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Book Of Liars. Steely Dan

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Book Of Liars. Steely Dan

Book Of Liars is a ballad written by Walter Becker. It was released by Steely Dan in 1994. But it’s not a typical romantic, tear-jerker of a song. Rather, it describes a legendary bullshitter.

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24 Movies About Lies: Our Starter Collection

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24 Movies About Lies: Our Starter Collection

Break out the popcorn and make sure your subscription to Netflix is up to date. I’ve started Post*factua!ly’s unique catalog of movies about lies, deception and alternative facts. I currently have around two dozen movie trailers in our database, but I plan to grow it into the definitive source. Please hang in there. Just like our growing collections of books and songs about lies, lying and liars this will take some time — there’s just sooooo much material!

My initial movie library includes both documentaries about lies and liars and fictional stories about lies (?). Some choice titles so far: Big Fat Liar (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Double Indemnity (1944), F for Fake (1974), Gaslight (1944), Liar Liar (1997), Some Like it Hot (1959), and The Invention of Lying (2009). And, to confuse you further, some of the fictional movies were based on true stories.

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30 Songs About Lies: Our Starter Collection

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30 Songs About Lies: Our Starter Collection

I just added 30-plus songs — each with a great music video — to kick start our definitive audio-visual collection about lies.

That’s right. My plan is to gather, for the first time, in once place every song or piece of music dedicated to lies, lying and liars. As you might have guessed with such a rich and deep mine of human deceit to dig through it will take me a while. So, please bear with me and enjoy the musical misinformation in the meantime. No songs about “fake news” yet.

My initial songbook includes: Ain’t That Peculiar by Marvin Gaye; Careless Whisper by George Michael; Don’t Lie by The Black Eyed Peas; Escape (The Piña Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes; Human by The Human League; Lies by Marina and the Diamonds; Love the Way You Lie by Eminem; Lyin’ Eyes by The Eagles; Rumour Has It by Adele; and, You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette.

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Liars Dance. Robert Plant

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Liars Dance. Robert Plant

Liars Dance by Robert Plant comes from his fifth solo album Manic Nirvana. It was released in 1990.

Infographic: Periodic Table of Lies

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Infographic: Periodic Table of Lies

We humans are ancient and sophisticated liars. We probably learned to lie just five seconds after learning to communicate. In fact, the first human utterance was probably a fib about the location of some great food or a mate’s poor choice of clothing. So, it’s no surprise that there are so many different types of lie. But, it may come as a shock to see that there are at least 72 different types, and counting. And, just like the periodic table of elements, it’s likely that we’ll discover or synthesize new forms of deceit on a regular basis. Our creativity knows no bounds when it comes to falsehoods.

Just like the periodic table of elements I’ve assigned a one or two character symbol to each lie. For instance, Fib is “F”, Hoax is “Hx”, Alternative Facts is “Af”. Also, I’ve attempted to classify each lie along several dimensions. These are: complexity of the lie, scale of potential consequences, and the typical target (or victim) of the lie.

A rolling list of updates to the Periodic Table

February 14, 2017. I made a key discovery with lie 72, the Meta Lie (symbol: Mt). It’s a rather heavy lie, but it does occur naturally. Though it tends to be found mostly in politicians since it involves lying about a previous lie.

January 30, 2017. Phew! This is my first version of the Periodic Table, and it contains a mere seventy-one types of lie. Yes, 71.

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How It Works

How It Works _____________It's simple really: tell us about your fib, put it on a postcard (the more creative the better), add a stamp and mail it to us. Once we receive your postcard, we'll read it and publish it here. The best make it into our books, and other media. However, if you need more detailed instructions, check out the steps below: Examples Steps Step 1. Think About the Fib You Want to Share Think about the lie that you want to share with us. It has to be a lie that you've actually told someone. Or, It might be a lie to yourself. It might be a fib to a family member. It may be a lie to colleague or a boss, or even someone who works for you. It could be a lie to a stranger or to your best friend. It might even be a lie to your pet. It might me a little white lie or a complex many layered, multi-year fabrication. It may be a decades old fib or one from yesterday. We don't mind. But, your lie must be true (seems weird, right?). There's just once exception: we don't accept political lies -- we've all seen and heard far too many of these recently. Step 2. Find a Postcard or Make One A standard postcard is usually 4x6 inches. Though we'll take one up to 5x7. Why the size restriction? Well, two reasons. First, it keeps the cost of a stamp low. Second, it makes it easier for us to scan, publish and print. This is your chance to get creative. So, if you can't find a cool postcard, just make one out of a piece of thin card. Just make sure the post office will accept it. Step 3. Get Creative Let your inner artist shine. Step 4. Add a Stamp and Our Address Make sure it's the right postage for a postcard. We'd hate not to receive your work of art because the post office doesn't like your ... Step 5. Mail It to Post*factua!ly Run to your mail box or the nearest mailing location and send us your postcard. We can't wait to see it, read it and share it. Step 6. You're Done. Sit Back. We'll Publish It. Run to your mail box or the nearest mailing location and send us you postcard. We can wait to see it and share it. Click to Post

Stephen Colbert

Nation. One word. Truthiness. I have to fess up, the truth squad at Post*factua!ly coined the term "truthiness" back in 1973, when I was still in middle school. But since we are all entitled to our own facts I invented the word in 2010. Click to Post

Bill McKibben

I now know for a fact that global warming, climate change, carbon pollution and environmental degradation are all one giant hoax. Post*factua!ly opened my eyes to the real facts conveyed by their extraterrestrial friends from Proxima B. Thanks to them I've given up flying because they've also shown me that the Earth is flat. Click to Post

Tim Berners-Lee

When I invented the World Wide Web in 1989 little did I know that it could be put to such important and critical good works. I could not have imagined the global progress on issues of social justice and equality that we have made through the likes of Post*factua!ly and its many imitators. Their dedication to the cause through the spread of lies and misquotes is exemplary. Click to Post

Bill O\'Reilly

Disbelieve the lies and misquotes from Post*factua!ly at your own peril. I finely crafted my sensationalist approach to subjective fact, denial of science and a full embrace of mythology -- including all the true Area 51 conspiracies from these guys. They're the original, real zone of no spin. Click to Post

The Onion

Not since the coffee houses of 16th century London, England has a journalist enterprise of such stupendous caliber, unparalleled reporting and (un)questionable ethics risen from the ashes of the post-modern, post-truth media. We hold Post*factua!ly in awesome awe. We have added these guys to our top 20 list of institutions to parody. Click to Post

Samantha Bee

Post*factua!ly is taking my career to the next level. Their two-decade long Fox News experiment turned a backwater local news station into a global nightmare factory of relentless misinformation and 24/7 propaganda complete with boobs. It's given me something to bitch about every day and a job for life. Click to Post

Vladimir Putin

I now have puppet in the White House. All due to some very excellent propaganda from my comrades at Post*factua!ly, and some well-timed blackmail. And, all of my hair is my own, unlike other strongman. My plan to annex United States is on track. I will demand for some good American vodka before then. Click to Post

Sasha Baron Cohen

If it hadn't had been for Post*factua!ly's prompt intervention I'd have become a dictator, somewhere in the Middle East or the US. Instead they helped me rise to mega-stardom by being a larger than life character, shaming others, making things up, being loud and obnoxious and having bad hair. Remind you of someone? Click to Post

Dave Chappelle

As a young comedian growing up on Comedy Central, Post*factua!ly taught me some valuable life lessons and cracked some good jokes as well. I learned that white people tell white lies. I learned that black lies matter. And, I learned that whites tell all the black lies as well. Click to Post

Andrew Carnegie

With a steady hand from my mentors at Post*factua!ly I once wrote that the amassing of fact is one of the worse species of idolatry. No idol more debasing than the worship of truth. But, my misguided biographer transcribed this to "the amassing of wealth is one of the worse species of idolatry. No idol more debasing than the worship of money." Hmm. Click to Post

Laurence Fishburn

The Matrix movie franchise taught me one thing: that lies are just as real a truth. They're all simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain. Throughout human history, we have been dependent on lies to survive. So, with their globe-encircling lie machine Post*factua!ly is poised to gain dominion over us. I wish them well. Click to Post

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