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City shouldn't pay for downtown shopping guide
October 15, 1987, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50133484.html?dids=50133484:50133484&FMT=FT
"My initial reaction was there's no way I will support paying the
Scientologists to do a brochure on downtown," Mayor Rita Garvey said
last week. We trust that will continue to be the reaction of Garvey and
her fellow commissioners.
It appears that the commission will be able to conveniently sidestep
the matter because it is getting ready to create an advisory task force
that will "develop and recommend a promotional program (for downtown)."
Commissioners will recommend people for the task force at their Nov. 2
work session, and its job will be to figure out how to best spend
$100,000 budgeted for "activities to promote the redevelopment of the
downtown area." Printing a Scientology-produced brochure certainly
should not be one of those activities.
Tags: Clearwater, Downtown Development Board, Rita Garvey
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Tactics Anger Drug Center's Foes in Newkirk
October 15, 1989, Michael McNutt, News OK
http://newsok.com/tactics-anger-drug-centers-foes-in-newkirk/article/2285885
Tactics used by a California firm wanting to operate a drug treatment
center near here to soothe local opposition aren't the kind taught in a
Dale Carnegie course, some center opponents say. Instead, many local
residents describe the action by the parent firm of Narconon Chilocco
New Life Center as either insulting or intimidating. Behavior of a
private investigator hired by a lawyer representing Narconon
International and the Church of Scientology, a religion some consider a
cult, has been described as rude by people he visited during a two-week
visit here. Eugene M. Ingram left town after residents complained to
authorities he carried a gun during some of his visits.
Tags: Bob Lobsinger, Chilocco Indian School, Eugene Ingram, Gary Bilger, Kay
County, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Narconon International, Newkirk, Timothy
Bowles
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High Court Lets Scientology Copyright Suit Die
October 15, 1990, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1990/High-Court-Lets-Scientology-Copyright-Suit-Die/id-19251d8487f279290ec9aab559650ec8
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Supreme Court today refused to revive a copyright
lawsuit over an unauthorized biography of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of
the Scientology religion.
The justices, without comment, let stand a decision throwing out
allegations of copyright infringement against the book's publisher.
Hubbard, who died in 1986, published nearly 600 fiction and non-fiction
works during his lifetime, 111 of which are in print.
Tags: 1985, 1986, 1989, A Piece of Blue Sky, Appeal, Carol Publishing,
Dianetics, High Court, Jon Atack, Judge Louis Stanton, New Era Publications,
New York City, US Supreme Court
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Supreme Court Rejects Free-Speech Arguments, Supports Obscenity Crackdown
October 15, 1990, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1990/Supreme-Court-Rejects-Free-Speech-Arguments-Supports-Obscenity-Crackdown/id-db91b50c9031d55dccee2b3b27e6c100
In other action Monday, the court:
-Refused to revive a copyright lawsuit against the publisher of an
unauthorized biography of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology
religion.
Tags: L. Ron Hubbard, US Supreme Court
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Scientologists profit from new members
October 15, 1993, Karl Vick, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51776891.html?dids=51776891:51776891&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT
Documents from 12 Scientology organizations, all but one dated 1992,
list $275-million in assets. The church has holdings in real estate,
stocks and gold bullion, but by far its largest source of revenue
appears to be donations from its members and newcomers, who pay fees to
undergo Scientology's ascending series of personal evaluation, called
auditing.
Exact figures remain elusive, however, because money flows freely among
the more than 30 Scientology organizations that received tax-exempt
status from the IRS this month. Their hierarchy is far from simple.
Tags: 1960, 1966, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992,
Apollo, Barry Klein, California, Church of Scientology International,
Clearwater, David Miscavige, Dianetics, England, FBI, Flag Service
Organization, Guardian's Office, Hill & Knowlton, Hollywood, International
Association of Scientologists, IRS, Ken Pirak, Los Angeles, Mary Sue Hubbard,
New Mexico, Religious Technology Center, Review, Scientology lawyer,
Scientology organization, Sea Org, Seattle, Snow White Program, Steve Grant,
Sussex, The Way to Happiness, Washington
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Scientology's 'charity'
October 15, 1993, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51777096.html?dids=51777096:51777096&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT
That "business" is a multimillion-dollar operation that profits from
people in need, and please take note of the bottom line. To have one's
conscience cleansed and purified by the Church of Scientology can
cleanse one's savings account of as much as $400,000.
Though the IRS decision no doubt represents bureaucratic surrender, it
is also speaks to the impossibly flawed state of tax law. The laws
governing tax status for charities and churches are so vague and so
generous that a clearly non-religious or non-charitable enterprise can
still claim exemption from taxation as long as it is "substantially
related" to the charitable organization.
No government agency should be in the business of defining religion,
but it can determine the point at which an organization operates like a
profitmaking business. That's the point at which taxes should be paid
like any other business.
Tags: 1980, 1985, 1987, 1989, Charles Rangel, Clearwater, Congress, IRS,
Richard Haworth, Ron DeWolf
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I-Team: Front Sight Members Take Last Shot and Win
October 15, 2007, Colleen McCarty, KLAS
http://www.klas-tv.com/global/story.asp?s=7216884
A settlement has been reached between a local gun range and its members.
The $8 million dollar deal ends the class action lawsuit against the
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute.
I-Team Reporter Colleen McCarty first broke the story about allegations
of fraud and racketeering at the resort a few years ago.
Tags: Front Sight, Ignatius Piazza, WISE
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29 ...for the Prosecution II
October 15, 2009, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/10/29-for-prosecution-ii.html
June 15: The second half of the prosecution's closing arguments
focussed on the evidence of fraud - both on the part of the individual
defendants and the two Scientology organisations charged.
As his colleague Maud Morel-Coujard sat down Nicolas Ba?etto rose and
gathered his papers for the second half of the prosecution's closing
arguments.
Morel-Coujard had set out the mechanics of how the alleged fraud had
been committed.
Tags: 1961, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, Alain Rosenberg, Aline Fabre, Aude-
Claire Malton, California, Catherine Picard, Celebrity, Celebrity Centre,
Clear, Clear Body, Clear Mind, Clearwater, Communication Course, Copenhagen,
Dianetics, Didier Michaux, E-meter, England, Eric Roux, Europe, Florida,
France, Freewinds, High Crime, Jean-Fran?ois Valli, Judge Sophie-H?l?ne
Ch?teau, Lyon, Paris, Patrick Maisonneuve, Purification Rundown, Quicky,
Roger Gonnet, Sabine Jacquart, Saint Hill, Scientology operation, UNADFI
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Here Come the Thought Police
October 15, 2009, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/here-come-the-thought-police/
Reports from OT VIIIs who have recently left David Miscavige's Church
paint a picture of increasing desperation, oppression, and the rise of
Gestapo-like tactics to squeeze more and more money out of those
remaining.
Despite the fact that LRH specifically forbade fundraising and told
orgs to stick to selling services, David Miscavige's fundraising
activities, for the IAS and for his "Ideal" Orgs, have now become the
mainline activity of the Sea Org and Scientology staff. Staff are now
told that they are "double hatted" as IAS reges, an excuse to pull them
off their assigned duties and into the service of Miscavige's
money-making machine.
And the entire Ethics apparatus of the Church has now been suborned
into the service of that same money-machine. Public are called in to
"Ethics interviews" that are nothing more than "extortion interviews."
If you're called in for an interview these days, here are some of the
metered questions you'll be asked, according to those who have had the
experience:
Tags: Conditions, David Miscavige, Ethics, George Orwell, International
Association of Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, OT VIII, Police, Quicky,
Scientology staff, Sea Org
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Birmingham City Council criticised for giving Scientology church tax breaks
October 15, 2010, Birmingham Mail
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2010/10/15/birmingham-city-council-criticised-for-giving-scientology-church-tax-breaks-97319-27482277/
In a statement tonight, Mr Pickles said: "Tolerance and freedom of
expression are important British values, but this does not mean that
the likes of Church of Scientology deserve favoured tax treatment over
and above other business premises.
"The Church of Scientology is not a registered charity, since the
Charity Commission has ruled that it does not provide a public benefit.
Nor are its premises a recognised place of worship.
Tags: Birmingham, Eric Pickles, European Court of Human Rights, London,
Sunderland, Taxes, UK, UK Charity Commission, Westminster
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Government urges councils to stop giving tax breaks to Scientology
October 15, 2010, Rajeev Syal, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/15/government-councils-tax-breaks-scientology
The government is urging councils across the country to stop giving
hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax breaks to the Church of
Scientology.
The communities secretary, Eric Pickles, said a majority of the public
did not want the "controversial organisation" to be given the kind of
favourable treatment usually reserved for charities and questioned this
use of public money.
The church, which is not classed as a religion by the Charity
Commission, was described as a cult by a high court judge in 1984.
Tags: Church of Scientology Religious Education College Inc, Eric Pickles,
London, UK, UK Charity Commission, Westminster
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Mike Rinder on The Edge
October 15, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/mike-rinder-on-the-edge/
http://theedgewithtomsmith.com/a/TheEdgeMRinder1.mp3
Tags: Mike Rinder, Quicky
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Nation of Islam leaders in Tampa for 15th anniversary of Million Man March
October 15, 2010, Elisabeth Parker, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/religion/nation-of-islam-leaders-in-tampa-for-15th-anniversary-of-million-man-march/1128253
Nation of Islam leaders have had ties with Scientology recently, but
Muhammad would not say if they were meeting with Scientologists in this
area.
"We are studying the Dianetics as a technology that can help members of
our community," he said.
Tags: 1995, Atlanta, Chicago, Christian, Dianetics, Ishmael Muhammad, Louis
Farrakhan, Louis Muhammad, Memphis, Muhammad, Muslim, Nation of Islam, Tampa,
Washington
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Tony's Pizzeria & Ristorante moving west in downtown Clearwater
October 15, 2010, Mike Brassfield, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/tonys-pizzeria-amp-ristorante-moving-west-in-downtown-clearwater/1128416
Downtown Clearwater is becoming more Italian. A little more Greek, too.
Four restaurants are either opening or moving to more spacious digs.
That includes two Italian places, a Greek deli and an organic food and
wine bar. They're making use of city grants to upgrade their buildings
as Clearwater tries to transform its downtown into a gathering place.
CLEARWATER - Tony and Jimmy Starova had no idea what to expect when
they opened a hole-in-the-wall pizza joint on Cleveland Street five
years ago.
"We didn't know anything about downtown Clearwater," Tony recalls.
Tags: 2005, Albania, Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, Cleveland, Cleveland
Street, New Jersey, Peter Gillham, Quicky, Starbucks
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Police officers given doughnuts and beer as thank-you presents
October 15, 2011, The Argus
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9308325.Police_officers_given_doughnuts_and_beer_as_thank_you_presents/
PC Sean McDonald, who acts as a liaison between Sussex Police and
groups planning protests, was allowed to accept a basket of fruit and
food worth ?30 from the Citizens Commission on Human Rights - an
organisation founded by the Church of Scientology.
The group had marched through Brighton and Hove on June 28 to protest
against a psychiatry convention at the Brighton Hilton Metropole hotel.
Tags: Brighton, CCHR, Sussex, UK
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Scientologist Grabs Camera
October 15, 2011, anonmonk, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIMAo3GjT1U
Scientology Goon attacks protester. Courtesy of Axiom142 Please beware
of this cult.
Tags: East Grinstead
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Why the Federal Government Must Be Held to Account
October 15, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/why-the-federal-government-must-be-held-to-account/
Please see the documentation of illegal and unconscionable conduct of
David Miscavige's Radical Corporate Scientology (RCS) intelligence
network the Office of Special Affairs at the end of this post. I
covered this conduct in a post date 27 April, https://markrathbun.
wordpress.com/2011/04/28/latest-corporate-scientology-felonies/ and we
now have the documents to back it up.
My phone services have been on the account of Monique Carle (my wife's
previous married name) for the past five years. Mike Rinder's, as you
can see by the second letter below, have been under his own name. Both
of our accounts were illegally accessed at the direction of David
Miscavige in order to identify and harass those who might communicate
with us.
Nearly two years ago Mike Rinder and I reported to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation that our phone records were regularly being stolen by
the RCS and utilized to harass those in close communication with us. At
the time, both of us were intensively involved in assisting victims of
Federal Human Trafficking violations by the RCS with escaping virtual
slavery. We shared precisely how the RCS gets at the records, having
been parties ourselves to such activity when we worked for RCS. We
provided the FBI with the names of those people (and even some of the
phone numbers) conducting such operations against us in real time.
Tags: Congress, David Miscavige, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Human
trafficking, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, US Department of
Justice, Washington
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Man's death at office park blamed on cocaine use
October 15, 2012, Alexis Stevens, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/mans-death-at-office-park-blamed-on-cocaine-use/nSdhs/
A man found dead in a Gwinnett County office park died from using
cocaine, the county's medical examiner's office said Monday.
Ronald Corona Jr., 39, was found around 2:30 a.m. Aug. 13 on Technology
Parkway South in Peachtree Corners. Gwinnett officer were dispatched to
the area following a report of a suspicious person "sleeping or
possibly dead" behind a business.
Tags: Death, Narconon, Narconon Georgia, Ronald Corona
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Allaying fears over Narconon move
October 15, 2013, Kath Gannaway, Star Community Mail
http://mountainviews.starcommunity.com.au/mail/2013-10-15/allaying-fears-over-narconon-move/
NARCONON spokeswoman Dr Nerida James has moved to reassure residents
that they are not at risk from plans to relocate the drug
rehabilitation program to Warburton township.
Dr James said they did not take 'at risk' students into the program,
which The Association for Better living and Education was currently
applying to Yarra Ranges Council for a planning permit to run out of
Green Gables conference centre.
The email response to a series of questions put to Dr James by the
Mail* comes as opposition grows to the move to change the program from
its current and more remote property at East Warburton.
Tags: ABLE, Australia, Get Off Drugs Naturally, Narconon, Nerida James, Paul
Jackson, SayNoNarcononWarburton, Warburton, Yarra Ranges Council
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Breaking Free
October 15, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/10/15/breaking-free/
Breaking free from sophisticated mind control is not easy. I don't
think I have seen anyone do so in as bold and spectacular a fashion as
Leah Remini has. Tony Ortega breaks it down at the Scientology
Underground Bunker. I hope folks who have been (or are) similarly
situated appreciate what Leah is doing for them at considerable
personal risk to herself.
Tags: Leah Remini, Quicky, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
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Chicago's On Fire: Jason Beghe and Christian Stolte Send Their Regards to the
Bunker
October 15, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/10/15/10905/
With both of them working on the same television series, NBC's Chicago
Fire, we knew it was only a matter of time before two actors who are
favorites of readers here at the Underground Bunker got together for a
laugh.
We've been writing about Jason Beghe since 2008, when he made a very
public exit from Scientology. Christian Stolte we got to know more
recently when he defended Leah Remini on Twitter and skewered
Scientologist celebrities like Kirstie Alley.
In the series, Stolte plays a fire lieutenant, while Beghe plays a cop
playing a very complex game of corruption-as-investigative-tool. (You
have to watch the show, it's really something.)
Tags: 2008, Chicago, Chicago Fire, Christian Stolte, Cour de Cassation, David
Miscavige, France, Hollywood, Infinite Complacency, Jason Beghe, Jonny
Jacobsen, Kirstie Alley, Leah Remini, NBC, OT, Paris, Paul Thomas Anderson,
Quicky, Twitter
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GAG II Hype "Is Not Hype"
October 15, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/gag-ii-hype-is-not-hype/
Haven't heard from Jeanie Sonnenfeld for a while. But when she makes an
appearance, it's like a flaming comet across the night sky. A
short-lived "look at me" moment that provides little illumination but a
lot of "Wow, did you see that?"
The ED of Greater Cincinnati Ideal "Day" Org (is there actually a
"Foundation" or is this just a convenient title so she can not be full
time due to her physical condition?) lets fly with some totally over
the top hype about GAG II - but makes sure everyone knows she is
telling the absolute truth by stating "This is not hype."
Correction to your first sentence Jeanie - you cannot "now" get up the
Bridge "at least" 3 times as fast. NOTHING has been released. As of
now, you just have to plod along at a "snail's pace" as you so artfully
put it.
Tags: Cincinnati, David Miscavige, Golden Age of Tech, Jeanie Sonenfild, Leah
Remini, OT, Quicky, Tony Ortega
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Help Us Decode Leah Remini's Anti-Scientology Dance From Last Night's Dancing
With The Stars
October 15, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/10/15/help-us-decode-leah-reminis-anti-scientology-dance-from-last-nights-dwts/
If you didn't catch last night's Dancing With the Stars on ABC, you
really missed something remarkable - interpretive dance on national
prime time television!
And it was performed by King of Queens actress Leah Remini, who once
again had a giant platform to talk about her experience of walking away
from the Church of Scientology. The contestants were asked to describe
their "most memorable year" and then make it the inspiration for a
dance, and in Leah's case, it was no surprise that she chose this past
year. In fact, it was twelve months ago, in October 2012, when she met
with Scientology leader David Miscavige - a rare honor, even for a top
Scientology celebrity like Leah - but she reportedly came away more
determined than ever to leave Scientology. She then spent several
months preparing her family to leave with her, and by July, when we
broke the news, she was out for good.
None of that was actually explained on last night's TV show, of course.
In fact, Leah didn't even use the word "Scientology" at all. But there
was just no question what she meant when she said things like "You
can't let anybody dictate to you how you should live."
Tags: 2012, Blow Drill, Dancing With the Stars, David Miscavige, Golden Age
of Tech, International Association of Scientologists, King of Queens, Leah
Remini, Operating Thetan, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Scientology
celebrity, Sea Org, Sting
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Jennifer Charm-Jacobsen Lacks Charm
October 15, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/jennifer-charm-jacobsen-lacks-charm/
Another one of those "unauthorized" emails. I guess the message didn't
get out internally.
This woman is misnamed. She is about as charming as a scorpion with 6
broken legs. Wouldn't want to run into her in a dark alley on a rainy
night.
There is some serious make-wrong happening here, and she is not in the
least bit apologetic about it either.
Tags: Chairman of the Board, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, Los Angeles, OT,
OTC, Quicky, Quinn Taufer
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The Home Straight
October 15, 2013, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-home-straight.html
France's top court is about to rule on Scientology's appeal against
convictions for organised fraud. Here is how the Court of Appeal left
matters in 2012.
On Wednesday, France's highest court will hand down its judgment in
Scientology's appeal against last year's appeal court convictions for
organised fraud.
The criminal chamber of the Cour de Cassation can choose to let the
appeal court judgment stand, or it can quash some or all of the
convictions.
Tags: 2009, 2011, 2012, Appeal, Celebrity Centre, Cour de Cassation,
Dianetics, European Court of Human Rights, France, Paris, Paris Court of
Appeal, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Review, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
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A perplexing tale about Bob Duggan, the richest Scientologist in the world
October 15, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/10/15/a-perplexing-tale-about-bob-duggan-the-richest-scientologist-in-the-world/
Gentle readers, we have an unusual and, we must say, rather mystifying
story to tell you today. It's about a successful businessman by the
name of Robert W. Duggan. This photo of Bob, who is a robust 70 years
old, is taken from his personal website, which we encourage you to visit.
Bob's website has several different pages. We learn from them that as a
kid from Berkeley and San Jose, Bob was an avid sportsman. He grew up
loving to surf and play tennis, and he even once ran the Palo Alto
marathon in 2 hours and 49 minutes, which, if you didn't know, is
seriously fast for an amateur. (We once ran a half-marathon and it took
longer than that, we're pretty sure.)
Bob studied economics at UC Santa Barbara in the class of 1966, and
also studied business management for a couple of years at UCLA, taking
a degree from neither. But while he was at UCSB, he met the woman who
would become his wife, Patricia J. Hagerty, better known as Trish.
Here's the photo that Trish Duggan uses at her Twitter page.
Tags: 1966, 1975, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013,
Andrew Jackson, Bob Duggan, Boston, Boston Globe, California, Carol Hogarth,
Chad Essley, Charlie Mikich, Chicago, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Detroit,
Diamond Maximus with Honors, East Grinstead, England, Facebook, Florida,
Forbes, Freewinds, Ideal Org, Imbruvica, International Association of
Scientologists, Johannesburg, Mike Rinder, Montana, Mountain View, Music, OT
7, OT 8, Palo Alto, Pharmacyclics, Philadelphia, Pretoria, Robin Hogarth, San
Fernando Valley, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Shelley Ashurst,
South Africa, South Park, Suppressive Person, Texas, Trish Duggan, Twitter
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AHS employee complaint over Landmark seminars sparks review
October 15, 2014, Charles Rusnell, CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ahs-employee-complaint-over-landmark-seminars-sparks-review-1.2800113
Alberta's Public Interest Commissioner is reviewing a complaint against
Alberta Health Services related to a controversial American personal
development training company, CBC News has learned.
Ted Miles, the office's director, said an Alberta Health Services (AHS)
employee, on Sept. 18, alleged that paying for 40 AHS staff to take
personal development training provided by the Landmark Education Corp.
represented "gross mismanagement of funds." The allegation has not been
proven.
Miles said the details of the complaint are "remarkably similar" to the
information contained in a CBC News story published Wednesday. It
revealed that AHS allowed Landmark to operate within its Information
Technology department for more than a year despite several serious
complaints from AHS employees.
Tags: Alberta Health Services, Alberta Public Interest Commissioner, Apple,
Colleen Turner, Deb Beroset, Freedom of Information Act, Kevin Brown,
Landmark, Landmark Education, Reebok, Ted Miles, Whistleblower
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Alberta Health Services staff pressured to attend controversial seminars
October 15, 2014, Charles Rusnell, CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-health-services-staff-pressured-to-attend-controversial-seminars-1.2798835
A controversial personal development company criticized for employing
high-pressure recruitment tactics, intense psychological methods and
conformist ideology operated within an Alberta Health Services
department for more than a year, despite several serious employee
complaints.
Internal Alberta Health Services (AHS) documents obtained by CBC News
through a freedom of information request detail several complaints to
human resources from information technology employees who felt
pressured, even harassed, to attend Landmark Education Corp. seminars,
and to reveal personal details of their lives at the seminars and at
staff meetings.
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Alberta Union of Provincial
Employees, Chicago, Deb Beroset, Freedom of Information Act, Guy Smith,
Hypnotism, Kerry Towle, Kevin Brown, Landmark, Landmark Education, Landmark
Forum, Mercedes-Benz, Reebok, Stephen Kent, US Navy, Wildrose
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More News From The Vampire Empire
October 15, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/more-news-from-the-vampire-empire/
For the record, and to fill the gap while I finalize another far more
important post....
As usual, the OTC's never fail to impress with their dedication to the
Vampire Empire, doing their utmost to suck the last dime out of
anything that moves.
Funny about the reference Quinn the Eskimo uses to justify "fund
raising" - HCOPL 10 Sept 1982 "Exchange, Org Income and Staff Pay." I
feel compelled to note this as it is such a startling example of the
KoolAid Goggles these people wear. The Eskimo apparently cited this PL
for the proposition that it is "group internal pressure" that
establishes which condition of exchange comes into play.
Tags: 1982, Alicia Kreisberg, ASHO, Atlanta, Bob Welch, Bonita Wilson, Carol
Loweree, Charlene Thorburn, Chuck Jacobs, Columbus, David Nunez, DC, Dean
Glosup, Detroit, Diane Temps, Division 6, Fundraising, Hagit Ron, Halloween,
Heelah Cohen, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, Irad
Ron, Jill Halverson, John Stout, Karen Brown, Kathie Heard, Kathy Morrill,
Kathy Welch, L. Ron Hubbard, Larry Marshall, Linda Massey, Mark Anderson,
Marty Kassowitz, Mary Elizabeth Glosup, Mary Lee Krackow, Megan Mitchell,
Mississippi, New Haven, Nick Lekas, OT, OT Ambassador, OT Committee, OTC,
Puerto Rico, Purif, Quicky, Quinn Taufer, Ray Loomis, Religious Technology
Center, Rochelle Goodrich, Scott Kreisberg, Solomon Melnick, Tamara Dahill,
Valley Ideal Org, Vered Ziv
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(VIDEO) Critical Thoughts PSA #1 - Facts vs Beliefs
October 15, 2015, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
http://mncriticalthinking.com/2015/10/15/video-critical-thoughts-psa-1-facts-vs-beliefs/
By request, I am creating a series of Public Service Announcements
(PSAs) about important concepts in critical thinking. These will all be
short, about a minute or so, and will cover one topic each. This first
one is about facts and beliefs.
Here is the transcript for this:
A fact is a piece of information that is true regardless of how you
feel or what you think about it. A fact can be demonstrated in the real
world through our perceptions and other kinds of evidence. Facts don't
just exist in our heads.
Tags: Critic, Quicky
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Church moving in after lawsuit settled
October 15, 2015, John Ruch, Reporter Newspapers
http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2015/10/15/church-moving-in-after-lawsuit-settled/
Three years after settling a parking dispute that exploded into a
freedom-of-religion lawsuit, the Church of Scientology of Georgia is
finally preparing its new church in Sandy Springs.
Heavy interior and exterior work has been underway since the summer on
the mansion-like former real estate office at 5395 Roswell Road at the
intersection with Glenridge Drive. The Georgia Church of Scientology,
currently based in Doraville, did not respond to questions about an
opening date, but a person answering its phone said the church still
plans to move in.
The church bought the property around 2005, but first sought rezoning
for use as a place of worship in 2009. The church, then based in
Dunwoody, proposed a $3 million renovation and said it had about 100
active members.
Tags: 2005, 2009, 2012, First Amendment, Georgia, Sandy Springs
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Letter to editor : About Narconon Arrowhead
October 15, 2015, Robert Newman, Clinton County Leader
http://www.clintoncountyleader.com/opinion/article_7e8f2a66-734d-11e5-b155-bf5cdd624517.html
We are proud of our twenty-five years in Oklahoma. We're very proud of
our unbroken record of certification by CARF ? the Commission on
Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. And we're proud to be
certified by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services for Non-Medical Detox and Halfway House services. The
latter being the equivalent of the American Society Addiction Medicine
(ASAM) 3.1 Level of Care which is also defined as Clinically Managed
Low Intensity Residential Treatment.
Tags: CARF, Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services
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Louis Theroux's 'My Scientology Movie': A hilarious take on an unfunny bunch
October 15, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/10/15/louis-therouxs-my-scientology-movie-a-hilarious-take-on-an-unfunny-bunch/
Louis Theroux at the London premiere of 'My Scientology Movie' (Still
from interview by Scarlet Howes.)
A couple of years ago, BBC presenter Louis Theroux made an appeal on
Twitter for Scientologists to reach out to him for the new film he was
making about the church. We couldn't help rolling our eyes at the time,
wondering if Theroux knew what he was getting himself into. But his
method was sound. He wanted to come at the story with an entirely fresh
start. He asked Scientology for access, and he genuinely wanted to hear
from Scientologists about their organization.
Early in My Scientology Movie, the film he premiered last night at the
London Film Festival, Theroux says that he relished the idea of being
the first journalist who would find something positive to say about
Scientology. If you know his excellent body of work, you know that such
a counter-intuitive take is just like Theroux. And of course he's right
- it really would have been remarkable if he'd been able to pull that
off.
Tags: 1980, 1982, 1990, 1992, 2010, Alex Gibney, Andrew Perez, BBC,
California, Cindy Plahuta, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Dennis Erlich,
Disconnection, E-meter, England, Fair Game, Gerry Armstrong, Going Clear:
Scientology and the Prison of Belief, HBO, Hollywood, Int Base, Jefferson
Hawkins, John Brousseau, John Dower, Karen de la Carriere, Lawrence Wright,
London, Lori Hodgson, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux, Marc Headley, Marty
Rathbun, Mike Rinder, My Scientology Movie, Nightline, Private investigator,
Quicky, Sara Goldberg, Sea Org, Simon Chinn, Steven Mango, Ted Koppel, The
Hole, Tom Cruise, Tom DeVocht, Twitter
=========================================
Rep. David Jolly raises $893,857 in Senate campaign
October 15, 2015, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/rep-david-jolly-raises-893857-in-senate-campaign/2249921
U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Indian Shores, reportedly raised $892,857
since joining the race for the open U.S. Senate seat July 22.
Those totals include the money he transferred over from his
congressional account, his campaign said in a statement. He has
$658,000 on hand.
Jolly is one of four Republicans in the race to replace Sen. Marco
Rubio, including Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Ponte Vedra Beach, Lt. Gov.
Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Orlando businessman Todd Wilcox.
Tags: David Jolly, Marco Rubio, Orlando, Quicky
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Thursday Funnies
October 15, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-53/
Something to scream about
Nothing can make you scream more than a presentation from the
International Landlord Office
Shortest Briefing Ever
Tags: Africa, AOLA, AOSHUK, Australia, Buddhism, Christian, Disconnection,
Freewinds, Hawaii, Hinduism, Inglewood, International Association of
Scientologists, International Landlord Office, John Allender, L. Ron Hubbard,
L. Ron Hubbard Way, Marty Rathbun, Miami, Orlando, OT IX, OT VIII, Pasadena,
Phoenix, Portland, Puerto Rico, Purif, Quicky, Russia, Super Power, Thursday
Funnies, Venezuela
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Freewinds Fail
October 15, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/freewinds-fail/
Every week in the Thursday Funnies we see promotional pieces for the
latest Freewinds "seminar" about making money.
I usually make some snarky comment about them. Frankly, they have
become pretty tiresome.
But there is a more important point to be made than pointing out that
the Moneywinds is consumed with trying to suck money out of people to
the point where they are pretty much full time running seminars
designed to teach people how to make money - so they can then get it
from them as most people have run dry and do not have enough money to
make it up the bridge.
Tags: 1988, David Miscavige, Freewinds, OT, OT VIII, Purif, Quicky, Russia,
Sharron Weber, Stephane Kundert, Taiwan, Thursday Funnies
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OT's must pay $100,000 if they breach the "OT Contract" and talk about Xenu
or BT's!
October 15, 2016, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2016/10/15/ots-must-pay-100000-if-they-breach-the-ot-contract-and-talk-about-xenu-or-bts/
If a Scientology OT talks about the OT levels it is a breach of
contract & they must pay Scientology $100,000 for each breach. This is
part of the "Secret OT Contract" all OT's must sign before they learn
about Xenu, BT's, and the other interesting facts on the OT levels.
Tags: OT, Quicky, Xenu
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Scientology in Ireland: 'a spy network setting honey traps'
October 15, 2016, Mario Daneels, Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/scientology-in-ireland-a-spy-network-setting-honey-traps-1.2827288
The Church of Scientology opens a national affairs office at 4 Merrion
Square today, making Dublin only the second city in the world, after
Washington, DC, to have such a presence.
The new office is said to house five permanent staff from the Sea Org,
Scientology's elite group, whose members sign billion-year contracts
pledging future lifetimes to advancing their religion.
There will also be five permanent members of the Office of Special
Affairs, which manages several of the church's front groups but is
perhaps best known for managing its intelligence-gathering and lobbying
operations.
Tags: 1953, 1983, 2012, A Piece of Blue Sky, Belgium, CCHR, Clearwater,
Croatia, DC, Dublin, France, Fraud, Galway, Gerard Collins, Germany,
Guardian's Office, Ireland, Jive Aces, John Duignan, John Hearne, Jon Atack,
Limerick, Narconon, National Affairs Office, Office of Special Affairs,
Oklahoma, Open Minds Foundation, Paris, Portugal, Private investigator,
Quebec, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Sea Org, Spain, Sweden, Truth About
Drugs, Waterford
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Scientology's latest drama in Russia: The mystery woman who infiltrated an org
October 15, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/10/15/scientologys-latest-drama-in-russia-the-mystery-woman-who-infiltrated-an-org/
Our thanks to Danil Tylevich for making us aware that numerous Russian
media outlets are carrying stories about a woman named Darya
Varnovskaya, who spent more than a year working at Scientology's St.
Petersburg org in order to secretly gather information about it.
Varnovskaya insists that when she joined the St. Petersburg org in
April 2015 she was a journalist working on assignment to secretly film
the church. But at least one news outlet there has characterized her as
simply a member who became disgruntled and left the church after it was
raided by law enforcement earlier this year.
Either way, she was there long enough that she was hired on staff as an
ethics officer and later became a registrar, a person whose job it is
to get people to sign up for more courses and to give more money. While
doing that job she used her smartphone to capture quite a bit of
footage. At one point, for example, she catches the supervising
registrar as he tells her colleagues that they've only brought in 4
million rubles that week (about $64,000), but he expected 5 million
rubles.
Tags: 1980, 2015, Aleksander Korelov, Arkadii Severiuhin, Bogot?, California,
CIA, Danil Tylevich, Darya Varnovskaya, David Miscavige, Diana Hubbard,
Dublin, East Grinstead, E-meter, England, Georgii Ioffe, Hemet, Ideal Org,
Int Base, International Association of Scientologists, Ireland, Jive Aces,
Judge Ronald White, Judge Steven Shreder, Karla Taylor, Lawyer, NAFC v.
Scientology, Narconon, National Association of Forensic Counselors, Nikita
Dolgarev, Pete Griffiths, Quicky, Rod Keller, Russia, Saint Hill Manor, Sandy
Shreder, Sea Org, St. Petersburg (Russia), Texas, Tom DeVocht, UK
=========================================
Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
October 15 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/10-15.html
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City shouldn't pay for downtown shopping guide
October 15, 1987, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50133484.html?dids=50133484:50133484&FMT=FT
"My initial reaction was there's no way I will support paying the
Scientologists to do a brochure on downtown," Mayor Rita Garvey said
last week. We trust that will continue to be the reaction of Garvey and
her fellow commissioners.
It appears that the commission will be able to conveniently sidestep
the matter because it is getting ready to create an advisory task force
that will "develop and recommend a promotional program (for downtown)."
Commissioners will recommend people for the task force at their Nov. 2
work session, and its job will be to figure out how to best spend
$100,000 budgeted for "activities to promote the redevelopment of the
downtown area." Printing a Scientology-produced brochure certainly
should not be one of those activities.
Tags: Clearwater, Downtown Development Board, Rita Garvey
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Tactics Anger Drug Center's Foes in Newkirk
October 15, 1989, Michael McNutt, News OK
http://newsok.com/tactics-anger-drug-centers-foes-in-newkirk/article/2285885
Tactics used by a California firm wanting to operate a drug treatment
center near here to soothe local opposition aren't the kind taught in a
Dale Carnegie course, some center opponents say. Instead, many local
residents describe the action by the parent firm of Narconon Chilocco
New Life Center as either insulting or intimidating. Behavior of a
private investigator hired by a lawyer representing Narconon
International and the Church of Scientology, a religion some consider a
cult, has been described as rude by people he visited during a two-week
visit here. Eugene M. Ingram left town after residents complained to
authorities he carried a gun during some of his visits.
Tags: Bob Lobsinger, Chilocco Indian School, Eugene Ingram, Gary Bilger, Kay
County, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Narconon International, Newkirk, Timothy
Bowles
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High Court Lets Scientology Copyright Suit Die
October 15, 1990, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1990/High-Court-Lets-Scientology-Copyright-Suit-Die/id-19251d8487f279290ec9aab559650ec8
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Supreme Court today refused to revive a copyright
lawsuit over an unauthorized biography of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of
the Scientology religion.
The justices, without comment, let stand a decision throwing out
allegations of copyright infringement against the book's publisher.
Hubbard, who died in 1986, published nearly 600 fiction and non-fiction
works during his lifetime, 111 of which are in print.
Tags: 1985, 1986, 1989, A Piece of Blue Sky, Appeal, Carol Publishing,
Dianetics, High Court, Jon Atack, Judge Louis Stanton, New Era Publications,
New York City, US Supreme Court
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Supreme Court Rejects Free-Speech Arguments, Supports Obscenity Crackdown
October 15, 1990, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1990/Supreme-Court-Rejects-Free-Speech-Arguments-Supports-Obscenity-Crackdown/id-db91b50c9031d55dccee2b3b27e6c100
In other action Monday, the court:
-Refused to revive a copyright lawsuit against the publisher of an
unauthorized biography of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology
religion.
Tags: L. Ron Hubbard, US Supreme Court
=========================================
Scientologists profit from new members
October 15, 1993, Karl Vick, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51776891.html?dids=51776891:51776891&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT
Documents from 12 Scientology organizations, all but one dated 1992,
list $275-million in assets. The church has holdings in real estate,
stocks and gold bullion, but by far its largest source of revenue
appears to be donations from its members and newcomers, who pay fees to
undergo Scientology's ascending series of personal evaluation, called
auditing.
Exact figures remain elusive, however, because money flows freely among
the more than 30 Scientology organizations that received tax-exempt
status from the IRS this month. Their hierarchy is far from simple.
Tags: 1960, 1966, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992,
Apollo, Barry Klein, California, Church of Scientology International,
Clearwater, David Miscavige, Dianetics, England, FBI, Flag Service
Organization, Guardian's Office, Hill & Knowlton, Hollywood, International
Association of Scientologists, IRS, Ken Pirak, Los Angeles, Mary Sue Hubbard,
New Mexico, Religious Technology Center, Review, Scientology lawyer,
Scientology organization, Sea Org, Seattle, Snow White Program, Steve Grant,
Sussex, The Way to Happiness, Washington
=========================================
Scientology's 'charity'
October 15, 1993, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51777096.html?dids=51777096:51777096&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT
That "business" is a multimillion-dollar operation that profits from
people in need, and please take note of the bottom line. To have one's
conscience cleansed and purified by the Church of Scientology can
cleanse one's savings account of as much as $400,000.
Though the IRS decision no doubt represents bureaucratic surrender, it
is also speaks to the impossibly flawed state of tax law. The laws
governing tax status for charities and churches are so vague and so
generous that a clearly non-religious or non-charitable enterprise can
still claim exemption from taxation as long as it is "substantially
related" to the charitable organization.
No government agency should be in the business of defining religion,
but it can determine the point at which an organization operates like a
profitmaking business. That's the point at which taxes should be paid
like any other business.
Tags: 1980, 1985, 1987, 1989, Charles Rangel, Clearwater, Congress, IRS,
Richard Haworth, Ron DeWolf
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I-Team: Front Sight Members Take Last Shot and Win
October 15, 2007, Colleen McCarty, KLAS
http://www.klas-tv.com/global/story.asp?s=7216884
A settlement has been reached between a local gun range and its members.
The $8 million dollar deal ends the class action lawsuit against the
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute.
I-Team Reporter Colleen McCarty first broke the story about allegations
of fraud and racketeering at the resort a few years ago.
Tags: Front Sight, Ignatius Piazza, WISE
=========================================
29 ...for the Prosecution II
October 15, 2009, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/10/29-for-prosecution-ii.html
June 15: The second half of the prosecution's closing arguments
focussed on the evidence of fraud - both on the part of the individual
defendants and the two Scientology organisations charged.
As his colleague Maud Morel-Coujard sat down Nicolas Ba?etto rose and
gathered his papers for the second half of the prosecution's closing
arguments.
Morel-Coujard had set out the mechanics of how the alleged fraud had
been committed.
Tags: 1961, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, Alain Rosenberg, Aline Fabre, Aude-
Claire Malton, California, Catherine Picard, Celebrity, Celebrity Centre,
Clear, Clear Body, Clear Mind, Clearwater, Communication Course, Copenhagen,
Dianetics, Didier Michaux, E-meter, England, Eric Roux, Europe, Florida,
France, Freewinds, High Crime, Jean-Fran?ois Valli, Judge Sophie-H?l?ne
Ch?teau, Lyon, Paris, Patrick Maisonneuve, Purification Rundown, Quicky,
Roger Gonnet, Sabine Jacquart, Saint Hill, Scientology operation, UNADFI
=========================================
Here Come the Thought Police
October 15, 2009, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/here-come-the-thought-police/
Reports from OT VIIIs who have recently left David Miscavige's Church
paint a picture of increasing desperation, oppression, and the rise of
Gestapo-like tactics to squeeze more and more money out of those
remaining.
Despite the fact that LRH specifically forbade fundraising and told
orgs to stick to selling services, David Miscavige's fundraising
activities, for the IAS and for his "Ideal" Orgs, have now become the
mainline activity of the Sea Org and Scientology staff. Staff are now
told that they are "double hatted" as IAS reges, an excuse to pull them
off their assigned duties and into the service of Miscavige's
money-making machine.
And the entire Ethics apparatus of the Church has now been suborned
into the service of that same money-machine. Public are called in to
"Ethics interviews" that are nothing more than "extortion interviews."
If you're called in for an interview these days, here are some of the
metered questions you'll be asked, according to those who have had the
experience:
Tags: Conditions, David Miscavige, Ethics, George Orwell, International
Association of Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, OT VIII, Police, Quicky,
Scientology staff, Sea Org
=========================================
Birmingham City Council criticised for giving Scientology church tax breaks
October 15, 2010, Birmingham Mail
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2010/10/15/birmingham-city-council-criticised-for-giving-scientology-church-tax-breaks-97319-27482277/
In a statement tonight, Mr Pickles said: "Tolerance and freedom of
expression are important British values, but this does not mean that
the likes of Church of Scientology deserve favoured tax treatment over
and above other business premises.
"The Church of Scientology is not a registered charity, since the
Charity Commission has ruled that it does not provide a public benefit.
Nor are its premises a recognised place of worship.
Tags: Birmingham, Eric Pickles, European Court of Human Rights, London,
Sunderland, Taxes, UK, UK Charity Commission, Westminster
=========================================
Government urges councils to stop giving tax breaks to Scientology
October 15, 2010, Rajeev Syal, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/15/government-councils-tax-breaks-scientology
The government is urging councils across the country to stop giving
hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax breaks to the Church of
Scientology.
The communities secretary, Eric Pickles, said a majority of the public
did not want the "controversial organisation" to be given the kind of
favourable treatment usually reserved for charities and questioned this
use of public money.
The church, which is not classed as a religion by the Charity
Commission, was described as a cult by a high court judge in 1984.
Tags: Church of Scientology Religious Education College Inc, Eric Pickles,
London, UK, UK Charity Commission, Westminster
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Mike Rinder on The Edge
October 15, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/mike-rinder-on-the-edge/
http://theedgewithtomsmith.com/a/TheEdgeMRinder1.mp3
Tags: Mike Rinder, Quicky
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Nation of Islam leaders in Tampa for 15th anniversary of Million Man March
October 15, 2010, Elisabeth Parker, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/religion/nation-of-islam-leaders-in-tampa-for-15th-anniversary-of-million-man-march/1128253
Nation of Islam leaders have had ties with Scientology recently, but
Muhammad would not say if they were meeting with Scientologists in this
area.
"We are studying the Dianetics as a technology that can help members of
our community," he said.
Tags: 1995, Atlanta, Chicago, Christian, Dianetics, Ishmael Muhammad, Louis
Farrakhan, Louis Muhammad, Memphis, Muhammad, Muslim, Nation of Islam, Tampa,
Washington
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Tony's Pizzeria & Ristorante moving west in downtown Clearwater
October 15, 2010, Mike Brassfield, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/tonys-pizzeria-amp-ristorante-moving-west-in-downtown-clearwater/1128416
Downtown Clearwater is becoming more Italian. A little more Greek, too.
Four restaurants are either opening or moving to more spacious digs.
That includes two Italian places, a Greek deli and an organic food and
wine bar. They're making use of city grants to upgrade their buildings
as Clearwater tries to transform its downtown into a gathering place.
CLEARWATER - Tony and Jimmy Starova had no idea what to expect when
they opened a hole-in-the-wall pizza joint on Cleveland Street five
years ago.
"We didn't know anything about downtown Clearwater," Tony recalls.
Tags: 2005, Albania, Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, Cleveland, Cleveland
Street, New Jersey, Peter Gillham, Quicky, Starbucks
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Police officers given doughnuts and beer as thank-you presents
October 15, 2011, The Argus
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9308325.Police_officers_given_doughnuts_and_beer_as_thank_you_presents/
PC Sean McDonald, who acts as a liaison between Sussex Police and
groups planning protests, was allowed to accept a basket of fruit and
food worth ?30 from the Citizens Commission on Human Rights - an
organisation founded by the Church of Scientology.
The group had marched through Brighton and Hove on June 28 to protest
against a psychiatry convention at the Brighton Hilton Metropole hotel.
Tags: Brighton, CCHR, Sussex, UK
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Scientologist Grabs Camera
October 15, 2011, anonmonk, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIMAo3GjT1U
Scientology Goon attacks protester. Courtesy of Axiom142 Please beware
of this cult.
Tags: East Grinstead
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Why the Federal Government Must Be Held to Account
October 15, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/why-the-federal-government-must-be-held-to-account/
Please see the documentation of illegal and unconscionable conduct of
David Miscavige's Radical Corporate Scientology (RCS) intelligence
network the Office of Special Affairs at the end of this post. I
covered this conduct in a post date 27 April, https://markrathbun.
wordpress.com/2011/04/28/latest-corporate-scientology-felonies/ and we
now have the documents to back it up.
My phone services have been on the account of Monique Carle (my wife's
previous married name) for the past five years. Mike Rinder's, as you
can see by the second letter below, have been under his own name. Both
of our accounts were illegally accessed at the direction of David
Miscavige in order to identify and harass those who might communicate
with us.
Nearly two years ago Mike Rinder and I reported to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation that our phone records were regularly being stolen by
the RCS and utilized to harass those in close communication with us. At
the time, both of us were intensively involved in assisting victims of
Federal Human Trafficking violations by the RCS with escaping virtual
slavery. We shared precisely how the RCS gets at the records, having
been parties ourselves to such activity when we worked for RCS. We
provided the FBI with the names of those people (and even some of the
phone numbers) conducting such operations against us in real time.
Tags: Congress, David Miscavige, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Human
trafficking, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, US Department of
Justice, Washington
=========================================
Man's death at office park blamed on cocaine use
October 15, 2012, Alexis Stevens, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/mans-death-at-office-park-blamed-on-cocaine-use/nSdhs/
A man found dead in a Gwinnett County office park died from using
cocaine, the county's medical examiner's office said Monday.
Ronald Corona Jr., 39, was found around 2:30 a.m. Aug. 13 on Technology
Parkway South in Peachtree Corners. Gwinnett officer were dispatched to
the area following a report of a suspicious person "sleeping or
possibly dead" behind a business.
Tags: Death, Narconon, Narconon Georgia, Ronald Corona
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Allaying fears over Narconon move
October 15, 2013, Kath Gannaway, Star Community Mail
http://mountainviews.starcommunity.com.au/mail/2013-10-15/allaying-fears-over-narconon-move/
NARCONON spokeswoman Dr Nerida James has moved to reassure residents
that they are not at risk from plans to relocate the drug
rehabilitation program to Warburton township.
Dr James said they did not take 'at risk' students into the program,
which The Association for Better living and Education was currently
applying to Yarra Ranges Council for a planning permit to run out of
Green Gables conference centre.
The email response to a series of questions put to Dr James by the
Mail* comes as opposition grows to the move to change the program from
its current and more remote property at East Warburton.
Tags: ABLE, Australia, Get Off Drugs Naturally, Narconon, Nerida James, Paul
Jackson, SayNoNarcononWarburton, Warburton, Yarra Ranges Council
=========================================
Breaking Free
October 15, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/10/15/breaking-free/
Breaking free from sophisticated mind control is not easy. I don't
think I have seen anyone do so in as bold and spectacular a fashion as
Leah Remini has. Tony Ortega breaks it down at the Scientology
Underground Bunker. I hope folks who have been (or are) similarly
situated appreciate what Leah is doing for them at considerable
personal risk to herself.
Tags: Leah Remini, Quicky, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
=========================================
Chicago's On Fire: Jason Beghe and Christian Stolte Send Their Regards to the
Bunker
October 15, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/10/15/10905/
With both of them working on the same television series, NBC's Chicago
Fire, we knew it was only a matter of time before two actors who are
favorites of readers here at the Underground Bunker got together for a
laugh.
We've been writing about Jason Beghe since 2008, when he made a very
public exit from Scientology. Christian Stolte we got to know more
recently when he defended Leah Remini on Twitter and skewered
Scientologist celebrities like Kirstie Alley.
In the series, Stolte plays a fire lieutenant, while Beghe plays a cop
playing a very complex game of corruption-as-investigative-tool. (You
have to watch the show, it's really something.)
Tags: 2008, Chicago, Chicago Fire, Christian Stolte, Cour de Cassation, David
Miscavige, France, Hollywood, Infinite Complacency, Jason Beghe, Jonny
Jacobsen, Kirstie Alley, Leah Remini, NBC, OT, Paris, Paul Thomas Anderson,
Quicky, Twitter
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GAG II Hype "Is Not Hype"
October 15, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/gag-ii-hype-is-not-hype/
Haven't heard from Jeanie Sonnenfeld for a while. But when she makes an
appearance, it's like a flaming comet across the night sky. A
short-lived "look at me" moment that provides little illumination but a
lot of "Wow, did you see that?"
The ED of Greater Cincinnati Ideal "Day" Org (is there actually a
"Foundation" or is this just a convenient title so she can not be full
time due to her physical condition?) lets fly with some totally over
the top hype about GAG II - but makes sure everyone knows she is
telling the absolute truth by stating "This is not hype."
Correction to your first sentence Jeanie - you cannot "now" get up the
Bridge "at least" 3 times as fast. NOTHING has been released. As of
now, you just have to plod along at a "snail's pace" as you so artfully
put it.
Tags: Cincinnati, David Miscavige, Golden Age of Tech, Jeanie Sonenfild, Leah
Remini, OT, Quicky, Tony Ortega
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Help Us Decode Leah Remini's Anti-Scientology Dance From Last Night's Dancing
With The Stars
October 15, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/10/15/help-us-decode-leah-reminis-anti-scientology-dance-from-last-nights-dwts/
If you didn't catch last night's Dancing With the Stars on ABC, you
really missed something remarkable - interpretive dance on national
prime time television!
And it was performed by King of Queens actress Leah Remini, who once
again had a giant platform to talk about her experience of walking away
from the Church of Scientology. The contestants were asked to describe
their "most memorable year" and then make it the inspiration for a
dance, and in Leah's case, it was no surprise that she chose this past
year. In fact, it was twelve months ago, in October 2012, when she met
with Scientology leader David Miscavige - a rare honor, even for a top
Scientology celebrity like Leah - but she reportedly came away more
determined than ever to leave Scientology. She then spent several
months preparing her family to leave with her, and by July, when we
broke the news, she was out for good.
None of that was actually explained on last night's TV show, of course.
In fact, Leah didn't even use the word "Scientology" at all. But there
was just no question what she meant when she said things like "You
can't let anybody dictate to you how you should live."
Tags: 2012, Blow Drill, Dancing With the Stars, David Miscavige, Golden Age
of Tech, International Association of Scientologists, King of Queens, Leah
Remini, Operating Thetan, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Scientology
celebrity, Sea Org, Sting
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Jennifer Charm-Jacobsen Lacks Charm
October 15, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/jennifer-charm-jacobsen-lacks-charm/
Another one of those "unauthorized" emails. I guess the message didn't
get out internally.
This woman is misnamed. She is about as charming as a scorpion with 6
broken legs. Wouldn't want to run into her in a dark alley on a rainy
night.
There is some serious make-wrong happening here, and she is not in the
least bit apologetic about it either.
Tags: Chairman of the Board, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, Los Angeles, OT,
OTC, Quicky, Quinn Taufer
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The Home Straight
October 15, 2013, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-home-straight.html
France's top court is about to rule on Scientology's appeal against
convictions for organised fraud. Here is how the Court of Appeal left
matters in 2012.
On Wednesday, France's highest court will hand down its judgment in
Scientology's appeal against last year's appeal court convictions for
organised fraud.
The criminal chamber of the Cour de Cassation can choose to let the
appeal court judgment stand, or it can quash some or all of the
convictions.
Tags: 2009, 2011, 2012, Appeal, Celebrity Centre, Cour de Cassation,
Dianetics, European Court of Human Rights, France, Paris, Paris Court of
Appeal, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Review, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
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A perplexing tale about Bob Duggan, the richest Scientologist in the world
October 15, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/10/15/a-perplexing-tale-about-bob-duggan-the-richest-scientologist-in-the-world/
Gentle readers, we have an unusual and, we must say, rather mystifying
story to tell you today. It's about a successful businessman by the
name of Robert W. Duggan. This photo of Bob, who is a robust 70 years
old, is taken from his personal website, which we encourage you to visit.
Bob's website has several different pages. We learn from them that as a
kid from Berkeley and San Jose, Bob was an avid sportsman. He grew up
loving to surf and play tennis, and he even once ran the Palo Alto
marathon in 2 hours and 49 minutes, which, if you didn't know, is
seriously fast for an amateur. (We once ran a half-marathon and it took
longer than that, we're pretty sure.)
Bob studied economics at UC Santa Barbara in the class of 1966, and
also studied business management for a couple of years at UCLA, taking
a degree from neither. But while he was at UCSB, he met the woman who
would become his wife, Patricia J. Hagerty, better known as Trish.
Here's the photo that Trish Duggan uses at her Twitter page.
Tags: 1966, 1975, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013,
Andrew Jackson, Bob Duggan, Boston, Boston Globe, California, Carol Hogarth,
Chad Essley, Charlie Mikich, Chicago, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Detroit,
Diamond Maximus with Honors, East Grinstead, England, Facebook, Florida,
Forbes, Freewinds, Ideal Org, Imbruvica, International Association of
Scientologists, Johannesburg, Mike Rinder, Montana, Mountain View, Music, OT
7, OT 8, Palo Alto, Pharmacyclics, Philadelphia, Pretoria, Robin Hogarth, San
Fernando Valley, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Shelley Ashurst,
South Africa, South Park, Suppressive Person, Texas, Trish Duggan, Twitter
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AHS employee complaint over Landmark seminars sparks review
October 15, 2014, Charles Rusnell, CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ahs-employee-complaint-over-landmark-seminars-sparks-review-1.2800113
Alberta's Public Interest Commissioner is reviewing a complaint against
Alberta Health Services related to a controversial American personal
development training company, CBC News has learned.
Ted Miles, the office's director, said an Alberta Health Services (AHS)
employee, on Sept. 18, alleged that paying for 40 AHS staff to take
personal development training provided by the Landmark Education Corp.
represented "gross mismanagement of funds." The allegation has not been
proven.
Miles said the details of the complaint are "remarkably similar" to the
information contained in a CBC News story published Wednesday. It
revealed that AHS allowed Landmark to operate within its Information
Technology department for more than a year despite several serious
complaints from AHS employees.
Tags: Alberta Health Services, Alberta Public Interest Commissioner, Apple,
Colleen Turner, Deb Beroset, Freedom of Information Act, Kevin Brown,
Landmark, Landmark Education, Reebok, Ted Miles, Whistleblower
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Alberta Health Services staff pressured to attend controversial seminars
October 15, 2014, Charles Rusnell, CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-health-services-staff-pressured-to-attend-controversial-seminars-1.2798835
A controversial personal development company criticized for employing
high-pressure recruitment tactics, intense psychological methods and
conformist ideology operated within an Alberta Health Services
department for more than a year, despite several serious employee
complaints.
Internal Alberta Health Services (AHS) documents obtained by CBC News
through a freedom of information request detail several complaints to
human resources from information technology employees who felt
pressured, even harassed, to attend Landmark Education Corp. seminars,
and to reveal personal details of their lives at the seminars and at
staff meetings.
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Alberta Union of Provincial
Employees, Chicago, Deb Beroset, Freedom of Information Act, Guy Smith,
Hypnotism, Kerry Towle, Kevin Brown, Landmark, Landmark Education, Landmark
Forum, Mercedes-Benz, Reebok, Stephen Kent, US Navy, Wildrose
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More News From The Vampire Empire
October 15, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/more-news-from-the-vampire-empire/
For the record, and to fill the gap while I finalize another far more
important post....
As usual, the OTC's never fail to impress with their dedication to the
Vampire Empire, doing their utmost to suck the last dime out of
anything that moves.
Funny about the reference Quinn the Eskimo uses to justify "fund
raising" - HCOPL 10 Sept 1982 "Exchange, Org Income and Staff Pay." I
feel compelled to note this as it is such a startling example of the
KoolAid Goggles these people wear. The Eskimo apparently cited this PL
for the proposition that it is "group internal pressure" that
establishes which condition of exchange comes into play.
Tags: 1982, Alicia Kreisberg, ASHO, Atlanta, Bob Welch, Bonita Wilson, Carol
Loweree, Charlene Thorburn, Chuck Jacobs, Columbus, David Nunez, DC, Dean
Glosup, Detroit, Diane Temps, Division 6, Fundraising, Hagit Ron, Halloween,
Heelah Cohen, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, Irad
Ron, Jill Halverson, John Stout, Karen Brown, Kathie Heard, Kathy Morrill,
Kathy Welch, L. Ron Hubbard, Larry Marshall, Linda Massey, Mark Anderson,
Marty Kassowitz, Mary Elizabeth Glosup, Mary Lee Krackow, Megan Mitchell,
Mississippi, New Haven, Nick Lekas, OT, OT Ambassador, OT Committee, OTC,
Puerto Rico, Purif, Quicky, Quinn Taufer, Ray Loomis, Religious Technology
Center, Rochelle Goodrich, Scott Kreisberg, Solomon Melnick, Tamara Dahill,
Valley Ideal Org, Vered Ziv
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(VIDEO) Critical Thoughts PSA #1 - Facts vs Beliefs
October 15, 2015, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
http://mncriticalthinking.com/2015/10/15/video-critical-thoughts-psa-1-facts-vs-beliefs/
By request, I am creating a series of Public Service Announcements
(PSAs) about important concepts in critical thinking. These will all be
short, about a minute or so, and will cover one topic each. This first
one is about facts and beliefs.
Here is the transcript for this:
A fact is a piece of information that is true regardless of how you
feel or what you think about it. A fact can be demonstrated in the real
world through our perceptions and other kinds of evidence. Facts don't
just exist in our heads.
Tags: Critic, Quicky
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Church moving in after lawsuit settled
October 15, 2015, John Ruch, Reporter Newspapers
http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2015/10/15/church-moving-in-after-lawsuit-settled/
Three years after settling a parking dispute that exploded into a
freedom-of-religion lawsuit, the Church of Scientology of Georgia is
finally preparing its new church in Sandy Springs.
Heavy interior and exterior work has been underway since the summer on
the mansion-like former real estate office at 5395 Roswell Road at the
intersection with Glenridge Drive. The Georgia Church of Scientology,
currently based in Doraville, did not respond to questions about an
opening date, but a person answering its phone said the church still
plans to move in.
The church bought the property around 2005, but first sought rezoning
for use as a place of worship in 2009. The church, then based in
Dunwoody, proposed a $3 million renovation and said it had about 100
active members.
Tags: 2005, 2009, 2012, First Amendment, Georgia, Sandy Springs
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Letter to editor : About Narconon Arrowhead
October 15, 2015, Robert Newman, Clinton County Leader
http://www.clintoncountyleader.com/opinion/article_7e8f2a66-734d-11e5-b155-bf5cdd624517.html
We are proud of our twenty-five years in Oklahoma. We're very proud of
our unbroken record of certification by CARF ? the Commission on
Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. And we're proud to be
certified by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services for Non-Medical Detox and Halfway House services. The
latter being the equivalent of the American Society Addiction Medicine
(ASAM) 3.1 Level of Care which is also defined as Clinically Managed
Low Intensity Residential Treatment.
Tags: CARF, Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services
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Louis Theroux's 'My Scientology Movie': A hilarious take on an unfunny bunch
October 15, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/10/15/louis-therouxs-my-scientology-movie-a-hilarious-take-on-an-unfunny-bunch/
Louis Theroux at the London premiere of 'My Scientology Movie' (Still
from interview by Scarlet Howes.)
A couple of years ago, BBC presenter Louis Theroux made an appeal on
Twitter for Scientologists to reach out to him for the new film he was
making about the church. We couldn't help rolling our eyes at the time,
wondering if Theroux knew what he was getting himself into. But his
method was sound. He wanted to come at the story with an entirely fresh
start. He asked Scientology for access, and he genuinely wanted to hear
from Scientologists about their organization.
Early in My Scientology Movie, the film he premiered last night at the
London Film Festival, Theroux says that he relished the idea of being
the first journalist who would find something positive to say about
Scientology. If you know his excellent body of work, you know that such
a counter-intuitive take is just like Theroux. And of course he's right
- it really would have been remarkable if he'd been able to pull that
off.
Tags: 1980, 1982, 1990, 1992, 2010, Alex Gibney, Andrew Perez, BBC,
California, Cindy Plahuta, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Dennis Erlich,
Disconnection, E-meter, England, Fair Game, Gerry Armstrong, Going Clear:
Scientology and the Prison of Belief, HBO, Hollywood, Int Base, Jefferson
Hawkins, John Brousseau, John Dower, Karen de la Carriere, Lawrence Wright,
London, Lori Hodgson, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux, Marc Headley, Marty
Rathbun, Mike Rinder, My Scientology Movie, Nightline, Private investigator,
Quicky, Sara Goldberg, Sea Org, Simon Chinn, Steven Mango, Ted Koppel, The
Hole, Tom Cruise, Tom DeVocht, Twitter
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Rep. David Jolly raises $893,857 in Senate campaign
October 15, 2015, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/rep-david-jolly-raises-893857-in-senate-campaign/2249921
U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Indian Shores, reportedly raised $892,857
since joining the race for the open U.S. Senate seat July 22.
Those totals include the money he transferred over from his
congressional account, his campaign said in a statement. He has
$658,000 on hand.
Jolly is one of four Republicans in the race to replace Sen. Marco
Rubio, including Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Ponte Vedra Beach, Lt. Gov.
Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Orlando businessman Todd Wilcox.
Tags: David Jolly, Marco Rubio, Orlando, Quicky
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Thursday Funnies
October 15, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-53/
Something to scream about
Nothing can make you scream more than a presentation from the
International Landlord Office
Shortest Briefing Ever
Tags: Africa, AOLA, AOSHUK, Australia, Buddhism, Christian, Disconnection,
Freewinds, Hawaii, Hinduism, Inglewood, International Association of
Scientologists, International Landlord Office, John Allender, L. Ron Hubbard,
L. Ron Hubbard Way, Marty Rathbun, Miami, Orlando, OT IX, OT VIII, Pasadena,
Phoenix, Portland, Puerto Rico, Purif, Quicky, Russia, Super Power, Thursday
Funnies, Venezuela
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Freewinds Fail
October 15, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/freewinds-fail/
Every week in the Thursday Funnies we see promotional pieces for the
latest Freewinds "seminar" about making money.
I usually make some snarky comment about them. Frankly, they have
become pretty tiresome.
But there is a more important point to be made than pointing out that
the Moneywinds is consumed with trying to suck money out of people to
the point where they are pretty much full time running seminars
designed to teach people how to make money - so they can then get it
from them as most people have run dry and do not have enough money to
make it up the bridge.
Tags: 1988, David Miscavige, Freewinds, OT, OT VIII, Purif, Quicky, Russia,
Sharron Weber, Stephane Kundert, Taiwan, Thursday Funnies
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OT's must pay $100,000 if they breach the "OT Contract" and talk about Xenu
or BT's!
October 15, 2016, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2016/10/15/ots-must-pay-100000-if-they-breach-the-ot-contract-and-talk-about-xenu-or-bts/
If a Scientology OT talks about the OT levels it is a breach of
contract & they must pay Scientology $100,000 for each breach. This is
part of the "Secret OT Contract" all OT's must sign before they learn
about Xenu, BT's, and the other interesting facts on the OT levels.
Tags: OT, Quicky, Xenu
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Scientology in Ireland: 'a spy network setting honey traps'
October 15, 2016, Mario Daneels, Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/scientology-in-ireland-a-spy-network-setting-honey-traps-1.2827288
The Church of Scientology opens a national affairs office at 4 Merrion
Square today, making Dublin only the second city in the world, after
Washington, DC, to have such a presence.
The new office is said to house five permanent staff from the Sea Org,
Scientology's elite group, whose members sign billion-year contracts
pledging future lifetimes to advancing their religion.
There will also be five permanent members of the Office of Special
Affairs, which manages several of the church's front groups but is
perhaps best known for managing its intelligence-gathering and lobbying
operations.
Tags: 1953, 1983, 2012, A Piece of Blue Sky, Belgium, CCHR, Clearwater,
Croatia, DC, Dublin, France, Fraud, Galway, Gerard Collins, Germany,
Guardian's Office, Ireland, Jive Aces, John Duignan, John Hearne, Jon Atack,
Limerick, Narconon, National Affairs Office, Office of Special Affairs,
Oklahoma, Open Minds Foundation, Paris, Portugal, Private investigator,
Quebec, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Sea Org, Spain, Sweden, Truth About
Drugs, Waterford
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Scientology's latest drama in Russia: The mystery woman who infiltrated an org
October 15, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/10/15/scientologys-latest-drama-in-russia-the-mystery-woman-who-infiltrated-an-org/
Our thanks to Danil Tylevich for making us aware that numerous Russian
media outlets are carrying stories about a woman named Darya
Varnovskaya, who spent more than a year working at Scientology's St.
Petersburg org in order to secretly gather information about it.
Varnovskaya insists that when she joined the St. Petersburg org in
April 2015 she was a journalist working on assignment to secretly film
the church. But at least one news outlet there has characterized her as
simply a member who became disgruntled and left the church after it was
raided by law enforcement earlier this year.
Either way, she was there long enough that she was hired on staff as an
ethics officer and later became a registrar, a person whose job it is
to get people to sign up for more courses and to give more money. While
doing that job she used her smartphone to capture quite a bit of
footage. At one point, for example, she catches the supervising
registrar as he tells her colleagues that they've only brought in 4
million rubles that week (about $64,000), but he expected 5 million
rubles.
Tags: 1980, 2015, Aleksander Korelov, Arkadii Severiuhin, Bogot?, California,
CIA, Danil Tylevich, Darya Varnovskaya, David Miscavige, Diana Hubbard,
Dublin, East Grinstead, E-meter, England, Georgii Ioffe, Hemet, Ideal Org,
Int Base, International Association of Scientologists, Ireland, Jive Aces,
Judge Ronald White, Judge Steven Shreder, Karla Taylor, Lawyer, NAFC v.
Scientology, Narconon, National Association of Forensic Counselors, Nikita
Dolgarev, Pete Griffiths, Quicky, Rod Keller, Russia, Saint Hill Manor, Sandy
Shreder, Sea Org, St. Petersburg (Russia), Texas, Tom DeVocht, UK
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