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Race for property appraiser heats up Series: campaign 88
October 21, 1988, Bill Moss, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51401773.html?dids=51401773:51401773&FMT=FT
Smith has made the general charge that Schultz spends too much money on
lawsuits, but he names no lawsuits he would drop. Smith says he would
continue Schultz's lawsuit over a request by the Church of Scientology
for religious exemption on valuable commercial property the
Scientologists own in Clearwater.
Tags: 1972, 1978, 1980, Clearwater, Florida, Jim Smith, Mary Repper,
Minnesota, Pinellas County, Ron Schultz, University of South Florida
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State Agency Inspecting Narconon
October 21, 1992, Michael McNutt, News OK
http://newsok.com/state-agency-inspecting-narconon/article/2409975
Inspectors from the Oklahoma State Health Department visited the
Narconon Chilocco New Life Center on Tuesday to assess the conditions
of buildings, food and sanitary services, and to ensure that fire,
safety and health requirements are being met.
Brent Van Meter, the health department's deputy commissioner for
special health services, said results of the inspection should be known
by the end of the week.
Narconon Chilocco, located on the campus of the old Chilocco Indian
School about six miles north of Newkirk, is seeking approval for a
75-bed treatment center. It already has announced plans for expansion
that would allow 150 patients. The expansion is pending state approval.
Tags: Brent Van Meter, Chilocco Indian School, Dorothy Stanislaus, Narconon,
Narconon Chilocco, Newkirk, Oklahoma Board of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services, Oklahoma State Health Department
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Scientology Sells... And Profits -- IRS Files Shed Light On Church's
Finances
October 21, 1993, Karl Vick, St. Petersburg Times, Seattle Times
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=1727084&date=19931021
The church gives its proselytizers 10 to 15 percent of what newcomers
"donate" for church services, such as the process called auditing that
tells how far from salvation the newcomer is. That means the top
pitchman in the 1990s, identified only as Barry Klein, drummed up more
than $1.3 million for Scientology each year.
Tags: Barry Klein, David Miscavige, Flag Service Organization, Guardian's
Office, Hill & Knowlton, International Association of Scientologists, IRS,
Ken Pirak, Religious Technology Center, The Way to Happiness
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Poisons, Begone!
October 21, 2004, Amanda Schaffer, Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2108471/
In September 2002, the New York Rescue Workers Detox Project began to
offer free "detoxification treatment" to firefighters, police officers,
and others exposed to high levels of toxic debris in the aftermath of
the World Trade Center's collapse. The detox program -- based on the
teachings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and detailed in his
book Clear Body, Clear Mind -- purports to "flush" poisons from the
body's fat stores using an intensive regimen of jogging, oil ingestion,
sauna, and high doses of vitamins, particularly niacin.
Tags: Clear Body, Clear Mind, Detox, Keith Miller, Kwabena Nyamekye,
Margarita Lopez, Tom Cruise
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The Scientologists' dubious detox program
October 21, 2004, Amanda Schaffer, Sidebar, Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2108471/sidebar/2108474/
David Root, a physician and senior research associate with the
Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education, a
California-based research and advocacy group with historical ties to
the Scientology movement, had a different theory as to why the regimen
worked.
Tags: David Root, FASE
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"To sin by silence..."
October 21, 2009, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/to-sin-by-silence/
Abraham Lincoln once said, "To sin by silence when they should protest
makes cowards out of men."
Most Scientologists know that there is something very, very wrong with
the Church. One would have to be blind, deaf and dumb not to notice.
Violations of LRH Policy have become the order of the day. Violations
of HCOBs have become rampant. We see the orgs being destroyed in front
of our eyes, staff being mistreated, OTs being harassed and invalidated.
A few have written Knowledge Reports, only to see those reports
disappear, with only the lamest of acknowledgements. Or worse, others
have found themselves to be the ethics target after writing KRs ?
censured for their "counterintention" and "enturbulation."
Tags: Ethics, Hubbard Communication Office Bulletin, Knowledge Report,
Knowledge Reports, L. Ron Hubbard, Mary Jo Leavitt, Office of Special
Affairs, OT, OT VIII, Quicky, Sherry Katz
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33 ...for the defendant Valli
October 21, 2009, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/10/33-for-defendant-valli.html
June 16: A devoted Scientologist risks being convicted for his beliefs
because the government has left the job of dealing with Scientology to
the courts instead of assuming its responsibilities, his lawyer argued.
Jean-Fran?ois Valli, who had worked for both the non-profit Celebrity
Centre and the for-profit Scientology bookshop, faced a charge of
organised fraud.
His lawyer, Ma?tre Virginie Benmayor, took as her starting point the
remarkable volte-face performed by the prosecution in this case.
Tags: 1998, 1999, Aude-Claire Malton, Celebrity Centre, Daniel Zagury,
Dianetics, Jean-Fran?ois Valli, Jean-Pierre Brard, Paris, Personality test,
Purification Rundown, Quicky, Roger Gonnet
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ABC News to mirror St. Petersburg Times Scientology investigation on Nightline
October 21, 2009, Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times
http://blogs.tampabay.com/media/2009/10/st-petersburg-times-reporter-tom-tobin-to-appear-thursday-in-scientology-investigation-by-abcs-night.html
According to a spokeswoman for the show, Nightline on Thursday will
feature interviews with at least some of the sources featured in the
Times' reporting -- former high-ranking Church officials coming forward
to publicly reveal controversial stories about Scientology leadership
in a way never seen before. The show also features a recently-recorded
interview with church spokesman Tommy Davis.
Tags: David Miscavige, Nightline, Tommy Davis
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The Only One
October 21, 2010, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/the-only-one/
I don't usually go to the official Church of Scientology website ? why
give them the stat? But after Karen pointed out that Tommy Davis has
disappeared from all Church websites, I got curious (and let's hope
Tommy resurfaces outside the razor wire).
Sure enough, Tommy isn't there. But guess what? Neither is anyone else.
There is only one name of one real person on that entire site ? you
guessed it, David Miscavige.
Funny, they say they have "millions" of members, and "thousands" of
staff and Sea Org Members. Too bad that none of them have actual names.
And since they have a "Chairman of the Board" one might assume they
have a "Board." Well, none of them have names either, apparently.
Tags: Chairman of the Board, David Miscavige, Freewinds, Int Base, Maiden
Voyage, Marc Yager, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Sea Org, Sue
Wilhere, Tommy Davis
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Warning: May be shocking for some, but it is one major reason we are here
October 21, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/warning-may-be-shocking-for-some-but-it-is-one-major-reason-we-are-here/
How is this for a shocking graphic to start a post? It's my creation....
well, mostly. I stole it from CCHR. It's here for shock value, so
don't take it too seriously, okay?
Approximately 9 months ago (or so - I'm bad with time, so take that for
what it is worth), I approached Marty about writing an entry for his
blog. My angle? Simple - hardcore critic - the guy who did the
$cientology-KILLS website and T-shirts with OT-III, supports
independant Scientologists. Not the most earth shattering headline, I
must confess.
I haven't been active protesting Scientology in over a decade. They
were downright vicious when it came to shutting me down. I received the
personal attentions of Dave Lubow. What did they dig up on me? Bounced
checks and bad credit, basically. Having gone through a divorce over
the years preceeding my activism, and being young, dumb, wildly
irresponsible, and willing to waste a large percentage of my income to
do things like ...make t-shirts to give away or sell (at a loss!
despite the Church's PR that I profited wildly), probably made me an
easy target. Lubow even called my mother! The man is truly a turd. Sorry.
Tags: alt.religion.scientology, Bob Penny, Boulder, CCHR, Clearwater,
Colorado, Criminal, David Lubow, Deb Danos, Denver, Deposition, Grady Ward,
Helena Kobrin, Lawrence Wollersheim, Lisa McPherson, OT, OT III, Portland,
Quicky, Ray Randolph, Robert Minton, Scamizdat, Sylvia Stanard, Xenu
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CBC TV - Radio Canada Narconon Expose by; Emilie Dubreuil
October 21, 2011, Intelligenceplus, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13ejjJSAxt0
Soci?t? Radio-Canada (April 2, 2008) Le T?l?journal Narconon
(Scientology). Narconon Trois-Rivieres Expose on CBC TV - Radio Canada
Tags: 2008, Canada, CBC, Narconon, Narconon Trois-Rivi?res, Quebec, Radio
Canada, Trois-Rivi?res, Xenu
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Church of Scientology set to open The Super Power Building
October 21, 2011, JohnThomas Didymus, Digital Journal
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/313147
The grand opening of the Church of Scientology's brand new The Super
Power Building is expected very soon. The 12-storey building, which
took more than 13 years to build, and cost about $90 million, is
located in Clearwater, Florida.
The Sun reports an elaborate arrangement of security and secrecy
surrounding the imposing building with nearly 900 rooms. The windows
are blacked out, cameras monitors are installed at entrances with
security guards on duty 24 hours.
Tags: Super Power
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Department of Homeland Security Staffer Pulls Out of Scientology Event
October 21, 2011, John Cook, Gawker
http://gawker.com/5852250/department-of-homeland-security-staffer-pulls-out-of-scientology-event
When we contacted DHS to confirm the engagement, and inquire as to why
it would be dispatching a federal employee to address an event
sponsored by an organization that's the current target of an FBI human
trafficking investigation, a spokesman told us in a statement that
Shora would not, in fact, be attending. He also seemed to suggest that
the invitation was misleading, claiming that it had been extended not
by the Church of Scientology but by a group called Washington Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster:
Tags: Ann Pearce, David Scattergood, Department of Homeland Security, Kareem
Shora, Seattle, Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters
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John Travolta Denied Table at KFC
October 21, 2011, Elina Shatkin, Squid Ink, LA Weekly
http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2011/10/john_travolta_denied_table_at_kfc.php
The 57-year-old actor was in West Sussex this past weekend (no word on
whether he flew his own airplane) to attend an annual Scientology
conference, and one of his representatives called the local Kentucy
Fried Chicken asking to reserve a table.
According to The Daily Mail, the flustered clerk refused because he
thought it was a prank.
Tags: John Travolta, Kentucy Fried Chicken, West Sussex
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Superpowers HQ
October 21, 2011, Paul Thompson, The Sun
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3884934/Superpowers-HQ.html
ITS windows are blacked out, cameras monitor every entrance and
security guards are on 24-hour patrol.
Inside the imposing, hotel-sized building workmen put the finishing
touches to a series of rooms packed with space-age equipment aimed at
boosting the "superpower" of its users.
It may sound like something from Tom Cruise's next film Mission:
Impossible 4, but this is the latest venture of the Church of
Scientology, which has the Hollywood superstar as its most famous
devotee.
Tags: Clearwater, Flag Building, Fort Harrison, Super Power
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Thank you 5,005 Times
October 21, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/thank-you-5005-times/
We wish to personally thank all 5000 people who signed the petition to
the White House to investigate the corruption and graft between the
"church" of Scientology and the US Department of Justice.
I know there are dozens of people who went the extra mile by reaching
out and educating other citizens prompting them to also sign the
petition. Double thanks to you all.
There are also five people who I know personally who went even further
beyond the call of duty to educate the public in big ways to assure the
petition made its targeted total. If I omitted anyone who was involved
on that level, please inform me. Do not take this as an invalidation if
you were at that level of involvement and I failed to mention you by
name. These are the folks I have been made aware of as deserving of
special mention.
Tags: 1990, Anonymous, David Miscavige, Freezone, Germany, Graham Berry,
Independent, Karen de la Carriere, Karry Campbell, Knowledge Report, L. Ron
Hubbard, Mark Bunker, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, Steve Hall, Ursula
Caberta, US Department of Justice, White House
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US Government Pulls Out of Scientology "Rights" Event
October 21, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/us-government-pulls-out-of-scientology-rights-event/
See:
http://gawker.
com/5852250/department-of-homeland-security-staffer-pulls-out-of-scientology-event
And if you missed today's post alerting the world to the matter see:
Tags: Quicky
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Wake Up Time for the White House
October 21, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/wake-up-time-for-the-white-house/
Just when we all thought it was time to take a collective breath of
relief, what do you know? At the very time we were shoulder to the
wheel on the final stretch of the White House Petition to investigate
the corruption between the highest levels of the US Department of
Justice and David Miscavige's Corporate Scientology, the highest levels
of the US Department of Justice were scheming with Miscavige to use the
credibility of the United States government to wipe out any lingering
truth in the public's mind about Corporate Scientology's rampant Human
Rights violations. Here is the incredible, blatant evidence in the form
of an email flier being sent out en masse by the Seattle Corporate
Scientology organization:
Know Your Human Rights!
You are invited to an evening discussion
Tags: 1947, 1960, 2009, Company, Congress, David Miscavige, Department of
Homeland Security, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Human trafficking,
Independent, L. Ron Hubbard, Maralyn Chase, Quicky, Religious Technology
Center, Review, Robert Swan, Scientology organization, Seattle, St.
Petersburg Times, Truth Rundown, US Department of Justice, Village Voice,
White House
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Sunday Funnies: Let's Put Scientology Kids to Work!
October 21, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/10/21/scientology-sunday-funnies-4/
Our tipsters have really come through for us this week with some
fascinating new Scientology mailers. Has there ever been a better time
to be a Scientologist? Just look at all the different ways you can
donate money!
We'll start with this weekend's big event - the International
Association of Scientologists (IAS) spectacular that took place in the
UK. Each October, several thousand of the faithful gather to listen as,
for three hours, Scientology leader David Miscavige takes the stage and
goes on and on and on about all of Scientology's good works and how
this prison planet will soon become one big Narconon drug rehab clinic.
Or something.
We can only hope someone will leak us video of the event soon. And that
Chill EB was allowed to perform one of his amazing rap songs.
Tags: 1953, Celebrity Centre, Child labor, Chill EB, David Miscavige,
England, Facebook, Georgia, International Association of Scientologists, Jive
Aces, Karen Black, Narconon, Oklahoma, Quicky, Sunday Funnies, UK
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Scientists REFUSE to release list of LA buildings at risk in quake
October 21, 2013, Joshua Gardner, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2470108/Scientists-REFUSE-release-list-1-500-outdated-Los-Angeles-homes-offices-factories-risk-collapse-earthquake.html
Researches from UC Berkeley have told officials from Los Angeles they
cannot see a list of around 1,500 buildings they claim could collapse
if an earthquake strikes.
Tags: 1970, 1971, 1994, Earthquake, Hollywood Guaranty Building, Hospital,
Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley
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Siddhartha
October 21, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/siddhartha/
Reference: Pursuit of Understanding
2. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
This book is one of my favorite novels of all time; it is right up
there with the likes of East of Eden and To Kill a Mockingbird. I first
read Siddhartha when I was seventeen years old. It was an important
part of my own spiritual journey then and has served the same purpose
more recently.
Tags: Buddha, Quicky
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The Flaw In Scientology's Religious Outrage Theory: A Man Named Steven
Gregory Sloat
October 21, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/10/21/the-flaw-in-scientologys-religious-outrage-theory-a-man-named-steven-gregory-sloat/
Steve Sloat. Or Greg Sloat, depending. Now that we've had a couple of
days to absorb Scientology's surprising new motion in Monique Rathbun's
harassment lawsuit against the church, a few things are becoming more
clear.
First, this really is a remarkable legal strategy by the church, which
now admits that it was behind outrageous behavior aimed at Monique and
her husband, Mark "Marty" Rathbun, who was once a top Scientology
official. But that behavior, the church asserts, was a form of
legitimate religious expression that should not be silenced by
Monique's lawsuit. To that end, the church has filed an anti-SLAPP
motion, which we explained previously is traditionally used by an
outgunned opponent trying to derail a nuisance lawsuit.
In order to convince Comal County, Texas Judge Dib Waldrip that its
free speech rights are being trampled by Monique's lawsuit, the church
is now admitting that it did, in fact, target the Rathbuns in an
extensive program of surveillance and disruption. In particular, the
church is admitting to sending and funding the nutty "Squirrel
Busters," an intimidation squad that, over a span of 199 days, set up
bizarre protests in front of the Rathbuns' south Texas home. The
Squirrel Busters followed the Rathbuns wherever they went, disrupting
their lives on a daily basis. On Friday, the church submitted
declarations from some of the Squirrel Busters themselves, who admitted
to being sent by the church, but claimed that they had put on their
weird spectacle out of a sense of religious outrage. Marty Rathbun
started the fight, they claim, by saying such critical things about
their religion.
Tags: 1977, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2011, Comal County, David Lubow, David
Miscavige, Houston, Judge Dib Waldrip, Marty Rathbun, Monique Rathbun,
Private investigator, Quicky, San Antonio, SLAPP, Squirrel, Squirrel Busters,
Steven Gregory Sloat, Texas
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Ty Dillard Enters the Krazy Rumors Race
October 21, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ty-dillard-enters-the-krazy-rumors-race/
Not wanting to be left behind by Mike Smith and David Wilson, Ty
Dillard is rolling out the latest rumor. Though for what reason is very
unclear.
Trying to keep public from going to Flag to do their "OT Objectives
Co-Audit"??? Seems a bit strange when they have been HAMMERING "OT's"
to get to Flag to re-do their Objectives.
But, good news, GAG II is "likely" going to be released "within a few
weeks."
Tags: Anne Mintz, Class V, David Wilson, Life Repair, Mike Smith, OT, Quicky
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A First-Hand Look At The Ultra-Secretive Leaders Of Scientology
October 21, 2014, Zoe Mintz, Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/a-first-hand-look-at-the-ultra-secretive-leaders-of-scientology-2014-10
A former executive of the Church of Scientology said three members of
the church's top management ambushed him at Los Angeles International
Airport on Sunday morning, and that he has video footage to prove it.
The video, in which top Scientology leaders are seen yelling
obscenities, is the first public glimpse of the secretive church's top
management in four years.
Tags: 1953, Anderson Cooper, Corpus Christi, David Bloomberg, Jennifer
Linson, LAX, Los Angeles, Marc Yager, Marty Rathbun, Monique Rathbun, Texas,
YouTube
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Claire Headley -- Escape from Scientology's Int Base Part 2
October 21, 2014, SurvivingScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZXU5ljOlzE
Escape from a Cult is never easy.
In the Cult of Scientology, it has been a practice of tracking down the
escapee like a hounded animal and bringing them back to the campus.
This is founded on fear of what the escapee will reveal of what goes in
behind the guard gates and their intense "Security" .
Here is Part 1
Tags: Claire Headley, Cult, Escape, Facebook, Google, Int Base, Quicky,
Twitter
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Did the Church of Scientology Violate the Law When It Harrassed Marty Rathbun
at LAX?
October 21, 2014, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
http://scientologymoneyproject.com/2014/10/21/did-the-church-of-scientology-violate-the-law-when-it-harrassed-marty-rathbun-at-lax/
The video of Church of Scientology executives harassing former Church
official Marty "Mark" Rathbun went viral:
It was completely reprehensible, outrageous, and irresponsible for the
three Scientology officials to have entered a US airport for the
purposes of harassing one individual.
One would think the Church of Scientology would have the common sense
and decency to not risk disrupting airport operations in order to act
as agents provocateur for David Miscavige.
Tags: Commodore's Messenger Organization, David Bloomberg, David Miscavige,
DC, Jennifer Linson, Law enforcement, LAX, Legal, Marc Yager, Marty Rathbun,
Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, Russia, Scientology
executive, US Supreme Court
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The 30th Anniversary IAS Event
October 21, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-30th-anniversary-ias-event/
We have already reported about the downgrade of the IAS Event - see The
IAS Event Is Already A Bomb from 8 October.
It is one thing to downgrade the 30th Anniversary of the IAS
celebration to the parking lot on LRH Way, but its a total train wreck
when the Flag event is suffering a similar, even more ignoble downsizing.
They are not going to be holding this event at the Ruth Eckerd Hall but
instead at the Fort Harrison....
Tags: 1984, 2000, 2013, 9/11, Advanced Org, Africa, ANZO, Australia, Bill
Maher, California, Canada, CCHR, Clearwater, CLO ANZO, David Miscavige, E-
meter, Europe, Flag Building, Flag Service Organization, Florida, Fort
Harrison, Freedom Medal Winner, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Narconon,
International Association of Scientologists, Kate Ceberano, Kathy Feshbach, L.
Ron Hubbard, Maryland, Meagan Tucker, Mexico, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead,
Nepal, OT, OTC, Planetary Salvage, Quicky, Ruth Eckerd Hall, South Africa,
Super Power, Tony Ortega, UK
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Top Scientology Leaders Caught In Videotaped Verbal Assault At LAX
October 21, 2014, Zoe Mintz, International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/top-scientology-leaders-caught-videotaped-verbal-assault-lax-1708821
A former executive of the Church of Scientology said three members of
the church's top management ambushed him at Los Angeles International
Airport on Sunday morning, and that he has video footage to prove it.
The video, in which top Scientology leaders are seen yelling
obscenities, is the first public glimpse of the secretive church's top
management in four years.
Tags: Corpus Christi, David Bloomberg, David Miscavige, Jennifer Linson, LAX,
Marc Yager, Marty Rathbun
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Vance Woodward files motion to reconsider his dismissed lawsuit against
Scientology
October 21, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/10/21/vance-woodward-files-a-motion-to-reconsider-his-dismissed-lawsuit-against-scientology/
We'll give him this - Vance Woodward is a fighter. The attorney, who
spent more than 20 years in Scientology, then dropped out of it, wrote
a book about his experiences in the church (which he later pulled from
circulation), helped us read Dianetics cover to cover in one of our
favorite series here at the Bunker, and moved to Los Angeles to restart
his legal career, is not giving up on his lawsuit over the $200,000 he
says he still has on account at Scientology.
Like other longtime church members, Vance had banked money against
future courses that he didn't end up taking, and he wants it back. But
Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson granted Scientology's anti-SLAPP
motion and dismissed the suit.
Johnson criticized Vance for papering the court with complaints not so
much about the money dispute but about how Scientology worked and how
it had failed him. Scientology characterized that as an attack on its
First Amendment right to free religious expression, and Johnson agreed.
Tags: Claire Headley, Dianetics, First Amendment, Int Base, Jeffrey
Augustine, Judge Michael Johnson, Los Angeles, Quicky, SLAPP, Vance Woodward,
Woodward v. Scientology
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VIDEO: Ex-Scientologist Harassed by Scientology Management at Airport
October 21, 2014, David Pakman Show, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itqePJgLjwE
?Ex-Scientology member Mark Rathbun is ambushed and harassed by
Scientology's top management personnel at LAX airport
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/201...
?On the Bonus Show: The Chinese "50 cent" party, the UK gets tough on
trolls, airborne wind turbines, more?
Tags: Facebook, LAX, Marty Rathbun, Quicky
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Former U.S. Rep. Dan Burton, Vaccine Foe, Now Lobbying For Scientology Outfit
October 21, 2015, Emily Willingham, Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2015/10/21/former-u-s-rep-dan-burton-vaccine-foe-now-lobbying-for-scientology-outfit/
When he served in the House of Representatives, Dan Burton (R-Indiana)
reportedly held at least 20 hearings to try to force people to accept
his belief that mercury in vaccines causes autism. Now he's pulled down
20 Gs?$20,000 from July to September-as a lobbyist on behalf of the
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), which sounds reasonable
enough, except that it's a group co-founded by the Church of
Scientology. The transition isn't a big one for Burton because because
Burton and Scientology and whacky autism causation theories go way back.
According to lobbying disclosure reports, Burton was paid to:
"maintain or increase protection for the public with reference to
psychiatric treatments including drugs and brain devices."
Tags: 2010, 2012, Anti-vax, Autism, Beth Clay, CCHR, Chelation, Child
Medication Safety Act, Dan Burton, Evidence of Harm, Indiana, Lobbyist,
Making a Killing, Mercury, National Affairs Office, National Autism
Association, Psychiatric treatment, SafeMinds, US House of Representatives
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Laura DeCrescenzo answers Scientology 'religion' gambit on eve of key hearing
October 21, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/10/21/laura-decrescenzo-answers-scientology-religion-gambit-on-eve-of-key-hearing/
Less than seven weeks away from a trial she's been awaiting more than
six years, Laura DeCrescenzo has to get over yet another hurdle this
week placed in her way by the Church of Scientology.
Laura sued Scientology in 2009 claiming that she'd been abused in the
church's Sea Organization, and that she'd been forced to have an
abortion while she was still 17 years old. Her case has been through a
very complex history - including a failed petition by Scientology to
the US Supreme Court, which resulted in the release of thousands of
crucial documents. In 2013, Laura's lawsuit survived a major step when
Scientology's motion for summary judgment was denied by Judge Ronald
Sohigian. We were present for those fireworks as Sohigian found that
Laura's accusations were credible, and deserved to be heard by a jury.
Sohigian then retired, and eventually the new Judge, Rolf M. Treu, set
a trial date of December 7, 2015.
With that date just weeks away, Laura has yet another obstacle to get
past. Scientology filed yet another motion for summary judgment, this
time saying that how it treats its "ministers" is its own business, and
is protected by the First Amendment's guarantee of religious freedom.
Tags: 2004, 2009, 2013, Alex Gibney, Australia, DeCrescenzo v. Scientology,
Facebook, First Amendment, France, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of
Belief, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief,
Jeffrey Augustine, John Blumberg, Jonny Jacobsen, Judge Rolf Treu, Judge
Ronald Sohigian, Laura DeCrescenzo, Lawrence Wright, Paris, Quicky, Raphael
Metzger, Rehabilitation Project Force, Sea Org, US Supreme Court
=========================================
The Ron Miscavige Book War Begins
October 21, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-ron-miscavige-book-war-begins/
Scientology has fired its first shot across the bow in the inevitable,
cost-is-no-object-when-it-comes-to-protecting-the-reputation-of-Dear-Leader
campaign to try and stop Ron Miscavige's book. And it's a spitball from
a pea shooter.
Obviously, Dave knows this is not going to be good. He stepped right in
the shit by hiring some goons to follow his father and they got caught.
And in his inimitable style he turned someone who was doing and saying
nothing into another voice raised up in protest of the abuses that are
perpetrated inside his church.
The story in the LA Times by Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Kim
Christensen caused quite a furor. You can be sure that this incident,
and a lot more will be covered in the book.
Tags: Amy Scobee, BBC, Claire Headley, CNN, Daily Mail, Dan Koon, Debbie
Cook, Gary Soter, HBO, Jefferson Hawkins, Karen de la Carriere, Kim
Christensen, Los Angeles Times, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Mat Pesch, New
Yorker, Pulitzer, Quicky, Ron Miscavige Sr, Sea Org, Sinar Parman, Steve
Hall, Tampa Bay Times, Tom DeVocht, Tony Ortega, Vanity Fair
=========================================
Regraded Being
October 21, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-68/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
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TOM CRUISE PENTHOUSE IN SCIENTOLOGY'S SPIRITUAL MECCA? WE HAVE THE PLANS
October 21, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/10/21/tom-cruise-penthouse-in-scientologys-spiritual-mecca-we-have-the-plans/
(Tom Cruise and the building he's said to be making his home, The
Skyview in Clearwater)
Last year in September, a developer submitted new plans for a ten-story
condo building in Clearwater, Florida that he's been transforming for
several years. That developer, Moises Agami, is a wealthy Scientologist
from Mexico City whose family has donated millions of dollars to the
Church of Scientology in recent years. And the building he's
redeveloping is right in the middle of Scientology's Clearwater campus,
just a few blocks from the spiritual center of the worldwide
organization.
The changes to Agami's plans for the building, which are reflected in
detailed drawings submitted to the city that we have obtained, show
that the structure's top two floors, which had once been set aside for
five separate condo units and a rooftop bar, are now going to be turned
into a playpen for someone very wealthy - a double-level penthouse
including a private building entrance, a massive nine-car private
garage, and even a car elevator.
Tags: 1960, 1971, 1975, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Beverly
Hills, Clearwater, Clearwater Bank Building, Cleveland Street, Coachman,
Colorado, David Miscavige, Diamond Meritorious, Elias Jafif, England, Flag
Building, Flag Land Base, Florida, Fort Harrison, Hollywood, International
Association of Scientologists, Karin Pouw, Los Angeles, Maiden Voyage, Marc
Headley, Mark Bunker, Mexico City, Moises Agami, Monica Agami, New York City,
Osceola Avenue, Osceola Inn, OT, Patron Laureate, Platinum Meritorious,
Quicky, Sandcastle, Scientology Media Productions, Sea Org, Super Power,
Telluride, Tom Cruise, United Churches of Florida, West Coast Building
=========================================
Why Gilman Springs Road will close for a month
October 21, 2016, Craig Shultz, Press-Enterprise
http://www.pe.com/articles/road-816535-springs-gilman.html
A spokeswoman for Golden Era Productions, the film and sound studio for
the Church of Scientology, said the church looks forward to for the
improvements, calling the road dangerous.
The roadwork won't affect studio operations or the use of the nearby
golf course, Golden Era spokeswoman Muriel Dusfresne said.
"Golden Era will continue to operate as usual and will remain
accessible to the numerous professional actors, vendors and public
visitors who drive in and out of the studio each week," she wrote in a
message.
Tags: Gilman Hot Springs, Gilman Springs Road, Golden Era Productions, Golden
Era Studios, Muriel Dufresne, San Jacinto
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Building Walls in Birmingham
October 21, 2017, Betty Andrews, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW3if0fTDhg
Scientology was determined to block our view of the main stage at the
opening of their new ideal org in Birmingham. You could barely get a
cigarette paper between the bumpers and bonnets of their coaches.
Within an hour they had scared up enough coaches to block the entire
street, plugging any small gaps with tall men holding umbrellas.
Tags: Birmingham, Quicky
=========================================
Fun & Games in Birmingham
October 21, 2017, Betty Andrews, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkFOFOLx-6o
Scientology threw everything but the kitchen sink at trying to prevent
protesters and local residents from watching or hearing proceedings.
They sent Sea Org members to distract us, fired up the coaches to drown
out the speeches and used every available umbrella in Birmingham to
block our view.
Still managed to capture some classic Scientology cheese at the start!
Tags: Birmingham, Quicky, Sea Org
=========================================
KID CORPS: Scientology's internal documents lay out its disturbing ideas
about children
October 21, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/10/21/kid-corps-scientologys-internal-documents-lay-out-its-disturbing-ideas-about-children/
Tuesday night, Leah Remini's A&E series once again provided harrowing
stories of what it can be like to grow up in Scientology. Her guests,
Mimi Faust and Christi Gordon, spoke about the frightening result when
Hubbard's ideas about children being adults in small packages gets put
into action.
Like anything else in Scientology, how children are treated is governed
by a huge number of policies and reports, and today we're looking at
one of the documents that shows how children were treated under the
ideas of L. Ron Hubbard. We're fortunate that one man has done so much
to collect huge numbers of such documents so that we can go through
them today. We're talking about Mark "Warrior" Plummer, who left
Scientology in 1983, and is pretty legendary for the collection of
church materials he's amassed.
Also helping us is Sunny Pereira, who for several weeks has been
working with Mark to pull out key documents for us to discuss. And
we're joined by Christi Gordon, who was on Tuesday night's show.
Tags: 1976, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2011, A&E, ASHO, Berlin Wall, Birmingham, Cadet
Org, Childrens RPF, Christi Gordon, Commodore's Messenger Organization,
Completed Staff Work, Daniel Cohee, David Miscavige, England, Ethics Officer,
Facebook, Fearless Leader, Flag Order, Freedom magazine, Ideal Org, Jim
Garrett, John Wood, Knowledge Reports, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Mace-
Kingsley Ranch, Master at Arms, Mimi Faust, Moseley, Nation of Islam, Nedra
Cohee, OT, PAC Base, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Roger Ellory,
Scott Foster, Sea Org, SEC, Sunny Pereira, The Way to Happiness, Twitter
=========================================
Priscilla Presley quits Scientology
October 21, 2017, Caroline Graham, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5004443/Priscilla-Presley-quits-Scientology.html
Priscilla Presley has become the latest celebrity to walk away from the
controversial Church of Scientology, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Presley, 72, who has been a member of the religious sect which counts
Tom Cruise and John Travolta as members, told friends she had quit the
religion after nearly four decades.
'I've had enough. I'm done,' said Presley, who recently dated singer
Tom Jones. She is believed to have joined Scientology after the death
of husband Elvis.
Tags: 1955, 1977, 2005, 2014, BBC, Brooke Shields, John Sweeney, John
Travolta, Katie Holmes, Louis Theroux, Nicole Kidman, Panorama, Paul Haggis,
Priscilla Presley, Quicky, Tom Cruise
=========================================
Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
October 21 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/10-21.html
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Race for property appraiser heats up Series: campaign 88
October 21, 1988, Bill Moss, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51401773.html?dids=51401773:51401773&FMT=FT
Smith has made the general charge that Schultz spends too much money on
lawsuits, but he names no lawsuits he would drop. Smith says he would
continue Schultz's lawsuit over a request by the Church of Scientology
for religious exemption on valuable commercial property the
Scientologists own in Clearwater.
Tags: 1972, 1978, 1980, Clearwater, Florida, Jim Smith, Mary Repper,
Minnesota, Pinellas County, Ron Schultz, University of South Florida
=========================================
State Agency Inspecting Narconon
October 21, 1992, Michael McNutt, News OK
http://newsok.com/state-agency-inspecting-narconon/article/2409975
Inspectors from the Oklahoma State Health Department visited the
Narconon Chilocco New Life Center on Tuesday to assess the conditions
of buildings, food and sanitary services, and to ensure that fire,
safety and health requirements are being met.
Brent Van Meter, the health department's deputy commissioner for
special health services, said results of the inspection should be known
by the end of the week.
Narconon Chilocco, located on the campus of the old Chilocco Indian
School about six miles north of Newkirk, is seeking approval for a
75-bed treatment center. It already has announced plans for expansion
that would allow 150 patients. The expansion is pending state approval.
Tags: Brent Van Meter, Chilocco Indian School, Dorothy Stanislaus, Narconon,
Narconon Chilocco, Newkirk, Oklahoma Board of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services, Oklahoma State Health Department
=========================================
Scientology Sells... And Profits -- IRS Files Shed Light On Church's
Finances
October 21, 1993, Karl Vick, St. Petersburg Times, Seattle Times
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=1727084&date=19931021
The church gives its proselytizers 10 to 15 percent of what newcomers
"donate" for church services, such as the process called auditing that
tells how far from salvation the newcomer is. That means the top
pitchman in the 1990s, identified only as Barry Klein, drummed up more
than $1.3 million for Scientology each year.
Tags: Barry Klein, David Miscavige, Flag Service Organization, Guardian's
Office, Hill & Knowlton, International Association of Scientologists, IRS,
Ken Pirak, Religious Technology Center, The Way to Happiness
=========================================
Poisons, Begone!
October 21, 2004, Amanda Schaffer, Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2108471/
In September 2002, the New York Rescue Workers Detox Project began to
offer free "detoxification treatment" to firefighters, police officers,
and others exposed to high levels of toxic debris in the aftermath of
the World Trade Center's collapse. The detox program -- based on the
teachings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and detailed in his
book Clear Body, Clear Mind -- purports to "flush" poisons from the
body's fat stores using an intensive regimen of jogging, oil ingestion,
sauna, and high doses of vitamins, particularly niacin.
Tags: Clear Body, Clear Mind, Detox, Keith Miller, Kwabena Nyamekye,
Margarita Lopez, Tom Cruise
=========================================
The Scientologists' dubious detox program
October 21, 2004, Amanda Schaffer, Sidebar, Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2108471/sidebar/2108474/
David Root, a physician and senior research associate with the
Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education, a
California-based research and advocacy group with historical ties to
the Scientology movement, had a different theory as to why the regimen
worked.
Tags: David Root, FASE
=========================================
"To sin by silence..."
October 21, 2009, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/to-sin-by-silence/
Abraham Lincoln once said, "To sin by silence when they should protest
makes cowards out of men."
Most Scientologists know that there is something very, very wrong with
the Church. One would have to be blind, deaf and dumb not to notice.
Violations of LRH Policy have become the order of the day. Violations
of HCOBs have become rampant. We see the orgs being destroyed in front
of our eyes, staff being mistreated, OTs being harassed and invalidated.
A few have written Knowledge Reports, only to see those reports
disappear, with only the lamest of acknowledgements. Or worse, others
have found themselves to be the ethics target after writing KRs ?
censured for their "counterintention" and "enturbulation."
Tags: Ethics, Hubbard Communication Office Bulletin, Knowledge Report,
Knowledge Reports, L. Ron Hubbard, Mary Jo Leavitt, Office of Special
Affairs, OT, OT VIII, Quicky, Sherry Katz
=========================================
33 ...for the defendant Valli
October 21, 2009, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2009/10/33-for-defendant-valli.html
June 16: A devoted Scientologist risks being convicted for his beliefs
because the government has left the job of dealing with Scientology to
the courts instead of assuming its responsibilities, his lawyer argued.
Jean-Fran?ois Valli, who had worked for both the non-profit Celebrity
Centre and the for-profit Scientology bookshop, faced a charge of
organised fraud.
His lawyer, Ma?tre Virginie Benmayor, took as her starting point the
remarkable volte-face performed by the prosecution in this case.
Tags: 1998, 1999, Aude-Claire Malton, Celebrity Centre, Daniel Zagury,
Dianetics, Jean-Fran?ois Valli, Jean-Pierre Brard, Paris, Personality test,
Purification Rundown, Quicky, Roger Gonnet
=========================================
ABC News to mirror St. Petersburg Times Scientology investigation on Nightline
October 21, 2009, Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times
http://blogs.tampabay.com/media/2009/10/st-petersburg-times-reporter-tom-tobin-to-appear-thursday-in-scientology-investigation-by-abcs-night.html
According to a spokeswoman for the show, Nightline on Thursday will
feature interviews with at least some of the sources featured in the
Times' reporting -- former high-ranking Church officials coming forward
to publicly reveal controversial stories about Scientology leadership
in a way never seen before. The show also features a recently-recorded
interview with church spokesman Tommy Davis.
Tags: David Miscavige, Nightline, Tommy Davis
=========================================
The Only One
October 21, 2010, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/the-only-one/
I don't usually go to the official Church of Scientology website ? why
give them the stat? But after Karen pointed out that Tommy Davis has
disappeared from all Church websites, I got curious (and let's hope
Tommy resurfaces outside the razor wire).
Sure enough, Tommy isn't there. But guess what? Neither is anyone else.
There is only one name of one real person on that entire site ? you
guessed it, David Miscavige.
Funny, they say they have "millions" of members, and "thousands" of
staff and Sea Org Members. Too bad that none of them have actual names.
And since they have a "Chairman of the Board" one might assume they
have a "Board." Well, none of them have names either, apparently.
Tags: Chairman of the Board, David Miscavige, Freewinds, Int Base, Maiden
Voyage, Marc Yager, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Sea Org, Sue
Wilhere, Tommy Davis
=========================================
Warning: May be shocking for some, but it is one major reason we are here
October 21, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/warning-may-be-shocking-for-some-but-it-is-one-major-reason-we-are-here/
How is this for a shocking graphic to start a post? It's my creation....
well, mostly. I stole it from CCHR. It's here for shock value, so
don't take it too seriously, okay?
Approximately 9 months ago (or so - I'm bad with time, so take that for
what it is worth), I approached Marty about writing an entry for his
blog. My angle? Simple - hardcore critic - the guy who did the
$cientology-KILLS website and T-shirts with OT-III, supports
independant Scientologists. Not the most earth shattering headline, I
must confess.
I haven't been active protesting Scientology in over a decade. They
were downright vicious when it came to shutting me down. I received the
personal attentions of Dave Lubow. What did they dig up on me? Bounced
checks and bad credit, basically. Having gone through a divorce over
the years preceeding my activism, and being young, dumb, wildly
irresponsible, and willing to waste a large percentage of my income to
do things like ...make t-shirts to give away or sell (at a loss!
despite the Church's PR that I profited wildly), probably made me an
easy target. Lubow even called my mother! The man is truly a turd. Sorry.
Tags: alt.religion.scientology, Bob Penny, Boulder, CCHR, Clearwater,
Colorado, Criminal, David Lubow, Deb Danos, Denver, Deposition, Grady Ward,
Helena Kobrin, Lawrence Wollersheim, Lisa McPherson, OT, OT III, Portland,
Quicky, Ray Randolph, Robert Minton, Scamizdat, Sylvia Stanard, Xenu
=========================================
CBC TV - Radio Canada Narconon Expose by; Emilie Dubreuil
October 21, 2011, Intelligenceplus, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13ejjJSAxt0
Soci?t? Radio-Canada (April 2, 2008) Le T?l?journal Narconon
(Scientology). Narconon Trois-Rivieres Expose on CBC TV - Radio Canada
Tags: 2008, Canada, CBC, Narconon, Narconon Trois-Rivi?res, Quebec, Radio
Canada, Trois-Rivi?res, Xenu
=========================================
Church of Scientology set to open The Super Power Building
October 21, 2011, JohnThomas Didymus, Digital Journal
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/313147
The grand opening of the Church of Scientology's brand new The Super
Power Building is expected very soon. The 12-storey building, which
took more than 13 years to build, and cost about $90 million, is
located in Clearwater, Florida.
The Sun reports an elaborate arrangement of security and secrecy
surrounding the imposing building with nearly 900 rooms. The windows
are blacked out, cameras monitors are installed at entrances with
security guards on duty 24 hours.
Tags: Super Power
=========================================
Department of Homeland Security Staffer Pulls Out of Scientology Event
October 21, 2011, John Cook, Gawker
http://gawker.com/5852250/department-of-homeland-security-staffer-pulls-out-of-scientology-event
When we contacted DHS to confirm the engagement, and inquire as to why
it would be dispatching a federal employee to address an event
sponsored by an organization that's the current target of an FBI human
trafficking investigation, a spokesman told us in a statement that
Shora would not, in fact, be attending. He also seemed to suggest that
the invitation was misleading, claiming that it had been extended not
by the Church of Scientology but by a group called Washington Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster:
Tags: Ann Pearce, David Scattergood, Department of Homeland Security, Kareem
Shora, Seattle, Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters
=========================================
John Travolta Denied Table at KFC
October 21, 2011, Elina Shatkin, Squid Ink, LA Weekly
http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2011/10/john_travolta_denied_table_at_kfc.php
The 57-year-old actor was in West Sussex this past weekend (no word on
whether he flew his own airplane) to attend an annual Scientology
conference, and one of his representatives called the local Kentucy
Fried Chicken asking to reserve a table.
According to The Daily Mail, the flustered clerk refused because he
thought it was a prank.
Tags: John Travolta, Kentucy Fried Chicken, West Sussex
=========================================
Superpowers HQ
October 21, 2011, Paul Thompson, The Sun
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3884934/Superpowers-HQ.html
ITS windows are blacked out, cameras monitor every entrance and
security guards are on 24-hour patrol.
Inside the imposing, hotel-sized building workmen put the finishing
touches to a series of rooms packed with space-age equipment aimed at
boosting the "superpower" of its users.
It may sound like something from Tom Cruise's next film Mission:
Impossible 4, but this is the latest venture of the Church of
Scientology, which has the Hollywood superstar as its most famous
devotee.
Tags: Clearwater, Flag Building, Fort Harrison, Super Power
=========================================
Thank you 5,005 Times
October 21, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/thank-you-5005-times/
We wish to personally thank all 5000 people who signed the petition to
the White House to investigate the corruption and graft between the
"church" of Scientology and the US Department of Justice.
I know there are dozens of people who went the extra mile by reaching
out and educating other citizens prompting them to also sign the
petition. Double thanks to you all.
There are also five people who I know personally who went even further
beyond the call of duty to educate the public in big ways to assure the
petition made its targeted total. If I omitted anyone who was involved
on that level, please inform me. Do not take this as an invalidation if
you were at that level of involvement and I failed to mention you by
name. These are the folks I have been made aware of as deserving of
special mention.
Tags: 1990, Anonymous, David Miscavige, Freezone, Germany, Graham Berry,
Independent, Karen de la Carriere, Karry Campbell, Knowledge Report, L. Ron
Hubbard, Mark Bunker, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, Steve Hall, Ursula
Caberta, US Department of Justice, White House
=========================================
US Government Pulls Out of Scientology "Rights" Event
October 21, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/us-government-pulls-out-of-scientology-rights-event/
See:
http://gawker.
com/5852250/department-of-homeland-security-staffer-pulls-out-of-scientology-event
And if you missed today's post alerting the world to the matter see:
Tags: Quicky
=========================================
Wake Up Time for the White House
October 21, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/wake-up-time-for-the-white-house/
Just when we all thought it was time to take a collective breath of
relief, what do you know? At the very time we were shoulder to the
wheel on the final stretch of the White House Petition to investigate
the corruption between the highest levels of the US Department of
Justice and David Miscavige's Corporate Scientology, the highest levels
of the US Department of Justice were scheming with Miscavige to use the
credibility of the United States government to wipe out any lingering
truth in the public's mind about Corporate Scientology's rampant Human
Rights violations. Here is the incredible, blatant evidence in the form
of an email flier being sent out en masse by the Seattle Corporate
Scientology organization:
Know Your Human Rights!
You are invited to an evening discussion
Tags: 1947, 1960, 2009, Company, Congress, David Miscavige, Department of
Homeland Security, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Human trafficking,
Independent, L. Ron Hubbard, Maralyn Chase, Quicky, Religious Technology
Center, Review, Robert Swan, Scientology organization, Seattle, St.
Petersburg Times, Truth Rundown, US Department of Justice, Village Voice,
White House
=========================================
Sunday Funnies: Let's Put Scientology Kids to Work!
October 21, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/10/21/scientology-sunday-funnies-4/
Our tipsters have really come through for us this week with some
fascinating new Scientology mailers. Has there ever been a better time
to be a Scientologist? Just look at all the different ways you can
donate money!
We'll start with this weekend's big event - the International
Association of Scientologists (IAS) spectacular that took place in the
UK. Each October, several thousand of the faithful gather to listen as,
for three hours, Scientology leader David Miscavige takes the stage and
goes on and on and on about all of Scientology's good works and how
this prison planet will soon become one big Narconon drug rehab clinic.
Or something.
We can only hope someone will leak us video of the event soon. And that
Chill EB was allowed to perform one of his amazing rap songs.
Tags: 1953, Celebrity Centre, Child labor, Chill EB, David Miscavige,
England, Facebook, Georgia, International Association of Scientologists, Jive
Aces, Karen Black, Narconon, Oklahoma, Quicky, Sunday Funnies, UK
=========================================
Scientists REFUSE to release list of LA buildings at risk in quake
October 21, 2013, Joshua Gardner, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2470108/Scientists-REFUSE-release-list-1-500-outdated-Los-Angeles-homes-offices-factories-risk-collapse-earthquake.html
Researches from UC Berkeley have told officials from Los Angeles they
cannot see a list of around 1,500 buildings they claim could collapse
if an earthquake strikes.
Tags: 1970, 1971, 1994, Earthquake, Hollywood Guaranty Building, Hospital,
Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley
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Siddhartha
October 21, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/siddhartha/
Reference: Pursuit of Understanding
2. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
This book is one of my favorite novels of all time; it is right up
there with the likes of East of Eden and To Kill a Mockingbird. I first
read Siddhartha when I was seventeen years old. It was an important
part of my own spiritual journey then and has served the same purpose
more recently.
Tags: Buddha, Quicky
=========================================
The Flaw In Scientology's Religious Outrage Theory: A Man Named Steven
Gregory Sloat
October 21, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/10/21/the-flaw-in-scientologys-religious-outrage-theory-a-man-named-steven-gregory-sloat/
Steve Sloat. Or Greg Sloat, depending. Now that we've had a couple of
days to absorb Scientology's surprising new motion in Monique Rathbun's
harassment lawsuit against the church, a few things are becoming more
clear.
First, this really is a remarkable legal strategy by the church, which
now admits that it was behind outrageous behavior aimed at Monique and
her husband, Mark "Marty" Rathbun, who was once a top Scientology
official. But that behavior, the church asserts, was a form of
legitimate religious expression that should not be silenced by
Monique's lawsuit. To that end, the church has filed an anti-SLAPP
motion, which we explained previously is traditionally used by an
outgunned opponent trying to derail a nuisance lawsuit.
In order to convince Comal County, Texas Judge Dib Waldrip that its
free speech rights are being trampled by Monique's lawsuit, the church
is now admitting that it did, in fact, target the Rathbuns in an
extensive program of surveillance and disruption. In particular, the
church is admitting to sending and funding the nutty "Squirrel
Busters," an intimidation squad that, over a span of 199 days, set up
bizarre protests in front of the Rathbuns' south Texas home. The
Squirrel Busters followed the Rathbuns wherever they went, disrupting
their lives on a daily basis. On Friday, the church submitted
declarations from some of the Squirrel Busters themselves, who admitted
to being sent by the church, but claimed that they had put on their
weird spectacle out of a sense of religious outrage. Marty Rathbun
started the fight, they claim, by saying such critical things about
their religion.
Tags: 1977, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2011, Comal County, David Lubow, David
Miscavige, Houston, Judge Dib Waldrip, Marty Rathbun, Monique Rathbun,
Private investigator, Quicky, San Antonio, SLAPP, Squirrel, Squirrel Busters,
Steven Gregory Sloat, Texas
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Ty Dillard Enters the Krazy Rumors Race
October 21, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ty-dillard-enters-the-krazy-rumors-race/
Not wanting to be left behind by Mike Smith and David Wilson, Ty
Dillard is rolling out the latest rumor. Though for what reason is very
unclear.
Trying to keep public from going to Flag to do their "OT Objectives
Co-Audit"??? Seems a bit strange when they have been HAMMERING "OT's"
to get to Flag to re-do their Objectives.
But, good news, GAG II is "likely" going to be released "within a few
weeks."
Tags: Anne Mintz, Class V, David Wilson, Life Repair, Mike Smith, OT, Quicky
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A First-Hand Look At The Ultra-Secretive Leaders Of Scientology
October 21, 2014, Zoe Mintz, Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/a-first-hand-look-at-the-ultra-secretive-leaders-of-scientology-2014-10
A former executive of the Church of Scientology said three members of
the church's top management ambushed him at Los Angeles International
Airport on Sunday morning, and that he has video footage to prove it.
The video, in which top Scientology leaders are seen yelling
obscenities, is the first public glimpse of the secretive church's top
management in four years.
Tags: 1953, Anderson Cooper, Corpus Christi, David Bloomberg, Jennifer
Linson, LAX, Los Angeles, Marc Yager, Marty Rathbun, Monique Rathbun, Texas,
YouTube
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Claire Headley -- Escape from Scientology's Int Base Part 2
October 21, 2014, SurvivingScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZXU5ljOlzE
Escape from a Cult is never easy.
In the Cult of Scientology, it has been a practice of tracking down the
escapee like a hounded animal and bringing them back to the campus.
This is founded on fear of what the escapee will reveal of what goes in
behind the guard gates and their intense "Security" .
Here is Part 1
Tags: Claire Headley, Cult, Escape, Facebook, Google, Int Base, Quicky,
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Did the Church of Scientology Violate the Law When It Harrassed Marty Rathbun
at LAX?
October 21, 2014, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
http://scientologymoneyproject.com/2014/10/21/did-the-church-of-scientology-violate-the-law-when-it-harrassed-marty-rathbun-at-lax/
The video of Church of Scientology executives harassing former Church
official Marty "Mark" Rathbun went viral:
It was completely reprehensible, outrageous, and irresponsible for the
three Scientology officials to have entered a US airport for the
purposes of harassing one individual.
One would think the Church of Scientology would have the common sense
and decency to not risk disrupting airport operations in order to act
as agents provocateur for David Miscavige.
Tags: Commodore's Messenger Organization, David Bloomberg, David Miscavige,
DC, Jennifer Linson, Law enforcement, LAX, Legal, Marc Yager, Marty Rathbun,
Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, Russia, Scientology
executive, US Supreme Court
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The 30th Anniversary IAS Event
October 21, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-30th-anniversary-ias-event/
We have already reported about the downgrade of the IAS Event - see The
IAS Event Is Already A Bomb from 8 October.
It is one thing to downgrade the 30th Anniversary of the IAS
celebration to the parking lot on LRH Way, but its a total train wreck
when the Flag event is suffering a similar, even more ignoble downsizing.
They are not going to be holding this event at the Ruth Eckerd Hall but
instead at the Fort Harrison....
Tags: 1984, 2000, 2013, 9/11, Advanced Org, Africa, ANZO, Australia, Bill
Maher, California, Canada, CCHR, Clearwater, CLO ANZO, David Miscavige, E-
meter, Europe, Flag Building, Flag Service Organization, Florida, Fort
Harrison, Freedom Medal Winner, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Narconon,
International Association of Scientologists, Kate Ceberano, Kathy Feshbach, L.
Ron Hubbard, Maryland, Meagan Tucker, Mexico, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead,
Nepal, OT, OTC, Planetary Salvage, Quicky, Ruth Eckerd Hall, South Africa,
Super Power, Tony Ortega, UK
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Top Scientology Leaders Caught In Videotaped Verbal Assault At LAX
October 21, 2014, Zoe Mintz, International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/top-scientology-leaders-caught-videotaped-verbal-assault-lax-1708821
A former executive of the Church of Scientology said three members of
the church's top management ambushed him at Los Angeles International
Airport on Sunday morning, and that he has video footage to prove it.
The video, in which top Scientology leaders are seen yelling
obscenities, is the first public glimpse of the secretive church's top
management in four years.
Tags: Corpus Christi, David Bloomberg, David Miscavige, Jennifer Linson, LAX,
Marc Yager, Marty Rathbun
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Vance Woodward files motion to reconsider his dismissed lawsuit against
Scientology
October 21, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/10/21/vance-woodward-files-a-motion-to-reconsider-his-dismissed-lawsuit-against-scientology/
We'll give him this - Vance Woodward is a fighter. The attorney, who
spent more than 20 years in Scientology, then dropped out of it, wrote
a book about his experiences in the church (which he later pulled from
circulation), helped us read Dianetics cover to cover in one of our
favorite series here at the Bunker, and moved to Los Angeles to restart
his legal career, is not giving up on his lawsuit over the $200,000 he
says he still has on account at Scientology.
Like other longtime church members, Vance had banked money against
future courses that he didn't end up taking, and he wants it back. But
Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson granted Scientology's anti-SLAPP
motion and dismissed the suit.
Johnson criticized Vance for papering the court with complaints not so
much about the money dispute but about how Scientology worked and how
it had failed him. Scientology characterized that as an attack on its
First Amendment right to free religious expression, and Johnson agreed.
Tags: Claire Headley, Dianetics, First Amendment, Int Base, Jeffrey
Augustine, Judge Michael Johnson, Los Angeles, Quicky, SLAPP, Vance Woodward,
Woodward v. Scientology
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VIDEO: Ex-Scientologist Harassed by Scientology Management at Airport
October 21, 2014, David Pakman Show, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itqePJgLjwE
?Ex-Scientology member Mark Rathbun is ambushed and harassed by
Scientology's top management personnel at LAX airport
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/201...
?On the Bonus Show: The Chinese "50 cent" party, the UK gets tough on
trolls, airborne wind turbines, more?
Tags: Facebook, LAX, Marty Rathbun, Quicky
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Former U.S. Rep. Dan Burton, Vaccine Foe, Now Lobbying For Scientology Outfit
October 21, 2015, Emily Willingham, Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2015/10/21/former-u-s-rep-dan-burton-vaccine-foe-now-lobbying-for-scientology-outfit/
When he served in the House of Representatives, Dan Burton (R-Indiana)
reportedly held at least 20 hearings to try to force people to accept
his belief that mercury in vaccines causes autism. Now he's pulled down
20 Gs?$20,000 from July to September-as a lobbyist on behalf of the
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), which sounds reasonable
enough, except that it's a group co-founded by the Church of
Scientology. The transition isn't a big one for Burton because because
Burton and Scientology and whacky autism causation theories go way back.
According to lobbying disclosure reports, Burton was paid to:
"maintain or increase protection for the public with reference to
psychiatric treatments including drugs and brain devices."
Tags: 2010, 2012, Anti-vax, Autism, Beth Clay, CCHR, Chelation, Child
Medication Safety Act, Dan Burton, Evidence of Harm, Indiana, Lobbyist,
Making a Killing, Mercury, National Affairs Office, National Autism
Association, Psychiatric treatment, SafeMinds, US House of Representatives
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Laura DeCrescenzo answers Scientology 'religion' gambit on eve of key hearing
October 21, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/10/21/laura-decrescenzo-answers-scientology-religion-gambit-on-eve-of-key-hearing/
Less than seven weeks away from a trial she's been awaiting more than
six years, Laura DeCrescenzo has to get over yet another hurdle this
week placed in her way by the Church of Scientology.
Laura sued Scientology in 2009 claiming that she'd been abused in the
church's Sea Organization, and that she'd been forced to have an
abortion while she was still 17 years old. Her case has been through a
very complex history - including a failed petition by Scientology to
the US Supreme Court, which resulted in the release of thousands of
crucial documents. In 2013, Laura's lawsuit survived a major step when
Scientology's motion for summary judgment was denied by Judge Ronald
Sohigian. We were present for those fireworks as Sohigian found that
Laura's accusations were credible, and deserved to be heard by a jury.
Sohigian then retired, and eventually the new Judge, Rolf M. Treu, set
a trial date of December 7, 2015.
With that date just weeks away, Laura has yet another obstacle to get
past. Scientology filed yet another motion for summary judgment, this
time saying that how it treats its "ministers" is its own business, and
is protected by the First Amendment's guarantee of religious freedom.
Tags: 2004, 2009, 2013, Alex Gibney, Australia, DeCrescenzo v. Scientology,
Facebook, First Amendment, France, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of
Belief, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief,
Jeffrey Augustine, John Blumberg, Jonny Jacobsen, Judge Rolf Treu, Judge
Ronald Sohigian, Laura DeCrescenzo, Lawrence Wright, Paris, Quicky, Raphael
Metzger, Rehabilitation Project Force, Sea Org, US Supreme Court
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The Ron Miscavige Book War Begins
October 21, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-ron-miscavige-book-war-begins/
Scientology has fired its first shot across the bow in the inevitable,
cost-is-no-object-when-it-comes-to-protecting-the-reputation-of-Dear-Leader
campaign to try and stop Ron Miscavige's book. And it's a spitball from
a pea shooter.
Obviously, Dave knows this is not going to be good. He stepped right in
the shit by hiring some goons to follow his father and they got caught.
And in his inimitable style he turned someone who was doing and saying
nothing into another voice raised up in protest of the abuses that are
perpetrated inside his church.
The story in the LA Times by Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Kim
Christensen caused quite a furor. You can be sure that this incident,
and a lot more will be covered in the book.
Tags: Amy Scobee, BBC, Claire Headley, CNN, Daily Mail, Dan Koon, Debbie
Cook, Gary Soter, HBO, Jefferson Hawkins, Karen de la Carriere, Kim
Christensen, Los Angeles Times, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Mat Pesch, New
Yorker, Pulitzer, Quicky, Ron Miscavige Sr, Sea Org, Sinar Parman, Steve
Hall, Tampa Bay Times, Tom DeVocht, Tony Ortega, Vanity Fair
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Regraded Being
October 21, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-68/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
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TOM CRUISE PENTHOUSE IN SCIENTOLOGY'S SPIRITUAL MECCA? WE HAVE THE PLANS
October 21, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/10/21/tom-cruise-penthouse-in-scientologys-spiritual-mecca-we-have-the-plans/
(Tom Cruise and the building he's said to be making his home, The
Skyview in Clearwater)
Last year in September, a developer submitted new plans for a ten-story
condo building in Clearwater, Florida that he's been transforming for
several years. That developer, Moises Agami, is a wealthy Scientologist
from Mexico City whose family has donated millions of dollars to the
Church of Scientology in recent years. And the building he's
redeveloping is right in the middle of Scientology's Clearwater campus,
just a few blocks from the spiritual center of the worldwide
organization.
The changes to Agami's plans for the building, which are reflected in
detailed drawings submitted to the city that we have obtained, show
that the structure's top two floors, which had once been set aside for
five separate condo units and a rooftop bar, are now going to be turned
into a playpen for someone very wealthy - a double-level penthouse
including a private building entrance, a massive nine-car private
garage, and even a car elevator.
Tags: 1960, 1971, 1975, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Beverly
Hills, Clearwater, Clearwater Bank Building, Cleveland Street, Coachman,
Colorado, David Miscavige, Diamond Meritorious, Elias Jafif, England, Flag
Building, Flag Land Base, Florida, Fort Harrison, Hollywood, International
Association of Scientologists, Karin Pouw, Los Angeles, Maiden Voyage, Marc
Headley, Mark Bunker, Mexico City, Moises Agami, Monica Agami, New York City,
Osceola Avenue, Osceola Inn, OT, Patron Laureate, Platinum Meritorious,
Quicky, Sandcastle, Scientology Media Productions, Sea Org, Super Power,
Telluride, Tom Cruise, United Churches of Florida, West Coast Building
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Why Gilman Springs Road will close for a month
October 21, 2016, Craig Shultz, Press-Enterprise
http://www.pe.com/articles/road-816535-springs-gilman.html
A spokeswoman for Golden Era Productions, the film and sound studio for
the Church of Scientology, said the church looks forward to for the
improvements, calling the road dangerous.
The roadwork won't affect studio operations or the use of the nearby
golf course, Golden Era spokeswoman Muriel Dusfresne said.
"Golden Era will continue to operate as usual and will remain
accessible to the numerous professional actors, vendors and public
visitors who drive in and out of the studio each week," she wrote in a
message.
Tags: Gilman Hot Springs, Gilman Springs Road, Golden Era Productions, Golden
Era Studios, Muriel Dufresne, San Jacinto
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Building Walls in Birmingham
October 21, 2017, Betty Andrews, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW3if0fTDhg
Scientology was determined to block our view of the main stage at the
opening of their new ideal org in Birmingham. You could barely get a
cigarette paper between the bumpers and bonnets of their coaches.
Within an hour they had scared up enough coaches to block the entire
street, plugging any small gaps with tall men holding umbrellas.
Tags: Birmingham, Quicky
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Fun & Games in Birmingham
October 21, 2017, Betty Andrews, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkFOFOLx-6o
Scientology threw everything but the kitchen sink at trying to prevent
protesters and local residents from watching or hearing proceedings.
They sent Sea Org members to distract us, fired up the coaches to drown
out the speeches and used every available umbrella in Birmingham to
block our view.
Still managed to capture some classic Scientology cheese at the start!
Tags: Birmingham, Quicky, Sea Org
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KID CORPS: Scientology's internal documents lay out its disturbing ideas
about children
October 21, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/10/21/kid-corps-scientologys-internal-documents-lay-out-its-disturbing-ideas-about-children/
Tuesday night, Leah Remini's A&E series once again provided harrowing
stories of what it can be like to grow up in Scientology. Her guests,
Mimi Faust and Christi Gordon, spoke about the frightening result when
Hubbard's ideas about children being adults in small packages gets put
into action.
Like anything else in Scientology, how children are treated is governed
by a huge number of policies and reports, and today we're looking at
one of the documents that shows how children were treated under the
ideas of L. Ron Hubbard. We're fortunate that one man has done so much
to collect huge numbers of such documents so that we can go through
them today. We're talking about Mark "Warrior" Plummer, who left
Scientology in 1983, and is pretty legendary for the collection of
church materials he's amassed.
Also helping us is Sunny Pereira, who for several weeks has been
working with Mark to pull out key documents for us to discuss. And
we're joined by Christi Gordon, who was on Tuesday night's show.
Tags: 1976, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2011, A&E, ASHO, Berlin Wall, Birmingham, Cadet
Org, Childrens RPF, Christi Gordon, Commodore's Messenger Organization,
Completed Staff Work, Daniel Cohee, David Miscavige, England, Ethics Officer,
Facebook, Fearless Leader, Flag Order, Freedom magazine, Ideal Org, Jim
Garrett, John Wood, Knowledge Reports, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Mace-
Kingsley Ranch, Master at Arms, Mimi Faust, Moseley, Nation of Islam, Nedra
Cohee, OT, PAC Base, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Roger Ellory,
Scott Foster, Sea Org, SEC, Sunny Pereira, The Way to Happiness, Twitter
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Priscilla Presley quits Scientology
October 21, 2017, Caroline Graham, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5004443/Priscilla-Presley-quits-Scientology.html
Priscilla Presley has become the latest celebrity to walk away from the
controversial Church of Scientology, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Presley, 72, who has been a member of the religious sect which counts
Tom Cruise and John Travolta as members, told friends she had quit the
religion after nearly four decades.
'I've had enough. I'm done,' said Presley, who recently dated singer
Tom Jones. She is believed to have joined Scientology after the death
of husband Elvis.
Tags: 1955, 1977, 2005, 2014, BBC, Brooke Shields, John Sweeney, John
Travolta, Katie Holmes, Louis Theroux, Nicole Kidman, Panorama, Paul Haggis,
Priscilla Presley, Quicky, Tom Cruise
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