Start Planning Now for Black Friday 2011 !!!

With Black Friday 2011 less than a month away, keen shoppers should begin to coordinate and strategize their plan of attack early...So stay calm, cool and collected, I've got a few tips for you to use so that you will know how to make the best of your 48-72 shopping spree...

For the best deals, you have got to get there early...You and I both know that the retailers are advertising killer deals for things that will be in limited supply...So, take it easy on Thanksgiving Day...Then take an afternoon/evening nap so that you'll be ready to roll out at about 8 or 9 pm Thursday night...And I highly recommend you shop in teams of 2-3 or more, in case the lines get extremely deep you can tag-team your shopping so that checkout will be much faster...

Mothers, Fathers and Guardians of kids of all ages, please make a note that Toys R us will be opening at 10pm, Thanksgiving night...Early research leads me to believe that Target will be opening at midnight, on Friday the 25th of November...So plan accordingly...Macy's is coming in on the radar at the early late spot of a 4am opening, Friday...Walmart is next in line with a 5am opening on Friday...

Now that you know what time you need to be there, what are the deals to be had this year...It's a bit early yet to know for sure...But your favorite toy store has a Great Big Toys R Us Book packed with 80 pages of games, bargains, freebies and you guessed it toys... Since sale prices are good starting today October 30 through November 23, 2011, this toy book is more of a preview to the main event... Apparently the hours have been set, but the details of deals to come are not available online right now... For now teaser sales abound for the early birds that would rather avoid the crazy madness of the impending chaos...

Consequently Amazon is not slacking in letting everyone know that if you don't want to wait until the last minute you can check out Amazon.com's Gold Box Daily Deals...It's like Black Friday everyday of the year...

Bottom line, since Halloween 2011 is basically over, it's time to put away your costume and focus, plan and execute your Black Friday strategy starting today...

See NOAA's National Hurricane Center's website should you be in the path of a dangerous storm...

With Moammar Gadhafi dead and buried, his fugitive son, Saif al-Islam is trying to negotiate a surrender to the Hague war crimes court...The British educated son of the slain leader of Libya is somewhere in the desert hoping that an unnamed country can broker a deal with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his, and others with him, safe passage from Libya to prison...The tragic loss of lives in Libya are unthinkable on many levels...The destruction that began at the hands of the former regime of Libya and ended with aid from foreign entities will be difficult for the people of that land to recover from for many years to come...

The destruction and might of Hurricane Irene, a category 3 major hurricane was witnessed from the Bahamas and over time and distance weakened to a category 1 hurricane as it landed near Eastern North Carolina's Outer bank on August 27th...NOAA's National Hurricane Center had issued an advisory for Category 1 Hurricane Rina as of 5pm, EDT on October 26, 2011, but has removed it since that time since Rina has weakened...Hurricane Rina was located approximately 170 miles south-southeast of Cozumel Mexico (nice place to visit, btw, when it's not hurricane season of course) when the advisory was issued... Nearly up to the minute tracking of storms located in the Eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans can be found at the NOAA's National Hurricane Center's website...You also find links to local Emergency Prepardness Offices where you will find out what you can do to protect yourself, your family and property, in the event that you should wind up in the path of one of those crazy storms...It was nearly seven years ago, when Katrina bounded through many areas of the greater New Orleans area and left many stranded and dead including one of my uncles...


 

Lisa Irwin: Witnesses have come forward...

The Occupy Wall Street Movement has taken the world by storm...In just over a month Occupy Wall Street has gone global with 1500+ events having been held in 82 countries...That's just crazy...When I first heard about the Occupy Wall Street Movement it was just about two weeks old...I suppose the notion that 99% of Americans are suffering (loss of jobs, homes, etc.) while 1% of Americans profit (cha-ching, i.e. more money to feed their goals, which may not benefit the 99%) from a broken financial system resonates as fraud on many levels with many people in many lands...

Who's safe from attempts of fraud???...Apparently it's a widespread problem that's getting worse by the day...Wells Fargo Online has recently been victimized...So please be cautious when you receive suspicious looking emails, supposedly from your bank...You can see screen shots of what the fake/phony Wells Fargo Online emails and websites look like here...Also, there you will find tips to inform you, the consumer, as to what you should do, if you receive a suspicious looking email...

Speaking of suspicous, there have been several witnesses to come forward in the case of the missing 11 month old baby, Lisa Irwin...The witnesses apparently thought it looked kinda crazy for a man to be walking carrying a baby in a diaper with no jacket or blanket around midnight and about 4am (in the area and around the time that baby Lisa disappeared)...Lisa Irwin's family is asking anyone with information related to her disappearance to call the TIPS Hotline @ 816 474 TIPS...It's just sad when things like this happen to innocent babies...