Archive for 2024

OPEN THREAD: All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make the Labor Day Open Thread possible.

JUAN WILLIAMS: Kamala Harris is ready to lead our military.

The Taliban smile: Taliban parade US military vehicles, weapons to celebrate 3 years in power, AP reports.

I imagine it was quite a lengthy parade:

Flashback: Harris says she had key role in Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal decision. The vice president confirmed she was the last person in the room before Biden made the decision to move forward with withdrawing U.S. troops.

PARTY ON, DUDES:

JAMES LILEKS: We all know what Labor Day means.

Nothing changed. The calendar is just a bunch of sticks we arrange over the turning earth. What’s the difference between 08/31 and 09/01?  The calendar speaks truth, though. Something has changed.

Summer is when you know for certain that tomorrow will be summer, too. We no longer have that assurance.

Fall is when you know for certain that summer is gone for good. You bask in the wan light, marvel at the new beauty, smile at the prospect of a warm Halloween, all the time newly reminded of the brutal truths to come. As much as we love it, Fall loses interest in our company, moves out in the night,  and leave behind an empty house. Not yet, though! Not yet. That’s the marvelous quality of Labor day. It’s all over tomorrow, perhaps. But not today.

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FAKE BUT ACCURATE: Philadelphia Eagles street posters endorsing Kamala Harris are “counterfeit political ads,” team says.

A poster that’s popping up around the city of Philadelphia alleges the Eagles have officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris which has left the Birds to debunk the rumors.

The posters have been spotted on 16th and Spring Garden streets, 18th Street and JFK Boulevard, and 34th and Walnut streets in Philadelphia. The poster pictured below at 16th and Spring Garden streets was later removed Monday afternoon.

The poster shows Vice President Kamala Harris holding a football while wearing a black Philadelphia Eagles jersey and signature Eagles green helmet. The poster is captioned “Kamala official candidate of the Philadelphia Eagles” and has the URL philadelphiaeagles.com/vote printed underneath the caption.

The link takes you to an Eagles voting webpage that shows past Pennsylvania and New Jersey primary election voting deadlines from the spring. It also provides helpful links for first-time voters, polling locations, and guidelines on voting registration and requesting a ballot.

But the Philadelphia Eagles are saying they didn’t cosign the creation, calling the street art, “counterfeit political ads” that they’re working to remove.

Related: Question Asked And Answered:

Well, yes, sort of: Philadelphia Eagles Owner Jeffrey Lurie Laments ‘Disastrous’ Trump Presidency.

Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, called the Trump presidency “disastrous” in secretly recorded audio obtained by The New York Times. The revelation comes as the Eagles are likely set to visit the White House for the team’s Super Bowl celebration with the president. “Another fact I want to throw out there: Many of us have no interest in supporting President Trump,” Lurie said, adding that “many of us” view that Trump presidency as “disastrous.” Lurie has encouraged his players’ efforts to highlight social injustices through the “kneeling” protests that gripped much of the National Football League last season.

—The Daily Beast, April 23rd, 2018.

The Eagles’ name and logo were inspired by an earlier Democrat’s unconstitutional National Recovery Act: The Other NRA (Or How the Philadelphia Eagles Got Their Name).

Slate, May 22nd, 2013.