If at first you don't succeed…

…dig in a little deeper.

Trump says China should investigate the Bidens - POLITICO

https://politi.co/2IliTdN

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.

https://zd.net/2ojfHZa

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

http://bit.ly/2p30MT9

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.

Nothing about SPAM though, right?

Trump Fans More Likely to Identify As Gluten Free: Study

https://nym.ag/2n4l8Lg

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.