The movie is set to be released October 4, 2013! THIS will be a nail-biter!
Month: September 2013
I know a few people who would not take walk down the street if there is a negative review about taking a walk down the street on Yelp! They will not eat at a certain restaurant, they will not go to a certain movie theater, they will not shop at a certain store without first consulting Yelp. So to these people I say sorry.
A new report found evidence of fake reporting on Yelp, as much as 1 out of 5. Why? Because companies have figured out that offering people money to write fake reviews on the popular app, sends business their way.
In other words, Real People, but not real reviews!
According to MarketWatch, 20 percent of Yelp reviews are fake, or as Yelp likes to put it, “suspicious.” In a study dubbed Operation Clean Turf, NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman led a year-long investigation that ended in an agreement with 19 companies to cease the practice of creating fake online reviews. The companies also agreed to pay more than $350,000 in fines for false advertising.
Many of these businesses were guilty of paying freelance writers from the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Eastern Europe between $1 to $10 per review. Despite Yelp forbidding the use of paid reviews, a study by Michael Luca, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and Georgios Zervas, an assistant professor of marketing at Boston University, reports that fraudulent Yelp reviews rose from 5 percent in 2006 to 20 percent in 2013. The study predicts that the number may have risen to as high as 25 percent, unsettling news for avid fans who use Yelp as a go-to resource.
And you thought water and fire were opposites. Well think again. Here’s at least five different ways to use water to start a fire.
Crazy? Yea, I know…
In an interview today on MSNBC, this rookie Congressman apparently thought he was talking to Fox News, and he opened his mouth and the truth slipped out. His name is Trey Radel, a Republican Congressman from Florida. In the interview, the MSNBC host asked what was to be gained from delaying the implementation of ObamaCare.
Mr. Radel answered that the whole plan was to delay the full implementation in the hopes that Republicans win the Senate in 2014, and with a Republican controlled House, they will then be able to repeal the law fully.
Anything to keep the American people from having healthcare. This is ridiculous!
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The movie is set to be released in January 2014! This should be good!
For what it’s worth, Mitt Romney jumped into the fray on Friday offering his two cents on the Republicans proposed government shutdown coming in a few days. Said Romney, who developed a flip flopping character during the 2012 presidential election cycle…
“We’re more effective tactically not to use a shutdown of some kind to pursue the … anti-Obamacare objective. I don’t think that will be as effective.”
Romney also admitted that the proposed idea to delay the full implementation of ObamaCare by a year is “a better way” to get rid of the healthcare law.
“I think there’s a better way of getting rid of Obamacare – my own view – and that is, one, delaying it by at least a year. That was Senator (Joe) Manchin’s idea, the Democrats’ idea,” Romney said.
Manchin said Thursday that he would support delaying the individual mandate by one year. The Senate passed a continuing resolution Friday that was free of any defunding legislation, sending the bill back to the House where its fate is uncertain. The fiscal year deadline is set for Monday at midnight, at which time the federal government is due to run out of money.
Mitt Romney ran his presidential campaign on a platform of ending ObamaCare. The American people disagreed, offering his a tremendous loss for his efforts. Republicans have voted over 40 times to repeal ObamaCare, failing each time. And now, they are setting the stage to shut down the government on Monday if ObamaCare is funded.
Why are these people in office? They’re clearly not doing what a majority of the American people are demanding!
Jackie Chan is once again the victim of a celebrity death hoax this week.
Fortunately, the 59-year-old actor is not only alive and well, but poking fun at the reports about his alleged death.
“If I died, I would probably tell the world,” Chan posted to Facebook at the time the first death report surfaced. “I took a photo with today’s date, just in case you don’t believe me! However, thank you for your concern. Kiss kiss and love you all!”
With the post, the actor included a photo of himself pointing to the date on a current newspaper.
The rumor of Chan’s death began earlier this year with a Facebook application that claimed the martial artist had died while filming a movie and performing a stunt.
Then, when Chan’s Facebook account was hacked and the death article was posted to his timeline, the rumor gained momentum.
A frequent Facebook user, Chan reassured fans that the death rumors were false when he posted a funny photo of himself on Sept. 25.
“Did you know this,” he wrote, referring to the popular internet meme of the actor.
Earlier, on Sept. 22, Chen posted, “Want a bite,” along with a photo of himself holding a pair of chopsticks and a bowl of rice.
Further proving that the actor is more alive than ever, Chen’s team posted the actor’s 60th birthday plans to Facebook on Sept. 16.
“Next year, 2014, is Jackie’s 60th birthday,” the post read. “He will be celebrating this monumental occasion in Beijing with friends and fans from around the world! Tentative plans include a charity peace concert, and a fan club party.”
The Quik Cook! continues with national cuisine favorites from around the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe! Today’s port-of-call: The Falkland Islands for Rack of Lamb With Honey.
The Falkland Islands, due to their isolated location, rely on local produce, much grown hydroponically, and lamb or mutton for the bulk of the diet. Much of the cuisine reflects the English heritage, and snack bars and hotel restaurants provide meals.
Rack Of Lamb with Mint & Honey Sauce
Prep & Cook Time: 45 minutes / Makes: 2 to 3 servings
Ingredients:
1 rack of lamb
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp chopped mint
3 tbsp honey
salt and pepper
lemon zest (optional)
Directions:
1. Brown the ribs in a small amount of oil and transfer to a oven-proof dish.
2. Meanwhile, mix the honey with the mint and lemon zest, then brush over the rack of lamb. Roast at 350 degrees until an internal thermometer reads 145 degrees (this will give you medium-rare lamb, cook for longer if you like your meat a little more well-done).
3. Baste with the pan juices before serving. Serve with a green salad and baked potatoe with butter and grated parmesean cheese, Falkland style!
Next Stop: Gabon, Central Africa!
The Minnesota Congresswoman went on CNN and had a rather heated discussion with host Wolf Blitzer over ObamaCare and the Republican push to shut down the government.
SIDENOTE: My sympathies go out to Mr. Blitzer for thinking that he was going to get a straight answer from the robot-like-talking-points queen.
In the clip below, Blitzer asked a set of reasonable questions about Obamacare:
- Do you really believe if this law — and it is a law passed by the House, passed by the Senate, signed into law by the president, approved by the Supreme Court — goes into effect that women, seniors, children are going to die?
- Don’t you realize that millions and millions of Americans will now have health insurance earlier they didn’t have, health insurance.
- Is it good or bad that children can now be on their parents’ health insurance policies until they reach the age of 26?
- If you have a pre-existing condition, should you be allowed to buy health insurance?
- Should an insurance company be able to deny you insurance coverage?
All great questions. But Bachmann is a master of the Shake and Bake She should be playing basketball with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Bachmann was able to steer clear of any real answers to Blitzer’s questions by sticking to what she does best – the Republican talking points… in other words, she lied her way out of the studio.
See the encounter below.
After his success with getting Syria to agree with the United Nations to give up their Chemical weapons, President Obama took on another challenge, a task over 30 years in the making. President Obama spoke with President Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Could this be the start of Iran agreeing to turn over their nuclear ambitions? Time will tell…
Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had a blunt message for House Republicans on Friday.
The Reid-led Senate passed a bill that would institute a short-term measure to keep the government funded, while stripping the House’s provision to defund Obamacare. With a 54-44 party-line vote in hand, Reid said the House needed to “accept what we just passed,” while adding some choice words on Obamacare being untouchable.
“Here’s a president, who less than a year ago, won the election by five million votes, five million votes,” Reid said. “Obamacare has been the law for four years. Why don’t they get a life and talk about something else? People deserve better.”
Hours after Reid spoke, President Barack Obama echoed his sentiments, accusing Republicans of “political grandstanding.” He also vowed that a repeal of the Affordable Care Act is “not gonna happen.”
“Any Republican in Congress who’s currently watching, I’d encourage you to think about who you’re hurting,” Obama said.
Why Republicans would take advice from an ex convict who recently received his get out of jail card is beyond me. But the likes of Tom DeLay are stepping up to the plate, telling Republicans to hold firm on their threat to shut down the government.
In an interview on CNN, DeLay told host Chris Cuomo that the Republican Party would not take the blame if the Republican Party forced the government to be shut down over President Barack Obama’s health care reform law.
“This notion that it hurts the Republicans is totally wrong,” he explained. “Because in 1995, we won. We won the budget cuts we wanted. We showed Bill Clinton that we’d take him off the cliff and we got welfare reform and a balance budget. And we won seats in the next election. So, I don’t know where they come up with this notion that a shutdown hurts Republicans.”
Cuomo pointed out that then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) took a beating in the polls and Clinton’s popularity improved after Republicans forced the government to be shut down in the 1990s.
“What is your advice to your colleagues in Washington, D.C., looking at the debt limit situation, knowing what it can do to the country, what do you give them as advice?” the CNN host wondered.
“Hold firm, stick to your guns, stand strong — and you’ll ultimately win,” DeLay insisted.
“Even if you wind up screwing up the credit of the United States of America?” Cuomo pressed.
“It won’t end up screwing up the credit of America,” DeLay laughed. “That is all false notion. Every shut down — and there’s been many shut downs — frankly, the American people never miss the government.”