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Cyberspace is also subject to copyright law, judge rules
January 20, 1996, Seattle Times
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960120&slug=2309789
A federal judge ruled yesterday that an Arlington, Va., man violated
copyright laws when he dumped sacred texts of the Church of Scientology
onto the Internet, saying words enjoy legal protection even in
cyberspace.
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said there was such compelling
evidence of copyright violation that she found no need to send the case
involving Arnaldo Lerma, 45, to a jury.
Tags: Arnaldo Lerma, Judge Brinkema, Religious Technology Center
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Judge Finds Copyright Protection On The Internet
January 20, 1996, Anne Gearan, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1996/Judge-Finds-Copyright-Protection-On-The-Internet/id-d43ac343493a761f4d3a9de44b5dbe02
ALEXANDRIA (AP) _ A critic of the church of Scientology violated
copyright law when he posted sacred church texts on the Internet, a
federal judge ruled Friday.
In a case closely watched by computer users, the church sued Arnaldo
Lerma for placing the documents on the Internet as part of his
long-running criticism of church practices he says are abusive.
U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema put aside questions of whether
the church harassed the critic or abused a search warrant she granted
and narrowed the complex case to a few issues of copyright law.
Tags: 1963, 1978, 1995, Arnaldo Lerma, Copyright, Judge Leonie Brinkema,
Quicky, Thomas Kelley, Washington Post
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France stands by Germany against Scientology
January 20, 1997, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1997/France-stands-by-Germany-against-Scientology/id-1a2b63fd448a5b843d229a906990e2f9
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ France backed Germany today
in its acrimonious dispute with the Church of Scientology.
"I share the apprehension of the Germans regarding these sects," said
Herve de Charette, the French foreign minister.
De Charette joined his German counterpart, Klaus Kinkel, in denouncing
an advertisement signed by Hollywood celebrities that likened German
treatment of Scientologists to the Nazi persecution of Jews.
Tags: Belgium, Brussels, Christian, Dustin Hoffman, Europe, France, Germany,
Goldie Hawn, Helmut Kohl, Hollywood, International Herald Tribune, Klaus
Kinkel, Larry King, Nicholas Burns, Oliver Stone, Quicky, US State Department
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Setsuri cult facilities raided over immigration suspicions
January 20, 2007, Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/01/20/news/setsuri-cult-facilities-raided-over-immigration-suspicions/
Police are investigating the Setsuri cult and searched the Yokohama
home of the former president of a defunct printing firm Thursday and
Friday on suspicion of abetting immigration law violations.
Chiba Prefectural Police searched eight locations, including the cult's
facilities in the city of Chiba on suspicion that a senior cultist - a
South Korean woman - illegally obtained her residency status in Japan
for missionary work.
Setsuri (Providence) was established in South Korea and has been active
in Japan since around 1987. Its founder, Jung Myung Seok, 61, is
alleged to have sexually assaulted several female members.
There are reportedly more than 2,000 followers of the cult in Japan.
South Korea, where the cult is known as JMS, has put Jung on an
international wanted list on charges of raping female followers.
Tags: 1987, 1990, Japan, Jesus Morning Star, Jung Myung Seok, Providence,
Setsuri, South Korea, Yokohama
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Scientologist elects to be bigoted
January 20, 2008, Ben Widdicombe, Gatecrasher, NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/01/20/2008-01-20_scientologist_elects_to_be_bigoted.html
Have you been wondering who Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who
died in 1986, would vote for to be President?
Tags: Hollywood Undercover, Ian Halperin
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Scientologists enlist police to push antidrugs drive in school
January 20, 2008, Anna Mikhailova, London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article3216965.ece
POLICE officers across the country have been used by the Church of
Scientology to promote its antidrugs campaign in schools.
Officers have been handing out booklets that praise the science fiction
writer L Ron Hubbard, the church's founder, and describe both
prescription and illegal drugs as "poison".
Tags: Cult Information Centre, Detox, Ian Haworth, Say No to Drugs, UK
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I-Team: Front Sight Founder Takes Another Shot at Development
January 20, 2009, Colleen McCarty, KLAS
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/9698579/i-team-front-sight-founder-takes-another-shot-at-development
You could call it D?j? Vu. Unfulfilled promises surrounding a master
planned community prompted three Front Sight members to file a
class-action lawsuit. Front Sight settled but has yet to satisfy the
terms of the agreement. It owes millions, as it again seeks approval to
build the "homes on the range" it touted more than a decade ago.
Tags: Front Sight, Ignatius Piazza, WISE
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Tom Cruise signs Anonymous-mask - pwnd in 39 secs (0:19-"No masks")
January 20, 2009, BerlinAnon46, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG7WD6VAmJ4
Anonymous Berlin delivered! We planned it and as usual it worked out.
Yes, I had the honor to mindrape tom cruise. At 00:19 he says "no
masks". Then I lovebombed him - as good as I could.
Afterwards he not only got me my Fawkes-mask back from that
security-guy you see in the vid. He happened to sign the Mask of a
"terrorist"(at least if you ask his "church") who suppresses Toms
"Religion" on a regular basis.
Tags: Anonymous, Berlin, Quicky, Sec Check, Tom Cruise
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WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT?
January 20, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/what-will-they-think-of-next-2/
by Mike Rinder
Here is the latest twist on sucking blood out of stones.
Once you have turned over any available money and have borrowed to your
credit card limit and taken out your second or third mortgage, cashed
in your life insurance policy and sold your future rights to an
inheritance, there is something more EVERYONE can give in order to
raise their status.
Tags: DEA, eBay, Ideal Org, Mike Rinder, Orange County, OT, Quicky, TIME,
Vulture Culture
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Is this proof that Tom's church is just rubbish?
January 20, 2012, Robert McNeill, Belfast Telegraph
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/is-this-proof-that-toms-church-is-just-rubbish-16105692.html
However, I was intrigued to read of Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis
alleging the organisation had employed private detectives to rake
through his bins. I used to fancy being a private detective, but think
I'll give it a miss now. Paul claims they're raking his rubbish to find
material that could discredit him after he left the loopy outfit. How
does that work then?
Tags: Paul Haggis, Private investigator, Trash collection
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Scientology on the High Seas: The Littlest Sailors!
January 20, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/01/scientology_on_2.php
In November we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has
obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished
"Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the
Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from late 1968 through
1971, and this time we're looking at what was happening the week of
January 15 through 21 during those years.
After the jump, LRH explains his feelings about child labor...
[Confused? Go here for our primer, "What is Scientology?" For recent
controversies in the church, check out our stories on Debbie Cook,
secrets of the Super Power Building, and spying on Tom Cruise. We know
these 40-year-old ship's documents aren't for everyone, but they've
been giving us some interesting insights into the mind of Hubbard as he
ran Scientology from a yacht in the Mediterranean. Check back here
often for more breaking news about the church.]
Tags: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, AOLA, ASHO, Child labor, Debbie Cook,
Dianetics, Doctor, E-meter, Ethics, Guardian's Office, L. Ron Hubbard,
Medical, Mediterranean, Mission, Orders of the Day, Quicky, SMERSH, Super
Power Building, Sweden, Tom Cruise, UK
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'Going Clear' Muddies the Water
January 20, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/going-clear-muddies-the-water/
To true-believer Scientologists, Lawrence Wright's book Going Clear
will be an extreme test of faith. To independent-minded Scientologists
the book will be a test of how well they understand Scientology and
correspondingly how well they differentiate the technology of
Scientology from personage of its original author.
This is so because the majority of the book is little more than a
compendium of greatest shots by L. Ron Hubbard's many erstwhile enemies.
There is no balance, but for the occasional gratuitous, condescending
nods to L. Ron Hubbard's power of imagination.
Having read a number of Wright's previous works, I anticipated much
more from the Pulitzer prize winning author. I never wrote a review of
Janet Reitman's Inside Scientology because I considered it a rather
dry, overly academic history of Scientology. While it was more
comprehensive and balanced than any previous outsider look at the
subject, I found it to be rather turgid, impersonal and careful. It,
like all books by outsiders who haven't experienced that which they
write about, lacked the vital subjective component that truth requires.
Note, some level of subjective experience is essence in covering a
subject (religion/philosophy/spirituality) that is by academic and
scientific standards wholly subjective. Having seen how Wright made the
entire Middle East vs. Western culture divide personal, and
understandable in his The Looming Tower ? from both the Middle Eastern
and Western perspective ? I believed he might do the same for the
sorely misunderstood subjects of L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology.
Tags: 1986, 2002, Bare-Faced Messiah, Charles O'Reilly, David Miscavige,
Ethics Officer, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of
Belief, Int Base, Janet Reitman, Lawrence Wright, Mary Sue Hubbard, Nicole
Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Pulitzer, Quicky, Russell Miller, Scientology
practice, Sea Org, Time magazine, Tom Cruise
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Sunday Funnies: Scientology Says It Bought a SUPER BOWL Ad!
January 20, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/01/20/sunday-funnies-4/
On Sundays, we bring to you the latest fliers and mailers and e-mails
that Scientologists have received as the church encourages them to
donate to one campaign after another. It's dizzying to keep up with all
the requests for cash that church members get hit up for, and this week
we received a lot of interesting things to choose from. We call our
weekly feature Sunday Funnies. So let's dig in!
UPDATE 8:05 PM - The "Knowledge" Ad just ran during the AFC game, as
promised. See our update below.
Our tipsters really came through this week. We were just sent this
first flier, which claims that not only will Scientology's "Knowledge"
ad run during tonight's AFC Championship game, but it also says that
the church has bought an ad for Super Bowl XLVII on February 3!
Tags: 1950, Alfreddie Johnson, Author Services Inc, Baltimore, Bodhi Elfman,
England, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief,
Harlem, Harry Smith, International Association of Scientologists, Jenna
Elfman, Lawrence Wright, Marc Headley, Matt Feshbach, NBC, New York, Orange
County, Pat Harney, Paul Haggis, Quicky, Rock Center, SEC, Sunday Funnies,
Super Bowl, Super Power, Twitter
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Scientology OT Committees- Some Statistics
January 20, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-ot-committee/
The OT Committee of a Scientology Church represents the most active and
committed of the local Scientologists. Until they have completed OT
VIII, they are easy to pressure and control because they have to pass
detailed "OT Eligibility" Checks and they get grilled as to their
contributions to their local Church. If they fail the check, they can't
move on.
To see the statistics of an OT Committee is thus a somewhat rare and
very revealing glimpse behind the curtain.
Scientology church staffers go to extreme lengths to hide the actual
statistics of their organizations. This is because these statistics
reflect the dismal situation within Scientology Churches around the
world and their complete failure to make any progress towards their
stated goal of lifting people up the Scientology Bridge through
auditing and training. Even worse are the statistics of new people
started on their first basic Scientology services. The number of new
people started in Scientology was miniscule BEFORE the truth about
David Miscavige's depraved conduct became international news headlines
starting in 2009. I have heard that it is close to flatlined now and
these emails seem to bear that out.
Tags: 2009, AOLA, ASHO, Clear, David Miscavige, Golden Age of Tech, Los
Angeles, Mission, New Year's Eve, OT, OT Committee, OT VIII, OTC, PAC Base,
Quicky, Raw Public, Sacramento, Scientology organization, South Africa
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Tales from Scientology's Hollywood Celebrity Centre: A new film, and a new
death
January 20, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/01/20/tales-from-scientologys-hollywood-celebrity-centre-tayler-tweed-steven-mango/
We have two very different reports for you today that share one thing
in common - Scientology's Hollywood Celebrity Centre.
Steven Mango spent four years in Scientology, hoping that his
involvement with the Celebrity Centre would help his acting career. A
year ago, he left Scientology after he'd had enough of the church's
constant requests for money.
Most people who leave Scientology keep quiet. Steven had a different
idea - he made a two and a half hour movie about it. He's debuting his
film this Sunday at the ACME Theater in Hollywood (go here for tickets).
Tags: California, Cathy Tweed, Celebrity Centre, Disconnection, Facebook,
Hollywood, Quicky, Steven Mango, Tayler DeBari, Tayler Tweed
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Wanted: Scientology Evidence
January 20, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/scientology-evidence/
1. Print editions of any Freedom magazines published since summer 2009
to the present.
2. Any first hand witness to the following youtube channel and the
video of our home - or any similar ones - depicted in the screen grab
below:
3. Evidence of David Miscavige, Religious Technology Center (RTC),
Church of Scientology International (CSI), and any of their agents
ordering or executing the destruction of evidence since July 2013.
Tags: 2009, 2013, Church of Scientology International, David Miscavige,
Freedom magazine, Quicky, Religious Technology Center
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An Appropriate Commendation For Once
January 20, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/an-appropriate-commendation-for-once/
I was sent a copy of this report by Mike Laws and I thought it worth
making more broadly known. It has NOTHING to do with giving money to
scientology which is about the only form of commendation one usually
hears about these days.
Mike makes some important points, not the least of which is how Mike
Ellis could be sent to the doctor (Megan Shields) who diagnosed him
with congestive problems and an ear infection, but then just a few days
later he is taken to another doctor who discovers he is overweight and
has what is apparently a serious heart condition - bad enough to
prevent him from traveling. That wasn't obvious when he saw (presumably
- maybe she didn't even see him as it is hard to imagine missing his
condition) Dr. Shields?
It also raises the question: how is Mike Ellis on post? By scientology
policy he is not qualified to hold his position as he is PTS. Pretty
seriously and chronically with all sorts of physical problems.
Tags: 1972, ABLE, Critic, David Miscavige, Ethics, Ethics Officer, Florida,
Luis and Rocio Garcia, Master at Arms, Megan Shields, Mike Ellis, Mike Laws,
OSA Int, OT, Potential Trouble Source, Quicky, Religious Technology Center,
Tony Ortega
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Legal? Or Moral And Right?
January 20, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/legal-or-moral-and-right/
There are many wonderful quotes from this truly inspirational man who
had the courage to stand for what he thought was right and good and just.
I had intended this post to come earlier in the day, where in the US we
are celebrating Martin Luther King Jnr Day today. But things got away
from me, so it is a little tardy.
Someone pointed out this quote to me the other day, and it stuck with
me. It was written by Dr. King from a jail cell in Birmingham Alabama
on 16 April, 1963, and this is the paragraph from which the quote above
is lifted:
Tags: 1963, Alabama, Birmingham, Christian, David Miscavige, Disconnection,
Germany, HBO, Hungary, Legal, Martin Luther King, Monique Yingling, New York
Times, Quicky
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Regraded Being
January 20, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/regraded-being/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
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Scientology's first 'Clear': L. Ron Hubbard intended to return as his
daughter Diana's son
January 20, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/01/20/scientologys-first-clear-l-ron-hubbard-intended-to-return-as-his-daughter-dianas-son/
John McMaster We have more fascinating documents recently unearthed by
a researcher who is a friend to the Underground Bunker as well as a
mainstay at WhyWeProtest.net. As we said on Friday, her Freedom of
Information Act request with the Food and Drug Administration (made
with the help of the MuckRock website) is yielding some interesting new
insights into Scientology's early history.
The FDA intensively researched Scientology and its founder, L. Ron
Hubbard, because it was concerned about the health claims Hubbard was
making about the "e-meter," the crude electronic device used in
Scientology "auditing." Hubbard claimed that nearly all human ailments
were psychosomatic in nature, and so his auditing with e-meters could
rid a person of virtually any illness.
On January 3, 1963, the FDA, with the help of 14 federal marshals,
raided Scientology's "Founding Church" in Washington DC, and
confiscated about a hundred of the e-meters. The ensuing legal battle
eventually resulted in a settlement requiring Scientology to put a
disclaimer on each e-meter about how it was not to be used in the
diagnosis of illness.
Tags: 1950, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1980, 2012, A
Piece of Blue Sky, Alex Gibney, American Saint Hill Organization, Apollo,
Arthur Ehrlich, Beck Hansen, Bill Parsons, Bud Loftis, California, Chain-
locker, Charles Allan, Child abuse, Christie Hotel, Clear, Dallas, David
Miscavige, DC, Diana Hubbard, Dianetics, Disconnection, Drug Free Hero, Drug
Free Leader, Durban, E-meter, England, Facebook, Fair Game, FDA, Food and
Drug Administration, Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Founding Church,
Freedom of Information Act, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the
Prison of Belief, Greece, Hemet, Hollywood Inn, Hollywood Life Improvement
Center, Hollywood Test Center, Hugh Urban, Int Base, International Court of
Justice, Ireland, Jack Horner, John F. Kennedy, John McMaster, Jon Atack,
KCET, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, LSD, Mediterranean, Meghan Fialkoff,
Melody Horner, Millen Bellknap, Muckrock, Netherlands, New York, Ohio State
University, Park City, Pope, Quebec City, R2-45, Richard Nixon, Roanne
Horwich, Saint Hill, Saint Hill Manor, Saint Hill Special Briefing Course,
Scientology organization, Sea Org, Shrine Auditorium, South Africa, Sundance
Film Festival, Suppressive Person, Utah, Washington, WhyWeProtest
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'That's Not All!' Kevin Trudeau, The World's Greatest Salesman, Makes One
Last Pitch
January 20, 2015, Aaron Gell, Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-trudeau-interview-2014-12
Kevin promised to get a divorce, and he and Dorow tied the knot in
November 2007, having dated for six years. She says their prenup
obligated her to reach a certain level in Scientology, which Trudeau
has dabbled in over the years.
Tags: Kevin Trudeau
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Chestnut Street's PMC Group Building is still Scientology's
January 20, 2016, Metro
http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/chestnut-street-s-pmc-group-building-is-still-scientology-s/zsJpas---vlqWwFQBxkJA/
In July of last year, the Philadelphia Church of Scientology, property
owners of the PMC Group Building, came into compliance with a fire code
regulation after they were cited with a violation issued by the
Department of Licenses and Inspections in 2014. Currently, there are no
open citations on the building. Yet, it remains vacant.
L&I officials said Tuesday that a lawsuit stemming from a "doors and
windows" violation from 2013 ? a crackdown issued to battle blight in
neighborhoods ? was discontinued. While the suit was pending, the
property owner brought the building into compliance. (When there is no
longer a violation, the property owner can't be prosecuted.)
Tags: Ideal Org, Maryann Conte, Philadelphia, Rotting building
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How Scientology hooks public officials on its addictive anti-drug front
January 20, 2016, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
http://scientologymoneyproject.com/2016/01/20/how-scientology-hooks-public-officials-on-its-addictive-anti-drug-front/
(Note: This article was originally published on Tony Ortega's
Underground Bunker and is reprinted here for archival reasons)
Recently, we wrote about a police chief in a small Minnesota town who
found himself being flown to Washington DC to be feted by the Church of
Scientology and one of its celebrities, actress Erika Christensen. Why
did he deserve this treatment? He was being celebrated because he had
purchased anti-drug pamphlets from a Scientology front group, the
Foundation for a Drug-Free World. After we wrote a couple of stories
about how the police chief was being used in Scientology public
relations, he had a change of heart and is no longer teaching the
Foundation's classes in his town. Now, contributor Jeffrey Augustine
looks a little more closely at how Scientology uses the Foundation to
lure in unsuspecting public officials.
How does the chief of police of a small town in Minnesota find himself
in Washington DC unwittingly promoting a Scientology "drug prevention"
front group? It was the result of a well-designed Scientology program
that is intended to lure unwary educators, law enforcement figures, and
other overworked public officials tasked with drug education. This
machine has ten parts:
Tags: 2010, 2014, Bob Adams, Brandy Harrison, California, Christian, DC,
Dianetics, E-meter, Erika Christensen, Foundation for a Drug-Free World,
Google, Hollywood, Hollywood Guaranty Building, International Association of
Scientologists, IRS, Kendrick Moxon, Louisiana, Mental Health, Minnesota,
Narconon, NDA, Office of Special Affairs, Police, Quicky, Sea Org, Snow White
Program, Suppressive Person, Tony Ortega, Truth About Drugs, Underground
Bunker, US Secretary of State, Washington
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The Church of Scientology of Latter-Day Dolts: Video evidence of the fall
January 20, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/01/20/the-church-of-scientology-of-latter-day-dolts-video-evidence-of-the-fall/
For a few years, we've been telling you that Scientology is in a poorly
way. Many different sources of evidence suggest that the 65-year-old
movement has been suffering from a mass exodus of longtime, loyal
members. Many others remain in the group but hold back from
participating as they react to leader David Miscavige's ever-increasing
desperation in the form of hard-sell begging for donations.
We hear constantly about empty facilities, dwindling attendance at
events, and withering stats. Meanwhile, the desperation is so palpable,
Scientology has reached out to another struggling group, the Nation of
Islam, for a bizarre partnership that seems little more than a
last-ditch effort to count a few more bodies in the shop.
But how does that weird mashup work in practice? Recently, an
advertisement for a Nation of Islam/Scientology event caught our eye.
"Give Birth to a God," it said, and promoted a joint presentation by
Nation of Islam member (and Scientology Super Power graduate) Sister
Nayyirah Muhammad and midwife and Scientology Clear Heather Moll.
Tags: Clear, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Dila Tezemir, Freewinds, Heather
Moll, Ismail Karakas, Ismail Karakas, Istanbul, Legoland, Life Improvement
Center, Muhammad, Narconon, Narconon Turkey, Nation of Islam, Nayyirah
Muhammad, Quicky, Russia, St. Petersburg, Super Power, Venezuela, Youth for
Human Rights International
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Things Are Bleak At Flag
January 20, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/things-are-bleak-at-flag/
The evidence is all around.
Direct observation: drive past the place any time of the day or night
and it is like a ghost-town. A lone security guard and PI at the front
door of the Ft Harrison hotel. Otherwise no sign of life. The Potemkin
Village up Ft. Harrison is even sadder - 6 storefront with their doors
open and a lonely receptionist waiting for the visitor that never comes.
Otherwise, one after the other, they are always completely empty but
their lights are on and the windows are not covered (like every other
building). Sandcastle parking lot half full at best. Parking lot behind
the Osceola, empty. Westcoast parking lot empty. Oak Cove empty.
They cannot even fill Ruth Eckerd Hall for the New Year's event, so
they hold it in the auditorium (while frantically regging people to
build the "L. Ron Hubbard Hall.") Flag is a wasteland.
Tags: Albuquerque, Charlotte Taffe, Jeff Mintz, L. Ron Hubbard Hall, New
Mexico, New Year's Eve, Oak Cove, Quicky, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Sandcastle
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Here are Tampa Bay's 25 priciest homes of 2016
January 20, 2017, Susan Taylor Martin, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/here-are-tampa-bays-25-priciest-homes-of-2016/2310227
$6.875 million, Safety Harbor
The basics: 9,365 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 6 full baths
On 10 gated acres overlooking Old Tampa Bay, this contemporary estate
sold in October to Pers and Svetlana Wickstrom. He is CEO of several
drug and alcohol rehabilitation in programs in Michigan. The price was
the most paid for a single-family bay area home since 2013.
Tags: Michigan, Per Wickstrom, Real estate, Svitlana Wickstrom
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New plans approved for Scientology HQ in Moseley
January 20, 2017, Adam Learoyd, Birmingham Post
http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/commercial-property/what-happening-scientology-hq-moseley-12483572
In 2007, the Church of Scientology bought Pitmaston House in Moseley
for ?4,200,000.
Despite the city council granting planning permission to the
controversial church in 2013, no work seems to have been completed on
the property - although, an application for planning permission in
December suggests that the church is still seeking to renovate
Pitmaston House.
After initial planning permission was granted back in 2013, the church
promised a "complete and sensitive" restoration worth ?6,000,000 of the
historic building, which was supposed to transform the building from
office use into a place of worship and religious education, bringing it
"back to its former glory".
Tags: 2007, 2013, Birmingham, Graeme Wilson, Ideal Org, Moseley, Pitmaston
House, Rotting building
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Regraded Being
January 20, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-80/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
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What Scientology can tell us about a 20th of January like no other
January 20, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/01/20/what-scientology-can-tell-us-about-a-20th-of-january-like-no-other/
L. Ron Hubbard warned us that he was a garden-variety crackpot right
from the start. Go ahead, take a look at the very first words in
Hubbard's 1950 manifesto, Dianetics. Here's what it says:
"The creation of dianetics is a milestone for Man comparable to his
discovery of fire and superior to his inventions of the wheel and arch."
How that didn't prevent anyone from taking the rest of this book
seriously is truly a mystery.
Tags: 1950, 1966, 1986, 2002, 2003, Arizona, Auckland, Australia, Bridge to
Total Freedom, Buffalo, California, David Miscavige, Denver, Dianetics,
Florida, HowdyCon, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists,
Johannesburg, Mike Rinder, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand, Oregon,
Pasadena, Phoenix, Portland, Quicky, Rhodesia, South Africa, Tampa, Tom Cruise
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Garcias decry Scientology kangaroo 'arbitration' and ask judge to reinstate
fraud lawsuit
January 20, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/01/20/garcias-decry-scientology-kangaroo-arbitration-and-ask-judge-to-reinstate-fraud-lawsuit/
In October, Luis Garcia went on Facebook to declare that the
Scientology "arbitration" he'd been forced to endure turned out to be
an utter joke. But now, with a new court filing, we're learning just
what a farce the procedure was as the Garcias ask the federal court,
once again, to restore their fraud lawsuit against the church.
We've been following this case now for five years, and our readers have
seen it go through quite a few ups and downs. The Garcias donated huge
sums to the church while they were members, and sued in January 2013
saying that they had been lied to and defrauded when they were
pressured to give those donations.
But rather than hear their fraud claim in a civil trial, Tampa Federal
Judge James Whittemore agreed with the church that because the Garcias
had signed draconian membership contracts, they were obliged to take
their grievances to an internal arbitration procedure, and he stayed
the lawsuit.
Tags: 2013, 2014, Clearwater, Facebook, Flag Land Base, Flag Service
Organization, Flag Ship Service Organization, Freewinds, Gary Soter, Ideal
Org, International Association of Scientologists, International Justice
Chief, Jim Meskimen, Judge James Whittemore, Los Angeles, Luis Garcia, Mike
Driessen, Mike Ellis, Orange County, Pete Sokoloff, Sunday Funnies, Super
Power, Suppressive Person, Tampa, Ted Babbitt
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Schadenfreude! Fun for the Whole Family!
January 20, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/schadenfreude-fun-for-the-whole-family/
"Schadenfreude" is the experience of pleasure, joy, or
self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the
troubles, failures, or humiliation of another (Wikipedia). I know it's
wrong but I love this word-it just sounds cool-and as much as I try, I
can't seem to feel sympathetic and not gloat at the misfortunes of
Scientology. I can't seem to rise above and turn away from watching the
demise of the church and seeing those old friends still trapped inside
get their comeuppance. Apparently, I'm not as "great" or as big as Ron
would have liked.
Don't get me wrong; I'm great sometimes. Just not all the time. I'm not
a mean guy. I like to help others. Unless they're attached to my leg, I
don't kick cats and dogs. I wait for pedestrians to get most of the way
through crosswalks before speeding through intersections. I donate
regularly to a handful of charities. I love the great outdoors. I
always bring something to potlucks. I frequently "like" Facebook posts.
But damn me if I don't enjoy sitting on the couch with my spouse after
dinner watching Aftermath or listening to YouTube videos of
Scientology's latest misstep.
Let's be honest. Nattering about others makes us feel better-at least
some of us, some of the time. According to a number of scientific
studies cited in Wikipedia (I know; using the Wik for research is
almost cheating), schadenfreude is common to the human psyche-at least
for some us, some of the time. For anyone reading this blog, though?nah.
Tags: Facebook, Google, IRS, Regraded Being, Suppressive Person, Terra
Cognita, Wikipedia, YouTube
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Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
January 20 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/01-20.html
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Cyberspace is also subject to copyright law, judge rules
January 20, 1996, Seattle Times
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960120&slug=2309789
A federal judge ruled yesterday that an Arlington, Va., man violated
copyright laws when he dumped sacred texts of the Church of Scientology
onto the Internet, saying words enjoy legal protection even in
cyberspace.
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said there was such compelling
evidence of copyright violation that she found no need to send the case
involving Arnaldo Lerma, 45, to a jury.
Tags: Arnaldo Lerma, Judge Brinkema, Religious Technology Center
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Judge Finds Copyright Protection On The Internet
January 20, 1996, Anne Gearan, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1996/Judge-Finds-Copyright-Protection-On-The-Internet/id-d43ac343493a761f4d3a9de44b5dbe02
ALEXANDRIA (AP) _ A critic of the church of Scientology violated
copyright law when he posted sacred church texts on the Internet, a
federal judge ruled Friday.
In a case closely watched by computer users, the church sued Arnaldo
Lerma for placing the documents on the Internet as part of his
long-running criticism of church practices he says are abusive.
U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema put aside questions of whether
the church harassed the critic or abused a search warrant she granted
and narrowed the complex case to a few issues of copyright law.
Tags: 1963, 1978, 1995, Arnaldo Lerma, Copyright, Judge Leonie Brinkema,
Quicky, Thomas Kelley, Washington Post
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France stands by Germany against Scientology
January 20, 1997, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1997/France-stands-by-Germany-against-Scientology/id-1a2b63fd448a5b843d229a906990e2f9
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ France backed Germany today
in its acrimonious dispute with the Church of Scientology.
"I share the apprehension of the Germans regarding these sects," said
Herve de Charette, the French foreign minister.
De Charette joined his German counterpart, Klaus Kinkel, in denouncing
an advertisement signed by Hollywood celebrities that likened German
treatment of Scientologists to the Nazi persecution of Jews.
Tags: Belgium, Brussels, Christian, Dustin Hoffman, Europe, France, Germany,
Goldie Hawn, Helmut Kohl, Hollywood, International Herald Tribune, Klaus
Kinkel, Larry King, Nicholas Burns, Oliver Stone, Quicky, US State Department
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Setsuri cult facilities raided over immigration suspicions
January 20, 2007, Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/01/20/news/setsuri-cult-facilities-raided-over-immigration-suspicions/
Police are investigating the Setsuri cult and searched the Yokohama
home of the former president of a defunct printing firm Thursday and
Friday on suspicion of abetting immigration law violations.
Chiba Prefectural Police searched eight locations, including the cult's
facilities in the city of Chiba on suspicion that a senior cultist - a
South Korean woman - illegally obtained her residency status in Japan
for missionary work.
Setsuri (Providence) was established in South Korea and has been active
in Japan since around 1987. Its founder, Jung Myung Seok, 61, is
alleged to have sexually assaulted several female members.
There are reportedly more than 2,000 followers of the cult in Japan.
South Korea, where the cult is known as JMS, has put Jung on an
international wanted list on charges of raping female followers.
Tags: 1987, 1990, Japan, Jesus Morning Star, Jung Myung Seok, Providence,
Setsuri, South Korea, Yokohama
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Scientologist elects to be bigoted
January 20, 2008, Ben Widdicombe, Gatecrasher, NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/01/20/2008-01-20_scientologist_elects_to_be_bigoted.html
Have you been wondering who Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who
died in 1986, would vote for to be President?
Tags: Hollywood Undercover, Ian Halperin
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Scientologists enlist police to push antidrugs drive in school
January 20, 2008, Anna Mikhailova, London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article3216965.ece
POLICE officers across the country have been used by the Church of
Scientology to promote its antidrugs campaign in schools.
Officers have been handing out booklets that praise the science fiction
writer L Ron Hubbard, the church's founder, and describe both
prescription and illegal drugs as "poison".
Tags: Cult Information Centre, Detox, Ian Haworth, Say No to Drugs, UK
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I-Team: Front Sight Founder Takes Another Shot at Development
January 20, 2009, Colleen McCarty, KLAS
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/9698579/i-team-front-sight-founder-takes-another-shot-at-development
You could call it D?j? Vu. Unfulfilled promises surrounding a master
planned community prompted three Front Sight members to file a
class-action lawsuit. Front Sight settled but has yet to satisfy the
terms of the agreement. It owes millions, as it again seeks approval to
build the "homes on the range" it touted more than a decade ago.
Tags: Front Sight, Ignatius Piazza, WISE
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Tom Cruise signs Anonymous-mask - pwnd in 39 secs (0:19-"No masks")
January 20, 2009, BerlinAnon46, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG7WD6VAmJ4
Anonymous Berlin delivered! We planned it and as usual it worked out.
Yes, I had the honor to mindrape tom cruise. At 00:19 he says "no
masks". Then I lovebombed him - as good as I could.
Afterwards he not only got me my Fawkes-mask back from that
security-guy you see in the vid. He happened to sign the Mask of a
"terrorist"(at least if you ask his "church") who suppresses Toms
"Religion" on a regular basis.
Tags: Anonymous, Berlin, Quicky, Sec Check, Tom Cruise
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WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT?
January 20, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/what-will-they-think-of-next-2/
by Mike Rinder
Here is the latest twist on sucking blood out of stones.
Once you have turned over any available money and have borrowed to your
credit card limit and taken out your second or third mortgage, cashed
in your life insurance policy and sold your future rights to an
inheritance, there is something more EVERYONE can give in order to
raise their status.
Tags: DEA, eBay, Ideal Org, Mike Rinder, Orange County, OT, Quicky, TIME,
Vulture Culture
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Is this proof that Tom's church is just rubbish?
January 20, 2012, Robert McNeill, Belfast Telegraph
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-mcneill/is-this-proof-that-toms-church-is-just-rubbish-16105692.html
However, I was intrigued to read of Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis
alleging the organisation had employed private detectives to rake
through his bins. I used to fancy being a private detective, but think
I'll give it a miss now. Paul claims they're raking his rubbish to find
material that could discredit him after he left the loopy outfit. How
does that work then?
Tags: Paul Haggis, Private investigator, Trash collection
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Scientology on the High Seas: The Littlest Sailors!
January 20, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/01/scientology_on_2.php
In November we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has
obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished
"Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the
Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from late 1968 through
1971, and this time we're looking at what was happening the week of
January 15 through 21 during those years.
After the jump, LRH explains his feelings about child labor...
[Confused? Go here for our primer, "What is Scientology?" For recent
controversies in the church, check out our stories on Debbie Cook,
secrets of the Super Power Building, and spying on Tom Cruise. We know
these 40-year-old ship's documents aren't for everyone, but they've
been giving us some interesting insights into the mind of Hubbard as he
ran Scientology from a yacht in the Mediterranean. Check back here
often for more breaking news about the church.]
Tags: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, AOLA, ASHO, Child labor, Debbie Cook,
Dianetics, Doctor, E-meter, Ethics, Guardian's Office, L. Ron Hubbard,
Medical, Mediterranean, Mission, Orders of the Day, Quicky, SMERSH, Super
Power Building, Sweden, Tom Cruise, UK
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'Going Clear' Muddies the Water
January 20, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/going-clear-muddies-the-water/
To true-believer Scientologists, Lawrence Wright's book Going Clear
will be an extreme test of faith. To independent-minded Scientologists
the book will be a test of how well they understand Scientology and
correspondingly how well they differentiate the technology of
Scientology from personage of its original author.
This is so because the majority of the book is little more than a
compendium of greatest shots by L. Ron Hubbard's many erstwhile enemies.
There is no balance, but for the occasional gratuitous, condescending
nods to L. Ron Hubbard's power of imagination.
Having read a number of Wright's previous works, I anticipated much
more from the Pulitzer prize winning author. I never wrote a review of
Janet Reitman's Inside Scientology because I considered it a rather
dry, overly academic history of Scientology. While it was more
comprehensive and balanced than any previous outsider look at the
subject, I found it to be rather turgid, impersonal and careful. It,
like all books by outsiders who haven't experienced that which they
write about, lacked the vital subjective component that truth requires.
Note, some level of subjective experience is essence in covering a
subject (religion/philosophy/spirituality) that is by academic and
scientific standards wholly subjective. Having seen how Wright made the
entire Middle East vs. Western culture divide personal, and
understandable in his The Looming Tower ? from both the Middle Eastern
and Western perspective ? I believed he might do the same for the
sorely misunderstood subjects of L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology.
Tags: 1986, 2002, Bare-Faced Messiah, Charles O'Reilly, David Miscavige,
Ethics Officer, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of
Belief, Int Base, Janet Reitman, Lawrence Wright, Mary Sue Hubbard, Nicole
Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Pulitzer, Quicky, Russell Miller, Scientology
practice, Sea Org, Time magazine, Tom Cruise
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Sunday Funnies: Scientology Says It Bought a SUPER BOWL Ad!
January 20, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/01/20/sunday-funnies-4/
On Sundays, we bring to you the latest fliers and mailers and e-mails
that Scientologists have received as the church encourages them to
donate to one campaign after another. It's dizzying to keep up with all
the requests for cash that church members get hit up for, and this week
we received a lot of interesting things to choose from. We call our
weekly feature Sunday Funnies. So let's dig in!
UPDATE 8:05 PM - The "Knowledge" Ad just ran during the AFC game, as
promised. See our update below.
Our tipsters really came through this week. We were just sent this
first flier, which claims that not only will Scientology's "Knowledge"
ad run during tonight's AFC Championship game, but it also says that
the church has bought an ad for Super Bowl XLVII on February 3!
Tags: 1950, Alfreddie Johnson, Author Services Inc, Baltimore, Bodhi Elfman,
England, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief,
Harlem, Harry Smith, International Association of Scientologists, Jenna
Elfman, Lawrence Wright, Marc Headley, Matt Feshbach, NBC, New York, Orange
County, Pat Harney, Paul Haggis, Quicky, Rock Center, SEC, Sunday Funnies,
Super Bowl, Super Power, Twitter
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Scientology OT Committees- Some Statistics
January 20, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-ot-committee/
The OT Committee of a Scientology Church represents the most active and
committed of the local Scientologists. Until they have completed OT
VIII, they are easy to pressure and control because they have to pass
detailed "OT Eligibility" Checks and they get grilled as to their
contributions to their local Church. If they fail the check, they can't
move on.
To see the statistics of an OT Committee is thus a somewhat rare and
very revealing glimpse behind the curtain.
Scientology church staffers go to extreme lengths to hide the actual
statistics of their organizations. This is because these statistics
reflect the dismal situation within Scientology Churches around the
world and their complete failure to make any progress towards their
stated goal of lifting people up the Scientology Bridge through
auditing and training. Even worse are the statistics of new people
started on their first basic Scientology services. The number of new
people started in Scientology was miniscule BEFORE the truth about
David Miscavige's depraved conduct became international news headlines
starting in 2009. I have heard that it is close to flatlined now and
these emails seem to bear that out.
Tags: 2009, AOLA, ASHO, Clear, David Miscavige, Golden Age of Tech, Los
Angeles, Mission, New Year's Eve, OT, OT Committee, OT VIII, OTC, PAC Base,
Quicky, Raw Public, Sacramento, Scientology organization, South Africa
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Tales from Scientology's Hollywood Celebrity Centre: A new film, and a new
death
January 20, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/01/20/tales-from-scientologys-hollywood-celebrity-centre-tayler-tweed-steven-mango/
We have two very different reports for you today that share one thing
in common - Scientology's Hollywood Celebrity Centre.
Steven Mango spent four years in Scientology, hoping that his
involvement with the Celebrity Centre would help his acting career. A
year ago, he left Scientology after he'd had enough of the church's
constant requests for money.
Most people who leave Scientology keep quiet. Steven had a different
idea - he made a two and a half hour movie about it. He's debuting his
film this Sunday at the ACME Theater in Hollywood (go here for tickets).
Tags: California, Cathy Tweed, Celebrity Centre, Disconnection, Facebook,
Hollywood, Quicky, Steven Mango, Tayler DeBari, Tayler Tweed
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Wanted: Scientology Evidence
January 20, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/scientology-evidence/
1. Print editions of any Freedom magazines published since summer 2009
to the present.
2. Any first hand witness to the following youtube channel and the
video of our home - or any similar ones - depicted in the screen grab
below:
3. Evidence of David Miscavige, Religious Technology Center (RTC),
Church of Scientology International (CSI), and any of their agents
ordering or executing the destruction of evidence since July 2013.
Tags: 2009, 2013, Church of Scientology International, David Miscavige,
Freedom magazine, Quicky, Religious Technology Center
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An Appropriate Commendation For Once
January 20, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/an-appropriate-commendation-for-once/
I was sent a copy of this report by Mike Laws and I thought it worth
making more broadly known. It has NOTHING to do with giving money to
scientology which is about the only form of commendation one usually
hears about these days.
Mike makes some important points, not the least of which is how Mike
Ellis could be sent to the doctor (Megan Shields) who diagnosed him
with congestive problems and an ear infection, but then just a few days
later he is taken to another doctor who discovers he is overweight and
has what is apparently a serious heart condition - bad enough to
prevent him from traveling. That wasn't obvious when he saw (presumably
- maybe she didn't even see him as it is hard to imagine missing his
condition) Dr. Shields?
It also raises the question: how is Mike Ellis on post? By scientology
policy he is not qualified to hold his position as he is PTS. Pretty
seriously and chronically with all sorts of physical problems.
Tags: 1972, ABLE, Critic, David Miscavige, Ethics, Ethics Officer, Florida,
Luis and Rocio Garcia, Master at Arms, Megan Shields, Mike Ellis, Mike Laws,
OSA Int, OT, Potential Trouble Source, Quicky, Religious Technology Center,
Tony Ortega
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Legal? Or Moral And Right?
January 20, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/legal-or-moral-and-right/
There are many wonderful quotes from this truly inspirational man who
had the courage to stand for what he thought was right and good and just.
I had intended this post to come earlier in the day, where in the US we
are celebrating Martin Luther King Jnr Day today. But things got away
from me, so it is a little tardy.
Someone pointed out this quote to me the other day, and it stuck with
me. It was written by Dr. King from a jail cell in Birmingham Alabama
on 16 April, 1963, and this is the paragraph from which the quote above
is lifted:
Tags: 1963, Alabama, Birmingham, Christian, David Miscavige, Disconnection,
Germany, HBO, Hungary, Legal, Martin Luther King, Monique Yingling, New York
Times, Quicky
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Regraded Being
January 20, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/regraded-being/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
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Scientology's first 'Clear': L. Ron Hubbard intended to return as his
daughter Diana's son
January 20, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/01/20/scientologys-first-clear-l-ron-hubbard-intended-to-return-as-his-daughter-dianas-son/
John McMaster We have more fascinating documents recently unearthed by
a researcher who is a friend to the Underground Bunker as well as a
mainstay at WhyWeProtest.net. As we said on Friday, her Freedom of
Information Act request with the Food and Drug Administration (made
with the help of the MuckRock website) is yielding some interesting new
insights into Scientology's early history.
The FDA intensively researched Scientology and its founder, L. Ron
Hubbard, because it was concerned about the health claims Hubbard was
making about the "e-meter," the crude electronic device used in
Scientology "auditing." Hubbard claimed that nearly all human ailments
were psychosomatic in nature, and so his auditing with e-meters could
rid a person of virtually any illness.
On January 3, 1963, the FDA, with the help of 14 federal marshals,
raided Scientology's "Founding Church" in Washington DC, and
confiscated about a hundred of the e-meters. The ensuing legal battle
eventually resulted in a settlement requiring Scientology to put a
disclaimer on each e-meter about how it was not to be used in the
diagnosis of illness.
Tags: 1950, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1980, 2012, A
Piece of Blue Sky, Alex Gibney, American Saint Hill Organization, Apollo,
Arthur Ehrlich, Beck Hansen, Bill Parsons, Bud Loftis, California, Chain-
locker, Charles Allan, Child abuse, Christie Hotel, Clear, Dallas, David
Miscavige, DC, Diana Hubbard, Dianetics, Disconnection, Drug Free Hero, Drug
Free Leader, Durban, E-meter, England, Facebook, Fair Game, FDA, Food and
Drug Administration, Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Founding Church,
Freedom of Information Act, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the
Prison of Belief, Greece, Hemet, Hollywood Inn, Hollywood Life Improvement
Center, Hollywood Test Center, Hugh Urban, Int Base, International Court of
Justice, Ireland, Jack Horner, John F. Kennedy, John McMaster, Jon Atack,
KCET, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, LSD, Mediterranean, Meghan Fialkoff,
Melody Horner, Millen Bellknap, Muckrock, Netherlands, New York, Ohio State
University, Park City, Pope, Quebec City, R2-45, Richard Nixon, Roanne
Horwich, Saint Hill, Saint Hill Manor, Saint Hill Special Briefing Course,
Scientology organization, Sea Org, Shrine Auditorium, South Africa, Sundance
Film Festival, Suppressive Person, Utah, Washington, WhyWeProtest
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'That's Not All!' Kevin Trudeau, The World's Greatest Salesman, Makes One
Last Pitch
January 20, 2015, Aaron Gell, Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-trudeau-interview-2014-12
Kevin promised to get a divorce, and he and Dorow tied the knot in
November 2007, having dated for six years. She says their prenup
obligated her to reach a certain level in Scientology, which Trudeau
has dabbled in over the years.
Tags: Kevin Trudeau
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Chestnut Street's PMC Group Building is still Scientology's
January 20, 2016, Metro
http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/chestnut-street-s-pmc-group-building-is-still-scientology-s/zsJpas---vlqWwFQBxkJA/
In July of last year, the Philadelphia Church of Scientology, property
owners of the PMC Group Building, came into compliance with a fire code
regulation after they were cited with a violation issued by the
Department of Licenses and Inspections in 2014. Currently, there are no
open citations on the building. Yet, it remains vacant.
L&I officials said Tuesday that a lawsuit stemming from a "doors and
windows" violation from 2013 ? a crackdown issued to battle blight in
neighborhoods ? was discontinued. While the suit was pending, the
property owner brought the building into compliance. (When there is no
longer a violation, the property owner can't be prosecuted.)
Tags: Ideal Org, Maryann Conte, Philadelphia, Rotting building
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How Scientology hooks public officials on its addictive anti-drug front
January 20, 2016, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
http://scientologymoneyproject.com/2016/01/20/how-scientology-hooks-public-officials-on-its-addictive-anti-drug-front/
(Note: This article was originally published on Tony Ortega's
Underground Bunker and is reprinted here for archival reasons)
Recently, we wrote about a police chief in a small Minnesota town who
found himself being flown to Washington DC to be feted by the Church of
Scientology and one of its celebrities, actress Erika Christensen. Why
did he deserve this treatment? He was being celebrated because he had
purchased anti-drug pamphlets from a Scientology front group, the
Foundation for a Drug-Free World. After we wrote a couple of stories
about how the police chief was being used in Scientology public
relations, he had a change of heart and is no longer teaching the
Foundation's classes in his town. Now, contributor Jeffrey Augustine
looks a little more closely at how Scientology uses the Foundation to
lure in unsuspecting public officials.
How does the chief of police of a small town in Minnesota find himself
in Washington DC unwittingly promoting a Scientology "drug prevention"
front group? It was the result of a well-designed Scientology program
that is intended to lure unwary educators, law enforcement figures, and
other overworked public officials tasked with drug education. This
machine has ten parts:
Tags: 2010, 2014, Bob Adams, Brandy Harrison, California, Christian, DC,
Dianetics, E-meter, Erika Christensen, Foundation for a Drug-Free World,
Google, Hollywood, Hollywood Guaranty Building, International Association of
Scientologists, IRS, Kendrick Moxon, Louisiana, Mental Health, Minnesota,
Narconon, NDA, Office of Special Affairs, Police, Quicky, Sea Org, Snow White
Program, Suppressive Person, Tony Ortega, Truth About Drugs, Underground
Bunker, US Secretary of State, Washington
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The Church of Scientology of Latter-Day Dolts: Video evidence of the fall
January 20, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/01/20/the-church-of-scientology-of-latter-day-dolts-video-evidence-of-the-fall/
For a few years, we've been telling you that Scientology is in a poorly
way. Many different sources of evidence suggest that the 65-year-old
movement has been suffering from a mass exodus of longtime, loyal
members. Many others remain in the group but hold back from
participating as they react to leader David Miscavige's ever-increasing
desperation in the form of hard-sell begging for donations.
We hear constantly about empty facilities, dwindling attendance at
events, and withering stats. Meanwhile, the desperation is so palpable,
Scientology has reached out to another struggling group, the Nation of
Islam, for a bizarre partnership that seems little more than a
last-ditch effort to count a few more bodies in the shop.
But how does that weird mashup work in practice? Recently, an
advertisement for a Nation of Islam/Scientology event caught our eye.
"Give Birth to a God," it said, and promoted a joint presentation by
Nation of Islam member (and Scientology Super Power graduate) Sister
Nayyirah Muhammad and midwife and Scientology Clear Heather Moll.
Tags: Clear, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Dila Tezemir, Freewinds, Heather
Moll, Ismail Karakas, Ismail Karakas, Istanbul, Legoland, Life Improvement
Center, Muhammad, Narconon, Narconon Turkey, Nation of Islam, Nayyirah
Muhammad, Quicky, Russia, St. Petersburg, Super Power, Venezuela, Youth for
Human Rights International
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Things Are Bleak At Flag
January 20, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/things-are-bleak-at-flag/
The evidence is all around.
Direct observation: drive past the place any time of the day or night
and it is like a ghost-town. A lone security guard and PI at the front
door of the Ft Harrison hotel. Otherwise no sign of life. The Potemkin
Village up Ft. Harrison is even sadder - 6 storefront with their doors
open and a lonely receptionist waiting for the visitor that never comes.
Otherwise, one after the other, they are always completely empty but
their lights are on and the windows are not covered (like every other
building). Sandcastle parking lot half full at best. Parking lot behind
the Osceola, empty. Westcoast parking lot empty. Oak Cove empty.
They cannot even fill Ruth Eckerd Hall for the New Year's event, so
they hold it in the auditorium (while frantically regging people to
build the "L. Ron Hubbard Hall.") Flag is a wasteland.
Tags: Albuquerque, Charlotte Taffe, Jeff Mintz, L. Ron Hubbard Hall, New
Mexico, New Year's Eve, Oak Cove, Quicky, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Sandcastle
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Here are Tampa Bay's 25 priciest homes of 2016
January 20, 2017, Susan Taylor Martin, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/here-are-tampa-bays-25-priciest-homes-of-2016/2310227
$6.875 million, Safety Harbor
The basics: 9,365 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 6 full baths
On 10 gated acres overlooking Old Tampa Bay, this contemporary estate
sold in October to Pers and Svetlana Wickstrom. He is CEO of several
drug and alcohol rehabilitation in programs in Michigan. The price was
the most paid for a single-family bay area home since 2013.
Tags: Michigan, Per Wickstrom, Real estate, Svitlana Wickstrom
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New plans approved for Scientology HQ in Moseley
January 20, 2017, Adam Learoyd, Birmingham Post
http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/commercial-property/what-happening-scientology-hq-moseley-12483572
In 2007, the Church of Scientology bought Pitmaston House in Moseley
for ?4,200,000.
Despite the city council granting planning permission to the
controversial church in 2013, no work seems to have been completed on
the property - although, an application for planning permission in
December suggests that the church is still seeking to renovate
Pitmaston House.
After initial planning permission was granted back in 2013, the church
promised a "complete and sensitive" restoration worth ?6,000,000 of the
historic building, which was supposed to transform the building from
office use into a place of worship and religious education, bringing it
"back to its former glory".
Tags: 2007, 2013, Birmingham, Graeme Wilson, Ideal Org, Moseley, Pitmaston
House, Rotting building
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Regraded Being
January 20, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-80/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
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What Scientology can tell us about a 20th of January like no other
January 20, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/01/20/what-scientology-can-tell-us-about-a-20th-of-january-like-no-other/
L. Ron Hubbard warned us that he was a garden-variety crackpot right
from the start. Go ahead, take a look at the very first words in
Hubbard's 1950 manifesto, Dianetics. Here's what it says:
"The creation of dianetics is a milestone for Man comparable to his
discovery of fire and superior to his inventions of the wheel and arch."
How that didn't prevent anyone from taking the rest of this book
seriously is truly a mystery.
Tags: 1950, 1966, 1986, 2002, 2003, Arizona, Auckland, Australia, Bridge to
Total Freedom, Buffalo, California, David Miscavige, Denver, Dianetics,
Florida, HowdyCon, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists,
Johannesburg, Mike Rinder, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand, Oregon,
Pasadena, Phoenix, Portland, Quicky, Rhodesia, South Africa, Tampa, Tom Cruise
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Garcias decry Scientology kangaroo 'arbitration' and ask judge to reinstate
fraud lawsuit
January 20, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/01/20/garcias-decry-scientology-kangaroo-arbitration-and-ask-judge-to-reinstate-fraud-lawsuit/
In October, Luis Garcia went on Facebook to declare that the
Scientology "arbitration" he'd been forced to endure turned out to be
an utter joke. But now, with a new court filing, we're learning just
what a farce the procedure was as the Garcias ask the federal court,
once again, to restore their fraud lawsuit against the church.
We've been following this case now for five years, and our readers have
seen it go through quite a few ups and downs. The Garcias donated huge
sums to the church while they were members, and sued in January 2013
saying that they had been lied to and defrauded when they were
pressured to give those donations.
But rather than hear their fraud claim in a civil trial, Tampa Federal
Judge James Whittemore agreed with the church that because the Garcias
had signed draconian membership contracts, they were obliged to take
their grievances to an internal arbitration procedure, and he stayed
the lawsuit.
Tags: 2013, 2014, Clearwater, Facebook, Flag Land Base, Flag Service
Organization, Flag Ship Service Organization, Freewinds, Gary Soter, Ideal
Org, International Association of Scientologists, International Justice
Chief, Jim Meskimen, Judge James Whittemore, Los Angeles, Luis Garcia, Mike
Driessen, Mike Ellis, Orange County, Pete Sokoloff, Sunday Funnies, Super
Power, Suppressive Person, Tampa, Ted Babbitt
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Schadenfreude! Fun for the Whole Family!
January 20, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/schadenfreude-fun-for-the-whole-family/
"Schadenfreude" is the experience of pleasure, joy, or
self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the
troubles, failures, or humiliation of another (Wikipedia). I know it's
wrong but I love this word-it just sounds cool-and as much as I try, I
can't seem to feel sympathetic and not gloat at the misfortunes of
Scientology. I can't seem to rise above and turn away from watching the
demise of the church and seeing those old friends still trapped inside
get their comeuppance. Apparently, I'm not as "great" or as big as Ron
would have liked.
Don't get me wrong; I'm great sometimes. Just not all the time. I'm not
a mean guy. I like to help others. Unless they're attached to my leg, I
don't kick cats and dogs. I wait for pedestrians to get most of the way
through crosswalks before speeding through intersections. I donate
regularly to a handful of charities. I love the great outdoors. I
always bring something to potlucks. I frequently "like" Facebook posts.
But damn me if I don't enjoy sitting on the couch with my spouse after
dinner watching Aftermath or listening to YouTube videos of
Scientology's latest misstep.
Let's be honest. Nattering about others makes us feel better-at least
some of us, some of the time. According to a number of scientific
studies cited in Wikipedia (I know; using the Wik for research is
almost cheating), schadenfreude is common to the human psyche-at least
for some us, some of the time. For anyone reading this blog, though?nah.
Tags: Facebook, Google, IRS, Regraded Being, Suppressive Person, Terra
Cognita, Wikipedia, YouTube
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