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Scientology to argue for dismissal of case
April 4, 2000, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/040400/TampaBay/Scientology_to_argue_.shtml
Its leading argument for a dismissal: a February ruling by Medical
Examiner Joan Wood, who now says McPherson died from an "accident"
stemming from a knee bruise that led to a fatal blood clot in her left
lung. Wood once blamed McPherson's death on "bed rest and severe
dehydration" at Scientology's Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, but
has removed those words from the death certificate.
Tags: 1998, Benadryl, Bernie McCabe, Clearwater, Doug Crow, First Amendment,
Florida, Fort Harrison, Introspection Rundown, Joan Wood, Judge Susan
Schaeffer, Lisa McPherson, Mental breakdown, Mike Rinder, Morton Plant
Hospital, Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney, Religious worker, Scientology staff
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Homophobia Claims Dog Scientology
April 4, 2005, Rush & Molloy, Gossip, NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2005/04/04/2005-04-04_homophobia_claims_dog_scientology.html
John Travolta and Tom Cruise have forcefully denied allegations that
they turned to Scientology to "cure" them of their supposedly gay urges.
But critics continue to claim the religion is rife with homophobia.
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote in his 1950 best seller,
"Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health," that gays were
"sexual perverts" and "very ill physically." That apparently went for
Hubbard's son, Quentin, who was said to have been confused about his
own sexual orientation. "[Ron] thought Quentin was an embarrassment,"
Laurel Sullivan, Hubbard's former PR officer, told the Los Angeles Times.
Tags: Gaetane Asselin, John Travolta, Laurel Sullivan, LGBT, Michael
Pattinson, Quentin Hubbard, Rick Ross, Tom Cruise
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Scientologists come to campus
April 4, 2006, Caleb Fort, Daily Lobo, University of New Mexico
http://media.www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2006/04/04/News/Scientologists.Come.To.Campus-1779266.shtml
Tags: Volunteer Ministers
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Spotlight on Scientology
April 4, 2006, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=381998&in_page_id=1773
Silent births, purification programmes, claims that humans are an
exiled race from outer space called Thetans... welcome to religion,
Scientology style.
The claims made on behalf of the controversial cult have been prolific
over the years, not least because its most famous torchbearer,
Hollywood star Tom Cruise, is never far from the headlines.
But what exactly is the Church of Scientology? What does it teach and
what makes it so popular among the Hollywood jet set as well as
10million people worldwide? We put Scientology in the spotlight to find
out.
Tags: 1950, 1986, 1998, BBC, Church of Scientology International, Dianetics,
Hollywood, John Travolta, Juliette Lewis, Katie Holmes, L. Ron Hubbard,
Mental Health, Quicky, Tom Cruise
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Medical high jinks leave Tom Cruise camp fuming
April 4, 2008, Rush & Molloy, New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/medical-high-jinks-leave-tom-cruise-camp-fuming-article-1.277586
Tom Cruise isn't getting any giggles from a new strain of medical
marijuana being marketed as "Tom Cruise Purple."
Word is that the actor's lawyers are taking a serious look at the
strong brand of bud after we brought it to their attention.
One of Cruise's friends found it "outrageous" that licensed cannabis
clubs in Northern California are selling vials of pot featuring a
picture of Cruise laughing hysterically.
Tags: Anonymous, Clive McLean, Death, Erica McLean, Feline Butcher, Feline
Kondula, Marijuana, Paul Barresi, Tom Cruise
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Church Sells Idle Org Building
April 4, 2010, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/church-sells-idle-org-building/
In the midst of all the other news last week, one story didn't get the
attention it deserved: the Church of Scientology has put their
Portland, Oregon "Idle Org" building up for sale.
The Church bought the historic Stevens Building in downtown Portland,
amid much breathless fanfare and hype, in January, 2008. At the time,
the Portland Business Journal reported:
"After a years-long search for a building to call its own, The Church
of Scientology of Portland has acquired the historic Stevens Building
in an all-cash deal for $5.38 million.
Tags: 2008, Gwen Barnard, Ideal Org, Office of Special Affairs, Oregon,
Portland, Portland Business Journal, Quicky, Stevens Building
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Until Nothing Remains part 1/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HlG2zZ-B2E
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
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Until Nothing Remains part 2/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqd6L755jwk
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
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Until Nothing Remains part 3/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RREj54q6oXw
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
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Until Nothing Remains part 4/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syd9Bdx_8pw
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
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Until Nothing Remains part 5/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uFYraA8Gd4
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
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Until Nothing Remains part 6/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY22LZ-_7IU
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
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Until Nothing Remains part 7/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22lRI0zHLU4
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
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Until Nothing Remains part 8/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q73Bk1yw-RU
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
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Until Nothing Remains part 9/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpwxDS_UVWw
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
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Mike Rinder on "The Hole," Indoctrination, Confessions, and His Ultimate
Escape
April 4, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/04/mike_rinder_scientology_former_spokesman_interview.php
"These were your friends, people you had traveled with," Rinder says.
"But then, you get in the Hole? You can't trust anybody."
The forced confessions pitted friends against each other. And the
conditions only made it worse. "Everyone sleeping with only about six
inches on either side. Above you. Below you. Getting up in the middle
of the night, you'd disturb everyone," Rinder says, and more than once
compares it to the madness of Lord of the Flies...
Tags: 1955, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1995, 2004, 2007, 2010,
Adelaide, Apollo, Australia, Basics, BBC, California, Caribbean, Christian,
Christie Collbran, CIA, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook,
Disconnection, England, Escape, Estates Project Force, Europe, Florida, Fort
Harrison, International Association of Scientologists, John Sweeney, Lisa
McPherson, Maiden Voyage, Marty Rathbun, Melbourne, Mike Rinder, New Year's
Eve, Office of Special Affairs, Portugal, Saint Hill, Saint Hill Manor, Sea
Org, South Carolina, Sydney, Tampa Bay Times, The Hole, University of Adelaide
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Mike Rinder: The Village Voice Interview
April 4, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/mike-rinder-the-village-voice-interview/
Mike Rinder exposes David Miscavige and his Scientology Inc torture and
re-education camp called 'the Hole.' He discusses the mind set of a
corporate Scientologist subjected to such treatment. He touches on
other subjects of interest to Independent Scientologists,
fence-sitters, and under-the-radar folk.
Tags: David Miscavige, Independent Scientologists, Mike Rinder, Quicky, The
Hole, Village Voice
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A Death in France
April 4, 2013, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/04/ignoring-epilepsy-i_3446.html
In 1987, a French court convicted two Narconon staffers after a woman
died at their centre having suffered repeated epileptic seizures. Was
it their fault alone, or did their negligence spring from Scientology's
teachings?
Jocelyne Dorfmann just wanted to get off her medication.
She had been taking drugs to control her epilepsy, but after eight
years she had had enough of them.
Tags: 1984, 1986, 1987, 2006, 2008, 2012, Epilepsy, France, Georges Fenech,
Heribert Pfaff, Jocelyne Dorfmann, L'Express, Medical, Miviludes, Narconon,
Narconon staff, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Roger Gonnet
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Anti-drugs charity linked to Scientology gives talks to thousands of children
in Cornwall
April 4, 2013, Miles Davis, This is Cornwall
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Anti-drugs-charity-linked-Scientology-gives-talks/story-18606961-detail/story.html
Scientologist Peter Dwan, representing drugs charity Narconon, gave
anti-drugs presentations to more than 30 schools in the county and is
planning more.
But other drugs charities have criticised the methods used by Narconon,
and one awareness charity warned schools against involvement with its
programmes.
Tags: Cornwall, Narconon, Narconon UK, Peter Dwan, Roseland Community
College, Truth About Drugs, UK
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CEO questions attention directed at rehab center
April 4, 2013, News OK
http://newsok.com/ceo-questions-attention-directed-at-rehab-center/article/3779731
McALESTER -- He says his organization has problem with Senate Bill 295
and its aim to give state oversight of his Narconon Arrowhead facility.
But CEO Gary Smith wonders why the Legislature is spending so much
attention on the measure when there are so many other issues needing
action. Narconon Arrowhead drew attention in recent years because of
its drug and alcohol reabilitation methods and because of the deaths of
four of its patients in the past four years. The nonprofit facility is
among those that would be regulated by the bill, which has been passed
by the Senate and by a House committee. It still faces a vote of the
House and any amendments would send it back to the Senate.
Tags: Gary Smith, McAlester News-Capital, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead,
Oklahoma House of Representatives, Oklahoma Senate
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New York - Another Empty "Ideal" Org
April 4, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/new-york-another-empty-ideal-org/
Another idle Ideal Org
In keeping with the Ideal Orgs theme one of our correspondents recently
visited NY Org. Last time she was there was 2 years ago.
Another of the first "Ideal Orgs" ? its been nearly a decade since
David Miscavige grandly cut the ribbon and promised a new era for
Scientology in NY. It should be bustling, there is more traffic within
200 feet of its front door than any org on earth.
Tags: Basics, Command Intention, David Miscavige, Dianetics, Dominican
Republic, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, L. Ron
Hubbard, Long Island, New York, OCA, OT, Purification, Quicky, Sea Org, The
Master, Volunteer Ministers
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The Secret to Scientology's "Wins" Revealed?
April 4, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/04/04/the-secret-to-scientologys-wins-revealed/
The ultimate auditor? Welcome to our ongoing project, where we blog a
1950 first edition of Scientology's bible, Dianetics, with the help of
ex-Scientologist, Bay Area lawyer, blogger, and author Vance Woodward.
Go here for the first post in the series.
[ALSO TODAY: A federal judge tells Narconon to go fish; an update on
the Oklahoma drug rehab bill; more American press outrage about
Scientology in Vietnam; and Irish protest against Tom Cruise!]
Vance, now we begin Book Three, "Therapy," and switch gears.
Tags: 1950, 1980, 1990, 2008, 2009, 2010, ABLE, Associated Press, Clear,
Cult, David Derby, Dianetics, Dublin, Facebook, Feshbach, Florida, Gary
Smith, Guardian's Office, Hernando County, Jason Murphey, Jeanne LeFlore,
Judge James Whittemore, Kurt Feshbach, Luis Garcia, McAlester News-Capital,
Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, New York Times, Oklahoma, Pete Griffiths,
Purification Rundown, Quicky, Ruin, Sam Domingo, Samantha Domingo, Spring
Hill, Suncoast Rehabilitation Center, Super Power, Tampa Bay Times, Tom
Cruise, Toucan Partners, Vance Woodward, Vietnam
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"Dear Wonderful Members..."
April 4, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/dear-wonderful-members/
The big sheeple rodeo is on.
Yeeha.
THIS is the most exciting game we have ever played! That is, until next
week when we announce the mostest most exciting game ever, ever.
Tags: CIA, Clearwater, Field Staff Member, Florida, Kaye Champagne, Keep
Scientology Working, LSD, OT Committee, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Student
Hat, Super Power, Survival Rundown, Tampa
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Ireland -- Miscavige's Lies Just Won't Go Away
April 4, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ireland/
Some recent media from Ireland. Still reaping the rewards of making up
stories to tell the faithful about how wonderful things are "over
there" (everywhere except where you are)....
I bet Dear Leader just loves having his photo in articles like this all
over the world. And particularly enjoys being identified as worldwide
leader of a cult. Not exactly the positioning he is shooting for. He's
got "Pope" in HIS mind, not David Koresh.
Perhaps you should stop telling lies Dave? Nobody is going to bother
with stories like this if you don't give them something to write about.
Tags: 2010, David Koresh, David Miscavige, Dublin, Florida, Ireland, Kevin
Stevenson, Mission, New Year's Eve, Ocean FM, Personal Efficiency, Pope,
Quicky, Siobh?n Ryan
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Scientology and Presentiment
April 4, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/scientology-and-presentiment/
More than thirty years of research has demonstrated rather conclusively
that the average human being when connected to a galvanic skin response
detection device (generic name for a Hubbard Electro-psychometer)
routinely registers presentiment of about five seconds. That is, the
meter reads on average 5 second prior to the subject being provided
with a concept to respond to. This research has been performed on
people taken off the street, with no previous psychic or spiritual
training or study. It has been conducted applying exacting scientific
standards.
What do you reckon the implications of these findings are to someone
who has received hundreds of hours of standard Scientology auditing?
That is, a process in which the practitioner is only permitted to
address those concepts or incidents that react on the meter only at the
precise end of the major thought as expressed in words by the auditor.
A few books off the top of my head where the referred to research is
discussed:
Tags: Quicky
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Turnout Unacceptable For Mr. Clive Rabey
April 4, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/turnout-unacceptable-mr-clive-rabey/
Dear me. Things are not looking well in the home of the largest
concentration of Scientologists on earth, the land of the Ideal
Pacifica Bridge, the Ideal LA Org, Ideal Orange County, Ideal
Inglewood, Ideal Pasadena and rocking and rolling Valley All Stars.
And in this age of the "Golden Age of Tech II" when everyone is just
FLYING up the Bridge.
And in this era of amazing expansion under the brilliant leadership of
Dear Leader. Unparalleled growth and unbelievable enthusiasm.
Tags: Claire Taylor, Clive Rabey, Golden Age of Tech, Inglewood, Orange
County, OT, OT VII, Pasadena, Quicky
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Video Vault: Hear L. Ron Hubbard unite Dianetics and Scientology in connubial
bliss!
April 4, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/04/04/video-vault-hear-l-ron-hubbard-unite-dianetics-and-scientolog-in-connubial-bliss/
Our video source came through with another gem this week. It's the
"quote video" that Scientology created to help sell the Unification
Congress, that fateful Phoenix event in December 1954 when L. Ron
Hubbard explained how he was going to unify Dianetics (which he had
invented in 1950) with Scientology, which he had developed in 1952.
Here's how Bridge Publications describes this set of lectures, which it
sells for $225.00...
"The historic Congress announcing the reunification of the subjects of
Dianetics and Scientology with the release of Dianetics 55! Until now,
each had operated in their own sphere: Dianetics addressed Man as Man -
the first four dynamics - while Scientology addressed life itself - the
Fifth to Eighth Dynamics. The formula which would serve as the
foundation for all future development was contained in a single word:
Communication. It was a paramount breakthrough L. Ron Hubbard would
later call, 'the great discovery of Dianetics and Scientology.' Here,
then, are the lectures, as it happened."
Tags: 1950, 1952, 1954, 2007, 2008, 2010, Australia, Becky Hughes, Bridge
Publications, Bryan Seymour, Chris Owen, Chris Shelton, Church of Scientology
Religious Education College Inc, Congress, David Miscavige, Dianetics, Ideal
Org, Int Base, Jamie DeWolf, L. Ron Hubbard, Leslie Hyman, Los Angeles,
Malaysia, Marc Headley, Mark Ebner, Mike Gilchrist, Monique Rathbun, Phoenix,
Quicky, Ray Jeffrey, Rehabilitation Project Force, SLAPP, Steven Hassan,
Texas Supreme Court, Tony DeCrescenzo, UK, Vance Woodward, Wallace Jefferson
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"The Dead Agent Pack Was Compiled From PC Folders"
April 4, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-dead-agent-pack-was-compiled-from-pc-folders/
Someone sent me this email that was circulated after the original Truth
Rundown series in the St Petersburg Times in 2009.
That series was a massive expose - the first major media to lay out the
story of the physical and mental abuse meted out by David Miscavige,
the existence of The Hole and much more.
It was carefully researched and meticulously fact checked and
documented. It has stood the test of time as much of what is contained
in this series has been subsequently reconfirmed, especially in the
court testimony of Debbie Cook, but also in numerous other stories.
Tags: 1950, 1958, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1993,
1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, A Piece of Blue
Sky, Abuse, Academic, Advanced Ability Center, Amy Scobee, Annie Broeker,
Asbestos, Bitty Miscavige, Brussels, California, Canada, Chairman of the
Board, Church of Scientology International, Clear, Clearwater, Cura?ao,
Dallas, David Mayo, David Miscavige, Dead Agent, Debbie Cook, Dianetics,
Ethics, Flag Order, Flag Service Organization, Florida, Fort Harrison,
Freedom magazine, Freewinds, Garrison, George Washington University, Germany,
Gerry Armstrong, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of
Belief, Golden Era Productions, Guardian's Office, Guillaume Lesevre, Hemet,
Inspector General, Introspection Rundown, IRS, Jane Kember, Jefferson
Hawkins, Jesse Prince, Jon Atack, Jon Zegel, L. Ron Hubbard, Las Vegas,
Lawrence Woodcraft, Lawrence Wright, Lisa McPherson, Loyal Officer, Loyal
Officers, Malmo, Marc Yager, Mark Ingber, Marty Rathbun, Mary Sue Hubbard,
Master at Arms, Nashville, Netherlands Antilles, New Yorker, Nordica
Engineering, Norman Starkey, Omar Garrison, OSA Int, OT, OT V, Paul Haggis,
PC folders, Plant City, Poland, Quicky, Ray Mithoff, Religious Technology
Center, Rome, Room 174, Sea Org, Sec Check, Squirrel, St. Petersburg, St.
Petersburg Times, Suppressive Person, Sweden, Tax exempt, Tel Aviv, The Hole,
Tom Cruise, Tom DeVocht, Tommy Davis, Truth Rundown, Washington
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'Going Clear' subject Tom DeVocht visited by Burbank PD after suspicious
anonymous tip
April 4, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/04/04/going-clear-subject-tom-devocht-visited-by-burbank-pd-after-suspicious-anonymous-tip/
We've been reporting that some of the ex-Scientologists who took part
in Alex Gibney's film Going Clear have been experiencing a sharp
increase in the amount of surveillance and harassment they normally
have to put up with.
Perhaps no one has experienced more suspicious activity recently than
Tom DeVocht, a former church executive who was close to Scientology
leader David Miscavige and who revealed that Miscavige took pleasure in
mocking Tom Cruise behind his back. DeVocht says in Going Clear that
Miscavige had the actor's auditing session notes sent to him daily,
which contained intimate details of Cruise's sex life, and Miscavige
would share those secrets with others, including DeVocht, while
drinking Scotch and laughing at Cruise.
Perhaps it's those embarrassing disclosures which explain why DeVocht
regularly experiences so much interference by private investigators.
But then yesterday, things moved into new territory. DeVocht was
visited by narcotics division police officers with the Burbank Police
Department who said they had been tipped that DeVocht was dealing drugs
in the area.
Tags: Adam Baumgarten, Adam Cornils, Alex Gibney, Bridge to Total Freedom,
Burbank, Burbank Police Department, California, Chick Corea, David Miscavige,
Facebook, Frederick News-Post, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of
Belief, Herbert Hoover, Maryland, Narconon, New York, New York City, Police,
Private investigator, Tom Cruise, Tom DeVocht, Trout Run, Twitter
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Scientology affiliates plan recovery center at historic retreat
April 4, 2015, Bethany Rodgers, Frederick News-Post
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/health_and_welfare/trout-run-owners-seek-to-convert-historic-camp-into-scientology/article_0fb90e47-9dde-57a6-9368-df64a7dca59c.html?mode=story
Owners of the storied Trout Run property are seeking a county
historical designation so they can convert the Thurmont retreat into a
substance abuse center affiliated with the Church of Scientology.
The 40-acre camp whose stream was once fished by President Herbert
Hoover was sold in 2013 to a Los Angeles-based property holdings group.
The property's new owners are looking to renovate the rustic Catoctin
Mountain lodges for the opening of a drug treatment center run by the
Narconon program.
The controversial recovery program grew from rehabilitation methods
developed by the Church of Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
Narconon treatments include nutritional supplements, exercise and time
spent in saunas. While there are no staff on-site yet, Narconon Eastern
U.S. Executive Director Yvonne Rodgers said, they plan to open the
"residential drug rehabilitation center" later this year.
Tags: Maryland, Narconon, Narconon Eastern US, Social Betterment Properties
International, Trout Run, Yvonne Rodgers
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Show: Brilliant SNL Fake Ad Ridicules Scientology's Creepy Underbelly
April 4, 2015, TODAY SHOW, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeTrL3tFXqI
When SNL presents a highly-produced pre-taped video sketch, it's almost
a guarantee to be better than the live-action skits. And tonight's
Scientology-bashing example was one for the ages.
The scene: A fake '90s-era musical ad for a religion called
"Neurotology," replete with nonsense jargon like "Diametrics"; belief
in aliens living in your brain; expensive devices that attach to your
head; and subtly terrified followers who eventually leave the religion,
go "missing," or become outspoken activists against the cult.
There's even a terrifying Miscavige-like leader and goofy
black-and-white footage of an L. Ron-Hubbard-like founder.
You could spend two hours watching HBO's Going Clear? or you could just
watch this now:
Tags: Fake, Saturday Night Live, Video, We Stand Tall
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Anti-Scientology billboard finally up in Los Angeles
April 4, 2016, Carlos Greer, Page Six
http://pagesix.com/2016/04/04/anti-scientology-billboard-finally-up-in-los-angeles/
Former Scientology members Phil and Willie Jones' anti-church
billboards finally went up Monday morning in LA, after two outdoor-ad
companies allegedly booked, then canceled the ads due to pressure from
the church.
Lamar Advertising put up one sign in Echo Park and is cutting nearby
trees for greater visibility, says Scientology blogger Tony Ortega. The
Joneses plan a "dedication ceremony" on Wednesday.
Their ad criticizing Scientology's alleged practice of "disconnection"
from family members reads, "To my loved one in Scientology .?.?. Call
me."
Tags: Atlanta, David Miscavige, Disconnection, Lamar Media, Los Angeles, Phil
Jones, Tony Ortega, Twitter, Willie Jones
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Atlanta Ideal Org Ribbon Yanking: The Real Story
April 4, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/atlanta-ideal-org-ribbon-yanking-the-real-story/
Scientology wasted no time putting this photo (and a bunch of others)
onto their website.
After all, this is the pinnacle of David Miscavige's (and thus
scientology's) accomplishment. A "new org" is opened. This of course is
not true, it is just a new building for the same old org as they all
are. Scientology has not opened an actual new org in the last decade.
Not a single one. I think Kaohsuing in Taiwan might have been the last
one - but that was long before the "new building" was opened.
This is the big lie scientology tells its sheeple and the world. Their
new buildings "prove" they are in an era of "massive international
expansion" under the "guidance of David Miscavige, the ecclesiastical
leader of the scientology religion." The flowery bs on their website
about the "grand opening" of Atlanta reads like the others that have
come before. Shermanspeak and fawning praise for "Mr. Miscavige" and
his brilliant leadership obscuring and real substance.
Tags: Atlanta, David Miscavige, Golden Era, Ideal Org, Kaohsuing, KCET,
Nashville, Quicky, Scientology Media Productions, Shermanspeak, Taiwan
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THE BILLBOARD IS UP: Scientology's 'disconnection' on view in Los Angeles
April 4, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/04/04/the-billboard-is-up-scientologys-disconnection-policy-on-view-in-los-angeles/
After two previous companies turned them down, Phil and Willie Jones
were successful today in Los Angeles with their plan to protest
Scientology's disconnection policy with a billboard asking
Scientologists to call their loved ones.
Phil and Willie Jones are former Scientology members who can no longer
communicate with their two grown children, Mike and Emily Jones, who
are employees of Scientology's inner "Sea Organization," which requires
them to sign billion-year contracts and work nearly around the clock
for pennies an hour. Because Phil and Willie are no longer in the
church and have criticized it, their kids have been told to cut off all
ties with them as part of "disconnection."
The Las Vegas couple has kicked up a row with Scientology since they
arrived with a television film crew in Hollywood, trying to see their
kids. Then, Phil came up with the idea of the billboard, which simply
asks Scientologists to call their loved ones, with a link to a website
they've put up about the disconnection policy. With the help of readers
from this website, they raised more than $10,000 in a single day with a
GoFundMe site to pay for a billboard.
Tags: Call Me, Disconnection, Emily Jones, Glendale, GoFundMe, Hollywood,
Lamar Media, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mike Jones, Outfront Media, Phil Jones,
Quicky, Regency Outdoor, Sea Org, Willie Jones
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VIDEO: David Miscavige's entire speech at Scientology's Atlanta 'Ideal Org'
opening
April 4, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/04/04/video-david-miscaviges-entire-speech-at-scientologys-atlanta-ideal-org-opening/
Thanks to smart planning by a couple of our readers, we have a complete
video of Scientology leader David Miscavige's speech Saturday as he
opened the organization's new "Ideal Org" in an Atlanta suburb.
The Atlanta facility is the first Ideal Org Scientology has opened in
the US in nearly three years, but photos from the event show a crowd of
only about 500 people gathered at the building in Sandy Springs,
Georgia. As usual, Miscavige presided over the ceremony while an image
of him was projected on a large screen nearby.
Scientology goes to great lengths to keep non-Scientologists far away
from these events by blocking streets, sidewalks, and with the use of
security personnel, so that we get only partial views of what's going on.
Tags: 20/20, Aaron Mason, Atlanta, Buffalo, Charles Rangel, Dan Sherman,
David Miscavige, Georgia, Ideal Org, International Association of
Scientologists, Mike Rinder, Paulette Cooper, Quicky, Ron Miscavige,
Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me, Saint Hill, Sandy
Springs, Taiwan, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely
======================================
David Miscavige: Scientology TV launches by June 21, to show 'planet's
coolest religion'
April 4, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2017/04/04/david-miscavige-scientology-tv-launches-by-june-21-to-show-planets-coolest-religion/
Last week, one of our tipsters found evidence that the Church of
Scientology has convinced the country's second-largest cable television
system, Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable), to make room for SCNTV,
a channel that will carry Scientology's programming.
Our tipster also attended the LRH Birthday Event, and told us what
church leader David Miscavige said about the upcoming Scientology
channel. And now, that same tipster has done us another solid: They
passed on to us pages from the new International Scientology News (ISN)
magazine, which reports on that speech by Miscavige and gives us some
new details.
Most importantly, we can set a firmer date on the channel going live:
In his speech, Miscavige claimed that programming would begin airing
"by the time we reach the summer solstice," which falls on June 21.
Tags: 1912, 1930, A&E, Birthday Event, Brooke Daniels, Catherine Bell, David
Miscavige, Denver, Hollywood, HowdyCon, International Scientology News, James
King, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Los Angeles, Mike Rinder, Penny Atwell-
Jones, Planetary dissemination, Quicky, Scientology and the Aftermath,
Scientology Media Productions, Time Warner, Vocativ
======================================
Scientology-linked drug rehab centre sued over $150,000 sniffer dog bills
April 4, 2017, Tom Cowie, The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/scientologylinked-drug-rehab-centre-sued-over-150000-sniffer-dog-bills-20170404-gvd8en.html
Australian K9 Detection Unit is seeking $158,767.75 that it claims is
still outstanding, plus late fees. Small weekly payments of between
$500 and $2000 were still being made by the centre when the action was
lodged, the writ said.
The writ was filed against the Association for Better Living and
Education, an offshoot of the Church of Scientology, as well as the
previous secretary and executive directors of Get Off Drugs Naturally.
The program was investigated by Consumer Affairs Victoria in 2015 and
subsequently fined after claiming on its website that it had a high
success rate of curing drug addiction with detox treatments.
Tags: 2015, ABLE, Australia, Consumer Affairs Victoria, Get Off Drugs
Naturally, Narconon, O'Shannassy Lodge, Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal, Warburton
======================================
Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
April 4 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/04-04.html
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Scientology to argue for dismissal of case
April 4, 2000, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/040400/TampaBay/Scientology_to_argue_.shtml
Its leading argument for a dismissal: a February ruling by Medical
Examiner Joan Wood, who now says McPherson died from an "accident"
stemming from a knee bruise that led to a fatal blood clot in her left
lung. Wood once blamed McPherson's death on "bed rest and severe
dehydration" at Scientology's Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, but
has removed those words from the death certificate.
Tags: 1998, Benadryl, Bernie McCabe, Clearwater, Doug Crow, First Amendment,
Florida, Fort Harrison, Introspection Rundown, Joan Wood, Judge Susan
Schaeffer, Lisa McPherson, Mental breakdown, Mike Rinder, Morton Plant
Hospital, Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney, Religious worker, Scientology staff
======================================
Homophobia Claims Dog Scientology
April 4, 2005, Rush & Molloy, Gossip, NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2005/04/04/2005-04-04_homophobia_claims_dog_scientology.html
John Travolta and Tom Cruise have forcefully denied allegations that
they turned to Scientology to "cure" them of their supposedly gay urges.
But critics continue to claim the religion is rife with homophobia.
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote in his 1950 best seller,
"Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health," that gays were
"sexual perverts" and "very ill physically." That apparently went for
Hubbard's son, Quentin, who was said to have been confused about his
own sexual orientation. "[Ron] thought Quentin was an embarrassment,"
Laurel Sullivan, Hubbard's former PR officer, told the Los Angeles Times.
Tags: Gaetane Asselin, John Travolta, Laurel Sullivan, LGBT, Michael
Pattinson, Quentin Hubbard, Rick Ross, Tom Cruise
======================================
Scientologists come to campus
April 4, 2006, Caleb Fort, Daily Lobo, University of New Mexico
http://media.www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2006/04/04/News/Scientologists.Come.To.Campus-1779266.shtml
Tags: Volunteer Ministers
======================================
Spotlight on Scientology
April 4, 2006, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=381998&in_page_id=1773
Silent births, purification programmes, claims that humans are an
exiled race from outer space called Thetans... welcome to religion,
Scientology style.
The claims made on behalf of the controversial cult have been prolific
over the years, not least because its most famous torchbearer,
Hollywood star Tom Cruise, is never far from the headlines.
But what exactly is the Church of Scientology? What does it teach and
what makes it so popular among the Hollywood jet set as well as
10million people worldwide? We put Scientology in the spotlight to find
out.
Tags: 1950, 1986, 1998, BBC, Church of Scientology International, Dianetics,
Hollywood, John Travolta, Juliette Lewis, Katie Holmes, L. Ron Hubbard,
Mental Health, Quicky, Tom Cruise
======================================
Medical high jinks leave Tom Cruise camp fuming
April 4, 2008, Rush & Molloy, New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/medical-high-jinks-leave-tom-cruise-camp-fuming-article-1.277586
Tom Cruise isn't getting any giggles from a new strain of medical
marijuana being marketed as "Tom Cruise Purple."
Word is that the actor's lawyers are taking a serious look at the
strong brand of bud after we brought it to their attention.
One of Cruise's friends found it "outrageous" that licensed cannabis
clubs in Northern California are selling vials of pot featuring a
picture of Cruise laughing hysterically.
Tags: Anonymous, Clive McLean, Death, Erica McLean, Feline Butcher, Feline
Kondula, Marijuana, Paul Barresi, Tom Cruise
======================================
Church Sells Idle Org Building
April 4, 2010, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/church-sells-idle-org-building/
In the midst of all the other news last week, one story didn't get the
attention it deserved: the Church of Scientology has put their
Portland, Oregon "Idle Org" building up for sale.
The Church bought the historic Stevens Building in downtown Portland,
amid much breathless fanfare and hype, in January, 2008. At the time,
the Portland Business Journal reported:
"After a years-long search for a building to call its own, The Church
of Scientology of Portland has acquired the historic Stevens Building
in an all-cash deal for $5.38 million.
Tags: 2008, Gwen Barnard, Ideal Org, Office of Special Affairs, Oregon,
Portland, Portland Business Journal, Quicky, Stevens Building
======================================
Until Nothing Remains part 1/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HlG2zZ-B2E
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
======================================
Until Nothing Remains part 2/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqd6L755jwk
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
======================================
Until Nothing Remains part 3/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RREj54q6oXw
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
======================================
Until Nothing Remains part 4/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syd9Bdx_8pw
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
======================================
Until Nothing Remains part 5/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uFYraA8Gd4
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
======================================
Until Nothing Remains part 6/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY22LZ-_7IU
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
======================================
Until Nothing Remains part 7/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22lRI0zHLU4
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
======================================
Until Nothing Remains part 8/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q73Bk1yw-RU
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
======================================
Until Nothing Remains part 9/9
April 4, 2010, AnonymousHamburg, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpwxDS_UVWw
Until Nothing Remains. Based on the true story of Heiner von R?nns, who
left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
English captioning.
Tags: Germany, Heiner von R?nns, Until Nothing Remains, Video
======================================
Mike Rinder on "The Hole," Indoctrination, Confessions, and His Ultimate
Escape
April 4, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/04/mike_rinder_scientology_former_spokesman_interview.php
"These were your friends, people you had traveled with," Rinder says.
"But then, you get in the Hole? You can't trust anybody."
The forced confessions pitted friends against each other. And the
conditions only made it worse. "Everyone sleeping with only about six
inches on either side. Above you. Below you. Getting up in the middle
of the night, you'd disturb everyone," Rinder says, and more than once
compares it to the madness of Lord of the Flies...
Tags: 1955, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1995, 2004, 2007, 2010,
Adelaide, Apollo, Australia, Basics, BBC, California, Caribbean, Christian,
Christie Collbran, CIA, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook,
Disconnection, England, Escape, Estates Project Force, Europe, Florida, Fort
Harrison, International Association of Scientologists, John Sweeney, Lisa
McPherson, Maiden Voyage, Marty Rathbun, Melbourne, Mike Rinder, New Year's
Eve, Office of Special Affairs, Portugal, Saint Hill, Saint Hill Manor, Sea
Org, South Carolina, Sydney, Tampa Bay Times, The Hole, University of Adelaide
======================================
Mike Rinder: The Village Voice Interview
April 4, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/mike-rinder-the-village-voice-interview/
Mike Rinder exposes David Miscavige and his Scientology Inc torture and
re-education camp called 'the Hole.' He discusses the mind set of a
corporate Scientologist subjected to such treatment. He touches on
other subjects of interest to Independent Scientologists,
fence-sitters, and under-the-radar folk.
Tags: David Miscavige, Independent Scientologists, Mike Rinder, Quicky, The
Hole, Village Voice
======================================
A Death in France
April 4, 2013, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/04/ignoring-epilepsy-i_3446.html
In 1987, a French court convicted two Narconon staffers after a woman
died at their centre having suffered repeated epileptic seizures. Was
it their fault alone, or did their negligence spring from Scientology's
teachings?
Jocelyne Dorfmann just wanted to get off her medication.
She had been taking drugs to control her epilepsy, but after eight
years she had had enough of them.
Tags: 1984, 1986, 1987, 2006, 2008, 2012, Epilepsy, France, Georges Fenech,
Heribert Pfaff, Jocelyne Dorfmann, L'Express, Medical, Miviludes, Narconon,
Narconon staff, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Roger Gonnet
======================================
Anti-drugs charity linked to Scientology gives talks to thousands of children
in Cornwall
April 4, 2013, Miles Davis, This is Cornwall
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Anti-drugs-charity-linked-Scientology-gives-talks/story-18606961-detail/story.html
Scientologist Peter Dwan, representing drugs charity Narconon, gave
anti-drugs presentations to more than 30 schools in the county and is
planning more.
But other drugs charities have criticised the methods used by Narconon,
and one awareness charity warned schools against involvement with its
programmes.
Tags: Cornwall, Narconon, Narconon UK, Peter Dwan, Roseland Community
College, Truth About Drugs, UK
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CEO questions attention directed at rehab center
April 4, 2013, News OK
http://newsok.com/ceo-questions-attention-directed-at-rehab-center/article/3779731
McALESTER -- He says his organization has problem with Senate Bill 295
and its aim to give state oversight of his Narconon Arrowhead facility.
But CEO Gary Smith wonders why the Legislature is spending so much
attention on the measure when there are so many other issues needing
action. Narconon Arrowhead drew attention in recent years because of
its drug and alcohol reabilitation methods and because of the deaths of
four of its patients in the past four years. The nonprofit facility is
among those that would be regulated by the bill, which has been passed
by the Senate and by a House committee. It still faces a vote of the
House and any amendments would send it back to the Senate.
Tags: Gary Smith, McAlester News-Capital, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead,
Oklahoma House of Representatives, Oklahoma Senate
======================================
New York - Another Empty "Ideal" Org
April 4, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/new-york-another-empty-ideal-org/
Another idle Ideal Org
In keeping with the Ideal Orgs theme one of our correspondents recently
visited NY Org. Last time she was there was 2 years ago.
Another of the first "Ideal Orgs" ? its been nearly a decade since
David Miscavige grandly cut the ribbon and promised a new era for
Scientology in NY. It should be bustling, there is more traffic within
200 feet of its front door than any org on earth.
Tags: Basics, Command Intention, David Miscavige, Dianetics, Dominican
Republic, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, L. Ron
Hubbard, Long Island, New York, OCA, OT, Purification, Quicky, Sea Org, The
Master, Volunteer Ministers
======================================
The Secret to Scientology's "Wins" Revealed?
April 4, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/04/04/the-secret-to-scientologys-wins-revealed/
The ultimate auditor? Welcome to our ongoing project, where we blog a
1950 first edition of Scientology's bible, Dianetics, with the help of
ex-Scientologist, Bay Area lawyer, blogger, and author Vance Woodward.
Go here for the first post in the series.
[ALSO TODAY: A federal judge tells Narconon to go fish; an update on
the Oklahoma drug rehab bill; more American press outrage about
Scientology in Vietnam; and Irish protest against Tom Cruise!]
Vance, now we begin Book Three, "Therapy," and switch gears.
Tags: 1950, 1980, 1990, 2008, 2009, 2010, ABLE, Associated Press, Clear,
Cult, David Derby, Dianetics, Dublin, Facebook, Feshbach, Florida, Gary
Smith, Guardian's Office, Hernando County, Jason Murphey, Jeanne LeFlore,
Judge James Whittemore, Kurt Feshbach, Luis Garcia, McAlester News-Capital,
Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, New York Times, Oklahoma, Pete Griffiths,
Purification Rundown, Quicky, Ruin, Sam Domingo, Samantha Domingo, Spring
Hill, Suncoast Rehabilitation Center, Super Power, Tampa Bay Times, Tom
Cruise, Toucan Partners, Vance Woodward, Vietnam
======================================
"Dear Wonderful Members..."
April 4, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/dear-wonderful-members/
The big sheeple rodeo is on.
Yeeha.
THIS is the most exciting game we have ever played! That is, until next
week when we announce the mostest most exciting game ever, ever.
Tags: CIA, Clearwater, Field Staff Member, Florida, Kaye Champagne, Keep
Scientology Working, LSD, OT Committee, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Student
Hat, Super Power, Survival Rundown, Tampa
======================================
Ireland -- Miscavige's Lies Just Won't Go Away
April 4, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ireland/
Some recent media from Ireland. Still reaping the rewards of making up
stories to tell the faithful about how wonderful things are "over
there" (everywhere except where you are)....
I bet Dear Leader just loves having his photo in articles like this all
over the world. And particularly enjoys being identified as worldwide
leader of a cult. Not exactly the positioning he is shooting for. He's
got "Pope" in HIS mind, not David Koresh.
Perhaps you should stop telling lies Dave? Nobody is going to bother
with stories like this if you don't give them something to write about.
Tags: 2010, David Koresh, David Miscavige, Dublin, Florida, Ireland, Kevin
Stevenson, Mission, New Year's Eve, Ocean FM, Personal Efficiency, Pope,
Quicky, Siobh?n Ryan
======================================
Scientology and Presentiment
April 4, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/scientology-and-presentiment/
More than thirty years of research has demonstrated rather conclusively
that the average human being when connected to a galvanic skin response
detection device (generic name for a Hubbard Electro-psychometer)
routinely registers presentiment of about five seconds. That is, the
meter reads on average 5 second prior to the subject being provided
with a concept to respond to. This research has been performed on
people taken off the street, with no previous psychic or spiritual
training or study. It has been conducted applying exacting scientific
standards.
What do you reckon the implications of these findings are to someone
who has received hundreds of hours of standard Scientology auditing?
That is, a process in which the practitioner is only permitted to
address those concepts or incidents that react on the meter only at the
precise end of the major thought as expressed in words by the auditor.
A few books off the top of my head where the referred to research is
discussed:
Tags: Quicky
======================================
Turnout Unacceptable For Mr. Clive Rabey
April 4, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/turnout-unacceptable-mr-clive-rabey/
Dear me. Things are not looking well in the home of the largest
concentration of Scientologists on earth, the land of the Ideal
Pacifica Bridge, the Ideal LA Org, Ideal Orange County, Ideal
Inglewood, Ideal Pasadena and rocking and rolling Valley All Stars.
And in this age of the "Golden Age of Tech II" when everyone is just
FLYING up the Bridge.
And in this era of amazing expansion under the brilliant leadership of
Dear Leader. Unparalleled growth and unbelievable enthusiasm.
Tags: Claire Taylor, Clive Rabey, Golden Age of Tech, Inglewood, Orange
County, OT, OT VII, Pasadena, Quicky
======================================
Video Vault: Hear L. Ron Hubbard unite Dianetics and Scientology in connubial
bliss!
April 4, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/04/04/video-vault-hear-l-ron-hubbard-unite-dianetics-and-scientolog-in-connubial-bliss/
Our video source came through with another gem this week. It's the
"quote video" that Scientology created to help sell the Unification
Congress, that fateful Phoenix event in December 1954 when L. Ron
Hubbard explained how he was going to unify Dianetics (which he had
invented in 1950) with Scientology, which he had developed in 1952.
Here's how Bridge Publications describes this set of lectures, which it
sells for $225.00...
"The historic Congress announcing the reunification of the subjects of
Dianetics and Scientology with the release of Dianetics 55! Until now,
each had operated in their own sphere: Dianetics addressed Man as Man -
the first four dynamics - while Scientology addressed life itself - the
Fifth to Eighth Dynamics. The formula which would serve as the
foundation for all future development was contained in a single word:
Communication. It was a paramount breakthrough L. Ron Hubbard would
later call, 'the great discovery of Dianetics and Scientology.' Here,
then, are the lectures, as it happened."
Tags: 1950, 1952, 1954, 2007, 2008, 2010, Australia, Becky Hughes, Bridge
Publications, Bryan Seymour, Chris Owen, Chris Shelton, Church of Scientology
Religious Education College Inc, Congress, David Miscavige, Dianetics, Ideal
Org, Int Base, Jamie DeWolf, L. Ron Hubbard, Leslie Hyman, Los Angeles,
Malaysia, Marc Headley, Mark Ebner, Mike Gilchrist, Monique Rathbun, Phoenix,
Quicky, Ray Jeffrey, Rehabilitation Project Force, SLAPP, Steven Hassan,
Texas Supreme Court, Tony DeCrescenzo, UK, Vance Woodward, Wallace Jefferson
======================================
"The Dead Agent Pack Was Compiled From PC Folders"
April 4, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-dead-agent-pack-was-compiled-from-pc-folders/
Someone sent me this email that was circulated after the original Truth
Rundown series in the St Petersburg Times in 2009.
That series was a massive expose - the first major media to lay out the
story of the physical and mental abuse meted out by David Miscavige,
the existence of The Hole and much more.
It was carefully researched and meticulously fact checked and
documented. It has stood the test of time as much of what is contained
in this series has been subsequently reconfirmed, especially in the
court testimony of Debbie Cook, but also in numerous other stories.
Tags: 1950, 1958, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1993,
1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, A Piece of Blue
Sky, Abuse, Academic, Advanced Ability Center, Amy Scobee, Annie Broeker,
Asbestos, Bitty Miscavige, Brussels, California, Canada, Chairman of the
Board, Church of Scientology International, Clear, Clearwater, Cura?ao,
Dallas, David Mayo, David Miscavige, Dead Agent, Debbie Cook, Dianetics,
Ethics, Flag Order, Flag Service Organization, Florida, Fort Harrison,
Freedom magazine, Freewinds, Garrison, George Washington University, Germany,
Gerry Armstrong, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of
Belief, Golden Era Productions, Guardian's Office, Guillaume Lesevre, Hemet,
Inspector General, Introspection Rundown, IRS, Jane Kember, Jefferson
Hawkins, Jesse Prince, Jon Atack, Jon Zegel, L. Ron Hubbard, Las Vegas,
Lawrence Woodcraft, Lawrence Wright, Lisa McPherson, Loyal Officer, Loyal
Officers, Malmo, Marc Yager, Mark Ingber, Marty Rathbun, Mary Sue Hubbard,
Master at Arms, Nashville, Netherlands Antilles, New Yorker, Nordica
Engineering, Norman Starkey, Omar Garrison, OSA Int, OT, OT V, Paul Haggis,
PC folders, Plant City, Poland, Quicky, Ray Mithoff, Religious Technology
Center, Rome, Room 174, Sea Org, Sec Check, Squirrel, St. Petersburg, St.
Petersburg Times, Suppressive Person, Sweden, Tax exempt, Tel Aviv, The Hole,
Tom Cruise, Tom DeVocht, Tommy Davis, Truth Rundown, Washington
======================================
'Going Clear' subject Tom DeVocht visited by Burbank PD after suspicious
anonymous tip
April 4, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/04/04/going-clear-subject-tom-devocht-visited-by-burbank-pd-after-suspicious-anonymous-tip/
We've been reporting that some of the ex-Scientologists who took part
in Alex Gibney's film Going Clear have been experiencing a sharp
increase in the amount of surveillance and harassment they normally
have to put up with.
Perhaps no one has experienced more suspicious activity recently than
Tom DeVocht, a former church executive who was close to Scientology
leader David Miscavige and who revealed that Miscavige took pleasure in
mocking Tom Cruise behind his back. DeVocht says in Going Clear that
Miscavige had the actor's auditing session notes sent to him daily,
which contained intimate details of Cruise's sex life, and Miscavige
would share those secrets with others, including DeVocht, while
drinking Scotch and laughing at Cruise.
Perhaps it's those embarrassing disclosures which explain why DeVocht
regularly experiences so much interference by private investigators.
But then yesterday, things moved into new territory. DeVocht was
visited by narcotics division police officers with the Burbank Police
Department who said they had been tipped that DeVocht was dealing drugs
in the area.
Tags: Adam Baumgarten, Adam Cornils, Alex Gibney, Bridge to Total Freedom,
Burbank, Burbank Police Department, California, Chick Corea, David Miscavige,
Facebook, Frederick News-Post, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of
Belief, Herbert Hoover, Maryland, Narconon, New York, New York City, Police,
Private investigator, Tom Cruise, Tom DeVocht, Trout Run, Twitter
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Scientology affiliates plan recovery center at historic retreat
April 4, 2015, Bethany Rodgers, Frederick News-Post
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/health_and_welfare/trout-run-owners-seek-to-convert-historic-camp-into-scientology/article_0fb90e47-9dde-57a6-9368-df64a7dca59c.html?mode=story
Owners of the storied Trout Run property are seeking a county
historical designation so they can convert the Thurmont retreat into a
substance abuse center affiliated with the Church of Scientology.
The 40-acre camp whose stream was once fished by President Herbert
Hoover was sold in 2013 to a Los Angeles-based property holdings group.
The property's new owners are looking to renovate the rustic Catoctin
Mountain lodges for the opening of a drug treatment center run by the
Narconon program.
The controversial recovery program grew from rehabilitation methods
developed by the Church of Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
Narconon treatments include nutritional supplements, exercise and time
spent in saunas. While there are no staff on-site yet, Narconon Eastern
U.S. Executive Director Yvonne Rodgers said, they plan to open the
"residential drug rehabilitation center" later this year.
Tags: Maryland, Narconon, Narconon Eastern US, Social Betterment Properties
International, Trout Run, Yvonne Rodgers
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Show: Brilliant SNL Fake Ad Ridicules Scientology's Creepy Underbelly
April 4, 2015, TODAY SHOW, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeTrL3tFXqI
When SNL presents a highly-produced pre-taped video sketch, it's almost
a guarantee to be better than the live-action skits. And tonight's
Scientology-bashing example was one for the ages.
The scene: A fake '90s-era musical ad for a religion called
"Neurotology," replete with nonsense jargon like "Diametrics"; belief
in aliens living in your brain; expensive devices that attach to your
head; and subtly terrified followers who eventually leave the religion,
go "missing," or become outspoken activists against the cult.
There's even a terrifying Miscavige-like leader and goofy
black-and-white footage of an L. Ron-Hubbard-like founder.
You could spend two hours watching HBO's Going Clear? or you could just
watch this now:
Tags: Fake, Saturday Night Live, Video, We Stand Tall
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Anti-Scientology billboard finally up in Los Angeles
April 4, 2016, Carlos Greer, Page Six
http://pagesix.com/2016/04/04/anti-scientology-billboard-finally-up-in-los-angeles/
Former Scientology members Phil and Willie Jones' anti-church
billboards finally went up Monday morning in LA, after two outdoor-ad
companies allegedly booked, then canceled the ads due to pressure from
the church.
Lamar Advertising put up one sign in Echo Park and is cutting nearby
trees for greater visibility, says Scientology blogger Tony Ortega. The
Joneses plan a "dedication ceremony" on Wednesday.
Their ad criticizing Scientology's alleged practice of "disconnection"
from family members reads, "To my loved one in Scientology .?.?. Call
me."
Tags: Atlanta, David Miscavige, Disconnection, Lamar Media, Los Angeles, Phil
Jones, Tony Ortega, Twitter, Willie Jones
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Atlanta Ideal Org Ribbon Yanking: The Real Story
April 4, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/atlanta-ideal-org-ribbon-yanking-the-real-story/
Scientology wasted no time putting this photo (and a bunch of others)
onto their website.
After all, this is the pinnacle of David Miscavige's (and thus
scientology's) accomplishment. A "new org" is opened. This of course is
not true, it is just a new building for the same old org as they all
are. Scientology has not opened an actual new org in the last decade.
Not a single one. I think Kaohsuing in Taiwan might have been the last
one - but that was long before the "new building" was opened.
This is the big lie scientology tells its sheeple and the world. Their
new buildings "prove" they are in an era of "massive international
expansion" under the "guidance of David Miscavige, the ecclesiastical
leader of the scientology religion." The flowery bs on their website
about the "grand opening" of Atlanta reads like the others that have
come before. Shermanspeak and fawning praise for "Mr. Miscavige" and
his brilliant leadership obscuring and real substance.
Tags: Atlanta, David Miscavige, Golden Era, Ideal Org, Kaohsuing, KCET,
Nashville, Quicky, Scientology Media Productions, Shermanspeak, Taiwan
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THE BILLBOARD IS UP: Scientology's 'disconnection' on view in Los Angeles
April 4, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/04/04/the-billboard-is-up-scientologys-disconnection-policy-on-view-in-los-angeles/
After two previous companies turned them down, Phil and Willie Jones
were successful today in Los Angeles with their plan to protest
Scientology's disconnection policy with a billboard asking
Scientologists to call their loved ones.
Phil and Willie Jones are former Scientology members who can no longer
communicate with their two grown children, Mike and Emily Jones, who
are employees of Scientology's inner "Sea Organization," which requires
them to sign billion-year contracts and work nearly around the clock
for pennies an hour. Because Phil and Willie are no longer in the
church and have criticized it, their kids have been told to cut off all
ties with them as part of "disconnection."
The Las Vegas couple has kicked up a row with Scientology since they
arrived with a television film crew in Hollywood, trying to see their
kids. Then, Phil came up with the idea of the billboard, which simply
asks Scientologists to call their loved ones, with a link to a website
they've put up about the disconnection policy. With the help of readers
from this website, they raised more than $10,000 in a single day with a
GoFundMe site to pay for a billboard.
Tags: Call Me, Disconnection, Emily Jones, Glendale, GoFundMe, Hollywood,
Lamar Media, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mike Jones, Outfront Media, Phil Jones,
Quicky, Regency Outdoor, Sea Org, Willie Jones
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VIDEO: David Miscavige's entire speech at Scientology's Atlanta 'Ideal Org'
opening
April 4, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/04/04/video-david-miscaviges-entire-speech-at-scientologys-atlanta-ideal-org-opening/
Thanks to smart planning by a couple of our readers, we have a complete
video of Scientology leader David Miscavige's speech Saturday as he
opened the organization's new "Ideal Org" in an Atlanta suburb.
The Atlanta facility is the first Ideal Org Scientology has opened in
the US in nearly three years, but photos from the event show a crowd of
only about 500 people gathered at the building in Sandy Springs,
Georgia. As usual, Miscavige presided over the ceremony while an image
of him was projected on a large screen nearby.
Scientology goes to great lengths to keep non-Scientologists far away
from these events by blocking streets, sidewalks, and with the use of
security personnel, so that we get only partial views of what's going on.
Tags: 20/20, Aaron Mason, Atlanta, Buffalo, Charles Rangel, Dan Sherman,
David Miscavige, Georgia, Ideal Org, International Association of
Scientologists, Mike Rinder, Paulette Cooper, Quicky, Ron Miscavige,
Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me, Saint Hill, Sandy
Springs, Taiwan, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely
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David Miscavige: Scientology TV launches by June 21, to show 'planet's
coolest religion'
April 4, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2017/04/04/david-miscavige-scientology-tv-launches-by-june-21-to-show-planets-coolest-religion/
Last week, one of our tipsters found evidence that the Church of
Scientology has convinced the country's second-largest cable television
system, Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable), to make room for SCNTV,
a channel that will carry Scientology's programming.
Our tipster also attended the LRH Birthday Event, and told us what
church leader David Miscavige said about the upcoming Scientology
channel. And now, that same tipster has done us another solid: They
passed on to us pages from the new International Scientology News (ISN)
magazine, which reports on that speech by Miscavige and gives us some
new details.
Most importantly, we can set a firmer date on the channel going live:
In his speech, Miscavige claimed that programming would begin airing
"by the time we reach the summer solstice," which falls on June 21.
Tags: 1912, 1930, A&E, Birthday Event, Brooke Daniels, Catherine Bell, David
Miscavige, Denver, Hollywood, HowdyCon, International Scientology News, James
King, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Los Angeles, Mike Rinder, Penny Atwell-
Jones, Planetary dissemination, Quicky, Scientology and the Aftermath,
Scientology Media Productions, Time Warner, Vocativ
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Scientology-linked drug rehab centre sued over $150,000 sniffer dog bills
April 4, 2017, Tom Cowie, The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/scientologylinked-drug-rehab-centre-sued-over-150000-sniffer-dog-bills-20170404-gvd8en.html
Australian K9 Detection Unit is seeking $158,767.75 that it claims is
still outstanding, plus late fees. Small weekly payments of between
$500 and $2000 were still being made by the centre when the action was
lodged, the writ said.
The writ was filed against the Association for Better Living and
Education, an offshoot of the Church of Scientology, as well as the
previous secretary and executive directors of Get Off Drugs Naturally.
The program was investigated by Consumer Affairs Victoria in 2015 and
subsequently fined after claiming on its website that it had a high
success rate of curing drug addiction with detox treatments.
Tags: 2015, ABLE, Australia, Consumer Affairs Victoria, Get Off Drugs
Naturally, Narconon, O'Shannassy Lodge, Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal, Warburton
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