In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s victory last month, many Americans have been hoping the next four years will usher in a return to normalcy. When Jaguar released a bizarre new ad campaign that notably didn’t even include a vehicle, however, it began to appear that some of the “woke” trends of recent years are here to stay. Comedian Eddie Griffin was among the many prominent figures who ridiculed the automaker, as Breitbart recently reported: “And where the fuck is the car, Jaguar? Where the fuck is the car? All I’m seeing is some freaks. Where the fuck is the car?” Griffin continued. The comedian went on to point out that the Jaguar ad also featured “some giant pink rock-looking thing.” “Y’all lost,” Griffin said, apparently referring to Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election. “All you them/theys, and shims, and pronoun mother fuckers. Y’all lost. Now give us a goddamn commercial with a car, Jaguar.” As Breitbart News reported, Jaguar was slammed and dubbed “Bud Light 2.0” on social media after the luxury company released a promotional video featuring only androgynous individuals clad in bizarre attire that would hardly fit in at a fashion show. The advertisement also failed to showcase even one vehicle from the luxury car company. The backlash extended far and wide on social media: Now THIS is how a logo refresh is done. Absolutely beautiful. Take notes, @Jaguar. Designed by @AllanPeters pic.twitter.com/uCSmlzy1pK — Jaimee Michell (@thegaywhostrayd) November 22, 2024 While Jaguar is pushing debauchery, Volvo just put out the most moving, pro-family, pro-life car ad of all time. This is the way. pic.twitter.com/kgjGa2oCJa — Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) November 21, 2024 Can’t stop laughing at this. People are making fun of @Jaguar‘s awful new woke advert. Brilliant pic.twitter.com/gVVYWSMq5t — Lee Harris (@addicted2newz) November 24, 2024 As The Guardian explained, Jaguar’s embarrassing misstep seems to confirm that Jaguar missed the moment to capitalize on wokeness: But the main culprit is timing. Swings this big take months to sign off, and back when the concept of this campaign was approved, it must have seemed perfectly of its moment. Various media outlets have dredged up a clip of its “mastermind” accepting an award just one month ago, in which he announces, with a distinct air of self-congratulation, that Jaguar has established a full 15 DEI groups. Righto. There is something ludicrous about a guy poised to roll out cars that are going to start at a hundred grand boasting about being mega-inclusive. It reminds me of the time when Coutts debanked Nigel Farage, stating that they were “above all” committed to being an “inclusive organisation”. To which the only reply is: you’re a private bank where people have to have at least £3m in cash savings to open a current account. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Do you “include” low income, middle income, or even the vast majority of high income people? Then honestly – pipe down. Alas, Jaguar seem to have got the piping-down memo too late, declaring this week that: “This is a reimagining that recaptures the essence of Jaguar, returning it to the values that once made it so loved, but making it relevant for a contemporary audience. We are creating Jaguar for the future, restoring its status as a brand that enriches the lives of our clients and the Jaguar community.” OK! Although, counterpoint: you’re releasing a tired mess, two weeks post a Donald Trump election victory, and amid the undeniable sense that there has been a vibe-shift on the era of woke capitalism that has perplexed and delighted consumers for the past few years, in distinctly unequal measure. In some ways, the timing of this ad calls to mind all those Sunday newspaper columns viciously slagging off Princess Diana that – print lead-in times being what they were – appeared in the newspapers just as the world was waking up to news of her death. There had, to restate the point, been a vibe shift. The effect is to render Jaguar’s new ad an instant period piece. Or to put it another way: while it might have been infinitely less iconic in terms of design, there is a sense in which that lift in the Jag advert really has turned out to be a secret weapon. Trouble is, it’s pointing the wrong way. Jaguar have Trojan horsed themselves. If you happen to have missed the Jaguar ad or just want to cringe your way through it again, here it is:

The evil media is very determined to eliminate several of Donald Trump‘s candidates for cabinet positions. Pete Hegseth is a prime target. They are using Mr. Hegseth’s mother to humiliate him. Six years ago, his mother became involved in his contentious divorce and sent an angry email, which she immediately recanted. She said the New […] The post “Disgusting” NY Times Publishes Pete Hegseth’s Mother’s Email appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Saturday Night Live alum Rob Schneider joined Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro for this week’s “Sunday Special.” The pair laughed through a wide-ranging discussion of the 2024 election, Schneider’s Hollywood “cancellation,” Democrats’ transformation into the anti-free speech party, and much more.  Schneider has become increasingly vocal about his political views in recent years, which has won him few friends in Hollywood — a journey he recounted in his new book “You Can Do It!: Speak Your Mind, America.” The “Grown Ups” star had Shapiro in stitches right from the start, pulling on his famous impressions to mock Vice President Kamala Harris’ ever-changing, pandering accents. Schneider also said he knew the election was “over” far before any votes were cast.  “People are coming back over and saying, look, this is somebody we want to fix the problem,” Schneider said of Trump. “Just like you have a plumbing problem and there’s s*** everywhere. Well then, you need to get somebody  – you don’t have him staying for dinner. Donald Trump’s not going to come to your son’s bar mitzvah; he’s certainly not going to come for Thanksgiving, you don’t have to invite him. But he’s going to clean up: he’s going to do that, and you want him to do that.”  Shapiro agreed, adding that Americans don’t need the president to be a “moral exemplar,” but a person who gets the job done. “I have plenty of people in my life I look to when I’m out and when I’m looking for, you know, moral ways to live, and I’m looking for a piece of life advice,” Shapiro said. “When I want somebody to threaten Iran to back down, then I go to President Trump, when I want somebody who’s going to make sure that the gas prices aren’t too high.”  The pair also discussed Schneider’s 2019 Hollywood cancellation. “I said, ‘Californians would vote for a bowl of s*** if it had a ‘D’ next to it,’” Schneider recalled a tweet he posted. “And then that put the final nail in my Hollywood career.”  “I’m out. I don’t get hired in Hollywood,” he told Shapiro. “But there are some things more important than getting hired in Hollywood, and that is, I felt that we were close to having our rights taken away.” “When they try to cancel you, when they do go after you and you think you will never work again … and you survive,” Schneider continued, “you do get emboldened. You think, what do I really wanna do? What do I really wanna say? And I’m not gonna be fearful anymore.” You can watch the whole “Sunday Special” episode here. Schneider added that he hopes he’s “helped people be slightly less fearful” and “be a voice for people who thought that they couldn’t critique Hollywood.”  The actor repeatedly returned to free speech throughout the episode. Schneider said he felt we were “close” to losing that right, and much more. For example, he noted the political censorship that took place on social media, apparently done at the behest of the government, during the Biden administration.  Speaking to The Daily Wire in September, Schneider revealed that he felt compelled to write his book over that very issue. “We’re kind of f***ed as a country,” he said. “And so I do feel a responsibility, even though it cost me money and cost me work, I feel like it is my comedic-patriotic duty to at least bring these things to attention.” You can watch the whole “Sunday Special” episode here. Related: When It Comes to Free Speech, Rob Schneider Isn’t Joking

Donna Kelce is about to be a grandma four times over, and she knows the new chapter “will be a blast.” On November 22, Jason and Kylie Kelce announced that they’re expecting their fourth child, another girl. The couple is already parents to Wyatt, 4, Elliote, 3, and Bennett, 15 months. After the news broke, People caught up with Donna and asked how she felt about her growing family. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kylie (McDevitt) Kelce (@kykelce) “Having two boys and now [I’m] gonna have four grandchildren and they’re girls,” she said on Nov. 29. “So it’s really kind of a sweet thing for me.” Donna Kelce Will Be Enjoying Her Grandma Role This Christmas Donna Kelce is a mother to Jason and Travis Kelce, both NFL greats. The retired banker spends her time rooting for Travis and his Kansas City Chiefs and being a full-time grandma to Jason’s daughters. And with the holidays in full swing, she has a lot to look forward to. “Man, there’s so many fun things,” she said of Christmastime with the Kelces before sharing that she takes an annual trip to Pennsylvania to “pick out a tree” with her grandchildren. “I’m looking forward to that,” she said. “It’s really fun.” However, decorating the tree is an ongoing adventure that takes days or longer. “It kind of gets decorated over time, especially with a five, a three, and a one-year-old,” she laughed. “So you have to do it in tranches. But yeah, it’s kind of fun.” This story’s featured image is by Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty Images. The post Here’s What Donna Kelce Thinks About Becoming A Grandma For A Fourth Time appeared first on InspireMore.

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The first new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years has been tested by British scientists. The injection is more effective than the current method of steroid tablets—reducing the need for further treatment by 30%, according to a new study. Researchers say their findings could be “game-changing” for millions of people around the world with […] The post First New Treatment in 50 Years for Asthma Attacks and COPD ‘Could be a Game-Changer’ appeared first on Good News Network.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Police in the UK have used what appears to be an advanced facial recognition surveillance tool to identify and arrest several suspects in the wake of last summer’s unrest following the Southport stabbings, it has emerged. The confirmation came from Northumbria Police, while reports say officers at the same time accessed the Police National Database to analyze more than 10,000 hours of CCTV footage. That likely translates to a dataset containing images of scanned faces of a large number of people, ranging from thousands to possibly hundreds of thousands. And that is taking place despite the practice being “dangerously unregulated” in the UK, as Big Brother Watch is warning. This rights group put the emphasis on the need to regulate the area in order to protect people’s privacy while carrying out police work. But the technology is clearly already in full use – even though still awaiting rules that would give legitimacy to law enforcement reaching for these kinds of tools. Northumbria Police don’t seem to be detecting any problem regarding the situation, with a spokesperson revealing that they essentially hope the public would be satisfied to see even only potential suspects identified – regardless of the method. “We would hope the overwhelming majority of people would want and expect us to use every tactic at our disposal to help identify potential suspects,” the spokesperson said, according to the BBC. The same police force revealed that one of the “tactics” was to access the national database and look into over 10,000 hours of surveillance footage using a facial recognition tool they said was “the latest.” Judging by a statement made by Detective Graeme Barr, this type of technology is capable of identifying people (i.e., their faces) – even if they wear masks. “These offenders may think that because they wore masks or concealed their faces that we can’t trace them, but they would be mistaken,” Barr is quoted. But such mass-scale and invasive new surveillance techniques must go hand in hand with new rules that prevent their abuse, privacy advocates are insisting. Right now, as Big Brother Watch noted, it isn’t even known how many millions of people in the UK have photos of their faces in the police database. “This is nothing short of Orwellian and demonstrates that regulation of these practices is badly needed in order to protect our right to privacy,” the group said, reacting to Northumbria Police disclosing their practices, specifically around the summer riots. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post UK Police Used Facial Recognition on Thousands During Summer Protests and Riots appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Like most online multiplayer games these days, NetEase's upcoming free-to-play hero shooter Marvel Rivals will also reward players who watch the game on Twitch when it releases on December 6.