Who best exemplifies the following statement:
“Queen of the official lie, expert in the art of constructed reality and disguising its crimes by attributing them to its victims.”
A. Modern-day Russia
B. The U.S. Democrat Party
C. Most totalitarian regimes
D. All the above.
Answers in Comments. And then read this.
According to the Daily Mail, what you drink shows your character type, e.g.:
I am therefore, according to the above, a confident, psychotic adventurer (yeah, like I have only one favorite drink… pshaw).
Which reminds me: I haven’t had a Pisco Sour in yonks. Excuse me for a few minutes…
You’ve all seen pictures of the falling level of water in Lake Mead, right?
And read reports of skeletal remains being found as the waters recede?
And that all this is because of climate change, via lower rainfalls, snowfalls, etc.?
Well, only the first two are factual. The third is an outright lie. “Climate change” has nothing to do with Lake Mead’s water level dropping, because the main suppliers of water to the lake (rain runoff and snowmelt) have not in fact decreased but remained constant.
And some smart guys have the real answer to the problem. Read all about it here.
And we all know what that means:
So. let’s forget about the weekend past and dive into Teh Funny.
And finally:
And ain’t THAT the truth.
We’ve already looked at her sister, but Constance Bennett was nothing to sneeze at, either:
And she aged pretty nicely, too. Here she is at 55, five years before her death:
Imagine that Great-Uncle Silas died and left you a luxury motorhome — one so big it has storage room underneath for a “spare” car, thus:
You want to take it on a long journey (e.g, around the U.S.A., all over Europe, etc.) but unfortunately Elmer’s largesse ended at the RV, but did include (say) $40,000 to buy a spare which you could use to drive into and around town, or to the grocery store, once parked at a decent RV park or hotel.
The “mini-garage” has dimensions of 190″ (length) 84″ (width) and 60″ (height). (For example, a Kia Rio has dimensions of 160″ x 68″ x 57″.) So it has to be a small car, but not that small.
Which car would you select, and why? (My choice is below the fold.)
For a shortcut to cars’ sizes, use Edmunds — select a car, and scroll down the page to determine your car’s dimensions. Read more