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It was briefly thought that visceral fat produced a hormone involved in insulin resistance, but this has been disproved by clinical tests see, resistin, a hormone, ultimately misnamed, which is produced by adipose tissue and does cause insulin resistance in mice but not in humans.

Althouse Continues Screaming -- Sorry, "Shouting" -- About Our Rudy Video 2009

Oh! Well if the first try was just "misnamed", OK, try, try again? .... lol, I guess you think "profits" are bad 2 year one comment person?

RedState 2009

Let's start with a little truth in reporting instead of repeating the anti-union propaganda promoted by Bloomberg, the misnamed Education Reform Now, and the New York Times.

Alan Singer: Times Joins Bloomberg's Battle Against Teachers Alan Singer 2011

If enacted, SB 70 would repeal the embarrassingly misnamed Louisiana Science Education Act LSEA, a piece of legislation that was enthusiastically endorsed by creationists and that has opened the doors of Louisiana's classrooms to pseudoscience.

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: 42 Nobel Laureates Work To Replace Creationism With Science In Louisiana Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2011

Some of us thought the original misregulation was misnamed "deregulation" by the lefties in the press who don't understand that retail price controls and other nonsense like the weird wholesale market they constructed are not consistent with deregulation.

California Reality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Let's start with a little truth in reporting instead of repeating the anti-union propaganda promoted by Bloomberg, the misnamed Education Reform Now, and the New York Times.

Alan Singer: Times Joins Bloomberg's Battle Against Teachers Alan Singer 2011

This was the exact opposite of the U.S. strategy of the time, which was to hand over ever more control to the Iraqi army and police and withdraw the bulk of American soldiers to massive misnamed “Forward Operating Bases,” known as FOBs.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

As Nobel Laureates in various scientific fields, we urge you to repeal the misnamed and misguided Louisiana Science Education Act LSEA of 2008.

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: 42 Nobel Laureates Work To Replace Creationism With Science In Louisiana Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2011

Why are the misnamed incentive auctions all the rage in Washington?

FCC Confuses Expropriation With Incentives Harold Furchtgott-Roth 2011

Such a term would seem to be misnamed, and the description thereof misleading.

Think Progress » VIDEO: On Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing, Armed Right-Wing Activists Accuse Obama Of Tyranny 2010