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Awkward moment Spanish national flag falls during military parade
Metro ^ | May 30, 2026

Posted on 05/30/2026 11:29:59 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The rope holding the Spanish flag snapped during its raising at the Armed Forces Day parade in Spain, one of the most solemn moments of the ceremony.

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1 posted on 05/30/2026 11:29:59 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Go Woke;

Flag is broke.


2 posted on 05/30/2026 11:31:48 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Jane Long

Whoever hoisted that flag that morning has got a lot of ‘splaining to do.


3 posted on 05/30/2026 11:47:06 AM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

There are certain symbolic things that simply must not happen.

Back in the last century, there was an incident in the city I live near. A sign belonging to a national company (I think it was Verizon) partially fell off the building to which it was attached, which is one of the tallest on the skyline.

The fix was covered in the local paper. The story explained how the two new signs, one on each side of the building, were attached by steel rods that crossed the entire interior width of the top floor of the building.

I remember thinking, that must have cost a lot of money, and a lot of expertise, to engineer and fabricate. Whoever ordered that project to be funded must have said something like “you make sure that the only way that sign can fall is if the building collapses, I don’t care what it costs.”

But for a national brand like Verizon, the idea that someone could be killed by their brand falling down on top of them, or even a picture of their logo hanging half-attached to a building, high above a city, was simply unacceptable under any circumstances.

Same with a flag at a national ceremony.

Wasn’t there an incident during the Obama or Clinton administration where the presidential seal fell off the presidential podium at some event?


4 posted on 05/30/2026 12:32:05 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: MinorityRepublican

Is ths a sign from above that Spain is going to cease to exist?


5 posted on 05/30/2026 12:59:05 PM PDT by Ronald77 ( )
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To: Jane Long

I used to love Spain. But since they went yellow and belly-up after their subways got bombed, I have no use for them.

That was a time they should have developed a stiffer spine, but instead, it turned to jello.


6 posted on 05/30/2026 1:27:08 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: Ronald77

Appropriate...


7 posted on 05/30/2026 2:01:03 PM PDT by Does so (Book:"The Party of Death"...Dem☭¢rats ™ ® © ≣ ½⅓⅔¼¾ ⅛⅜⅝⅞ ⅓ ⅕ ⅖ ⅗ ⅘ ⅙ ⅚)
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To: MinorityRepublican

American Flags Collapse On Hillary Clinton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VvOqUvvO9Y


8 posted on 05/30/2026 3:59:08 PM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like a banana)
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To: MinorityRepublican

As superstitious as the Spanish are, this will tie them into fits.


9 posted on 05/30/2026 7:59:30 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Salvavida

The Spanish are, if anything, LESS superstitious than WASP Americans. That’s the problem


10 posted on 05/31/2026 12:43:09 AM PDT by Cronos (Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.)
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