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Axis of Evil

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The "Axis of Evil" was a list of countries that George W. Bush had philosophicalWhat his advisors told him, really, as he can't seem to think coherently. and ideological differences with, but had a problem coming up with legitimate reasons to resolve the differences by force.Well, he still has trouble with coming up with reasons for what he wants to do, but he's no longer President (thank God)! It was a short list of the usual suspects (Iran, Iraq, and North Korea), who had pretty much nothing to do with each other until they all ended up on the list. Later on, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Cuba declared themselves to be an "Axis of Good", although this was probably tongue-in-cheek. The phrase was coined for Bush's 2002 State of the Union address by White House speechwriter David Frum, who left to spend time with his family after his wife stole Bush's thunder and e-mailed the Internet that David had written this glorious God-delivered phrase.
The "Axis of Evil" speech was a particularly effective bit of speechifying: it caused Iran to release "brutal" insurgent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and send him back into Afghanistan to make trouble.Amb. Crocker: Putting Iran in the ‘Axis of Evil’ Led Them to Release Brutal Insurgent Leader, The Washington Independent It also provided a convenient excuse for Kim Jong-il to restart his nuclear program.Bush's 'Axis of Evil' Comes Back to Haunt United States, Washington Post Mission accomplished!
==In cosmology==
The "Axis of Evil" is also the nickname received by an asymmetry of the cosmic microwave background as studied by the WMAP and Planck missions. It's not clear what it is: if it's mere data processing errors, proof of the universe having a doughnut-shaped form,Mmmmmm… doughnuts. or simply a pattern that is [apparently] there because of our tendency to see those things everywhere.The CMB Axis of Evil and the Nature of Randomness Very recent (2016) studies of the expansion of the Universe, that show it to be uniform to the limit of measurements, show that the first and/or the last possibilities could be the most likely ones.How isotropic is the Universe?
Of course, this "Axis of Evil" has been the victim of cranks, who have used it to prove (for example) that Earth is the center of the Universe. Yeah, right.What is Evil About the Axis of Evil
==See also==
*Evil empire
*Political binary
==Notes==
==References==
category:United States history
Category:Political terms
Category:Political strategery
Ayatollah

Ayatollah (from the Arabic: آية الله (āyatu allah), meaning "Sign of Allah") is a term for someone with a great deal of learning in the Shi'a branch of Islam. All that it implies is a great deal of study and knowledge of doctrine and of the sacred writings of Shi'ism. Ayatollahs have the power to issue edicts on matters of interpretation, as well as to teach and to act as judges. 
In Shi'ite Islamic nations, the ayatollahs are the supreme arbiters of power. For example, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the successor of Khomeini, is the "Supreme Leader" of Iran. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has some influence over economic policy, but he does not command the army, nor the internal security forces, and his influence over foreign policy remains subject to the approval of Khamenei.Mehdi Khalaji, Iran's Leaders Emphasize Limitations of the Nuclear Agreement. Washington Institute, 25 November 2013.
In Islam generally, a mujtahid is an Islamic scholar who is competent to interpret divine law (sharia) in practical situations using ijtihad (independent thought). The equivalent rank for a woman is mujtahida, though given the… nature of fundamentalist Islam, it is not often seen.
==See also==
*Ali Khamenei
*Ruhollah Khomeini
==References==
Category:Islamic clergy
Category:Religious terms
Azad Ali

Azad Ali is a British Muslim fundamentalist involved with various Islamic organizations.
Ali is a supporter of sharia, and has said that he does not agree with democracy if it comes at the expense of implementing sharia.http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100060409/britains-islamic-republic-full-transcript-of-channel-4-dispatches-programme-on-lutfur-rahman-the-ife-and-tower-hamlets-the-full-transcript/ He also supports Anwar al-Awlaki, commenting that "I really do love him for the sake of Allah, he has an uncanny way of explaining things to people which is endearing",http://blog.islamicforumeurope.com/2008/11/05/iman-the-new-president-and-you/ and is a fan of Hamas, arguing that Ismail Haniyeh deserves to become Caliph.http://blog.islamicforumeurope.com/2008/09/25/amir-al-mu%E2%80%99minun/
After a documentary exposing his views was aired on Channel 4, Ali threatened the program's reporter over the official Islamic Forum of Europe radio station: "We've got a picture of you and a lot more than you thought we had", he said. "We've tracked you down to different places. And if people are gonna turn what I've just said into a threat, that's their fault, innit?"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/andrew-gilligan/7908273/Police-Muslim-forum-headed-by-Islamic-extremist.html
In February 2012 he was elected vice-chair of Unite Against Fascism,http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2012/02/25/report-unite-against-fascism-conference-2012 further proof of just what a dog's dinner that organization has ended up as.
==References==
Category:British people
Category:Islamic fundamentalism
Category:Islamic extremism
Category:Islamism
Category:Living people
Category:Muslims
Açaí berry

The Açaí berry is an inch-long reddish, purple fruit which comes from the açaí palm tree, which is native to parts of Central and South America. Like most palms, the fruit it produces is not a berry, but a (it contains a single, large, hard seed 7–10 mm across which constitutes the endocarp, surrounded by a thin, pulpy mesocarpIn a part or all of the endocarp is soft and fleshy and the mesocarp is typically a large part of the fruit. Ask a botanist.). It has very little in common with other wooful fruit like blueberries and cranberries.
==Research into its dietary benefits==
Some studies show that açaí fruit pulp has an even higher antioxidant content than cranberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, or blueberries. These studies, however, are ongoing and there is not yet any conclusive data on its dietary benefits. Thus far, research has concluded that açaí berries have no benefits above any other berries.Acai Berries and Acai Berry Juice -- What Are the Health Benefits?
It tastes nice enough, if you like that sort of thing.
==Use in diet woo==
While there is still no conclusive research into the overall benefits of the açaí berry, it is often pushed as a New Age superfood for weight loss supplementsSuch as in this weight loss product and you'll hardly find an organic food store without a few rather pricey bottles of its juice. Not awful, but an acquired taste. For example, see MonaVie.
The miracle diet woo also leads to it being a favourite subject for spam.
As with most woo, the fad aspect has reared its ugly head and pushed açaí out in favor of goji berries from South Africa.
==External links==
*Pronunciation of "açaí."
==References==
Category:Food
Category:Food supplement woo
B.H. Shadduck

B.H. Shadduck was an American author of a bunch of really weird creationist booklets. He was born the first time in Pennsylvania and after a born again experience at the age of 18 joined the Salvation Army. He later became a Methodist minister in West Virginia.
He is best known for his creationist booklets, which are really whacked. One of them is his best seller, Jocko-Homo Heavenbound, published in 1924, the year before the Scopes trial. Jocko-Homo Heavenbound is filled with illustrations such as a devil pointing to a list of sins which belief in evolution supposedly leads to (world war, tax, usury, toil, suicide, orgies, cockfighting, white slavery, alcohol...) (Wait, toil is a sin??) It is also filled with references which any Devo fan will find instantly familiar, not only in the title but also the word "D-Evolution" and a reference to our ancestors losing their tails. It also makes the reader aware of a conspiracy to suppress his work by some publications banning advertising of it.
By the way, has anyone else noticed that all the illustrations of the devil in 1920s fundamentalist literature show the devil having a hooked nose? The meaning is pretty obvious.
He was probably the Jack Chick of his day, and has a small fan base on the internet who peruse his work for the lulz from all appearances—although it's sometimes hard to tell.
==External links==
*Jocko Homo Heavenbound
*When Snakes Begin To Nurse Their Young - don't miss this one!
*More Shadduck booklets
*A creationist website promoting his work - shouldn't they rather be embarrassed about this kind of stuff instead?
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Category:Pseudoscience promoters
BADD

"Bothered about Dungeons and Dragons" (BADD) were an organization founded by Patricia Pulling . The organization was founded after Pulling's son Irving "Bink" Pulling committed suicide in 1982. It continued until she died in 1997.
Pulling blamed her son's suicide on Dungeons and Dragons, saying her son was "cursed" in the game shortly before his death. She filed a lawsuit against her son's high school principal and a wrongful death lawsuit against the publishers of the game shortly thereafter.The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic. BBC, 11 April 2014. Both of the lawsuits were dismissed.
In 1984, BADD was formed. Its targets were:
In its heyday, BADD spread to Canada, England, and Australia, as well as giving lectures across the United States. It presented itself as a referral system for anyone concerned about violent entertainment. 
Although BADD obtained some success and support from the church, even serving as legal counsel and eyewitness testimony in gaming-related lawsuits, it has largely been debunked. Based on Pulling's estimates, around 500 gamers would commit suicide a year. The actual number BADD documented is around 7 gaming-related suicides a year.Charney Cale, The Real Truth About Dungeons & Dragons. Archived from cale.com, 7 July 2013. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control later declared no causal link between fantasy gaming and suicide.
Most of Pulling's points and ideas (not to mention credentials) were well and truly ripped to pieces by sci-fi writer Michael Stackpole:
In 1989, Pulling authored a screed entitled The Devil's Web: Who Is Stalking Your Children For Satan?Pat Pulling and Kathy Cawthon, The Devil's Web: Who Is Stalking Your Children For Satan? Vital Issues. 1 August 1989, ISBN 0910311595 The book describes how children and young adults are supposedly stalked and recruited by satanic cults, and includes descriptions of all kinds of vicious crimes attributed to the worship of Satan. The book implies that heavy metal and black metal music, fantasy role playing games, and horror media contribute to the exploitation of children by "criminal cults."Devil's Web: Who Is Stalking Your Children for Satan? United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
In 1997, Pulling died of cancer and BADD faded from memory.
==See also==
*Moral panic
==External links==
* The Escapist: As BADD As It Gets.
* Austin Wilson, Demons & Devils: The Moral Panic Surrounding Dungeons & Dragons, 1979-1991 University of Kansas, Senior Thesis, 2019
* Right-Wing Watch: Robertson: ‘Demonic’ Dungeons & Dragons ‘Literally Destroyed People’s Lives’
==References==
Category:Moral panics
Category:Purity culture
Category:Conspiracy theorists
BIO-Complexity

BIO-Complexity is an open access journal published by the weirdly named Biologic Institute, a lame front for creation science. The journal "aims to be the leading forum for testing the scientific merit of the claim that intelligent design (ID) is a credible explanation for life".Editorial Policies: Purpose and Scope BIO-Complexity Good luck with that!
== The articles ==
The first two articlesReductive Evolution Can Prevent Populations from Taking Simple Adaptive Paths to High Fitness by Gauger, A. K. et al. BIO-Complexity 2010(2): 1-9.The Case Against a Darwinian Origin of Protein Folds by Axe, D. D. BIO-Complexity 2010(1): 1-12. exploit ambiguities in biochemical mechanisms in the typical "God of the gaps"-type argument, and neither provides evidence for an intelligent designer; neither even mentions a designer in the respective papers.A review of the first article may be found here Both articles have authors from the Biologic Institute's editorial boardDouglas Axe and Ralph Seelke: Editorial Team of BIO-Complexity (which also includes ID leaders William Dembski and Michael Behe). The Discovery Institute lauded the journal's formation, implying that intelligent design papers were ideologically blocked from publication.BIO-Complexity: A New, Peer-Reviewed Science Journal, Open to the ID Debate Archive.org copy from May 4, 2010 
== Criticism ==
Despite the intention to have one article per month, it took from May 2010 until December 2010 for another article to be published (by William Dembski, a member of the editorial team). Only one article was published in 2011, and three total are by Douglas Axe. For 2012, the Panda's Thumb blog points out:The Sterility of Intelligent Design by Jeffrey Shallit (December 11, 2012 14:30 MST) Panda's Thumb.
Despite its lackluster performance, the journal proclaimed, "Over 2,000 PDFs downloaded… In its first two months, BIO-Complexity has attracted a large readership."Over 2,000 PDFs downloaded Accessed 9 September 2010, and 29 November 2016. The journal was panned in a review by young earth creationist and baraminologist Todd C. Wood:Wood, Todd C. "Protein evolution in BIO-Complexity." Todd's Blog. 13 April 2011. Accessed 10 July 2011.
If a young earth creationist doesn't like it, who does?
==External Links==
* The home page for the journal
* A review of the 2014 volume
==References==
Category:Pseudoscience
Category:Propaganda
Category:Pseudojournals
Category:Discovery Institute
Baal

Baal is a title used in the Bible which could refer to any local god. Literally the word simply means “master” or “lord”, and consequently every local tribe would have their own “Baal.”"Baal" - Dictionary.com
While the ancient Israelites were on their way from Egypt to the promised land (and after they arrived), they were constantly looking for ways to get into Baal's good books — but exactly why Baal was such an attractive deity for the ancient Israelites is a bit of a puzzle. They had ample evidence of the existence of God, as he had killed thousands of them personally while they were on their way to the promised land and after they arrived.
==Baal and Christianity==
He turns up in another incarnation as Ba‘al Zebûb (literally “Lord of the Flies”), and subsequently as Beelzebub, again proving that Christians can't spell. It is likely that the Hebrews corrupted the name Ba'al Zebul, which means "Lord of Heaven".
Glenn Beck and Rabbi Daniel Lapin claim that "secular fundamentalism" (whatever that is) is due to the influence of Baal.The Blaze: Beck & Rabbi Lapin Show Why You Should Care About ‘Baal’ & Rising Secular Fundamentalism Assuming that they're right, of course, that must mean other gods exist besides the God of the Bible. Huh, good to know.
==Miscellaneous bits==
The Carthaginian general Hannibal was named after Baal. His name means "the grace of Baal"."Hannibal" - Baby Name WizardOf course, this literally just meant "by the grace of the Lord". There was another Baal, too, this time being Baal Hammon, the chief deity of the Carthaginian pantheon."Baal Hammon" - Deity of the Week Yet more proof that "Baal" was just a generic word for any god or lord.
==Notes==
==References==
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Category:Old Testament
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Babel Fish

The Babel Fish is an invention of writer Douglas Adams, who used it in his series of books called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It is a small creature, whose existence the Guide calls "the oddest thing in the universe".TV series version If worn in the ear, it feeds on the user's brainwaves and excretes a matrix which encodes every known language, thus allowing the person immediately to understand anything in any language—as illustrated in the Hitchhikers film where someone milking a cow manages to hear the cow's thoughts on the matter.Film version
==Disproving God==
Douglas Adams was explicitly an atheist (Richard Dawkins refers to him as his "tallest convert") and was quite a provocateur when it came to religion. This is well illustrated in the case of the Babel Fish entry in the Hitchhiker's Guide, which is repeated in most of the incarnations of the story. A reference is made to how Oolon Colluphid, author of books such as Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes, Who is this God Person Anyway? (perhaps a strong foreshadowing of the New Atheism trend of publishing anti-religious works), used the existence of the Babel Fish to argue for the non-existence of God (on the grounds that something so massively useful could not have evolved by chance):
Most leading theologians, however, consider this argument to be a pair of fetid dingo's kidneys. The disproof of God was absent from the film (time or pacing constraints, censored to prevent offence or just to avoid risking box office revenues? Who knows) but is available on the DVD as a deleted scene. This version is narrated by Stephen Fry, who is also a dedicated humanist, atheist (although his autobiography claims he shifts his views quite regularly) and owned the second Macintosh computer in the UK, with the first going to Douglas Adams.
== Origin of the term "Babel Fish" ==
Babel in Adams's Babel Fish has origins with the Tower of Babel story contained in Genesis. Specifically, the name references the fall of the tower which caused the existence of the multiple languages of the Earth.
== Hoax spawned by this story ==
An amusing hoax was spawned by this story which appeared for a time on Wikipedia. It referred to a certain concept called "Khalufid's Fork", which was allegedly conceived by an "Arabian philosopher" called "Ul-an Khalufid". The argument was suspiciously similar to that presented by "Oolon Colluphid". Before we get too smug though, we must remember that we were also taken in for a while.
==Actual real world appropriation==
AltaVista's Yahoo's translation site is called "babelfish". Yahoo now uses Bing Translator, but BabelFish still exists, and retains the distinction of being one of the first text translation servers available, and also one of the most popular tools on the internet that hasn't been bought out by Google.Bablefish Online Translator
==References==
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Babu G. Ranganathan

Babu G. Ranganathan is an up-and-coming creationist, who apparently hasn't gotten the memo that Creationism isn't science. His seemingly useless degree is a B.A. in the Bible (with a minor in Biology),Babu G. Ranganathan via LinkedIn is from Bob Jones University (a fundamentalist Christian school that was founded to combat the teaching of evolution).Bob Jones University via LinkedInSee also: BJU History on Wikipedia Ranganathan apparently doesn't realize that his religion keeps lying to its believers about what evolution is, and what it isn't, in order to disprove it.
==Writings==
He posts his comments to BusinessInsiderRanganathan spamming BusinessInsider and on his own LinkedIn page.Ranganathan's drunken essays on LinkedIn
His articles include all of the classic logical fallacies, including (but not limited to), "Since I redefined evolution and used misinformation to prove to myself that evolution is false, therefore, it must follow that my preferred religion, which I started out trying to prove true is correct,"Apes are quite comfortable in how they walk by Babu G. Ranganathan and likes to go around spamming legitimate science articles, posting his creationist nonsense in their comments.
==Hypocrisy==
Despite all of the Biblical contradictions and errors, Ranganathan apparently hasn't decided to study Islam well enough to fully understand what Muslims believe, yet took it upon himself to shift his focus on Islam and write an article titled "The Argument Islam Cannot Answer",The Argument Islam Cannot Answer by Babu G. Ranganathan as if Muslims never thought about his positions over the last 1,400 years of their existence, and despite the fact that he could have found his "answer" by simply watching a few Islamic lectures. His position is that Muslims don't have scriptural evidence for their beliefs, without apparently realizing: 1) that Muslims consider Muhammad's hallucination to be a divine revelation from Allah; 2) scriptural theological support for the Quran does exist with the Gnostic and apocryphal Christian texts, "Lost Gospels" which have been found, and existence of those Christian denominations who considered god as "only one" prior to Islam; and 3) the early Christian Church persecuted and ex-communicated all other versions of Christianity, and burned their "heretical" texts (which removed lots of evidence, though some survived). Ranganathan's argument over whose imaginary friend has the bigger dick ignores the fact that the theological texts once existed.
==References==
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