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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1844229, member: 27"] [IMG]http://.tqn.com/y/politicalhumor/1/W/N/T/6/presidents-laughing.jpg[/IMG] [B][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#0059b3][SIZE=6]Welcome to Presidential Joke Day![/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [I][SIZE=3]A president walks into a bar...and gets to crack his own jokes for a change. Presidential Joke Day is celebrated every year on August 11, and despite how it sounds, it's not a day designated for poking fun at the president (that's the [URL='http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bldailyfeed3.htm']other 364 days[/URL]). This is a day to salute [URL='http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-presidential-quotes.htm']presidents with a sense of humor[/URL]. The holiday was created in honor of an infamous joke cracked by [URL='http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-ronald-reagan-quotes.htm']President Ronald Reagan[/URL] on August 11, 1984. During a sound check before a Saturday radio broadcast, Reagan said, "My fellow Americans. I'm pleased to announce that I've signed legislation outlawing the Soviet Union. We begin bombing in five minutes." Reagan was unaware, however, that the feed was live. Word quickly made its way to the Soviets, who put their military on high alert. Those Ruskies never did have much of a sense of humor.[/SIZE][/I] [B][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#ff8000][SIZE=6]SU News[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [IMG]https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/nMd8f_bxWh-isuRBAo2_24rVbGA=/0x0:500x375/820x547/filters:focal(151x52:231x132):format(webp)/cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/50348053/8598509108_f21cb19a5b.0.jpg[/IMG] [B]1[/B](TNIAAM; Orsenigo) [I]In recent years, summertime has become something of a haven for former Syracuse Orange basketball players looking to play professional basketball in the United States. Two years ago was the first annual [URL='https://www.thetournament.com/']The Basketball Tournament[/URL], an NCAA-style single-elimination tournament comprised of teams made up of former college stars and overseas professional players. [URL='http://xn--boeheims%20army%20nunesmagician-4k5s/']Boeheim’s Army[/URL], the Syracuse alumni team made up of former Orange stars like Eric Devendorf and Hakim Warrick, has given these players the chance to compete for quite the payday ($2 million prize for the winner of this year’s tournament) on American soil. The Basketball Tournament is not alone anymore. The newly formed [URL='http://championsbasketballusa.com/']Champions Basketball League[/URL] will begin play next summer and one of our former Orangemen will be playing a prominent role. Former Syracuse All-American John Wallace will be the head coach for the league’s New York franchise, known as the Gotham Ballers. ...[/I] [IMG]http://image.syracuse.com/home/adv-media/width620/img/newyorkupstatecom_national_desk_blog/photo/2016/08/10/20895929-mmmain.jpg[/IMG] [B][URL="http://www.syracuse.com/olympics/index.ssf/2016/08/rio_olympics_carmelo_anthony_explodes_for_31_points_as_us_basketball_holds_off_australia.html#incart_m-rpt-1"]Rio 2016: Carmelo Anthony explodes for 31 as US basketball holds off Australia[/URL][/B] (PS; AP) [I]Carmelo Anthony took aim and shot to the top of U.S. basketball history. » [URL='http://www.espn.com/mens-olympic-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400893933']Box score[/URL] Anthony scored 31 points — and the Americans needed every one of them — as the overwhelming gold-medal favorites in the Rio Games outlasted Australia 98-88 on Wednesday night. The first American male basketball player to appear in four Olympics, Anthony also passed LeBron James as the most prolific scorer to ever wear a USA jersey. Anthony opened the game by making three 3-pointers and then moved past James, his close friend, with another 3 from the left wing with 1:08 left in the first quarter. "Of course I was conscious of it," Anthony said of the scoring mark. "My teammates was making sure I was aware of the situation, but tonight was one of those nights where I wanted to let the game come to me and take the shots that was given to me, take the open shots and kind of play basketball. "And at the end of the day I was in my zone, I was playing basketball." Anthony knocked down nine 3-pointers — one shy of his U.S. record — and finished 11 of 21 from the field. He added eight rebounds, two steals and may have saved the Americans from a loss by scoring 14 points in the fourth quarter. "Carmelo was magnificent," said U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski. ...[/I] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff8000]Other[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [IMG]http://image.syracuse.com/home/syr-media/width620/img/entertainment_impact/photo/20893606-mmmain.jpg[/IMG] [B][URL="http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/08/have_a_syracuse_poem_in_your_heart_you_can_enter_the_syracuse_poster_project.html#incart_river_home"]Have a Syracuse poem in your heart? You can enter the Syracuse Poster Project[/URL][/B] (PS; Eisenstadt) [I]The [URL='http://www.posterproject.org/participate/entry_materials.php']Syracuse Poster Project[/URL] is looking for original poems to use as inspiration for its poster project. Each year, the project combines original poems with original illustrations, inspired by those poems, in the 16 posters it produces and displays downtown annually. The poems must be in haiku form. That's three lines: five syllables in the first, seven in the second and five in third. If you'd like to try, the deadline is Sept. 9. The entry materials are at the [URL='http://www.posterproject.org/participate/Entry_Form_Newcomers_2016.pdf']Syracuse Poster [/URL]Project's website. Here's an example of haiku from last one of the 2015 winners, Cynthia DeKing: Blue heron floats by wingspan blocking the sun's rays my breath catches me There's also a contest in reverse this year, in honor of the Erie Canal. A drawing has already been created in honor of the bicentennial of the Erie Canal and the poster project organizers are looking for a haiku to go with it. [/I] [/QUOTE]

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