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$12.5 Million Deal With I.R.S. Lifted Cloud Over Scientologists
December 31, 1997, Douglas Frantz, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E7D71331F932A05751C1A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
In addition to the $12.5 million payment, the agreement required the
church to create an internal oversight committee of high-level church
officials to monitor its compliance with tax laws and report annually
to the tax agency for three years, according to a copy of the 76-page
settlement agreement.
As part of the settlement, the church agreed to drop its lawsuits
against the Internal Revenue Service and its officials and to stop
helping church members who, along with the church itself, had brought
2,200 lawsuits against the agency and its officials over the years. In
exchange, the tax agency stopped its audits of 13 major Scientology
organizations, dismissed tax penalties and liens against some church
organizations and granted tax-exempt status to 114 Scientology-related
entities in the United States.
Tags: 1950, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1999, Church Tax Compliance Committee, David
Miscavige, Fair Game, Frank Keith, Fred Goldberg, Internal Revenue Service,
IRS, Marty Rathbun, Scientology organization, Tax exempt, Wall Street Journal
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Scientologists' Deal With IRS: $12.5 Million
December 31, 1997, Associated Press, Seattle Times
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19971231&slug=2580963
The settlement ended a struggle that began in 1967, when the IRS argued
that the main Scientology church should lose its tax-exempt status
because it was a for-profit business that enriched church officials.
The church replied with more than 2,000 lawsuits against the IRS.
IRS spokesman Frank Keith said the decision to grant tax-exempt status
was "based upon voluminous information provided by the church to the
IRS regarding its financial and other operations."
Tags: Frank Keith, IRS, Marty Rathbun, Religious Technology Center
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Scientologists settled with IRS for $12.5 million
December 31, 1997, Robert Jablon, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1997/Scientologists-settled-with-IRS-for-%2412-5-million/id-9cf70c8fd6d6e84244e0a98cd0bd57f5
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The Church of Scientology paid the Internal Revenue
Service $12.5 million in a 1993 settlement that established its
tax-exempt status, a church official said Tuesday.
Mark Rathbun, director of the church's Religious Technology Center,
confirmed some previously undisclosed details of the 1993 settlement
reported in Tuesday's edition of The Wall Street Journal.
"Bottom line is, the document is a peace treaty. The war is over,"
Rathbun said.
Tags: 1954, 1967, 1993, Church Tax Compliance Committee, Frank Keith,
Freewinds, IRS, Los Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, Religious Technology
Center, Scientology organization, Wall Street Journal
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Scientology '93 Settlement Told
December 31, 1997, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/1997/dec/31/news/mn-3842
The Church of Scientology paid the Internal Revenue Service $12.5
million in a 1993 settlement that established its tax-exempt status, a
church official said. Mark Rathbun, director of the church's Religious
Technology Center, confirmed some previously undisclosed details of the
1993 settlement reported in The Wall Street Journal. The settlement,
known as a closure agreement, ended a struggle that began in 1967, when
the IRS argued that the main Scientology church should lose its
tax-exempt status because it was a business.
Tags: IRS, Marty Rathbun, Religious Technology Center
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Avatar draws on wide sources to provide path to self-fulfillment
December 31, 2000, Tim Grant, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/65915108.html?dids=65915108:65915108&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT
What is Avatar?
It is the brainchild of Harry Palmer, a former Scientologist who
developed the course for people who desire a less expensive and shorter
path to self-enlightenment than is offered by the Church of Scientology.
Scientology, founded by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard,
seeks to help people improve their lives through a counseling process
called "auditing" which seeks to free people from past negative
experiences. It has thousands of adherents worldwide, and a spiritual
headquarters in Clearwater. Critics call it a cult, but members insist
it is a bona fide religion.
In an interview from his Orlando-area home that serves as Avatar's
worldwide headquarters, Palmer said 55,000 people in 65 countries have
gone through the program since 1988.
Tags: 1972, 1984, 1988, Avatar, Buddhism, Clearwater, Critic, Florida, Harry
Palmer, Orlando, Taoism
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10 The RPF: "Scientology's Gulag"
December 31, 2008, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2008/12/7-rpf-scientologys-gulag.html
Former members of Scientology's Sea Organization remember the
movement's harsh punishment programme, the Rehabilitation Project Force
with particular horror.
Life in the Sea Organization, which was set up by Scientology's founder
L. Ron Hubbard in 1967, was meant to be tough.
Former members have described a harsh regime, in which senior officers
were trained to bawl out their subordinates like drill sergeants on a
parade ground, and where a culture of bullying was rife.
Tags: 1967, 1970, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, Apollo, Bruce Hines, Bunk
bed, California, Canada, Claire Headley, Cockroach, David Miscavige, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Happy Valley, Hemet, Lawsuit, Maureen Bolstad,
Passport, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Sea Org, Stephen Kent,
University of Alberta
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12 Scientology v the Internet
December 31, 2008, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2008/12/9-scientology-v-internet.html
In the mid-1990s Scientology tried to shut down its Internet-based
critics using law suits and court-authorised raids. They have been
paying the price ever since.
The Internet has been a nightmare for Scientology since at least the
1995, when the movement tried to shut down some of its more vocal
critics there. Their mistake was to do it by getting court orders to
raid their homes and confiscate their computer equipment.
The critics had been posting Scientology's secret levels to expose what
they said was the true nature of the movement. Scientology simply
argued that it was protecting its copyrighted trade secrets from those
it called the "copyright terrorists".
Tags: 1990, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006, Amsterdam, Andreas Heldal-Lund,
California, David Miscavige, Dutch, Earle Cooley, First Amendment, Karin
Spaink, Operation Clambake, Quicky, Scientology executive, Scientology
lawyer, Sea Org, Spain, XS4ALL
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7 John Peeler's Story
December 31, 2008, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2008/12/5-john-peelers-story.html
For Scientologists who grew up in the movement walking away from it and
adjusting to the outside world can be a traumatic experience. John
Peeler tells his story.
John Peeler, now 37, did not actually choose to be a Scientologist: he
grew up in the movement.
His mother was Scientologist and they sent him to a
Scientology-approved school where the teachers used the techniques set
down by the movement's founder, L. Ron Hubbard. "There was even an
Ethics Officer ," he recalled - a kind of moral policeman who ensured
they followed Scientology policies to the letter.
Tags: 1990, 2000, California, David Miscavige, Disconnection, Ethics, Ethics
Officer, Hemet, John Peeler, Knowledge Report, Knowledge Reports, Master at
Arms, Quicky, Sea Org, Suppressive Person, Wogs
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Gawker's Top Ten Posts of 2008
December 31, 2008, Richard, Gawker
https://gawker.com/5121507/gawkers-top-ten-posts-of-2008
Oh what a year it was! We had some big, boffo posts, primarily about
monsters (Cruise, Palin, O'Reilly and Montauk). Yay for riches. Enjoy!
#1 - The Tom Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientology Tried to Suppress
Tags: Quicky
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Climbing The Bridge: A journey to "Operating Thetan"
December 31, 2009, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1062094.ece
People practice Scientology by moving up the "Grade Chart," officially
known as the "Classification Gradation and Awareness Chart of Levels
and Certificates." It outlines a series of steps one must take in
sequence to reach the highest levels of awareness. The progression also
is referred to as "the Bridge," short for "the Bridge to Total Freedom."
Tags: 1950, Bridge to Total Freedom, Clear, Dianetics, E-meter, Operating
Thetan, OT, OT VIII, Paris, Purification Rundown, Training routines
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Recent high-profile defectors
December 31, 2009, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1062099.ece
These four longtime Scientologists say they left the church because the
behavior of top management was at odds with the teachings of the church.
They say they still believe in Scientology.
Tags: 1973, 1975, 1983, 1984, Facebook, Geir Isene, Los Angeles, Mary Jo
Leavitt, Office of Special Affairs, Sherry Katz
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Scientology's response
December 31, 2009, Tommy Davis, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1062117.ece
Your biased approach to stories regarding my religion is by now well
documented. You, Joe Childs in particular, actively seek out only those
individuals who have something negative to say about the Church; if
they do not fit your agenda then you attempt to coach them and coax
them into doing so by "educating" them about Scientology until you have
"adjusted" their viewpoint accordingly and when that does not work you
simply put words in their mouth. This is your pattern, which was
unknown to the Church until recently, and has been your modus operandi
for the better part of two decades.
Tags: Catholic, Church of Scientology International, Florida, George Rahdert,
IRS, Jehovah's Witnesses, Joe Childs, Mormon, Muslim, St. Petersburg, St.
Petersburg Times, Tampa, Tom Tobin
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Three of Scientology's elite parishioners keep faith, but leave the church
December 31, 2009, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1062092.ece
They advanced to the Church of Scientology's highest spiritual level,
to "Operating Thetan VIII," a vaunted realm said to endow extraordinary
powers of perception and force of will.
But Geir Isene of Norway and Americans Mary Jo Leavitt and Sherry Katz
recently announced they were leaving the church, citing strong
disagreements with its management practices.
Tags: 1970, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,
Africa, Amy Scobee, Anthony Michael Glassman, Bridge to Total Freedom,
California, Caribbean, Catholic, Clearwater, Colombia, Copenhagen, David
Miscavige, Dianetics, E-meter, England, Ethics Officer, Europe,
ExScientologyKids.com, Freewinds, Gary Morehead, Geir Isene, Glendale,
Hollywood, Human Rights Watch, Independent Scientologists, International
Association of Scientologists, Jack Airey, Jewish, Katrina, Knowledge
Reports, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Mary Jo Leavitt, Mexico,
Mike Rinder, Mormon, Nancy Many, New York, Norway, Operating Thetan, Oslo,
OT, OT VII, OT VIII, Palm Harbor, Paris, Pasadena, Passport, Portland,
Purification Rundown, Russia, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Scientology practice,
Scientology staff, Sherry Katz, South America, Squirrel, St. Petersburg
Times, Suppressive Person, The Truth Rundown, The Way to Happiness, Thomas C.
Tobin, Tommy Davis, Turkey
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Three of Scientology's elite parishioners keep faith, but leave the church
December 31, 2009, Thomas C. Tobin, Tampa Bay Times
https://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/three-of-scientologys-elite-parishioners-keep-faith-but-leave-the-church/1062092
They advanced to the Church of Scientology's highest spiritual level,
to "Operating Thetan VIII," a vaunted realm said to endow extraordinary
powers of perception and force of will.
But Geir Isene of Norway and Americans Mary Jo Leavitt and Sherry Katz
recently announced they were leaving the church, citing strong
disagreements with its management practices.
Isene left first, a decision that emboldened Leavitt, who inspired Katz.
Such departures are rare among the church's elite group of OT VIIIs,
who are held up as role models in Scientology. The three each told the
St. Petersburg Times that they had spent decades and hundreds of
thousands of dollars to reach the church's spiritual pinnacle.
Tags: 1970, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,
Africa, Amy Scobee, Anthony Michael Glassman, Bridge to Total Freedom,
California, Caribbean, Catholic, Clearwater, Colombia, Copenhagen, David
Miscavige, Dianetics, E-meter, England, Ethics Officer, Europe,
ExScientologyKids.com, Freewinds, Gary Morehead, Geir Isene, Glendale,
Hollywood, Human Rights Watch, Independent Scientologists, International
Association of Scientologists, Jack Airey, Jewish, Joe Childs, Katrina,
Knowledge Reports, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Mary Jo
Leavitt, Mexico, Mike Rinder, Mormon, Nancy Many, New York, Norway, Operating
Thetan, Oslo, OT, OT VII, OT VIII, Palm Harbor, Paris, Pasadena, Passport,
Portland, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Russia, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Scientology
practice, Scientology staff, Sherry Katz, South America, Squirrel, St.
Petersburg Times, Suppressive Person, The Truth Rundown, Tommy Davis, Turkey
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WSMV Protester Sues Church of Scientology (Nashville, TN)
December 31, 2009, AnonymousImpact, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doaJs3CPoaw
Protester Sues Church Of Scientology
College Student Says Peaceful Protest Intent Led To Arrest
Reported By Dennis Ferrier
Tags: Arrest, Brian Fesler, Dennis Ferrier, Hayes Security, Nashville,
Quicky, Spring Hill, Thomas Parker
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2011 Rolls In Like A Lion
December 31, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/2011-rolls-in-like-a-lion/
To learn all about Jimmy Rebel's (John Aaron Williams - but, he'll
always be Jimmy Rebel to me) Training Center please click on this link:
http://www.scientology-cult.
com/knowledge-center/re-opening-the-training-bridge.html
Feel free to share your New Year's resolutions with some folks who are
apt to share agreement with pro-survival ones.
Tags: 2011, New Year's Eve, Quicky
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Have A Great New Year 2012
December 31, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/have-a-great-new-year-2012/
Tags: 2012, New Year's Eve, Quicky
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New Years Email from Debbie Cook
December 31, 2011, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/new-years-email-from-debbie-cook/
Debbie Cook was the Captain of the FSO for 17 years and was a Sea Org
member for 30 years. She sent this email to her Scientologist friends
on 31 Dec 2011.
"I am emailing you as a friend and fellow Scientologist. As we enter a
new year, it is hoped that 2012 can be a year of great dissemination
and a year of real progress up The Bridge for all Scientologists.
Although I am not in the Sea Org right now, I served in the Sea Org at
Flag for 29 years. 17 of those years were as Captain FSO.
Tags: 1960, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1984, 2012, Author Services Inc, Chairman of
the Board, Class V, Clear, Clear Certainty Rundown, Commodore's Messenger
Organization, David Miscavige, DC, Debbie Cook, Dianetics, Donation,
Environmental Protection Agency, Ethics, Flag Service Organization, Hubbard
Communications Office Bulletin, Ideal Org, International Association of
Scientologists, International Management, IRS, Journal of Scientology, Keep
Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard, Maiden Voyage, Marc Yager, Membership,
New Year's Eve, Norman Starkey, OT, OT Ambassador, OT Committee, OT III,
Purification Rundown, Quicky, Ray Mithoff, Religious Technology Center, San
Antonio, Sea Org, SEC, Texas, The Monthly, TIME, Watchdog Committee
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Scientology Spectacular: Commenters of the Year!
December 31, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/12/scientology_spe.php?page=all
"M-A-R-C-O-T-A-I. They'll never figure out it's me with this fake
Italian accent!" Here on this final day of 2011, we're replacing our
usual Saturday morning celebration of the week's best comments with a
special announcement.
Our IT department has done the math, we've run those numbers through
our analyzers here in the underground bunker, and now we're ready to
hand out awards for our Commenters of the Year!
To briefly recap our week of end-of-year celebrations, here's what
we've done so far.
Tags: 1980, 2012, Amy Scobee, Beck Hansen, Bob Peterson, Brian Culkin, Chuck
Beatty, David Lubow, David Miscavige, Dennis Erlich, Free Zone, Freewinds,
Geir Isene, Hartley Patterson, Jefferson Hawkins, Joe Childs, Kate Bornstein,
L. Ron Hubbard, Lawyer, Lisa McPherson, Marc Headley, Mark Ebner, Mark
Fisher, Mark Miglio, Mat Pesch, Michael Fairman, Nancy Many, New Year's Eve,
Office of Special Affairs, OT, Patty Moher, Quicky, Scott Pilutik, Sea Org,
Skip Press, South Park, Squirrel Busters, St. Petersburg Times, Synthia
Fagen, Teegeeack, Texas, Tom Tobin, Tommy Davis, Tory Christman, Valeska
Paris, Vistaril, We Stand Tall, Xenu
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John Sweeney and Marc Headley Visit Scientology's Odd New Mexico Vault
December 31, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/12/31/john-sweeney-and-marc-headley-visit-scientologys-odd-new-mexico-vault/
On January 7, BBC reporter John Sweeney's book about Scientology, The
Church of Fear, hits bookstores, and he thought of a great way to
promote it.
About a month ago, he flew to the US and joined former church member
and Blown for Good author Marc Headley for a trip to the Trementina
vault in New Mexico.
Earlier this year, we put together a comprehensive article about the
strange vaults that one of Scientology's most secretive entities, the
Church of Spiritual Technology, has also dug in California and Wyoming
in order to secure L. Ron Hubbard's writings and lectures against
nuclear attack. For our piece, we had the help of a former CST
employee, Dylan Gill, who gave us some rare insights about these
strange facilities.
Tags: 1980, 1986, 2007, 2010, BBC, Blown for Good, California, Church of
Spiritual Technology, Creston Ranch, David Miscavige, Dylan Gill, Hemet, John
Brousseau, John Sweeney, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, LRH House, Marc
Headley, New Mexico, Petrolia, Quicky, Rimforest, Sea Org, Shelly Miscavige,
The Church of Fear, Trementina, Twin Peaks, Vault, Wyoming
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Mexico's Cri Cri hijacked
December 31, 2012, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/01/scientology-kidnaps-mexicos-cri-cri.html
Scientology has hijacked Cri-Cri the singing cricket, a character known
and loved by generations of Mexican children.
Among the nonentities wheeled out by Scientology for this year's
Christmas parade down Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles was at least
one true star - or rather the character that made him immortal.
Somebody dressed up as Mexico's Cri-Cri, the singing cricket, made an
appearance at the event promoting The Way to Happiness Foundation. And
according to this press release, Cri-Cri also appears on copies of The
Way to Happiness booklet distributed in Southern California.1
Tags: 1934, 1961, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1990, 2004, 2005, 2011, California,
Clear, Congress, Francisco Sanz Polo, Freewinds, Friends of L. Ron Hubbard,
Hollywood Boulevard, International Scientology News, Kristi Wachter, Los
Angeles, Mexico, Narconon, New Year's Eve, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project
Force, Sea Org, The Way to Happiness
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A Course in Graduating from Scientology
December 31, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/a-course-in-graduating-from-scientology/
Given recent vicissitudes in these parts it is not practicable for me
to be hosting visitors and engaging in lengthy, uninterruptible
sessions. Yet, the desire for guided tours out of the Scientology
philosophical labyrinth continues to be expressed. I have come up with
a solution that may be workable given current conditions and apropos
given the evolution of what we do. As noted recently, in essence my
coaching or counselling has focused more on connecting dots to get
people out of the 'why trap' Scientology has so effectively ensnared
them into.
I am offering a Graduating from Scientology correspondence course. It
is designed for:
-Those who are Clear or higher on the Scientology grade chart and are
not planning on doing any more Scientology OT levels.
Tags: Clear, Donation, Memoirs of a Scientology Warrior, OT, Quicky
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News And Stats From The Bubble
December 31, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/news-and-stats-from-the-bubble/
A couple of recent OTC emails from the PAC area.
PAC OTC is focused on fundraising (big surprise) for the "PAC
Auditorium" and "Ideal PAC Base" (whatever that is - "Ideal" has
morphed into a new term in the bubble not even trying to pretend it has
anything to do with the policy letter on "The Ideal Org" any longer).
But this email also includes some stats that are pretty revealing. This
is the PAC OTC - the biggest concentration of Scientologists on earth
(they claim in their stats to have 126 active members). And remember,
"PAC" consists of "all" the Missions including the winners of the last
two international mission birthday games, 5 Ideal Orgs (LA D, LA F,
Pasadena, OC, Inglewood) 2 other Class V orgs (Valley, Santa Barbara)
and 3 SO delivery Orgs.
Tags: 1985, 2014, AOLA, ASHO, CCHR, CIA, Class V, Clear, DEA, Extension
Course, Field Staff Member, Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Golden Age of
Tech, Ideal Org, Inglewood, International Association of Scientologists, Jeff
Mintz, Keep Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard Way, Legal,
Mission, New Year's Eve, Nick Lekas, Norman Taylor, OT, OT Ambassador, OT
Committee, OTC, PAC Base, Pasadena, Philippines, Quicky, Raw Public, Ron's
Journal, Santa Barbara, Shrine Auditorium, Volunteer Ministers, Youth for
Human Rights International
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Scientology's 2013 in review: The Super Power-ful finish to an eventful year
December 31, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/12/31/scientologys-2013-in-review-the-super-powerful-finish-to-an-eventful-year/
We're finishing up our look back at 2013 as we prepare for tonight's
festivities.
November began with a fun reveal: We unmasked the master satirist
behind OTVIIIisGrrr8!
The next day, we broke the news on the dates for Scientology's big
events: The Golden Age of Tech II and Super Power Building opening
would be the weekend of Nov 15-17, the IAS gala would go off
Thanksgiving weekend, and New Year's Eve would happen on December 27.
Tags: 2014, Alex Jones, Bare-Faced Messiah, Bauer Media, Bruce Hines,
California, Claire Headley, Clearwater, Comal County, Dallas, David
Miscavige, E-meter, Golden Age of Tech, Inside Edition, International
Association of Scientologists, Jacqueline Olivier, Judge Dib Waldrip, Judge
James Whittemore, Lori Hodgson, Luis and Rocio Garcia, Marc Headley, Mike
Bennitt, Mike Rinder, Monique Rathbun, New Year's Eve, Operating Thetan, OT,
Quicky, Roslyn Cohn, Russell Miller, Scientology practice, Silvertail Books,
Super Power, Super Power Building, Tom Cruise, Vivian Kubrick
==========================================
It's New Year's Eve -- So Give Us Your Money
December 31, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/its-new-years-eve-so-give-us-your-money/
Of course, it's time to reflect on the year that was and look forward
to the new year.
And this that follows is the message from the church of scientology.
Does anyone actually read the drivel they send out?
Tags: Catholic Church, New Year's Eve, OT, Quicky
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Scientology's 2014 in review: So long to another great year in the Bunker!
December 31, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/12/31/scientologys-2014-in-review-so-long-to-another-great-year-in-the-bunker/
We hope you have something fun planned for tonight as we welcome in
2015. Whether it's a wild party or just staying home with loved ones,
enjoy yourselves and be safe.
We'll always be a little on edge as the clock strikes midnight after
what happened three years ago - we had put a lot of work into a story
we timed to appear right as the new year began, a primer we titled
"What is Scientology?" We thought it would be a good way to start 2012
as our coverage at the Village Voice continued to gain steam.
But then, just some twenty minutes later or so, we started getting
peppered with emails from readers all over the country. Had we seen
this remarkable message that had been sent out by former church
official Debbie Cook? Well, you may know the rest. Cook struck a blow
that was the biggest salvo since the 2009 "Truth Rundown" series in the
Tampa Bay Times, and Scientology is still feeling its effects.
Tags: 1940, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, Alex Gibney, Australia, BBC, Bob Duggan,
Brent Jones, Bryan Seymour, Celebrity Centre, Chris Shelton, Christian
Stolte, Dani Lemberger, Debbie Cook, Dianetics, Doug E. Fresh, Dublin, eBay,
Facebook, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief,
Haifa, HBO, Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, Int Base, Israel, Jeffrey
Augustine, Jon Atack, Jonny Jacobsen, Joy Villa, Karen de la Carriere, Kim
Poff, L. Sprague de Camp, Las Vegas, Lauren Wolf, Lawrence Wright, Louis
Theroux, Marc Headley, Margaret Grubb, Marty Rathbun, Mike Bennitt, Mike
Rinder, Nathan Baca, Nevada, New Year's Eve, New York, Oklahoma,
Pharmacyclics, Postulates Congress, Richard Acunto, Robert Heinlein, Russia,
Sara Northrup, Stacy Francis, Steve Cannane, Sundance Film Festival, Super
Power, Tami Lemberger, Tampa Bay Times, Truth Rundown, Village Voice
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(VIDEO) Scientology: A to Xenu - The Book Trailer You've Been Waiting For
December 31, 2015, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2015/12/31/video-scientology-a-to-xenu-the-book-trailer-youve-been-waiting-for/
Hey everyone. I have very good news. For regular watchers of my weekly
Critical Q&A show and my Patreon supporters, they already heard about
this but I want everyone to know. What I'm announcing here is the
culmination of two years of work on my part to expose Scientology and
give you the actual facts about what really goes on behind its closed
doors.
I have completed and published what I believe to be the definitive
guide to Dianetics and Scientology, titled Scientology: A to Xenu, An
Insider's Guide to What Scientology is All About.
Why should you get this and read it? Well, if you want to understand
how people are lured in to destructive cults like this and why they
stay, this book gives you those answers.
Tags: Amazon, Critic, Dianetics, Quicky, Scientology: A to Xenu, Sea Org,
South Park, Xenu
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Scientology's 2015: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!
December 31, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/12/31/scientologys-2015-another-year-is-in-the-books-at-the-underground-bunker/
What a year it's been. As 2015 slips away, we hope you celebrate
another revolution around the Sun with good friends and good cheer. And
as much fun as we hope to have, our celebrations will also be tinged
with some regret: Somewhere, a youngster in the Sea Org's RPF barely
knows that tonight is special at all.
It's pretty amazing that the Sea Org and the RPF and the toxic policy
of disconnection still exist as 2016 begins, but this past year at
least moved us closer to making the public much more aware of
Scientology's controversies. It's easily been the most remarkable year
of Scientology watching that we've ever experienced.
What will 2016 bring? We'll worry about that tomorrow. Today, we
celebrate.
Tags: 1987, 1989, 2013, 2014, 2016, Arkansas, Australia, Belgium, Big Blue,
California, Cathriona White, Comal County, Compton, David Miscavige,
Disconnection, Europe, FBI, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of
Belief, Hanan Islam, Hollywood, Jacqueline Olivier, Jenna Elfman, Jim Carrey,
Jonny Jacobsen, Judge Dib Waldrip, Knowledge Report, Leah Remini, Legoland,
Lisa McPherson, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux, Mark Bunker, Marty Rathbun, Medi-
Cal, Mike Bennitt, Mike Rinder, Mimi Rogers, Monique Rathbun, Moscow,
Narconon, Netherlands, New Mexico, Paulette Cooper, Quicky, R.M. Seibert,
Rehabilitation Project Force, Richard Acunto, Robert Heinlein, Russia, Sara
Northrup, Sea Org, SLAPP, Steven Fishman, Sundance, Super Power, Sylvia
DeWall, Tabatha Fauteux, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Supreme Court, Texas Third
Court of Appeals, Tom Cruise, Youth for Human Rights International
==========================================
Thursday Funnies
December 31, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-64/
The wonderful SNL parody of "We Stand Tall" worth watching once a week
Best gift ever...
Pay for them to attend one of our fundraising dinners where they will
be hounded and harassed until they have turned over anything they have...
Tags: 2016, Cambridge, Clear, Freewinds, Kyra Delaware, Michael Lewis, New
Year's Eve, OT IX, OTC, Quicky, Rocket ride, Sandy Dodwell, Saturday Night
Live, Thursday Funnies, Vic Maclellan, We Stand Tall, Zaiden Bonifacio
==========================================
2016 Villain: Dr. Jordan Peterson
December 31, 2016, Simon Bredin, Torontoist
https://torontoist.com/2016/12/2016-villain-jordan-peterson/
Shortly after the start of the 2016?17 academic year, U of T professor
and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson uploaded to his YouTube
channel the first of a three-part video series entitled "Professor
Against Political Correctness." For nearly two-and-a-half hours,
Peterson vented about everyone and everything even tangentially related
to "political correctness," from the Ontario Human Rights Commission to
the LGBTQ community, from the Black Liberation Collective to
human-resources departments everywhere.
His cri de c?ur was prompted by two developments: first, the
introduction of Bill C-16, an amendment to federal law that would add
gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds
of discrimination, and second, a new policy by the university's
human-resources department mandating anti-discrimination training for
all staff.
Peterson would not fare well in such a seminar. He refuses to call
non-binary people by their preferred pronouns, a common courtesy that
would soon become law. Bill C-16 would make his refusal to refer to a
person by the personal pronoun of their choice a form of harassment,
for which he could be held legally liable.
Tags: Alt-Right, Breitbart, Donald Trump, Gavin McInnes, Jordan Peterson,
Lauren Southern, LGBTQ, Ontario Human Rights Commission, Quicky, The Varsity,
Toronto, Toronto Police, YouTube
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Can Scientologists be Christians or Jews Too?
December 31, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/can-scientologists-be-christians-or-jews-too/
Scientology likes to tell the world that you can be a scientologist and
also be a Christian, Jew, Buddhist or anything else. This is an
"acceptable truth" (defined by Hubbard this way: Handling truth is a
touchy business also. You don't have to tell everything you know-that
would jam the comm line too. Tell an acceptable truth. Agreement with
one's message is what PR is seeking to achieve. Thus the message must
compare to the personal experience of the audience) intended to deceive
the public until they become scientologists and can be properly
indoctrinated to continue the lie "for PR purposes."
Scientologists, Celebrities and PR spokespeople dish up this line
routinely to make themselves sound benign and unthreatening. They talk
about "respecting the religious beliefs of others" (as long as they are
not former scientologists) and other pablum that sounds sort of
"religious" as makes them seem more "acceptable."
This is a recent tweet that was sent to me (I cannot see Erika's tweets
because I am blocked, even though I have never tried to tweet to her,
friend her or even mention her):
Tags: 1966, 1967, 1968, Aleister Crowley, Buddhist, Christian, David
Miscavige, Dianetics, Disconnection, Ethics, Fair Game, Jesus, Keep
Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, OT III, Potential Trouble Source,
Quicky, SEC, Sec Check
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LEAKED AUDIO - Scientology's New Year's event 2017: 'Welcome to Scientology
forever!'
December 31, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/12/31/leaked-audio-scientologys-new-years-event-2017-welcome-to-scientology-forever/
(David Miscavige presides over the 2008 New Year's event - now we have
audio of tonight's event)
Once again, our tipsters have come through. The Underground Bunker has
obtained a secretly recorded audiotape of the New Year's event that
Scientologists around the world will be watching tonight to bring in
2017.
Scientology leader David Miscavige presides over several big events
each year - L. Ron Hubbard's March 13 birthday in Florida, the
anniversary of the International Association of Scientologists (IAS)
each October at Saint Hill Manor in England, and "Maiden Voyage," held
on the ship Freewinds in the Caribbean in the summer. But New Year's is
perhaps Scientology's biggest annual bash, held at the Shrine
Auditorium in Los Angeles. Usually, the event is taped a few days early.
This year, it was held on December 17, for some reason. But the result
is the same. At various times, and particularly tonight, video of David
Miscavige's three-hour speech will be shown at Scientology "orgs"
around the world.
Tags: 1927, 1947, 1980, 1990, 1998, 20/20, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, A&E,
Abortion, Allison Hope Weiner, Amy Scobee, Anonymous, Appeal, Astra
Woodcraft, Atlanta, Australia, BBC, Bonny Elliott, California, Call Me,
Caribbean, Celebrity Centre, Christian, Claire Headley, Claire Reppen,
Clearwater, Cleveland, Creston Ranch, Dan Perkins, David Bowie, David
Miscavige, Denver, Disconnection, Elizabeth Gale, England, Eugene Ingram,
Fair Game, Flag Land Base, Florida, Fort Harrison, Freewinds, Gary Soter,
Gregg Hagglund, Haifa, Harlem, Helena, Hollywood, Hollywood Guaranty
Building, HowdyCon, Ideal Org, Int Base, International Association of
Scientologists, Ireland, Israel, Jacqueline Olivier, James Packer, Jason Lee,
Jenna Elfman, Karin Pouw, Karla Taylor, Kate Bornstein, Katie Holmes, Kelly
Jordan, Ken Dandar, LAPD, Laura DeCrescenzo, Leah Remini, Legoland, Leonard
Cohen, Lisa Marie Presley, Lisa McPherson, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux, Lucia
Ribisi, Maiden Voyage, Manhattan, Mark Ebner, Mark Elliott, Marty Rathbun,
Mary Kahn, Mexico, Mike Bennitt, Mike Rinder, Monique Rathbun, Monique
Yingling, Montana, Narconon, National Association of Forensic Counselors, New
Mexico, New Orleans, New Year's Eve, New York, Nora Crest, Paul Burkhart,
Paulette Cooper, Pete Griffiths, Philip Gale, Ponzi scheme, Quicky, Richard
Acunto, Robert Heinlein, Rod Keller, Ron Miscavige, Ruthless: Scientology, My
Son David Miscavige, and Me, Saint Hill Manor, San Diego, Sara Northrup,
Savanna Hartman, Scientology and the Aftermath, Scott Pilutik, Sea Org,
Shelley Duvall, Shelly Miscavige, Shrine Auditorium, Snow White Program,
Spying, Super Bowl, Super Power, Tabatha Fauteux, Taiwan, Tami Lemberger,
Tampa, Texas Third Court of Appeals, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, Todd
Woodruff, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis, Touch Assist, Trementina, Twin Peaks,
Vivian Kubrick, Warren Young, Willie Jones, Wisconsin, YouTube
==========================================
Critical Q&A #141
December 31, 2017, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2017/12/31/critical-qa-141/
The weekly show where I answer viewer questions from the comments of my
Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChri...@gmail.com. This
week, the questions I answer are:
(1) You've said this channel is about your recovery process and changes
since leaving Scientology. What would you say was your best or biggest
change in 2017?
(2) In authoritarian/hierarchical organizations, people below have a
tendency to say only things they think people above want to hear. This
is also known as the SNAFU principle. It leads to situations where the
organization is rapidly disintegrating while its leaders think
everything is just hunky dory. Does Scientology's leadership, i.e.
David Miscavige, realize just how dysfunctional the Church has become
under his leadership?
Tags: Boy Scout, Boy Scouts, Critic, David Miscavige, Jason Beghe, Leah
Remini, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Mormon, Quicky, Ross and
Carrie, Sea Org, Warren Young, Xenu
==========================================
Ex-Scientologist Sends Hubbard Up In Smoke
December 31, 2017, GateCrashers, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G06jrfVaUX0
"Many of those who were involved in the occult gathered their books and
burned them in front of everyone.." (from the Bible, Acts 19:19)
Tags: Quicky
==========================================
OT VIII Crazy
December 31, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/ot-viii-crazy/
This is totally wacky.
Susan Freilich is certainly entitled to express her "wins" any way she
wishes. She can be cray-cray and as long as she doesn't hurt anyone,
who really cares other than those who have to deal with her directly in
the real world. Something like this has got to make you wonder -
hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands and thousands of hours
to become (or remain - she might have been this way all along) so out
of touch with reality.
But the organization is another thing.
Tags: Clear, OT VIII, OT X, Quicky, Susan Freilich
==========================================
Scientology's 2017: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!
December 31, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/12/31/scientologys-2017-another-year-is-in-the-books-at-the-undergound-bunker/
Just a few hours remain in this wild year of 2017, and we have a lot to
get through today before we welcome in 2018 tonight with the help of
Observer and our HowdyCon poster for 2018.
Let's quickly get through the highlights of November and December to
wrap up our annual Scientology year-in-review. We have to say, the
Bunker really finished off the year strong in these last two months, so
there's a lot to remember.
We started off November by reporting that major Scientology donors Matt
and Kathy Feshbach got their asses handed to them by a bankruptcy judge
who did not appreciate these two richies pleading poverty while they
were spending money like Croesus on the finer things in life. In fact,
their behavior was downright Scientological.
Tags: 1952, 1958, 1970, 1976, 1980, 1989, 1990, 20/20, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, A&E, ABC, Angelo Pagan, Angie LaClaire,
Australia, Bob Duggan, California, Celebrity, Charles Manson, Charlie Beck,
Child abuse, Chris Owen, Chris Tringali, Christian, Clarissa Adams,
Clearwater, Clearwater Commission, CNN, Congress, Dan Harris, Danny
Masterson, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Dee Findlay, Dianetics,
Disconnection, Drama, Duggan Foundation, Facebook, FBI, Florida, Fred Oxaal,
Freewinds, Gabe Cazares, Google, Greg LaClaire, Hana Whitfield, HowdyCon,
Huffington Post, Human trafficking, Int Base, Introspection Rundown, IRS,
Irving Sorrentini, Jacqueline Olivier, Jakub Stepniak, Jamie Sorrentini,
Jefferson Hawkins, Jeffrey Augustine, Jenna Elfman, Jesus, John Brousseau,
Jon Atack, Kathy Feshbach, Kevin Spacey, Kim Poff, Kuba Ka, LAPD, Lawrence
Wright, Leah Remini, Legoland, Lisa McPherson, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux,
Maine, Marc Headley, Marc Vallieres, Margie Zacks, Mark Bunker, Marty
Rathbun, Marty Singer, Mary Sue Hubbard, Michael Meisner, Michael Pe?a,
Michael Tilse, Mike Bennitt, Mike Rinder, Mimi Faust, Mission, Mission Earth,
Monique Rathbun, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, New Year's Eve, New York, New
Yorker, Oklahoma, OT, OT 8, OT III, Paul Haggis, Paulette Cooper, Phil Jones,
Police, Pope, Quailynn McDaniel, Quicky, R.M. Seibert, Ramina Nunnelee,
Rebecca McKee, Rehabilitation Project Force, Reza Aslan, Richard Acunto,
Robert Heinlein, Robyn Capella, Rod Keller, Russell Miller, Sara Northrup,
Scientology and the Aftermath, Scientology celebrity, Scientology Media
Productions, Sea Org, Serge Gil, Shelley Duvall, Sinar Parman, Skype, Snow
White Program, Steven Mnuchin, Sunny Pereira, Super Power, Tabatha Fauteux,
Tennessee, Texas Third Court of Appeals, The Way to Happiness, Trish Duggan,
Twitter, Village Voice, Villainy Victorious, Vivian Kubrick, Volunteer
Ministers, WikiLeaks, Wilt Chamberlain, Xenu, Yashar Ali
==========================================
Scientology Franchises Fail
December 31, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-franchises-fail/
Once upon a time, there was a rather large and fairly prosperous
network of scientology franchises (this is what Hubbard originally
called them, until like his use of the word "fees" which was changed
"donations", the word was replaced by "missions" in order to sound less
commercial).
The Franchise network was pretty much decimated during the infamous
Mission Holder Convention of 1982 where Miscavige first burst into
public view as the new Capo of scientology.
Franchises were always supposed to be the "front lines" of scientology.
The spearhead both into new areas of the world and to new public in
areas around existing organizations. The idea was that there were
supposed to be people who wanted to make a living out of scientology
who would get a franchise and hang out their shingle. Franchises and
"pioneer" scientologists opened many countries to scientology.
Tags: 1982, 1990, Anne Archer, David Miscavige, Isaac Hayes, Jenna Elfman,
John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Lisa Marie Presley, Memphis, Mission, Mission
Holder, Mission Network, Ocala, OT, Quicky, San Francisco, Santa Monica,
Scientology Missions International, Tom Cruise, Wichita
==========================================
Scientology's 2018: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!
December 31, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/12/31/scientologys-2018-another-year-is-in-the-books-at-the-underground-bunker/
We're just a few hours away from the end of this crazy year of 2018,
and we want to get through a lot of material before tonight's big
party, when we reveal Observer's new HowdyCon poster at midnight.
To help get you in the mood for this shindig, we'll start out with a
hot new number from the creator of the official Underground Bunker
theme song, Moxie Magee (A/K/A TheHoleDoesNotExist). Here's her new
tune for us, "Bunker Town"...
One of our biggest highlights this year was that Sunny Pereira really
stepped up her participation, and wrote a number of important pieces
for us this year. We asked her for some thoughts on 2018?
Tags: 1934, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1972,
1973, 1977, 1981, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,
ABCmouse, Abortion, Alec Nevala-Lee, Anonymous, Arnaldo Lerma, Australia,
Battlefield Scientology, Bill Franks, Bob Duggan, Brad Bufanda, California,
Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Celebrity Centre, Chris Owen, Chrissie Carnell, Cierra
Westerman, Clay Irwin, Clear, Clearwater, Congress, Danny Masterson, Dave
Richards, David Mayo, David Miscavige, David Palter, DC, Dianetics,
Disconnection, Doug Dohring, Efrem Logreira, England, Environmental
Protection Agency, Eric Saldarriaga, Executive Director International,
Explorers Club, Facebook, Fair Game, FBI, Flo Barnett, Florida, Founding
Church, Freeloader Debt, Freewinds, Gabe Cazares, Geoff Levin, Graham Berry,
Harlan Ellison, HowdyCon, Independent Scientologists, Int Base, International
Association of Scientologists, IRS, Jackie Lacey, Jacqueline Olivier, Jada
Pinkett Smith, Jay Spina, Jeffrey Spina, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jenna Elfman,
John McMaster, Jonathan Ramsay, Joy Villa, Judge James Whittemore, Juliette
Lewis, Justin Craig, Katrina, Katrina Reyes, Kim Poff, Kirstie Alley, Lajos
Fritzlauf, Laura DeCrescenzo, Leah Remini, Legoland, Lisa McPherson, Louis
Theroux, Luis and Rocio Garcia, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Massachusetts,
Mat Pesch, Medicare, Michael Chan, Michael Meisner, Mike Bennitt, Mike
Rinder, Monique Rathbun, Movie, Moxie Magee, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead,
Nation of Islam, NBC, New Year's Eve, New York, NYPD, Oklahoma, Olympic, OT
8, Passport, Paulette Cooper, Penthouse magazine, Pope, Portland, Private
investigator, Rehabilitation Project Force, Richard Acunto, Robbie Levin,
Robert Heinlein, Ron DeWolf, Russia, Sara Northrup, Scientology and the
Aftermath, Scientology practice, Sea Org, Sexual assault, Shelley Duvall,
Shelly Miscavige, Shooting, Shrine Auditorium, Sinar Parman, Snow White
Program, State of Clear, Stephen Ridley, Sunny Pereira, Super Bowl, Super
Power, Tabatha Fauteux, Tampa, Texas Third Court of Appeals, Tiponi Grey, Tom
Cruise, Tony Muhammad, Valerie Haney, Vanity Fair, Vivian Kubrick, White House
==========================================
Alex Jones must pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case
December 31, 2019, BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50960730
US radio host and prominent conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been
ordered to pay $100,000 (?76,000) in legal fees and court costs in a
defamation case against him.
The case has been brought by the father of a child killed in the Sandy
Hook mass school shooting in 2012.
Mr Jones has long claimed on his show and Infowars site that the attack
was "completely fake" and a "giant hoax".
Twenty children - all under the age of 10 - and six adults were killed.
Tags: 2012, Alex Jones, Alt-Right, Daily Beast, Infowars, New York Times,
Reuters, Texas
==========================================
Long-serving Tory MP says Scheer dropped him from critic role over pro-
cannabis position
December 31, 2019, Rachel Aiello, CTV News
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/long-serving-tory-mp-says-scheer-dropped-him-from-critic-role-over-pro-cannabis-position-1.4748896
OTTAWA -- Scott Reid, an Ottawa-area and long-serving Conservative MP
says that under outgoing leader Andrew Scheer he was "sacked" from his
role as critic for democratic institutions after breaking ranks and
voting in favour of cannabis legalization.
In a blog post sharing his ideas for the future of the party given the
upcoming leadership contest, Reid also opens up about his 2018
experience of being ousted as the Conservatives' leading voice on
democratic reforms, in making his case for why he thinks the party has
become too "dictatorial" when it comes to centralized caucus discipline.
Reid says that he was removed by Scheer from his role as critic for
democratic institutions in the Conservative "shadow cabinet"- the
roster of critics for the various ministerial files - two months after
he voted in favour of the Liberal's marijuana legalization legislation,
Bill C-45 in November 2017.
Tags: 2000, 2017, 2018, Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party of Canada, House of
Commons, Jamie Ellerton, Justin Trudeau, Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, Lisa
Raitt, Michelle Rempel, Ottawa, Quicky, Scott Reid
==========================================
Mighty Tampa Ideal Org - The Best Is Not Good Enough
December 31, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mighty-tampa-ideal-org-the-best-is-not-good-enough/
Here is a new video from Tampa Org (with 58 likes and 3 comments). They
promote themselves as both "Ideal" AND "SH Size" - in fact they promote
themselves as the FIRST ideal and FIRST SH size org.
They even start out with the humble assertion "What does every other
Org want to be?"
Well, let's take a look at what every org on earth aspires to. Because
Tampa has given us a wonderful glimpse of just how much they actually
accomplish. They kindly provided statistics for the last decade as
significant accomplishments that everyone else should be jealous of. It
is a good measure of the unreality inside the bubble.
Tags: Clear, Facebook, Ideal Org, IRS, Objectives, OT, Purification Rundown,
Quicky, Tampa, Tampa Org, Twitter
==========================================
Scientology's 2019: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!
December 31, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/12/31/scientologys-2019-another-year-is-in-the-books-at-the-underground-bunker/
Here we are just a few hours away from a new decade, and this
Scientology thing is still messing up lives and running rings around
courts and law enforcement.
What. The. Hell?
At least in our efforts to keep on top of the latest Scientology news,
we have an amazing community of readers and commenters who travel with
us on this journey. And we want to thank you all for making 2019
another wild ride here in the Underground Bunker.
Tags: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1986, 1988, 1989,
1991, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, Adam
Holland, Australia, Barbara Ruiz, Beck Hansen, Bernie Headley, Big Blue,
Bijou Phillips, Bob Duggan, Bobette Riales, Brad Bufanda, Brad Pitt, Brian
Kent, Brian Statler, California, Camden, Caribbean, Catholic Church,
Celebrity Centre, Charles Barkley, Chris Owen, Chrissie Carnell, CIA, Claims
Verification Board, Clay Irwin, Clear, Clearwater, Columbus, Compton, Danny
Masterson, David Miscavige, DC, Disconnection, England, Ethics Officer,
Facebook, FBI, Florida, Founding Church, Freewinds, Gabe Cazares, Geoff
Levin, George Gasc?n, Georgia, Graham Berry, Guardian's Office, Guy White,
Hanan Islam, Harlem, Hollywood, Ideal Org, Inglewood, Int Base, International
Association of Scientologists, IRS, Isabella Cruise, Jackie Lacey, Jacqueline
Olivier, Jefferson Hawkins, Jeffrey Augustine, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jenna
Elfman, Judge Charles Richey, Kansas City, L. Ron Hubbard, LAPD, Leah Remini,
Legoland, Lisa Marie Presley, Lisa McPherson, London, Los Angeles, Louis
Theroux, Mace-Kingsley Ranch, Marissa Ribisi, Mark Bunker, Marty Rathbun,
Mary Sue Hubbard, Measles, Medi-Cal, Miami, Michael Jackson, Michael Meisner,
Mike Bennitt, Mike Rinder, Monique Rathbun, Music, Nan McLean, Narconon,
Nation of Islam, National Enquirer, Netflix, New Jersey, New Year's Eve, New
York, New Yorker, Office of Special Affairs, Ohio, OT, Pat Harney, Paulette
Cooper, Pete Combs, Phoenix New Times, Portland Org, Quicky, Registrar,
Richard Acunto, Robert Heinlein, Rod Keller, Ron DeWolf, Ron the War Hero,
Safe Point, Sara Northrup, Scientology and the Aftermath, Scientology
executive, Scientology staff, Sea Org, Seattle, Shelley Duvall, Shelly
Miscavige, Sinar Parman, Snow White Program, Sonya Bianchi, sovereign
citizen, St. Lucia, Sunny Pereira, Super Power, Suppressive Person, Suzette
Hubbard, Tabatha Fauteux, Tampa Bay Times, Tax exempt, Texas Third Court of
Appeals, The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power, Time magazine, Tiponi Grey,
Tom Cruise, Tony Muhammad, Tracey McManus, Valerie Haney, Valley Ideal Org,
Van Allen belt, Vivian Kubrick, Washington, William Bramley, Writers of the
Future, Yashar Ali
==========================================
Team Trump's Furious Hunt to Find Out Who 'Liked' a Chelsea Clinton Tweet
December 31, 2019, Erin Banco, Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpworlds-wild-hunt-who-liked-a-chelsea-clinton-tweet
On the evening of July 10, 2017 staffers at the U.S. embassy in
Brussels-the official office for the ambassador to the European
Union-received an unusual call from the seventh floor of the State
Department back in Washington. The office of then-Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson was irate. Someone in Brussels with access to the
mission's Twitter account had liked the wrong tweet. It had set off
alarm bells in Foggy Bottom.
The tweet wasn't just any tweet. It was one written by Chelsea Clinton
and directed at President Donald Trump in a public spat that took the
Internet by storm.
That week in July, Trump drew criticism for his decision to let his
daughter Ivanka fill his seat at the G20 meeting of top economic powers
in Hamburg, Germany. After days of the pile on, Trump took to Twitter
the morning of July 10 to claim his decision to have Ivanka represent
the U.S. at the G20 was "very standard" and that Chancellor Angela
Merkel of Germany agreed. Not more than 15 minutes later, he switched
his tenor and began attacking Clinton and the press. " If Chelsea
Clinton were asked to hold the seat for her mother, as her mother gave
our country away, the Fake News would say CHELSEA FOR PRES!," Trump said.
Tags: 2017, Angela Merkel, Belgium, Brussels, Chelsea Clinton, Donald Trump,
European Union, Fake News, Germany, Hamburg, Mike Pompeo, Quicky, Rex
Tillerson, Twitter, US Secretary of State, US State Department, Washington,
White House
==========================================
Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
December 31 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/12-31.html
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$12.5 Million Deal With I.R.S. Lifted Cloud Over Scientologists
December 31, 1997, Douglas Frantz, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E7D71331F932A05751C1A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
In addition to the $12.5 million payment, the agreement required the
church to create an internal oversight committee of high-level church
officials to monitor its compliance with tax laws and report annually
to the tax agency for three years, according to a copy of the 76-page
settlement agreement.
As part of the settlement, the church agreed to drop its lawsuits
against the Internal Revenue Service and its officials and to stop
helping church members who, along with the church itself, had brought
2,200 lawsuits against the agency and its officials over the years. In
exchange, the tax agency stopped its audits of 13 major Scientology
organizations, dismissed tax penalties and liens against some church
organizations and granted tax-exempt status to 114 Scientology-related
entities in the United States.
Tags: 1950, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1999, Church Tax Compliance Committee, David
Miscavige, Fair Game, Frank Keith, Fred Goldberg, Internal Revenue Service,
IRS, Marty Rathbun, Scientology organization, Tax exempt, Wall Street Journal
==========================================
Scientologists' Deal With IRS: $12.5 Million
December 31, 1997, Associated Press, Seattle Times
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19971231&slug=2580963
The settlement ended a struggle that began in 1967, when the IRS argued
that the main Scientology church should lose its tax-exempt status
because it was a for-profit business that enriched church officials.
The church replied with more than 2,000 lawsuits against the IRS.
IRS spokesman Frank Keith said the decision to grant tax-exempt status
was "based upon voluminous information provided by the church to the
IRS regarding its financial and other operations."
Tags: Frank Keith, IRS, Marty Rathbun, Religious Technology Center
==========================================
Scientologists settled with IRS for $12.5 million
December 31, 1997, Robert Jablon, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1997/Scientologists-settled-with-IRS-for-%2412-5-million/id-9cf70c8fd6d6e84244e0a98cd0bd57f5
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The Church of Scientology paid the Internal Revenue
Service $12.5 million in a 1993 settlement that established its
tax-exempt status, a church official said Tuesday.
Mark Rathbun, director of the church's Religious Technology Center,
confirmed some previously undisclosed details of the 1993 settlement
reported in Tuesday's edition of The Wall Street Journal.
"Bottom line is, the document is a peace treaty. The war is over,"
Rathbun said.
Tags: 1954, 1967, 1993, Church Tax Compliance Committee, Frank Keith,
Freewinds, IRS, Los Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, Religious Technology
Center, Scientology organization, Wall Street Journal
==========================================
Scientology '93 Settlement Told
December 31, 1997, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/1997/dec/31/news/mn-3842
The Church of Scientology paid the Internal Revenue Service $12.5
million in a 1993 settlement that established its tax-exempt status, a
church official said. Mark Rathbun, director of the church's Religious
Technology Center, confirmed some previously undisclosed details of the
1993 settlement reported in The Wall Street Journal. The settlement,
known as a closure agreement, ended a struggle that began in 1967, when
the IRS argued that the main Scientology church should lose its
tax-exempt status because it was a business.
Tags: IRS, Marty Rathbun, Religious Technology Center
==========================================
Avatar draws on wide sources to provide path to self-fulfillment
December 31, 2000, Tim Grant, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/65915108.html?dids=65915108:65915108&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT
What is Avatar?
It is the brainchild of Harry Palmer, a former Scientologist who
developed the course for people who desire a less expensive and shorter
path to self-enlightenment than is offered by the Church of Scientology.
Scientology, founded by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard,
seeks to help people improve their lives through a counseling process
called "auditing" which seeks to free people from past negative
experiences. It has thousands of adherents worldwide, and a spiritual
headquarters in Clearwater. Critics call it a cult, but members insist
it is a bona fide religion.
In an interview from his Orlando-area home that serves as Avatar's
worldwide headquarters, Palmer said 55,000 people in 65 countries have
gone through the program since 1988.
Tags: 1972, 1984, 1988, Avatar, Buddhism, Clearwater, Critic, Florida, Harry
Palmer, Orlando, Taoism
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10 The RPF: "Scientology's Gulag"
December 31, 2008, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2008/12/7-rpf-scientologys-gulag.html
Former members of Scientology's Sea Organization remember the
movement's harsh punishment programme, the Rehabilitation Project Force
with particular horror.
Life in the Sea Organization, which was set up by Scientology's founder
L. Ron Hubbard in 1967, was meant to be tough.
Former members have described a harsh regime, in which senior officers
were trained to bawl out their subordinates like drill sergeants on a
parade ground, and where a culture of bullying was rife.
Tags: 1967, 1970, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, Apollo, Bruce Hines, Bunk
bed, California, Canada, Claire Headley, Cockroach, David Miscavige, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Happy Valley, Hemet, Lawsuit, Maureen Bolstad,
Passport, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Sea Org, Stephen Kent,
University of Alberta
==========================================
12 Scientology v the Internet
December 31, 2008, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2008/12/9-scientology-v-internet.html
In the mid-1990s Scientology tried to shut down its Internet-based
critics using law suits and court-authorised raids. They have been
paying the price ever since.
The Internet has been a nightmare for Scientology since at least the
1995, when the movement tried to shut down some of its more vocal
critics there. Their mistake was to do it by getting court orders to
raid their homes and confiscate their computer equipment.
The critics had been posting Scientology's secret levels to expose what
they said was the true nature of the movement. Scientology simply
argued that it was protecting its copyrighted trade secrets from those
it called the "copyright terrorists".
Tags: 1990, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006, Amsterdam, Andreas Heldal-Lund,
California, David Miscavige, Dutch, Earle Cooley, First Amendment, Karin
Spaink, Operation Clambake, Quicky, Scientology executive, Scientology
lawyer, Sea Org, Spain, XS4ALL
==========================================
7 John Peeler's Story
December 31, 2008, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2008/12/5-john-peelers-story.html
For Scientologists who grew up in the movement walking away from it and
adjusting to the outside world can be a traumatic experience. John
Peeler tells his story.
John Peeler, now 37, did not actually choose to be a Scientologist: he
grew up in the movement.
His mother was Scientologist and they sent him to a
Scientology-approved school where the teachers used the techniques set
down by the movement's founder, L. Ron Hubbard. "There was even an
Ethics Officer ," he recalled - a kind of moral policeman who ensured
they followed Scientology policies to the letter.
Tags: 1990, 2000, California, David Miscavige, Disconnection, Ethics, Ethics
Officer, Hemet, John Peeler, Knowledge Report, Knowledge Reports, Master at
Arms, Quicky, Sea Org, Suppressive Person, Wogs
==========================================
Gawker's Top Ten Posts of 2008
December 31, 2008, Richard, Gawker
https://gawker.com/5121507/gawkers-top-ten-posts-of-2008
Oh what a year it was! We had some big, boffo posts, primarily about
monsters (Cruise, Palin, O'Reilly and Montauk). Yay for riches. Enjoy!
#1 - The Tom Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientology Tried to Suppress
Tags: Quicky
==========================================
Climbing The Bridge: A journey to "Operating Thetan"
December 31, 2009, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1062094.ece
People practice Scientology by moving up the "Grade Chart," officially
known as the "Classification Gradation and Awareness Chart of Levels
and Certificates." It outlines a series of steps one must take in
sequence to reach the highest levels of awareness. The progression also
is referred to as "the Bridge," short for "the Bridge to Total Freedom."
Tags: 1950, Bridge to Total Freedom, Clear, Dianetics, E-meter, Operating
Thetan, OT, OT VIII, Paris, Purification Rundown, Training routines
==========================================
Recent high-profile defectors
December 31, 2009, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1062099.ece
These four longtime Scientologists say they left the church because the
behavior of top management was at odds with the teachings of the church.
They say they still believe in Scientology.
Tags: 1973, 1975, 1983, 1984, Facebook, Geir Isene, Los Angeles, Mary Jo
Leavitt, Office of Special Affairs, Sherry Katz
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Scientology's response
December 31, 2009, Tommy Davis, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1062117.ece
Your biased approach to stories regarding my religion is by now well
documented. You, Joe Childs in particular, actively seek out only those
individuals who have something negative to say about the Church; if
they do not fit your agenda then you attempt to coach them and coax
them into doing so by "educating" them about Scientology until you have
"adjusted" their viewpoint accordingly and when that does not work you
simply put words in their mouth. This is your pattern, which was
unknown to the Church until recently, and has been your modus operandi
for the better part of two decades.
Tags: Catholic, Church of Scientology International, Florida, George Rahdert,
IRS, Jehovah's Witnesses, Joe Childs, Mormon, Muslim, St. Petersburg, St.
Petersburg Times, Tampa, Tom Tobin
==========================================
Three of Scientology's elite parishioners keep faith, but leave the church
December 31, 2009, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1062092.ece
They advanced to the Church of Scientology's highest spiritual level,
to "Operating Thetan VIII," a vaunted realm said to endow extraordinary
powers of perception and force of will.
But Geir Isene of Norway and Americans Mary Jo Leavitt and Sherry Katz
recently announced they were leaving the church, citing strong
disagreements with its management practices.
Tags: 1970, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,
Africa, Amy Scobee, Anthony Michael Glassman, Bridge to Total Freedom,
California, Caribbean, Catholic, Clearwater, Colombia, Copenhagen, David
Miscavige, Dianetics, E-meter, England, Ethics Officer, Europe,
ExScientologyKids.com, Freewinds, Gary Morehead, Geir Isene, Glendale,
Hollywood, Human Rights Watch, Independent Scientologists, International
Association of Scientologists, Jack Airey, Jewish, Katrina, Knowledge
Reports, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Mary Jo Leavitt, Mexico,
Mike Rinder, Mormon, Nancy Many, New York, Norway, Operating Thetan, Oslo,
OT, OT VII, OT VIII, Palm Harbor, Paris, Pasadena, Passport, Portland,
Purification Rundown, Russia, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Scientology practice,
Scientology staff, Sherry Katz, South America, Squirrel, St. Petersburg
Times, Suppressive Person, The Truth Rundown, The Way to Happiness, Thomas C.
Tobin, Tommy Davis, Turkey
==========================================
Three of Scientology's elite parishioners keep faith, but leave the church
December 31, 2009, Thomas C. Tobin, Tampa Bay Times
https://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/three-of-scientologys-elite-parishioners-keep-faith-but-leave-the-church/1062092
They advanced to the Church of Scientology's highest spiritual level,
to "Operating Thetan VIII," a vaunted realm said to endow extraordinary
powers of perception and force of will.
But Geir Isene of Norway and Americans Mary Jo Leavitt and Sherry Katz
recently announced they were leaving the church, citing strong
disagreements with its management practices.
Isene left first, a decision that emboldened Leavitt, who inspired Katz.
Such departures are rare among the church's elite group of OT VIIIs,
who are held up as role models in Scientology. The three each told the
St. Petersburg Times that they had spent decades and hundreds of
thousands of dollars to reach the church's spiritual pinnacle.
Tags: 1970, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,
Africa, Amy Scobee, Anthony Michael Glassman, Bridge to Total Freedom,
California, Caribbean, Catholic, Clearwater, Colombia, Copenhagen, David
Miscavige, Dianetics, E-meter, England, Ethics Officer, Europe,
ExScientologyKids.com, Freewinds, Gary Morehead, Geir Isene, Glendale,
Hollywood, Human Rights Watch, Independent Scientologists, International
Association of Scientologists, Jack Airey, Jewish, Joe Childs, Katrina,
Knowledge Reports, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Mary Jo
Leavitt, Mexico, Mike Rinder, Mormon, Nancy Many, New York, Norway, Operating
Thetan, Oslo, OT, OT VII, OT VIII, Palm Harbor, Paris, Pasadena, Passport,
Portland, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Russia, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Scientology
practice, Scientology staff, Sherry Katz, South America, Squirrel, St.
Petersburg Times, Suppressive Person, The Truth Rundown, Tommy Davis, Turkey
==========================================
WSMV Protester Sues Church of Scientology (Nashville, TN)
December 31, 2009, AnonymousImpact, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doaJs3CPoaw
Protester Sues Church Of Scientology
College Student Says Peaceful Protest Intent Led To Arrest
Reported By Dennis Ferrier
Tags: Arrest, Brian Fesler, Dennis Ferrier, Hayes Security, Nashville,
Quicky, Spring Hill, Thomas Parker
==========================================
2011 Rolls In Like A Lion
December 31, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/2011-rolls-in-like-a-lion/
To learn all about Jimmy Rebel's (John Aaron Williams - but, he'll
always be Jimmy Rebel to me) Training Center please click on this link:
http://www.scientology-cult.
com/knowledge-center/re-opening-the-training-bridge.html
Feel free to share your New Year's resolutions with some folks who are
apt to share agreement with pro-survival ones.
Tags: 2011, New Year's Eve, Quicky
==========================================
Have A Great New Year 2012
December 31, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/have-a-great-new-year-2012/
Tags: 2012, New Year's Eve, Quicky
==========================================
New Years Email from Debbie Cook
December 31, 2011, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/new-years-email-from-debbie-cook/
Debbie Cook was the Captain of the FSO for 17 years and was a Sea Org
member for 30 years. She sent this email to her Scientologist friends
on 31 Dec 2011.
"I am emailing you as a friend and fellow Scientologist. As we enter a
new year, it is hoped that 2012 can be a year of great dissemination
and a year of real progress up The Bridge for all Scientologists.
Although I am not in the Sea Org right now, I served in the Sea Org at
Flag for 29 years. 17 of those years were as Captain FSO.
Tags: 1960, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1984, 2012, Author Services Inc, Chairman of
the Board, Class V, Clear, Clear Certainty Rundown, Commodore's Messenger
Organization, David Miscavige, DC, Debbie Cook, Dianetics, Donation,
Environmental Protection Agency, Ethics, Flag Service Organization, Hubbard
Communications Office Bulletin, Ideal Org, International Association of
Scientologists, International Management, IRS, Journal of Scientology, Keep
Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard, Maiden Voyage, Marc Yager, Membership,
New Year's Eve, Norman Starkey, OT, OT Ambassador, OT Committee, OT III,
Purification Rundown, Quicky, Ray Mithoff, Religious Technology Center, San
Antonio, Sea Org, SEC, Texas, The Monthly, TIME, Watchdog Committee
==========================================
Scientology Spectacular: Commenters of the Year!
December 31, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/12/scientology_spe.php?page=all
"M-A-R-C-O-T-A-I. They'll never figure out it's me with this fake
Italian accent!" Here on this final day of 2011, we're replacing our
usual Saturday morning celebration of the week's best comments with a
special announcement.
Our IT department has done the math, we've run those numbers through
our analyzers here in the underground bunker, and now we're ready to
hand out awards for our Commenters of the Year!
To briefly recap our week of end-of-year celebrations, here's what
we've done so far.
Tags: 1980, 2012, Amy Scobee, Beck Hansen, Bob Peterson, Brian Culkin, Chuck
Beatty, David Lubow, David Miscavige, Dennis Erlich, Free Zone, Freewinds,
Geir Isene, Hartley Patterson, Jefferson Hawkins, Joe Childs, Kate Bornstein,
L. Ron Hubbard, Lawyer, Lisa McPherson, Marc Headley, Mark Ebner, Mark
Fisher, Mark Miglio, Mat Pesch, Michael Fairman, Nancy Many, New Year's Eve,
Office of Special Affairs, OT, Patty Moher, Quicky, Scott Pilutik, Sea Org,
Skip Press, South Park, Squirrel Busters, St. Petersburg Times, Synthia
Fagen, Teegeeack, Texas, Tom Tobin, Tommy Davis, Tory Christman, Valeska
Paris, Vistaril, We Stand Tall, Xenu
==========================================
John Sweeney and Marc Headley Visit Scientology's Odd New Mexico Vault
December 31, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/12/31/john-sweeney-and-marc-headley-visit-scientologys-odd-new-mexico-vault/
On January 7, BBC reporter John Sweeney's book about Scientology, The
Church of Fear, hits bookstores, and he thought of a great way to
promote it.
About a month ago, he flew to the US and joined former church member
and Blown for Good author Marc Headley for a trip to the Trementina
vault in New Mexico.
Earlier this year, we put together a comprehensive article about the
strange vaults that one of Scientology's most secretive entities, the
Church of Spiritual Technology, has also dug in California and Wyoming
in order to secure L. Ron Hubbard's writings and lectures against
nuclear attack. For our piece, we had the help of a former CST
employee, Dylan Gill, who gave us some rare insights about these
strange facilities.
Tags: 1980, 1986, 2007, 2010, BBC, Blown for Good, California, Church of
Spiritual Technology, Creston Ranch, David Miscavige, Dylan Gill, Hemet, John
Brousseau, John Sweeney, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, LRH House, Marc
Headley, New Mexico, Petrolia, Quicky, Rimforest, Sea Org, Shelly Miscavige,
The Church of Fear, Trementina, Twin Peaks, Vault, Wyoming
==========================================
Mexico's Cri Cri hijacked
December 31, 2012, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/01/scientology-kidnaps-mexicos-cri-cri.html
Scientology has hijacked Cri-Cri the singing cricket, a character known
and loved by generations of Mexican children.
Among the nonentities wheeled out by Scientology for this year's
Christmas parade down Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles was at least
one true star - or rather the character that made him immortal.
Somebody dressed up as Mexico's Cri-Cri, the singing cricket, made an
appearance at the event promoting The Way to Happiness Foundation. And
according to this press release, Cri-Cri also appears on copies of The
Way to Happiness booklet distributed in Southern California.1
Tags: 1934, 1961, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1990, 2004, 2005, 2011, California,
Clear, Congress, Francisco Sanz Polo, Freewinds, Friends of L. Ron Hubbard,
Hollywood Boulevard, International Scientology News, Kristi Wachter, Los
Angeles, Mexico, Narconon, New Year's Eve, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project
Force, Sea Org, The Way to Happiness
==========================================
A Course in Graduating from Scientology
December 31, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/a-course-in-graduating-from-scientology/
Given recent vicissitudes in these parts it is not practicable for me
to be hosting visitors and engaging in lengthy, uninterruptible
sessions. Yet, the desire for guided tours out of the Scientology
philosophical labyrinth continues to be expressed. I have come up with
a solution that may be workable given current conditions and apropos
given the evolution of what we do. As noted recently, in essence my
coaching or counselling has focused more on connecting dots to get
people out of the 'why trap' Scientology has so effectively ensnared
them into.
I am offering a Graduating from Scientology correspondence course. It
is designed for:
-Those who are Clear or higher on the Scientology grade chart and are
not planning on doing any more Scientology OT levels.
Tags: Clear, Donation, Memoirs of a Scientology Warrior, OT, Quicky
==========================================
News And Stats From The Bubble
December 31, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/news-and-stats-from-the-bubble/
A couple of recent OTC emails from the PAC area.
PAC OTC is focused on fundraising (big surprise) for the "PAC
Auditorium" and "Ideal PAC Base" (whatever that is - "Ideal" has
morphed into a new term in the bubble not even trying to pretend it has
anything to do with the policy letter on "The Ideal Org" any longer).
But this email also includes some stats that are pretty revealing. This
is the PAC OTC - the biggest concentration of Scientologists on earth
(they claim in their stats to have 126 active members). And remember,
"PAC" consists of "all" the Missions including the winners of the last
two international mission birthday games, 5 Ideal Orgs (LA D, LA F,
Pasadena, OC, Inglewood) 2 other Class V orgs (Valley, Santa Barbara)
and 3 SO delivery Orgs.
Tags: 1985, 2014, AOLA, ASHO, CCHR, CIA, Class V, Clear, DEA, Extension
Course, Field Staff Member, Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Golden Age of
Tech, Ideal Org, Inglewood, International Association of Scientologists, Jeff
Mintz, Keep Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard Way, Legal,
Mission, New Year's Eve, Nick Lekas, Norman Taylor, OT, OT Ambassador, OT
Committee, OTC, PAC Base, Pasadena, Philippines, Quicky, Raw Public, Ron's
Journal, Santa Barbara, Shrine Auditorium, Volunteer Ministers, Youth for
Human Rights International
==========================================
Scientology's 2013 in review: The Super Power-ful finish to an eventful year
December 31, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/12/31/scientologys-2013-in-review-the-super-powerful-finish-to-an-eventful-year/
We're finishing up our look back at 2013 as we prepare for tonight's
festivities.
November began with a fun reveal: We unmasked the master satirist
behind OTVIIIisGrrr8!
The next day, we broke the news on the dates for Scientology's big
events: The Golden Age of Tech II and Super Power Building opening
would be the weekend of Nov 15-17, the IAS gala would go off
Thanksgiving weekend, and New Year's Eve would happen on December 27.
Tags: 2014, Alex Jones, Bare-Faced Messiah, Bauer Media, Bruce Hines,
California, Claire Headley, Clearwater, Comal County, Dallas, David
Miscavige, E-meter, Golden Age of Tech, Inside Edition, International
Association of Scientologists, Jacqueline Olivier, Judge Dib Waldrip, Judge
James Whittemore, Lori Hodgson, Luis and Rocio Garcia, Marc Headley, Mike
Bennitt, Mike Rinder, Monique Rathbun, New Year's Eve, Operating Thetan, OT,
Quicky, Roslyn Cohn, Russell Miller, Scientology practice, Silvertail Books,
Super Power, Super Power Building, Tom Cruise, Vivian Kubrick
==========================================
It's New Year's Eve -- So Give Us Your Money
December 31, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/its-new-years-eve-so-give-us-your-money/
Of course, it's time to reflect on the year that was and look forward
to the new year.
And this that follows is the message from the church of scientology.
Does anyone actually read the drivel they send out?
Tags: Catholic Church, New Year's Eve, OT, Quicky
==========================================
Scientology's 2014 in review: So long to another great year in the Bunker!
December 31, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/12/31/scientologys-2014-in-review-so-long-to-another-great-year-in-the-bunker/
We hope you have something fun planned for tonight as we welcome in
2015. Whether it's a wild party or just staying home with loved ones,
enjoy yourselves and be safe.
We'll always be a little on edge as the clock strikes midnight after
what happened three years ago - we had put a lot of work into a story
we timed to appear right as the new year began, a primer we titled
"What is Scientology?" We thought it would be a good way to start 2012
as our coverage at the Village Voice continued to gain steam.
But then, just some twenty minutes later or so, we started getting
peppered with emails from readers all over the country. Had we seen
this remarkable message that had been sent out by former church
official Debbie Cook? Well, you may know the rest. Cook struck a blow
that was the biggest salvo since the 2009 "Truth Rundown" series in the
Tampa Bay Times, and Scientology is still feeling its effects.
Tags: 1940, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, Alex Gibney, Australia, BBC, Bob Duggan,
Brent Jones, Bryan Seymour, Celebrity Centre, Chris Shelton, Christian
Stolte, Dani Lemberger, Debbie Cook, Dianetics, Doug E. Fresh, Dublin, eBay,
Facebook, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief,
Haifa, HBO, Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, Int Base, Israel, Jeffrey
Augustine, Jon Atack, Jonny Jacobsen, Joy Villa, Karen de la Carriere, Kim
Poff, L. Sprague de Camp, Las Vegas, Lauren Wolf, Lawrence Wright, Louis
Theroux, Marc Headley, Margaret Grubb, Marty Rathbun, Mike Bennitt, Mike
Rinder, Nathan Baca, Nevada, New Year's Eve, New York, Oklahoma,
Pharmacyclics, Postulates Congress, Richard Acunto, Robert Heinlein, Russia,
Sara Northrup, Stacy Francis, Steve Cannane, Sundance Film Festival, Super
Power, Tami Lemberger, Tampa Bay Times, Truth Rundown, Village Voice
==========================================
(VIDEO) Scientology: A to Xenu - The Book Trailer You've Been Waiting For
December 31, 2015, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2015/12/31/video-scientology-a-to-xenu-the-book-trailer-youve-been-waiting-for/
Hey everyone. I have very good news. For regular watchers of my weekly
Critical Q&A show and my Patreon supporters, they already heard about
this but I want everyone to know. What I'm announcing here is the
culmination of two years of work on my part to expose Scientology and
give you the actual facts about what really goes on behind its closed
doors.
I have completed and published what I believe to be the definitive
guide to Dianetics and Scientology, titled Scientology: A to Xenu, An
Insider's Guide to What Scientology is All About.
Why should you get this and read it? Well, if you want to understand
how people are lured in to destructive cults like this and why they
stay, this book gives you those answers.
Tags: Amazon, Critic, Dianetics, Quicky, Scientology: A to Xenu, Sea Org,
South Park, Xenu
==========================================
Scientology's 2015: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!
December 31, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/12/31/scientologys-2015-another-year-is-in-the-books-at-the-underground-bunker/
What a year it's been. As 2015 slips away, we hope you celebrate
another revolution around the Sun with good friends and good cheer. And
as much fun as we hope to have, our celebrations will also be tinged
with some regret: Somewhere, a youngster in the Sea Org's RPF barely
knows that tonight is special at all.
It's pretty amazing that the Sea Org and the RPF and the toxic policy
of disconnection still exist as 2016 begins, but this past year at
least moved us closer to making the public much more aware of
Scientology's controversies. It's easily been the most remarkable year
of Scientology watching that we've ever experienced.
What will 2016 bring? We'll worry about that tomorrow. Today, we
celebrate.
Tags: 1987, 1989, 2013, 2014, 2016, Arkansas, Australia, Belgium, Big Blue,
California, Cathriona White, Comal County, Compton, David Miscavige,
Disconnection, Europe, FBI, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of
Belief, Hanan Islam, Hollywood, Jacqueline Olivier, Jenna Elfman, Jim Carrey,
Jonny Jacobsen, Judge Dib Waldrip, Knowledge Report, Leah Remini, Legoland,
Lisa McPherson, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux, Mark Bunker, Marty Rathbun, Medi-
Cal, Mike Bennitt, Mike Rinder, Mimi Rogers, Monique Rathbun, Moscow,
Narconon, Netherlands, New Mexico, Paulette Cooper, Quicky, R.M. Seibert,
Rehabilitation Project Force, Richard Acunto, Robert Heinlein, Russia, Sara
Northrup, Sea Org, SLAPP, Steven Fishman, Sundance, Super Power, Sylvia
DeWall, Tabatha Fauteux, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Supreme Court, Texas Third
Court of Appeals, Tom Cruise, Youth for Human Rights International
==========================================
Thursday Funnies
December 31, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-64/
The wonderful SNL parody of "We Stand Tall" worth watching once a week
Best gift ever...
Pay for them to attend one of our fundraising dinners where they will
be hounded and harassed until they have turned over anything they have...
Tags: 2016, Cambridge, Clear, Freewinds, Kyra Delaware, Michael Lewis, New
Year's Eve, OT IX, OTC, Quicky, Rocket ride, Sandy Dodwell, Saturday Night
Live, Thursday Funnies, Vic Maclellan, We Stand Tall, Zaiden Bonifacio
==========================================
2016 Villain: Dr. Jordan Peterson
December 31, 2016, Simon Bredin, Torontoist
https://torontoist.com/2016/12/2016-villain-jordan-peterson/
Shortly after the start of the 2016?17 academic year, U of T professor
and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson uploaded to his YouTube
channel the first of a three-part video series entitled "Professor
Against Political Correctness." For nearly two-and-a-half hours,
Peterson vented about everyone and everything even tangentially related
to "political correctness," from the Ontario Human Rights Commission to
the LGBTQ community, from the Black Liberation Collective to
human-resources departments everywhere.
His cri de c?ur was prompted by two developments: first, the
introduction of Bill C-16, an amendment to federal law that would add
gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds
of discrimination, and second, a new policy by the university's
human-resources department mandating anti-discrimination training for
all staff.
Peterson would not fare well in such a seminar. He refuses to call
non-binary people by their preferred pronouns, a common courtesy that
would soon become law. Bill C-16 would make his refusal to refer to a
person by the personal pronoun of their choice a form of harassment,
for which he could be held legally liable.
Tags: Alt-Right, Breitbart, Donald Trump, Gavin McInnes, Jordan Peterson,
Lauren Southern, LGBTQ, Ontario Human Rights Commission, Quicky, The Varsity,
Toronto, Toronto Police, YouTube
==========================================
Can Scientologists be Christians or Jews Too?
December 31, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/can-scientologists-be-christians-or-jews-too/
Scientology likes to tell the world that you can be a scientologist and
also be a Christian, Jew, Buddhist or anything else. This is an
"acceptable truth" (defined by Hubbard this way: Handling truth is a
touchy business also. You don't have to tell everything you know-that
would jam the comm line too. Tell an acceptable truth. Agreement with
one's message is what PR is seeking to achieve. Thus the message must
compare to the personal experience of the audience) intended to deceive
the public until they become scientologists and can be properly
indoctrinated to continue the lie "for PR purposes."
Scientologists, Celebrities and PR spokespeople dish up this line
routinely to make themselves sound benign and unthreatening. They talk
about "respecting the religious beliefs of others" (as long as they are
not former scientologists) and other pablum that sounds sort of
"religious" as makes them seem more "acceptable."
This is a recent tweet that was sent to me (I cannot see Erika's tweets
because I am blocked, even though I have never tried to tweet to her,
friend her or even mention her):
Tags: 1966, 1967, 1968, Aleister Crowley, Buddhist, Christian, David
Miscavige, Dianetics, Disconnection, Ethics, Fair Game, Jesus, Keep
Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, OT III, Potential Trouble Source,
Quicky, SEC, Sec Check
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LEAKED AUDIO - Scientology's New Year's event 2017: 'Welcome to Scientology
forever!'
December 31, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/12/31/leaked-audio-scientologys-new-years-event-2017-welcome-to-scientology-forever/
(David Miscavige presides over the 2008 New Year's event - now we have
audio of tonight's event)
Once again, our tipsters have come through. The Underground Bunker has
obtained a secretly recorded audiotape of the New Year's event that
Scientologists around the world will be watching tonight to bring in
2017.
Scientology leader David Miscavige presides over several big events
each year - L. Ron Hubbard's March 13 birthday in Florida, the
anniversary of the International Association of Scientologists (IAS)
each October at Saint Hill Manor in England, and "Maiden Voyage," held
on the ship Freewinds in the Caribbean in the summer. But New Year's is
perhaps Scientology's biggest annual bash, held at the Shrine
Auditorium in Los Angeles. Usually, the event is taped a few days early.
This year, it was held on December 17, for some reason. But the result
is the same. At various times, and particularly tonight, video of David
Miscavige's three-hour speech will be shown at Scientology "orgs"
around the world.
Tags: 1927, 1947, 1980, 1990, 1998, 20/20, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, A&E,
Abortion, Allison Hope Weiner, Amy Scobee, Anonymous, Appeal, Astra
Woodcraft, Atlanta, Australia, BBC, Bonny Elliott, California, Call Me,
Caribbean, Celebrity Centre, Christian, Claire Headley, Claire Reppen,
Clearwater, Cleveland, Creston Ranch, Dan Perkins, David Bowie, David
Miscavige, Denver, Disconnection, Elizabeth Gale, England, Eugene Ingram,
Fair Game, Flag Land Base, Florida, Fort Harrison, Freewinds, Gary Soter,
Gregg Hagglund, Haifa, Harlem, Helena, Hollywood, Hollywood Guaranty
Building, HowdyCon, Ideal Org, Int Base, International Association of
Scientologists, Ireland, Israel, Jacqueline Olivier, James Packer, Jason Lee,
Jenna Elfman, Karin Pouw, Karla Taylor, Kate Bornstein, Katie Holmes, Kelly
Jordan, Ken Dandar, LAPD, Laura DeCrescenzo, Leah Remini, Legoland, Leonard
Cohen, Lisa Marie Presley, Lisa McPherson, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux, Lucia
Ribisi, Maiden Voyage, Manhattan, Mark Ebner, Mark Elliott, Marty Rathbun,
Mary Kahn, Mexico, Mike Bennitt, Mike Rinder, Monique Rathbun, Monique
Yingling, Montana, Narconon, National Association of Forensic Counselors, New
Mexico, New Orleans, New Year's Eve, New York, Nora Crest, Paul Burkhart,
Paulette Cooper, Pete Griffiths, Philip Gale, Ponzi scheme, Quicky, Richard
Acunto, Robert Heinlein, Rod Keller, Ron Miscavige, Ruthless: Scientology, My
Son David Miscavige, and Me, Saint Hill Manor, San Diego, Sara Northrup,
Savanna Hartman, Scientology and the Aftermath, Scott Pilutik, Sea Org,
Shelley Duvall, Shelly Miscavige, Shrine Auditorium, Snow White Program,
Spying, Super Bowl, Super Power, Tabatha Fauteux, Taiwan, Tami Lemberger,
Tampa, Texas Third Court of Appeals, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, Todd
Woodruff, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis, Touch Assist, Trementina, Twin Peaks,
Vivian Kubrick, Warren Young, Willie Jones, Wisconsin, YouTube
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Critical Q&A #141
December 31, 2017, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2017/12/31/critical-qa-141/
The weekly show where I answer viewer questions from the comments of my
Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChri...@gmail.com. This
week, the questions I answer are:
(1) You've said this channel is about your recovery process and changes
since leaving Scientology. What would you say was your best or biggest
change in 2017?
(2) In authoritarian/hierarchical organizations, people below have a
tendency to say only things they think people above want to hear. This
is also known as the SNAFU principle. It leads to situations where the
organization is rapidly disintegrating while its leaders think
everything is just hunky dory. Does Scientology's leadership, i.e.
David Miscavige, realize just how dysfunctional the Church has become
under his leadership?
Tags: Boy Scout, Boy Scouts, Critic, David Miscavige, Jason Beghe, Leah
Remini, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Mormon, Quicky, Ross and
Carrie, Sea Org, Warren Young, Xenu
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Ex-Scientologist Sends Hubbard Up In Smoke
December 31, 2017, GateCrashers, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G06jrfVaUX0
"Many of those who were involved in the occult gathered their books and
burned them in front of everyone.." (from the Bible, Acts 19:19)
Tags: Quicky
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OT VIII Crazy
December 31, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/ot-viii-crazy/
This is totally wacky.
Susan Freilich is certainly entitled to express her "wins" any way she
wishes. She can be cray-cray and as long as she doesn't hurt anyone,
who really cares other than those who have to deal with her directly in
the real world. Something like this has got to make you wonder -
hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands and thousands of hours
to become (or remain - she might have been this way all along) so out
of touch with reality.
But the organization is another thing.
Tags: Clear, OT VIII, OT X, Quicky, Susan Freilich
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Scientology's 2017: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!
December 31, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/12/31/scientologys-2017-another-year-is-in-the-books-at-the-undergound-bunker/
Just a few hours remain in this wild year of 2017, and we have a lot to
get through today before we welcome in 2018 tonight with the help of
Observer and our HowdyCon poster for 2018.
Let's quickly get through the highlights of November and December to
wrap up our annual Scientology year-in-review. We have to say, the
Bunker really finished off the year strong in these last two months, so
there's a lot to remember.
We started off November by reporting that major Scientology donors Matt
and Kathy Feshbach got their asses handed to them by a bankruptcy judge
who did not appreciate these two richies pleading poverty while they
were spending money like Croesus on the finer things in life. In fact,
their behavior was downright Scientological.
Tags: 1952, 1958, 1970, 1976, 1980, 1989, 1990, 20/20, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, A&E, ABC, Angelo Pagan, Angie LaClaire,
Australia, Bob Duggan, California, Celebrity, Charles Manson, Charlie Beck,
Child abuse, Chris Owen, Chris Tringali, Christian, Clarissa Adams,
Clearwater, Clearwater Commission, CNN, Congress, Dan Harris, Danny
Masterson, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Dee Findlay, Dianetics,
Disconnection, Drama, Duggan Foundation, Facebook, FBI, Florida, Fred Oxaal,
Freewinds, Gabe Cazares, Google, Greg LaClaire, Hana Whitfield, HowdyCon,
Huffington Post, Human trafficking, Int Base, Introspection Rundown, IRS,
Irving Sorrentini, Jacqueline Olivier, Jakub Stepniak, Jamie Sorrentini,
Jefferson Hawkins, Jeffrey Augustine, Jenna Elfman, Jesus, John Brousseau,
Jon Atack, Kathy Feshbach, Kevin Spacey, Kim Poff, Kuba Ka, LAPD, Lawrence
Wright, Leah Remini, Legoland, Lisa McPherson, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux,
Maine, Marc Headley, Marc Vallieres, Margie Zacks, Mark Bunker, Marty
Rathbun, Marty Singer, Mary Sue Hubbard, Michael Meisner, Michael Pe?a,
Michael Tilse, Mike Bennitt, Mike Rinder, Mimi Faust, Mission, Mission Earth,
Monique Rathbun, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, New Year's Eve, New York, New
Yorker, Oklahoma, OT, OT 8, OT III, Paul Haggis, Paulette Cooper, Phil Jones,
Police, Pope, Quailynn McDaniel, Quicky, R.M. Seibert, Ramina Nunnelee,
Rebecca McKee, Rehabilitation Project Force, Reza Aslan, Richard Acunto,
Robert Heinlein, Robyn Capella, Rod Keller, Russell Miller, Sara Northrup,
Scientology and the Aftermath, Scientology celebrity, Scientology Media
Productions, Sea Org, Serge Gil, Shelley Duvall, Sinar Parman, Skype, Snow
White Program, Steven Mnuchin, Sunny Pereira, Super Power, Tabatha Fauteux,
Tennessee, Texas Third Court of Appeals, The Way to Happiness, Trish Duggan,
Twitter, Village Voice, Villainy Victorious, Vivian Kubrick, Volunteer
Ministers, WikiLeaks, Wilt Chamberlain, Xenu, Yashar Ali
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Scientology Franchises Fail
December 31, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-franchises-fail/
Once upon a time, there was a rather large and fairly prosperous
network of scientology franchises (this is what Hubbard originally
called them, until like his use of the word "fees" which was changed
"donations", the word was replaced by "missions" in order to sound less
commercial).
The Franchise network was pretty much decimated during the infamous
Mission Holder Convention of 1982 where Miscavige first burst into
public view as the new Capo of scientology.
Franchises were always supposed to be the "front lines" of scientology.
The spearhead both into new areas of the world and to new public in
areas around existing organizations. The idea was that there were
supposed to be people who wanted to make a living out of scientology
who would get a franchise and hang out their shingle. Franchises and
"pioneer" scientologists opened many countries to scientology.
Tags: 1982, 1990, Anne Archer, David Miscavige, Isaac Hayes, Jenna Elfman,
John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Lisa Marie Presley, Memphis, Mission, Mission
Holder, Mission Network, Ocala, OT, Quicky, San Francisco, Santa Monica,
Scientology Missions International, Tom Cruise, Wichita
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Scientology's 2018: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!
December 31, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/12/31/scientologys-2018-another-year-is-in-the-books-at-the-underground-bunker/
We're just a few hours away from the end of this crazy year of 2018,
and we want to get through a lot of material before tonight's big
party, when we reveal Observer's new HowdyCon poster at midnight.
To help get you in the mood for this shindig, we'll start out with a
hot new number from the creator of the official Underground Bunker
theme song, Moxie Magee (A/K/A TheHoleDoesNotExist). Here's her new
tune for us, "Bunker Town"...
One of our biggest highlights this year was that Sunny Pereira really
stepped up her participation, and wrote a number of important pieces
for us this year. We asked her for some thoughts on 2018?
Tags: 1934, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1972,
1973, 1977, 1981, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,
ABCmouse, Abortion, Alec Nevala-Lee, Anonymous, Arnaldo Lerma, Australia,
Battlefield Scientology, Bill Franks, Bob Duggan, Brad Bufanda, California,
Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Celebrity Centre, Chris Owen, Chrissie Carnell, Cierra
Westerman, Clay Irwin, Clear, Clearwater, Congress, Danny Masterson, Dave
Richards, David Mayo, David Miscavige, David Palter, DC, Dianetics,
Disconnection, Doug Dohring, Efrem Logreira, England, Environmental
Protection Agency, Eric Saldarriaga, Executive Director International,
Explorers Club, Facebook, Fair Game, FBI, Flo Barnett, Florida, Founding
Church, Freeloader Debt, Freewinds, Gabe Cazares, Geoff Levin, Graham Berry,
Harlan Ellison, HowdyCon, Independent Scientologists, Int Base, International
Association of Scientologists, IRS, Jackie Lacey, Jacqueline Olivier, Jada
Pinkett Smith, Jay Spina, Jeffrey Spina, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jenna Elfman,
John McMaster, Jonathan Ramsay, Joy Villa, Judge James Whittemore, Juliette
Lewis, Justin Craig, Katrina, Katrina Reyes, Kim Poff, Kirstie Alley, Lajos
Fritzlauf, Laura DeCrescenzo, Leah Remini, Legoland, Lisa McPherson, Louis
Theroux, Luis and Rocio Garcia, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Massachusetts,
Mat Pesch, Medicare, Michael Chan, Michael Meisner, Mike Bennitt, Mike
Rinder, Monique Rathbun, Movie, Moxie Magee, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead,
Nation of Islam, NBC, New Year's Eve, New York, NYPD, Oklahoma, Olympic, OT
8, Passport, Paulette Cooper, Penthouse magazine, Pope, Portland, Private
investigator, Rehabilitation Project Force, Richard Acunto, Robbie Levin,
Robert Heinlein, Ron DeWolf, Russia, Sara Northrup, Scientology and the
Aftermath, Scientology practice, Sea Org, Sexual assault, Shelley Duvall,
Shelly Miscavige, Shooting, Shrine Auditorium, Sinar Parman, Snow White
Program, State of Clear, Stephen Ridley, Sunny Pereira, Super Bowl, Super
Power, Tabatha Fauteux, Tampa, Texas Third Court of Appeals, Tiponi Grey, Tom
Cruise, Tony Muhammad, Valerie Haney, Vanity Fair, Vivian Kubrick, White House
==========================================
Alex Jones must pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case
December 31, 2019, BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50960730
US radio host and prominent conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been
ordered to pay $100,000 (?76,000) in legal fees and court costs in a
defamation case against him.
The case has been brought by the father of a child killed in the Sandy
Hook mass school shooting in 2012.
Mr Jones has long claimed on his show and Infowars site that the attack
was "completely fake" and a "giant hoax".
Twenty children - all under the age of 10 - and six adults were killed.
Tags: 2012, Alex Jones, Alt-Right, Daily Beast, Infowars, New York Times,
Reuters, Texas
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Long-serving Tory MP says Scheer dropped him from critic role over pro-
cannabis position
December 31, 2019, Rachel Aiello, CTV News
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/long-serving-tory-mp-says-scheer-dropped-him-from-critic-role-over-pro-cannabis-position-1.4748896
OTTAWA -- Scott Reid, an Ottawa-area and long-serving Conservative MP
says that under outgoing leader Andrew Scheer he was "sacked" from his
role as critic for democratic institutions after breaking ranks and
voting in favour of cannabis legalization.
In a blog post sharing his ideas for the future of the party given the
upcoming leadership contest, Reid also opens up about his 2018
experience of being ousted as the Conservatives' leading voice on
democratic reforms, in making his case for why he thinks the party has
become too "dictatorial" when it comes to centralized caucus discipline.
Reid says that he was removed by Scheer from his role as critic for
democratic institutions in the Conservative "shadow cabinet"- the
roster of critics for the various ministerial files - two months after
he voted in favour of the Liberal's marijuana legalization legislation,
Bill C-45 in November 2017.
Tags: 2000, 2017, 2018, Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party of Canada, House of
Commons, Jamie Ellerton, Justin Trudeau, Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, Lisa
Raitt, Michelle Rempel, Ottawa, Quicky, Scott Reid
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Mighty Tampa Ideal Org - The Best Is Not Good Enough
December 31, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mighty-tampa-ideal-org-the-best-is-not-good-enough/
Here is a new video from Tampa Org (with 58 likes and 3 comments). They
promote themselves as both "Ideal" AND "SH Size" - in fact they promote
themselves as the FIRST ideal and FIRST SH size org.
They even start out with the humble assertion "What does every other
Org want to be?"
Well, let's take a look at what every org on earth aspires to. Because
Tampa has given us a wonderful glimpse of just how much they actually
accomplish. They kindly provided statistics for the last decade as
significant accomplishments that everyone else should be jealous of. It
is a good measure of the unreality inside the bubble.
Tags: Clear, Facebook, Ideal Org, IRS, Objectives, OT, Purification Rundown,
Quicky, Tampa, Tampa Org, Twitter
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Scientology's 2019: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!
December 31, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/12/31/scientologys-2019-another-year-is-in-the-books-at-the-underground-bunker/
Here we are just a few hours away from a new decade, and this
Scientology thing is still messing up lives and running rings around
courts and law enforcement.
What. The. Hell?
At least in our efforts to keep on top of the latest Scientology news,
we have an amazing community of readers and commenters who travel with
us on this journey. And we want to thank you all for making 2019
another wild ride here in the Underground Bunker.
Tags: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1986, 1988, 1989,
1991, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, Adam
Holland, Australia, Barbara Ruiz, Beck Hansen, Bernie Headley, Big Blue,
Bijou Phillips, Bob Duggan, Bobette Riales, Brad Bufanda, Brad Pitt, Brian
Kent, Brian Statler, California, Camden, Caribbean, Catholic Church,
Celebrity Centre, Charles Barkley, Chris Owen, Chrissie Carnell, CIA, Claims
Verification Board, Clay Irwin, Clear, Clearwater, Columbus, Compton, Danny
Masterson, David Miscavige, DC, Disconnection, England, Ethics Officer,
Facebook, FBI, Florida, Founding Church, Freewinds, Gabe Cazares, Geoff
Levin, George Gasc?n, Georgia, Graham Berry, Guardian's Office, Guy White,
Hanan Islam, Harlem, Hollywood, Ideal Org, Inglewood, Int Base, International
Association of Scientologists, IRS, Isabella Cruise, Jackie Lacey, Jacqueline
Olivier, Jefferson Hawkins, Jeffrey Augustine, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jenna
Elfman, Judge Charles Richey, Kansas City, L. Ron Hubbard, LAPD, Leah Remini,
Legoland, Lisa Marie Presley, Lisa McPherson, London, Los Angeles, Louis
Theroux, Mace-Kingsley Ranch, Marissa Ribisi, Mark Bunker, Marty Rathbun,
Mary Sue Hubbard, Measles, Medi-Cal, Miami, Michael Jackson, Michael Meisner,
Mike Bennitt, Mike Rinder, Monique Rathbun, Music, Nan McLean, Narconon,
Nation of Islam, National Enquirer, Netflix, New Jersey, New Year's Eve, New
York, New Yorker, Office of Special Affairs, Ohio, OT, Pat Harney, Paulette
Cooper, Pete Combs, Phoenix New Times, Portland Org, Quicky, Registrar,
Richard Acunto, Robert Heinlein, Rod Keller, Ron DeWolf, Ron the War Hero,
Safe Point, Sara Northrup, Scientology and the Aftermath, Scientology
executive, Scientology staff, Sea Org, Seattle, Shelley Duvall, Shelly
Miscavige, Sinar Parman, Snow White Program, Sonya Bianchi, sovereign
citizen, St. Lucia, Sunny Pereira, Super Power, Suppressive Person, Suzette
Hubbard, Tabatha Fauteux, Tampa Bay Times, Tax exempt, Texas Third Court of
Appeals, The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power, Time magazine, Tiponi Grey,
Tom Cruise, Tony Muhammad, Tracey McManus, Valerie Haney, Valley Ideal Org,
Van Allen belt, Vivian Kubrick, Washington, William Bramley, Writers of the
Future, Yashar Ali
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Team Trump's Furious Hunt to Find Out Who 'Liked' a Chelsea Clinton Tweet
December 31, 2019, Erin Banco, Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpworlds-wild-hunt-who-liked-a-chelsea-clinton-tweet
On the evening of July 10, 2017 staffers at the U.S. embassy in
Brussels-the official office for the ambassador to the European
Union-received an unusual call from the seventh floor of the State
Department back in Washington. The office of then-Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson was irate. Someone in Brussels with access to the
mission's Twitter account had liked the wrong tweet. It had set off
alarm bells in Foggy Bottom.
The tweet wasn't just any tweet. It was one written by Chelsea Clinton
and directed at President Donald Trump in a public spat that took the
Internet by storm.
That week in July, Trump drew criticism for his decision to let his
daughter Ivanka fill his seat at the G20 meeting of top economic powers
in Hamburg, Germany. After days of the pile on, Trump took to Twitter
the morning of July 10 to claim his decision to have Ivanka represent
the U.S. at the G20 was "very standard" and that Chancellor Angela
Merkel of Germany agreed. Not more than 15 minutes later, he switched
his tenor and began attacking Clinton and the press. " If Chelsea
Clinton were asked to hold the seat for her mother, as her mother gave
our country away, the Fake News would say CHELSEA FOR PRES!," Trump said.
Tags: 2017, Angela Merkel, Belgium, Brussels, Chelsea Clinton, Donald Trump,
European Union, Fake News, Germany, Hamburg, Mike Pompeo, Quicky, Rex
Tillerson, Twitter, US Secretary of State, US State Department, Washington,
White House
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