Teen girl-fight opened Epstein scandal

(True Crime Recaps) Two teen girls fighting in high school blew Epstein scandal wide open

(TYT) Jon Stewart calls out in Clintons' Epstein connections and cover up

(Kim Iversen) Trump: Why doesn't MAGA like me?

Swedish girls can't fight (except this one)

(VoteSport) She looks like an angel, fights like a demon, and mauls people: Sweden's Smilla "The Hurricane" Sundell.

(The GOAT) The most violent Barbie in combat sports: Mona Kimura

Sucker Punch - Trailer #1: American Sucker Punch (2011 film)

The mind imagines its reality?

Sucker Punch is an American fantasy action film directed by Zack Snyder and co-written by Snyder and Steve Shibuya. It is Snyder's first film based on an original concept [6, 7]. The film stars Emily Browning as "Babydoll" (and another named "Sweet Pea"), young women who are committed to a mental institution. As Babydoll collects items she needs to escape, she enters a series of fantasy worlds where she and her fellow inmates are strong, experienced warriors. Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, and Oscar Isaac also star. (Who can explain it?) More

Babydoll: Does the end of this film even make sense, all a fantasy?

• Buddhism in Sweden
• Buddhism in Thailand
• What is Thai Boxing (Muay Thai)?

(Looper) Things we still don't understand about Sucker Punch

Serial killer rapist kidnaps the wrong girl

(Unseen) 

I'm white. Why would I do that?

Bobby Joe Long [a] (Oct. 14, 1953–May 23, 2019) was a white rapist and American serial killer. During an eight-month period in 1984, Long abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered at least ten females in Tampa Bay, Florida. At trial, Long was sentenced to death for one of the murders and given a life sentence for seven others. He was brought to justice by a girl he raped, 17-year-old Lisa McVey, who got back at him. He was sentenced to death in 1986 by the state of Florida for the murder of Michelle Denise Simms. He was executed by lethal injection on May 23, 2019. More: Bobby Joe Long

• WatchMojo.com: 10 People Who Destroyed Their Careers on Camera

The Girl Samurai Master: Sasaki Rui

The story of 17th century swordswoman Rui-San

Kabukimono ancient cross dresser

Real-life samurai Sasaki Rui (佐々木 累), or Rui-San, was a Japanese swordswoman, Onna-musha and kenjutsu expert of the early Edo period (mid-17th century). She was known as the "Strangely Dressed Female Sword Master" [1, 2, 3].

Life of Sasaki Rui

Sasaki was born in Koga domain, located in Shimōsa province (modern-day Koga, Ibaraki), exact birthdate unknown. Her father Sasaki Uōto was a member of a clan of kenjutsu masters in service to Doi Toshikatsu and was thoroughly versed in the martial arts.

Samurai attacking on horseback (LACMA)

Crouch Tiger, Hide Dragon: Jen vs. Shu Lien sword fight (Michelle Yeoh)

Ancient samurai in his armor, 1860s

Since Rui-San had no brothers and her attempts to take a husband ended in divorce, upon her father's death from illness the Sasaki clan name became extinct [1, 2, 3].

Rui-San went to Edo, where she rented a house in present-day Asakusa and began teaching the martial arts.

At the same time that her teaching was becoming well-known, she began to be famous for her unusual dress:

Haori crepe formal Japanese jacket

She would leave the house wearing a black silk crepe haori (a man's garment at the time) emblazoned with the Sasaki family crest, her hair done up in an indoor style with hairpins, and wearing the samurai's long and short swords [1, 2, 3].

At that time, the ruffians known as kabukimono or hatamoto yakko were running rampant in Edo, and Rui-San began fighting with the "Shiroe" gang, among other groups [1, 2]. More

• Samurai women?

What was their religion?

Various samurai clans struggled for power during the Kamakura shogunate. Zen Buddhism spread among the samurai in the 13th century and helped shape their standards of conduct, particularly in overcoming the fear of death and [the wrongdoing of] killing. Among the general populace devotional Pure Land Buddhism was favored however. More

Marriage?

Samurai with wives and concubines, 1804

Samurai had arranged marriages, which were engineered by a go-between of the same or higher rank. While for those samurai in the upper ranks this was a necessity (as most had few opportunities to ever meet women), this was a formality for lower-ranked samurai.

Most samurai married women from a samurai family, but for lower-ranked samurai, marriages with commoners were permitted. In these marriages a dowry was brought by the woman and was used to set up the couple's new household.

A samurai could take concubines, but their backgrounds were checked by higher-ranked samurai. In many cases, taking a concubine was akin to a marriage. Kidnapping a concubine, although common in fiction, would have been shameful, if not criminal. More

How to stay calm in any confrontation

(Statue of Wisdom) Secrets to win: How to stay calm in any confrontation (Miyamoto Musashi)

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Rui-San (video); CC Liu, Ashley Wells, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Golden Simone Biles does it again!

The hardworking gymnasts of Team USA, Paris Olympics 2024 (msn.com)

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Simone Biles Owens is in danger of draining world gold supplies to make her more medals as she takes gold again today in overall performance. What must MyKayla Skinner be thinking? Biles Owens is not the only one making a spectacular showing at the Paris Olympics, but she is the most decorated gymnast ever. At 27, she is about to retire and seems to be ensuring that no one will surpass her anytime soon.

• Olympic medal count: Tallying up gold, silver, bronze for each country in Paris
• American media criticized for US bias after using ‘wrong’ Olympic medal table to top China’s golds
• Simone Biles and Suni Lee stack the podium — plus 9 other jaw-dropping moments at the 2024 Olympics (msn.com)
• 11 surprising rules gymnasts must follow at the Olympics
• Simone Biles and husband Jonathan Owens full relationship timeline (Brit + Co)
• Katie Ledecky wins 13th medal, most ever for female Olympian in history

Girlfight: Mykala Skinner vs. Simone Biles

Olympians Simone Biles and MyKayla Skinner's drama explained (people.com)

Simone Biles says she was BLOCKED by former teammate MyKayla Skinner | 2024 Olympics | E! News

(E! News) July 31, 2024: Simone Biles reveals she has seemingly been blocked by former teammate MyKayla Skinner amid Team USA’s Olympic victory. The retired gymnast previously apologized for comments she made about U.S. gymnast’s work ethic. Full story: eonline.com/videos/235984... #simonebiles #teamusa #enews

• Simone Biles and MyKayla Skinner's drama explained (people.com)

MyKayla Skinner, not to be confused with nose twitching McKayla Maroney, is very jealous of the great gold medalist and most winningest Simone Arianne Biles Owens and her Team USA teammates. Or so it seems from recent posts.

(AP) Olympic medal-winning gymnast MyKayla Skinner Harmer is drawing criticism for a since-deleted YouTube video in which she said the U.S. Center for SafeSport is making it difficult for coaches to do their job.

Skinner, who won silver on vault at the Tokyo Olympics, said coaches “can’t get on athletes” out of fear of being reported to SafeSport, an independent entity that handles allegations of abuse from various governing bodies across the U.S. Olympic movement.

“[Coaches] have to be really careful about what they say, which in some ways is really good, but at the same time, to get where you need to be in gymnastics, you have to be…a little aggressive and a little intense,” Skinner said.

The 27-year-old Skinner, who retired after Tokyo, seemed to draw a direct line between the lack of structured coaching and most of the five-woman team [Team USA] that will represent the U.S. at the Paris Olympics. [That's stepping on Simone Biles Owens, 27.] Former Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner draws criticism (AP News)

• Former Olympic gymnast Nastia "Nasty" Liukin explains how to avoid "wedgies" (MSN)
• Democrats' New Attack Line Leaves MAGA Republicans Seething (msn.com)
• My Journey Toward Sowa Rigpa – The Science of Healing - Buddhistdoor Global

Girl fight: AOC v Greene, Congress catfight

BREAKING NEWS: All hell breaks loose when Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene directly insults Black Jasmine Crockett

(Forbes Breaking News) May 16, 2024: At tonight's House Oversight Committee hearing, [white] Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) insult of [Black] Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) plunged the hearing into chaos, particularly when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) jumped in and took sides against Greene. Then Crockett got in the best line of the night, openly mocking Greene in the form of a hypothetical question about badly bleached blond hair and a butch body. Ehem, Marjorie? Sadly, the old white men in charge did not understand the question.

MAGA Reps. Gaetz and Boebert get heckled at the Trump circus trial

Girls used to be so classy. Now it's all petty ego.

On Thursday, May 16, 2024, evening, a House Oversight Committee hearing intended to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt quickly devolved into a heated and disorderly exchange between Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

The session was initially convened to address Garland's refusal to comply with a subpoena for an audio recording of Pres/ Biden's interview with a special counsel. However, tensions flared when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made a derogatory comment about Rep. Jasmine Crockett's appearance, prompting an intense response from [AOC] Rep. Ocasio-Cortez [who got all Puerto Rican or Cuban and New Yorker with a kind of, Oh no you diddent, aw hell no you diddent kind of vibe, made worse by the addition of "baby girl."

During the hearing, Greene interrupted Crockett with a personal attack, stating, "I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading."

This remark led to audible groans in the chamber and a plea for order from Committee Chairman James Comer.

Ocasio-Cortez immediately called for Greene's words to be "taken down," a procedural move allowing the speaker to withdraw or amend the words if deemed inappropriate.

I'm from New York. I eat Greenes for lunch.

Greene's retort, "Are your feelings hurt?" was met with Ocasio-Cortez's sharp response, "Oh girl, baby girl! Don’t even play!"

Ocasio-Cortez insisted that Greene's comments were unacceptable and demanded a sincere apology to Rep. Crockett, rejecting any insincere or smarmy apologies.

Despite the heated back-and-forth, Greene eventually agreed to strike her words but refused to apologize, further insulting Ocasio-Cortez's intelligence.

You want some, B*tch? - Are you talkin to me?

The situation escalated when Rep. Jamie Raskin asked Greene again if she would apologize, to which she defiantly replied, "You will never get an apology out of me."

The contentious exchange highlighted deep divisions and personal animosities among committee members, drawing significant attention and criticism.

Rep. Crockett later expressed her frustration on social media, emphasizing the inappropriate and chaotic behavior displayed by some members of Congress.

• Forbes Breaking News; Crux (live), May 16, 2024; Seth Auberon, Crystal Quintero, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

I want to be a rich, married TradWife (video)

Jessica Burbank, Rising (The Hill); CC Liu, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Girl Boss-OUT, Trad Wife-IN, new trend among Gen Z sees return to traditional gender roles

(The Hill) Jan. 28, 2024: WASHINGTON, DC. The Heritage Foundation Research Associate Emma Waters weighs in on the "girl boss" versus "trad wife" on social media. Lesbian beauty queen Jessica Burban hosts. Originally aired Jan. 12, 2024. #tradwife #girlboss #women #feminism

I'm a totally unbiased girlboss wannabe at Rising

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Heroic girl fights IDF soldiers: Ahed Tamimi

MSNBC, 9/22/22; Democracy Now! 2018; Ashley Wells, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

When they thought I was a Ukrainian standing up to Russian invaders, the mainstream narrators were all behind me. When they found out I was a Palestinian standing up to IDF invaders, silence.

• Israel takes West Bank activist Ahed Tamimi hostage in a raid | But, wait, Hamas isn't in the West Bank
• Israeli troopers storm in and arrest Ahed Tamimi for making them look bad | Reuters
• Ahed Tamimi: Palestinian activist detained in West Bank crackdown (france24.com)

After going viral for slapping an Israeli (IDF militant) soldier, Ahed Tamimi shares her story

They Called Me a Lioness

(MSNBC) From a young age (9), Palestinian lion cub Ahed Tamimi ("the Rosa Parks of Palestine") became a symbol of resistance, helping to shine a spotlight back on the plight of Palestinians living in the "[Illegally] Occupied Territories," Israel's dismissive name for its settler colonial projects in the West Bank (which it grew by supporting Jewish-occupier violence against Palestinians) and Gaza (from which it withdrew but still terrorizes on a daily basis). Now, Tamimi’s out with a memoir, They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom, to tell her side of the story in her own words. Co-author and Palestinian-American journalist Dena Takruri joins Mehdi to discuss.

Subscribe to MSNBC: on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast

Meet Ahed Tamimi, 17, West Bank activist jailed for 8 months for slapping Israeli soldier

Ahed Tamimi: Girl who Fought

(Democracy Now!) Aug. 6, 2018:  Seventeen-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi has been freed from Israeli prison after eight months behind bars. Known to some as "the Rosa Parks of Palestine," Tamimi became a heroine to Palestinians and people around the world last year [2017] after a viral video showed her slapping a heavily armed Israeli Army soldier near her family’s home in the illegally occupied [by Israeli "settlers" trying to colonize the] West Bank.

The incident was prompted by Tamimi learning that her cousin had been gravely wounded in a headshot by an Israeli soldier who shot him in the head using a rubber-coated steel projectile [misleading called a "rubber bullet" as if it just bounced harmless off victims when in fact the massive energy transmitted is deadly, blinding, and capable of breaking bones and exploding organs, though sometimes it is less lethal than uncoated lead bullets].

A Girl who Fought Back

Video of Tamimi confronting the soldier went viral, elevating her into a symbol of Palestinian resistance. She was soon arrested in the middle of the night IDF raid and charged with assault for slapping the armed IDF terrorist in an Israeli military court. She was sentenced to eight months in an Israeli prison and celebrated her 17th birthday behind bars. Her mother was also arrested and charged with "incitement" for, in part, daring to stream the video online that showed the interaction between Tamimi and the heavily armed Israeli soldier. Tamimi and her mother, Nariman, were released in late July. Democracy Now! speaks with Ahed Tamimi from her home in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh.

Dior drops Hadid for Israeli, faces boycott

RT World News, 11/7/23; Ananda (DBM), Ashley Wells, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

May Tager wrapped in glorious Jewish flag of Israel with Emirati model | The Times of Israel

Model Bella Hadid (daughter of Mo and Yolanda) is half Palestinian: Dior goes with Israeli.

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Dior replaces pro-Palestine Bella Hadid with Israeli model

The luxury fashion brand is facing boycott calls after making the swap.

I'm way hotter than that Arab Bella

Luxury fashion brand Christian Dior is facing boycott calls on social media after Turkish and Israeli sources reported on Monday that it had replaced American model and longtime brand ambassador Bella Hadid with Israeli model May Tager in its latest ad campaign. 

Neither Hadid, whose father is Palestinian, nor the brand, has commented on her alleged replacement, which was initially reported in Türkiye’s Yeni Safak and an Israeli blog called Fashion Forward, raising questions of the reports’ veracity even as there were calls to #BoycottDior on X (formerly Twitter). 

• Dior discarded Palestinian Bella Hadid and signed Israeli model (postsen.com)
• Dior goes with Israeli model May Tager [because] Bella Hadid is Pro-Palestine: The world sees us as terrorists (Tribunnewsmaker.com)
• Issue of being fired by Dior, Bella Hadid undaunted to defend Palestine (intipseleb.com)

Tager appeared to be the star of the brand’s new holiday campaign ad, according to posts shared on her Instagram last week. 

History is watching and the people of Palestine don't get to rest (Bella Hadid/IG)

Palestinian father Mo (right) of models Bella, Gigi, Anwar, ex-husband of Yolanda Hadid

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Bella dared to post this on IG

Hadid became the first Dior brand ambassador of Palestinian descent in 2016 and has repeatedly used her celebrity to advocate for Palestinian rights.

However, she remained silent for several weeks after Hamas’ October 7 attack and Israel’s subsequent devastating bombardment of Gaza.

In an Instagram post on October 26, she said her phone number had been leaked online, leading to her receiving “hundreds of death threats” every day. 

Israel threatens sister Gigi Hadid: "We see you"

Writing in her first Instagram post following the declaration of war, Hadid vowed not to be intimidated, explaining, “The people and children of Palestine, especially in Gaza, cannot afford our silence. We are not brave – they are.”

The model emphasized that she mourned for Israeli families who had lost loved ones on October 7, as well as the residents of Gaza who endured “generational trauma” above and beyond the immediate crisis.  

Tager draped in Israeli flag (newsus.cgtn.com)

“It is important to understand the hardship of what it is to be Palestinian, in a world that sees us as nothing more than terrorists resisting peace,” she wrote, describing her family’s suffering during the Nakba [the Catastrophe], the forced expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their land in 1948 by the founders of the [settler colonial] state of Israel.

"There is an urgent humanitarian crisis in Gaza that must be attended to. Wars have laws – and they must be upheld, no matter what."

Brunette May Tager lightens up (intipseleb.com)

Bella Hadid, whose siblings Gigi and Anwar are also models, revealed in 2021 that she had lost a significant amount of work by supporting Palestine and had even had friends leave her over her advocacy. While Dior has faced calls to drop her before, the brand did not previously give in. More

• Jewish Voice for Peace (jvp.org)
• Code Pink: Women for Peace
• U.S. Veterans for Peace

18-year-old girl fights cops (bodycam)

Let this be a lesson to all you kids. Mouth off to cops all you want. But don't. take. drugs. Because then you seem really stoopid. Drunk in public is bad but wasted on pharmaceutical pills, dirty heroin, or fentanyl-laced drugs is worse. The cops must love to choke people out and break their ribs from kicking them on the sides when the cameras are off. Here they are on their best behavior. And one gal is feeling dumb to see how dumb she looked on camera.

St. Patrick's Day LA: Flogging Molly (video)

Shaun Platt, 3/22/22; Flogging Molly; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The evolution of Saint Patrick’s Day: Why we celebrate (irishcentral.com)

What d'ya mean "Buddha" Bar? Even an Irish pub would use Good Sid's name that way!

Flogging Molly: "Devil’s Dance Floor" live in Hollywood

(Flogging Molly) Flogging Molly played the Palladium in 2015, just as Flogging Molly and Anti-Flag are doing tonight for St. Paddy's Day 2023. Tour dates and tickets: floggingmolly.com/tour. Subscribe: flogging.lnk.to/youtube.

Pandemic scamdemic: COVID danger at the concert?

St. Patrick's Day in Los Angeles

(Shaun Platt) Man on the Street Shaun Platt, Comedian Shaun Platt takes on Santa Monica (coastal Los Angeles) to see what St. Patty's Day is all about.

Instagram: @shaunplattcomedy. Thanks to Sam Laponis: Instagram: @blkheart.audio.visuals

Stereotype drinking and fighting, Savannah, GA, 2012, with Keystone Cops

Flogging Molly + Anti-Flag + Skinny Lister 3/17 @ Hollywood Palladium (955klos.com)