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A federal court jury today began deliberations in the...
October 24, 1980, Alice Noble, UPI
http://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/24/A-federal-court-jury-today-began-deliberations-in-the/8377341208000/
ST. LOUIS -- A federal court jury today began deliberations in the
trial of Sen. Thomas Eagleton's niece, who is charged with trying to
extort $220,000 from the senator by threatening to start a rumor he is
homosexual.
The niece, Elizabeth Weigand, 24, and her former attorney, Stephen
Poludniak, 29, were charged with one count each of extortion and
conspiracy. Conviction on the two counts carries a maximum penalty of
seven years in prison and fines totaling $10,500.
The case went to the jury at 12:58 p.m. CDT on the eighth day of the
trial.
Tags: 1972, Conviction, Elizabeth Eagleton Weigand, Leonard Frankel,
Missouri, Quicky, Stephen Poludniak, Thomas Eagleton
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Son of Church Founder Is Sued by Stepmother
October 24, 1984, AP, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E6DC1539F937A15753C1A962948260
The wife of the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, has filed a $5
million suit against Mr. Hubbard's son, charging "massive fraud" in his
1982 effort to have his father declared legally dead or mentally
incompetent.
Tags: Legal, Mary Sue Hubbard, Michael Flynn, Ron DeWolf
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Lynwood : Council Reverses Approval of Detention Home for Boys
October 24, 1991, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-24/news/hl-215_1_city-council
The Lynwood Planning Commission approved the home on Sept. 4, but the
council reversed the commission last Friday at the urging of outraged
residents.
Genesys, a nonprofit organization, proposed the home, which would
accept boys from 11 to 18 years old. The children would have lived,
attended school and received spiritual guidance at the home, an
alternative to state or county detention centers, said Genesys founder
Rev. Alfreddie Johnson Jr., a former Lynwood resident.
Tags: Alfreddie Johnson, Genesys, Lynwood, Robert Henning
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Elvis Presley's Daughter Gives Birth to Boy
October 24, 1992, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1992/Elvis-Presley-s-Daughter-Gives-Birth-to-Boy/id-3f398561d3718ad4ca3f453c4fd3ecd9
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Grandpa Elvis would have been proud.
Lisa Marie Presley, the 24-year-old daughter of the late rock 'n' roll
king, gave birth Wednesday to her second child - a son who weighed in
at 7 pounds, 8 ounces, spokesman Paul Bloch said Friday.
The boy was born at Humana Women's Hospital in Tampa, Fla. Presley's
husband, Danny Keough, a 27-year-old musician, was present, Bloch said.
Tags: 1977, California, Danny Keough, Dianetics, Elvis Presley, Florida,
Hospital, Lisa Marie Presley, Memphis, Paul Bloch, Quicky, Tampa
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IRS examined Scientology dollars, not dogma
October 24, 1993, David Dahl, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51783695.html?dids=51783695:51783695&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT
It might be easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than
for the IRS to judge the merits of a religion. So when it comes to
considering tax exemptions, the agency sticks to what it knows: money.
For the Church of Scientology, which won a series of tax exemptions
earlier this month, that meant proving no one was pocketing the
millions of dollars in donations the organization collects for
religious services.
Tags: 1967, 1970, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, Bill Clinton, Catholic, Catholic
Church, Church of Scientology of California, Clearwater, David Miscavige,
Donald Alexander, Flag Building, Frank Keith, Guardian's Office, IRS, John
Burke, Ken Pirak, Margaret Richardson, Marty Rathbun, OT, Poynter Institute,
Rome, Scientology lawyer, Tax Court, Washington
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Only Police May Search Your Home, Right? Guess Again
October 24, 1995, Adam S. Bauman, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2148551&date=19951024
Especially alarming to some has been the recent use of ex-parte
searches by the Church of Scientology. The church has conducted three
such searches in a bid to thwart the alleged distribution, via the
Internet computer network, of Scientology documents by church critics.
The church contends these documents are protected by copyright and
trade-secret law.
Tom Kelley, an attorney for ex-Scientologist Lawrence Wollersheim -
whose Boulder, Colo., home was searched Aug. 22 by marshals,
Scientologists and their attorneys - claimed that "what this permitted
was an intelligence operation as opposed to a mere seizure of
copyrighted materials. . . . it's like having your sworn enemy going
though your underwear drawer."
Tags: FACTNet, Helena Kobrin, Lawrence Wollersheim, Tom Kelley
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Daily Briefing - Upcoming
October 24, 1997, Seattle Times
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19971024&slug=2568178
The Church of Scientology is planning its biggest demonstration in
Germany on Monday in protest at what it says is discrimination against
religious minorities here. The organization's Germany spokesman said
half those on the march through Berlin were expected to be from abroad,
but it was not certain whether film stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta
would be there. Germany does not recognize Scientology as a religion
and sees it as a business that exploits its members for financial gain.
Tags: Germany
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Free speech feels Net copyright chill
October 24, 2002, Lisa M. Bowman, CNET
http://news.com.com/2100-1023_3-963122.html
Last month, the Church of Scientology sent a letter to the Internet
Archive, persuading the site to pull down archived pages that were
critical of the church's beliefs.
Tags: alt.scientology.war, Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Google excludes controversial sites
October 24, 2002, Declan McCullagh, CNet, ZDNet
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2124386,00.htm
Google was criticised in March for bowing to a demand from the Church
of Scientology to delete critical sites from its index. In a response
that won praise, Google replied by pledging to report future legal
threats to the ChillingEffects.org site run by law school clinics.
Tags: Chilling Effects, Google
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Cruise big draw for British Scientologists
October 24, 2006, UPI
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2006/10/24/Cruise-big-draw-for-British-Scientologists/57281161715961/
LONDON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Tom Cruise provided some Hollywood glitter for
a gathering of Scientologists in Britain.
The pricing system for a major fundraising banquet in Sussex was
simple, The Telegraph reported. Those who donated the most got the
choice seats, and since Cruise is a major contributor, he was seated
near the stage, along with the other major patrons.
The most expensive seats at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead cost at
least $1,900, the newspaper said.
Tags: Anne Archer, East Grinstead, Hollywood, Jenna Elfman, Kevin Hurley,
London, Quicky, Saint Hill Manor, Sussex, The Telegraph, Tom Cruise
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Police criticised over Scientology
October 24, 2006, Sandra Laville, Special report, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1929760,00.html
A cult information group has complained to a senior police officer
about comments he made at the opening of the ?24m Church of Scientology
centre in London.
It also emerged yesterday that four City of London police officers
attended a lavish reception at the headquarters of the Scientology
movement in East Grinstead on Saturday night. The officers, who have
not been named, registered their attendance according to police rules
on hospitality, according to a police spokeswoman.
Tags: East Grinstead, Family Action Information Resource Centre, Kevin
Hurley, London, UK
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"Battling Scientology" Follow-Up
October 24, 2008, Chris Faraone, The Phoenix
http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/phlog/archive/2008/10/24/battling-scientology-follow-up.aspx
Depending on whom you ask, Massachusetts-based protest organizer Gregg
Housh had a major victory - or a significant loss - in Boston Municipal
Court this Wednesday. As reported in The Phoenix this past week in the
feature "Battling Scientology," Housh faced charges of harassment,
disturbing the peace, and disturbing religious worship for his
involvement with the picket group Anonymous and his actions against the
Boston Church of Scientology.
Tags: Anonymous, Boston, Gregg Housh, Marc LaCasse
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How Scientology Attracts Celebrities
October 24, 2009, Martin Bashir, Nightline, ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/scientology/scientology-attracts-celebrities/story?id=8871475
Amy Scobee was a member of Scientology for 27 years. She was a Church
executive who helped expand Scientology's outreach to celebrities. She
spoke with "Nightline."
Nightline: ...Presbyterian Church doesn't have a wing that emphasizes
reaching celebrities ...Why do you think there was this emphasis on
celebrity?
Scobee: ...One of the purposes of Celebrity Centre is to make
celebrities walking success stories of Scientology.
Tags: Amy Scobee, Bruce Hines, Celebrity Centre, David Miscavige, Detox, Int
Base, John Travolta, Marty Rathbun, Matt Lauer, New York Rescue Workers
Detoxification Project, Purification Rundown, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis
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Largest Scientology church in Midwest opens in downtown St. Paul
October 24, 2011, Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_19185470
The grand opening also drew some well-wishers from the political field,
most of them happy to see such a large, long-vacant downtown space
fully occupied.
Among those well-wishers were St. Paul City Council member Dave Thune,
state Sen. Sandra Pappas, state Rep. Rena Moran and V.J. Smith,
president of the Minneapolis Chapter of MAD DADS, which hands out the
church's "Truth about Drugs" anti-drug abuse pamphlets. Moran praised
the church's commitment to volunteerism, and Pappas spoke of its
commitment to human rights work around the globe.
Tags: Church of Scientology International, Dave Thune, Erin Banks, Ideal Org,
MAD DADS, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nancy Schumacher, Rena Moran, Sandra
Pappas, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, Truth About Drugs, Twin
Cities, V.J. Smith
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Scientology War on South Park!
October 24, 2011, The Young Turks, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZksCrBqiC4
A former executive of the Church of Scientology has come out saying the
Church had a plan to smear South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt
Stone. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down on The Young Turks.
Tags: Cenk Uygur, Facebook, Google, Marty Rathbun, Matt Stone, South Park,
Trey Parker, Twitter, Video
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Scientology's South Park Investigation: Orders to Send in a Young Mole
October 24, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/south_park_trey_parker_matt_stone_scientology_investigation.php
South Park deeply embarrassed Scientology with its 2005 episode,
"Trapped in the Closet." UPDATE: Scientology responds to our South Park
stories, and we decode that response here.
NEW: Filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman confirms that he was asked about Trey
Parker and Matt Stone by Scientology's Eric Sherman in 2006. And Mark
Ebner adds further confirmation with his own leaked document of OSA
activity. Also, a private investigator describes sifting trash for the
Church of Scientology.
Yesterday, we reported that former Scientology executive Marty Rathbun
had revealed at his blog that in 2006, Scientology's Office of Special
Affairs -- the church's intelligence and covert operations wing -- was
actively investigating South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone
by looking for vulnerabilities among their close friends.
Tags: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, David Miscavige, Eric Sherman, Filmmaker,
Hospital, John Stamos, Lloyd Kaufman, Lori Hodgson, Marc Headley, Mark Ebner,
Marty Rathbun, Matt Stone, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, Private
investigator, Quicky, Rebecca Romijn, San Jose, Scientology executive, South
Park, Texas, Tommy Davis, Trapped in the Closet, Trey Parker, UK
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South Park Blowback for Corporate Scientology
October 24, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/south-park-blowback-for-corporate-scientology/
reference: Corporate Scientology Targets South Park
Tony Ortega has provided the second installment of Corporate
Scientology's Operation South Park at the Village Voice website:
Scientology's South Park Investigation: To Send In A Young Mole
According to an original Corporate Scientology Office of Special
Affairs (OSA, terror and harassment arm of Corporate Scientology)
memorandum OSA cased the offices of South Park's Trey Parker and Matt
Stone in April 2006.
Tags: 2006, Chairman of the Board, David Miscavige, Eric Sherman, Hollywood,
Lloyd Kaufman, London, Matt Stone, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs,
OSA Int, Private investigator, Quicky, South Park, Tony Ortega, Trey Parker,
Village Voice
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The truth rundown Rathbun 2 A game of musical chairs
October 24, 2011, robinson5781, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZzBkbl9i2Y
http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009...
Tags: 2009, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, The Truth Rundown
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The truth rundown Rathbun 20 Reverse Dianetics
October 24, 2011, robinson5781, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa2umxLdwjw
http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009...
Tags: 2009, Dianetics, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, The Truth Rundown
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The truth rundown Rathbun 21 Core believes
October 24, 2011, robinson5781, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg0yWNVhzYo
http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009...
Tags: 2009, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, The Truth Rundown
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Another wrongful death lawsuit filed against Narconon Arrowhead
October 24, 2012, Jeanne LeFlore, McAlester News-Capital
http://mcalesternews.com/local/x688452240/A-wrongful-death-lawsuit-this-month-filed-against-Narconon-Arrowhead
Shirley Gilliam, the mother of Gabriel Graves - found dead at the
facility in 2011, filed the wrongful death lawsuit today in PIttsburg
County Court.
This is second wrongful death suit filed against facility this month.
Earlier this month another wrongful death lawsuit against Narconon
Arrowhead was filed on behalf of Robert Murphy and Tonya White, parents
of Stacy Dawn Murphy, 20, of Owasso, who was found dead in the
facility's withdrawal unit in July.
Tags: ABLE, Death, Gabriel Graves, Gary Richardson, Gerald Wootan, Legal,
Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma, Shirley Gilliam, Stacy Murphy
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Cause of death for Narconon Arrowhead patient unknown, state medical examiner
says
October 24, 2012, Jarrel Wade, Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/cause-of-death-for-narconon-arrowhead-patient-unknown-state-medical/article_c2f0c336-4d99-54e4-94eb-16178aa167ed.html
The state Medical Examiner's Office could not determine what caused the
April death of a woman at a detoxification facility rooted in
Scientology, an autopsy report released Tuesday indicates.
Tags: Gabriel Graves, Hillary Holten, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma,
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma
Medical Examiner, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Pittsburg County
Sheriff, Stacy Murphy
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David Miscavige - Paranoia and Cowardice
October 24, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/david-miscavige-paranoia-and-cowardice/
Please pass along to all Kool Aid drinkers you might still have on your
email lists. Here is hard, current evidence as to how their donations
are being spent by Scientology Inc. supreme ruler David Miscavige.
Tags: David Miscavige, Quicky
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It's Official: Tommy Davis No Longer a Scientology Spokesman
October 24, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/10/24/tommy-davis-no-longer-a-scientology-spokesman/
Tommy, where are you? One of our eagle-eyed commenters pointed out
something yesterday: Tommy Davis has suddenly vanished from
Scientology's media relations web page.
Sure enough, it's true. The church's website which lists its official
spokespersons is now bereft of Davis and his wife, Jessica Feshbach.
The two people who were behind them, Karin Pouw and Bob Adams, have
been moved to the top tier. Pouw is now listed as the "international
spokesperson."
After the jump, we'll show you the before and after images of the
church's official page, and we'll try to come to grips with this
stunning news.
Tags: 1980, 1990, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, Anne Archer, Austin, BBC, Bob
Adams, California, Chuck Beatty, CNN, Daniel Miller, David Miscavige,
Disconnection, Europe, Feshbach, Hollywood Reporter, Janet Reitman, Jason
Beghe, Jessica Feshbach, Jessica Rodriguez, Joe Feshbach, John Roberts, John
Sweeney, Karin Pouw, Katie Holmes, Marc Headley, Martin Bashir, Marty
Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Nathan Baca, OT III, Quicky, Rolling Stone, Scientology
and Me, Scientology executive, Sea Org, Super Power, Texas, Tom Cruise, Tommy
Davis, Village Voice, YouTube
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Lawsuit filed in Oklahoma over Scientology-linked center death
October 24, 2012, News OK
http://newsok.com/lawsuit-filed-in-oklahoma-over-scientology-linked-center-death/article/3721938
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The mother of a Claremore man found dead last year
at an eastern Oklahoma drug rehab center with ties to the Church of
Scientology has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the facility.
Attorneys for Shirley Gilliam filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Pittsburg
County against the Narconon Arrowhead facility, its California-based
parent companies and the facility's medical director.
Gilliam's son - 32-year-old Gabriel Graves - died in his room at the
facility in Canadian on October 2011. Two more patients have died since
then while receiving treatment there.
Tags: 2011, California, Gabriel Graves, Lawsuit, Narconon Arrowhead,
Oklahoma, Pittsburg County, Quicky, Shirley Gilliam
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Lawsuit Filed Over Scientology-Linked Center Death
October 24, 2012, AP, CBS Houston
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2012/10/24/lawsuit-filed-over-scientology-linked-center-death/
The mother of a Claremore man found dead last year at an eastern
Oklahoma drug rehab center with ties to the Church of Scientology filed
a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday against the facility, alleging
staff was improperly trained and failed to provide proper medical care.
Attorneys for Shirley Gilliam filed the lawsuit in Pittsburg County
against Narconon of Oklahoma, which operates the Narconon Arrowhead
facility in Canadian. Also named in the suit are the corporation's
California-based parent companies and the facility's medical director.
Tags: ABLE, Choctaw, Gabriel Graves, Gary Richardson, Hillary Holten,
Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act, Pittsburg County,
Pittsburg County Sheriff, Shirley Gilliam, Stacy Murphy
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Licking Bathroom Floors
October 24, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/licking-bathroom-floors/
Let us not forget the depths of depravity of the criminal mind that
micro manages every move of Scientology Inc. From the testimony of
17-year Captain of the Flag Service Organization (the 'Mecca' of
Scientology Inc.) Debbie Cook Baumgarten, given on 9 February, 2012
under oath in the Bexar County Texas District Court:
1 Q. (BY MR. JEFFREY) When you were in Los Angeles
2 with Mr. Ginge Nelson, what happened that you observed?
Tags: Bexar County, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Flag Service Organization,
Los Angeles, Quicky, Texas
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Third lawsuit filed against Narconon
October 24, 2012, Jarrel Wade, Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/third-lawsuit-filed-against-narconon/article_f491bfd8-0a9d-5ebf-a25f-2b9c6f23e276.html
The family of a Claremore man who died while in drug rehab at Narconon
Arrowhead filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging negligence and wrongful
death.
The family of Gabriel Graves, a 32-year-old father of two who died in
October 2011, is the third to sue the facility, which is located on
Lake Eufaula northeast of McAlester.
Tags: Death, Gabriel Graves, Gerald Wootan, Hillary Holten, Narconon,
Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, Shirley Gilliam, Stacy Murphy
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Jefferson Hawkins on Scientology Ethics: Let's Get Utilitarian!
October 24, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/10/24/jefferson-hawkins-on-scientology-ethics-lets-get-ultimatum/
Jefferson Hawkins was once the top marketing executive for the Church
of Scientology and helped it reach its greatest extent with the famous
"volcano" TV ads in the 1980s. He's told his tale of getting into and
out of the church with his excellent books Counterfeit Dreams and
Leaving Scientology, and he's helping us understand the upside-down
world of Scientology "ethics."
Last week you really started this series off with a bang, Jefferson. We
can't wait to see what you have for us in this second installment as we
read Introduction to Scientology Ethics.
JEFFERSON: This week, I thought we'd take up the next three sections of
the book, up to the end of Chapter One. These all kind of hang together
and serve to introduce a major lynchpin of Hubbard's ethics system,
"the greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics."
Tags: 1980, Chinese, Counterfeit Dreams, Dan Koon, Ethics, Jefferson Hawkins,
Laura DeCrescenzo, Leaving Scientology, Los Angeles Superior Court, Mark
Bunker, Quicky
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Scientology Hearings, Forced Abortions and L. Ron Hubbard with Tony Ortega &
Mark Ebner
October 24, 2013, TheLipTV, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lthXXnGjEIQ
Scientology is on trial with former member Laura Ann Decrescenzo
alleging forced abortion and slavery against David Miscavige and the
church, and we discuss the details with Scientology investigators Tony
Ortega and Mark Ebner. Speaking about the misdeeds and abuses of
Scientology, the homophobia of L. Ron Hubbard and Dianetics, freeloader
debts and the brainwashing and intimidation used by the Scientology and
the Sea Org, and what PT Anderson "got wrong," with The Master-it is
another look at the controversial group on Media Mayhem hosted by
Allison Hope Weiner.
GUEST BIO:
Tony Ortega is a former editor of The Village Voice who is working on a
book on Scientology and blogs at tonyortega.org. He lives in New York.
Tags: Abortion, Academic, Allison Hope Weiner, Bert Deixler, David Miscavige,
Dianetics, First Amendment, Freeloader Debt, Hollywood, Interrupted, Leah
Remini, Mark Ebner, Marty Rathbun, Mexico, Monique Rathbun, NBC, New York,
New York Times, Paris, Quicky, Rolling Stone, Sea Org, South Park, The
Master, Tony Ortega, Trapped in the Closet, Village Voice
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The Bridge Beyond The Bridge
October 24, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/the-bridge-beyond-the-bridge/
By Don Jolly in The Revealer: A Review of Religion and Media:
Tags: Quicky, Review
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The Ideal Rowing Program
October 24, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-ideal-rowing-program/
It's getting wackier. If that's possible.
Now anyone's crazy scheme is being tagged onto the crazy scheme of
"Ideal Orgs." And the orgs are even promoting it.
It used to just be the blind leading the blind.
Tags: Applied Scholastics, Barbados, Chairman of the Board, Clear, England,
Golden Age of Tech, Humanitarian, Ideal Org, Manchester, Quicky, Saint Hill,
Sea Org, Tony Ortega, UK, USA
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Has Scientology Finally Changed Its Tune On Gays?
October 24, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/has-scientology-finally-changed-its-tune-on-gays/
An eagle eyed Special Correspondent spotted something in Tony Ortega's
Sunday Funnies on 19 Oct.
From there he dug a little more and some interesting things emerged.
It is well known that Scientology is notoriously homophobic. L. Ron
Hubbard was extremely anti-gay in his early writings, most notably in
his 1951 book Science Of Survival. Unfortunately, it is fundamental and
unalterable dogma in scientology that the words of L. Ron Hubbard must
be followed to the letter and without deviation. So, things change VERY
slowly, if at all.
Tags: 1951, Disconnection, Facebook, Ideal Org, Lawrence Wright, Mountain
View, New Yorker, Paul Haggis, Quicky, Science of Survival, Silicon Valley,
Sunday Funnies, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
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Ryan Hamilton hit with setback as Narconon motion to dismiss prevails on some
issues
October 24, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/10/24/ryan-hamilton-hit-with-setback-as-narconon-motion-to-dismiss-prevails-on-some-issues/
Ryan Hamilton Since January, we've been reporting on the 24 lawsuits
filed by Las Vegas attorney Ryan Hamilton against Scientology's drug
rehab network, Narconon. And in that time, Hamilton's batting average
has been remarkably high - in some cases, defendants Narconon
International and the Association for Better Living and Education
(ABLE) have thrown in the towel, settling to get out of the lawsuits as
Hamilton has fended off the usual tactics by Scientology's attorneys.
Hamilton's suits focus on Narconon's deceptive practices, which are
well established. Narconon makes a lot of promises to prospective
clients about drug counseling, medical personnel, and effectiveness,
but as Hamilton demonstrates in his pleadings, each of those promises
are broken. Narconon patients actually get Scientology training rather
than drug counseling, staff is made up of former patients not medical
personnel, and the advertised rates of success can't be backed up with
any scientific evidence.
But now, one of the early lawsuits has hit a snag. Federal District
Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel has granted some parts of a motion to dismiss
against one of the early suits that Hamilton filed in March on behalf
of Angelo Amato.
Tags: ABLE, Amato v. Narconon, Angelo Amato, Clearwater, Hollywood, Ideal
Org, Keith Relkin, Las Vegas, LGBT, Los Angeles, Mike Rinder, Mountain View,
Narconon, Narconon International, Pasadena, Quicky, Ryan Hamilton, Sunday
Funnies, Valley Ideal Org
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Scientology got another legal spanking in France months ago and we're just
now finding out
October 24, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/10/24/scientology-had-a-big-legal-loss-in-europe-in-june-and-were-just-now-finding-out-about-it/
Jonny Jacobsen Remember when Scientology's fraud conviction in France
was upheld by that country's highest court just over a year ago? Our
man in Paris, Jonny Jacobsen, worked feverishly that day to bring us
several dispatches about it.
Jonny had been covering the fraud prosecution for years, and he helped
us understand just how important it was that the Cour de Cassation
upheld the 2009 convictions. As one French legislator explained to him,
another conviction could result in Scientology getting kicked out of
the country.
Scientology's attorneys, meanwhile, announced that they would be taking
the case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, where
they would complain that they didn't receive justice from France's
courts.
Tags: 2009, 2012, Cour de Cassation, European Court of Human Rights, France,
Jonny Jacobsen, Paris, Quicky, Strasbourg
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From our man in Europe: Details on the Dutch denial of tax exemption to
Scientology
October 24, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/10/24/from-our-man-in-europe-details-on-the-dutch-denial-of-tax-exemption-to-scientology/
Our man in Paris, Jonny Jacobsen, fills us in on some details about
this week's decision by a Dutch appeals court that Scientology should
not get tax exemption in that country because of the prices it charges...
A Dutch tax court on Wednesday denied Scientology the tax-exempt status
of a public benefit organisation, ruling that it was clearly a
commercial enterprise.
This decision comes after last December's Supreme Court ruling
overturning an appeal court decision that had gone in Scientology's
favour, as we reported here at the time.
Tags: 2007, 2008, 2011, Adelaide, Amsterdam, Bryan Seymour, Dianetics, Dutch,
Europe, Google, IRS, Jonny Jacobsen, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Netherland, Nick
Xenophon, Paris, Perth, Quicky, Ramana Dienes-Browning, Robin de Wever, Steve
Cannane, Suppressive Person, Sydney, Tax, Tax exempt
=========================================
Leah Remini to Discuss Scientology on '20/20': "Being Critical of Tom Cruise
Is Being Critical of Scientology Itself"
October 24, 2015, Natalie Stone, Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leah-remini-discuss-scientology-20-834439
Leah Remini is discussing why she left the Church of Scientology in an
exclusive 20/20 interview on Friday, Oct. 30.
Tags: 20/20, ABC News, Critic, Dan Harris, Going Clear: Scientology,
Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Leah Remini, Quicky, Tom Cruise
=========================================
Puerto Rico - More Ideal Org Fail
October 24, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/puerto-rico-more-ideal-org-fail/
An artist's rendition of the planned "ideal org" - the artist is not a
big fan of the ideal org strategy.
These bubbledwellers are so condescending. And I doubt they are even
faintly aware of it. "There is not one Puerto Rican who does not have a
desire to do better..." Among other statements.
And her grammar, vocabulary and understanding of geography is about 5th
grade level. Puerto Rico is "off the cuff" of the US? An ideal org in
Puerto Rico is "our way to really create a huge WTH movement across all
the Western Hemisphere"
Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Battle Creek, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, David
Miscavige, Delaware, Detroit, Haiti, Harlem, Ideal Org, Kentucky, Long
Island, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mission, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New
Haven, New Jersey, North Carolina, Orlando, OT, Philadelphia, Puerto Rico,
Quicky, South Carolina, Tiffany Woods, Virginia, West Virginia
=========================================
Kathy Slevin, sister who attacked Paul Haggis on behalf of Scientology, dies
at 60
October 24, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/10/24/kathy-slevin-sister-who-attacked-paul-haggis-on-behalf-of-scientology-dies-at-60/
Last year, when Alex Gibney's documentary Going Clear opened at
theaters and then aired on HBO, Scientology leader David Miscavige
struck back in a very characteristic way - with websites and videos
denouncing Gibney and the people who appeared in the film.
Chief among them was Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning writer and director
who had left Scientology after 30 years and was the subject of Lawrence
Wright's 2011 New Yorker profile and then the book that the film was
based on. Haggis was singled out for one of the harshest acts of
retaliation. His sister, television writer and producer Kathy Slevin,
appeared in a video at one of Scientology's websites, accusing her
brother of being a lifelong "con man" who was taking advantage of
Wright and Gibney by pretending to be more involved in Scientology than
he actually had been. She also said Haggis had only agreed to be
interviewed by Wright as a cunning way to get himself profiled in the
New Yorker.
We remember seeing the video when it first appeared, and how
uncomfortable it was to watch. What Slevin said about her brother
wasn't credible in the slightest, and it was disturbing to see the way
Scientology was using her to try and harm Haggis's reputation.
Tags: 1995, 2011, Alex Gibney, Celebrity magazine, David Miscavige, Going
Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, HBO, Kathy Slevin,
Lawrence Wright, Mike Rinder, New Yorker, Paul Haggis, Quicky, Sara Goldberg,
Suppressive Person
=========================================
OISE scholarship praised by Scientology-affiliated group
October 24, 2016, Kiana Shahbazi, The Varsity
http://thevarsity.ca/2016/10/24/oise-scholarship-praised-by-scientology-affiliated-group/
The Canadian branch of Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a
non-profit anti-psychiatry organization founded by the Church of
Scientology in 1969, praised the scholarship on its Facebook page,
calling it "very, very good news" and Burstow "a rock star."
When asked about its endorsement of the scholarship, the CCHR echoed
many of Burstow's sentiments on a supposed lack of medical validity for
psychiatry.
Burstow emphasized that she has no affiliation with the CCHR: "I'm an
activist and there are no Scientology organizations that I belong to."
Dr. Burstow advocates for a future in the psychiatric industry that
provides "non-medical, non-coercive help for people who want it."
Tags: Bonnie Burstow, CCHR, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto
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Scientology Customer Service
October 24, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-customer-service/
Our old friend, photographer extraordinaire Andy Porter sent me this
piece of sarcastic humor. As we see so often, when poking fun at
scientology, it is sometimes difficult to separate fact from farce.
Hope this will lighten your Monday.
Scientology Customer Service
Here are three words you don't often see used together. Sort of like
Napalm Skin Cream. They just don't fit!
Tags: Andy Porter, Golden Age of Tech, Quicky
=========================================
Tonight on 'Leah Remini': The business of Scientology, and the pitfalls of
suing it
October 24, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/10/24/tonight-on-leah-remini-the-business-of-scientology-and-the-pitfalls-of-suing-it/
Tonight, at 10 pm A&E airs the second "special" episode in the second
season of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, an episode which
tries to come to grips with Scientology's rapacious business model and
how people get caught up in it.
To help explain how Scientology operates as a business (which calls
itself a church) Mike and Leah bring out Mat Pesch, who was also
featured in the first episode of the first season. In that episode, Mat
helped his wife Amy Scobee tell her story of disconnection from her
mother, Bonny Elliott.
But Mat appears this time because he himself was an executive in the
finances division at the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida, the
revenue engine that drives the entire worldwide enterprise. Mat says
that Flag was bringing in $2 million a week, and had $450 million just
sitting on account from church members toward future courses that they
might never take.
Tags: 2010, 2012, A&E, Amsterdam, Amy Scobee, Birmingham, Bonny Elliott,
California, Cathy Schenkelberg, Claims Verification Board, Clearwater, David
Miscavige, Disconnection, Dublin, England, Ethics file, Facebook, Flag
Building, Flag Land Base, Florida, Ideal Org, International Justice Chief,
Jeffrey Augustine, Judge James Whittemore, Leah Remini, Los Angeles, Luis
Garcia, Marty Rathbun, Mat Pesch, Mike Ellis, Mission, Pauline Lombard,
Quicky, Robert Berrington, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sec Check, South
Africa, Squeeze My Cans, Suppressive Person, Tampa, Ted Babbitt
=========================================
Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
October 24 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/10-24.html
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A federal court jury today began deliberations in the...
October 24, 1980, Alice Noble, UPI
http://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/24/A-federal-court-jury-today-began-deliberations-in-the/8377341208000/
ST. LOUIS -- A federal court jury today began deliberations in the
trial of Sen. Thomas Eagleton's niece, who is charged with trying to
extort $220,000 from the senator by threatening to start a rumor he is
homosexual.
The niece, Elizabeth Weigand, 24, and her former attorney, Stephen
Poludniak, 29, were charged with one count each of extortion and
conspiracy. Conviction on the two counts carries a maximum penalty of
seven years in prison and fines totaling $10,500.
The case went to the jury at 12:58 p.m. CDT on the eighth day of the
trial.
Tags: 1972, Conviction, Elizabeth Eagleton Weigand, Leonard Frankel,
Missouri, Quicky, Stephen Poludniak, Thomas Eagleton
=========================================
Son of Church Founder Is Sued by Stepmother
October 24, 1984, AP, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E6DC1539F937A15753C1A962948260
The wife of the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, has filed a $5
million suit against Mr. Hubbard's son, charging "massive fraud" in his
1982 effort to have his father declared legally dead or mentally
incompetent.
Tags: Legal, Mary Sue Hubbard, Michael Flynn, Ron DeWolf
=========================================
Lynwood : Council Reverses Approval of Detention Home for Boys
October 24, 1991, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-24/news/hl-215_1_city-council
The Lynwood Planning Commission approved the home on Sept. 4, but the
council reversed the commission last Friday at the urging of outraged
residents.
Genesys, a nonprofit organization, proposed the home, which would
accept boys from 11 to 18 years old. The children would have lived,
attended school and received spiritual guidance at the home, an
alternative to state or county detention centers, said Genesys founder
Rev. Alfreddie Johnson Jr., a former Lynwood resident.
Tags: Alfreddie Johnson, Genesys, Lynwood, Robert Henning
=========================================
Elvis Presley's Daughter Gives Birth to Boy
October 24, 1992, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1992/Elvis-Presley-s-Daughter-Gives-Birth-to-Boy/id-3f398561d3718ad4ca3f453c4fd3ecd9
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Grandpa Elvis would have been proud.
Lisa Marie Presley, the 24-year-old daughter of the late rock 'n' roll
king, gave birth Wednesday to her second child - a son who weighed in
at 7 pounds, 8 ounces, spokesman Paul Bloch said Friday.
The boy was born at Humana Women's Hospital in Tampa, Fla. Presley's
husband, Danny Keough, a 27-year-old musician, was present, Bloch said.
Tags: 1977, California, Danny Keough, Dianetics, Elvis Presley, Florida,
Hospital, Lisa Marie Presley, Memphis, Paul Bloch, Quicky, Tampa
=========================================
IRS examined Scientology dollars, not dogma
October 24, 1993, David Dahl, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51783695.html?dids=51783695:51783695&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT
It might be easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than
for the IRS to judge the merits of a religion. So when it comes to
considering tax exemptions, the agency sticks to what it knows: money.
For the Church of Scientology, which won a series of tax exemptions
earlier this month, that meant proving no one was pocketing the
millions of dollars in donations the organization collects for
religious services.
Tags: 1967, 1970, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, Bill Clinton, Catholic, Catholic
Church, Church of Scientology of California, Clearwater, David Miscavige,
Donald Alexander, Flag Building, Frank Keith, Guardian's Office, IRS, John
Burke, Ken Pirak, Margaret Richardson, Marty Rathbun, OT, Poynter Institute,
Rome, Scientology lawyer, Tax Court, Washington
=========================================
Only Police May Search Your Home, Right? Guess Again
October 24, 1995, Adam S. Bauman, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2148551&date=19951024
Especially alarming to some has been the recent use of ex-parte
searches by the Church of Scientology. The church has conducted three
such searches in a bid to thwart the alleged distribution, via the
Internet computer network, of Scientology documents by church critics.
The church contends these documents are protected by copyright and
trade-secret law.
Tom Kelley, an attorney for ex-Scientologist Lawrence Wollersheim -
whose Boulder, Colo., home was searched Aug. 22 by marshals,
Scientologists and their attorneys - claimed that "what this permitted
was an intelligence operation as opposed to a mere seizure of
copyrighted materials. . . . it's like having your sworn enemy going
though your underwear drawer."
Tags: FACTNet, Helena Kobrin, Lawrence Wollersheim, Tom Kelley
=========================================
Daily Briefing - Upcoming
October 24, 1997, Seattle Times
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19971024&slug=2568178
The Church of Scientology is planning its biggest demonstration in
Germany on Monday in protest at what it says is discrimination against
religious minorities here. The organization's Germany spokesman said
half those on the march through Berlin were expected to be from abroad,
but it was not certain whether film stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta
would be there. Germany does not recognize Scientology as a religion
and sees it as a business that exploits its members for financial gain.
Tags: Germany
=========================================
Free speech feels Net copyright chill
October 24, 2002, Lisa M. Bowman, CNET
http://news.com.com/2100-1023_3-963122.html
Last month, the Church of Scientology sent a letter to the Internet
Archive, persuading the site to pull down archived pages that were
critical of the church's beliefs.
Tags: alt.scientology.war, Electronic Frontier Foundation
=========================================
Google excludes controversial sites
October 24, 2002, Declan McCullagh, CNet, ZDNet
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2124386,00.htm
Google was criticised in March for bowing to a demand from the Church
of Scientology to delete critical sites from its index. In a response
that won praise, Google replied by pledging to report future legal
threats to the ChillingEffects.org site run by law school clinics.
Tags: Chilling Effects, Google
=========================================
Cruise big draw for British Scientologists
October 24, 2006, UPI
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2006/10/24/Cruise-big-draw-for-British-Scientologists/57281161715961/
LONDON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Tom Cruise provided some Hollywood glitter for
a gathering of Scientologists in Britain.
The pricing system for a major fundraising banquet in Sussex was
simple, The Telegraph reported. Those who donated the most got the
choice seats, and since Cruise is a major contributor, he was seated
near the stage, along with the other major patrons.
The most expensive seats at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead cost at
least $1,900, the newspaper said.
Tags: Anne Archer, East Grinstead, Hollywood, Jenna Elfman, Kevin Hurley,
London, Quicky, Saint Hill Manor, Sussex, The Telegraph, Tom Cruise
=========================================
Police criticised over Scientology
October 24, 2006, Sandra Laville, Special report, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1929760,00.html
A cult information group has complained to a senior police officer
about comments he made at the opening of the ?24m Church of Scientology
centre in London.
It also emerged yesterday that four City of London police officers
attended a lavish reception at the headquarters of the Scientology
movement in East Grinstead on Saturday night. The officers, who have
not been named, registered their attendance according to police rules
on hospitality, according to a police spokeswoman.
Tags: East Grinstead, Family Action Information Resource Centre, Kevin
Hurley, London, UK
=========================================
"Battling Scientology" Follow-Up
October 24, 2008, Chris Faraone, The Phoenix
http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/phlog/archive/2008/10/24/battling-scientology-follow-up.aspx
Depending on whom you ask, Massachusetts-based protest organizer Gregg
Housh had a major victory - or a significant loss - in Boston Municipal
Court this Wednesday. As reported in The Phoenix this past week in the
feature "Battling Scientology," Housh faced charges of harassment,
disturbing the peace, and disturbing religious worship for his
involvement with the picket group Anonymous and his actions against the
Boston Church of Scientology.
Tags: Anonymous, Boston, Gregg Housh, Marc LaCasse
=========================================
How Scientology Attracts Celebrities
October 24, 2009, Martin Bashir, Nightline, ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/scientology/scientology-attracts-celebrities/story?id=8871475
Amy Scobee was a member of Scientology for 27 years. She was a Church
executive who helped expand Scientology's outreach to celebrities. She
spoke with "Nightline."
Nightline: ...Presbyterian Church doesn't have a wing that emphasizes
reaching celebrities ...Why do you think there was this emphasis on
celebrity?
Scobee: ...One of the purposes of Celebrity Centre is to make
celebrities walking success stories of Scientology.
Tags: Amy Scobee, Bruce Hines, Celebrity Centre, David Miscavige, Detox, Int
Base, John Travolta, Marty Rathbun, Matt Lauer, New York Rescue Workers
Detoxification Project, Purification Rundown, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis
=========================================
Largest Scientology church in Midwest opens in downtown St. Paul
October 24, 2011, Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_19185470
The grand opening also drew some well-wishers from the political field,
most of them happy to see such a large, long-vacant downtown space
fully occupied.
Among those well-wishers were St. Paul City Council member Dave Thune,
state Sen. Sandra Pappas, state Rep. Rena Moran and V.J. Smith,
president of the Minneapolis Chapter of MAD DADS, which hands out the
church's "Truth about Drugs" anti-drug abuse pamphlets. Moran praised
the church's commitment to volunteerism, and Pappas spoke of its
commitment to human rights work around the globe.
Tags: Church of Scientology International, Dave Thune, Erin Banks, Ideal Org,
MAD DADS, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nancy Schumacher, Rena Moran, Sandra
Pappas, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, Truth About Drugs, Twin
Cities, V.J. Smith
=========================================
Scientology War on South Park!
October 24, 2011, The Young Turks, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZksCrBqiC4
A former executive of the Church of Scientology has come out saying the
Church had a plan to smear South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt
Stone. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down on The Young Turks.
Tags: Cenk Uygur, Facebook, Google, Marty Rathbun, Matt Stone, South Park,
Trey Parker, Twitter, Video
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Scientology's South Park Investigation: Orders to Send in a Young Mole
October 24, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/south_park_trey_parker_matt_stone_scientology_investigation.php
South Park deeply embarrassed Scientology with its 2005 episode,
"Trapped in the Closet." UPDATE: Scientology responds to our South Park
stories, and we decode that response here.
NEW: Filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman confirms that he was asked about Trey
Parker and Matt Stone by Scientology's Eric Sherman in 2006. And Mark
Ebner adds further confirmation with his own leaked document of OSA
activity. Also, a private investigator describes sifting trash for the
Church of Scientology.
Yesterday, we reported that former Scientology executive Marty Rathbun
had revealed at his blog that in 2006, Scientology's Office of Special
Affairs -- the church's intelligence and covert operations wing -- was
actively investigating South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone
by looking for vulnerabilities among their close friends.
Tags: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, David Miscavige, Eric Sherman, Filmmaker,
Hospital, John Stamos, Lloyd Kaufman, Lori Hodgson, Marc Headley, Mark Ebner,
Marty Rathbun, Matt Stone, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, Private
investigator, Quicky, Rebecca Romijn, San Jose, Scientology executive, South
Park, Texas, Tommy Davis, Trapped in the Closet, Trey Parker, UK
=========================================
South Park Blowback for Corporate Scientology
October 24, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/south-park-blowback-for-corporate-scientology/
reference: Corporate Scientology Targets South Park
Tony Ortega has provided the second installment of Corporate
Scientology's Operation South Park at the Village Voice website:
Scientology's South Park Investigation: To Send In A Young Mole
According to an original Corporate Scientology Office of Special
Affairs (OSA, terror and harassment arm of Corporate Scientology)
memorandum OSA cased the offices of South Park's Trey Parker and Matt
Stone in April 2006.
Tags: 2006, Chairman of the Board, David Miscavige, Eric Sherman, Hollywood,
Lloyd Kaufman, London, Matt Stone, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs,
OSA Int, Private investigator, Quicky, South Park, Tony Ortega, Trey Parker,
Village Voice
=========================================
The truth rundown Rathbun 2 A game of musical chairs
October 24, 2011, robinson5781, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZzBkbl9i2Y
http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009...
Tags: 2009, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, The Truth Rundown
=========================================
The truth rundown Rathbun 20 Reverse Dianetics
October 24, 2011, robinson5781, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa2umxLdwjw
http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009...
Tags: 2009, Dianetics, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, The Truth Rundown
=========================================
The truth rundown Rathbun 21 Core believes
October 24, 2011, robinson5781, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg0yWNVhzYo
http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009...
Tags: 2009, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, The Truth Rundown
=========================================
Another wrongful death lawsuit filed against Narconon Arrowhead
October 24, 2012, Jeanne LeFlore, McAlester News-Capital
http://mcalesternews.com/local/x688452240/A-wrongful-death-lawsuit-this-month-filed-against-Narconon-Arrowhead
Shirley Gilliam, the mother of Gabriel Graves - found dead at the
facility in 2011, filed the wrongful death lawsuit today in PIttsburg
County Court.
This is second wrongful death suit filed against facility this month.
Earlier this month another wrongful death lawsuit against Narconon
Arrowhead was filed on behalf of Robert Murphy and Tonya White, parents
of Stacy Dawn Murphy, 20, of Owasso, who was found dead in the
facility's withdrawal unit in July.
Tags: ABLE, Death, Gabriel Graves, Gary Richardson, Gerald Wootan, Legal,
Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma, Shirley Gilliam, Stacy Murphy
=========================================
Cause of death for Narconon Arrowhead patient unknown, state medical examiner
says
October 24, 2012, Jarrel Wade, Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/cause-of-death-for-narconon-arrowhead-patient-unknown-state-medical/article_c2f0c336-4d99-54e4-94eb-16178aa167ed.html
The state Medical Examiner's Office could not determine what caused the
April death of a woman at a detoxification facility rooted in
Scientology, an autopsy report released Tuesday indicates.
Tags: Gabriel Graves, Hillary Holten, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma,
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma
Medical Examiner, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Pittsburg County
Sheriff, Stacy Murphy
=========================================
David Miscavige - Paranoia and Cowardice
October 24, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/david-miscavige-paranoia-and-cowardice/
Please pass along to all Kool Aid drinkers you might still have on your
email lists. Here is hard, current evidence as to how their donations
are being spent by Scientology Inc. supreme ruler David Miscavige.
Tags: David Miscavige, Quicky
=========================================
It's Official: Tommy Davis No Longer a Scientology Spokesman
October 24, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2012/10/24/tommy-davis-no-longer-a-scientology-spokesman/
Tommy, where are you? One of our eagle-eyed commenters pointed out
something yesterday: Tommy Davis has suddenly vanished from
Scientology's media relations web page.
Sure enough, it's true. The church's website which lists its official
spokespersons is now bereft of Davis and his wife, Jessica Feshbach.
The two people who were behind them, Karin Pouw and Bob Adams, have
been moved to the top tier. Pouw is now listed as the "international
spokesperson."
After the jump, we'll show you the before and after images of the
church's official page, and we'll try to come to grips with this
stunning news.
Tags: 1980, 1990, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, Anne Archer, Austin, BBC, Bob
Adams, California, Chuck Beatty, CNN, Daniel Miller, David Miscavige,
Disconnection, Europe, Feshbach, Hollywood Reporter, Janet Reitman, Jason
Beghe, Jessica Feshbach, Jessica Rodriguez, Joe Feshbach, John Roberts, John
Sweeney, Karin Pouw, Katie Holmes, Marc Headley, Martin Bashir, Marty
Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Nathan Baca, OT III, Quicky, Rolling Stone, Scientology
and Me, Scientology executive, Sea Org, Super Power, Texas, Tom Cruise, Tommy
Davis, Village Voice, YouTube
=========================================
Lawsuit filed in Oklahoma over Scientology-linked center death
October 24, 2012, News OK
http://newsok.com/lawsuit-filed-in-oklahoma-over-scientology-linked-center-death/article/3721938
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The mother of a Claremore man found dead last year
at an eastern Oklahoma drug rehab center with ties to the Church of
Scientology has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the facility.
Attorneys for Shirley Gilliam filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Pittsburg
County against the Narconon Arrowhead facility, its California-based
parent companies and the facility's medical director.
Gilliam's son - 32-year-old Gabriel Graves - died in his room at the
facility in Canadian on October 2011. Two more patients have died since
then while receiving treatment there.
Tags: 2011, California, Gabriel Graves, Lawsuit, Narconon Arrowhead,
Oklahoma, Pittsburg County, Quicky, Shirley Gilliam
=========================================
Lawsuit Filed Over Scientology-Linked Center Death
October 24, 2012, AP, CBS Houston
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2012/10/24/lawsuit-filed-over-scientology-linked-center-death/
The mother of a Claremore man found dead last year at an eastern
Oklahoma drug rehab center with ties to the Church of Scientology filed
a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday against the facility, alleging
staff was improperly trained and failed to provide proper medical care.
Attorneys for Shirley Gilliam filed the lawsuit in Pittsburg County
against Narconon of Oklahoma, which operates the Narconon Arrowhead
facility in Canadian. Also named in the suit are the corporation's
California-based parent companies and the facility's medical director.
Tags: ABLE, Choctaw, Gabriel Graves, Gary Richardson, Hillary Holten,
Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act, Pittsburg County,
Pittsburg County Sheriff, Shirley Gilliam, Stacy Murphy
=========================================
Licking Bathroom Floors
October 24, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/licking-bathroom-floors/
Let us not forget the depths of depravity of the criminal mind that
micro manages every move of Scientology Inc. From the testimony of
17-year Captain of the Flag Service Organization (the 'Mecca' of
Scientology Inc.) Debbie Cook Baumgarten, given on 9 February, 2012
under oath in the Bexar County Texas District Court:
1 Q. (BY MR. JEFFREY) When you were in Los Angeles
2 with Mr. Ginge Nelson, what happened that you observed?
Tags: Bexar County, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Flag Service Organization,
Los Angeles, Quicky, Texas
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Third lawsuit filed against Narconon
October 24, 2012, Jarrel Wade, Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/third-lawsuit-filed-against-narconon/article_f491bfd8-0a9d-5ebf-a25f-2b9c6f23e276.html
The family of a Claremore man who died while in drug rehab at Narconon
Arrowhead filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging negligence and wrongful
death.
The family of Gabriel Graves, a 32-year-old father of two who died in
October 2011, is the third to sue the facility, which is located on
Lake Eufaula northeast of McAlester.
Tags: Death, Gabriel Graves, Gerald Wootan, Hillary Holten, Narconon,
Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, Shirley Gilliam, Stacy Murphy
=========================================
Jefferson Hawkins on Scientology Ethics: Let's Get Utilitarian!
October 24, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/10/24/jefferson-hawkins-on-scientology-ethics-lets-get-ultimatum/
Jefferson Hawkins was once the top marketing executive for the Church
of Scientology and helped it reach its greatest extent with the famous
"volcano" TV ads in the 1980s. He's told his tale of getting into and
out of the church with his excellent books Counterfeit Dreams and
Leaving Scientology, and he's helping us understand the upside-down
world of Scientology "ethics."
Last week you really started this series off with a bang, Jefferson. We
can't wait to see what you have for us in this second installment as we
read Introduction to Scientology Ethics.
JEFFERSON: This week, I thought we'd take up the next three sections of
the book, up to the end of Chapter One. These all kind of hang together
and serve to introduce a major lynchpin of Hubbard's ethics system,
"the greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics."
Tags: 1980, Chinese, Counterfeit Dreams, Dan Koon, Ethics, Jefferson Hawkins,
Laura DeCrescenzo, Leaving Scientology, Los Angeles Superior Court, Mark
Bunker, Quicky
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Scientology Hearings, Forced Abortions and L. Ron Hubbard with Tony Ortega &
Mark Ebner
October 24, 2013, TheLipTV, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lthXXnGjEIQ
Scientology is on trial with former member Laura Ann Decrescenzo
alleging forced abortion and slavery against David Miscavige and the
church, and we discuss the details with Scientology investigators Tony
Ortega and Mark Ebner. Speaking about the misdeeds and abuses of
Scientology, the homophobia of L. Ron Hubbard and Dianetics, freeloader
debts and the brainwashing and intimidation used by the Scientology and
the Sea Org, and what PT Anderson "got wrong," with The Master-it is
another look at the controversial group on Media Mayhem hosted by
Allison Hope Weiner.
GUEST BIO:
Tony Ortega is a former editor of The Village Voice who is working on a
book on Scientology and blogs at tonyortega.org. He lives in New York.
Tags: Abortion, Academic, Allison Hope Weiner, Bert Deixler, David Miscavige,
Dianetics, First Amendment, Freeloader Debt, Hollywood, Interrupted, Leah
Remini, Mark Ebner, Marty Rathbun, Mexico, Monique Rathbun, NBC, New York,
New York Times, Paris, Quicky, Rolling Stone, Sea Org, South Park, The
Master, Tony Ortega, Trapped in the Closet, Village Voice
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The Bridge Beyond The Bridge
October 24, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/the-bridge-beyond-the-bridge/
By Don Jolly in The Revealer: A Review of Religion and Media:
Tags: Quicky, Review
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The Ideal Rowing Program
October 24, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-ideal-rowing-program/
It's getting wackier. If that's possible.
Now anyone's crazy scheme is being tagged onto the crazy scheme of
"Ideal Orgs." And the orgs are even promoting it.
It used to just be the blind leading the blind.
Tags: Applied Scholastics, Barbados, Chairman of the Board, Clear, England,
Golden Age of Tech, Humanitarian, Ideal Org, Manchester, Quicky, Saint Hill,
Sea Org, Tony Ortega, UK, USA
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Has Scientology Finally Changed Its Tune On Gays?
October 24, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/has-scientology-finally-changed-its-tune-on-gays/
An eagle eyed Special Correspondent spotted something in Tony Ortega's
Sunday Funnies on 19 Oct.
From there he dug a little more and some interesting things emerged.
It is well known that Scientology is notoriously homophobic. L. Ron
Hubbard was extremely anti-gay in his early writings, most notably in
his 1951 book Science Of Survival. Unfortunately, it is fundamental and
unalterable dogma in scientology that the words of L. Ron Hubbard must
be followed to the letter and without deviation. So, things change VERY
slowly, if at all.
Tags: 1951, Disconnection, Facebook, Ideal Org, Lawrence Wright, Mountain
View, New Yorker, Paul Haggis, Quicky, Science of Survival, Silicon Valley,
Sunday Funnies, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
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Ryan Hamilton hit with setback as Narconon motion to dismiss prevails on some
issues
October 24, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/10/24/ryan-hamilton-hit-with-setback-as-narconon-motion-to-dismiss-prevails-on-some-issues/
Ryan Hamilton Since January, we've been reporting on the 24 lawsuits
filed by Las Vegas attorney Ryan Hamilton against Scientology's drug
rehab network, Narconon. And in that time, Hamilton's batting average
has been remarkably high - in some cases, defendants Narconon
International and the Association for Better Living and Education
(ABLE) have thrown in the towel, settling to get out of the lawsuits as
Hamilton has fended off the usual tactics by Scientology's attorneys.
Hamilton's suits focus on Narconon's deceptive practices, which are
well established. Narconon makes a lot of promises to prospective
clients about drug counseling, medical personnel, and effectiveness,
but as Hamilton demonstrates in his pleadings, each of those promises
are broken. Narconon patients actually get Scientology training rather
than drug counseling, staff is made up of former patients not medical
personnel, and the advertised rates of success can't be backed up with
any scientific evidence.
But now, one of the early lawsuits has hit a snag. Federal District
Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel has granted some parts of a motion to dismiss
against one of the early suits that Hamilton filed in March on behalf
of Angelo Amato.
Tags: ABLE, Amato v. Narconon, Angelo Amato, Clearwater, Hollywood, Ideal
Org, Keith Relkin, Las Vegas, LGBT, Los Angeles, Mike Rinder, Mountain View,
Narconon, Narconon International, Pasadena, Quicky, Ryan Hamilton, Sunday
Funnies, Valley Ideal Org
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Scientology got another legal spanking in France months ago and we're just
now finding out
October 24, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/10/24/scientology-had-a-big-legal-loss-in-europe-in-june-and-were-just-now-finding-out-about-it/
Jonny Jacobsen Remember when Scientology's fraud conviction in France
was upheld by that country's highest court just over a year ago? Our
man in Paris, Jonny Jacobsen, worked feverishly that day to bring us
several dispatches about it.
Jonny had been covering the fraud prosecution for years, and he helped
us understand just how important it was that the Cour de Cassation
upheld the 2009 convictions. As one French legislator explained to him,
another conviction could result in Scientology getting kicked out of
the country.
Scientology's attorneys, meanwhile, announced that they would be taking
the case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, where
they would complain that they didn't receive justice from France's
courts.
Tags: 2009, 2012, Cour de Cassation, European Court of Human Rights, France,
Jonny Jacobsen, Paris, Quicky, Strasbourg
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From our man in Europe: Details on the Dutch denial of tax exemption to
Scientology
October 24, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/10/24/from-our-man-in-europe-details-on-the-dutch-denial-of-tax-exemption-to-scientology/
Our man in Paris, Jonny Jacobsen, fills us in on some details about
this week's decision by a Dutch appeals court that Scientology should
not get tax exemption in that country because of the prices it charges...
A Dutch tax court on Wednesday denied Scientology the tax-exempt status
of a public benefit organisation, ruling that it was clearly a
commercial enterprise.
This decision comes after last December's Supreme Court ruling
overturning an appeal court decision that had gone in Scientology's
favour, as we reported here at the time.
Tags: 2007, 2008, 2011, Adelaide, Amsterdam, Bryan Seymour, Dianetics, Dutch,
Europe, Google, IRS, Jonny Jacobsen, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Netherland, Nick
Xenophon, Paris, Perth, Quicky, Ramana Dienes-Browning, Robin de Wever, Steve
Cannane, Suppressive Person, Sydney, Tax, Tax exempt
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Leah Remini to Discuss Scientology on '20/20': "Being Critical of Tom Cruise
Is Being Critical of Scientology Itself"
October 24, 2015, Natalie Stone, Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leah-remini-discuss-scientology-20-834439
Leah Remini is discussing why she left the Church of Scientology in an
exclusive 20/20 interview on Friday, Oct. 30.
Tags: 20/20, ABC News, Critic, Dan Harris, Going Clear: Scientology,
Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Leah Remini, Quicky, Tom Cruise
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Puerto Rico - More Ideal Org Fail
October 24, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/puerto-rico-more-ideal-org-fail/
An artist's rendition of the planned "ideal org" - the artist is not a
big fan of the ideal org strategy.
These bubbledwellers are so condescending. And I doubt they are even
faintly aware of it. "There is not one Puerto Rican who does not have a
desire to do better..." Among other statements.
And her grammar, vocabulary and understanding of geography is about 5th
grade level. Puerto Rico is "off the cuff" of the US? An ideal org in
Puerto Rico is "our way to really create a huge WTH movement across all
the Western Hemisphere"
Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Battle Creek, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, David
Miscavige, Delaware, Detroit, Haiti, Harlem, Ideal Org, Kentucky, Long
Island, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mission, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New
Haven, New Jersey, North Carolina, Orlando, OT, Philadelphia, Puerto Rico,
Quicky, South Carolina, Tiffany Woods, Virginia, West Virginia
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Kathy Slevin, sister who attacked Paul Haggis on behalf of Scientology, dies
at 60
October 24, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/10/24/kathy-slevin-sister-who-attacked-paul-haggis-on-behalf-of-scientology-dies-at-60/
Last year, when Alex Gibney's documentary Going Clear opened at
theaters and then aired on HBO, Scientology leader David Miscavige
struck back in a very characteristic way - with websites and videos
denouncing Gibney and the people who appeared in the film.
Chief among them was Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning writer and director
who had left Scientology after 30 years and was the subject of Lawrence
Wright's 2011 New Yorker profile and then the book that the film was
based on. Haggis was singled out for one of the harshest acts of
retaliation. His sister, television writer and producer Kathy Slevin,
appeared in a video at one of Scientology's websites, accusing her
brother of being a lifelong "con man" who was taking advantage of
Wright and Gibney by pretending to be more involved in Scientology than
he actually had been. She also said Haggis had only agreed to be
interviewed by Wright as a cunning way to get himself profiled in the
New Yorker.
We remember seeing the video when it first appeared, and how
uncomfortable it was to watch. What Slevin said about her brother
wasn't credible in the slightest, and it was disturbing to see the way
Scientology was using her to try and harm Haggis's reputation.
Tags: 1995, 2011, Alex Gibney, Celebrity magazine, David Miscavige, Going
Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, HBO, Kathy Slevin,
Lawrence Wright, Mike Rinder, New Yorker, Paul Haggis, Quicky, Sara Goldberg,
Suppressive Person
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OISE scholarship praised by Scientology-affiliated group
October 24, 2016, Kiana Shahbazi, The Varsity
http://thevarsity.ca/2016/10/24/oise-scholarship-praised-by-scientology-affiliated-group/
The Canadian branch of Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a
non-profit anti-psychiatry organization founded by the Church of
Scientology in 1969, praised the scholarship on its Facebook page,
calling it "very, very good news" and Burstow "a rock star."
When asked about its endorsement of the scholarship, the CCHR echoed
many of Burstow's sentiments on a supposed lack of medical validity for
psychiatry.
Burstow emphasized that she has no affiliation with the CCHR: "I'm an
activist and there are no Scientology organizations that I belong to."
Dr. Burstow advocates for a future in the psychiatric industry that
provides "non-medical, non-coercive help for people who want it."
Tags: Bonnie Burstow, CCHR, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto
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Scientology Customer Service
October 24, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-customer-service/
Our old friend, photographer extraordinaire Andy Porter sent me this
piece of sarcastic humor. As we see so often, when poking fun at
scientology, it is sometimes difficult to separate fact from farce.
Hope this will lighten your Monday.
Scientology Customer Service
Here are three words you don't often see used together. Sort of like
Napalm Skin Cream. They just don't fit!
Tags: Andy Porter, Golden Age of Tech, Quicky
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Tonight on 'Leah Remini': The business of Scientology, and the pitfalls of
suing it
October 24, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/10/24/tonight-on-leah-remini-the-business-of-scientology-and-the-pitfalls-of-suing-it/
Tonight, at 10 pm A&E airs the second "special" episode in the second
season of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, an episode which
tries to come to grips with Scientology's rapacious business model and
how people get caught up in it.
To help explain how Scientology operates as a business (which calls
itself a church) Mike and Leah bring out Mat Pesch, who was also
featured in the first episode of the first season. In that episode, Mat
helped his wife Amy Scobee tell her story of disconnection from her
mother, Bonny Elliott.
But Mat appears this time because he himself was an executive in the
finances division at the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida, the
revenue engine that drives the entire worldwide enterprise. Mat says
that Flag was bringing in $2 million a week, and had $450 million just
sitting on account from church members toward future courses that they
might never take.
Tags: 2010, 2012, A&E, Amsterdam, Amy Scobee, Birmingham, Bonny Elliott,
California, Cathy Schenkelberg, Claims Verification Board, Clearwater, David
Miscavige, Disconnection, Dublin, England, Ethics file, Facebook, Flag
Building, Flag Land Base, Florida, Ideal Org, International Justice Chief,
Jeffrey Augustine, Judge James Whittemore, Leah Remini, Los Angeles, Luis
Garcia, Marty Rathbun, Mat Pesch, Mike Ellis, Mission, Pauline Lombard,
Quicky, Robert Berrington, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sec Check, South
Africa, Squeeze My Cans, Suppressive Person, Tampa, Ted Babbitt
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