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Scientology Minister Jailed for His Silence
July 30, 1977, Timothy S. Robinson, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/07/30/scientology-minister-jailed-for-his-silence/0e384306-63e8-469a-86ff-cb00507b7a90/
The first Church of Scientology minister to undergo extensive
questioning by a faderal grand jury probing the church's activities was
sent to jail for an indefinite period by a federal judge yesterday
after he refused to answer questions before the jury.
U.S. District Chief Judge William B. Bryant took the action after three
separate hearings in which the minister, Alfred Maren, of California,
had been told by the judge that his reasons for refusing to answer
questions before the panel were invalid.
Maren could remain in jail until he decides to answer the question, or
until the end of the term of the grand jury that is hearing evidence
concerning the scientologists. The grand jury's expiration date is next
April.
Tags: Arthur Maren, California, Daniel Sheehan, Henry Schuelke, Judge William
Bryant, Quicky
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Court ruling could affect local Scientology case
July 30, 1987, Stephen Koff, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50087694.html?dids=50087694:50087694&FMT=FT
A decision earlier this week in California over the tax-exempt status
of the Church of Scientology could have ramifications for the Church of
Scientology Flag Service Organization here, county officials say.
Tuesday, a federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld revocation of
the tax-exempt status of the Church of Scientology of California.
The California church did not view the decision as a defeat, however,
because the court also noted in its decision that the Church of
Scientology is a bona fide religious organization.
Tags: 1970, 1975, 1981, 1982, California, Church of Scientology
International, Church of Scientology of California, Clearwater, Flag Service
Organization, Fort Harrison, Gabriel Cazares, IRS, Los Angeles Times, Paul
Johnson, Pinellas County, Ronald Schultz, San Francisco, Susan Churuti,
Tampa, Tax
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Skinheads, skateboards, Scientology prompt calls
July 30, 1987, Robert Henderson, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50087660.html?dids=50087660:50087660&FMT=FT
Meanwhile, the national office of the Cult Awareness Network reports
that "a Scientology front group called the Concerned Businessmen's
Association is sponsoring a Set a Good Example contest aimed at schools
and youth groups, which centers around a booklet titled The Way to
Happiness by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard." (Many Clearwater
residents have been sent that booklet in the mail.)
When a similar contest was conducted in England, children were required
to read the booklet and then carry out a project that sets a good
example. The London Daily Mail reported that "several civic leaders who
had initially endorsed the contest withdrew their support upon learning
of the connection to Scientology."
Tags: California, Clearwater, Concerned Businessmen's Association of America,
Cult Awareness Network, Daily Mail, England, Fort Harrison, London, Orlando,
Richard Haworth, Scientology operation, The Way to Happiness
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DRUG PROGRAM ACCUSED OF ABUSE CLOSES VA. FACILITY
July 30, 1991, DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/07/30/drug-program-accused-of-abuse-closes-va-facility/3daf8fc8-5ec3-408f-bb1d-22b459132da4/
A drug-abuse treatment program for adolescents that Virginia officials
sought to shut down because of questionable practices has closed its
facility in Springfield, but reopened the program across the border in
Maryland.
Straight Inc., which Virginia officials have accused of abusive
practices such as strip searches and "spit therapy," dropped its fight
to continue to operate in Virginia.
Straight's decision to cease operations in Virginia came six months
after the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and
Substance Abuse Services said it would not renew an operating license
for the Springfield facility because of repeated human rights
violations. Straight closed its Hampton Roads program in February.
Tags: 1976, 1982, Abuse, Alcoholics Anonymous, Drug Free America, Florida,
Joint Commission, Joy Margolis, Lawsuit, LSD, Maryland, Mental Health,
Quicky, Richmond, St. Petersburg, Success rate, Virginia
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Tonkawas Support Drug Center
July 30, 1991, Oklahoman, News OK
https://newsok.com/tonkawas-support-drug-center/article/2364242
A substance abuse center awaiting state certification received a boost
Monday from leaders of the Tonkawa tribe. The Tonkawa Tribal Council
passed a resolution supporting Narconon Chilocco New Life Center
because of improvements it made to the campus of the old Chilocco
Indian school and for its efforts to help people live "a life free of
chemical dependency. " The Tonkawa tribe is one of five tribes that
signed a 25-year lease enabling Narconon Chilocco to operate its
program at the old Chilocco Indian school, about six miles north of
Newkirk.
Tags: 1990, Chilocco Development Authority, Kaw, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco,
Newkirk, Oklahoma Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Tonkawa
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Pinellas Park's garage of tomorrow
July 30, 2001, Scott Baranck, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/073001/Business/Pinellas_Park_s_garag.shtml
Robotic Parking's automated garage concept promises to pack in twice as
many cars as a standard parking garage, plus cut down on pollution,
energy use, labor costs and frustration for drivers trolling endlessly
for an open space. But critics argue the company has tried before but
hasn't been able to reach its Jetsons-like goal.
Tags: Dick Beebe, Europe, Frank Belgiovine, Gerhard Haag, Hoboken Parking
Authority, Jeff Stein, Jim Naugle, Larry Stein, Ohio, Pinellas County, Ralph
Bevi, Robotic Parking, San Francisco Chronicle, St. Petersburg Times, Wall
Street Journal, Wayne Perry-Eaton
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French Scientology Case Barred
July 30, 2002, Associated Press, Journal Sentinel
http://www2.jsonline.com/news/intl/ap/jul02/ap-france-scientol073002.asp
A Paris judge has ruled that a 13-year-old case against the Church of
Scientology alleging fraud and illegal practice of medicine cannot go
to trial because the statute of limitations has expired, a judicial
official said Tuesday.
Judge Colette Bismuth-Sauron ruled Friday that there was a lack of
progress in the investigation and rejected the case on procedural
grounds, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The criminal probe into 16 leaders of the church was opened in 1989
after a criminal complaint was filed by a former Scientologist, Juan
Esteban Cordero. He accused the group of "progressive mental
conditioning" that led him to spend more than $167,000 on
Scientology-related courses.
However, in 1998, hundreds of documents that were to be used as
evidence in the case disappeared from the Justice Ministry.
Tags: France, Juan Esteban Cordero, Judge Bismuth-Sauron, Legal
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Lawsuit goes after Tom Cruise, church
July 30, 2008, Gossip, New York Daily News
https://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/07/31/2008-07-31_lawsuit_goes_after_tom_cruise_church.html
Tom Cruise is named in a $250 million federal lawsuit that is using the
RICO statute against the Church of Scientology. Ex-Scientologist Peter
Letterese, a longtime critic of the church, filed suit in Southern
District Court in Florida on July 15 alleging, among other things, that
members of the church harassed him after he left.
In court papers provided to The News by investigator Paul Barresi,
Letterese claims a member of the church phoned his lawyer at home, and
when the lawyer's wife answered, said he was her husband's homosexual
lover.
Tags: Bert Fields, David Miscavige, Effective Sales Closing Techniques, Karin
Pouw, Leslie Dane, Paul Barresi, Peter Letterese, Tom Cruise
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New German Films Aim to Shed Light on Scientology
July 30, 2008, Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3524647,00.html
Film companies in Germany are now making attempts to look behind what
they believe is the true nature of Scientology. The movies are
primarily aimed at young people, who are most likely to fall for the
organization.
Young people tend to be the first to fall for Scientology and are
therefore much courted by the group's scouts across the nation. This is
where a new, 25-minute film by the Matthias Film company comes in. It
shows interviews with Scientology leaders, former members who have
turned their backs on the organization and representatives of state
authorities.
Tags: Germany, Johannes Friedrich, Thomas Krueger
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Tom Cruise = Crazy (Jonathan Coulton music video)
July 30, 2008, AnonyFerret, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4PNpFjKVfY
I support Anonymous!
NOTE: Jonathan is aware of this video, has expressed appreciation, and
requested that it be posted on his personal website (see for yourself).
He is also the talented guy responsible for the wildly popular "Still
Alive" closing credits music from the game Portal (as sung by GLaDOS).
In other words, he's pretty nifty.
False claims of copyright infringement from fraudulent, non-existent,
misspelled companies set up as fronts for butthurt Scientologists who
can't counter opposing opinions, fact, logic, documentation (and so on)
will be reported to relevant YT staff as proof of ongoing abuse of YT
policies, and also countered with a lot of pointing and laughing.
Tags: Anonymous, Enturbulation, OT, Quicky, Tom Cruise, Xenu
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Seven Questions Every Scientologist Has the Right to Ask
July 30, 2009, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/seven-questions-every-scientologist-has-the-right-to-ask/
The following list has been circulating on the web for a while. Most
recently it was posted on Ask the Scientologist.
The list was compiled after discussions with a number of Scientologists.
There are questions we all have about current Scientology events,
sometimes unstated, sometimes just nagging feelings. The list below is
intended to get such questions out in the open where we can discuss
them in a forthright manner, and, hopefully, find answers.
1. Who runs our Church?
Tags: 1980, Applied Scholastics, Church of Spiritual Technology, Clear,
Dianetics, Donation, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists,
Keep Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard, Narconon, OT, Quicky, Religious
Technology Center, Watchdog Committee, WISE
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Former medical examiner Joan Wood dies
July 30, 2011, Andrew Meacham, St. Petersburg Times
https://web.archive.org/web/20110810234619/http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/former-medical-examiner-joan-wood-dies/1182478
Dr. Joan Wood once enjoyed prominence and prestige as a medical sleuth
like the heroes of the mystery books she read.
As the Pinellas-Pasco medical examiner for 18 years, she conducted more
than 5,600 autopsies and testified in hundreds of murder trials.
But the case she will be remembered for most is the one she botched:
the 1995 death of Lisa McPherson.
Tags: Bernie McCabe, Denis deVlaming, Jeffrey Goodis, Joan Wood, Judge Susan
Schaeffer, Lisa McPherson, Wayne Skidmore
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Pinellas charter school reaches out to Scientology for help
July 30, 2011, Demorris A. Lee, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/pinellas-charter-school-reaches-out-to-scientology-for-help/1183281
To help the school recover, Mickens and the other board members have
turned to Hanan Islam, executive director of the World Literacy Crusade.
The group promotes the use of study techniques developed by L. Ron
Hubbard, the late founder of the Church of Scientology.
Islam is from Los Angeles, though she has been staying in Clearwater
for about eight months, and is an owner of a local company called Art
of Management Inc., described on a website as specializing in
management services for speakers, artists and authors.
Islam said Mickens approached her earlier because the school needed
help. She said she immediately saw what the problems were and gave
Mickens a written report. She said he didn't follow her advice.
Tags: 1991, 2009, Africa, Art of Management, Christian, Clearwater, Cult,
Hanan Islam, Jai Hinson, Jim Robinson, Life Force, Life Force Arts and
Technology Academy, Los Angeles, Martie Woodie, Maurice Mickens, Pinellas
County, Pinellas County School Board, World Literacy Crusade
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The South Texas Siege - Day 105
July 30, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/the-south-texas-siege-day-105/
Calm between two storms at Casablanca
We enjoy a short calm between two storms.
One storm incoming, the other outgoing.
Tags: David Lubow, David Miscavige, John Allender, L. Ron Hubbard, Martin
Luther King, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, Texas
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Casablanca Is Prepared to Deliver
July 30, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/casablanca-is-prepared-to-deliver/
Having spent most of this year working on de-fanging the beast ?
largely uncompensated and nonetheless rather successfully ? we are
gearing up for delivery once again. We are prepared to deliver the
entire Scientology grade chart. We are particularly ready to assist
those who are interested in moving on up from their corporate
Scientology experiences. If after having read What Is Wrong With
Scientology?, and understanding the need or desirability to evolve and
transcend from Scientology Inc, you are yet still feeling somehow held
back by masses or energies or some dots that just won't connect or
disconnect, we can assist with the process of overcoming those barriers.
That goes for anyone at any level of experience with the 'church' or
the subject of Scientology.
I am particularly interested in working with those OT VIIs (comps or
people who have audited substantial hours) and OT VIIIs who recognize
their gains but also sense there are other dimensions of concern that
advanced spiritual awareness makes perceptible. In my view there is no
reason to abandon the skills you have worked to achieve. Rather than
invalidate them, think instead of honing them toward handling those
zones to which your intuition leads.
Those interested in real Scientology and transcendence beyond where
corporate Scientology can take one, give us a holler at
Casabl...@hushmail.com to schedule. We are now scheduling the month
of September through the end of the year.
Tags: OT VII, OT VIII, Quicky
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Mimi Faust on Scientology: "They Wanted Me To Sign a Contract To Work For
Them And I Refused" (UPDATED)
July 30, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/07/scientology_mimi_faust_lhhatl.php
The rebroadcast just happened, so we got a chance to see what Mimi had
to say about how the controversial church affected her life.
In a short segment that took place with a relationship counselor, Mimi
explained that her mother had been deeply into Scientology, and at only
13 Mimi herself was asked to "sign a contract" but she refused to do so
and "got kicked out." At that point, she explained, her mother decided
to dedicate herself to the church rather than her own kids, and Mimi
has been carrying around that feeling of betrayal ever since.
Tags: 1950, 1968, 1985, 1996, 2003, Atlanta, BBC, California, Clearwater,
David Miscavige, Derek Bloch, Dianetics, Disconnection, Facebook, Los
Angeles, Mace-Kingsley school, Mimi Faust, Neil Gaiman, New Mexico, Ramana
Dienes-Browning, Sea Org, Silver Lake, Simi Valley, Suppressive Person, The
Master, Tom Cruise, Twitter, Xenu
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Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen
July 30, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/oh-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/
The GI at Flag must suck.
The pressure must really be cranked up at Flag for Sonya Jacques to be
delivering $10/head "seminars" at the local Mission.
Sonya used to routinely make more than $200Gs a week. There is no way
she would spend 2 hours on Wednesday evening at Bellaire Mission if
things were even close to normal.
Tags: Belleair, L. Ron Hubbard, Mission, Quicky, Sonya Jacques
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Real Emotions
July 30, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/real-emotions/
Somewhere along the way emotion was converted into equating with states
or levels of consciousness in Scientology. In the process emotion
became a negative humanoid attribute, e.g. writing off any feeling or
expression of emotion off as 'human emotion and reaction' or 'h, e and
r.'
Emotion and grades of awareness or consciousness are not the same thing.
Wikipedia gives a good definition for emotion that was no doubt
contributed to by a number of interested people from a variety of
religious, philosophical, scientific and educational backgrounds. It is
as follows:
Tags: Quicky, Wikipedia
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Scientology's Needle Exchange: When David Miscavige Got Technical
July 30, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/07/30/scientologys-needle-exchange-when-david-miscavige-got-technical/
Claire Headley is taking us on our journey to train as Scientologists.
She and her husband Marc were Sea Org workers who escaped from
Scientology's International Base in 2005. She spent years working with
Scientology's "tech," and was trusted to oversee the auditing of Tom
Cruise. Go here to see the first part in this series.
Claire, after last week's interruption for a discussion of
"disconnection," we're getting back to our progression in Scientology
this week.
CLAIRE: Yes, let's get back on track! After Pro TRs and Upper Indoc
TRs, our next step is the Professional Metering Course.
Tags: 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, Claire Headley, Clear,
David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Disconnection, E-meter, England, Fort Harrison,
Golden Age of Tech, Int Base, Lisa McPherson, Norway, Quicky, Ray Mithoff,
Religious Technology Center, Saint Hill, Sea Org, Sweden, Tom Cruise, USA
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The Death of Heribert Pfaff II
July 30, 2013, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-death-of-heribert-pfaff-ii_30.html
In a letter to German film-makers, Dr Klaus Ballin tried to explain his
treatment of Heribert Pfaff. His patient had died from an epileptic fit
after Ballin replaced his anti-convulsant medication with a
Scientology-based treatment.
When a German documentary team investigated Scientology in 1997 they
discovered a whole series of unexplained deaths at its Clearwater base,
billed as the movement's centre of excellence.
Would Scientology really dare claim a cure for epilepsy? One of those
who died was Heribert Pfaff. Aged just 31, he had succumbed to an
epileptic fit in 1988 after having been weaned off his anti-convulsant
medication by his Scientology doctor, Klaus Ballin.
Tags: 1970, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2002, Auditing, CCHR,
Citizens Commission for Human Rights, Clearwater, Clearwater Police
Department, Dianetics, Doctor, Egmont Koch, Epilepsy, Florida, Food and Drug
Administration, France, Frank Gerbode, Fred Oxaal, Freewinds, Germany, Helena
Kobrin, Heribert Pfaff, Hospital, Italy, Jocelyne Dorfmann, Klaus Ballin,
Kristi Wachter, Markus Stuckenbrock, Marty Rathbun, Medical, Mike Rinder,
Mona Botros, Narconon, Narconon International, Nobel, OT IV, Police, PTSD,
Purification Rundown, Quackwatch, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Robert
Moor, SAMHSA, Scientology doctor, Scientology lawyer, Stuttgart, Thomas
Szasz, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
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Arlene Cordova needs your help: Where is Scientology keeping her daughter
Barbara?
July 30, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/07/30/arlene-cordova-needs-your-help-where-is-scientology-keeping-her-daughter-barbara/
In January, we told you about Barbara Cordova Oliver, 56, a longtime
Scientologist who had vanished after having a mental breakdown at her
80-year-old mother Arlene's house in the Los Angeles area last December.
Barbara had been a fixture at Scientology's Hollywood Celebrity Center,
where she ran something called Artists for a Better World. But after
two failed moves to Clearwater, Florida with her Scientologist husband
Robert Oliver, a distraught Barbara found herself at Arlene's house and
obviously needed medical attention. (Arlene has never been involved in
Scientology.)
Barbara was briefly hospitalized at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in
Sylmar, but Arlene says that a Scientology attorney soon got Barbara
released to her husband's care. The couple then vanished. Arlene
thought they might be in Tennessee.
Tags: Apple, Arlene Cordova, Artists for a Better World, Barbara Cordova
Oliver, California, Celebrity Centre, Clearwater, Florida, Google, Hollywood,
Introspection Rundown, Life Center for a New Tomorrow, Los Angeles, Medical,
Mental breakdown, Quicky, Robert Oliver, Tennessee, Woodbury
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CC Gala -- What's Missing?
July 30, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/cc-gala-whats-missing/
Here is the latest promo piece for the annual CC Gala.
JT is featured prominently - twice. Is he doing another ethics handling
and has committed to attend for sure as part of his amends? Jenna
Elfman and Laura Prepon, Mark Isham and Chick Corea are also shown.
Jenna, Mark and Chick are card-carrying Kool Aid drinkers. Laura may be
in the same boat as JT - in a bit of trouble for being gay in Orange Is
The New Black, or they just happened to use a photo of JT that she is
in from a previous Gala.
But the real issue here is who they are NOT showing...
Tags: Anne Archer, Catherine Bell, Chairman of the Board, Chick Corea,
Christian, Elisabeth Moss, Fox News, Greta Van Susteren, International
Association of Scientologists, Jason Lee, Jenna Elfman, Juliette Lewis, Laura
Prepon, Leah Remini, Mark Isham, Nancy Cartwright, OT, OT VII, Quicky, Super
Power
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It's Not How You Feel Darling, It's How You Look
July 30, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/its-not-how-you-feel-darling-its-how-you-look/
No comment.
This is NOT a shoop.
It's from Facebook....
Tags: Facebook, OT, Quicky
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(VIDEO) A Peek Behind the Curtain of Scientology - Part 1
July 30, 2015, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2015/07/30/video-a-peek-behind-the-curtain-of-scientology-part-1/
If you are curious about Scientology, how it works or what its founder,
L. Ron Hubbard, was really all about, then I think this is the video
for you. In this, I'm going to actually give you a window into the
deepest and most important part of Scientology and exactly how Hubbard
convinces his followers that Scientology is the most important thing in
the world, more important than their job, their money or even their
friends and family. So let's take a look and see what's behind the
curtain.
L. Ron Hubbard was a prolific writer, not only writing books and giving
lectures, but also issuing thousands of bulletins and policy letters
which laid out the rules and guidelines for the Scientology religion.
What we're going to do in this video is critically analyze what
Scientologists consider to be the single most important issue he wrote,
entitled Keeping Scientology Working.
Before I get into that, I want to give a very brief rundown on the
events that led to Hubbard writing this issue. You who are watching
this video may know all about Scientology's history or you may know
nothing about it. I'm going into this assuming that you don't know
much, so for those of you who do, thank you for your patience.
Tags: 1950, 1953, 1960, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, Australia,
Canada, CCHR, Chairman of the Board, Clear, David Miscavige, Dianetics, E-
meter, England, Europe, Keep Scientology Working, Mental Health, OT, Quicky,
Religious Technology Center, Saint Hill, Scientology organization, Sec Check,
Suppressive Person, Telex
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The Church of Scientology's forgotten president: Karen de la Carriere on
Heber Jentzsch
July 30, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/07/30/the-church-of-scientologys-forgotten-president-karen-de-la-carriere-on-heber-jentzsch/
We'll never forget when we got the message from Karen de la Carriere in
July 2012. She had found out - through the help of Aaron Smith-Levin,
we now have learned - that her son, Alexander Jentzsch, had suddenly
died at 27.
Alex was not only Karen's son, but also the son of Heber Jentzsch, who
is still the nominal president of the Church of Scientology
International (pictured, right).
The son of the president of Scientology, and he fell ill and died
without anything being said to his mother, who had the means to help
get him proper care. Instead, it turned out, Alex got bad advice and
took a medicine for pain that made it harder for him to breathe at the
same time that he was suffering from pneumonia. That combination killed
a man who was young enough that he shouldn't have died if he'd been
properly looked after.
Tags: 2012, Aaron Smith-Levin, Alexander Jentzsch, Anonymous, Chris Shelton,
Church of Scientology International, David Miscavige, France, Harlem, Heber
Jentzsch, Ideal Org, Jeffrey Augustine, Jonny Jacobsen, Karen de la Carriere,
Keep Scientology Working, Lisa Marie Presley, London, Martin Ottmann,
National Enquirer, Paris, Quicky, Sea Org, Tom Cruise
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Thursday Funnies
July 30, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-42/
Become a 75% Humanitarian
You will be better than than 50% Humanitarians from the match game...
This is it!
Tags: CLO UK, Dallas, Freewinds, Google, Grant Cardone, Humanitarian,
International Association of Scientologists, Japan, Keep Scientology Working,
L. Ron Hubbard, Narconon, OT, Quicky, Sea Org, Thursday Funnies, Tom Cruise,
UK
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8 Ways to Tell You Grew Up in Scientology
July 30, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/8-ways-to-tell-you-grew-up-in-scientology/
Sent by a Special Correspondent. Rings true to me.
Tags: Freeloader Debt, Sec Check
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L. Ron Hubbard as sad, oversexed schlub: The very personal writings his
admirers never discuss
July 30, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/07/30/l-ron-hubbard-as-sad-oversexed-schlub-the-very-personal-writings-his-admirers-never-discuss/
(L. Ron Hubbard, circa 1946)
Hey, gang. We spent all day yesterday reading two manuscripts from
people who were kind enough to give us advance looks at their upcoming
books. It was great stuff, and we're glad we got to see it, but it
meant we blew the whole day without a chance to make any phone calls.
So please don't be too disappointed with us if we start off the weekend
with something we threw together pretty quickly.
We were reminded, never mind how, of one of L. Ron Hubbard's most
fascinating bodies of work, perhaps the most revealing pieces of
writing he ever did. But it's nothing the Church of Scientology has on
sale. And you never hear Hubbard's ardent admirers ever mention it.
Tags: 1944, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1986, 2000, 2012, Aleister Crowley, Church of
Scientology of California, Dianetics, Excalibur, Gerald Armstrong, Gerry
Armstrong, Hugh Urban, Japan, L. Ron Hubbard, Ohio State University,
Philadelphia, Quicky, Sara Northrup, Village Voice
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Critical Q&A #119
July 30, 2017, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2017/07/30/critical-qa-119/
The weekly show where I answer questions left in the comments section
of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChri...@gmail.com.
This week, the questions I answer are:
(1) What do you think of these doomsday type channels here on YouTube?
I saw a video last week where a guy shows a bunch of different
underground tunnel entrances near a Walmart and it kinda worried me,
especially after the closing of several Walmart stores for "plumbing
issues" and seeing armored guards and other government agency cars in
the parking lot. This world has become a scary place!
(2) When you were still in the Church and someone showed you a "pack"
of information on an SP or a hate website, would you and others not
think it was strange/unethical/illegal that they were using what was
supposed to be confidential information? Would you, at a time where you
were still fully in, ever be scared that someone would look and/or use
your confidential information given in auditing?
Tags: Battlefield Earth, Critic, International Association of Scientologists,
Kay Rowe, OT 8, Quicky, Sea Org, Space Jazz, YouTube
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Palantir: the 'special ops' tech giant that wields as much real-world power
as Google
July 30, 2017, Jacques Peretti, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/palantir-peter-thiel-cia-data-crime-police
In Minority Report, the 2002 movie adaptation of the Philip K Dick
novel, Tom Cruise plays a police officer in the LAPD "pre-crime" unit.
Using the premonitions of sentient mutants called "pre-cogs", the
police are able to predict when someone is going to commit a crime
before it happens, swooping down from helicopters and arresting them on
the street before they can do anything. Their "crime" is that they
merely thought about it.
Palantir, the CIA-backed startup, is Minority Report come true. It is
all-powerful, yet no one knows it even exists. Palantir does not have
an office, it has a "SCIF" on a back street in Palo Alto, California.
SCIF stands for "sensitive compartmentalised information facility".
Palantir says its building "must be built to be resistant to attempts
to access the information within. The network must be 'airgapped' from
the public internet to prevent information leakage."
Palantir's defence systems include advanced biometrics and walls
impenetrable to radio waves, phone signal or internet. Its data storage
is blockchained: it cannot be accessed by merely sophisticated hacking,
it requires digital pass codes held by dozens of independent parties,
whose identities are themselves protected by blockchain.
Tags: 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013, Afghanistan, Amazon, Apple, Bernie Madoff,
California, Chicago, CIA, Critic, Facebook, FBI, Google, Inglewood, Iraq,
IRS, LA Weekly, LAPD, Los Angeles, Microsoft, Palantir, Palo Alto, Peter
Thiel, Police, Quicky, San Fernando Valley, The Secret, Tom Cruise, Twitter,
UK
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Scientology 'dead agents' our own Rod Keller as it pursues more illegal
activity in Mexico City
July 30, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/07/30/scientology-dead-agents-our-own-rod-keller-as-it-pursues-more-illegal-activity-in-mexico-city/
Rod Keller continues to watch Scientology try, illegally, to build a
new "Advanced Org" in Mexico City, and now the church is starting to
play dirty.
The waiting game at the planned Advanced Org in Mexico City continues
and Scientology is using all of its tricks to break the imposed work
stoppage. Watchful neighbors this week spotted a water heater being
delivered to the site by a truck bearing the logo of Rotoplas, a
manufacturer of water tanks. It's part of the "trabajo hormiga," or
"ant work" being done at the site.
[Rotoplas water tank delivery at Palmas Plaza]
Tags: 1978, 1996, Advanced Org, Art of War, Black Propaganda, Congress, Cult
Awareness Network, Dead Agent, Enrique Vargas del Villar, Foundation for a
Drug-Free World, Guyana, Huixquilucan, Jason Scott, Jonestown, Kendrick
Moxon, Leo J. Ryan, Life Tabernacle Church, Mexico City, Office of Special
Affairs, Peoples Temple, Quicky, Rod Keller, Scientology lawyer, Sun Tzu
======================================
Valley Interfaith Boondoggle
July 30, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/valley-interfaith-boondoggle/
Valley Idle Org is trying to generate some "PR Area Control" by
buddying up with some "interfaith" allies. No doubt they will talk
about how they are being targeted by "bigots" conducting a "campaign"
of "anti-religion haters." (For an organization that derides the
concept of being a victim they sure do a pretty good imitation of
playing one).
I wonder if they have on their agenda the topics of "Disconnection and
the destruction of families"? Or "Elderly Abuse in Scientology"? Or
"How we cover up child abuse to protect the image of scientology?"
The people who are attending this "interfaith forum on tolerance and
belief" have no clue what they are involving themselves in. Or they
think it's a step up for them to get into bed with Scientology? Surely
not....
Tags: Abuse, Child abuse, Disconnection, Jewish, Quicky, United Nations
======================================
Here it is, your passport to Scientology godhood: Next stop, infinity!
July 30, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/07/30/here-it-is-your-passport-to-scientology-godhood-next-stop-infinity/
Sunny Pereira has come through with a great treat for us today. It's
her Scientology "passport," and we have it complete for you.
A Scientology passport? Yeah, we weren't familiar with it either. But
we're sure glad Sunny managed to save hers. We asked her to help us
understand what it was.
The Bunker: So you went Clear in 1990, and this was issued in 1994. How
long did you continue to get it stamped?
Tags: 1990, 1991, 1994, 2004, ASHO, Clear, Facebook, OT X, Passport, Quicky,
Saint Hill, Sunny Pereira, Tax exempt, TIME
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West Valley Mission Fail
July 30, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/west-valley-mission-fail/
Here is the scientology mission in the Valley. The hotbed of a
scientology on planet earth.
The photo he used is no doubt putting their best foot forward.
A corner of a room with an empty table with two chairs and a bookshelf.
Clearly it's hopping and popping out there in the West Valley!
Tags: California, Clear, Ideal Org, Mission, Quicky, Scientology TV
======================================
Doug Ford is clear-cutting Ontario's environmental laws
July 30, 2019, Laura Annalise Tanguay, The Narwhal
https://thenarwhal.ca/doug-ford-is-clear-cutting-ontarios-environmental-laws/
Ontarians should be concerned by the vast changes that are being made
to provincial environmental legislation as they will have serious
consequences on the natural spaces we cherish.
In an overarching attempt to "modernize" Ontario's environmental plan,
Premier Doug Ford and his government have made moves to pave the way
for development across the province by reducing so-called "red tape."
The government is undercutting the Endangered Species Act and the
Environmental Assessment Act, and limiting community engagement in
northern Ontario planning decisions by repealing the Far North Act.
Despite the staggering rollbacks, these changes have received little
attention in the mainstream media. Under the umbrella of these
"modernization" efforts, the common thread of reducing red tape for
business and development ventures is apparent in the Ford government's
proposed changes.
Tags: 1976, 2010, 2016, Auditor General of Ontario, Canada, Climate change,
Doug Ford, DougWiki, Endangered Species Act, Environmental, Environmental
Assessment Act, Far North Act, First Nations, Ford government, Indigenous,
Nebraska, Ontario, Species At Risk Ontario, The Conversation, York University
======================================
Down in the polls, Ford says Ontarians want him to 'keep going, ignore the
media'
July 30, 2019, Robert Benzie, Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2019/07/30/ford-says-ontarians-want-him-to-keep-going-ignore-the-media.html
Down in the polls and scrambling to regroup after a rocky start to
summer for his 13-month-old government, Premier Doug Ford insists
Ontarians are behind him.
"The people out there when I go from town to town - and I'm all over
the province - people come up to me and the number one comment is:
'keep going, ignore the media,'" Ford told Lorne Brooker at
Belleville's CJBQ radio on Tuesday.
"It's not you - I wish more media outlets were like you - but to put it
into perspective we're up against some of the largest unions in the
country that have had their hands in the taxpayer's pocket for 15
years," the premier continued.
"We're up against the special interest groups again. They have their
hands in the cookie jar as they say, we're pulling their hands out and
? starting to respect the taxpayers," he said.
Tags: 2018, Amin Massoudi, Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party of Canada,
Corbett Communications, Dean French, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Federal election,
Jamie Wallace, Ontario, Postmedia, Progressive Conservative, Queen's Park,
Rob Ford, Toronto, Twitter, Vic Fedeli
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Ford facing calls to dismantle 'Ontario News Now'' after featuring PC party
donors
July 30, 2019, Colin D'Mello, CTV News
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ford-facing-calls-to-dismantle-ontario-news-now-after-featuring-pc-party-donors-1.4530099
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is facing calls to dismantle 'Ontario News
Now' - the taxpayer-funded Progressive Conservative communication video
service - after PC party donors were featured in recent promotional
videos.
On Sunday, 'Ontario News Now' posted a video featuring Pelee Island
Winery, located south of Chatham-Kent, in which Ford is seen touring
the winery before telling viewers to "go buy a bottle of Pelee Island
Wine."
The video triggered online backlash after it was discovered that Walter
Schmoranz, the president of the winery, donated money to the PC party
twice in 2019 according to public filings with Elections Ontario - just
weeks before his company was featured in a video.
Tags: Cash for access, Chatham-Kent, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Elections Ontario,
Ford government, Green Party, Lobbyist, Marit Stiles, Mike Schreiner,
Ontario, Ontario News Now, Pelee Island Winery, Progressive Conservative,
Rick Nicholls, Toronto
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Former aide to Ford's late brother named Ontario Premier's principal secretary
July 30, 2019, Laura Stone, Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-former-aide-to-fords-late-brother-named-ontario-premiers-principal/?cmpid=rss
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is starting to make changes to his inner
circle, with a former aide to his late brother becoming principal
secretary as more staff announce they are leaving for the private sector.
The Globe and Mail has learned that Amin Massoudi, a former
communications director to late Toronto mayor Rob Ford, has been named
as a senior aide to the Premier as he enters his second year in
government.
"We're excited to announce Amin Massoudi has assumed the role of
principal secretary to the Premier. His leadership in the Premier's
Office has played a critical role in advancing our government's goal of
improving quality of government services and making life more
affordable for individuals and families in Ontario," the Premier's
Office said in a statement to The Globe.
Tags: Amin Massoudi, Andrew Koolsbergen, Andrew Scheer, Ben Dachis, Canadian
Council for Public-Private Partnerships, Canadian Press, Dean French, Doug
Ford, DougWiki, Federal election, Ivana Yelich, Jamie Wallace, Jenni Byrne,
Kools, Lauren McDonald, Lobbyist, Melissa Lantsman, Mitchell Davidson,
Ontario, Ottawa, Patronage, Queen's Park, Rob Ford, StrategyCorp, Toronto,
Toronto Sun
======================================
Legal aid cuts prompt Ontario-wide day of action
July 30, 2019, Erica Vella, Global News
https://globalnews.ca/news/5705430/ontario-legal-aid-day-of-action/
A province-wide day of action saw many Ontarians rallying against cuts
against legal aid services announced by the Doug Ford government
earlier this year.
More than 40 events took place on Tuesday - ranging from protests to
events discussing the changes - after budget cuts were imposed by the
government earlier this year.
Legal Aid Ontario provides services to those who cannot afford to pay
for a lawyer. The cuts include slashing Legal Aid funding by 30 per
cent, or $133 million. Assistance with refugee and immigration cases
are being impacted.
Tags: Chinese, DougWiki, Etobicoke, Ford government, Lawyer, Legal, Legal aid
cuts, Legal Aid Ontario, London, Ontario, Toronto
======================================
Miscavige changes course: All remaining Scientology orgs to go 'Ideal' at the
same time
July 30, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/07/30/miscavige-changes-course-all-remaining-scientology-orgs-to-go-ideal-at-the-same-time/
"Doing it all simultaneously." This cryptic slogan showed up at an
"Ideal Org Convention" for Canada last week. But it's becoming clear
that this is a message that is being sent to all Scientologists around
the world. So what does it mean?
As unlikely as it sounds, the call is going out that all orgs will
become "ideal" at the same time. Beginning in 2003, David Miscavige has
been personally appearing at the grand openings of Ideal Orgs, a few
each year, and totaling more than 60 now. But now, instead of more
openings one or two at a time, Miscavige is calling for the rest of the
orgs around the world to go ideal at the same time.
News of the plan was released at a series of continental conventions
this week. The participants in those meetings returned to their home
orgs to share the exciting news.
Tags: 2003, 2017, 2020, Africa, ANZO, Austin, Birmingham, Boston, Canada,
Class V, Columbus, David Miscavige, Detroit, England, Europe, Gateshead,
Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, Joburg North, Kansas
City, Malm?, Mexico City, Miami, New Haven, Perth, Philadelphia, Rod Keller,
Tom DeVocht, Vienna, Winnipeg
======================================
Ontario reverses course on autism program, moves towards needs-based strategy
July 30, 2019, Yusra Javed, iPolitics
https://ipolitics.ca/2019/07/30/ontario-reverses-course-on-autism-program-moves-towards-needs-based-strategy/
The Ontario government is shifting gears on its autism file after
months of stark criticism and is moving toward a new program based on
the individual needs of children.
The announcement made on Monday by Minister of Children, Community and
Social Services Todd Smith marks a reversal from the Doug Ford
government's February revamp of the Ontario Autism Program (OAP), which
offered each child a fixed amount of money determined solely by their
age and family income. The attempt at a revamp comes on the heels of
backlash from parents as well as an internal review from the government
that called for a reset of the strategy.
"It's clear to me that we didn't get the redesign right the first time.
I'm here to tell you we will now," Smith said at a press conference in
Toronto. "We are certainly sorry for the anxiety that this has caused
parents across Ontario."
Tags: 2020, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Ford government, Lisa MacLeod, Medical,
Michael Coteau, Monique Taylor, Ontario, Ontario Autism Coalition, Ontario
Autism Program, Ontario New Democratic Party, Progressive Conservative,
Queen's Park, Todd Smith, Toronto
======================================
Ottawa finally challenging Ford government's plan to cancel out-of-country
medical coverage
July 30, 2019, Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/07/30/ottawa-is-finally-challenging-queens-park-on-out-of-country-medical-costs.html
Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor started the ball
rolling last week by officially issuing what, under the Canada Health
Act, is called a "notice of concern" to Christine Elliott, her
provincial counterpart in Ford's Progressive Conservative government.
It took a while. But Canada's Liberal government has finally challenged
Premier Doug Ford's patently illegal plan to cancel emergency medicare
coverage for Ontarians travelling abroad.
One criterion is portability - the requirement that provincial medicare
plans cover residents who are temporarily travelling elsewhere in
Canada or abroad.
Tags: Canada, Canada Health Act, Christine Elliott, Doug Ford, DougWiki,
Federal election, Ford government, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Hospital, Justin
Trudeau, OHIP, Ontario, Ottawa, Progressive Conservative
======================================
Pelee Island Winery faces online backlash, boycott over owner's donation to
Ontario PC party
July 30, 2019, Sameer Chhabra, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/pelee-island-winery-backlash-1.5229815
Pelee Island Winery is the subject of controversy stemming from
donations made to the Ontario PC party weeks before the vineyard was
featured in an Ontario News Now promotional video.
According to Elections Ontario records, Pelee Island Winery owner
Walter Schmoranz donated $2,050 to the Progressive Conservative Party
of Ontario between February 2019 and July 2019.
His first donation of $1,050 was deposited on Feb. 26, 2019, while a
second $1,000 donation was deposited on July 12, 2019.
Tags: CBC, Chatham-Kent-Leamington, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Elections Ontario,
Essex, Facebook, Fake, Ontario, Ontario News Now, Pelee Island Winery,
Progressive Conservative, Rick Nicholls, Twitter
======================================
People's Party of Canada candidate in Sask. slammed over call for more 'hate
speech'
July 30, 2019, Guy Quenneville, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/peoples-party-cody-payant-bernier-1.5230152
A Saskatchewan People's Party of Canada (PPC) candidate is defending
comments in support of the use of "hate speech" he made recently on
social media.
Some groups say they fear the comments could incite violence.
"Our country could use more hate speech, more offensive comments, more
'micro-aggressions', more violation of safe spaces with words and more
critical thinking," Cody Payant wrote on his Facebook page and Twitter
account on July 16.
Tags: 2018, Canada, Canadian Anti-Hate Network, Cody Payant, DougWiki, Evan
Balgord, Facebook, Federal election, Lindsay Shepherd, Maxime Bernier,
Ontario, People's Party of Canada, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Twitter, Yellow
Vests Canada
======================================
Scientology Fair Game
July 30, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-fair-game/
I happened upon the STAAD League "dead agent" propaganda about
scientology Fair Game.
I thought it might be useful to address it with the real truth.
Let's start with what Hubbard ACTUALLY said about Fair Game.
Tags: 1965, 1967, 1968, Catholic Church, Critic, Ethics, Facebook, Fair Game,
OT, Quicky, R2-45, Sea Org, STAND, Suppressive Person, TIME, Twitter
======================================
There's a big hole at the centre of the Tories' climate strategy
July 30, 2019, Jonathon Gatehouse, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/scheer-climate-plan-fact-check-1.5215541
The Conservative Party's climate change-fighting blueprint, dubbed A
Real Plan to Protect Our Environment, was more than a year in the
making - and it promises many things.
There's a pledge to create a Green Homes Tax Credit, which would allow
Canadians to recoup 20 per cent of what they spend to make their homes
more energy efficient, up to a maximum of $3,800. And a vow to tax
made-in-Canada climate-friendly inventions at a lower rate in order to
spur research and development. The Tories are also committing to
improving conservation funding and coming up with better ways to manage
wetlands and other habitats.
But Andrew Scheer's environmental plan has one big hole: It doesn't set
any targets for greenhouse gas reductions, which is the very point of
the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Tags: 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, Andrew Scheer, Canada, Canadian Press,
Carbon tax, Climate change, Conservative Party of Canada, DougWiki,
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environmental, Federal election,
Paris, Paris Agreement, Pembina Institute, Tax
======================================
Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
July 30 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/07-30.html
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Scientology Minister Jailed for His Silence
July 30, 1977, Timothy S. Robinson, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/07/30/scientology-minister-jailed-for-his-silence/0e384306-63e8-469a-86ff-cb00507b7a90/
The first Church of Scientology minister to undergo extensive
questioning by a faderal grand jury probing the church's activities was
sent to jail for an indefinite period by a federal judge yesterday
after he refused to answer questions before the jury.
U.S. District Chief Judge William B. Bryant took the action after three
separate hearings in which the minister, Alfred Maren, of California,
had been told by the judge that his reasons for refusing to answer
questions before the panel were invalid.
Maren could remain in jail until he decides to answer the question, or
until the end of the term of the grand jury that is hearing evidence
concerning the scientologists. The grand jury's expiration date is next
April.
Tags: Arthur Maren, California, Daniel Sheehan, Henry Schuelke, Judge William
Bryant, Quicky
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Court ruling could affect local Scientology case
July 30, 1987, Stephen Koff, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50087694.html?dids=50087694:50087694&FMT=FT
A decision earlier this week in California over the tax-exempt status
of the Church of Scientology could have ramifications for the Church of
Scientology Flag Service Organization here, county officials say.
Tuesday, a federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld revocation of
the tax-exempt status of the Church of Scientology of California.
The California church did not view the decision as a defeat, however,
because the court also noted in its decision that the Church of
Scientology is a bona fide religious organization.
Tags: 1970, 1975, 1981, 1982, California, Church of Scientology
International, Church of Scientology of California, Clearwater, Flag Service
Organization, Fort Harrison, Gabriel Cazares, IRS, Los Angeles Times, Paul
Johnson, Pinellas County, Ronald Schultz, San Francisco, Susan Churuti,
Tampa, Tax
======================================
Skinheads, skateboards, Scientology prompt calls
July 30, 1987, Robert Henderson, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50087660.html?dids=50087660:50087660&FMT=FT
Meanwhile, the national office of the Cult Awareness Network reports
that "a Scientology front group called the Concerned Businessmen's
Association is sponsoring a Set a Good Example contest aimed at schools
and youth groups, which centers around a booklet titled The Way to
Happiness by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard." (Many Clearwater
residents have been sent that booklet in the mail.)
When a similar contest was conducted in England, children were required
to read the booklet and then carry out a project that sets a good
example. The London Daily Mail reported that "several civic leaders who
had initially endorsed the contest withdrew their support upon learning
of the connection to Scientology."
Tags: California, Clearwater, Concerned Businessmen's Association of America,
Cult Awareness Network, Daily Mail, England, Fort Harrison, London, Orlando,
Richard Haworth, Scientology operation, The Way to Happiness
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DRUG PROGRAM ACCUSED OF ABUSE CLOSES VA. FACILITY
July 30, 1991, DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/07/30/drug-program-accused-of-abuse-closes-va-facility/3daf8fc8-5ec3-408f-bb1d-22b459132da4/
A drug-abuse treatment program for adolescents that Virginia officials
sought to shut down because of questionable practices has closed its
facility in Springfield, but reopened the program across the border in
Maryland.
Straight Inc., which Virginia officials have accused of abusive
practices such as strip searches and "spit therapy," dropped its fight
to continue to operate in Virginia.
Straight's decision to cease operations in Virginia came six months
after the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and
Substance Abuse Services said it would not renew an operating license
for the Springfield facility because of repeated human rights
violations. Straight closed its Hampton Roads program in February.
Tags: 1976, 1982, Abuse, Alcoholics Anonymous, Drug Free America, Florida,
Joint Commission, Joy Margolis, Lawsuit, LSD, Maryland, Mental Health,
Quicky, Richmond, St. Petersburg, Success rate, Virginia
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Tonkawas Support Drug Center
July 30, 1991, Oklahoman, News OK
https://newsok.com/tonkawas-support-drug-center/article/2364242
A substance abuse center awaiting state certification received a boost
Monday from leaders of the Tonkawa tribe. The Tonkawa Tribal Council
passed a resolution supporting Narconon Chilocco New Life Center
because of improvements it made to the campus of the old Chilocco
Indian school and for its efforts to help people live "a life free of
chemical dependency. " The Tonkawa tribe is one of five tribes that
signed a 25-year lease enabling Narconon Chilocco to operate its
program at the old Chilocco Indian school, about six miles north of
Newkirk.
Tags: 1990, Chilocco Development Authority, Kaw, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco,
Newkirk, Oklahoma Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Tonkawa
======================================
Pinellas Park's garage of tomorrow
July 30, 2001, Scott Baranck, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/073001/Business/Pinellas_Park_s_garag.shtml
Robotic Parking's automated garage concept promises to pack in twice as
many cars as a standard parking garage, plus cut down on pollution,
energy use, labor costs and frustration for drivers trolling endlessly
for an open space. But critics argue the company has tried before but
hasn't been able to reach its Jetsons-like goal.
Tags: Dick Beebe, Europe, Frank Belgiovine, Gerhard Haag, Hoboken Parking
Authority, Jeff Stein, Jim Naugle, Larry Stein, Ohio, Pinellas County, Ralph
Bevi, Robotic Parking, San Francisco Chronicle, St. Petersburg Times, Wall
Street Journal, Wayne Perry-Eaton
======================================
French Scientology Case Barred
July 30, 2002, Associated Press, Journal Sentinel
http://www2.jsonline.com/news/intl/ap/jul02/ap-france-scientol073002.asp
A Paris judge has ruled that a 13-year-old case against the Church of
Scientology alleging fraud and illegal practice of medicine cannot go
to trial because the statute of limitations has expired, a judicial
official said Tuesday.
Judge Colette Bismuth-Sauron ruled Friday that there was a lack of
progress in the investigation and rejected the case on procedural
grounds, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The criminal probe into 16 leaders of the church was opened in 1989
after a criminal complaint was filed by a former Scientologist, Juan
Esteban Cordero. He accused the group of "progressive mental
conditioning" that led him to spend more than $167,000 on
Scientology-related courses.
However, in 1998, hundreds of documents that were to be used as
evidence in the case disappeared from the Justice Ministry.
Tags: France, Juan Esteban Cordero, Judge Bismuth-Sauron, Legal
======================================
Lawsuit goes after Tom Cruise, church
July 30, 2008, Gossip, New York Daily News
https://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/07/31/2008-07-31_lawsuit_goes_after_tom_cruise_church.html
Tom Cruise is named in a $250 million federal lawsuit that is using the
RICO statute against the Church of Scientology. Ex-Scientologist Peter
Letterese, a longtime critic of the church, filed suit in Southern
District Court in Florida on July 15 alleging, among other things, that
members of the church harassed him after he left.
In court papers provided to The News by investigator Paul Barresi,
Letterese claims a member of the church phoned his lawyer at home, and
when the lawyer's wife answered, said he was her husband's homosexual
lover.
Tags: Bert Fields, David Miscavige, Effective Sales Closing Techniques, Karin
Pouw, Leslie Dane, Paul Barresi, Peter Letterese, Tom Cruise
======================================
New German Films Aim to Shed Light on Scientology
July 30, 2008, Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3524647,00.html
Film companies in Germany are now making attempts to look behind what
they believe is the true nature of Scientology. The movies are
primarily aimed at young people, who are most likely to fall for the
organization.
Young people tend to be the first to fall for Scientology and are
therefore much courted by the group's scouts across the nation. This is
where a new, 25-minute film by the Matthias Film company comes in. It
shows interviews with Scientology leaders, former members who have
turned their backs on the organization and representatives of state
authorities.
Tags: Germany, Johannes Friedrich, Thomas Krueger
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Tom Cruise = Crazy (Jonathan Coulton music video)
July 30, 2008, AnonyFerret, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4PNpFjKVfY
I support Anonymous!
NOTE: Jonathan is aware of this video, has expressed appreciation, and
requested that it be posted on his personal website (see for yourself).
He is also the talented guy responsible for the wildly popular "Still
Alive" closing credits music from the game Portal (as sung by GLaDOS).
In other words, he's pretty nifty.
False claims of copyright infringement from fraudulent, non-existent,
misspelled companies set up as fronts for butthurt Scientologists who
can't counter opposing opinions, fact, logic, documentation (and so on)
will be reported to relevant YT staff as proof of ongoing abuse of YT
policies, and also countered with a lot of pointing and laughing.
Tags: Anonymous, Enturbulation, OT, Quicky, Tom Cruise, Xenu
======================================
Seven Questions Every Scientologist Has the Right to Ask
July 30, 2009, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/seven-questions-every-scientologist-has-the-right-to-ask/
The following list has been circulating on the web for a while. Most
recently it was posted on Ask the Scientologist.
The list was compiled after discussions with a number of Scientologists.
There are questions we all have about current Scientology events,
sometimes unstated, sometimes just nagging feelings. The list below is
intended to get such questions out in the open where we can discuss
them in a forthright manner, and, hopefully, find answers.
1. Who runs our Church?
Tags: 1980, Applied Scholastics, Church of Spiritual Technology, Clear,
Dianetics, Donation, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists,
Keep Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard, Narconon, OT, Quicky, Religious
Technology Center, Watchdog Committee, WISE
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Former medical examiner Joan Wood dies
July 30, 2011, Andrew Meacham, St. Petersburg Times
https://web.archive.org/web/20110810234619/http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/former-medical-examiner-joan-wood-dies/1182478
Dr. Joan Wood once enjoyed prominence and prestige as a medical sleuth
like the heroes of the mystery books she read.
As the Pinellas-Pasco medical examiner for 18 years, she conducted more
than 5,600 autopsies and testified in hundreds of murder trials.
But the case she will be remembered for most is the one she botched:
the 1995 death of Lisa McPherson.
Tags: Bernie McCabe, Denis deVlaming, Jeffrey Goodis, Joan Wood, Judge Susan
Schaeffer, Lisa McPherson, Wayne Skidmore
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Pinellas charter school reaches out to Scientology for help
July 30, 2011, Demorris A. Lee, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/pinellas-charter-school-reaches-out-to-scientology-for-help/1183281
To help the school recover, Mickens and the other board members have
turned to Hanan Islam, executive director of the World Literacy Crusade.
The group promotes the use of study techniques developed by L. Ron
Hubbard, the late founder of the Church of Scientology.
Islam is from Los Angeles, though she has been staying in Clearwater
for about eight months, and is an owner of a local company called Art
of Management Inc., described on a website as specializing in
management services for speakers, artists and authors.
Islam said Mickens approached her earlier because the school needed
help. She said she immediately saw what the problems were and gave
Mickens a written report. She said he didn't follow her advice.
Tags: 1991, 2009, Africa, Art of Management, Christian, Clearwater, Cult,
Hanan Islam, Jai Hinson, Jim Robinson, Life Force, Life Force Arts and
Technology Academy, Los Angeles, Martie Woodie, Maurice Mickens, Pinellas
County, Pinellas County School Board, World Literacy Crusade
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The South Texas Siege - Day 105
July 30, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/the-south-texas-siege-day-105/
Calm between two storms at Casablanca
We enjoy a short calm between two storms.
One storm incoming, the other outgoing.
Tags: David Lubow, David Miscavige, John Allender, L. Ron Hubbard, Martin
Luther King, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, Texas
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Casablanca Is Prepared to Deliver
July 30, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/casablanca-is-prepared-to-deliver/
Having spent most of this year working on de-fanging the beast ?
largely uncompensated and nonetheless rather successfully ? we are
gearing up for delivery once again. We are prepared to deliver the
entire Scientology grade chart. We are particularly ready to assist
those who are interested in moving on up from their corporate
Scientology experiences. If after having read What Is Wrong With
Scientology?, and understanding the need or desirability to evolve and
transcend from Scientology Inc, you are yet still feeling somehow held
back by masses or energies or some dots that just won't connect or
disconnect, we can assist with the process of overcoming those barriers.
That goes for anyone at any level of experience with the 'church' or
the subject of Scientology.
I am particularly interested in working with those OT VIIs (comps or
people who have audited substantial hours) and OT VIIIs who recognize
their gains but also sense there are other dimensions of concern that
advanced spiritual awareness makes perceptible. In my view there is no
reason to abandon the skills you have worked to achieve. Rather than
invalidate them, think instead of honing them toward handling those
zones to which your intuition leads.
Those interested in real Scientology and transcendence beyond where
corporate Scientology can take one, give us a holler at
Casabl...@hushmail.com to schedule. We are now scheduling the month
of September through the end of the year.
Tags: OT VII, OT VIII, Quicky
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Mimi Faust on Scientology: "They Wanted Me To Sign a Contract To Work For
Them And I Refused" (UPDATED)
July 30, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/07/scientology_mimi_faust_lhhatl.php
The rebroadcast just happened, so we got a chance to see what Mimi had
to say about how the controversial church affected her life.
In a short segment that took place with a relationship counselor, Mimi
explained that her mother had been deeply into Scientology, and at only
13 Mimi herself was asked to "sign a contract" but she refused to do so
and "got kicked out." At that point, she explained, her mother decided
to dedicate herself to the church rather than her own kids, and Mimi
has been carrying around that feeling of betrayal ever since.
Tags: 1950, 1968, 1985, 1996, 2003, Atlanta, BBC, California, Clearwater,
David Miscavige, Derek Bloch, Dianetics, Disconnection, Facebook, Los
Angeles, Mace-Kingsley school, Mimi Faust, Neil Gaiman, New Mexico, Ramana
Dienes-Browning, Sea Org, Silver Lake, Simi Valley, Suppressive Person, The
Master, Tom Cruise, Twitter, Xenu
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Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen
July 30, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/oh-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/
The GI at Flag must suck.
The pressure must really be cranked up at Flag for Sonya Jacques to be
delivering $10/head "seminars" at the local Mission.
Sonya used to routinely make more than $200Gs a week. There is no way
she would spend 2 hours on Wednesday evening at Bellaire Mission if
things were even close to normal.
Tags: Belleair, L. Ron Hubbard, Mission, Quicky, Sonya Jacques
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Real Emotions
July 30, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/real-emotions/
Somewhere along the way emotion was converted into equating with states
or levels of consciousness in Scientology. In the process emotion
became a negative humanoid attribute, e.g. writing off any feeling or
expression of emotion off as 'human emotion and reaction' or 'h, e and
r.'
Emotion and grades of awareness or consciousness are not the same thing.
Wikipedia gives a good definition for emotion that was no doubt
contributed to by a number of interested people from a variety of
religious, philosophical, scientific and educational backgrounds. It is
as follows:
Tags: Quicky, Wikipedia
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Scientology's Needle Exchange: When David Miscavige Got Technical
July 30, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/07/30/scientologys-needle-exchange-when-david-miscavige-got-technical/
Claire Headley is taking us on our journey to train as Scientologists.
She and her husband Marc were Sea Org workers who escaped from
Scientology's International Base in 2005. She spent years working with
Scientology's "tech," and was trusted to oversee the auditing of Tom
Cruise. Go here to see the first part in this series.
Claire, after last week's interruption for a discussion of
"disconnection," we're getting back to our progression in Scientology
this week.
CLAIRE: Yes, let's get back on track! After Pro TRs and Upper Indoc
TRs, our next step is the Professional Metering Course.
Tags: 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, Claire Headley, Clear,
David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Disconnection, E-meter, England, Fort Harrison,
Golden Age of Tech, Int Base, Lisa McPherson, Norway, Quicky, Ray Mithoff,
Religious Technology Center, Saint Hill, Sea Org, Sweden, Tom Cruise, USA
======================================
The Death of Heribert Pfaff II
July 30, 2013, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-death-of-heribert-pfaff-ii_30.html
In a letter to German film-makers, Dr Klaus Ballin tried to explain his
treatment of Heribert Pfaff. His patient had died from an epileptic fit
after Ballin replaced his anti-convulsant medication with a
Scientology-based treatment.
When a German documentary team investigated Scientology in 1997 they
discovered a whole series of unexplained deaths at its Clearwater base,
billed as the movement's centre of excellence.
Would Scientology really dare claim a cure for epilepsy? One of those
who died was Heribert Pfaff. Aged just 31, he had succumbed to an
epileptic fit in 1988 after having been weaned off his anti-convulsant
medication by his Scientology doctor, Klaus Ballin.
Tags: 1970, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2002, Auditing, CCHR,
Citizens Commission for Human Rights, Clearwater, Clearwater Police
Department, Dianetics, Doctor, Egmont Koch, Epilepsy, Florida, Food and Drug
Administration, France, Frank Gerbode, Fred Oxaal, Freewinds, Germany, Helena
Kobrin, Heribert Pfaff, Hospital, Italy, Jocelyne Dorfmann, Klaus Ballin,
Kristi Wachter, Markus Stuckenbrock, Marty Rathbun, Medical, Mike Rinder,
Mona Botros, Narconon, Narconon International, Nobel, OT IV, Police, PTSD,
Purification Rundown, Quackwatch, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Robert
Moor, SAMHSA, Scientology doctor, Scientology lawyer, Stuttgart, Thomas
Szasz, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
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Arlene Cordova needs your help: Where is Scientology keeping her daughter
Barbara?
July 30, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/07/30/arlene-cordova-needs-your-help-where-is-scientology-keeping-her-daughter-barbara/
In January, we told you about Barbara Cordova Oliver, 56, a longtime
Scientologist who had vanished after having a mental breakdown at her
80-year-old mother Arlene's house in the Los Angeles area last December.
Barbara had been a fixture at Scientology's Hollywood Celebrity Center,
where she ran something called Artists for a Better World. But after
two failed moves to Clearwater, Florida with her Scientologist husband
Robert Oliver, a distraught Barbara found herself at Arlene's house and
obviously needed medical attention. (Arlene has never been involved in
Scientology.)
Barbara was briefly hospitalized at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in
Sylmar, but Arlene says that a Scientology attorney soon got Barbara
released to her husband's care. The couple then vanished. Arlene
thought they might be in Tennessee.
Tags: Apple, Arlene Cordova, Artists for a Better World, Barbara Cordova
Oliver, California, Celebrity Centre, Clearwater, Florida, Google, Hollywood,
Introspection Rundown, Life Center for a New Tomorrow, Los Angeles, Medical,
Mental breakdown, Quicky, Robert Oliver, Tennessee, Woodbury
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CC Gala -- What's Missing?
July 30, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/cc-gala-whats-missing/
Here is the latest promo piece for the annual CC Gala.
JT is featured prominently - twice. Is he doing another ethics handling
and has committed to attend for sure as part of his amends? Jenna
Elfman and Laura Prepon, Mark Isham and Chick Corea are also shown.
Jenna, Mark and Chick are card-carrying Kool Aid drinkers. Laura may be
in the same boat as JT - in a bit of trouble for being gay in Orange Is
The New Black, or they just happened to use a photo of JT that she is
in from a previous Gala.
But the real issue here is who they are NOT showing...
Tags: Anne Archer, Catherine Bell, Chairman of the Board, Chick Corea,
Christian, Elisabeth Moss, Fox News, Greta Van Susteren, International
Association of Scientologists, Jason Lee, Jenna Elfman, Juliette Lewis, Laura
Prepon, Leah Remini, Mark Isham, Nancy Cartwright, OT, OT VII, Quicky, Super
Power
======================================
It's Not How You Feel Darling, It's How You Look
July 30, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/its-not-how-you-feel-darling-its-how-you-look/
No comment.
This is NOT a shoop.
It's from Facebook....
Tags: Facebook, OT, Quicky
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(VIDEO) A Peek Behind the Curtain of Scientology - Part 1
July 30, 2015, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2015/07/30/video-a-peek-behind-the-curtain-of-scientology-part-1/
If you are curious about Scientology, how it works or what its founder,
L. Ron Hubbard, was really all about, then I think this is the video
for you. In this, I'm going to actually give you a window into the
deepest and most important part of Scientology and exactly how Hubbard
convinces his followers that Scientology is the most important thing in
the world, more important than their job, their money or even their
friends and family. So let's take a look and see what's behind the
curtain.
L. Ron Hubbard was a prolific writer, not only writing books and giving
lectures, but also issuing thousands of bulletins and policy letters
which laid out the rules and guidelines for the Scientology religion.
What we're going to do in this video is critically analyze what
Scientologists consider to be the single most important issue he wrote,
entitled Keeping Scientology Working.
Before I get into that, I want to give a very brief rundown on the
events that led to Hubbard writing this issue. You who are watching
this video may know all about Scientology's history or you may know
nothing about it. I'm going into this assuming that you don't know
much, so for those of you who do, thank you for your patience.
Tags: 1950, 1953, 1960, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, Australia,
Canada, CCHR, Chairman of the Board, Clear, David Miscavige, Dianetics, E-
meter, England, Europe, Keep Scientology Working, Mental Health, OT, Quicky,
Religious Technology Center, Saint Hill, Scientology organization, Sec Check,
Suppressive Person, Telex
======================================
The Church of Scientology's forgotten president: Karen de la Carriere on
Heber Jentzsch
July 30, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/07/30/the-church-of-scientologys-forgotten-president-karen-de-la-carriere-on-heber-jentzsch/
We'll never forget when we got the message from Karen de la Carriere in
July 2012. She had found out - through the help of Aaron Smith-Levin,
we now have learned - that her son, Alexander Jentzsch, had suddenly
died at 27.
Alex was not only Karen's son, but also the son of Heber Jentzsch, who
is still the nominal president of the Church of Scientology
International (pictured, right).
The son of the president of Scientology, and he fell ill and died
without anything being said to his mother, who had the means to help
get him proper care. Instead, it turned out, Alex got bad advice and
took a medicine for pain that made it harder for him to breathe at the
same time that he was suffering from pneumonia. That combination killed
a man who was young enough that he shouldn't have died if he'd been
properly looked after.
Tags: 2012, Aaron Smith-Levin, Alexander Jentzsch, Anonymous, Chris Shelton,
Church of Scientology International, David Miscavige, France, Harlem, Heber
Jentzsch, Ideal Org, Jeffrey Augustine, Jonny Jacobsen, Karen de la Carriere,
Keep Scientology Working, Lisa Marie Presley, London, Martin Ottmann,
National Enquirer, Paris, Quicky, Sea Org, Tom Cruise
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Thursday Funnies
July 30, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-42/
Become a 75% Humanitarian
You will be better than than 50% Humanitarians from the match game...
This is it!
Tags: CLO UK, Dallas, Freewinds, Google, Grant Cardone, Humanitarian,
International Association of Scientologists, Japan, Keep Scientology Working,
L. Ron Hubbard, Narconon, OT, Quicky, Sea Org, Thursday Funnies, Tom Cruise,
UK
======================================
8 Ways to Tell You Grew Up in Scientology
July 30, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/8-ways-to-tell-you-grew-up-in-scientology/
Sent by a Special Correspondent. Rings true to me.
Tags: Freeloader Debt, Sec Check
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L. Ron Hubbard as sad, oversexed schlub: The very personal writings his
admirers never discuss
July 30, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/07/30/l-ron-hubbard-as-sad-oversexed-schlub-the-very-personal-writings-his-admirers-never-discuss/
(L. Ron Hubbard, circa 1946)
Hey, gang. We spent all day yesterday reading two manuscripts from
people who were kind enough to give us advance looks at their upcoming
books. It was great stuff, and we're glad we got to see it, but it
meant we blew the whole day without a chance to make any phone calls.
So please don't be too disappointed with us if we start off the weekend
with something we threw together pretty quickly.
We were reminded, never mind how, of one of L. Ron Hubbard's most
fascinating bodies of work, perhaps the most revealing pieces of
writing he ever did. But it's nothing the Church of Scientology has on
sale. And you never hear Hubbard's ardent admirers ever mention it.
Tags: 1944, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1986, 2000, 2012, Aleister Crowley, Church of
Scientology of California, Dianetics, Excalibur, Gerald Armstrong, Gerry
Armstrong, Hugh Urban, Japan, L. Ron Hubbard, Ohio State University,
Philadelphia, Quicky, Sara Northrup, Village Voice
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Critical Q&A #119
July 30, 2017, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2017/07/30/critical-qa-119/
The weekly show where I answer questions left in the comments section
of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChri...@gmail.com.
This week, the questions I answer are:
(1) What do you think of these doomsday type channels here on YouTube?
I saw a video last week where a guy shows a bunch of different
underground tunnel entrances near a Walmart and it kinda worried me,
especially after the closing of several Walmart stores for "plumbing
issues" and seeing armored guards and other government agency cars in
the parking lot. This world has become a scary place!
(2) When you were still in the Church and someone showed you a "pack"
of information on an SP or a hate website, would you and others not
think it was strange/unethical/illegal that they were using what was
supposed to be confidential information? Would you, at a time where you
were still fully in, ever be scared that someone would look and/or use
your confidential information given in auditing?
Tags: Battlefield Earth, Critic, International Association of Scientologists,
Kay Rowe, OT 8, Quicky, Sea Org, Space Jazz, YouTube
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Palantir: the 'special ops' tech giant that wields as much real-world power
as Google
July 30, 2017, Jacques Peretti, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/palantir-peter-thiel-cia-data-crime-police
In Minority Report, the 2002 movie adaptation of the Philip K Dick
novel, Tom Cruise plays a police officer in the LAPD "pre-crime" unit.
Using the premonitions of sentient mutants called "pre-cogs", the
police are able to predict when someone is going to commit a crime
before it happens, swooping down from helicopters and arresting them on
the street before they can do anything. Their "crime" is that they
merely thought about it.
Palantir, the CIA-backed startup, is Minority Report come true. It is
all-powerful, yet no one knows it even exists. Palantir does not have
an office, it has a "SCIF" on a back street in Palo Alto, California.
SCIF stands for "sensitive compartmentalised information facility".
Palantir says its building "must be built to be resistant to attempts
to access the information within. The network must be 'airgapped' from
the public internet to prevent information leakage."
Palantir's defence systems include advanced biometrics and walls
impenetrable to radio waves, phone signal or internet. Its data storage
is blockchained: it cannot be accessed by merely sophisticated hacking,
it requires digital pass codes held by dozens of independent parties,
whose identities are themselves protected by blockchain.
Tags: 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013, Afghanistan, Amazon, Apple, Bernie Madoff,
California, Chicago, CIA, Critic, Facebook, FBI, Google, Inglewood, Iraq,
IRS, LA Weekly, LAPD, Los Angeles, Microsoft, Palantir, Palo Alto, Peter
Thiel, Police, Quicky, San Fernando Valley, The Secret, Tom Cruise, Twitter,
UK
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Scientology 'dead agents' our own Rod Keller as it pursues more illegal
activity in Mexico City
July 30, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/07/30/scientology-dead-agents-our-own-rod-keller-as-it-pursues-more-illegal-activity-in-mexico-city/
Rod Keller continues to watch Scientology try, illegally, to build a
new "Advanced Org" in Mexico City, and now the church is starting to
play dirty.
The waiting game at the planned Advanced Org in Mexico City continues
and Scientology is using all of its tricks to break the imposed work
stoppage. Watchful neighbors this week spotted a water heater being
delivered to the site by a truck bearing the logo of Rotoplas, a
manufacturer of water tanks. It's part of the "trabajo hormiga," or
"ant work" being done at the site.
[Rotoplas water tank delivery at Palmas Plaza]
Tags: 1978, 1996, Advanced Org, Art of War, Black Propaganda, Congress, Cult
Awareness Network, Dead Agent, Enrique Vargas del Villar, Foundation for a
Drug-Free World, Guyana, Huixquilucan, Jason Scott, Jonestown, Kendrick
Moxon, Leo J. Ryan, Life Tabernacle Church, Mexico City, Office of Special
Affairs, Peoples Temple, Quicky, Rod Keller, Scientology lawyer, Sun Tzu
======================================
Valley Interfaith Boondoggle
July 30, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/valley-interfaith-boondoggle/
Valley Idle Org is trying to generate some "PR Area Control" by
buddying up with some "interfaith" allies. No doubt they will talk
about how they are being targeted by "bigots" conducting a "campaign"
of "anti-religion haters." (For an organization that derides the
concept of being a victim they sure do a pretty good imitation of
playing one).
I wonder if they have on their agenda the topics of "Disconnection and
the destruction of families"? Or "Elderly Abuse in Scientology"? Or
"How we cover up child abuse to protect the image of scientology?"
The people who are attending this "interfaith forum on tolerance and
belief" have no clue what they are involving themselves in. Or they
think it's a step up for them to get into bed with Scientology? Surely
not....
Tags: Abuse, Child abuse, Disconnection, Jewish, Quicky, United Nations
======================================
Here it is, your passport to Scientology godhood: Next stop, infinity!
July 30, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/07/30/here-it-is-your-passport-to-scientology-godhood-next-stop-infinity/
Sunny Pereira has come through with a great treat for us today. It's
her Scientology "passport," and we have it complete for you.
A Scientology passport? Yeah, we weren't familiar with it either. But
we're sure glad Sunny managed to save hers. We asked her to help us
understand what it was.
The Bunker: So you went Clear in 1990, and this was issued in 1994. How
long did you continue to get it stamped?
Tags: 1990, 1991, 1994, 2004, ASHO, Clear, Facebook, OT X, Passport, Quicky,
Saint Hill, Sunny Pereira, Tax exempt, TIME
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West Valley Mission Fail
July 30, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/west-valley-mission-fail/
Here is the scientology mission in the Valley. The hotbed of a
scientology on planet earth.
The photo he used is no doubt putting their best foot forward.
A corner of a room with an empty table with two chairs and a bookshelf.
Clearly it's hopping and popping out there in the West Valley!
Tags: California, Clear, Ideal Org, Mission, Quicky, Scientology TV
======================================
Doug Ford is clear-cutting Ontario's environmental laws
July 30, 2019, Laura Annalise Tanguay, The Narwhal
https://thenarwhal.ca/doug-ford-is-clear-cutting-ontarios-environmental-laws/
Ontarians should be concerned by the vast changes that are being made
to provincial environmental legislation as they will have serious
consequences on the natural spaces we cherish.
In an overarching attempt to "modernize" Ontario's environmental plan,
Premier Doug Ford and his government have made moves to pave the way
for development across the province by reducing so-called "red tape."
The government is undercutting the Endangered Species Act and the
Environmental Assessment Act, and limiting community engagement in
northern Ontario planning decisions by repealing the Far North Act.
Despite the staggering rollbacks, these changes have received little
attention in the mainstream media. Under the umbrella of these
"modernization" efforts, the common thread of reducing red tape for
business and development ventures is apparent in the Ford government's
proposed changes.
Tags: 1976, 2010, 2016, Auditor General of Ontario, Canada, Climate change,
Doug Ford, DougWiki, Endangered Species Act, Environmental, Environmental
Assessment Act, Far North Act, First Nations, Ford government, Indigenous,
Nebraska, Ontario, Species At Risk Ontario, The Conversation, York University
======================================
Down in the polls, Ford says Ontarians want him to 'keep going, ignore the
media'
July 30, 2019, Robert Benzie, Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2019/07/30/ford-says-ontarians-want-him-to-keep-going-ignore-the-media.html
Down in the polls and scrambling to regroup after a rocky start to
summer for his 13-month-old government, Premier Doug Ford insists
Ontarians are behind him.
"The people out there when I go from town to town - and I'm all over
the province - people come up to me and the number one comment is:
'keep going, ignore the media,'" Ford told Lorne Brooker at
Belleville's CJBQ radio on Tuesday.
"It's not you - I wish more media outlets were like you - but to put it
into perspective we're up against some of the largest unions in the
country that have had their hands in the taxpayer's pocket for 15
years," the premier continued.
"We're up against the special interest groups again. They have their
hands in the cookie jar as they say, we're pulling their hands out and
? starting to respect the taxpayers," he said.
Tags: 2018, Amin Massoudi, Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party of Canada,
Corbett Communications, Dean French, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Federal election,
Jamie Wallace, Ontario, Postmedia, Progressive Conservative, Queen's Park,
Rob Ford, Toronto, Twitter, Vic Fedeli
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Ford facing calls to dismantle 'Ontario News Now'' after featuring PC party
donors
July 30, 2019, Colin D'Mello, CTV News
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ford-facing-calls-to-dismantle-ontario-news-now-after-featuring-pc-party-donors-1.4530099
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is facing calls to dismantle 'Ontario News
Now' - the taxpayer-funded Progressive Conservative communication video
service - after PC party donors were featured in recent promotional
videos.
On Sunday, 'Ontario News Now' posted a video featuring Pelee Island
Winery, located south of Chatham-Kent, in which Ford is seen touring
the winery before telling viewers to "go buy a bottle of Pelee Island
Wine."
The video triggered online backlash after it was discovered that Walter
Schmoranz, the president of the winery, donated money to the PC party
twice in 2019 according to public filings with Elections Ontario - just
weeks before his company was featured in a video.
Tags: Cash for access, Chatham-Kent, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Elections Ontario,
Ford government, Green Party, Lobbyist, Marit Stiles, Mike Schreiner,
Ontario, Ontario News Now, Pelee Island Winery, Progressive Conservative,
Rick Nicholls, Toronto
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Former aide to Ford's late brother named Ontario Premier's principal secretary
July 30, 2019, Laura Stone, Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-former-aide-to-fords-late-brother-named-ontario-premiers-principal/?cmpid=rss
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is starting to make changes to his inner
circle, with a former aide to his late brother becoming principal
secretary as more staff announce they are leaving for the private sector.
The Globe and Mail has learned that Amin Massoudi, a former
communications director to late Toronto mayor Rob Ford, has been named
as a senior aide to the Premier as he enters his second year in
government.
"We're excited to announce Amin Massoudi has assumed the role of
principal secretary to the Premier. His leadership in the Premier's
Office has played a critical role in advancing our government's goal of
improving quality of government services and making life more
affordable for individuals and families in Ontario," the Premier's
Office said in a statement to The Globe.
Tags: Amin Massoudi, Andrew Koolsbergen, Andrew Scheer, Ben Dachis, Canadian
Council for Public-Private Partnerships, Canadian Press, Dean French, Doug
Ford, DougWiki, Federal election, Ivana Yelich, Jamie Wallace, Jenni Byrne,
Kools, Lauren McDonald, Lobbyist, Melissa Lantsman, Mitchell Davidson,
Ontario, Ottawa, Patronage, Queen's Park, Rob Ford, StrategyCorp, Toronto,
Toronto Sun
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Legal aid cuts prompt Ontario-wide day of action
July 30, 2019, Erica Vella, Global News
https://globalnews.ca/news/5705430/ontario-legal-aid-day-of-action/
A province-wide day of action saw many Ontarians rallying against cuts
against legal aid services announced by the Doug Ford government
earlier this year.
More than 40 events took place on Tuesday - ranging from protests to
events discussing the changes - after budget cuts were imposed by the
government earlier this year.
Legal Aid Ontario provides services to those who cannot afford to pay
for a lawyer. The cuts include slashing Legal Aid funding by 30 per
cent, or $133 million. Assistance with refugee and immigration cases
are being impacted.
Tags: Chinese, DougWiki, Etobicoke, Ford government, Lawyer, Legal, Legal aid
cuts, Legal Aid Ontario, London, Ontario, Toronto
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Miscavige changes course: All remaining Scientology orgs to go 'Ideal' at the
same time
July 30, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/07/30/miscavige-changes-course-all-remaining-scientology-orgs-to-go-ideal-at-the-same-time/
"Doing it all simultaneously." This cryptic slogan showed up at an
"Ideal Org Convention" for Canada last week. But it's becoming clear
that this is a message that is being sent to all Scientologists around
the world. So what does it mean?
As unlikely as it sounds, the call is going out that all orgs will
become "ideal" at the same time. Beginning in 2003, David Miscavige has
been personally appearing at the grand openings of Ideal Orgs, a few
each year, and totaling more than 60 now. But now, instead of more
openings one or two at a time, Miscavige is calling for the rest of the
orgs around the world to go ideal at the same time.
News of the plan was released at a series of continental conventions
this week. The participants in those meetings returned to their home
orgs to share the exciting news.
Tags: 2003, 2017, 2020, Africa, ANZO, Austin, Birmingham, Boston, Canada,
Class V, Columbus, David Miscavige, Detroit, England, Europe, Gateshead,
Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, Joburg North, Kansas
City, Malm?, Mexico City, Miami, New Haven, Perth, Philadelphia, Rod Keller,
Tom DeVocht, Vienna, Winnipeg
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Ontario reverses course on autism program, moves towards needs-based strategy
July 30, 2019, Yusra Javed, iPolitics
https://ipolitics.ca/2019/07/30/ontario-reverses-course-on-autism-program-moves-towards-needs-based-strategy/
The Ontario government is shifting gears on its autism file after
months of stark criticism and is moving toward a new program based on
the individual needs of children.
The announcement made on Monday by Minister of Children, Community and
Social Services Todd Smith marks a reversal from the Doug Ford
government's February revamp of the Ontario Autism Program (OAP), which
offered each child a fixed amount of money determined solely by their
age and family income. The attempt at a revamp comes on the heels of
backlash from parents as well as an internal review from the government
that called for a reset of the strategy.
"It's clear to me that we didn't get the redesign right the first time.
I'm here to tell you we will now," Smith said at a press conference in
Toronto. "We are certainly sorry for the anxiety that this has caused
parents across Ontario."
Tags: 2020, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Ford government, Lisa MacLeod, Medical,
Michael Coteau, Monique Taylor, Ontario, Ontario Autism Coalition, Ontario
Autism Program, Ontario New Democratic Party, Progressive Conservative,
Queen's Park, Todd Smith, Toronto
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Ottawa finally challenging Ford government's plan to cancel out-of-country
medical coverage
July 30, 2019, Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/07/30/ottawa-is-finally-challenging-queens-park-on-out-of-country-medical-costs.html
Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor started the ball
rolling last week by officially issuing what, under the Canada Health
Act, is called a "notice of concern" to Christine Elliott, her
provincial counterpart in Ford's Progressive Conservative government.
It took a while. But Canada's Liberal government has finally challenged
Premier Doug Ford's patently illegal plan to cancel emergency medicare
coverage for Ontarians travelling abroad.
One criterion is portability - the requirement that provincial medicare
plans cover residents who are temporarily travelling elsewhere in
Canada or abroad.
Tags: Canada, Canada Health Act, Christine Elliott, Doug Ford, DougWiki,
Federal election, Ford government, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Hospital, Justin
Trudeau, OHIP, Ontario, Ottawa, Progressive Conservative
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Pelee Island Winery faces online backlash, boycott over owner's donation to
Ontario PC party
July 30, 2019, Sameer Chhabra, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/pelee-island-winery-backlash-1.5229815
Pelee Island Winery is the subject of controversy stemming from
donations made to the Ontario PC party weeks before the vineyard was
featured in an Ontario News Now promotional video.
According to Elections Ontario records, Pelee Island Winery owner
Walter Schmoranz donated $2,050 to the Progressive Conservative Party
of Ontario between February 2019 and July 2019.
His first donation of $1,050 was deposited on Feb. 26, 2019, while a
second $1,000 donation was deposited on July 12, 2019.
Tags: CBC, Chatham-Kent-Leamington, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Elections Ontario,
Essex, Facebook, Fake, Ontario, Ontario News Now, Pelee Island Winery,
Progressive Conservative, Rick Nicholls, Twitter
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People's Party of Canada candidate in Sask. slammed over call for more 'hate
speech'
July 30, 2019, Guy Quenneville, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/peoples-party-cody-payant-bernier-1.5230152
A Saskatchewan People's Party of Canada (PPC) candidate is defending
comments in support of the use of "hate speech" he made recently on
social media.
Some groups say they fear the comments could incite violence.
"Our country could use more hate speech, more offensive comments, more
'micro-aggressions', more violation of safe spaces with words and more
critical thinking," Cody Payant wrote on his Facebook page and Twitter
account on July 16.
Tags: 2018, Canada, Canadian Anti-Hate Network, Cody Payant, DougWiki, Evan
Balgord, Facebook, Federal election, Lindsay Shepherd, Maxime Bernier,
Ontario, People's Party of Canada, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Twitter, Yellow
Vests Canada
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Scientology Fair Game
July 30, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-fair-game/
I happened upon the STAAD League "dead agent" propaganda about
scientology Fair Game.
I thought it might be useful to address it with the real truth.
Let's start with what Hubbard ACTUALLY said about Fair Game.
Tags: 1965, 1967, 1968, Catholic Church, Critic, Ethics, Facebook, Fair Game,
OT, Quicky, R2-45, Sea Org, STAND, Suppressive Person, TIME, Twitter
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There's a big hole at the centre of the Tories' climate strategy
July 30, 2019, Jonathon Gatehouse, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/scheer-climate-plan-fact-check-1.5215541
The Conservative Party's climate change-fighting blueprint, dubbed A
Real Plan to Protect Our Environment, was more than a year in the
making - and it promises many things.
There's a pledge to create a Green Homes Tax Credit, which would allow
Canadians to recoup 20 per cent of what they spend to make their homes
more energy efficient, up to a maximum of $3,800. And a vow to tax
made-in-Canada climate-friendly inventions at a lower rate in order to
spur research and development. The Tories are also committing to
improving conservation funding and coming up with better ways to manage
wetlands and other habitats.
But Andrew Scheer's environmental plan has one big hole: It doesn't set
any targets for greenhouse gas reductions, which is the very point of
the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Tags: 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, Andrew Scheer, Canada, Canadian Press,
Carbon tax, Climate change, Conservative Party of Canada, DougWiki,
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environmental, Federal election,
Paris, Paris Agreement, Pembina Institute, Tax
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