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German Bias Against Scientologists Claimed
October 12, 2002, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/oct/12/local/me-religbriefs12.1
Some local authorities and private firms in Germany use "sect filters"
focused on the U.S.-based Church of Scientology in hiring and
contracting, the annual report from the U.S. State Department's Office
of International Religious Freedom said.
Tags: Germany, US State Department
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Managing Anger: Kenneth Anger speaks out on phones, artistic theft and
Scientology
October 12, 2006, Glenn Sumi, Now Magazine
http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=155930&archive=26,6,2006
In it he chronicles many of the latest scandals, like the Hugh Grant
affair, the O.J. Simpson trial and the influence of Scientology on some
of the industry's biggest stars.
"The Scientology people are very litigious," he says. "They're bulldogs
who bite your ankle and won't give up, harassing people to death with
lawsuits that go on and on. A friend of mine who said something true
but injudicious about them got a live rattlesnake put in his mailbox."
Tags: Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger
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Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons
October 12, 2006, Marci McDonald, The Walrus
https://thewalrus.ca/stephen-harper-and-the-theo-cons/
Marci McDonald is the author of The Armageddon Factor: the Rise of
Christian Nationalism in Canada, a 2010 bestseller based on her 2006
Walrus story "Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons." She is the winner of
several National Magazine Awards, including for "The Man Behind Stephen
Harper" and "Blind Trust," the cover story of the inaugural issue of
The Walrus.
Charles McVety, president of Canadian Christian College, Stand with
Israel rally, Toronto. / Collage by Balint Zsako
On the car radio, the weather report was aptly apocalyptic. Environment
Canada had just issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Toronto, and
already the sky north of the city had turned an ominous charcoal. Even
the most cynical Hollywood scriptwriter couldn't have dreamed up a more
fitting scene-setter as a stream of cars turned into a parking lot
tucked behind the Loblaws superstore at Eglinton Avenue and Don Mills
Road in search of a more precise forecast on just when to expect
Armageddon.
Tags: 1948, 1965, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,
1999, 2004, 2010, 60 Minutes, 9/11, Abortion, Adolf Hitler, Ajax-Pickering,
Alberta, Armageddon, Billy Graham, British Columbia, Caledon, Calgary,
Canada, Canada Christian College, Catholic, Charles McVety, Chicago, China,
Chinese, Christian, Christmas, Colorado Springs, Congress, Conservative Party
of Canada, Cornerstone, Dalton McGuinty, Dave Quist, DougWiki, Easter, Egypt,
Environmental, Europe, Family Research Council, Frank Klees, Fraser
Institute, Garth Turner, George W. Bush, Georgia, Haifa, Hollywood, House of
Commons, Institute for Canadian Values, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jason Kenney,
Jerry Falwell, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Post, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish, Jim
Flaherty, John Hagee, John Nelson, Lobbyist, Manning Centre, Marriage, Mike
Harris, Mission, Montreal, Montreal Gazette, Nanaimo, National House of
Prayer, National Post, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Democratic Party, New
York, New York City, New York Times, Ontario, Oral Roberts, Ottawa, Ottawa
Citizen, Pat Robertson, Paul Martin, Preston Manning, Question Period, Ralph
Reed, Republican, Reverend, Review, Richmond, Ronald Reagan, Russia, San
Antonio, Soviet Union, Stephen Harper, Stockwell Day, Tel Aviv, Texas,
Toronto, Toronto Star, United Nations, University of Toronto, Vancouver, Vic
Toews, Victoria, Washington, White House
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Bogus Scientology pamphlets irk Leppert
October 12, 2007, Rudolph Bush, Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/101207dnmetpamphlets.2cc31a1.html
No, Mayor Tom Leppert hasn't made the leap from public servant to
spiritual healer.
And despite the claims of a booklet that landed on his desk at City
Hall this week, he isn't endorsing The Way to Happiness.
The booklet, so titled and featuring the writings of Church of
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, was sent to the mayor's office
complete with the city of Dallas seal and a ringing endorsement
purportedly from Mr. Leppert.
Tags: The Way to Happiness
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28 ...for the Prosecution I
October 12, 2009, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/10/28-for-prosecution-i.html
June 15: The prosecutors' closing arguments created a sensation at the
trial: they called for the dissolution of the two organisations charged
and convictions for the individual defendants.
After the lawyers for the plaintiffs had spoken, it was the turn of the
prosecutors. It was most likely the prospect of their closing
presentation that had attracted most of the observers to the court that
day.
During the investigation of the case, the prosecutor's office had taken
the view that there was no case to answer: fortunately for the
plaintiffs, investigating magistrate Jean-Christophe Hullin had taken a
different view and sent the case to trial.
Tags: 1950, 1960, 1971, 1994, 1997, 1998, Alain Rosenberg, Aude-Claire
Malton, Bridge to Total Freedom, Cancer, Celebrity Centre, Communication
Course, Daniel Zagury, Dianetics, Didier Michaux, E-meter, Eric Roux,
International Association of Scientologists, Jean-Fran?ois Valli, John
Foster, Judge Sophie-H?l?ne Ch?teau, Life Repair, Paris, Personality test,
Purification Rundown, Quicky, Roger Gonnet, Sabine Jacquart, Scientology
staff, Suppressive Person
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Church of Scientology Loses Legal Fight With Advertising Recruitment Agency
October 12, 2009, Jim Edwards, CBS Money Watch
http://www.bnet.com/blog/advertising-business/church-of-scientology-loses-legal-fight-with-advertising-recruitment-agency/3234
The Church of Scientology has lost a legal battle with an advertising
recruitment agency over whether it owns trademark rights to the word
"Prosperity" in Ireland.
Prosperity Recruitment's battle against Scientoloy started, according
to Irish tech news site ENN, when the agency tried to register
"Prosperity" as one of its trademarks.
Tags: Ireland, Trademark
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Will the Son Also Rise?
October 12, 2009, Paul Barry, Four Corners, ABC News (Australia)
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2009/s2711781.htm
[Program Transcript]
PAUL BARRY: James's marriage to Jodhi Meares broke up. He came close to
a breakdown and sought solace in Scientology, a strange space age
religion which judges down the years have condemned as a cult. His
friend Tom Cruise introduced him. And when Cruise received
Scientology's top award in 2004, James was there applauding.
DANIEL PETRE: Scientology helped James. There's no question it helped
him find a sense of strength and a sense of understanding that helped
him.
PAUL BARRY: It's fairly crazy ah...
Tags: James Packer, Kerry Packer
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The Mad Mind of Miscavige
October 12, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/the-mad-mind-of-miscavige/
The following is an excerpt from a mid-2007 despatch dictated by David
Miscavige.
In the last few weeks, it has not been nice. Do you know that pimple
you saw? Well, I popped it. We're talking two guys buying X-rated
movies and masturbating simultaneously in the same room with one being
the husband and one being the wife, going through Dean and Deluca (a
gourmet mail order catalog) catalogs as husband and wife and the
bald-headed guy buying the other one cheese as a favor. We're talking
about the guy who was on the finance lines and refused to get you the
finance issues, waiting for R to come back so he can be permanently
appointed for the rest of the universe as the International Finance
Dictator. We're talking about me finding out exactly what Mike was
doing in 1982. We're talking about Marc's op. We're talking about me
knowing exactly what MR has been doing on his sympathizing for all the
SPs who got nothing done.
Translation: The bald-headed fellow is Marc Yager, WDC Chairman and CO
CMO INT. The cheese-eater is Guillaume Lesevre, ED International.
You've heard Mike, Tom, Steve, Dan, Amy and I talk or write about
Miscavige's constant accusations that Yager and Guillaume were
homosexual lovers. Well, here it is in writing. This is after Debbie
Cook's experience in the Hole wherein Miscavige threatened all of Int
that if they didn't get a homosexual confession out of Marc and
Guillaume, he would send Tom Cruise down to beat the hell out of them.
Debbie reported that Marc and Guillaume did not confess despite brutal
beatings. Debbie was then ordered to stand in a garbage can with a sign
"lesbian" around her neck to be physically and orally assaulted for the
next day. For those unfamiliar with this history please see,
https://markrathbun.wordpress.
com/2010/02/02/45-days-in-the-hole-final-purges-part-4/
Tags: 1982, 2007, CMO Int, Commodore's Messenger Organization, David
Miscavige, DC, Debbie Cook, Guillaume Lesevre, International Finance
Dictator, L. Ron Hubbard, Marc Yager, Mary Sue Hubbard, Mission, Quicky, The
Hole, Tom Cruise
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
October 12, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave/
Haydn James just wrote the following to me after he read one of the
books from the recommended reading section of this blog, A Narrative of
the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. I'm posting Haydn's
communication to suggest other people read that book as well as
consider reading some of the other books there too.
Marty,
I am sometimes slow on the uptake but I get there eventually. For some
years now you have recommended reading the account by Fredrick
Tags: David Miscavige, Haydn James, Quicky, Sea Org, Suppressive Person
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Scientology Hates Clean Ice: The "Fair Game" Operation That Should Turn Your
Stomach
October 12, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/robert_almblad_scientology_clean_ice.php
There are countless examples of "Fair Game," Scientology's notorious
policy of retaliation against perceived enemies, and I've written about
many of them over the years. But what's happening in Florida right now
with a man named Robert Almblad appears to be some of the worst, most
vicious, and most reprehensible activity by the church since the 1970s,
when it actually tried to get people killed and imprisoned.
And this does affect you. Or anyone you know in a hospital who wants to
go home without a life-threatening infection.
Tags: 1970, 1972, 1990, 2006, 2007, 2009, Australia, Canada, David Lubow,
David Miscavige, Ed Bryan, Elliot Abelson, E-meter, Europe, Fair Game,
Florida, Freedom magazine, Guardian's Office, Jim Lynch, Marty Rathbun, Mike
Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, Placido Domingo, Private investigator,
Religious Technology Center, Robert Almblad, Scientology operation, Squirrel
Busters, Suppressive Person, Susan Clickner, Texas, Xenu
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Is History Repeating Itself?
October 12, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/is-history-repeating-itself/
Reference: The Scientology Reformation: What Every Scientologist Should
Know
Preview III:
Chapter Two
Tags: 1951, Amazon, Catholic Church, Christian, DC, Dianetics, Golden Age of
Knowledge, Jesus Christ, L. Ron Hubbard, Operating Thetan, OT, Philadelphia
Doctorate Course, Quicky, Science of Survival
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Scientology Metaphysics: How Do Thetans Work?
October 12, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/10/12/scientology-metaphysics-how-do-thetans-work/
We've been away from the bunker this week, and we apologize that we
don't have this week's installment of Scientology on the High Seas. We
will make it up to our readers later. In the meantime, we'll follow up
yesterday's amazing output by our commenting community by posing what
we hope will be a provocative and productive question...
How does a thetan pick up a new meat body, really?
Now, we're being serious and we want some actual help on this. We
assume that we just haven't read the right chapters or policy letters
that spell this out, and we're hoping that one of our many readers
intimate with the tech will help us out.
Tags: Clear, OT, OT Phenomena, Quicky
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Comal County, Texas
October 12, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/comal-county-texas/
From some recent visitors:
Thank you both so much for having and sharing your beautiful space with
me. The environment here is really perfect for working on spiritual
advancement.
This visit has been exactly what I need to sort out 'confusions' that
lingered ? some I didn't even know were there.
Tags: Comal County, Quicky, Texas
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Monitored By Miscavige
October 12, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/monitored-by-miscavige/
I have a bit of a backlog of material that has been sent in by our
Special Correspondents. Thanks to everyone who sends in reports and
information, if I don't always get to it, please don't stop sending it.
I believe it is valuable for the internal activities of the RCS to be
made public, and to some extent their fear of people knowing what they
are doing is causing them to withdraw even further. ID cards for events.
Clampdowns on emails. Worry about who sees what on Facebook. Hardly
the program that is going to get new people interested. So, some are
being saved from the bankruptcy and abuse by reason of the RCS cutting
its own reach out of fear of exposure. It's a losing game.
This email is most interesting because of the first line. It asserts
both that building "an auditorium" in PAC is "as LRH intended" (a
completely made up concept) and that this is "a super-high-priority
project which is being monitored by the top of the org board." Top of
the org board of course is He Who Cannot Be Named. It is increasingly
the mantra of the sheeple to do/give/think because its "what COB wants.
" David Wilson made it clear. Now Andrea Kluge is doing the same thing.
And it is very interesting that this auditorium for the largest Sea Org
Base on earth is in the hands of the "OT Committee" which is further
evidence that Voldemort's hand selected troops these days are composed
of PUBLIC Scientologists like David Wilson, Andrea Kluge, John
Allender, Ed Bryan etc etc. He gives them their marching orders and
like wind-up dolls, away they go.
Tags: Andrea Kluge, Chairman of the Board, David Miscavige, David Wilson, Ed
Bryan, Facebook, Fundraising, John Allender, L. Ron Hubbard, Org Board, OT
Committee, OTC, Quicky, Sea Org
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TOMKAT PROJECT IN LOS ANGELES: Here's Your Chance to Help the Show Get to
Tinseltown
October 12, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/10/12/tomkat-project-in-los-angeles-heres-your-chance-to-help-the-show-get-to-tinseltown/
One of the highlights of this eventful year was our August night in the
Village to see the TomKat Project with a group of Bunker regulars.
We'd been looking forward to seeing Brandon Ogborn's play about
celebrity and Scientology since it opened in Chicago for a very
successful run. And after we got to see the hilarious comedy, we heard
from a lot of readers who wanted to know - when is the show coming to
Los Angeles?
It's a natural for LA, which is all about both celebrity and L. Ron
Hubbard's cabal. And now, you can help send Brandon and his troupe to
the iO West Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, just steps from one of
Scientology's most important landmarks - the Hollywood Guaranty
Building!
Tags: Brandon Ogborn, Chicago, David Miscavige, Hollywood, Hollywood
Boulevard, Hollywood Guaranty Building, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Katie Holmes, L.
Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition, Los Angeles, Quicky, Tom Cruise, TomKat Project
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German supporter of Scientology sends 120-page letter
October 12, 2014, Wes Wolfe, Kinston
https://www.kinston.com/news/local/german-supporter-of-scientology-sends-120-page-letter-1.385986
The Free Press got Sasse'd.
Karsten Sasse, who hails from the German town of Winsen in Lower
Saxony, has been at this for a while.
He wrote a 120-page letter dated March 29, 1999 to the U.N. Commission
for Human Rights in New York City. It's printed on double-sided paper,
single-spaced, and entirely auf Deutsch.
The introductory letter addressed to The Free Press - and dated Jan.
30, 2008, though it arrived last week - reads, "Dear ladies and
gentlemen, I am sending you a few documents and facts about the Church
of Scientology and other organizations to hold or that may be and could
be of interest."
Tags: Germany, Karsten Sasse
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Scientology Slavery
October 12, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-slavery/
A Special Correspondent sent this to me. I felt it worth reprinting.
Especially in light of the recent revelations about the new scientology
push: "Voice For Humanity."
It is an article in the UK Daily Mail about slavery/human trafficking.
The Correspondent noted the following, comparing the Sea Org to what is
discussed in the article.
Tags: Daily Mail, Human trafficking, Passport, Quicky, Sea Org, Threats, UK
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Scientology Sunday Funnies: In valleys near and far, it's time to stand and
deliver!
October 12, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/10/12/scientology-sunday-funnies-in-valleys-near-and-far-its-time-to-stand-and-deliver/
We sure do love Sunday Funnies. They give us an opportunity, each week,
to check in on what Scientology is telling its members in the form of
fundraising fliers. Over the years, our readers have picked out many
significant clues about what's ailing the church. it's become a really
substantial history of an organization in trouble.
We can't wait to see what you make of today's items, which we've sifted
from many mailers and messages sent to us by our great tipsters.
Let's start with a couple of after-party reports, which we always get a
kick out of. You probably won't be surprised to see that they come from
the San Fernando and Silicon Valleys, where Scientology is working
particularly hard to raise money for new "Ideal Orgs."
Tags: Birmingham, Budapest, Harlem, Hungary, Ideal Org, Nancy Cartwright, OT,
Peter Bonyai, Quicky, San Diego, Silicon Valley, St. Louis, Sunday Funnies
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What Is A Cult and How Does It Work? (Margaret Singer)
October 12, 2014, International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bRBFhMEQFk
By Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and emeritus
adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who
counseled and interviewed more than 3,000 current and former cult
members, relatives and friends. What is a Cult and How Does it Work?
What are cults? How do cults operate? ow many people are involved in
cults? What are cult leaders' goals and methods? How do cults recruit?
What is thought reform? Inside the group. Development of a cult.
Pseudoidentity. Returning to the outside world.
Tags: Cult, Margaret Singer, Margaret Thaler Singer, Quicky, University of
California
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GAT II for Solo NOTs Is Coming!
October 12, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/gat-ii-for-solo-nots-is-coming/
What could be more exciting than hearing you have to start Solo NOTs
all over again because you didn't have "all the tech, just like LRH
wanted you to have..."????
This invitation arrived first...
Come one, come all on Saturday the 17th in the FH Ballroom (must be
REALLY important - in the Ballroom? With the "Senior CS" not even the
"RTC Rep" let alone Dear Leader...)
Tags: Anna Paddock, DC, Field Staff Member, L. Ron Hubbard, Monique Rathbun,
OT, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Squirrel, Thursday Funnies
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Leah Remini exposes Scientology and Tom Cruise in new book
October 12, 2015, Caroline Howe, Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3266370/Ex-Scientologist-Leah-Rimini-braces-blow-takes-Church-Tom-Cruise-Kirstie-Alley-blistering-expos-Troublemaker.html
TV actress and former star of King of Queens, Leah Remini, still
reeling from the nightmarish repercussions of severing her ties with
the church of Scientology in 2013, is about to be in the crosshairs
again.
Daily Mail Online has learned that Remini anticipates even more blow
back from her expose of the corrupt inner workings of the covert
organization in her explosive memoir
Daily Mail Online has learned that Remini, 45, anticipates even more
blow back and possible lawsuits with her expose of the corrupt inner
workings of the covert organization in her explosive memoir,
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology.
Tags: 1979, 2005, 2006, 2013, Amazon, Angelo Pagan, Clearwater, David
Miscavige, Flag Land Base, Florida, Howard Stern, Italy, Jenna Elfman,
Jennifer Lopez, John Travolta, Katie Holmes, Kelly Preston, King of Queens,
Kirstie Alley, LAPD, Leah Remini, OT, Quicky, Rome, Shelly Miscavige,
Suppressive Person, Tom Cruise, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and
Scientology
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That time Scientology's Sea Org grunts donned cut-offs and bikinis to fake
out L. Ron Hubbard
October 12, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/10/12/that-time-scientologys-sea-org-grunts-donned-cut-offs-and-bikinis-to-fake-out-l-ron-hubbard/
So much has happened since we returned from the last leg of our book
tour that we've hardly had a chance to look back on the really
remarkable things that took place during our trip to places like
Minneapolis and Vancouver, BC.
In Seattle, we had a real treat meeting Gary Morehead for the first
time. Known under his code name "Jackson" during his Scientology days,
Gary was the chief of security at the Gold Base for nearly all of the
period between 1982 and 1997, and he has told some amazing tales of
those days. But he saved a really wild one for us when we sat down with
him for a meal before our talk at Razzi's Pizzeria on September 28.
It involved, of all things, Steve Wozniak's "US Festival," the massive
outdoor music party the Apple inventor threw for himself in Southern
California over the Labor Day weekend in 1982.
Tags: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2000, Apple, Author Services Inc, Battlefield
Earth, Berlin, California, Chick Corea, Edward Marsh, Gary Morehead, Int
Base, L. Ron Hubbard, Mark Fisher, Minneapolis, Music, Norman Starkey,
Police, Quicky, San Diego, Sea Org, Seattle, Sinar Parman, Space Jazz, Steve
Wozniak, Vancouver
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DRONE FLYOVER FINALE: Getting a close look at Scientology's secret New Mexico
compound
October 12, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/10/12/drone-flyover-finale-a-close-look-at-scientologys-secret-new-mexico-compound/
And here we are, at the end of our weekly series of dramatic footage
shot by an anonymous drone pilot, who has flown over Scientology's most
secret compounds.
Five weeks ago, we started this series with a view of Scientology's
secretive international management base ("Int Base"). Four weeks ago
our pilot flew us over the even more secret "CST" headquarters compound
in the mountains above Los Angeles, where we believe Scientology leader
David Miscavige stashed away his wife Shelly eleven years ago. Three
weeks ago we got an unprecedented look at the ranch in San Luis Obispo
County where Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard died in 1986. Two weeks
ago, he took us over Scientology's vault location in the Sierra
foothills of California, the Lady Washington Mine. And last week, we
got a look at another secretive "CST" underground vault site owned by
the church, one which is located in California's far northern coast,
near the town of Petrolia.
For his final act, our anonymous pilot this week has taken us over
perhaps that most iconic of CST vault locations, the secret complex in
New Mexico near the town of Trementina.
Tags: 1986, 2005, Albuquerque, Angry Thetan, California, Church of Spiritual
Technology, Creston, David Miscavige, Drone, Dylan Gill, Google, Hemet, Int
Base, John Sweeney, Lady Washington Mine, Lake Arrowhead, Los Angeles, LRH
House, Marc Headley, New Mexico, Paulette Cooper, Petrolia, Quicky, San Luis
Obispo, Shelly Miscavige, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, Trementina, Tuolumne,
UK, Vault, Wyoming, YouTube
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Jeff Mintz - Back from the Dead?
October 12, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/jeff-mintz-back-from-the-dead/
Remember Jeff Mintz?
He used to send around those "Good News" briefings giving the stats of
Flag. I kept a running tally of them and graphed the weeks he reported
(on weeks where the stats were not so good - in his view - there was no
"good News Briefing" which was about 60% of the time).
We haven't seen any "Good News" now since June.
Tags: 1950, AOSHEU, ASHO, Chairman of the Board, Clear, Clearwater, Dan
Sherman, David Miscavige, Jeff Mintz, OT, OT VII, Planetary Clearing,
Purification Rundown, Quicky, Sea Org, Super Power
=========================================
Porkins Policy Radio episode 63 Legally Permited Facism Jeffrey Augustine on
Scientology
October 12, 2016, Porkins Policy Radio, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwDv3GQ_k-s
Today we are joined once again by Jeffrey Augustine of The Scientology
Money Project and Surviving Scientology Radio. Jeffrey and I begin by
discussing the actual intake process an individual goes through when
first introduced into Scientology. Jeffrey breaks down this process
from being approached by a "body-router" on the street, to your first
auditing session and beyond. Jeffrey details the way Scientology uses
four important and legally binding contracts to ensnare a new recruit.
These contracts make it extremely difficult to sue Scientology, and
essentially signify you giving up all rights to the cult. Jeffrey also
explains the legal complexities of how Scientology operates as a
franchised business. We talk about the legal definition of what a
Scientologist is, and how the organization is structured, and why this
is so important to them.
Later we look at how Scientology is evolving as a cult and the steps it
is now taking to ensure its survival. We talk about how Scientology is
desperately trying to portray itself as a humanitarian group through
the use of various front groups. Jeffrey talk about how the group has
begun to cozy up more and more to police departments through the use of
their anti-drug groups. We discuss how this is all a cynical PR attempt
to make Scientology look like a benevolent group while they continue to
employ the destructive teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.
For show notes and Mp3 download please visit:
https://porkinspolicyreview.com/2016/...
Tags: Jeffrey Augustine, Legal, Quicky, Scientology Money Project
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Scientology Trementina Base DJI Phantom 4 Flight 1
October 12, 2016, Angry Thetan, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxovieJi_PU
For more information about this video, please visit Tony Ortega's
Underground Bunker:
http://tonyortega.org/2016/10/12/dron...
This is the first drone flight over the secret Scientology base near
Trementina, NM. This base has a large vault containing all the works of
L. Ron Hubbard etched onto steel plates. It is part of a series
covering all of the major Scientology bases in the Western USA. This
video was created for use in documentaries and may be used by anyone
without credit or restrictions.
Tags: Quicky, Tony Ortega, Trementina, Underground Bunker, USA
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Scientology Trementina Base DJI Phantom 4 Flight 2
October 12, 2016, Angry Thetan, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8-tPmYWdQI
For more information about this video, please visit Tony Ortega's
Underground Bunker:
http://tonyortega.org/2016/10/12/dron...
This is the second drone flight over the secret Scientology base near
Trementina, NM. This base has a large vault containing all the works of
L. Ron Hubbard etched onto steel plates. It is part of a series
covering all of the major Scientology bases in the Western USA. This
video was created for use in documentaries and may be used by anyone
without credit or restrictions.
Tags: Quicky, Tony Ortega, Trementina, Underground Bunker, USA
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A Severe Form of Punishment: Boot Camp
October 12, 2017, Peter Nyiri, The Sea Organization
https://seaorganization.org/a-severe-form-of-punishment-bootcamp/
The following is a severe violation of human rights: the boot camp
story of Attila Sonkoly in Clearwater, Florida.
I got into Scientology at age 15. My mom died and I had a hard time
processing the world. I attended a free Dianetics lecture, shortly
after I signed up for more Scientology and Dianetic s courses.
There was something about the Scientology courses I liked - I decided
to become a course supervisor - the person who supervises
Scientologists using study technology in a course room, where they go
to to learn different aspects of Scientology. Soon I was supervising
life improvement courses in my local Scientology mission in Szeged,
Hungary . After a Sea Org recruiter came I signed up for the Sea Org -
with the intention to become a supervisor.
Tags: 2004, Attila Sonkoly, Clear, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Dianetics,
Florida, Freewinds, Hungary, L. Ron Hubbard, Master at Arms, Mission, Quicky,
Sea Org, Sleep deprivation
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'Miss Lovely' as you've never seen her - new photos of Paulette Cooper, war
survivor
October 12, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/10/12/miss-lovely-as-youve-never-seen-her-new-photos-of-paulette-cooper-war-survivor/
One of the most rewarding experiences we ever had as a Scientology
watcher started out in a Manhattan eatery and a simple question.
We were having breakfast with Paulette Cooper in our first ever meeting
with her in December 2011. We had just recently written a story for the
Village Voice summarizing some of the amazing things that she was
famous for, namely that Scientology tried to destroy her because she
wrote one of the earliest books about the church, 1971's The Scandal of
Scientology.
Paulette lives down in Florida, but we got together when she happened
to be in town. And that's when we asked our fateful little question:
What had brought her to New York?
Tags: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1971, 2011, Amsterdam, Belgium, Brussels,
Catholic, Dutch, Florida, Holocaust, Manhattan, Miss Lovely, New York,
Paulette Cooper, Portugal, Suzy Bucholc, The Scandal of Scientology, The
Unbreakable Miss Lovely, Village Voice
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No review of how university handled anti-abortion group's demonstration
October 12, 2017, John Cotter, Canadian Press, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/anti-abortion-university-alberta-review-1.4352237
A campus group that staged an anti-abortion protest at the University
of Alberta that sparked a noisy counter-demonstration by other students
and faculty has lost a court challenge over how the school handled the
event.
UAlberta Pro-Life was seeking a judicial review of the university's
decision not to investigate the group's complaint that
counter-demonstrators should have been disciplined for blocking its
displays in 2015 that included pictures of dismembered fetuses.
The group also wanted a review of the university's decision that the
group would have to pay $17,500 to cover security costs for a similar
anti-abortion protest it wanted to hold in 2016.
Tags: 2015, 2016, Abortion, Alberta, CBC, DougWiki, Jay Cameron, Justice
Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, University of Alberta
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Thursday Funnies
October 12, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-141/
Somewhat abbreviated Thursday Funnies...
They're Bringing In The Big Guns...
Well, on second thought. Sylvia Stanard is the best they could do? Wow,
they're really scraping the barrel. A total rimless zero.
Tags: Barbara Dews, Betty Green, CLO Canada, Gavin Potter, Guns, Kaye
Champagne, License, Marcy Sargeant, Narconon, Nigeria, Orange County,
Orlando, OT, OT VIII, Pretoria, Quicky, Scotland, Sylvia Stanard, Tampa,
Thursday Funnies, Tom Cummins, Toronto, Ugo Ferrando, Victoria Cummins, Whale
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Dave's shrinkage: Help us determine turnout for Scientology's IAS 2018 gala
October 12, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/10/12/daves-shrinkage-help-us-determine-turnout-for-scientologys-ias-2018-gala/
Pete Griffiths brought our attention to something interesting yesterday.
He noted that Scientology, as usual, posted numerous pretty photos
from its most recent big event at its various websites. In this case,
we're talking about the annual gala for the International Association
of Scientologists (IAS) held in a giant tent at Saint Hill Manor in
East Grinstead, England over the weekend.
Pete has been watching these events very closely for many years, and he
remarked that the crowd seemed distinctly smaller than in past years.
We noted that even Scientology's own (always bogus) estimate had gone
down. This year, they're claiming an attendance of 5,500 members under
the big tent, but just a couple of years ago they claimed 7,500.
And looking at images of the event, we have to agree with Pete that
those figures do seem pretty high for the actual number of people in
the snapshots.
Tags: Alan Atkinson-Baker, David Miscavige, East Grinstead, England,
International Association of Scientologists, Nancy Cartwright, Pete
Griffiths, Quicky, Saint Hill Manor, Sheila Atkinson-Baker, Tom Cummins,
Trish Duggan
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Regraded Being
October 12, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-166/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
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Republicans host founder of violent, far-right street brawler group
October 12, 2018, Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress
https://thinkprogress.org/civility-loving-republicans-host-gavin-mcinnes-ecd4f06482bd/
After being mocked at the White House Correspondents' dinner in April,
for instance, conservative activist Matt Schlapp and his wife Mercedes
walked out. The National Review compared those who protested Supreme
Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to a "mob", while Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell accused Hillary Clinton of "unhinged tactics" after she
said that "you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to
destroy what you stand for."
So, naturally, it would make sense for the civility-loving Metropolitan
Republican Club of New York City to invite Gavin McInnes, who founded a
far-right group which regularly engages in street brawls and violence,
to join them at a lecture Friday evening, where he'll "discuss
historical context and offer perspective on the environment that
surrounded Otoya Yamaguchi in 1960's Japan."
Tags: Alt-Right, Gavin McInnes, Proud Boys, Republican
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Stephen Harper on why it's Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn, not Donald
Trump, who scare him
October 12, 2018, Amanda Connolly, Global News
https://globalnews.ca/news/4541470/stephen-harper-donald-trump-bernie-sanders-jeremy-corbyn/
Donald Trump doesn't scare former prime minister Stephen Harper.
And while the bombastic, protectionist American president might make
him "uncomfortable," it's politicians like Bernie Sanders who Harper
says truly alarm him.
"I look at Donald Trump," he said. "Obviously, there's things that I'm
uncomfortable with but the Bernie Sanders of the world or the Jeremy
Corbyns in Britain are the ones that really, really frighten me."
Tags: 2015, Andrew Scheer, Bernie Sanders, Canada, China, Chinese, Democratic
Party, Donald Trump, DougWiki, Harper & Associates, Jeremy Corbyn, Larry
Kudlow, Mexico, NAFTA, New York City, Nigel Farage, Politics, Stephen Harper
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Advocates criticize war room for secrecy, potential for corruption
October 12, 2019, Michelle Bellefontaine, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/advocates-criticize-war-room-for-secrecy-potential-for-corruption-1.5319089
Advocates for openness and transparency in government are warning the
secrecy around Alberta's new $30 million Canadian Energy Centre (CEC)
leaves it vulnerable to corruption and cronyism.
This week, Alberta's government said the CEC, commonly known as the
energy war room, will be a private corporation, meaning most of its
operations will be exempt from freedom of information legislation.
Information about how the CEC spends its money and awards contracts
won't be accessible to Albertans, raising concerns that public money
will go to politically-connected insiders.
Tags: Alberta, Calgary, Canadian Energy Centre, Christine Myatt, Climate
change, Democracy Watch, DougWiki, Duff Conacher, Jason Kenney, Lobbyist,
Mount Royal University, Personal Information Protection Act, Sonya Savage,
Tom Olsen
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Corporation fined $18K for funnelling money into 'kamikaze' UCP leadership
campaign
October 12, 2019, Drew Anderson, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jeff-callaway-energize-alberta-ucp-cam-davies-1.5319521
A corporation that funnelled money into the United Conservative Party
"kamikaze" leadership campaign of Jeff Callaway has been fined $18,373
for prohibited contributions.
In total, Alberta's election commissioner found six separate incidents
where Energize Alberta gave money to the campaign.
Corporations are not allowed to donate money to campaigns in the
province.
Tags: Alberta, Brian Jean, Calgary, DougWiki, Edmonton, Energize Alberta,
Fines, Jason Kenney, Jeff Callaway, Kamikaze campaign, Lenore Eaton, Matt
Wolf, Robyn Lore, Tim Uppal, United Conservative Party, Wildrose
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Elections commissioner issues $18K in fines related to Callaway campaign
October 12, 2019, CTV News
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/elections-commissioner-issues-18k-in-fines-related-to-callaway-campaign-1.4636596
EDMONTON -- Alberta's election commissioner has issued another $18,373
in fines related to Jeff Callaway's 2017 bid for leadership of the
United Conservative Party.
The commissioner fined Energize Alberta Corp. for making six
contributions as a prohibited entity, breaking Section 16(2) of the
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act.
Energize Alberta was incorporated in August 2017 in Calgary.
Tags: 2017, Alberta, Brian Jean, Calgary, DougWiki, Energize Alberta, Jason
Kenney, Jeff Callaway, Jennifer Thompson, Kamikaze campaign, Lenore Eaton,
United Conservative Party
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Extreme right-wing narratives gain momentum in federal election, despite
parties struggling in polls
October 12, 2019, Alex Cosh, rabble.ca
http://rabble.ca/news/2019/10/extreme-right-wing-narratives-gain-momentum-federal-election-despite-parties-struggling
In the first round of questions, CTV's Lisa Laflamme read out some of
the most divisive tweets authored by People's Party Leader Maxime
Bernier:
"You called diversity in Canada a cult and extreme multiculturalism.
You've used the words ghetto and tribes to describe newcomers whom you
say bring distrust and potential violence. On Greta Thunberg, the
16-year-old climate change activist, you called her, quote, clearly
mentally unstable. Are these the words of someone with the character
and integrity to lead all Canadians and represent us on the world
stage?"
By way of a response, Bernier labelled all the other party leaders
"globalist," (a term that carries anti-Semitic undertones) and said he
wanted to stop Canada from becoming "like other countries in Europe,"
where, he claimed, "they have a huge difficulty to integrate their
immigrants." After being called out by Jagmeet Singh, Bernier fumed
against what he described as the NDP leader's "socialist policy."
Tags: 2011, 2017, Abortion, Andrew Scheer, Anti-semitism, Barbara Perry,
British Columbia, Cameron Ogilvie, Canada, Climate change, Conservative Party
of Canada, DougWiki, Europe, Facebook, Federal election, Greta Thunberg,
Heather Leung, Jagmeet Singh, LGBTQ, Lisa Laflamme, Maxime Bernier, New
Democratic Party, Ontario, PressProgress, Stephen Harper, Twitter, Winnipeg
=========================================
How it suddenly became chill to tax Netflix and other web giants
October 12, 2019, Jonathan Montpetit, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/netflix-tax-2019-federal-election-1.5318942
In the last federal election campaign, the Conservatives released an ad
featuring their leader, Stephen Harper, admitting that Breaking Bad was
among his favourite TV shows.
But it's what he said next that actually had a more profound impact on
the viewing habits of the Canadian public.
Harper promised he would never, ever tax Netflix. His main rivals
quickly made the same promise.
Tags: 2017, Amazon, Andrew Scheer, Apple, Associated Press, Canada, Canadian
Press, DougWiki, Elizabeth May, Facebook, Federal election, France, Google,
Green Party, Justin Trudeau, M?lanie Joly, Montreal, Netflix, New Democratic
Party, Pablo Rodriguez, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Spotify, Stephen Harper,
University of Ottawa
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Political group fined over illicit donations to 'kamikaze' UCP leadership
campaign
October 12, 2019, Andrew Jeffrey, Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2019/10/12/political-group-fined-over-illicit-donations-to-kamikaze-ucp-leadership-campaign.html
CALGARY-More than $18,000 in fines were issued this week to the
political action committee Energize Alberta for providing illicit
contributions to Jeff Callaway's "kamikaze" campaign during the 2017
United Conservative Party leadership race.
The Office of the Election Commissioner issued six fines totalling
$18,373 on Tuesday against Energize Alberta, with each fine matching a
contribution the office found the group to have made. These
contributions ranged from $573 to $6,300.
As a "prohibited entity" under the Elections Finances and Contributions
Disclosure Act, and because they weren't registered as a third-party
political advertiser, Energize Alberta was not allowed to offer
financial contributions to any registered leadership candidate, like
Callaway.
Tags: 2017, 2020, Agropyron Enterprises, Brian Jean, Calgary, DougWiki,
Energize Alberta, Jason Kenney, Jeff Callaway, Kamikaze campaign, Lorne
Gibson, Robyn Lore, United Conservative Party, Wildrose Party
=========================================
Scheer defends Conservative Chinese Facebook ads saying Trudeau will legalize
hard drugs
October 12, 2019, Sean Boynton, Global News
https://globalnews.ca/news/6025644/conservative-facebook-ads-drugs-liberals/
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is defending his party's decision to
run Facebook advertisements claiming the Liberals plan to legalize hard
drugs.
But speaking at an event in Burnaby, B.C., Saturday, he would not say
why those ads have only been published in Chinese languages.
"This is something that is very important to Canadians to know about,"
he said. "We are telling them that these are the types of things
Liberals speculate about before the election, and then implement after
the election."
Tags: 2018, Andrew Scheer, Chinese, Conservative Party of Canada, DougWiki,
Elizabeth May, Facebook, Green Party, Hong Kong, House of Commons, Jagmeet
Singh, Jenny Kwan, Justin Trudeau, Legal, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, New
Democratic Party, Ontario, Portugal, Rachel Browne, Toronto, Vancouver
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The 'excessively violent' election ad, paid for by the Manning Centre
October 12, 2019, Stephen Maher, Macleans
https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-excessively-violent-election-ad-paid-for-by-the-manning-centre/
The ad, one of a number of intense ads the Manning Centre is funding
through third-party groups it supports, shows actor Keanu Reeves buried
up to his neck in the dirt, looking at a mobile phone showing Justin
Trudeau, saying, in French: "Thank you for the second mandate."
The ad is captioned: "Literally the reaction of all Quebecers if
re-elected next Oct. 21. The re-election of Trudeau will be
catastrophic for Quebec." Quebec Fier, a third-party group funded by
the Manning Centre, started running the ad on Facebook on Oct. 2,
Facebook's ad registry shows.
The ad was pulled because it violated Facebook rules, said Erin Taylor,
communications manager for Facebook Canada in an email. "The ad was
disapproved in line with our Advertising Policies related to
sensational content which states in part that ads must not contain
excessively violent content."
Tags: 1990, Canada, Canada Strong and Proud, DougWiki, Edmonton, Elections
Canada, Facebook, Halifax, Justin Trudeau, Manning Centre, Nicolas Gagnon, NL
Strong, North99, Nova Scotia Proud, Preston Manning, Proudly New Brunswick,
Quebec, Quebec Fier, Reform Party, Troy Lanigan
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Truth Tracker: Conservative ads falsely say Liberals will legalize all drugs
October 12, 2019, Graham Slaughter, CTV News
https://election.ctvnews.ca/truth-tracker-conservative-ads-falsely-say-liberals-will-legalize-all-drugs-1.4636194
TORONTO -- The Conservative Party has been spreading misinformation to
Chinese voters in multiple Facebook ads that falsely suggest the
Liberals want to legalize all drugs.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has made it clear this campaign that his
party isn't planning to legalize or decriminalize all drugs, as
Portugal has done, as a means to confront the opioid crisis.
Instead, the Liberal platform promises a number of other measures
including new investments for the provinces to support community-based
services, such as safe-injection sites.
Tags: 2000, 2001, 2008, 2018, Andrew Scheer, Canada, China, Chinese,
Conservative Party of Canada, DougWiki, Environmental, Europe, Facebook,
Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Green Party, Guy Gallant, Justin Trudeau, Montreal,
Ontario New Democratic Party, Portugal, Toronto
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UCP says Alberta's energy war room's 'internal operations' not subject to
freedom of information laws
October 12, 2019, Phil Heidenreich, Global News
https://globalnews.ca/news/6024838/ucp-alberta-energy-war-room-freedom-information-oil-environment/
The Kenney government's so-called "energy war room," which is aimed at
countering criticism of Alberta's energy industry, is coming under fire
again after the province revealed its "internal operations" won't be
subject to freedom of information laws.
"Albertans should be very worried about this, because what this is
essentially doing is saying they (citizens) have no right to know what
their government is doing in one of its most secretive areas, in one of
its most controversial areas," said Sean Holman, an associate professor
of journalism at Calgary's Mount Royal University.
Holman added that the secrecy will make it difficult to hold the
government to account for its actions in the war room sphere.
Tags: 2018, Alberta, Calgary, Canadian Energy Centre, Canadian Press, China,
Christine Myatt, Christmas, DougWiki, Environmental, France, Hong Kong,
Japan, Jason Kenney, Mount Royal University, Netherlands, Sonya Savage, South
Korea, Tom Olsen, Whistleblower
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What we know and don't know about the government's energy war room
October 12, 2019, Janet French, Edmonton Journal
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-the-governments-energy-war-room
There's a problematic veil of secrecy over what will happen inside the
Alberta government's war room to combat "misinformation" about the oil
and gas industry, say democracy watchers.
Mount Royal University political science professor Duane Bratt said he
was puzzled when he heard the internal workings of the citizen-funded
Canadian Energy Centre would not be subject to freedom of information
and privacy (FOIP) law in the province.
"I thought the purpose was transparency, and to correct misperceptions
and to be open," Bratt said on Friday. "That seems to be contradictory
to incorporating this."
Tags: Alberta, Calgary, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Canadian
Energy Centre, Christine Myatt, Christmas, DougWiki, Duane Bratt,
Environmental, Jason Kenney, Mount Royal University, Sonya Savage, Tim
McMillan, Tom Olsen
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Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
October 12 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/10-12.html
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German Bias Against Scientologists Claimed
October 12, 2002, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/oct/12/local/me-religbriefs12.1
Some local authorities and private firms in Germany use "sect filters"
focused on the U.S.-based Church of Scientology in hiring and
contracting, the annual report from the U.S. State Department's Office
of International Religious Freedom said.
Tags: Germany, US State Department
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Managing Anger: Kenneth Anger speaks out on phones, artistic theft and
Scientology
October 12, 2006, Glenn Sumi, Now Magazine
http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=155930&archive=26,6,2006
In it he chronicles many of the latest scandals, like the Hugh Grant
affair, the O.J. Simpson trial and the influence of Scientology on some
of the industry's biggest stars.
"The Scientology people are very litigious," he says. "They're bulldogs
who bite your ankle and won't give up, harassing people to death with
lawsuits that go on and on. A friend of mine who said something true
but injudicious about them got a live rattlesnake put in his mailbox."
Tags: Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger
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Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons
October 12, 2006, Marci McDonald, The Walrus
https://thewalrus.ca/stephen-harper-and-the-theo-cons/
Marci McDonald is the author of The Armageddon Factor: the Rise of
Christian Nationalism in Canada, a 2010 bestseller based on her 2006
Walrus story "Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons." She is the winner of
several National Magazine Awards, including for "The Man Behind Stephen
Harper" and "Blind Trust," the cover story of the inaugural issue of
The Walrus.
Charles McVety, president of Canadian Christian College, Stand with
Israel rally, Toronto. / Collage by Balint Zsako
On the car radio, the weather report was aptly apocalyptic. Environment
Canada had just issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Toronto, and
already the sky north of the city had turned an ominous charcoal. Even
the most cynical Hollywood scriptwriter couldn't have dreamed up a more
fitting scene-setter as a stream of cars turned into a parking lot
tucked behind the Loblaws superstore at Eglinton Avenue and Don Mills
Road in search of a more precise forecast on just when to expect
Armageddon.
Tags: 1948, 1965, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,
1999, 2004, 2010, 60 Minutes, 9/11, Abortion, Adolf Hitler, Ajax-Pickering,
Alberta, Armageddon, Billy Graham, British Columbia, Caledon, Calgary,
Canada, Canada Christian College, Catholic, Charles McVety, Chicago, China,
Chinese, Christian, Christmas, Colorado Springs, Congress, Conservative Party
of Canada, Cornerstone, Dalton McGuinty, Dave Quist, DougWiki, Easter, Egypt,
Environmental, Europe, Family Research Council, Frank Klees, Fraser
Institute, Garth Turner, George W. Bush, Georgia, Haifa, Hollywood, House of
Commons, Institute for Canadian Values, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jason Kenney,
Jerry Falwell, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Post, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish, Jim
Flaherty, John Hagee, John Nelson, Lobbyist, Manning Centre, Marriage, Mike
Harris, Mission, Montreal, Montreal Gazette, Nanaimo, National House of
Prayer, National Post, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Democratic Party, New
York, New York City, New York Times, Ontario, Oral Roberts, Ottawa, Ottawa
Citizen, Pat Robertson, Paul Martin, Preston Manning, Question Period, Ralph
Reed, Republican, Reverend, Review, Richmond, Ronald Reagan, Russia, San
Antonio, Soviet Union, Stephen Harper, Stockwell Day, Tel Aviv, Texas,
Toronto, Toronto Star, United Nations, University of Toronto, Vancouver, Vic
Toews, Victoria, Washington, White House
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Bogus Scientology pamphlets irk Leppert
October 12, 2007, Rudolph Bush, Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/101207dnmetpamphlets.2cc31a1.html
No, Mayor Tom Leppert hasn't made the leap from public servant to
spiritual healer.
And despite the claims of a booklet that landed on his desk at City
Hall this week, he isn't endorsing The Way to Happiness.
The booklet, so titled and featuring the writings of Church of
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, was sent to the mayor's office
complete with the city of Dallas seal and a ringing endorsement
purportedly from Mr. Leppert.
Tags: The Way to Happiness
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28 ...for the Prosecution I
October 12, 2009, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/10/28-for-prosecution-i.html
June 15: The prosecutors' closing arguments created a sensation at the
trial: they called for the dissolution of the two organisations charged
and convictions for the individual defendants.
After the lawyers for the plaintiffs had spoken, it was the turn of the
prosecutors. It was most likely the prospect of their closing
presentation that had attracted most of the observers to the court that
day.
During the investigation of the case, the prosecutor's office had taken
the view that there was no case to answer: fortunately for the
plaintiffs, investigating magistrate Jean-Christophe Hullin had taken a
different view and sent the case to trial.
Tags: 1950, 1960, 1971, 1994, 1997, 1998, Alain Rosenberg, Aude-Claire
Malton, Bridge to Total Freedom, Cancer, Celebrity Centre, Communication
Course, Daniel Zagury, Dianetics, Didier Michaux, E-meter, Eric Roux,
International Association of Scientologists, Jean-Fran?ois Valli, John
Foster, Judge Sophie-H?l?ne Ch?teau, Life Repair, Paris, Personality test,
Purification Rundown, Quicky, Roger Gonnet, Sabine Jacquart, Scientology
staff, Suppressive Person
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Church of Scientology Loses Legal Fight With Advertising Recruitment Agency
October 12, 2009, Jim Edwards, CBS Money Watch
http://www.bnet.com/blog/advertising-business/church-of-scientology-loses-legal-fight-with-advertising-recruitment-agency/3234
The Church of Scientology has lost a legal battle with an advertising
recruitment agency over whether it owns trademark rights to the word
"Prosperity" in Ireland.
Prosperity Recruitment's battle against Scientoloy started, according
to Irish tech news site ENN, when the agency tried to register
"Prosperity" as one of its trademarks.
Tags: Ireland, Trademark
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Will the Son Also Rise?
October 12, 2009, Paul Barry, Four Corners, ABC News (Australia)
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2009/s2711781.htm
[Program Transcript]
PAUL BARRY: James's marriage to Jodhi Meares broke up. He came close to
a breakdown and sought solace in Scientology, a strange space age
religion which judges down the years have condemned as a cult. His
friend Tom Cruise introduced him. And when Cruise received
Scientology's top award in 2004, James was there applauding.
DANIEL PETRE: Scientology helped James. There's no question it helped
him find a sense of strength and a sense of understanding that helped
him.
PAUL BARRY: It's fairly crazy ah...
Tags: James Packer, Kerry Packer
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The Mad Mind of Miscavige
October 12, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/the-mad-mind-of-miscavige/
The following is an excerpt from a mid-2007 despatch dictated by David
Miscavige.
In the last few weeks, it has not been nice. Do you know that pimple
you saw? Well, I popped it. We're talking two guys buying X-rated
movies and masturbating simultaneously in the same room with one being
the husband and one being the wife, going through Dean and Deluca (a
gourmet mail order catalog) catalogs as husband and wife and the
bald-headed guy buying the other one cheese as a favor. We're talking
about the guy who was on the finance lines and refused to get you the
finance issues, waiting for R to come back so he can be permanently
appointed for the rest of the universe as the International Finance
Dictator. We're talking about me finding out exactly what Mike was
doing in 1982. We're talking about Marc's op. We're talking about me
knowing exactly what MR has been doing on his sympathizing for all the
SPs who got nothing done.
Translation: The bald-headed fellow is Marc Yager, WDC Chairman and CO
CMO INT. The cheese-eater is Guillaume Lesevre, ED International.
You've heard Mike, Tom, Steve, Dan, Amy and I talk or write about
Miscavige's constant accusations that Yager and Guillaume were
homosexual lovers. Well, here it is in writing. This is after Debbie
Cook's experience in the Hole wherein Miscavige threatened all of Int
that if they didn't get a homosexual confession out of Marc and
Guillaume, he would send Tom Cruise down to beat the hell out of them.
Debbie reported that Marc and Guillaume did not confess despite brutal
beatings. Debbie was then ordered to stand in a garbage can with a sign
"lesbian" around her neck to be physically and orally assaulted for the
next day. For those unfamiliar with this history please see,
https://markrathbun.wordpress.
com/2010/02/02/45-days-in-the-hole-final-purges-part-4/
Tags: 1982, 2007, CMO Int, Commodore's Messenger Organization, David
Miscavige, DC, Debbie Cook, Guillaume Lesevre, International Finance
Dictator, L. Ron Hubbard, Marc Yager, Mary Sue Hubbard, Mission, Quicky, The
Hole, Tom Cruise
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
October 12, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave/
Haydn James just wrote the following to me after he read one of the
books from the recommended reading section of this blog, A Narrative of
the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. I'm posting Haydn's
communication to suggest other people read that book as well as
consider reading some of the other books there too.
Marty,
I am sometimes slow on the uptake but I get there eventually. For some
years now you have recommended reading the account by Fredrick
Tags: David Miscavige, Haydn James, Quicky, Sea Org, Suppressive Person
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Scientology Hates Clean Ice: The "Fair Game" Operation That Should Turn Your
Stomach
October 12, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/robert_almblad_scientology_clean_ice.php
There are countless examples of "Fair Game," Scientology's notorious
policy of retaliation against perceived enemies, and I've written about
many of them over the years. But what's happening in Florida right now
with a man named Robert Almblad appears to be some of the worst, most
vicious, and most reprehensible activity by the church since the 1970s,
when it actually tried to get people killed and imprisoned.
And this does affect you. Or anyone you know in a hospital who wants to
go home without a life-threatening infection.
Tags: 1970, 1972, 1990, 2006, 2007, 2009, Australia, Canada, David Lubow,
David Miscavige, Ed Bryan, Elliot Abelson, E-meter, Europe, Fair Game,
Florida, Freedom magazine, Guardian's Office, Jim Lynch, Marty Rathbun, Mike
Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, Placido Domingo, Private investigator,
Religious Technology Center, Robert Almblad, Scientology operation, Squirrel
Busters, Suppressive Person, Susan Clickner, Texas, Xenu
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Is History Repeating Itself?
October 12, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/is-history-repeating-itself/
Reference: The Scientology Reformation: What Every Scientologist Should
Know
Preview III:
Chapter Two
Tags: 1951, Amazon, Catholic Church, Christian, DC, Dianetics, Golden Age of
Knowledge, Jesus Christ, L. Ron Hubbard, Operating Thetan, OT, Philadelphia
Doctorate Course, Quicky, Science of Survival
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Scientology Metaphysics: How Do Thetans Work?
October 12, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/10/12/scientology-metaphysics-how-do-thetans-work/
We've been away from the bunker this week, and we apologize that we
don't have this week's installment of Scientology on the High Seas. We
will make it up to our readers later. In the meantime, we'll follow up
yesterday's amazing output by our commenting community by posing what
we hope will be a provocative and productive question...
How does a thetan pick up a new meat body, really?
Now, we're being serious and we want some actual help on this. We
assume that we just haven't read the right chapters or policy letters
that spell this out, and we're hoping that one of our many readers
intimate with the tech will help us out.
Tags: Clear, OT, OT Phenomena, Quicky
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Comal County, Texas
October 12, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/comal-county-texas/
From some recent visitors:
Thank you both so much for having and sharing your beautiful space with
me. The environment here is really perfect for working on spiritual
advancement.
This visit has been exactly what I need to sort out 'confusions' that
lingered ? some I didn't even know were there.
Tags: Comal County, Quicky, Texas
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Monitored By Miscavige
October 12, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/monitored-by-miscavige/
I have a bit of a backlog of material that has been sent in by our
Special Correspondents. Thanks to everyone who sends in reports and
information, if I don't always get to it, please don't stop sending it.
I believe it is valuable for the internal activities of the RCS to be
made public, and to some extent their fear of people knowing what they
are doing is causing them to withdraw even further. ID cards for events.
Clampdowns on emails. Worry about who sees what on Facebook. Hardly
the program that is going to get new people interested. So, some are
being saved from the bankruptcy and abuse by reason of the RCS cutting
its own reach out of fear of exposure. It's a losing game.
This email is most interesting because of the first line. It asserts
both that building "an auditorium" in PAC is "as LRH intended" (a
completely made up concept) and that this is "a super-high-priority
project which is being monitored by the top of the org board." Top of
the org board of course is He Who Cannot Be Named. It is increasingly
the mantra of the sheeple to do/give/think because its "what COB wants.
" David Wilson made it clear. Now Andrea Kluge is doing the same thing.
And it is very interesting that this auditorium for the largest Sea Org
Base on earth is in the hands of the "OT Committee" which is further
evidence that Voldemort's hand selected troops these days are composed
of PUBLIC Scientologists like David Wilson, Andrea Kluge, John
Allender, Ed Bryan etc etc. He gives them their marching orders and
like wind-up dolls, away they go.
Tags: Andrea Kluge, Chairman of the Board, David Miscavige, David Wilson, Ed
Bryan, Facebook, Fundraising, John Allender, L. Ron Hubbard, Org Board, OT
Committee, OTC, Quicky, Sea Org
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TOMKAT PROJECT IN LOS ANGELES: Here's Your Chance to Help the Show Get to
Tinseltown
October 12, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/10/12/tomkat-project-in-los-angeles-heres-your-chance-to-help-the-show-get-to-tinseltown/
One of the highlights of this eventful year was our August night in the
Village to see the TomKat Project with a group of Bunker regulars.
We'd been looking forward to seeing Brandon Ogborn's play about
celebrity and Scientology since it opened in Chicago for a very
successful run. And after we got to see the hilarious comedy, we heard
from a lot of readers who wanted to know - when is the show coming to
Los Angeles?
It's a natural for LA, which is all about both celebrity and L. Ron
Hubbard's cabal. And now, you can help send Brandon and his troupe to
the iO West Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, just steps from one of
Scientology's most important landmarks - the Hollywood Guaranty
Building!
Tags: Brandon Ogborn, Chicago, David Miscavige, Hollywood, Hollywood
Boulevard, Hollywood Guaranty Building, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Katie Holmes, L.
Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition, Los Angeles, Quicky, Tom Cruise, TomKat Project
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German supporter of Scientology sends 120-page letter
October 12, 2014, Wes Wolfe, Kinston
https://www.kinston.com/news/local/german-supporter-of-scientology-sends-120-page-letter-1.385986
The Free Press got Sasse'd.
Karsten Sasse, who hails from the German town of Winsen in Lower
Saxony, has been at this for a while.
He wrote a 120-page letter dated March 29, 1999 to the U.N. Commission
for Human Rights in New York City. It's printed on double-sided paper,
single-spaced, and entirely auf Deutsch.
The introductory letter addressed to The Free Press - and dated Jan.
30, 2008, though it arrived last week - reads, "Dear ladies and
gentlemen, I am sending you a few documents and facts about the Church
of Scientology and other organizations to hold or that may be and could
be of interest."
Tags: Germany, Karsten Sasse
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Scientology Slavery
October 12, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-slavery/
A Special Correspondent sent this to me. I felt it worth reprinting.
Especially in light of the recent revelations about the new scientology
push: "Voice For Humanity."
It is an article in the UK Daily Mail about slavery/human trafficking.
The Correspondent noted the following, comparing the Sea Org to what is
discussed in the article.
Tags: Daily Mail, Human trafficking, Passport, Quicky, Sea Org, Threats, UK
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Scientology Sunday Funnies: In valleys near and far, it's time to stand and
deliver!
October 12, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/10/12/scientology-sunday-funnies-in-valleys-near-and-far-its-time-to-stand-and-deliver/
We sure do love Sunday Funnies. They give us an opportunity, each week,
to check in on what Scientology is telling its members in the form of
fundraising fliers. Over the years, our readers have picked out many
significant clues about what's ailing the church. it's become a really
substantial history of an organization in trouble.
We can't wait to see what you make of today's items, which we've sifted
from many mailers and messages sent to us by our great tipsters.
Let's start with a couple of after-party reports, which we always get a
kick out of. You probably won't be surprised to see that they come from
the San Fernando and Silicon Valleys, where Scientology is working
particularly hard to raise money for new "Ideal Orgs."
Tags: Birmingham, Budapest, Harlem, Hungary, Ideal Org, Nancy Cartwright, OT,
Peter Bonyai, Quicky, San Diego, Silicon Valley, St. Louis, Sunday Funnies
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What Is A Cult and How Does It Work? (Margaret Singer)
October 12, 2014, International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bRBFhMEQFk
By Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and emeritus
adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who
counseled and interviewed more than 3,000 current and former cult
members, relatives and friends. What is a Cult and How Does it Work?
What are cults? How do cults operate? ow many people are involved in
cults? What are cult leaders' goals and methods? How do cults recruit?
What is thought reform? Inside the group. Development of a cult.
Pseudoidentity. Returning to the outside world.
Tags: Cult, Margaret Singer, Margaret Thaler Singer, Quicky, University of
California
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GAT II for Solo NOTs Is Coming!
October 12, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/gat-ii-for-solo-nots-is-coming/
What could be more exciting than hearing you have to start Solo NOTs
all over again because you didn't have "all the tech, just like LRH
wanted you to have..."????
This invitation arrived first...
Come one, come all on Saturday the 17th in the FH Ballroom (must be
REALLY important - in the Ballroom? With the "Senior CS" not even the
"RTC Rep" let alone Dear Leader...)
Tags: Anna Paddock, DC, Field Staff Member, L. Ron Hubbard, Monique Rathbun,
OT, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Squirrel, Thursday Funnies
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Leah Remini exposes Scientology and Tom Cruise in new book
October 12, 2015, Caroline Howe, Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3266370/Ex-Scientologist-Leah-Rimini-braces-blow-takes-Church-Tom-Cruise-Kirstie-Alley-blistering-expos-Troublemaker.html
TV actress and former star of King of Queens, Leah Remini, still
reeling from the nightmarish repercussions of severing her ties with
the church of Scientology in 2013, is about to be in the crosshairs
again.
Daily Mail Online has learned that Remini anticipates even more blow
back from her expose of the corrupt inner workings of the covert
organization in her explosive memoir
Daily Mail Online has learned that Remini, 45, anticipates even more
blow back and possible lawsuits with her expose of the corrupt inner
workings of the covert organization in her explosive memoir,
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology.
Tags: 1979, 2005, 2006, 2013, Amazon, Angelo Pagan, Clearwater, David
Miscavige, Flag Land Base, Florida, Howard Stern, Italy, Jenna Elfman,
Jennifer Lopez, John Travolta, Katie Holmes, Kelly Preston, King of Queens,
Kirstie Alley, LAPD, Leah Remini, OT, Quicky, Rome, Shelly Miscavige,
Suppressive Person, Tom Cruise, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and
Scientology
=========================================
That time Scientology's Sea Org grunts donned cut-offs and bikinis to fake
out L. Ron Hubbard
October 12, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/10/12/that-time-scientologys-sea-org-grunts-donned-cut-offs-and-bikinis-to-fake-out-l-ron-hubbard/
So much has happened since we returned from the last leg of our book
tour that we've hardly had a chance to look back on the really
remarkable things that took place during our trip to places like
Minneapolis and Vancouver, BC.
In Seattle, we had a real treat meeting Gary Morehead for the first
time. Known under his code name "Jackson" during his Scientology days,
Gary was the chief of security at the Gold Base for nearly all of the
period between 1982 and 1997, and he has told some amazing tales of
those days. But he saved a really wild one for us when we sat down with
him for a meal before our talk at Razzi's Pizzeria on September 28.
It involved, of all things, Steve Wozniak's "US Festival," the massive
outdoor music party the Apple inventor threw for himself in Southern
California over the Labor Day weekend in 1982.
Tags: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2000, Apple, Author Services Inc, Battlefield
Earth, Berlin, California, Chick Corea, Edward Marsh, Gary Morehead, Int
Base, L. Ron Hubbard, Mark Fisher, Minneapolis, Music, Norman Starkey,
Police, Quicky, San Diego, Sea Org, Seattle, Sinar Parman, Space Jazz, Steve
Wozniak, Vancouver
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DRONE FLYOVER FINALE: Getting a close look at Scientology's secret New Mexico
compound
October 12, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/10/12/drone-flyover-finale-a-close-look-at-scientologys-secret-new-mexico-compound/
And here we are, at the end of our weekly series of dramatic footage
shot by an anonymous drone pilot, who has flown over Scientology's most
secret compounds.
Five weeks ago, we started this series with a view of Scientology's
secretive international management base ("Int Base"). Four weeks ago
our pilot flew us over the even more secret "CST" headquarters compound
in the mountains above Los Angeles, where we believe Scientology leader
David Miscavige stashed away his wife Shelly eleven years ago. Three
weeks ago we got an unprecedented look at the ranch in San Luis Obispo
County where Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard died in 1986. Two weeks
ago, he took us over Scientology's vault location in the Sierra
foothills of California, the Lady Washington Mine. And last week, we
got a look at another secretive "CST" underground vault site owned by
the church, one which is located in California's far northern coast,
near the town of Petrolia.
For his final act, our anonymous pilot this week has taken us over
perhaps that most iconic of CST vault locations, the secret complex in
New Mexico near the town of Trementina.
Tags: 1986, 2005, Albuquerque, Angry Thetan, California, Church of Spiritual
Technology, Creston, David Miscavige, Drone, Dylan Gill, Google, Hemet, Int
Base, John Sweeney, Lady Washington Mine, Lake Arrowhead, Los Angeles, LRH
House, Marc Headley, New Mexico, Paulette Cooper, Petrolia, Quicky, San Luis
Obispo, Shelly Miscavige, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, Trementina, Tuolumne,
UK, Vault, Wyoming, YouTube
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Jeff Mintz - Back from the Dead?
October 12, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/jeff-mintz-back-from-the-dead/
Remember Jeff Mintz?
He used to send around those "Good News" briefings giving the stats of
Flag. I kept a running tally of them and graphed the weeks he reported
(on weeks where the stats were not so good - in his view - there was no
"good News Briefing" which was about 60% of the time).
We haven't seen any "Good News" now since June.
Tags: 1950, AOSHEU, ASHO, Chairman of the Board, Clear, Clearwater, Dan
Sherman, David Miscavige, Jeff Mintz, OT, OT VII, Planetary Clearing,
Purification Rundown, Quicky, Sea Org, Super Power
=========================================
Porkins Policy Radio episode 63 Legally Permited Facism Jeffrey Augustine on
Scientology
October 12, 2016, Porkins Policy Radio, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwDv3GQ_k-s
Today we are joined once again by Jeffrey Augustine of The Scientology
Money Project and Surviving Scientology Radio. Jeffrey and I begin by
discussing the actual intake process an individual goes through when
first introduced into Scientology. Jeffrey breaks down this process
from being approached by a "body-router" on the street, to your first
auditing session and beyond. Jeffrey details the way Scientology uses
four important and legally binding contracts to ensnare a new recruit.
These contracts make it extremely difficult to sue Scientology, and
essentially signify you giving up all rights to the cult. Jeffrey also
explains the legal complexities of how Scientology operates as a
franchised business. We talk about the legal definition of what a
Scientologist is, and how the organization is structured, and why this
is so important to them.
Later we look at how Scientology is evolving as a cult and the steps it
is now taking to ensure its survival. We talk about how Scientology is
desperately trying to portray itself as a humanitarian group through
the use of various front groups. Jeffrey talk about how the group has
begun to cozy up more and more to police departments through the use of
their anti-drug groups. We discuss how this is all a cynical PR attempt
to make Scientology look like a benevolent group while they continue to
employ the destructive teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.
For show notes and Mp3 download please visit:
https://porkinspolicyreview.com/2016/...
Tags: Jeffrey Augustine, Legal, Quicky, Scientology Money Project
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Scientology Trementina Base DJI Phantom 4 Flight 1
October 12, 2016, Angry Thetan, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxovieJi_PU
For more information about this video, please visit Tony Ortega's
Underground Bunker:
http://tonyortega.org/2016/10/12/dron...
This is the first drone flight over the secret Scientology base near
Trementina, NM. This base has a large vault containing all the works of
L. Ron Hubbard etched onto steel plates. It is part of a series
covering all of the major Scientology bases in the Western USA. This
video was created for use in documentaries and may be used by anyone
without credit or restrictions.
Tags: Quicky, Tony Ortega, Trementina, Underground Bunker, USA
=========================================
Scientology Trementina Base DJI Phantom 4 Flight 2
October 12, 2016, Angry Thetan, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8-tPmYWdQI
For more information about this video, please visit Tony Ortega's
Underground Bunker:
http://tonyortega.org/2016/10/12/dron...
This is the second drone flight over the secret Scientology base near
Trementina, NM. This base has a large vault containing all the works of
L. Ron Hubbard etched onto steel plates. It is part of a series
covering all of the major Scientology bases in the Western USA. This
video was created for use in documentaries and may be used by anyone
without credit or restrictions.
Tags: Quicky, Tony Ortega, Trementina, Underground Bunker, USA
=========================================
A Severe Form of Punishment: Boot Camp
October 12, 2017, Peter Nyiri, The Sea Organization
https://seaorganization.org/a-severe-form-of-punishment-bootcamp/
The following is a severe violation of human rights: the boot camp
story of Attila Sonkoly in Clearwater, Florida.
I got into Scientology at age 15. My mom died and I had a hard time
processing the world. I attended a free Dianetics lecture, shortly
after I signed up for more Scientology and Dianetic s courses.
There was something about the Scientology courses I liked - I decided
to become a course supervisor - the person who supervises
Scientologists using study technology in a course room, where they go
to to learn different aspects of Scientology. Soon I was supervising
life improvement courses in my local Scientology mission in Szeged,
Hungary . After a Sea Org recruiter came I signed up for the Sea Org -
with the intention to become a supervisor.
Tags: 2004, Attila Sonkoly, Clear, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Dianetics,
Florida, Freewinds, Hungary, L. Ron Hubbard, Master at Arms, Mission, Quicky,
Sea Org, Sleep deprivation
=========================================
'Miss Lovely' as you've never seen her - new photos of Paulette Cooper, war
survivor
October 12, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/10/12/miss-lovely-as-youve-never-seen-her-new-photos-of-paulette-cooper-war-survivor/
One of the most rewarding experiences we ever had as a Scientology
watcher started out in a Manhattan eatery and a simple question.
We were having breakfast with Paulette Cooper in our first ever meeting
with her in December 2011. We had just recently written a story for the
Village Voice summarizing some of the amazing things that she was
famous for, namely that Scientology tried to destroy her because she
wrote one of the earliest books about the church, 1971's The Scandal of
Scientology.
Paulette lives down in Florida, but we got together when she happened
to be in town. And that's when we asked our fateful little question:
What had brought her to New York?
Tags: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1971, 2011, Amsterdam, Belgium, Brussels,
Catholic, Dutch, Florida, Holocaust, Manhattan, Miss Lovely, New York,
Paulette Cooper, Portugal, Suzy Bucholc, The Scandal of Scientology, The
Unbreakable Miss Lovely, Village Voice
=========================================
No review of how university handled anti-abortion group's demonstration
October 12, 2017, John Cotter, Canadian Press, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/anti-abortion-university-alberta-review-1.4352237
A campus group that staged an anti-abortion protest at the University
of Alberta that sparked a noisy counter-demonstration by other students
and faculty has lost a court challenge over how the school handled the
event.
UAlberta Pro-Life was seeking a judicial review of the university's
decision not to investigate the group's complaint that
counter-demonstrators should have been disciplined for blocking its
displays in 2015 that included pictures of dismembered fetuses.
The group also wanted a review of the university's decision that the
group would have to pay $17,500 to cover security costs for a similar
anti-abortion protest it wanted to hold in 2016.
Tags: 2015, 2016, Abortion, Alberta, CBC, DougWiki, Jay Cameron, Justice
Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, University of Alberta
=========================================
Thursday Funnies
October 12, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-141/
Somewhat abbreviated Thursday Funnies...
They're Bringing In The Big Guns...
Well, on second thought. Sylvia Stanard is the best they could do? Wow,
they're really scraping the barrel. A total rimless zero.
Tags: Barbara Dews, Betty Green, CLO Canada, Gavin Potter, Guns, Kaye
Champagne, License, Marcy Sargeant, Narconon, Nigeria, Orange County,
Orlando, OT, OT VIII, Pretoria, Quicky, Scotland, Sylvia Stanard, Tampa,
Thursday Funnies, Tom Cummins, Toronto, Ugo Ferrando, Victoria Cummins, Whale
=========================================
Dave's shrinkage: Help us determine turnout for Scientology's IAS 2018 gala
October 12, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/10/12/daves-shrinkage-help-us-determine-turnout-for-scientologys-ias-2018-gala/
Pete Griffiths brought our attention to something interesting yesterday.
He noted that Scientology, as usual, posted numerous pretty photos
from its most recent big event at its various websites. In this case,
we're talking about the annual gala for the International Association
of Scientologists (IAS) held in a giant tent at Saint Hill Manor in
East Grinstead, England over the weekend.
Pete has been watching these events very closely for many years, and he
remarked that the crowd seemed distinctly smaller than in past years.
We noted that even Scientology's own (always bogus) estimate had gone
down. This year, they're claiming an attendance of 5,500 members under
the big tent, but just a couple of years ago they claimed 7,500.
And looking at images of the event, we have to agree with Pete that
those figures do seem pretty high for the actual number of people in
the snapshots.
Tags: Alan Atkinson-Baker, David Miscavige, East Grinstead, England,
International Association of Scientologists, Nancy Cartwright, Pete
Griffiths, Quicky, Saint Hill Manor, Sheila Atkinson-Baker, Tom Cummins,
Trish Duggan
=========================================
Regraded Being
October 12, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-166/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
=========================================
Republicans host founder of violent, far-right street brawler group
October 12, 2018, Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress
https://thinkprogress.org/civility-loving-republicans-host-gavin-mcinnes-ecd4f06482bd/
After being mocked at the White House Correspondents' dinner in April,
for instance, conservative activist Matt Schlapp and his wife Mercedes
walked out. The National Review compared those who protested Supreme
Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to a "mob", while Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell accused Hillary Clinton of "unhinged tactics" after she
said that "you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to
destroy what you stand for."
So, naturally, it would make sense for the civility-loving Metropolitan
Republican Club of New York City to invite Gavin McInnes, who founded a
far-right group which regularly engages in street brawls and violence,
to join them at a lecture Friday evening, where he'll "discuss
historical context and offer perspective on the environment that
surrounded Otoya Yamaguchi in 1960's Japan."
Tags: Alt-Right, Gavin McInnes, Proud Boys, Republican
=========================================
Stephen Harper on why it's Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn, not Donald
Trump, who scare him
October 12, 2018, Amanda Connolly, Global News
https://globalnews.ca/news/4541470/stephen-harper-donald-trump-bernie-sanders-jeremy-corbyn/
Donald Trump doesn't scare former prime minister Stephen Harper.
And while the bombastic, protectionist American president might make
him "uncomfortable," it's politicians like Bernie Sanders who Harper
says truly alarm him.
"I look at Donald Trump," he said. "Obviously, there's things that I'm
uncomfortable with but the Bernie Sanders of the world or the Jeremy
Corbyns in Britain are the ones that really, really frighten me."
Tags: 2015, Andrew Scheer, Bernie Sanders, Canada, China, Chinese, Democratic
Party, Donald Trump, DougWiki, Harper & Associates, Jeremy Corbyn, Larry
Kudlow, Mexico, NAFTA, New York City, Nigel Farage, Politics, Stephen Harper
=========================================
Advocates criticize war room for secrecy, potential for corruption
October 12, 2019, Michelle Bellefontaine, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/advocates-criticize-war-room-for-secrecy-potential-for-corruption-1.5319089
Advocates for openness and transparency in government are warning the
secrecy around Alberta's new $30 million Canadian Energy Centre (CEC)
leaves it vulnerable to corruption and cronyism.
This week, Alberta's government said the CEC, commonly known as the
energy war room, will be a private corporation, meaning most of its
operations will be exempt from freedom of information legislation.
Information about how the CEC spends its money and awards contracts
won't be accessible to Albertans, raising concerns that public money
will go to politically-connected insiders.
Tags: Alberta, Calgary, Canadian Energy Centre, Christine Myatt, Climate
change, Democracy Watch, DougWiki, Duff Conacher, Jason Kenney, Lobbyist,
Mount Royal University, Personal Information Protection Act, Sonya Savage,
Tom Olsen
=========================================
Corporation fined $18K for funnelling money into 'kamikaze' UCP leadership
campaign
October 12, 2019, Drew Anderson, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jeff-callaway-energize-alberta-ucp-cam-davies-1.5319521
A corporation that funnelled money into the United Conservative Party
"kamikaze" leadership campaign of Jeff Callaway has been fined $18,373
for prohibited contributions.
In total, Alberta's election commissioner found six separate incidents
where Energize Alberta gave money to the campaign.
Corporations are not allowed to donate money to campaigns in the
province.
Tags: Alberta, Brian Jean, Calgary, DougWiki, Edmonton, Energize Alberta,
Fines, Jason Kenney, Jeff Callaway, Kamikaze campaign, Lenore Eaton, Matt
Wolf, Robyn Lore, Tim Uppal, United Conservative Party, Wildrose
=========================================
Elections commissioner issues $18K in fines related to Callaway campaign
October 12, 2019, CTV News
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/elections-commissioner-issues-18k-in-fines-related-to-callaway-campaign-1.4636596
EDMONTON -- Alberta's election commissioner has issued another $18,373
in fines related to Jeff Callaway's 2017 bid for leadership of the
United Conservative Party.
The commissioner fined Energize Alberta Corp. for making six
contributions as a prohibited entity, breaking Section 16(2) of the
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act.
Energize Alberta was incorporated in August 2017 in Calgary.
Tags: 2017, Alberta, Brian Jean, Calgary, DougWiki, Energize Alberta, Jason
Kenney, Jeff Callaway, Jennifer Thompson, Kamikaze campaign, Lenore Eaton,
United Conservative Party
=========================================
Extreme right-wing narratives gain momentum in federal election, despite
parties struggling in polls
October 12, 2019, Alex Cosh, rabble.ca
http://rabble.ca/news/2019/10/extreme-right-wing-narratives-gain-momentum-federal-election-despite-parties-struggling
In the first round of questions, CTV's Lisa Laflamme read out some of
the most divisive tweets authored by People's Party Leader Maxime
Bernier:
"You called diversity in Canada a cult and extreme multiculturalism.
You've used the words ghetto and tribes to describe newcomers whom you
say bring distrust and potential violence. On Greta Thunberg, the
16-year-old climate change activist, you called her, quote, clearly
mentally unstable. Are these the words of someone with the character
and integrity to lead all Canadians and represent us on the world
stage?"
By way of a response, Bernier labelled all the other party leaders
"globalist," (a term that carries anti-Semitic undertones) and said he
wanted to stop Canada from becoming "like other countries in Europe,"
where, he claimed, "they have a huge difficulty to integrate their
immigrants." After being called out by Jagmeet Singh, Bernier fumed
against what he described as the NDP leader's "socialist policy."
Tags: 2011, 2017, Abortion, Andrew Scheer, Anti-semitism, Barbara Perry,
British Columbia, Cameron Ogilvie, Canada, Climate change, Conservative Party
of Canada, DougWiki, Europe, Facebook, Federal election, Greta Thunberg,
Heather Leung, Jagmeet Singh, LGBTQ, Lisa Laflamme, Maxime Bernier, New
Democratic Party, Ontario, PressProgress, Stephen Harper, Twitter, Winnipeg
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How it suddenly became chill to tax Netflix and other web giants
October 12, 2019, Jonathan Montpetit, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/netflix-tax-2019-federal-election-1.5318942
In the last federal election campaign, the Conservatives released an ad
featuring their leader, Stephen Harper, admitting that Breaking Bad was
among his favourite TV shows.
But it's what he said next that actually had a more profound impact on
the viewing habits of the Canadian public.
Harper promised he would never, ever tax Netflix. His main rivals
quickly made the same promise.
Tags: 2017, Amazon, Andrew Scheer, Apple, Associated Press, Canada, Canadian
Press, DougWiki, Elizabeth May, Facebook, Federal election, France, Google,
Green Party, Justin Trudeau, M?lanie Joly, Montreal, Netflix, New Democratic
Party, Pablo Rodriguez, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Spotify, Stephen Harper,
University of Ottawa
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Political group fined over illicit donations to 'kamikaze' UCP leadership
campaign
October 12, 2019, Andrew Jeffrey, Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2019/10/12/political-group-fined-over-illicit-donations-to-kamikaze-ucp-leadership-campaign.html
CALGARY-More than $18,000 in fines were issued this week to the
political action committee Energize Alberta for providing illicit
contributions to Jeff Callaway's "kamikaze" campaign during the 2017
United Conservative Party leadership race.
The Office of the Election Commissioner issued six fines totalling
$18,373 on Tuesday against Energize Alberta, with each fine matching a
contribution the office found the group to have made. These
contributions ranged from $573 to $6,300.
As a "prohibited entity" under the Elections Finances and Contributions
Disclosure Act, and because they weren't registered as a third-party
political advertiser, Energize Alberta was not allowed to offer
financial contributions to any registered leadership candidate, like
Callaway.
Tags: 2017, 2020, Agropyron Enterprises, Brian Jean, Calgary, DougWiki,
Energize Alberta, Jason Kenney, Jeff Callaway, Kamikaze campaign, Lorne
Gibson, Robyn Lore, United Conservative Party, Wildrose Party
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Scheer defends Conservative Chinese Facebook ads saying Trudeau will legalize
hard drugs
October 12, 2019, Sean Boynton, Global News
https://globalnews.ca/news/6025644/conservative-facebook-ads-drugs-liberals/
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is defending his party's decision to
run Facebook advertisements claiming the Liberals plan to legalize hard
drugs.
But speaking at an event in Burnaby, B.C., Saturday, he would not say
why those ads have only been published in Chinese languages.
"This is something that is very important to Canadians to know about,"
he said. "We are telling them that these are the types of things
Liberals speculate about before the election, and then implement after
the election."
Tags: 2018, Andrew Scheer, Chinese, Conservative Party of Canada, DougWiki,
Elizabeth May, Facebook, Green Party, Hong Kong, House of Commons, Jagmeet
Singh, Jenny Kwan, Justin Trudeau, Legal, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, New
Democratic Party, Ontario, Portugal, Rachel Browne, Toronto, Vancouver
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The 'excessively violent' election ad, paid for by the Manning Centre
October 12, 2019, Stephen Maher, Macleans
https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-excessively-violent-election-ad-paid-for-by-the-manning-centre/
The ad, one of a number of intense ads the Manning Centre is funding
through third-party groups it supports, shows actor Keanu Reeves buried
up to his neck in the dirt, looking at a mobile phone showing Justin
Trudeau, saying, in French: "Thank you for the second mandate."
The ad is captioned: "Literally the reaction of all Quebecers if
re-elected next Oct. 21. The re-election of Trudeau will be
catastrophic for Quebec." Quebec Fier, a third-party group funded by
the Manning Centre, started running the ad on Facebook on Oct. 2,
Facebook's ad registry shows.
The ad was pulled because it violated Facebook rules, said Erin Taylor,
communications manager for Facebook Canada in an email. "The ad was
disapproved in line with our Advertising Policies related to
sensational content which states in part that ads must not contain
excessively violent content."
Tags: 1990, Canada, Canada Strong and Proud, DougWiki, Edmonton, Elections
Canada, Facebook, Halifax, Justin Trudeau, Manning Centre, Nicolas Gagnon, NL
Strong, North99, Nova Scotia Proud, Preston Manning, Proudly New Brunswick,
Quebec, Quebec Fier, Reform Party, Troy Lanigan
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Truth Tracker: Conservative ads falsely say Liberals will legalize all drugs
October 12, 2019, Graham Slaughter, CTV News
https://election.ctvnews.ca/truth-tracker-conservative-ads-falsely-say-liberals-will-legalize-all-drugs-1.4636194
TORONTO -- The Conservative Party has been spreading misinformation to
Chinese voters in multiple Facebook ads that falsely suggest the
Liberals want to legalize all drugs.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has made it clear this campaign that his
party isn't planning to legalize or decriminalize all drugs, as
Portugal has done, as a means to confront the opioid crisis.
Instead, the Liberal platform promises a number of other measures
including new investments for the provinces to support community-based
services, such as safe-injection sites.
Tags: 2000, 2001, 2008, 2018, Andrew Scheer, Canada, China, Chinese,
Conservative Party of Canada, DougWiki, Environmental, Europe, Facebook,
Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Green Party, Guy Gallant, Justin Trudeau, Montreal,
Ontario New Democratic Party, Portugal, Toronto
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UCP says Alberta's energy war room's 'internal operations' not subject to
freedom of information laws
October 12, 2019, Phil Heidenreich, Global News
https://globalnews.ca/news/6024838/ucp-alberta-energy-war-room-freedom-information-oil-environment/
The Kenney government's so-called "energy war room," which is aimed at
countering criticism of Alberta's energy industry, is coming under fire
again after the province revealed its "internal operations" won't be
subject to freedom of information laws.
"Albertans should be very worried about this, because what this is
essentially doing is saying they (citizens) have no right to know what
their government is doing in one of its most secretive areas, in one of
its most controversial areas," said Sean Holman, an associate professor
of journalism at Calgary's Mount Royal University.
Holman added that the secrecy will make it difficult to hold the
government to account for its actions in the war room sphere.
Tags: 2018, Alberta, Calgary, Canadian Energy Centre, Canadian Press, China,
Christine Myatt, Christmas, DougWiki, Environmental, France, Hong Kong,
Japan, Jason Kenney, Mount Royal University, Netherlands, Sonya Savage, South
Korea, Tom Olsen, Whistleblower
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What we know and don't know about the government's energy war room
October 12, 2019, Janet French, Edmonton Journal
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-the-governments-energy-war-room
There's a problematic veil of secrecy over what will happen inside the
Alberta government's war room to combat "misinformation" about the oil
and gas industry, say democracy watchers.
Mount Royal University political science professor Duane Bratt said he
was puzzled when he heard the internal workings of the citizen-funded
Canadian Energy Centre would not be subject to freedom of information
and privacy (FOIP) law in the province.
"I thought the purpose was transparency, and to correct misperceptions
and to be open," Bratt said on Friday. "That seems to be contradictory
to incorporating this."
Tags: Alberta, Calgary, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Canadian
Energy Centre, Christine Myatt, Christmas, DougWiki, Duane Bratt,
Environmental, Jason Kenney, Mount Royal University, Sonya Savage, Tim
McMillan, Tom Olsen
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