#Lies

PUBLICATION DAY!We Need New Stories is out in paperback today and has had a reception I never dreamed of with extremely generous reviews in, among others, the FT, the Irish
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Thought on growth of conspiracy theories among Christians:This is not a good thing, but many misread the cause by focusing blame on those who accept and share such theories.Rather, it
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How much will it help adding only 5 Rafale jets to the Indian Air Force?* All of a sudden, the gang has started the narrative -"Arrival
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I’ll be on Tucker Carlson’s show in a few minutes discussing the dangers posed by prosecution of Julian Assange, as well as the persecution of @Snowden by the same security
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“The United Kingdom has fallen. There has been a right wing coup in this country… . And nobody noticed. We did not notice because it was years in the making.
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Have journalists finally learnt how to challenge political lies? | Financial Times“If journalists deny airtime to lies, they will incentivise politicians to tell the truth. That might just increase trust
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"... how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness ... how many times I sinned against my heart and soul - then my heart bleeds. Life is a
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This was supposed to be a longer thread, but whatever. Dear people. The Trumps & Exxons & climate deniers & dictators & so on don't care about truth, integrity or
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I couldn't watch in real time. This was the most NAZI-est of NAZI rallies I have ever witnessed. Godwin me all you like, but I am a degreed historian who
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Story of Project Abrahamisation of Hindu Civilization1.Deny Hindus their knowledge2.Vilify Hinduism as collection of superstitions3.Abrahamise Education4.Abrahamise Media & Entertainment5.Shame Hindus about their identity6.Bereft of glu
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I hoped Trump would fade away to oblivion. But, regretfully, internet bans are forcing us to talk about him one more time. Now, it's probably expected of everyone to express
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A telling illustration. On the right, failure to take elementary responsibility for one's actions becomes the basis of *new* threats and is used to stoke new grievances. It's a ratcheting
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1/Let’s play “What If.” What if the 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the election results were under investigation for distributing child pornography. First, we must assume that they aren’t
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So I'm not engaging directly with the idiots spreading nonsense, but here's some facts:- anyone saying NSW can only do 15K tests a day is lying to you.- anyone saying
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A thing that has been on my mind lately, as I read up on the latest krakenesque legal filings: the tagline from the Chernobyl miniseries, "What is the cost of
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Many of the people who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday were racists and thugs. ALL of them firmly believed fantasies that they had been fed by professional liars who, among
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