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Church of Scientology can reclaim seized papers
February 20, 1991, Jim Lewis, Toronto Star
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/436350326.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT
Mr. Justice Ted Matlow, in a decision rendered Monday in the Ontario
Court of Justice, rejected the crown's request to keep 546 boxes of
documents seized from church premises in 1983.
After a preliminary hearing that lasted 159 court days, Judge William
Babe of the provincial division of the Ontario Court threw out the
possession counts and committed the church to trial on six charges of
theft over $200, one charge of theft under $200 and four counts of
breach of trust.
Tags: Canada, Judge William Babe, Justice Ted Matlow, Ontaio, Ontario Court
of Justice, Snow White Program, Toronto
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Family sues Scientology in '95 death of woman
February 20, 1997, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/17001852.html?FMT=FT&dids=17001852:17001852&FMTS=ABS:FT
A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that the Church of Scientology is
responsible for the death of Lisa McPherson, who died in 1995 while in
the care of church members.
The lawsuit claims McPherson received Scientology treatments that "were
carried out by medically untrained and unlicensed personnel."
The lawsuit was filed in Hillsborough Circuit Court by Tampa lawyer Ken
Dandar, an attorney representing McPherson's estate. It promises to
seek "substantial" punitive and compensatory damages against the church.
Scientology lawyer Elliot Abelson said Wednesday: "This type of
lawsuit, based on no facts, is an extortion attempt. It's only about
money."
Tags: 1995, Clearwater, Clearwater Police Department, Cockroach, Dallas,
Elliot Abelson, Fort Harrison, Hospital, Introspection Rundown, Joan Wood,
Ken Dandar, Lisa McPherson, Lisa McPherson civil case, Morton Plant Hospital,
New Port Richey Hospital, Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner's Office, Police,
Scientology lawyer, Staph infection, Tampa, Wayne Shelor
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German city won't hire Scientologists
February 20, 1997, In Brief, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/17001876.html?FMT=FT&dids=17001876:17001876&FMTS=ABS:FT
BONN - The city of Stuttgart said Wednesday it was taking measures to
combat Scientology that will put it at the forefront of efforts in
Germany to limit the influence of the organization.
All applicants for jobs in the city's public service will now have to
give an assurance in writing that they are not members of the group,
which says it is a religion but is not recognized as such in Germany,
said city official Juergen Kiesl.
Sabine Weber, Scientology's spokeswoman in Germany, accused Stuttgart
of "flagrantly abusing human rights by deciding whether or not to
employ someone on the basis of the religion they belong to."
Tags: Germany, Sabine Weber, Stuttgart
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Bush's Call to Church Groups To Get Untraditional Replies
February 20, 2001, Laurie Goodstein, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CEFD81F30F933A15751C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
In an interview with The New York Times during the campaign, Mr. Bush
was asked if, for example, he would approve of government financing for
a Church of Scientology antidrug program. He answered: "I have a
problem with the teachings of Scientology being viewed on the same par
as Judaism or Christianity. That just happens to be a personal point of
view. But I am interested in results. I am not focused on the process."
Tags: Criminon, George W. Bush, Hare Krishna, Kurt Weiland, Moonies,
Narconon, Study tech
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Downtown condo tower gains city's final approval
February 20, 2004, Richard Danielson, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/02/20/Northpinellas/Downtown_condo_tower_.shtml
The high-rise is planned for slightly less than an acre on Cleveland
Street. Currently, the property consists mostly of a parking lot next
to Station Square Park.
Ray Cassano, a downtown property owner and health food distributor, who
also is prominent in local Scientology circles, is heading a group of
local investors backing the project.
Tags: Beck Development, Belleair, Bill Jonson, Brian Aungst, Clearwater,
Cleveland Street, J.B. Johnson, Nick Pavonetti, Ray Cassano, Real estate
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Hubbard's aims
February 20, 2008, Kenneth Eckersley, New Statesman
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-faith-column/2008/02/ron-hubbard-scientology-moral
I subscribe to the aims of Scientology which are: "a civilisation
without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can
prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to
rise to greater heights".
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Scientology Critic's Death Thought To Be Suicide
February 20, 2008, Baird Helgeson, Tampa Tribune
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/feb/20/me-scientology-critic-found-dead-at-clearwater-hom/
Lonsdale became a public nemesis of the church in 2006 when he began
videotaping outside its downtown Clearwater offices, the church's
spiritual headquarters. He often stood next to a sign that said, "Cult
Watch. Now Filming!"
Tags: Lisa McPherson Trust, Pat Harney, Shawn Lonsdale
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2/10/08 Anonymous vs Scientology Farmington Hills Michigan
February 20, 2009, michigananon, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDrLyaGrURs
Hard to believe its been a year.
Brave anons in -15 F windchill...about 100 of the glorious bastards.
When their grandchildren ask "What did you do in the great struggle
against the world's most sinister scam?", they won't have to answer: "I
was shovelling shit in Louisiana." (to paraphrase George S. Patton)
What will YOU tell your grandchildren?
By the way, I know no one wants to be doing this next year,although we
will if it is necessary. It is my belief that this struggle will be
over with victory before the end of this year.
Continue=Win
Stop=Fail
Tags: 2008, Anonymous, Detroit, Farmington Hills, Louisiana, Michigan, Video
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Religious Extremism
February 20, 2010, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/religious-extremism/
Robert F. Kennedy wrote: "What is objectionable, what is dangerous
about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are
intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what
they say about their opponents."
The evil acts that many people associate with religion are in fact the
work of religious extremists, not the work of mainline or moderate
religious people. Whether we are talking about the Spanish Inquisition
or 9/11, it is the extremists who insist that the end justifies the
means, and that end includes the destruction of those who do not
believe as they do.
There is nothing wrong with religious faith. There is nothing wrong
with holding strongly to one's beliefs. There is nothing wrong with
having the conviction that one is on the right spiritual path.
Tags: 1960, 9/11, Assassination, Critic, Facebook, Quicky, Razzline
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Stances define Clearwater City Council candidates
February 20, 2010, Mike Brassfield, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/stances-define-clearwater-city-council-candidates/1074745
CLEARWATER - Scientology. Taxes. Shutting down libraries. Drilling for
underground water.
What do the candidates for Clearwater City Council think about these
hot topics?
Six men are running for two council seats in the March 9 election,
which is just a little more than two weeks away. They have fielded
dozens of wide-ranging questions from the public at a series of
candidate forums. It's all been leading up to a forum that will be
televised live on the city's TV channel, C-VIEW, beginning at 7 p.m.
Tuesday
Tags: 2007, Bill Jonson, Catholic, Clearwater, Clearwater Neighborhood
Coalition, IRS, Mike Riordon, Paul Gibson, Pinellas County, Quicky, Taxes
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Independents Day 2011
February 20, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/independents-day-2011-2/
What do Sam Houston and Davy Crockett have to do with Independents Day
2011?
I happened to research these fellows during my history study days in
05-06; when we lived in Houston, Texas. That included accepted
histories and alternate histories ? including verbal histories, Black
histories, Mexican histories and Native American histories.
Crockett and Houston were US Congressmen representing the state of
Tennessee. (Houston later became Governor). Both left Tennessee for
Texas when the reaction to their counter-cultural ideas got too thick.
Both defied President Andrew Jackson's policy to renege on treaties
with Native Americans.
Tags: Andrew Jackson, Austin, Congress, Dallas, Houston, Independent, Mexico,
Quicky, San Antonio, San Jacinto, Tennessee, Texas
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Scientology's OT Powers! A Hubbard Holiday Miracle
February 20, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/02/scientologys_ot.php
Scientology watchers, we have a special treat for you this holiday
Monday.
Recently, one of our readers who is a longtime former Scientologist
mailed us a treasure trove: Copies of early Advance! magazines, a
complete run from issue 11 in 1971 to issue 56 in 1979. (That's L. Ron
Hubbard's photo of his daughter Diana gracing the cover of issue 12.)
This stuff is pure gold. Advance! is the publication of Scientology's
"advanced orgs" where experienced church members pay for pricey
"upper-level" teachings. As we've written before, one of the ways
Scientology gets its members to fork over huge prices for auditing is
to dangle the prospect of amazing superpowers. And one of our favorite
things about Advance! (when we can get our hands on a copy) is the
testimonials of high-level church members enticing new suckers -- er,
aspiring OTs -- with tales of their abilities to affect the physical
world with their minds!
Tags: 1950, 1971, 1979, 2010, Buddhism, Christian, Dave Foster, DC,
Dianetics, Egypt, E-meter, London, Lyman Spurlock, Operating Thetan, OT, OT
III, OT Phenomena, OT VII, OT VIII, Pat Broeker, Phoenix, Quicky, Tone Scale,
UK
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Taking Liberties with Religion
February 20, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/taking-liberties-with-religion/
When Mike Rinder and I first read accounts of the absurd statement
David Miscavige's local San Antonio counsel George Spencer read to the
court on Friday 10 February during Miscavige's Santa Annaian surrender,
we both independently noted tell-tale signs that it was authored by
David Miscavige himself.
Now that the transcript from that day of proceedings is in, those
suspicions are pretty much confirmed.
One of the indications that the words came right from the pen of
Miscavige is the back handed slander and libel of L Ron Hubbard and
Scientology it invokes.
Tags: Audio, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, First Amendment, George Spencer, L. Ron Hubbard, Mike Rinder,
NDA, Quicky, San Antonio, Sea Org, Tampa, Tommy Davis, Truth Rundown
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Tom Cruise madly cracking on Late Night David Letterman show
February 20, 2012, abhinee2020, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc1gHIitXg4
Tom Cruise Hillarious
Tags: David Letterman, Quicky, Tom Cruise
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Herb Richardson, Please Don't Sue Us
February 20, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/02/20/herb-richardson-please-dont-sue-us/
Herb Richardson, helluva guy We want to thank Professor David Touretzky
of Carnegie Mellon University, who sent us down this rabbit hole a few
days ago.
He pointed us to a news item that has grabbed considerable attention in
the academic world, although Gawker thinks it can't be any more boring.
Here's the thumbnail: An academic librarian at McMaster University in
Ontario named David Askey is being sued for millions because in 2010,
when he was still a tenured associate professor at Kansas State
University, he wrote a blog post criticizing the quality of books put
out by an academic publisher, Edwin Mellen Press.
Tags: 1932, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1985, 1994, 1996, 2001,
2010, Academic, Boston University, Canada, Carnegie Mellon, Catholic,
Chronicle of Higher Education, Cleveland, David Miscavige, David Touretzky,
Gawker, Herb Richardson, Internet Archive, Kansas, Karin Pouw, Lingua Franca,
Martin Luther King, Maryland, Moonies, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Quicky,
Toronto, University of Toronto
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Oklahoma Drug Rehab Bill Passes Senate: Scientology's Narconon Days Numbered?
February 20, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/02/20/oklahoma-drug-rehab-bill-passes-senate-scientologys-narconon-days-numbered/
Sen. Tom Ivester
Yesterday, Oklahoma's Senate voted 46-0 to approve a bill authored by
Sen. Tom Ivester which will require drug rehab facilities to be
licensed by the state mental health board.
Senate Bill 295 now goes to the House, and if it's approved there, will
go to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin for signing.
Tags: 1980, Jason Murphey, Lisa Marie Presley, Lobbyist, Mary Fallin, Mental
Health, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Narconon Day, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Governor, OT, Quicky, Tom Ivester, Village Voice
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The Road I Must Travel
February 20, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/the-road-i-must-travel/
L. Ron Hubbard was a great observer and describer of phenomena. He once
noted that the universe abhors a vacuum. He also noted that when
confronted with a vacuum of data, people tend to invent data to fill it.
I have intentionally not shared a lot of personal information over the
past several months; and I don't intend to start regularly doing so in
the near future. However, I have observed that Ron's description of the
information vacuum has apparently created a field day for those intent
on reading tea leaves and those who harbor intentions inimical to my
own. And that has apparently upset some folks. So, I am going to
attempt to fill in the vacuum in the hopes it might set some people at
ease.
Monique and I worked hard throughout 2011 to create some time for me to
write some books that I believe will help Scientologists and former
Scientologists heal and move on up a little higher with their lives.
Things did not go as planned. 2012 presented some issues that I
thought, right or wrong, deserved my attention.
Tags: 2011, 2012, Author Services Inc, Fundraising, Office of Special
Affairs, Pat Broeker, Quicky, Ray Jeffrey, San Antonio
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OT Ambassadors Code
February 20, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ot-ambassadors-code/
Just for fun, I thought everyone might get a kick out of reading this.
It is the original write up put together by Sherry Murphy or Guillaume
Lesevre or someone to hand out to the "OT VIII's" who attended the
Freewinds Maiden Voyage Events (back when they were still held).
The idea was to give the public something that started to make THEM
responsible. Miscavige complained often that he is the "only one" and
that the staff and even public didnt contribute to accomplishing
"command intention" so this was written and handed out and the newly
invented "OT Ambassadors" were made to swear to uphold it (reciting it
in unison).
Tags: David Miscavige, Freewinds, Guillaume Lesevre, Ideal Org, International
Association of Scientologists, Kathy Feshbach, Maiden Voyage, OT, OT
Ambassador, OT IX, OT VIII, Quicky, Sherry Murphy, Truth Revealed
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Scientology appeals Comal court order
February 20, 2014, San Antonio Express-News
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Scientology-appeals-Comal-court-order-5253380.php
The suit was filed last year by Monique Rathbun, wife of church
dissident Marty Rathbun, who claims she was subjected to a four-year
campaign of dirty tricks, surveillance and harassment overseen by
Miscavige.
Tags: Appeal, David Miscavige, Deposition, Judge Dib Waldrip, Marty Rathbun,
Monique Rathbun, Texas
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Scientology, Science and Squirreling
February 20, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/scientology-science-and-squirreling/
But for the first and last paragraphs, included for the purpose of
establishing context, the following is a new passage added to venture
three of a course on graduating from Scientology.
The further Scientologists proceed in their study, the more they are
precluded from comparing their learning to any other discipline. They
are trained to treat any independent, evolved learning about the mind
and spirit with disdain. The greater the degree of arrogant certainty
with which the Scientologist identifies and authoritatively rejects
incursion of data originated by someone other than Ron, is the degree
to which an individual is considered valuable and is validated and
promoted within the ranks of Scientology. There is no more important
standard of credibility within Scientology than this.
I began the search that lead to this course by attempting to do what L.
Ron Hubbard proclaimed Scientology sought to do. That is to reconcile
science with spirit. Quite evidently somewhere along the line
Scientology divorced itself entirely from science and became a
full-fledged religious belief system. My journey gave me a much deeper
appreciation for where and how that departure came about ? some of
which has already been summarized in books and blog essays.
Tags: 1949, 1950, 1951, 2013, American Medical Association, American
Psychiatric Association, Dianetics, Doctor, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Winter,
Quicky, Squirrel
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Scott Pilutik helps us evaluate Scientology's petition to Texas appeals court
February 20, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/02/20/scott-pilutik-helps-us-evaluate-scientologys-petition-to-the-texas-appeals-court/
Scott Pilutik Yesterday, we posted Scientology's petition for a writ of
mandamus, as the church attempts to overturn the decision by Comal
County Judge Dib Waldrip allowing Monique Rathbun to depose Scientology
leader David Miscavige in her harassment lawsuit against the church.
We pointed out that the recitation of facts in the petition is very
familiar to those of us who have been following along with
Scientology's arguments since Monique filed her lawsuit in August. But
we wanted to get more perspective on the legal argument that
Scientology used in its petition, which was written by Wallace
Jefferson, who recently left his position as chief justice of the Texas
Supreme Court.
We turned to our legal adviser, Manhattan attorney Scott Pilutik, for
some insights.
Tags: 1990, 2007, Comal County, David Miscavige, Judge Dib Waldrip, Karen de
la Carriere, Manhattan, Mark Fisher, Microsoft, Mike Rinder, Monique Rathbun,
Quicky, Ray Jeffrey, Religious Technology Center, Scott Pilutik, SLAPP,
Texas, Texas Supreme Court, TX Lawyer, Wallace Jefferson
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We Have No Idea
February 20, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/we-have-no-idea/
The latest not to be shared email about the events in PAC next week.
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 From: AOLA <ao...@scientology.net>Subject:
- From:JIMMY BENNETT
Dear Xxxxx,
Tags: AOLA, ASHO, David Miscavige, Pope, Quicky
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Why wife of Scientology leader was 'banished'
February 20, 2014, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564168/The-truth-Scientologys-vanished-queen-How-leaders-lonely-devoted-wife-banished-secretive-base-defying-orders.html
The leader of Scientology, David Miscavige, banished his devoted wife
to a secretive base after she defied his orders and reshuffled his
staff while he was out of town, sources have claimed.
The revelations come after actress and Scientologist Leah Remini
sensationally filed a missing person's report last year, claiming that
Shelly Miscavige had been missing since 2007.
Police later said they had spoken with Shelly - but questions remained
about what had caused her sudden and lengthy disappearance from the
public stage she had once confidently graced.
Now Vanity Fair has spoken with sources who have given new insights
into David Miscavige's fiery temper, his wife's desire to appease him
despite her own loneliness and her ultimate banishment.
Tags: 1982, 1986, 2006, 2007, 2008, Chairman of the Board, Claire Headley,
David Miscavige, Dylan Gill, John Travolta, Katie Holmes, LAPD, Leah Remini,
Los Angeles, Marc Headley, Mike Rinder, Org Board, Police, Sea Org, Shelly
Miscavige, Tom Cruise, Twin Peaks, Vanity Fair
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Ideal Org Demolition
February 20, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ideal-org-demolition/
Yes, this IS a real email....
Give us money to demolish the Birmingham Ideal Org.
We are SOOO close to starting the demolition, we have our exclamation
points already engaged.
Tags: Birmingham, Dianetics, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, International
Association of Scientologists, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Scientology
Media Productions, Student Hat, UK
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Psychology: The Stanford Prison Experiment - BBC Documentary
February 20, 2015, PaulieJohnson, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb4Q20z0T1Q
Psychology: The Stanford Prison Experiment - BBC Documentary
The Stanford Prison Experiment, a dramatic simulation study of the
psychology of imprisonment and one of the best known psychology
experiments ever undertaken.Dr. Zimbardo takes us through the Stanford
Prison Experiment, in which healthy college students are transformed
into unstable prisoners and brutal prison guards within days by the
power of the situation in which they found themselves.
In 1971, psychologist Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues set out to
create an experiment that looked at the impact of becoming a prisoner
or prison guard. Zimbardo, a former classmate of Stanley Milgram (who
is best-known for his famous obedience experiment, was interested in
expanding upon Milgram's research. He wanted to further investigate the
the impact of situational variables on human behavior.
Tags: 1971, BBC, Documentary, Philip Zimbardo, Quicky, Researcher
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Scientology lashes out at documentary in rare public video
February 20, 2015, Sophie Jane Evans, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2961707/The-film-Scientology-really-doesn-t-want-watch-Sect-lashes-documentary-rare-public-video-claiming-director-s-father-published-CIA-propaganda.html
The Church of Scientology has launched a full-scale assault on a new
HBO documentary about the controversial religious sect, specifically
targeting its Oscar-winning director and claiming that his late father
- an acclaimed journalist - published CIA propaganda.
In more than 200 tweets, the church has tried to discredit Alex Gibney
and his sources in 'Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief',
which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month.
It has also issued a statement on the website of Freedom Magazine, its
news publication, claiming the documentary is 'propaganda',
'one-sided', full of 'false information' and features 'vengeful' sources.
Tags: 2006, 2008, 2013, Academy Award, Alex Gibney, California, CIA, Dead
Agent, Documentary, Fair Game, Frank Gibney, Freedom magazine, Going Clear:
Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood,
and the Prison of Belief, HBO, John Travolta, Lance Armstrong, Lawrence
Wright, Marty Rathbun, New York Times, Nicole Kidman, Park City, Scientology
Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, Tax, Tom Cruise, Utah, YouTube
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Scientology's Orwellian methods of control explained in a new book by
Jefferson Hawkins
February 20, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/02/20/friday/
Jefferson Hawkins has put out another book about Scientology - and this
one is based on the work he did here at the Underground Bunker in his
series about Scientology's bizarre system of 'ethics.'
He's updated and added to the series and collected it all in an ebook
which is available on Amazon. He also sent us the book's preface, and
we're going to reproduce it here.
Jeff is one of the wisest people we've met from the world of
Scientology, and we're fortunate to have his help here at the Bunker.
We hope you take the time to consider downloading his book
Tags: 2005, 2010, Amazon, California, Closing Minds, Counterfeit Dreams,
Ethics, Ethics Officer, Facebook, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and
the Prison of Belief, HBO, Int Base, Italy, Jefferson Hawkins, Karachi,
Leaving Scientology, Mission, Narconon, New York, Pakistan, Peru, San
Jacinto, Sea Org, Texas
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Hysteria of the SP's and 60X Expansion
February 20, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/hysteria-of-the-sps-and-60x-expansion/
Tom Cruise's brother in law, nominal "head" of "Criminon International"
and IAS fundraising shill has poured his heart into his latest letter
beseeching people to come hear him speak on behalf of the IAS (so he
can collect his FSM commissions).
This letter is fascinating on many levels:
He starts out in Chicken Little mode: look how bad things are, everyone
is against us and it is terrible. But with it comes the scientology
twist: all this PROVES we are winning. The "hysteria of the SP's" - ie
the constant stream of bad news that pours in the door - from media
coverage to legal losses and government prosecutions - is just "our
indication of win!" This sort of (il)logic may keep the sheeple
believing things are copacetic, but it also keeps them thinking there
is no need to change and they should carry on. And thus, they barrel
ahead on a path of total self-destruction. But I must say, it is nice
to see so much mention of their "detractors" and "SP's" and the
"growing pains" - obviously it is being noticed that things are not
going quite as smoothly as predicted.
Tags: 2013, Criminon, David Miscavige, Field Staff Member, Greg Capazorio,
International Association of Scientologists, Israel, Mission, Quicky, Sea
Org, South Africa, Tom Cruise
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Why Scientology's petition to the Texas Supreme Court mentions a dildo, and
other surprises
February 20, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/02/20/why-scientologys-petition-to-the-texas-supreme-court-mentions-a-dildo-and-other-surprises/
(El Cinco Supremo: Dave Lubow, Steve Sloat, Ed Bryan, Monty Drake, and
CSI)
As our experts predicted, Scientology's attorneys met their deadline
yesterday and petitioned the Texas Supreme Court in an attempt to have
an appellate decision reconsidered in Monique Rathbun's harassment
lawsuit against the church, even after the case has been put into some
question since Monique fired her own set of attorneys three weeks ago
and is without counsel.
In the filing, which we have for you below, the Church of Scientology
International (CSI) restates its version of the evidence in the case,
making it sound as favorable as possible for itself while making the
Rathbuns sound like calculating villains. But that doesn't really
matter. The state supreme court is not there to re-litigate the facts
of a case. So Scientology also presents arguments that it hopes will
convince the court that there's an issue here worth its time. (A
separate brief has been filed for CSI's fellow defendants, private
investigators and other operatives who took part in the yearslong
surveillance campaign aimed at Monique and her husband, former
Scientology official Mark "Marty" Rathbun.)
Tags: 2009, Alexander, Dubose, Jefferson & Townsend, Appeal, Austin, Church
of Scientology International, Comal County, David Lubow, David Miscavige,
Dildo, Doug Alexander, Ed Bryan, Elliott Cappuccio, First Amendment, Golden
Era Productions, Judge Dib Waldrip, Legal, Leslie Hyman, Marc Wiegand, Marty
Rathbun, Monique Rathbun, Monty Drake, Private investigator, Quicky, Rathbun
v. Scientology, Ray Jeffrey, Religious Technology Center, Scott Pilutik,
SLAPP, Squirrel, Steven Gregory Sloat, Super Bowl, Texas, Texas Citizens
Participation Act, Texas Supreme Court, Texas Third Court of Appeals, TX
Lawyer, US Supreme Court, Wallace Jefferson
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Lies Scientology Recruiters Tell You
February 20, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/lies-scientology-recruiters-tell-you/
Many people wonder how people in this day and age are recruited into
the Sea Org. If you have Google, I think the chances are that you might
check it out before you sign a billion year contract for anything.
And that is part of the answer as to who the few are that join the SO
today.
SO recruits come from two buckets:
Tags: Auditing, Europe, Google, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, OT VIII, Quicky, Sea Org,
Ukraine, Venezuela, Wogs
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Louis Farrakhan: Nation of Islam will stand by Scientology as Leah Remini
'goes in hard'
February 20, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2017/02/20/louis-farrakhan-nation-of-islam-will-stand-by-scientology-as-leah-remini-goes-in-hard/
Thanks to tipster "Communicator I/C" for alerting us last night that
Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan not only brought up
Scientology during his annual "Saviours' Day" keynote address yesterday
afternoon, but he mentioned Leah Remini by name (well, almost), and
seemed to question her motives for criticizing her former church.
For quite a few years, we've been keeping an eye on the odd
relationship that's developed between Farrakhan's group and David
Miscavige's Church of Scientology. As best we can tell, that
relationship began around the year 2006, when Scientologist and Baptist
minister the Rev. Alfreddie Johnson Jr. began bringing Farrakhan to
Hollywood Celebrity Centre events. According to NOI's official
publication The Final Call, Farrakhan began introducing Scientology
concepts to his Nation of Islam followers on May 8, 2010. Farrakhan had
come to the realization that L. Ron Hubbard (perhaps the whitest man
who ever lived) had valuable "wisdom" for the black nationalist
organization that Farrakhan has led since 1977.
Farrakhan asked his followers to study Hubbard's original text, the
1950 book Dianetics, which is known as "Book One" to Scientologists.
We've seen photographs of large convention rooms filled with hundreds
of NOI members doing "Book One auditing," which is the original form of
counseling that Hubbard developed and does not use an E-meter. More
than a thousand NOI members have been certified as Dianetics auditors,
according to The Final Call. We've also seen an increasing number of
Nation of Islam members doing actual Scientology, and progressing
rather far up Scientology's "Bridge to Total Freedom." But at this
point, we still don't see much convincing evidence of an actual merger
between the two groups.
Tags: 1950, 1977, 2006, 2010, 2011, A&E, Alfreddie Johnson, Barack Obama,
Bridge to Total Freedom, Celebrity Centre, David Miscavige, Detroit,
Dianetics, Disconnection, E-meter, Final Call, Hillary Clinton, Hollywood,
Leah Remini, Louis Farrakhan, Muammar Gaddafi, Muhammad, Nation of Islam,
Quicky, Scientology and the Aftermath, US Secretary of State
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Why is it so hard to find a Scientologist in good standing?
February 20, 2017, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2017/02/20/why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-a-scientologist-in-good-standing/
(Note: This article was first published at Tony Ortega's Underground
Bunker)
On Wednesday, Tony Ortega wrote that a Tampa federal judge continues to
uphold his ruling that a California couple, Louis and Rocio Garcia,
must submit their allegations of fraud to Scientology's internal
arbitration scheme - which doesn't, actually, exist. And part of their
frustration, the Garcia's allege, is that every time they select a
Scientologist they want to make an arbitrator in the Orwellian scheme,
Scientology finds a way to declare that person "not in good standing."
Even the judge admitted it was pretty impossible to figure out who is
and who isn't in "good standing" in the church.
What is a Scientologist in good standing anyway?
Tags: 1950, 1954, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2015, ABC, California, Claims
Verification Board, Critic, Cult, David Miscavige, Deseret News, Dianetics,
Disconnection, Heber Jentzsch, International Association of Scientologists,
International Justice Chief, IRS, Mike Ellis, Mike Rinder, Nightline, Paul
Burkhart, Potential Trouble Source, Quicky, Rocio Garcia, Sea Org, Tampa, Tax
exempt, Tom Cruise, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
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Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
February 20 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/02-20.html
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Church of Scientology can reclaim seized papers
February 20, 1991, Jim Lewis, Toronto Star
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/436350326.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT
Mr. Justice Ted Matlow, in a decision rendered Monday in the Ontario
Court of Justice, rejected the crown's request to keep 546 boxes of
documents seized from church premises in 1983.
After a preliminary hearing that lasted 159 court days, Judge William
Babe of the provincial division of the Ontario Court threw out the
possession counts and committed the church to trial on six charges of
theft over $200, one charge of theft under $200 and four counts of
breach of trust.
Tags: Canada, Judge William Babe, Justice Ted Matlow, Ontaio, Ontario Court
of Justice, Snow White Program, Toronto
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Family sues Scientology in '95 death of woman
February 20, 1997, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/17001852.html?FMT=FT&dids=17001852:17001852&FMTS=ABS:FT
A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that the Church of Scientology is
responsible for the death of Lisa McPherson, who died in 1995 while in
the care of church members.
The lawsuit claims McPherson received Scientology treatments that "were
carried out by medically untrained and unlicensed personnel."
The lawsuit was filed in Hillsborough Circuit Court by Tampa lawyer Ken
Dandar, an attorney representing McPherson's estate. It promises to
seek "substantial" punitive and compensatory damages against the church.
Scientology lawyer Elliot Abelson said Wednesday: "This type of
lawsuit, based on no facts, is an extortion attempt. It's only about
money."
Tags: 1995, Clearwater, Clearwater Police Department, Cockroach, Dallas,
Elliot Abelson, Fort Harrison, Hospital, Introspection Rundown, Joan Wood,
Ken Dandar, Lisa McPherson, Lisa McPherson civil case, Morton Plant Hospital,
New Port Richey Hospital, Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner's Office, Police,
Scientology lawyer, Staph infection, Tampa, Wayne Shelor
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German city won't hire Scientologists
February 20, 1997, In Brief, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/17001876.html?FMT=FT&dids=17001876:17001876&FMTS=ABS:FT
BONN - The city of Stuttgart said Wednesday it was taking measures to
combat Scientology that will put it at the forefront of efforts in
Germany to limit the influence of the organization.
All applicants for jobs in the city's public service will now have to
give an assurance in writing that they are not members of the group,
which says it is a religion but is not recognized as such in Germany,
said city official Juergen Kiesl.
Sabine Weber, Scientology's spokeswoman in Germany, accused Stuttgart
of "flagrantly abusing human rights by deciding whether or not to
employ someone on the basis of the religion they belong to."
Tags: Germany, Sabine Weber, Stuttgart
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Bush's Call to Church Groups To Get Untraditional Replies
February 20, 2001, Laurie Goodstein, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CEFD81F30F933A15751C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
In an interview with The New York Times during the campaign, Mr. Bush
was asked if, for example, he would approve of government financing for
a Church of Scientology antidrug program. He answered: "I have a
problem with the teachings of Scientology being viewed on the same par
as Judaism or Christianity. That just happens to be a personal point of
view. But I am interested in results. I am not focused on the process."
Tags: Criminon, George W. Bush, Hare Krishna, Kurt Weiland, Moonies,
Narconon, Study tech
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Downtown condo tower gains city's final approval
February 20, 2004, Richard Danielson, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/02/20/Northpinellas/Downtown_condo_tower_.shtml
The high-rise is planned for slightly less than an acre on Cleveland
Street. Currently, the property consists mostly of a parking lot next
to Station Square Park.
Ray Cassano, a downtown property owner and health food distributor, who
also is prominent in local Scientology circles, is heading a group of
local investors backing the project.
Tags: Beck Development, Belleair, Bill Jonson, Brian Aungst, Clearwater,
Cleveland Street, J.B. Johnson, Nick Pavonetti, Ray Cassano, Real estate
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Hubbard's aims
February 20, 2008, Kenneth Eckersley, New Statesman
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-faith-column/2008/02/ron-hubbard-scientology-moral
I subscribe to the aims of Scientology which are: "a civilisation
without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can
prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to
rise to greater heights".
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Scientology Critic's Death Thought To Be Suicide
February 20, 2008, Baird Helgeson, Tampa Tribune
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/feb/20/me-scientology-critic-found-dead-at-clearwater-hom/
Lonsdale became a public nemesis of the church in 2006 when he began
videotaping outside its downtown Clearwater offices, the church's
spiritual headquarters. He often stood next to a sign that said, "Cult
Watch. Now Filming!"
Tags: Lisa McPherson Trust, Pat Harney, Shawn Lonsdale
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2/10/08 Anonymous vs Scientology Farmington Hills Michigan
February 20, 2009, michigananon, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDrLyaGrURs
Hard to believe its been a year.
Brave anons in -15 F windchill...about 100 of the glorious bastards.
When their grandchildren ask "What did you do in the great struggle
against the world's most sinister scam?", they won't have to answer: "I
was shovelling shit in Louisiana." (to paraphrase George S. Patton)
What will YOU tell your grandchildren?
By the way, I know no one wants to be doing this next year,although we
will if it is necessary. It is my belief that this struggle will be
over with victory before the end of this year.
Continue=Win
Stop=Fail
Tags: 2008, Anonymous, Detroit, Farmington Hills, Louisiana, Michigan, Video
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Religious Extremism
February 20, 2010, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/religious-extremism/
Robert F. Kennedy wrote: "What is objectionable, what is dangerous
about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are
intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what
they say about their opponents."
The evil acts that many people associate with religion are in fact the
work of religious extremists, not the work of mainline or moderate
religious people. Whether we are talking about the Spanish Inquisition
or 9/11, it is the extremists who insist that the end justifies the
means, and that end includes the destruction of those who do not
believe as they do.
There is nothing wrong with religious faith. There is nothing wrong
with holding strongly to one's beliefs. There is nothing wrong with
having the conviction that one is on the right spiritual path.
Tags: 1960, 9/11, Assassination, Critic, Facebook, Quicky, Razzline
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Stances define Clearwater City Council candidates
February 20, 2010, Mike Brassfield, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/stances-define-clearwater-city-council-candidates/1074745
CLEARWATER - Scientology. Taxes. Shutting down libraries. Drilling for
underground water.
What do the candidates for Clearwater City Council think about these
hot topics?
Six men are running for two council seats in the March 9 election,
which is just a little more than two weeks away. They have fielded
dozens of wide-ranging questions from the public at a series of
candidate forums. It's all been leading up to a forum that will be
televised live on the city's TV channel, C-VIEW, beginning at 7 p.m.
Tuesday
Tags: 2007, Bill Jonson, Catholic, Clearwater, Clearwater Neighborhood
Coalition, IRS, Mike Riordon, Paul Gibson, Pinellas County, Quicky, Taxes
==========================================
Independents Day 2011
February 20, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/independents-day-2011-2/
What do Sam Houston and Davy Crockett have to do with Independents Day
2011?
I happened to research these fellows during my history study days in
05-06; when we lived in Houston, Texas. That included accepted
histories and alternate histories ? including verbal histories, Black
histories, Mexican histories and Native American histories.
Crockett and Houston were US Congressmen representing the state of
Tennessee. (Houston later became Governor). Both left Tennessee for
Texas when the reaction to their counter-cultural ideas got too thick.
Both defied President Andrew Jackson's policy to renege on treaties
with Native Americans.
Tags: Andrew Jackson, Austin, Congress, Dallas, Houston, Independent, Mexico,
Quicky, San Antonio, San Jacinto, Tennessee, Texas
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Scientology's OT Powers! A Hubbard Holiday Miracle
February 20, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/02/scientologys_ot.php
Scientology watchers, we have a special treat for you this holiday
Monday.
Recently, one of our readers who is a longtime former Scientologist
mailed us a treasure trove: Copies of early Advance! magazines, a
complete run from issue 11 in 1971 to issue 56 in 1979. (That's L. Ron
Hubbard's photo of his daughter Diana gracing the cover of issue 12.)
This stuff is pure gold. Advance! is the publication of Scientology's
"advanced orgs" where experienced church members pay for pricey
"upper-level" teachings. As we've written before, one of the ways
Scientology gets its members to fork over huge prices for auditing is
to dangle the prospect of amazing superpowers. And one of our favorite
things about Advance! (when we can get our hands on a copy) is the
testimonials of high-level church members enticing new suckers -- er,
aspiring OTs -- with tales of their abilities to affect the physical
world with their minds!
Tags: 1950, 1971, 1979, 2010, Buddhism, Christian, Dave Foster, DC,
Dianetics, Egypt, E-meter, London, Lyman Spurlock, Operating Thetan, OT, OT
III, OT Phenomena, OT VII, OT VIII, Pat Broeker, Phoenix, Quicky, Tone Scale,
UK
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Taking Liberties with Religion
February 20, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/taking-liberties-with-religion/
When Mike Rinder and I first read accounts of the absurd statement
David Miscavige's local San Antonio counsel George Spencer read to the
court on Friday 10 February during Miscavige's Santa Annaian surrender,
we both independently noted tell-tale signs that it was authored by
David Miscavige himself.
Now that the transcript from that day of proceedings is in, those
suspicions are pretty much confirmed.
One of the indications that the words came right from the pen of
Miscavige is the back handed slander and libel of L Ron Hubbard and
Scientology it invokes.
Tags: Audio, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, First Amendment, George Spencer, L. Ron Hubbard, Mike Rinder,
NDA, Quicky, San Antonio, Sea Org, Tampa, Tommy Davis, Truth Rundown
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Tom Cruise madly cracking on Late Night David Letterman show
February 20, 2012, abhinee2020, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc1gHIitXg4
Tom Cruise Hillarious
Tags: David Letterman, Quicky, Tom Cruise
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Herb Richardson, Please Don't Sue Us
February 20, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/02/20/herb-richardson-please-dont-sue-us/
Herb Richardson, helluva guy We want to thank Professor David Touretzky
of Carnegie Mellon University, who sent us down this rabbit hole a few
days ago.
He pointed us to a news item that has grabbed considerable attention in
the academic world, although Gawker thinks it can't be any more boring.
Here's the thumbnail: An academic librarian at McMaster University in
Ontario named David Askey is being sued for millions because in 2010,
when he was still a tenured associate professor at Kansas State
University, he wrote a blog post criticizing the quality of books put
out by an academic publisher, Edwin Mellen Press.
Tags: 1932, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1985, 1994, 1996, 2001,
2010, Academic, Boston University, Canada, Carnegie Mellon, Catholic,
Chronicle of Higher Education, Cleveland, David Miscavige, David Touretzky,
Gawker, Herb Richardson, Internet Archive, Kansas, Karin Pouw, Lingua Franca,
Martin Luther King, Maryland, Moonies, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Quicky,
Toronto, University of Toronto
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Oklahoma Drug Rehab Bill Passes Senate: Scientology's Narconon Days Numbered?
February 20, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/02/20/oklahoma-drug-rehab-bill-passes-senate-scientologys-narconon-days-numbered/
Sen. Tom Ivester
Yesterday, Oklahoma's Senate voted 46-0 to approve a bill authored by
Sen. Tom Ivester which will require drug rehab facilities to be
licensed by the state mental health board.
Senate Bill 295 now goes to the House, and if it's approved there, will
go to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin for signing.
Tags: 1980, Jason Murphey, Lisa Marie Presley, Lobbyist, Mary Fallin, Mental
Health, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Narconon Day, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Governor, OT, Quicky, Tom Ivester, Village Voice
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The Road I Must Travel
February 20, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/the-road-i-must-travel/
L. Ron Hubbard was a great observer and describer of phenomena. He once
noted that the universe abhors a vacuum. He also noted that when
confronted with a vacuum of data, people tend to invent data to fill it.
I have intentionally not shared a lot of personal information over the
past several months; and I don't intend to start regularly doing so in
the near future. However, I have observed that Ron's description of the
information vacuum has apparently created a field day for those intent
on reading tea leaves and those who harbor intentions inimical to my
own. And that has apparently upset some folks. So, I am going to
attempt to fill in the vacuum in the hopes it might set some people at
ease.
Monique and I worked hard throughout 2011 to create some time for me to
write some books that I believe will help Scientologists and former
Scientologists heal and move on up a little higher with their lives.
Things did not go as planned. 2012 presented some issues that I
thought, right or wrong, deserved my attention.
Tags: 2011, 2012, Author Services Inc, Fundraising, Office of Special
Affairs, Pat Broeker, Quicky, Ray Jeffrey, San Antonio
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OT Ambassadors Code
February 20, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ot-ambassadors-code/
Just for fun, I thought everyone might get a kick out of reading this.
It is the original write up put together by Sherry Murphy or Guillaume
Lesevre or someone to hand out to the "OT VIII's" who attended the
Freewinds Maiden Voyage Events (back when they were still held).
The idea was to give the public something that started to make THEM
responsible. Miscavige complained often that he is the "only one" and
that the staff and even public didnt contribute to accomplishing
"command intention" so this was written and handed out and the newly
invented "OT Ambassadors" were made to swear to uphold it (reciting it
in unison).
Tags: David Miscavige, Freewinds, Guillaume Lesevre, Ideal Org, International
Association of Scientologists, Kathy Feshbach, Maiden Voyage, OT, OT
Ambassador, OT IX, OT VIII, Quicky, Sherry Murphy, Truth Revealed
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Scientology appeals Comal court order
February 20, 2014, San Antonio Express-News
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Scientology-appeals-Comal-court-order-5253380.php
The suit was filed last year by Monique Rathbun, wife of church
dissident Marty Rathbun, who claims she was subjected to a four-year
campaign of dirty tricks, surveillance and harassment overseen by
Miscavige.
Tags: Appeal, David Miscavige, Deposition, Judge Dib Waldrip, Marty Rathbun,
Monique Rathbun, Texas
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Scientology, Science and Squirreling
February 20, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/scientology-science-and-squirreling/
But for the first and last paragraphs, included for the purpose of
establishing context, the following is a new passage added to venture
three of a course on graduating from Scientology.
The further Scientologists proceed in their study, the more they are
precluded from comparing their learning to any other discipline. They
are trained to treat any independent, evolved learning about the mind
and spirit with disdain. The greater the degree of arrogant certainty
with which the Scientologist identifies and authoritatively rejects
incursion of data originated by someone other than Ron, is the degree
to which an individual is considered valuable and is validated and
promoted within the ranks of Scientology. There is no more important
standard of credibility within Scientology than this.
I began the search that lead to this course by attempting to do what L.
Ron Hubbard proclaimed Scientology sought to do. That is to reconcile
science with spirit. Quite evidently somewhere along the line
Scientology divorced itself entirely from science and became a
full-fledged religious belief system. My journey gave me a much deeper
appreciation for where and how that departure came about ? some of
which has already been summarized in books and blog essays.
Tags: 1949, 1950, 1951, 2013, American Medical Association, American
Psychiatric Association, Dianetics, Doctor, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Winter,
Quicky, Squirrel
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Scott Pilutik helps us evaluate Scientology's petition to Texas appeals court
February 20, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/02/20/scott-pilutik-helps-us-evaluate-scientologys-petition-to-the-texas-appeals-court/
Scott Pilutik Yesterday, we posted Scientology's petition for a writ of
mandamus, as the church attempts to overturn the decision by Comal
County Judge Dib Waldrip allowing Monique Rathbun to depose Scientology
leader David Miscavige in her harassment lawsuit against the church.
We pointed out that the recitation of facts in the petition is very
familiar to those of us who have been following along with
Scientology's arguments since Monique filed her lawsuit in August. But
we wanted to get more perspective on the legal argument that
Scientology used in its petition, which was written by Wallace
Jefferson, who recently left his position as chief justice of the Texas
Supreme Court.
We turned to our legal adviser, Manhattan attorney Scott Pilutik, for
some insights.
Tags: 1990, 2007, Comal County, David Miscavige, Judge Dib Waldrip, Karen de
la Carriere, Manhattan, Mark Fisher, Microsoft, Mike Rinder, Monique Rathbun,
Quicky, Ray Jeffrey, Religious Technology Center, Scott Pilutik, SLAPP,
Texas, Texas Supreme Court, TX Lawyer, Wallace Jefferson
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We Have No Idea
February 20, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/we-have-no-idea/
The latest not to be shared email about the events in PAC next week.
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 From: AOLA <ao...@scientology.net>Subject:
- From:JIMMY BENNETT
Dear Xxxxx,
Tags: AOLA, ASHO, David Miscavige, Pope, Quicky
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Why wife of Scientology leader was 'banished'
February 20, 2014, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564168/The-truth-Scientologys-vanished-queen-How-leaders-lonely-devoted-wife-banished-secretive-base-defying-orders.html
The leader of Scientology, David Miscavige, banished his devoted wife
to a secretive base after she defied his orders and reshuffled his
staff while he was out of town, sources have claimed.
The revelations come after actress and Scientologist Leah Remini
sensationally filed a missing person's report last year, claiming that
Shelly Miscavige had been missing since 2007.
Police later said they had spoken with Shelly - but questions remained
about what had caused her sudden and lengthy disappearance from the
public stage she had once confidently graced.
Now Vanity Fair has spoken with sources who have given new insights
into David Miscavige's fiery temper, his wife's desire to appease him
despite her own loneliness and her ultimate banishment.
Tags: 1982, 1986, 2006, 2007, 2008, Chairman of the Board, Claire Headley,
David Miscavige, Dylan Gill, John Travolta, Katie Holmes, LAPD, Leah Remini,
Los Angeles, Marc Headley, Mike Rinder, Org Board, Police, Sea Org, Shelly
Miscavige, Tom Cruise, Twin Peaks, Vanity Fair
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Ideal Org Demolition
February 20, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ideal-org-demolition/
Yes, this IS a real email....
Give us money to demolish the Birmingham Ideal Org.
We are SOOO close to starting the demolition, we have our exclamation
points already engaged.
Tags: Birmingham, Dianetics, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, International
Association of Scientologists, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Scientology
Media Productions, Student Hat, UK
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Psychology: The Stanford Prison Experiment - BBC Documentary
February 20, 2015, PaulieJohnson, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb4Q20z0T1Q
Psychology: The Stanford Prison Experiment - BBC Documentary
The Stanford Prison Experiment, a dramatic simulation study of the
psychology of imprisonment and one of the best known psychology
experiments ever undertaken.Dr. Zimbardo takes us through the Stanford
Prison Experiment, in which healthy college students are transformed
into unstable prisoners and brutal prison guards within days by the
power of the situation in which they found themselves.
In 1971, psychologist Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues set out to
create an experiment that looked at the impact of becoming a prisoner
or prison guard. Zimbardo, a former classmate of Stanley Milgram (who
is best-known for his famous obedience experiment, was interested in
expanding upon Milgram's research. He wanted to further investigate the
the impact of situational variables on human behavior.
Tags: 1971, BBC, Documentary, Philip Zimbardo, Quicky, Researcher
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Scientology lashes out at documentary in rare public video
February 20, 2015, Sophie Jane Evans, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2961707/The-film-Scientology-really-doesn-t-want-watch-Sect-lashes-documentary-rare-public-video-claiming-director-s-father-published-CIA-propaganda.html
The Church of Scientology has launched a full-scale assault on a new
HBO documentary about the controversial religious sect, specifically
targeting its Oscar-winning director and claiming that his late father
- an acclaimed journalist - published CIA propaganda.
In more than 200 tweets, the church has tried to discredit Alex Gibney
and his sources in 'Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief',
which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month.
It has also issued a statement on the website of Freedom Magazine, its
news publication, claiming the documentary is 'propaganda',
'one-sided', full of 'false information' and features 'vengeful' sources.
Tags: 2006, 2008, 2013, Academy Award, Alex Gibney, California, CIA, Dead
Agent, Documentary, Fair Game, Frank Gibney, Freedom magazine, Going Clear:
Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood,
and the Prison of Belief, HBO, John Travolta, Lance Armstrong, Lawrence
Wright, Marty Rathbun, New York Times, Nicole Kidman, Park City, Scientology
Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, Tax, Tom Cruise, Utah, YouTube
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Scientology's Orwellian methods of control explained in a new book by
Jefferson Hawkins
February 20, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/02/20/friday/
Jefferson Hawkins has put out another book about Scientology - and this
one is based on the work he did here at the Underground Bunker in his
series about Scientology's bizarre system of 'ethics.'
He's updated and added to the series and collected it all in an ebook
which is available on Amazon. He also sent us the book's preface, and
we're going to reproduce it here.
Jeff is one of the wisest people we've met from the world of
Scientology, and we're fortunate to have his help here at the Bunker.
We hope you take the time to consider downloading his book
Tags: 2005, 2010, Amazon, California, Closing Minds, Counterfeit Dreams,
Ethics, Ethics Officer, Facebook, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and
the Prison of Belief, HBO, Int Base, Italy, Jefferson Hawkins, Karachi,
Leaving Scientology, Mission, Narconon, New York, Pakistan, Peru, San
Jacinto, Sea Org, Texas
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Hysteria of the SP's and 60X Expansion
February 20, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/hysteria-of-the-sps-and-60x-expansion/
Tom Cruise's brother in law, nominal "head" of "Criminon International"
and IAS fundraising shill has poured his heart into his latest letter
beseeching people to come hear him speak on behalf of the IAS (so he
can collect his FSM commissions).
This letter is fascinating on many levels:
He starts out in Chicken Little mode: look how bad things are, everyone
is against us and it is terrible. But with it comes the scientology
twist: all this PROVES we are winning. The "hysteria of the SP's" - ie
the constant stream of bad news that pours in the door - from media
coverage to legal losses and government prosecutions - is just "our
indication of win!" This sort of (il)logic may keep the sheeple
believing things are copacetic, but it also keeps them thinking there
is no need to change and they should carry on. And thus, they barrel
ahead on a path of total self-destruction. But I must say, it is nice
to see so much mention of their "detractors" and "SP's" and the
"growing pains" - obviously it is being noticed that things are not
going quite as smoothly as predicted.
Tags: 2013, Criminon, David Miscavige, Field Staff Member, Greg Capazorio,
International Association of Scientologists, Israel, Mission, Quicky, Sea
Org, South Africa, Tom Cruise
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Why Scientology's petition to the Texas Supreme Court mentions a dildo, and
other surprises
February 20, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/02/20/why-scientologys-petition-to-the-texas-supreme-court-mentions-a-dildo-and-other-surprises/
(El Cinco Supremo: Dave Lubow, Steve Sloat, Ed Bryan, Monty Drake, and
CSI)
As our experts predicted, Scientology's attorneys met their deadline
yesterday and petitioned the Texas Supreme Court in an attempt to have
an appellate decision reconsidered in Monique Rathbun's harassment
lawsuit against the church, even after the case has been put into some
question since Monique fired her own set of attorneys three weeks ago
and is without counsel.
In the filing, which we have for you below, the Church of Scientology
International (CSI) restates its version of the evidence in the case,
making it sound as favorable as possible for itself while making the
Rathbuns sound like calculating villains. But that doesn't really
matter. The state supreme court is not there to re-litigate the facts
of a case. So Scientology also presents arguments that it hopes will
convince the court that there's an issue here worth its time. (A
separate brief has been filed for CSI's fellow defendants, private
investigators and other operatives who took part in the yearslong
surveillance campaign aimed at Monique and her husband, former
Scientology official Mark "Marty" Rathbun.)
Tags: 2009, Alexander, Dubose, Jefferson & Townsend, Appeal, Austin, Church
of Scientology International, Comal County, David Lubow, David Miscavige,
Dildo, Doug Alexander, Ed Bryan, Elliott Cappuccio, First Amendment, Golden
Era Productions, Judge Dib Waldrip, Legal, Leslie Hyman, Marc Wiegand, Marty
Rathbun, Monique Rathbun, Monty Drake, Private investigator, Quicky, Rathbun
v. Scientology, Ray Jeffrey, Religious Technology Center, Scott Pilutik,
SLAPP, Squirrel, Steven Gregory Sloat, Super Bowl, Texas, Texas Citizens
Participation Act, Texas Supreme Court, Texas Third Court of Appeals, TX
Lawyer, US Supreme Court, Wallace Jefferson
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Lies Scientology Recruiters Tell You
February 20, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/lies-scientology-recruiters-tell-you/
Many people wonder how people in this day and age are recruited into
the Sea Org. If you have Google, I think the chances are that you might
check it out before you sign a billion year contract for anything.
And that is part of the answer as to who the few are that join the SO
today.
SO recruits come from two buckets:
Tags: Auditing, Europe, Google, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, OT VIII, Quicky, Sea Org,
Ukraine, Venezuela, Wogs
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Louis Farrakhan: Nation of Islam will stand by Scientology as Leah Remini
'goes in hard'
February 20, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2017/02/20/louis-farrakhan-nation-of-islam-will-stand-by-scientology-as-leah-remini-goes-in-hard/
Thanks to tipster "Communicator I/C" for alerting us last night that
Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan not only brought up
Scientology during his annual "Saviours' Day" keynote address yesterday
afternoon, but he mentioned Leah Remini by name (well, almost), and
seemed to question her motives for criticizing her former church.
For quite a few years, we've been keeping an eye on the odd
relationship that's developed between Farrakhan's group and David
Miscavige's Church of Scientology. As best we can tell, that
relationship began around the year 2006, when Scientologist and Baptist
minister the Rev. Alfreddie Johnson Jr. began bringing Farrakhan to
Hollywood Celebrity Centre events. According to NOI's official
publication The Final Call, Farrakhan began introducing Scientology
concepts to his Nation of Islam followers on May 8, 2010. Farrakhan had
come to the realization that L. Ron Hubbard (perhaps the whitest man
who ever lived) had valuable "wisdom" for the black nationalist
organization that Farrakhan has led since 1977.
Farrakhan asked his followers to study Hubbard's original text, the
1950 book Dianetics, which is known as "Book One" to Scientologists.
We've seen photographs of large convention rooms filled with hundreds
of NOI members doing "Book One auditing," which is the original form of
counseling that Hubbard developed and does not use an E-meter. More
than a thousand NOI members have been certified as Dianetics auditors,
according to The Final Call. We've also seen an increasing number of
Nation of Islam members doing actual Scientology, and progressing
rather far up Scientology's "Bridge to Total Freedom." But at this
point, we still don't see much convincing evidence of an actual merger
between the two groups.
Tags: 1950, 1977, 2006, 2010, 2011, A&E, Alfreddie Johnson, Barack Obama,
Bridge to Total Freedom, Celebrity Centre, David Miscavige, Detroit,
Dianetics, Disconnection, E-meter, Final Call, Hillary Clinton, Hollywood,
Leah Remini, Louis Farrakhan, Muammar Gaddafi, Muhammad, Nation of Islam,
Quicky, Scientology and the Aftermath, US Secretary of State
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Why is it so hard to find a Scientologist in good standing?
February 20, 2017, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2017/02/20/why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-a-scientologist-in-good-standing/
(Note: This article was first published at Tony Ortega's Underground
Bunker)
On Wednesday, Tony Ortega wrote that a Tampa federal judge continues to
uphold his ruling that a California couple, Louis and Rocio Garcia,
must submit their allegations of fraud to Scientology's internal
arbitration scheme - which doesn't, actually, exist. And part of their
frustration, the Garcia's allege, is that every time they select a
Scientologist they want to make an arbitrator in the Orwellian scheme,
Scientology finds a way to declare that person "not in good standing."
Even the judge admitted it was pretty impossible to figure out who is
and who isn't in "good standing" in the church.
What is a Scientologist in good standing anyway?
Tags: 1950, 1954, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2015, ABC, California, Claims
Verification Board, Critic, Cult, David Miscavige, Deseret News, Dianetics,
Disconnection, Heber Jentzsch, International Association of Scientologists,
International Justice Chief, IRS, Mike Ellis, Mike Rinder, Nightline, Paul
Burkhart, Potential Trouble Source, Quicky, Rocio Garcia, Sea Org, Tampa, Tax
exempt, Tom Cruise, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
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