God in small things: Micro-parties acquire special status in the COVID-19 pandemic
‘Micro-parties’ is the latest tool of people to inject some fun in lives restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Not much is new about a micro-party, but in times like these even ordinary things seem extraordinary. February 15, 2021 / 05:43 PM IST
Now micro-parties have a higher purpose, especially in parts with strict quarantine where people haven’t socialised in months.
There are times when simple ideas achieve greatness and success. Polo was a just a regular mint, but it was in the shape of a small tyre. The mint with a hole, they called it. And for some reason that became a big deal.
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Law enforcement in the nation’s capitol was not quick to deploy extreme crowd control tactics.
Insurrectionists supporting President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday AP Photo / Jose Luis Magana Jan. 06, 2021, 4:25 p.m. Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn email newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day.
As the nation watched pro-Trump agitators storm the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, observers asked why law enforcement hadn’t stopped the insurrection sooner. People noted the stark contrast in police presence and handling of this illegal breach compared to other protests this year.