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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 4 days ago

Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

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Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

www.thetimes.com

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Army spokesman tells The Times of safety fears as president hopes to mark 250 years of the US military with event in Washington on Saturday
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  • @neuromorph@lemmy.world
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    Ok religious people. What other signs does God need to send?

    • @SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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      A rainbow appearing in the sky over Dublin on the day that Ireland voted to legalize same-sex marriage? A tornado destroying the house of Rep. Joe Harding, who authored the infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida?

      I don’t know how much clearer He can get!

    • @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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      Plague of locusts? Blood raining down? Him literally getting struck by lightening?

      I would like the later. It would be hilarious.

    • @BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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      The mistake you are making is assuming religious people are capable of logic, reasoning, or changing their minds. God himself could appear and tell them they are wrong and they wouldn’t believe it, because their existing beliefs are a forgone conclusion. They did not arrive at them by reason or logic and they will not be moved by reason or logic.

  • FundMECFS
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  • Chaotic Entropy
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    11•2 days ago

    But don’t worry, they’ve already spent tens of millions of dollars just to get to this point before cancelling.

  • Tony Bark
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    159•4 days ago

    I’m sure it may also be due to a lack of anyone joining and the huge protests on horizon. I wonder how pissed the military would be if he does cancel.

    • @Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world
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      Did they end up cancelling it?

    • @darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
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      94•4 days ago

      They don’t want to work on the weekend any more than you do.

      • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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        40•4 days ago

        Precious few units will be given leave if it’s canceled. They’ll find something stupid for them to do.

        • @Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          35•4 days ago

          Its time to mop the road during a storm.

          • bbbbbbbbbbb
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          • @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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            9•4 days ago

            Hey is that the first Infrastructure day?

          • @phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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            2•3 days ago

            Being all that they can be.

    • @pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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      The No Kings protest map is pretty blackened out with dots, they must have told him. Republicans aren’t showing either. It will be a sad, sad North Korean parade in the rain.

      • @rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works
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        Every military parade is a sad display of nonsense, the fact that anyone would think it’s a good idea is like thinking hitler had some innovative ideas about facial hair. dumb.

        • @entwine413@lemm.ee
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          I’m pissed he ruined the Charlie Chaplin mustache, because that’s the only place mine actually grows in. I’m forever doomed to shave my upper lip because of him.

          • @NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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            I’m pretty sure Chaplin was pissed about it too.

            • @Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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              He sure as shit was!

              https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/synopsis/articles/29-The-Great-Dictator-s-Speech

              They were also born within a week of eachother. Hitler was a huge Chaplin fan, hence the mustache if I recall correctly.

              • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                Absolutely incredible (and hilarious) film.

                It also came out in 1940, which, given how cutting the satire was, is pretty fucking ballsy.

          • @phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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            That style became popular because you could wear a gas mask with it and it wouldn’t leak.

            • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              PO-LEEEECE THAT MOO-STACHE!

        • @idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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          Honestly, the mustache is one of the least awful things about him and shouldn’t have caught on as a nazi thing.

          But I don’t grow facial hair anyway and personally think neat mustaches look dumb on everyone except tom Lennon, so I don’t really know why I’m standing on a soapbox about it.

      • @DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Where do you see that red Republicans aren’t showing up?

        Maga is a cult now. You have a source?

        • @Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works
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          I think he means the majority of R senators who said they’re busy that day.

          Of course, you can’t trust a single word from the mouths of snakes.

    • @PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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      Oh… any foot troops will be fucking thrilled! Trust me

  • Hemingways_Shotgun
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    51•3 days ago

    Sure would be nice if the media would stop just repeating his bullshit at face value.

    “celebrating 250 years of the U.S. military…” Fuck off. Trump doesn’t give a shit about the military. He wants a show for himself on his birthday. They should make that perfectly clear each and every time instead of just repeating whatever inane bullshit hillbilly barbie says at the podium.

    • @Deflated0ne@lemmy.world
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      40•3 days ago

      Sing it with me folks!

    • @mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de
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      To be fair, the headline of this article did literally call it a birthday parade.

      • Hemingways_Shotgun
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        1•2 days ago

        And then immediately afterwards frame it as the United States 250th birthday. Shenanigans.

  • @Hadriscus@jlai.lu
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    He’s just afraid, guys. And chickening out, as usual. Pass the word

    • @nomy@lemmy.zip
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      T.A.C.O. Trump

      • @OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
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        Trump Always Chickens Out Trump

  • @barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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    40•3 days ago

    If he was nicer, the Democrats could use their weather machine to give him nice weather on his birthday, but he’s been a big meanie lately, so it’s rain for HitlerPig’s birthday.

    • @tartarin@reddthat.com
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      Praise the chemtrails!

    • @Mossheart@lemmy.ca
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      Maybe he ahould ask Bibi if he can have those Jewish Space Lasers burn away the mean thunder clouds.

  • @iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    you mean chicken out? or do it another day hoping there won’t be as many protests? or the Chicago mass?

    • @avattar@lemmy.sdf.org
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      TACO

  • @CCMan1701A@startrek.website
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    97•4 days ago

    Where are the lasers to control the weather that Biden refused to use to save Florida?

    • @Uranus_Hz@lemm.ee
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      I think democrats control the weather but wildfires are caused by Jewish space lasers? Something like that. I dunno.

    • y0kai
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      They were recently outlawed

  • LupusBlackfur
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    “Cancelled” would be great! The ultimate Fuck You from whatever God(s) exist.

    But, does anyone truly believe Little Donnie Mangolini will let it go that easily??? Something he’s yearned for since Season 1??

    Methinks “rescheduled” is a more likely outcome. 🤷‍♂️

    • @Windex007@lemmy.world
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      Don’t even think that. He’d expose people to lightning before cancelling

      • @mercano@lemmy.world
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        I don’t know. He refused to go to D-Day 50th anniversary memorial ceremony because it was raining and he didn’t want to get wet. I guess it wasn’t his ego on the line, then, and I’m sure the Secret Service is insisting on a covered viewing area, anyway, after the near-miss in Buttler, PA.

        • @NChiwana76@lemmy.world
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          Also held inauguration indoors due to bad weather.

          • @PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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            The MAGA tears rained harder than the actual rain, lol

        • @Windex007@lemmy.world
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          If they told him D-Day stood for Donald-Day, he’d have been there

      • LupusBlackfur
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        Fair point… 🤷‍♂️ 🤦‍♀️

      • @Lodespawn@aussie.zone
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        Especially after the whole TACO thing, his ego has got to be running overdrive right now

    • @blarghly@lemmy.world
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      I’m split. On one hand, thunderstorms in DC in the summer are so obvious and predictable that anyone doing any kind of organizing for an outdoor event would have considered them months in advance and would have contingencies. So “cancelled due to thunderstorms” is obviously a cover for “we’re getting too much pushbacka and don’t want to embarrass ourselves.”

      Otoh, not realizing that there is a thunderstorm pretty much every single day in DC in the summer is exactly the level of competence I expect from the Trump admin.

    • @danc4498@lemmy.world
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      I’d hope protests would shut it down in case the Gods do nothing.

    • Rose
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      Methinks “rescheduled” is a more likely outcome.

      Trump’s flunkies had 4 years to write Project 2025, so of course that shit has been implemented at frightening precision.

      But they’re incredibly bad at doing anything on short notice. Expect Four Seasons level brainfarts if they need to improvise a solution yet again.

    • @kautau@lemmy.world
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      Knowing trump they’ll make up some fake “security threat” thing to reschedule as opposed to “literally whatever God(s) you believe in don’t want this to happen”

      • KingJalopy
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        Like the fake security threat happening in my state that conveniently made everyone forget about Elon rambling about Epstein?

    • @some_designer_dude@lemmy.world
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      They will weave an historically large American flag to cover the entire event.

  • @wanderwisley@lemm.ee
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    I will be placing Mother Nature under arrest for raining on my parade! 🫲🍊🫱

    • Elvith Ma'for
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      🫲🍊🫱

      FTFY

    • Züri
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      He sure as hell wants to rape her already.

    • @phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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      He can just revise a weather map with a Sharpie.

      • @Aganim@lemmy.world
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        Can’t he just nuke the thunderstorm?

        • @DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world
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          Nuke his country’s capital.

    • @andallthat@lemmy.world
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      Who voted for Mother Nature anyway? By executive order, the weather is now under Scott Pruitt’s control.

  • pruwyben
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    First thought: I hope it gets canceled

    Second thought: go ahead and do it, and let Trump wave a flag on top of the biggest float

    • @frezik@midwest.social
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      He’s the guy who looked directly at the eclipse, so yeah, he’d probably do that, too.

  • @TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip
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    TACO of his own parade

  • @Neuromorph@lemm.ee
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    So the message is our military can’t perform in th3 rain. Is USPS the last great government force?

    • @jj4211@lemmy.world
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      To be fair they stated they didn’t want to have an audience out in lightning.

      Whatever the case, calling off such festivities is what I’d like to happen anyway. His stupid birthday parade not happening would be a good outcome.

      • bitwolf
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        In his mind he’s probably worried that the low turnout would be bad press for him.

        You know, rather than concern for the safety of the attendees.

      • @Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Especially since the nationwide and global protests are going to continue regardless

      • @frezik@midwest.social
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        Bets on Donnie forcing it to go ahead anyway?

    • @elucubra@sopuli.xyz
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      Well, the last few wars have been in deserts

  • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Lol fucking loser

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