February 9, 2021
The Super Bowl ads this year were a mixed bag. From Ashton Kutcher’s embarrassing Cheetos ad featuring Shaggy, to the ode to oat milk 2021 will not necessarily go down in the history books as a year for great marketing. Then again, I don’t envy the position advertising agencies were in this year. It’s hard to convince Americans to go out and buy much of anything in a year when there has been so much turmoil.
And then, all of the sudden, there was a cinematic moment. A girl with two legs amputated below the knee, swimming in a pool that seemed to stretch to all corners of the globe, “inception” style. I couldn’t quite hear over the chatter where I was watching the game. But even still, the hypnotic sound of water, the athlete swimming laps, the glimmering blue wake, all caught my attention. There was a family, a phone call, and a smile. I wondered, still unable to hear clearly did I just see what I think I saw? An ad about adoption?
Still think your camo is cool?
Many of the people in the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wore camouflage outfits and military-like gear.
We should never forget what insurrectionists did at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. With President Trump’s encouragement, overwhelmingly white men and women stormed the building, hunted for elected officials, flew the Confederate flag, erected a gallows and killed a member of the Capitol Police.
We should also not forget what we saw, as they sported such disturbing and bizarre iconography from KKK tattoos, Holocaust denial tee shirts and QAnon costumes to Pepe the Frog flags to crusader crosses- that The New York Times published a “decoder.” More pernicious due to its very ordinariness, however, was their display of every type, style and color of “tactical” or paramilitary apparel and gear. In other words, the rioters dressed like many of us do when practicing yoga.
COURT: Youth court is due to deal with youths today. Pictured right is Judge Nicolas Cartwright who has a sentence today at the Crown Court THE youth court is sitting today in Worcester as magistrates deal with teenagers accused of a range of offences including drug dealing and assault. Those due up today include a 16-year-old from Worcester charged with possession of cannabis and a 14-year-old from Hereford charged with assault. The Press is prohibited from identifying those who appear at youth court (those under the age of 18). A 16-year-old is charged with theft from a shop in Evesham. Another youth, aged 17, from Birmingham is scheduled to appear for possession of both heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply in Evesham on February 1 this year.
Rubia Garcia, 34, of New Orleans, wipes away tears as her boyfriend, Nick Larsen, 30, of Wisconsin, embraces her while they watch the inauguration of Joe Biden on Garciaâs phone on a street near the US Capitol. Picture: The Washington/ Post Amanda Voisard
Relief and disbelief as Biden replaces Trump as US president
By The Washington Post
Jenna Johnson, Claire Gibson, Kathleen McLaughlin, Andrea Eger
The moment Joe Biden raised his right hand to be sworn in as the 46th president of the US, was one that many Americans had long struggled to imagine.
For four years, Democrats fretted that voters would side with Donald Trump, or that he d find a way to stay in the White House. Many Republicans couldn t believe Trump would lose.
When Joe Biden’s inauguration happened, some of his supporters said they found themselves overcome by emotion and a wave of relief. But for many, it was coupled with anxiety.