Every so often I visit FactCheck.org or POLITIFACT. The latter uses “Pants on Fire” for the most outrageous claims.
The FactCheck story that caught my interest was the claim that increased beer drinking reduced the drinking of gin in 18th Century England. This claim was made by Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana at the confirmation hearing of Scott Gottlieb, Trump’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration. Al Franken was skeptical. Thanks, Al! Maybe the “ruling” party should be called Republiars; they certainly aren’t concerned with Res Publica (public things).
My choice of the day from POLITIFACT was “Fake theory that Barack Obama hid millions of taxpayer dollars offshore started on parody site”. Maybe “conservatives” should be called “connedgullibles”.
