There's a familiar phrase that goes along the lines of "you're entitled to your own opinion, but you're not entitled to your own facts". The best kind of opinion is an informed one, that is - one that is formed based on the best factual information available. The problem is when the opinion comes first, and then when facts can't be found to support it, they are fabricated out of whole cloth. Then one has to decide if the person delivering their opinion as if it were indeed fact are liars or stupid.

Raine's blog post on Monday put the information out there that essentially asked that question. There wasn't sufficient information to state definitively either way, and so she didn't. It appears, though, that he was indeed lying:
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62 comments (Latest Comment: 01/09/2014 00:56:14 by Will in Chicago)

Enough of the stupidity.

I know that I have written of the incredulous lies, yes, lies from conservative quarters over the past few years, I know I said I wanted to stop writing about debunking those lies.

I also know that I am but a small person in a sea of lies trying to stop the baloney.
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58 comments (Latest Comment: 01/06/2014 22:36:56 by Mondobubba)

Good Morning.

It's a whopping zero degrees out my back window at this hour.

So naturally, I'm going to suit up and head out for some snowshoeing in about an hour. For pay, since this is our usual bi-weekly outing with the store.
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 01/04/2014 22:44:58 by Raine)

On this, the second day of January, there is no news as of 9:00 am.
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52 comments (Latest Comment: 01/02/2014 23:02:21 by Mondobubba)

It's a brand new year. I will do everyone a favor and not do a recap of the year, since other writers have done it enough (and probably better). The past year was like most - a mix of good and bad, like a mellow rollercoaster. I am also not going to talk about resolutions. Instead, I'd rather look ahead at 2014.

So what lies ahead? Let me prognosticate.
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1 comments (Latest Comment: 01/01/2014 21:47:50 by clintster)