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A. Philip Randolph

Asa Philip Randolph (1889–1979) was an American atheist and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political parties. 
He headed the March on Washington in 1963, where Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
==Socialism==
Randolph was born in Florida, but moved to New York City in 1911, where he was first introduced to socialist ideals. He met economist Chandler Owen, student of Columbia University Law, and they developed mixed economic and social views. In 1917, Randolph and Owen founded The Messenger magazine in New York City with the help of the Socialist Party.http://www.blackpast.org/aah/messenger-1917-1928
Randolph ran on the Socialist Party ticket for New York State Comptroller in 1920, and for Secretary of State of New York in 1922. Both times he was unsuccessful.
==Civil rights==
In 1947, Randolph, along with colleague Grant Reynolds, formed the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service, later renamed the League for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience.
In 1950, Randolph founded the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), along with Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, and Arnold Aronson, a leader of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council. LCCR has since become the nation's premier civil rights coalition, and has coordinated the national legislative campaign on behalf of every major civil rights law since 1957. 
In 1963, Randolph was the head of the March on Washington, leading thousands of Americans to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, at which Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
==Union==
In 1917, Randolph organized a labor union of elevator operators in New York City.
Randolph formed the first predominantly African American labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), which he served as president and led a 10-year drive.
Randolph also served as vice president of the AFL-CIO in 1955.http://www.aflcio.org/About/Our-History/Key-People-in-Labor-History/Asa-Philip-Randolph-1889-1979
==Religion==
While raised by his father, Rev. James William Randolph, Randolph's religious views evolved over time until Randolph identified himself as an atheist.Pfeffer, Paula F. (2000). "Randolph; Asa Philip". American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2013-2-27. In 1973, he signed the Humanist Manifesto II.http://americanhumanist.org/Humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_II
In the November 1917 issue of The Messenger magazine (which Randolph founded), Randolph expressed the following atheistic values:http://spartacus-educational.com/USACmessenger.htm
==See also==
*Martin Luther King	
*Malcolm X
==References==
Category:Atheists
Category:Civil rights
Category:Florida
Category:Left-wing activists
Category:New York
Category:Socialists
Category:United States politicians
AARP

AARP, or, as they like to call themselves, the "American Association of Retired Persons,"Or "American Association of Ridiculous People" if you're Michael Savage is a US lobbying group that helped write the Medicare part D program in the late 1990s, specifically the part in the middle where for some stupid reason a huge second "deductible" kicks in and members had to pay 45% of costs for brand name and 58% of the cost of generic drugsAccording to Medicare.gov (2016 figures; it changed every year until 2020, when the coverage gap disappeared) until they've spent about $5,000 out of pocket (called the "Donut Hole"). They conveniently licensed their name to insurance companies to cover this portion, so there is no conflict of interest there, nooooooope. They recruit new members as soon as they reach 50. They are sometimes accused of betraying their members when they don't lobby in their best interest.AARP leaders betray their membership
AARP arranges discounts with rental cars, hotels, and motels for their members. They also have an arrangement with the Amoco motor club for roadside assistance memberships. Additionally, they offer car insurance and Medicare gap insurance programs.
==External links==
*Their webpage
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Political action groups
AJ Miller

Alan John 'AJ' Miller is an Australian Christian spiritual leader who has claimed to be the resurrected Jesus ChristMiller's Devine Truth website.
He is the leader of Divine Truth, a Christian organisation based in Kingaroy, Queensland, which he founded in 2007. He currently has around 100 - 150 followers, and is accompanied by his wife who is "convinced" that she is Mary Magdalene. She had never regarded herself as such prior to meeting Miller. 
Miller has claimed to be the resurrected Jesus, and can remember 'everything' that has occurred over the past 2000 years. Despite this claim, he claims to be unable to speak Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus. 
Miller has also claimed to have met many prominent historical figures during the afterlife, including Plato, Socrates and Aristotle.
==False predictions==
Like many good cult leaders, Miller has made numerous 'prophecies' that have turned out to be false.Interview with Miller on Australian television where he details his prophecies and life as Jesus
In 2012, he claimed that tsunamis as high as 100 metres would devastate the coasts of Australia. He also encouraged his followers to see the science fiction disaster film , as he claimed the events of the film regarding the end of the world would literally eventuate.
==Cult accusations==
Cult expert Reverend David MillikanCleric says religious hatred law abused Religion News Blog, September 27, 2008 expressed concerns around Miller’s potential to break up families, stating: “He is surrounded by people who have walked out of marriages and businesses. They have forsaken all to follow Jesus”. He also told told Sky that: "The danger is you'll be drawn closer and closer into his web to a point that you lose access to your social life, you spend all your money, you'll have the curses of all your family ringing in your ears and you may well lose your relationship."AJ Miller: I am Australian Jesus, Follow me International Business Times, May 29, 2013 Miller denies such accusations and states: "I still for the life of me can't quite understand where the cult thing has come from. There were lots of people in the first century who didn't believe I was the Messiah and were offended by what I said - and in fact I died at the hands of some of them."
==References==
Category:Australians
Category:Cult leaders
Category:Christians
Category:Living people
Category:Messianic claimants
Category:Ministers
ALEX University

ALEX University is a fake (non-accredited) online university founded by Richard Spencer in 2021 to promote white nationalism. The university charges students $100 to enroll on its courses which consist of video lectures on Zoom by Spencer, Edward Dutton and Mark Brahmin.https://twitter.com/RichardBSpencer/status/1519865100165070848
Despite naming itself after the and calling itself a university, ALEX University has no educational accreditation.
==History==
ALEX University was set up by Spencer in November 2021 and its website registered a month before.https://www.whois.com/whois/alexuniversity.online This date is not random since in November 2021, Spencer as a defendant in the lawsuit was ordered to pay $700,000 in punitive damages after found to be liable on two counts.Silverman, Ellie (November 23, 2021). "Spencer, Kessler, Cantwell and other white supremacists found liable in deadly Unite the Right rally," The Washington Post. Spencer claims to be appealing the judgment and ALEX University seems to be one of his methods of raising cash to pay for his legal costs. 
Its website describes ALEX University's mission as follows:
===Courses===
The university (as of 2023) currently offers three online courses for enrolled students: "The Superman", "The Symbolic Language Of Hollywood Cinema" and "The Cave, The Truth, and the Lie". The course introduction pages embarassingly contain numerous punctuation and spelling mistakes, for example 'presentations' is misspelt 'presentaitons'.https://www.alexuniversity.online/blog/nietzsche-zarathustra
Edward Dutton's course "Introduction To Evolutionary Psychology" was listed from June to July 2022.http://web.archive.org/web/20220429084951/https://www.alexuniversity.online/
===Lecturers===
Spencer's fake university has only three lecturers (himself, Edward Dutton and Mark Brahmin). Dutton is a grifter associated with other far-right diploma mills such as GegenUni. Mark Brahmin is a white supremacist whose anti-Semitic articles have been criticised.https://pharos.vassarspaces.net/2019/02/22/an-anti-semitic-interpretation-of-the-saturnalia/ Brahmin's poetry appears on neo-Nazi sites such as Stormfronthttps://web.archive.org/web/20180816050339/https://www.stormfront.org/forum/t1248303/ and he edits racist music videos such as by the "fascist wave" band Xurious.https://theapolloniantransmission.com/2020/02/10/keep-in-mind/
==See also==
*GegenUni
==External links==
* ALEX University (main website)
==References==
Category:Alt-right
Category:Diploma mills
Category:Education
Category:Pseudoscience
Category:Scams
A Dozen ID-Inspired Predictions

In Stephen Meyer's book The Signature in the Cell, he makes twelve predictions that supposedly arise from intelligent design.Meyer, Stephen C. Signature in the Cell, DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. Harper-Collins: New York, 2009; pp 496-497. http://search2.barnesandnoble.com/BookViewer/?ean=9780061472787 They are not predictions in the usual scientific sense, in that they are not based on a well developed theory, especially as the predictions are not linked to any designer. Normally in science, one would take observations and formulate a theory from literally thousands of them using the actual data, into testable hypotheses. It's not clear that these predictions are from such a process. Here we discuss the validity of these predictions.For a bloggers take on some of these predictions, see here.A series of twelve posts on the predictions may be found here.
__TOC__
==New information==
==Sources of new information==
==RNA world hypothesis==
==Ribozymes==
==Information processing systems==
==Nanomachines==
==Prokaryotic cells and genetic information==
==Polyphyly==
==Fossil record==
==Hidden functional logic in "bad" design==
==Flagellum==
==Functional amino acid sequences==
==References==
Category:Side-by-side articles
Category:Refutations
A Haunting

A Haunting is yet another ghost show (because we don't have enough of those, right?) that once aired on Discovery Channel, and a sad testament to the sensationalistic and pseudoscientific in a channel that implies it offers educational and scientific programming. Now though it has moved to the "Destination America" channel along with some of the other more dubious and boring material. 
Essentially the show is a collection of so-called "first hand accounts" and (very poorly done) reenactments of ghost hauntings, demonic activity, poltergeist attacks, etc. Unlike Ghost Hunters however which at least pretends to be scientific and skeptic in some way, A Haunting makes no attempt to offer any skeptic point of view, no expert advice, nothing. The viewer is simply made to believe the story is true right from the get-go, with no evidence whatsoever to back up the claim. Even the website is like this, causing unnecessary fear and paranoia for people who read the website's articles.http://www.destinationamerica.com/tv-shows/a-haunting/top-8-signs-your-house-is-haunted.htm And it's being presented on a reputable TV network. Because educational TV shows never lie to the audience.
It makes this editor wonder if it even qualifies as pseudoscience peddling.
==Plotline==
The stories almost always take on the same basic plotline. A family/couple/woman always gets a fixer-upper house dirt cheap, or something very similar. As soon as they move in, they begin to feel very uncomfortable, which soon escalates into forementioned demonic/poltergeist attacks. Desperate and out of answers, the family usually seeks out some pseudoscientific help, and in most instances this is in the form of a psychic medium or paranormal "expert." Then the family generally either high-tails it out of there, or gets a preacher or priest to perform an exorcism. Note that those last two may not necessarily be in that order, in order to give the illusion of variety to the show's stories.
==Religious overtones==
While on rare occasions it’s a Wiccan or a medium that saves the day, 90% of the time its the good ol' fundy/Catholic Christian that saves the day. One particular episode (Spellbound) seemed rather intent on blasting Wicca in particular (like something out of a Jack Chick Tract). This has caused the show to be heavily criticized for having an overly Christian leaning/bias, or worse, being outright spiritual warfare propaganda. To insinuate Christianity is bogus by way of paranormal association but other religious beliefs are not would be erroneous.
==External links==
*The show's page on Destination America's website
*A Haunting (2005) Episode Scripts
==References==
Category:Television programmes
A Just Russia

A Just Russia, also translated as "Fair Russia", is a social-democratic nationalist party that is one of Russia's four parties currently represented in the parliament (State Duma). A member of A Just Russia is an "Eser." The party, part of the "systemic opposition" in Russia, is considered to be pro-Kremlin.
==But are they Just?==
It was created by a merger of the Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice and the Russian Party for Life. It is nominally social-democratic and claims to be conservative, but it lies like every other Russian political party. It is left-wing but still nationalistic. This is the Russian Green Party, as the Green party merged with it in 2008. It makes up ~11% of the electorate. 
In the 5th State Duma (2007-2011), they had a whopping 38 seats out of 450, 2 less than the far-right Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. In the 2011 election, they came ahead of the LDPR and now hold 64 seats, the third largest of the four parties represented in the Duma, behind United Russia and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Before 2011 this party supported Vladimir Putin and was often considered opposition in name only. This changed in 2011 when their leader Sergey Mironov fell with Putin and was deposed as the head of the Federation Council, the Russian upper house. As a result of the "anyone but United Russia" election tactic in the December 2011 election, the party nearly doubled its representation in the Duma, perceived as the least of four evils.
Other notable figures in A Just Russia include Oksana Dmitriyeva, a competent economist who often saved United Russia's half-baked financial reforms from complete failure, and Gennady Gudkov, a vocal opponent of fraud at the 2011 election and supporter of protest rallies that have been ongoing in Russia since the election finished.
Category:Russian political parties
Category:Social democratic political parties
Category:Misnomers
A New Astronomical Quranic Method for The Determination Of The Greatest Speed C

"A New Astronomical Quranic Method for The Determination Of The Greatest Speed C" is a document by Dr. Mansour Hassab-Elnaby that purports to show that the Qur'an contains scientific foreknowledge when it "predicted" (a) the speed of light and (b) that planets exist in orbits.
 
The following is a side-by-side rebuttal.
==The speed of light is 299792.5 km/s==
===Summary===
===External links===
==Celestial bodies have orbits==
First, as noted, this isn't exactly foreknowledge.
Second, mentioning the creation of "day" apart from the creation of the sun is a bit odd for a scientific textbook, considering that one cannot exist without the other.
Third, how does one "create" the night? Much like "creating" cold, this is rather difficult to do.
===Summary===
==See also==
*Qur'anic scientific foreknowledge
==External links==
*Other sources:
:*All swimming in an orbit, from Qur'an and Science
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Qur'anic scientific foreknowledge
Category:Side-by-side articles
A Scientist's Interpretation of References to Embryology in the Qur'an

"A Scientist's Interpretation of References to Embryology in the Qur'an" is a document by Keith Moore that purports to show that the Qur'an contains scientific foreknowledge when it "predicted" several elements of embryology.
PZ Myers has no respect for Qur'anic understanding of embryology which appears to start with a sperm merging with a blood clot.Human development, as explained by Mohammed
The following is a side-by-side rebuttal.
==Rebuttal==
==Summary==
==See also==
*Qur'anic scientific foreknowledge
==External links==
*Other sources:
:*The Development of the Human Embryo, from Noble.tv
:*Who makes foetus laugh and weep?
:*EMBRYOLOGY, from Dr. Zakir Naik
*Other responses:
:*Embryology in the Quran, from WikiIslam
:*Embryology in the Quran - Much Ado About Nothing, from CaptainDisguise and Martin Taverille
:*Greek and Jewish ideas about reproduction in the Qur’an and Hadith, by Martin Taverille 
:*Embryology in the Qur'an, from Answering Islam
:*SCIENCE AND REVELATION, from Answering Islam
:*Human Embryology in the Koran, from Islam Watch
==Notes==
 
==References==
Category:Qur'anic scientific foreknowledge
Category:Side-by-side articles
A priori and a posteriori

A priori and a posteriori are two categories of obtaining knowledge (epistemology). Depending on who you ask, only one is valid and the other is bullshit, or both are useful. In philosophy, a priori knowledge is constrasted with a posteriori knowledge, a priori knowledge being the backbone of deduction and rationalism and a posteriori knowledge being gained through observation and forming the basis for empiricism.
==A priori==
A priori (literally "from before") is a Latin term used in formal logic (and philosophy) to mean a fact that is assumed to be true prior to any empirical research. A priori conclusions are usually reached through reasoning rather than observation and are the centerpiece of (philosophical) rationalism. Mathematical statements are typically regarded as a priori, as the conclusion is deduced from the statement (eg. 'there were 2 apples on the tree, now there are 2 more' means that we know there are 4 apples on the tree, without having to empirically examine it).
At the most solipsistic level, the only a priori statement that a tough skeptic can be assured of is "I think, therefore I am" ("cogito ergo sum"),René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy. although it can be argued that even Descartes' thought experiment had the a priori assumption that a thought requires a thinker.
In science, the deduction of hypotheses can be described as an effort resting on a priori knowledge, while theory development and testing necessitate a posteriori knowledge.
==A posteriori==
A posteriori ("From the later") is a Latin phrase used in formal logic (and philosophy) to denote knowledge that is derived from empirical observation (experience). While it has nothing to do with one's posterior, some people manage to extract "knowledge" from their posteriors. As the logical basis for induction, it is extensively used in the scientific method and in most courtrooms.
==See also==
*Axiom
*Begging the question: a related logical fallacy
*Common sense
*Ultimate end
==External links==
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==References==
Category:Latin phrases
Category:Logic
Category:Science
Category:Philosophy of science
Abdel Bari Atwan

Abdel Bari Atwan , also spelled Abd Al-Bari Atwan, is a bloke living in London who edits the Arabic newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi. He holds views that could be described, at best, as questionable. 
He also reportedly endorsed the murder of Israeli citizens in the terrorist attacks in Eilat in August 2011.http://justjournalism.com/the-wire/abdel-bari-atwan-endorses-eilat-attacks/
Despite his dubious opinions, Atwan has been allowed to write for The Guardian, where he has provided weird religious commentary on NATO's intervention in Libya. "Islamic experts assure me there is no prohibition of warfare during Ramadan [but] concur that it is absolutely prohibited for Muslims to seek the help of non-believers against fellow Muslims", apparently.http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/31/chance-ramadan-islam-conquests-libya He has also discussed the matter on the BBC series Newsnight.
"The Abd Al-Bari Atwan [appearing] on CNN is completely different from the Abd Al-Bari Atwan on the Al-Jazeera network or in his Al-Quds Al-Arabi daily", says Munir Al-Mawari in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyassa. "On CNN, Atwan speaks solemnly and with total composure, presenting rational and balanced views. This is in complete contrast with his fuming appearances on Al-Jazeera and in Al-Quds Al-Arabi".http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/992.htm#_edn1
==In the pay of Gaddafi?==
Reportedly, the new Libyan government has released documents revealing that Atwan was being paid $3000 a month by Colonel Gadaffi.http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/09/al-quds-al-arabi-editor-and-bbc-darling.html
==References==
Category:Journalists
Category:Muslims
Category:Living people
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam

Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941-1989) was a Palestinian activist who headed Maktab al-Khadamet al-Mujahidin al Arab (Office of the Services to the Arab Mujahidin), or MAK, a network designed to send soldiers from Muslim countries to fight the Soviets. MAK's main financier was the before-he-was-famous Osama bin Laden, whom Azzam had met at the King Abdul Aziz University.Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War, p.115
"It was Azzam who, more than anyone else, helped popularize the burgeoning Jihadist movement", writes Reza Aslan. "His widely-read periodical, Al-Jihad, published in 1984, spread the ideology of global jihad to every corner of the Muslim world".Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War, pp.115-6 
Azzam is said to have joined the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and first met the younger Ayman al-Zawahiri in Cairo the early 1970s. p. 15. 
==Assassination==
Azzam and his two sons were assassinated in November 1989. His killer or killers have not been identified, but two theories exist.
The first theory is bin Laden whacked Azzam himself to become the undisputed leader of global jihad. Azzam wanted to continue on the local-level against apostate Muslim regimes while bin Laden, all full of himself after allegedly destroying one superpower, wanted to take jihad global and destroy the remaining superpower. 
The second theory is bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, spread rumours that Azzam was a U.S. spy knowing that this would lead someone to kill him. Al-Zawahiri viewed Azzam as a rival for leadership in the jihadist movement and for bin Laden's financial support.Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War, p.117
==References==
Category:Islamic extremism
Category:Islamic fundamentalism
Category:Muslims