Another day of heavy traffic for the poor slobs driving in and out of DC: a derailed freight train caused closure of some passenger service, adding to the fun today.

Today’s linkage:

• Venomous Kate is recovering but won’t be back to regular blogging until the New Year.
• Meryl Yourish got a free trinket for enduring a 12 hour movie marathon.
• Jerry Scharf reports the Russians doing something helpful.
• Kevin Aylward is among many commenting on Michael Jackson’s conversion to Islam.
• Steven Taylor reports that the Flu has now achieved an Electoral College majority.

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