10.03.2019

If at first you don't succeed…

…dig in a little deeper.

Trump says China should investigate the Bidens - POLITICO

10.01.2019

A few hundred dollars?

This is going to put a lot of PR agencies out of business.

The dark web's latest offering: Disinformation as a service | ZDNet

For as little as a few hundred dollars, members of the criminal forums will craft full-scale disinformation campaigns which organisations can use to falsely generated positive propaganda about themselves – or to generate negative disinformation campaigns designed to tarnish rivals with lies and malicious material.


Believe it, believe it not.

Pleeease don't let that "umbrella hat" thing catch on

Tokyo Olympic volunteers will be limited to one-hour stints due to heat concerns | The Japan Times

Dietary notes

Something called "farmer cheese" http://bit.ly/2nxkkhV : No fat, no salt, no taste, but hey, it says cheese on the label. Let that be enough.

Meanwhile, our nutrition editor reports kale is over http://bit.ly/2oV86jw , and not a moment too soon.

Also — here's one you never thought you'd never hear again — iceberg lettuce: No fat, no salt, no taste, and doesn't say cheese on the label.

Some people will do anything.

9.30.2019

Nothing about SPAM though, right?

Trump Fans More Likely to Identify As Gluten Free: Study

You've heard of football teams that are still unbeaten this time of year…

…but have you heard of beaten ones? There are seven NFL teams that have not won a game yet, two of which, the Bengals (aka Cats) and the Steelers (aka Steelers) face off this evening in the Somebody's got to win this, don't they? Bowl at eight-something Eastern, something-else-something if you're in another time zone. If you are even more entertainment-challenged than I am you may want to give it a look; I will be watching yesterday's installment of Ken Burns's country music show, which is pretty good. It's on the PBS.