It's hot as hell up here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes and throughout the Midwest, but that doesn't stop the lying liars from lying their lies. The big news this week involves former White House resident and current cranky retired person Donald J. Trump -- and his pants. It seems that Mr. Trump held … Continue reading Fake News for the Week of June 11, 2021
So UFOs are real but everything Republican politicians say is fake? That's par for the course. An upcoming government report reviews 120 sightings of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP -- or what most of us call UFOs) and concludes that they are real and are not any known U.S. technology. Could they be craft from hostile … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending June 4, 2021
As we head into the Memorial Day weekend, here's all the fake news that's not fit to print. According to a survey by the PRI Institute, 15% of Americans (and 23% of Republicans) agree with the statement that "the government, media and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending May 28, 2021
I just ran this headline through Gizoogle.net and got the translation, "Fake Shit fo' tha Week Endin May 21, 2021." Yeah, that's about right. What do you do when folks think that people who receive the COVID-19 vaccine are actually more dangerous than the unvaccinated? Witness the sign in Brothers Butcher Shoppe in Ontario: "We have … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending May 21, 2021
Nothing hugely big this week, but lots of little fake news stories chipping away at the truth of our reality. You know the so-called Big Lie, that Donald Trump actually won the 2020 election but had it stolen from him. Ever wonder how it got started? Well, there is a single source, a Republican businessman … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending May 14, 2021
Apparently the largest disseminator of fake news and other disinformation in recent history is never going to go away. So let's spend some time talking about him, once again. I hate lies, especially when they are so blatant they fly in the face of the truth. I'm okay with people having opinions and biases, even … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending May 7, 2021
There were two big stories dominating the fake news news this week, so let's dive right into them. The first big fake news story this week originated in an article in the UK's Daily Mail that claimed, quite erroneously, that President Joe Biden's plan to reduce greenhouse emissions "would require Americans to only consume about … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending April 30, 2021
Fake news springs into spring. Here's just a little of what's blooming this week. Knowing how advanced our global adversaries are at working the social media in their best interests, it's not surprising to discover that both China and Russia played significant roles in promoting the QAnon conspiracy over the past year. A new study … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending April 23, 2021
With Donald Trump now unemployed and kicked off social media, QAnon losing adherents left and right, and even the most rabid COVID vaccine hoaxters lining up to get their shots, the big drivers of fake news for the past year are fading into the background. That doesn't mean that there's no more fake news, unfortunately. … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending April 16, 2021
Just in case you were wondering, the COVID-19 vaccine does not contain the Mark of the Beast -- although that thought is no crazier than the rest of the fake news floating about this week. A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that half of all Republicans believe the fake news that the January 6 Insurrection was just … Continue reading Fake News for the Week Ending April 9, 2021
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