said he had something. Now this bs. Seems too smart to completely destroy what's left of his credibility. I think he already has the records. C student Obama and far left course topics. Thoughts?
  • This Week's Movie Selection...Mamma Mia! 2008 (Musical)

    03/31/2012 11:28:26 PM PDT · by Razzz42 · 20 replies
    Wiki ^ | 3.31.2012 | Self
    The casting of actors not noted for their singing abilities led to some mixed reviews. Variety stated that "some stars, especially the bouncy and rejuvenated Streep, seem better suited for musical comedy than others, including Brosnan and Skarsgård."[21] Brosnan, especially, was savaged by many critics: his singing was compared to "a water buffalo" (New York Magazine),[22] "a donkey braying" (The Philadelphia Inquirer)[23] and "a wounded raccoon" (The Miami Herald),[24] and Matt Brunson of Creative Loafing Charlotte said he "looks physically pained choking out the lyrics, as if he's being subjected to a prostate exam just outside of the camera's eye."[25]
  • WHY MICHELLE CAME HOME – Interesting! Sheppard Smith, Fox News

    03/31/2012 3:46:13 AM PDT · by Evil Slayer · 70 replies
    “If you check President Obama’s last trip over-seas, his wife left just after their visit to France . She has yet to accompany him to any Arab country. Think about it. Why is Michelle returning to the states when ‘official’ trips to foreign countries generally include the First Lady.” Here’s one thought on the matter. While in a Blockbuster renting videos I came across a video called “Obama”. There were two men standing next to me and we talked about President Obama. These guys were Arabs, so I asked them why they thought Michelle Obama headed home following the President’s...
  • Heeza Muzzlim....that's why

    12/09/2009 4:06:58 PM PST · by rambo316 · 30 replies · 1,506+ views
    Patriot | 12/9/09 | Dr. Moylan's good friend
    If you check Obama's last trip overseas, his wife left just after their visit to France as stated below. She has yet to accompany him to any Arab country. Think about it.. This was sent to me from a very good and reliable friend. The pieces of the puzzle just keep on coming together! Interesting... "I did not write this... someone forwarded it to me,... but my wife lived in Saudi Arabia for two years, and from what she tells me, it makes sense! Travel for Obama: I was at a Blockbusters on Saturday renting videos, and as I was...
  • Live Thread From Libyan Rebels

    03/19/2011 9:16:36 AM PDT · by gandalftb · 70 replies · 2+ views
    Libya Alhurra ^ | March 19, 2011 | Live chat
    This is a live feed chat room broadcasting from Benghazi. Much is in English, audio is Arabic.
  • Obama, the African Colonial

    06/24/2009 10:54:57 PM PDT · by neverdem · 1,559 replies · 34,294+ views
    American Thinker ^ | June 25, 2009 | L.E. Ikenga
    Had Americans been able to stop obsessing over the color of Barack Obama's skin and instead paid more attention to his cultural identity, maybe he would not be in the White House today. The key to understanding him lies with his identification with his father, and his adoption of a cultural and political mindset rooted in postcolonial Africa. Like many educated intellectuals in postcolonial Africa, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was enraged at the transformation of his native land by its colonial conqueror. But instead of embracing the traditional values of his own tribal cultural past, he embraced an imported Western...
  • Barack Hussein 0bama is a Muslim - there is no doubt about it.

    08/20/2010 2:31:40 AM PDT · by DontTreadOnMe2009 · 117 replies · 1+ views
    My Self | August 18th 2010 | DontTreadOnMe2010
    0bama holds Muslim celebrations in the WH but canceled the National Day of Prayer --- twice. Wonder why?. The Obamas have always said that "they don't give Christmas gifts to the children" and "they don't give birthday gifts" . It is not allowed to Muslims to "imitate the unfaithful" i.e. Christians. 0bama falsely attributes Muslim participation in the founding of America - there were no Muslims in America at that time. 0bama required that the cross and other Christian symbols be covered when he gave a speech at Notre Dame. Obama has ordered thousands of yards of black drapery to...
  • Why didn't Michele accompany Pres. Obama to Arab countries?

    06/26/2009 7:50:42 AM PDT · by IbJensen · 41 replies · 3,407+ views
    email | 6/25/09 | Neil Cook
    If you check Obama ' s last trip over seas, His wife left just after France as stated below. She has yet to accompany him to any Arab Country. Think about it. This was sent to me from a very good and Reliable friend. The pieces of the puzzle just keep on coming together! I did not write this...someone forwarded it to me...but my Wife lived in Saudi Arabia for two years, and from what she Tells me, it makes sense! I was at a Blockbusters on Saturday renting videos, And as I was going along the wall, there was...
  • Why No First Lady With Obama in Saudi Arabia?

    06/03/2009 4:43:32 AM PDT · by Daisyjane69 · 44 replies · 2,139+ views
    6/3/09
    I just saw the video of Obama getting off plane in Saudi Arabia. He appears to be alone?
  • Why Michelle Came Home

    08/05/2010 2:48:25 PM PDT · by Brown Deer · 68 replies
    Comments On National Amnesia ^ | August 1, 2010 | unknown
    ”If you check President Obama’s last trip over-seas, his wife left just after their visit to France. She has yet to accompany him to any Arab country. Think about it. Why is Michelle returning to the states when ‘official’ trips to foreign countries generally include the First Lady.” Shepard Smith, Fox News….Here’s one thought on the matter. While in a Blockbuster renting videos I came across a video called “Obama”. There were two men standing next to me and we talked about President Obama. These guys were Arabs, so I asked them why they thought Michele Obama headed home following...
  • Dish Network to keep 600 Blockbuster stores in operation

    04/19/2011 8:37:16 PM PDT · by TheDingoAteMyBaby · 21 replies
    The Celebrity Cafe ^ | 4/19/2011 | Yoni Kaufman
    The satellite-TV company will likely close a majority of the 1,751 stores currently operating in the U.S. Dish Network, which will soon become the official owner of the Blockbuster video-rental chain, filed documents with Bankruptcy Court Saturday stating that it intends to keep some 600 Blockbuster stores open after its purchase is finalized. Earlier this month, Dish won a bidding war for the struggling rental company with an offer of roughly $320 million. According to the Los Angeles Times, Blockbuster currently operates 1,751 stores in the U.S., which means that the new owners will likely be closing more than 1,000...