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Whoa, Nike

A Brooklyn-based company that collaborated with Nike sold out of its $1,425 "Jesus Shoes" filled with holy water in just one minute after they launched this week.

The white Air Max 97 sneakers, by creative label MSCHF, have teal accents and are injected with holy water from the Jordan River and have a steel crucifix attached.

The shoes also have red soles in honor of the shoe color worn by the pope and are scented with the resin frankincense, which was given to newborn baby Jesus in the New Testament, Yahoo Lifestyle reports.

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MSCHF gets the holy water from Greenberg’s friend, who lives in Israel and agreed to ship a gallon of water from the Jordan River to New York. The Bible says the Jordan River is the site of Jesus Christ’s baptism. Employees called a priest to the office to bless the water before it was mixed with blue dye, Greenberg said.

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The footwear’s hefty price tag is also symbolic — $1,425 represents Matthew 14:25, a Bible passage that describes Jesus walking on water.

  The Hill

Nike has gone full out anything goes.  And they thought they got backlash on that Kaepernick ad.

While the company decided on the holy water and crucifix concepts, other pitches included a holy nail and fake blood, as well as a modern take on the "Jesus sandal" trend, Yahoo Lifestyle reports. In the end, the idea to be able to “walk on water” was selected.

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The shoes went on sale at 11 a.m. on Tuesday and sold out by 11:01 a.m.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

The courage of their convictions

A store in Colorado will be closing down after more than 20 years in business after its decision to stop selling Nike merchandise.

The store, Prime Time Sports, first made headlines in September when it announced it would pull Nike merchandise to protest the company's decision to feature former NFL player Colin Kaepernick as the face of its ad campaign.

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“Being a sports store without Nike is kind of like being a milk store without milk or a gas station without gas. How do you do it? They have a monopoly on jerseys,” [Stephen Martin, Prime Time's owner] told the station.

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Martin, at the time, called the brand was "the mother of all harlots." Martin added that although Kaepernick "sacrificed a salary," nothing "compared to what every soul on our 'Honor the Flag' memorial wall that was built a few years ago has suffered and died for. "

  The Hill

Hope it was worth it.

He can relate to that ad now, can't he?

Texas Farm Bureau should expect a lawsuit

A small, private Missouri college may be able to get away with it, but I wonder about the Texas Farm Bureau.  Mississippi cop agencies can boycott by not purchasing, and their staff have to wear whatever is provided in the way of uniforms, but that's different.  The Kenner, Louisiana, mayor has already had to walk back his ban of Nike products for the entire city, "acting upon advice from the city attorney.".

Nike, in the meantime, is doing a booming business.  Better than ever.

Nike's Kepernick ad

Nike knew what they were doing.  Nike doesn't rely on Fox & Friends.  I read that their online sales surged immediately following the ad's release.  Also, I wonder how much of their rapid recovery was due to those angry white boomers replacing the gear they burned and cut up.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Nike's new ad

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