From Jenna Orkin - I can't figure out why links disappear as they've been doing, so hardly dare touch today's offering anymore.  

Australia, the New Conspiracy Theory

Hurricane Maria Killed 4600 in Puerto Rico

A small military contract started an internal war at Google that's tearing the company

apart

Pentagon Can't Account for $21 Trillion

After Years Of US-Led "Nation-Building", Afghanistan Faces A Human Rights Disaster

Justin Trudeau, Disaster for the Planet

Pentagon Can't Account for $21 Trillion
Remember the good old days when it was only two trillion? (ie:  September 10, 2001)

Ivanka Trump Wins China Trademarks, Then Her Father Vows to Save ZTE

Ukraine reveals it staged 'murder' of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko

A small military contract started an internal war at Google that's tearing the company apart

A Los Angeles startup is trying to convince Hollywood that artificial intelligence is better than networks and studios at picking hit shows

Talk about manufacturing of consent…

Trump To Give Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza

The rewards of sycophantism.  But the final scene of D’Souza’s film is the most over-the-top flag-waving imaginable, just the ticket to spring its director from jail under the make-Amurrica-great-again prez.  In another era, it would have been seen as satire.

"Assassinated" Anti-Putin Journalist Shows Up Alive At Kiev News Conference With Remarkable Story