Today in Scientology -- November 1st ***********************************************************

[Scientology Today]

Today November 1st in Scientology history
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Scientology from inside out
November 1, 1993, Robert Vaughn Young, Quill magazine
http://www.xenu.net/archive/go/quill.htm

THEY SAY THE first step in any recovery program is the admission, so
here it is: I handled public relations (PR) and the media for L. Ron
Hubbard and his Scientology empire for 20 years.

It is no accident that I avoid saying "Church of Scientology" -- the
trademarked corporate name. The Scientology world is much larger than
merely the "Church" of Scientology (see sidebar "Secular,"). It is a
labyrinth of corporate shells that, like a hall of mirrors, was
designed to baffle all but the initiated. Add to that an arcane
language and dedicated "PRs" trained to divert and control inquiries,
and it becomes obvious why few outsiders have been able to comprehend
the Scientology hydra, let alone write about it. I hope this will make
it easier.

Tags: Author Services Inc, Bill Horn, Bill Press, Bridge Publications, CCHR,
Curtis Krueger, David Miscavige, Dead Agent, FBI, Gilman Hot Springs, Golden
Era Productions, Guardian's Office, Int Base, John Richardson, L. Ron
Hubbard, Office of Special Affairs, Raid, Religious Technology Center, Robert
Welkos, Scottish Highland Quietude Club, Sea Org, Sterling Management, The
Way to Happiness, WISE

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Caught in the Crossfire
November 1, 1996, Wendy M. Grossman, Wired
https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.11/updata.html

The debate is familiar: are Internet posters who quote published
material engaging in free speech or have they purloined copyrighted
intellectual property? In the battle between the Church of Scientology
(COS) and the Net, the shrapnel's still flying. As long ago as May
1995, posters on alt.religion.scientology were betting that California
Nethead Grady Ward would be the next Church target. On March 21, 1996,
those predictions were borne out: the COS filed a lawsuit accusing Ward
of anonymously posting a series of texts under the moniker "Scamizdat"
- documents containing secrets normally seen by Scientologists only
after years of expensive study. The Church also obtained a preliminary
injunction, forcing Ward to cease any activity that would violate COS
copyright of the materials."

Tags: alt.religion.scientology, alt.scientology.war, Arnaldo Lerma, Dennis
Erlich, Grady Ward, Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition, Helena
Kobrin, Judge Brinkema, Judge Whyte, Keith Henson, Netcom, Scamizdat

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Cult Apology: A Modest (Typological) Proposal
November 1, 2002, Douglas E. Cowan, Cornerstone Magazine
https://web.archive.org/web/20021203012913/http://www.cornerstonemag.com/cart/txt/cowanSSR02.htm

Paper presented to the 2002 Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion Conference "Boundaries and Commitments in NRM Research"
November 1-3, 2002, Salt Lake City, Utah

Tags: Anson Shupe, Anton Hein, Apologetic, Benjamin Zablocki, Catherine
Wessinger, David Bromley, Douglas Cowan, Eileen Barker, Gordon Melton, Jeff
Hadden, Jim Lewis, Margaret Singer, Massimo Introvigne, Stephen Kent, Theresa
Krebs, Thomas Robbins, Tilman Hausherr

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All Women Hate Tom Cruise: Officialish
November 1, 2006, Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray
http://www.hecklerspray.com/all-women-hate-tom-cruise-officialish/20065601.php

Tom Cruise is going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment ? what
with being ridiculed for his crazy religion and his suspicious
girlfriend and child ? so what better way to spend an afternoon
mercilessly kicking him when he's down?

Tags: Paramount, Sumner Redstone, Tom Cruise

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Cruise lost his appeal for women
November 1, 2006, Emma Price, Earthtimes
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/10067.html

Behind every successful man is a woman. But this time, there's a woman
behind successful Hollywood star Tom Cruise's sacking from Paramount
Pictures, the woman being the studio's head honcho Sumner Redstone's
wife Paula.

Tags: Sumner Redstone, Tom Cruise

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Film studio chief ended Tom Cruise deal when his wife started to hate star's
antics
November 1, 2006, The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/tomcruise/Film-studio-chief-ended-Tom.2823223.jp

THE man who ended the actor Tom Cruise's 14-year-relationship with
Paramount Pictures has admitted he was influenced by his wife, because
she and "women everywhere" had started to hate the star.

Sumner Redstone, 83, the head of Viacom, stunned Hollywood this year
when he revealed that the studio would sever its ties with the actor's
production company, accusing him of "creative suicide" with his
outlandish behaviour.

Tags: Paramount, Paula Wagner, Sumner Redstone, Tom Cruise

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Spanish court rules Scientology can be listed as a religion
November 1, 2007, AFP, Google
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-V0Ui506lPl-r8ImubpdUjFbuYA

MADRID (AFP) - A court in Spain has ruled in favour of listing the
controversial Church of Scientology among the nation's official
register of religions, according to a decision obtained by AFP Thursday.

The administrative tribunal of Madrid's High Court ruled that a 2005
justice ministry decision to scrap the church from the register was
"against the law."

Tags: Spain

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The Tragic Legacy of the Children of God
November 1, 2007, Jay Schadler, ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3797272

In the late 1960s David Berg -- the self-proclaimed prophet and
Children of God founder -- began preaching a bizarre brew of sex and
scripture. In writings and preaching, Berg advocated free love among
his disciples, including adult-child sex.

"Berg was actually a genius because he would test drive these bizarre
theologies, bizarre teachings, within his own inner circle," said
Lattin. "So very early on, still in the late '60s, he would start
having these sharing parties where he would go around naked with a
bottle of the wine saying all things are pure and they'd have these
orgies but no one knew that outside of the inner circle."

"These guys don't just drop out of the sky," Lattin said of Berg's
appeal. "So why are people following this guy if he's a monster and a
drunk and a maniac? [Because] Berg came directly out of the Christian
evangelical tradition."

Tags: Children of God, Claire Borowik, David Berg, Family International,
Karen Zerby, Murder, Suicide

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Celebrities lead charge against Scientology
November 1, 2009, Peter Beaumont, The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/22/scientology-cruise-haggis-us-australia

The occasion was a memorial service for Scientology's top legal adviser
for a quarter of a century, Earle Cooley. The controversial head of
Scientology worldwide, David Miscavige, delivered the eulogy, thanking
his late friend for his contribution to the neo-religion during his
career, much of which was spent pursuing journalists and former members
who spoke out against it.

Miscavige may since have wondered privately what Cooley would have made
of the events of last week. Scientology, founded in 1953 by the late
science fiction pulp novelist, serial fantasist and inveterate
self-publicist L Ron Hubbard, is under fire again across the globe,
following years of struggle to be recognised - with some success - as a
legitimate church.

Tags: Aaron Saxton, Abortion, Anonymous, Assault, Australia, Blown for Good,
Carmel Underwood, Celebrity Centre, Cyrus Brooks, David Miscavige,
Disconnection, Earle Cooley, Jason Beghe, Kevin Rudd, LGBTQ, Marc Headley,
Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Nick Xenophon, Paul Haggis, Paul Schofield, Tom
Cruise, Tom DeVocht, Tommy Davis

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David Miscavige - Washington DC Ideal Org Opening Speech part 1 of 2
November 1, 2009, Church0fScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkIPZ1HDLJ0

Filmed 10/31/09

This is the best video we could get of him talking. You can

see him behind the tree. That podium he is standing at is just over 3
feet tall.

Tags: David Miscavige, DC, Ideal Org, Quicky, Washington

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David Miscavige - Washington DC Ideal Org Opening Speech part 2 of 2
November 1, 2009, Church0fScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGzdv9V5q3c

Filmed 10/31/09

This is the best video we could get of him talking. You can see him
behind the tree. That podium he is standing at is just over 3 feet tall.

This is part 2 of 2.

Tags: David Miscavige, DC, Ideal Org, Quicky, Washington

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Defections, court fights test Scientology
November 1, 2009, Eric Gorski, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/01/national/a100041S26.DTL&feed=rss.news_nation

The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season.

Over the course of two days last week, a French court convicted the
church of fraud and Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis' resignation
from the church over a litany of concerns was aired publicly. On one
hand, it was just another bad press week for the embattled institution
founded in 1953 by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.

But for former Scientologists and scholars of the movement, the
setbacks pose a greater challenge coming on the heels of defections of
top-level Scientologists who lifted a veil of secrecy on the
organization and alleged a culture of violence and control under
Hubbard's successor, David Miscavige.

"With any organization, the loss of a substantial number of your most
experienced people and chaos at the upper levels is problematic," said
David Bromley, a Virginia Commonwealth University professor who studies
new religious movements and has written on Scientology. "There are PR
implications, the possibility of legal actions ... That dwarfs the
other things."

Tags: David Bromley, David Miscavige, France, Gordon Melton, Hugh Urban,
Jason Beghe, Jefferson Hawkins, Marty Rathbun, Paul Haggis, Susan Palmer,
Tommy Davis

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Ex-officer says Scientology policy didn't match directive
November 1, 2009, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1048114.ece

Marty Rathbun said he participated in a criminal act to protect the
church against a possible security breach.

Longtime executive Terri Gamboa and her husband, Fernando, abandoned
their posts in January 1990, setting off what Rathbun called a
"seven-alert fire."

Terri Gamboa was executive director of Author Services Inc., the
independent corporation set up by founder L. Ron Hubbard to control
rights to his intellectual properties.

Tags: 1990, Author Services Inc, David Miscavige, Hubbard's estate, Kurt
Weiland, Marty Rathbun, Nashville, Private investigator, Quicky, Terri
Gamboa, Tommy Davis

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Has Scientology been watching Pat Broeker for two decades?
November 1, 2009, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1048116.ece

Pat Broeker could say what no one else in Scientology could: He
outranked David Miscavige.

But he left the church in 1989 and started a new life in Colorado.
Still, Miscavige worried about him.

"He (Miscavige) came directly to me," Marty Rathbun recalled. "He said,
'Marty, you get on this guy. I want to know every move he makes.' "

Tags: 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2007, Colorado, David Miscavige, Denver, FBI,
IRS, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Pat Broeker, Washington, Wyoming

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'I just want to get on with my life' after Scientology
November 1, 2009, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1048131.ece

She spent 17 years in Scientology's work force, the Sea Org, moved by
the church's mantra that Scientologists held the future of the planet
in their hands.

She tells of a life filled with intense repetition of Scientology's
precepts and "ethics" and a grueling lifestyle where Sea Org members
constantly needed to prove their fealty to the church. If your bosses
had doubts about your performance or your thoughts, you faced
humiliating work and periods of sleep deprivation.

Tags: 1977, 1984, 1990, 1993, Amy Scobee, Betsy Perkins, Betty Jane Wilhoit,
Burbank, California, Chris Byrne, Clearwater, Dallas, E-meter, Fort Harrison,
Gary Morehead, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ontario, Rehabilitation Project Force,
San Francisco, Sea Org, Sec Check, Shawn Morrison, Suppressive Person,
University of New Mexico

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L. Ron Hubbard on 'Leaving and leaves'
November 1, 2009, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1048136.ece

LEAVING AND LEAVES

In the mid 1970s, L. Ron Hubbard ran his church from aboard his ship,
the Apollo, sailing from port to port. He handwrote his notes, in red
ink for a bulletin, in green ink for a policy letter. He said two
things about those who want to leave: don't keep staff who don't want
to be there, but don't let them go without "sec checking" them, to make
sure they won't harm themselves or the religion.

HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

Tags: 1970, 1976, Apollo, East Grinstead, OT, Quicky, Saint Hill Manor, Sec
Check, Suppressive Person, Sussex

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Scientology glossary, lingo, acronyms
November 1, 2009, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/scientology-glossary-lingo-acronyms/1048137

Scientology has a language of its own. Here are some terms used in
these stories.

Auditing: Counseling that "helps an individual look at his own
existence and improves his ability to confront what he is and where he
is." The auditor uses an E-meter, a device that measures the subject's
reaction to questions, helping the auditor locate areas of distress.
From the Latin, audire, to hear or listen.

Blow: To leave suddenly; a staffer who leaves the Sea Org without
following procedure.

Tags: 1987, Auditing, Chairman of the Board, Conditions, Covert Data
Collection, David Miscavige, DC, Dianetics, Disconnection, E-meter, Knowledge
Report, Office of Special Affairs, Overt Data Collection, Private
investigator, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Religious Technology
Center, Sea Org, Suppressive Person, Whole track, Wogs

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Scientology: What happened in Vegas, Part 2 of 3 in a special report on the
Church of Scientology
November 1, 2009, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
https://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/scientology-what-happened-in-vegas-part-2-of-3-in-a-special-report-on-the/1048123

A short walk down Hollywood Boulevard from where tourists take pictures
of sidewalk shrines to movie stars is the Hollywood Guaranty Building,
12 floors of Scientology offices. The top floor is "OSA-Intel," the
Office of Special Affairs' intelligence unit.

That's where David Lubow sent his reports. Church staff routed them to
Mike Rinder, the director of OSA, and Marty Rathbun, Inspector General
of the Religious Technology Center, the church's top ecclesiastical
authority. Staff knew him as Miscavige's right hand man. Rathbun said
he routinely forwarded Lubow's reports to the leader.

Rathbun worked with Rinder's OSA team, which handled legal matters,
investigations and media relations. Rinder was the church's chief
public spokesman for 20 years, nationally and internationally,
defending the church in countless interviews.

Tags: 1969, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998,
1999, 2004, 2007, Apollo, Australia, Author Services Inc, California,
Clearwater, Covert Data Collection, David Lubow, David Miscavige, DC,
Dianetics, Elliot Abelson, Fernando Gamboa, Ferris Khan, Florida, Freewinds,
Gene Decheff, Guardian's Office, Hollywood, Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
Guaranty Building, Hong Kong, Houston, Inspector General, IRS, Italy, Janis
Gillham, Jesse Prince, Kendrick Moxon, Kenny Lipton, Kurt Weiland, L. Ron
Hubbard, Las Vegas, Linda Hamel, Lisa McPherson, Los Angeles, Mark Fisher,
Marty Rathbun, Mary Sue Hubbard, Melbourne, Mexico, Mike Rinder, Mortgage,
Nicole Kidman, Office of Special Affairs, OPP, Overt Data Collection, Pam
Khan, Paul Grady, Phoenix, Private investigator, Puerto Vallarta, Religious
Technology Center, San Fernando Valley, Scientology lawyer, Scientology
staff, Sea Org, Spokane, St. Petersburg Times, Stacy Brooks, Tampa, Terri
Gamboa, Terri Gillham, Texas, Thomas C. Tobin, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis

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Scientology's response
November 1, 2009, Tommy Davis, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1048141.ece

Church spokesman Tommy Davis says the Times' sources admitted they left
Scientology because they could not meet the church's strict ethical
standards. Now they are lying, he says, and the Times is helping
advance their agenda. Here is the Church of Scientology's response to
their allegations, submitted as a 10-page letter:

+ + +

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Tags: 1993, 2006, 2007, Angie Blankenship, Berlin, Blow Drill, Bruce Hines,
Chairman of the Board, Church of Scientology International, Claire Headley,
Clearwater, David Miscavige, DC, Denver, Disconnection, Florida, Freedom
magazine, George Rahdert, Germany, Hemet, Int Base, International Association
of Scientologists, International Justice Chief, IRS, Italy, Jennifer Linson,
Jim Jones, Joe Childs, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mark Fisher, Marty
Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Mission, Narconon, Neil Brown, Nightline, Office of
Special Affairs, Private investigator, Quicky, Rome, Russ Bellin, Santa Ana,
Sea Org, Spain, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Times, Suppressive Person,
Thailand, Tom Tobin, Washington

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The Scientology response
November 1, 2009, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1048115.ece

The church said its leader, David Miscavige, and other church officials
did not hire private investigators, church attorneys did. The church
directs that its attorneys and their agents follow all laws and
regulations and adhere to the highest ethical standards. "If Rathbun
and Rinder used PIs to 'abuse poor innocent people,' they are the only
ones to blame," spokesman Tommy Davis said. The Times submitted written
questions to the church about David Lubow and Ferris Khan's involvement
with former church staff in Las Vegas. The church responded by
discussing church practices but made no mention of Lubow or Khan.

MARK FISHER

FROM SCIENTOLOGY FILES:

Tags: 1990, 2007, 2008, Anonymous, David Lubow, David Miscavige,
Disconnection, Ethics Order, Ferris Khan, Las Vegas, Private investigator,
Quicky, Thailand, Tommy Davis

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Who's who in this installment
November 1, 2009, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1048135.ece

The ecclesiastical leader of Scientology since 1987, when he became
chairman of the board of the Religious Technology Center. The RTC is
responsible for preserving, maintaining and protecting Scientology and
ensuring that its practices hold true to the original "technology" set
out by founder L. Ron Hubbard.

He dropped out of high school and joined Scientology staff in
Clearwater, where among other jobs he delivered telexes and worked as a
steward. In early 1977 he was sent to La Quinta, Calif., to work with
Hubbard, who was making Scientology training films. By age 19, he
headed the Commodore's Messenger Organization, responsible for sending
out teams to investigate church problem areas.

Tags: 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990,
1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, Bruce Hines, California,
Clearwater, Colorado, Commodore's Messenger Organization, Corpus Christi,
David Miscavige, Denver, Divorce, E-meter, Gary Morehead, Guardian's Office,
Inspector General, IRS, Jackie Wolff, La Quinta, Los Angeles, Marty Rathbun,
Mary Sue Hubbard, Michelle Miscavige, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs,
Philadelphia, Portland, Rehabilitation Project Force, Religious Technology
Center, Scientology staff, Sea Org, Sinar Parman, Telex, Texas, Tommy Davis

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1 of 3: Karen Pressley - Not In My Back Yard: Cults, Communities, and Concerns
November 1, 2010, Reach4TheTippingPt, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksslV5um5rg

Part 1 of 3 of a presentation to the Georgia Sociological Association
by Karen Pressley.

Why would a community consider its health or safety threatened if a
cult moves into town? Who should bear the burden for religious
tolerance and freedom of religion? This paper examines the NIMBY
syndrome ("not in my back yard") relevant to cultic groups. Drawing
from my 16 years of experience as a former member and staff at the
Church of Scientology senior management level, and subsequent expert
consultant on Scientology, I examine my work with community members on
how to address Scientology's infiltration into their communities. This
study looks at data from consultations across the southeastern U.S.,
particularly across Georgia, between 2002 - 2010. I combine
Noelle-Neumann's communication theory, the Spiral of Silence, with
Ludwig Feurbach's anthropological principle and Durkheim's views about
religion to examine the concept of a safe community within the context
of religious diversity in a contemporary social environment. Findings
suggest that support for religious freedom is contradicted by
opposition to cultic groups as risk-generating influences. A growing
fear of cults equated with terrorism, mass suicides, brainwashing, and
exploitation of followers is expressed through a rising form of
anti-social activism in communities against groups perceived as cults.

For more information please visit:

Tags: 2002, Academic, Cult, Georgia, Karen Pressley, Quicky

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2 of 3: Karen Pressley - Not In My Back Yard: Cults, Communities, and Concerns
November 1, 2010, Reach4TheTippingPt, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZddlVcejR_M

Part 2 of 3 of a presentation to the Georgia Sociological Association
by Karen Pressley.

Why would a community consider its health or safety threatened if a
cult moves into town? Who should bear the burden for religious
tolerance and freedom of religion? This paper examines the NIMBY
syndrome ("not in my back yard") relevant to cultic groups. Drawing
from my 16 years of experience as a former member and staff at the
Church of Scientology senior management level, and subsequent expert
consultant on Scientology, I examine my work with community members on
how to address Scientology's infiltration into their communities. This
study looks at data from consultations across the southeastern U.S.,
particularly across Georgia, between 2002 - 2010. I combine
Noelle-Neumann's communication theory, the Spiral of Silence, with
Ludwig Feurbach's anthropological principle and Durkheim's views about
religion to examine the concept of a safe community within the context
of religious diversity in a contemporary social environment. Findings
suggest that support for religious freedom is contradicted by
opposition to cultic groups as risk-generating influences. A growing
fear of cults equated with terrorism, mass suicides, brainwashing, and
exploitation of followers is expressed through a rising form of
anti-social activism in communities against groups perceived as cults.

For more information please visit:

Tags: 2002, Academic, Cult, Georgia, Karen Pressley, Quicky

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3 of 3: Karen Pressley - Not In My Back Yard: Cults, Communities, and Concerns
November 1, 2010, Reach4TheTippingPt, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwd_5H2Qg_0

Part 3 of 3 of a presentation to the Georgia Sociological Association
by Karen Pressley.

Why would a community consider its health or safety threatened if a
cult moves into town? Who should bear the burden for religious
tolerance and freedom of religion? This paper examines the NIMBY
syndrome ("not in my back yard") relevant to cultic groups. Drawing
from my 16 years of experience as a former member and staff at the
Church of Scientology senior management level, and subsequent expert
consultant on Scientology, I examine my work with community members on
how to address Scientology's infiltration into their communities. This
study looks at data from consultations across the southeastern U.S.,
particularly across Georgia, between 2002 - 2010. I combine
Noelle-Neumann's communication theory, the Spiral of Silence, with
Ludwig Feurbach's anthropological principle and Durkheim's views about
religion to examine the concept of a safe community within the context
of religious diversity in a contemporary social environment. Findings
suggest that support for religious freedom is contradicted by
opposition to cultic groups as risk-generating influences. A growing
fear of cults equated with terrorism, mass suicides, brainwashing, and
exploitation of followers is expressed through a rising form of
anti-social activism in communities against groups perceived as cults.

For more information please visit:

Tags: 2002, Academic, Cult, Georgia, Karen Pressley, Quicky

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Hotel owner claims bad TripAdvisor reviews are 'anti-Scientology' campaign
November 1, 2010, Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1325617/TripAdvisor-bad-reviews-prompt-Camelot-Castle-owner-hire-online-reputation-management-company.html

Mr Mappin, who counts fellow Scientologists Tom Cruise and John
Travolta as his friends, now wants the negative reviews removed from
the website.

However, TripAdvisor has hit back at the claims saying that, of the 530
reviews of the Cornish hotel on its website, 195 rate it as 'excellent'
compared to 146 who rate it as 'terrible'.

TripAdvisor also claims that some hotel owners are hiring 'reputation
laundering' firms to write positive reviews and improve their online
profiles.

Tags: Camelot Castle, Fake, John Mappin, John Travolta, Tom Cruise,
TripAdvisor, UK

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Daniel Montalvo Cases Are Settled
November 1, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/daniel-montalvo-cases-are-settled/

references: Daniel Montalvo vs. Church of Scientology, et al, and Free
Daniel Montalvo

Daniel Montalvo recently settled his lawsuits with Corporate
Scientology entities. The terms of the settlement were not particularly
favorable to Daniel, but the settlement provides him: a) protection
from future liability for having taken computer hard drives with him
when he left Corporate Scientology, and b) a little something to make
his transition into outside life a bit easier.

When I originally posted about the lawsuits in early March 2011, I
posted the following comment in response to a number of comments
speculating how the suits would accomplish sweeping effects:

Tags: Daniel Montalvo, Mike Rinder, Quicky

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Piedra, Blyskal today
November 1, 2011, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1135425.ece

Dr. Rene Piedra, 41

Dentist in Miami area since 1998.

Divorced, one child.

Tags: 1998, 2009, Dentist, Divorce, Doctor, Indira Blyskal, Miami, Quicky,
Rene Piedra

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Ken Dandar Files Federal Lawsuit, Says Scientology Using State Courts to
Cause Him "Utter Financial Ruin"
November 1, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/11/01/ken-dandar-files-federal-lawsuit-says-scientology-using-state-courts-to-cause-him-utter-ruin/

Florida attorney Ken Dandar filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against
the Church of Scientology and its attorneys, asking for injunctive
relief and a jury trial over what he says has been a violation of his
civil rights.

Dandar's suit is the latest twist in a dauntingly complex history of
litigation that goes back to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the
family of Lisa McPherson, a church member who died at Scientology's
Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida, in 1995.

In the aftermath of that suit, which was settled in 2004, Dandar found
himself in a bizarre legal Catch-22 several years later: a federal
judge ordered him to continue representing a client in a lawsuit
against the church at the same time that a state judge was telling him
he had to quit that case or be sanctioned up to $1,000 a day. Dandar
ultimately extricated himself from that mess, but Scientology is now
asking the state court for $1 million in court fees, Dandar alleges.

Tags: 1995, 2004, 2009, 2010, Clearwater, Corpus Christi, David Miscavige,
Denise Miscavige Gentile, Flag Service Organization, Florida, Florida Bar,
Florida Supreme Court, Fort Harrison, Joe Childs, Judge Crockett Farnell,
Judge Robert Beach, Judge Steven Merryday, Ken Dandar, Kyle Brennan, Lawsuit,
Lisa McPherson, Luke Lirot, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Office of Special
Affairs, Quicky, Robert Minton, Ruin, Scientology executive, Tampa Bay Times,
Tom Tobin, Victoria Britton, Virginia

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Nathan Baca: Scientology's Nevada Drug Rehab Program Is Completely Unregulated
November 1, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/11/01/nathan-baca/

Last night, television journalist Nathan Baca returned to Scientology
reporting with a two-part report on Scientology's drug rehab program in
Nevada, a Narconon center about 150 miles north of Las Vegas in the
small town of Caliente.

Baca is known for a hard-hitting 2009 series he did about Scientology's
International Base as a reporter for a Palm Springs, California
station, and he didn't let what he learned in that experience go to
waste as he turned his attention to the church's controversial and
ailing drug rehab operation.

We talked to Baca last night about his special report, and about the
church's reaction when it learned he was back on the case.

Tags: 1968, 2007, 2009, ABLE, Caliente, California, Georgia, Int Base, John
Anchondo, KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, Narconon, Nathan Baca, Nevada, Oklahoma, Palm
Springs, Quebec, Quicky, Rena Weinberg, The Hole, Tommy Davis, YouTube

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Scientology: Gabe Cazares Interview
November 1, 2012, Mark Bunker, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQtH8TLwm30

This interview features Gabe Cazares who was Mayor of Clearwater,
Florida when Scientology snuck into the city under an assumed name.
Gabe courageously took them on and was savagely attacked by Scientology
in numerous covert operations which were later uncovered when the FBI
raided Scientology's headquarters.

http://lisatrust.bogie.nl/stories/act...

Also in the video is Wayne Shelor. At the time of the interview, Wayne
worked as a journalist. He later would become the PR man for the
Clearwater Police Department.

Tags: Clearwater, Clearwater Police Department, FBI, Florida, Gabe Cazares,
Quicky, Wayne Shelor

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Scientology: Michael Flynn Speaks at FAIR Meeting
November 1, 2012, Mark Bunker, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR12bnpJSX8

In 1986, a class action suit was launched against Scientology by a
group calling themselves "FAIR." Michael Flynn addresses the
Scientologists who were interested in being part of the suit.

Scientology's attorney, Earl Cooley, attempted to gain entrance but was
denied. Several people try to disrupt the meeting and they are ejected

XENU TV

Tags: 1986, Earle Cooley, Michael Flynn, Quicky, XENU TV

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Scientology: The Phone Call
November 1, 2012, Mark Bunker, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCA7BwKls2Q

While I was in Clearwater, Florida videotaping a Transit Board hearing
which dealt with Scientology matters, I had my first run-in with the
type of unusual activities that so often have been traced back to the
Office of Special Affairs.

Tags: Clearwater, Florida, Office of Special Affairs, Video, XENU TV

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The Mecca of Scientology Inc.
November 1, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/the-mecca-of-scientology-inc/

What follows is a detailed insider view of the Flag Land Base
(Scientology Inc's Mecca is Clearwater Florida) of late. Former RTC and
Flag Auditor, Silvia Llorens gives a credible state of the dis-union of
Scientology Inc.

TO INDEPENDENT SCIENTOLOGISTS:

Hello! My name is Silvia Llor?ns. I started in Scientology in 1978,
joined the SO in 1983 and left in early 2007.

Tags: 1978, 1983, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, Chairman of the Board,
Class XII, Clearwater, Commodore's Messenger Organization, Conditions, David
Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Dianetics, Ethics, Flag Land Base, Flag Service
Organization, Florida, Hacienda Gardens, Hubbard Communications Office
Bulletin, Independent, Int Base, Keep Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard,
Marc Yager, Master at Arms, Mexico City, OT, Potential Trouble Source,
Quicky, Ray Mithoff, Religious Technology Center, Sea Org, Sec Check,
Suppressive Person, Tampa, The Hole, Tom Cruise

=========================================

8 new Oklahoma laws in effect Nov. 1 -- School bullying, beer sampling,
horse slaughter and more
November 1, 2013, Tyler Dunn, KJRH
https://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/new-laws-story

"There have been a total of seven deaths in seven years at Narconon
Arrowhead and no requirement for state certification," said Ivester,
D-Sayre. "There have been multiple lawsuits for wrongful death, fraud
and deceit filed against that facility. I wanted to figure to out what
we could do as a state to provide a safe environment for the people who
go there and make sure there's no fraud or deception."

The law will allow for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services to regulate a broad range of rehab centers.

Tags: David Derby, Mary Fallin, Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Stacy's Law, Tom
Ivester

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A=A=A = Corporate Scientology
November 1, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/aaa-corporate-scientology/

I assume "If you want to be OT, do the Basics" is a Miscavige Quote (R)
they are using for the headline of their Success Stories these days? I
guess He has a right to do that as he invented the term "The Basics."
Though I suspect most readers will assume it is an LRH quote.

I wonder when the PDC became part of "The Basics"?

And when they started dressing people up as witches for their success
stories?

Tags: Basics, David Miscavige, DC, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, OT VIII, Philadelphia
Doctorate Course, Quicky

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Mark Bunker tells The story of the Lisa Mcpherson
November 1, 2013, SurvivingScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHcfMdImpmc

Mark Bunker is an Emmy Award winning television journalist.

In 2008, Bunker posted a video to YouTube critical of the
Internet-based group "Anonymous" and asked them to tone down their
campaign against the Church of Scientology; a movement called "Project
Chanology"."Message to Anonymous", Bunker urged the group to work
legally and pursue peaceful ways to protest Scientology. Subsequently
Anonymous dubbed him "Wise old Man" or "Wise Beard Man,"

This is his site

Tags: 2008, Anonymous, Emmy Award, Facebook, Mark Bunker, Project Chanology,
Quicky, Twitter, Wise Beard Man

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Scientology Surprise: An Interview With OTVIIIisGrrr8!
November 1, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/11/01/scientology-surprise-an-interview-with-otviiiisgrrr8/

We're going through some changes here at the Underground Bunker. Some
of you may have heard our news yesterday that we're starting a new job
on Tuesday. We know that's left some of you with questions, and we
don't blame you for wondering what's going to happen around here.

And that's why today, as we soldier on here at the Bunker for the
foreseeable future, we're going to finally answer one of the great
mysteries of this website.

It's something that we've heard often from the days even before this
website breathed life and we were still toiling at the Village Voice.

Tags: 1995, 2012, Chairman of the Board, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Gary
Richardson, Ideal Org, J. Swift, Jeffrey Augustine, Karen de la Carriere,
Lisa McPherson, Lisa McPherson Trust, Mark Bunker, Mary Fallin, Narconon,
Narconon Arrowhead, Office of Special Affairs, Oklahoma, OT, Quicky,
Religious Technology Center, Robert Murphy, Stacy Murphy, Stacy's Law, Study
Tech, Super Power, Suppressive Person, Village Voice

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Jon Atack: Are cult members - like those in Scientology - unduly influenced?
November 1, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/11/01/john-atack-are-cult-members-like-those-in-scientology-unduly-influenced/

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best
books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the
book for sale, and for more than a year on Saturdays he helped us sift
through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that
tend to get hashed and rehashed in books, articles, and especially on
the Internet. He was kind enough to send us a new post.

We really have a treat for our readers today. It's a major new piece by
Jon Atack that discusses undue influence in Scientology, a
controversial topic in social science that, as Jon says, some scholars
resist. With extremism on the rise around the planet, we think it's
time for this idea to get more currency. And we're thrilled that Jon
chose the Underground Bunker to reveal his hard work in this new
article. Take it away, Jon...

Those of us who have counseled former cult members find it hard to
understand the reluctance of some social scientists to accept the
reality of exploitative persuasion. The point is regularly made that
members join of their own free will and that nothing compels them to
remain within the confines of the cult. But the point is made as if
such a belief is factual and natural and beyond any slightest shadow of
doubt.

Tags: 1945, 1956, 1960, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2013, A Piece of Blue
Sky, Academic, Big League Sales Closing Techniques, California, Central
Intelligence Agency, Charles Manson, Chinese, CIA, England, Europe, Fair
Game, Graeme Wilson, Greece, Guardian's Office, Human trafficking, Hypnosis,
Iraq, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Jon Atack, Leon Festinger, London, Louis Jolyon
West, Margaret Singer, Michigan, Minnesota, Muslim, Operating Thetan,
Politician, Quicky, Review, Robert Lifton, Russia, Sea Org, Stephen Fry,
Steven Hassan, Stockholm syndrome, Suppressive Person, Tone Scale, TR-L,
William Sargant

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North Korea Catching the "Ideal" Wave
November 1, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/north-korea-catching-the-ideal-wave/

An eagle eyed Special correspondent sent me this Daily Mail story which
could be about scientology. I have excerpted some of it below, there
are more photos at the Daily Mail site.

Apparently the North Koreans are envious of the scientology "ideal
buildings" strategy for placating the sheeple with photos of empty
facilities, all set up for action, but with nobody to use them.

The motto seems to be "Build it and they won't come - but they will be
certain other people are and that proves how well things are going
inside our bubble."

Tags: 2016, Australia, Daily Mail, North Korea, Quicky

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(VIDEO) Critical Q&A #29
November 1, 2015, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2015/11/01/video-critical-qa-29/

The show where I answer your questions left in the comments section of
these Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChri...@gmail.com.
Here are the questions from this week:

Link to org video: https://goo.gl/xHfUxs

Link to Affirmations: http://goo.gl/NswulC

Tags: Chairman of the Board, Clear, Critic, Hubbard Management, L. Ron
Hubbard, Marty Rathbun, OT, Quicky, WISE

=========================================

Jonny Jacobsen: Reflecting on the first week of Scientology's criminal trial
in Belgium
November 1, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/11/01/jonny-jacobsen-reflecting-on-the-first-week-of-scientologys-criminal-trial-in-belgium/

We asked our man in Paris, Jonny Jacobsen, to give us some thoughts
from his notebook about his first week covering Scientology's criminal
trial in Brussels. (That's him with your proprietor this July.) Here's
his attempt to catch us up on what's been happening...

Just recovering from the first week's coverage of the trial and trying
to gather my thoughts before diving into the next piece.

The first thing to point out, if it's not already obvious, is that I've
opted to go for depth rather than speed in my coverage, which means
I've only just completed my write-up of the first day's hearing. When
there is breaking news that I think can't wait, such as the reports
from the defense lawyers filed here earlier, I'll fire off a few
paragraphs to Tony in the hope that he can move it out. But inside
court, I'm going to stick to my notebook to try to get as much down as
possible.

Tags: 2009, Belgium, Brussels, Europe, Jonny Jacobsen, Judge Yves R?gimont,
Paris, Quicky

=========================================

New Details: Leah Remini Makes Explosive Claims about Tom Cruise and His
Family in Her Scientology Tell-All
November 1, 2015, Adam Carlson, People
http://www.people.com/article/leah-remini-scientology-claims-tom-cruise-wedding-new-book

Leah Remini claims that Bella Cruise, Tom Cruise's daughter with
ex-wife Nicole Kidman, called her mother a "SP" or "Suppressive
Person," according to an advance copy of Remini's new tell-all obtained
by the New York Daily News.

Remini's book, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology,
includes several claims about Cruise's 2006 wedding to Katie Holmes -
including Bella's comment - according to material quoted by the Daily
News.

Remini claims in the book that before the ceremony itself, Cruise
waited at the altar for 20 minutes before Holmes arrived, long enough
for Remini's longtime friend Jennifer Lopez to ask her, "Do you think
Katie is coming?"

Tags: 20/20, 2006, 2013, Bella Cruise, Brooke Shields, Connor Cruise, Daily
News, Jennifer Lopez, John Travolta, Katie Holmes, King of Queens, Kirstie
Alley, Leah Remini, Marc Anthony, New York Daily News, Nicole Kidman, Quicky,
Suppressive Person, Tom Cruise, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and
Scientology, USA

=========================================

Here's Why Authorities Want to Stop the Sale of Jim Humble's Miracle Cure
November 1, 2016, Craig Malisow, Houston Press
https://www.houstonpress.com/news/heres-why-authorities-want-to-stop-the-sale-of-jim-humbles-miracle-cure-8909556

Critics call Genesis II a cult, which, if true, makes Humble the most
uncharismatic cult leader of all time. He's not Jim Jones; he's your
grandpa's disoriented nursing home roommate. His voice is somehow
subdued, shrill and monotone at the same time. He not only manages to
make a story about aliens escaping to Earth boring, he apparently
forgot that it clashes with a story he told a different interviewer
that same year about how he first encountered alien beings in a giant
hole in a California desert.

If an evil galactic overlord, ancient alien civilizations, prison
planets and head implants sound familiar, that's because it's
boilerplate Scientology, of which Humble was a member.

His name appears in a 1971 issue of a Scientology journal posted online
that stated he was enrolled in a "Hubbard Standard Dianetics Course" in
Orange County, California. His name also appears in mid-1980s
newsletters distributed by a cabal of former members who left the
church to start their own "independent" movement.

Tags: 1971, Action Mining, Anti-vaxx, Autism, Bradenton, Diana Hubbard,
Dominican Republic, Florida, Genesis II, Guadalajara, Jim Humble, Kerri
Rivera, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louis Smith, Mexico, Miracle Mineral
Supplement, Puerto Vallarta, Religious Freedom Trust, Sea Org, Shane Hawkins,
Texas, University of Houston

=========================================

Hillary Clinton has considered David Miscavige's appeals lawyer for the US
Supreme Court
November 1, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/11/01/hillary-clinton-has-considered-david-miscaviges-appeals-lawyer-for-the-us-supreme-court/

Over the last couple of weeks, several news organizations have written
about a John Podesta email published by Wikileaks which suggests that
even before US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on
February 13, the Hillary Clinton campaign had considered a replacement
for him, an African-American attorney named Wallace Jefferson who is a
Texas Republican and had been chief justice of the state's supreme court.

Just hours after Scalia was found dead at a hunting ranch in Texas,
Podesta, the chairman of Clinton's campaign, exchanged emails with
Chris Stone, president of the George Soros-funded grantmaking network
known as Open Society Foundations.

Under the heading "Scalia replacement," Stone wrote, "Remember our
discussion of Wallace Jefferson, Chief Justice in Texas?"

Tags: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, Affordable Care Act, African-
American, Comal County, Critic, David Miscavige, Donald Trump, Facebook,
Hillary Clinton, Judge Dib Waldrip, Justice Antonin Scalia, Lamont Jefferson,
Marty Rathbun, Monique Rathbun, Pope, Private investigator, Quicky,
Republican, San Antonio, Texas, Texas Supreme Court, Texas Third Court of
Appeals, TX Lawyer, US Supreme Court, Wallace Jefferson, White House,
WikiLeaks

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The Cult That Is Scientology
November 1, 2016, Nick Ward, The Houstonian
https://web.archive.org/web/20161102063816/http://houstonianonline.com/2016/11/01/the-cult-that-is-scientology/

Stay away from Scientology. This sentence by itself can sum up this
entire article, but I have to fill up an article and you probably want
reasons why, so let me continue. I believe there really is no right
religion and everyone figures out their life on their own, except for
Scientology because Scientology is not a religion, it's a cult.
Scientology has become a cultural icon so you probably know a lot, but
the more you learn about it, the more insane it gets. I'm not just
talking about its ridiculous beliefs, but its overcharging of members
and its shady leadership. However, let's start with the first problem;
its founder and the birth of the church.

The founder of Scientology is L. Ron Hubbard, a science-fiction writer
during the 1930s. He also served in the military in both the navy and
the marines, but was removed from the marines due to his superiors
finding him incapable of command. Hubbard around this time was also
seeking mental health treatment, but was unable to afford it and
eventually condemned modern psychology. This was a major influence for
Scientology's opinion on psychology, and its precursor Dianetics.
Dianetics is Hubbard's own form of psychology based on the concept of
erasing the reactive mind through auditing. The Church has given a
story lionizing Hubbard's development of it, but has been debunked.

In an auditing session, an "auditor" guides the "pre-clear" to confront
traumatic memories and erase them, getting rid of the reactive mind and
curing the person. This has obviously been condemned by the scientific
community, and multiple studies have proven it to be wrong. However,
since the time of its original publication, people ate it up giving
Hubbard the ability to transform it into a religion, known as the
Church of Scientology. This contains all the principles from Dianetics
with the most ridiculous creation story ever conceived.

Tags: 1930, 1976, Bomb threat, Cult, Dianetics, FBI, L. Ron Hubbard,
Operation Dynamite, Operation Freakout, OT III, Paulette Cooper, Snow White
Program, South Park, Trapped in the Closet, Xenu

=========================================

UniMed
November 1, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/unimed/

Someone recently sent this to me. I thought it a curious piece of
scientology history for a number of reasons.

Starting with the thought there is nothing new in scientology -
including their cliches.

You can see it gets off to a roaring start by announcing a "milestone."
Today milestones happen a dozen times a year. Back then this was a
trendsetting new word to make the lame sound amazing.

Tags: Academy Award, Battlefield Earth, Chairman of the Board, Clearwater,
Golden Era Studios, KCET, Quicky

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Hey, Netflix, why does Scientology actor Danny Masterson still have a job?
November 1, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/11/01/hey-netflix-why-does-scientology-actor-danny-masterson-still-have-a-job/

Netflix was very quick to take action when allegations of sexual
impropriety about one of its stars, Kevin Spacey, surfaced this weekend.

On Sunday, the Daily Beast reported that Star Trek: Discovery actor
Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of touching him inappropriately when he was
only 14 years old. At the time, in 1985, Rapp and Spacey were both
performing in Broadway productions, and Spacey was 26.

Spacey responded by saying he had no recollection of the incident, but
was horrified, and then used the occasion to come out as gay.

Tags: 1985, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2015, 2018, A&E, Ashton
Kutcher, Bijou Phillips, Brett Ratner, Charlie Beck, Daily Beast, Danny
Masterson, Dustin Hoffman, Esther Reyes, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, LAPD,
Laura Prepon, Leah Remini, Los Angeles, Michael Pe?a, New York Times, New
Yorker, Police, Rape, Scientology and the Aftermath

=========================================

Kate Bornstein @ UVic: "On Men, Women & the Rest of Us"
November 1, 2017, Transgender Archives, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT3knfUD6qs

Presented by the Chair in Transgender Studies: https://www.uvic.
ca/research/transchair/

Please give generously: https://extrweb.uvic.ca/donate-online/transchair

Kate Bornstein

Tags: Kate Bornstein, Quicky, Victoria BC

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Meet Jason Kenney's Radical Social Conservative Allies Who Want to Send
Alberta Back to the 19th Century
November 1, 2017, PressProgress
https://pressprogress.ca/meet-jason-kenneys-radical-social-conservative-allies-who-want-to-send-alberta-back-to-the-19th-century/

After all, Kenney's march to victory left a trail of alienated PCs and
disgruntled Wildrosers in its wake, though that never seemed to bother
Kenney, who appeared content offsetting his losses with new recruits.

Stacking the deck would be nothing new for a man who served as
Stockwell Day's campaign chairman ? Stephen Harper once criticized
Kenney's recruitment drives that saw the Reform MP "trolling for Day
supporters at evangelical and Catholic churches, and on the website of
the anti-abortion lobby Campaign Life Coalition."

Even Preston Manning said Kenney's tactics came straight out of the
playbook of Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition of America.

Tags: 2012, 2014, 2015, Abortion, Alberta, Alissa Golob, Brian Jean, Calgary,
Campaign Life Coalition, Canada, Canada Family Action, Canadian Centre for
Bio-Ethical Reform, Catholic, Christian, Christian Coalition of America, CNN,
Garnett Genuis, Holocaust, Jason Kenney, LGBTQ, Nathan Cooper, Ontario,
Parents for Choice in Education, Pat Robertson, Preston Manning, Quicky, San
Francisco, Stephanie Kusie, Stephen Harper, Stockwell Day, Sun TV, United
Conservative Party, Wildrose

=========================================

Nathan Rich & Tara Reile: Aftermath of the Aftermath
November 1, 2017, Nathan Rich: Enturbulated, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riY1XJcUr0s

Interview with Tara Reile about her and my experience participating in
the A&E show Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.

Was it scripted? Did they steer the conversation? What was it like?

We answer it all here.

Tags: A&E, Leah Remini, Quicky, Scientology and the Aftermath

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Scientology The Aftermath S2 E10: the Aftermath
November 1, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-the-aftermath-s2-e10-the-aftermath/

True to form, BEFORE the show even aired, scientology had their smears
up about Chantal Dodson and Sherry Ollins.

These people literally have no shame.

Nor sense. But they seem to have a limitless supply of bullshit.

Tags: 1970, 1982, 1985, 1989, A&E, Cadet Org, Chantal Dodson, Clearwater,
Critic, Dead Agent, Disconnection, FBI, Halloween, IRS, Leah Remini, Office
of Special Affairs, OT, Quicky, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sea Org,
Sherry Ollins

=========================================

The first Scientologist with 'Super Power' gets super spanked by bankruptcy
judge
November 1, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/11/01/the-first-scientologist-with-super-power-gets-his-wings-clipped-by-bankruptcy-judge/

Forbes has a wonderful article about a bankruptcy ruling involving a
wealthy pair of jackasses who got their heads handed to them recently
by a fed-up judge.

As writer Jay Adkisson explains, there's a lesson for wealthy people
who cry poverty so they can try to get out of paying a huge tax bill -
if you're going to do that, at least try to look penniless rather than
spend money like Croesus, money that could easily pay your tax debt.

"The debtor who claims to be broke had better at least appear to be
broke," Adkisson writes. Instead, this couple, who had brought in $13
million in revenue since they got into trouble with their taxes but
refused to make good on a $3.8 million tax debt, didn't even attempt to
cut down their spending as the case was going through court: "$722,000
was spent on personal travel (including $233,000 for a rental home in
Aspen), a cool half-million on clothing, another $370,000 and change on
groceries, (plus another $78,000 eating out) and a miserly $147,000
plus on entertainment?$360,000 on their children, including of course
private education for their son. But more important than their children
was the private chef, who cost more than $610,000 over eight years."

Tags: 1990, 2011, 2013, Bernie Feshbach, Celebrity magazine, Congress, Delphi
Academy, Feshbach, Flag Building, Florida, Forbes, IRS, Jay Adkisson, Jim
Meskimen, Joy Villa, Kathy Feshbach, Matt Feshbach, Mike Rinder, Oregon,
Super Power

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Scientology's new survey is a hoot - we're itching for your answers!
November 1, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/11/01/scientologys-new-survey-is-a-hoot-were-itching-for-your-answers/

On Monday, we told you that we'd gotten our mitts on a new Sea Org
application that Scientology is asking marks to fill out before they
sign billion-year contracts and start working around the clock.

After seeing us post that, another of our tipsters sent in something
else really fun. Our correspondent tells us that way back in the 1970s,
her husband visited an org and picked up a copy of the Scientology book
"Self-Analysis."

You probably can predict the next part: In the decades since,
Scientology has hounded the poor man with letters and literature,
spamming him about getting involved in the church.

Tags: 1970, Abortion, Chris Shelton, Nikita Petrov, Quicky, Rehabilitation
Project Force, Sea Org, US Postal Service

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Thursday Funnies
November 1, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-191/

They're going all out...

It's an ideal Africa coming for sure.

Just check out these amazing fundraisers.

Tags: Africa, Humanitarian, Pope, Quicky, Scientology Network, Thursday
Funnies, Tone Scale, Whale

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Updates from Inside Scientology
November 1, 2018, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2018/11/01/updates-from-inside-scientology/

It's been a while since I've given a general update briefing on what's
going on in the world of Scientology, so this week that is what I'm
doing including info about the RPF, staff pay for the outer orgs, and
some horrible truths about the Sea Org.

Tags: Abortion, Copyright, Critic, Cult, Facebook, James Randi, Quicky,
Reddit, Rehabilitation Project Force, Scientology: A to Xenu, Sea Org,
Skeptics, Tony Ortega, Twitter, YouTube

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Convicted NXIVM leader Keith Raniere back in court for discussions about his
attorney
November 1, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/11/01/convicted-nxivm-leader-keith-raniere-back-in-court-for-discussions-about-his-attorney/

There were no surprises in yesterday's "Curcio" hearing for the Keith
Raniere case. Raniere was wearing tan prison garb, and he seemed
confident, even upbeat as he entered the courtroom and approached the
bench. The hearing is regarding a possible conflict of interest around
defense lawyer Teny Geragos' application to become a US attorney in the
Eastern District of New York. The Eastern District is where the Raniere
trial took place, and Ms. Geragos was presumably applying for the spot
vacated by prosecutor Moira Penza, lead government attorney in the
Raniere case.

Yesterdays hearing was a postponement from the original hearing on
September 13th. At that hearing, Mr. Moskowitz, the attorney appointed
by the court to represent Raniere in this matter, had not yet had
adequate time to confer with his client. At the time of the September
hearing, Garagos' application to become a US attorney was still pending.
She has since withdrawn it.

Geragos' application arrived to the government on August 12th, which
was after the trial was over. Judge Garaufis explained to Raniere why
the Curcio hearing was still necessary even though Geragos has now
withdrawn her application. The trial has ended but the case is not yet
over; It is still his responsibly to sentence Raniere. During the time
when her application to become a US attorney was pending, there may
have been advice given by Geragos or communication with the government
that would create a potential conflict.

Tags: Allison Mack, Clare Bronfman, Conviction, Easter, Kathy Russell, Keith
Raniere, Marc Agnifilo, Moira Penza, Nancy Salzman, New York, NXIVM, Teny
Geragos

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Ford Shrugs Off Ontario Teachers' Union Voting For Potential Strike
November 1, 2019, Allison Jones, Canadian Press, Huffington Post
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/ontario-public-teachers-strike_ca_5dbc59bee4b057bf5070c7c6

TORONTO - Public elementary teachers and education workers in Ontario
have voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike should it become
necessary, with the union representing them calling the result an
"overwhelming" mandate. The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
said Friday talks with the province at the central bargaining table
have not progressed in any meaningful way. The union said almost every
issue - from class sizes to salary - has become a sticking point in the
negotiations. ETFO president Sam Hammond would not lay out a timeline
for a potential strike, but he said the union would meet with a
conciliator on Monday. Premier Doug Ford, meanwhile, told the Toronto
radio station NewsTalk1010 that he was not surprised by the results of
the vote but would not negotiate with the union in public. Watch:
Ontario politicians spar over education policy. Story continues below.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce, said in a statement the government's
team remains committed to reaching a negotiated deal. "While our
government has been a reasonable and constructive force at the
bargaining table ... ETFO has taken another escalating step towards a
strike which will disproportionately hurt our kids," he said. "Strike
action caused by unions could mean school closures, disruption, and
uncertainty for students and parents." High school teachers and
teachers in the English Catholic system are also holding strike votes,
with results expected in the next couple of weeks. This round of
bargaining has been tense, as it comes amid government attempts to
impose caps on wage increases for public sector workers and increase
class sizes, which will mean thousands of fewer teachers in the system.

Tags: Catholic, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Education cuts, Elementary Teachers'
Federation of Ontario, Ontario, Stephen Lecce, Toronto

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Kansas City going Ideal! Scientology's grand opening is tomorrow - will Dave
be there?
November 1, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/11/01/kansas-city-going-ideal-scientologys-grand-opening-tomorrow-will-dave-be-there/

It's been more than a year since David Miscavige last opened an "Ideal
Org" in this country, but tomorrow he's scheduled to cut the ribbon on
the new Scientology cathedral in downtown Kansas City.

Miscavige's last Ideal Org appearance was in Detroit on October 14,
2018, and it went off just like all the others - some preliminary
speeches by local luminaries, and then a brief collection of platitudes
from Miscavige about the town's history and Scientology's glorious
future. Then the ribbon comes down and the confetti goes up and the few
hundred attendees (most of them flown in from other parts of the
country) will be ushered into the building for a tour.

Like Detroit and so many other places, Scientology purchased the Kansas
City building and then let it sit, rotting, for like a decade before
suddenly starting renovations.

Tags: 1956, 2003, 2018, Canada, Columbus, Congress, David Miscavige, Detroit,
Dianetics, Ideal Org, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Quicky, San Diego

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Regraded Being
November 1, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-219/

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Tags: Facebook, Quicky, Regraded Being, Twitter

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