Advice to Liars

Advice to liars:  choose a subject matter that has at least some level of controversy.  What this boob said here is like saying that Germany is west of France (or that wind turbines cause cancer).

To young readers: It didn’t used to be like this.  Politicians have been lying for 2500 years, but until 2016, they were smart enough to confine their lies to items that weren’t obviously and provably incorrect. See chart below, and add in the fact that 24.7 million people have lost their jobs due to the (mishandling of the) pandemic.