Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Wednesday Links

In the middle of the last full shopping week before Christmas, here are some items in the news:

From Fox 411, the New York premiere of The Interview has been cancelled.

From Reuters, workers at Amazon warehouses in Germany extend their strike.

From VermontWatchdog, an energy efficiency group has started issuing reports comparing customers to their neighbors.

From MississippiWatchdog, corruption in the Harrison County Utility Authority has led to a former county supervisor pleading guilty to a federal bribery charge.

From The Galveston County Daily News, a plumber in Texas City finds out that pickup truck formerly used by his company has turned up in Syria.

From Fox News, Cuba has released American Alan Gross, who had been in a Cuban prison for five years, in exchange for the release of three Cubans imprisoned in the United States.  This development reportedly could lead to negotiations intended to improve relations between the two countries.  In a reaction, Fausta of Fausta's Blog expects the president to "declare an end to the embargo before year’s end."  She promises updates "throughout the day".

In a commentary carried by GOPUSA, Michele Malkin calls Jeb Bush "the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's waterboy".

From FrontpageMag, Congressman (and former Navy pilot) Jim Bridenstine's keynote speech at the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s 20th Anniversary Restoration Weekend.

Newbusters gives us their top 10 attacks on business by the left and the media in 2014.

From Zerohedge, Russian stocks have moved upward by 17% today, with the Ruble now at less than 62 per U.S. Dollar.

From The Telegraph, the bookmaker Coral has suspended betting on whether Queen Elizabeth will announce her abdication during her Christmas address.  (via Breitbart London)

The Daily Caller, in response to the People interview in which Barack and Michelle Obama recall their encounters with racial prejudice, points out how the president's adviser Valerie Jarrett once asked a four-star general to bring her more wine - which he did.

From UPI, the British military has sold its defense support group to Babcock International.

And from The Daily Caller, a caption-the-pic featuring Mr. Bill.  (Oh, noooooo!)

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