Nike sues over 'Satan Shoes' with human blood

30 March 2021



Nike is suing Brooklyn art collective MSCHF over a controversial pair of "Satan Shoes" that contain a drop of real human blood in the soles.

The $1,018 (£740) trainers, which feature an inverted cross, a pentagram and the words "Luke 10:18", were made using modified Nike Air Max 97s.

MSCHF released 666 pairs of the shoes on Monday in collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X and says they sold out in less than a minute.

Nike claims trademark infringement.

The black and red shoes were "dropped" by MSCHF on Monday, coinciding with the launch of Lil Nas X's latest song Montero (Call Me By Your Name), which debuted on YouTube last Friday.

In the music video, the rapper is seen sliding down a stripper pole from heaven to hell, wearing a pair of the trainers.

The imagery and the shoes reference the Bible verse Luke 10:18 - "So He told them, 'I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven'."

Each shoe features a signature Nike air bubble cushioning sole, containing 60 cubic centimetres (2.03 fluid ounces) of red ink and a single drop of human blood, donated by members of the art collective.

The sports shoe giant says in a filing with the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York that it does not approve or authorise the customised Satan Shoes.


Lil Nas X and MSCHF's Satan Shoes sold out in less than a minute on Monday

Nike is asking the court to stop MSCHF from selling the shoes and prevent them from using its famous Swoosh design mark.

"MSCHF and its unauthorised Satan Shoes are likely to cause confusion and dilution and create an erroneous association between MSCHF's products and Nike," the sports shoe giant says in the lawsuit.

"In fact, there is already evidence of significant confusion and dilution occurring in the marketplace, including calls to boycott Nike in response to the launch of MSCHF's Satan Shoes, based on the mistaken belief that Nike has authorised or approved this product."

The lawsuit cites a tweet by popular shoe influencer @Saint from last Friday, which teased the upcoming release of the shoes and drummed up publicity over the weekend on social media and in the media in the US.

Some Conservatives, including South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, and some religious followers, took offence at the controversial design of the shoes and criticised Lil Nas X and MSCHF on Twitter.


Lil Nas X hit back at the governor and other critics on Twitter, and on Monday was tweeting several memes on his profile in response to news of the Nike lawsuit.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56572245

I found this wailing song by an elderly Hausa woman quite interesting. The only thing I could understand is the part where she said, "babu kudi." Lol

Watch the short video here:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10206364475486588&id=1108560876

True wailing song...

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knightsTempler:
Karma!!! Karma!!! Karma!!!
What do they say about karma again?

Not quite long ago, the same APC folks, the northerners and few Yorubas where insulting GEJ on international media, calling him all kinda names, from clueless, daft, Otuoke drunk, all kinda unmaginative names, they not only insulted the man, they insulted his wife and children. Today the table has turned, what do you people expect?

Bunch of hypocrites!

What goes around comes around.










Health 101


Question 1.

With how Buhari has allowed every situation get out of hand including ordinary tomato ebola, what would have happened to Nigeria had ebola come during his administration?

Ena

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I saw this article online and decided to share it here on Nairaland. I believe that someone might benefit from the information.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saPgAv2Q4js

It’s Autism Awareness Month this April and several groups in Nigeria are advocating for greater awareness and engagement in providing care for this special segment of our population. In this week’s piece, we highlight the challenges surrounding autism care in Nigeria, focusing on one special needs group in Abuja where parents and caregivers meet, to share and advocate for the needs of children with autism.


“One of the things we observed was that at an early age he reproduced everything he saw on the screen… He could spell all the colours, he could produce Channel’s logo, AIT’s logo, and if you gave him sheets of paper he would just keep on drawing… but he could not talk, he would not socialize.” Mr. Babatunde Akano is talking to a room of parents and caregivers in the NAF Conference Centre, Kado, explaining when his son, who is now 7 years old, first began showing signs of autism.

He says that at first he didn’t take the speech delay seriously, because his son would gesture for everything that he wanted. That changed one day when he disciplined him out of frustration with his non-verbal communication. “Whenever he cried, it was so intense, you could feel the pain. You could tell that he was hurting inside. I realized that we were not communicating on the same level.” At this point, he started considering the thought – could his son have autism?

READ more here: http://nigeriahealthwatch.com/how-families-are-finding-strength-in-each-other-while-caring-for-children-with-autism-in-nigeria/

I found these interesting Tweets today by @omojuwa. Please share your thoughts...

AmyMarins:


I celebrate you! You really don't need to make them see these, cos it won't change their minds.

COZA has not started and people are killing themselves by their selves!

Abeg, all of you with words to spit, hold some of it, cos you've seen NOTHING yet!

I celebrate you too, beloved!

Nairaland peeps, these are also from COZA Pastor and his church members...blessing over 1000 windows in Abuja and environs...

More...

In other news...people commenting here would always pretend not to see these:

habiham:
I believe the cost of this car will make an impact in 1000s of his church member... Members are suffering while pastor they jolly ... Dere is God ooooo

Bro, its a normal thing for us @COZA. See just a bit for yourself:

JESUS CHRIST is LORD! And COZA is a church that has made itself available to channel the resources and prosperity of this world to the people of this dying world until EVERYONE understands that it is their RIGHT/INHERITANCE in Christ NOT TO REMAIN POOR or to be in LACK...

It is foolishness to dwell by the riverside and DIE OF THIRST!!!

Yes, COZA, that's my Church www.cozanigeria.org:

God keeps blessing us because we keep blessing as many people that need to be blessed around us...

See more HERE: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152076977547058.1073742081.292491837057&type=3

See giving is our normal lifestyle at COZA, because we understand that the Bible commands us to give. So when we are given gifts by people whose lives have been blessed and transformed by Jesus through the Church (COZA), why should there a problem with that?

Why not save yourself some stress and simply:

And here's even more from COZA:

Why don't you join us to celebrate these also:

More pics..

Yesterday, COZA outreach to widows in Abuja and environs gave over 1000 widows various material gifts as well as spiritual and skills empowerment/training to help them live a better life in this season and beyond.

See more HERE:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153317928812058.1073742385.292491837057&type=3

See also: The COZA outreach for widows is an initiative for widows to feel God's Love through COZA. Yesterday, over 1,000 widows were empowered with a prophetic push and material gifts as well as empowerment training to help them live a better life in this season and beyond.

See more HERE: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153317928812058.1073742385.292491837057&type=3

I saw this picture on Facebook today and it really made a lot of sense to me...what do you guys think?



Source: https://www.facebook.com/cacademy1/photos/a.361795250620973.1073741828.340390702761428/713144962152665/?type=3&theater

Malam Sani Yakubu lives with disability, but that has not deterred him from working hard to earn a living. However, he laments that living in one room at Karmo in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with his family of 10 is very uncomfortable. They survive mostly on begging while Sanni does some menial works.

Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/city-news/-we-live-in-a-leaky-shanty/121059.html#eLl96klvZpMQDVmS.99

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Dear friends,

First I'd like to wish y'all a very happy and prosperous 2011!

I'm conducting a research entitled, "SOCIAL MEDIA AS A POTENTIAL TOOL FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: A FACEBOOK PERSPECTIVE", and would like to request your opinion on the following:


a. Do you use Facebook?

b. Have you ever got the awareness of conflict/ crisis of any kind on Facebook?

c. How often have you got the awareness of conflict/ crisis of any kind on Facebook?

d. Have you ever started or joined any group (on Facebook) supporting a cause to raise awareness of conflict/ crisis in any particular part of the world?

e. Have you ever posted information of any kind on Facebook to raise awareness of conflict/ crises in any part of the world?

e. In your own opinion, do you think that Facebook as a Social Networking Site could be used as a potential tool in conflict resolution? Please share your thoughts on this.



Thanks for your kind support. If you have more detailed information for me, you may please put it in my inbox. Or my email: houseofvirtue@gmail.com

(Please note: "Conflict" here refers to conflict at any level such as: family, organization, groups, intra or interstate, etc.)