Your Schadenfreude Cleveland Brown/NFL Report

Funny. I saw a Tweet about the empty NFL stadiums and I said to myself, "Yeah. The NFL is a thing!" I'd totally forgotten about them. I will admit that I thought about them briefly, once on Sunday morning, when I woke up in the fifties. My cable was broadcasting every channel in black and white, and I thought that would be lousy if I had to watch a football game in black and white on my high tech TV. After that...zilch!

But for those of you still keeping track, Cleveland has taken sole possession of the worst record in the NFL at 0 and 10, edging out the 1 and 9 Niners for the bottom spot. I still believe the Niners have it in them to blow that lead, because I think they're playing again this week.

Unruly Passenger on Flight Diverted to Cleveland Faces Federal Charges

CLEVELAND - The unruly passenger who caused a commercial jet flying from Chicago to Germany to divert to Cleveland Friday is facing federal charges.

The FBI said Monday that Saleh Ali S. Alramakh, aka Saleh Ali S. Alramaleh, age 21, of Riyadh Saudi Arabia, has been charged with interference with flight crew members and attendants. The incident caused United Airlines Flight 944 -- en route to Frankfurt -- to divert to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport at about 5:30 p.m.

According to the FBI, Alramakh went into the plane’s bathroom and used an electronic device while the plane was taxiing in Chicago. He allegedly refused to follow the flight attendant’s directives that he immediately turn off the device and return to his seat, but eventually returned to his seat.

Shortly after takeoff and while passengers are still required to stay seated, the FBI said Alramakh went into the bathroom again and used an electronic device. He once again refused to follow orders by the flight attendants to immediately return to his seat, investigators said. At this point, the FBI said flight attendants unlocked and opened the bathroom door, at which point Alramakh became verbally abusive toward the attendants before returning to his seat.

At some point later in the flight, Alramakh got up a third time and approached a flight attendant in a “belligerent, confrontational manner,” the FBI said. “Alramakh was speaking in a loud tone of voice, using profanity, with his face inches from the flight attendant's face.

Look! You made the guy go to Cleveland!!! Isn't that punishment enough???

(My apologies to all my friends in Cleveland!)


H/T Memeorandum