Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' prequel faces
'tornadoes' despite record Prime debut
Posted By: voxpopuli, 9/6/2022 10:55:45 PM
Amazon's (AMZN) new "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" series has a bit of a PR problem. Despite nabbing more than 25 million viewers in its first day on Amazon Prime Video — the best performance for an Amazon original ever, according to the company — the eight-episode season has been hit with a slew of negative reviews, including a much-talked about jab from Elon Musk.(snip) Musk's tweets come as Amazon suspended user reviews for a reported 72 hours amid supposed "review-bombing," a practice where online users purposely hammer a show with negative reviews, largely due to cultural or political issues rather than actual quality.
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Amazon's (AMZN) new "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" series has a bit of a PR problem.
Despite nabbing more than 25 million viewers in its first day on Amazon Prime Video — the best performance for an Amazon original ever, according to the company — the eight-episode season has been hit with a slew of negative reviews, including a much-talked about jab from Elon Musk.(snip) Musk's tweets come as Amazon suspended user reviews for a reported 72 hours amid supposed "review-bombing," a practice where online users purposely hammer a show with negative reviews, largely due to cultural or political issues rather than actual quality.
Leaders of the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) say they are now filing their intent to strike.
The filing follows a strike authorization vote held last month, which union leaders say passed overwhelmingly.
Filing an intent to strike gives hospitals a 10-day strike notice before nurses could walk off the job.
Police have confirmed shots were fired at Mall of America Thursday afternoon.
Bloomington Police confirmed to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS at around 4:30 p.m. that multiple units were at the mall working an “active incident” on the northwest side.
At around 5:40 p.m., the department said it had secured the scene at the mall and determined the suspect fled the area. No victims were immediately found by police.
Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab. (snip) In one study, which incorporated data collected by Chinese scientists
Four people in Wisconsin with disabilities have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to ensure that they’ll be able to get help turning in their ballots, even though the conservative-controlled state Supreme Court said no one other than the voter can return absentee ballots in person. (snip) The state Supreme Court ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes are illegal and that only the voter can return their absentee ballot in person to the clerk’s office or a designated site.
Notes with white supremacist overtones targeting Jewish and Islamic communities have been distributed throughout the Twin Cities and its suburbs this summer in a string of incidents involving bags of grain.
The most recent incident occurred overnight from July 24-25 in St. Louis Park, according to city officials and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC). (snip) Although JCRC says these events and prior instances of propaganda have been documented and attributed to a nationally-spread extremist group, local law enforcement officials have not said if they believe the summer 2022 incidents are connected.
A teenager has been criminally charged after he allegedly lit a firework and tossed it into an Eagan movie theater.
Khalid Bedel Hassan, 18, is charged with third-degree assault, fifth-degree assault, threats of violence and two counts of first-degree criminal property damage. (snip) Surveillance video and footage posted on social media showed four male suspects enter the theater, and Hassan light and throw the firework directly in front of the handicap row.
Edina Public Schools says it is investigating an array of slurs that were written at the school’s athletics complex and discovered on Sunday.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS noted that anti-Asian, anti-Black and anti-LGBTQ+ statements were written in chalk across Edina school tennis courts outside Kuhlman Stadium.
“We are saddened and deeply disappointed to learn that this has taken place within our community and on our property,” Edina Public Schools told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS in a statement.
Loved ones gathered Saturday night at the scene of a fatal crash to remember Blessings, the 6-year-old girl who was killed after a suspect fleeing police crashed into her aunt’s vehicle. (snip) The suspect was identified by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office as a 28-year-old Minneapolis man named Hakeem Waheed Muhammed.
Muhammed is a suspect in a murder investigation and had an active murder warrant for his arrest.
More than 40,000 members of the Islamic community came to U.S. Bank Stadium on Saturday to celebrate Eid-al-Adha, one of the religion’s holiest traditions.
The turnout was so extreme, organizations tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS they had to add an additional prayer service and eventually turn members away. (snip) Abdulahi Farah with the Muslim Coalition explained that hate and attacks geared toward the community had sparked fear.
Target overhauls flagship store entrance,
citing ‘disruptive activity’ in downtown Minneapolis 11 replies
citing ‘disruptive activity’ in downtown Minneapolis 11 replies
The downtown Minneapolis Target store is making changes to the building to address safety concerns and encourage more shoppers to come inside.
The hustle and bustle of downtown Minneapolis is home to Ninth Street and Nicollet Mall.
“It’s a busy corner. Here’s a lot of foot traffic and buses that come through here,” said Justin Miller, who works downtown. (snip) “I’m really on high alert. I won’t even walk on this side of the street,” Cohns said. “Plenty of drugs, all ages selling it and buying it and a lot of stealing out of Target.”
Target CEO on inflation, inventories:
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Target CEO on inflation, inventories: 'We are in an environment many of us haven't seen before'
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Tue, June 21, 2022, 12:33 PM
Target (TGT) CEO Brian Cornell cited inflation and "historic highs with inventory levels" as he pulled back the curtain on his major decision to aggressively markdown inventory amid "an environment many of us haven't seen before" in remarks on Tuesday. (snip) But you have a classic supply and demand situation here that is out of whack right now. And increasing demand is not going to help lower those prices over the long term."
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Bill Barr, who served as attorney general during the Trump administration, said Wednesday that the Justice Department appears to be “getting very close” to having sufficient evidence to indict former president Trump.
Law enforcement is investigating former president Donald Trump for removal or destruction of records, obstruction of an investigation, and violating the Espionage Act, according to the search warrant for Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago.
Barr said during an appearance on Fox News that government investigators must consider if they have a technical case against Trump and said, “I think they’re getting very close to that point, frankly.” He added that the DOJ must weigh what the potential fallout
Michelle Obama took a veiled swipe at former President Donald Trump by talking about the 'peaceful transition of power' and democracy being stronger than our 'divisions' as she returned to the White House for the first time since her husband Barack's term ended to unveil their official portraits. The former first lady was on the verge of tears as she said 'a girl like me—she was never supposed to be up there next to Jacqueline Kennedy and Dolly Madison' in the ceremony Wednesday with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden. While the former president joked about how artist Sharon Sprung made his wife look 'fine,'
Bill Barr reveals his true colors... again
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Former Attorney General William Barr during an interview on Fox News last week said that if Trump did indeed have a standing order to declassify all documents that he took with him as he left the White House, that would amount to a worse abuse than actually taking the documents. (snip) Barr called the order to appoint a special master a “deeply flawed” decision. (snip) Now, Barr is urging the Department of Justice to appeal Judge Cannon’s “deeply flawed” ruling.
For the media this is the gold they dream of, a former Trump cabinet member attacking him. They carried on with glee.
California officials say it will cost $14 billion to upgrade aging wastewater facilities that are dumping nutrients from treated human sewage into San Francisco Bay, which are feeding a giant algae bloom that has lingered for more than two months and killed tens of thousands of fish. The algae bloom, which appeared in late July, has grown to an immense size because of the tons of nutrients from urine and feces of the eight million Bay Area residents that is released into the waters daily—one plant alone dumps 85 million gallons a day that contains 5.5 tons of nitrogen. Scientists say the bloom was triggered by climate change,
NEWNAN, Ga. — Georgia Democrats have grown increasingly pessimistic about Stacey Abrams’s chances of ousting Gov. Brian Kemp from office, pointing to her struggles to rally key parts of her party’s coalition and her inability to appeal to a slice of moderate Republican voters who can decide the state’s elections. Public and private polls have consistently shown her trailing Mr. Kemp, a Republican seeking a second term. And, in a particularly worrying sign for Ms. Abrams, polls also show she is drawing less support than the other high-profile Democrat on the ballot, Senator Raphael Warnock, who is seeking a first
- Trump took swipes on social media at potential 2024 rivals Govs. DeSantis and Youngkin.
- It's been speculated that the Florida and Virginia governors could seek the GOP nomination in 2024.
- Though he has not said he's running for re-election, Trump once again teased he may make another White House run.
Former President Donald Trump took swipes at potential 2024 presidential election rivals Govs. Ron DeSantis and Glen Youngkin this week — a move to fend off potential challengers as Trump again teased that he may run for re-election.
Even the elite aren’t immune to the challenges of a pandemic and a red-hot job market.
The numbers of applications to freshmen classes at West Point and Annapolis were down sharply this year as the prestigious service academies struggle with the same recruiting crisis hobbling the rest of the U.S. military.
The Air Force Academy said it received 8,393 applications for the class of 2026, down from 11,599 for the class of 2025. Officials blame decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic as the main culprit for the 28% drop.
GOP to Unveil New 'Commitment to America'
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Republicans in the House are preparing to roll out their midterm agenda, which they hope will give voters a reason to vote for them and not just against Democrats.
The brainchild of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the “Commitment to America” will have four parts dealing with the economy, security, education/health care, and government accountability.
McCarthy’s office has indicated the Commitment to America will debut in Pittsburgh on September 19. It’s loosely based on the “Contract with American” concept created for the 1994 midterm election that was credited with helping the GOP take over both the House and Senate.
‘I Hope She Doesn’t Remember’: Hillary
Clinton Admits She Accidentally Left Chelsea
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Clinton Admits She Accidentally Left Chelsea
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Many parents can remember a time that they left a child behind somewhere — at the library or at Grandma’s house — but former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton topped them all when she admitted on live television that she once left a young Chelsea Clinton behind at the Kremlin.
The former first lady and her daughter made a joint appearance Tuesday on “The Tonight Show” with host Jimmy Fallon — and Clinton let that tidbit slip during a mother-daughter challenge game designed to see just how well the pair knew each other.
The "Green Revolution" Is Impossible
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Liberals tell us that we are in the midst of a transition from fossil fuels to wind and solar energy. The reality is that no such transition is taking place, nor will it. This video by Professor Simon Michaux, who doesn’t take issue with global warming hype, explains one of several reasons why this is true: the mineral requirements of a wind- and solar-based energy system can’t possibly be met.
This description accompanies the YouTube video:
"The quantity of metal required to make just one generation of renewable tech units to replace fossil fuels, is much larger than first thought. Current mining production of these metals
Americans fervently believe in equal justice for all, not just under law but within public institutions such as the media as well, polls have shown. And yet, one recent poll leads to a disturbing conclusion: That America is increasingly turning into a two-tiered system of justice based on politics and beliefs.
The Golden/TIPP Poll (TIPP is also Issues & Insights’ polling partner) asked 1,310 voters online this summer the following question: “Generally speaking, do you agree or disagree with the statement: “There is a two-tiered system of justice in America depending on your political affiliation and ideology?”
The results of the poll,
The names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that’s accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to a report released Wednesday. The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism pored over more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership lists and identified more than 370 people it believes currently work in law enforcement agencies—including as police chiefs and sheriffs—and more than 100 people who are currently members of the military. It also identified more than 80 people who were running for
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bezos must have used his 2020 election stealing as practice for phonying up his ratings on this bomb