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Departure in Dianetics
September 3, 1951, TIME Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,821638,00.html
The cult of dianetics, which was going strong a year ago (TIME, July
24, 1950), has some of the features of a new religion. Its founder,
"Science-Fictioneer L. Ron Hubbard, claimed that his "science of the
mind" could cure all mental and most bodily ills, make supermen of
truly devoted converts. Today, dianetics is suffering the standard fate
of the cult: one of its earliest adherents has broken away and is
accusing Hubbard of having strayed from the true faith.
Tags: A Doctor's Report on Dianetics, Dianetics, Joseph Winter, L. Ron
Hubbard, Mental breakdown
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Lawyer says Scientologists are seeking to 'frame' him
September 3, 1984, Robert Lindsey, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/03/us/lawyer-says-scientologists-are-seeking-to-frame-him.html
Michael J. Flynn, a Boston lawyer, was piloting a light aircraft toward
South Bend, Ind., in October 1979 when its engine quit mysteriously at
8,500 feet. After making an emergency landing, he said he found several
quarts of water in the fuel tank.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Krasel/cooper/bast/bast33
Tags: Ala Tamimi, Eugene Ingram, Fair Game, FBI, Judge Breckenridge, Laurel
Sullivan, Michael Flynn, Operation Freakout, Paulette Cooper
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Who Wins When Rights Conflict?
September 3, 1998, Mark Trahant, Seattle Times
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980903&slug=2769814
Also, if taxpayer funds are suitable for religious schools, then who is
going to define religion? The list of churches that might want to tap
into this funding is as long as the list of religions in the Yellow
Pages - every sect from Anglicans to Zoroastrians.
This is not idle conjecture: A proposed Los Angeles charter school says
it wants to use a teaching method based on the work of L. Ron Hubbard,
founder of the Church of Scientology.
Tags: Applied Scholastics
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Reed Slatkin Given 14-Year Prison Term
September 3, 2003, E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/print/2003/sep/03/business/fi-slatkin3
Reed E. Slatkin, who took $593 million from investors in one of the
biggest Ponzi schemes in history, was sentenced to 14 years in prison
Tuesday by a Los Angeles judge who overruled prosecutors'
recommendations for a lesser term.
Citing "the tremendous harm he has done," U.S. District Judge Margaret
Morrow rejected the former Santa Barbara money manager's claim that he
had acted under "duress and diminished capacity" because of threats
from fellow Scientologists who allegedly urged him to continue his scam
so they could profit. Morrow credited Slatkin with helping authorities
unravel the financial fiasco, as Slatkin had pledged to do in his plea
bargain last year, but raised questions about the timeliness and degree
of his assistance.
Tags: Daniel Jacobs, David Schindler, John Poitras, Judge Morrow, Ponzi, Reed
Slatkin
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Cruise apology to Shields
September 3, 2006, Christopher Claire, The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/tomcruise/Cruise-apology-to-Shields.2807537.jp
TOM Cruise has apologised to Brooke Shields for publicly criticising
her for using anti-depressants.
The 41-year-old actress said she had received the apology in person on
Thursday.
"He came over to my house, and he gave me a heartfelt apology," Shields
said during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Tags: Arnold Robinson, Brooke Shields, Tom Cruise
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Tom says sorry for drugs jibe
September 3, 2006, Javier Espinoza, The Observer
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1863803,00.html
American actor Tom Cruise has apologised to Brooke Shields for
criticising her use of antidepressant drugs while suffering postnatal
depression after the birth of her first daughter. According to Shields,
Cruise, a member of the Scientology cult which condemns the use of
antidepressants, came to her house and apologised last Thursday.
Tags: Arnold Robinson, Brooke Shields, Paramount, Sumner Redstone, Tom Cruise
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Mesothelioma a Concern for Workers Who Completed Repairs on Scientology
Cruise Ship
September 3, 2008, Asbestos.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20080913002952/http://news.asbestos.com/2008/09/03/mesothelioma-a-concern-for-workers-who-completed-repairs-on-scientology-cruise-ship/
After being quarantined on April 26 at Mathey Warf in Curacao,
Netherlands Antilles, Curacao Drydock Company was hired to perform
refurbishment and repairs, but quickly ceased work due to the risk of
asbestos exposure.
Several officials-including head of the Department of Labor Affairs,
Christiene van der Biezen, and local health department head, Tico
Ras-inspected the ship and found significant amounts of asbestos in
paneling. Subsequently, the Executive Council held a meeting and
decided that informing the public would be the best way to avoid rumors
and other problems.
Tags: Asbestos, Cura?ao, Cura?ao Drydock Company, Freewinds, Lawrence
Woodcraft, Mesothelioma, Netherlands Antilles, Nordica Engineering, Sea Org
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19 The True Believers
September 3, 2009, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/09/19-true-believers.html
More witnesses stepped forward to speak up for the defendants - and
denounce what they said was French persecution of their religion.
The final defence witnesses for the defendants were not the experts,
whose testimony had not always been what they had hoped for, but their
fellow Scientologists.
A succession of true believers stepped forward to speak up for the
defendants and to bear witness to all that Scientology had done for
their lives.
Tags: 1983, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2000, Alain Rosenberg, Aude-Claire Malton,
Catholic, Celebrity Centre, Cult, David Root, Dianetics, Dublin, E-meter,
England, France, Ireland, Jean-Fran?ois Valli, Jean-Pierre Brard, Judge
Sophie-H?l?ne Ch?teau, Northern Ireland, Operating Thetan, Paris, Personality
test, Purification Rundown, Quicky, South America, Switzerland
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Council doesn't support closing Gilman Springs Road
September 3, 2009, Gail Wesson, Press-Enterprise
http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_E_egilman04.466ff19.html
The San Jacinto City Council voted unanimously Thursday to go on record
opposing any future proposal to close Gilman Springs Road where it
bisects the Church of Scientology's Golden Era Productions property.
Tags: Barry McClellan, Golden Era Productions, Int Base, Jeff Stone, Jim
Ayres, John Mansperger, Samuel Alhadeff, Verne Lauritzen
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Another Ex-Scientologist Publishes Damning Tell-All
September 3, 2010, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/09/another_ex-scie.php
Adding to Scientology's woes, some of the people who have been making
defections in recent years are turning around and writing damning
tell-alls.
Regular publishers won't touch these books -- even though some of them
are actually very well written -- so the authors have had to go the
self-published route.
Last year's killer I-escaped-from-Scientology narrative was put out by
Marc Headley. His Blown for Good made for a gripping read, about a
low-level grunt who spent years at Scientology's secret HQ in the
California desert until he finally made a mad dash for freedom.
Tags: 1967, 1980, 1986, 2003, Battlefield Earth, Blown for Good, California,
Counterfeit Dreams, David Miscavige, Dianetics, Jefferson Hawkins, Marc
Headley, New York Times, Quicky
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Scientologist Mayor McCheese
September 3, 2010, WagTheWog, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZC20XghTak
Yep, everything Mayor McCheese says is actually a scientology belief.
Srsly.
Tags: Quicky, Tom Cruise
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Ex-Scientology Executive Marty Rathbun Headed to Germany This Week -- Why
This is Bad News for David Miscavige
September 3, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/ex-scientology_1.php
"I'm a professional." Last night, I had a conversation with Marty
Rathbun, who revealed that he's headed to Germany this week, and told
me he'd have a series of videos on his blog today breaking that news in
an interesting way -- with help from the Squirrel Busters.
Sure enough, these videos don't disappoint. After the jump, watch as
Rathbun seems to get the Squirrel Busters off-balance by telling them
he's going to Europe to clean up the mess David Miscavige made there.
Also, for those unsure what we're talking about, we'll try to explain
why the Siege in South Texas should have been national news by now, and
how Rathbun's trip to Germany is upping the ante on this story in a big
way...
As we've been reporting for months now, a bizarre and dramatic siege
has been going on in a cul-de-sac in a small town near Corpus Christi,
Texas.
Tags: 1992, 2004, 2010, Bert Leahy, Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi Caller-
Times, David Lubow, David Miscavige, Europe, Germany, Hamburg, Ingleside, Los
Angeles, Mark Collette, Marty Rathbun, Office of Special Affairs, Private
investigator, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Squirrel Busters, Texas,
Ursula Caberta
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Germany, Europe and Human Rights
September 3, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/germany-europe-and-human-rights/
UPDATE: 9/3/2011 435 pm cst: Village Voice coverage of this blog post
below at: http://blogs.villagevoice.
com/runninscared/2011/09/ex-scientology_1.php#more
During my trip this week I heard from some folks that they had heard on
the rumor line that other folks doubted the sincerity of my comment a
couple weeks back that "I have David Miscavige right where I want him."
My comment did not mean that things are easy in our life. But, we don't
seek an easy life. We're working on just what we have said we are
working on for the past two years. It is well covered in the Welcome
section of this blog as well as the section entitled The 31 Factors
that Scientologists Should Consider.
If people think that we are wasting much time on the ass clowns who
come to our home each day and follow us all around the world, you are
not watching very closely. Look at the Bert Leahy interviews. We don't
just have six ass clowns in a golf cart here. That is just the first
layer of daily diversionary tactic. There is an elaborate network
throughout our region, backed by teams of private investigators who
monitor our every move and relay to the ass clowns when to strike.
There is an entire unit at OSA INT that does nothing but coordinate
operatives throughout the US to make our lives a living hell, impede
us, and stop us by any means necessary. And there are OSA operatives
throughout the Anonymous network, ESMB site, the Freezone and
Independents running backstabbing, covert propaganda campaigns while we
are "tied up" under siege. Just look for the 1.1s using the safe
Independent Scientology space we are creating to promote such practices
as no-training-needed to get onto OT levels, "OT I and OT II are of
little importance": especially coming from "Class VIIIs","Class VIs"
and folks claiming to be "trained by Ron." They may as well be saying
"Scientology is a fraud, because after all I studied it all, and
violently disagree with the Bridge created by Ron." Think about it.
Beware of anyone who has "studied it all" and discourages you from
doing the same.
Tags: Anonymous, Bert Leahy, Class VI, Class VIII, David Miscavige, Europe,
Freezone, Germany, Independent, Independent Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard,
Office of Special Affairs, OT, Private investigator, Quicky, Village Voice
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Scientology Flameout: Commenters of the Week!
September 3, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/scientology_fla.php
Marcotai conquers entheta! We're sitting here in the underground
bunker, looking back on what was another amazing week of Scientology
watching. More and more tips are coming in, things are breaking
overseas, and the cats are mewing for their breakfast. We're on sensory
overload here, but let's pause to look back on the week that was.
On Monday, we continued our big countdown with #15, naming Andreas
Heldal-Lund and other old time critics who have spent years publicizing
Scientology's secrets and abuses on their websites.
Later that night, just after midnight, we posted a story about
Scientology's wacky New Yorker parody in its Freedom magazine. After we
got some sleep, we talked to former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder
the next morning to update the post with some perspective on Freedom's
bizarre complaints about Lawrence Wright's article.
Tags: 2008, Andreas Heldal-Lund, Anonymous, Australia, Bryan Seymour, Chuck
Beatty, Clearwater, Disconnection, Feshbach, Florida, Freedom magazine,
Holocaust, Ida Camburn, Int Base, Janet Reitman, Jeff Jacobsen, Jefferson
Hawkins, Jewish, Kansas City, Kristi Wachter, L. Ron Hubbard, Las Vegas,
Lawrence Wright, Mike Rinder, Nancy Many, Narconon, New Yorker, Office of
Special Affairs, Operation Clambake, Orange County, OSA Int, OT, Patty Moher,
Paulette Cooper, Private investigator, Quicky, Robert Minton, Russell Miller,
San Diego, San Francisco, Scott Pilutik, Sea Org, Seattle, Shane Clark, St.
Petersburg Times, Suppressive Person, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis, Tory
Christman, USA, Xenu
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Nazanin and Cruise - False Report Correction #1
September 3, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/nazanin-and-cruise-false-report-correction-1/
NBC Today ran a story about the coming Vanity Fair story on Tom Cruise
and David Miscavige's unnatural and twisted relationship. They focused
on the one aspect of the in-depth piece, the Nazanin Boniadi story,
that VF has thus far teased about. As noted Saturday, I will be
correcting inaccuracies as they are published and aired by the media.
The NBC Today piece asserted "...Cruise allegedly grew tired of her..."
Wrong.
Tags: David Miscavige, Nazanin Boniadi, NBC, Quicky, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis,
Vanity Fair
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Cretekos blasts Scientologists over tree removal
September 3, 2013, Charlie Frago, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/baybuzz/cretekos-blasts-scientologists-over-tree-removal/2139814
CLEARWATER -- Mayor George Cretekos blasted the Church of Scientology
in a letter to several constiuents last week, saying the church's
decision to cut down two live oak trees on its property without city
permission was disrepectful.
His letter was written the same day a story appeared in the Tampa Bay
Times about the church's action on a downtown site where it planned to
erect a massive tent for a planned November gathering of international
Scientologists.
"I regret, as you, that two trees have have been stealthily removed.
The City of Clearwater was attempting to work with representatives of
the Church of Scientology to ensure that any action taken would be in
compliance with city codes. Unfortunately, another approach was found
to be more convenient," Cretekos wrote on Aug. 28.
Tags: Bill Horne, City of Clearwater, George Cretekos, Quicky
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Intervention to RESCUE Scientology Inc recruit Dancer Manuela ~Brian Seymour
and Tony Ortega
September 3, 2013, SurvivingScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCtf3PReRnU
Mirrored and credit to ZhentSydney
Today Tonight is broadcast throughout Australia. High Fives to their
continuing successful revelations of the "Church" of Scientology.
Successful Dancer Manuela Oliveira was seduced to sign a Billion year
contract with the Sea Organization, promising a Dancing Career. Brian
Seymour and Tony Ortega co-ordinate on this history making story. Never
has an intervention been tried on someone on a 1 hour break in the "Sea
Org" defined in the legal arena as the "Clergy".
Tags: Australia, Facebook, Manuela Oliveira, Quicky, Sea Org, Sydney, Today
Tonight, Tony Ortega, Twitter
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Making the Grade: Scientology Prepares Us for the Future
September 3, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/09/03/making-the-grade-scientology-prepares-us-for-the-future/
Claire Headley is taking us on our journey to train as Scientologists.
She and her husband Marc were Sea Org workers who escaped from
Scientology's International Base in 2005. She spent years working with
Scientology's "tech," and was trusted to oversee the auditing of Tom
Cruise. Go here to see the first part in this series.
Last week, Claire, you introduced us to Scientology's "security checks"
- tough interrogations that all Scientologists eventually experience on
their way up the "Bridge to Total Freedom." Next on our way up the
Bridge is Expanded Grade 3, which seems less menacing, but still
carries some pretty steep prices.
CLAIRE: Well, after this and Grade 4 we're on to Dianetics and the
state of Clear...
Tags: 2005, Bridge to Total Freedom, Claire Headley, Clear, Dianetics, Int
Base, Quicky, Sea Org, Sec Check, Tom Cruise
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UK Ideal Fundraising -- The Delusion is Mind Blowing UPDATED
September 3, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/uk-ideal-fundraising-the-delusion-is-mind-blowing/
I have seen a lot of unreal delusory statements coming from inside the
bubble but I think this one takes the cake (so far....)
This is the UK "Landlord", responsible for tens of millions of pounds
of real estate. I don't know him, but he sounds like a teenager who
thinks if he is "enthusiastic" everything will turn out ok "we are
winning and things are looking good" "we will make this cleared UK a
reality and are doing this".
The Porsche raffle is an interesting touch...
Tags: Birmingham, Chairman of the Board, Clear, E-meter, Freewinds,
Fundraising, Humanitarian, Ideal Org, L. Ron Hubbard, London, Michael Chan,
Mike Ricketts, OT Committee, Quicky, Saint Hill, Sea Org, UK
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A Clear Portland
September 3, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-clear-portland/
The ideal "ideal" org in the "first Clear city" is going to town on
"clearing their city."
12 Clears in 9 months. 15 per year. Should have Portland wrapped up in
the year 42,014.
But frankly, they have probably produced more clears than any of the
other "ideal" orgs. I would bet that there are "ideal" orgs out there
that have not produced a SINGLE clear since GAG II. In fact, I would be
it was the VAST majority of "ideal orgs"....
Tags: Clear, Portland, Quicky
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Nancy Cartwright puts out the creepiest Scientology advertisement of all time
September 3, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/09/03/nancy-cartwright-puts-out-the-creepiest-scientology-advertisement-of-all-time/
Scientologist extraordinaire, voice of Bart Simpson, and San Fernando
Valley resident Nancy Cartwright - known to the locals as 'Her Royal
Governess' - has provided what may be the creepiest Scientology
advertisement of all time.
Readers of the Underground Bunker know that Cartwright has been heavily
pushing her fellow Valleyites to come to one themed event after another
where they have the pleasure of being held in a locked room until they
fork over large donations for the renovation of a dull-looking building
at Lankershim and Burbank Boulevards in North Hollywood.
Nancy herself has donated more than $10 million to Scientology, and
she's been laser-focused on getting the Valley project done. And once
again, Nancy comes through, this time with a ... sculpture?
Tags: Advance!, Buddha, Burbank, Hollywood, Nancy Cartwright, OT, Quicky, San
Fernando Valley
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Scientologists 'still in design phase' for Plymouth hotel
September 3, 2014, Tristan Nichols, Plymouth Herald
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Scientologists-design-phase-hotel/story-22867602-detail/story.html
The Church of Scientology bought the historic building for about
?1million in June 2010 and revealed ambitious plans to spend ?2.
5million on renovating it.
But four years on scientologists in Plymouth say there is still "no set
date" for either a planning application for the site, or an official
opening date.
"We are still in the design phase of the project," said Lisa Coffey,
community affairs director for the Church of Scientology Plymouth.
Tags: Ideal Org, Lisa Coffey, Plymouth, Royal Fleet Hotel, UK
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Sea Org Document: Dare to have children, you get sent to Scientology's
version of Siberia
September 3, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/09/03/sea-org-document-dare-to-have-children-you-get-sent-to-scientologys-version-of-siberia/
Martin Ottmann is a longtime critic of the Church of Scientology who is
known for his dogged search for documents that describe every aspect of
Scientology management and life. We asked him to bring some of his
expertise to the Underground Bunker and help us dig into the dark
corners of this secretive organization.
Last week, Martin sent us a document issued at Scientology's PAC Base
in Los Angeles in 1989. That document restricted the amount of time
that Sea Org parents could spend with their children. Now, he's sent us
another PAC document from that time regarding Sea Org couples that
dared to get pregnant.
With Sea Org members signing billion-year contracts and working
110-hour weeks for pennies an hour, they were seriously discouraged
from having children. For decades, Sea Org women who became pregnant
were pressured to have abortions. Those couples who insisted on having
children were, as this document shows, shipped to "failing" orgs in
undesirable parts of the globe.
Tags: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2005, Abortion, Birmingham, Class V, CLO WUS,
Commodore's Messenger Organization, David Miscavige, DC, England, Flag Order,
Los Angeles, Mareka Brousseau, Martin Ottmann, Mission, PAC Base, Quicky,
Regulation, Sea Org, Siberia
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(VIDEO) The Scientology Experience, Part 1: Getting In
September 3, 2015, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2015/09/03/video-the-scientology-experience-part-1-getting-in/
Hello everyone.
I've offered quite a few facts, views and opinions about Scientology
over the past almost two years and I've been very happy to see the
positive effects this has created with so many people on my channel. My
efforts have been an attempt to be a kind of whistle blower to the
abuses and damage that Scientology causes to anyone it comes in contact
with. While it wasn't my original goal to do this, my channel has been
a sort of documentary of my own recovery from the cult and the progress
I've made in re-integrating into the real world through learning and
using critical thinking skills.
But I'm not the only one who has experienced this sort of thing and I
thought it would be a very good idea to talk to some other people who
have also come out of destructive cults and get their stories. I mean,
my own story is interesting enough but I think if anyone wants to do
any real critical thinking on a subject, they have to get more than one
person's point of view.
Tags: Quicky, Robyn Capella, Sea Org
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It's a video extravaganza as three former members tell us about life inside
Scientology
September 3, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/09/03/its-a-video-extravaganza-as-three-former-members-tell-us-about-life-inside-scientology/
It's a video extravaganza today as we received new recordings from
three of our regular contributors. What they have in common is that
they're interested in a young person's journey in Scientology.
Chris Shelton interviews Robyn Capella about what it was like to be
pulled into Scientology by her parents when she was just a teenager.
Nora Crest dives into part two of her rumination on the bizarre sex
rules faced by Scientologists - and she makes a special appeal to Laura
Prepon about her involvement in the church. And Aaron Smith-Levin talks
about the end of his Scientology career, when he tried to leave
amicably, but found that Scientology is best at making enemies.
We'll start with Nora, who kicked off her video series last time with a
look at some of the strange restrictions on sex that Sea Org members
have to observe. Now, she follows that up by looking at L. Ron
Hubbard's strange policy bulletin, "Pain and Sex."
Tags: Aaron Smith-Levin, Africa, Applied Scholastics, Chris Shelton, Director
of Special Affairs, Estates Project Force, France, Laura Prepon, Los Angeles,
Mountain View, Nora Crest, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, Robyn Capella,
Rock for Human Rights, Russia, Sea Org, Switzerland, Sylvia DeWall, Youth for
Human Rights International
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IT'S NOT "SERENE"...AND WHERE'S THE "POINT"? Staff Exodus, Growing Pains At
Per Wickstrom's SeSerenity Point Recovery In Marne, Michigan Facility? Indeed.
com Lists 9 New "Immediate Openings", Including A Director of Nursing!
September 3, 2015, Miss Fortune, Glistening, Quivering Underbelly
http://glisteningquiveringunderbelly.blogspot.com/2015/09/its-not-sereneand-wheres-point-staff.html
It looks like Per Wickstrom's Marne, Michigan location, Serenity Point
Recovery, may be experiencing staff turnover.
The job search site, Indeed.com, reveals immediate openings for a Group
Facilitator, Director of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA),
Client Safety Officers, Nursing (RN/LPN), Housekeeping Attendants and
Maintenance staff.
And the facility is looking for "Withdraw Specialists", describing the
job as working in a "medically supervised detox". It looks like the bar
for this critical, front-line job is set pretty low, with prospective
candidates required to be either a CNA or have current CPR and First
Aid certifications.
Tags: Marne, Michigan, OT, Per Wickstrom, Quicky, Serenity Point
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Thursday Funnies
September 3, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-47/
Is this a joke?
Scientology is going to teach the world how to do PR? And the KKK are
going to be holding a seminar on racial tolerance...
Arte Maren? Seriously?
Tags: Africa, Arthur Maren, Barbara Dews, Birmingham, Brett Miller,
Caribbean, Cult, Cura?ao, Denice Duff, Don Drader, Elaine Siegal, Freewinds,
Harlem, Harry MacDonald, Inglewood, International Association of
Scientologists, Jackson Wyan, Joe Yazbeck, KKK, Noelle North, Orange County,
OT, OT VIII, Peter Oram, Quentin Strub, Quicky, Rick Alexander, Rocket ride,
Sea Org, Seattle, Stanley Clarke, Student Hat, Super Power, Thursday Funnies
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AOSHANZO
September 3, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/aoshanzo/
Big news. AOSHANZO opens tomorrow.
There will be A "Special guest speaker" - why they are afraid to say
his name is anyone's guess. Nobody is supposed to know he is there? Any
enterprising media in Australia will know Miscavige is in town and even
what hotel he is staying at. And there ARE some enterprising media in
Australia who would love to ask Mr. Miscavige a few questions.
But the best news of all is that this will be an opening "unlike any
other!" Hah. And if you believe that I have a bridge I would like to
sell you that spans Sydney Harbor. This event will be EXACTLY like all
the others. Droning Shermanspeak and puffery about the "Golden Age" and
how much scientology is expanding.
Tags: ANZO, AOSH ANZO, Australia, Colin Davie, David Miscavige, International
Hubbard Ecclesiastical League of Pastors, Melbourne, Quicky, Shermanspeak,
Sydney, Taiwan, Tokyo
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Dan Koon, co-writer of Scientology tell-all 'Ruthless,' on his days with L.
Ron Hubbard
September 3, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/09/03/dan-koon-cowriter-of-scientology-tell-all-ruthless-on-his-days-with-l-ron-hubbard/
(Dan Koon and his wife Mariette Lindstein)
Here in the US, we've started our long weekend celebrating Labor Day
and unofficially ending the summer. And we're getting the weekend going
thanks to our longtime contributor Jeffrey Augustine, who is back with
another podcast.
He interviewed Dan Koon, the former high-ranking technical expert in
the Church of Scientology who, after leaving the organization in 2004,
has been helping several other former members write books about their
experiences. His latest collaboration is with Ron Miscavige and their
bestselling memoir, Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and
Me.
Tags: 1978, 2004, 2013, California, Caroline Letkeman, Dan Koon, Daniel
Powell, David Miscavige, Dwayne Powell, Eugene Ingram, Gerry Armstrong, Greg
Arnold, Jeffrey Augustine, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Joe Howard, Mariette
Lindstein, Marty Rathbun, Memoirs of a Scientology Warrior, National
Enquirer, Pat Broeker, Paul Marrick, Police, Private investigator, Quicky,
Ron Miscavige, Ron Miscavige Jr, Ron Miscavige Sr, Ruthless: Scientology, My
Son David Miscavige, and Me, Sea Org, West Allis
==========================================
Scientology Insider Dan Koon - Part 1 of His Story
September 3, 2016, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2016/09/03/scientology-insider-dan-koon-part-1-of-his-story/
Former Sea Org member Dan Koon worked in the compilations unit of
Scientology (RTRC) where Hubbard's writings were turned into official
Scientology books, lectures, and publications. Many of these products
were sold to Scientologists and the public and thus represented a
significant income stream for the Church. Accordingly, David Miscavige
micromanaged compilations and Dan worked closely with Miscavige. After
leaving the Sea Org, Dan Koon later helped Ron Miscavige Sr. to write
his New York Times bestselling book - Ruthless: Scientology, My Son
David Miscavige, and Me.
Dan Koon had a long and fascinating career in the Sea Org. Part 1 is an
introduction to Dan Koon and an overview of Dan's career. In Part 2 we
will get into specifics and discuss Ron Miscavige Sr.'s book Ruthless.
It is hard to do Dan's career justice in just one hour. For many years
Dan worked in Scientology's Technical Research and Compilations Unit.
This is where "Scientology" is codified by research, editing, and
studying Hubbard's original writings. Decisions are made by David
Miscavige as to what the "Tech" is and what LRH meant. The compilation
of Super Power, GAT, and GAT II began in this unit based on orders from
David Miscavige.
Tags: 2006, Basics, Blown for Good, Clear, Cult, Dan Koon, David Miscavige, L.
Ron Hubbard, Marty Rathbun, New York Times, Quicky, Ron Miscavige Sr,
Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me, Sea Org, Super Power
==========================================
Back to School with Terl. Seriously?
September 3, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/back-to-school-with-terl-seriously/
Something a little lighter today. It's a day of rest.
Back to school with Terl.
I wonder which teacher voted this? Why would a teacher recommend this
book?
Tags: Battlefield Earth, Diego Martinez, Galaxy Press, Quicky
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Critical Q&A #124
September 3, 2017, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2017/09/03/critical-qa-124/
The weekly show where I answer viewers' questions, left for me in the
comments sections of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at
AskChri...@gmail.com. This week, the questions I answer are:
(1) Ok, on Leah Remini's show, she made the comment that she felt
superior. I understand that she felt superior to everyone because, as
an actor, they are treated superior to everyone, even from the rest of
the people in Scientology. My question is, when you were in
Scientology, did you feel superior to everyone outside the church? The
whole purpose is to save the world, right? Even wogs? Or was the plan
to have only Scientologists left after the world was saved?
Also, at any time, did you feel conflicted when you were being treated
so badly? For instance, when you were put on the RPF or when you'd been
physically or mentally abused, yet they were drilling into you that the
church was SO compassionate and you were doing the most good, didn't it
ever seem....wrong?
Tags: Critic, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Florida, Guardian's Office,
International Association of Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, OT,
Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Sea Org, Snow White Program
==========================================
Lamb. The Meat More People Can Eat - You Never Lamb Alone.
September 3, 2017, We love our Lamb, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8kuoFGgj8s
Come together over lamb this spring.
Tags: Quicky
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My Reply to Scientologist Tad Reeves of STAND
September 3, 2017, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2017/09/03/my-reply-to-scientologist-tad-reeves-of-stand/
Scientologist and STAND member Tad Reeves released a YouTube video
today in which he claimed that Leah Remini's show was making it so
dangerous for Scientologists that he feared for the safety of his
family. As Tad has blocked all comments - his video is a "one way flow"
where he talks and all of us are supposed to listen - I am replying
here at the Scientology Money Project.
First let me say this: Oh please! Give me a break Tad. You're such a
drama queen. Seriously. You're running what LRH called the "Dangerous
Environment Racket" where none exists. I'm not buying your act and I'll
tell you why.
The fact is that if anyone has anything to fear it is from
Scientologists. Two innocent people have been murdered in cold blood by
Scientologists in the last five years. Dozens of people have been Fair
Gamed, spied on, stalked, harassed, and intimidated in the past ten
years. So please stop your insufferable victim game. It is truly
nauseating.
Tags: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, A&E, Celebrity Centre, Chairman of the Board,
Colorado, David Miscavige, Devon Newman, Ed Bryan, Fair Game, Florida,
Freedom magazine, Jim Lynch, Johnny Lewis, L. Ron Hubbard, Las Vegas, Leah
Remini, Los Feliz, Mike Rinder, Nancy Cartwright, Office of Special Affairs,
OT, OT VIII, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Rex Fowler, Ron Miscavige
Sr, STAND, Steve Brackett, Tad Reeves, Thomas Ciancio, YouTube
==========================================
Scientology's slick (and bogus) drug education program snares another school
district
September 3, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/09/03/scientologys-slick-and-bogus-drug-education-program-snares-another-school-district/
Rod Keller once again catches Scientology worming its way into
unsuspecting classrooms and police departments with its sneaky front
groups...
Pulaski County in central Missouri is establishing a drug education
program in its public schools. The Waynesville Daily Guide reports that
the program is "The Truth About Drugs," provided by the Foundation for
a Drug-Free World. Law enforcement and school officials presenting it
are unaware that the program is provided by the Church of Scientology,
that there are errors in the materials, or that other schools have
judged them unsuitable for use.
Pulaski County has about 50,000 residents, 15,000 of whom live in Fort
Leonard Wood, a U.S. Army training base for engineers. There are six
school districts, and at least four are teaching The Truth About Drugs
this fall in middle and high school: Laquey, Dixon, Richland and
Waynesville, which is the county seat.
Tags: 2005, Abuse, Andrea Abbate, Bridge to Total Freedom, Burbank,
California, California Department of Education, Cockroach, Deaths, Dianetics,
Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Kelly Preston, Law enforcement, Los Angeles
County, LSD, Mental Health, Michael Wisner, Missouri, Narconon, Nicole
Hanson, Pulaski County, Pulaski County Coalition Against Drugs, Purification
Rundown, Rod Keller, Ron Long, Santa Monica, Steven Bales, Suppressive
Person, Texas, Truth About Drugs, Valley Ideal Org, Volunteer Ministers
==========================================
Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
September 3 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/09-03.html
==========================================
Departure in Dianetics
September 3, 1951, TIME Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,821638,00.html
The cult of dianetics, which was going strong a year ago (TIME, July
24, 1950), has some of the features of a new religion. Its founder,
"Science-Fictioneer L. Ron Hubbard, claimed that his "science of the
mind" could cure all mental and most bodily ills, make supermen of
truly devoted converts. Today, dianetics is suffering the standard fate
of the cult: one of its earliest adherents has broken away and is
accusing Hubbard of having strayed from the true faith.
Tags: A Doctor's Report on Dianetics, Dianetics, Joseph Winter, L. Ron
Hubbard, Mental breakdown
==========================================
Lawyer says Scientologists are seeking to 'frame' him
September 3, 1984, Robert Lindsey, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/03/us/lawyer-says-scientologists-are-seeking-to-frame-him.html
Michael J. Flynn, a Boston lawyer, was piloting a light aircraft toward
South Bend, Ind., in October 1979 when its engine quit mysteriously at
8,500 feet. After making an emergency landing, he said he found several
quarts of water in the fuel tank.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Krasel/cooper/bast/bast33
Tags: Ala Tamimi, Eugene Ingram, Fair Game, FBI, Judge Breckenridge, Laurel
Sullivan, Michael Flynn, Operation Freakout, Paulette Cooper
==========================================
Who Wins When Rights Conflict?
September 3, 1998, Mark Trahant, Seattle Times
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980903&slug=2769814
Also, if taxpayer funds are suitable for religious schools, then who is
going to define religion? The list of churches that might want to tap
into this funding is as long as the list of religions in the Yellow
Pages - every sect from Anglicans to Zoroastrians.
This is not idle conjecture: A proposed Los Angeles charter school says
it wants to use a teaching method based on the work of L. Ron Hubbard,
founder of the Church of Scientology.
Tags: Applied Scholastics
==========================================
Reed Slatkin Given 14-Year Prison Term
September 3, 2003, E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/print/2003/sep/03/business/fi-slatkin3
Reed E. Slatkin, who took $593 million from investors in one of the
biggest Ponzi schemes in history, was sentenced to 14 years in prison
Tuesday by a Los Angeles judge who overruled prosecutors'
recommendations for a lesser term.
Citing "the tremendous harm he has done," U.S. District Judge Margaret
Morrow rejected the former Santa Barbara money manager's claim that he
had acted under "duress and diminished capacity" because of threats
from fellow Scientologists who allegedly urged him to continue his scam
so they could profit. Morrow credited Slatkin with helping authorities
unravel the financial fiasco, as Slatkin had pledged to do in his plea
bargain last year, but raised questions about the timeliness and degree
of his assistance.
Tags: Daniel Jacobs, David Schindler, John Poitras, Judge Morrow, Ponzi, Reed
Slatkin
==========================================
Cruise apology to Shields
September 3, 2006, Christopher Claire, The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/tomcruise/Cruise-apology-to-Shields.2807537.jp
TOM Cruise has apologised to Brooke Shields for publicly criticising
her for using anti-depressants.
The 41-year-old actress said she had received the apology in person on
Thursday.
"He came over to my house, and he gave me a heartfelt apology," Shields
said during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Tags: Arnold Robinson, Brooke Shields, Tom Cruise
==========================================
Tom says sorry for drugs jibe
September 3, 2006, Javier Espinoza, The Observer
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1863803,00.html
American actor Tom Cruise has apologised to Brooke Shields for
criticising her use of antidepressant drugs while suffering postnatal
depression after the birth of her first daughter. According to Shields,
Cruise, a member of the Scientology cult which condemns the use of
antidepressants, came to her house and apologised last Thursday.
Tags: Arnold Robinson, Brooke Shields, Paramount, Sumner Redstone, Tom Cruise
==========================================
Mesothelioma a Concern for Workers Who Completed Repairs on Scientology
Cruise Ship
September 3, 2008, Asbestos.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20080913002952/http://news.asbestos.com/2008/09/03/mesothelioma-a-concern-for-workers-who-completed-repairs-on-scientology-cruise-ship/
After being quarantined on April 26 at Mathey Warf in Curacao,
Netherlands Antilles, Curacao Drydock Company was hired to perform
refurbishment and repairs, but quickly ceased work due to the risk of
asbestos exposure.
Several officials-including head of the Department of Labor Affairs,
Christiene van der Biezen, and local health department head, Tico
Ras-inspected the ship and found significant amounts of asbestos in
paneling. Subsequently, the Executive Council held a meeting and
decided that informing the public would be the best way to avoid rumors
and other problems.
Tags: Asbestos, Cura?ao, Cura?ao Drydock Company, Freewinds, Lawrence
Woodcraft, Mesothelioma, Netherlands Antilles, Nordica Engineering, Sea Org
==========================================
19 The True Believers
September 3, 2009, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/09/19-true-believers.html
More witnesses stepped forward to speak up for the defendants - and
denounce what they said was French persecution of their religion.
The final defence witnesses for the defendants were not the experts,
whose testimony had not always been what they had hoped for, but their
fellow Scientologists.
A succession of true believers stepped forward to speak up for the
defendants and to bear witness to all that Scientology had done for
their lives.
Tags: 1983, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2000, Alain Rosenberg, Aude-Claire Malton,
Catholic, Celebrity Centre, Cult, David Root, Dianetics, Dublin, E-meter,
England, France, Ireland, Jean-Fran?ois Valli, Jean-Pierre Brard, Judge
Sophie-H?l?ne Ch?teau, Northern Ireland, Operating Thetan, Paris, Personality
test, Purification Rundown, Quicky, South America, Switzerland
==========================================
Council doesn't support closing Gilman Springs Road
September 3, 2009, Gail Wesson, Press-Enterprise
http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_E_egilman04.466ff19.html
The San Jacinto City Council voted unanimously Thursday to go on record
opposing any future proposal to close Gilman Springs Road where it
bisects the Church of Scientology's Golden Era Productions property.
Tags: Barry McClellan, Golden Era Productions, Int Base, Jeff Stone, Jim
Ayres, John Mansperger, Samuel Alhadeff, Verne Lauritzen
==========================================
Another Ex-Scientologist Publishes Damning Tell-All
September 3, 2010, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/09/another_ex-scie.php
Adding to Scientology's woes, some of the people who have been making
defections in recent years are turning around and writing damning
tell-alls.
Regular publishers won't touch these books -- even though some of them
are actually very well written -- so the authors have had to go the
self-published route.
Last year's killer I-escaped-from-Scientology narrative was put out by
Marc Headley. His Blown for Good made for a gripping read, about a
low-level grunt who spent years at Scientology's secret HQ in the
California desert until he finally made a mad dash for freedom.
Tags: 1967, 1980, 1986, 2003, Battlefield Earth, Blown for Good, California,
Counterfeit Dreams, David Miscavige, Dianetics, Jefferson Hawkins, Marc
Headley, New York Times, Quicky
==========================================
Scientologist Mayor McCheese
September 3, 2010, WagTheWog, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZC20XghTak
Yep, everything Mayor McCheese says is actually a scientology belief.
Srsly.
Tags: Quicky, Tom Cruise
==========================================
Ex-Scientology Executive Marty Rathbun Headed to Germany This Week -- Why
This is Bad News for David Miscavige
September 3, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/ex-scientology_1.php
"I'm a professional." Last night, I had a conversation with Marty
Rathbun, who revealed that he's headed to Germany this week, and told
me he'd have a series of videos on his blog today breaking that news in
an interesting way -- with help from the Squirrel Busters.
Sure enough, these videos don't disappoint. After the jump, watch as
Rathbun seems to get the Squirrel Busters off-balance by telling them
he's going to Europe to clean up the mess David Miscavige made there.
Also, for those unsure what we're talking about, we'll try to explain
why the Siege in South Texas should have been national news by now, and
how Rathbun's trip to Germany is upping the ante on this story in a big
way...
As we've been reporting for months now, a bizarre and dramatic siege
has been going on in a cul-de-sac in a small town near Corpus Christi,
Texas.
Tags: 1992, 2004, 2010, Bert Leahy, Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi Caller-
Times, David Lubow, David Miscavige, Europe, Germany, Hamburg, Ingleside, Los
Angeles, Mark Collette, Marty Rathbun, Office of Special Affairs, Private
investigator, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Squirrel Busters, Texas,
Ursula Caberta
==========================================
Germany, Europe and Human Rights
September 3, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/germany-europe-and-human-rights/
UPDATE: 9/3/2011 435 pm cst: Village Voice coverage of this blog post
below at: http://blogs.villagevoice.
com/runninscared/2011/09/ex-scientology_1.php#more
During my trip this week I heard from some folks that they had heard on
the rumor line that other folks doubted the sincerity of my comment a
couple weeks back that "I have David Miscavige right where I want him."
My comment did not mean that things are easy in our life. But, we don't
seek an easy life. We're working on just what we have said we are
working on for the past two years. It is well covered in the Welcome
section of this blog as well as the section entitled The 31 Factors
that Scientologists Should Consider.
If people think that we are wasting much time on the ass clowns who
come to our home each day and follow us all around the world, you are
not watching very closely. Look at the Bert Leahy interviews. We don't
just have six ass clowns in a golf cart here. That is just the first
layer of daily diversionary tactic. There is an elaborate network
throughout our region, backed by teams of private investigators who
monitor our every move and relay to the ass clowns when to strike.
There is an entire unit at OSA INT that does nothing but coordinate
operatives throughout the US to make our lives a living hell, impede
us, and stop us by any means necessary. And there are OSA operatives
throughout the Anonymous network, ESMB site, the Freezone and
Independents running backstabbing, covert propaganda campaigns while we
are "tied up" under siege. Just look for the 1.1s using the safe
Independent Scientology space we are creating to promote such practices
as no-training-needed to get onto OT levels, "OT I and OT II are of
little importance": especially coming from "Class VIIIs","Class VIs"
and folks claiming to be "trained by Ron." They may as well be saying
"Scientology is a fraud, because after all I studied it all, and
violently disagree with the Bridge created by Ron." Think about it.
Beware of anyone who has "studied it all" and discourages you from
doing the same.
Tags: Anonymous, Bert Leahy, Class VI, Class VIII, David Miscavige, Europe,
Freezone, Germany, Independent, Independent Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard,
Office of Special Affairs, OT, Private investigator, Quicky, Village Voice
==========================================
Scientology Flameout: Commenters of the Week!
September 3, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/scientology_fla.php
Marcotai conquers entheta! We're sitting here in the underground
bunker, looking back on what was another amazing week of Scientology
watching. More and more tips are coming in, things are breaking
overseas, and the cats are mewing for their breakfast. We're on sensory
overload here, but let's pause to look back on the week that was.
On Monday, we continued our big countdown with #15, naming Andreas
Heldal-Lund and other old time critics who have spent years publicizing
Scientology's secrets and abuses on their websites.
Later that night, just after midnight, we posted a story about
Scientology's wacky New Yorker parody in its Freedom magazine. After we
got some sleep, we talked to former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder
the next morning to update the post with some perspective on Freedom's
bizarre complaints about Lawrence Wright's article.
Tags: 2008, Andreas Heldal-Lund, Anonymous, Australia, Bryan Seymour, Chuck
Beatty, Clearwater, Disconnection, Feshbach, Florida, Freedom magazine,
Holocaust, Ida Camburn, Int Base, Janet Reitman, Jeff Jacobsen, Jefferson
Hawkins, Jewish, Kansas City, Kristi Wachter, L. Ron Hubbard, Las Vegas,
Lawrence Wright, Mike Rinder, Nancy Many, Narconon, New Yorker, Office of
Special Affairs, Operation Clambake, Orange County, OSA Int, OT, Patty Moher,
Paulette Cooper, Private investigator, Quicky, Robert Minton, Russell Miller,
San Diego, San Francisco, Scott Pilutik, Sea Org, Seattle, Shane Clark, St.
Petersburg Times, Suppressive Person, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis, Tory
Christman, USA, Xenu
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Nazanin and Cruise - False Report Correction #1
September 3, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/nazanin-and-cruise-false-report-correction-1/
NBC Today ran a story about the coming Vanity Fair story on Tom Cruise
and David Miscavige's unnatural and twisted relationship. They focused
on the one aspect of the in-depth piece, the Nazanin Boniadi story,
that VF has thus far teased about. As noted Saturday, I will be
correcting inaccuracies as they are published and aired by the media.
The NBC Today piece asserted "...Cruise allegedly grew tired of her..."
Wrong.
Tags: David Miscavige, Nazanin Boniadi, NBC, Quicky, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis,
Vanity Fair
==========================================
Cretekos blasts Scientologists over tree removal
September 3, 2013, Charlie Frago, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/baybuzz/cretekos-blasts-scientologists-over-tree-removal/2139814
CLEARWATER -- Mayor George Cretekos blasted the Church of Scientology
in a letter to several constiuents last week, saying the church's
decision to cut down two live oak trees on its property without city
permission was disrepectful.
His letter was written the same day a story appeared in the Tampa Bay
Times about the church's action on a downtown site where it planned to
erect a massive tent for a planned November gathering of international
Scientologists.
"I regret, as you, that two trees have have been stealthily removed.
The City of Clearwater was attempting to work with representatives of
the Church of Scientology to ensure that any action taken would be in
compliance with city codes. Unfortunately, another approach was found
to be more convenient," Cretekos wrote on Aug. 28.
Tags: Bill Horne, City of Clearwater, George Cretekos, Quicky
==========================================
Intervention to RESCUE Scientology Inc recruit Dancer Manuela ~Brian Seymour
and Tony Ortega
September 3, 2013, SurvivingScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCtf3PReRnU
Mirrored and credit to ZhentSydney
Today Tonight is broadcast throughout Australia. High Fives to their
continuing successful revelations of the "Church" of Scientology.
Successful Dancer Manuela Oliveira was seduced to sign a Billion year
contract with the Sea Organization, promising a Dancing Career. Brian
Seymour and Tony Ortega co-ordinate on this history making story. Never
has an intervention been tried on someone on a 1 hour break in the "Sea
Org" defined in the legal arena as the "Clergy".
Tags: Australia, Facebook, Manuela Oliveira, Quicky, Sea Org, Sydney, Today
Tonight, Tony Ortega, Twitter
==========================================
Making the Grade: Scientology Prepares Us for the Future
September 3, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/09/03/making-the-grade-scientology-prepares-us-for-the-future/
Claire Headley is taking us on our journey to train as Scientologists.
She and her husband Marc were Sea Org workers who escaped from
Scientology's International Base in 2005. She spent years working with
Scientology's "tech," and was trusted to oversee the auditing of Tom
Cruise. Go here to see the first part in this series.
Last week, Claire, you introduced us to Scientology's "security checks"
- tough interrogations that all Scientologists eventually experience on
their way up the "Bridge to Total Freedom." Next on our way up the
Bridge is Expanded Grade 3, which seems less menacing, but still
carries some pretty steep prices.
CLAIRE: Well, after this and Grade 4 we're on to Dianetics and the
state of Clear...
Tags: 2005, Bridge to Total Freedom, Claire Headley, Clear, Dianetics, Int
Base, Quicky, Sea Org, Sec Check, Tom Cruise
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UK Ideal Fundraising -- The Delusion is Mind Blowing UPDATED
September 3, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/uk-ideal-fundraising-the-delusion-is-mind-blowing/
I have seen a lot of unreal delusory statements coming from inside the
bubble but I think this one takes the cake (so far....)
This is the UK "Landlord", responsible for tens of millions of pounds
of real estate. I don't know him, but he sounds like a teenager who
thinks if he is "enthusiastic" everything will turn out ok "we are
winning and things are looking good" "we will make this cleared UK a
reality and are doing this".
The Porsche raffle is an interesting touch...
Tags: Birmingham, Chairman of the Board, Clear, E-meter, Freewinds,
Fundraising, Humanitarian, Ideal Org, L. Ron Hubbard, London, Michael Chan,
Mike Ricketts, OT Committee, Quicky, Saint Hill, Sea Org, UK
==========================================
A Clear Portland
September 3, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-clear-portland/
The ideal "ideal" org in the "first Clear city" is going to town on
"clearing their city."
12 Clears in 9 months. 15 per year. Should have Portland wrapped up in
the year 42,014.
But frankly, they have probably produced more clears than any of the
other "ideal" orgs. I would bet that there are "ideal" orgs out there
that have not produced a SINGLE clear since GAG II. In fact, I would be
it was the VAST majority of "ideal orgs"....
Tags: Clear, Portland, Quicky
==========================================
Nancy Cartwright puts out the creepiest Scientology advertisement of all time
September 3, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/09/03/nancy-cartwright-puts-out-the-creepiest-scientology-advertisement-of-all-time/
Scientologist extraordinaire, voice of Bart Simpson, and San Fernando
Valley resident Nancy Cartwright - known to the locals as 'Her Royal
Governess' - has provided what may be the creepiest Scientology
advertisement of all time.
Readers of the Underground Bunker know that Cartwright has been heavily
pushing her fellow Valleyites to come to one themed event after another
where they have the pleasure of being held in a locked room until they
fork over large donations for the renovation of a dull-looking building
at Lankershim and Burbank Boulevards in North Hollywood.
Nancy herself has donated more than $10 million to Scientology, and
she's been laser-focused on getting the Valley project done. And once
again, Nancy comes through, this time with a ... sculpture?
Tags: Advance!, Buddha, Burbank, Hollywood, Nancy Cartwright, OT, Quicky, San
Fernando Valley
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Scientologists 'still in design phase' for Plymouth hotel
September 3, 2014, Tristan Nichols, Plymouth Herald
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Scientologists-design-phase-hotel/story-22867602-detail/story.html
The Church of Scientology bought the historic building for about
?1million in June 2010 and revealed ambitious plans to spend ?2.
5million on renovating it.
But four years on scientologists in Plymouth say there is still "no set
date" for either a planning application for the site, or an official
opening date.
"We are still in the design phase of the project," said Lisa Coffey,
community affairs director for the Church of Scientology Plymouth.
Tags: Ideal Org, Lisa Coffey, Plymouth, Royal Fleet Hotel, UK
==========================================
Sea Org Document: Dare to have children, you get sent to Scientology's
version of Siberia
September 3, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/09/03/sea-org-document-dare-to-have-children-you-get-sent-to-scientologys-version-of-siberia/
Martin Ottmann is a longtime critic of the Church of Scientology who is
known for his dogged search for documents that describe every aspect of
Scientology management and life. We asked him to bring some of his
expertise to the Underground Bunker and help us dig into the dark
corners of this secretive organization.
Last week, Martin sent us a document issued at Scientology's PAC Base
in Los Angeles in 1989. That document restricted the amount of time
that Sea Org parents could spend with their children. Now, he's sent us
another PAC document from that time regarding Sea Org couples that
dared to get pregnant.
With Sea Org members signing billion-year contracts and working
110-hour weeks for pennies an hour, they were seriously discouraged
from having children. For decades, Sea Org women who became pregnant
were pressured to have abortions. Those couples who insisted on having
children were, as this document shows, shipped to "failing" orgs in
undesirable parts of the globe.
Tags: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2005, Abortion, Birmingham, Class V, CLO WUS,
Commodore's Messenger Organization, David Miscavige, DC, England, Flag Order,
Los Angeles, Mareka Brousseau, Martin Ottmann, Mission, PAC Base, Quicky,
Regulation, Sea Org, Siberia
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(VIDEO) The Scientology Experience, Part 1: Getting In
September 3, 2015, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2015/09/03/video-the-scientology-experience-part-1-getting-in/
Hello everyone.
I've offered quite a few facts, views and opinions about Scientology
over the past almost two years and I've been very happy to see the
positive effects this has created with so many people on my channel. My
efforts have been an attempt to be a kind of whistle blower to the
abuses and damage that Scientology causes to anyone it comes in contact
with. While it wasn't my original goal to do this, my channel has been
a sort of documentary of my own recovery from the cult and the progress
I've made in re-integrating into the real world through learning and
using critical thinking skills.
But I'm not the only one who has experienced this sort of thing and I
thought it would be a very good idea to talk to some other people who
have also come out of destructive cults and get their stories. I mean,
my own story is interesting enough but I think if anyone wants to do
any real critical thinking on a subject, they have to get more than one
person's point of view.
Tags: Quicky, Robyn Capella, Sea Org
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It's a video extravaganza as three former members tell us about life inside
Scientology
September 3, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/09/03/its-a-video-extravaganza-as-three-former-members-tell-us-about-life-inside-scientology/
It's a video extravaganza today as we received new recordings from
three of our regular contributors. What they have in common is that
they're interested in a young person's journey in Scientology.
Chris Shelton interviews Robyn Capella about what it was like to be
pulled into Scientology by her parents when she was just a teenager.
Nora Crest dives into part two of her rumination on the bizarre sex
rules faced by Scientologists - and she makes a special appeal to Laura
Prepon about her involvement in the church. And Aaron Smith-Levin talks
about the end of his Scientology career, when he tried to leave
amicably, but found that Scientology is best at making enemies.
We'll start with Nora, who kicked off her video series last time with a
look at some of the strange restrictions on sex that Sea Org members
have to observe. Now, she follows that up by looking at L. Ron
Hubbard's strange policy bulletin, "Pain and Sex."
Tags: Aaron Smith-Levin, Africa, Applied Scholastics, Chris Shelton, Director
of Special Affairs, Estates Project Force, France, Laura Prepon, Los Angeles,
Mountain View, Nora Crest, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, Robyn Capella,
Rock for Human Rights, Russia, Sea Org, Switzerland, Sylvia DeWall, Youth for
Human Rights International
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IT'S NOT "SERENE"...AND WHERE'S THE "POINT"? Staff Exodus, Growing Pains At
Per Wickstrom's SeSerenity Point Recovery In Marne, Michigan Facility? Indeed.
com Lists 9 New "Immediate Openings", Including A Director of Nursing!
September 3, 2015, Miss Fortune, Glistening, Quivering Underbelly
http://glisteningquiveringunderbelly.blogspot.com/2015/09/its-not-sereneand-wheres-point-staff.html
It looks like Per Wickstrom's Marne, Michigan location, Serenity Point
Recovery, may be experiencing staff turnover.
The job search site, Indeed.com, reveals immediate openings for a Group
Facilitator, Director of Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA),
Client Safety Officers, Nursing (RN/LPN), Housekeeping Attendants and
Maintenance staff.
And the facility is looking for "Withdraw Specialists", describing the
job as working in a "medically supervised detox". It looks like the bar
for this critical, front-line job is set pretty low, with prospective
candidates required to be either a CNA or have current CPR and First
Aid certifications.
Tags: Marne, Michigan, OT, Per Wickstrom, Quicky, Serenity Point
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Thursday Funnies
September 3, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-47/
Is this a joke?
Scientology is going to teach the world how to do PR? And the KKK are
going to be holding a seminar on racial tolerance...
Arte Maren? Seriously?
Tags: Africa, Arthur Maren, Barbara Dews, Birmingham, Brett Miller,
Caribbean, Cult, Cura?ao, Denice Duff, Don Drader, Elaine Siegal, Freewinds,
Harlem, Harry MacDonald, Inglewood, International Association of
Scientologists, Jackson Wyan, Joe Yazbeck, KKK, Noelle North, Orange County,
OT, OT VIII, Peter Oram, Quentin Strub, Quicky, Rick Alexander, Rocket ride,
Sea Org, Seattle, Stanley Clarke, Student Hat, Super Power, Thursday Funnies
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AOSHANZO
September 3, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/aoshanzo/
Big news. AOSHANZO opens tomorrow.
There will be A "Special guest speaker" - why they are afraid to say
his name is anyone's guess. Nobody is supposed to know he is there? Any
enterprising media in Australia will know Miscavige is in town and even
what hotel he is staying at. And there ARE some enterprising media in
Australia who would love to ask Mr. Miscavige a few questions.
But the best news of all is that this will be an opening "unlike any
other!" Hah. And if you believe that I have a bridge I would like to
sell you that spans Sydney Harbor. This event will be EXACTLY like all
the others. Droning Shermanspeak and puffery about the "Golden Age" and
how much scientology is expanding.
Tags: ANZO, AOSH ANZO, Australia, Colin Davie, David Miscavige, International
Hubbard Ecclesiastical League of Pastors, Melbourne, Quicky, Shermanspeak,
Sydney, Taiwan, Tokyo
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Dan Koon, co-writer of Scientology tell-all 'Ruthless,' on his days with L.
Ron Hubbard
September 3, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/09/03/dan-koon-cowriter-of-scientology-tell-all-ruthless-on-his-days-with-l-ron-hubbard/
(Dan Koon and his wife Mariette Lindstein)
Here in the US, we've started our long weekend celebrating Labor Day
and unofficially ending the summer. And we're getting the weekend going
thanks to our longtime contributor Jeffrey Augustine, who is back with
another podcast.
He interviewed Dan Koon, the former high-ranking technical expert in
the Church of Scientology who, after leaving the organization in 2004,
has been helping several other former members write books about their
experiences. His latest collaboration is with Ron Miscavige and their
bestselling memoir, Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and
Me.
Tags: 1978, 2004, 2013, California, Caroline Letkeman, Dan Koon, Daniel
Powell, David Miscavige, Dwayne Powell, Eugene Ingram, Gerry Armstrong, Greg
Arnold, Jeffrey Augustine, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Joe Howard, Mariette
Lindstein, Marty Rathbun, Memoirs of a Scientology Warrior, National
Enquirer, Pat Broeker, Paul Marrick, Police, Private investigator, Quicky,
Ron Miscavige, Ron Miscavige Jr, Ron Miscavige Sr, Ruthless: Scientology, My
Son David Miscavige, and Me, Sea Org, West Allis
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Scientology Insider Dan Koon - Part 1 of His Story
September 3, 2016, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2016/09/03/scientology-insider-dan-koon-part-1-of-his-story/
Former Sea Org member Dan Koon worked in the compilations unit of
Scientology (RTRC) where Hubbard's writings were turned into official
Scientology books, lectures, and publications. Many of these products
were sold to Scientologists and the public and thus represented a
significant income stream for the Church. Accordingly, David Miscavige
micromanaged compilations and Dan worked closely with Miscavige. After
leaving the Sea Org, Dan Koon later helped Ron Miscavige Sr. to write
his New York Times bestselling book - Ruthless: Scientology, My Son
David Miscavige, and Me.
Dan Koon had a long and fascinating career in the Sea Org. Part 1 is an
introduction to Dan Koon and an overview of Dan's career. In Part 2 we
will get into specifics and discuss Ron Miscavige Sr.'s book Ruthless.
It is hard to do Dan's career justice in just one hour. For many years
Dan worked in Scientology's Technical Research and Compilations Unit.
This is where "Scientology" is codified by research, editing, and
studying Hubbard's original writings. Decisions are made by David
Miscavige as to what the "Tech" is and what LRH meant. The compilation
of Super Power, GAT, and GAT II began in this unit based on orders from
David Miscavige.
Tags: 2006, Basics, Blown for Good, Clear, Cult, Dan Koon, David Miscavige, L.
Ron Hubbard, Marty Rathbun, New York Times, Quicky, Ron Miscavige Sr,
Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me, Sea Org, Super Power
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Back to School with Terl. Seriously?
September 3, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/back-to-school-with-terl-seriously/
Something a little lighter today. It's a day of rest.
Back to school with Terl.
I wonder which teacher voted this? Why would a teacher recommend this
book?
Tags: Battlefield Earth, Diego Martinez, Galaxy Press, Quicky
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Critical Q&A #124
September 3, 2017, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2017/09/03/critical-qa-124/
The weekly show where I answer viewers' questions, left for me in the
comments sections of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at
AskChri...@gmail.com. This week, the questions I answer are:
(1) Ok, on Leah Remini's show, she made the comment that she felt
superior. I understand that she felt superior to everyone because, as
an actor, they are treated superior to everyone, even from the rest of
the people in Scientology. My question is, when you were in
Scientology, did you feel superior to everyone outside the church? The
whole purpose is to save the world, right? Even wogs? Or was the plan
to have only Scientologists left after the world was saved?
Also, at any time, did you feel conflicted when you were being treated
so badly? For instance, when you were put on the RPF or when you'd been
physically or mentally abused, yet they were drilling into you that the
church was SO compassionate and you were doing the most good, didn't it
ever seem....wrong?
Tags: Critic, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Florida, Guardian's Office,
International Association of Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, OT,
Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Sea Org, Snow White Program
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Lamb. The Meat More People Can Eat - You Never Lamb Alone.
September 3, 2017, We love our Lamb, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8kuoFGgj8s
Come together over lamb this spring.
Tags: Quicky
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My Reply to Scientologist Tad Reeves of STAND
September 3, 2017, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2017/09/03/my-reply-to-scientologist-tad-reeves-of-stand/
Scientologist and STAND member Tad Reeves released a YouTube video
today in which he claimed that Leah Remini's show was making it so
dangerous for Scientologists that he feared for the safety of his
family. As Tad has blocked all comments - his video is a "one way flow"
where he talks and all of us are supposed to listen - I am replying
here at the Scientology Money Project.
First let me say this: Oh please! Give me a break Tad. You're such a
drama queen. Seriously. You're running what LRH called the "Dangerous
Environment Racket" where none exists. I'm not buying your act and I'll
tell you why.
The fact is that if anyone has anything to fear it is from
Scientologists. Two innocent people have been murdered in cold blood by
Scientologists in the last five years. Dozens of people have been Fair
Gamed, spied on, stalked, harassed, and intimidated in the past ten
years. So please stop your insufferable victim game. It is truly
nauseating.
Tags: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, A&E, Celebrity Centre, Chairman of the Board,
Colorado, David Miscavige, Devon Newman, Ed Bryan, Fair Game, Florida,
Freedom magazine, Jim Lynch, Johnny Lewis, L. Ron Hubbard, Las Vegas, Leah
Remini, Los Feliz, Mike Rinder, Nancy Cartwright, Office of Special Affairs,
OT, OT VIII, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Rex Fowler, Ron Miscavige
Sr, STAND, Steve Brackett, Tad Reeves, Thomas Ciancio, YouTube
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Scientology's slick (and bogus) drug education program snares another school
district
September 3, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/09/03/scientologys-slick-and-bogus-drug-education-program-snares-another-school-district/
Rod Keller once again catches Scientology worming its way into
unsuspecting classrooms and police departments with its sneaky front
groups...
Pulaski County in central Missouri is establishing a drug education
program in its public schools. The Waynesville Daily Guide reports that
the program is "The Truth About Drugs," provided by the Foundation for
a Drug-Free World. Law enforcement and school officials presenting it
are unaware that the program is provided by the Church of Scientology,
that there are errors in the materials, or that other schools have
judged them unsuitable for use.
Pulaski County has about 50,000 residents, 15,000 of whom live in Fort
Leonard Wood, a U.S. Army training base for engineers. There are six
school districts, and at least four are teaching The Truth About Drugs
this fall in middle and high school: Laquey, Dixon, Richland and
Waynesville, which is the county seat.
Tags: 2005, Abuse, Andrea Abbate, Bridge to Total Freedom, Burbank,
California, California Department of Education, Cockroach, Deaths, Dianetics,
Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Kelly Preston, Law enforcement, Los Angeles
County, LSD, Mental Health, Michael Wisner, Missouri, Narconon, Nicole
Hanson, Pulaski County, Pulaski County Coalition Against Drugs, Purification
Rundown, Rod Keller, Ron Long, Santa Monica, Steven Bales, Suppressive
Person, Texas, Truth About Drugs, Valley Ideal Org, Volunteer Ministers
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