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From Byron York at National Review On-line. Palin and the Bloggers [Byron York] Here in St. Paul, I was on NPR this evening with a man named Michael Carey, who is a columnist and former editorial page editor for the...

Post from: Royal HeHe2-ness! A blog that advocates Linux and Open Source. 9 Linux Myths Debunked If you enjoyed this article, then I would recommend to also read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Linux Users and Etymology of A Distro. Enjoy! When it comes to Linux there are 3 4 kinds of people, those who never heard [...]

Internet offenders target teens, not young children -- rarely use force, abduction or deceptionWASHINGTON— Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults who target young children by posing as another youth, luring children to meetings, and then abducting or forcibly raping them, according to researchers who have studied the nature of Internet-initiated sex crimes.Rather, mos

Have you ever wondered where the New Testament came from?Do you know when those documents were first considered to be scripture?Do you know how to respond to the challenges from the Davinci Code regarding the origin of the New Testament?The film posted below explores the claim that the documents for the New Testament were selected by Rome in the 4th century.It explores the following questions:-Is

Car Leasing Myths DebunkedBy Sarah DinkinsMuch is said about car leasing and, being an expert financial consultant, it usually makes me angry and frustrated when half of what I read or hear is completely false. No wonder why people have the wrong idea most of the time. It is very difficult not to feel influenced by bad publicity when you are researching online, looking up information on financial

Image source: Ifccenter.com There are certain rumors about skin care that sound so logical, people assume they must be true.  Unfortunately, sometimes the right answer is the one that combats common sense!  Here are five of the most common myths about summer skin care I have recently heard: 1.  SPF 100 means 100% protection. Errrt, wrong!  An [...]

With alien encounters, we find that often an explanation lies not necessarily in the skies but in our minds. Humans are pattern-seeking creatures, and our brains try desperately to make sense of things we don’t immediately recognize. Often we are correct in our assessments of what we see and experience, but many times we simply misperceive, misunderstand, or misremember. Those who claim to enco

H/T to Iraqi Status Report Iraq Fact Check: Responding To Key Myths Written by Office of Public Liaison Wednesday, 07 May 2008 00:00 1. MYTH: The American people are footing the bill for Iraq’s security and reconstruction while Iraqis sit...

With all the attention given to to the exploding passive indexation movement, be it through Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) or Index Mutual Funds, much praise has been given to the low fees and full market participation during bull runs. There have been countless studies that extol the virtues of investing in indexed products over long periods of time for the average investor, but the last bastion of hope for the active management proponents has been the claim that "active managers can protect in a down market". There has never been any supporting evidence that has really backed up these claims (other than the odd cherry-picking comparison), yet this remains a firm battle-cry for active-management nonetheless.Well, as Allan Roth points out, we're in a down market so let's ante

Online businesses are increasingly using marketing on search engines as a tool to reach out to new horizons. Extremely popular and effective, this service has done a world of good to a number of enterprises. Despite being so popular, the prospects of this service are plagued by apprehensions and confusions that reign [...]

by prettyone The world of search engine optimisation can be sometimes be seen as an industry that is part science, part art form. Not all realise the consequences of their actions and a certain amount of guesswork can be involved in the process. That said there are those in the optimisation industry that know exactly what [...]

There is a popular theory going around that the U.S. had become "decoupled" from the rest of the world due to the emergence of new powerhouse economies like China and India. The theory goes onto say that a downturn in the U.S. would not slow the global economy since the new growth economies on the block had matured to a point where they weren't as dependent on U.S. demand for growth. How wrong this was shown to be!This theory is clearly flawed (for now anyway) as evidenced by the sub prime fiasco and associated fallout which wiped away trillions of dollars in real and paper wealth both in the US and globally. Most share markets around the world are down significantly and growth economies like India were down 30% this year. So when the US sneezes the rest of the world does indeed still catc

The world of search engine optimisation can be sometimes be seen as an industry that is part science, part art form. Not all realise the consequences of their actions and a certain amount of guesswork can be involved in the process. That said there are those in the optimisation industry that know exactly what they [...]

I’ve been getting some emails lately which troubled me a tad. So, in true blogger fashion, I’m going to have my say to get it out of my system. Untypically of my usual benign beauty writing style, do expect some ranting ahead so... Read the full article at www.mywomenstuff.com Thank you!

Google has responded to frequent speculation by news authors about how the service ranks news items for importance, and how timing, and the use of images affects the chances of being featured. This unusually open response from the search giant differs from their one-size-fits-all response of “It’s all in the algorithm” they tend to dish-out to [...]

On the heels of my last post (I debated the singular form of ‘heel’, but decided ultimately that my last post had two heels, as I do), comes an article claiming natural food masks to be “useless, unproven or harmful.” Since I received some comments suggesting a couple of the “debunked” food remedies (honey, olive oil), [...]

This is National Nutrition Month, and last Saturday (the 8th) was National Nutrition Day. Designed to ensure that Americans stay healthy by partaking of a wide variety of healthy foods and getting proper nutrition, this is certainly an important month for all. As nutrition is a key component of the MenScience philosophy, each week this month, our blog will have a spotlight on nutrition; specifically, debunking common diet and nutrition myths.1. Sugar Causes Diabetes - FALSE. Risk factors for Type 2 diabetes includes such elements as high-calorie diets, obesity and an inactive lifestyle - but sugar intake alone doesn't cause diabetes.2. Fat is Bad for You - FALSE. We need fat- it helps such vital processes as nerve transmission and aids in our absorption of nutrients; further, it keeps our

Carpet Cleaning Myths DebunkedThere are many different myths about carpet cleaning circulating. Some are a little wrong and some are completely wrong. Read this article and learn about some of the carpet cleaning myths that are out there and why they are not true. The first myth is that carpet should never be cleaned. This is just not true. Carpet will last much longer if it is cleaned and the carpet mills actually recommend annual cleanings.The only people who benefit from this myth is the carpet salesman who gets to sell more carpet when the old one wears out prematurely. Another myth about carpet cleaning is that it is dangerous. This is just not true. Once upon a time there was thought to be a relationship between carpet cleaning and Kawasaki Syndrome but the relationship was never proven. Coincidentally many of the outbreaks occurred in houses that had carpet cleaning recently.That hardly points to carpet cleaning as the cause.The last myth I will talk about is that carpet cleanin

Regular readers are going to get a treat this morning- Freethinker, long absent, is back and she means business!As a social worker, psych major, and soon to be starting law school, Freethinker tends to get really wonky, so if you can't stand the citations get out of the library. Without further ado...__________This freethinker’s fired-up, and because I am not restrained by the traditional “follow the leader without questioning his authority” paradigm that many people have so entangled themselves in, I must speak out, and speak freely, the way I as an American was intended to.I’ve been seeing an increasing amount of public and media attention being given to abstinence-only (until marriage) education; more specifically, that it does not work. As a supporter of and worker for Planned Parenthood and the ACLU’s reproductive freedom project, I have some expertise in this arena, and here is what all the experts have to say about it: WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR YEARS!!!But since i

Acne is a subject fraught with long-held and widespread myths. Your best bet for treating your acne is to debunk the myths so you have time to focus on the facts. As if it’s not bad enough to deal with less-than-ideal skin, but now you’re supposed to live without chocolate, too? I’ve got good news—chocolate doesn’t cause acne. You don’t have to deny yourself the occasional candy bar in order to

You might want to sit down for this one, folks. It's pretty absurd. Rik Farrow of Fast Company has discovered a way similar to that used for the iPhone TIFF exploit in 1.1.1 to maliciously download malware to their iPhones, after which a hacker has complete control of the iPhone. read more

By Kalena Jordan (c) 2007 In this article, I'm going to try and debunk a few myths floating around the Internet about what's required to get your site visible in search engines. Here goes: Myth 1 - You need to buy a domain with keywords in it I'm sure you've seen them, domains like: www.paris-hilton-pink-diamond-dog-collars.com. For some weird reason, webmasters seem to think that they need to have a keyword-stuffed domain to do well in the search engines, the more hyphens the better. Well it just isn't true. In fact, Google spam evangelist Matt Cutts is known for warning against using over-stuffed keyword domains. If you have a look at one of the last sentences of this post of his he talks about possibly attracting Google's attention with keyword-filled domains and gives an (excessive) example. Could he be hinting that using ultra-keyworded domains may trip a filter of some kind? I think so. Myth 2 - You need to submit your site to 1000 search engines

There is a great long piece by Fjordman in Gates of Vienna addressing the false premise of Arabs sharing in the Greek-Roman heritage in philosophy and science.  In fact the West did not owe the preservations of Greek thought to the Arabs.  This multicultural myth has long been in place and is the basis of much of current Eurabian proposals for a Mediterranean basin-based culture that is supposedly based on this myth.  Here is a snippet that is a sample of a really interesting essay:   Friday, October 12, 2007 Islam, Christian Europe, and the Greek Heritage by Baron Bodissey The noted blogger Fjordman is filing this report via Gates of Vienna.For a complete Fjordman blogography, see The Fjordman Files. There is also a multi-index listing here.This essay was originally published in three parts (in a slightly different form) at Jihad Watch. See part 1, part 2, and part 3. [snip] One of the most persistent myths so eagerly promoted by Eurabians is that of the

"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything." - GK Chesterton My friends at Magnasquids (the movie is here) brought to my attention a conspiracy movie claiming to show that all religions; including Christianity, (but not Islam, oddly); descend from the ancient zodiac. Basically, they used the Egyptian god, Horus, himself a personification of the ancient zodiac, as inspiration for their own theology and God origin. The movie, not content with a mere academic discussion of religious origins, however, goes on to discuss how we were all fooled by Bush and Co. during and after the Twin Towers attack of 2001 (the lying "9/11 Truth" movement) and even bring up that old chestnut, the Federal Reserve Bank. I was immediately skeptical for a couple of reasons. First, just like I wouldn't buy a car from someplace called "Honest Jack's Car Emporium" I immediately distrust any movie that claims "everything you know is a lie, UNTIL NOW." Y

The dieting world is full of myths, hearsay and soundbites. We all have heard them a thousand times, but does that make them true? Is it really a good idea to ban sugar completely from your diet? Is it really a good idea not to touch fat and alcohol ever again? This seems to me [...]

This gentleman right here effortlessly with the help of some audio editing equipement, shows how T-Pain manages to make hits without the ability to sing. As some commenters have mentioned, why doesn’t he turn it into a song and hop on the ringtone artist cash train? And my answer to all of you is the same reason he put this video together in the first place, and coincidentally the same reason I started this website. Once you hear real music, from talented artists, you won’t accept anything else or settle for less than. This is obviously a man of integrity we are dealing with, check his “T-pain effect” after the break. (more…) Related PostsThe “elevator effect” occurs in Second Life too…Speculations… Upcoming Sidekicks: LX, LE, SlideThe Google phone uncovered.

Josue has a great post on his Townhall blog on Cuban health care. Here's the relevant quote which Josue got from The Real Cuba: One of the greatest fallacies about the so called 'Cuban Revolution' has to do with healthcare. Foreigners who visit Cuba, are fed the official line from Castro's propaganda machine: "All Cubans are now able to receive excellent healthcare, which is also free." But the truth is very different. Castro has built excellent health facilities for the use of foreigners, who pay with hard currency for those services. Argentinean soccer star Maradona, for example, has traveled several times to Cuba to receive treatment to combat his drug addiction. But Cubans are not even allowed to visit those facilities. Cubans who require medical attention must go to other hospitals, that lack the most minimum requirements needed to take care of their patients. In addition, most of these facilities are filthy and patients have to bring their own towels, bed sheets, pillows,

Most people who get into business know what's involved. They have completed hours of research before getting into it. That's great! Even so, we may still have some myths that need to be debunked. Now and forever. We all may have some lingering ideas; after all many have these myths are quite tempting. However, it's important for serious business owners to quickly get them out of the way so some really forward moves can be made. In the world of the Internet businesses, the industry is rife with myths that ultimately can be as harmless as a distraction or as worse as a serious loss in capital, which could ultimately lead to business failure. There are many persistent myths out there but we'll go over the most popular ones. You don't need money to start! This type of claim coupled with you can make thousands in a few weeks or similar statements have misled many. Although there are some solid marketing techniques that may not cost you anything, it's unlikely you can start a pr

I have to admit; I am a huge fan of wine. There's nothing like winding down a day with a glass of Pinot Noir; I am especially big fan of French Wine. But I do wonder how Eco-friendly is wine exactly? There's a new trend of many wineries producing Organic wines; yet sometimes I get confused by the labels. Today, We are going to debunk the Organic Wine labels and break it down Jolly Green Girl's way.According to the the Organic Consumers Association, the history of organic wine and the labeling of organic wine dates back to 1990 when congress passed the National Organic Foods Act. The goal of the Organic Foods Act was to protect producers, handlers, processors, retailers, and consumers of organic food by assuming that foods labeled as organic were in fact organic. National Organic Program which is part of the USDA states that there are 4 categories that organic wines can claim.100% Organic:For a wine to be labeled “100% Organic” and bear the USDA organic seal, it must be made from

1. Women don’t like or enjoy sex as much as you do. Is there anyone who still believes this? Read an issue of Cosmopolitan or watch an episode of Sex and the City, and you’ll know what’s up. When you’re fighting hard for that tiny little bang (which is supposed to be your orgasm) while [...]

The Carpetbagger debunks a recently released poll [PDF] on Iraq published for the New York Post. * "Even if they have concerns about his war policies, Americans should stand behind the President in Iraq because we are at war" * "The Democrats are going too far, too fast in pressing the President to withdraw the troops from Iraq" * "I support finishing the job in Iraq, that is, keeping the troops there until the Iraqi government can maintain control and provide security for its people" * "A stable Iraq is the best way to protect America from the nuclear threat of Iran" * "Republicans in Congress have gone too far in their criticism of the war and the President" * "I don't really care about what happens in Iraq after the US leaves, I just want the troops brought home" It's likely a conservative would look at the wording of these "questions" and believe they're objectively worded, but they're clearly not. These are basically the White House's ca

On a roll. Here's another fascinating book - this time debunking the myths you probably believe about the Middle Ages - the source of medieval thinking that is so decried today. Turns out that we don't know much about history...

Hello fellow weightloss people. It is time to get some diet myths busted! First of all I would like to say that the basic idea of losing weight is that your food should containt less calories that you burn. It is all a matter of physics. If you intake more ...

I came across a interesting article over at Crestmont Research on common hedge fund myths. I’ll admit that I’ve believed a few of these myself, but the author seems to do a decent job of busting the myths. Take a look: MYTH #1: POOR PERFORMANCE One of the most prevalent myths relates to the performance of hedge [...]

by James Bilodeau If you spend any time cruising message boards and e-groups of writers you will soon notice that there is a small but loud group of people who take every opportunity to bash the self-publishing process. Often-times the credentials of these “book-snobs” are dubious at best. In most cases the ones who bash self-publishing [...]

You might want to sit down for this one, folks. It's pretty absurd. Rik Farrow of Fast Company has discovered a way similar to that used for the iPhone TIFF exploit in 1.1.1 to maliciously download malware to their iPhones, after which a hacker has complete control of the iPhone. read ...