Today in Scientology -- December 7th ******************************

[Scientology Today]

Today December 7th in Scientology history
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For some Scientologists, pilgrimage has been fatal
December 7, 1997, Lucy Morgan, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/23570056.html?dids=23570056:23570056&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT

From around the world, they come to Clearwater, looking for answers.

Week after week, they are drawn to the Church of Scientology, seeking
to improve or rebuild their lives.

But for a few of these pilgrims, the search has ended in death.

Tags: 1968, 1970, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 9/11,
9-1-1, Alisa Ulferts, Andreas Ostertag, Arthur Orwat, Australia, Ben Shaw,
Bernie McCabe, Brian Anderson, Carrie Slaughterbeck, Catholic, Clear,
Clearwater, Clearwater Police Department, Cleveland Street, Deaths, Detox,
Dunedin, Dutch, Epilepsy, Europe, Florida, Florida Department of Law
Enforcement, Fort Harrison, Germany, Hacienda, Hacienda Gardens, Halloween,
Heribert Pfaff, Indiana, Joan Wood, Josephus Havenith, Judy Fontana, Kim
Cassano, Lawyer, Lee Fugate, Lisa McPherson, Margaret Singer, Margarit
Winkelmann, Munich, Netherlands, Office of Special Affairs, Oregon, Orlando,
OT, Passport, Paul Maser, Perth, Peter Frei, Pinellas County, Police,
Psychiatric treatment, Pulitzer Prize, Roger Nind, Scientology lawyer,
Scientology staff, Stuttgart, Switzerland, Tallahassee, University of
California, Victoria, Wayne Shelor, Zurich

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Belief called irrelevant in death
December 7, 1999, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/120799/TampaBay/Belief_called_irrelev.shtml

In addition to constitutional arguments, the document filed Monday was
rife with new details about the case.

It accused high-ranking church staffers in Clearwater of misleading and
lying to police investigators and later to the public through
statements that sanitized the "nightmarish" details of McPherson's
demise at Scientology's Fort Harrison Hotel. She was held there for 17
days while experiencing a severe mental breakdown. She died Dec. 5,
1995, of a blood clot in her left lung.

One staffer, according to the document, later acknowledged lying to
police to protect himself and the church.

Tags: 1995, Benadryl, Bernie McCabe, Clearwater, Doug Crow, Eric Lieberman,
First Amendment, Flag Service Organization, Florida, Fort Harrison, IRS,
Judge Susan Schaeffer, Lisa McPherson, Mental breakdown, New York, Religious
Freedom Restoration Act, Scientology staff

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Margaret Singer, a Leading Brainwashing Expert, Dies at 82
December 7, 2003, Anahad O'Connor, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDF133DF934A35751C1A9659C8B63

Dr. Margaret Singer, a leading expert on brainwashing who testified in
several high-profile cases contending that various groups
inappropriately manipulated their members to control their behavior,
died on Nov. 23 in Berkeley, Calif. She was 82.

"Her testimony would help people understand the clinical impact of a
cult's manipulation and exploitation," said Dr. Richard Ofshe, a
sociology professor at the University of California at Berkeley who
worked with Dr. Singer for 20 years. "There was a constant stream of
people who would go into these organizations and end up in psychiatric
emergency rooms."

Dr. Singer's battles made her a target for harassment and death threats.
At times, she found dead animals on her doorstep.

Tags: Brainwashing, Branch Davidians, Margaret Singer, Moonies, Peoples
Temple, Richard Ofshe

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Applied Pressure - Should St. Louis County grant tax breaks to Scientology-
linked tutoring programs?
December 7, 2005, Kristen Hinman, Riverfront Times
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2005-12-07/news/applied-pressure/

Since purchasing the property in 2001 for $2.9 million, Applied
Scholastics has paid just one year's worth of property taxes. Now, the
organization owes St. Louis County nearly $350,000 and has until next
August to make good on at least some of that debt.

The organization has been fighting to obtain a tax break for more than
a year, saying its educational mission led the federal government to
grant it a charitable status back in 1972.

Tags: Applied Scholastics, Mary Adams, St. Louis

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Church of Scientology House in Memphis For Sale
December 7, 2007, Business Buzz, Memphis Flyer
http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/Content?oid=oid%3A36999

Here's a real bargain for those of you looking for a nice homey place
in Central Gardens: The Church of Scientology is offering to sell its
Memphis headquarters at 1440 Central for a mere $895,000.

Tags: Memphis, Real estate

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German ministers say Scientology unconstitutional
December 7, 2007, Louis Charbonneau, Reuters, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120700776.html

German federal and state interior ministers declared the Church of
Scientology unconstitutional on Friday, opening the door for a possible
ban on the organization.

Federal Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and 16 state interior
chiefs agreed "that we do not consider Scientology an organization that
is compatible with the constitution," Ehrhart Koerting, Berlin's
interior minister and chairman of a ministers' conference in Berlin,
told reporters.

Tags: Germany

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German officials want Church of Scientology banned in the country
December 7, 2007, Associated Press, Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071207.wscientology1207/BNStory/International/home

Top German officials announced Friday that they will seek to outlaw the
U.S.-based Church of Scientology.

The announcement came after a two-day conference of interior ministers
of Germany's 16 states well as federal Interior Minister Wolfgang
Schaeuble.

Berlin Interior Minister Erhart Koerting, who presided over the two-day
conference, told reporters that Scientology is an organization that is
not compatible with the German constitution.

Tags: Germany, Sabine Weber

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Germany moves to ban Scientology
December 7, 2007, Associated Press, CNN
http://us.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/07/germany.scientology.ap/index.html

Germany's top security officials said Friday they consider the goals of
the Church of Scientology to be in conflict with the principles of the
nation's constitution and will seek to ban the organization.

Tags: Germany, Sabine Weber

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Germany Prepares to Ban Scientology
December 7, 2007, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,522052,00.html

Germany's interior ministers announced on Friday that they considered
Scientology to be unconstitutional and said they would seek to ban the
organization.

Tags: Germany

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Germany to step up Scientology surveillance
December 7, 2007, dpa, Monsters and Critics
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1379378.php/Germany_to_step_up_Scientology_surveillance

German interior ministers said Friday they would step up police
surveillance of Scientology, the US creed which was established by a
science-fiction writer and is accused by German officials of extracting
money from its adherents.

Tags: Germany

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Germany's Interior Ministers Label Scientology Unconstitutional
December 7, 2007, Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2993985,00.html?maca=en-bonn-691-rdf

The interior ministers of the nation's 16 states as well as federal
Interior Minister Wolfgang Sch?uble "consider Scientology to be an
organization that is not compatible with the constitution," Berlin
Interior Minister Erhart K?rting told reporters after a two-day meeting
of the officials, on Friday, Dec. 7.

K?rting said Germany's domestic intelligence agencies would collect
material that could possibly serve as the basis for a ban of the sect.
Federal Interior Minister Sch?uble said there was not yet enough
information to justify a ban.

Tags: Germany

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Las Vegas Raelian Gets 'God-Free' U.S. Citizenship Ceremony
December 7, 2007, George Knapp, Las Vegas Now
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=7467900

The oath asks new citizens to swear to God and a promise to bear arms.
Kaenzig is a Raelian and doesn't believe in God. He's also a pacifist.

Federal officials agreed to change the oath to accommodate his beliefs.
Kaenzig knows his decision will tick off a lot of people but he thinks
it shouldn't.

Tags: Raelians

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Scientology responds to German ban proposal
December 7, 2007, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/07/scientology.response/index.html?iref=newssearch

The following is a response from the Church of Scientology to German
security officials stating they would seek to ban the organization in
the country:

Tags: Germany, Wolfgang Schauble

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Will Smith's new private school to teach Scientology
December 7, 2008, LiveNews
https://web.archive.org/web/20080702191850/http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/05/19/Will_Smiths_new_private_school_to_teach_Scientology

Will Smith's new private school, on which he has spent over a million
dollars, will have at least six Scientologists on staff and will teach
"study technology" - developed by L.R. Hubbard.

Smith's New Village Academy of Calabasas will have a curriculum
featuring elements from ten different strands of educational theory,
including Montessori and constructivism, as well as Scientology's
"study technology."

Tags: New Village Leadership Academy, Study Tech, Will Smith

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David Miscavige: The Narcissist
December 7, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/david-miscavige-the-narcissist/

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder in
which the individual is described as being excessively preoccupied with
issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity. Narcissistic
personality disorder is closely linked to egocentrism. - Wikipedia

As Mike Rinder, Dan Koon, Raul, and others will attest, not a single
word of a single Corporate Scientology event is not directed and/or
finally authorized by David Miscavige. He lives for Corporate
Scientology events. The latest IAS Freedom Medal winner - the Columbian
military man in the following video excerpt - is being honored for
distributing The Way To Happiness booklets (a moral code written by L
Ron Hubbard) in his country.

Mike Rinder, Dan Koon, Raul, and many other former International
Corporate Scientology base staff will attest that David Miscavige would
never lift a single finger to advance any such campaign.

Tags: Dan Koon, David Miscavige, Freedom Medal, International Association of
Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard, Mike Rinder, Quicky, Tom Cruise, Wikipedia

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Valeska Paris Receives Threat from Scientology Attorneys; And More on her
Time on the Freewinds
December 7, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/12/valeska_paris_scientology_threat_letter.php

Valeska Paris and Declan Last week, we wrote about Valeska Paris, the
Swiss-born Australian woman who says that from 1996 to 2007, she was
held against her will on Scientology's private cruise ship, the
Freewinds.

She says that Scientology leader David Miscavige moved her to the ship
in 1996 when she was 18 in order to keep her away from her own mother,
who had sued Scientology and denounced it on French television. For the
first six years of her time on the ship, Valeska says she was unable to
leave it without an escort.

Scientology denies that Valeska was held against her will, and now it
has had its attorneys in Sydney send her a threatening letter.

Tags: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, Aruba, Australia,
Chairman of the Board, Chris Guider, Clearing Congress, Commodore's Messenger
Organization, Congress, Cura?ao, David Miscavige, Denmark, E-meter, Eric
Pfeiffer, France, Freewinds, Germany, International Association of
Scientologists, Italy, Katie Holmes, London, Los Angeles, Maiden Voyage, Mike
Rinder, Penelope Cruz, Quicky, Ramana Dienes-Browning, Rehabilitation Project
Force, Sea Org, St. Kitts, Starlight Cabaret, Sydney, Tom Cruise, Touch
Assist, UK, Valeska Paris, Yahoo, Yahoo News

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Ken Dandar in Federal Court Today - And Loses Again
December 7, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2012/12/07/ken-dandar-in-federal-court-today-scientology-naturally-asks-for-sanctions/

UPDATE: JUDGE COVINGTON AGAIN DECLINES TO STEP IN ON KEN DANDAR'S
BEHALF. More on our afternoon update below

Ken Dandar gets his second chance today to convince federal Judge
Virginia Covington in Tampa, Florida that his civil rights are being
violated by a conspiracy between Florida's state courts and the Church
of Scientology.

Dandar is asking Covington to stop a proceeding in a Florida state
court, where Scientology is asking retired Judge Crockett Farnell to
award the church $1.1 million in sanctions against Dandar. At a hearing
on November 19, Covington told Dandar she had no standing to stop what
was happening in Farnell's court. Dandar then filed an amended
complaint which included new details about what he alleges is a
years-long conspiracy by Scientology to corrupt the state courts.

Tags: 2004, 2009, David Miscavige, Florida, Judge Crockett Farnell, Judge
Robert Beach, Judge Steven Merryday, Judge Virginia Covington, Ken Dandar,
Kyle Brennan, Lisa McPherson, NDA, Quicky, Tampa, Virginia, Wally Pope

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Renovation Announced for Church of Scientology on Yonge
December 7, 2012, Dylan Giuliano, Urban Toronto
http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2012/12/renovation-announced-church-scientology-yonge

The Scientologists have already moved out of their Yonge St. location
and have set up temporarilly at 77 Peter. The renovations certainly
plan to bring the colour contrast to what can often be a a drab area.
Below is the rendering for the completed project. Moderism purists will
not likely be happy with the new encrustations thoroughly replacing the
existing building's admittedly tired facade.

Tags: Ideal Org, Toronto

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Drew and Dede Johnston Sales Pitch
December 7, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/drew-and-dede-johnston-sales-pitch/

Once upon a time, Drew and Dede Johnston were respected Scientology
field auditors.

But they gave up that gig for the far more lucrative business of
earning commissions from money squeezed out of their fellow kool aid
drinkers.

Of course, they are going to promote the astonishing wonders of Super
Power, just like they promoted the wonders of Objectives and Purif and
reading the Basics and the Purif or whatever the latest blanket "why"
is. So, here they go, superlatives, generalities and exclamation points
cocked and loaded, giving their newest reg pitches in the guise of
"success stories."

Tags: 1978, Basics, Chairman of the Board, Clear, Flag Service Organization,
L. Ron Hubbard, Purif, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Rocket ride,
Sandy Dodwell, Super Power

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Lori Hodgson and her son Jeremy: What you didn't hear on Inside Edition
December 7, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/12/07/lori-hodgson-and-her-son-jeremy-what-you-didnt-hear-on-inside-edition/

Yesterday, Lori Hodgson was seen on Inside Edition making a surprise
visit to her son, Jeremy Leake, in Austin.

This isn't the first time Lori has attempted to see her son in Texas
after Jeremy and his sister Jessica both "disconnected" from their
mother following her defection from the Church of Scientology.

In May, she also traveled from California to Jeremy's workplace to
confront him, as we reported then. This time, she brought along a
camera crew and flagged down her son in the parking lot of the
motorcycle shop where Jeremy works, Woods Fun Center.

Tags: 2010, Austin, California, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Disconnection,
Howard Stern, Inside Edition, Jeremy Leake, Kirstie Alley, Leah Remini, Lisa
McPherson, Lori Hodgson, Mark Bunker, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, Squirrel
Busters, Steps A to E, Suppressive Person, Texas

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What is Critical Thinking?
December 7, 2013, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
http://mncriticalthinking.com/2013/12/07/what-is-critical-thinking/

Every single day, each one of us are assaulted with information. Facts
and figures are thrown at us by the news media, advertisers, our boss,
our subordinates, friends and family. Data comes in all different forms
and varieties, from commercials claiming 4 out of 5 dentists recommend
a particular toothpaste, to rumors about celebrities, to "facts" being
taught to our children in schools. Just about every single person you
run into or see or hear is feeding you information and claiming it is
true.

It's been said we are living in the Information Age. And that is
because with computers, cell phones and other technology, vast amounts
of data are spread rapidly around the world each minute of the day. The
volume is unprecedented in history. Never before have we had this kind
of free flow of data. It used to take months or even years for news of
events to pass from area to area, from country to country. It used to
take days or weeks for rumors to spread between friends and family in
different cities. Now all of this takes just seconds.

Information comes at you for lots of reasons. Some people are trying to
sell you something, some are just trying to be helpful or give you
advice, while others are knowingly attempting to fool or deceive you.
In the end, it is you who has to come to some conclusion or decision
about whether a particular piece of information is valid and whether
you are going to act on it or use it. People who lack critical thinking
skills can easily be sold products that don't work, take horrible
advice because it comes from "someone they trust" and even lose their
jobs, their family or their lives. The decisions you make are only as
good as the information you are operating with. If you have bad data,
you will make bad decisions or come to wrong conclusions.

Tags: Critic, Quicky

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Donald Westbrook: Scientology as "Spiritual Technology"
December 7, 2014, Donald Westbrook, Cosmologics Magazine
http://cosmologicsmagazine.com/donald-westbrook-scientology-as-spiritual-technology/

This use of mass media should alone raise questions regarding the role
of technology as a tool in disseminating Scientology-and indeed
religion at large-in the twenty-first century. But if we examine the
most recent Super Bowl ad closely, it becomes clear that it represents
more than Scientology's use of savvy modern marketing. Rather, it
suggests that, for Scientologists, the categories of science and
technology themselves occupy vastly different spaces than they do in
more "mainstream" faiths. As this video illustrates, Scientology is a
modern religion whose central theological claim is that it combines
technology and spirituality, and as such challenges the notion that the
categories of science and religion are incompatible or mutually
exclusive.

Tags: Buddhism, E-meter, Frank Flinn, Gnosticism, Super Bowl

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Flag's "Late Breaking (No Longer Good) News"
December 7, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/flags-late-breaking-no-longer-good-news/

After months of publishing his "Good News" briefings in inverted
commas, Jeff Mintz has now changed the title to "Late Breaking" news.

Whatever he wants to call it - it's a really poor show. He might as
well take the same figures every week and just change the date. This is
LOOOONG term flat (Emergency condition). Month after month. And if
there was any international expansion happening in scientology, it
would have shown up at Flag by now. After all, it's nearly twenty years
since the "Golden Age Of Tech" and more than a decade since the "Ideal
Orgs Strategy" and more than a year since the opening of the SP Building.

Flag is the measure of ALL things happening in scientology, as with the
old Roman Empire - all scientology roads lead to Flag. So, while they
continue to pressure and squeeze the lower levels to send everyone they
possibly can to Flag, the continue to dribble along with an empty
building and the same stat levels for a year. And these numbers they
are so proud of are the number a SINGLE CLASS V Org should be producing.
20 Purif Comps and 10 Clears a week? IF London was doing that, they
wouldn't be scratching the surface of the population of Queen Victoria
St, let alone the whole of London. These numbers are only impressive to
the seals because they are used to an org producing ONE Purif
Completion, NO Clears and a few "basic book" comps a week.

Tags: Clear, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, Jeff Mintz, London, OT VII,
Purif, Quicky, Super Power, Victoria

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Scientology Sunday Funnies: Special Pearl Harbor Day edition!
December 7, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/12/07/scientology-sunday-funnies-special-pearl-harbor-day-edition/

The Church of Scientology has had many days of infamy, but one thing's
for sure - leader David Miscavige and his organization sure keep up the
pretense that they're going full speed ahead.

This week, our great tipsters sent us another collection of new
fundraising fliers smuggled out of the church. And among them was a
fancy new multi-part campaign of rah-rah about the Ideal Org program.

Miscavige is still trying to get more and more money out of fewer and
fewer people so ordinary "orgs" can be replaced with very expensive
Ideal Orgs, often in historic buildings that require millions in
renovations. And the result? We've seen evidence around the country
that Ideal Orgs sit empty. But Miscavige has to keep the remaining
folks believing that an Ideal Org is a miraculous magnet that brings in
new people and rapidly moves them up the "Bridge to Total Freedom."

Tags: AOLA, Auckland, BBC, Bridge to Total Freedom, Charter Committee, Craig
Jensen, Damian Kevitt, David Miscavige, DC, Dianetics, HBO, Ideal Org,
International Association of Scientologists, Jeffrey Augustine, Jim Meskimen,
Karen de la Carriere, KCET, Ken Hoden, Los Angeles, Mexico, Nancy Cartwright,
New Zealand, OT, Rome, Sunday Funnies, Sydney

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The Church of Scientology and Tax Exemption - Part 2
December 7, 2014, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
http://scientologymoneyproject.com/2014/12/07/the-church-of-scientology-and-tax-exemption-part-2/

WHAT DOES "RELIGIOUS TAX EXEMPTION" MEAN IN AMERICA?

Thanks to free speech, any group in America can call itself a religion.
However, only the IRS is allowed to make a determination on behalf of
the US Government that a particular group is organized for religious
purposes, operates for the public benefit, and therefore qualifies for
religious tax exempt status. Under the IRS code, qualifying religious
and charitable groups receive 501(c)(3) status.

Not all religious groups in America have tax exemption - and not all
religious groups want tax exemption. Some religious groups want nothing
whatsoever to do with the US Government and so refuse to file the
required application for 501(c)(3) status. The application is called a
Form 1023.

Tags: 1954, 1963, 1981, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2012, 2013, Charitable, Christian,
Church of Scientology of California, Congress, First Amendment, IRS, Music,
Quicky, Tax, Texas, Tony Alamo, United States Court of Appeals, US Supreme
Court, Wikipedia

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Is Quinn Taufer Qualified For The Sea Org?
December 7, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/is-quinn-taufer-qualified-for-the-sea-org/

Seriously, do they really buy this bunk?

"The mock up now is to make Albuquerque the fastest org in the world to
go Ideal."

WTF are you talking about Quinn? They have been being hammered to be
"ideal" just like all the other orgs around the world since 2003. Well
over a decade.

Tags: 2003, Albuquerque, L. Ron Hubbard, LSD, Quicky, Quinn Taufer, Sea Org

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Jeffrey Augustine: Part two of his conversation with Jesse Prince
December 7, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/12/07/jeffrey-augustine-part-two-of-his-conversation-with-jesse-prince/

We're still recovering from our big series on Lisa McPherson. In the
meantime, Jeffrey Augustine sent over a copy of his latest podcast, a
continuation of his conversation with Jesse Prince.

Jesse wasn't in Clearwater when Lisa McPherson died, but he does offer
up some observations about that incident - at one point, he was
prepared to testify as an expert witness in the civil litigation about
her death.

Looking forward to your thoughts, as always...

Tags: Clearwater, Jeffrey Augustine, Jesse Prince, Lisa McPherson, Quicky

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Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, and Scientology
December 7, 2016, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2016/12/07/leah-remini-mike-rinder-and-scientology/

The second episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath aired
this evening on A&E. This episode featured Scientology's former
international spokesman Mike Rinder and his wife Christie Collbran.

This episode exposed the sadistic ways in which the Church of
Scientology - using tax exempt dollars - stalked, harassed, spied on,
and Fair Gamed Mike and Christie. It was shocking to watch. The Church
of Scientology is always worse than you think; it really is a malicious
organization whose 501(c)3 tax exemption needs to be revoked for cause
by the IRS.

To say that tonight's episode was powerful is an understatement. Leah's
show is tremendous television that reaches deeply and existentially
into the Scientology experience and its aftermath.

Tags: 2015, A&E, Christie Collbran, David Miscavige, Fair Game, IRS, Leah
Remini, Mike Rinder, New Year's Eve, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sea Org,
Something Can Be Done About It, YouTube

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Scientology Aftermath Episode 2 Aftermath
December 7, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-aftermath-episode-2-aftermath/

The show has aired, my laundry has been hung out for all to see, and
now it's on to Episode 3.

As always, I am interested in your views - including criticisms and
things you think might be better explained or covered (and I will try
not to respond to everything with "it's in a later episode.")

I also suspect there are quite a number of new people who are coming to
this blog for the first time. To all of you, welcome.

Tags: Critic, Dead Agent, Disconnection, Leah Remini, Quicky

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What to get the Scientologist who has everything: It's the Scientology Xmas
Catalog!
December 7, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/12/07/what-to-get-the-scientologist-who-has-everything-its-the-scientology-xmas-catalog/

We interrupt Leah Remini's dismantling of the Church of Scientology to
remind you that you have only 18 days left to finish your Christmas
shopping. And as ever, you'll need some extra help when it comes to
that perennial conundrum facing us all - what to get the Scientologist
on your list.

You see, Scientologists tend to make a big deal about Christmas. Even
their celebrities, who can't be bothered to show up for the grand
opening of a new church, will put on funny costumes and take part in
the skits and tributes that are performed at the Winter Wonderland
exhibit on Hollywood Boulevard.

But here's the thing that no Scientology celebrity will tell you: L.
Ron Hubbard, in the organization's secretive upper-level teachings,
reveals that Jesus Christ, and Christianity, is just a mental implant,
cruelly foisted upon the human race by Xenu the galactic overlord some
75 million years ago. "The man on the cross, there was no Christ,"
Hubbard says quite clearly in a 1968 lecture.

Tags: 1968, 2007, Basics, Chill EB, Christian, David Miscavige, E-meter,
Hollywood, Jesus Christ, Joy Villa, Leah Remini, Noelle North, Quicky,
Scientology celebrity, Winter Wonderland, Xenu

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