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Tulsa Psychiatrist Named to Evaluate Narconon Facility
December 14, 1990, Michael McNutt, News OK
https://newsok.com/tulsa-psychiatrist-named-to-evaluate-narconon-facility/article/2341177
Dr. John Chelf, a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in
addiction, will make the review and report to the State Mental Health
Board, said Rosemary Brown, a spokeswoman with the Oklahoma Department
of Mental Health.
The Narconon Chilocco New Life Center last month successfully blocked
board members from reviewing reports from an earlier inspection. They
claimed the documents were biased against the facility because of its
ties with the Church of Scientology.
Mental health board members last month talked of naming the agency's
advocate general, the person who represents complaining patients of
mental health and substance abuse facilities but reconsidered after
Narconon objected, Brown said.
Tags: John Chelf, Kay County, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma County,
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Rosemary
Brown, Tulsa
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Narconon Loses Battle For Certification, Must Close
December 14, 1991, Tulsa World
https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/narconon-loses-battle-for-certification-must-close/article_26d591d6-d340-5317-be9e-56e413e62cc2.html
he state mental health board Friday rejected certification for the
controversial Narconon Chilocco New Life Center, 6-0.
The board stayed its order seven days so officials at the drug
treatment center can arrange an orderly removal of the 27 patients at
the Newkirk center.
After months of board hearings, court orders and press conferences, the
decision puts an end to the first phase of the history of the center,
tied to the Church of Scientology.
Tags: Dennis Lewelling, Harry Woods, Murray Abowitz, Narconon, Narconon
Chilocco, Oklahoma, Ray Stewers
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Narconon to appeal board's denial of certification
December 14, 1991, Tulsa World
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/narconon-to-appeal-board-s-denial-of-certification/article_96eafcd5-4a52-551f-91a9-90b68af1b720.html
"We will be appealing this decision immediately on behalf of the many
clients in the program right now, some of whom are court-ordered from
many parts of the country," Gary Smith, president of the Narconon
Chilocco New Life Center, said after a 6-0 vote Friday against
certification.
The board also voted 5-1 to stay its order denying certification for
seven days. That would allow for the orderly removal of the clients at
the facility, which is backed by the Church of Scientology.
Tags: Dennis Lewelling, Duane Burgess, Gary Smith, John Chelf, Joyce
Bumgardner, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Board of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services, Ray Stowers
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Narconon Turned Down for Certification, Must Close
December 14, 1991, Wayne Greene, Tulsa World
https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/narconon-turned-down-for-certification-must-close/article_9093d2c0-1d71-56e2-8788-f932227a85ca.html
He admitted past troubles in the discharge planning and medical record
keeping at the center, but said the program was basically effective and
improving.
Citing evidence from a stack of medical journals, board member Joyce
Bumgardner charged sauna and exercise programs at the center were being
instituted without proper care for the possible heart damage drug abuse
may have caused to the patients.
Tags: Dennis Lewelling, Dwaine Burgess, Guy Hurst, Harry Woods, Joyce
Bumgardner, Murray Abowitz, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Ray Stewers
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Sect Appeal: A&E Examines The Scientology Phenomenon
December 14, 1998, Kay McFadden, Seattle Times
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2788882&date=19981214&query=Scientology
Few sects are as rife with news appeal as Scientology. In its 44-year
history, the church has been embroiled in battles with the Internal
Revenue Service, Time magazine and a half-dozen foreign governments;
had top members jailed for criminal activities; and lists among its
current members John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Isaac Hayes,
Kirstie Alley, Jenna Elfman and Mimi Rogers.
Tags: A&E, Bill Kurtis, David Miscavige, IRS
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Investigation: is the Landmark Forum a cult?
December 14, 2003, Amelia Hill, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/14/ameliahill.theobserver
A quick look on the internet revealed even more dramatic claims. Since
its creation in 1991, Landmark Education has been described variously
as a cult, an exercise in brainwashing and a marketing trick cooked up
by a conman to sap the vulnerable of their savings.
Landmark rebuts such claims. Not satisfied with simply transforming the
lives of its students, it promises to deliver the secret of what it
means to be human and guarantees them futures greater than they could
imagine.
For ?275 and 39 hours of my time, it seemed like an offer worth
considering. In my head, however, I had already begun to draft an
article about a society so needy that even its educated elite were mugs
enough to pay through the nose for such vague, preposterous promises.
Tags: 1991, 2001, Academic, Buddhism, Clear, Dale Carnegie, England,
Hinduism, Landmark, Landmark Education, Landmark Forum, London, New York,
Sleep deprivation
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Cruise ripped for plugging Scientology
December 14, 2004, UPI
https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/12/14/Cruise-ripped-for-plugging-Scientology/UPI-40081103047537/
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Tom Cruise apparently won't win any prizes
for using last week's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo as a platform
to plug Scientology.
The "Collateral" star and Oprah Winfrey co-hosted Saturday's event,
which featured such performers as Cyndi Lauper, Patti Labelle and Diana
Krall, MSNBC reported Tuesday.
"One of the things that we believe in (as Scientologists) is peace,
freedom," Cruise said in promoting the concert, which will be broadcast
in the United States Dec. 23. "I'm just proud to be here, and very
proud to be a Scientologist here and to be part of this."
Tags: Cult, MSNBC, Nobel, Oprah Winfrey, Oslo, Pat Kingsley, Quicky, Rick
Ross, Tom Cruise
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Cruise ripped for plugging Scientology
December 14, 2004, UPI
https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/12/14/Cruise-ripped-for-plugging-Scientology/40081103047537/
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Tom Cruise apparently won't win any prizes
for using last week's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo as a platform
to plug Scientology.
The "Collateral" star and Oprah Winfrey co-hosted Saturday's event,
which featured such performers as Cyndi Lauper, Patti Labelle and Diana
Krall, MSNBC reported Tuesday.
"One of the things that we believe in (as Scientologists) is peace,
freedom," Cruise said in promoting the concert, which will be broadcast
in the United States Dec. 23. "I'm just proud to be here, and very
proud to be a Scientologist here and to be part of this."
Tags: Cult, MSNBC, Nobel Peace Prize, Oprah Winfrey, Oslo, Pat Kingsley,
Quicky, Rick Ross, Tom Cruise
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Tom Cruise Blasted by 9/11 Firefighters
December 14, 2005, WENN, Hollywood.com
http://www.hollywood.com/news/Cruise_Blasted_by_911_Firefighters/3472160
The Scientology devotee has urged emergency services victims to give up
their medication and inhalers as part of a "purification rundown,'
which favors sauna sessions, ingestion of cooking oil and large doses
of niacin as cures instead.
As co-founder of the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project,
Cruise has also supported a new Scientology clinic preaching these
remedies near the Ground Zero site.
Tags: Detox, Purification Rundown, Tom Cruise
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Cult Watch
December 14, 2007, Lynne Wallis, TES Magazine
http://www.tes.co.uk/2483496
This year, it was discovered Narconon, the Scientology-linked group,
has been invited into British schools to lecture pupils on drugs, and
the organisation's outpost in East Grinstead - known as the Effective
Education centre - attempts to coach mainstream teachers in some of the
precepts of Scientology, which advocates a form of self-help invented
by its founder L. Ron Hubbard.
Tags: Narconon, UK
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For first time in years, mayor has opponent
December 14, 2007, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/14/Hillsborough/Hillsborough_sets_new.shtml
The race to become Clearwater's top elected leader kicked off Wednesday
night with the city's first mayoral forum in almost a decade.
Former Clearwater Mayor Rita Garvey and incumbent Frank Hibbard spent
two hours at the Clearwater Beach Recreation Center answering questions
about the waterfront, downtown, Scientology, taxes and the Community
Development Board.
Tags: Clearwater, Frank Hibbard, Rita Garvey
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Valentino to Receive Grand Medaille de Paris
December 14, 2007, Godfrey Deeny, Fashion Wire Daily
http://www.fashionwiredaily.com/first_word/news/article.weml?id=1622
In 2005, the medal was a source of Hollywood controversy when Anne
Hidalgo a senior socialist politician promised in the name of Delanoe
that the mayor intended "to be vigilant" that Tom Cruise would never
receive the Grand Medaille due to his membership of the church
Scientology, regarded as a cult in official French circles.
Tags: Anne Hidalgo, France, Paris, Tom Cruise
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Will Smith Foundation Donated $20,000 to Scientology
December 14, 2007, David Foxley, New York Observer
http://www.observer.com/2007/will-smith-foundation-donated-scientology
Rumors suggesting that Will Smith is a Scientologist have been swirling
and growing as he is seen in public more and more with Tom Cruise, a
well-known member of the organization. There was even an item about it
on Page Six today. But now, the likelihood that the I Am Legend star is
in fact an L. Ron Hubbard disciple seems a bit greater. It turns out
the Will Smith Foundation, which gives away hundreds of thousands of
dollars to various causes, donated $20,000 to the Church of
Scientology's home-schooling program, called the Hollywood Education
and Literacy Program. Recently on Access Hollywood, Mr. Smith
reiterated what he told Men's Vogue, saying, "I was introduced [to] it
by Tom and I'm a student of world religion."
Tags: Hollywood Education and Literacy Program, Tom Cruise, Will Smith
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Clearwater business owner focused on growth amid gloom
December 14, 2008, Jeff Harrington, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article937269.ece
L. Ron Hubbard watches over Gendusa's office.
Actually, two photos of the Scientology founder hang on her walls amid
marketing awards and splashy pastel artwork. Located in downtown
Clearwater near Scientology's headquarters, PostcardMania was developed
based in part on Hubbard's business strategems. Shelved behind
Gendusa's desk is a multivolume set depicting Hubbard's business
management technology.
PostcardMania is a member of WISE, the World Institute of Scientology
Enterprises, and up to a third of its employees are Scientologists.
However, Gendusa isn't counting on any Scientology business network to
ride out the recession. Those contacts, she said, account for only a
small fraction of revenues. To grow the business anywhere near her 50
percent goal, she's counting on other strategies.
Tags: 2007, 2009, APA, Clearwater, Congress, Joy Gendusa, Karla Jo Helms,
PostcardMania, WISE, World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
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Scientology Not Christmas Compatible, Say Protesters
December 14, 2008, Candice M. Giove, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/scientology-not-christmas-compatible-say-protesters-6722630
The Santa that came out of The Church of Scientology's revolving doors
was in most respects perfectly credible. He had the grin and the girth,
and even a genuine, whitish beard.
But the Scientology Santa also wore a red jacket embroidered with the
message "Get it! Read it! Dianetics."
This riled the anti-Scientology Anonymous protesters across the street
to shouts and mocking laughter. For one thing, The Church of
Scientology doesn't even believe in Christmas. "They say Jesus Christ
didn't exist and yet they're pretending they're celebrating the birth
of him," said Anon Little Sister.
Tags: Anonymous, Dianetics, Jesus Christ, Katie Holmes, Lisa McPherson, New
York City
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Francesco Minelli and Luana Barbaglio
December 14, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/francesco-minelli-and-luana-barbaglio/
Translation of the latest from Gary Baldi at L'Indipendologo
http://indipendologo.wordpress.
com/2010/12/12/francesco-minelli-e-luana-barbaglio-lasciano-la-chiesa/
The legend tells that in the night of December Twelve around Bergamo
and Brescia, along with a donkey full of presents, a saint woman by the
name of Santa Lucia, will bring gifts to all kids that anxiously await
her arrival. At times you could hear a bell ring, the donkey has one by
his neck, which calls all kids to hiding, for no one can look at Santa
Lucia, otherwise she'll throw some magical dust that will blind all
kids?Well, Luana and Francesco have been really naughty, for as soon as
the local OSA I/C from Brescia told them to be aware of the nasty
things Indys were writing on blogs, they started gathering all of the
data for themselves.
These are very special people, because in NO time they have absorbed
all that was needed to be absorbed, and have decided at once to leave
the Church! This is some real speed of particle flow?they really must
have some Power! We've been observing "second generation"
Scientologists which hold within themselves amazing attributes. A great
welcome to Luana and Francesco!
Tags: AOSHEU, Elan Vital, Ethics, Europe, Flag Service Organization, Flag
Ship Service Organization, France, Francesco Minelli, International
Association of Scientologists, Italy, Keep Scientology Working, L. Ron
Hubbard, Luana Barbaglio, Luis Garcia, Office of Special Affairs, OT, Quicky,
Sea Org, YouTube
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Only Scientology joke tires quickly in American Stage's 'Pageant'
December 14, 2010, John Fleming, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/features/performingarts/only-scientology-joke-tires-quickly-in-american-stages-pageant/1140075
In its production, American Stage has also blunted a key aspect of the
show, conceived by Alex Timbers, with book, music and lyrics by Kyle
Jarrow. Originally, Pageant was performed by a cast of children ages
8-13, and reviewers found that their innocence and unprofessional
acting had a certain charm. But concerned about possible intimidation
by Scientologists - as happened with a Los Angeles production - the St.
Petersburg theater cast six 20-something actors, and the kiddy pageant
angle is lost with them in the roles.
Tags: A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, Clearwater,
Critic, E-meter, Hawaii, Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, Xenu
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WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard -- and, Worst of All, the
Media
December 14, 2010, Michael Lacey, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/12/wikileaks_betrayed_by_media.php
Credit: Kyle T. Webster
The outrageous behavior of Amazon, Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal
directed at WikiLeaks represents a much greater threat to America than
any of the alleged security breaches from Julian Assange.
These companies moved to cut off WikiLeaks' ability to collect
donations and distribute information because of the hysterical
fulminations of headline hungry politicians and embarrassed bureaucrats.
Tags: 1996, 2008, Amazon, Arizona, Barack Obama, Congress, Electronic
Frontier Foundation, FBI, First Amendment, Hillary Clinton, House Judiciary
Committee, Julian Assange, New York Times, Quicky, Sweden, US Department of
Justice, US Secretary of State, US State Department, Visa, Washington Post,
Washington Times, WikiLeaks
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Corporate Scientology's "Global Retribution"
December 14, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/corporate-scientologys-global-retribution/
It would be interesting to hear people's thoughts on this latest
pronunciamento* by Corporate Scientology leader David Miscavige. What
came to mind to me was this axiom, that which you resist hard enough
you become.
*Pronunciamento: translation
1 pronouncement
Tags: David Miscavige, Quicky
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Scientology Story of the Year: Cast Your Vote Now!
December 14, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/12/scientology_sto_1.php
This has been some year of Scientology reporting and commenting here at
the Village Voice, and with the calendar about to flip, we wanted to
hand out some awards.
But first, we need your help.
We're asking our many loyal readers to help us choose three major
year-end awards for Best Scientology Story, Best Scientology Video, and
Best Scientology Shoop (photoshopped image). After the jump, we'll
reveal the URL for the poll itself...
Tags: 1990, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, Angry Gay Pope, Anonymous,
Australia, Birmingham, California, Chill EB, Clearwater, Copenhagen, David
Miscavige, Disconnection, Fair Game, Florida, Freewinds, Gur Finkelstein,
Hugh Urban, Hy Levy, Ideal Org, Ingleside, Inside Scientology: The Story of
America's Most Secretive Religion, International Association of
Scientologists, Israel, Jaffa, Janet Reitman, Joe Childs, John Allender,
Kansas City, Lawrence Wright, Lisa McPherson, Lloyd Kaufman, Los Angeles,
Luis Garcia, Marty Rathbun, Matt Stone, Melissa Paris, Mike Rinder, Mission,
New Yorker, Ohio, Orange County, Paris, Paul Haggis, Phoenix, Photoshop,
Pope, Quicky, Ramana Dienes-Browning, Rolling Stone, Scientology executive,
Sea Org, South Park, Squirrel, Squirrel Busters, Squirrel stuff, St.
Petersburg Times, Steve Cannane, Super Power, Synthia Fagen, Texas, The
Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion, The Truth Rundown, Tom
Cruise, Tom Tobin, Trey Parker, UK, Valeska Paris, We Stand Tall, WhyWeProtest
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Does It Get Any Darker Than This?
December 14, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/does-it-get-any-darker-than-this/
The following is the latest publication on the subject of Mark 'Marty'
Rathbun currently being distributed far and wide by the 'church' of
Scientology.
Marty Charles Rathbun - Institutionalized in 1956, born in 1957
Marty Rathbun was born in San Rafael, California on January 9, 1957,
and his first brush with electrifying violence came before his birth.
Tags: 1956, 1957, 2007, AMA, California, CIA, Quicky
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DOX: Florida Officials Fight Attempt to Hide Drug Rehab's Scientology
Connections
December 14, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/12/14/florida-officials-fight-narconons-attempt-to-hide-its-scientology-connections-in-court-battle/
Kurt Feshbach: Shhh, he's a wealthy Scientologist Officials in Hernando
County, Florida aren't backing down in a lawsuit brought by a wealthy
Scientologist who wants to expand a Narconon drug rehab site against
the wishes of local residents.
The Narconon center's landowner has asked federal Judge James D.
Whittemore that the facility's connection to Scientology, and the
recent deaths of three Narconon patients in Oklahoma, be kept from a
jury if the lawsuit goes to trial. We have copies of two motions that
Hernando County filed this week pushing back on that request.
And actually, we can think of several other things that a jury should
hear if this case gets its day in court.
Tags: 1980, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, ABLE,
Ashtrays, Atlanta, Barbara Behrendt, Blown for Good, Clearwater, David
Miscavige, Deaths, E-meter, Feshbach, Florida, Hernando County, Int Base,
IRS, Joe Feshbach, Judge James Whittemore, Katie Holmes, Kurt Feshbach, Los
Angeles, Lucas Catton, Marc Headley, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Narconon
International, Oklahoma, Quicky, Rena Weinberg, Sea Org, Spring Hill,
Suncoast Rehabilitation Center, Super Power, Super Power Building, Tampa Bay
Times, The Hole, The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power, Time magazine, Tom
Cruise, Tommy Davis, Toucan Partners
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Narconon is "Casualty Contact"
December 14, 2012, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2012/12/narconon-is-casualty-contact.html
Internal documents make clear that Narconon is a variation on "casualty
contact", a recruitment policy Hubbard developed for Scientology in the
1950s.
See here for full size In the opening section of this part of the
website, "Narconon: an Introduction", I argued that Scientology's
insistence that Narconon was an independent organisation is hard to
sustain.
Narconon, while acknowledging that it runs along principles created by
L. Ron Hubbard, plays down the Scientology angle on its website.
Tags: 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1972, 1974, 1977, 2004, Albion, Bridge to
Total Freedom, Buddhist, California, Caroline Letkeman, Casualty Contact,
Chris Owen, Clear, David Miscavige, David Touretzky, Dianetics,
Dissemination, FBI, Guardian's Office, Helen O'Brien, Hubbard Communications
Office, International Scientology News, Los Angeles, Mary Sue Hubbard,
Narconon, Office of Special Affairs, Professional Auditors Bulletin, Quicky,
Suppressive Person, The Way to Happiness, Washington, WISE, World Institute
of Scientology Enterprises
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Begging For Staff Christmas Bonuses
December 14, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/begging-for-staff-christmas-bonuses/
This is really quite sad.
Apart from exclamation compulsive disorder, this is an IDEAL ORG. One
of the big, prominent ones (as opposed to say Cambridge or Malmo or
Nashville or LV or Dallas or Padova or Brussels etc etc).
It is worth 3 exclamation points that they have 12 scheduled to start
GAG II. OMG. Twelve SCHEDULED. I guess they are going to pack out those
courserooms built to hold 500 students....
Tags: ASHO, Author Services Inc, Brussels, Cambridge, Dallas, David
Miscavige, DEA, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, International Association of
Scientologists, John Sweeney, L. Ron Hubbard, Larry Gilbert, Malmo,
Nashville, North Korea, OTC, Padova, Pasadena, Quicky, Religious Technology
Center
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Jon Atack: What we have here - in Scientology - is a failure to communicate
December 14, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/12/14/jon-atack-what-we-have-here-in-scientology-is-a-failure-to-communicate/
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 on Saturdays he's helping 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.
Jon, you're going to challenge one of Scientology's essential tenets
again, aren't you? Well, let us have it.
JON: The central conundrum of Scientology is in the right to
communicate. The Creed of the Church of Scientology states, and
emphatically so, "We of the Church believe: That all men have the
inalienable rights to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely
their own opinions and to counter or utter or write upon the opinions
of others...and that no agency less than God has the power to suspend
or set aside these rights, overtly or covertly."
Tags: 1970, 1986, A Piece of Blue Sky, Alessandro Calcioli, Anonymous, Bridge
to Total Freedom, Buddhism, Charity, Clear, Clearwater, Corpus Christi, David
Miscavige, Dianetics, Disconnection, England, Eric Pickles, First Amendment,
Florida, Gerry Armstrong, Hartley Patterson, Infinite Complacency,
International Association of Scientologists, John McMaster, Jon Atack, Jonny
Jacobsen, Louisa Hodkin, Michael Gove, Monique Rathbun, OT, Paris, Quicky,
Registrar, Roger Ellory, Steven Gregory Sloat, Tax exempt, Texas, The Local,
UK, USA, WhyWeProtest
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Another Scientology ambush, this time of Marty Rathbun with Louis Theroux
present
December 14, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/12/14/another-scientology-ambush-this-time-of-marty-rathbun-with-louis-theroux-present/
Marty Rathbun has been ambushed by odd Scientologists asking strange
questions yet again, and this time Marty not only managed to catch them
in his short video of the encounter, but filmmaker Louis Theroux can
also be seen in it.
In October, Rathbun posted video of three top Scientology officials
ambushing him at the gate of a terminal in Los Angeles International
airport. He managed to capture a blurry video of the three executives
telling him to get a life while carrying cameras of their own.
Last week, former church official Marc Headley got the treatment
outside Scientology's secretive International Base.
Tags: 2010, 2015, Alex Gibney, BBC, CCHR, Christopher Smith, Corpus Christi,
Facebook, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, HBO,
Int Base, John Dower, LAX, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux, Marc Headley, Marty
Rathbun, Monique Rathbun, Private investigator, Randall Stith, Simon Chinn,
Sundance Film Festival
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ASHO Is Booming. NOT
December 14, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/asho-is-booming-not/
More "good news" for those who love Bad News. The air has gone out of
the hype balloon that was the Pacifica Ideal Bridge.
Remember, ASHO used to be two separate orgs, now combined into one...
And they are now crowing about their incredible statistics:
Tags: ASHO, California, Clear, OT, Quicky
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Feds fund Scientology-backed detox program for vets in Annapolis
December 14, 2014, Rema Rahman, Capital Gazette
https://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-detox-1214-20141214,0,1075980,full.story
A detoxification program in Annapolis supported by the Church of
Scientology is treating veterans suffering from chronic Gulf
War-related conditions.
Treatments are funded by the U.S. Department of Defense through a
$633,677 grant issued in September 2010, according to Pentagon
officials. The Annapolis office opened in January, Clinical Trial
Coordinator Crystal Grant said.
Seven Gulf War veterans have completed the program and at least four
plan to begin the regimen next year. One is currently undergoing
detoxification, a treatment designed to rid the body of environmental
toxins through exercise, sauna therapy and doses of vitamins.
The federal money was awarded to researchers at the University of
Albany in New York state, with David O. Carpenter, the director of the
school's Institute for Health and the Environment, as the chief
applicant and investigator.
Tags: 9/11, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Crystal Grant, David Carpenter,
FDNY, Gulf War, Gulf War Illness Veterans Research Program, Heroes Health
Fund, Institute for Health and the Environment, Jim Long, John Travolta, Kirk
Moyer, Purification Rundown, Severna Park Health and Wellness Center,
University at Albany, US Department of Defense, Will Hamer
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Scientology Sunday Funnies: What's a little human trafficking between friends?
December 14, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/12/14/scientology-sunday-funnies-whats-a-little-human-trafficking-between-friends/
Welcome to another collection of Scientology Sunday Funnies! Each week,
we post some of the better Scientology fundraising fliers we've been
forwarded by our great tipsters.
This week, we wanted to start off with something that our commenters
have been talking about - a Los Angeles Police Department gladhander,
Captain Dave Storaker, who runs a Twitter feed that's about as smarmy
as it gets. And the breathless way he promoted a "human trafficking"
conference at Scientology's LA headquarters was pretty awful.
Scientology itself was investigated by the FBI for human trafficking
violations in 2009 and 2010, and that probe was derailed for
unfortunate reasons.
But what better way to distract from your own rotten record of treating
workers like indentured servants - including children - than to operate
front groups that pretend they give a crap about "human rights"? It's
kind of genius, when you think about it.
Tags: 1983, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, Alex Jones, Andre Dawson,
Angry Gay Pope, Anne Archer, Capital Gazette, Church of Spiritual Technology,
Dave Storaker, David Carpenter, David Miscavige, David Petit, FBI, Florida,
Fort Harrison, Freewinds, Golden Age of Tech, Gulf War, Helen Smith,
Hollywood, Human trafficking, Int Base, Lake Arrowhead, LAPD, Leah Remini,
Los Angeles, LSD, Michael Chan, New York, Police, Pope, Purification Rundown,
Rema Rahman, Reverend, Shelly Miscavige, Sunday Funnies, Sydney, Terry
Jastrow, Twitter, United for Human Rights, Valley Ideal Org, WhyWeProtest,
Winter Wonderland
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Unidentified Scientology Terrorists
December 14, 2014, Marty Rathbun, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrLP-29eTzE
Scientology domestic terrorists trespassing at a Hollywood studio in
order to attempt to stifle a documentary film on scientology. This is
related to scientology managers attempting the same thing at LAX
airport two months ago, see Top Scientology Managers In Action on this
youtube channel. For more information see 'Unidentified Scientology
Terrorists' at markrathbun.wordpress.com.
Tags: Fair Game, Hollywood, LAX, Terrorist, Video
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Unidentified Scientology Terrorists
December 14, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/unidentified-scientology-terrorists/
The following video captures a second wave of scientology terrorists
trespassing at a private studio in Hollywood (for the first wave see
the the last post, Scientology Top Management) on Saturday afternoon 13
December 2014. They are attempting to intimidate and silence me in my
ongoing consultant work with the credible production companies
producing feature-length, theater-release documentary films on
scientology. Both of their principle accusations against me (that I
have been paid a red cent for adopting a child and for consultancy on
the documentary) are bald-faced, invented lies.
If anyone knows the identity of the two bearded scientology operatives
and their cameraman please provide me with the information.
Update 12/15/14:
Tags: Goons, Hollywood, International Business Times, Quicky, Terrorist,
Underground Bunker
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Flag OTC News
December 14, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/flag-otc-news/
Thursday Funnies on Monday.
This is 4 pages of LOL nuttiness, direct from the "greatest OT
Committee on earth."
The delusion is a wonder to behold...
Tags: Africa, Arthur Maren, Boston, Bulawayo, Cape Town, Chicago, Detroit,
Durban, Harare, Ideal Org, Johannesburg, Kaye Champagne, OT Committee, OT
VII, OTC, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Puerto Rico, Quicky, Slovakia, South
Africa, Thursday Funnies
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Who are those WISE guys? A tipster helps us get some names of Scientology
operatives
December 14, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/12/14/who-are-those-wise-guys-a-tipster-helps-us-get-some-names-of-scientology-operatives/
On Thursday, we told you about a woman who is suing a business in
Pasadena that forced her to take Scientology courses, and when she
refused, she was fired.
We explained that the business, Lusida Rubber Products, had been taken
over by executives active in Scientology's "WISE" front group, the
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises.
You see, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard revealed in a 1965 lecture
that he had gleaned from a galactic civilization which lasted 80
trillion years (yes, he said trillions - hear it for yourself here,
second item) a way of setting up organizations that he called an "org
board." Hubbard ended up denuding whole forests with his writings about
how organizations and businesses should be run, and his followers
assume that he's as much a genius about that as he is about the human
mind and the nature of the universe itself.
Tags: 1965, 2009, 2013, 2016, Aaron Hambley, Abby Winteregg, ABLE, Abortion,
Accelerated Training Solutions, Adam Fuegel, Ahuda Gorman, Alex Melgarejo,
Allen Jackson, Andrea Wheeler, Andrew Harris, Annette Jonsson, Anonymous,
Ariana Walker, Art of Management, Ashley Fuegel, Austin, Austin Beilhart,
Barbara Wilson, Bela Nagy, Belgium, Ben Ochart, Bill Kilpatrick, Bobbee
Palmer, Brenna Terpstra, Brennan Clouden, Brent Detelich, Bryan Manning,
Budapest, Business Forward, Canada, Cebron Walker, Charter Committee, Chase
Wilson, Chiropractic, Chiropractic Business Academy, Chris Melvin, Ciara
McMahon, Cody Holton, Comm Line, Costa Rica, Craig Ferreira, Dan Margolin,
David Singer, David Singer Enterprises, Dennis Dezelic, Denver, Dylan Byrne,
Ecuador, Effective Management, Erik Bayersdorfer, Ethics, Fernando Olea,
First Amendment, Fred King, Ginny Boehme, Greg Winteregg, Gregory Winteregg,
Hilarie Rockl, Hubbard College, Hubbard Management, Hugh Whitt, Ilya Kusakin,
International Executive Technology, Jack Hennessy, Jacobs & Van Rooij
Management, Janette Jonsson, Janice Wheeler, Jeff Lee, Jerry Langenfeld, Joel
Parker, Jonna Palmer, Judge Rolf Treu, Justin Feinberg, Kasza Tamas, Kathy
Barnett, Kathy Korb, Kazimir Zak, Kevin Wilson, Kim Payne, Klaus Uckelman,
Latvia, Laura DeCrescenzo, Lauren Feldman, Legoland, Lorna Shelton, Los
Angeles Superior Court, Lothar Stueckl, Louisiana, Luis Colon, Lusida Rubber
Products, Management Success, Marc de Turck, Marten Runow, Martin Kolb,
Martin Runow, MasterTech, Measurable Solutions, Melanie Hoover, MGE
Management Experts, Miami, Mike Menkhaus, Mike Russell, Milan, Milano, Milena
Ferreira, Nagy Bela, Narconon, Neil Winteregg, Nepal, Oregon, Org Board,
Pacific Management, Pasadena, Pat Boyers, Patrick Clouden, Performia
International, Peter Buckles, Piroska Gyula, Practice Solutions, Quicky, R.M.
Seibert, Regina Zwers, Registrar, Researcher, Rick Manning, Robin Hod, Roger
Van Locke, Roger Van Loocke, Rohn Walker, Ruby Lee, Rundowns, Sabri Blumberg,
Sea Org, Sean Kirk, Silhouette, Silkin Management, Slavka Gondova, South
Africa, Sterling Management, Stuttgart, Survival Strategies, Susan Lewis,
Szilvie Nemes, Taichung, Taiwan, Tokyo, Ulan Nutritional Systems, U-Man
Management, Venezuela, Veterinary Practice Solutions, William Prince, WISE,
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
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5 Things We Learned From 'Scientology and the Aftermath,' Episode 3
December 14, 2016, Amelia McDonell-Parry, Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/5-things-we-learned-from-scientology-the-aftermath-ep-3-w455929
Last night's episode of A&E's docuseries Leah Remini: Scientology and
the Aftermath offered the host's overview of what it means to be a
Scientologist and what needs to happen in order to to spiritually
progress in the Church. In a way, they were giving away for free what
the organization charges its members to learn over the course of their
life. Here are five things we learned:
1. What it means to be "clear" The first big goal for any new
Scientologist is to reach a state of "Clear," L. Ron Hubbard's word for
being free of the "reactive mind." A person is considered a "Clear"
once they have been deemed free of "engrams," or the unwanted
emotions/painful traumas not readily available to the conscious mind.
To the average person in therapy, this probably sounds like letting go
of one's "baggage" - but to get there requires countless hours of
"auditing" on a small machine called an "e-meter."
During an auditing session, a Scientology auditor asks the "pre-Clear"
to answer a variety of questions while holding two metal cans that are
connected to a machine. As the pre-Clear answers the questions, the
auditor interprets the movements of the machine's needle in order to
determine whether they've overcome that particular issue. Eventually,
after many hours, the auditor will determine that the person is no
longer under the influence of the reactive mind. According to the show,
this is the beginning of a very long ? and potentially very expensive ?
journey.
Tags: 1973, 2013, A&E, Alex Gibney, Bridge to Total Freedom, Clear, David
Kahn, E-meter, First Amendment, Freewinds, Knowledge Report, Leah Remini,
Mary Kahn, Operating Thetan, OT, OT VIII, Paris, Quicky, Scientology and the
Aftermath, Sec Check, Suppressive Person, Tom Cruise
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DOX: How Scientology ensnares the unsuspecting in a series of binding
contracts
December 14, 2016, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2016/12/14/dox-how-scientology-ensnares-the-unsuspecting-in-a-series-of-binding-contracts/
(Note: This article was originally published on Tony Ortega's
Underground Bunker and is republished here for archival purposes)
How do good people get trapped in something like Scientology? One way
is through the series of unconscionable legal contracts the Church of
Scientology uses to strip its members of their civil and legal rights.
As revealed in its own documents, Scientology is designed to ensnare
its members legally, and as soon as practically possible. Contracts are
the legal backbone of the "Prison of Belief."
The public doesn't know about this malicious series of Scientology
contracts. New Scientologists are never informed, advised, or counseled
in advance about the potential adverse legal consequences they could
face as a result of signing these contracts. These contracts are
one-sided and give the Church all of the power while taking away power
from individual members.
Tags: APA, Bridge to Total Freedom, David Miscavige, Flag Service
Organization, Introspection Rundown, L. Ron Hubbard, Lisa McPherson, Luis and
Rocio Garcia, Office of Special Affairs, Orientation, OT, Paris, Quicky,
Religious Technology Center, Scientology staff, Sea Org, Tony Ortega,
Underground Bunker
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Nora Crest's powerful new video: Why you can't be gay in Scientology
December 14, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/12/14/nora-crests-powerful-new-video-why-you-cant-be-gay-in-scientology/
Nora Crest is back with a new video, and this one is timed to take off.
Since the last time she brought us a video message, she's had a major
profile at the Daily Mail, which helped to get word out about her
experience in Scientology. As a young Sea Org member who worked at the
Hollywood Celebrity Centre, she got into trouble because she kissed her
female roommate - and liked it.
For that "crime," Nora was interrogated and then assigned to the Sea
Org's notorious prison program, the "Rehabilitation Project Force."
Conditions in the RPF were so degrading, after two years in the
program, Nora became so desperate to leave, she drank bleach and was
hospitalized.
Tags: A&E, Celebrity Centre, Conditions, Daily Mail, Derek Bloch, Hollywood,
Keith Relkin, Leah Remini, LGBTQ, Nora Crest, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project
Force, Sea Org
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Scientology Aftermath Episode 3 Aftermath
December 14, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-aftermath-episode-3-aftermath/
The next show has now aired, and now it's on to Episode 4. And perhaps
some other goodies to come too.
As always, I am interested in your views - including criticisms and
things you think might be better explained or covered.
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: A&E, Congress, Critic, Dead Agent, Disconnection, IRS, Leah Remini,
Quicky, Scientology Aftermath, Scientology and the Aftermath, Tony Ortega,
Underground Bunker
==========================================
He was Scientology's most famous spy, then he turned witness and vanished.
Now, here he is.
December 14, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/12/14/he-was-scientologys-most-famous-spy-then-he-turned-witness-and-vanished-now-here-he-is/
In 2014, while we were working on our book about Paulette Cooper, The
Unbreakable Miss Lovely, we got a fascinating break.
A researcher who was helping us said that he had managed to track down
Michael Meisner.
For those of us who study Scientology's history, it's a name that has
always been shrouded in mystery. We have often wondered what happened
to the super spy who carried out much of the legendary Snow White
Program, the largest domestic infiltration of the U.S. federal
government in its history, on behalf of Scientology's infamous original
spy wing, the Guardian's Office.
Tags: 1950, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993,
1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2016, Boston Foundation,
Catholic, Chicago, Chris Shelton, Christine Hansen, Clearwater, Company,
David Miscavige, DC, eBay, Facebook, FBI, Gabe Cazares, Gerald Wolfe,
Guardian's Office, Illinois, IRS, Jehovah's Witnesses, Journal Sentinel,
Lloyd Evans, Los Angeles, Maine, Mary Sue Hubbard, Michael Meisner,
Milwaukee, Miss Lovely, Mississippi, New Orleans, Paulette Cooper, Pete
Griffiths, Pulitzer Prize, Russia, Snow White Program, St. Petersburg, The
Unbreakable Miss Lovely, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, US
Department of Justice, Washington, Washington Post
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Should Scientology Be Banned ft. Lloyd Evans
December 14, 2017, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2017/12/14/banning-scientology-worst-movie-ever-ft-lloyd-evans/
In May 2017, the state of Russia banned the religion and practice of
Jehovah's Witnesses. The Church of Scientology is being faced with the
same kind of ban in Russia. This is a controversial subject because
many in the anti-Scientology community feel this is a good and just
action. In this video, former Jehovah's Witness and anti-cult activist
Lloyd Evans and I discuss why this is a terrible idea and what some of
the consequences have already been for JWs in Russia under this new ban.
Tags: Jehovah's Witnesses, Lloyd Evans, Quicky, Russia
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Should Scientology be Banned ft. Lloyd Evans
December 14, 2017, Chris Shelton, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVKo98tP9G0
In May 2017, the state of Russia banned the religion and practice of
Jehovah's Witnesses. The Church of Scientology is being faced with the
same kind of ban in Russia. This is a controversial subject because
many in the anti-Scientology community feel this is a good and just
action. In this video, former Jehovah's Witness and anti-cult activist
Lloyd Evans and I discuss why this is a terrible idea and what some of
the consequences have already been for JWs in Russia under this new ban.
Lloyd's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/johnceda...
History of Scientology in Russia: https://youtu.be/hTItHAywfro
Tags: Jehovah's Witnesses, Lloyd Evans, Quicky, Russia
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Thursday Funnies
December 14, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-149/
"The Strategy for Clearing Florida"
You can bet it consists of ONE thing. You giving them your money.
They have no strategy. There isn't even an org in Jacksonville. Or
Tallahassee. Or Naples. Or West Palm Beach. Or Daytona Beach. Or
Pensacola. Or Gainesville. And there isn't even a Mission in any of
these places. Their "strategy" consists of mental masturbation. And
your money.
Tags: 1960, 2004, ABLE, Africa, Clear, Congress, Dan Sherman, David
Miscavige, Daytona Beach, Fake, Florida, Gainesville, Germany, International
Association of Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard, Lois Reisdorf, Mission, New
Haven, New Year's Eve, Orlando, OT, OTC, Palm Beach, Quicky, Scam, Scotland,
South Africa, Tallahassee, Thursday Funnies
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Finally, L. Ron Hubbard's first 'Clear' - Sonya Bianchi - found again after
68 years
December 14, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/12/14/finally-l-ron-hubbards-first-clear-sonya-bianchi-found-again-after-68-years/
We're sad to report that on December 5, Frank T. Hulswit died before we
had a chance to talk with him. He was 94.
His wife Sonya is 92, and her son Chris says she is doing poorly. We
don't know if we'll get a chance to meet her, something we've been
trying to work out with Chris. But now that her husband Frank has died,
we decided that even if we haven't been able to meet her, we couldn't
wait any longer to tell you that we had finally found L. Ron Hubbard's
first 'Clear,' 68 years after she made a memorable appearance at the
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
For serious Scientology watchers, this has been one of the field's holy
grails, to locate the young woman who stood on stage at the Shrine and
couldn't remember the color of L. Ron Hubbard's tie. For us, this one
is right up there with finding Snow White spy Michael Meisner, locating
notorious Snow White figure 'Jerry Levin/Don Alverzo,' and tracking
down the FBI agent who stopped the Snow White Program in its tracks
(Christine Hansen, interviewed for our book, The Unbreakable Miss
Lovely).
Tags: 1924, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 2014, A. E. van Vogt,
Adelaide, Arthur Jean Cox, Bare-Faced Messiah, Boston, California, Chris
Hulswit, Christine Hansen, Clear, Dianetics, Don Alverzo, Don Rogers, Eivol
Ekdal, FBI, Frank Hulswit, Garry Scarff, Hollywood, Hubbard Dianetic Research
Foundation, Jerry Levin, John McMaster, Jon Atack, London, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles Times, Maine, Massachusetts, Mental Health, Michael Meisner, Quicky,
Russell Miller, Science of Survival, Shrine Auditorium, Snow White Program,
Sonya Bianchi, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely
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Regraded Being
December 14, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-174/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
==========================================
Scientology: Clearing The Planet 1 Brick At A Time
December 14, 2018, GateCrashers, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ug8PiUZ4L4
Scientology maintains a list of "crimes" that dictate what is
acceptable behavior and what isn't. They police members and enforce
penalties. Even doubting scientology can land one in trouble! We pray
this poor woman gets home to her grandchildren.
Tags: Clear, Quicky, Religious worker, Sea Org
==========================================
Glam for Xenu: When Scientology celebrities ruled the world
December 14, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/12/14/glam-for-xenu-when-scientology-celebrities-ruled-the-world/
We want to thank Karen de la Carriere for digging out of her huge
collection some pure, unadulterated apex-Scientology nostalgia for us
all to see.
The era was right around 1990, when Scientology was at its absolute
height - former top executives tell us the organization achieved its
greatest expansion around that time, with about 100,000 active members
around the world. (Scientology has never had the "millions" that it
claims.) And not only was it larger then, despite the death of its
founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1986, Scientology had managed with the help
of its celebrities to attain a sort of corporate-training gloss and an
undeniable influence on Hollywood, which was terrified of it.
And so was the IRS. In 1993, Scientology leader David Miscavige
celebrated his greatest achievement when the church attained tax-exempt
status after warring with the IRS for decades.
Tags: 1953, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2014, Chick Corea, David Miscavige,
Hollywood, IRS, Karen de la Carriere, Keith Code, Kelly Preston, L. Ron
Hubbard, Lisa Marie Presley, Mace-Kingsley Ranch, Maxine Nightingale, Mike
Rinder, Potential Trouble Source, Purification Rundown, Scientology TV, Sec
Check, Xenu
==========================================
The True Measure of Scientology "Expansion"
December 14, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-true-measure-of-scientology-expansion/
On 6 January 2014 I published a blog post entitled Straight Up and
Vertical - Not which included information about the target of "10,000
onto or through Solo NOTs".
At that time, almost exactly 10 years ago, they claimed to have 6410
people who had accomplished that feat.
Ignore whether this number is true or not, we will take them at their
word.
Tags: 1980, 2014, Bridge to Total Freedom, Facebook, Flag Service
Organization, OT, OT IX, OT VIII, Quicky, Solo NOTs, Twitter
==========================================
Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
December 14 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/12-14.html
==========================================
Tulsa Psychiatrist Named to Evaluate Narconon Facility
December 14, 1990, Michael McNutt, News OK
https://newsok.com/tulsa-psychiatrist-named-to-evaluate-narconon-facility/article/2341177
Dr. John Chelf, a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in
addiction, will make the review and report to the State Mental Health
Board, said Rosemary Brown, a spokeswoman with the Oklahoma Department
of Mental Health.
The Narconon Chilocco New Life Center last month successfully blocked
board members from reviewing reports from an earlier inspection. They
claimed the documents were biased against the facility because of its
ties with the Church of Scientology.
Mental health board members last month talked of naming the agency's
advocate general, the person who represents complaining patients of
mental health and substance abuse facilities but reconsidered after
Narconon objected, Brown said.
Tags: John Chelf, Kay County, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma County,
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Rosemary
Brown, Tulsa
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Narconon Loses Battle For Certification, Must Close
December 14, 1991, Tulsa World
https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/narconon-loses-battle-for-certification-must-close/article_26d591d6-d340-5317-be9e-56e413e62cc2.html
he state mental health board Friday rejected certification for the
controversial Narconon Chilocco New Life Center, 6-0.
The board stayed its order seven days so officials at the drug
treatment center can arrange an orderly removal of the 27 patients at
the Newkirk center.
After months of board hearings, court orders and press conferences, the
decision puts an end to the first phase of the history of the center,
tied to the Church of Scientology.
Tags: Dennis Lewelling, Harry Woods, Murray Abowitz, Narconon, Narconon
Chilocco, Oklahoma, Ray Stewers
==========================================
Narconon to appeal board's denial of certification
December 14, 1991, Tulsa World
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/narconon-to-appeal-board-s-denial-of-certification/article_96eafcd5-4a52-551f-91a9-90b68af1b720.html
"We will be appealing this decision immediately on behalf of the many
clients in the program right now, some of whom are court-ordered from
many parts of the country," Gary Smith, president of the Narconon
Chilocco New Life Center, said after a 6-0 vote Friday against
certification.
The board also voted 5-1 to stay its order denying certification for
seven days. That would allow for the orderly removal of the clients at
the facility, which is backed by the Church of Scientology.
Tags: Dennis Lewelling, Duane Burgess, Gary Smith, John Chelf, Joyce
Bumgardner, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Board of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services, Ray Stowers
==========================================
Narconon Turned Down for Certification, Must Close
December 14, 1991, Wayne Greene, Tulsa World
https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/narconon-turned-down-for-certification-must-close/article_9093d2c0-1d71-56e2-8788-f932227a85ca.html
He admitted past troubles in the discharge planning and medical record
keeping at the center, but said the program was basically effective and
improving.
Citing evidence from a stack of medical journals, board member Joyce
Bumgardner charged sauna and exercise programs at the center were being
instituted without proper care for the possible heart damage drug abuse
may have caused to the patients.
Tags: Dennis Lewelling, Dwaine Burgess, Guy Hurst, Harry Woods, Joyce
Bumgardner, Murray Abowitz, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Ray Stewers
==========================================
Sect Appeal: A&E Examines The Scientology Phenomenon
December 14, 1998, Kay McFadden, Seattle Times
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2788882&date=19981214&query=Scientology
Few sects are as rife with news appeal as Scientology. In its 44-year
history, the church has been embroiled in battles with the Internal
Revenue Service, Time magazine and a half-dozen foreign governments;
had top members jailed for criminal activities; and lists among its
current members John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Isaac Hayes,
Kirstie Alley, Jenna Elfman and Mimi Rogers.
Tags: A&E, Bill Kurtis, David Miscavige, IRS
==========================================
Investigation: is the Landmark Forum a cult?
December 14, 2003, Amelia Hill, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/14/ameliahill.theobserver
A quick look on the internet revealed even more dramatic claims. Since
its creation in 1991, Landmark Education has been described variously
as a cult, an exercise in brainwashing and a marketing trick cooked up
by a conman to sap the vulnerable of their savings.
Landmark rebuts such claims. Not satisfied with simply transforming the
lives of its students, it promises to deliver the secret of what it
means to be human and guarantees them futures greater than they could
imagine.
For ?275 and 39 hours of my time, it seemed like an offer worth
considering. In my head, however, I had already begun to draft an
article about a society so needy that even its educated elite were mugs
enough to pay through the nose for such vague, preposterous promises.
Tags: 1991, 2001, Academic, Buddhism, Clear, Dale Carnegie, England,
Hinduism, Landmark, Landmark Education, Landmark Forum, London, New York,
Sleep deprivation
==========================================
Cruise ripped for plugging Scientology
December 14, 2004, UPI
https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/12/14/Cruise-ripped-for-plugging-Scientology/UPI-40081103047537/
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Tom Cruise apparently won't win any prizes
for using last week's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo as a platform
to plug Scientology.
The "Collateral" star and Oprah Winfrey co-hosted Saturday's event,
which featured such performers as Cyndi Lauper, Patti Labelle and Diana
Krall, MSNBC reported Tuesday.
"One of the things that we believe in (as Scientologists) is peace,
freedom," Cruise said in promoting the concert, which will be broadcast
in the United States Dec. 23. "I'm just proud to be here, and very
proud to be a Scientologist here and to be part of this."
Tags: Cult, MSNBC, Nobel, Oprah Winfrey, Oslo, Pat Kingsley, Quicky, Rick
Ross, Tom Cruise
==========================================
Cruise ripped for plugging Scientology
December 14, 2004, UPI
https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/12/14/Cruise-ripped-for-plugging-Scientology/40081103047537/
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Tom Cruise apparently won't win any prizes
for using last week's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo as a platform
to plug Scientology.
The "Collateral" star and Oprah Winfrey co-hosted Saturday's event,
which featured such performers as Cyndi Lauper, Patti Labelle and Diana
Krall, MSNBC reported Tuesday.
"One of the things that we believe in (as Scientologists) is peace,
freedom," Cruise said in promoting the concert, which will be broadcast
in the United States Dec. 23. "I'm just proud to be here, and very
proud to be a Scientologist here and to be part of this."
Tags: Cult, MSNBC, Nobel Peace Prize, Oprah Winfrey, Oslo, Pat Kingsley,
Quicky, Rick Ross, Tom Cruise
==========================================
Tom Cruise Blasted by 9/11 Firefighters
December 14, 2005, WENN, Hollywood.com
http://www.hollywood.com/news/Cruise_Blasted_by_911_Firefighters/3472160
The Scientology devotee has urged emergency services victims to give up
their medication and inhalers as part of a "purification rundown,'
which favors sauna sessions, ingestion of cooking oil and large doses
of niacin as cures instead.
As co-founder of the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project,
Cruise has also supported a new Scientology clinic preaching these
remedies near the Ground Zero site.
Tags: Detox, Purification Rundown, Tom Cruise
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Cult Watch
December 14, 2007, Lynne Wallis, TES Magazine
http://www.tes.co.uk/2483496
This year, it was discovered Narconon, the Scientology-linked group,
has been invited into British schools to lecture pupils on drugs, and
the organisation's outpost in East Grinstead - known as the Effective
Education centre - attempts to coach mainstream teachers in some of the
precepts of Scientology, which advocates a form of self-help invented
by its founder L. Ron Hubbard.
Tags: Narconon, UK
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For first time in years, mayor has opponent
December 14, 2007, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/14/Hillsborough/Hillsborough_sets_new.shtml
The race to become Clearwater's top elected leader kicked off Wednesday
night with the city's first mayoral forum in almost a decade.
Former Clearwater Mayor Rita Garvey and incumbent Frank Hibbard spent
two hours at the Clearwater Beach Recreation Center answering questions
about the waterfront, downtown, Scientology, taxes and the Community
Development Board.
Tags: Clearwater, Frank Hibbard, Rita Garvey
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Valentino to Receive Grand Medaille de Paris
December 14, 2007, Godfrey Deeny, Fashion Wire Daily
http://www.fashionwiredaily.com/first_word/news/article.weml?id=1622
In 2005, the medal was a source of Hollywood controversy when Anne
Hidalgo a senior socialist politician promised in the name of Delanoe
that the mayor intended "to be vigilant" that Tom Cruise would never
receive the Grand Medaille due to his membership of the church
Scientology, regarded as a cult in official French circles.
Tags: Anne Hidalgo, France, Paris, Tom Cruise
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Will Smith Foundation Donated $20,000 to Scientology
December 14, 2007, David Foxley, New York Observer
http://www.observer.com/2007/will-smith-foundation-donated-scientology
Rumors suggesting that Will Smith is a Scientologist have been swirling
and growing as he is seen in public more and more with Tom Cruise, a
well-known member of the organization. There was even an item about it
on Page Six today. But now, the likelihood that the I Am Legend star is
in fact an L. Ron Hubbard disciple seems a bit greater. It turns out
the Will Smith Foundation, which gives away hundreds of thousands of
dollars to various causes, donated $20,000 to the Church of
Scientology's home-schooling program, called the Hollywood Education
and Literacy Program. Recently on Access Hollywood, Mr. Smith
reiterated what he told Men's Vogue, saying, "I was introduced [to] it
by Tom and I'm a student of world religion."
Tags: Hollywood Education and Literacy Program, Tom Cruise, Will Smith
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Clearwater business owner focused on growth amid gloom
December 14, 2008, Jeff Harrington, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article937269.ece
L. Ron Hubbard watches over Gendusa's office.
Actually, two photos of the Scientology founder hang on her walls amid
marketing awards and splashy pastel artwork. Located in downtown
Clearwater near Scientology's headquarters, PostcardMania was developed
based in part on Hubbard's business strategems. Shelved behind
Gendusa's desk is a multivolume set depicting Hubbard's business
management technology.
PostcardMania is a member of WISE, the World Institute of Scientology
Enterprises, and up to a third of its employees are Scientologists.
However, Gendusa isn't counting on any Scientology business network to
ride out the recession. Those contacts, she said, account for only a
small fraction of revenues. To grow the business anywhere near her 50
percent goal, she's counting on other strategies.
Tags: 2007, 2009, APA, Clearwater, Congress, Joy Gendusa, Karla Jo Helms,
PostcardMania, WISE, World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
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Scientology Not Christmas Compatible, Say Protesters
December 14, 2008, Candice M. Giove, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/scientology-not-christmas-compatible-say-protesters-6722630
The Santa that came out of The Church of Scientology's revolving doors
was in most respects perfectly credible. He had the grin and the girth,
and even a genuine, whitish beard.
But the Scientology Santa also wore a red jacket embroidered with the
message "Get it! Read it! Dianetics."
This riled the anti-Scientology Anonymous protesters across the street
to shouts and mocking laughter. For one thing, The Church of
Scientology doesn't even believe in Christmas. "They say Jesus Christ
didn't exist and yet they're pretending they're celebrating the birth
of him," said Anon Little Sister.
Tags: Anonymous, Dianetics, Jesus Christ, Katie Holmes, Lisa McPherson, New
York City
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Francesco Minelli and Luana Barbaglio
December 14, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/francesco-minelli-and-luana-barbaglio/
Translation of the latest from Gary Baldi at L'Indipendologo
http://indipendologo.wordpress.
com/2010/12/12/francesco-minelli-e-luana-barbaglio-lasciano-la-chiesa/
The legend tells that in the night of December Twelve around Bergamo
and Brescia, along with a donkey full of presents, a saint woman by the
name of Santa Lucia, will bring gifts to all kids that anxiously await
her arrival. At times you could hear a bell ring, the donkey has one by
his neck, which calls all kids to hiding, for no one can look at Santa
Lucia, otherwise she'll throw some magical dust that will blind all
kids?Well, Luana and Francesco have been really naughty, for as soon as
the local OSA I/C from Brescia told them to be aware of the nasty
things Indys were writing on blogs, they started gathering all of the
data for themselves.
These are very special people, because in NO time they have absorbed
all that was needed to be absorbed, and have decided at once to leave
the Church! This is some real speed of particle flow?they really must
have some Power! We've been observing "second generation"
Scientologists which hold within themselves amazing attributes. A great
welcome to Luana and Francesco!
Tags: AOSHEU, Elan Vital, Ethics, Europe, Flag Service Organization, Flag
Ship Service Organization, France, Francesco Minelli, International
Association of Scientologists, Italy, Keep Scientology Working, L. Ron
Hubbard, Luana Barbaglio, Luis Garcia, Office of Special Affairs, OT, Quicky,
Sea Org, YouTube
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Only Scientology joke tires quickly in American Stage's 'Pageant'
December 14, 2010, John Fleming, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/features/performingarts/only-scientology-joke-tires-quickly-in-american-stages-pageant/1140075
In its production, American Stage has also blunted a key aspect of the
show, conceived by Alex Timbers, with book, music and lyrics by Kyle
Jarrow. Originally, Pageant was performed by a cast of children ages
8-13, and reviewers found that their innocence and unprofessional
acting had a certain charm. But concerned about possible intimidation
by Scientologists - as happened with a Los Angeles production - the St.
Petersburg theater cast six 20-something actors, and the kiddy pageant
angle is lost with them in the roles.
Tags: A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, Clearwater,
Critic, E-meter, Hawaii, Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, Xenu
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WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard -- and, Worst of All, the
Media
December 14, 2010, Michael Lacey, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/12/wikileaks_betrayed_by_media.php
Credit: Kyle T. Webster
The outrageous behavior of Amazon, Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal
directed at WikiLeaks represents a much greater threat to America than
any of the alleged security breaches from Julian Assange.
These companies moved to cut off WikiLeaks' ability to collect
donations and distribute information because of the hysterical
fulminations of headline hungry politicians and embarrassed bureaucrats.
Tags: 1996, 2008, Amazon, Arizona, Barack Obama, Congress, Electronic
Frontier Foundation, FBI, First Amendment, Hillary Clinton, House Judiciary
Committee, Julian Assange, New York Times, Quicky, Sweden, US Department of
Justice, US Secretary of State, US State Department, Visa, Washington Post,
Washington Times, WikiLeaks
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Corporate Scientology's "Global Retribution"
December 14, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/corporate-scientologys-global-retribution/
It would be interesting to hear people's thoughts on this latest
pronunciamento* by Corporate Scientology leader David Miscavige. What
came to mind to me was this axiom, that which you resist hard enough
you become.
*Pronunciamento: translation
1 pronouncement
Tags: David Miscavige, Quicky
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Scientology Story of the Year: Cast Your Vote Now!
December 14, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/12/scientology_sto_1.php
This has been some year of Scientology reporting and commenting here at
the Village Voice, and with the calendar about to flip, we wanted to
hand out some awards.
But first, we need your help.
We're asking our many loyal readers to help us choose three major
year-end awards for Best Scientology Story, Best Scientology Video, and
Best Scientology Shoop (photoshopped image). After the jump, we'll
reveal the URL for the poll itself...
Tags: 1990, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, Angry Gay Pope, Anonymous,
Australia, Birmingham, California, Chill EB, Clearwater, Copenhagen, David
Miscavige, Disconnection, Fair Game, Florida, Freewinds, Gur Finkelstein,
Hugh Urban, Hy Levy, Ideal Org, Ingleside, Inside Scientology: The Story of
America's Most Secretive Religion, International Association of
Scientologists, Israel, Jaffa, Janet Reitman, Joe Childs, John Allender,
Kansas City, Lawrence Wright, Lisa McPherson, Lloyd Kaufman, Los Angeles,
Luis Garcia, Marty Rathbun, Matt Stone, Melissa Paris, Mike Rinder, Mission,
New Yorker, Ohio, Orange County, Paris, Paul Haggis, Phoenix, Photoshop,
Pope, Quicky, Ramana Dienes-Browning, Rolling Stone, Scientology executive,
Sea Org, South Park, Squirrel, Squirrel Busters, Squirrel stuff, St.
Petersburg Times, Steve Cannane, Super Power, Synthia Fagen, Texas, The
Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion, The Truth Rundown, Tom
Cruise, Tom Tobin, Trey Parker, UK, Valeska Paris, We Stand Tall, WhyWeProtest
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Does It Get Any Darker Than This?
December 14, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/does-it-get-any-darker-than-this/
The following is the latest publication on the subject of Mark 'Marty'
Rathbun currently being distributed far and wide by the 'church' of
Scientology.
Marty Charles Rathbun - Institutionalized in 1956, born in 1957
Marty Rathbun was born in San Rafael, California on January 9, 1957,
and his first brush with electrifying violence came before his birth.
Tags: 1956, 1957, 2007, AMA, California, CIA, Quicky
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DOX: Florida Officials Fight Attempt to Hide Drug Rehab's Scientology
Connections
December 14, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/12/14/florida-officials-fight-narconons-attempt-to-hide-its-scientology-connections-in-court-battle/
Kurt Feshbach: Shhh, he's a wealthy Scientologist Officials in Hernando
County, Florida aren't backing down in a lawsuit brought by a wealthy
Scientologist who wants to expand a Narconon drug rehab site against
the wishes of local residents.
The Narconon center's landowner has asked federal Judge James D.
Whittemore that the facility's connection to Scientology, and the
recent deaths of three Narconon patients in Oklahoma, be kept from a
jury if the lawsuit goes to trial. We have copies of two motions that
Hernando County filed this week pushing back on that request.
And actually, we can think of several other things that a jury should
hear if this case gets its day in court.
Tags: 1980, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, ABLE,
Ashtrays, Atlanta, Barbara Behrendt, Blown for Good, Clearwater, David
Miscavige, Deaths, E-meter, Feshbach, Florida, Hernando County, Int Base,
IRS, Joe Feshbach, Judge James Whittemore, Katie Holmes, Kurt Feshbach, Los
Angeles, Lucas Catton, Marc Headley, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Narconon
International, Oklahoma, Quicky, Rena Weinberg, Sea Org, Spring Hill,
Suncoast Rehabilitation Center, Super Power, Super Power Building, Tampa Bay
Times, The Hole, The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power, Time magazine, Tom
Cruise, Tommy Davis, Toucan Partners
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Narconon is "Casualty Contact"
December 14, 2012, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2012/12/narconon-is-casualty-contact.html
Internal documents make clear that Narconon is a variation on "casualty
contact", a recruitment policy Hubbard developed for Scientology in the
1950s.
See here for full size In the opening section of this part of the
website, "Narconon: an Introduction", I argued that Scientology's
insistence that Narconon was an independent organisation is hard to
sustain.
Narconon, while acknowledging that it runs along principles created by
L. Ron Hubbard, plays down the Scientology angle on its website.
Tags: 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1972, 1974, 1977, 2004, Albion, Bridge to
Total Freedom, Buddhist, California, Caroline Letkeman, Casualty Contact,
Chris Owen, Clear, David Miscavige, David Touretzky, Dianetics,
Dissemination, FBI, Guardian's Office, Helen O'Brien, Hubbard Communications
Office, International Scientology News, Los Angeles, Mary Sue Hubbard,
Narconon, Office of Special Affairs, Professional Auditors Bulletin, Quicky,
Suppressive Person, The Way to Happiness, Washington, WISE, World Institute
of Scientology Enterprises
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Begging For Staff Christmas Bonuses
December 14, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/begging-for-staff-christmas-bonuses/
This is really quite sad.
Apart from exclamation compulsive disorder, this is an IDEAL ORG. One
of the big, prominent ones (as opposed to say Cambridge or Malmo or
Nashville or LV or Dallas or Padova or Brussels etc etc).
It is worth 3 exclamation points that they have 12 scheduled to start
GAG II. OMG. Twelve SCHEDULED. I guess they are going to pack out those
courserooms built to hold 500 students....
Tags: ASHO, Author Services Inc, Brussels, Cambridge, Dallas, David
Miscavige, DEA, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, International Association of
Scientologists, John Sweeney, L. Ron Hubbard, Larry Gilbert, Malmo,
Nashville, North Korea, OTC, Padova, Pasadena, Quicky, Religious Technology
Center
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Jon Atack: What we have here - in Scientology - is a failure to communicate
December 14, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/12/14/jon-atack-what-we-have-here-in-scientology-is-a-failure-to-communicate/
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 on Saturdays he's helping 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.
Jon, you're going to challenge one of Scientology's essential tenets
again, aren't you? Well, let us have it.
JON: The central conundrum of Scientology is in the right to
communicate. The Creed of the Church of Scientology states, and
emphatically so, "We of the Church believe: That all men have the
inalienable rights to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely
their own opinions and to counter or utter or write upon the opinions
of others...and that no agency less than God has the power to suspend
or set aside these rights, overtly or covertly."
Tags: 1970, 1986, A Piece of Blue Sky, Alessandro Calcioli, Anonymous, Bridge
to Total Freedom, Buddhism, Charity, Clear, Clearwater, Corpus Christi, David
Miscavige, Dianetics, Disconnection, England, Eric Pickles, First Amendment,
Florida, Gerry Armstrong, Hartley Patterson, Infinite Complacency,
International Association of Scientologists, John McMaster, Jon Atack, Jonny
Jacobsen, Louisa Hodkin, Michael Gove, Monique Rathbun, OT, Paris, Quicky,
Registrar, Roger Ellory, Steven Gregory Sloat, Tax exempt, Texas, The Local,
UK, USA, WhyWeProtest
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Another Scientology ambush, this time of Marty Rathbun with Louis Theroux
present
December 14, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/12/14/another-scientology-ambush-this-time-of-marty-rathbun-with-louis-theroux-present/
Marty Rathbun has been ambushed by odd Scientologists asking strange
questions yet again, and this time Marty not only managed to catch them
in his short video of the encounter, but filmmaker Louis Theroux can
also be seen in it.
In October, Rathbun posted video of three top Scientology officials
ambushing him at the gate of a terminal in Los Angeles International
airport. He managed to capture a blurry video of the three executives
telling him to get a life while carrying cameras of their own.
Last week, former church official Marc Headley got the treatment
outside Scientology's secretive International Base.
Tags: 2010, 2015, Alex Gibney, BBC, CCHR, Christopher Smith, Corpus Christi,
Facebook, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, HBO,
Int Base, John Dower, LAX, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux, Marc Headley, Marty
Rathbun, Monique Rathbun, Private investigator, Randall Stith, Simon Chinn,
Sundance Film Festival
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ASHO Is Booming. NOT
December 14, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/asho-is-booming-not/
More "good news" for those who love Bad News. The air has gone out of
the hype balloon that was the Pacifica Ideal Bridge.
Remember, ASHO used to be two separate orgs, now combined into one...
And they are now crowing about their incredible statistics:
Tags: ASHO, California, Clear, OT, Quicky
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Feds fund Scientology-backed detox program for vets in Annapolis
December 14, 2014, Rema Rahman, Capital Gazette
https://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-detox-1214-20141214,0,1075980,full.story
A detoxification program in Annapolis supported by the Church of
Scientology is treating veterans suffering from chronic Gulf
War-related conditions.
Treatments are funded by the U.S. Department of Defense through a
$633,677 grant issued in September 2010, according to Pentagon
officials. The Annapolis office opened in January, Clinical Trial
Coordinator Crystal Grant said.
Seven Gulf War veterans have completed the program and at least four
plan to begin the regimen next year. One is currently undergoing
detoxification, a treatment designed to rid the body of environmental
toxins through exercise, sauna therapy and doses of vitamins.
The federal money was awarded to researchers at the University of
Albany in New York state, with David O. Carpenter, the director of the
school's Institute for Health and the Environment, as the chief
applicant and investigator.
Tags: 9/11, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Crystal Grant, David Carpenter,
FDNY, Gulf War, Gulf War Illness Veterans Research Program, Heroes Health
Fund, Institute for Health and the Environment, Jim Long, John Travolta, Kirk
Moyer, Purification Rundown, Severna Park Health and Wellness Center,
University at Albany, US Department of Defense, Will Hamer
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Scientology Sunday Funnies: What's a little human trafficking between friends?
December 14, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/12/14/scientology-sunday-funnies-whats-a-little-human-trafficking-between-friends/
Welcome to another collection of Scientology Sunday Funnies! Each week,
we post some of the better Scientology fundraising fliers we've been
forwarded by our great tipsters.
This week, we wanted to start off with something that our commenters
have been talking about - a Los Angeles Police Department gladhander,
Captain Dave Storaker, who runs a Twitter feed that's about as smarmy
as it gets. And the breathless way he promoted a "human trafficking"
conference at Scientology's LA headquarters was pretty awful.
Scientology itself was investigated by the FBI for human trafficking
violations in 2009 and 2010, and that probe was derailed for
unfortunate reasons.
But what better way to distract from your own rotten record of treating
workers like indentured servants - including children - than to operate
front groups that pretend they give a crap about "human rights"? It's
kind of genius, when you think about it.
Tags: 1983, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, Alex Jones, Andre Dawson,
Angry Gay Pope, Anne Archer, Capital Gazette, Church of Spiritual Technology,
Dave Storaker, David Carpenter, David Miscavige, David Petit, FBI, Florida,
Fort Harrison, Freewinds, Golden Age of Tech, Gulf War, Helen Smith,
Hollywood, Human trafficking, Int Base, Lake Arrowhead, LAPD, Leah Remini,
Los Angeles, LSD, Michael Chan, New York, Police, Pope, Purification Rundown,
Rema Rahman, Reverend, Shelly Miscavige, Sunday Funnies, Sydney, Terry
Jastrow, Twitter, United for Human Rights, Valley Ideal Org, WhyWeProtest,
Winter Wonderland
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Unidentified Scientology Terrorists
December 14, 2014, Marty Rathbun, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrLP-29eTzE
Scientology domestic terrorists trespassing at a Hollywood studio in
order to attempt to stifle a documentary film on scientology. This is
related to scientology managers attempting the same thing at LAX
airport two months ago, see Top Scientology Managers In Action on this
youtube channel. For more information see 'Unidentified Scientology
Terrorists' at markrathbun.wordpress.com.
Tags: Fair Game, Hollywood, LAX, Terrorist, Video
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Unidentified Scientology Terrorists
December 14, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/unidentified-scientology-terrorists/
The following video captures a second wave of scientology terrorists
trespassing at a private studio in Hollywood (for the first wave see
the the last post, Scientology Top Management) on Saturday afternoon 13
December 2014. They are attempting to intimidate and silence me in my
ongoing consultant work with the credible production companies
producing feature-length, theater-release documentary films on
scientology. Both of their principle accusations against me (that I
have been paid a red cent for adopting a child and for consultancy on
the documentary) are bald-faced, invented lies.
If anyone knows the identity of the two bearded scientology operatives
and their cameraman please provide me with the information.
Update 12/15/14:
Tags: Goons, Hollywood, International Business Times, Quicky, Terrorist,
Underground Bunker
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Flag OTC News
December 14, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/flag-otc-news/
Thursday Funnies on Monday.
This is 4 pages of LOL nuttiness, direct from the "greatest OT
Committee on earth."
The delusion is a wonder to behold...
Tags: Africa, Arthur Maren, Boston, Bulawayo, Cape Town, Chicago, Detroit,
Durban, Harare, Ideal Org, Johannesburg, Kaye Champagne, OT Committee, OT
VII, OTC, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Puerto Rico, Quicky, Slovakia, South
Africa, Thursday Funnies
==========================================
Who are those WISE guys? A tipster helps us get some names of Scientology
operatives
December 14, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/12/14/who-are-those-wise-guys-a-tipster-helps-us-get-some-names-of-scientology-operatives/
On Thursday, we told you about a woman who is suing a business in
Pasadena that forced her to take Scientology courses, and when she
refused, she was fired.
We explained that the business, Lusida Rubber Products, had been taken
over by executives active in Scientology's "WISE" front group, the
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises.
You see, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard revealed in a 1965 lecture
that he had gleaned from a galactic civilization which lasted 80
trillion years (yes, he said trillions - hear it for yourself here,
second item) a way of setting up organizations that he called an "org
board." Hubbard ended up denuding whole forests with his writings about
how organizations and businesses should be run, and his followers
assume that he's as much a genius about that as he is about the human
mind and the nature of the universe itself.
Tags: 1965, 2009, 2013, 2016, Aaron Hambley, Abby Winteregg, ABLE, Abortion,
Accelerated Training Solutions, Adam Fuegel, Ahuda Gorman, Alex Melgarejo,
Allen Jackson, Andrea Wheeler, Andrew Harris, Annette Jonsson, Anonymous,
Ariana Walker, Art of Management, Ashley Fuegel, Austin, Austin Beilhart,
Barbara Wilson, Bela Nagy, Belgium, Ben Ochart, Bill Kilpatrick, Bobbee
Palmer, Brenna Terpstra, Brennan Clouden, Brent Detelich, Bryan Manning,
Budapest, Business Forward, Canada, Cebron Walker, Charter Committee, Chase
Wilson, Chiropractic, Chiropractic Business Academy, Chris Melvin, Ciara
McMahon, Cody Holton, Comm Line, Costa Rica, Craig Ferreira, Dan Margolin,
David Singer, David Singer Enterprises, Dennis Dezelic, Denver, Dylan Byrne,
Ecuador, Effective Management, Erik Bayersdorfer, Ethics, Fernando Olea,
First Amendment, Fred King, Ginny Boehme, Greg Winteregg, Gregory Winteregg,
Hilarie Rockl, Hubbard College, Hubbard Management, Hugh Whitt, Ilya Kusakin,
International Executive Technology, Jack Hennessy, Jacobs & Van Rooij
Management, Janette Jonsson, Janice Wheeler, Jeff Lee, Jerry Langenfeld, Joel
Parker, Jonna Palmer, Judge Rolf Treu, Justin Feinberg, Kasza Tamas, Kathy
Barnett, Kathy Korb, Kazimir Zak, Kevin Wilson, Kim Payne, Klaus Uckelman,
Latvia, Laura DeCrescenzo, Lauren Feldman, Legoland, Lorna Shelton, Los
Angeles Superior Court, Lothar Stueckl, Louisiana, Luis Colon, Lusida Rubber
Products, Management Success, Marc de Turck, Marten Runow, Martin Kolb,
Martin Runow, MasterTech, Measurable Solutions, Melanie Hoover, MGE
Management Experts, Miami, Mike Menkhaus, Mike Russell, Milan, Milano, Milena
Ferreira, Nagy Bela, Narconon, Neil Winteregg, Nepal, Oregon, Org Board,
Pacific Management, Pasadena, Pat Boyers, Patrick Clouden, Performia
International, Peter Buckles, Piroska Gyula, Practice Solutions, Quicky, R.M.
Seibert, Regina Zwers, Registrar, Researcher, Rick Manning, Robin Hod, Roger
Van Locke, Roger Van Loocke, Rohn Walker, Ruby Lee, Rundowns, Sabri Blumberg,
Sea Org, Sean Kirk, Silhouette, Silkin Management, Slavka Gondova, South
Africa, Sterling Management, Stuttgart, Survival Strategies, Susan Lewis,
Szilvie Nemes, Taichung, Taiwan, Tokyo, Ulan Nutritional Systems, U-Man
Management, Venezuela, Veterinary Practice Solutions, William Prince, WISE,
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
==========================================
5 Things We Learned From 'Scientology and the Aftermath,' Episode 3
December 14, 2016, Amelia McDonell-Parry, Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/5-things-we-learned-from-scientology-the-aftermath-ep-3-w455929
Last night's episode of A&E's docuseries Leah Remini: Scientology and
the Aftermath offered the host's overview of what it means to be a
Scientologist and what needs to happen in order to to spiritually
progress in the Church. In a way, they were giving away for free what
the organization charges its members to learn over the course of their
life. Here are five things we learned:
1. What it means to be "clear" The first big goal for any new
Scientologist is to reach a state of "Clear," L. Ron Hubbard's word for
being free of the "reactive mind." A person is considered a "Clear"
once they have been deemed free of "engrams," or the unwanted
emotions/painful traumas not readily available to the conscious mind.
To the average person in therapy, this probably sounds like letting go
of one's "baggage" - but to get there requires countless hours of
"auditing" on a small machine called an "e-meter."
During an auditing session, a Scientology auditor asks the "pre-Clear"
to answer a variety of questions while holding two metal cans that are
connected to a machine. As the pre-Clear answers the questions, the
auditor interprets the movements of the machine's needle in order to
determine whether they've overcome that particular issue. Eventually,
after many hours, the auditor will determine that the person is no
longer under the influence of the reactive mind. According to the show,
this is the beginning of a very long ? and potentially very expensive ?
journey.
Tags: 1973, 2013, A&E, Alex Gibney, Bridge to Total Freedom, Clear, David
Kahn, E-meter, First Amendment, Freewinds, Knowledge Report, Leah Remini,
Mary Kahn, Operating Thetan, OT, OT VIII, Paris, Quicky, Scientology and the
Aftermath, Sec Check, Suppressive Person, Tom Cruise
==========================================
DOX: How Scientology ensnares the unsuspecting in a series of binding
contracts
December 14, 2016, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2016/12/14/dox-how-scientology-ensnares-the-unsuspecting-in-a-series-of-binding-contracts/
(Note: This article was originally published on Tony Ortega's
Underground Bunker and is republished here for archival purposes)
How do good people get trapped in something like Scientology? One way
is through the series of unconscionable legal contracts the Church of
Scientology uses to strip its members of their civil and legal rights.
As revealed in its own documents, Scientology is designed to ensnare
its members legally, and as soon as practically possible. Contracts are
the legal backbone of the "Prison of Belief."
The public doesn't know about this malicious series of Scientology
contracts. New Scientologists are never informed, advised, or counseled
in advance about the potential adverse legal consequences they could
face as a result of signing these contracts. These contracts are
one-sided and give the Church all of the power while taking away power
from individual members.
Tags: APA, Bridge to Total Freedom, David Miscavige, Flag Service
Organization, Introspection Rundown, L. Ron Hubbard, Lisa McPherson, Luis and
Rocio Garcia, Office of Special Affairs, Orientation, OT, Paris, Quicky,
Religious Technology Center, Scientology staff, Sea Org, Tony Ortega,
Underground Bunker
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Nora Crest's powerful new video: Why you can't be gay in Scientology
December 14, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/12/14/nora-crests-powerful-new-video-why-you-cant-be-gay-in-scientology/
Nora Crest is back with a new video, and this one is timed to take off.
Since the last time she brought us a video message, she's had a major
profile at the Daily Mail, which helped to get word out about her
experience in Scientology. As a young Sea Org member who worked at the
Hollywood Celebrity Centre, she got into trouble because she kissed her
female roommate - and liked it.
For that "crime," Nora was interrogated and then assigned to the Sea
Org's notorious prison program, the "Rehabilitation Project Force."
Conditions in the RPF were so degrading, after two years in the
program, Nora became so desperate to leave, she drank bleach and was
hospitalized.
Tags: A&E, Celebrity Centre, Conditions, Daily Mail, Derek Bloch, Hollywood,
Keith Relkin, Leah Remini, LGBTQ, Nora Crest, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project
Force, Sea Org
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Scientology Aftermath Episode 3 Aftermath
December 14, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-aftermath-episode-3-aftermath/
The next show has now aired, and now it's on to Episode 4. And perhaps
some other goodies to come too.
As always, I am interested in your views - including criticisms and
things you think might be better explained or covered.
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: A&E, Congress, Critic, Dead Agent, Disconnection, IRS, Leah Remini,
Quicky, Scientology Aftermath, Scientology and the Aftermath, Tony Ortega,
Underground Bunker
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He was Scientology's most famous spy, then he turned witness and vanished.
Now, here he is.
December 14, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/12/14/he-was-scientologys-most-famous-spy-then-he-turned-witness-and-vanished-now-here-he-is/
In 2014, while we were working on our book about Paulette Cooper, The
Unbreakable Miss Lovely, we got a fascinating break.
A researcher who was helping us said that he had managed to track down
Michael Meisner.
For those of us who study Scientology's history, it's a name that has
always been shrouded in mystery. We have often wondered what happened
to the super spy who carried out much of the legendary Snow White
Program, the largest domestic infiltration of the U.S. federal
government in its history, on behalf of Scientology's infamous original
spy wing, the Guardian's Office.
Tags: 1950, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993,
1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2016, Boston Foundation,
Catholic, Chicago, Chris Shelton, Christine Hansen, Clearwater, Company,
David Miscavige, DC, eBay, Facebook, FBI, Gabe Cazares, Gerald Wolfe,
Guardian's Office, Illinois, IRS, Jehovah's Witnesses, Journal Sentinel,
Lloyd Evans, Los Angeles, Maine, Mary Sue Hubbard, Michael Meisner,
Milwaukee, Miss Lovely, Mississippi, New Orleans, Paulette Cooper, Pete
Griffiths, Pulitzer Prize, Russia, Snow White Program, St. Petersburg, The
Unbreakable Miss Lovely, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, US
Department of Justice, Washington, Washington Post
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Should Scientology Be Banned ft. Lloyd Evans
December 14, 2017, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2017/12/14/banning-scientology-worst-movie-ever-ft-lloyd-evans/
In May 2017, the state of Russia banned the religion and practice of
Jehovah's Witnesses. The Church of Scientology is being faced with the
same kind of ban in Russia. This is a controversial subject because
many in the anti-Scientology community feel this is a good and just
action. In this video, former Jehovah's Witness and anti-cult activist
Lloyd Evans and I discuss why this is a terrible idea and what some of
the consequences have already been for JWs in Russia under this new ban.
Tags: Jehovah's Witnesses, Lloyd Evans, Quicky, Russia
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Should Scientology be Banned ft. Lloyd Evans
December 14, 2017, Chris Shelton, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVKo98tP9G0
In May 2017, the state of Russia banned the religion and practice of
Jehovah's Witnesses. The Church of Scientology is being faced with the
same kind of ban in Russia. This is a controversial subject because
many in the anti-Scientology community feel this is a good and just
action. In this video, former Jehovah's Witness and anti-cult activist
Lloyd Evans and I discuss why this is a terrible idea and what some of
the consequences have already been for JWs in Russia under this new ban.
Lloyd's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/johnceda...
History of Scientology in Russia: https://youtu.be/hTItHAywfro
Tags: Jehovah's Witnesses, Lloyd Evans, Quicky, Russia
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Thursday Funnies
December 14, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-149/
"The Strategy for Clearing Florida"
You can bet it consists of ONE thing. You giving them your money.
They have no strategy. There isn't even an org in Jacksonville. Or
Tallahassee. Or Naples. Or West Palm Beach. Or Daytona Beach. Or
Pensacola. Or Gainesville. And there isn't even a Mission in any of
these places. Their "strategy" consists of mental masturbation. And
your money.
Tags: 1960, 2004, ABLE, Africa, Clear, Congress, Dan Sherman, David
Miscavige, Daytona Beach, Fake, Florida, Gainesville, Germany, International
Association of Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard, Lois Reisdorf, Mission, New
Haven, New Year's Eve, Orlando, OT, OTC, Palm Beach, Quicky, Scam, Scotland,
South Africa, Tallahassee, Thursday Funnies
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Finally, L. Ron Hubbard's first 'Clear' - Sonya Bianchi - found again after
68 years
December 14, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/12/14/finally-l-ron-hubbards-first-clear-sonya-bianchi-found-again-after-68-years/
We're sad to report that on December 5, Frank T. Hulswit died before we
had a chance to talk with him. He was 94.
His wife Sonya is 92, and her son Chris says she is doing poorly. We
don't know if we'll get a chance to meet her, something we've been
trying to work out with Chris. But now that her husband Frank has died,
we decided that even if we haven't been able to meet her, we couldn't
wait any longer to tell you that we had finally found L. Ron Hubbard's
first 'Clear,' 68 years after she made a memorable appearance at the
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
For serious Scientology watchers, this has been one of the field's holy
grails, to locate the young woman who stood on stage at the Shrine and
couldn't remember the color of L. Ron Hubbard's tie. For us, this one
is right up there with finding Snow White spy Michael Meisner, locating
notorious Snow White figure 'Jerry Levin/Don Alverzo,' and tracking
down the FBI agent who stopped the Snow White Program in its tracks
(Christine Hansen, interviewed for our book, The Unbreakable Miss
Lovely).
Tags: 1924, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 2014, A. E. van Vogt,
Adelaide, Arthur Jean Cox, Bare-Faced Messiah, Boston, California, Chris
Hulswit, Christine Hansen, Clear, Dianetics, Don Alverzo, Don Rogers, Eivol
Ekdal, FBI, Frank Hulswit, Garry Scarff, Hollywood, Hubbard Dianetic Research
Foundation, Jerry Levin, John McMaster, Jon Atack, London, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles Times, Maine, Massachusetts, Mental Health, Michael Meisner, Quicky,
Russell Miller, Science of Survival, Shrine Auditorium, Snow White Program,
Sonya Bianchi, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely
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Regraded Being
December 14, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-174/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
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Scientology: Clearing The Planet 1 Brick At A Time
December 14, 2018, GateCrashers, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ug8PiUZ4L4
Scientology maintains a list of "crimes" that dictate what is
acceptable behavior and what isn't. They police members and enforce
penalties. Even doubting scientology can land one in trouble! We pray
this poor woman gets home to her grandchildren.
Tags: Clear, Quicky, Religious worker, Sea Org
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Glam for Xenu: When Scientology celebrities ruled the world
December 14, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/12/14/glam-for-xenu-when-scientology-celebrities-ruled-the-world/
We want to thank Karen de la Carriere for digging out of her huge
collection some pure, unadulterated apex-Scientology nostalgia for us
all to see.
The era was right around 1990, when Scientology was at its absolute
height - former top executives tell us the organization achieved its
greatest expansion around that time, with about 100,000 active members
around the world. (Scientology has never had the "millions" that it
claims.) And not only was it larger then, despite the death of its
founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1986, Scientology had managed with the help
of its celebrities to attain a sort of corporate-training gloss and an
undeniable influence on Hollywood, which was terrified of it.
And so was the IRS. In 1993, Scientology leader David Miscavige
celebrated his greatest achievement when the church attained tax-exempt
status after warring with the IRS for decades.
Tags: 1953, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2014, Chick Corea, David Miscavige,
Hollywood, IRS, Karen de la Carriere, Keith Code, Kelly Preston, L. Ron
Hubbard, Lisa Marie Presley, Mace-Kingsley Ranch, Maxine Nightingale, Mike
Rinder, Potential Trouble Source, Purification Rundown, Scientology TV, Sec
Check, Xenu
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The True Measure of Scientology "Expansion"
December 14, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-true-measure-of-scientology-expansion/
On 6 January 2014 I published a blog post entitled Straight Up and
Vertical - Not which included information about the target of "10,000
onto or through Solo NOTs".
At that time, almost exactly 10 years ago, they claimed to have 6410
people who had accomplished that feat.
Ignore whether this number is true or not, we will take them at their
word.
Tags: 1980, 2014, Bridge to Total Freedom, Facebook, Flag Service
Organization, OT, OT IX, OT VIII, Quicky, Solo NOTs, Twitter
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