News Of The Week Roundup: Week 2, 2021
We are at the halfway point of the first month of the year and already, America has had more big news than some countries have in a decade. The first week of the year we had the deadly Capitol insurrection. This past week, Donald Trump became the only president ever impeached twice. That impeachment was for his role in the insurrection.
The coming week ahead will be huge in America with the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. In the aftermath of the Capitol violence, Washington D.C. currently looks like a Green Zone with more than 20,000 National Guard troops standing watch. The COVID-19 pandemic meant the inauguration was always going to be smaller than normal. Now, because security is so tight, there will be few if any crowds. In fact, people are being asked to stay away and just watch the history unfold on television.
Some of the biggest stories out of the music world over the past week revolved around the D.C. violence. Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth attended the riot - no word on what will happen to him regarding legal action but a lot his fans are ticked off and so are his bandmates.
Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer Still Hasn’t Been Charged for Participating in the Capitol Siege https://t.co/vufhuPG8Uj
— MetalSucks (@metalsucks) January 14, 2021
Scary and sobering new reporting and video on the siege from The New Yorker.
NEW: Luke Mogelson’s remarkable video footage of the Capitol invasion, from breaching the first barricades to rummaging through desks on the Senate floor. Stunning, frightening, revolting. https://t.co/XQuqVEPIJY
— Michael Luo (@michaelluo) January 17, 2021
In more hopeful news, Sebastian Bach has announced a tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Slave To The Grind. The tour is set for the fall, pandemic willing of course.
🤞**TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT**🤞
— Sebastian Bach (@sebastianbach) January 13, 2021
FALL 2021 we Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of #SlaveToTheGrind Across the USA‼ 🇺🇸 From the 1st time we did it in Hollywood 2019 we knew it was meant to be! Dates are BOOKED 🎟 TBA ASAP Bring Bach #RockNRoll to America 🤘😷🤘🙏💉https://t.co/V9lAXzPQyP
In random personal finance news, here is a wild story about debt-free guru Dave Ramsey. Seems he runs his Ramsey Solutions empire with an iron fist, getting a little too personal into employee behavior outside of work and ignoring all COVID-19 protocols. I'm a big "no debt" proponent myself (okay, I have a mortgage) and I think Dave has really helped so many people... but this story is bonkers.
. @DaveRamsey wants to run a godly company, without any #COVID19 fearing “wusses.” If you disagree, he told staff, “Don’t let the door hit you in the ass.”https://t.co/3w2cGpFXZh
— Religion News Service (@RNS) January 17, 2021
Finally, happy 99th birthday to our queen Betty White!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Beloved comedic actress Betty White turns 99 today!
— ABC News (@ABC) January 17, 2021
BETTY WHITE THROUGH THE YEARS: https://t.co/biaplJCEJI pic.twitter.com/6KY02wCRcs