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Amber necklace

Amber necklaces worn by infants and toddlers is a form of parenting woo. Some parents believe that amber worn on the skin can prevent colic, fussiness, and other issues in infants and toddlers. Typically, it is worn as a "choker" style necklace around the child, or sometimes as a bracelet or anklet.
While there's nothing wrong with appreciating pretty jewelry, amber has no healing properties, and beaded jewelry poses a choking hazard to young children. At least one child has died as a result.
==False claims==
The purported mechanism is that amber contains succinic acid, which acts as an analgesic, and that the warmth of the skin releases the succinic acid into the skin. However, this is ludicrous. While there is succinic acid in amber, it is trapped inside and will not rub into the skin. Amber is famous for being inert — changing very little over millions of years, which is why one can find perfectly preserved ancient organisms in amber. Although succinic acid is sometimes used as a food additive for flavor modification, it has limited, if any, analgesic properties.https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91879/ If you want to constantly low-dose medicate your child, why not make them a handmade necklace out of paracetamol pills instead?
Besides analgesia, many other unsubstantiated claims exist for succinic acid, including effects on the nervous system, cellular respiration, cold prevention, arthritis, and "cleanser".The Many Medical Uses for Succinic Acid. Baltic Wonder. Archived from the original.
==Risks==
Beaded necklaces of any kind present both strangulation and choking hazards. In 2016, a child in Florida died after an amber teething necklace strangled him in his sleep.Boy's strangling death at Fontana daycare sparks investigation, ABC7, 11 Oct 2016 His mother sued Etsy for misrepresenting the clasp, advertised as undoing itself if pulled too tight.Exclusive: Mother Sues Etsy After Child Was Fatally Strangled By Teething NecklaceABC News: E-commerce site Etsy sued by mom whose son was strangled to death by teething necklace
Children under 5 should not wear beaded necklaces or bracelets.Amber Teething Necklaces Pose Choking Hazard by Roni Jacobson (October 11, 2013, 10:14 am) The New York Times.Amber Teething Necklaces: A Caution for Parents from the American Academy of Pediatrics
In December 2018, FDA issued a warning against the use of teething necklaces.https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm628900.htm
==Benefits==
*Placebo… for the parent. 
*Amber necklace salespeople get to make a cheap, dishonest living.
*…and that's about all.
==See also==
*Ionised jewellery
==External links==
*Amber Waves of Woo by John Snyder (April 11, 2014) Science-Based Medicine
*Amber Teething Necklaces: A Caution for Parents from the American Academy of Pediatrics
*Infants wearing teething necklaces
==References==
Category:Parenting
America

*The landmass America (or Pan-America) resp. Americas which is a pair of continents joined by a narrow isthmus, located between Europe and Africa to their east and Asia and Australia to their West. As such, it faces the Atlantic Ocean to the West and the Pacific to the East.
*North America
*South America
*Native American
*Latin America
*Central America
*The United States of America, commonly referred to simply as America, the sole superpower extant, although China is catching up rapidly.
*The Confederate States of America... you almost pulled it off, Rebels! But don't worry; racism is still alive and well in the U.S.
America Speaking Out

America Speaking Out was a webshite created in 2010 by the United States Republican Party to solicit citizen input. The site was buggy, ran very slowly, and often rejected posts as inappropriate because they contain words like "basement", "satisfied", "growth", "enlargement", or "excited". The site provided many laughs on the Poe's Law level.
The site had several issue sections using obvious framing, from "the sanctity of human life" to "defeating extremists who threaten American security".
Unfortunately (for the Republican Party), the site didn't quite seem to be working out the way they intended. A sample of what the site attracted:
This atrocious example of bad framing and Poe's Law flypaper was paid for with tax dollars.Steve Benen. America Speaking Out, with America Footing the Bill. The Washington Monthly, 25 May 2010.
The site also awarded "badges" to major contributors.
Users embarrassing the Republican party by submitting either ridiculous or liberal/progressive suggestions is one of few instances in internet history where trolling was used for a good cause.
In response, the Democratic Party attempted to use another G.O.P. web project, "YouCut", through which citizens can propose and vote on which government spending to cut, to propose cutting off any taxpayer funds to finance America Speaking Out.Michael O'Brien. Democrats try to nix 'America Speaking Out' funds through 'YouCut'. The Hill, 28 May 2010.
Tragically, the site turned into a boring old blog.
==More quotable idiocy shopping==
Some commenters submitted many authentic crazy quotes that were documented by FSTDT. For example:
==External links==
*Official website
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Internet culture
Category:United States politics
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Category:Misnomers
American Anti-Cancer Institute

American Anti-Cancer Institute (AACI) is a tax-exempt organization founded in 2008 by Robert G. WrightAn archive copy of Mr Wright's profile on the AACI website., purportedly to educate people about the "real truth about cancer". Wright is also the author of the 2011 book entitled making a killing from people with cancer "Killing Cancer - Not People".Paperback of "Killing Cancer — Not People" only $16 
The American Anti-Cancer Institute has a similar format to Cancer Control SocietyAACI's Mr Wright promoted by Cancer Control Society. and Cancer TutorAACI promotes the "Cancer Tutor" website.: “cancer whisperer”The AACI did own the URL "TheCancerWhisperer". Mr Wright informs people about alternative cancer treatments, free of charge, however he receives five-figure tax-free donations from the quacks he refers his clients to.Mr Wright receiving a $30K donation from Ty Bollinger.Total revenue of AACI in 2015 was over $110K.
The AACI advisory-board includes arch-quack Dr Leonard ColdwellAn archive copy of Leonard Coldwell's profile on the AACI website. and chiropractor Dr. Veronique Desaulniers,An archive copy of Veronique Desaulniers's profile on the AACI website.Archived tweet from "Dr V" promoting Amega "magic" wands., and did include cancer-counselor Bill HendersonBill Henderson was on the AACI advisory board in 2014. who has since died of cancer.Bill Henderson died of cancer in 2016.
==External links==
*The American Anti-Cancer Institute website. 
* Video of AACI's mustachioed Mr Wright being wrong about the so-called alkaline diet,(Try to find Mr Wright's "alkaline fruits" on this list, i.e. those with a pH of above 7). 
*AACI did trademark "PrimaNeuvera": their own-brand "botanical" treatment for people with cancer. 
*Video of Mr Wright claiming "Prima Neuvera" has caused "thousands" of cancer sufferers to have "permanent remission".
*A Google-search for the name of doctor who is the vice-president of the AACI only yields one result. 
*Video of Mr Wright recommending Protandim, which the FDA describes as an "unproven and potentially unsafe product".
* The American Anti-Cancer Institute promote the infamous Dr Stanisław Burzynski, (whose clinic is in Texas). 
*The AACI describes the Mexican "Hope4Cancer" clinic as "one of the best".
*A record of the past income of the American Anti-Cancer Institute.
* Chris "beat-cancer" Wark says he supports the American Anti-Cancer Institute, (in a YouTube which has had >500K views). 
*Natural News reports AACI had agreed to participate in what turned out to be a fraudulent fundraiser.
==References==
Category:Alternative_medicine
Category:Cancer woo
American Association of Christian Schools

The American Association of Christian Schools is an association of young Earth creationist schools, and they provide membership to creationist schools. The AACS has an extensive lobbying program in Washington DC. They accredit schools but they are not recognized by the US Department of Education. They also are associated with BJU Press. 
==Statement of faith==
http://www.aacs.org/about-us/membership/statement-of-faith/
==Lobbying in Washington==
The association has an extensive lobbying program, as mentioned above. They advocate creationism, an anti-abortion stance and family "values". Their goal is to protect "freedoms" for Christian schools.http://www.aacs.org/about-us/ 
==External links==
*Official website
==References==
Category:Creationism
American Association of Nutritional Consultants

The American Association of Nutritional Consultants (AANC) is an organisation which seeks to enhance the reputation of nutritional and dietary consultants by consolidating them into a professional organization.
It offers examination and certification, or association membership which does not require an examination but requires the payment of the membership fee. The organization also offers an insurance program.
Members include the UK television presenter and nutritionist Gillian McKeith, Hettie, a deceased cat formerly belonging to science writer Ben Goldacre, who purchased "certified professional membership" on Hettie's behalf for $60,Bad Science - Dr Gillian McKeith (PhD) continued and Australian nutritionist Rosemary Stanton's late Old English Sheepdog.Rosemary Stanton, "Nutrition: who can you believe?" (PDF file)
This organization has been criticized by Quackwatch for selling membership certificates to unqualified individuals.Quackwatch - AANC: Who and What Does It Represent?
==See also==
*Nutritionist
*Quackery
==References==
Category:Organizations
Category:Food woo promoters
American Center for Law and Justice

The Un-American Center for Biblical Law and InJustice (ACLJ) is a front group for the religious right law firm Christianist Assholes Subjugating Everyone Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism, a company controlled by lawyer Jay Sekulow and his family. The ACLJ, which makes an incredibly dubious claim to be "one of the most prestigious law firms in the country",https://aclj.org/our-mission/about-acljhttps://aclj.org/jay-sekulow was founded by Pat Robertson in 1990 as an alternative to the American Civil Liberties Union.Inside the American Center for Law and Justice. politicalresearch.org. 5 November 2012. Using web technology and radio, they spew a pro-Israel, conservative, fundamentalist right wing agenda wrapped up in legalese to a mouth-watering audience of sheeple.
While touting itself as defenders of the First Amendment, their caseload defends only Christian interests that throw the Establishment Clause entirely out the window.
==References==
Category:Anti-abortion activists
Category:Conservative deceit
Category:Homophobia
Category:Islamophobia
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American Decency Association

American Decency Association (ADA) is an extreme cultural conservative Christian fundamentalist group in the United States.
==Crusade against "indecency"==
Founded in 1999 by Bill Johnson, a former elementary school teacher and member of American Family Association, the organization views itself as a crusader against anything "indecent"; that includes Maxim, lingerie, gays, lesbians, dance groups, abortion clinics, swimsuits, and pornography (but not certain questionable-at-best parts of the Bible, oddly… such as Lot's daughters' drugging and having sex with their father in Genesis). Like most wingnuts, their view on what constitutes "pornography" is much more prudish than most Americans'.
In the words of its founder Bill Johnson, "Pornography does destroy. How can anyone deny that? Yet, there are certainly those that do deny that."American Decency: Pornography does destroy. How can anyone deny that?
Like the American Family Association, they call on members to flood companies that they target with complaints. They'll even write a whiny email for you!Example of strongly worded email The ADA also wants members to boycott the products of targeted firms.
The ADA also tried to get on Google's case in July 2012 about their "Legalize Love" campaign and had the total lack of self-awareness gall to whine about how they should "just make their product and stay out the culture war". After all, that's the proper job description for the wingnut brigade, isn't it?http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/07/20/american-decency-association-doesnt-heart-google/
==See also==
*Americans for Truth About Homosexuality
*Br3aking Porn
*Gay rights
==External links==
*Official webs(h)ite
==References==
Category:Anti-abortion activists
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Category:Misnomers
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Category:Purity culture
Category:Sexism
Category:We're on a mission from God
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American Equality Bill

The American Equality Bill (AEB) seeks to insert sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes alongside race, color, sex, national origin and religion into all of the civil rights laws of the United States, including:Text of draft
* Equal employment opportunity
** Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
** Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
** Government Employee Rights Act of 1991
** Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
* Housing
** Fair Housing Act
* Public accommodation and facilities
** Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
** 42 U.S.C. §2000b
* Equal credit opportunity
** Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974
* Federally funded programs (excluding religious organizations)
** Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
* Education
** Elementary and Secondary Education Act
* Disability
** Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Originally drafted by LGBT attorney Karen Doering in 2010, the AEB purposefully does not address marriage equality, as it was believed that same-sex marriage can only be legalized by Supreme Court action (as in Perry v. Brown) or on a state-by-state basis. The draft defines "sexual orientation" as "homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality," and defines "gender identity" as "the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, with or without regard to the individual’s designated sex at birth."
It has been seen as a needed "repackaging" of federal LGBT equality strategy, which has historically been a "command and control," top-down beast coordinated by organizations like the Human Rights Campaign. The AEB has attempted to employ a more grassroots strategy, unifying all LGBT people for a common goal, though it does not see much possible progress in Congress for several years hence.The American Equality Bill: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?, Dr. Jillian Weiss, Bilerico. No national organization is pushing for full federal equality; most are focused on an incremental, piecemeal approach.Facebook group The problem with incrementalism is simply that it rarely works. For example, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) has been languishing in Congress for nearly 20 years, and has never made it past a hearing.
In 2020, SCOTUS held in Bostock v. Clayton County that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 already protects workers from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, as a result of its protections on the basis of sex. The proposed is a more recent bill.
==References==
Category:United States politics
Category:Identity politics
Category:LGBT rights
American Freedom Coalition

The American Freedom Coalition was created in 1987 as a conservative interest group, taking all the same stands as the religious right (on abortion, pornography, opposition to the environmental movement, strong national defense and militant anti-Communism, etc.). 
However, according to AFC's president Robert Grant, the AFC was founded because of the "inability of the christian right to achieve its agenda" and its "fragmentation and its failure to build coalitions with its philosophical allies from other communities." Translation: the religious right wouldn't let the Moonies play in their clubhouse, so they started their own.
The American Freedom Coalition is, essentially, a political front group for the Unification Church. More conventional evangelical Christian figures are also closely associated with them, notably Robert Grant of Christian Voice.
During Oliver North's legal troubles in 1987-88, the AFC put together a fundraising effort to raise funds for North's legal defense and the Nicaraguan Contras. The AFC is closely associated with another Moon front group, CAUSA International (founded 1980), which focused on the more specific issue of anti-Communist foreign policy and support for right-wing movements in Central America.
==References==
Category:Unification Church
Category:Political action groups
Category:Purity culture
Category:Misnomers
American Government: Institutions and Policies

American Government: Institutions and Policies () is a textbook, now in its eleventh edition, used to inform students on the workings of government and matters involved with it. 
The only trouble is that it was written by John Q. Wilson (a public administration scholar) and John J. DiIulio (a political scientist), both of whom are staunch conservatives (DiIulio even served on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives under former President George W. Bush). 
Though written from a seemingly neutral standpoint, biases and factual inaccuracies are seen in several places, on such topics as global warming and the separation of church and state. This was made clear to the general public in April 2008 when a New Jersey high school senior mentioned the book's slant to the Center for Inquiry. The Center's report,Center for Inquiry report (pdf) backed by scientists and legal scholars, was heavily critical, causing the book's publisher Houghton Mifflin and the College Board (as this book was being used in Advanced Placement classes) to review it. Wilson made a statement in an editorial, protesting that it wasn't biased and falling back on the tired tactic that there wasn't enough evidence to support global warming's existence.
==References==
category:books
category:propaganda
American Holistic Medical Association

The American Holistic Medical Association is a band of bullshit artists who advocate for the non-vilification of their bullshit art. Unlike true medical associations who push for better treatments with empirical evidence and to regulate their professionals against hucksters, the AHMA prefers anyone and everyone who is a bullshit artist to join their ranks.
==Top 10 list==
==Join their ranks==
Anyone from a licensed physician who sells snake oil to someone who supports selling snake oil to patients who trust their physicians with their care can join the AHMA,American Holistic Medical Assocation online application. http://www.holisticmedicine.org/registernewmembers.cfm unlike true medical associations that require at least a medical student status to join.American Medical Association membership eligibility. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/membership/faqs/membership-eligibility.page
==Members==
* Karen Lawson — former president
==References==
Category:Pseudoscience promoting organizations
American Liberty University

American Liberty University (not to be confused with the Fundie school Liberty University) is a crank school in Newport Beach, California that teaches Alternative medicine. ALU is recognized by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education as a university, and is unaccredited. ALU is recognized by the American Dental Association, the Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Quality International Study Abroad Network as a continuing education institute.http://www.aluniversity.edu/
==Accreditation==
American Liberty University is unaccredited, and in most states, their degrees are inadequate for someone to be licensed in most of the fields the school offers.Catalog. American Liberty University. Archived from the original.
==Academics==
ALU offers "degrees" in Acupuncture/Oriental Medicine and Business Administration.
Oriental Medicine
*Doctor of Philosophy in Acupuncture (PhD)
*Diploma in Acupuncture (For Licensed Medical Doctors only)
Business
*Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A)
*Master of Business Administration (M.B.A)
*Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (PhD)
Doctoral Dissertations
"Doctoral" requirements includes some courses and a "dissertation" of only 20-40 pages in length. The "University" claims to include original research and contribution to scholarship (though internet searches for student dissertations turn up nothing other than dissertation requirements for Liberty University).
Faculty
No faculty are listed in the ALU catalogue 
==External links==
*Official website
==References==
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American Petroleum Institute

The American Petroleum Institute is a lobbying and public relations firm for the oil and gas industry, and an ardent global warming denialism group. They had supported Rick Perry in the 2012 Republican primaryThink Progress: Rick Perry’s First Stop In New Hampshire Is Funded By Big Oil, and more recently announced a strong "voter education campaign" in the face of the 2016 election.Climate Change News: Oil lobby prepares to sway US presidential race
As a sideline they also grade engine oil and set technical standards for the oil industryhttp://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=api.
== Evidence for API's global warming denialism ==
In a 1998 memo, the API stated that:
==Educational films== 
In 1958, the animated short subject Destination Earth, made by John Sutherland Productions, was financed by the API. The film was intended to show school kids about the wonders of crude oil and its many by-products. In recent years, clips from this short (which has lapsed into the public domain) have been used in peak oil documentaries such as The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446320/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 IMDb listing for "The End of Suburbia",Collapse (2009)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1503769/ IMDb listing for "Collapse" , and Anima Mundi (2011)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2275517/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1 IMDb listing for "Anima Mundi"
==External links==
*Official website
*The animated short Destination Earth on the Internet Archive (via Prelinger Archive)
==References==
Category:Global warming