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, a former "creation scientist" who eventually became a well-known critic of creationism, and who coined the term Morton's demon. See his obituary for further details.

, a YouTuber who claims to focus on alternative history, but uses his videos for long alt-right and fascist screeds and to "own the libs." Also proclaims that he hasn't read any major historigraphical and anthropological studies made after the '60s because "that's when it all became too woke."

Pro-QAnon movie starring right-wing loon Jim Caviezel. Perfect for our site to tear apart.

Their website They are, basically, fake testicles for dogs. They claim that "dogs feel bad when they're neutered", seems like very much so wingnuttery to me.

, a famous and meanwhile infamous Chinese scholar trumpeting Greek history denialism.

, a Chinese professor with the Marxist college of China University of Political science and Law, promoting the Confucian school and Buddhist conservatism.

a Chinese nationalist and conservatist website posing as Maoist.

The a Chinese nationalist website featuring publicizing such alternative right as LGBT discrimination, racism and patriarchy.

a Chinese professor advocating socialism with Chinese characteristics, guesting in This in China.

13 year old Peace activist who was most notably known for her anti-war activites during the Cold War & her letter exchange with in 1982. Died in a plane crash in 1985, which gave wingnuts even more more reasons to hate the USSR. Nowadays, her name is being used by Anonymous during the Russo-Ukranian war. , including the legitimate families and the BS ones like Altaic, Nostratic, Uralo-Siberian, Dene-Caucasian, and Amerind. a woo-ish system of storing computer data. Its inventor, Jan Sloot, purported that his system could encode a feature-length film in just eight kilobytes, despite the apparent impossibility of storing reams of complex data in such a small package. Sloot died of a heart attack in 1999, which lent itself well to conspiracy theories especially as the source code was never recovered. Maybe we should start some pages on several political groups from the EU Parliament. From Far-Left to Far-Right:      & Filipino nationalist, author and polymath. Best known for pissing off both Spanish colonial authorities and the Catholic Church through his novels Noli Me Tángere and its sequel El Filibusterismo which decried the excesses of the colonial government and the friars who were in hock with them. Rizal's supposed retraction prior to his execution as well as his Masonic affiliation could be on-mission here. Are the likes of Jerry Springer and Maury even missional, given how it banked on sensationalism, anti-intellectualism and in some cases like with Raffy Tulfo in Action, outright vigilantism? Oooh boy... As if one trans person's endorsement of a product would make you wingnuts any less of a person. We already have a page on Dee Snider whose views on transgender people raised some eyebrows, but what about Kid Rock who ostensibly is in favour of abortion and gay marriage yet is also a GOPher and a transphobe? He is the current First Minister of Scotland. It's quite suprising he dosen't have a page yet. Leaked documents on Al Jazeera showing anti Jeremy Corbyn corruption. Supported by Martin Forde himself, (the man who wrote the forde report). The I figured the wiki should have a page on Martin Forde's report on Anti Semitism being used as a weapon in the british Labour Party by both the Corbynites and the Blairites. an increasingly popular UFO and tech woo "news" site, with the particular theme of having "insider" "intelligence" "whistleblowers" Kazakhstanian fraudster, whoomeister who believes he is psychic and can resurrect the dead, teleport, cure AIDS and cancer at any stage, diagnose and solve problems of electronic devices remotely, to be clairvoyant and to be able to change reality, also believes he is the second coming of christ, was convicted of fraud after promising to the mothers of victims of the 2004 Beslan school siege that he could resurrect their children (see his Wikipedia article.   Islamophobic organisation founded by this weirdo in 2007. On their Twitter, they love posting tweets that include whataboutism & begging the question. They also seem to really hate a guy called Adam Schiff. Like, REALLY hate him. Literally an obsession. They also seem to believe that Fox is woke as fuck. These clowns are being supported by only the Real True Americans™ like Kevin Sorbo, for example. Australian paedophile and child pornographer who gained infamy for producing the hurtcore film Daisy's Destruction and is now serving a longer-than-life sentence in the Philippines. So-called conservative Josh Duggar was apparently a fan of Scully's work. Palestinian children's propaganda edutainment programme which gained notoriety for advocating violence, Islamic extremism and antisemitism. The show was condemned by Disney themselves (particularly former CEO Bob Iger and even Walt's last surviving daughter Diane Disney Miller) for its depiction of a Mickey Mouse-like character named Farfour and using said Militant Mickey to indoctrinate Palestinian children. Republican candidate from Ohio for the 2024 US Elections. Fox describes him as the "Conservative Andrew Yang". Noticeable quote from his announcement campaign, is this line: "what the conservative movement needs to do is more than just criticize the poison that fills the void but fill the vacuum with a vision of American national identity that runs so deep that it dilutes these other religions, from wokism to Islamism." Notorious British-Irish paedophile activist. Has caused a bit of a stir on Wikipedia when his blog was used in a citation for an article; Wikipedia admins were forced to block a certain user for using said paedophile's site besides a number of disturbing contributions which ran afoul of the site's child protection policy. Blarite, Member of Keir Starmer’s cabinet and Transphobe and Rowling apologist despite being a gay man himself Speaking of which. This can apply to both the political term and the conspiracy theory that Reagan cheated and withheld American hostages in Iran until after he had beaten Jimmy Carter. is a TERF who has gained prominence after her appearance on the Whatever podcast. She has previously told trans women that they want to get raped and should kill themselves, made false rape allegations against various large live streamers such as Hasan Piker and Destiny, mocked rape victims, and admitted to being a child predator. She was banned from Twitter after proudly declaring herself to be a "racist dog fucking pedophile" and lusting over a dog, but she later returned with a ban evasion account. I'm surprised we don't have an article on or other relevant concepts such as the  and the. Given its relevance to issues like human rights and war crimes, it's an important topic to cover. : Filipino former ex-convict actor turned politician. Outspoken in both his conversion to Islam to which he became the de facto spokesperson representing the Filipino Muslim community (particularly the "Back to Islam" movement), as well as his misplaced nationalism where he went full racist towards a Korean contestant in a talent show he judged in and DID NOT SHOW A SHRED OF REMORSE despite intense criticism. He has also filed legal action against a Twitter user for calling him an ex-con and called for a ban on the Gerard Butler film  due to its unflattering depiction of the country. : Filipino paranormal schlockumentary series discussing things from the paranormal to Bill Gates conspiracy theories and backmasking. history of X where X is any country, especially in articles where the history section makes up the bulk of the page. : I haven't found a page for 2020, but let's be honest: what would RW be, without a page on the biggest Meme party for 2024? : It's like playing X-Com UFO Defense, with the difference that you've been unlucky that your first units have godawful stats. So you have no clue which units are good and which are completely useless. : It's like catching Pokémon, with the difference that those aren't pure evil MF assholes.. Korean scientist who faked human stem cell cloning. His story also includes nationalism, fraud, and even trace amounts of misogyny. Oxbridge professor, doctor, author, psychologist and proponent of lateral thinking. A Glossary of Italian Fascism and National Socialism prior to 1945 Conservative media company founded in 2018 by this twat, after TheBlaze & CRTV LLC joined forces. Used to be called "Glenn Beck TV" Organisation dedicated to making sure technology doesn't wipe out Humanity (A.I., Climate Change, Biotechnology, Nuclear Weapons). Unfortunately Associated by Noted Para- Fascists Sam Harris and Elon Musk. The current leader of the Italian Democratic Party and the woman who looks like she will be going up against female Mussolini next Italian election. She's Bi and very left wing. Some may say too left wing. We can only hope she can beat Meloni. While we do have an article about porn and human trafficking in general, perhaps an overview on the moral panic involving the premier adult entertainment portal should be in order, especially considering how sweeping changes it enacted regarding user content was spurred by a relentless campaign by far-right fundie group Exodus Cry. A racial & class-related slur used against white Southern Americans. Mostly being used against those living in rural areas. AKA World is One News, some India-based schmuck of a "news" outlet which is part of the Zee Media network of channels owned by the Essel Group. Both WION itself and its Zee Media parent have been involved in sensationalism, fake news and corruption; for one, YouTube once suspended their channel for trivialising and bellitling the war in Ukraine, only for WION to mount an intense astroturfing social media campaign to have the channel reinstated. Given the wiki’s disdain for Mandelson. I am surprised he didn’t have a page here immediately when Blair and Brown got theirs. Let’s just say he rubs elbows with Facist Russia like Blair did. whose alleged escape from the massacre of her family at the hands of the Bolsheviks has inspired lots of storytelling and urban myths, despite her remains having been found alongside the rest of Tsar Nicholas's family. She has a particular penchant for starring alongside Grigori Rasputin, another common urban myth subject, in alternative-history stories. Speaking of Rasputin, why do we have an article on him and not Rumors of her survival persisted for several decades, and DNA testing was required to prove that she died with the rest of the Romanovs! which has >50% of US kids on it, surprisingly has on-mission points. Compliance with Chinese government censorship, firstly. Young'uns are now politically active at increasingly early ages, so political & religious groups of every stripe (believe me, anything you can think of) have evangelized there, from Roman Catholic masses & processions in the Philippines (done in lieu of in-person ceremonies no thanks to COVID-19) to even creationists (here is a group based on AiG). Wired discusses fascist recruitment, but only scratches the surface (NBC report on the same). This discusses one arrest involving an ISIS group. Multiple reports argue the platform's business model is based on child labor (and, this editor would add, something akin to a pyramid scheme). Many reports cover sexual predators "run amok" on Roblox. There are some more topics of potential coverage, but that's enough. We have GTA & even Ruben Sim, why not this? The notion that "voting with your wallet" isn't always feasible, even more so for people who's options are limited by poverty and availability. Of course, it should also be addressed on how this isn't an excuse for apathy or buying luxury items like, say, a video game based on the works of an insufferable TERF. Might as well start the clownshow already, given the current candidates. Including the manchild that used to be president. And some current rumors about certain people that might wanna run as well. Alt-right mouthpiece webshite riddled with canards against companies whom they perceive as espousing cultural Marxism. In fairness, the likes of Amazon and Disney aren't by any means clean and do have their fair share of atrocities, but said site takes things too far, as if the alt-tech nonsense they promote is any better at all. Given all the old man yells at cloud anti woke nonsense Cleese has spurted out since he said London was no longer English in 2019. When it comes to the site mission, I think Cleese is right on our money. On a personal note, I think Sadiq Khan is quite right. Cleese has acted like he's in character as Basil Fawlty. Maybe he just got old. Originally started in Japan around the end of 2016, but saw a massive outburst in the west at the beginning of 2020 due to the pandemic. Its influence is as big as that of big Youtubers and also attract a certain crowd. This is a double-edged sword. On one hand, there's the fact that many of them have bad sleep and eating habits, because they are required to stream alot for several hours (some of them stream for almost half a day) for their agencies (big players here being Hololive, Nijisanji & VShojo) (if they aren't indies). The fact that a bunch of Parasocial fuckers (this is a very serious problem in this sector) harass & dig into these people's private lives (Most notably /vt/ on 4chan & r/VirtualYoutubers) or act like a bunch of creepy incels. Then, There's the Taiwan controversy, which led to the people in question [https://nichegamer.com/vtubers-akai-haato-and-kiryu-coco-return-after-3-week-suspension/#:~:text=As%20we%20reported%20previously%2C%20Akai,data%20about%20their%20Taiwanese%20audience. getting suspended for 3 weeks and harrassed by chinese viewers], which resulted in one of the 2 eventually leaving on her own accord. On the other hand, some vtubers tend to lure certain crowds to their channels due to their own attitudes being similar to that of their audiences (those that claim to be introverted, are actually socially awkward and/or Edgelords). Most of the popular ones have had their own share of controversies. Such as stereotype opinions about how black people talk, denying the holocaust, one pulling a Pewdiepie & thanking someone for their "shekels" after receiving a superchat (she is a bit of a bother herself, but I don't think it's enough to give this one it's own page yet. She seems to have become friends with a vtuber that already has a parcer call, so she might start copying that behaviour.), trying to own the haters on 4chan's board /vt/ by doing exactly the same thing that they're doing hoping it wouldn't have a backlash (which it did) & leaking confidential information. Are there LGBTQ+ vtubers? Yes, there are. Are they being targeted by people, despite it's community being all about "wholesomeness"?Well, what do you think yourself? We all know he’s a raging TERF and anti woker. But I’m mixed on us using his speech for our Hollywood pages. While he definitely said things that needed to be said, he also gave the alt right (particularly the fandom menace) ammunition. But then again he does share the Absolutely mental podcast with Sam Harris and we all know what an apologist he is. Bottom line, I think he fits the mission like a glove. I recently encountered a food storage bag that "improved" food preservation by supposedly removing ethylene gas using some sort of sachet. Similar products are available:. There are some papers written on the subject that lack experimental data. This is legit or pseudoscience? (I notice food preservation claims of Pyramids and magnets) — How did it go down? Is the story really more complicated than the popular understanding, as this Politico article says? Whose approach to denazification was more successful: East Germany or West Germany? And what can we make of current applications of denazification to other contexts, such as the removals of Confederate statues and the appropriation of the term by Putin's Russia? Anti-Vax foundation founded in 2019 by Right-wing troll Simone Gold. You have nothing on "American State Nationals". https://www.mystatusselect.com/about-us/ Since we cover Mythology, how about a page of the Ulster demigod: ? I'm honestly shocked she doesn't have a page already. After trying so hard to pass the updated gender reform bill. I think she's an absolute queen It's something I often hear when I tell people about casual bigotry that I heard. (Relevant category: "Clichéed sayings") — Ancient Greek who was a founder for the school of thought of. Was also an influence on. More humorously though he lived in a large barrel and. Other feats of his include "urinating on some people who insulted him, defecation in the theatre, and masturbation in public". He is also known for his stunt mocking Plato's definition of a man as a "featherless biped". - The Algerian Civil War was a seminal moment in the history of Islamism in North Africa. The memories of the conflict are probably the reason why the Algerian regime wasn't toppled during the Arab Spring; people remembered what a destabilized country was like and were loathe to experience that again. Come the they'd be proven right. aka the EDSA Revolution. Besides leaving a mark in history as the nonviolent revolution in the Philippines that inspired similar calls for regime change in Eastern Europe and elsewhere during (and after) the twilight years of the Cold War, conspiracy theories have emerged over alleged CIA involvement in the revolution (perhaps using it as a jumping pad to spark similar revolutions overseas; not helping matters was Corazon Aquino's speech in the US Congress), as well as the revolution's legacy being rendered moot when the same populace who demanded for Marcos's ouster in '86 are now rooting for the good old days by way of Ferdinand's son Bongbong Marcos, thanks to both a systematic fake news and historical revisionism campaign downplaying on Marcos's atrocities as well as the Filipinos' eventual disillusionment of the Aquinos post-EDSA. How about an article on ? Since we have a Psychology section, why not make our own article about this kind of behaviour, aswell as pointing out the cons and dangers that Parasocial stuff holds? Once a trenchant feminist writer but now a wannabe who's helping launder transphobic hysteria into the New York Times. Anti-trans pressure group that pushes debunked ROGD nonsense. Has lobbied internationally (including in the UK, Ireland, US, and NZ) in favour of gender-affirming care bans and against conversion therapy bans. , a conspiracy-debunking YouTuber who is (self-described) "handsome, famous, and good at the sex". Now that the category has been removed, why not create a page about it? You can't ignore the fact that the midfield loves to spew stupid nonsense aswell (uniting left-wing with right-wing idea, being obsessed with the status quo, trying to find an agreement where both parties can live with despite no one asking for this, blaiming both parties (this can be non-political, such as people who pointed fingers towards Anti-vaxxers aswell as to those that would tell you to get the vaccine),... These can be found both within' aswell as outside of Politics (ex. Several self-proclaims "centrists" on youtube (like this clown) that give more leeway to the Right). The  where a derailed freight train resulted in the spill and fire of vinyl chloride and other chemicals which was removed with a controlled burn. Has become a massive subject of speculation on the causes of the accident, issues of railway safety and various claims and concerns of long-term environmental impact with possibly alarmist comparisons to Chernobyl. Also, the arrest of a reporter at a press confrence didn't help matters.  . Probably a legitimate concept that's been twisted into a right-wing snarl word thrown out whenever an institution acknowledges systemic oppression or tries to improve its treatment of minorities.  . A "pro-woman" anti-trans news and commentary site that's basically the TERF answer to Breitbart. Addendum: Co-founder Anna Slatz is a homophobic piece-of-work who recently mocked a gay TikToker for publicly disclosing his HIV diagnosis, and reportedly has a history of Scientology/cult apologism. The site also takes "style guidance" from another group we know. a pejorative term referring to media portraying impoverished people and societies in a manner that provokes sympathy and publicity both towards those portrayed and the organisations running such campaigns. The approach has been criticised for oversimplifying chronic poverty, carelessly exploiting their subjects and sensationalising their plight, e.g. with the Filipino vlogger Ramil "TechRam" Manalastas whose videos have been criticised by some for perpetuating such drama, as well as the far better-known drama film  whose casting of Indian slum-dwellers received scrutiny. The related inspiration porn refers to similarly exploitative and what some perceive to be patronizing portrayals of special needs and disabled people. , a Utah-based self-help cult run by former family vlogger Ruby Franke and ethically dubious sex therapist Jodi Hildebrandt. Offers classes that purport to help people abandon "distortion" and follow the "Principles" of "Truth," the latter two always capitalized. Both founders being Mormons, the morality standards underpinning Connexions often reflect Mormon teachings, though Franke and Hildebrandt tend to be more directly and tightly controlling of their followers' adherence to their interpretation of said teachings. Ex-Mormon podcasters Jordan and McKay have noted a resemblance between Connexions and the beliefs precluding the, expressing concerns that Connexions could spiral into similar extremism. Franke and to a lesser extent Hildebrandt have been embroiled in enough controversy to potentially warrant their own articles as well. . Far right nerd news and arguably conspiracy theorist site. Member of both Comicsgate and The Fandom Menace. Owned by fundamentalist trump supporter John F Trent. Bishop Batshit insane Texan Fundamentalist Catholic Priest. Liked By fandom menace member John F Trent. Speaking of which...  both for it's themes and the blue pill/red pill nonsense Fallacious tactic that's a combination of projection and DARVO, accusing one's foes of things one supports or has done. Recent example: J.K. Rowling calling the trans-rights movement an "authoritarian, misogynist, homophobic movement" in a conspiracy-theory-laden screed. a.k.a. Jim Sterling. YouTuber who focuses mainly on video games, but has also covered questionable industry practices (e.g. loot boxes), transphobia, and mental health. . Another BreadTuber who has made videos focusing on everything from Flat Earthers to NFTs. Though the channel and its creator, Dan Olson, currently lack a Wikipedia article, the NFT documentary has one. BreadTuber notable for the video series "The Alt-Right Playbook," which meticulously dissects the political strategies and rhetoric of the alt-right. . Cybersecurity expert and anti-fascist researcher. Has identified multiple participants in the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, including Eric Christie, Adam Kiefer, and Libs of TikTok. It's been confirmed they were suspended from Twitter by diktat of Elon Musk, seemingly either because Andy Ngo gave Musk a hitlist of "Antifa accounts," or in retaliation for reporting a massive breach of Twitter user data. A science communicator & internet influencer who has begun to shill for the propane industry. a.k.a "facts don't care about your feelings." Ben Shapiro catchphrase that's grown into a fallacious debate tactic on the right. May deserve a separate article from Draft:Groomer to make it clear this hateful smear against LGBT people is distinct from the legitimate concept used by child-protection agencies. The right-wing political strategy of deliberately trying to provoke or offend "libs." Both the traditional thought experiment and the fallacious debate tactic outlined in this Innuendo Studios vid. The fallacious debate tactic that calls "" in this video. Another American-born Canadian sexologist. Has an extensive body of published work advocating conversion therapy for gender-variant children. Surprisingly only the second most controversial psychology professor at the University of Toronto. British anti-trans lobbying group. Pushes fringe and denialist positions on trans health e.g. "ROGD." The founder is apparently a sculptor who formerly belonged to a cult. I’m also shocked we don’t have a page on him as well given he was just as hawkish (to say the least) in Iraq as Bush, Cheney and Blair. He is also a big homophobe. He once called a play school episode foolish for showing a lesbian couple to kids. I have had a particular dislike for this Australian hate radio host for a couple of years I know he’s in the liberal party of Australia page but I think he’s loony enough to have a page of his own. Matt Walsh's transphobic propaganda film. British TERF. Arguably one of the main figures behind the rise of transphobia in the UK. Has become something of a saint-like figure in TERFdom since her untimely death. Another contrarian wanker. An early force in pushing anti-trans hysteria, dropping an infamous piece in The Atlantic in 2018. Has even defended Kiwi Farms. "Radical centrist"-type journalist with a long history of laundering Republican talking points for NYT readers. Most recently had the dubious honour of being one of the journalists through whom Elon Musk released the so-called "Twitter Files." Seriously? We don't have an article for one of the major sources of government corruption? , which is, depending on who you ask, either an evidence-based organization for the prevention of child sexual abuse, or a pro-pedophile front group. a pseudoscience glossary The man who whipped the votes for the civil rights act, and the voice of American ‘60s liberalism. The woman who brought Prince Andrew down. I thought of her as she has liked and retweeted QAnon Horseshit in her anti trafficking activism. This tweet being one of them Tweet Link Here

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Wudduya say we expand the crap out of ? Yes, RationalWiki is not an encyclopedia, but we are all about science. The very, very least we could do is include present and historical debate about this theories.  A 26 minute now-debunked short film starring deleted from YouTube for promoting conspiracy theories related to COVID-19. Currently a redirect, a draft exists here. : A Jesus wannabe claiming to be "the Appointed Son of God" as well as being "the Owner of the Universe", but in reality is a certified megachurch kook who started a media empire and sexually abused children in exchange for privileges as well as avoiding "eternal damnation". Has recently been indicted by the US Department of Justice due to said accusations. On February 5, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a wanted poster for Quiboloy.  Italy's new anti-immigrant, far-right deputy prime minister.  Leader of Austria before Anschluss. Founder of Austrofascism. Moms for Liberty — Censor-happy culture war zealots that rode the wave of anti-mask and anti-vax sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic to build a network of conservative parents across freedom-land. By 2022, they had gathered about 70,000 members with 167 chapters across 30 states. Might have contributed to the election of in a blue state — the group is now more concerned with "wokeness" than COVID restrictions, having been part of the book-banning push and anti "critical race theory" of ~2021 onward, for instance. Another figure purportedly affiliated with the group is Ron DeSantis. Moms For Liberty has also successfully run candidates in local school board races to implement their agenda, as well as sending people to attend board meetings, which has resulted in some lulz regarding seahorse reproduction, among other things. More:  a fake news website known for misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. Ernie Piper of counter-misinformation watchdog Logically remarked that the site is "try[ing] to make it look like they were doing hard-hitting investigative journalism".  An article about the Turkish occupation of North Cyprus. Plenty of nationalism involved. , a loose confederation of venomous hate, sponsor of the anti-LGBT conference Make America Straight Again, whose membership includes noted hate speech maniac Steven Anderson.  The New Mussolini. We definitely should have an article on her as part of our series on the fascism creep occurring worldwide.

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Considering most of the guys at RationalWiki are a bunch of sex-deprived assholes, it's shocking we haven't written on      ,  and the  yet. Note: "Skepchick" re-directs to Rebecca Watson's page as of writing.

(1948-2010), a Baha'i crank who claimed, among other things, that galaxies contain only one star (the rest of the stars of the Milky Way are actually planets, asteroids and clouds of dust reflecting sunlight)

author of Revelations of a Human Space Navigator (no, it's not science fiction) and an atheist

- interesting-looking blogger who moved from fundamentalism to agnosticism. and might be useful.

. As opposed to out-and-out pseudoscience, pseudoengineering is a method of engineering that uses sound scientific principles but poor engineering practices that can't be justified via cost or time excuses and are usually motivated by politics or pluralistic ignorance. The Strategic Defense Initiative is a prime example of pseudoengineering.

, and similar knockoff products. Could all be in one article. Woo products claiming to exercise your lungs and diaphragm and simulate higher altitudes. Actually they are just expensive ways to breathe through a straw.

(see ERV's coverage)

- Controversial non-peer-reviewed journal taken over by quacks, mostly of the anti-vax and AIDS denialist stripes.

and its (Conservative Political Action Conference), frequently mentioned in articles but never handled directly. Its leader made the bizarre claim that the alt-right is actually alt-left.

the pesticide chemical that turns frogs gay, and the scientist who discovered this. He now runs a website: http://atrazinelovers.com

because people seem to think they are owned by the Co$ in the same way that Narconon is. Al-Anon and are twelve step programs for the friends and families of those affected by addiction and are associated with Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, respectively.

currently just a redirect.

, apparently a documentary about scientists who think the Big Bang theory is wrong. This goes right with the anti-science part of our mission. You can watch it here.

, a possibly mentally ill woman who has made a variety of nutty claims, including that Obama is an alien lizard. Russia Today saw fit to interview her.

Might deserve its own article independent of Elon Musk or Twitter, as an example of propaganda/disinformation.

, a South African crank author (website). Tried to hoax Above Top Secret and it backfired (just search for "Wayne Herschel hoax").

, President of Italian National Research Council and a complete wingnut: japanese tzunami is god's terrible yet benevolent voice, Roman Empire failed due to homosexuals and Eden is an historical reality.

and his who managed to get a conference poster of his (  http://exep.jpl.nasa.gov/exep_exoMtgPosters.cfm / http://PlanetNestor.blogspot.com ) mentioned on the JPL NASA website

- Reporter who wrote a book on UFOs. Poses as a moderate, but is fundamentally a kook.

— TV star, Trump supporter, and multiple conspiracy theory believer.

the British government's anti-extremism strategy founded under Tony Blair in 2003 but reviewed under David Cameron/Theresa May in 2011 and still active, initially founded primarily to combat radical Islamism, but also involved with countering the far right, and radical environmentalism. There are concerns about freedom of speech.

is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, scored by and starring Charlie Chaplin. The film advanced a stirring, controversial condemnation of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, fascism, antisemitism, and Nazi Germany.

- There should really be an article on this IMHO. Wikipedia.

relevant to the "FBI memo" that recently made headlines (no, it was not about Roswell) See wp:Frank Scully.

, a guy who claims that he has made pictures of (alien) spaceships in Earth orbit with his telescope (possibly known as on YouTube)

. Distinct though related to the military woo suggestion below. The tendency for society to be reluctant to criticize soldiers and military personnel because military.

We have an article for Audio woo, why not ?

- thinks that the Moon has atmosphere and aliens live there; wears a tin foil shako

- mastermind behind PRATTs like this and this; author of books such as The Political Gene: How Darwin's Ideas Changed Politics

Think we ought to have a page for There seems to be a fair bit of material to rake her over the coals with, especially her recent epic fail at the G20 summit, trying to hobnob with world leaders who looked like, "WTF is she doing here?"

an article discussing how trophy hunting is being used to provide conservation in Africa by creating economic incentives for conservation over vast areas, including areas which may be unsuitable for alternative wildlife-based land uses such as photographic ecotourism. Arguments for and against should be used.

A common police procedure known for being unreliable but also known for having terrible methodology in regards to preventing contamination. An example of this is the police lineup, which pressures the witness into picking someone out of the lineup even when the perpetrator isn't present. and the accuracy thereof, especially in law enforcement (e.g. identity parades, picking out mugshots), is an interesting topic that has been widely studied. The failure of people to correctly identify suspects seems to go against common sense, and has relevance to other epistemological questions, as well as to wider issues in the criminal justice system.

The of child cleanliness and immune systems, e.g.. There's a short section in food allergy.

a legend about a ship stranded in the Sonoran Desert (or sometimes Mojave Desert), generally said to be in southern California or possibly Mexico. Probably Spanish, maybe pirates, but also claimed to be Viking, or crewed by lost Israelites. There is a rumored treasure, and various wacky people are still hunting for it. It's the intersection of several myths: Pre-Columbian contact theories, legends from the American West about lost gold mines, and entrepreneurs worldwide promoting rumored shipwrecks laden with unimaginable treasure.

The first new justice to joint the Supreme Court during the Biden administration, and the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

If the other wiki has about it, why can't we? This is something you'd immediately expect over here and not on Centristpedia.

Who is this guy, and how is he even a contender for the DNC nomination?

- "Applied Zoopharmacognosy enables self-medicative behaviour in domesticated or captive animals by offering plant extracts that would contain the same, or similar constituents to those found in an animal’s natural environment. The practice encourages and allows an animal to guide its own health, since unlike their wild counterparts, captive and domesticated animals rarely have the opportunity to forage on medical plants. The extracts offered include a variety of essential oils, absolutes, plant extracts, macerated oils, tubers, clays, algae, seaweeds and minerals. Once the animal has selected its remedy, it will then guide the session by inhaling it, taking it orally, or by rubbing a part of its body into it." Basically animal abuse with woo. (Quote from http://www.ingraham.co.uk/.)

Britain's equivalent of the Roswell Incident.

I'm surprised the wiki doesn't have an article on the seminal conventions regarding the laws of war, especially since it's of relevance to the War on Terror and associated acts of government incompetence and/or malice.

is an offshoot of the Nazi group they formed because of a split after the events of the 2017 Unite the Right rally. 31 of these idiots were just caught in the back of a U-Haul truck outside a LQBTQ rally in Idaho, all dressed the same, some of them armed. They were arrested for attempting to start a riot, but someone has bailed all of them out. Their names have been released by the sheriff's office here:

was a 1947 United States Navy expedition to Antarctica headed by Admiral Ancient Aliens says that in a diary found by his son, he wrote that he found an enormous cave that was an entrance to a warm, lush, and green Inner Earth which they compared to the giant long-hidden Vietnamese cave

Old Macoy's son and contender for the 2022 elections. His rise to prominence as a politician has polarised Filipinos especially in light of him and his family's tax evasion and their patriarch's notoriety as a dictator and plunderer.

future Trump train casualty, arch-conservative wingnut, chicken hawk extraordinaire, deserves to be mocked for a long, long time.

with information on their abuse by woo-meisters, libel tourism, and science by lawsuit. Could possibly be merged with SLAPP suit.

Help strengthen your health with the latest ancient technology! Aculife strengthens the immune system against Hypertension, Insomnia, Fatigue, Asthma, Ulcers, Hemorrhoids, High Blood Pressure, Rheumatism, Muscle Pain and many more common ailments. The Aculife is compact and lightweight enough to be taken virtually anywhere. You can even treat simple ailments like stiff aching backs, muscles and neck from travel or strenuous workouts.

The newest member of the conservative wing of the Supreme Court, added to the court following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Nothing on Noah and the amoeba?

The "" that blackouts became normal last year and we're going to hell in a handbasket. Refuting chart.

both as a category (for things like the Reichstag fire, COINTEL Pro, Henry Knox's Sons of Liberty, etc.) and explaining how they differ from garden-variety conspiracy theories. Currently a not-very-useful redirect to conspiracy theory. Write a proper article if you want to mark this one "closed".

or how COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) S2 spike proteins gained the functional spike protein from HIV-1 gp41. 

Kinda surprised that this little shit doesn't already have a page here. Contrary to what the Right says, he's a murderer and a terrorist.

in the sexual abuse sense. In particular, how anti-LGBT figures have co-opted and abused the term in the latest incarnation of "Think of the Children!" There is a draft here.

One of the biggest cranks and conspiracy theorists on YT at the moment, peddles New Age bullshit like candy, surprised we don't have an article on him already.

the fake paper generator used to test scam conferences and predatory journals.

The latest infectious disease panic, like a very mild version of smallpox, but with added monkey. It's dangerous for those with weak immune systems, but not a great threat to others, especially as it can only be passed by close body contact. There has been a certain amount of panic but just give us the facts!

The as in the "Woman X" found in Siberia who may have inhabited the area throughout eastern Asia.

a supplement commonly advertised as a treatment for everything from depression to migraines to OCD by increasing serum levels of serotonin. Regardless of whether it works for these maladies it can be dangerous to take without taking alongside to regulate it, because too much peripheral serotonin can damage the heart.

specifically changing eye color that some claim correlates with their mood, weather, fatigue, or aging. I've also seen several versions of this eye color chart which does not accurately portray how really work and could potentially lead some to falsely believe that infidelity has occurred. This could be its own article about eye colors or even just a new section added to the already existing eye article.

is a crowdfunded, startup company which is trying to replace all asphalt pavements with solar panels which will power embedded LEDs that will melt snow and light up roads. This idea is entirely, scientifically flawed and unfeasible; Thunderf00t does a good job explaining why this idea isn't even efficient.

needs no introduction. The best worst president the Philippines ever had.

Another conspiracy against Hillary Clinton

an organization dedicated to teaching the ills of pornography as well as treating addiction to porn using all the wrong methods. Full of Mormons and with some direct LDS Church support.

made the news not long ago for tricking NCIS actress Pauley Perrette into appearing to endorse their arrant bullshit. It's been described as a "robot cult" and calls itself a "transreligion".

Used as a symbol of defiance and vigilance during the American Revolution, but has since been co-opted by libertarian and far-right groups to justify their agendas.

(section in school shooting) Deadliest elementary school shooting since Sandy Hook. I am not surprised if this has attracted wingnut conspiracist nonsense using very much the same anti-gun control rhetoric like what happened ten years ago where "Sandy Hoax" crisis actors were purportedly used to 'stage' such a mass shooting. Not to mention the twisted and fallacious argument "iF ThE TeAcHeRs wErE ArMeD ThIs wOuLdN'T HaVe hApPeNeD" as espoused by some Republican legislators especially in Texas whose gun culture is up to cartoonish proportions. Currently a subsection in school shooting

famed Southern soul musician who also played "Chef" on South Park until parting ways with the show after an episode making fun of Scientology of which Hayes was a member. It later turned that out Hayes didn't write his resignation letter and the signature was forged, but this didn't really come out until after his death. After leaving the show and leading up to his death, Hayes made very few public or private appearances and was described as acting strangely, so there are many who suspect foul play. Here is a rather thorough Reddit analysis of the events:

or Hotep movement; a sexist and conspiratorial version of black nationalism, mixed with standard Afrocentric woo about ancient Egypt.

currently has a one-line reference under Sweetener, but probably deserves more due to how common it is in food products currently. A traditional sweetener containing various sweet-tasting extracts that can be extracted easily just by boiling the leaves, stevia is incredibly marketable under the Naturalistic fallacy despite the fact that commercial stevia-based sweeteners are standardised extract concentrations made in labs. There is some fear it causes cancer (it doesn't unless you're eating a terrifying amount of it), some enthusiasm that it can help manage diabetic sugar cravings and people trying to lose weight (which, used sensibly as a substitute for sugar and not as a magical potion, it does), and a few weirdos convinced that it can cure cancer, cure depression, and provide infinite energy to earth from "cold fission".

the "dog suicide bridge", a bridge in Scotland where lots of dogs reportedly commit suicide by jumping off the side. This has got press attention for a while, with some blaming supernatural influences and others suggesting bizarre canine-psychological factors.

and/or — terms used to describe terrorist attacks carried out by an individual but inspired by extremist groups and public figures. It started with Daesh but has horseshoed over to the far right.

— a Christian Indoctrination program disguised as a children's show.

a right-wing militia group in New Mexico that has been illegally detaining kidnapping immigrants at gunpoint while they are attempting to cross the border. Their felonious leader Larry Mitchell Hopkins was recently arrested by the FBI on firearms charges. There is also an associated Facebook page.

a workplace where people are employed for long hours with poor working conditions. This wiki currently only has a brief mention of sweatshops in the Globalization article, but there really needs to be an article about sweatshops, not just a paragraph.

are the elusive of the Wild West. They are often said to be a tall tale, although is actually quite common among rabbits and may provide an explanation other than taxidermy.

/ Get A Drip is a company that offers vitamin-filled IV drips in a clinic in the middle of a shopping centre. They have been in trouble for promising to treat infertility with a drip (it won't work), and doctors have pointed out that a one-time IV won't cure a chronic vitamin deficiency. But the woo health press is all over them. (I posted something in clogs before they got mainstream press in the UK.) The generic term for this kind of business is a drip bar, and has also received criticism in the US, with the general recommendation that you should just drink fluids.

Democratic Presidential candidates have talked about getting rid of it. There also seems to be a lot of confusion on what the filibuster actually is, and when there is confusion, deceitful malcontents will be there.

— there are over 200,000 miles of these criss-crossing North America, some of which have attracted protests. On the one hand, people hate Big Oil&trade; and a big leak could be disastrous; on the other hand, petroleum pipelines are generally safer than transport by oil tanker.

(NCGS), which is likely to not exist at all and has been used to justify Gluten-free fad diets.

is vaguely mentioned here and here. It seems that she's becoming more and more like Buck Angel when looking at her twitter and seeing some of her tweets. She has appeared on the most truthful news channel in the US. She ran as a replacement candidate in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election for certain political party. She calls herself a transgender activist, yet not everyone in the LGBTQ+ community sees it that way. In fact, she sounds more like one of those special kind of activists.

The — which parts of it are fine and which are not?

A somewhat-mysterious phenomenon linked with earthquakes and reportedly sometimes confused for UFOs (see also ball lightning). Wikipedia is vague.

Also something that will kill you. (Or save you. )

a physics-defying startup whose big idea is to transmit power by ultrasonic sound. If you do the numbers you'll see that this would require power levels that would not just deafen everyone in the vicinity, but be such that air starts going nonlinear. Site, breathless press Any bored physicists in the house?

formerly Blacklight Power, another physics-defying startup that claims to be able to burn water by knocking hydrogen into a state below the ground state. Amazed writeup here, the crackpot paper it springs from. Noteworthy because it's soaked up millions in venture capital over a couple of decades for something that literally defies physics. Quantum physics is all wrong, energy from water, guy with an MD came up with it, $100M from investors despite every scientific authority from DoE secretary Nobel Prize winner to American Physics Society spokesman denouncing it, etc. That there is no RationalWiki article about it is less believable. See

Voat.co is the libertarian's answer to the recent censorship and bannings over at Reddit during the last few months. Instead of being all gestapo about free speech, it just lets people incite racial violence and other lovely things like that. It's home to such lovely rascals like "race realists", proud racists, Islamophobes (especially as of late), Nazis, Holocaust deniers, antisemites, and transphobics, among many, many other brands of moron. They did remove the actual child porn. The site itself is fairly alright, but the vocal community is anger-inducing. Have fun frothing from the mouth with rage studying these idiots in their natural habitat.

We've got pages on Matthew Shepard, Trayvon Martin, and Vincent Chin; why not King?

The is now getting coverage because wingnuts believe Obama the FBI has a double standard for "not treating it as a terrorist act."

Let's continue on with our liberal boogeypersons:

The or, by reader request.

Someone made User:Tweenk/Pesticide residue, which is relevant.

The / They're as much a magnet for conspiracy whackjobs as the Rothschilds. One story, popular among paranoid anti-feminists, is that they started feminism so that women would eventually be allowed to have jobs and thus be taxable.

by David Reuben — A sex guide from the late 60's which was a best seller in its time (inspired a Woody Allen movie of the same name). Relevant because the original edition portrays homosexuality as a disorder, advocates reparative therapy, somewhat flirts with the whole pink swastika idea, claims that all lesbians are prostitutes, and also recommends a Coca-Cola douche as a contraceptive (you can read about it all in the following link). I don't know too much about the 1999 revised edition, but based on Amazon reviews it's just as bad on the homophobia front.

author of How I Clobbered Every Bureaucratic Cash-Confiscatory Agency Known To Man and her "spiritual economics" (again, please don't touch this unless you have a good understanding of economics and/or (pseudo)law)

physics crank known for his theory the Rope Hypothesis. His WP article talks about his legal troubles, but the woo goes deep here and is very RW. Has followers. Site: http://www.youstupidrelativist.com/ Already in the list of Internet kooks and pushes the Rational Science Method. The Facebook group is remarkable.

aka biolamp (a reader request), with wooish claims of the magickal powers of far-infrared — the Wikipedia article is noticeably lacking in critique. Perhaps the wooish side of infrared in general.

a natural childbirth technique.

Something along the lines of /Hidden Footage? It's a classic method that Paranormal believers and conspiracy nuts alike are prone to resorting to as an easy way to fool the more gullible on the Internet, whether it be a high-budget film or a grainy video inside a Freemason Lodge, and claiming said footage as proof for whatever crank belief/conspiracy theory they have.

There's nothing here about

Why?

another known associate of Jeffrey Epstein, he was arrested and charged with rape of minors. He was later found dead in his jail cell in after he died from an alleged "suicide by hanging".

The "This is composed of about 820 military intelligence people. They're the primary intel source for the president. Because he doesn't have faith in the CIA or the FBI. And Q gets a lot of the information from the Army of Northern Virginia." ~ Gen.

is an education style focused on children's innate desire to learn. Its practices range from sensible to considerably less so. There are schools openly branding themselves with the concept all over the world, but the Wikipedia page is pretty slim. An editorialized well-sourced article here would be a great help to many parents, new and old, as well as their children.

is a pseudoscientific theory about the COVID-19 pandemic that started gaining traction in January 2022. The primary driver of this bullshit is a German Belgian/Flemish professor named Matt h ias Desmet. (Maarten Boudry and psychologist Bram Vervliet have written about his crank ideas, for inspiration for sources.)

— http://projectavalon.net/, also have a look at their forum

A moderately popular Dissociative drug becoming popular in recent years as a treatment for Major Depressive Disorder. It's been responsible for cranks such as and more casual users who become addicted to its purported "mystical" effects and have been known to commit suicide as a result of their newfound delusions. It's also really hard on your bladder for some reason.

Time for lulz: This is an organisation led by 9/11 Truther Richard Gage. His website.

the technology company that gained attention after their IowaReporterApp software failed during the and received donations from  Joe Biden, and Kirsten Gillibrand. Its parent company is manipulates a hybrid model of a  entity that does not disclose donors and a  that does.

the process of a sentient species enhancing the intelligence of another species with transhumanist sci-fi technologies. Eliezer Yudkowsky of Less Wrong writes on the topic. Many believers in UFOs are hoping that space aliens will eventually grant us such a boon. It would compliment the page for Cybernetic revolt and could discuss the burden to assimilate and upgrade others against their will.

Another O-spawn — some have even called him the male version of Oprah herself — he promotes yet more alternative bullshit. Also, may or may not have molested a patient. Has recently been on Fox News.

We should create an article on the subject of a since it has become an ever growing reality with the passage of the PATRIOT ACT, various NSA programs, FBI biometrics database, the FBI spying on Occupy and BLM,  program, Canada's spying bills, etc.

a pundit whose speeches are constantly quote mined for conspiracies.

I don't know how RationalWiki typically deals with ongoing current events, but I think an article about the maybe in a liveblog-style article, would be pretty useful.

1:16-cv-07673-RA was the case of child rape filed against Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein for their underage sex parties at Epstein's residence in Manhattan in 1994, four of which were attended by Donald Trump. Katie Johnson v. Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein (2016) 5:16-cv-00797-DMG-KS was another case where the pair forcibly raped three 12 and 13 year old girls at underage sex parties at Epstein's Manhattan residence in 1994. The plaintiff's filings were "voluntarily" withdrawn after she had received death threats, and the charges were then dismissed.   A draft has been created at Draft:Donald Trump child rape cases.

is the founder of Lexcorp Amazon. He is one of the richest men in the world. He briefly traveled to space, during which time he was one of the richest men off the world.

A tax levied on the carbon content of fuels, used to discourage CO2 emissions. Despite its simplicity & efficacy, the proposal has been politically unpopular in many places, with attack campaigns pushed by Conservative groups & the fossil fuel industry. Tends to be much popular once in place. We currently have an article about the Australian carbon tax.

An actual article on we currently just have Security theater, which isn't a very expansive discussion on the topic. Missional for explorations of authoritarianism.

— another creepy right-wing/libertarian anti-government thing, involves going into libraries and other public buildings and hassling librarians to test if they'll protect your right to free speech if you stick a camera in their face and shout at them. Initially in the US but a similar group, Auditing Britain, has been invading COVID testing centres.

An ePetition site started by the Obama administration to make the people's voices feel heard. It was mostly ignored during the Trump administration, then taken down the day Biden was sworn into office. But why?

An offshoot of the Church of $cientology with influences from Satanism featuring infamous members such as Charles Manson and the church itself or a splinter group known as "The Children" may have been tied to the  killings. Manson said of the church: "Well, a lot of the guys were interested in studying how to clear your mind. That's where Scientology started. Then it got to be The Process."

was a series of nuclear weapons tests. Cranks somehow think this proves Flat Earth.

the Representative of Florida's 1st district, and a guy that can't tell whether or not he should be a RINO, or a Steve King wannabe.

Her trial starts today. I definitely expected there to be an article here already.

— holy shit, we don't have a page on this?

The uses electricity in an attempt to treat cancer, Lyme disease, and other diseases. It went out of favor for awhile and has now been revived. Even Andrew Weil says they don't work.

a diagnosis purported by many woo-peddlers to be the cause of autoimmune disorders, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and autism. Mentioned in a paragraph in our article on Josh Axe, but since it's a widespread hypothesis in the alt-med world, is related to (if not exactly the same as) Andrew Wakefield's "autistic enterocolitis" bullshit, and is the rationale for the use of a number of supplements and fad diets to treat the aforementioned conditions — in a way that makes no sense whatsoever if you aren't aware of the leaky gut hypothesis — it deserves enough attention for its own article. While the ailment may or may not be real, the snake oil and "superfood" cures for it are all too commonplace. c.f. this article.

former FBI agent who played a major role in trying to track al-Qaeda before the CIA blocked him from sharing the information that two known terrorists ( and ), who later went on to carry out the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, had entered the US.

is an investigative journalism podcast that analyzes and debunks conspiracy theories. It is hosted by Travis View who has written extensively for the Washington Post on the subject of QAnon. Travis View was later revealed to be a pseudonym whose real name was Logan Strain.

The importance of as a modern day quote mine can hardly be overstated. Originally a KGB officer, he defected to the West and subsequently became an anticommunist and a writer about subversion and propaganda. Everyone who has the displeasure of interacting with cranks of any stripe has probably been linked that one interview at least once. An analysis of what claims exactly he made and whether they have any actual relevance to the world today probably wouldn't hurt. (He is also prominently featured in the trailer for the next Call of Duty game.)

is a documentary miniseries that recently premiered on HBO exploring the QAnon conspiracy theory and the people involved with it, including 8chan owners and administrators and  QAnon followers have already tied it into their "conspiracy".

is an odd one that can absorb 800~900x its volume in hydrogen. There's a lot of woo behind it including claims that it can be used to make a or even be useful for cold fusion allowing all those densely packed hydrogen atoms to be smashed together into helium. There are, of course, the usual claims that the price of palladium is being controlled and that the Illuminati are investing in it. I think it needs an article or even one on would be fine.

After the 2019 release of the detailing that the feds had, as of then, been lying us for the past 18 years, maybe an article on them is appropriate?

is a campaign, similar to Gamergate, in opposition to perceived "forced diversity" and progressivism in the content of North American superhero comic books and the kinds of creators who work in the industry. The movement has been described as part of the alt-right movement, and as a harassment campaign, which targets women, people of color, and LGBT individuals in the comic book industry whose goal is to ‘combat SJW control of popular media’. Given their reminiscence of GamerGate in terms of tactics, their excessive focus on Marvel's new Iron Man, and how the group acted as a catalyst in the firing of then this article should become a priority.

(and ) — people take them when they're sick, but how much does it really help? Currently has a section in Vitamin and mineral supplements, but if Vitamin D has its own article then Vitamin C definitely deserves one.

As there has been a lot of misinformation about this in the media in recent years, it seems fitting.

Indian Farmers Protest

This so-called — with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying being some of its main proponents    — either as its own article or as a section in an existing COVID-19 article. Yes, RW talks about it a bit, but the hypothesis has been circulating outside of right-wing circles for some time. Indeed, while even the other wiki acknowledges that it basically edges towards conspiracy thinking, it hasn’t stopped others from reporting it as a supported lead to explain the origins of SARS-CoV-2. In fact, many have been speaking about it in the press as a working theory rather than what it is: a hypothesis, if not less than that. And while it may ultimately be true, the fact that it’s being advocated without any tangible credible evidence is concerning. This needs to be dealt with head-on at some point.

A lot of crap surrounding the thorium powered reactor in pop sci magazines, a lot of it debunked by thunderf00t.

The is a self-declared "autonomous zone" and de facto intentional community and commune in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington that was established on June 8, 2020, after Capitol Hill's East Precinct building was abandoned by the Seattle Police Department (SPD).

was an American actor known for his roles in Thor, Terminator: Salvation, and Breaking Bad. He was also best friends with until allegedly being approached by Seth about pedophilia in Hollywood and being asked to participate apparently referring to it as "chicken". He claimed to fear for his life when he spoke out about this, but was later found suicided. He had also claimed that    and  are pedophiles, and further, Hanks has been accused of alluding to his murder in a tweet about "roadkill on Route 66" where Kappy's body was found. Removed Youtube video here. Archived here.

and two popular smartphone manufacturers from China which made the headlines after being subject to accusations of spying and being a national security threat by the US government. Such claims have in turn been accused of being protectionism masked as security concerns.

An extreme left-wing series of websites with an abysmal fact-checking record and Breitbart style spin according to MBFC, Politifact, and Snopes.

or — the sort where there's no real scientific conference, just a lot of people's money being taken. Will accept SCIgenned papers.

Something along the lines of – title flexible, obviously – is desperately needed. There are tons of major incidents that have received widespread coverage (Michael Brown and Eric Garner being probably the most prominent) that all follow the same pattern: cop shoots and kills black person in circumstances that didn't warrant violent action, then gets away with it. Cover the incidents, cover the statistics, cover right-wing media distortions of the incidents, cover protests, cover riots and maybe even online responses (#BlackLivesMatter).

and the Atomwaffen scum perpetrator A draft has been created at Sutherland Springs church shooting.

Dr. is listed as the inventor of four 2019 U.S. Navy patents that have been described as "Star Trek technology". The patent names include "High frequency gravitational wave generator", "Piezoelectricity-induced Room Temperature Superconductor", "Electromagnetic ‘force field’ generator", and the one that initially caught my eye: US10144532B2 "Craft using an inertial mass reduction device". A patent prosecuted by a navy attorney, defended by a Navy CTO, and pushed through in an unusual way. There is a comment by a patent lawyer discussing the unusual nature of this here. There is some good analysis in it, and the comments after could explain all those UFO sightings as military craft tests.

"It is a well-known facet of quantum field theory that everything can be described in quantum mechanical terms. The complex interactions between a physical system and its surroundings (environment), disrupt the quantum mechanical nature of a system and render it classical under ordinary observation. This process is known as . However, it is argued that we can retard (delay) decoherence (and possibly even suppress it – namely decouple a physical system from the environment) by accelerated spin and/or accelerated vibration of electrically charged matter under rapid acceleration transients. This may be the very condition to achieve a state of macroscopic quantum coherence, the idea being that we never let the system achieve thermodynamic equilibrium, by constantly delaying the onset of relaxation to equilibrium (hence the production of maximal entropy is delayed). The system may ‘violently’ react by generating ‘anomalous’ emergent phenomena, such as, but not limited to, inertial mass reduction." Implementations of these patents are possibly what was pictured in the UFO videos released by Tom DeLonge and recently confirmed by the US Navy found here. He recently released yet another controversial patent, this one titled "Plasma Compression Fusion Device" would be small enough to fit inside of a vehicle and produce energy on the gigawatt to terawatt scale.

We should have an article on the societal mindset in the US promotes the superiority of Christianity and by extension Christians, be they social or institutionalized norms. (Think of the phrase "It's the Christian thing to do.") Note: we already have articles on the United States as a Christian nation, Christian Identity, and Dominionism.

is a book with a surprisingly large following considering how absolutely nuts it is. It details an insane conspiracy theory where (if I'm remembering correctly) a cancer researcher was using a linear accelerator at the CIA's request to try and create a virus to inflict cancer (in order to kill Fidel Castro) and accidentally created AIDS as a result and that's why she was murdered.

- Whether as a separate article or as a sub-section in the article about gun control. It's commonly asserted that the Nazis took away everybody's guns and thus were able to begin committing genocide because they were disarmed. This flies in the face of that fact that the Nazis actually relaxed Germany's gun laws (albeit not for the Jews) after the populace were disarmed by allies after World War 1. A draft has been created at Draft:Gun control in Nazi Germany.

- a Pentagon program that basically searched for UFOs in early 2010s, cost 20 million, found nothing and was strongly backed by Harry Reid at the time. It hit the news very recently, so it might be nice to get an article on this while the usual suspects are still scrambling to shoehorn it into their theories. For eight years the project was headed by until his resignation. On September 18, 2019 the US Navy confirmed that the footage Tom DeLonge has collected from AATIP was in fact legitimate. a declassified 1950's Air Force project centered around the construction of a flying saucer whose details were disclosed in 2012. The extended delay between the end of the project and the release of these documents has led some to doubt their authenticity with claims that they were likely fabricated recently and "declassified" to explain UFO encounters retroactively. The documents' claim that Project 1794 was able to reach its goal of when it was the predecessor to the  project (which topped out around ~35mph) has also brought skepticism to their validity. The project was also named "1794", presumably after the 1794 silver dollar which became famous in 2010 when it broke the world record after being sold for nearly $8 million (the disc-shaped craft was silver and may have resembled the coin).

, an electrical engineer and inventor who claims to be continuing the works of Tesla and focusing on earthquake prediction and what appears to be free energy. His lab is mentioned on Wikipedia as well as Powerpedia and John Chappell's Natural Philosophy Society wiki. He has had several successful Indiegogo campaigns. He also has his own website, and there even is an entire forum dedicated to his work.

While this is partially covered in the article on rape apology, it could use its own article, since it's the favourite canard of the "men's rights" movement and it seems to creep into any serious discussion about rape. A draft has been created here. The's a relevant Wikipedia article:, with a lot of information and references. (National Economic Security and Recovery Act), a economic reform proposal that later was appropriated as a conspiracy theory/scam by victims of the scam as the "National Economic Security and Reformation Act". (NESARA on Wikipedia.) We can also comment on the "feasibility" of the actual idea.

have just recently been directly proven to exist, confirming an old postulate of Einstein's. May not be worthy of a separate article rather a subsection of the main Gravity article. What is really interesting to me here is the (hopefully impending) response by biblically motivated science deniers like Conservapedia to spin this into a narrative of "...and now let me tell y'all how this negates general relativity, physicists ideas for the origin of the universe and probably the whole scientific method altogether."

From the darker bits of the Dark Enlightenment: (JAD, http://blog.jim.com/ ), the guy so racist even Eric S. Raymond calls him a racist and such an asshole even Slate Star Codex regularly bans him from commenting. He comes out with such gems as "National socialism kills people not because it is nationalist, but because it is socialist" and calls white nationalism "moderate leftism". And he has important information on the Jews. And he's an anarcho-capitalist. And he is also self admitted pedophile, rapist, rape and pedophilia apologist, admirer of ISIS and Boko Haram (for their solution of the "women question") Even hard core Nazis are calling him a monster. I don't think I've ever seen a non-asshole word from him, though I will credit him with enough sense to realise Bitcoin was unscalable from day one.

should have a whole host of conspiracy theories since it was responsible for the development of the internet, autonomous robots like  etc. A draft has been created at Draft:DARPA.

, a four-part, twelve-hour schlockumentary by Dr. linking the founding fathers to every conspiracy theory imaginable. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

and the white supremacist who massacred nine African American people at a church in 2015. He has been pictured wearing the flags of Rhodesia and apartheid-era South Africa, as well as the Confederate flag. In 2017, he became the first person in the US to be sentenced to death for federal hate crimes.

it is mentioned on RW under Alternative Medicine Education and listed as a "Medical Cult" in Martin Gardner's Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science alongside iridodiagnosis and zone therapy, but we have no page explaining what the technique entails.

 is a popular Netflix documentary series outlining the case of and his nephew  The pair were charged with the rape and murder of Teresa Halbach, but there have been several inconsistencies in the investigation that hint at serious corruption within the  Sheriff's Department. Avery had previously served 18 years for a wrongful conviction of sexual assault and attempted murder in 1985 and was to be compensated $36 million before these new charges arose.

we have NSA, but we need to do the other side of the pond's equally spy-y institution. Or they could be merged into one article.

or his Papp Engine which apparently used noble gases to generate electricity. It was demonstrated in front of Richard Feynman in 1966 but exploded, killing a spectator. Supporters claim it works like an internal combustion engine, except it uses sparks to produce explosions in noble gases. Since Papp's demo, there have been several attempts to exploit the alleged phenomenon, such as by PlasmERG. There still seems some mystery around the 1968 demonstration, including claims that the explosion was deliberate, either to cover up Papp's deception or to protect the truth of limitless free energy.

a nurse who was an early pioneer of evidence-based medicine.

Since Trump has been in the news for signing a federal ban on animal abuse, let's look back on and/or/combined with  When these have entered mainstream conservative thought in America, you know something's up.

Currently [see what I did there?] just a redirect to Bitcoin. This should definitely be an article all of its own, between the conspiracy theories about it, the scams, and the miscellaneous other items.

The is a non-profit legal organization that is committed to exonerating wrongly convicted people through the use of DNA testing and to reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld. To date, the work of the Innocence Project has led to the freeing of 337 wrongfully convicted people, including 20 who spent time on death row.

a History Channel show that claims Adolf Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, managed to escape from Berlin to Argentina. And the rest...is pseudohistory.

an American white supremacist, neo-Nazi, neo-fascist hate group that has been attached to several acts of violence and domestic terrorism, including the car attack in Charlottesville on people protesting the Unite the Right rally. The perpetrator of the attack, James Alex Fields Jr., had been seen at the rally wielding a shield distributed by Vanguard America. The organization is also a member of the The (officially the People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson) was a criminal trial held at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California. The former professional football star and actor O. J. Simpson was tried on two counts of murder after the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman, in June 1994. We can write an article discussing the case not just as a cultural phenomenon but also discuss the overwhelming amount of logical fallacies (emotional appeal, Chewbacca defense, prosecutor's fallacy), dishonesty tactics and evidence gathering mistakes that took place during the trial and/or behind the scenes, which all had great impact on law in America. We can also discuss the impact on race relations that took place at the time. Simpson, being an African American, had a strong appeal toward the black community because of his seemingly squeaky clean image, charismatic personality and his rags to riches story with the majority of them believing he was innocent and being persecuted for his race. Because of this, there was a height of fear in Los Angeles of another race riot worse than the 1992 Los Angeles riots if he was prosecuted. Best books to use as research for the article would be Jeffrey Toobin's The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson, and Vincent Bugliosi's Outrage: The Five Reasons O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder.

, who believes that hemp oil cures cancer and every other ill. "I haven't seen anything that the oil doesn't work on." A two-line stub was created and zapped as "so what" in 2013, but this is pretty missional if we can get some substance in.

, or how the organic food lobby gets its way. A draft has been created at Draft:Big Organic.

Currently a redirect to the 2020 Republican Party presidential nomination article. He's an interesting candidate not only for his (comparatively) progressive views and the mere fact that he's the only candidate running against Trump in the RNC, but he was also previously a member of the Libertarian party and carries some of their support, so I think he deserves his own article. another classic example of a water woo pyramid scheme, they make bold health claims and use vague, nonscientific descriptions of and "Redox Signaling Molecules", sometimes even mixing it with real science. I found this quote regarding the ingredients: "Recently, a company called ASEA, was able to take sodium, chloride, hydrogen and oxygen (salt water) molecules, separate them and recombine them to form oxidants (free radicals) and reductants (which neutralize oxidants)." They also have a YouTube channel. if not adequately covered by Low-carb diet. Here's /r/keto's "in a nutshell" explanation. Apparently the low-carb diet article has already got some criticism from the related communities, so the article should better appeal to the kind of people who'd pursue this stuff. is the cult leader of a group called Faction Four who believe in alien reptile demons. She was in the news recently because one of her followers shot and killed her boyfriend after a dispute within the cult led to their excommunication. Another follower killed herself in 2013 after not receiving treatment for schizophrenia which they do not think exists. Sherry Shriner blames a NATO hit squad for the death. There also is an ED article written up that may have some useful info, but probably needs to be taken with a bit more than a grain of salt. formerly the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis. CCA has been the subject of much controversy over the years, mostly related to apparent attempts to save money, such as hiring inadequate staff, extensive lobbying, and lack of proper cooperation with legal entities to avoid repercussions. CCA rebranded as CoreCivic amid the ongoing scrutiny of the private prison industry. We don't have a page about yet. Plus, it's one of the circlejerks from CTers claiming that the, is actually "Gladio B". The (CAN), aka Old Cult Awareness Network (Old CAN), an anti-cult group, and its doppelganger, the  (New CAN), a Scientology-controlled fake anti-cult front group. (See: wp:Cult Awareness Network and wp:New Cult Awareness Network.)

, short for "Fundamentalist Vaccine", is the vaccine for religious fundamentalism described in a video allegedly leaked from the Pentagon and later sensationalized popularized by Natural News. It works by using a viral vector that inhibits/decreases the expression of the gene which has also been referred to as the " A copy of the final report can be found here.

Besides trying to build worldwide network of crystals, they've got a bogus cell phone radiation blocker. of the human variety, aka SLIders (not the TV show). A way some woomongers make themselves feel special. The Wikipedia article is pretty good, if understated.

We have ePetitions, why not this?

I keep hearing ads for wallets designed to protect against this. Any legitimacy? (There is a possibility to skim contactless/NFC cards, but you sure as hell don't need to buy a $80 wallet when a fetching tinfoil hat does the same job. Feel free to repurpose that blog post. We need a good title for this article.)

I think most people will know about this transnational organization, hated by both libertarians for pushing down the throat Keynesian ideas (Keynes had much to see with it in the post-war years) and leftists for the economic policies pushed by them in those countries that received their bailouts (ask Greece even if the European Central Bank and the European Comission pushed the same ideas, as well as some LatAm countries during the '70s) and some of whose presidents have been involved in scandals, even if unrelated to this organization (ask Rodrigo Rato, Strauss-Kahn, or Christine Lagarde)

(All DIrections Flying Object) is a Romanian company which has developed a (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft resembling a flying saucer that is able to fly in all directions having the same aerodynamic characteristics in each direction. The aircraft has a unique configuration as a circular shape, and the fuselage is also the wing. The aerodynamic body is axially-symmetric and is obtained by rotating a bidirectional around the axis perpendicular on the middle of the chord line. An ADIFO platform was tested at low speeds in a wind tunnel providing high lift/drag ratio as well as a wide range of useful incidence angles, even over 60 degrees. The aerodynamic center is located near the middle of the chord line near the body gravity center. The aerodynamic load is distributed relatively evenly along the body surface and has no stagnation point. During the body does not generate any shockwave on the surface, and no sonic boom is generated. There are low vibrations, low aerodynamic noise, and low heating at high speeds. In transonic flight the drag is drastically reduced compared to existing airfoils which ensures very high fuel-efficiency at transonic and supersonic speeds. Moreover, the center of pressure remains close to the center of symmetry, meaning no jump of pitching moment, and insignificant roll and yaw moments. Also, there are no lift fluctuations, so in conclusion this will mean a smooth transition from subsonic to supersonic flight! Video here Apparently we don't have an article on ? There should be one if only to account for all the idiots whining that they're being just like her by breaking the law to promote their bigotry and stupidity. Would that be called the "Parks Gambit", similar to the Galileo Gambit?

Author of Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved and godfather of psychedelics. Missional to the degree that he made claims about the effects and usefulness of chemicals outside the pharmaceutical industry and currently accepted medical practice.

the Pentagon satellite recently launched by SpaceX. Right now, it seems like it simply failed. However, that conclusions hurts not only the pride in US military and technology, but also the faith of myriad geeks in SpaceX and Elon Musk. This heady mix resulted in many theories that the failure was a false flag, it's working fine because it's stealth and it's actually meant to counter North Korean EMPs. — Supposedly there is a common trait among people of IQ over 200 (e.g. Goethe: 225), like the writer of this huge site and related tomes, which makes them understand some very complex phenomenon which is called human thermodynamics explaining everything, most importantly love and it relieves them of the pains of using excel spreadsheets to find the best mate out of 19 girlfriends; however Goethe’s testimonial is missing.

It's a lobbying group and pro-Israel, so it's basically a giant magnet for conspiracy theories.

The or Aleshenka / Alyoshenka was a small humanoid body found near Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. According to genetic experts at the Moscow Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, DNA analysis of the clothes Alyoshenka was wrapped in revealed evidence that his DNA was of unknown origin. It was also tested for radiation, but did not show high radiation levels.

both the general idea and the A&E. Tricking someone into treatment under threat of excommunication doesn't sound like the healthiest or most effective route.

With protests against police brutality currently going on, I feel like an article discussing the movement towards would be a good idea. It could include discussing its benefits and ramifications, debunking bogus arguments against it, and examining more extreme forms of it such as police abolishment. is a former military helicopter repairman and since 2016 the owner of 8chan. There are also indicators that he (or his son who admins 8chan, a.k.a. C!Odemonkey on 8chan or CodeMonkeyZ on Twitter) might be the "Q" from QAnon on 8chan. He is also the owner of the far right Japanese messageboard (monetized QAnon, Reddit evidence compilation, Fred Brennan proves that Watkins owns QMAP) The is an American socialist firearm organization that is dedicated to "providing working class people the information they need to be effectively armed for self and community defense" and advocating for Second Amendment gun rights. It was founded in 2013 to give leftist gun owners who are turned off by the NRA's rhetoric and politics a sense of community.

or put an area for it in the SOPA article.

a beatnik, commie, homosexual, marijuana enthusiast, and an overall very liberal icon. I'm genuinely surprised that he doesn't have a RationalWiki page yet. No, I'm not talking about the ones from Star Wars, but real life ones, such as bail recovery agents. Learned about this one after watching this episode of John Oliver (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS5mwymTIJU)

The aka evidence by citation, where frequent citation elevates a lie or error into the the truth. Something similar is mentioned with respect to Wikipedia at Wikipedia, but the Woozle effect is also common in academia where lazy citation of papers can lead to the repetition of untruths.

- cosmological pseudoscience that is currently being spread through Quora by its author a guy who just happened to recently discover it, Lou Liu, at a rate of ~2 posts a day. Begins with a reasonable-sounding explanation of the Big Bang, and progresses into outright batshit. "our soul and our Set Meether are one and the same. When our Set Meether pressure drops to zero, it loses its control over our body and our life ends. ImMeether will then vanish as our body decomposes."

a proposal to utilize capitalism to rebuild the economy sustainably following COVID-19, and a subject of conspiracy theories about socialism and NWO bullshit.

was accused of being a pedophile with no evidence by QAnon nutters then became an honorary citizen of Greece.

I see we don't have any pages for    &  yet. We can't leave those comrades out, now can we?

not to be confused with actual tequila, is a model who came under extreme fire for saying some Nazi esque things. Because of this, she was banned from "Celebrity Big Brother" (although, if I'm honest, no one really wants to be in Big Brother). Fun fact: she's both LGBT and Asian, so her sympathy with white nationalists is kinda ironic. Oh, and she's a Flat Earther. (Note: a page on her was previously deleted: RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Tila Tequila.)

The has been used by QANONers to claim that Trump is still the president because he invoked this act before leaving office. It places the military (General ) in command, and suspends habeas corpus, and allegedly gives him the ability to strip the media of the their licenses. Apparently mixed a bit with beliefs from the sovereign citizen movement.

are a bunch of images on a concrete floor supposedly appearing out of no where.

- not in any way timely, but still a particularly delicious set of pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, pseudolinguistics, and pareidolia.

is a archeological site in Şanlıurfa (Turkey) it dates back to the neolithic age and it is unknown who has built it, how has it been built and why has it been built and this (of course) leads to nonsense. More specifically (ancient) alien nonsense.

, what appears to be a (dead) "Reddit cult" apparently obsessed with DMT.

- which has two complementary aspects. Firstly there is the question of what happened to the mysterious lost colony, with various theories and contested "evidence" including the (now recognised as fakes) and other more recent finds. But there's also the importance of Roanoke (and its newborn inhabitant ) for American white nationalism (most obviously VDARE but it extends way beyond it - the article Pocahontas mentions crazy theories that Pocahontas was descended from VD which relate to the whole system behind segregation); Andrew Lawler wrote a book on it).



Whales and specifically which is the subject of some scientific debate (basically the Norwegians and Japanese claim it's incredibly important for science that they kill whales, but nobody else believes them). We have a section on Whaling in Japan (Japan) and an article on Whale Wars, but no overview that discusses the science. There is also potential material about whale biology, whale evolution, the keeping of killer whales in parks, conservation, whether whales are more deserving than other animals, and the history of whaling, that may be relevant (see e.g. Oil, and compare Dolphin).



How is there not an article on these yet?

BS like: "Mushrooms being good for relaxation & health", "Icebaths being good for "making your body Alkaline" which, in return, gets all the poison out of your body" & "Needles are good for your skin". Others include: Energy Healing, "how to get rid of evil demons!!1!!" & female sexuality.

The ongoing and the conspiracy theories that have been spreading like wildfire in response to it. There are claims that environmentalists deliberately started the fires to build High Speed Rail lines, that it's part of the Agenda 21 conspiracy to kill everybody, that 200 people were arrested for arson that on further inspection is only 24 and with no evidence they had any political motive for doing so, and a bunch of other wacky theories.

/TR-3B, alleged to be top secret US government stealth planes, beloved by conspiracy theorists. Connected by some with black triangle UFO sightings. Or maybe they don't exist.

also known as BPA. Harmful to developing fetuses? Causing widespread infertility in adults? Or just the latest public health scare?

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