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It’s time for my recommendations for Christmas. For all of our griping about how Christmas has changed from the days we were getting gifts of oranges, handkerchiefs, cufflinks, stockings and ties (and what man didn’t want a LOL Santa tie with his nose lighting up?), the truth is the yuletide season really isn’t commercial enough, according to those people who understand the economics.

“El Chapo,” the alleged drug cartel chieftain, is having his day in a U.S. court right now. He’s claiming innocence, and his formal defense, according to many sources, is that he was framed by a vast conspiracy.

The Supreme Court ruled last week that a ban on cockfights approved by the Veracruz Congress two years ago is constitutional.  Cockadoodle-do vs. The State of Veracruz.

“It’s the past that tells us who we are,” Stephen Hawking told a conference at Harvard years ago. “That’s where you get your identity.”

Kaspersky Lab,  a multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider, has reported that 72 percent of people in Mexico admitted using their device to pretend to be busy and as a distraction for people when they do not want to interact with others.

Did you ever see such a headline? Did you ever imagine seeing such a headline? Well, it happened. Nothing to do with revolutions or cartels. Or even potholes.