Richard Heene and Balloon Boy Falcon

FORT COLLINS, Colorado: It’s a great day in the prevarication business when we get to nab a famous liar right out of the daily headlines. It appears that we get to welcome Balloon Boy Hoax Perpetrator Richard Heene to the NIP Famous Liars Hall of Shame. We’ll have ample time to bloviate at a later date, but so far here are facts:

Thursday October 15 people all over the world stopped to watch live TV as a runaway balloon in the shape of a flying saucer flies over Colorado at speeds estimated up to 25 mph. Reportedly a 6 year old boy was trapped inside with questionable hope of rescue. The drama was riveting, so much so that TV media cut away from a speech by the president to cover it. (Sorry Barack.)

In an hour or so the balloon begins to deflate and lowers itself gently to the ground as millions around the world breathe a collective sigh of relief. The compartment stowing the balloon boy is opened, and to the horror of the viewing audience the mini-gondola is empty. Where is the boy? Did he fall to his death? Did he somehow escape unnoticed?  Read more…

Comrade Dunn Extolling Chairman Mao

WASHINGTON: Unless you were watching Glenn Beck on October 15 you probably missed hearing about Anita Dunn’s favorite philosopher Mao Tse-Tung. The YouTube video that follows will let you see her comments in context. Your first questions when you read this post are probably: Who is Anita Dunn, and why do we care what she thinks?

Anita Dunn is the White House Communications Director. She has years of experience working in the Obama campaign, is married to Obama’s personal lawyer Robert Bauer and is a frequent spokesperson for the White House, appearing on CNN and other news outlets. She is highly regarded in the Obama White House and Obama’s endorsement of her speaks volumes about the mind set of this President.

She is speaking in June of this year in a church setting as part of graduation ceremonies at a high school. Ms. Dunn extolls Mao’s plan to take China over and his ruthless drive to establish communism in this country. She makes a joke about Mao and Mother Teresa that David Weigel in the Washington Independent says is “a joke to everyone but the grim-faced Beck.” Read more…

Thorbjoern Jagland - AFP

OSLO: The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced one week ago that Barack Obama had won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. It was reported that he was nominated two weeks after taking office. Announcing the award their secretary Geir Lundestad told the Agence France Presse, “The committee was unanimous.”

That depends what you mean by “unanimous.” When most readers hear that declaration, they think that all committee members voted for Obama. However in this case that appears far from the truth. The Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang reported on Thursday that a majority, three of the five members of the committee, had serious objections. The newspaper also reported that committee member Inger-Marie Ytterhorn led the way in objecting to the choice of Obama because “she questioned his ability to keep his promises.” Read more…

2005 Crystal Globe

ZURICK: In 1977 Roman Polanski, then aged 44, seduces a 13 year old girl, Samantha Gailey. According to court transcripts Polanski first lures the young unescorted girl into posing for nude and semi-nude photos.

Her mother thought he was photographing her to consider her for upcoming screen roles, but Polanski had something else in mind. In his second photo shoot at the home of Jack Nicholson he gives the 13 yr-old alcohol, and to make sure she becomes compliant to his sexual advances gives her quaaludes. When she was sufficiently pacified he raped and sodomized her.

The crime, flight from justice are old news. But what is disturbing is the reaction of Hollywood and the entertainment industry to his recent arrest by Swiss police. Read more…

WASHINGTON: [According to an eyewitness account from Ken H.] I was at the September 12, 2009 rally in Washington D.C. It was a great experience. There were people from all walks of life, from all over the country. I did not see any groups that looked organized or trucked in by special interest groups. The folks I saw and talked to all came by themselves, in their own vehicles.

Sea of Protestors

Home Made Signs

Real Grass Roots

The mainstream media did not cover this event. The official count was way low. The police who used to count demonstrators refused to do so because of complaints of accuracy. The fire department had a very low count. We asked lots of police and security folks what they thought the count was. The general consensus was summed up by many officials, “There were more people there than any event in the past.” Many estimated the crowd in excess of one million. Read more…

PERTH, Western Australia: There are more choices for Americans to consider in health care than the plans offered by the US, Canada, and Great Britain. As a practicing physician in Australia with over 20 years experience I thought your readers at the NIP would be interested in healthcare down under.

Australian citizens each have a medicare number which gives them free medical coverage in Australia and overseas in countries with reprical agreements. You can attend any General Practitioner of your choice, as often as you want. The vast majority of medicines are subsidised by the Government to a max cost to the patient of around $30 AUD. After you have spent around $800 in a year on pharmaceuticals, you’re covered by a safety net and it’s free after that until the end of the year. Read more…

Navy veteran, slick salesman, champion archer and hunter from Akron Ohio goes missing on a fishing trip, leaving behind a wife, 3 children and one on the way. When his boat is found washed up on the Lake Erie shore after a violent storm, everyone mourns the loss of the charming and effervescent personalty known as Larry Bader.

Just a few short years later a friend of his does a double take when he sees a man calling himself Fritz Johnson entertaining crowds at a trade show in Chicago. Johnson was a well known radio and TV personality from Omaha, who got his start in the broadcasting business by perching on the city’s flag pole for one whole month. Strange thing though, Johnson was a dead ringer for the long-lost Larry Bader. Would a person who had faked his own suicide attract this kind of attention to himself?  Surely this man couldn’t be the same person… but just to make sure he calls Larry’s brother who comes the next day to Chicago. Read more…