Today in Scientology -- March 14th ***********************************************************

[Scientology Today]

Today March 14th in Scientology history
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Presley puts mansion up for sale
March 14, 1998, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/27377875.html?FMT=FT&dids=27377875:27377875&FMTS=ABS:FT

The home overlooks Clearwater Harbor and is situated several blocks
north of the downtown headquarters of the Church of Scientology, where
Presley is a parishioner. She is part of an influx of thousands of
Scientologists who have moved to Clearwater in the 1990s to be closer
to the church's spiritual headquarters.

Tags: 1990, 1996, Clearwater, Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, Memphis,
National Enquirer, Priscilla Presley

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Scientology the reason behind Chef's bail
March 14, 2006, UPI
https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2006/03/14/Scientology-the-reason-behind-Chefs-bail/20501142363111/

NEW YORK, March 14 (UPI) -- One of the creators of "South Park" is
taking issue with the reason Isaac Hayes gave for quitting the voice of
"Chef."

Hayes issued a sharply worded statement Monday condemning "South Park"
for its religious parodies, saying: "Religious beliefs are sacred to
people, and at all times should be respected and honored. As a civil
rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that
disrespects those beliefs and practices."

But creator Matt Stone told The New York Post Hayes' real reason for
leaving the show after 10 years is because they finally got around to
making fun of his religion, Scientology.

Tags: Christian, Isaac Hayes, Matt Stone, Mormons, Muslim, New York Post,
Quicky, South Park

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Proposed rehab center associated with Scientology draws opposition
March 14, 2007, Heather Civil, NWF Daily News
https://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/narconon_7389___article.html/facility_beach.html

Narconon recently met with about 100 people who live or own property
near the house to address their concerns.

Kathi Crawford attended the meeting and said that the discussion did
not ease her fears.

Tags: Blu By The Sea, Deborah Ross, Donald Corollo, Florida, Kathi Crawford,
Miramar Beach, Narconon, Randy Ross, Trumon Phillips

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Scientology following grows first year in Chico
March 14, 2007, Karen McIntyre, The Orion, CSU, Chico
http://www.theorion.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=4ebdeb7e-599b-41ea-99f7-34d026880b71

Scientologists are not against all psychiatry, only cases when people
are involuntarily committed or forced to take medication, Klagenberg
said.

During an auditing session, the subject is hooked up to an E-Meter,
which sends a mild electrical current through the body and measures
thoughts, Collins said.

The sensitive device is similar in function to a polygraph, she said.
Becoming an auditor takes years of training, and the sessions can cost
$500 to $2,000.

Tags: Brian Daellenbach, Mike Klagenberg, Sande Collins, Sarah Pike

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Anonymous Unmasked in Scientology Protests
March 14, 2008, John DeSio, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/anonymous-unmasked-in-scientology-protests-6681783

Though masks have been a successful tactic in other cities they are
useless in New York. On the "Anonymous" protest planning forums
Enturbulation.org, the loose-knit collective of activists, hackers and
pranksters have gone to great lengths to warn one another that masks
are not tolerated in New York. Sure, two people standing together can
wear whatever they want. Add a third, and this becomes a crime.

The law dates back to the 19th Century, said Christopher Dunn,
associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU),
and was originally put on the books to thwart highway bandits. In 1999
the NYCLU brought a lawsuit against the Giuliani administration after
it denied a parade permit to the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
using the mask law as the excuse.

Tags: 1999, 2004, 2005, Anonymous, Appeal, Enturbulation, Guy Fawkes, Ku Klux
Klan, Lawyer, New York, New York City

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Cult Fiction? YouTube.flv vs. the CoS DVD screen-shot
March 14, 2008, Source LRonHu88ard's Enturbulation Cult of Scientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2lQhiNQ008

From the goons -- A VERY basic comparison of the screen-shot from the
DVD CoS passed out tonight in Florida to the .flv file from the
original YouTube video proclaiming a bomb threat from Anonymous to the
CoS.

Again, this means little; A qualified expert is what is needed for this
assessment.

I'm certian the FBI and ATF have those sorts of peoiple.

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What i see is;

Pixelation
Horizontal lines (lacing)
quite a bit of color degradation
Loss of depth and detail.

In the DVD shot, colors are bright, sharp, smooth rounded gradiants.

no real indication the pixels were blurred to the extent it would take
to remove sharp pixel angles.

So... there ya have what I see.

I added no effects or changed the images in anyway from they way I got
them.... encoding ONLY .... its not my job to fabricate anything, I'll
leave that to others.

The musical artist does not endorse or aknowledge any attachment to
Anonymous in any way. He is great thoo.

Tags: Anonymous, Bogus, Bomb threat, Cult, FBI, Florida

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Federal center takes bomb threat precautions
March 14, 2008, Battle Creek Enquirer
https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20080313/NEWS01/303130048/UPDATED-Federal-Center-takes-bomb-threat-precautions

Police were notified today about the threat and members of the Battle
Creek Police Department Bomb Squad, using a Michigan State Police dog
trained to detect explosives, inspected both buildings but did not find
anything.

MacNevin said Wednesday afternoon the Federal Center would "continue
some things during the time they are appropriate and that relates to
the information we receive," but he would not be specific.

Several people who claimed to be either members of Anonymous or agree
with their views told the Enquirer the group is non-violent and they
believe the threats were made by the church.

"I think it is a fake threat by the Scientologists to discredit their
critics," said Tony Meman, 27, of Lansing.

Tags: Battle Creek, Bomb threat, Mike Delaware

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Judge declines Scientologists' request for restraining order
March 14, 2008, Christopher Collette, Associated Press, WTSP 10
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=76085

A judge has refused to order members of a loose-knit protest group to
stay away from Church of Scientology buildings in Clearwater.

The church went to court earlier this week claiming that a group known
as Anonymous was responsible for threatening Internet video clips,
phone calls and other harassment aimed at the church and its members.

Tags: Anonymous, Clearwater, Restraining order

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My Big Fat Freewinds Birthday Party
March 14, 2008, supertomcruise, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKpgPiimw0w

O HAI GUISE
Tom Krooz heer :D
I just wanted 2 show u my UbEr KeWl birtdhay video from my uBeR kEwwL
birthday party!!!!!!! that my BFF Davy Miscavaige set me up 4 lol
U CAN C ME SIGNING ALONG WITH TEH SONG LOOLL!!!11

Tags: David Miscavige, Freewinds, Tom Cruise

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Scientologists seek restraining order
March 14, 2008, News.com.au
https://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23369220-5014239,00.html

SCIENTOLOGISTS are trying to get a restraining order placed on an
internet-based group planning to hold a second round of protests
against the church.

An application for a temporary restraining order against members of
"Anonymous" has been filed in a US court by a member of the Church of
Scientology's "spiritual headquarters" in Florida, the St Petersburg
Times reported.

Tags: Anonymous, Clearwater, Pat Harney

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Scientology: The Scientology Counterattack Against Anonymous Is Underway
March 14, 2008, Hamilton Nolan, Gawker
https://gawker.com/367922/the-scientology-counterattack-against-anonymous-is-underway

The Church of Scientology strikes back! Online. Having grown tired of
being hounded on the internet by the anonymous cyber-protest group
"Anonymous," Scientology not only filed an injunction in court (which
failed), but also posted its own counterattack videos to YouTube.

Tags: Anonymous, Wikipedia, YouTube

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Celebrities aren't the only ones who say Scientology helps them
March 14, 2010, John Przybyslas, Las Vegas Review-Journal
https://www.reviewjournal.com/life/celebrities-arent-the-only-ones-who-say-scientology-helps-them/

Brent Jones, 46, discovered Scientology about 17 years ago. He was
living in Ventura County, Calif., then and working as a successful, but
unhappy, attorney.

"I was in the parking lot outside Carl's Jr., eating my lunch in the
car, and a lady came by and tapped on the window," he says. "I rolled
the window down and talked to her, and she sold me a book, 'Dianetics.'
"

Jones was born and raised in the Catholic church but had explored a
variety of other faith traditions - Jehovah's Witnesses, The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pentecostalism, and "a little bit of
Eastern philosophy" and "a little New Age" - throughout his life.

Tags: Brent Jones, Brian Pool, Celebrity Centre, Church of Scientology
International, Comm Course, Larry Perna, Las Vegas, Nevada, Purification
Rundown, South Park, Sunday service, Tommy Davis, Ventura County, Wensey
McComb

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Xenophon ramps up anti-Scientology crusade
March 14, 2010, Tim Leslie, ABC News (Australia)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/13/2845062.htm?section=justin

Crusading Senator Nick Xenophon has continued to pressure the
Government to crack down on The Church of Scientology, addressing an
anti-cult conference in Brisbane today.

Speaking at the the Cult Information and Family Support Group
Queensland Conference, Senator Xenophon slammed the Government and the
Opposition for their cowardice in not supporting his motion to launch
an inquiry into The Church of Scientology and its tax free status.

Tags: Australia, Nick Xenophon

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L Ron Hubbard's steamy literature
March 14, 2011, Tim Walker, The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/8379179/Betty-Blue-Eyes-star-leaves-photographers-feeling-blue.html

I disclosed last month how David Gaiman, the publicity director for L
Ron Hubbard's controversial Church of Scientology, had bequeathed his
old boss's collected works to the Oxford Union.

Gaiman's dying wish that this would lead to a spate of conversions amid
the dreaming spires now looks deluded. I hear that the bequest ? or at
least some of the 10 boxes of the lovingly-collected books, CDs and
papers ? was unceremoniously burnt after a farewell dinner for James
Langman, the former president of the Union, over the weekend. Langman
tells me he was himself unaware of the book-burning.

One trusts Tom Cruise and John Travolta ? the church's best-known
disciples ? will never get to hear of this outrage.

Tags: David Gaiman, L. Ron Hubbard, Oxford University

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Laura Wilson - OT VIII and Texan
March 14, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/laura-wilson-ot-viii-and-texan/

Laura Wilson exemplifies all that is good about Scientology. She exudes
all that is good about Texas. She is giving up things that are
irreplacable by performing this public act of integrity. You wouldn't
know it from her declaration because Laura is not about Laura; Laura is
about helping others. In my view, knowing her circumstances, her write
up below is - like Laura - pure grace under fire.

With a Little Help from my Friends

With a little help from my friends, I am able to look a little more.

Tags: L. Ron Hubbard, Laura Ann Wilson, OT, OT VIII, Quicky, Texas, Yvonne
Schick

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Get Your MFA from L. Ron Hubbard
March 14, 2012, Blake Butler, Vice News
https://www.vice.com/read/get-your-mfa-from-l-ron-hubbard

Hell if I can tell you from where Hubbard drummed the logic and sounds
in his sentences. Sure, we assume he's nuts, not to mention a dickface
who raked in money manufactured in god's name, but isn't that in some
way what the majority of all authors in their secret dreams wish would
come about for them? L. Ron Hubbard is pretty much just an even more
vilified and mega-loaded Gordon Lish.

Here are some example sentences culled from Hubbard's Dianetics: The
Modern Science of Mental Health (which he originally thought about
calling The Dark Sword, Excalibur), pretty much the cornerstone of the
whole religion, published in 1950, and all of which could serve as more
effective teaching tools than?oh, I don't know, take your pick:

Tags: 1950, Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard

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In Clearwater for LRH's 101st Birthday: Tales of Disconnection and
Scientology Creepiness
March 14, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientology_clearwater_disconnection.php

One of the highlights of a full day here in Clearwater, Florida --
spiritual mecca for the Church of Scientology -- was meeting Darth
Xander and watching him chase a Flag bus to inform Sea Org members that
they can leave if they want to.

In town over the weekend to celebrate L. Ron Hubbard's 101st birthday,
DX experienced some weirdness and I asked him to tell the story, which
I included in the video above. Check it out, and then after the jump
join us for some additional Flag Land Base enturbulation.

I jumped at the chance to meet Darth after seeing some footage that
he'd put together a few days ago. Some of you have probably already
seen it.

Tags: 2009, Bryan Seymour, Clearwater, Darth Xander, David Miscavige,
Disconnection, Europe, Flag Land Base, Florida, Fort Harrison, Freedom
magazine, Gayle Smith, Hacienda Gardens, Janet Reitman, Joe Childs, L. Ron
Hubbard, Pat Harney, Sandcastle, Sea Org, St. Petersburg Times, Starbucks,
Super Power Building, Suppressive Person, The Truth Rundown, Tom Tobin

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Wild Weekend Wets Clearwater
March 14, 2012, Jared Leone, Clearwater Patch
http://clearwater.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/wild-weekend-wets-clearwater

It was around noon Saturday and Hageli held signs and wore a Guy Fawkes
mask (similar to the character in the movie V for Vendetta) in the
shadows of the Fort Harrison and Flag building at Court Street and Ft.
Harrison Avenue.

This is the second year he has come to Clearwater from Chicago to
protest the Church of Scientology birthday celebration of founder L.
Ron Hubbard. Hageli, a lawyer, said he made friends and had so much fun
the year earlier protesting at the birthday party he wanted to come back.

Tags: Alex Hageli, Anonymous, Clearwater, Coachman Park

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You Are Not Alone
March 14, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/you-are-not-alone/

On March 13, 2012 Moving On Up A Little Higher received its sixth
millionth (6,000,000) visit.

People from 107 countries have tuned in so far this year. I have
included below a list of the top fifty countries in order of rank by
number of visits.

Thanks for visiting. Thanks for participating in the conversations. And
thanks for letting others know about the Scientology blog that never
sleeps.

Tags: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary,
Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Quicky, Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand,
Turkey, Venezuela

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The Rundown: a close call
March 14, 2013, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency
http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-rundown-close-call.html

A former Scientologist who pioneered the Purification Rundown in France
told a Senate committee there how one of his clients almost died during
the procedure.

Ex-member Roger Gonnet By his own account, Roger Gonnet was once one of
Scientology's most dedicated followers in France before becoming its
most effective critic there.

He became an active member in 1975, setting up the Lyon branch of its
operations and running it until he was declared a Suppressive Person
eight years later.1

Tags: 1965, 1975, 1998, A History of Man, Australia, Bridge to Total Freedom,
Cancer, David Miscavige, Ex-member, Flag Land Base, Florida, France, Kevin
Anderson, Lyon, Medical, Narconon, OT VIII, Paris, Peta O'Brien, Purification
Rundown, Quicky, Roger Gonnet, Suppressive Person, Victoria

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Your Life as Sperm or Egg: L. Ron Hubbard's Mad Genius
March 14, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/03/14/your-life-as-a-sperm-or-egg-l-ron-hubbards-mad-genius/

Welcome to our ongoing project, where we blog a 1950 first edition of
Scientology's bible, Dianetics, with the help of ex-Scientologist, Bay
Area lawyer, blogger, and author Vance Woodward. Go here for the first
post in the series.

Vance, in the last chapter, Hubbard's cryptic examples and use of
passive voice led us to wonder if he wasn't describing his own mental
instability and physical ailments, masked as examples of unnamed
patients.

We couldn't shake that feeling as he took us into this next chapter,
"Prenatal Experience and Birth," which has to be the most disturbing so
far.

Tags: 1950, 1966, 1996, Andreas Heldal-Lund, Clear, Clearwater, Dianetics,
Engrams, Facebook, Florida, John McMaster, Lisa Marie Presley, Mace-Kingsley
Family Center, NDA, Niacin, Operation Clambake, Purification Rundown, Quicky,
SMERSH, Vance Woodward, Xenu

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Another smuggled Scientology video to warm your inner thetan: 'Success
Congress'!
March 14, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/03/14/another-smuggled-scientology-video-to-warm-your-inner-thetan-success-congress/

Our video source has come through again, and we have another internal
Scientology "quote video" for your enjoyment. As we've explained
before, these short videos feature excerpts from L. Ron Hubbard
lectures - this one took place in January 1959 - which is intended to
sell the full package. Bridge Publications, Scientology's printing arm,
lists this item at $125.00, and it comes in a slew of foreign languages!

So what's the significance of the lecture? Here's part of the
description from the Bridge Publications website...

"L. Ron Hubbard reveals the single reactive postulate at the core of
planetary apathy, 'there is nothing I can do about it.' Yet that
postulate doesn't stand a chance - not with what he next discovered.
Stemming from the pervasive datum, 'the confusions aren't and order
is,' came the discovery of the senior ability of a thetan. In fact,
once a being reaches the top of the scale, it's the only thing they can
do. It's a datum that provides the answer of how an individual can
consecutively and continuously bring wider order that spreads like a
wave over the world."

Tags: 1959, Australia, Bridge Publications, Clark Morton, CMO Int, Hollywood
Guaranty Building, Int Base, Joy Moritz, Kenny Seybold, L. Ron Hubbard, Los
Angeles, Marc Headley, Mette Jensen, Narconon, Paul Sarkany, Quicky,
Religious Technology Center, Ron Sommerville, Success Congress

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Disconnection, according to the Church of Scientology
March 14, 2014, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/disconnection-according-to-the-church-of-scientology/2170294

There is no policy in Scientology that requires Church members to
disconnect from anyone, let alone family and friends who simply have
different beliefs. To the contrary, the moral code of Scientology
mandates that Scientologists respect the religious beliefs of others.
The Church encourages excellent family relationships, Scientologists or
not, and family relations routinely improve with Scientology because
the Scientologist learns how to increase communication and resolve any
problems that may have previously existed.

Tags: Disconnection

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ENEMIES OF SCIENTOLOGY DEPOPULARIZED TO THE POINT OF TOTAL OBLITERATION
March 14, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/enemies-of-scientology-depopularized-to-the-point-of-total-obliteration/

Attached is a 2006 publication of the church of Scientology
International. It details the statistics of the Invest (Investigations)
Bureau (the espionage and intelligence branch of Scientology's dirty
tricks and propaganda arm, Office of Special Affairs). It carefully
measures Scientology Inc's accomplishment of the aims of Scientology as
explored recently in several posts. The quality of the lives of the
dozens of staff of OSA Invest are determined by whether these
statistics are uptrending week to week or whether they are downtrending.
If the statistics are uptrending the staff member is not punished and
is sometimes rewarded. If the statistics go downward, the staff members
responsible can lose pay, lose eating or sleeping privileges, and be
made to perform hard manual labor (in addition to a full work schedule)
in order to make good with the group. All of these statistics are
carefully designed to add up to the 'valuable final products' of the
Investigations Bureau, one of which is: ENEMIES OF SCIENTOLOGY
DEPOPULARIZED TO THE POINT OF TOTAL OBLITERATION.

Note well that one of the first Hubbard references that these
statistics are based upon per the publication itself is ADVICE 27 Mar
1972 COUNTER ATTACKS TACTICS. We have explored the implications of that
publication before, e.g. 'Standing one's ground', and no doubt will do
so again in the future. It explicitly states that when you cannot shut
up a whistleblower by costing him or her their job you then effectively
attack that which he or she most values (in most cases, that means
spouses, children and other family members of the target). If there was
any doubt that it is currently enforced, you see it here prominently
highlighted in modern OSA context.

Investigations Statistics Issue

Tags: 1972, 2006, Office of Special Affairs, OT, Quicky

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Scientology clergy force a mother to choose: son or daughter (w/video)
March 14, 2014, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/scientology-clergy-force-a-mother-to-choose-son-or-daughter/2170325

The Church of Scientology pressured Sara Goldberg for months to kick
her son out of her life. She wouldn't do it. So the church put her on
trial one night in a Scientology building in Clearwater. It was scary.
Goldberg cried. She had been a devoted Scientologist for 36 years. Now
her church was accusing her of committing a crime against Scientology
-- not "disconnecting" from her renegade son.

Tags: 1950, 1970, 1973, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013,
ABC News, Abortion, Ashley Epstein, Bridge to Total Freedom, California, Cara
Golashesky, Caribbean, CIA, Clearwater, Cleveland Street, Committee of
Evidence, Daniel DiGalbo, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Disconnection, DUI,
Eagle Scout, Elvira ElKamel, E-meter, Ethics Officer, FBI, FDA, First
Amendment, Flag Land Base, Fort Harrison, Freewinds, Gale Lister, Google,
Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin, Human trafficking, IRS, Jehovah's
Witnesses, Jewish, Justice Chief, Kathy True, Keep Scientology Working,
Knowledge Reports, Los Angeles, Marion Pouw, Mark Kimura, Marty Rathbun, Matt
Argall, Matt Epstein, Mike Ellis, Mike Rinder, Mike Sutter, Narconon, Nick
Lister, Oklahoma, Operating Thetan, OT, Potential Trouble Source, Psychiatric
treatment, Rosanna Loda, Russ McKevitt, Sandcastle, Sara Goldberg,
Scientology staff, Sea Org, Sheldon Goldberg, Starbucks, Suppressive Person,
Tampa, Texas, The Hole, Tommy Davis

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Texas Judge Denies Scientology's 'Anti-SLAPP' Motion in Rathbun Suit
March 14, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/03/14/texas-judge-denies-scientologys-anti-slapp-motion-in-rathbun-suit/

In a 25-page ruling, Comal County Judge Dib Waldrip today rejected
Scientology's 'anti-SLAPP' motion which had attempted to derail the
harassment lawsuit of Bulverde, Texas resident Monique Rathbun.

Tags: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Bert Leahy, Church of Scientology
International, Comal County, David Lubow, David Miscavige, David Statter,
Disconnection, Ed Bryan, Ingleside, Joe Childs, Judge Dib Waldrip, Leslie
Hyman, Marc Wiegand, Marty Rathbun, Monique Rathbun, Office of Special
Affairs, OSA Int, Private investigator, Rathbun v. Scientology, Ray Jeffrey,
Scientology practice, SLAPP, Squirrel, Squirrel Busters, Tampa Bay Times,
Texas, Wallace Jefferson

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The Bubble Is Leaking
March 14, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-bubble-is-leaking/

Sacramento "Ideal" org completed no more than 375 "Bridge steps" in a
whole year. And that was "Highest Ever."

A Bridge step is defined as: "anything on the Bridge: Basics, Life
Improvement Courses, Life Repair, Purification Rundown, Student Hat and
on up, etc."

This is 7 completions per week. SEVEN. Including Life Improvement
Courses. And this is an "ideal" org - an org that is "the best" and
"dominated" in the "Ideal Org arena" (whatever that is...) with
"massive upstats."

Tags: 2015, Basics, Birthday Game, David Miscavige, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal
Org, International Association of Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard, Life
Repair, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Sacramento, Student Hat, Virginia

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Business leaders welcome Subway's plan to move to town, and Scientology book
shop at key site
March 14, 2015, Dave Comeau, East Grinstead Courier
http://www.eastgrinsteadcourier.co.uk/Business-leaders-welcome-Subway-s-plan-town/story-26148522-detail/story.html

But a spokeswoman for the Church Of Scientology revealed on Thursday
that the group plans to open a book shop there.

Stuart Scholes, chief executive of East Grinstead Business Association,
welcomed both bits of news and revealed some "big retailers" have
turned down the Blockbuster site because of the amount of rent which
would have to be paid.

He said: "Subway have been looking for a while and have looked at one
or two places which have been too small.

Tags: East Grinstead, East Grinstead Business Association, UK, West Sussex

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HBO's Scientology expos? gaining hype before premiere
March 14, 2015, Ian Mohr, Page Six, New York Post
https://pagesix.com/2015/03/13/hbos-scientology-expose-gaining-hype-before-premiere/

Director Alex Gibney's Scientology expos? "Going Clear: Scientology and
the Prison of Belief" was getting a feverish response the day it opened
in theaters, spies said.

A Q&A Friday at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center with Gibney ran so
long, it continued in another Lincoln Center space following its
scheduled end. Producer Kristen Vaurio and Tony Ortega appeared at a
later Q&A.

Tags: Alex Gibney, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, HBO,
Kristen Vaurio, Tony Ortega

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Mike Rinder: "Lady Killer"
March 14, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-lady-killer/

While the "church" of scientology has kindly nicknamed me "Lady
Killer," the strange reason for this deserves some context.

This post also serves to demonstrate the twisted and false nature of
the statements, videos, tweets, ads and emails that scientology is
sending out to try and "dead agent" everyone involved in the Going
Clear film. I am no special case - all participants are getting the
same treatment. I happen to have details and specifics concerning the
things they say about me. You can be certain the statements about the
others are no less false. It is of course interesting that the actual
"tech" Miscavige is supposedly following says to DISPROVE the
statements made - not to try to discredit the source and ignore the
statements made. In that regard, the latest scientology "response" to
Going Clear reported in THR yesterday is instructive.

"[scientology] attempts to rip apart Gibney's sources in the film with
ad hominem attacks,.. but fails to tackle any major revelation in the
film."

Tags: 2007, 2010, 9/11, Andrew Rinder, Australia, BBC, Catherine Bernardini,
Church of Scientology International, Clearwater, Clearwater Police
Department, David Bloomberg, David Miscavige, Dead Agent, Denver, Doctor,
Facebook, Florida, Fort Harrison, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and
the Prison of Belief, Google, Guillaume Lesevre, Ideal Org, International
Management, Jennifer Linson, John Sweeney, LAX, London, Los Angeles, Marty
Rathbun, Melbourne, Monique Yingling, Office of Special Affairs, OT, OT 8,
Panorama, Pinellas County, Pinellas County Sheriff's Department, Quicky, Sea
Org, Sue Wilhere, Taryn Rinder, The Hole, Tony Ortega, Twitter, UK

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Outtakes from the 1997 'Secret Lives' doc - an eyewitness at the Jack Parsons
house
March 14, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/03/14/outtakes-from-the-1997-secret-lives-doc-an-eyewitness-at-the-parsons-house/

We have another treat for you today as we continue to get leaked
original interviews that were filmed for the excellent 1997 Channel 4
documentary, Secret Lives - L. Ron Hubbard.

Up to this point, we've provided you with extended interviews of a
number of people who showed up in the Channel 4 film. But now, we have
an interview that was never included at all.

Previous segments have featured Hubbard's literary agent, Forrest
Ackerman, his press assistant and lover, Barbara Klowden, one of
Hubbard's fellow science fiction colleagues, Arthur Jean Cox, the
former mayor of Clearwater, Florida, Gabe Cazares, Hubbard's former
medical officer, Jim Dincalci, and archivist Gerry Armstrong.

Tags: 1945, 1952, 1997, Aleister Crowley, Andy Grieve, Arthur Jean Cox,
Barbara Carrellas, Barbara Klowden, Birthday Game, Channel 4, Clearwater,
Facebook, Florida, Forrest Ackerman, Fort Harrison, France, Freedom magazine,
Gabe Cazares, Gerry Armstrong, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of
Belief, Grant Cardone, Jack Parsons, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jim Dincalci,
Joy Villa, Kate Bornstein, Kristen Vaurio, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles Times,
Marjorie Cameron, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, New York, Nieson Himmel, Page
Six, Pasadena, Paul Haggis, Portland, Sara Northrup, Secret Lives, Thorsten
Overgaard

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Scientology #GoingClear Austin Q&A
March 14, 2015, Anon Lover, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTGWbRi7Rvk

On March 10, GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF director
Alex Gibney and author Lawrence Wright joined us for a special
screening of the new HBO documentary. The film premieres on March 29 on
HBO. This screening was presented in partnership with HBO, AFS, The
Paramount Theatre and The Texas Tribune.

Tags: Alex Gibney, Austin, Clear, HBO, Lawrence Wright, Paramount, Quicky,
Texas Tribune

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Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard's Fake Purple Hearts and Bronze Star!
March 14, 2015, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2015/03/14/scientology-founder-l-ron-hubbards-fake-purple-hearts-and-bronze-star/

L. Ron Hubbard: Stolen Valor

The Church of Scientology has long claimed that founder L. Ron Hubbard
won two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and 19 other combat medals in
WWII. The fact is that L. Ron Hubbard never served one day in combat,
never fought in combat, and was most certainly never wounded in combat.

Fact: L. Ron Hubbard worked as a self-employed typewriter jockey
cranking out pulp fiction for a penny a word until he went active duty
US Navy on 22 Sept 1941. Then 32 years of age, Hubbard received a
commission as a lieutenant jg and did not go through Officer's Training
School or any type of combat or weapons training. In particular,
Hubbard had no amphibious warfare or jungle survival training.
Hubbard's first job on active duty was to review and annotate the
hydrographic surveys of Puget Sound he had sent to the US Navy ten
years earlier. Hubbard was not a combat soldier and had no special
background training, no special skills, and only spoke English.

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1984, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2011, A Piece of Blue Sky, Africa, Australia,
Brisbane, Brooklyn, California, Chris Owen, CNN, Dianetics, Doctor, Europe,
Fake, George Washington University, Germany, Golden Era Productions,
Honolulu, Hospital, Jack Fletcher, Jack Parsons, Japan, Jon Atack, Lawrence
Wright, Los Angeles, Medal of Honor, Mercury, National Archive, Netherlands,
New York, New Yorker, Oak Knoll, Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, Oakland, Oregon,
Pasadena, Paul Haggis, PC-815, Philippines, Purple Heart, Quicky, San
Francisco, Sara Northrup, Silver, St. Louis, Submarine, Super Bowl, The Game,
Tommy Davis, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker, US Navy, Vistaril, Washington,
Wikipedia

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Turns out at least FOUR employees sued Pasadena firm that forced Scientology
on them
March 14, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/03/14/turns-out-at-least-four-employees-sued-pasadena-firm-that-forced-scientology-on-them/

The WISE logo In December, we told you about a lawsuit filed by a woman
named Annie R. Lee against a Pasadena company, Lusida Rubber Products,
after she claimed she was fired for refusing to take Scientology
courses forced on her by her employer.

Last week, an L.A. website reported that Lusida had filed a motion
hoping to end the lawsuit and force Lee into binding arbitration, which
is a common tactic used by the Church of Scientology itself against its
former members.

Now, we've learned that Lee's isn't the only lawsuit filed recently by
former Lusida employees, and that Lusida successfully forced the others
to drop their suit in favor of arbitration. And we also now have a copy
of the employment contract that Lee signed when she went to work at the
company, and we think you'll be surprised to read some of its terms.

Tags: 2000, 2005, 2008, 2014, Annie Lee, Clearwater, Ellen Sun, Jackie Yin,
Jamie DeWolf, Judge Mel Red Recana, Judge Suzanne Bruguera, Lenh Chiu, Los
Angeles Superior Court, Luis and Rocio Garcia, Lusida Rubber Products, Mark
Bunker, One Stoppe Shoppe, Org Board, Pasadena, Quicky, Religious harassment,
Wayne Chin, William Johonnesson, WISE, World Institute of Scientology
Enterprises, XENU TV

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A Slavery Free World
March 14, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-slavery-free-world/

Do you think Marisol Nichols has a clue about human trafficking? I don't.

If she did she would be briefing them on the changes the IAS has
enforced at Gold to reduce human trafficking there. After all, why not
start at home? You don't need to go to Africa to find real human
trafficking.

To help Marisol identify human trafficking victims, here are some
indicia that might be used:

Tags: Africa, Human trafficking, International Association of Scientologists,
Marisol Nichols, Mary Shuttleworth, Passport, Physical abuse, Quicky, Sleep
deprivation, Taron Lexton

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Memories of a Scientology warrior: Marty Rathbun's curious career as church
rebel
March 14, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/03/14/memories-of-a-scientology-warrior-marty-rathbuns-curious-career-as-church-rebel/

Last week, we caused a bit of an uproar in the Scientology Watching
community when we reported evidence that Mark "Marty" Rathbun gave a
Church of Scientology attorney in Israel a copy of an email that
independent Scientologist Dani Lemberger sent to Rathbun in 2013, and
which contained private information about Lemberger's Scientology
auditing.

The church used the contents of that email during a cross-examination
of Lemberger in a court hearing last month, including the detail that
Lemberger had said during auditing he thought about putting a bullet in
the head of Scientology leader David Miscavige. Lemberger tells us the
email's use had little effect on the trial, which ended with a
settlement last week. But he wrote to Rathbun that it was upsetting to
him that Rathbun would turn over an email to the church, and he
received no reply. When we asked Rathbun about it, he denigrated us
without answering our question or denying that he, in fact, gave
Lemberger's private email to the church for its use in court. While
some readers are still arguing whether the email proves that Rathbun is
actually cooperating with Scientology under some kind of agreement with
church leader David Miscavige, and whether or not that agreement
involves some kind of secret financial settlement, there's one thing
that seems pretty certain: Marty Rathbun's career as one of Miscavige's
most effective critics is over.

At one time, "Moving On Up a Little Higher," the blog that Rathbun
started in 2009 to criticize his former boss, was, with no
exaggeration, a serious threat to Miscavige's very control of the
church itself.

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2015, 2016, 9/11, Abortion, Abuse at the Top, Alex Gibney, Alexander
Jentzsch, Amy Scobee, Anderson Cooper, Andy Porter, Apostate, Arizona,
Armageddon, Austin, Australia, Bare-Faced Messiah, Battlefield Earth, BBC,
Belgium, Bert Fields, Bert Leahy, Bert Schippers, Biggi Reichert, Blown for
Good, Bonny Elliott, Brian Mandigo, Burbank, Cause Resurgence Rundown,
Channel 4, Chris Shelton, Christie Collbran, Chuck Beatty, Clear, Clearwater,
Comal County, Corpus Christi, Counterfeit Dreams, Critic, Cult, Dan Koon,
Dani Lemberger, Daniel Montalvo, Dave Fagen, David Lubow, David Mayo, David
Miscavige, DC, Debbie Cook, Dianetics, Elliott Cappuccio, Esquire, Eugene
Ingram, Europe, FBI, Flag Land Base, Freedom magazine, Freewinds, George
Spencer, Germany, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of
Belief, Golden Age of Tech, Grant Cardone, Greg Arnold, Haifa, Hamburg, Haydn
James, HBO, Heber Jentzsch, Hollywood, Hugh Urban, Hy Levy, Ideal Org,
Independent, Independent Scientology, Ingleside, Int Base, Ireland, Isadore
Chait, Israel, Italy, Janet Reitman, Jason Beghe, Jefferson Hawkins, Jeffrey
Augustine, Jennifer Linson, Jesse Prince, Jim Jones, Jim Logan, Jim Lynch,
Joe Childs, John Allender, John Brousseau, John Connolly, John Dower, John
Sweeney, John Travolta, Judge Dib Waldrip, Karen de la Carriere, Katie
Holmes, Keep Scientology Working, Ken Dandar, L. Ron Hubbard, Lana Mitchell,
Lawrence Wright, Leah Remini, Lisa McPherson, London, Lori Hodgson, Los
Angeles, Louis Theroux, Lucas Catton, Luis Garcia, Lynne Hoverson, Marc
Headley, Marc Wiegand, Mariette Lindstein, Mark Bunker, Mark Shreffler,
Martin Padfield, Marty Rathbun, Mat Pesch, Matt Stone, Maureen Orth, Memoirs
of a Scientology Warrior, Michael Fairman, Michigan, Mike Rinder, Milton
Katselas, Mimi Rogers, Monique Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher, My
Scientology Movie, Narconon Arrowhead, National Enquirer, Nazanin Boniadi,
New Braunfels, New Orleans, New York Times, New Yorker, Office of Special
Affairs, Ohio State University, Orange County, OT, OT 7, OT 8, OT Ambassador,
OT VIII, Paris, Park City, Pat Broeker, Paul Haggis, Paul Marrick, Paul
Thomas Anderson, Private investigator, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Rachel
Denk, Ray Jeffrey, Renata Lugli, Richard Acunto, Richard Leiby, Roanne
Horwich, Robert Almblad, Rock Center, Ron Miscavige, Ron Miscavige Sr, Ronn
Stacy, Ruin, Russell Miller, Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige,
and Me, Sam Domingo, San Antonio, San Antonio Express-News, Sara Goldberg,
Scientologists at War, Scientology lawyer, Sea Org, Sec Check, Shane
Weightman, Silvia Kusada, Simon Chinn, SLAPP, Something Can Be Done About It,
South Park, Spanky Taylor, Squirrel, Squirrel Busters, St. Petersburg Times,
Steve Hall, Steve Pfauth, Steven Mango, Sundance Film Festival, Suppressive
Person, Tampa Bay Times, Texas, Texas Third Court of Appeals, The Hole, The
Master, The Truth Rundown, Tiziano Lugli, Tom Cruise, Tom DeVocht, Tom
Martiniano, Tom Tobin, Tory Christman, Trey Parker, Truth Rundown, UK, Ursula
Caberta, Utah, Valeska Paris, Vanity Fair, Village Voice, Wally Pope,
Washington, Washington Post

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Officials meet with Scientology leader
March 14, 2017, ABC Action News, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjrqMU85YEs

Officials meet with Scientology leader to discuss plan for Downtown
Clearwater.

Tags: Clearwater, David Miscavige, Quicky

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Ron Miscavige: Scientology and my Son (TTA Podcast 317)
March 14, 2017, TheThinkingAtheist, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5lQV-K9nw8

Ron Miscavige is father of David Miscavige, leader of the Church of
Scientology. Ron tells the story of his son, Scientology, and his
escape from the church's controlling grasp.

Ron's book, "Ruthless:" https://www.amazon.com/Ruthless-Scien...

SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR:

Tags: David Miscavige, Quicky, Ron Miscavige Sr, Ruthless: Scientology, My
Son David Miscavige, and Me

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Scientology's David Miscavige talks about Cleveland Street redevelopment and
entertainment center backed by Tom Cruise
March 14, 2017, Tracey McManus, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/scientology-leader-david-miscavige-holds-private-meetings-with-clearwater/2316471

CLEARWATER - Scientology leader David Miscavige on Tuesday revealed to
a City Council member the church's redevelopment plan for recruiting
businesses to Cleveland Street and funding a facade overhaul for the
main thoroughfare rather than controlling the entire downtown footprint.

Beyond the $260 million of Clearwater real estate the church owns in
its name, and more than $26 million in property it bought through
anonymous shell companies over the last two months, Scientology does
not intend to buy more downtown property, Miscavige told Vice Mayor
Bill Jonson in a private meeting at the Fort Harrison Hotel. Other
council members were scheduled to meet with Miscavige later in the day.

Actor and noted Scientologist Tom Cruise is also helping the church
develop an entertainment complex on two blocks of vacant lots the
church purchased last month along Myrtle Avenue between Cleveland and
Drew streets, Jonson said.

Tags: 1975, Bill Horne, Bill Jonson, Clearwater, Clearwater Marine Aquarium,
Cleveland Street, David Miscavige, Doreen Caudell, Fort Harrison, Oak Cove,
Quicky, Seth Taylor, Tom Cruise

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Another Angle on the Strategy Behind Scientology TV
March 14, 2018, John P. Capitalist, Reasoned.Life
http://www.reasoned.life/2018/03/another-angle-on-the-strategy-behind-scientology-tv/

Earlier this week, Scientology TV began broadcasting on the DirecTV
network. Tony Ortega's story the day before the launch, explaining the
apps and channels involved is here, and Tony's review of the first slug
of programming the day after the premiere is here.

Here, we'll look at the strategic imperative driving Scientology leader
David Miscavige to begin to broadcast to generally accessible public,
which we think is a case of doing the best job he can in playing a
terrible hand. We suspect that some percentage of top donors are
starting to wonder about the efficacy of the expensive Ideal Org
strategy. In particular, they might be starting to wonder why there are
so few new members in these opulent facilities, which was the
justification for building them in the first place.

We predicted a few months ago that Scientology Media Productions would
not begin broadcasting anytime soon, because of the potential for
blowback and further tarnishing of the already toxic Scientology brand.
We still believe all the reasons we cited in that post arguing against
broadcast operations are still valid, and we now look at why
Scientology management might have felt it necessary to go forward with
a broadcast plan even though it will likely backfire.

Tags: 20/20, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, A&E, ABC, Albuquerque, Auckland,
Ben Shaw, Clearwater, Colombia, Cults in Our Midst, Daily Beast, David
Miscavige, Debbie Cook, DirecTV, Fundraising, Hollywood, Ideal Org, KCET, L.
Ron Hubbard Hall, Leah Remini, Los Angeles, Margaret Singer, Monique
Yingling, Nation of Islam, New Zealand, Nightline, Orlando, Perth, Portland,
Quicky, Salt Lake City, San Fernando Valley, Scientology Media Productions,
Scientology organization, Scientology TV, Tampa, Tony Ortega

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Endnote 1: What I Mean When I Say "The Right"
March 14, 2018, Innuendo Studios, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51a4N_qv-u0

patreon: http://patreon.com/InnuendoStudios

tumblr: http://innuendostudios.tumblr.com

twitter: https://twitter.com/InnuendoStudios

Tags: Alt-Right, Dark Right, Quicky

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How a white nationalist's family came to blows over a trailer tryst
March 14, 2018, Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/13/white-nationalist-leader-matthew-heimbach-arrested-for-domestic-battery/

Matthew Heimbach, who came to national attention in 2016 for shoving a
black woman at a campaign rally for Donald Trump, was arrested Tuesday
and accused of attacking his wife and choking his white nationalist
group's co-founder unconscious after the pair caught Heimbach having an
affair in a trailer, authorities said.

Heimbach helped launch the Traditionalist Worker Party years ago and
has been involved in organizing white separatist, supremacist and
nationalist events around the country. Heimbach, who is in his mid-20s,
is "the affable, youthful face of hate in America," an editor for the
Southern Poverty Law Center's Hate?watch blog told The Washington Post.

His desire for a United States split into separate racial states has
lost Heimbach many friends, The Washington Post's Joe Heim wrote after
the Trump rally incident. He's been excommunicated from his church and
clashed with his parents - and last week was seen brawling with
protesters at a white nationalist event at Michigan State University.

Tags: 2016, 2017, Alt-Right, Austin, David Duke, Donald Trump, Make America
Great Again, Matthew Heimbach, Michigan, Michigan State University, Police,
Quicky, Southern Poverty Law Center, Traditionalist Worker Party, White
nationalism

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Lori Hodgson's fight with Scientology for her kids is now a book you can pre-
order
March 14, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/03/14/lori-hodgsons-fight-with-scientology-for-her-kids-is-now-a-book-you-can-preorder/

Scientology's 'disconnection' policy is an abomination. It's a form of
political extortion, pitting family member against family member in
order to further Scientology's tight control of its followers' lives.

Every disconnection story is heartbreaking, but Lori Hodgson's saga is
particularly cruel and baffling.

As revealed in her forthcoming self-published memoir, A Mother's
Heartbreak: How Scientology Destroyed My Family, her two adult children
have somehow been convinced by the church to cut her out of their lives
in the most heartless ways possible. (Pre-orders can be made at Amazon.
The book comes out May 1.)

Tags: 1970, 1988, 2010, 2011, 2013, A Mother's Heartbreak, Amazon, Bodhi
Elfman, California, Corpus Christi, Cult Awareness Network, David Lubow,
David Miscavige, Disconnection, Elisabeth Moss, Eugene Ingram, Facebook, FBI,
Graham Berry, Grant Cardone, Human trafficking, Inside Edition, Jenna Elfman,
Keep Scientology Working, Kendrick Moxon, Laura Prepon, Leah Remini, Lori
Hodgson, Marty Rathbun, Mike Ellis, Mike Rinder, Monique Rathbun, Paul
McDaniel, Private investigator, Quicky, San Jose, Sea Org, SMERSH, Snow White
Program, Squirrel Busters, Stevens Creek, Texas

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Neo-Nazi Group Implodes Over Love Triangle Turned Trailer Brawl
March 14, 2018, Kelly Weill, Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/matthew-heimbachs-traditional-workers-party-implodes-over-love-triangle-turned-trailer-brawl

One of America's highest-profile neo-Nazi parties is "no more" after a
bizarre love triangle saw its leader locked up for assault, the party's
former spokesperson, who described the incident as a "white trash
circus" told The Daily Beast.

The Traditionalist Worker Party gained national attention after its
involvement at the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville,
Virginia, last August. Its leader, Matthew Heimbach was arrested
Tuesday for allegedly assaulting his wife and his spokesman after
Heimbach was caught cheating on his wife with the spokesman's wife.

David "Matt" Parrott was the party's spokesperson until Tuesday, when
he quit in a statement to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Parrott told
The Daily Beast the incident might be the end for the white nationalist
group. "People have lost faith in the party on every level," he said.

Tags: Alt-Right, Charlottesville, Indiana, Matthew Heimbach, Neo-Nazi,
Police, Quicky, Southern Poverty Law Center, Traditionalist Worker Party,
Unite the Right, Virginia

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Scientology TV Fail
March 14, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-tv-fail/

There have been some marvelous takes on scientology tv, and I have
included just a few of my favorites here.

But there is a HUGE missing piece.

If this is the most important and monumental thing in the history of
scientology and Miscavige himself "emerged from witness protection" to
introduce it, where are the other big names?

Tags: Anne Archer, Catherine Bell, Comedy Central, Daily Beast, Danny
Masterson, David Miscavige, Elisabeth Moss, Erika Christensen, Giovanni
Ribisi, Hollywood Reporter, IRS, Jason Beghe, Jenna Elfman, John Travolta,
Judy Norton, Juliette Lewis, Katie Holmes, Kelly Preston, Kirstie Alley,
Laura Prepon, Leah Remini, Lloyd Grove, Marisol Nichols, Michael Pe?a, Nancy
Cartwright, Nicole Kidman, Paul Haggis, Quicky, Scientology TV, Super Power,
Tom Cruise

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Scientology TV Robocall
March 14, 2018, Growing Up In Scientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHrcRhYU7cE

Flag blasted out this robocall to all Scientologists in Tampa Bay to
get them to the launch party of Scientology TV at the Fort Harrison
hotel in Clearwater on Monday March 12th.

Tags: Clearwater, Fort Harrison, Quicky, Scientology TV, Tampa

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The Scientology Network - Tonightly with Tom Ballard
March 14, 2018, ABC COMEDY, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfvy6unSTmk

Scientology's new television network has launched with a schedule full
of absolutely must-watch programs.

Watch ABC COMEDY on iview: http://iview.abc.net.au/channel/abc2

SUBSCRIBE: http://ab.co/ABCCOMEDY

Tags: ABC, Australia, Facebook, Quicky, Scientology TV, Twitter

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Tom Cummins Robocall
March 14, 2018, Growing Up In Scientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL9cxKqNT8w

Tom Cummins donates massive sums to Scientology. Here is a robocall
Flag blasted out to all Scientologists in Tampa Bay to round up the
troops for an event.

Tags: Quicky, Tampa, Tom Cummins

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Keith Raniere: What does the smartest man in the world sound like?
March 14, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/03/14/keith-raniere-what-does-the-smartest-man-in-the-world-sound-like/

We're still just settling in here at our new blog that will be watching
the Nxivm trial unfold in the coming months. Some of our readers are
asking us what this Nxivm thing is all about, not having been caught up
in the fascinating coverage that's appeared in places like Vanity Fair
and the New York Times.

So, OK, let's ease into this thing. You wouldn't want to try to
understand something like Scientology, for example, without getting
some basic understanding of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. So let's get
to know Nxivm founder Keith Raniere a little bit by watching him
discuss ideas in his own words.

In 2017, Raniere sat down with Smallville actress Allison Mack for a
lengthy "interview," with Mack asking questions and then essentially
basking in the glow of Raniere's brilliance. Claiming to have an IQ of
240, Raniere billed himself as the smartest human being on the planet,
and asked his followers to refer to him as "Vanguard."

Tags: 2017, Allison Mack, Keith Raniere, New York Times, NXIVM, Vanity Fair

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Like with Scientology, Russia is doing it wrong with Jehovah's Witnesses
March 14, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/03/14/like-with-scientology-russia-is-doing-it-wrong-with-jehovahs-witnesses/

(Danish JW Dennis Christensen escorted into a Russian courtroom.
Credit: Mladen Antonov)

We find it interesting to write about the controversies of certain
unusual groups. We investigate allegations of abuse by groups like
Scientology and Jehovah's Witnesses.

But that doesn't mean we want to see any Scientologists or Jehovah's
Witnesses mistreated for their beliefs. That's just right out.

Tags: Jehovah's Witnesses, Newsweek, NPR, Quicky, Review, Russia, Vladimir
Putin

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More on "Confidential" Files in Scientology
March 14, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/more-on-confidential-files-in-scientology/

Scientology files kept on people

No Thursday Funnies this week due to Tom Cruise the cruise.

But someone sent this to me as a follow up to the earlier post I had
done about the use of priest/penitent files: Scientology Violates
Priest-Penitent Confidences - When It Suits Them.

Tags: Facebook, Legal, PC folders, Quicky, Thursday Funnies, Tom Cruise,
Twitter

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Patrick DiBre's Allegation that GPB Capital Holdings is a Ponzi Scheme Raises
the Specter of Scientologist Reed Slatkin's $593 Million Ponzi Scheme
March 14, 2019, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2019/03/14/patrick-dibres-allegation-that-gpb-capital-holdings-is-a-ponzi-scheme-raises-the-specter-of-scientologist-reed-slatkins-593-million-ponzi-scheme/

Reed Slatkin 1949-2015

As we have been reporting, Scientologist David Gentile - CEO of GPB
Capital Holdings - is suing his former partner Patrick DiBre for fraud,
embezzlement and conversion. Gentile alleges that DiBre kept the $42
million he was paid for his car dealerships and refused to transfer the
dealerships to GPB Capital. DiBre filed a counter suit in which he
called GPB Capital Holdings a Ponzi scheme. Over against this vicious
legal battle, GPB Capital is being investigated by the SEC, FINRA and
the BIC. Last week the FBI executed search warrants on both GPB's
corporate office in New York City and the GPB-owned Five Star Carting,
a waste management firm in New York.

Patrick DiBre's allegation that GPB is a Ponzi scheme raises the
specter of Scientologist Reed Slatkin's $593 million Ponzi scheme. At
the time, Slatkin's Ponzi scheme was one of the largest in US history.

Tags: 1949, 1974, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2011,
2013, 2015, Anne Archer, Bob Duggan, California, Celebrity Centre, Church of
Scientology International, Criminal, David Gentile, EarthLink, Europe, FBI,
Five Star Carting, Giovanni Ribisi, GPB Capital Holdings, Greta Van Susteren,
Hollywood, Los Angeles Times, Narconon International, New York, New York
City, Ponzi, Ponzi scheme, Quicky, Reed Slatkin, Santa Barbara, Scientology
organization, Scientology staff, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Sky
Dayton, Todd Neilson, US Department of Justice, Wikipedia

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These CRINGEY Cartoons from Jehovah's Witnesses are awful!
March 14, 2019, Mr Atheist, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_pgyjbFsi8

Caleb and Sophia are back with these 4 cringey cartoons mean to make us
all into Jehovah's Witnesses... and the cartoons are awful!

***Support the Channel***

Patreon - http://bit.ly/2PkRJt0 (Be my hero!)

Tags: Amazon, Donation, Jehovah's Witnesses, Patreon, PayPal, Quicky, Trial,
Twitter

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California conservatives will hold conference featuring Bannon despite
coronavirus concerns
March 14, 2020, Carla Marinucci, Politico
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/03/13/california-conservatives-will-hold-conference-featuring-bannon-despite-coronavirus-concerns-1267015

The conservative group plans to soldier on with a conference of more
than 200 next weekend in Tulare County that includes former White House
adviser Steve Bannon and indicted former Trump aide George Papadopoulos
on topics that include "the Deep State."

As California organizations cancel meetings left and right and the
World Health Organization has labeled the Covid-19 spread a pandemic,
CRA Executive Director Carl Brickey said that the group will take
plenty of precautions to protect members, but dubbed the response to
the coronavirus "an overreaction."

"What's going to happen when we truly have a public health crisis?" he
asked in an interview. "People will just go, 'Oh jeez,' and they won't
take it seriously."

Tags: Alt-Right, California, California Republican Assembly, Carl Brickey,
Congress, Coronavirus, Dark Right, Devin Nunes, FBI, Gavin Newsom, George
Papadopoulos, Republican, Santa Clara County, Steve Bannon, Visa, White
House, World Health Organization

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Chinese official promoting unfounded Canadian theory that coronavirus has
roots in U.S. military
March 14, 2020, Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-chinese-official-promoting-unfounded-theory-that-coronavirus-has-roots/

On Friday, Mr. Zhao revealed a new source for his information: the
Centre for Research on Globalization, or Global Research, a site
founded by Michel Chossudovsky, a professor emeritus at the University
of Ottawa, which has come under investigation by NATO's Strategic
Communications Centre of Excellence over its content. In 2017, the
centre told The Globe and Mail that it believes Global Research is an
important online actor in promoting the online spread of narratives
backed by the Kremlin and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in
Syria. Global Research articles on controversial subjects have
sometimes ranked above those from reputable news organizations in
online searches.

"They increase the Google ranking of the story and create the illusion
of multisource verification," Donara Barojan, who does digital forensic
research for the centre, told The Globe in 2017. She said at the time
there was no direct proof of direct connections between the site and
any government.

Russia's government has used online platforms for disinformation
campaigns to sow confusion and distrust in government, according to
reports prepared for the U.S. government. A 2016 report by the RAND
Corporation described a "firehose of falsehood" from Russia that uses
"high numbers of channels and messages and a shameless willingness to
disseminate partial truths or outright fictions."

Tags: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, Alt-Right, Australia, BuzzFeed, Canada, Centre
for Research on Globalization, China, Chinese, Coronavirus, Google, Iran,
Islamabad, Kremlin, Michel Chossudovsky, Montreal, New South Wales, Pakistan,
RAND Corporation, Reuters, Russia, Shanghai, Sputnik, Syria, Twitter,
University of Ottawa, University of Toronto, Zhao Lijian

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Danny Masterson's victims speak out in sworn documents in lawsuit against
Scientology
March 14, 2020, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2020/03/14/danny-mastersons-victims-speak-out-in-sworn-documents-in-lawsuit-against-scientology/

Yesterday we told you about Mike Rinder's sworn statement that he
submitted as part of a lawsuit filed by four women who say they were
violently raped by Danny Masterson, three of them while they were
members of the Church of Scientology.

Today, we have the sworn statements from the women themselves, who are
speaking up in order to fight Scientology's attempt to derail their
lawsuit by forcing them into "religious arbitration."

Chrissie Carnell Bixler, Bobette Riales, and two women going by the
names Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 came forward to the Los Angeles
Police Department more than three years ago with allegations that they
had been violently raped by Masterson in incidents between 2001 and
2004. The LAPD investigation of those allegations continues, and in
recent months we've reported that three additional women have come
forward to the police. The LAPD initially forwarded its findings to the
Los Angeles District Attorney's office in April 2017 for prosecution,
but DA Jackie Lacey has still not said anything about whether she plans
to file charges.

Tags: 1971, 1974, 1978, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017,
Bobby Thompson, Bobette Riales, Brian Statler, Brie Shaffer, Carnell Bixler,
Catholic, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Chrissie Bixler, Chrissie Carnell, Christian,
Clearwater, Coronavirus, Criminal, Danny Masterson, David Miscavige, Fair
Game, Florida, Garcia v. Scientology, George Gasc?n, Inglewood, Jackie Lacey,
Jacksonville, Jay Spina, Jenni Weinman, Jon Atack, Kathy Feshbach, LAPD, Los
Angeles, Los Angeles County, Lynn Farny, Miami, Michael Pe?a, Mike Rinder,
Police, Rizza Islam, Ruth Eckerd Hall, San Francisco, Sea Org, Sexual
assault, St. Louis, Suppressive Person, Trial, Valerie Haney, Warren McShane,
Writers of the Future

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In 2018, Trump disbanded pandemic unit that experts had praised
March 14, 2020, Deb Riechmann, Associated Press, Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-in-2018-trump-disbanded-pandemic-unit-that-experts-had-praised/

Public health and national security experts shake their heads when
President Donald Trump says the coronavirus "came out of nowhere" and
"blindsided the world."

They've been warning about the next pandemic for years and criticized
the Trump administration's decision in 2018 to dismantle a National
Security Council directorate at the White House charged with preparing
for when, not if, another pandemic would hit the nation.

"It would be nice if the office was still there," Dr. Anthony Fauci,
the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases at the National Institute of Health, told Congress this week.
"I wouldn't necessarily characterize it as a mistake (to eliminate the
unit). I would say we worked very well with that office."

Tags: 1918, 2014, 2017, 2018, Anthony Fauci, Associated Press, Barack Obama,
Center for American Progress, China, Congress, Coronavirus, Dark Right, DC,
Donald Trump, John Bolton, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Disease, National Security Council, Ohio, Republican, Washington, Washington
Post, White House

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It's "Damagingly Commercial" - LRH (and some hair-raising Fair Game docs)
first published May 16, 2014
March 14, 2020, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/its-damagingly-commercial-lrh-and-some-hair-raising-fair-game-docs-first-published-may-16-2014/

See my announcement on Friday - I am revisiting earlier posts during my
vacation. Each day there will be a different one.

A Special Correspondent sent this to me and it is an interesting study
for a couple of reasons.

First - you can see the contempt LRH had for The Auditor being
"damagingly commercial" and "putting emphasis on speed through courses."

Tags: 2014, Auditing, Baron Berez, CIA, Clear, Clearing Course, David
Miscavige, Don Purcell, Ethics Order, Facebook, Fair Game, John McMaster, L.
Ron Hubbard, Mary Sue Hubbard, OT, Otto Roos, Quicky, R2-45, Ray Kemp, Sea
Org, Suppressive Person, Twitter, William Burroughs

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on hard sell & the Sea Org
March 14, 2020, jon atack, family & friends, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyqnu22qnbg

How much did Jon know about the Sea Org as a public Scientologist? How
long was Jon's longest sales interview? Would YOU pay $44k for an
eternal parking space at one building?

Jon's published books are available here: https://www.amazon.
com/Jon-Atack/e/B000AQ53YC? and wherever fine books are sold

Feel free to leave your questions for Jon in the comments below!

Tags: Patreon, PayPal, Quicky, Sea Org, Twitter

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