the lemmy.monster
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Strong winds topple National Christmas Tree outside White House

www.nbcnews.com

external-link
message-square
20
fedilink
134
external-link

Strong winds topple National Christmas Tree outside White House

www.nbcnews.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
message-square
20
fedilink
The National Park Service said the 40-foot tree fell over during a wind gust and that a cable has since been replaced to secure the Norway Spruce for Thursday's lighting ceremony.
alert-triangle
You must log in or # to comment.
  • dhork@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    69
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    2 years ago

    Wait, now God is part of the War on Christmas?

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      43
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 years ago

      “it was pagan anyway”, - the pope, maybe.

    • Maeve@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 years ago

      I said the old gods must die. Maybe a new one gets it.

    • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 years ago

      This was obviously not god, that’s just preposterous. This was ManBearPig.

      • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 years ago

        what if it was GodBearPig?

    • Heresy_generator@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      If Christian mythology were real I’d imagine he would be. Christmas in America isn’t a celebration of Christ, it’s a celebration of consumerism and the Christian God got awfully angry about people focusing on material things rather than worshiping him in the Christian Bible.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 years ago

        If he existed and was even remotely depicted accurately in the Gospels then he was the biggest narcissist who ever lived.

    • kemsat@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      2 years ago

      Well… isn’t the tree something to do with Odin?

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    39
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    2 years ago

    Bet the drunk bitch on Fawx is gonna have a field day about this.

  • iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    38
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    2 years ago

    Thanks Obama.

  • teft@startrek.website
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    33
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 years ago

    Thanks, Obama.

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    17
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    2 years ago

    dont they have, like, an entire corp of engineers? who dropped the ball

    • boeman@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      35
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 years ago

      who dropped the ball

      That’s new years

    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      2 years ago

      I think the army Corp of engineers might be slightly busy with slightly more important things than a Christmas tree on a government lawn

  • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    2 years ago

    I wonder what they’ll be talking about on Fox News for the next Month or so 🙄

  • Sabre363@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    10
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 years ago

    It’s a cat named Strong Winds

  • Vej@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 years ago

    Well that blows.

  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 years ago

    If that’s not a sign, I don’t know what would considered a sign.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      2 years ago

      I agree. We the people have not properly worshipped Sāturnus.

  • Bone@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 years ago

    Timber!

News@lemmy.world

news@lemmy.world

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil

Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.

Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.

Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.

Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.

Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.

No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.

If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.

Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.

The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body

For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 3.07K users / day
  • 6.72K users / week
  • 14.4K users / month
  • 33K users / 6 months
  • 2 local subscribers
  • 29.6K subscribers
  • 18.8K Posts
  • 404K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • rjc@lemmy.world
  • Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
  • Tenthrow@lemmy.world
  • JonsJava@lemmy.world
  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
  • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.world
  • jeffw@lemmy.world
  • enu@lemmy.world
  • Wren@lemmy.world
  • Admiral Patrick@lemmy.world
  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
  • BE: 0.19.7
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org