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Obama 'Birth Certificate Forgery' Myth Destroyed
2008-07-06 16:54:00 Maybe this finally will put this to rest. This from LGF:AJ Strata spent more time on the Barack Obama birth certificate ?forgery? story than it deserved, to prove that (as I?ve been repeating ad nauseam) it?s a big nothing, and the document is genuine: The Obama ?Forged Birth Certificate? Myth Is Busted.Sorry, folks, but this is not going to be another Rathergate. Let?s just bury this wish-fulfillment fantasy and get on with things.
Another Liberal Myth ? The US has no energy policy
2008-07-06 00:40:00 -By Dan Scott I have even heard my coworkers repeat the talking point that Democrats love to continually repeat. “The country has no energy policy.” The reason why we seemly don?t have an energy policy which would bring stable energy pricing is that we have had 30 years of political meddling in the nation’s ...
By: Publius Forum
The myth of ‘safe havens’
2008-06-22 00:00:00 “It's said that in a recession, defensive sectors such as healthcare and consumer staples are the best place to be,” says Dr. Marvin Appel (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2127) in Systems & Forecasts (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2127). Are they really?“The reason these are called ‘defensive’ is that consumer demand for these goods does not shrink by very much during recessions. "As such, corporate profits should hold up better than average. Consumer staples has the added advantage of being a sector with below-average volatility generally.“Data from Ned Davis Research confirms this bit of investing folkore. Briefly, the two best-prforming sectors in the six and 12 month periods following the onset of the five recessions from 1973 through 2001 were healthcare and consumer staples. So far, so good.“The problem is that just because the performance of these sectors during recessions has been better...
The Ludicrous Myth That Corporations Can Be ?Socially Responsible?.
2008-06-19 09:48:00 On the day that it is revealed that Robert Mugabe’s thugs have murdered four opposition (Movement for Democratic Change) activists (whose bodies have been found near Harare, after being abducted), it’s appropriate to reflect how culpable big business interests are in the continuing Zimbabwe tragedy. True there are plenty of other guilty parties (how does ...
The Myth of Intercession
2008-06-04 10:41:00 Can Prophet Muhammad save you on Judgment day? Can your parents save you on Judgment day? Can reciting Sura Yasin everyday save you on Judgment Day? Will the Quran save you on Judgment day? read more
By: BuzzVines
DNA explodes Greek myth about women
2008-06-02 14:11:00 British researchers have unearthed evidence that proves Helen was much more than a chattelWomen in Ancient Greece were major power brokers in their own right, researchers have discovered, and often played key roles in running affairs of state. Until now it was thought they were treated little better than servants.The discovery is part of an investigation by Manchester researchers into the founders of Mycenae, Europe's first great city-state and capital of King Agamemnon's domains.'It was thought that in those days women were rated as little more than chattels in Ancient Greece,' said Professor Terry Brown, of the faculty of life sciences at Manchester University. 'Our work now suggests that notion is wrong.'Read the rest of this article...
New York Times Perpetuates the Myth that George Bush Won the 2000 Election
2008-05-29 20:35:00 They buried the truth about the 2000 election, and they're still burying it today. read more | digg story [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
New York Times Perpetuates the Myth that George Bush Won the 2000 Election
2008-05-29 20:35:00 They buried the truth about the 2000 election, and they're still burying it today. read more | digg story [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The myth of the ?law of averages?
2008-05-29 02:30:00 Why relying on the "law of averages" is a bad idea in fantasy baseball and how it can be used to fool your opponents.
By: The RotoFeed
The Myth Of The Mexican Super Worker
2008-05-28 14:59:00 Many who support illegal aliens in this country tout their super human work ethic and productivity. From the corrupt businesses that hire them to the politicians that pander to them to the groups with ulterior motives who exploit them for...
By: Diggers Realm
Is the One-Page Resume a Myth or Mandatory? [Ask The Readers]
2008-05-28 14:30:00 The ideal of the one-page resume is a bit of age-old wisdom most of us hear during our very first job search. But does it still hold true, with more workers changing careers more quickly and taking on titles that are harder to explain? Brian McCullough of The Job Bored blog calls shenanigans:So, let me ...
Che: The man and myth
2008-05-23 00:00:00 The eagerly awaited Che - shown in competition yesterday evening at the Cannes Film Festival - didn't fail to impress followers of the Che Guevara legend or enthusiasts of the cinematic epic. Played by a very believable Benicio Del Toro - a strong contender for a Best Actor Award - the ...
By: DearCinema
The Top 10 Self Defense Myths
2008-05-22 13:21:00 The internet is full of "common sense" tips, regurgitating the same old information with out any real analysis or insight. I suspect that many of these tips originated from police departments who didn't want to go on record as endorsing active resistance or private citizens being armed. As these tips continue to make the rounds they become more like dogma, and less like doctrine. read more
By: Brillianter.com
Is working less and making more money a myth? READ ON?
2008-05-21 09:06:00 Let me tell you the quick story about Jeff Mills, an online expert in the field of outsourcing Internet Marketing tasks (i.e. getting people to do all your stuff for you at very little cost). Early on in Jeff’s Internet Marketing career, he felt like he was: · The webmaster · The telemarketer · The banker · The accountant · The ...
Forex Trading Myths - The Myth you can Predict Forex Prices in Advance
2008-05-19 00:00:00 I see numerous advertisements from gurus and system traders who say they can predict prices in advance with science - but this is impossible and if you try it you will lose. Avoid this forex myth and learn a better way to trade… Predicting is another word for hoping and guessing and if you predict, your ...
By: 2Bull Forex Blog
The Myth of the Occupied Territories
2008-05-18 03:18:00 I?m beginning to think that incrementalism is one of the most dangerous things out there, whether it?s the way Obama leaks out the truth about his big lies or the way in which the jihadists keep asking for little things from us ? no pigs, no dogs, no occupied territories. As to that latter ...
By: Webloggin
iTunes, CoverFlow and the Myth of the Real
2008-05-16 15:39:00 Many of you now know I’m a music geek, to the extent that my iPod is one of my favourite inorganic things. But I’ve had a vague sense that something was wrong ever since I embraced the MP3 medium some years ago. I think iTunes, of all things, finally showed me why. I should say that as a point of principle I can’t stand iTunes. It secretly makes decisions for you. It connects to the internet without asking (or tries to, anyway). By default, it owns your CD/DVD drive, whether you ask it to or not. It doesn’t save your tags or cover art to the MP3 files, meaning you have to re-tag repeatedly. Fundamentally, I don’t trust it to do anything other that move my MP3s from my disk drive onto my iPod. But it has one thing. It has CoverFlow. And CoverFlow has something slightly magical about it. Let’s be clear here: CoverFlow is a bone-simple idea. With each album in your MP3 collection you associate a cover, by downloading it from iTunes (if iTunes doesn&r...
By: Big Ideas
The Greatest Lead Guitar Playing Myth - Shred Guitar Demystified
2008-05-15 12:49:00 There are a ton of theories floating around in the guitar player community about the secret to improving your guitar playing speed. Most of these theories are based on some sort of half truth, but a good part of the time these theories are nothing more than myths and really offer no help to truly improving a person's playing ability or their speed and style. One of the biggest myths out there about achieving faster playing speed is that you can't play fast with thick strings and high action. Most of the proponents of this particular guitar playing myth say that in order to be able to make your fingers fly across the fretboard, your strings have to be thin and the action in the strings needs to be low.
By: ArticleRow.com
The Blog-Myth Revisited: Why You Need a Blogging System
2008-05-15 11:37:00 When you start a new blog, putting out a new post every day doesn’t feel like a lot. But how long can you keep it up? The initial passion keeps you going for a while, and after that you keep moving because of your strong commitment. But you are glued to your blog, and your blog is glued to you. Your blog will suffer from every life event that takes up your time (sickness, family matters, work), and your life will suffer from the fact that you can’t get away and leave your blog without risking its success. As the best-selling book, The E-Myth Revisited, puts it: you have created yourself a job, not a business. You are working in your business, not on it. Or in blogging terms: you are working in your blog, not on it. You Need a System If you are like most serious bloggers, you have made a sacred promise to write something consistently to keep your blog going. Maybe you even post in advance to cover for the short breaks, but still your blog is tied to your personal ability ...
By: North x East
The Myth of "Underdevelopment"
2008-05-15 00:13:00 By Michael Parenti The myth of progress Peasants in Central America in the 1950s were better nourished than their descendants today. What happened? The same thing that has happened all over the Third World. The gangster-corporate state has become more effective at extracting wealth from poorly armed countries. The Myth of "Underdevelopment" Technorati Tags: video,poverty,third world,corporations,BrasscheckTV- [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Werewolf myth: Tranformation upon meditation
2008-05-13 17:46:00 It may seem true to many that a werewolf is able to control his “curse” and manipulate it upon will, i.e. meditation; this is false -a myth. A werewolf in human form or in werewolf form is unable to control his transformation in either direction (to become a werewolf or to return to a human ...
The Myth of Voter Fraud
2008-05-13 16:20:00 New York Times Editorial There is no evidence that voting by noncitizens is a significant problem. Illegal immigrants do their best to remain in the shadows, to avoid attracting government attention and risking deportation. It is hard to imagine that many would walk into a polling place, in the presence of challengers and police, and try to cast a ballot. There is, however, ample evidence that a requirement of proof of citizenship will keep many eligible voters from voting. Many people do not have birth certificates or other acceptable proof of citizenship, and for some people, that proof is not available. One Missouri voter, Lillie Lewis, said at a news conference last week that officials in Mississippi, where she was born, told her they had no record of her birth. Proof of citizenship is just one of an array of new barriers to voting that have been springing up across the country. Indiana adopted a tough new photo ID voting requirement, over objections from Democrats that it wo...
The myth of the stay-at-home mom - Seattle Post Intelligencer
2008-05-13 00:00:00 The myth of the stay-at-home momSeattle Post Intelligencer -May 9, 2008But, the gap between the demands of work and home in 2008 remains wide, far wider for those sitting on the bottom and in the middle of the wage scale, … More: continued here If you like this blog/post, you can support it with a $3.00 ...
The Curious Myth of Hillary Clinton’s Senate Effectiveness
2008-05-11 20:02:00 by Geezer Power…11:02 am VIDEO Bill Clinton Argues With Voter “CBS News RAW”: While campaigning in Fayetteville, W.Va., Bill Clinton argued with an audience member over claims made by Hillary Clinton that she improved health care during his administration. Huffington Post Frankly, I’m tired of listening to Senator Clinton portray herself as being in the solutions business — as boasting a nice, fat resume of accomplishments — while mocking Barack Obama for being a rhetorical empty suit. Is she truly a beacon of experience? Because I couldn’t think of a single piece of legislation that has her name stuck proudly on the front of it, no equivalent of McCain-Feingold, for example, I headed straight for her campaign website to see what glorious aspects of her vaunted experience I was missing. Actually, I was missing nothing. There is not one single example of any legislation with her name appended to it. In fact, the page devoted to her Senate b...
By: Suzie-Q
Noah's Flood: Myth upon myth upon....
2008-05-11 00:41:00 By James C Most of us are aware of the Noah's Flood story. People of the earth evil. God upset. Floods the world but saves Noah & family and enough animals to re-populate the world. But, for an interesting "another take" on that story, link over to the Wikipedia story about the same, with inputs concerning the other Abrahamic religions and their look at the whole thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Noah's_Ark#cite_note-14 The ark itself. Skeptics have, for a long time, questioned how a small family with no boat-building experience could have accomplished the ark; what kind of wood was used; that the dimensions are larger than any known successful wooden ship; and that it could not have held all the animals and the food and water necessary to keep them alive. So let's explore comments on that: Origen stated that Moses had been thinking of the (larger) Egyptian cubit, meaning the Ark was even larger vs the historically successful wooden ships! Origen also speculated that the a...
By: ExChristian.net
MYTH BUSTED: NEXT DECADE= ?NO WARMING?
2008-05-09 22:13:00 FROM THE EXALTED MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, THE BBC: The Earth’s temperature may stay roughly the same for a decade, as natural climate cycles enter a cooling phase, scientists have predicted. A new computer model developed by German researchers, reported in the journal Nature, suggests the cooling will counter greenhouse warming. ... Other climate scientists have welcomed the ...
Same-sex kissing not a 'Greek' myth
2008-05-09 21:05:00 There must be something queer in the airwaves this month, as dudes on TV are coming out, locking lips, and pledging commitments all up and down the programming schedule. First there was the Noah/Luke kiss on "As The World Turns."...
By: Good As You
Myth of Invincibility: Obama, Hillary, and us
2008-05-07 23:31:00 Combat soldiers are famous for and know about something called the "myth of invincibility". It is the completely mythological notion that disaster will strike all around you and harm others, but you will survive. Senator Obama certainly did not start out as inevitable in the race, even in his own estimation - but many thought Senator Clinton was. The untold story is about us, the citizens of the United States. We have shown that we too believe in the Myth of Invincibility. We have stood by Obama through the early stages of Hillary's silly attacks when she investigated Obama's kindergarten essays. We have stood by Obama when the media proclaimed that his campaign was over, twice, once with the bitter comment, and then with the Wright issue. We investigate the issues, we blog and comment, we campaign and phone bank, and we fund his campaign. Charles Kriete was a clergyman, and a chaplain in the army, and unlike any other clergy, he also taught strategy at the Army War College. H...
Google Shows Images of Google Products in SERPs! Another Myth or a Fact?
2008-05-07 16:47:00 It seems like Google never stops testing with its SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages), never issues a notification of conducting a test and with numerous speculations, Google's tests have taken a form of somewhat an Urban Legend. (...)
Biofuels -- clean energy or myth threatening world food security? - Xinhua
2008-05-07 07:21:00 Biofuels -- clean energy or myth threatening world food security?Xinhua, China&nbs-p;- 1 hour agoMany argue that by diverting grain and oilseed crops from dinner tables to fuel tanks, biofuels are pushing up world food prices and endangering the poor. ...
The Myth of Permanent Laser Hair Removal
2008-05-07 07:00:00 If you need freedom from shaving, tweezing, hair removal creams, waxing, threading, and other temporary ways of removing unwanted hairs, the best answer for you is the permanent laser hair removal. Epilation or the removal of unwanted hair, including the parts of hair below the skin surface was already being performed for experimental reasons ...
By: Resources zone
The Myth of Peak Oil
2008-05-07 06:20:00 Peak oil is a scam to create artificial scarcity and drive prices up. Meanwhile, alternative fuel technologies which have been around for decades are intentionally suppressed.Read MoreLiberty Central- Conservatism's Blog of Choice
Dispelling the myth that sex during pregnancy is a no no
2008-05-05 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}Ever heard of the "Welcoming Rod?" It's the old term used to describe sex during late-term pregnancy whose stimulation induces birth. That myth has legs of its own and there are still many women who are frightened enough by it to be scared of sex during pregnancy.Socrates once spoke out against sex during pregnancy. He said sex was for reproductive purposes so once conception had occurred then sex was pointless. The ancient Greek philosopher's words had a profound ...
Is Zodiac Compatibility a Myth or Reality?
2008-05-02 13:06:00 I remember the days when I used to religiously follow my horoscope in the daily newspaper just for fun. I am not really much of an astrology buff, but my friends and I had a blast co-relating our horoscopes for the day to something which is even the teeniest bit significant to the ‘prediction’. Being ... Related Entries: Chloe Sevigny looking bizarre as usual in CannesShe gives off such the crazy vibe, doesn’t she? Like, you know she probably collects unicorns or eats her own ...Thursday Three: Reality TVSince the advent of 24-hour reality TV in the early 'noughties, the general public, filmmakers and especially authors have been ...Does contact lens prevent your myopia from getting worse?Near sighted (myopic) youngsters often go in for contact lenses mostly for aesthetic reasons. ?Glasses aren?t cool. They make you ...Beckham’s To Star In Reality Show?David Beckham and his wife Victoria are considering an offer from Fox Networks to star in their o...
Blog Banter #5: To hell with Myth Drannor!
2008-04-30 14:37:00 Welcome, welcome to the 5th installment of Blog Banter, the monthly blogging extravaganza headed by bs angel! Blog Banter involves our cozy community of enthusiastic gaming bloggers, a common topic, and a week to post articles pertaining to said topic. The results are quite entertaining and can range from deep insight to ROFLMAO. Any questions about Blog Banter should be directed here. Check out other Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!I missed the last Banter, so when bs angel sent out the email for this month's Banter, I immediately set aside some time for it. There was no way I was going to miss two in a row!The topic of this month's banter is how flawed games prevented us from completing them. Interesting. Easy choice. I say so because, if there is one game that I think of when I hear the word flaw, one game which I tried again and again to "get into" and complete, that would be: Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. It's one major flaw: the interface. Funny i...
Media Alert: Flexible Friends - The Observer, The Independent, And The Myth
2008-04-30 06:45:00 by Media Lens A Vain Search For Principle In a BBC interview in 1996, Andrew Marr, then of the Independent, described the ’spectrum’ of media available to the British public: “We have a press which has, it seems to me, a relatively wide range of views - there is a pretty small ’c’ conservative majority, but there are left-wing papers, and there is a pretty large offering of views running from the far right to the far left, for those who want them.” The “left-wing papers” Marr had in mind were the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent and the Independent on Sunday. It is interesting to consider Marr‘s comments in light of the April 10 announcement that Roger Alton, formerly editor of the Observer, will become editor of the Independent in June. Alton resigned from the Observer last year after rumours of a ’civil war’ with the Guardian. There were also allegations that, in 2002, the Observer had suppressed important testimony on Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction (see ...
R.T. Naylor: "War on Terror" myth and misinformation
2008-04-28 18:31:00 "The great masses of the people…will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one." (Adolf Hitler)R.T. Naylor, is an economics professor at McGill. His book "Satanic Purses: Money, Myth and Misinformation in the War on Terror" was published in 2006. This is an important book. It hasn't had as much exposure stateside as it deserves, due in part to prevailing media thinking that buys into the official War on Terror line.Naylor draws on his extensive knowledge of international black markets, money laundering, terrorist financing and smuggling to challenge the Bush administration's global-fantasy-network of terrorists and financiers, all allegedly weaving a diabolical scheme to bring the West to its knees."Satanic Purses" presents a convincing argument that far from there being a monolithic terror organization of the Al Qaeda variety, in fact terrorist attacks are most often locally initiated and financed. The common driving force behind these acts is poverty, alienati...
By: Aidan Maconachy
Myth: Personal Branding Is All About YOU
2008-04-28 12:46:00 False! Personal branding is not about you, it’s about everyone else. This post is required reading for everyone who believes that myth. Note: I tend to do podcasts when the point can better be expressed through my personality and personal connection. Daniel Pink Introduction This all comes together as one of six chapters in Daniel Pink’s ...
[Interesting] ?It?s a myth that the world?s oil is running out. Production
2008-04-28 05:57:00 London Times
Japan Buys Into Testing Myth
2008-04-26 17:51:00 This past week about 2.32 millioin sixth graders and third-year middle school students in Japan took part in the education ministry’s nationwide scholastic testing process. The ministry insists the object of the tests were to grasp the scholastic ability of individual children in order that teachers might be able to assist children in their learning. ...
A Reminder That European Democracy Is Something Of A Myth
2008-04-25 13:15:00 In America, we think of historical Europe as a place were voiceless mastered were ruled by high-handed aristocrats. We assume that those days are over, wiped away by war, revolution, and the simple passage of time. The European Union, however, periodically provides timely reminders that Europe is still ruled by high-handed authoritarian figures who ignore ...
By: Webloggin
[Strange] The medical myth that carrots can improve your eyesight has been
2008-04-25 00:23:00 Newsday
Pofony - Myth of Blooming
2008-04-24 23:42:00 Type: Single (Internet)Year: 2006Label: Self-releasedCountry: FinlandGenre: Melodic Death Metal/MetalcoreOfficial Website01. Myth of BloomingDownload
Slate: The Myth Of The 30-Minute Meal
2008-04-24 22:12:00 There is a great article written by Linda Shaprio on Slate critiquing Gordon Ramsay’s (him again!?) new book ‘Gordon Ramsay’s Fast Food’ in which Ramsay like so many celebrity chefs attempts to convince that the only difference between your cooking and theirs is a few tips and recipes ultimately worth about $25. Shaprio writes- Fantasy has ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Slate: The Myth Of The 30-Minute Meal", url: "http://www.oo.com/slate-the-my-th-of-the-30-minute-meal/" });
By: Kitchen Warfare
The New MLM Ground Floor Myth
2008-04-23 03:05:00 Have you ever heard that you should get involved with a brand new MLM company? Were you encouraged to get into the ground floor or sign up for a founder position? Well the fact of the matter is that a new MLM can be one of the riskiest ventures that you can participate in and many of the benefits that you look for in a new MLM, you can actually obtain in a company that has been around for a while.One of the biggest reasons why people recommend that you get involved in the ground floor is the theory that if you get in early you have the most potential for profit. While this might sound good in theory, the fact of the matter is there really is no difference in your profit potential in a ground floor company vs. a company that has been around for a while because of the way the compensation plan is structured. Regardless of whether a company is brand new or has been around for a while, you still have to build your business from whatever the entry level is in your company. Also, the ...
Book Review: Matt Welch?s ?McCain: The Myth of a Maverick?
2008-04-21 07:24:00 McCain: The Myth of a Maverick By Matt Welch Palgrave/Macmillan New York: 2007 This book examines the under-examined philosophy and track record of presidential candidate John McCain, teasing out his views on the proper role of government. It’s not a biography or a campaign memoir so much as it is a user’s guide or decoder ring ...
A Real History Lesson And A Coincidence or Myth?
2008-04-18 21:55:00 History MysteryHave a history teacher explain this----- if they can.Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.Both Presidents were shot in the headNow it gets really weird. Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln .Both were assassinated by Southerners.Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808.Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839.Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.Both assassins were known by their three names.Both names are composed of fifteen letters.Now hang on to your seat.Lincol...
the myth of the linear electrical generator?
2008-04-18 03:57:00 I can't count the number of times I've seen design ideas that use a linear electrical generator to develop dc current from wasted short stroke pulations such as wave buoys and shock absorbers. So what gives? There are lot's of pattents for conversion ideas, but not much else Do
Immigrant Crime Wave? A Modern Myth
2008-04-16 16:13:00 Among the prevalent ideas propogated by those opposing immigration is the presence of these “foreigners” invariably leads to higher crime. In a wide-ranging police study just released in Great Britain the myth is placed to rest in the halls of mythology. The report which will be presented to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith concludes rates for ... |
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