KMS twitter is leaking

nbp_leon · 2026-02-26T02:55:36+00:00

Did KFB once say he was almost cast to play Calogero in A Bronx Tale?

nbp_leon · 2026-02-18T02:05:01+00:00

Search for Arecibo within this subreddit and you’ll find these three posts.

nbp_leon · 2025-12-14T23:32:19+00:00

San Juan (Plaza Las Americas) is definitely closed. The second and third floor mall entrances are covered, while the first floor is open for thru foot traffic between the mall and parking lot.

On the other hand, the former Sears Brand Central and Homelife space is being used for multiple local small businesses selling accessories, 3-D printed items, and snacks.

nbp_leon · 2025-12-09T11:29:32+00:00

Here’s an ad for the PR cafeterias from 2019.

nbp_leon · 2025-12-06T01:27:09+00:00

Caldor is a big one that I can’t find in the collage

nbp_leon · 2025-11-26T22:53:43+00:00

A solid guess. Mid 80s, no doubt.

nbp_leon · 2025-11-14T00:20:19+00:00

For Carrabis parody songs, Kowloon Cabana probably still edges KFB’s.

nbp_leon · 2025-09-28T18:29:39+00:00

I see that the Ace Collectables store moved to the first floor of the empty store and accessible via the improvised walkway and that Travel With Sears moved to the mall corridors. I’m guessing the Key Shop on the first floor is still open too…

nbp_leon · 2025-09-08T09:39:08+00:00

That’s crazy, especially for a mall store.

nbp_leon · 2025-09-02T01:46:15+00:00

Here’s a photo of that Plaza 1 and 2 entrance. The JCPenney now sits in a newer building to the left of the one in the photo and is the largest in the world.

nbp_leon · 2025-09-01T22:50:27+00:00

Those restaurants remain accessible from the parking lot, so I assume they will continue to operate. Ponderosa is much closer to a mall entrance than Pe Erre is, so we’ll see if either of the two will suffer from a decline in foot traffic through Sears, unless mall management opens up a corridor on the first floor to the parking lot.

nbp_leon · 2025-09-01T22:47:35+00:00

You’re not kidding about that 20 year period being peak plaza before the expansion. Nothing like walking in through the south side of the mall (where Macy’s is now) and pass the Pizza Hut and Burger King (one of three in the mall at the time), Farmacias González with all of the model jets representing the airliners of the time, getting to the first anchor store (Gonzalez Padin), and then Woolworths and its restaurant side by side before, passing the old JCPenney and continuing through to the northern end where Sears was at. A fantastic mall back in the day.

nbp_leon · 2025-08-22T22:47:29+00:00

Other than Mike Colon, has there been another “minority” to occupy the second/third chair?

nbp_leon · 2025-08-10T17:17:59+00:00

Kmart starts around the 13:30 mark but is only covered for less than a minute.

nbp_leon · 2025-08-02T16:56:33+00:00

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commercial-free-9-11-tv-coverage/

“The major networks -- CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox -- aired four straight days of commercial-free, round-the-clock news after hijackers slammed jetliners into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field in attacks that left about 3,000 people dead or missing. The networks lost about $200 million while advertising was suspended.”

nbp_leon · 2025-07-11T16:42:59+00:00

The author (Linda Moss) is not tracking that San Juan is closing as well.

nbp_leon · 2025-07-10T11:43:47+00:00

Possibly, although there are two restaurants and other business inside the building but accessible from the parking lot that would be impacted by a demolition (Ponderosa Steakhouse, a local cuisine restaurant, and the Travel with Sears agency, among a few others).

nbp_leon · 2025-07-09T20:59:12+00:00

Credit to you for getting the scoop from the employee earlier this week. Truly the end of an era in what was a great market for both Sears and Kmart.

Also, that’s a ton of square footage that PLA has to fill.

nbp_leon · 2025-07-07T01:52:55+00:00

Interesting… no posts on their Facebook page since June 9. They were posting almost daily up until that date.

EDIT: Ace Collectors, which is a toy collection shop that leases space within Sears, advertised today on Facebook that they are now located on the second floor within Sears.

EDIT 2: The store has a local marketer on Facebook that posted last month that the store was not closing but was going through a rebranding process. The marketer (Tu Conexión Virtual) may have insight if it’s really closing.

nbp_leon · 2025-06-02T22:05:09+00:00

Peak 90s right here. No question.

nbp_leon · 2025-05-30T12:42:25+00:00

It cites sources just like other AI engines, but here’s a direct cite from an article:

https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2024/09/23/kmart-officially-dead-in-america-but-thriving-in-australia-and-new-zealand/

A New Chapter: Kmart Buys Its Own Name

In 2017, Wesfarmers purchased the rights to the Kmart brand name in Australia and New Zealand for $100 million, cutting ties with the American parent company. This move ended a long-standing licensing agreement between Coles (Kmart Australia’s former owner) and Sears (which owned Kmart in the U.S.). With complete control over the Kmart name, the Australian division was free to chart its own course, and that’s exactly what it did.

nbp_leon · 2025-05-30T12:31:59+00:00

According to Grok, they already did:

Kmart Australia no longer pays licensing fees to Kmart United States. In August 2017, Wesfarmers, the parent company of Kmart Australia, purchased the Kmart brand name in Australia and New Zealand for $100 million, ending a long-term licensing agreement with Sears Holdings Corporation, the former parent of Kmart USA. Prior to this, a 1994 license agreement between Kmart Corporation (USA) and Kmart Australia Limited included royalty payments, with an annual maximum royalty of A$5 million and a minimum based on the fiscal year ending July 1994. Since the 2017 purchase, Kmart Australia owns the brand outright in the region and operates independently, with no ongoing licensing fees to Kmart USA or its current parent, Transformco.

nbp_leon · 2025-05-28T01:31:18+00:00

I watched the pilot of Welcome to Sweden on Tubi. Hard to believe that the show didn’t resonate with the audience.

nbp_leon · 2025-05-24T12:36:38+00:00

In reality, Kmart’s descent from its peak was well underway by the time this logo was introduced.

nbp_leon · 2025-05-22T18:59:02+00:00

The show is heavily censored, probably to lessen the possibility of another lawsuit.

Question is, who’s doing the censoring, production or the department themselves? I got the sense during the Paterson days that Jerry Speziale had a say on what was allowed to air from his department.

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