Day 647

• From the "Shut It All Down" Department:  School districts across the country are on alert today -- it appears some jack-off has started a "Bomb/Weapons Threat Challenge" on TikTok for schools today.  SHUT DOWN TIKTOK NOW!!   
• Reports are coming in that schools are closing because of the threat, as well as parents withholding their kids from schools.
• Appears the perp was trying to create a nationwide "Skip Day" -- and he's from the LA area...
• A 14 year old from Corona has been arrested -- not sure if that's the starting point, but it might appear to be.
• In another ominous moment that appears to indicate we are heading for destruction, Google reports the most searched for person in 2021 is Kyle Rittenhouse.
• The Aubemyang suspension is now at least three games -- he's not playing tomorrow night either against Leeds.  I think the main question now is whether they can get rid of him in the January transfer window (Barcelona is calling...) or just pay him to stay home.   
• It now appears the suspension will be THREE MONTHS.  So he's either going to be transferred out in the January window, or people may get their wish and he may never don Arsenal colors again.
• There are now only five weekend fixtures out of a possible fourteen able to be played this weekend due to COVID in the EPL.
• From the "You've Got To Be Kidding Me" Department:  A Sydney, Australia Taylor Swift party (I don't think she attended it...) got over 600 people to attend.  The government is now involved, as about 100 of them have now tested positive for COVID!!
• The Rockettes and Radio City Music Hall have been forced to cancel the remaining attempts at the 2021 Radio City Christmas Spectacular...  You guessed it, COVID breakthroughs in the production.
• And why?  New York State broke a record today for the most COVID reported cases in the entire pandemic for the state -- over 21,000.
• The mayor of San Francisco has finally had enough.  One day after London Breed said she was finally going to deal with "all the bullshit" of crime, etc., she has declared an official State of Emergency on the Tenderloin Neighborhood.  If she really wants to deal with all the bullshit, she will have to go as far as "You loot, we shoot."  I used to be on the streets of San Francisco, and told cops THEN they'd probably need to shut down the large park and turn it into a forced processing center for possible expulsions, etc.   
• And here come the COVID NFL postponements:

1. One Saturday game now:  As Raiders-Browns moves to 2 PM Pacific Monday, NFL Network.  So another Monday doubleheader.
2. And a Tuesday two-shot.  Both at 4 PM Pacific Tuesday:  Washington-Eagles and Seahawks-Rams move there.

• 24 Browns on the COVID list, 29 Rams, 23 of the Football Team.  And that's not to speak of last week's opponents, who had to be close contacts!!   
• The Raiders and Eagles protested, demanding forfeits (but forgot that the forfeit rules put in place required mass unvaccinated positives, and most of these are breakthrough, if not all!!!).
• Sean Payton, head coach of the Saints, now COVID positive.  This is at least his second go-around -- he was the first in the NFL to announce a positive test as the epidemic started!  He is vaccinated.
• The Nets will allow Kyrie Irving to play road games, it sounds like...
• Lawrence Taylor has been arrested in Florida.  He failed to disclose a change of address, and he's a sex offender in the state.  (2011 underage prostitute situation)