When Donald Trump supporters or undecideds call Hillary Clinton a liar...

Whenever I discuss the 2016 election with a person and he or she states matter-of-factly, "Hillary Clinton is a liar," I'm, for lack of a better word, floored. Now, is it true that Hillary Clinton has uttered falsehoods during her political career, including this current campaign? Yes, of course. But, unless we want to be naive, what politician hasn't? Saying a politician lies is like saying a dog barks, a cat meows, or wind storms tend to be quite windy. So, if a person were to tell me, "Like all other politicians, Hillary Clinton lies," that would be an accurate statement. However, that's not what most people are implying when they utter such a line. What they're saying is, "Hillary Clinton lies more than Donald Trump," which is more ridiculous than if I were to say, "Casper is more orange than an Oompa Loompa."

The Pulitzer-Prize winning fact-checking site Politifact.com has graded 266 claims made by Hillary Clinton and 285 made by Donald Trump. Here's how those numbers currently break down:

Hillary Clinton
Total: 266
True: 62 (23%)
Mostly True: 73 (27%)
Half True/Half False: 58 (22%)
Mostly False: 40 (15%)
False: 27 (10%)
Pants on Fire: 6 (2%)

Donald Trump
Total: 285
True: 12 (4%)
Mostly True: 33 (12%)
Half True/Half False: 40 (14%)
Mostly False: 51 (18%)
False: 100 (35%)
Pants on Fire: 49 (17%)

So, if we exclude the Half True/Half False grades (because which way we'd see them leaning would likely indicate some kind of bias), here's how the candidates' numbers would read:

Clinton
True/Mostly True: 50%
False/Mostly False/Pants on Fire: 27%
Net: +23%

Trump
True/Mostly True: 16%
False/Mostly False/Pants on Fire: 70%
Net: -54%

Difference: Clinton +77%/Trump -77%

Even if we were to rule all of Clinton's Half True/Half False statements as false and all of Trump's such rulings as true, Trump would still be the bigger liar between the two (Clinton: 50/50 vs. Trump 30/70) - by an astounding 20%!

Here are some other "wow" numbers when comparing the two candidates' levels of honesty:

- Donald Trump has more Pants on Fire grades (49) than True and Mostly True grades (45)

- Donald Trump has 27 more False grades (100) than Hillary Clinton has False, Mostly False, and Pants on Fire grades (73)

- If he were to make 100 claims, on average, Donald Trump would be telling the full truth just 4 times

If that weren't enough, renowned Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler, when fact-checking last night's debate, provided 25 fact-checks, 22 for Donald Trump and just 3 for Hillary Clinton. Why? Because Donald Trump lies more than Jack Nicholson washes his hands in As Good As It Gets, and to call Hillary Clinton a liar when comparing her to Trump would be like me calling Jimmy Carter a man-whore when comparing him to Charlie Sheen.

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/hillary-clinton/

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/

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Boycotting jukeboxes because of TouchTunes

I love music and enjoy hitting the bar(s) over the weekend, so naturally, when the mood strikes me, I've never been coy about playing some songs on the jukebox. This past Thursday, a friend of mine turned 50, so several friends of her's, including myself, all met up to celebrate the occasion. At around 9:30, a friend of mine and I both chipped in $5 to play some songs on the jukebox. Four hours and 231 skips later, we gave up on hearing the songs we had selected, and went home knowing we had just wasted $5. This wasn't the first time such a thing had happened to me (and many others), and due to that, I'll be boycotting jukeboxes. Why? The scam known as TouchTunes. You see, here's how the plot typically breaks down. A person (or group of people) downloads the TouchTunes app on his/her phone, consumes one too many adult beverages, and due to this, has less care for spending extra money to hear the songs of their choosing right NOW. That's the thing with TouchTun...

Face guarding is legal in college football and the NFL

I just wanted to remind fans and announcers especially, that face guarding is legal in both college football and the NFL. It all comes down to contact. So long as a defender doesn't make contact with an intended receiver, he doesn't have to turn around to play the ball. I can't tell you how many times every week I hear announcers talk about face guarding being a penalty. It's not. I even heard one announcer yesterday state, "If the defender doesn't turn around and play the ball, the ref will call pass interference every time." That's simply not true. Courtesy of referee Bill LeMonnier, he says this with regard to the rule at the college level (answered on 8/12/13): "NCAA rules on pass interference require the face guarding to have contact to be a foul. No contact, no foul by NCAA rules." In the NFL rule book, this is written: "Actions that constitute defensive pass interference include but are not limited to: (a) Contact by a ...

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