The Federal Gov’t Just Isn’t As Awesome As It Once Was

The caption from Shorpy, emphasis mine: “Helen represented the District of Columbia as Miss Washington in Atlantic City and, as Miss Treasury Department, led a fashion revue in ‘Uncle Sam’s Follies,’ a musical put on by federal employees.” Whichever candidate brings back Treasury Department beauty pageants and government employee musicals will get my vote.

Romanians Have Sleeper Basketball Cell

What I like about walking around Center City is noticing different things on streets you walk on every day.

For example, today, I noticed the Romanian consulate has a basketball hoop over its garage.

Dude In Funny Photo Indicted

Catherine Lucey sends news that Jack Kelly’s chief of staff has been indicted, along with three local developers. The local developers did not appear in any funny photos, however, so who cares about them?

Breaking News: Council Staffer & Developers Indicted [Clout]

The Revolution Will Be 1200 Pages Long

Since the last time I posted a photo of Ron Paul from the Reason blog things turned out well, why not do it again?

On Saturday, there was a “Revolution March” on Washington; Reason naturally covered it and took photos. Here’s the best one:

Atlas Shrugged, eh? I can only assume he reads Lifehacker.

Wonkette has more photos.

Philly’s Nuns Finally Win A Conference Title

Woo-hoo! Saturday afternoon, the Philadelphia Soul routed the Cleveland Steamers at the Wachovia Center to win the National Conference Championship; the team now heads to its first Arena Bowl on July 27.

(NB to the Inquirer: Come on, you guys really went with the “one victory away from bringing a championship to Philadelphia” lead? Yes, this is what they said about the Kixx and the Wings and the Barrage and the Charge — women’s soccer — and the Stars — the USFL, natch — and that online Mario Kart race I won the other day. Yes, there are other sports teams in Philadelphia besides the four major sports, but if they win a title that doesn’t mean Philadelphia wins a title or the drought is over or whatever. Okay? Thank you.)

Anyway, as you can see from the screencap from Action News yesterday, the Soul pulled out all its best players for an on-field celebration: Team president Ron Jaworski, two nuns and the team’s starting quarterback (he’s in the right hand corner). If the Soul win the Arena Bowl, does the team play the winner of the CFL next?

Update: Also awesome was this sentence in today’s Daily News:

Attentive father, devout Christian and Arena Football League Player of the Year . . . hard to make a guy like that look bad.

I believe winning the Arena Football League POY is a plenary indulgence, actually.

Getting Ready For Eagles Season

Here’s McNabb as a high school basketball player, via Iggles Blog:

He was a blue chip hoops prospect, but those chest passes just kept hitting people’s feet. (Rimshot.)

Meanwhile, Bleeding Green Nation posts a photo showing us the Eagles cheerleaders went to Iraq all dressed like Lara Croft:

Eagles’ Draft Pick Can Fly

Les Bowen has an incredibly detailed profile of Eagles second-round draft pick DeSean Jackson in today’s Daily News. The article includes the above photo, which is apparently real and not a Photoshop. Guh-wha?

The best part of the profile, as noted by Iggles Blog, is Jackson’s father.

“His coach at Cal said we were too involved in his life,” said Bill Jackson, 63, who is retired from FedEx. Moments earlier, he had concluded a phone conversation with DeSean in Philadelphia… “I ask coach Tedford, ‘Why not be involved with your children?’… I’ve heard Andy Reid doesn’t want me anywhere near his facility. I’m like, ‘Damn, what did I do?’ ”

It’s a weird age we’re living in when parents have to be barred from sports practices. It’s even weirder when these kids are professional athletes.

Eagles - Eagles draft pick DeSean Jackson sets record straight [Daily News]

Blogger + Mayor = Awesomeness

Oh, yes, this is Mayor Michael Nutter with Albert Lee, this morning. Oh, yes.

Two Rich People Collide In Phils’ Win

The Phillies rallied last night in Arizona to remain just percentage points behind Florida in the NL East, and they couldn’t have done it without Shane Victorino.

Vic raced for first after a dropped third strike and crashed headfirst into Conor Jackson, leaving both of them down for a couple minutes. More importantly, it got Victorino to first; he’d score on an Eric Bruntlett double. Utley eventually singled home Bruntlett in the top of the eighth to give the Phillies a 5-4 lead. Video of Vic’s crash after the jump.

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Partying ‘Til You Just Have To Rob Somebody

The above photo, KYW 1060 reports, is of 31-year-old Andre Smith, partying Saturday night at a Bensalem bar. He saw some women, “injected himself into their conversation” and snapped a few photos. He was later kicked out of the bar, missing out on any more $2 pints.

Later, he allegedly robbed the women at a nearby convenience store. He was caught on Sunday and is charged with robbery and related offenses. Whoops.

Fingered by his own photo [KYW 1060]