PSA: Helpful Tips for Tourists To New York City

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If You Get a Belt Around Your Neck:

Once the belt is around your neck, very tough without training. Best defense is pre-emptive: know surroundings and exit routes, periodically glance your blind spots as you walk, avoid walking past places attacker can hide, basically keep them from sneaking up behind you. If you felt the belt before it was taut and you realize what’s happening fast enough (a big if), you could try to prevent it from tightening by grabbing the attacker’s wrists and/or the belt, taking a step back with one foot to avoid losing balance, pivoting so you’re facing them instead of being dragged backwards and then use any weapons or techniques you have, if you know how potentially you can force them to cross their wrists and unbalance them but again this last item would be hard without training. Recovery gets significantly more difficult once the belt is tight and they’re pulling you off-balance or you’re on the ground, but in principle you want to regain balance and leverage (whether from a standing or sitting position) so you can counter-attack and run. As she’s being dragged, if she sits and becomes dead weight to slow the dragging while grabbing the belt to relieve pressure on her neck, she has an opportunity to grab one of his wrists and the opposite ankle and unbalance him laterally, grab both ankles and knock him backwards, maim his Achilles tendon or calf or thigh muscles or dig her nails into his wrist to distract his attention from his grip. . .Some ideas just from looking at the video, but this is just brainstorming…

Also tuck your chin as soon as you feel the belt.

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Straight Line of the Day: Ways To Help Tom Selleck Through These Tough Times: …

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Tom Selleck Risks Losing California Ranch With Cancellation of ‘Blue Bloods’
New York Post | 05/07/2024 | Nika Shakhnazarova

Tom Selleck is worried he will no longer be able to afford his plush 63-acre ranch once “Blue Bloods” comes to an end this winter.

The beloved actor, 79, has been starring in the popular CBS crime drama as the fictional New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan since 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Straight Line of the Day: Why Would Disney Lose Money To Go Woke?

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Disney’s New ‘Star Wars’ Shows Push LGBT Insanity On Your Kids
The Federalist | 05/07/2024 | Shawn Fleetwood

If you thought losing hundreds of millions of dollars would deter The Walt Disney Company from continuing its embrace of leftist politics, think again.

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In July 2023, the New York Post reported that the House of Mouse had lost nearly $1 billion “on its last eight feature films, several of which include prominent ‘woke’ characters.” Rather than acknowledge the destruction leftist ideology has wrought on its brand, Disney has continued to double down, even attacking fans for the company’s failed projects.

 

 

SI Swimsuit Madness : Round 5 Matches 99 & 100 : Results Round 5 Matches 97 & 98

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Let’s get everyone caught up. We should have the rounds and scheduling fixed, the losers bracket adds an extra round causing some confusion in the old man. As the move date approaches there will be a regular round next week on 5/22 but the voting will be for two weeks instead of the usual one as it covers the dark period. No new matches on 5/29 with new matches resuming in June.

Results

Round 5 Match 97

Hilary Rhoda 126 Defeats Aly Raisman 48

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Round 5 Match 98

Brooks Nader 77 Defeats Kate Austin 66

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Round 5 Match 99

Lily ALdridge vs Clair Bidez

Lily Aldridge

  • Round 1 Match 25 Defeated Lindsay Vonn 90-62
  • Round 2 Match 64 Defeated Lorena Doran (T)75-75 170-56
  • Round 3 Match 87 Lost Michelle Jenneke 75-116

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Clair Bidez

  • Round 1 Match 11 Defeated Christie Valdiserri 275-12
  • Round 2 Match 54 Lost to Dominiquw Piek 82-97
  • Round 3 Match 70 Defeated Ana Ivanovic 103-53
  • Round 4 Match 91 Defeated Abby Dahlkemper 106-73

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Round 5 Match 100

Robyn Lawley vs Genevieve Morton

Robyn Lawley

  • Round 1 Match 31 Defeated Rose Bertram 109-81
  • Round 2 Match 64 Defeated Sailor Brinkley-Cook 134-53
  • Round 3 Match 88 Lost to Paige Vanzant 78-113

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Genevieve Morton

  • Round 1 Match 13 Defeated Genie Bouchard 110-62
  • Round 2 Match 55 Lost to Georgia Gibbs (T) 86-86 150-158
  • Round 3 Match 71 Defeated Anastasia Ashley 106-61
  • Round 4 Match 92 Defeated Hannah Ferguson 99-80

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Who Even Cares Anymore, At This Point?

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Biden makes another gaffe as he calls Kim Jong Un the president of SOUTH Korea at glitzy fundraiser in California
Daily Mail ^ | 5/10/24 | Nikki Schwab

resident Joe Biden called North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un the president of South Korea at a closed-door fundraiser Portola Valley, California Friday.

Biden, 81, was going after his 2024 rival, former President Donald Trump, for praising the North Korean leader after they met a handful of times during the Republican’s administration.

The president talked of Trump’s pride from ‘love letters from South Korean president Kim Jong Un.’

The president of South Korea is Yoon Suk Yeol, who Biden has met a number of times – including at a White House state dinner, an official trip to South Korea and a summit at Camp David – since Yoon was elected in 2022.