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Kangaroo court

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A '''kangaroo court''' is a form of public trial that is, from the outset, an inside sham as the outcome is fully known before the trial begins.  

Generally, kangaroo courts will limit the defendant's rights to witnesses, limit his time with his attorneys, provide him with inept attorneys (in situations where the state provides the attorney), or generally deny him the civil rights of due process.

Notable kangaroo courts include:
*The [[European witch-hunts]] and [[Salem witch trials]].
*[[Sharia]] trials on issues such as [[adultery]] in [[Islamic fundamentalism|Islamic fundamentalist]] nations.
*Political trials under [[dictatorship]]s and [[totalitarian]] regimes.
*Pretty much any trial in [[North Korea]].
*Trials in which a regime rids itself of associates who have become inconvenient, such as [[Josef Stalin]]'s Great Purge of the [[Soviet Union]]'s [[Communist]] Party in the late 1930s (the "Moscow Trials").
*Most every trial against a black man in [[the South]] from 1900-1960s (unless you were {{wpl|Lead Belly|Lead Belly}}).
**From the opposite direction in the same time and place, in the very rare case that a white person was actually on trial for [[lynching]], their ''acquittal'' was never in question, especially when there was enough evidence to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. 
*[[Senate]] hearings on the [[partial birth abortion]] ban, in 2003.
*[[Brett Kavanaugh]]’s Supreme Court nomination hearing, in the sense that it was clear that the Senate was going to ignore the damning evidence against him and approve his appointment no matter what. 
* The 2014 trial of three [[Al Jazeera]] [[journalist]]s in [[Egypt]].
* The so-called Cadaver Synod, in which the Pope put his dead predecessor on trial.

Just like [[Cautionary tale|''The Boy Who Cried Wolf'']], the existence of known show trials, like the Moscow Trials, will cloud the external view of ''all'' trials within closed societies. In the case of the Soviet Union's {{wpl|Khabarovsk War Crime Trials|1949 Khabarovsk trial}} of [[Japanese]] war criminals from [[Unit 731]], real criminals were tried on real charges and convicted.<ref name="khabarovsk">''Materials on the Trial of Former Servicemen of the Japanese Army Charged with Manufacturing and Employing Bacteriological Weapons''. Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1950, 535 pp.</ref> At the time, the [[United States]] government successfully portrayed the Khabarovsk trial as a show trial (though it was known not to be) in an attempt to thwart further prosecutions at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal (because they wanted to recruit surviving 731 members). Later evidence has shown that the report on the trial was almost completely factual.<ref name="williams">''Unit 731: Japan's Secret Biological Warfare in World War II'' by Peter Williams & David Wallace (1989). Free Press. ISBN 0029353017.</ref><ref name="gold">Gold, Hal. ''Unit 731 Testimony'', Charles E Tuttle Co., 1996. ISBN 4-900737-39-9.</ref>

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Karen Lawson

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'''Karen Lawson''' is a pseudoscientist and Program Director for the Health Coaching track, Center for Spirituality & Healing, [[University of Minnesota]].<ref name="university">University of Minnesota, Center for Spirituality & Healing and the Life Science Foundation. "Karen Lawson, MD." http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/karen-lawson-md</ref> She is the faculty advisor for the IHEAL at the University of Minnesota. She is also "board-certified in family medicine and [[holistic medicine]]."<ref name="university"></ref> Lawson teaches [[shamanism]]<ref name="university" /> and has published articles relating to [[integrative medicine]] and holistic medicine.<ref name="bio">Faculty Page, University of Minnesota. "Karen Lawson, MD." http://www.csh.umn.edu/facultystaff/klawson/home.html</ref>

==Pharyngula email==
[[PZ Myers]] on his blog [[Pharyngula]] posted an exchange one of his colleagues had with Lawson about a workshop offered at the University of Minnesota, [https://events.umn.edu/Homeopathy-Acute-Care-Workshop-002576.htm Homeopathy Acute Care Workshop].<ref name="pharyngula">Pharyngula. "UM's open shame, the Center for Spirituality & Healing." http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/ums_open_shame_the_center_for.php</ref>

{{cquote|[[Homeopathy]] is a completely bogus therapy. I am astounded that you are presenting this misinformation here at the university. This is a disgrace, and an insult to the real work being done at the U of M.|4=Unnamed scientist}}

{{cquote|Dear Michael, I have taken a few days to sit with your hostile and critical email, as I wanted to give it a fair evaluation time. I was quite stunned by the vehemence of your note, and must question exactly how much you know about Homeopathy, and where you learned that.

. . .

Many physicians and scientists reject Homeopathy without any knowledge, because they say there is no plausible mechanism that can explain HOW it works, regardless of experiences and studies that have shown its impacts. Remember that we don't know how the majority of biomedical interventions, including drugs, work. Additionally, at one time we didn't know about germs and didn't believe that hand-washing had a mechanism of action that could explain how it impacted stopping the spread of disease&mdash;so it was fought against for decades. True, science has not yet created the technology to explore homeopathy in a way that can be understood. That doesn't mean we stop asking the questions.|4=Karen Lawson}}

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Kate Tieje

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'''Kate Tieje''' is a blogger who writes under the moniker '''Modern Alternative Mama'''.  The irony of her ''nom de plume'' is that she seems to eschew nearly everything modern. If it weren't for the fact that she owns a computer, she would be nearly indistinguishable from an early 19<sup>th</sup> century American pioneer.  She has a seemingly endless supply of [[folk remedy|folk remedies]], about as modern as a tribal witch doctor. In addition to [[alternative medicine]], she also promotes [[vaccine hysteria]],<ref>[http://www.modernalternativemama.com/blog/2015/01/23/enough-enough-blaming-anti-vaxxers/ Kate doesn't care what you believe, she just wants you to know she's right.]</ref> [[homeschooling]],<ref>[http://www.modernalternativemama.com/about/kate/ Self indulgence: part 1]</ref> [[Christian fundamentalism]], and [[creationism]].<ref>[http://www.modernalternativemama.com/blog/2009/11/9/creation-vs-evolution-whats-the-evidence.html As if the alternative medicine woo weren't bad enough...]</ref>

Of particular note is her record of child abuse and neglect, such as leaving her infant's broken arm untreated for a week and taking him to a chiropractor instead of a real doctor.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/Trololololololmore/photos/pcb.585490284885320/585490178218664]</ref>
==External links==
*[http://www.modernalternativemama.com/ A dangerous, misguided lunatic's blog.]

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Katharine Hayhoe

[[File:Katharine Hayhoe 2018 (DIG14287-042).jpg|thumb|right|165px|Katharine Hayhoe in 2018]]
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'''Katharine Hayhoe''' {{lived|1972}} is an atmospheric [[scientist]] and professor of political science at {{wpl|Texas Tech University||,}} where she is Director of the Climate Science Center.<ref>[https://www.depts.ttu.edu/politicalscience/Faculty/Hayhoe_Katharine.php Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D.: Professor &mdash; Political Science] Texas Tech University</ref> She is also an [[evangelical Christian]].<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/07/nation/la-na-evangelical-warming-20111207 Spreading the global warming gospel: A climatologist in West Texas takes on skeptics with scientific data — and her own faith as an evangelical Christian] by Neela Banerjee (December 07, 2011) ''The Los Angeles Times''.</ref>

[[Newt Gingrich]] was reportedly pressured to drop her from a planned book on climate change due to climate change [[denialist]] pressure groups.<ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canadian-climate-scientist-finds-fame-hate-mail-in-us/article4098838/ Canadian climate scientist finds fame, hate mail in U.S.] Tu Thanh Ha (Published Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 4:14PM EST; Last updated Thursday, Sep. 06, 2012 12:02PM EDT) ''The Toronto Globe and Mail''.</ref>

Hayhoe performs a lot of outreach to Christian communities, talking to them about climate science. Nonetheless, she has stated that she gets about a hundred times more pieces of hate mail stating that she [[No True Scotsman|couldn't possibly be a real Christian]] if she's a scientist than the other way around.<ref>[http://www.wnyc.org/story/evangelical-climate-scientist-wins-over-skeptics An Evangelical Climate Scientist Wins Over Skeptics] The New Yorker Radio Hour</ref>

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160109163011/http://katharinehayhoe.com/wp2016/ Katharine Hayhoe's website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/kathhayhoe/playlists Katharine Hayhoe's YouTube channel]

==Bibliography==
*''A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions'' by Katharine Hayhoe & Andrew Farley (2009). Katharine Hayhoe. [[Special:Booksources/0446549568|ISBN 0446549568]]. Farley is Hayhoe's husband, an evangelical pastor and a linguistics professor.<ref>{{wpa|Andrew Farley (author)|Andrew Farley}}</ref>

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Kathleen Goligher

[[File:Kathleen Goligher medium.png|thumb|right|165px|Kathleen Goligher in 1916]]
[[File:Kathleen Goligher fake ectoplasm.jpg|thumb|left|165px|Goligher with fake ectoplasm]]
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'''Kathleen Goligher''' {{lived|1898}} was an [[Irish]] [[medium]].

Goligher held [[séance]]s in her own home with seven of her family members. The spiritualist William Jackson Crawford investigated Goligher and took various photographs of her [[ectoplasm]], which he believed was genuine. Crawford believed that Goligher could communicate with [[spirit]]s that would [[levitate]] the table. However, the photographs that Crawford took are dubious; the ectoplasm looks like it was made from muslin (which it was revealed to be). Some of the absurd photographs can be seen here [http://www.the-voicebox.com/J%20Peg%20Pictures/Ectoplasm/kathleenexudesectoplasmfrombetweenherlegssometimesitwouldbecomesufficientlyrigidtotiltasmalltable.jpg] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiritarchive/8380054423/in/photostream/lightbox/]. Surprisingly, some spiritualist [[woo]] websites still claim the photographs depict genuine ectoplasm.

Crawford has been described as credulous when it came to the subject of mediumship and "insane" as he had an obsession with underwear.<ref>[http://www.skepdic.com/ectoplasm.html Ectoplasm at the Skeptic's Dictionary]</ref> There were no scientific controls in Crawford's séances with Goligher as she and her family members had their hands and legs free at all times. His experiments have been described as non-scientific and have been refuted in detail by skeptics such as Edward Clodd and [[Harry Houdini]]. 

The death-blow to Goligher's mediumship came when the physicist Edmund Fournier d'Albe investigated her and discovered the fraud. During a séance he observed Goligher holding the table up with her foot. He also had observed that the ectoplasm was white muslin between Goligher's feet. D'Albe published ''The Goligher Circle'' in 1922 and because of the exposure she retired from mediumship in the same year. Spiritualist cranks such as [[Brian Inglis]] and modern day [[woo]]-believers on forums tend to ignore the exposure by d'Albe or misrepresent his data on purpose. 

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==Further reading==
*Edward Clodd. (1922). [http://archive.org/stream/occultismtwolect00cloduoft#page/28/mode/2up ''Occultism: Two Lectures Delivered in the Royal Institution on May 17 and 24, 1921'']. London: Watts & Co. pp. 28-34
*Edmund Edward Fournier d'Albe. (1922). ''The Goligher Circle''. J. M. Watkins.

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

[[File:Kathryn Jean Lopez by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|165px|Lopez in 2011.]]{{pundits}}
'''Kathryn Jean Lopez''' {{lived|1976|}} is an [[United States|American]] [[conservative]] columnist and former editor of ''[[National Review Online]]'', for some reason.  One of her bigger funnies was that she actually thought that former [[Pennsylvania]] Senator [[Santorum|Rick Santorum]] had a chance in [[hell]] of winning his 2006 re-election bid.<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZWY3ODJhNzM0YjllMTgzMjQ4ZTFkMjAwZmU1ZDRiZTY= National Review article</ref>  She is commonly known as just K-Lo.  

For most of 2007, she trumpeted the idea of a [[Dick Cheney]] (or Lynne Cheney<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/331137/america-its-cheney-time/kathryn-jean-lopez</ref>) presidency.<ref>http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmZlNTkxZjM3ZmM1MmZiZmJlOWI5YTdkZGJiY2I4NGM= National Review article</ref>  Since he didn't run, she then backed [[W. Mitt Romney|Mitt Romney]].  Zero for two.

She is yet another strongly anti-[[feminism|feminist]], anti-[[affirmative action]], anti-[[abortion]], and anti-[[contraception]] woman.  She absolutely ''loved'' [[Sarah Palin]]. Can you say zero for three?

==[sic]==

Despite being an NRO editor, meaning she is one of those responsible for other people's grammar and spelling, K-Lo's grammar and spelling are extraordinarily poor. These are just the errors that are still on the site, meaning she looked over those posts and thought they were okay. The Internet Archive and Google Cache have more ridiculous examples that she ''did'' catch, hours or even days after the fact.

*"But it's also unfair to keep yourself the story when there are high stakes in American politics and not-insignificant elections around the corner."<ref>http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDBkM2YyZjJjMmVjMjM5MzEzODkzNjIyY2VlNTFjYWU= National Review post</ref>

*"The inbox is flooded with readers point out that 'President Obama's unapologetic multilateralism' is pretty heavy on apologies."<ref>http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTc2Y2Q2ZGE0MjExMjU0ZDMxMTA1Y2I3YTNmMTg3Y2M= National Review post</ref>

*"The first person I talked to about the Souter news last night (shockingly, though, all of Santa Monica didn't seem to be buzzing with their Blackberrys about it) asked: 'Has Souter been good on anything?' Worst things could happen . . ."<ref>http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTljNzBkZGRiYzRlNmRmOWM5Mzk4YWY5YmRmNDlkNDQ= National Review post</ref>

*"Wouldn't it be something if his post-presidential life would up being that kind of post-service service?"<ref>http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGQ2NjRkZTI0OWIyZWIxNDg5N2RhMTViNTQ3OTRmYmU= National Review post</ref>

*(From Twitter) "in a certain circle, aei is the place to go to see and be seen. i was saw and was scene."<ref>http://twitter.com/kathrynlopez/status/16245927589</ref>

==See also==
*[[Ann Coulter]]
*[[Phyllis Schlafly]]

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Kathy Gyngell

#REDIRECT [[The Conservative Woman#Kathy Gyngell]]

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Keirsey Temperament Sorter

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The '''Keirsey Temperament Sorter''' is an adaptation of the [[Myers-Briggs Type Indicator]] personality categorization model created by [[Jungian]] psychologist David Keirsey (1921-2013), and featured in his book ''Please understand me''. While maintaining the basic four-factor model of the MBTI, Keirsey was highly influenced by the Nietzschean [[Apollonian and Dionysian]] model and its roots in Greek mythology. Keirsey's work is an attempt to create a more scientifically rigorous, empirically verifiable version of the MBTI.

==Focus==
The Keirsey sorter relies on a questionnaire almost identical to that used in the MBTI. The primary distinction between the two models is that while the MBTI focuses on thoughts, the Keirsey temperament sorter is focused on behavior. Keirsey was heavily involved in conflict management studies, which may have affected this focus.

The Keirsey sorter defines 16 temperaments, two for each of eight different cognitive functions. Because the Keirsey sorter focuses on actions rather than thoughts, it can at least be [[falsifiability|tested]] to some extent, but it is still very much the pet project of Keirsey and his co-authors.

==Controversy==
Keirsey was accused of sympathizing with the [[Mental illness denial|anti-psychology]] movement, despite having been a professor emeritus of California State University, Fullerton, and a family counseling specialist. Keirsey was a vocal opponent of the practice of prescribing stimulants for children with ADHD, claiming that the diagnosis results from the inability of adults to cope with children with certain personality types.<ref>See [http://www.keirsey.com/add_hoax.aspx "The Great ADD hoax"]</ref> In his favor, Keirsey's opposition was largely based on what he saw as excessively broad diagnostic criteria coupled with an over-reliance on prescription medication for issues that have a questionable medical basis and can be solved with counseling and/or relatively minor changes in the classroom.<ref>''ibid</ref> He was in no way a supporter of [[vaccine denialism]].

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Keith

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*[[Keith Ablow]]; former [[psychiatrist]], [[conservative]] [[pundit]], and all-around creep who's been busted for having [[sex]] with his patients
*[[Keith Ellison]]; a former [[US]] [[Congress]]person and current attorney general of [[Minnesota]]
*[[Keith Henson]]; a critic of [[Scientology]]
*[[Keith Idema]]; an alias of the late [[War on Terror]] [[grifter]] and violent [[vigilante]] [[Jack Idema]]
*[[Keith Olbermann]]; a former ESPN anchor and [[liberal]] pundit
*[[Keith Raniere]]; the [[rapist]]-in-chief of the [[self-help]] [[cult]] [[NXIVM]]
*[[Keith Windschuttle]]; right-wing [[history|historian]] from [[Australia]]
Keith Ellison

[[File:Keith ellison.JPG|thumb|left|165px|Ellison on the campaign trail in 2006.]]
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'''Keith Ellison''' {{lived|1963}} is the Attorney General of [[Minnesota]] and a former [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] representative from the same state, but is better known as 
[[Islamophobia|a Muslim terrorist]]
 the first [[Islam|Muslim]] elected to [[Congress]]. In response to those howling how [[The United States as a Christian nation|our Founding Fathers would be apoplectic at a Muslim in Congress]], he took his oath of office using a [[Qur'an]] owned by [[Thomas Jefferson]].

As a young man he was a [[Louis Farrakhan]] sympathizer, but has greatly moderated his views since that time; of course, his opponents take great care to make a lot of noise about the former and not to mention the latter. According to former [[Fox News]] talk show host [[Glenn Beck]], Keith Ellison shouldn't be trusted because all Muslims are terrorists.<ref>Prove you're not [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbg604XqPY "working with the enemy"]</ref> Despite what his [[Quran|holy]] [[Hadith|books]] say, Ellison is strongly in favor of [[LGBT]] rights.<ref>[http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/House/Minnesota/Keith_Ellison/Views/Gay_Marriage/ His voting record on LGBT issues found on Political Guide]</ref>

In 2016 Ellison, along with [[Hillary Clinton]] intimate adviser [[Huma Abedin]] appeared in an [[Islamic State]] hit list for the crime of [[apostasy]] to ([[Wahhabism|their variant of]]) [[Islam]].

After the 2016 election debacle, Keith Ellison launched a campaign to become the new Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.<ref>http://forward.com/opinion/355514/keith-ellison-vows-to-give-democrats-their-groove-back-will-louis-farrakhan/</ref>

He lost, in no small part due to an Islamophobic smear campaign and behind-the-scenes maneuvering against him by certain factions within the party, but he was almost immediately named Deputy chair by Tom Perez, the man who beat him.

On June 5, 2018, Ellison announced that he would not be seeking re-election to his congressional seat, but would instead run for Minnesota Attorney General. On August 14, 2018, he won the Democratic Primary for the AG nomination, before winning the general election on November 6. He was sworn in on January 7, 2019.<ref>[http://www.startribune.com/keith-ellison-ushers-in-new-era-for-minnesota-attorney-general-s-office/504008982/ Keith Ellison ushers in new era for Minnesota Attorney General's Office] ''Star Tribune''. January 7<sup>th</sup>, 2019.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Islamophobia]]
*[[Ilhan Omar]], his MN-5 successor

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Keith Henson

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'''Keith Henson''' is a well-known critic of [[Scientology]] who was persecuted by the Church through a spurious criminal prosecution. He is also known as an advocate of [[cryonics]], space exploration, and similar causes.

Initially, he was sued by the Co$ for posting extracts from secret Scientology scriptures (the ''NOTS'', ''New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans'') to the [[Usenet]] group ''alt.religion.scientology''. Co$ won a $75,000 judgement against Henson, which bankrupted him.<ref>http://www.operatingthetan.com/</ref>

Henson however would not be perturbed by Scientology's legal persecution. He fought back by picketing regularly outside of Scientology's headquarters, the Gold Base in [[California]]. For doing so, they brought criminal charges against him — making criminal threats, attempting to make criminal threats, and interfering with a religion.{{fact}} The jury hung on the first two charges, but found him guilty on the third.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070210190653/http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/unfair-game/4713/</ref> The maximum sentence for the crime of which he was wrongly convicted was 6 months in prison.

Henson however believed that if he went to prison he would likely be killed by Scientology agents (e.g. prisoners on the Criminon payroll).{{fact}} So he fled to [[Canada]] and requested political asylum. After three years of living in Canada, his asylum claim was rejected and he was ordered to present for deportation. Rather than do so, he returned to the [[United States]]. Eventually he was extradited back to California and served his prison sentence.

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