Thumbs up, thumbs down

Thumbs Up…

...To the NASA Perseverance Rover that completed its 300-million-mile trip to Mars, a feat that only happens every 10 or so years.

…To Disneyland, who after closing this month due to coronavirus is now donating all of their excess food to food banks.

...To hyperloops; Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has made an impossible pipe dream a reality and a hyperloop from Amsterdam to Paris is planned for completion as soon as this year.

...To the adoption of shelter animals; due to the pandemic, shelters have seen a rise in the number of adoptions among cats and dogs.

...To The Weeknd’s Super Bowl halftime show, a bright spot in a one-sided affair where Tom  Brady and the Buccaneers embarrassed Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.

Thumbs Down…

...To the Packers who had all of the pieces to complete an amazing Super Bowl run but seemed to fall one defensive coordinator and a cornerback short of winning, making the first round pick of a quarterback seem even more questionable. 

...To returning to school five days a week. Could we please keep our Wednesday remote days

...To power outages and water shortages in Texas after rare winter storms hit the state (and to Ted Cruz and his cowardly run to Cancun)

...To COVID-19, now surpassing 100 million infections with nearly 2.5 million deaths.

...To Robinhood, for limiting trading on stocks such as GME that skyrocketed over the past month.

By Joe Mayo

Oshkosh West Index Volume 117 Issue V

February 26th, 2021