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Jan Markell

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'''Jan Markell''' is the owner of Olive Tree Ministries, a [[Christian fundamentalist]], and radio show host in [[Minnesota]]. She is apparently a good friend of [[Michelle Bachmann]] and often has her as a guest on her radio show. She constantly warns her audience of not only the dangers of creeping [[sharia]] and "[[socialism]]", but also the forces of the [[occult]] like [[Harry Potter]] or [[Pokémon]].

==One form of crazy to another==
Jan is of [[Jewish]] descent, claiming that she had gotten saved at a young age by the [[Messianic Judaism|Messanic Jewish]] preacher Hyman Appleman. Yet she would later dabble in the [[occult]] at Christian college where she had claimed that not only did people "drive 100 miles to put their hands on the glass object, ask the board questions, and have it spell out answers",<ref name=playtime>[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs019/1101818841456/archive/1103001892024.html Playtime for Kids and It's Called Divination] by Jan Markell (January 5, 2010) Olive Tree Ministries.</ref> but that she was actually able to move the "glass object" with no hands on it!<ref name=playtime/> Finally she asked the Ouija Board where did it get its power and it spelled S-A-T-A-N !<ref name=playtime/> so she renounced the [[devil]] and rededicated her self to [[Jesus]]. This would lead her on the road to founding Olive Tree Ministries where she could rant against "[[evil]]" like Harry Potter<ref>http://www.worldviewweekend.com/news/article/harry-potter-politically-correct-paganismevery</ref>every Saturday.

==Getting political==
On her show, Jan would often invite Michelle Bachmann, and she would give wonderful commentary about how [[Obama]] is helping the [[Antichrist]] rise to power <ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michele-bachmann-the-left-is-helping-the-antichrist-come-to-power/</ref> or about how [[sharia]] law is coming soon to America.<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/bachmann-halal-food-options-a-sign-of-sharia-law/</ref> Jan of course naturally agrees with this which is probably why Bachmann seems to be her most frequently recurring guest. Jan also believes that Minnesota would be destroyed by the acceptance of [[gay marriage]].<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/markell-fears-minnesota-cities-may-be-destroyed-over-gay-marriage/</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.olivetreeviews.org/ Olive Tree Ministries]

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Jason Colavito

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'''Jason Colavito''' {{lived|1981}} is a freelance writer who enjoys writing (about) horror fiction as much as dissecting various [[pseudohistorical]] claims, including those of [[ancient astronauts]] proponents. If you've watched the original 2009 ''[[Ancient Aliens]]'' on the [[History Channel]], you may have caught a glimpse of his article ''Charioteer of the Gods'' around the 8:40 mark, which was presented as an example of the reactions to von Däniken and his buddies. The article itself traces the origin of the "ancient contact with aliens" idea back to [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. It was published in the ''Skeptic'' magazine in 2004 (volume 10, number 4) and its full text is available online at [http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/04-04-26/ Skeptic.com] and [http://www.jasoncolavito.com/charioteer-of-the-gods.html Jason Colavito.com.]

As with his digging into the “intellectual” (as much as it is) history behind the ancient astronauts idea, Colavito seems to enjoy digging into the background material underpinning today’s pseudohistory to try to find out which ideas are original, which are simply rehashing of old material and where those ideas originated. Examples include Colavito’s foray into the pseudohistory surrounding the [[Great Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx]]<ref>Jason Colavito, 2001, [http://www.jasoncolavito.com/who-built-the-sphinx.html Who Built the Sphinx?]</ref> and [[Giza pyramids|pyramids of Giza]],<ref>Jason Colavito, 2017, [http://www.jasoncolavito.com/the-antediluvian-pyramid-myth.html The Antediluvian Pyramid Myth]</ref> the various conspiracy theories/pseudohistory involving the [[Knights Templar]] and the [[Holy Grail]],<ref>Jason Colavito, 2015, [http://www.jasoncolavito.com/the-templars-the-holy-grail--henry-sinclair.html The Templars, the Holy Grail, & Henry Sinclair]</ref> as well as the ideas related to the [[chupacabra]].<ref>Jason Colavito, 2011, [http://www.jasoncolavito.com/prehistory-of-chupacabra.html The Secret Prehistory of El Chupacabra].</ref> Similarly, he also wrote a sort of retrospective overview of [[David Hatcher Childress]]’ changing opinions and switches from one branch of pseudohistory to another over time.<ref>Jason Colavito, 2015, [http://www.jasoncolavito.com/david-childress--the-aliens.html David Childress and the Aliens – the ''Ancient Alien'' star always says whatever sells]</ref> Colavito’s blog is also a fairly good running update on the pseudohistory du jour.

==External links==
*[http://www.jasoncolavito.com Official website]
**[http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog.html Blog]
**[http://www.jasoncolavito.com/origin-of-the-space-gods.html The Origin of the Space Gods: Ancient Astronauts and the Cthulhu Mythos in Fiction and Fact], free e-book
**[http://www.jasoncolavito.com/ancient-atom-bombs.html Ancient Atom Bombs: Fact, Fraud, and the Myth of Prehistoric Nuclear Warfare], free e-book
*[http://jcolavito.tripod.com/lostcivilizations/ Lost Civilizations Uncovered], his old website (2001-2010)

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Jay Bakker

[[File:Jay Bakker 2007.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Bakker in 2007]]
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{{cquote|Don't let the bastards get you down. Christians aren't God. Religious people aren't God. God loves you, just where you're at... just the way you are, no matter what you've done. God loves you whether you love him or not and there's nothing you can do about it. As far as the negative and judgmental stuff goes, realize that Jesus has a crappy fan club. Just don't give up.|4=Jay Bakker}}

'''Jamie Charles "Jay" Bakker''' {{lived|December 18, 1975}} is an American [[pastor]], author, speaker and theologian.  He may not look like your typical pastor by first glance alone due to his piercings and tattoos, but looks can be deceiving. He is the son of disgraced [[televangelist]] [[Jim Bakker]] and Tammy Faye Messner.  Growing up, he became disillusioned with and critical of the views and attitudes of [[Christian fundamentalism]] and the [[Religious Right]].  Inspired by his mother's contributions to the [[LGBT]] rights movement as well as the teachings and philosophies of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], Brennan Manning, Paul Tillich, and Peter Rollins, he adopted a more [[progressive]] and inclusive version of [[Christianity]] and is the co-founder of Revolution Church.

==Political and social views==
Jay Bakker preaches, as he described to Larry King, a form of Christianity that is "more liberal than most".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/15/lkl.01.html | work=CNN | title=CNN.com|accessdate=6 December 2014}}</ref> He embraces people from all walks of life, even those with alternative lifestyles and encourages doubt and uncertainty in certain areas of the faith. He has questioned and challenged traditional Christian concepts such as atonement and [[salvation]]. He has also endorsed [[gay marriage]] and has been an advocate for the church's acceptance of the [[LGBT]] Community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/69368/|title=How Jay Bakker Is Trying to Use New York City to Save Christianity From Itself and Its Rigid Ideas -- New York Magazine|work=NYMag.com|accessdate=6 December 2014}}</ref> In response to the legalization of gay marriage in Minnesota, his church used rainbow-colored communion bread to celebrate. <ref name="rainbow">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/church-celebrates-gay-marriage-rainbow-communion-bread-article-1.1347952|title=Rainbow Communion Bread | location=New York | work=Daily News|accessdate=6 December 2014}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[John Shelby Spong]]

==External links==
*[http://www.revolutionchurch.com/ Revolution Church]
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Jeane Dixon

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'''Jeane L. Dixon'''  (1904-1997) was one of America's famous self-acclaimed [[Psychic|psychics]] and [[Astrology|astrologers]] in the 20<sup>th</sup> century, thanks to her astrology column in a syndicated newspaper. A notable amount of her predictions (some of which have failed) were publicised, with splendid reception.

==Noted predictions==
Most, if not all, of her 'predictions', did not come to fruition.

She allegedly foretold the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]] upon seeing his victory in the 1960 Presidential Election, although later she herself admitted that she actually saw [[Richard Nixon]], who followed her predictions during his tenure as President of the United States, taking the upper hand then. She foresaw that in 1958, a dispute over the Kinmen and Matsu Islands (today part of Fujian Province in [[Taiwan]]) would cause [[World War III]] to break out, but of course, nothing happened then. She even foresaw the [[Soviet Union]] being the first to place a man on the moon, but in the end, it was a {{wpl|Neil Armstrong|specific American aerospace engineer}} who took that title. She claimed to foresee world [[peace]] by 2000, but wars and conflicts have still gone on since then. She foresaw a cure for [[cancer]] in 1967, but there is no cure for it yet. She also predicted that [[Pope Benedict XVI]] would be assassinated and be the final [[Pope]],<ref>http://skepdic.com/dixon</ref> but of course, guess what happened. [[Pope_Francis|It didn't ever happen]]. She also predicted that a planetary alignment on February 4, 1962 was to destroy Earth, and this prediction led to mass congregational meetings in [[India]], but also, nothing happened then, and afterwards, she went on to predict that [[Armageddon]] would take place in 2020.

After her long life dedicated to prophesying, and tons of failed prophecies, Dixon suffered a heart attack and died at a hospital in [[Washington, D.C.]]: [[Divine retribution]], perhaps? Look at what {{bible|Deuteronomy|18|20|22}} says about [[fortune-telling]] quacks.

==The Jeane Dixon Effect==
The Jeane Dixon Effect refers to a certain syndrome common in alleged psychics and fortune tellers in which a few seemingly accurate predictions were promoted by a bigger organisation (e.g. the media), while ignoring the large numbers of failed predictions ([[confirmation bias]]).

==See also==
*[[Fortune-telling]]
*[[Nostradamus]]

==External links==
* [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1736/did-psychic-jeane-dixon-predict-jfks-assassination Did psychic Jeane Dixon predict JFK's assassination?]
* [http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Jeane_Dixon.aspx "Prophets and Diviners" article from the ''Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained'' (2013) with a section on Jeane Dixon]

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Jeanine Pirro

[[File:Judge_Jeanine_Pirro_2017.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Jeanine Pirro.]]
{{Pundits}}

'''Jeanine Ferris Pirro''' (née '''Ferris''') {{lived|2 June 1951}} is a batshit crazy judge and former host of the show ''{{wpl|Justice with Judge Jeanine}}'' on [[Fox News]]. One of the better-known hosts on the network, Pirro is a token minority because of her Arab heritage. Prior to joining the Fox News network, Pirro worked as a judge in her home of Worcester County.

==Beginnings==
Ironically, Pirro is of Lebanese descent and was born to Christian Lebanese parents (Maronite Catholics specifically) who immigrated to New York. After leaving college, she became an assistant district attorney.

==Insane takes==

A hardcore [[Republican]] and devout Trump supporter, she attracted controversy over comments involving Minnesota Democrat Representative [[Ilhan Omar|Ilhan Omar]]’s hijab being “required by [[Sharia]] law.”. These comments earned her a suspension from Fox News, and her show that was scheduled to air on March 16, 2019 was pre-empted due to 
her bigotry
 scheduling matters. <ref>[https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3194197002 Sean Hannity tells President Trump that suspended host Jeanine Pirro will be back Saturday] USAToday</ref> A week later, her show was pre-empted again, signaling that she was suspended from the channel. <ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/media/435217-fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-to-be-bumped-for-second-straight-week-following Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to be bumped for second-straight week following Omar comments] The Hill</ref>

Pirro was one of the many voices who were supportive of then-[[United States Supreme Court]] nomineee [[Brett Kavanaugh]] during his 2018 sexual misconduct allegations. Previously, she was supportive of [[abortion]]s, claiming it is a woman's right to have one. However, recently, she opposes late-term abortions. Like her Faux News peers, she’s also a massive [[gun nut]] and claims that the left are “coming for our guns”.

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Jennifer Margulis

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'''Jennifer Margulis''' is a [[home birth]] advocate and author. As is typical with many critics of modern [[medicine]], she mixes legitimate criticism of things like over-treatment with [[Conspiracy theory|conspiratorial thinking]] about how Big Medicine and [[Big Pharma]] are out to destroy you and your children in the name of profit. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater, as it were. [[Crank magnetism|Unsurprisingly]], she flirts with [[vaccine denial]] as well, not outright saying that vaccines are bad but [[just asking questions]] about how safe and necessary they are. In her own words, "I am not anti-vaccine, I am pro-questions."<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/etc/margulis.html</ref> She states she is "pro-vaccine" and that "vaccines work" but repeats many of the thoroughly-discredited claims thrown about by vaccine deniers: vaccines may cause [[autism]], vaccine schedules recommend too many vaccines at once, [[appeal to nature|vaccines are potentially harmful because they're not "natural"]], etc.<ref>http://www.jennifermargulis.net/blog/2011/08/parents-dont-be-duped-the-california-immunization-coalition-spreading-misinformation-about-vaccine-safety/</ref>

In 2016, she co-authored a book about vaccines<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Vaccine-Friendly-Plan-Effective-Health-Pregnancy/dp/1101884231/"The Vaccine-Friendly Plan" book on Amazon]</ref> with Dr Paul Norman Thomas MD<ref>[http://archive.is/l9UOu#selection-1917.162-1917.527 An archive copy of Dr Paul's medical-licence]</ref>. In 2017, she appeared in [[Ty Bollinger]]'s epic "The Truth About Vaccines".<ref>[http://archive.is/OZu3z#selection-1505.24-1505.25 Jennifer in the cast of "The Truth About Vaccines"]</ref>

She happens to be the daughter of biologist Lynn Margulis, who was [[Carl Sagan]]'s first wife and proposed endosymbiotic theory…and was an [[HIV denial]]ist and [[9/11 truther]]. Guess it runs in the family.

==External links==
* [http://www.jennifermargulis.net Jennifer Margulis' official website]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/books/review/the-business-of-baby-by-jennifer-margulis.html ''New York Times'' review of her book ''The Business of Baby'']
* [http://www.skepticalob.com/2013/05/jennifer-margulis-tries-to-manipulate-amazon-reviews-of-her-book.html Jennifer Margulis tries to manipulate Amazon reviews of her book]

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Jeremy Sherr

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'''Jeremy Sherr''' {{lived|1955|}} is a [[South Africa]]n-born [[homeopath]], self-published [[author]] and kook best known for pretending that 
[[placebo|magic sugar pills]]
 homeopathy can cure [[AIDS]].  

Sherr studied Homeopathy at the College of Homoeopathy in [[London]] in 1980.  He also studied [[Acupuncture]] at the International College of Oriental Medicine (apparently without noticing that the theories and disease models of homeopathy and acupuncture are mutually exclusive). He founded the "Dynamis School", a "post-graduate homeopathy course" (i.e. [[diploma mill]]) in 1987.   He began study and research in homeopathic [[proving (homeopathy)|provings]] in 1982 with a proving of Scorpion, apparently. It's unclear how this was done since the traditional Hahnemann method of proving involves giving people a dose strong enough to cause tangible symptoms. With scorpion? Good luck with that.

He's been compared with [[AIDS denial]]ist quack [[Matthias Rath]]<ref group=note>Rath sued [[Ben Goldacre]] for calling him a quack and lost.</ref>. Need we say more.

==External links==
*[http://www.dynamis.edu/ Official website]

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Jesse Jackson

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[[File:Jesse Jackson, half-length portrait of Jackson seated at a table, July 1, 1983 edit.jpg|165px|right|thumb|
Will Smith has been cast to play Jackson in an upcoming film.
 Jackson in 1983]]
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'''Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr''' {{lived|1941|2026}} was an [[United States of America|American]] [[Baptist]] [[minister]], [[civil rights]] leader, and [[politician]]. He unsuccessfully ran for the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nomination for president in 1984 and 1988. Jackson attended the University of [[Illinois]], the Agricultural and Technical College of [[North Carolina]], and the [[Chicago]] Theological Seminary. He was ordained a minister in 1968.

Jackson first became involved in civil rights in the 1960s when he marched with [[Martin Luther King]] in Selma, [[Alabama]]. He was in Memphis, [[Tennessee]] when King was assassinated but whether or not he was with him at the time remains controversial. At any rate, acting as the heir apparent to Dr. King, he established the National Rainbow Coalition in 1984. During the 1970s, Jackson began travelling abroad and negotiated the release of [[American]] civilians and soldiers in foreign countries. This earned him much praise but his diplomatic missions were criticized by some as meddlesome. 

Until [[Barack Obama]], Jackson was the most successful [[African-American]] candidate for president.  The campaign was scuttled due to Jackson's (many) public gaffes, effectively ending the viability of the Rainbow movement (which he converted into a Presidential campaign vehicle). Both Jackson and colleague, Rev. [[Al Sharpton]], have drawn ire from left-wingers as well as the right: Jackson for his hypocritical racism, anti-Semitism (i.e. referring to New York City as "Hymietown")<ref>https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-19-tm-5850-story.html%3f_amp=true</ref> and marital infidelities (e.g. the 2001 revelation that Jackson had fathered a child out of wedlock); and Sharpton for his somewhat shady past and demagogic style.

In 1998, he counseled President [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] during his [[impeachment]] trials and was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Clinton two years later.

Jackson remains a somewhat controversial figure in the realm of politics and continued to promote social activism and lead protests until his death in 2026.

==Works==
*''Keep Hope Alive'' ([[Special:Booksources/978-1626983595|ISBN 978-1626983595]])
==External links==
*[http://www.biography.com/articles/Jesse-Jackson-9351181 Biography: Jesse Jackson]

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Jessica Ahlquist

[[File:26-Jessica Ahlquist-1.JPG|thumb|right|165px|Jessica Ahlquist in 2012]]
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'''Jessica Ahlquist''' {{lived|1995}} from Cranston, [[Rhode Island]], is known for successfully challenging a [[prayer]] posted in her high school's auditorium during 2012. Due to her, her father, and the [[ACLU]] suing Cranston, the school had to remove the banner, and the school and city paid the ACLU $150,000 in legal fees.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120312094553/http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/03/cranston-agrees.html Cranston agrees to pay ACLU $150,000 in legal fees, ending prayer-banner fight] Providence Journal, March 6, 2012 (from Wayback Machine)</ref>

For her efforts, Ahlquist, who was sixteen at the time, was and is the victim of all kinds of harassment from a variety of community leaders, including being dubbed "Evil Little Thing" by Rhode Island State [[Representative]] Peter Palumbo, who the police arrested in 2017 for embezzlement.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170606024855/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/01/20/former-ri-state-rep-who-called-teen-atheist-an-evil-little-thing-arrested-for-embezzlement/ Former RI State Rep who called Teen Atheist an Evil Little Thing Arrested for Embezzlement]</ref>

==Awards==
* American Humanist Association Humanist Pioneer Award &mdash; 2012
* Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award &mdash; 2013<ref>[http://www.cranstononline.com/stories/Ahlquist-receives-1st-Amendment-Award,82497 "Ahlquist Receives First Amendment Award"]</ref>

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