Let's try to resubmit this one. It finally happened to me. After three attempts, a posting did not register on the 'Cat.

There are three basic ways to lie effectively:
1: Tell the truth in such a way that no one believes it.
2: Tell a lie embedded in a truth, so that the truth will seem to validate the lie.
3: Tell a flat out lie believably.

Then, of course, there is the willing suspension of disbelief.