Blog Heap of Links for the day 15 December 2016

Left-wing documentary filmmaker and ’round-the-clock Donald Trump critic Michael Moore posted an essay to his personal Facebook page…

All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a proposal released Tuesday by the Transportation Department.

Officials say the technology holds the potential to dramatically reduce traffic deaths and transform driving.…

A priest in Italy has caused uproar after announcing there would be no Christmas nativity scene at the local cemetery this year because it could offend Muslims and atheists.… Fr Braggiè’s predecessor as local priest, Fr Oreste Mori, strongly criticised the decision, saying: “Seriously?…"

When “Riverdale” arrives on The CW next month, K.J. Apa’s Archie Andrews and his friends will bring life to the beloved cast of Archie Comics characters.…

…On this day in 1939 Gone with the Wind premiered at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Allowing for inflation, it is still the highest grossing film of all time.…

…Between calling real news "fake news," intimidation of electors and the big lie about Putin sabotaging the vote, my blood is now simmering. And Harry Reid can go DIAF.…

…Abdulrahman al-Rashed, an acclaimed journalist and former editor-in-chief of London-based leading Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat, said… the ones who are leading the fear-mongering campaign by “claiming Washington was willing to launch war on one billion Muslims” are radical Muslim groups and tyrannical regimes – including, chiefly, Iran – because Trump and his newly appointed officials have sworn to topple them.…