For what it's worth, I've decided there's no reason to modify my mask-wearing. I wear one when near others except folks in my home and no one gets in here unless they're vaccinated. I still have no desire to dine in a restaurant or be in a theater. I will decide about things like parties and conventions when I'm invited to one that I might wish to attend…which might be quite a while off.
This morning, I'm intrigued by this story that a band of self-styled spies ran an elaborate sting operation, trying to trap various officials of the Trump organization into saying insulting things about Trump on hidden cameras. But this was not a group that hated Trump and wanted to bring him down. These were Trump loyalists who wanted to identify those within the Trump organization who deep down thought such things about the president.
They tried hard but were unable to entrap anyone. I'm going to guess that was due to inept trickery because there certainly were folks within that organization that thought that Trump was a dummy with severe mental problems. More than a few described him as an idiot after they left the administration or even while they were in it. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called him an f'ing moron without the contraction.
And the amazing thing about this is not that the spy ring couldn't snare anyone. It's that they felt the project was necessary. They knew there were people around Trump who felt that way about him. And the reaction to that was "We've got to weed out those people and get rid of them." It was not "Gee, maybe those people who are working with Donald Trump and came to that conclusion are accurately reporting what they've observed."
No, I don't know any more about the "Special Edition" Comic-Con in San Diego this Thanksgiving than I did weeks ago. Well, I do know that the convention center has taken the line about an expected attendance of 130,000 off its online calendar. It's still listing the event to occur November 26-29 but with no estimate of attendees. I'll bet the folks who stage this con are still not sure of how a big a convention they're planning…and if they can pull it off.