Zariah: September 2009

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Sycophants

Occasionally we see the word sycophants in print- and the word has more than two syllables, which means that most people and definitely country music fans have no idea what it means. Sycophants, or a sycophant, are people that suck up – in lay terms – because they’re getting something out of the deal.

A synonym is obsequiousness. Celebrities who have an entourage – the entourage are sycophants. Congress and the White House, those are sycophants. Check that – those are parasites. The word has gotten in the news because of Wayne Gretzky’s support staff – supposedly he just got a bunch of his buddies to run a professional hockey team.

Sycophants aren’t worth blowing any money, payday loans or otherwise on.

Esther Nazarov

Oh Snap! Looks like Fred Durst is getting divorced after two whole months of marriage – as he just concluded marrying his girlfriend Esther Nazarov, she decided soon afterwards that it was time to Break Stuff, as in breaking her marriage to the Limp Bizkit frontman, and perpetual proof that all posers must be kept from association with Metal.

Perhaps Esther Nazarov knows what heavy metal is, and it most certainly is not Fred Durst. (Have we mentioned how NOT METAL Fred is?) She got the Durst, turns out he’s the worst. She reportedly is leaving him for one of Testament’s roadies, because even a roadie for a real metal band is more metal than Fred. Hopefully, Esther Nazarov takes him to the cleaners so badly that this clown will need payday loans.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Khloe Kardashian Wedding Pictures Sell for $300,000

OK! Magazine snaps up rights

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Khloe Kardashian is a married woman. Image from wikimedia.

Khloe Kardashian’s wedding pictures have earned a pretty penny for the pair. In a ceremony that was thrown together in a week and occurred about a month after Khloe started dating NBA player Lamar Odom, the two were married Sunday, and the Khloe Kardashian wedding pictures are in high demand.

Though it was Khloe’s mother Kris Jenner who sealed the deal with OK! Magazine to sell Khloe Kardashian’s wedding pictures for $300,000, the family says all of the money will go to Khloe. I guess Khloe and Lamar won’t need to put their honeymoon on a credit card.

Khloe Kardashian wedding fit for a celebrity

Even though reality TV star Khloe Kardashian and L.A. Lakers’ player Lamar Odom were engaged only a week before the wedding, descriptions of the ceremony show the couple spared no expense and still held a ceremony fit for celebrities despite the rush.

The wedding was held at the home of music industry legend Irving Azoff, who has been manager for Journey, The Eagles, Jewel and Seal among many others. Khloe, of course, wore a Vera Wang dress, and hundreds of balloons were released after the couple said “I do.”

Where are Khloe Kardashian’s wedding pictures?

You can scour the Internet all day for Khloe Kardashian’s wedding pictures, but my guess is that you won’t find them. Now that OK! Magazine has paid $300,000 for them, they will no doubt keep them under lock and key until the next issue of the magazine comes out. … click here to read the rest of the article titled “Khloe Kardashian Wedding Pictures Sell for $300,000“

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Find a Payday Loan Company with Personal Money Store

Pop the bubble on those financial worries

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School supplies can be expensive, but finding a payday loan company with Personal Money Store is not. (Photo: flickr.com)

Bills seem to pop up at the worst possible times. Most of the time, however, the payment isn’t due for another couple of weeks, meaning that even if you’re stressing now, you can wait. And then, there are the times when you’re short on the cash but the option of waiting isn’t there, such as the teacher asking for money for your child’s class’ next activity (school supplies are expensive), the daily commuter vehicle that just won’t stay in working order, a much larger security deposit than you budgeted to get into your new place or the child whose illness forces a trip to the emergency room. In such cases, you can depend on Personal Money Store.

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Need Payday Loan Companies? Try One: Personal Money Store

You CAN be prepared for a short-term financial emergency

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If junior gets a nasty sting or bite and you don't have insurance, is your budget ready to feel the burn? (Photo: noaa.gov)

Things can happen to anybody at any time. That will throw their budget, regardless of how stable, off the course. Even for those of us who keep our checkbooks balanced to the penny and anticipate future expenses a couple of paydays in advance, it all can be thrown into a state of chaos by a trip to the emergency room, the not-so-dream car that has expired, the security deposit on your new apartment that was a lot more than you expected or the teacher who informs you that your child needs to bring them a check, a few days before payday, for the next activity or field trip they’ll be taking. Should this ever sound like your life, get it back to a good place with the best of the payday loan companies. Access to their services is brought to you by Personal Money Store.

Tap into a huge network for help

Personal Money Store is here to make life’s little surprises less unpleasant. With access to a huge network of lenders that we refer you to who help people just like you get a hold of what payday loan companies specialize in: payday loans. They are truly there when you need them. Some lenders may also be able to wire you payday loans regardless of your credit rating. … click here to read the rest of the article titled “Need Payday Loan Compa! nies? Try One: Personal Money Store“

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Getting Value For Your Food Dollar: Nutrition vs. Cost

In the doctor’s office, I saw the cover article of a recent issue of Time magazine was Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food. Inside were some interesting facts. For one, people in the U.S. actually spend less on food now than 30 years ago:

For all the grumbling you do about your weekly grocery bill, the fact is you’ve never had it so good, at least in terms of what you pay for every calorie you eat. According to the USDA, Americans spend less than 10% of their incomes on food, down from 18% in 1966. Those savings begin with the remarkable success of one crop: corn. Corn is king on the American farm, with production passing 12 billion bu. annually, up from 4 billion bu. as recently as 1970. When we eat a cheeseburger, a Chicken McNugget, or drink soda, we’re eating the corn that grows on vast, monocrop fields in Midwestern states like Iowa.

I was most concerned with the actual nutritional value we get from our food. If you look at calories vs. cost, again we see that the foods with the most nutritional value cost the most. This is similar to my popular post exploring What Does 200 Calories Cost?, which found bread and pasta on the cheap end, and fresh fruits and vegetables on the expensive end.

Result: The cheap and filling food has way too many empty calories.

A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that a dollar could buy 1,200 calories of potato chips or 875 calories of soda but just 250 calories of vegetables or 170 calories of fresh fruit. With the backing of the government, farmers are producing more calories — some 500 more per person per day since the 1970s — but too many are unhealthy calories. Given that, it’s no surprise we’re so fat; it simply costs too much to be thin.

So what is there to do? The Time article suggests that organic is one way to go:

Organic food continues to cost on average several times more than its conventional counterparts, and no one goes to farmers’ markets for bargains. But not all costs can be measured by a price tag. Once you factor in crop subsidies, ecological damage and what we pay in health-care bills after our fatty, sugary diet makes us sick, conventionally produced food looks a lot pricier.

Personally, I think we should start with finding the foods that provide the best balance between cost and nutrition. I’m still learning, but am trying to incorporate things like lentils, beans, and whole grains into my white-bread-and-rice world. Also, we’ve started buying a “box of vegetables” from a local organic farm (see Community Supported Agriculture). We don’t get to choose what goes in the box and are thus forced to be creative, but on a per-pound basis it costs less than half what a grocery store would charge for non-organic equivalents.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Cell phones are so wonderful

I don't know what I would do without a cell phone. It is weird that overnight everyone got one. We lived thousands of years without them, yet I get worried when I don't have mine on me for more than a couple of hours.

It is funny how much we all rely on this tiny piece of equipment that doesn't really do all that much for us. It has so little information in it, yet we can't do much without it. I love it though. It is my lifeline to the rest of the world. It would be really hard if I had to go back to memorizing all of the phone numbers I needed.

I love listening to piano music

It really helps me to calm down sometimes. I like listening to it go on. I wish that I was able to sit down and play the piano really well. It would help me to be able to feel better about myself. I have tried to become better at it.

It seems to be one of those skills that are really hard to pick up if you haven't been doing it since you were a small child. If I work on it hard enough, then I should be able to sight read music more easily in the future. I hope that one day I will be able to just pick something up and play it by sight reading it really quickly.

Buffy Wicks, NEA String Carrot Before Obama-Centric Artists

A bad thing, but only in part

Has Buffy Wicks sent them happily on their mission to produce Obama art?(Photo: flickr.com)

Let’s begin here: A nation’s culture is highly dependent upon a free and thriving arts community. We must assume this to be an immutable fact.

Now let’s tune out Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh for a moment. They make some valid points about how some of what the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Buffy Wicks’ White House Office of Public Engagement is doing veers into paying for artistic propaganda when they should be encouraging artists to follow their particular visions. That’s great, but rather than contributing more to right-wing Obama venom simply for the sake of doing so, let’s look at it from a more sober angle. Yes, some artists appear en route to being given what amounts to a payday loan for their services to the government. But let’s see the good in this rather than focusing on the Obama hate.

Artists create things that reflect their world

Such sharing is integral to the human experience. American Art critic Suzi Gablik has rightly theorized that “For art to be relevant, artists must address the social and spiritual issues of our time.” So what is the problem with artists creating works that study the problems of the day: health care, energy, the environment, etc? Nothing in itself. An artist in a free society has a right to take a stand for what they believe in. Spectators have the right to agree, disagree or be indifferent (although too much indifference will lend itself to extinction). People must care about things. … click here to read the rest of the article titled “Buffy Wicks, NEA String Carrot Before Obama-Centric Artists“

Payday Lending Catching On at Credit Unions

Give the people what they want

Why not get it right the first time when you try payday lending, credit unions? (Photo: wikipedia.org)

Payday lending has been consistently bashed by banks and credit unions that have been eager to capitalize on a legitimate market where there is real demand. The overriding desire has been to get people away from small loans and lock them into longer-term (read: longer period to compound interest), higher-dollar loans. While profitable for these large institutions, it’s wasteful for the consumer in the long run. If you need $100 to $1,500 quickly, why should you have to wait to take out a loan for a few thousand more? Why should you also have to pay interest on money you don’t need?

Some credit unions get this

They’re attempting to meet the public demand for payday lending. The Las Vegas Sun reports that Nevada Federal Credit Union has been offering a service called AdvancPay for the past few years. It took a while for it to catch on, but America’s current economic conditions have upped demand, proving that consumers are eager to take advantage of short-term loans when they’re in a financial pickle. … click here to read the rest of the article titled “Payday Lending Catching On at Credit Unions“

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

ACORN Senate Vote 83-7 Against Funding Rotten Group

Senate says HUD cannot fund ACORN; Will House agree?

The Senate says "no" to payday cash for ACORN (Photo: therealbarackobama.wordpress.com)

Is in any surprise? We’ve known for some time that ACORN is a questionable organization. The latest pimp and prostitute video is just the icing on the cake, comments the Hot Air blog. Now the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is halfway toward being blocked from continuing to give ACORN (Association of Community Development Organizations for Reform Now) grants for such programs as mortgage counseling services. The Senate voted overwhelmingly – 83 to 7 – to cut funding. All that has to happen now is for the House or Representatives t! o agree in their vote and for President Obama to sign off. Considering that he may have had connections to ACORN during his community planning days in Illinois, it will be interesting to see how the president reacts when the bill to shut off the lights hits his desk. … click here to read the rest of the article titled “ACORN Senate Vote 83-7 Against Funding Rotten Group“

Monday, September 14, 2009

Untangling yarn is really tricky

When it’s a mess and all looped around itself several times, it is extremely tricky. As you try to get it free you have to make sure that you don’t pull too hard or you will make a knot and that only complicates things further. It’s kind of like life I guess.

When life gets difficult, you have to make sure you don’t pull things too hard and make things more complicated. Things will be harder to sort out if you add knots to the problem. Don’t over complicate things; it’s not fun at all.

How to Save Money on Your Mortgage

Despite the tepid national economy, home ownership remains one of the cornerstones of the American dream. For most people who are responsible with their mortgage application, it’s still a great investment for the long term.

But it’s not as easy as it sounds. For scores of prospective homeowners, the prospect of finding, then financing a new home can be daunting. The key is to take it a step at a time, and be as thorough as possible because purchasing a home is one of the biggest fiscal decisions a person can make. Rushing in or relying on ill-informed (or even ill-intentioned) lenders can lead to long-term disaster.

Prospective home buyers should bring a high degree of scrutiny to skepticism to the process. They should also keep an eye open for any and all ways to save money on their home mortgages. These are big-time expenses that can handcuff families financially for years. Finding ways to save even a little each week or month can make a huge difference over the life of a mortgage.

Below are a few options for homeowners to consider when looking for cost-saving approaches to their home mortgages:

Own Your Credit Report

A 2004 study by U.S. PIRG found that 25 percent of credit reports contain errors serious enough to keep consumers from obtaining home loans and even jobs. Make sure to scour your credit reports and keep close watch for oddities with balances, dates and account statuses. If you do find errors, take careful note and start putting together documentation and letters to the credit agency that bolster your case. Take these errors seriously as even small mistakes and inaccuracies can lead to big impacts on your credit score. Correcting those errors can help boost your credit score and open the door to more favorable loan terms.

Think Long and Hard About the Length of the Loan

It is a simple yet powerful maxim: Get the briefest mortgage term you can reasonably afford. For most new homeowners, you’ll spend a big chunk of time and money paying down your interest before you ever start eating away at the principal. There are lenders and math junkies with multiple examples and breakdowns explaining how much more money you’ll pay for those extra 10 years if you opt for a 30-year mortgage instead of a 20-year. Financing $80,000 at 7 percent interest, a borrower would save more than $42,000 with a 20-year mortgage instead of a 30-year. Those savings would almost double if you could whittle it to a 10-year term. The point is, scrutinize your immediate and long-term financial situation and consider skimping for a few years to save a lot of money in the long run.

Make One Extra Mortgage Payment Per Year

Putting a little extra in the envelope each month can make a huge difference. Assume you’ve got a $100,000 mortgage at 7 percent interest and a 20-year term. By putting just $100 more toward the principal each month, you can shave off four years and about $20,000 in total payments. It’s another case where finding ways to scrape together a little extra cash each month can pay huge dividends. When sending in an extra payment, be sure to notify the mortgage holder that you want the additional funds applied toward the loan principal. Many homeowners send that additional monthly payment in a separate envelope, just to underscore the difference.

Assume an Existing Mortgage

It isn’t common, and some would argue that assumable mortgages are to be avoided at all costs. Many banks and sellers have little interest in these. But there are times when they can make sense and save prospective homeowners money. Sellers will typically require a cash down payment to make up for their pending loss of equity. Borrowers will have to pay the difference between the remaining debt and the home purchase price. These options can be a good deal for the buyer if the interest rate on the mortgage is better than current rates. Prospective buyers with more liquidity may also consider these unique mortgages structures.

Consider an 80-10-10 mortgage

You might hear this referred to as piggyback financing. These are actually two mortgages that combine to eliminate monthly private mortgage insurance payments. In essence, these specialized options cut a mortgage into two loans, where 80 percent is financed as a first mortgage, 10 percent is a second mortgage and the other 10 percent is typically a cash down payment. These loan payments are tax deductible, while PMI payments are not. An 80-10-10 mortgage also allows some buyers to purchase ahead of schedule, a key money saver in areas prime for a rebound in housing prices.

Find a Trusted Lender

This one is kind of a no-brainer, but it’s still incredibly important. Prospective buyers should conduct their due diligence and shop around until they find a lender they are truly comfortable with. Anyone who isn’t willing to answer questions thoroughly or work to save you as much money as possible probably isn’t a good fit. If you wouldn’t hire a shoddy mechanic, a suspect physician or a deadbeat lawyer, why settle when you’re dealing with a major long-term purchase like a new home?

This is a guest post by Brandon Laughridge of Mortgage Loan Place. MLP Specializes in educating consumers about mortgages with an emphasis on FHA loans. Try their free mortgage calculator or follow them on twitter if you liked this article.

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Friday, September 11, 2009

Troy Polamalu | The Madden Curse Strikes Again, Non-Believers!

Will Cards WR Larry Fitzgerald be next? He’s on the cover too!

Be on the cover and you must face the flames of the Madden curse, NFL players! (Photo: giantbomb.com)

Ever since the concept of the “Madden curse” began to circulate among sports and video game fans, I always assumed that it was a tongue-in-cheek kind of thing. A football player’s appearance on the cover of the Madden NFL video game couldn’t have any connection to how well they or their team performed, or whether they suffered a serious injury. I’m also not the kind of person who believes in the magical nature of curses. They are largely psychological, and in the case of curses closely tied to religious ritual (such as in Haitian voodoo), aided by mind and physiology-altering substances.

John Madden simply couldn’t be that powerful, could he? Does he have dark powers that were never showcased on the sidelines with the Raiders, in the booth with Pat Summerall or in countless commercial endorsements? Commenter J-roc has this to say on the blog Pulled My Groin:

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Wow. I always wondered why Madden had a “Prince of Darkness” tattoo. Maybe he's the one causing the flames on that guy’s foot in the (fast-actin’) Tinactin commercials? … click here to read the rest of the article titled “Troy Polamalu | The Madden Curse Strikes Again, Non-Believers!“

Thursday, September 10, 2009

'9' Movie Reviews Are Mixed: Great Visuals, Not Much Else

‘9′ gets a 6.2 from critics

I think the whole plan for “9″ the movie started with the date. I would bet a big payday cash advance they came up with the release date before they came up with the idea for the movie. On 09-09-09, Tim Burton, director Shane Acker and Focus Features released “9″ the movie, and for all the hype and planning, the “9″ movie reviews were decidedly … mediocre.
The bevy of critics at both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic gave “9″ an average score of 62 percent. While that is not great news for a $33 million film, 62 percent also means more than half the critics who wrote “9″ movie reviews liked it. To use Metacritic’s terminology, it got “generally favorable reviews.

Despite the reviews, I am certain the “9″ movie will make its $33 million back, and I predict it’ll make another $50 million or $60 million on top of that. If it weren’t for the fact that critics have made it clear this PG-13 film is too intense for young kids, I think it’d crack $100 million.

Good review

The New York Post compares the movie “9″ to another recent sci-fi release “District 9.” The major difference between these flicks is that “District 9″ is live-action, while “9″ the move is all CGI, with characters that resemble crocheted dolls.

“Where the two films differ are Acker’s intoxicatingly rich visuals for the devastated world of “9,” which draw extensively on the steampunk style. “9″ may not be an instant classic like “Wall-E,” but it signals the arrival of Shane Acker as an audacious new talent to watch.”

Bad review

New York Magazine says this about “9″: “The movie is dreary and monotonous, the vision junky in more ways than one.”

“It’s hard to get worked up about yet another post apocalyptic fantasy in which it’s the machines that have exterminated mankind.” But even New York Magazine’s bored critc admits the visuals are stunning.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

How to Have $50 Million Covered By FDIC: CDARS

Most of us need only a fraction of what the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is willing to protect. For most people, the FDIC covers up to $250,000 per depositor. If you have up to $250,000 in a regular bank account offered by a typical bank that participates in the FDIC program, you’re protected against the bank’s possible failure. With FDIC coverage, your money will be there when you need to withdraw it.

The above statements are a bit simplified. Here are more details on FDIC coverage limits and what is protected by the FDIC.

If you require FDIC coverage above and beyond the $250,000 maximum, and the other limits specified in the links above do not cover your needs, there is another option. This option might be a good choice for a company with millions of dollars of cash that is not destined for investment or for a multi-millionaire who wants to keep a good portion of money in a safe investment. Certificates of deposit are good options for any portion of your portfolio that you want to ensure will not lose money and will earn interest. If that portion is more than FDIC will normally cover, you have another option.

If you diversify your CDs across multiple banks, you can extend your FDIC coverage. As the FDIC will protect up to $250,000 per depositor per bank, by spreading your money in CDs across four separate banks you easily increase your covered amount to $1,000,000. But if you have many millions of dollars to invest in CDs — and let us all have this “problem” some day — administering your investment grows in complexity.

This is how you can gain FDIC coverage for up to $50 million instead of managing accounts at 200 separate banks.

Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service

The Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service (CDARS) is a program that allows you to purchase CDs at different banks, providing up to $50 million of FDIC coverage rather than the typical $250,000. You work with only one service and you receive only one statement. The whole system is simple.

To sign up, you can work directly with any bank that is a member of the CDARS network. The member bank will take your deposit and invest it among other banks in the network. The amount invested with each bank will be less than the FDIC maximum to allow for the interest you earn to be within the coverage limits as well. As the depositor, you’ll receive only one statement even if your money is distributed across more than a hundred banks. The statement will show you where your money is deposited.

Also simplifying the experience, you earn one overall rate rather than different rates at each bank, and you can choose a maturity ranging from 4 weeks to 5 years. There are no fees of any kind for using this service, but the aggregate rates offered may be slightly lower than if you managed the full diversification yourself.

Find a bank that participates in CDARS by using this search tool.

CDARS is not practical for me right now, but it appears to be a useful tool for anyone or any company that has a large amount of money they would like to leave in safe, liquid investments. I do plan on using certificates of deposit at some point in the future, and I will likely build a CD ladder when I do.

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How to Have $50 Million Covered By FDIC: CDARS

Major Banks Still Grappling With Foreclosures

One year after the financial crisis hit, the foreclosure mess hasn’t improved. Economists repeatedly have said that preventing foreclosures is good for the housing market and the economy. But despite a major effort by the Obama administration, many loan modifications aren’t going through.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Light Bulb Ban in EU | U.S., Canada Slow to Keep Up

Europeans stock up on incandescent bulbs

That's no message in a bottle. There's a light bulb ban on, and that's an enemy of green living. Destroy! (Photo: flickr.com)

This reminds me of when Americans were stocking up on firearms as the fear of Obama clawed at their hearts. Unfounded or not, when there’s talk that something people need or like is perhaps going to be taken away, people race to the stores and fill their arms with as many of the offending items as they can carry to the register and out the door. In a similar fashion, if governments begin to crack down on small-scale consumer money lenders, you’ll see a drive for loans before the fall.

But what about the light bulb ban?

According to the New York Times, the European Union (EU) has restricted the sale of incandescent bulbs across Europe in an effort to combat global warming and save energy. Now shops can’t buy or import incandescent frosted glass bulbs; retailers are being allowed to sell out their stock. The United States and Canada expect to follow a similar path by 2012. We’ll see. I’m not sure how much faith I have in America’s ability to do anything quickly, unless it’s Cash for Clunkers (and that was done TOO quickly). … click here to read the rest of the article titled “Light Bulb Ban in EU | U.S., Canada Slow to Keep Up“

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Calif. Wildfires Burn Insurance Rates

Wildfires are becoming almost a yearly occurrence in California, which has been struck by drought for three years. That’s strained the resources of the state’s insurance industry and led some insurance companies to seek rate hikes from state regulators. Host Liane Hansen talks to California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner about the effect of the Los Angeles County wildfires on homeowners’ insurance rates.

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Saturday, September 5, 2009

‘Extract' Reviews | A Weekend of Comedy

‘Extract’ reviews mostly positive

Jason Bateman stars in Mike Judge's "Extract."

This weekend and last are a little thin when it comes to movie releases. Though this week two new comedies, “Extract” and “All About Steve” are coming to theaters, neither is a wide release.

“Extract” reviews show the film getting mostly good reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, 63 percent, but only 1,600 theaters across the United States will show the film, created by Mike Judge and starring Jason Bateman.

Box office update

Despite really terrible reviews for “The Final Destination,” the film made top earnings at the box office last weekend when it opened, selling $27.4 million worth of tickets. It’ll probably only take a couple of weeks for filmmakers to pay off the film, which cost $43 million to make, as long as they got low cost loans. Very popular and highly acclaimed Quentin Tarantino film “Inglourious Basterds” got knocked out of the No. 1 spot, but came in at No. 2 with $19.3 million. … click here to read the rest of the article titled &#! 8220;‘Extract’ Reviews | A Weekend of Comedy“