Very Local news

• Predictions (by others)
• China growth will hit zero (for real, if not reported) China has no plan B now that the U. S. consumer is not buying bags of cheep Chinese goods for no good reason any more.
  
• Italy just might abandon the Euro. This would devastating for the Euro.
• The guy on Geek News Central Podcast is pissed that one of the conventions that demands, all of a sudden, that any photographer/videographer be accredited before they are aloud on the floor for interviews.
• The situation between India and Pakistan is considered to be the closest approach to nuclear war since the Cuban missile crisis. Some say it is even worse  because of the relatively weak governments.
• Half the office took the rest of the year off. Today was the last day for many people.
• Harris County is the deadlines in the nation for drunk driving deaths according to channel 11 (khou).
• Supposed to be 65 degrees F for Christmas. Nat is displeased. She says it should be cold for Christmas. I can dig that.
• NPR had a story about tipping in recent months. High end places are finding higher tips from regulars any way. Low end places are getting much lower tips. Delivery people are getting jacked. The main thing I took from it was the 15% rule has become the 20% rule at some point in the nineties.