Mother of all distractions

As I type, more or less, the US Air Force is playing chicken with North Korea, which is threatening to test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific; thousands of Puerto Ricans are without the basic necessities of life and in fear of a burst dam; access to heath care is under threat for millions of Americans; rescue workers are searching for survivors beneath collapsed buildings in Mexico; a significant portion of the world's population is living in squalid refugee camps; and Famine, War, Pestilence and Death are never out of the saddle.  Did I forget anything?  

What we need now is a sideshow.   Let's forget all that complicated, intractable misery and argue about sports.  Is football violent enough?  Do players have Constitutional rights?  Should they be more grateful and less, what's the word, uppity?  What exactly is patriotism, and what does it have to do with the realities of class and race?  Did I forget anything?

Robert Mueller is not distracted, you can damn bet.  He may take a well-deserved break and watch a game today, but he won't be deterred from the high crimes and misdemeanors he's closing in on.  Rants about everything from CTE to Stephen Curry are clearly meant to drown out the approaching hooves of the fifth horseman, Impeachment.  It won't work.