Today in Scientology -- May 4th **************************************************************

[Scientology Today]

Today May 4th in Scientology history
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Religion and taxes
May 4, 1987, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/49986541.html?dids=49986541:49986541&FMT=FT

But just calling one's organization religious does not make its
expenses altruistic. The Church of Scientology claims religiosity and
exemption from paying local property taxes. But it charges for its
services like any other business, and some of its leaders have been
convicted of federal crimes. The IRS and local tax collectors have
pursued it into courts, which have held the government to be justified
in collecting taxes from Scientology.

Tags: 1981, 1983, 1986, Clearwater, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Jim
Bakker, South Carolina, Tax exempt, Taxes, USA

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Pain At The Pump: The Little Green Pill
May 4, 2006, Michelle Meredith, WESH Orlando
https://www.wesh.com/news/9161874/detail.html

With the price of gas going sky high, a new product has hit the market.
It's called BioPerformance Fuel, but most people just called it "the
little green pill." It claims to save you big bucks on gas.

The gas pill almost seems to have a cult following, WESH 2 News reported.

Tags: BioPerformance, Lowell Mims, Mothballs

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Nice Cans (PG-13 VERSION... there's CUSSIN!)
May 4, 2008, DatsumJB, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u72jR1Rdzxg

Anonymous plays with a Mathison (err, I mean HUBBARD) Mark VI E-meter.

Want one? Check it out here! http://search.ebay.com/search/search....

(Portions of the video are blurred as potentially personally
identifying info can be seen)

Tags: Anonymous, E-meter, Quicky

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Toronto Church of Scientology org mini raid May 4th, 2008
May 4, 2008, thekancer, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABxr-LB0hEU

This video contains epic enturbulation, including police dox-dropping,
aggressive scientology camera women, EDMUND YEE body-checking myself
and spacko and overall excellent enturbulating of the Toronto org.

Tags: Quicky, Toronto

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leaked scientology More on OT3 by senior CS ANZO
May 4, 2009, schisim, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=829Yj0hEFDc

1992 Sydney advanced org, Shane Brockdolf senior cs ANZO talks about
passing ot3, and the written materials. more to come from this segment.
Link to the handwritten materials talked about is :

Tags: 1992, ANZO, OT, Quicky, Shane Brockdolf, Sydney

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Rann may sue top Lib
May 4, 2009, Pia Akerman, The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25424005-5006787,00.html

Mr Hamilton-Smith asked questions in parliament last Tuesday about
documents allegedly linking Mr Rann to a $20,000 donation from a
business linked to the Scientologists. The documents - seeming to be
invoices from the ALP and emails between Labor Party figures - had been
denounced as forgeries by the following morning.

Mr Hamilton-Smith continued to insist outside parliament the documents
were real until he was forced to apologise late on Wednesday.

Tags: Dodgygate, Martin Hamilton-Smith, Michael Abbott, Michael Brown, Mike
Rann, Nick Bolkus

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Scientologists Get Going, UFOs in the Miracle Mile
May 4, 2009, Dakota, Curbed LA
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2009/05/curbedwire_scientologists_get_going_ufos_in_the_miracle_mile.php

EAST HOLLYWOOD: For the longest time, reps from the church have said
that repairs to their Fountain Avenue building, which was damaged in
the 1994 Northridge earthquake, have been going on, but here's the
first time that we've seen any actual progress on that tower.
Immediately after taking these photos, the black-clad Scientology
guards on bikes started circling, asking why we were taking photos.

Tags: Los Angeles

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Scientology for the Rich
May 4, 2010, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/scientology-for-the-rich/

Even the most dedicated Scientologist can see the disparity between the
stated goal of "Clearing the Planet" and the fact of the Church's high
"donation rates." At Flag, the cost of a single intensive of auditing,
12 ? hours, is $6,800. You can get a used car for that. Scientologists
can and do spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to reach Clear and OT.
Add to that the donations to the IAS, Ideal Orgs and Superpower ?
those donations you'd better make if you want to keep your OT
Eligibility, and it puts Scientology completely out of reach for at
least 95% of the planet. Consider that only 6% of Americans make over
$100,000 a year, and only 3% make over $125,000, or $250,000 household
income.

And what about the rest of the planet? What about countries where the
average per capita income is $20,000, $10,000, $5,000 or even less?

What happened to Clearing the Planet? How's that supposed to work?

Tags: 1980, Applied Scholastics, Clear, Dianetics, Harlem, Ideal Org,
International Association of Scientologists, Isaac Hayes, Narconon, OT,
Quicky, Sea Org, The Way to Happiness

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British man refused permission to settle in New Zealand over Scientology case
May 4, 2011, Herald Sun
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/british-man-refused-permission-to-settle-in-new-zealand-over-scientology-case/story-e6frf7jx-1226049617042

AN Oxford University-educated Briton has been refused permission to
settle in New Zealand with his family after failing to disclose he was
deported from Denmark over a criminal charge connected with the Church
of Scientology.

Robin Scott - an accountant who lived in Cornwall and Scotland before
moving to New Zealand - argued the 1984 Danish criminal matter, which
led to him serving a month in jail before being deported from that
country, had essentially been a civil dispute over "industrial
espionage", The Dominion Post said.

Scott, 62, was originally a member of the Church of Scientology, but
later formed a breakaway group.

Tags: 1984, 1990, Cornwall, Denmark, Dominion Post, New Zealand, Oxford
University, Robin Scott, Scotland, stuff.co.nz

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Corporate Scientology Public Enemy #1, pt II
May 4, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/corporate-scientology-public-enemy-1-pt-ii/

Tags: Quicky

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"They Put Me At Risk" - Xenophon Sues
May 4, 2012, Sarawak Report
http://www.sarawakreport.org/2012/05/11878/?utm_source=Sarawak+Report&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=da74e21eaf-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN

The Australian Senator Nick Xenophon has confirmed to Sarawak Report
that he fully intends to sue the New Straits Times, despite the
newspaper's grovelling apologies yesterday.

Tags: Malaysia, Nick Xenophon

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Amanda Palmer Loved Kate Bornstein's Memoir So Much, She Crashed the Book
Party
May 4, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/05/scientology_amanda_palmer_kate_bornstein_neil_gaiman.php

Kate Bornstein and the Voice cover take a star turn at Dixon Place
Tuesday night, we were invited to play a small part in Kate Bornstein's
book party at the experimental theater Dixon Place, to celebrate the
release of her memoir, A Queer and Pleasant Danger.

Earlier that day, our cover story about Kate had popped up on the
website, and the print version of this week's Voice had also started
showing up around town.

Kate is not only a well-known performance artist, she's also a familiar
face among the many commenters at this blog, and we've enjoyed learning
about her experiences as a Scientologist on the Apollo with L. Ron
Hubbard back in the early 1970s.

Tags: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1984, 2009, 2010, A Queer and Pleasant
Danger, Advance!, Apollo, Apostate, Australia, Barbara Carrellas, Celebrity
Centre, Clear, Corfu, Dana Goodyear, David Gaiman, David Mayo, Disconnection,
Ethics, Facebook, Fair Game, FBI, Florida, Independent, John Dixon, Kate
Bornstein, L. Ron Hubbard, Lawrence Wright, Los Angeles, Malaysia,
Mediterranean, Milton Katselas, Neil Gaiman, New York City, New Yorker, Nick
Xenophon, Orders of the Day, OT, OT III, OT Phenomena, OT VIII, Paul Haggis,
Quicky, Suppressive Person, Telex, Wall Street Journal

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Frank Oliver, ex-Scientologist, press conference 1998
May 4, 2012, Jeff Jacobsen, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM9-efj_SOY

Ex-Scientologist Frank Oliver discusses his experiences in Scientology
at a press conference in Clearwater, Florida December 1998.

Tags: 1998, Clearwater, Florida, Frank Oliver, Quicky

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Rupert Murdoch and David Miscavige
May 4, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/rupert-murdoch-and-david-miscavige/

Haydn James submitted an article published below that draws many
parallels between media king Rupert Murdoch and squirrel king David
Miscavige.

Here are a few things to take into consideration when reading Haydn's
piece.

Rupert Murdoch cut his teeth on bashing L Ron Hubbard and Scientology
during the sixties in Australia.

Tags: 1968, 2004, 2009, Australia, BBC, David Miscavige, England, FBI, Fox
News, Haydn James, Independent Scientologists, James Packer, Journalist, L.
Ron Hubbard, London Times, New York Post, Office of Special Affairs, Police,
Private investigator, Quicky, Ron's Journal, Rupert Murdoch, Scotland Yard,
Squirrel, Tampa, The Truth Rundown, Tom Cruise, UK, USA, Wall Street Journal

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Scientology Set to Open Orange County Ideal Org in Santa Ana
May 4, 2012, Josh Dulaney, OC Weekly
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2012/05/scientology_set_to_open_orange_county_ideal_org_santa_ana.php

Mike McCoy, a police community services specialist with the Santa Ana
Police Department, confirmed that it is "90 percent" certain that the
organization will open that day at Sycamore and Fifth streets at the
former Santa Ana Performing Arts and Event Center.

Apparently, the group has failed to launch a couple times over the past
few months. McCoy said they've nixed previous opening days.

Tags: Anonymous, Ideal Org, Mike McCoy, Orange County

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Two dead in last 6 1/2 months at Narconon Arrowhead
May 4, 2012, AP, Tulsa World
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/two-dead-in-last-months-at-narconon-arrowhead/article_4b1cdb1a-c366-5e4c-8b78-0ae024ffb531.html

The state medical examiner's office wants to take a deeper look at the
deaths of two people at a drug rehabilitation center that uses saunas
and vitamins as part of an intensive cleansing regimen.

Tags: Death, Gabriel Graves, Hillary Holten, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead,
Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office, Quebec

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A Tribute To Denise Byrne a True Hero
May 4, 2013, Intelligenceplus, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqibffR-FVs

May 4, 2013 -- Denise Byrne passed away the evening of Friday April
26th, with her Son Adam Holland and his sister Laura at her bedside.
Also present were many of her good friends, including her family doctor
of 17 years. Denise was a true hero in the fight for human rights and
freedoms; especially those violated by Scientology.

Tags: Adam Holland, Denise Byrne, Quicky

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Corporate Scientology Child Fundraisers
May 4, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/corporate-scientology-child-fundraisers/

Miscavige and his corporate Scientology vultures have apparently taken
lessons from Slumdog Millionaire on how to use children to raise money.

This may be hard to believe, but I assure you this is 100% true.

First, here is an excerpt of a Hat Write sent in by one of our Swiss
correspondents. It explains how to raise funds using children.

Tags: 2009, David Miscavige, Ideal Org, L. Ron Hubbard, Quicky, Zurich

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Scientology in Germany
May 4, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/scientology-in-germany/

Please read about and see the New Germany Independent Scientology
Center (click link)- translation of text below:

On April 27 our opening party was an overwhelming success. 36 guests
filled our new courseroom with a tremendous amount of theta, much more
than I have ever witnessed during a comparable event. Scientologists -
some had not met in 15 years - were in a real extasy of communication.

We had guests from one half of Germany. A few friends from Ron's Org
attended, too. Although we are completely separate groups we were not
at all competition minded. Our center delivers auditing up to Clear and
auditor training including the solo course. We use course materials
produced before the alleged "golden age of tech".

Tags: Clear, Germany, Independent Scientology, Quicky

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Scientology Sockpuppet Speaks (Sort Of....)
May 4, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-sockpuppet-speaks-sort-of/

Corporate Scientology has mastered the art of speaking out of both side
of its mouth and keeping a straight face at the same time.

See Tony Ortega's article about the Laura DeCrescenzo case this morning.
While pleading that the CHURCH is being "discriminated" against (they
have also mastered the art of playing victims - everyone including the
courts, psychiatrists, governments, SPs, media, the internet, drug
companies, cyberterrorists, anyone who dies in their care and the
martians are out to "get" them) and how turning over Laura's pc folders
will prejudice "other religions," they don't mention that they hang
onto these folders so they can comb through them to use against
"critics", or that they have admitted that more than 200 people have
had access to her pc folders (and that doesnt include those they have
NOT admitted to, including the fact that sessions are video'd). Nor do
they mention the simple fact that she isnt asking for someone else's
folders or "privileged" information. She is asking only for her own
files - THEIR record of HER statements. The church is NOT protecting
her from the disclosure of her confessionals to a hostile source, they
are ONLY seeking to protect themselves by hiding their records of what
she said because they will SUPPORT her claims. Such amazing hypocrisy
under the guise of sanctimonious "religious beliefs." The only
religious belief at issue here is the belief that they must protect
themselves from the outside world at all costs....

But then here comes another doozie. This time from nominal
"spokesperson" Karin Pouw STILL responding to Larry Wright's book.
Karin has not actually SPOKEN in a few years now. She is simply the
name affixed to victim letters sent out by the church to the media. She
does not write the letters.

Tags: 1971, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2012, Appeal, California, Canada, Church
of Scientology International, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, FBI,
Florida, Jim Jones, Karin Pouw, Laura DeCrescenzo, Lawrence Wright, Los
Angeles, Luis Garcia, Marty Rathbun, New York Review of Books, OT, PC
folders, Publisher, Quicky, Reader's Digest, Reverend, Richard Leiby, The
Hole, Time magazine, Tom Cruise, Tony Ortega, Washington Post

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SCIENTOLOGY TO CALIFORNIA SUPREMES: State's Priest-Penitent Law is
Unconstitutional
May 4, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/05/04/scientology-to-california-supreme-court-states-priest-penitent-law-is-unconstitutional/

Earlier this week we told you that Laura DeCrescenzo's forced-abortion
lawsuit against the Church of Scientology had reached a crucial stage,
and that the church is scrambling to prevent a release of thousands of
pages of documents that could bolster DeCrescenzo's case.

The documents come from Laura's "pc folders," which were compiled as
she spent years undergoing brutal interrogations as a member of the
church's "Sea Org." Unlike in a Catholic confessional, DeCrescenzo's
auditing sessions were not only recorded by auditors, but those notes
were reviewed and shared by case supervisors and other church employees
- the church itself admits that some 250 officials compiled or reviewed
these notes, which contain intimate secrets about DeCrescenzo's private
life. When she demanded the documents - which fill about 140 folders
and were compiled over a decade - the church tried to keep them secret
under California law that protects priest-penitent confessions (even
though it was the penitent - DeCrescenzo - who wanted the material).
The superior court in Los Angeles ruled that because Laura's notes were
shared by so many church employees, that law didn't apply, and the
church has already lost an appeal of that decision.

So now the church has petitioned the state's supreme court, arguing
that the law itself is unconstitutional because it discriminates
against Scientology's concept of confessional confidentiality. We now
have the church's petition, and we're sharing it with our readers.

Tags: 2009, Abortion, Appeal, Bert Deixler, California, Catholic, Christian,
Condusiv Technologies, Craig Jensen, Diskeeper, E-meter, Jon Atack, Laura
DeCrescenzo, Los Angeles, Mormon, PC folders, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project
Force, Sea Org, Sec Check, Village Voice

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Scientology critics gather for weeklong conference
May 4, 2014, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/scientology-critics-gather-for-week-long-conference-in-clearwater-area/2178314

CLEARWATER - Several critics of the Church of Scientology, including
the great-grandson of church founder L. Ron Hubbard, are scheduled to
speak this week at a local conference organizers say will draw
attention to "human rights abuses" within the Scientology community.

Called "Flag Down 2014," the conference is a series of presentations
planned today through Friday at various mid and North Pinellas venues.
On Saturday, organizers plan a public protest of Scientology in
downtown Clearwater.

But the church already has taken steps to at least partially restrict
the protestors.

Tags: 1950, 1976, 2008, 2013, BBC, Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of
Scientology, Clearwater, Clearwater Beach, Disconnection, Flag Building, Flag
Down, Flag Down 2014, Flag Land Base, Fort Harrison, George Cretekos,
Ireland, Jamie DeWolf, John Sweeney, Largo, Pete Griffiths, Quicky, Ron
DeWolf, Russell Miller

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Sunday Funnies: Scientology says, May the Fourth be with you
May 4, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/05/04/sunday-funnies-scientology-says-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/

On Sundays, we share with you the latest fundraising mailers
Scientology has sent out to its beleaguered members, who have been
subjected to constant appeals and are generally exhausted.

How do you convince people to keep coming out for events where they'll
be under intense pressure to turn over thousands of dollars they can't
afford to give? In recent years, we've seen Scientology organizations
get increasingly creative (and cheesy), hoping that a party with a
pirate or superhero theme will somehow convince church members to come
down for a another fleecing.

And now, the folks at the Mountain View org - who are trying to raise
millions for a new "Silicon Valley Ideal Org" - have really outdone
themselves. Last night, they held a very special party for fundraising,
and we think you're going to enjoy the teaser video they put together
to encourage attendance...

Tags: Alaska, Austin, Celebrity Centre, David Petit, Mountain View, OT
Phenomena, Quicky, San Fernando Valley, Scientology organization, Sunday
Funnies, Valley Ideal Org

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The IAS "Benefits All 8 Dynamics"
May 4, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/ias-benefits-8-dynamics/

The cliches just keep rolling out.

And apparently the meaningless drivel is accepted by the sheeple as
somehow coherent and believable. These sort of emails and promotional
pitches offer an interesting insight into the warped world inside the
bubble.

If you read Shaked's latest missive just as it is written, you will see
there is not a single specific about anything, just sweeping
generalities about final rewards and walking free.

Tags: Dissemination, Foundation International Membership Services
Administrations, International Association of Scientologists, Quicky

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Counter-documentaries: when subjects of investigation go on the attack
May 4, 2015, Fred Wagner, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/04/counter-documentaries-louis-theroux-church-of-scientology

Recently Louis Theroux revealed that the Church of Scientology is
looking to neutralise his forthcoming documentary about them by
producing their very own film about him. In the US there's a saying
that "the best defence is a good offence" and L Ron Hubbard, the
founder of the religion, was a believer: "Don't ever defend, always
attack," he once instructed his followers.

It's not surprising then, that such "counter-documentaries" are a
staple of the Church. They've done one on John Sweeney, the Panorama
presenter who memorably lost his cool while interviewing Scientology's
then chief spokesman; they've done one on CNN's Anderson Cooper and
they're likely to do one on any public figure who comes even remotely
close to criticising them in broad daylight.

Tags: Anderson Cooper, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,
HBO, John Sweeney, Leni Riefenstahl, Louis Theroux, Stairway to Heaven,
Triumph of the Will

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More from a secretly-recorded executive griping about Scientology's sad state
of affairs
May 4, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/05/04/more-from-a-secretly-recorded-executive-griping-about-scientologys-sad-state-of-affairs/

Former Scientology Sea Org worker Chris Shelton is helping us decode a
remarkable audio recording, secretly made, which captures a man named
Andres Rodriguez (pictured) giving a briefing to an audience of
Scientology non-staff "publics."

Rodriguez carries the title of Senior Case Supervisor of the Western
United States (Snr C/S WUS), and he's also notable because at one time
he was married to the "handler" of actress Katie Holmes, a woman named
Jessica Feshbach. (Feshbach is today married to former Scientology
spokesman Tommy Davis, and they are both out of the Sea Org.)

In this third portion of the audio recording (Go here for Part One and
Part Two), we hear more jargon from Rodriguez as he explains to his
audience at an org somewhere in the US that he has complaints about the
way they've been doing things. Shelton, and our oldtimers in the
commenting community, tell us they're pretty surprised by what
Rodriguez has been saying - the Scientology he's describing is very
different than what they experienced in past years.

Tags: 1980, 1988, 1990, Advanced Org, Alex Gibney, Andres Rodriguez, AOSHEU,
Birthday Game, Bridge to Total Freedom, Cause Resurgence Rundown, Chris
Shelton, Class V, Clear, Copenhagen, Cracked cases, David Miscavige,
Dianetics, Drug Rundown, E-meter, Europe, Feshbach, Going Clear: Scientology
and the Prison of Belief, Ideal Org, Jessica Feshbach, John Travolta, Katie
Holmes, Los Angeles, PAC Base, Saint Hill Special Briefing Course, Santa
Barbara, Scientology organization, Scientology staff, Sea Org, Suppressive
Person, Survival Rundown, Tommy Davis

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Lawsuit: I Was Fired for Not Watching Scientology Videos
May 4, 2016, Kelly Weill, Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lawsuit-i-was-fired-for-not-watching-scientology-videos

Health experts have dismissed a Nevada legislator's new age water
company as junk science. But now one of his former employees says the
company is a gateway drug for the Church of Scientology.

Grecia Echevarria-Hernandez, a former employee at the Las Vegas-based
Affinity Lifestyles, is suing the company for alleged religious
discrimination. A practicing Catholic, Echevarria-Hernandez says she
was pressured to complete Scientology video courses at work, and was
denied pay, ostracized, and eventually fired when she refused to watch
the videos.

When Affinity hired Echevarria-Hernandez as a brand ambassador in March
2015, the company made her watch Scientology videos, she alleges in an
April lawsuit. For each Scientology "self-betterment course"
Echevarria-Hernandez completed, she would receive a pay raise of 25
cents per hour, she says. When she skipped the videos, her coworkers
and superiors turned "hostile," firing her after just seven months with
the company she says.

Tags: 2000, 2011, 2015, Affinity Lifestyles, Brent Jones, Catholic, CCHR,
Dianetics, Grecia Echevarria-Hernandez, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Lawsuit, Nevada, New Times Los Angeles, Quicky, Real Alkalized Water, Real
Water

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Scientologists 'hope' to renovate historic Plymouth building soon...six years
after buying it
May 4, 2016, Alex Wood, Plymouth Herald
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Scientologists-hope-renovate-historic-Plymouth/story-29228266-detail/story.html

The Church of Scientology say it "hopes" to start work on restoring a
historic building in Plymouth soon - six years after the organisation
purchased it.

The Royal Fleet Club was snapped up by the Church in June 2010 for
about ?1million, with plans in place to spend a further ?2.5million on
renovating it.

Fast forward six years and the historic building is still yet to be
developed, with Plymouth scientologists unable to explain the delay or
say when work will begin.

Tags: Ideal Org, Lisa Coffey, Plymouth, Rotting building, Royal Fleet Hotel,
Sunday service, Truth About Drugs, William Drummond

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Scientology confirms it won't oppose Monique Rathbun's plans to ditch lawsuit
May 4, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/05/04/scientology-confirms-it-wont-oppose-monique-rathbuns-plans-to-ditch-lawsuit/

According to the Texas Supreme Court's online docket, the Church of
Scientology has confirmed that it is unopposed to the motion filed last
week by Monique Rathbun, who has asked for a stay in her case so she
can dismiss her lawsuit outright.

Meanwhile, at his blog, Monique's husband, Mark "Marty" Rathbun,
announced Monday that "there was no settlement" to end the case.

Our Texas legal expert, an attorney who has handled appellate matters
there and goes by the handle "TexasLawyer," had told us that it
appeared to him the case was ending without a settlement, even though
many of our readers have assumed that the Rathbuns must have worked out
some kind of financial agreement with Scientology after news broke in
February that Monique had fired her entire legal team in the three-year
lawsuit.

Tags: 2013, 2014, Bert Deixler, Brent Jones, Catholic, Comal County,
Courthouse News Service, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Elliott Cappuccio,
First Amendment, Grecia Echevarria-Hernandez, Greg Arnold, Judge Dib Waldrip,
KABC, Las Vegas, Laura DeCrescenzo, Leslie Hyman, Los Angeles, Marc Wiegand,
Marty Rathbun, Monique Rathbun, Nevada, Ostrich eggs, Paul Marrick, Quicky,
Ray Jeffrey, Real Alkalized Water, Real Water, Ron Miscavige, Ron Russell,
Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me, Scientology lawyer,
Silvertail Books, SLAPP, St. Martin's Press, Texas, Texas Supreme Court,
Texas Third Court of Appeals, TX Lawyer, UK

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Woman 'fired from Nevada water company for not accepting Scientology'
May 4, 2016, Darren Boyle, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3572698/Woman-fired-Las-Vegas-water-company-not-accepting-Scientology-Catholic-woman-offered-pay-rises-participated-self-betterment-courses.html

A Catholic woman fired from her job at a bottled water company led by a
Nevada lawmaker has filed a federal lawsuit against the business,
saying she was pressured to watch videos on Scientology and was denied
pay raises because of her religious beliefs.

Grecia Echevarria-Hernandez filed a discrimination lawsuit April 26
against Las Vegas-based AffinityLifestyles.com, also known as Real
Alkalized Water. Republican Assemblyman Brent Jones is president of the
company. His son, Blain Jones, is executive vice president of the
company and is running for a Nevada Assembly seat.

'I have not seen the legal documents at this time, so I cannot comment
on the alleged claims,' Jones said in a statement Tuesday.

Tags: 1950, 1990, 2012, 2014, 2015, Affinity Lifestyles, American Civil
Liberties Union, Blain Jones, Brent Jones, California, Catholic, Christian,
Grecia Echevarria-Hernandez, Las Vegas, Nevada, Quicky, Real Alkalized Water,
Real Water, The Secret

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Debating or Engaging Online with Scientologists
May 4, 2017, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2017/05/04/debating-engaging-online-scientologists/

Hello everyone. Today we're going to talk about social media engagement
with Scientologists. All of this information would apply to engaging in
real life too, of course, and earlier videos I've made about how to
talk to people who are in destructive cults are still totally valid. I
just thought it would be useful to talk specifically about social
media, especially since we often find ourselves engaging with total
strangers online, which is a very different thing than talking to
family members or friends we have known for years. I'll be talking
about Scientologists but all of this really applies to members of any
destructive cult or cohersive group.

I got some help from my girl friend, Melissa, ("Hello") who will help
define some of the terms I'm using and demonstrate some of the points
I'm making.

Many times I have seen on Twitter, Facebook and even Instragram and
Pinterest, people engage with existing Scientologists in an effort to
change their mind or get them to "wake up" about the realities of
Scientology as a destructive cult. It's a valiant effort but unless you
happen to be talking to someone who is in the last stages of already
questioning their faith, so to speak, it would be a miracle if you were
actually to succeed in changing their mind or even get them to respond
positively to what you are telling them.

Tags: Clear, Facebook, International Cultic Studies Association, Mike Rinder,
OT, Quicky, Something Can Be Done About It, STAND, Suppressive Person, Tony
Ortega, Twitter, Underground Bunker, Xenu

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Debating or Engaging with Scientologists Online
May 4, 2017, Chris Shelton, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbABMMjrgnY

What is the best way to change hearts and minds online when talking to
Scientologists or people in other destructive cults? What's the best
strategy? What should you do and what shouldn't you do? I go over this
in some detail here, with some help from my girlfriend, Melissa.

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Tags: Quicky

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Do Scientologists Believe in God? (Mike Rinder's answer)
May 4, 2017, Growing Up In Scientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvUreu-OJtg

This is a short excerpt from a 1-hour conversation between Mike Rinder
and Aaron Smith-Levin.

Tags: Aaron Smith-Levin, Mike Rinder, Quicky

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Forced abortions, beatings, and sleep deprivation: The FBI on Scientology's
Sea Org
May 4, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/05/04/forced-abortions-beatings-and-sleep-deprivation-the-fbi-on-scientologys-sea-org/

Yesterday, we heard from several of the former Scientologists who spoke
to the FBI for its 2009/2010 human trafficking investigation of the
Church of Scientology. The probe was stopped in 2010 without charges
being filed, but now, some seven years later, the FBI has released a
300-page file of documents describing the investigation to Melissa
Cronin of RadarOnline.

Marc Headley, Lori Hodgson, Mat Pesch, and Jefferson Hawkins told us
what it was like to speak to the FBI in 2009, and what it felt like now
to finally speak about it openly. Headley told us he's still
uncomfortable talking about it on the record.

But Cronin is releasing more allegations from the documents today, and
she's been sharing them with us as we also make our way through the
file. As we pointed out yesterday, the FBI classified this as a
Sensitive Investigative Matter, and took pains to protect the
identities of the people they were talking to.

Tags: 2009, 2010, Abortion, Alex Gibney, Big Blue, Blow Drill, California,
Chris Shelton, Claire Headley, DC, Disconnection, FBI, First Amendment,
Freeloader Debt, Gerald Feffer, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the
Prison of Belief, Hemet, Human trafficking, Int Base, Jefferson Hawkins,
Lawrence Wright, Lori Hodgson, Los Angeles, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Mat
Pesch, Melissa Cronin, Mike Rinder, PAC Base, Passport, Sea Org, Sleep
deprivation, Sunset Boulevard, Washington

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Radar Online Exclusive: FBI Human Trafficking Investigation of Scientology
Confirmed
May 4, 2017, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2017/05/04/radar-online-exclusive-fbi-human-trafficking-investigation-of-scientology-confirmed/

Melissa Cronin of Radar Online obtained a confidential 300 page report
on the FBI's 2009 investigation of the Church of Scientology. The FBI
investigated Scientology for, among other things, human trafficking.

The FBI document obtained by Cronin is the smoking gun, the irrefutable
evidence that confirms the existence of the 2009 FBI investigation into
the Church of Scientology as reported by Tony Ortega. Joe Childs and
Tom Tobin of the Tampa Bay Times also reported on the 2009
investigation in 2013, but the Church hotly denied that any
investigation had ever taken place.

In her reply to the Tampa Bay Times, Church spokesperson Karin Pouw was
emphatic in her denial that any FBI investigation had taken place.
Thanks to Cronin's work we now know Pouw was lying when she wrote the
following:

Tags: 2009, 2010, 2013, FBI, Human trafficking, Joe Childs, Karin Pouw, L.
Ron Hubbard, Melissa Cronin, Quicky, Radar Online, Tampa Bay Times, Tom
Tobin, Tony Ortega, US Department of Justice

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Scientology facilities in Tennessee closed after police find patients held
against their will
May 4, 2017, Chris Jancelewicz, News Talk 770
http://www.newstalk770.com/syn/123/40754/scientology-facilities-in-tennessee-closed-after-police-find-patients-held-against-their-will

Police discovered the facilities, which were no more than tiny cabins
and one double-wide trailer, concealed in the wilderness and heavily
secured. They described the scene as "a gated, makeshift paddock
secured externally with a steel latch."

The authorities found out about the cabins when a man inside managed to
call 911, and when police arrived the man was "looking out through a
Plexiglas window."

The unidentified man told police that he had been held in the facility
against his will for nine months, and had been treated with unknown
medications. According to officers who witnessed the scene, it was
impossible for the man to leave the cabin, and all he was provided was
a single bed with a single sheet and a tiny bathroom, which was the
"only room with a light."

Tags: 9-1-1, Cannon County, Cannon Courier, Dennis Flamond, Hans Snyder
Lytle, Kidnapping, Life Center for a New Tomorrow, Marc Vallieres, Tennessee,
Tony Ortega

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Secret facilities in Tennessee closed after police find patients held against
their will
May 4, 2017, Chris Jancelewicz, Global News
https://globalnews.ca/news/3426629/scientology-facility-closed-tennessee/

Police discovered the facilities, which were no more than tiny cabins
and one double-wide trailer, concealed in the wilderness and heavily
secured. They described the scene as "a gated, makeshift paddock
secured externally with a steel latch."

The authorities found out about the cabins when a man inside managed to
call 911, and when police arrived the man was "looking out through a
Plexiglas window."

The unidentified man told police that he had been held in the facility
against his will for nine months, and had been treated with unknown
medications. According to officers who witnessed the scene, it was
impossible for the man to leave the cabin, and all he was provided was
a single bed with a single sheet and a tiny bathroom, which was the
"only room with a light."

After assessing the scene, the man was taken to an emergency room at a
local hospital for care. When police later returned to the cabin and
trailer armed with a search warrant, they discovered people hastily
packing up and moving out all contents of the facilities.

Tags: 9/11, Cannon County, Cannon Courier, Dennis Flamond, Hans Snyder Lytle,
Marc Vallieres, OT, Police, Quicky, Tennessee, The Secret

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

Tennessee Scientology facility closed after cops find patients held against
their will
May 4, 2017, Brad Reed, Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/tennessee-scientology-facility-closed-after-cops-find-patients-held-against-their-will/

A series of psychiatric facilities run by the Church of Scientology in
Cannon County, Tenn. has been closed after police found that patients
there were being held against their will.

Via Tony Ortega, the Cannon Courier reports that several facilities in
the county were shut down after police received a 911 call from someone
within one of the facilities, whom they found locked inside a cabin
with no way to get out.

The man then told officers that he had been held at the facility for
the past nine months, during which he had been treated with unknown
drugs.

Tags: 9-1-1, Cannon County, Cannon Courier, Kidnapping, Life Center for a New
Tomorrow, Marc Vallieres, Tennessee, Tony Ortega

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Thursday Funnies
May 4, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-125/

Straight up and vertical to OT...

How? You just need to give us enough money

Sock hopping

Tags: Battle Creek, Birmingham, Chairman of the Board, Chicago, Detroit,
Field Staff Member, Jim Bridgeforth, Kansas City, Michael Roberts, New Haven,
New Zealand, Ontario, OT, OT V, OT VIII, Quicky, Thursday Funnies, TIME,
Toronto, UK

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Federal judge smacks down Scientology's shameless attempt to delay forced-
abortion case
May 4, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/05/04/federal-judge-smacks-down-scientologys-shameless-attempt-to-delay-forced-abortion-case/

It was quite obvious to us that Scientology's most recent shameless
legal gambit - suing the woman in federal court who is already suing
the church in a forced-abortion abuse case in state court - was simply
an outrageous waste of time as the trial in Laura DeCrescenzo's
nine-year legal odyssey finally draws nearer.

And now, a federal judge has agreed. Yesterday in Los Angeles, Judge
George H. Wu granted Laura's motion to dismiss the federal lawsuit
Scientology filed in December, ending it outright.

Laura filed her lawsuit against the church way back in 2009, alleging
that after she signed a billion-year contract to become a Sea Org
worker at the age of 12, she was subjected to years of abuse, including
being coerced into have an abortion at 17 while she was still
technically a child herself. Characteristically, Scientology has
pursued its usual "scorched-earth" legal tactics, trying numerous
schemes to get her case thrown out of court. But Laura's case has
survived two motions for summary judgment, and successfully pried
thousands of pages of her own personal records out of the church after
Scientology went all the way to the US Supreme Court trying to stop her.
After numerous judge changes and other holdups, she finally has a
trial date in August 2018 at the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Tags: 2009, Abortion, Appeal, California, Claire Headley, Human trafficking,
John Blumberg, Judge George Wu, Laura DeCrescenzo, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Superior Court, Marc Headley, Scientology v. DeCrescenzo, Scott Pilutik, Sea
Org, US Supreme Court

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Is It Time to Rethink Campus Protest?
May 4, 2018, James McWilliams, Pacific Standard
https://psmag.com/education/is-it-time-to-rethink-campus-protest

In a new era of protest and de-platforming, conservatives have
defensively invested the First Amendment with a transcendent power and
moral authority it does not warrant. What happens when equality and
free speech are in direct opposition?

The guest of honor at this year's annual "Disinvitation Dinner," a
Manhattan gala held every spring by the William F. Buckley Jr. Program,
was Charles Murray. Murray first made his name as a co-author of The
Bell Curve, which posits controversial connections among race, IQ, and
socioeconomic status. He has since become a lightning rod for campus
dissent.

Murray is a frequent campus lecturer on the topics of race and science;
his ideas have also been subject to substantial student protest. The
most dramatic disruption to one of his speeches came last May, when
Middlebury College students shut Murray down by (among other acts)
pulling fire alarms, physically roughing up his faculty interviewer
(giving her a concussion), and jumping up and down on the hood of
Murray's getaway car.

Tags: 2017, Alt-Right, American Civil Liberties Union, Benjamin Netanyahu,
Black Lives Matter, California, Charles Murray, Corey Lewandowski, England,
First Amendment, Georgetown University, Manhattan, Michigan, Middlebury
College, Milo Yiannopoulos, National Review, Scientific racism, The Bell
Curve, Trojan speakers, University of California, University of Chicago,
Virginia

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

Jordan Peterson Doesn't Understand Nazism
May 4, 2018, Three Arrows, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AcmzqFdPM

Listen up bucko

Tags: 1939, 2017, Alt-Right, Christian, Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, Quicky,
Twitter

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Regraded Being
May 4, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-146/

Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being

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Scientology TV's Futile Attempt to Normalize Scientology Deviance & Lies
May 4, 2018, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2018/05/04/scientology-tvs-futile-attempt-to-normalize-scientology-deviance-lies/

There is no possible way to normalize Scientology. Illustration from a
1984 Scientology book on the Cult's brainwashing and mind control
procedures.

The Cult of Scientology has been asynchronous with, and hostile to,
Western Culture since Dianetics was released on May 9, 1950.
Scientology has always been at odds with the world and has never been
mainstream. And yet what Scientology so desperately craves is
legitimacy and acceptance. According to the latest Scientology
propaganda in social media, Scientology TV is a spectacular success.
This tweet was featured today on Tony Ortega's blog:

The emphasis of Scientologist's Joachim von Neuhaus tweet is contained
in this section:

Tags: 1950, 1984, 1993, 2007, Academic, Child labor, Cult, David Miscavige,
Dianetics, Disconnection, Fair Game, Farsec, IRS, Joachim von Neuhaus, John
Mappin, Jonestown, Joy Villa, Marcab, Marijuana, OT, People's Temple, Quicky,
Robbie Olson, Scientology practice, Scientology staff, Scientology TV, Sea
Org, Shelly Miscavige, Tax exempt, Tony Ortega, Westboro Baptist Church, Xenu

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

Scientology:Distorted Perception,Delusional Beliefs and Demented Actions
May 4, 2018, Brian Sheen, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrShFL5HEiA

Why do intelligent and once caring people get trapped in supporting an
organization which breaks families apart, encourages members to attack
and destroy members who decide to leave? Why would these people accept
directions by their "church" to do all they can to destroy anyone who
points out their fraudulent statements and false promises for which
they have been found guilty again and again in courts throughout the
world?

This was the question I asked and feel it has never been fully answered
as to why, until now! This video may shock you to think these
completely crazy made up science fiction fantasies are in fact the
hidden doctrine of Scientology and you may be stunned to learn what the
"advanced" OT Scientologists go through in their Don Quixote quest to
become a super human with god like spiritual powers. Sadly, will learn,
how in fact the opposite happens and the mind control techniques
Scientology uses creates dis-associative personalities, bi-polar
disorders, schizophrenia, paranoia and delusions of grandiosity!

And while you digest all that you hear and see I would like you to ask
yourself a couple of question; should a group like this be allowed to
create these brainwashing conditions with their members while being
supported with our tax dollars? should any group like this not be held
responsible for the continue violation of members and non- members
constitutional rights causing enormous suffering and damages ?

Tags: Academic, Leah Remini, OT, Quicky, Scientology Aftermath, Tony Ortega,
Underground Bunker

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Sensibly Speaking Podcast #139: Scientology's Snow White Disaster
May 4, 2018, Chris Shelton, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtzyMoQ_-E

This week, I am joined by Dr. Jeff Wasel and John P Capitalist to take
a deep look into L. Ron Hubbard's disastrous brainchild, the Snow White
Program, an effort on the part of Scientology to get false reports
removed from government files but which ended up leading to eleven
Scientologists going to jail, including Hubbard's wife, Mary Sue.

Link to Snow White program: http://www.wiseoldgoat.com/papers-sci...

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Tags: Audio, Jeff Wasel, John P. Capitalist, Mary Sue Hubbard, Quicky,
Scientology: A to Xenu, Snow White Program

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Critical Q&A #210
May 4, 2019, Chris Shelton, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR5hxGsUiTU

The show where I answer your questions. Please leave any comments or
feedback in the comments section here below. I see everything and want
to hear from you.

#Scientology #LRonHubbard #SeaOrganization

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Tags: AMA, Audio, Critic, Patreon, PayPal, Quicky, Scientology: A to Xenu

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Is Scientology a Doomsday Cult?
May 4, 2019, Critical Clips, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1COlfYjrs9k

From Critical Q&A #4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMRLnx6qcDI

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Tags: Chris Shelton, Critic, Cult, Patreon, Quicky

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More IAS BS
May 4, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/more-ias-bs-2/

I wanted my family to be Patrons of the IAS, to support the only
religion that is really changing and bettering conditions for mankind
planet-wide. I became inspired because it would mean that we would
become guardians of our religion and, more broadly, for every being on
this planet.

Since our original postulate to become Patrons of the IAS, we have been
working towards the status by making regular donations and it was a
huge win for us when we recently achieved our Patron. Since then, every
member of my family has become more active in Scientology. We are all
moving on the Bridge and either helping on staff or on the Johannesburg
OT Committee.

The International Association of Scientologists is infinitely valuable
towards clearing this planet. Not only are we halting the dwindling
spiral through the Fourth Dynamic campaigns, but we are also making
delivery of the OT levels in Africa possible through the opening of
AOSH Africa!

Tags: Africa, AOSH Africa, Applied Scholastics, Chicago, Clear, Command
Intention, Criminon, Denmark, England, Facebook, International Association of
Scientologists, Johannesburg, Narconon, Office of Special Affairs, OT, OT
Committee, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Sea Org, Shannon Green, South
Africa, Twitter, Venezuela

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Scientology cruise ship faces renewed quarantine at home port in Curacao
May 4, 2019, Steve Gorman, Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-measles-cruiseship/scientology-cruise-ship-faces-renewed-quarantine-at-home-port-in-curacao-idUSKCN1SA03Y

A team of health officers in Curacao plans to board the vessel to
determine who aboard may have been exposed to a crew member diagnosed
with measles and who aboard has previously been vaccinated against the
highly contagious disease, the official said.

Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth, chief epidemiologist for the Curacao Biomedical
and Health Research Institute, said passengers and crew who can prove
they were already vaccinated or have had measles in the past would
likely be free to disembark "and go about their business."

Others would likely be restricted from leaving the vessel for the
duration of the incubation period - the time during which they could
potentially transmit the disease to others, he told Reuters by telephone.

Tags: Caribbean, Cura?ao, Dutch, Europe, Freewinds, GQ, Kingdom of the
Netherlands, Legal, Los Angeles, Measles, Netherlands, Panama, Politics,
Quicky, St. Lucia, Tax, Thailand, Thomson Reuters, Venezuela

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Scientology measles ship back in Cura?ao, which talks tough about quarantine
May 4, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/05/04/scientology-measles-ship-back-in-curacao-which-talks-tough-about-quarantine/

Scientology's floating cathedral the MV Freewinds arrived in
Willemstad, Cura?ao this morning after leaving St. Lucia Thursday,
where the ship had been in quarantine because of a crew member with a
confirmed case of measles. Officials in Cura?ao said they would
quarantine the vessel, board the ship, demand vaccination records of
the crew and passengers, and vaccinate anyone who couldn't provide
proof that they had already been immunized.

The plight of Scientology's private cruise ship has quickly become a
symbol for the anti-vaccination panic in the US, and the vessel
returning to its home port of Cura?ao only seems to be increasing media
interest. So far, Cura?ao is talking tough, but Scientology has been
spreading its money and influence in the Dutch islands for a long time,
and it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

To help understand how we got here, we thought we'd provide a more
complete timeline of events regarding Scientology and its sailing
church. And we want to thank several people for their help on this,
including Jeffrey Augustine, Eivol Ekdal, and Triumph.

Tags: 1968, 1970, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, Aruba, Asbestos, Australia, Bernard Bonner, Buddha,
California, Caribbean, Cartagena, Church of Scientology International,
Clearwater, Colombia, Creston, Cura?ao, Danny Masterson, David Miscavige, Don
Jason, Dutch, Eivol Ekdal, Europe, Facebook, Finland, Flag Land Base, Flag
Ship Service Organization, Flag Ship Trust, Florida, Freewinds, Hamburg,
International Association of Scientologists, Italy, Jeffrey Augustine, Jenna
Elfman, Jesus, Juliette Lewis, Katie Holmes, Kirstie Alley, Lawrence
Woodcraft, Los Angeles, Maiden Voyage, Measles, Miami, Mike Rinder, Nation of
Islam, Operating Thetan, OT, OT 8, Panama, Penelope Cruz, Quicky, Ramana
Dienes-Browning, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ron Miscavige, Sea Org, South
America, St. Lucia, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, The Way to Happiness, Tom
Cruise, Tom DeVocht, Tony Muhammad, Transcorp Services S.A., Twitter, Valeska
Paris, Willemstad

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Scientology's Measles-Infected Freewinds Takes Refuge on Curacao, an Island
Engaged in Sex Trafficking & Forced Human
May 4, 2019, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2019/05/04/scientologys-measles-infected-freewinds-takes-refuge-on-curacao-an-island-engaged-in-sex-trafficking-forced-human-labor/

The home port of Scientology's Freewinds cruise ship is Curacao. The
island is a sex tourism destination and is home to the Caribbean's
largest brothel Campo Alegre. Sex trafficking and forced human labor
occur in Curacao and are well documented. Why did Scientology chose
such an island as its home port? The answers are in our article.

From the US State Department report 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report
- Cura?ao:

As reported over the past five years, Cura?ao is a transit and
destination country for women, children, and men subjected to sex
trafficking and forced labor. Vulnerable populations include foreign
and Cura?aoan women and girls in unregulated prostitution, as well as
migrant workers from other Caribbean countries, South America, India,
and China in the construction, landscaping, minimarket, retail, and
restaurant industries. Due to the deteriorating situation in Venezuela,
legal and illegal migration to Cura?ao increased, leaving many
vulnerable to trafficking, including women working illegally at bars
and brothels.

Tags: 1984, 1986, 2018, ABC, Aruba, Bonaire, Caribbean, China, Cura?ao,
Dutch, Easter, Europe, Freewinds, George Praag, Grand Cayman, International
Association of Scientologists, Los Angeles, Measles, Mexico, Mike Rinder,
Netherland, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, Russia, Scientology and the
Aftermath, Sea Org, South America, Taryn Rinder, US State Department,
Venezuela

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Trump Unleashes Tweetstorm Defending White Nationalists Booted From Facebook
May 4, 2019, Peter Wade, Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-facebook-tweetstorm-831357/

President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of tweets and retweets on
Friday night and Saturday morning covering topics like the right-wing
personalities who were booted off Facebook this past week and, of
course, North Korea, which launched a short-range projectile off its
coast Saturday morning, according to South Korean officials.

The tirade began with a tweet around 7 p.m. on Friday night where
Trump, apparently misunderstanding that free speech doesn't entitle a
person to unlimited Facebook use, said he was going to "monitor the
censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS on social media platforms." It's a
trope being pushed by many conservatives that Facebook, Twitter, and
other social platforms have a liberal bias and are "shadow banning" or
outright banning prominent conservatives. But that is what happens when
you push hatred on a platform that (ostensibly) doesn't allow it. Trump
has run this line many times before, most recently with Twitter, whose
CEO Jack Dorsey recently visited the White House. (Trump, naturally,
took the opportunity to complain to Dorsey personally that his follower
count is smaller than Obama's.)

Tags: 2017, 2020, Alt-Right, Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, Facebook, Fake,
Generation Identity, Jack Dorsey, James Wood, Kamala Harris, Kim Jong Un,
Lauren Southern, Mediterranean, North Korea, Paul Joseph Watson, Russia,
South Africa, South Korea, Twitter, Vladimir Putin, White House

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

Trump's New Favorite Network Embraces Russian Propaganda
May 4, 2019, Kevin Poulsen, Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-new-favorite-network-oann-embraces-russian-propaganda

When it comes to putting disinformation in front of American eyeballs,
Vladimir Putin has long been able to count alt-right social media stars
like Alex Jones and Mike Cernovich as reliable allies. Now the One
America News Network, a pro-Trump cable news and commentary channel, is
joining them in embracing some of Moscow's most vile fake news.

On Wednesday OANN aired a segment claiming to reveal that dozens of
members of the Syrian Civil Defense, a humanitarian group known as the
White Helmets, have confessed to faking chemical weapons attacks in
Syria to frame Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator propped up by Putin.

"At least 40 members of the terrorist-linked White Helmets have
admitted they staged fake chemical attacks to provoke retaliation
against the Syrian Government," began the report by OANN correspondent
Pearson Sharp. "Members of the group, who won an Oscar for their
Netflix documentary, came out in recent interviews for a study
presented to the United Nations and confessed they had in fact faked
the attacks."

Tags: 2013, 2016, 2017, Alex Jones, Alt-Right, California, Corey Lewandowski,
Dark Right, Donald Trump, FBI, Fox News, Jack Posobiec, Mike Cernovich,
Moscow, Netflix, One America News Network, Pizzagate, Robert Herring, Russia,
San Diego, Seth Rich, Sputnik, Syria, United Nations, US State Department,
Vladimir Putin, Washington

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Why Won't Scientology Stop Calling Me?
May 4, 2019, Critical Clips, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YFLvBPkLnM

From Critical Q&A #4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMRLnx6qcDI

Check out my main channel here

Tags: Chris Shelton, Critic, Patreon, Quicky

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Why Won't the FBI Stop Scientology?
May 4, 2019, Critical Clips, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6C142vieTs

From Critical Q&A #4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMRLnx6qcDI

Check out my main channel here

Tags: Chris Shelton, Critic, FBI, Patreon, Quicky

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40 Civil Rights Groups Demand McConnell Halt 'Dangerous and Irresponsible'
Judicial Nominations Amid Pandemic
May 4, 2020, Christina Zhao, Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/40-civil-rights-groups-demand-mcconnell-halt-dangerous-irresponsible-judicial-nominations-amid-1501904

Dozens of national civil rights groups on Monday urged GOP Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Lindsey Graham and other
congressional Republicans to halt judicial nominations and prioritize
passing legislation to help American families and workers amid the
coronavirus pandemic.

In a letter sent to McConnell and Graham today, signed by 40 national
organizations who are members of the Fair Courts Task Force of The
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the groups called for
Senate Republicans to "focus its attention on vulnerable communities"
amid the healthcare crisis, rather than lifetime judicial nominations.

"The Senate as a whole must take the necessary and commonsense action
of putting the processing of judicial nominations on hold until the
devastating impact of the pandemic has been diminished," the letter read.

Tags: 2017, Chuck Schumer, Congress, Coronavirus, Dark Right, Doctor, Donald
Trump, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Republican, Twitter

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A Colorado Man Reportedly Planned to Join an Anti-Lockdown Protest. Then the
Feds Found Pipe Bombs in His Home.
May 4, 2020, Emma Ockerman, Vice News
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/4aygyn/a-colorado-man-reportedly-planned-to-join-an-anti-lockdown-protest-then-the-feds-found-pipe-bombs-in-his-home

A Colorado man was arrested Friday when federal agents found pipe bombs
at his home, hours before the anti-lockdown rally that he reportedly
planned to attend at the state Capitol.

Bradley Bunn, 53, allegedly told agents that he planned to use the
bombs against law enforcement if they attempted a forced entry,
according to an arrest affidavit.

Federal agents with the FBI and ATF reportedly became aware of Bunn
after a series of aggressive social media posts, according to an
anonymous official who spoke to ABC News after being briefed on the case.

Tags: ABC News, Bradley Bunn, Colorado, Coronavirus, Dark Right, Deborah
Birx, Denver, Denver Post, Facebook, FBI, Fox News, US Attorney's Office,
White House (Trump)

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Antivaxxers spearhead protests against lockdown orders, demand "freedom"
May 4, 2020, Beth Mole, Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/antivaxxers-spearhead-protests-against-lockdown-orders-demand-freedom/

Prominent anti-vaccine voices have joined the din of those protesting
social-distancing measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a
report by The New York Times.

The merging movements have some health experts concerned that
anti-vaccination sentiments may spread among the various factions
protesting the mitigation efforts. Those factions include Tea Party
activists, armed militia groups, protesters carrying Confederate flags,
and some business owners who merely want to be able to reopen,
according to experts who spoke with the Times.

"There is a tremendous amount of cross-pollinization of ideas as these
factions get to know each other," Devin Burghart, who runs the
Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, told the Times.

Tags: Albany, Anti-vaxx, California, Coronavirus, Dark Right, Jonathan
Lockwood, Measles, New York, New York Times, Sacramento, Tea Party

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Cellphone data shows protesters dispersed across Michigan, raising concerns
of spreading coronavirus
May 4, 2020, Lee DeVito, Detroit Metro Times
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/05/04/cellphone-data-shows-operation-gridlock-protesters-dispersed-across-michigan-raising-concerns-of-spreading-coronavirus

At "Operation Gridlock," last month's right-wing protest in Lansing
over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's coronavirus executive orders, many
participants rebelled against social distancing guidelines by standing
close together and not wearing face masks. Afterward, Whitmer chided
the protesters, saying they could have spread the virus.

That fear is backed up by newly released cellphone data, which shows
the protesters dispersing to smaller communities across Michigan in the
following days. A map was released by an advocacy group called the
Committee to Protect Medicare, which raised concerns that the
protesters could have carried the disease to smaller, rural communities
that are ill-equipped to deal with COVID-19 patients.

The data was collected by a firm called VoteMap, which showed more than
300 opted-in devices gathered at Lansing on April 15. The firm
collected the data using geo-location data from other downloaded apps.
(According to the group, the data is anonymized for privacy.)

Tags: Coronavirus, Dark Right, Detroit, Doctor, Gretchen Whitmer, Lansing,
Medicare, Michigan, Operation Gridlock

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Danny Masterson: Drop me from Scientology lawsuit if the 'Jane Does' won't
name themselves
May 4, 2020, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2020/05/04/danny-masterson-drop-me-from-scientology-lawsuit-if-the-jane-does-wont-name-themselves/

In February Scientologist celebrity Danny Masterson responded to a
lawsuit by saying the four women (and one man) suing him were merely
seeking publicity and money. Since then, the five plaintiffs filed a
new amended complaint which reset the case's legal clock, and now the
That '70s Show actor has filed another response.

This time, he's emphasizing in even stronger terms his gripe that two
of the women suing him are not revealing their true names, and for that
reason and others Masterson says he should be dropped from the lawsuit.
We have the full document for you below.

Chrissie Carnell Bixler, Bobette Riales, and two women going by the
names Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 came forward to the Los Angeles
Police Department more than three years ago with allegations that they
had been violently raped by Masterson in incidents between 2001 and
2004. The LAPD investigation of those allegations continues, and in
recent months we've reported that three additional women have come
forward to the police. The LAPD initially forwarded its findings to the
Los Angeles District Attorney's office in April 2017 for prosecution,
but DA Jackie Lacey (now facing a November run-off election seeking her
third term) has still not said anything about whether she plans to file
charges.

Tags: 1954, 2001, 2004, 2016, 2017, Andrew Brettler, Bobette Riales, Carnell
Bixler, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Chrissie Carnell, Coronavirus, Danny Masterson,
David Miscavige, Fair Game, Jackie Lacey, LAPD, Lawsuit, Los Angeles, Police,
Quicky

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Secret CCHR Briefing
May 4, 2020, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/secret-cchr-briefing/

CCHR has gone "stealth" to reveal the REAL story that psychiatry is
behind the pandemic...

Not sure why they would not want everyone in the world to hear their
vital message?

Maybe it's such garbage they are afraid they will be laughed at? Only
the already brainwashed will accept the drivel they dish up.

Tags: CCHR, Facebook, International Association of Scientologists, Quicky,
Twitter

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