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Church behavior?
May 26, 2001, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/052601/Opinion/Church_behavior.shtml
But again and again, stories surface that set Scientology apart. Not
only does it have a penchant for secrecy, it will spend virtually
unlimited time and money on pursuing, setting up and bringing down its
critics.
That's not like any church we know.
Tags: Fair Game, Jesse Prince, Lisa McPherson
=====================================
Scientology critic won't face retrial
May 26, 2001, Deborah O'Neil, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/052601/TampaBay/Scientology_critic_wo.shtml
CLEARWATER -- When the two-day misdemeanor trial of Scientology critic
Jesse Prince ended Thursday, jurors had little doubt he had possessed
marijuana as the state charged.
What bothered some of them, according to two jurors, was the
possibility that Prince had been set up by the Church of Scientology.
They heard testimony about how Prince, once a high-ranking church
member, was watched, videotaped and trailed for months by private
investigators hired by Scientology lawyers.
Tags: Barry Gaston, Denis deVlaming, Fair Game, Jesse Prince, Lisa McPherson
Trust, Mike Rinder, Robert Minton, Stacy Brooks
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Psych Sleuth - Margaret Singer has made history delving into the psychology
of brainwashing
May 26, 2002, Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/05/26/CM67534.DTL
Name any major cult or near-cult in America in the last half of the
20th century, and this teacher and author of "Cults in Our Midst" has
probably researched it, debriefed its victims, or helped the cops nail
its leaders.
The Symbionese Liberation Army, Charles Manson's freakish "Family," Jim
Jones' Jonestown followers, the Heaven's Gate UFO wackos, David
Koresh's Waco cluster, the paramilitary Synanon, even "The Family"
arrested in Marin in February after a rickets-riddled baby allegedly
starved to death - the list of those who have drawn her incisive gaze
stretches on. And on - into cults nobody has ever heard of, bizarre
little numbers centered around horses, flying saucers, giant reptiles,
weight lifting, music camps, get-rich schemes. You name it.
She's also given expert testimony to help jail dozens of bunko artists
who bilked oldsters of their money, done ground-breaking research on
the brainwashing of Korean and Vietnam war prisoners, counseled more
than 4,000 current and former cult members, and advised the military
and FBI on everything from the Oklahoma City bombing to how to pick
fighters who best withstand pressure. Along the way she has been
hassled or fought by cults, nontraditional religions and even academics
who simply disagree with her.
Tags: American Family Foundation, Brainwashing, Breatharians, Charlie Manson,
David Koresh, Dennis Morris, Gordon Melton, Heaven's Gate, Institute for the
Study of American Religion, Janja Lalich, Jay Singer, Jim Jones, Margaret
Singer, Moonies, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Crossman, Patricia Hearst, Paul Morantz,
Richard Ofshe, Robert Lifton, Seymour Kessler, Steve Morin, Synanon
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Bush vetoes Scientology bill
May 26, 2005, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/05/26/State/Bush_vetoes_Scientolo.shtml
The bill was backed by the Church of Scientology and sponsored by Rep.
Gus Barreiro, R-Miami Beach and Sen. Victor Crist, R-Tampa.
Tags: Florida, Gustavo Barreiro, Jeb Bush, Victor Crist
=====================================
Scientologists silent over accusations of exploiting tsunami victims in Sri
Lanka
May 26, 2005, Asian Tribune
http://www.asiantribune.com/oldsite/show_news.php?id=14540
Ranjith Soysa, spokesperson for the Society for Peace, Unity and Human
Rights (SPUR), when asked to comment on the role of the Scientologists,
said that so far no one has denied that Scientologists had approached
Sri Lankan widows to marry them, which is a known tactic of theirs to
get a foothold in the country. It seems to me that Mr. Eckert's report
is fairly balanced and he has reported what he had seen.
Whether his observations about the Bible Readings by the
Scientologists are right or wrong it is for Mr. Eckert to comment, he
said. However, it is a fact that missionaries of a variety of Churches
have parachuted into Sri Lanka to exploit the suffering the victims of
the tsunami for their own ends.
Tags: Christian Eckert, Ranjith Soysa, Sri Lanka
=====================================
Scientology program may fall to budget ax
May 26, 2005, Steve Bousquet, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/05/26/State/Scientology_program_m.shtml
TALLAHASSEE - A $500,000 program that uses some teachings of Church of
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard to help prison inmates likely will
be vetoed by the governor today, the bill's sponsor says.
The program, known as Criminon, was quietly added to the state budget
by one powerful legislator: Rep. Gus Barreiro, a Miami Beach Republican.
He heads the House subcommittee overseeing billions of dollars in
criminal justice spending.
Tags: Criminon, Greg Capazorio, Gustavo Barreiro, The Way to Happiness
=====================================
Another State Bans Little Green Pill Company
May 26, 2006, WESH Orlando
http://www.wesh.com/painatthepump/9281750/detail.html
The Kentucky attorney general has joined the legal fight to put the
makers of the little green pill out of business.
Earlier this month, the WESH 2 I-Team first exposed how this pill
doesn't work and that it's toxic, despite maker BioPerformance's claims.
Tags: BioPerformance, Florida, Kentucky, Scam, Texas
=====================================
Britain's censorship of a Scientology protest sign: A defeat for free
expression
May 26, 2008, Marni Soupcoff, Editorial, National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/05/26/the-post-editorial-board-on-britain-s-censorship-of-a-scientology-protest-sign-a-defeat-for-free-expression.aspx
If protest materials can be confiscated, then not much is left of the
right to protest against Scientology. It read "Scientology is not a
religion, it is a dangerous cult." The lad was, by his account, warned
"within five minutes of arriving" by police on the scene that his sign
was unlikely to be permitted because it contained the word "cult."
Shortly thereafter, a policewoman read him a section (introduced in
1994) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act:
Tags: Anonymous, London, UK
=====================================
Sockpuppeting British politico resigns from Wikisupremecourt
May 26, 2009, Cade Metz, The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/26/wikipedia_westminster_councillor/
David Boothroyd - councillor for Westminster's Westbourne ward - was
elected to Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee in December 2007 under the
name Sam Blacketer and has edited the overly-egalitarian online
encyclopedia under at least three other names.
Tags: Sam Blacketer, Wikipedia
=====================================
Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
=====================================
Church behavior?
May 26, 2001, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/052601/Opinion/Church_behavior.shtml
But again and again, stories surface that set Scientology apart. Not
only does it have a penchant for secrecy, it will spend virtually
unlimited time and money on pursuing, setting up and bringing down its
critics.
That's not like any church we know.
Tags: Fair Game, Jesse Prince, Lisa McPherson
=====================================
Scientology critic won't face retrial
May 26, 2001, Deborah O'Neil, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/052601/TampaBay/Scientology_critic_wo.shtml
CLEARWATER -- When the two-day misdemeanor trial of Scientology critic
Jesse Prince ended Thursday, jurors had little doubt he had possessed
marijuana as the state charged.
What bothered some of them, according to two jurors, was the
possibility that Prince had been set up by the Church of Scientology.
They heard testimony about how Prince, once a high-ranking church
member, was watched, videotaped and trailed for months by private
investigators hired by Scientology lawyers.
Tags: Barry Gaston, Denis deVlaming, Fair Game, Jesse Prince, Lisa McPherson
Trust, Mike Rinder, Robert Minton, Stacy Brooks
=====================================
Psych Sleuth - Margaret Singer has made history delving into the psychology
of brainwashing
May 26, 2002, Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/05/26/CM67534.DTL
Name any major cult or near-cult in America in the last half of the
20th century, and this teacher and author of "Cults in Our Midst" has
probably researched it, debriefed its victims, or helped the cops nail
its leaders.
The Symbionese Liberation Army, Charles Manson's freakish "Family," Jim
Jones' Jonestown followers, the Heaven's Gate UFO wackos, David
Koresh's Waco cluster, the paramilitary Synanon, even "The Family"
arrested in Marin in February after a rickets-riddled baby allegedly
starved to death - the list of those who have drawn her incisive gaze
stretches on. And on - into cults nobody has ever heard of, bizarre
little numbers centered around horses, flying saucers, giant reptiles,
weight lifting, music camps, get-rich schemes. You name it.
She's also given expert testimony to help jail dozens of bunko artists
who bilked oldsters of their money, done ground-breaking research on
the brainwashing of Korean and Vietnam war prisoners, counseled more
than 4,000 current and former cult members, and advised the military
and FBI on everything from the Oklahoma City bombing to how to pick
fighters who best withstand pressure. Along the way she has been
hassled or fought by cults, nontraditional religions and even academics
who simply disagree with her.
Tags: American Family Foundation, Brainwashing, Breatharians, Charlie Manson,
David Koresh, Dennis Morris, Gordon Melton, Heaven's Gate, Institute for the
Study of American Religion, Janja Lalich, Jay Singer, Jim Jones, Margaret
Singer, Moonies, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Crossman, Patricia Hearst, Paul Morantz,
Richard Ofshe, Robert Lifton, Seymour Kessler, Steve Morin, Synanon
=====================================
Bush vetoes Scientology bill
May 26, 2005, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/05/26/State/Bush_vetoes_Scientolo.shtml
The bill was backed by the Church of Scientology and sponsored by Rep.
Gus Barreiro, R-Miami Beach and Sen. Victor Crist, R-Tampa.
Tags: Florida, Gustavo Barreiro, Jeb Bush, Victor Crist
=====================================
Scientologists silent over accusations of exploiting tsunami victims in Sri
Lanka
May 26, 2005, Asian Tribune
http://www.asiantribune.com/oldsite/show_news.php?id=14540
Ranjith Soysa, spokesperson for the Society for Peace, Unity and Human
Rights (SPUR), when asked to comment on the role of the Scientologists,
said that so far no one has denied that Scientologists had approached
Sri Lankan widows to marry them, which is a known tactic of theirs to
get a foothold in the country. It seems to me that Mr. Eckert's report
is fairly balanced and he has reported what he had seen.
Whether his observations about the Bible Readings by the
Scientologists are right or wrong it is for Mr. Eckert to comment, he
said. However, it is a fact that missionaries of a variety of Churches
have parachuted into Sri Lanka to exploit the suffering the victims of
the tsunami for their own ends.
Tags: Christian Eckert, Ranjith Soysa, Sri Lanka
=====================================
Scientology program may fall to budget ax
May 26, 2005, Steve Bousquet, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/05/26/State/Scientology_program_m.shtml
TALLAHASSEE - A $500,000 program that uses some teachings of Church of
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard to help prison inmates likely will
be vetoed by the governor today, the bill's sponsor says.
The program, known as Criminon, was quietly added to the state budget
by one powerful legislator: Rep. Gus Barreiro, a Miami Beach Republican.
He heads the House subcommittee overseeing billions of dollars in
criminal justice spending.
Tags: Criminon, Greg Capazorio, Gustavo Barreiro, The Way to Happiness
=====================================
Another State Bans Little Green Pill Company
May 26, 2006, WESH Orlando
http://www.wesh.com/painatthepump/9281750/detail.html
The Kentucky attorney general has joined the legal fight to put the
makers of the little green pill out of business.
Earlier this month, the WESH 2 I-Team first exposed how this pill
doesn't work and that it's toxic, despite maker BioPerformance's claims.
Tags: BioPerformance, Florida, Kentucky, Scam, Texas
=====================================
Britain's censorship of a Scientology protest sign: A defeat for free
expression
May 26, 2008, Marni Soupcoff, Editorial, National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/05/26/the-post-editorial-board-on-britain-s-censorship-of-a-scientology-protest-sign-a-defeat-for-free-expression.aspx
If protest materials can be confiscated, then not much is left of the
right to protest against Scientology. It read "Scientology is not a
religion, it is a dangerous cult." The lad was, by his account, warned
"within five minutes of arriving" by police on the scene that his sign
was unlikely to be permitted because it contained the word "cult."
Shortly thereafter, a policewoman read him a section (introduced in
1994) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act:
Tags: Anonymous, London, UK
=====================================
Sockpuppeting British politico resigns from Wikisupremecourt
May 26, 2009, Cade Metz, The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/26/wikipedia_westminster_councillor/
David Boothroyd - councillor for Westminster's Westbourne ward - was
elected to Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee in December 2007 under the
name Sam Blacketer and has edited the overly-egalitarian online
encyclopedia under at least three other names.
Tags: Sam Blacketer, Wikipedia
=====================================
Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
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