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Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe

I know, this sounds like the latest infomercial on late night television to get you to by some book that "doctors don't want you to have." Unfortunately, marketing tactics like this work. They sell books and my patients bring them in to ask me about them. (At least my patients come in and ask me about them, so that we can talk about it). The title of this post is "borrowed" from an article from yesterday's New York Times. Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine made a list of items thought to be in the "conventional wisdom" of physicians and of the general public. What they came up with is a list of seven items proven NOT to be scientifically sound -- according to their research. This is an interesting list... 1. People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day. [lien] [EN]

Iraq myths

Juan Cole knocks down all 10 strawmen he set up. I respect Professor Juan Cole’s knowledge of the Middle East but his post today on “Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007” was propaganda disguised as scholarship. His myths were myths. His No. 1 myth: “The reduction in violence in Iraq is mostly because of the escalation in the number of US troops, or ‘surge’.” He should know that the Surge was not just sending a bunch of troops into Iraq but also to work with the Iraqi people to get them to turn on al-Qaeda. That worked. I’m curious as to what caused the reduction in Cole’s opinion. They ran out of IEDs? The real myth is that the Surge failed. That’s what the left keeps telling itself. His No. 2: “Iraq has been ‘calm’ in fall of 2007 and the Iraqi public. [lien] [EN]

Jaybill McCarthy Dispells 10 PHP Myths

Jaybill McCarthy has written an excellent blog post to open the year with, “10 PHP Myths Dispelled”. In it he spends a paragraph on each of 10 myths about PHP and show why they are just not true. [lien] [EN]

"Five Myths about How Americans Vote"

Bryan Caplan reiterates some of the arguments from his book about the rationality of voting behavior: 5 Myths About How Americans Vote, by Bryan Caplan, Commentary, Washington Post: We're barely into the primary season, but millions of Americans are already sick of hearing about the 2008 race. Bad as the torrent of news is, I find the repetition of myths about voters and voting even more galling. Whether you're arguing with friends or watching the news, you hear many claims about how American democracy works that just aren't true. 1. People vote their self-interest. In fact, there is only the tiniest correlation between income and party. The country is not divided into two camps: the poor, who vote Democratic, and the rich, who vote Republican. If you consider your own experiences. [lien] [EN]

Unraveling

40 years of victimhood politics comes home to roost in the Hill vs. Obama race, er, battle. The point of “Guess Who's Coming To Dinner” was to point out that even white liberals have trouble with race. 40 years later, some people don't get it. Taylor Marsh: “At some point, the White Folk covering the presidential primaries are going to have to understand that there is a real battle going on among African Americans right now centering on Barack Obama’s candidacy v. the Clinton’s record on civil rights, and whether Hillary Clinton has earned the right to represent African Americans even though she’s white.” I see. Miss Marsh is white. Miss Marsh is in MSM. Miss Marsh is using black dialect with that White Folks stuff. Maybe she might want to take a look in the mirror. I am curious. [lien] [EN]

Cyril Helnwein: Myths & Fairytales

Photographer Cyril Helnwein’s new exhibit is called Myths and Fairytales, which will open February 2nd at the Continental Gallery in Los Angeles. POVevolving has a sneak preview. Link -Thanks, Jeremy! You can see Helnwein’s earlier works at his site. Link [lien] [EN]

WaPo: It's a "Myth" the Surge is Working in Iraq…..

What a disgusting troll, he and the rest of his liberal comrades still can't accept the fact that we turned Iraq around and are now winning, snatching defeat from their hands. Sour grapes indeed…. As the fifth anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom nears, the fabulists are again trying to weave their own version of the war. The latest myth is that the "surge" is working. In President Bush's pithy formulation, the United States is now "kicking ass" in Iraq. The gallant Gen. David Petraeus, having been given the right tools, has performed miracles, redeeming a situation that once appeared hopeless. Sen. John McCain has gone so far as to declare that "we are winning in Iraq." While few others express themselves quite so categorically, McCain's remark captures the essence of the emerging story line. [lien] [EN]

5 Car Lease Myths [Leasing]

Mark Solheim over on Kiplinger thinks leasing cars has a bad rap, and that more people should be doing it. "If you know what you're looking for and negotiate smart—and get over the five myths... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [lien] [EN]

A saner era? Myths about trans kids in schools, courtesy of FOX News

I’ve been following the media reactions to a story from Colorado about a young transgender girl in the 2nd grade and the usual gang of clowns are doing their “moral outrage” acts. It’s all fairly predictable, but it’s still fun and somewhat illuminating to pick apart what’s being said, so let’s take a look, shall we? For starters, if you have questions about young trans kids (and many people do) an excellent resource is the TransYouth Families Advocates FAQ. This group was started by four mothers with transgender children, and their material is written for families who are trying to deal with and understand their kids’ struggles with gender. The story in question is pretty straightforward. The school district has been working with TYFA and is doing a pretty great job at accommodating the trans child’s needs. [lien] [EN]

It’s Only a Myth if You Believe That Those Sluts Were Asking For It

Because if women don’t call it rape then it’s just not. This op/ed is one of the most ridiculous I’ve read in a long, long time (and that’s pretty impressive). Heather MacDonald argues that high rates of sexual assault on campus don’t exist because women don’t always define their experiences as rape; she then goes on to say that women who say they were raped are lying sluts who exaggerate the truth and were probably asking for it. Compare: A 2006 survey of sorority women at the University of Virginia, for example, found that only 23% of the subjects whom the survey characterized as rape victims felt that they had been raped — a result that the university’s director of sexual and domestic violence services calls “discouraging.” Equally damning was a 2000 campus rape study conducted under the aegis of the Department of Justice. [lien] [EN]

LEAKS: Best Buy Internal Doc Says Their "Extended Warranties" Are A "Myth" [Warranties]

An internal Best Buy training document sent to The Consumerist reveals Best Buy's position on the "Extended Warranty" debate. Best Buy says they don't sell those pesky "extended warranties" that get so much bad press— instead they sell "performance service plans." The document also instructs Best Buy employees on how to sell these warranties to Upscale Suburban "Barry" and "Jill." It's important for consumers to be familiar with these tactics so they are able to recognize them while shopping in a high pressure sales environment such as Best Buy. Understanding the sales pitch puts you on equal ground with the salesperson. From the document: Myth Of Extended Warranty Best Buy's PSP/PRPs are not extended warranties. Some customers don't purchase extended warranties because of the bad press that they sometimes receive. [lien] [EN]

'The Myth of the Media Myth': Games and Non-Gamers [Media]

All of us have our stories about game-related interactions with non-gamers, some of them undoubtedly on the negative side of things ('I hate video games,' someone rather snottily told me at a party a few weeks ago, and that's certainly on the mild end of the negative spectrum). But is it something non-gamers even give much thought to unless they're pressed on the issue? Can people even explain why they dismiss games and gaming out of hand? Brenda Brathwaite muses on why this may be in an article over at the Escapist and talked to lots of people in the industry (our own Ashcraft even makes an appearance). Shall the gamer and non-gamer ever meet on equal ground?: More and more, [David Edison of GayGamer.net] sees a split between two extremes. "I see popular thought divided starkly between those who play. [lien] [EN]

School textbook spouts global warming myths.

New Jersey high school senior Matthew LaClair has exposed the American Government textbook, written by conservative ideologues James Q. Wilson and John DiIulio Jr., for promoting climate-denier myths. The Associated Press reports: The edition of the textbook published in 2005, which is in high school classrooms now, states that “science doesn’t know whether we are experiencing [...] [lien] [EN]

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