⚡ Divine Lightning Strikes: What Nature’s Fury Tells Us About America’s Future
Three iconic buildings struck by lightning—could this be a divine intervention or just bad luck?
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⚡ Lightning struck three important buildings in America—the 🏙️ Empire State Building, the 🏛️ Capitol, and the 🗽 Washington Monument—at the same time, which some people think could mean nature is unhappy with how things are going in politics. The article talks about fun and silly predictions for what might happen next, like 💰 new kinds of money and strange ideas from leaders. Overall, it reminds us that power, whether from nature or from people, needs to be handled carefully because it affects everyone's lives. 🔋🌍
🗝️ Takeaways
⚡ Lightning hit the Empire State Building, the Capitol, and the Washington Monument simultaneously on NYE.
🏛️ Some believe these strikes suggest Mother Nature is fed up with political dysfunction.
🔋 The events serve as a reminder about the importance of responsible power in both politics and economics.
⚡ God's Project 2025? Divine Lightning Strikes America's Monuments to Mammon
Apparently, God's been taking notes from Gen Z – because that divine lightning show on New Year's Eve was the celestial equivalent of "OK Boomer."
In a display that would make Thor's social media manager jealous, lightning simultaneously struck America's favorite monuments to capitalism and questionable democracy, giving new meaning to "power to the people."
What do you get when lightning strikes the Empire State Building, the Capitol, and the Washington Monument all at once?
Either the world's most dramatic resistance movement, or proof that even Mother Nature's fed up with our political theater. (Though honestly, with aim that precise, she might want to consider a career in gerrymandering.)
And before our golden-toilet-enthusiast-in-chief claims credit for this "tremendous, beautiful light show, maybe the best light show ever" (Elon prefers emerald-encrusted bidets, but we'll get to that ecological nightmare later), let's break down this divine display of democratic debugging:
First up, the Empire State Building – that Art Deco daddy of American capitalism – got zapped like a Cybertruck at a Supercharger station trying to compensate for its owner's geometric insecurities.
Speaking of compensation, isn't it ironic how the same folks who venerate Tesla (an immigrant whose genius gave us alternating current) are now nodding along to Vivek and Elon's "pull up the ladder" immigration takes? I guess genius is only welcome if it comes with emerald mine backing and a healthy dose of Twitter-induced megalomania.
Meanwhile, in our nation's capital, both the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building got their own heavenly high-voltage treatment. The timing couldn't be more perfect – just weeks before our democracy performs its quadrennial ritual of musical chairs.
Was this Zeus's way of saying "Let's add some actual electricity to this electric slide to the right"? Or perhaps it was just Mother Nature's way of fact-checking all those "drain the swamp" promises – though I'm pretty sure this isn't quite what anyone had in mind for swamp drainage solutions.
What Could These Divine Downloads Mean for 2025?
Oh, how the mighty Tesla has fallen – from the brilliant Serbian immigrant who gave us alternating current and dreams of wireless electricity, to the DOGEy dealings of tech bros who think posting memes counts as corporate governance.
It's like watching evolution run in reverse, but with more stock options. Speaking of electrical evolution gone wrong, here are my totally-not-made-up predictions for the year ahead:
The Heritage Foundation will publish a study proving that lightning only strikes "woke" buildings, leading to a nationwide movement to make buildings more "patriotically conductive."
Project 2025's first act will be to replace all government computers with golden abacuses (Trump's idea) running on "freedom electricity" (patent pending by MyPillow Guy).
Lightning tried to strike Trump's proposed northern border wall but got confused when it realized Canada was already living rent-free in his head as "America's 51st state." (Sorry, Puerto Rico, looks like you've been DOGEd again).
The southern border wall remains lightning-proof due to its primary construction material: broken promises and unpaid Mexican invoices.
The Department of Energy will be renamed "Department of Coal Forever" and relocated to a Cybertruck dealership in Texas. (Its new mission statement: "Making Electricity Great Again by Keeping it Fossil-Powered and Foreign-Scientist Free!")
A new cryptocurrency called "LightningCoin" will launch, promising to harness the power of atmospheric electricity through a network of Cybertrucks. Its white paper will just be a PDF of Nikola Tesla's diary entries with the word "blockchain" randomly inserted.
Trump will claim he invented lightning during his first term but the Deep State weather service covered it up.
The Supreme Court will rule 6-3 that lightning is protected under the Second Amendment, but only if it's registered as a corporation first.
In All Seriousness (Sort Of)
While it's tempting to read cosmic significance into these strikes, perhaps the real message isn't about divine intervention but rather about our own electric dysfunction.
Maybe what America needs isn't another meditation retreat for tech bros chanting "Om" (though with our current resistance to change, we're definitely stuck at "Ohm").
In a country where we're debating whether to classify pregnant women as HOV lane passengers while billionaires play space cowboys, maybe we don't need celestial signals to tell us something's amiss.
As we venture into 2025, perhaps these lightning strikes serve as a luminous reminder: Power, whether political or economic, natural or man-made, is a force that demands respect and responsibility. Though let's be honest – in a world where corporate quarterly profits are considered more sacred than human rights, we might need more than a few lightning bolts to shock the system back to sanity.
But hey, at least we started the year with a bang. Or should I say... a flash?
P.S. If any more buildings get struck by lightning, I'm starting a betting pool on which billionaire tries to monetize act-of-God NFTs first. My money's on the guy who thinks a golden escalator ride counts as a working-class commute.
P.P.S. Breaking News: Sources confirm the lightning was actually trying to jumpstart American democracy, but unfortunately, the battery's been dead since Citizens United. Turns out you can't charge a country on thoughts, prayers, and tax cuts for the rich.
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Happy New Year, and thanks for a splendid blend of humor, satire, and serious reflection. I particularly loved this one: << Trump will claim he invented lightning during his first term but the Deep State weather service covered it up. >> Hold on to your seats. Life may indeed imitate art soon enough!