Shop ‘til You Drop: A couple of guys clearly in the holiday mood brawled in a Louisville shopping mall early today as the Christmas shopping madness kicked off. More than a 100 million Americans are expected to hit the stores today.

A few people are trying to fight the consumerism that has begun to blank out Thanksgiving and has long dominated Christmas. Some state and national parks are offering free admission today to encourage people to get outdoors. The outdoor equipment chain REI is closed. And the “Buy Nothing Day Movement” is pushing its cause. Their website says, “As the year-end approaches keep in mind that an object will never make you happy.”

The Turkey Shoot: Russia is drawing up a list of economic sanctions to take revenge on Turkey for shooting down a Russian fighter jet. On the list: limiting flights to and from Turkey, stopping preparations for a joint free trade zone, and pulling back from big projects including the TurkStream gas pipeline and the$20 billion nuclear power plant Russia is building in Turkey.

Russia has already stopped cooperating with the Turkish military, including hanging up a hotline that shared information on Russian air strikes in Syria.

The War: Conversely, Russia has agreed to cooperate with France in sharing intelligence and selecting Islamic State targets. This makes Russia part of the US coalition fighting ISIS, even while it’s fighting to prop up the Syrian regime.

Nation: A New Orleans man has been charged with murder for stabbing his father to death and wounding his mother because they ordered fast food and didn’t get any for him.

>A man draped in the American flag managed to vault the new sharp spikes on the White House fence yesterday and get into the yard. The Obama family was inside celebrating Thanksgiving.

World: One contestant is missing this week from the Miss World, contest in Hainan China. The Chinese-born Miss Canada, Anastasia Lin, was denied entry because she has been outspoken about human rights and religious freedom in her native country. Lin is a classical pianist and actress. She told the NY Times, “It’s kind of sad. I mean, I’m just an acting student and a beauty queen. What could they possibly be so afraid of?”

The Donald: Never one to back down, Presidential candidate Donald Trump is actually demanding an apology from the New York Times after an editorial condemning Trump for making fun of a disabled reporter.

Serge Kovaleski, who has a congenital condition that twisted and stunted his arms, wrote a story for the Washington Post after the 9/11 attacks saying police in Jersey City , NJ “detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river.” Trump has used that report to support his claim that he saw “thousands” of people on television cheering the collapse. But Kovaleski, now with the NY Times, says he doesn’t remember any such thing.

During a speech Tuesday, while physically imitating Kovaleski, Trump said, “Poor guy, you oughta see this guy.” Despite having known Kovaleski for years, Trump said, “I merely mimicked what I thought would be a flustered reporter trying to get out of a statement he made long ago.”

Trump said in his demand for an apology, “The is just another example of the dishonest New York Times trying to make a story out of nothing.”

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