Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Wednesday Links

Some things going on out there:

From WNCN, in Florida, a woman stealing packages from her neighbors turns out to be a cop's wife.

From Crain's Chicago Business, Chicago Mayor Raum Emanuel will speak today about his city's police department.

From Reason, in California, an initiative to legalize marijuana gains support.

From the New York Post, the winner of Time magazine's "Person Of The Year" award ist eine Deutsche Frau.

From the Los Angeles Times, Californians rush to the gun stores.

From the South Bend Tribune, gun sales around South Bend get a bump upwards.

From Breitbart's Big Goverment, this past April, an armed Uber driver stopped a mass shooting, and other stories.

In Townhall, Ken Blackwell says "Stop terrorists from killing Americans, not Americans from owning guns."

From Frontpage Mag, "Meet the Farooks: a modern jihad family."  (This is not a parody of The Flintstones theme song, but sure sounds like it.)

From WUIS, a showdown in Seoul between police and Buddhist monks.

From the Daily Mail, policemen in London confirm American presidential candidate Donald Trump's assertion that their city has Islamic "no-go" zones.

From Wired, a football mouthguard that can detect dehydration and head injuries.

From the Chicago Tribune, Volkswagen's CO2 emissions problem has turned out to be much smaller than initially suspected.

From Mashable, photos of this year's volcanic eruptions.

From USA Today, American presidential candidate Ben Carson (R) talks about having roots in Kenya, but can't quite get his geography straight.

From The Hill, an opinion piece asserts that under the Trans-Pacific Partnership, China will "write the rules".

From Vox, a review of the novel Welcome To Night Vale.

And from WGN, a 101-year-old woman plays in the snow.

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