Today in Scientology -- August 26th *******************************************

[Scientology Today]

Today August 26th in Scientology history
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Church of Scientology protects secrets on the Internet
August 26, 1995, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/US/9508/scientology/index.html

Two weeks ago, Arnie Lerma's home office was raided by U.S. Marshal's
accompanied by lawyers and officials from the Church of Scientology.
While the marshal's stood by, Lermas' computer was dismantled and
carried away.

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Scientology Critics Claim Harassment For Using Internet
August 26, 1995, Jennifer Bjorhus, Seattle Times
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2138183&date=19950826

As the Church of Scientology battles a band of cyberspace dissidents -
seizing computers and papers from the homes of vocal online critics in
the past two weeks - local defectors charge they are being harassed for
speaking out against the church.

Robert Vaughn Young and Stacy Young, longtime staff members who left
the Church of Scientology in 1989, complained to police that
Scientologists have picketed their house in West Seattle at least five
times in the past two weeks. They said protesters carrying signs
reading "Stop the Hate" and "Protect the First Amendment" yelled
derogatory statements about them to their neighbors.

Tags: alt.scientology.war, Ann Ruble, Arnaldo Lerma, Cult Awareness Network,
FACTNet, Fair Game, IRS, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs,
Rehabilitation Project Force, Robert Vaughn Young, Stacy Young

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Tom Terrific
August 26, 1996, Pam Lambert, People
https://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20142095,00.html

Or, in this case, water. The actor's most recent brush with risky
business came on the morning of Aug. 7 as Cruise, 34, and wife Nicole
Kidman, 29, were breakfasting on the Talitha G. That's the luxurious
chartered yacht on which the couple, their two toddlers and some
high-powered pals (including a pair of studio heads) were enjoying a
leisurely, weeklong cruise. Mid-croissant, they spotted a sailboat on
fire and five people bobbing in a rubber raft nearby.

Wasting no time, Cruise immediately sent over his yacht's skiff to
bring the victims to safety. Just moments after the stricken
sailors-French paper tycoon Jacques Lejeune, 68, his wife, Bernadette,
42, daughter Eug?nie, 7, and two crew members-reached safety, their
63-foot vessel sank. Cruise, who kept his feet dry and caught the whole
incident on camcorder from his perch on deck, "did what any decent
person would do," proclaimed the actor's delighted publicist Pat
Kingsley. "If I ever get in trouble, I hope Tom Cruise is nearby."

Tags: 9/11, Bert Fields, Beverly Hills, Brazil, California, Germany, London,
Los Angeles, Medical, Mission, Nicole Kidman, Pat Kingsley, Santa Monica, Tom
Cruise

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Scientology: L-Rundowns "I can't tell you anything about it of course"
August 26, 2007, Tub3dYou, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGi7cBvd5w

Valley Grrrl does L10: "I was like Owwh...mah...Gaawdd!...I wish I
could tell you but I signed this waiver."

See just how irrational scientology makes its adherents. Dont bother
asking how it helps them, they cant tell you because all they know is
"it works". Well, if it works, how/why did Mario Majorski end up being
so insane?

Tags: 1971, Apollo, L. Ron Hubbard, Liese Klingsvall, Mario Majorski, OT,
Peggy McCall, Pierre Either, Quicky, Rundowns

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Personal Integrity vs. Fear
August 26, 2009, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/personal-integrity-vs-fear/

LRH defines personal integrity in this way:

"Personal integrity is knowing what you know ? what you know is what
you know ? and to have the courage to know and to say what you have
observed. And that is integrity."

Most Scientologists know that there is something deeply wrong with
their Church. They have observed it for themselves:

Tags: Ethics, Ethics Officer, Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin, L. Ron
Hubbard, OT, Quicky

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Wikipedia on Xenu: evil, galactic overlord of Scientology!
August 26, 2009, Salon
http://open.salon.com/blog/rob_anderson_1/2009/08/26/wikipedia_on_xenu_evil_galactic_overlord_of_scientology

When Sci-Fi schlock L.Ron Hubbard first conceived of Xenu, he probably
didn't imagine that his galactic bad guy would one day be the evil fall
guy for a world religion! (Or at least not until later, because
apparently at some point he DID purposely use his sci-fi as the basis
for founding his own religion).

Tags: Operation Clambake, Wikipedia, Xenu

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Concerns over group's scientology link
August 26, 2010, Stuff.co.nz
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/4062089/Concerns-raised-over-groups-scientology-link

A new lobby group for families affected by suicide has sparked concerns
over links with the Church of Scientology.

Casper (Community Action on Suicide Prevention, Education & Research)
was formed by two mothers who lost their children to suicide.

However, Green MP Kevin Hague said the Citizens Commission for Human
Rights (CCHR) was closely associated with Casper, and was established
as an arm of the Church of Scientology.

Tags: Casper, CCHR, Kevin Hague, Maria Bradshaw, New Zealand, Thomas Szasz

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Know your rights
August 26, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/know-your-rights/

To: Executives and staff of Int, Gold, OSA, etc

Know your rights.

I know you have heard horrific things about how former staff who left
the church with evidence in their possession will be prosecuted . You
should know that that is propaganda.

Tags: California, David Miscavige, First Amendment, Office of Special
Affairs, Quicky, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Doug Ford says he appreciates that Atwood doesn't think he's stupid
August 26, 2011, Natalie Alcoba, National Post
https://nationalpost.com/posted-toronto/doug-ford-says-he-appreciates-that-atwood-doesnt-think-hes-stupid

Margaret Atwood has news for her pro-library supporters: The Ford
brothers are not stupid people.

Councillor Doug Ford had something to say in response: "I appreciate Ms.
Atwood saying that, but I also appreciate she's a very smart lady. She
should go in and find efficiencies for us."

Thus went the latest, rather collegial, round of verbal sparring
between a literary icon, and Mayor Rob Ford's right hand man.

Tags: Doug Ford, DougWiki, Joe Mihevc, Libraries, Margaret Atwood, Rob Ford,
Toronto, Toronto Public Library, Twitter

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Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America
August 26, 2011, Wajahat Ali, Center for American Progress
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/reports/2011/08/26/10165/fear-inc/

These pundits and bloggers, however, are not the only members of the
Islamophobia infrastructure. Breivik's manifesto also cites think
tanks, such as the Center for Security Policy, the Middle East Forum,
and the Investigative Project on Terrorism-three other organizations we
profile in this report. Together, this core group of deeply intertwined
individuals and organizations manufacture and exaggerate threats of
"creeping Sharia," Islamic domination of the West, and purported
obligatory calls to violence against all non-Muslims by the Quran.

This network of hate is not a new presence in the United States.
Indeed, its ability to organize, coordinate, and disseminate its
ideology through grassroots organizations increased dramatically over
the past 10 years. Furthermore, its ability to influence politicians'
talking points and wedge issues for the upcoming 2012 elections has
mainstreamed what was once considered fringe, extremist rhetoric.

And it all starts with the money flowing from a select group of
foundations. A small group of foundations and wealthy donors are the
lifeblood of the Islamophobia network in America, providing critical
funding to a clutch of right-wing think tanks that peddle hate and fear
of Muslims and Islam-in the form of books, reports, websites, blogs,
and carefully crafted talking points that anti-Islam grassroots
organizations and some right-wing religious groups use as propaganda
for their constituency.

Tags: ACT for America, Alt-Right, American Freedom Defense Initiative,
Anchorage Charitable Fund, Becker Foundation, Bradley Foundation, Center for
Security Policy, David Horowitz, David Horowitz Freedom Center, Donors
Capital Fund, Fairbrook Foundation, Frank Gaffney, Investigative Project on
Terrorism, Islamophobia, Jihad Watch, Newt Gingrich, Pamela Geller, Robert
Spencer, Russell Berrie Foundation, Scaife Foundations, Society of Americans
for National Existence, William Rosenwald Family Fund

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Scientology Private Eyes
August 26, 2011, mark rathbun, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUTNUe0exsg

Tags: Private investigator, Quicky

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The Sharia Paranoia Industry is very lucrative
August 26, 2011, Adam Serwer, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/the-sharia-paranoia-industry-is-very-lucrative/2011/03/04/gIQALiKIgJ_blog.html

The Sharia Panic Industry is a 42 million dollar business.

That's according to a new report from the Center for American Progress,
which tracks the funding sources of America's most prominent
Islamophobes. Over the past ten years, that money has flowed from
primarily from seven foundations: The Donors Capital Fund; the Richard
Mellon Scaife Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the
Newton and Rochelle Becker Foundation and Newton and Rochelle Becker
Charitable Trust; the Russell Berrie Foundation, the Anchorage
Charitable Fund and William Rosenwald Family Fund and the Fairbrook
Foundation.

This funding has allowed the Islamophobic right to amplify and
mainstream an anti-Muslim message that remained on the fringe while
President George W. Bush urged a message of tolerance. Think tanks like
Frank Gaffney's Center for Security policy have used the funding to
produce reports promoting the myth that most Muslim Americans are
conspiring to replace the Constitution with Sharia law. It's helped
people like attorney David Yerushalmi design anti-sharia legislation
being pushed in at least 23 states, in four of which those the bans
have actually passed. It's helped anti-Muslim writers like Pamela
Geller and Robert Spencer, cited frequently by alleged anti-Muslim Oslo
terrorist Anders Breivik, promote and sustain their work.

Tags: 2001, 2002, ABC, ACLU, Allen West, Anchorage Charitable Fund, Anders
Breivik, Becker Foundation, Bradley Foundation, Center for American Progress,
Center for Security Policy, Charitable, Congress, David Yerushalmi, Donors
Capital Fund, Fairbrook Foundation, Fox News, Frank Gaffney, George W. Bush,
Islamophobia, Muslim, Oslo, Pamela Geller, Pat Robertson, Quicky, Republican,
Review, Robert Spencer, Russell Berrie Foundation, Scaife Foundations,
William Rosenwald Family Fund

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The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 16: Marc Headley
August 26, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/08/marc_headley_top_25_crippling_scientology.php

Eventually, they escaped from that life, and Marc went on to start a
lucrative business in Los Angeles (which he recently sold -- the couple
now lives with their two children in Colorado). But what really puts
Marc on this list is what he did once he got out of Scientology -- he
didn't let well enough alone. Headley knew that he possessed crucial,
damning information about Scientology: he'd worked directly with Tom
Cruise as the actor's guinea pig while Cruise learned how to audit.
Headley had also worked closely with Scientology leader David Miscavige
and had witnessed the violence and chaos on the base. Headley began
leaking his observations under the name "Blown for Good" on the
Internet. What BFG had to say alarmed Scientology so much, we know now
that the church expended enormous resources to confirm that it was
Headley leaking that information.

Tags: 1980, 2008, 2010, Abortion, Blown for Good, California, Claire Headley,
Colorado, David Miscavige, Germany, Hemet, Int Base, Janet Reitman, Los
Angeles, Marc Headley, Sea Org, St. Petersburg Times, Tom Cruise

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(2012's) Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, Nos. 14-16
August 26, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/08/scientology_top_25_tory_christman_dave_touretzky.php

We're moving Carnegie Mellon University professor Dave Touretzky up in
our list this year. Touretzky is known for his many years of gathering
and hosting information at his websites that describe Scientology's
secret upper-level teachings and other detailed research. But it's
Touretzky's dedication to getting out information about Scientology's
drug treatment program, Narconon, which is making a big difference this
year as the church's rehab centers have become the center of
controversy. We've referred to Touretzky's pages often in our stories,
and we hope readers use them to come to the understanding that
Narconon's issues are longstanding and systemic.

Tags: 1968, Amy Scobee, BBC, Carnegie Mellon, Chairman of the Board, Chuck
Beatty, Claire Headley, Dan Garvin, David Miscavige, David Touretzky, Denise
Brennan, Facebook, Freewinds, Gary Morehead, Gerry Armstrong, International
Association of Scientologists, Ireland, Jamie DeWolf, Jefferson Hawkins,
Jesse Prince, John Brousseau, Jon Atack, Kate Bornstein, Knowledge Report,
Lisa Marie Presley, Margery Wakefield, Mark Bunker, Michael Fairman, Michelle
Sterling, Nancy Many, Narconon, OT, OT 8, Patty Moher, Paul Thomas Anderson,
Steve Hall, Sunday Funnies, Tami Lemberger, Tiziano Lugli, Tory Christman,
Wise Beard Man, Xenu

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Narconon CEO: Facility pays recruiters to find patients
August 26, 2012, Jarrel Wade, Tulsa World
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/narconon-ceo-facility-pays-recruiters-to-find-patients/article_b26c1356-333b-545a-a2a0-a89ddc0884cd.html

Several former Narconon students and families of students interviewed
by the World said they contacted drug addiction counselors through
various websites. The counselors then recommended the family look into
Narconon for rehab.

Search the Internet for help with drug rehab, and there's a chance
you'll find one of 235 websites owned and operated by Dena Goad of
Bixby. Goad owns her own business involving 1-800 hotline numbers
attached to her websites, she said.

Tags: Al Whitehurst, Anonymous, Christopher Clancy, Commission on
Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, Dena Goad, Gabriel Graves, Gary
Smith, Hillary Holten, Holly Lyn Conklin, IRS, Michael Brose, Narconon,
Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Pittsburg County, Robert
Murphy, Shirley Gilliam, Stacy Murphy

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Sunday Service with Paul Robeson
August 26, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/sunday-service-with-paul-robeson/

Tags: Quicky, Sunday service

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The Luglis Reveal Truth in Italy
August 26, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/the-luglis-reveal-truth-in-italy/

A rather significant front-page article ran this week in a major
Italian newspaper. One of its subjects, Renata Lugli, wrote a short
introduction to the piece. It precedes the article below.

Anyone that studied and understood the materiel contained in the PTS SP
Course , knows that suppression decreases when the person can do
something about it.

If I have to choose from the many suppressions that I received from
David Miscavige, thanks to his deadly tentacles of his "church", the
one that was most damaging was the violent intrusion in the very
personal matters that relate to my family .

Tags: 1954, 1974, 1986, Amy Scobee, Author Services Inc, California, Canada,
Chairman of the Board, Chick Corea, Church of Scientology International,
Claudio Lugli, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Diamond Meritorious,
Disconnection, England, Ethics, Ethics Officer, Florida, Fort Harrison, Heber
Jentzsch, Hemet, Hollywood, Ideal Org, Int Base, International Association of
Scientologists, Italy, John Travolta, Karen de la Carriere, Katie Holmes,
Lisa Marie Presley, Lisa McPherson, Los Angeles, Marc Yager, Mike Rinder,
Mike Sutter, Miles Davis, New Zealand, Office of Special Affairs, OT VIII,
Padova, Potential Trouble Source, Private investigator, Quicky, Ray Mithoff,
Rehabilitation Project Force, Religious Technology Center, Renata Lugli,
Richard Acunto, Sea Org, St. Petersburg Times, Survival Insurance, Tampa, Tom
Cruise, Tom DeVocht, USA

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ANETTE IREN JOHANSEN: "I Auditioned To Be Tom Cruise's Wife"
August 26, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/08/26/anette-iren-johansen-i-was-auditioned-to-be-tom-cruises-wife/

Once again, The Underground Bunker has teamed up with Woman's Day,
Australia's largest selling magazine, to bring you an exclusive story.

Anette Iren Johansen recently left the Church of Scientology and has
been blogging about her experiences, citing "terrible abuses committed
within the church." But she saved until now her biggest secret: She was
one of numerous women the church auditioned in 2004 and 2005 when Tom
Cruise was looking for a new wife. She's the first, however, to go
public about her experience.

Anette spoke to Henry Meller, US reporter for Woman's Day, and
yesterday his story hit store shelves in Australia.

Tags: 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Anette Iren
Johansen, Apostate, Australia, Basics, Blown for Good, California,
Copenhagen, Denmark, Geir Isene, Golden Era, Golden Era Productions,
Indonesia, Int Base, International Association of Scientologists, Lawrence
Wright, Los Angeles, Marc Headley, Maureen Orth, Nazanin Boniadi, New Yorker,
Nobel, Norway, Oslo, Quicky, Sri Lanka, Tom Cruise, Vanity Fair, Yolanda
Pecoraro

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Hooked On Begging
August 26, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hooked-on-begging/

This email was forwarded to me by a number of people this morning,
incredulous that they are STILL trying to collect money for Palace
Miscavige.

At this point, it is on automatic.

The first thought in Corporate Scientology is "Give me your money" and
ANY reason/excuse will do. No matter how lame, unreal or downright
stupid it is. After all, "any outflow is good" and the ONLY thing that
really counts is MONEY.

Tags: Cause Resurgence Rundown, Church of Scientology Religious Trust,
Cornerstone, David Miscavige, Flag Building, Golden Age of Tech, L. Ron
Hubbard, Quicky, Simon Taufer, Super Power

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Monique Rathbun - Back in the day
August 26, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/monique-rathbun-back-in-the-day/

Doing a little attempted mitigation for Scientology's vicious
propaganda campaigns against Monique Rathbun. Hope you don't mind.

Tags: Monique Rathbun, Quicky

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What Motivated L. Ron Hubbard? Historian Jon Atack Follows the Clues
August 26, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/08/26/what-motivated-l-ron-hubbard-historian-jon-atack-follows-the-clues/

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best
books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the
book for sale, and on Saturdays he's helping us sift through the
legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get
hashed and rehashed in books, articles, and especially on the Internet.

Jon, last week you took on the shared reality that props up
Scientology's cosmology. But what about L. Ron Hubbard himself? Did he
share in that reality? This time, you said you wanted to tackle
Hubbard's original motivations for creating a worldwide movement. What
have you found out?

JON: In the 1952 book Scientology: 8.80, Hubbard described his goal in
these words: "My purpose is to bring a barbarism out of the mud it
thinks conceived it and to form, here on Earth, a civilization based on
human understanding, not violence. That's a big purpose. A broad field.
A star-high goal."

Tags: 1938, 1939, 1952, 1986, 1988, 2009, A Piece of Blue Sky, Advanced
Ability Center, Bare-Faced Messiah, Chicago Fire, Christian Stolte, Church of
Spiritual Technology, Class XII, David Mayo, Dianetics, Excalibur, Harlan
Ellison, Jon Atack, Leah Remini, OT, OT III, Palo Alto, Quicky, Russell
Miller, Steve Pfauth, Village Voice, Violence

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Chris Shelton: Scientology's Organizational Madness
August 26, 2014, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2014/08/26/chris-shelton-scientologys-organizational-madness/

Former Sea Org exec Chris Shelton has made an outstanding video
explaining the Church of Scientology's byzantine and fairly
incomprehensible Organizational Madness. This video is a "must watch"
for all serious Scientology watchers.

Tags: Chris Shelton, Quicky, Sea Org

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CSRT Staff Report Directly To Miscavige Daily
August 26, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/csrt-staff-report-directly-to-miscavige-daily/

This just in. A new begging email from Sheryle Festa trying to pitch
the "L. Ron Hubbard Hall" as something urgent for planetary clearing.
Or something.

I am going to compile a posting about the L. Ron Hubbard Hall
boondoggle at some point, but I just wanted quickly get this one out as
it contains a remarkable bit of honesty.

Chairman of the Board is over this project - there are no vias - there
is no via between the Staff of CSRT and Chairman of the Board. He is
overseeing every detail. Each day CSRT Staff report directly to
Chairman of the Board. They are Commodore Messengers of the highest
order as they execute all FUTURE EXPANSION for LRH as directed by
Chairman of the Board.

Tags: Chairman of the Board, Church of Scientology Religious Trust, David
Miscavige, Flag Building, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, L. Ron Hubbard, L.
Ron Hubbard Hall, Orlando, OT, OT Committee, Quicky, Sandcastle, Sheryle
Festa, Tampa

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More Ideal Org Fails
August 26, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/more-ideal-org-fails/

Following up on the recent post about Orlando some Special
Correspondents sent in some information about other "ideal orgs" which
I thought I would share.

Boston

The Boston Org has now had to move out of the building they have
occupied for decades and into rented facilities because in typical
"ideal org style" they completely screwed up their planning.

Tags: Battle Creek, Birthday Game, Boston, California, Chicago, David
Miscavige, Detroit, Google, Ideal Org, International Association of
Scientologists, Kansas City, Montreal, New Haven, Orlando, Pasadena,
Philadelphia, Quicky, Quincy, Religious Technology Center, San Diego, Santa
Barbara, Silicon Valley, Vancouver

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More trouble for Scientology's drug rehab network, Narconon - this time in
Florida
August 26, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/08/26/more-trouble-for-scientologys-drug-rehab-network-narconon-this-time-in-florida/

Suncoast's future location, a former church Joe Childs at the Tampa Bay
Times last night reported that there's trouble potentially brewing for
the Scientology drug rehab facility in Hernando County, Florida.

Suncoast Rehabilitation Center, part of Scientology's Narconon network,
has been in the news recently for a dispute with the county over its
expansion plans. The Times has closely watched that battle, which took
a fortunate turn for Suncoast when it successfully appealed a low
damage award (the case is now in mediation). Childs reported last month
that another facility, a former church, was purchased in Clearwater by
the same owners, and we told you that according to our sources Suncoast
is planning on moving its operation from Hernando County to the
Clearwater location.

And now Childs has learned that Suncoast may be in some trouble with
the state, after its director, Tammy Strickland, testified in the
county dispute that three additional, unlicensed locations were rented
in 2011 by Suncoast for housing patients and staff.

Tags: 2011, Clearwater, Congress, DC, Department of Children and Families,
Edinburgh, Florida, Fraser Mansion, Hernando County, Joe Childs, Karen de la
Carriere, Lawrence Wollersheim, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Nicole Kidman,
Oklahoma, Quicky, Scotsman, Suncoast Rehabilitation Center, Tampa Bay Times,
The Scotsman, Tom Cruise, Troy McDermott, Truth About Drugs

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IAS Predatory Fundraising Tactics
August 26, 2015, Growing Up In Scientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYYafondEfY

An anecdote from Aaron Smith-Levin about growing up in Scientology and
the predatory sales / fundraising tactics used by the International
Association of Scientologists (IAS).

Tags: Aaron Smith-Levin, Fundraising, International Association of
Scientologists, Quicky

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Miscavige Media Madness
August 26, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/miscavige-media-madness/

A few days ago I posted something about David Miscavige's response to
the Tampa Bay Times - Miscavige Media Handling.

And now this. An article published in Business Insider yesterday
continuing the discussion about John Oliver's brilliant piece on
televangelists and tax exemption. (And, in case you missed it, Oliver
took another jab at scientology in his show last Sunday).

What is remarkable here is not the article itself. It contains
virtually no new news other than an inaccurate statement from Anthony
Ole, the president of Trinity Foundation where he seems to think
scientology changed the law. It didn't. But any article that keeps this
subject of scientology's exemption in the news deserves a round of
applause. And the author ties together John Oliver, Lawrence Wright and
Going Clear - and that is a sure-fire recipe for goodness.

Tags: Aaron Smith-Levin, Bill Clinton, Business Insider, CCHR, David
Miscavige, Disconnection, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison
of Belief, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, IRS, John
Oliver, Karin Pouw, KCET, Lawrence Wright, OT, OT 7, Planetary Dissemination,
Quicky, Sec Check, Tampa Bay Times, Tax exempt, Thursday Funnies, Tony
Ortega, Trinity Foundation

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So much for tabloid rumors: Tom Cruise visits Scientology's 'Ideal Org' while
he's in Bogot?
August 26, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/08/26/so-much-for-tabloid-rumors-tom-cruise-visits-scientologys-ideal-org-while-hes-in-bogota/

Tom Cruise has been in the South American country of Colombia shooting
scenes for his next movie, Mena, and on Tuesday he went to the capital
city of Bogot? and dropped in at the Scientology "Ideal Org" there,
which had its grand opening just a few weeks ago.

"In the afternoon the protagonist of Jerry Maguire arrived at the
Church of Scientology in the north of the city," reported Noticias RCN.
"The security detail at the building made the entrance of cameras
impossible."

But photos of Cruise at the org are leaking out. The one above was sent
to us by our local correspondent, who helped us cover the grand opening
on July 5. Also, take a look at these two photos. The first one we
posted a few days ago, showing a Scientologist, Joe Romero, at the
Bogot? org...

Tags: Alex Gibney, Bogot?, Colombia, David Miscavige, England, Freedom Medal
of Valor, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Ideal Org,
International Association of Scientologists, Joe Romero, Luciana Gomes, Mike
Rinder, Quicky, S?o Paulo, Scientology staff, South America, Tom Cruise,
Venezuela

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What lengths would a Scientology 'registrar' go to pry $3,000 out of a 13-
year-old?
August 26, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/08/26/what-lengths-would-a-scientology-registrar-go-to-pry-3000-out-of-a-13-year-old/

Aaron Smith-Levin is back with another interesting video, this time
featuring his own stories from growing up in Scientology.

Earlier, he and Nick Lister put together several video segments about
Nick's life in the church. One of them, Nick's story about Tom Cruise
banishing his own niece from the family for daring to kiss a boy, was
picked up by a lot of major media outlets.

We don't know if there will be wider interest for today's piece, but we
think it's one of the better examples of the kind of Scientology
"regging" - pressure to donate money - that even a child has to endure.
Give it a look and then share your thoughts about the video in our
comments section...

Tags: Aaron Smith-Levin, Cause Resurgence Rundown, Flag Building, Fort
Harrison, Nick Lister, Quicky, Super Power, Tom Cruise

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Is the Enquirer's 'exclusive' on Scientology's 'hooker orgy' a David
Miscavige backfire?
August 26, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/08/26/is-the-enquirers-exclusive-on-scientologys-hooker-orgy-a-david-miscavige-backfire/

The National Enquirer announced this week that it had a "blockbuster
world exclusive" involving some FBI documents that describe, in the
Enquirer's words, "Scientology Leaders' HOOKER ORGY!"

Actually, the documents detail an investigation of Ronnie Miscavige Jr,
older brother to Scientology leader David Miscavige, that took place
long after Ronnie had left Scientology. And what the Enquirer didn't
say about its "exclusive" is that these documents have been available
for months at a website set up by the Church of Scientology itself to
smear Ronnie and his father, Ron Miscavige Sr., in order to hit back at
Ron's book, Ruthless, that came out in May.

Ron Miscavige Sr. introduced his son David to Scientology in 1969 as
they looked for a solution to the 9-year-old's asthma. The entire
family eventually got into Scientology and moved to England to pursue
higher courses and so David could become an auditor. After returning to
the US, David got close to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and
eventually, after Hubbard's death in 1986, took over the organization.
In 1985, Ron, a musician, joined the "Sea Org" and played trumpet and
led Scientology's orchestra, which played frequently at church events
around the world. But eventually, as Ron describes in his book, he
became disaffected with Scientology under the dictatorial rule of his
son, and in March 2012 he and his wife Becky Bigelow escaped from a
compound near Hemet, California.

Tags: 1969, 1985, 1986, 20/20, 2012, 2013, Alex Gibney, Allen Barton, Becky
Bigelow, Beverly Hills Playhouse, California, Clear, Dan Koon, David
Miscavige, Disconnection, England, FBI, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood,
and the Prison of Belief, Hemet, Int Base, Lawrence Wright, Mario Feninger,
Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, National Enquirer, Office of Special Affairs,
Private investigator, Quicky, Ron Miscavige, Ron Miscavige Jr, Ron Miscavige
Sr, Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me, Sea Org, Sweden,
The Cult on Fog Island, Tom Cruise, Wisconsin

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Regraded Being
August 26, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-60/

Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being

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DOX: The FBI's 2008 investigation of Anonymous and its attacks on the Church
of Scientology
August 26, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/08/26/dox-the-fbis-2008-investigation-of-anonymous-and-its-attacks-on-the-church-of-scientology/

A new release of government documents shows that the FBI took very
seriously the Church of Scientology's complaints about the Anonymous
movement when it burst on the scene in January 2008, and the law
enforcement agency spent months trying to find, in particular, the
person who sent more than 20 letters to Southern California Scientology
churches that contained a white powder.

We have two FBI files for you to pore through today, at 268 and 180
pages they're additional releases that we're getting thanks to
journalist Emma Best, who is suing the FBI over numerous document
requests she has made.

(The rise of Anonymous has been documented heavily, and we recommend
McGill University professor Gabriella Coleman's 2014 book Hacker,
Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous as the most
readable version of it.)

Tags: 2004, 2008, 2014, Anonymous, Arizona, Big Blue, California, Carnegie
Mellon, Catholic, Church of Spiritual Technology, David Touretzky, Emma Best,
FBI, Gabriella Coleman, Google, Guy Fawkes, Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower,
Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous, Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood Inn,
Hollywood Test Center, Keith Henson, London, Los Angeles, Mark Bunker, McGill
University, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Newsweek, Quicky, San Diego,
Santa Clarita, Scientology lawyer, Tom Cruise, Trementina, Wise Beard Man,
Xenu, YouTube

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Scientology Busted! Fake Scientologists on Twitter!
August 26, 2017, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2017/08/26/scientology-busted-fake-scientologists-on-twitter/

Busted! @JustinTemplerSr on Twitter just discovered Scientologist and
STAND member "Alicia Selverson" was a stock photo. Major OSA fail.

Likewise, Scientologist and STAND member "Ellis Craig" is actually
model Gert Rappenecker:

This is irrefutable evidence of Scientology fraud on Twitter. These
fake STAND profiles are identity theft and put the lie to STAND.

Tags: Alicia Selverson, Ellis Craig, Fake, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky,
STAND, Twitter

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Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge
August 26, 2017, Miriam Jordan, New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/us/ukrainian-christian-refugees.html

"In a world where people are persecuted in many places for varying
reasons, refugee resettlement programs should not privilege one
category but rather prioritize the most vulnerable with the most
compelling need to be resettled," said Bill Frelick, the refugee
director of Human Rights Watch. He called the program for the
ex-Soviets, known as the Lautenberg Amendment, a "Cold War anachronism."

The 1990 amendment, which was proposed by Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
of New Jersey, established a legal presumption of eligibility for
refugee status for Jews and Christian minorities from the former Soviet
Union and Southeast Asia. That is a more lenient standard than for
other refugee applicants, who must prove they face a well-founded fear
of persecution.

Iranian religious minorities were added to the program in 2004. But
Evangelical Christians make up more than 90 percent of the current
Lautenberg pool, the vast majority of them from Ukraine.

Tags: 1990, Bill Frelick, Frank Lautenberg, Human Rights Watch, Lautenberg
Amendment, Mike Pence, New Jersey, Ukraine, United Nations, US State
Department

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The Church of Scientology Doesn't Like My IRS Petition
August 26, 2017, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2017/08/26/the-church-of-scientology-doesnt-like-my-irs-petition/

In a Tampa Bay Times story published today, staff writer Tracey McManus
covered the details of two dueling Change.org petitions. The first
petition is mine and calls for the IRS to open an investigation in
Scientology's tax exemption. I am asking people to please read, sign,
and share my petition. The petition and details are here.

In the TBT article, Scientology spokesperson Karin Pouw attacked both
myself and my petition. This attack occurred because I am going
directly to the source of Scientology's ability to ply its evil trade:
Scientology's ill-gotten 1993 IRS tax exemption.

If the Scientology Cult loses its tax exemption, then it is game over
for this brutal, dishonest, and greedy business that masquerades as a
religion. Scientology simply does not merit or deserve First Amendment
religious protections.

Tags: 1993, A&E, Cult, Fair Game, First Amendment, Free Speech, IRS, Karin
Pouw, Leah Remini, Quicky, Tampa Bay Times, Tax exempt, Tracey McManus,
Twitter

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Words that Hurt: Scientology Nomenclature
August 26, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/words-that-hurt-scientology-nomenclature/

I never realized how dehumanizing Scientology nomenclature was until my
spouse and I began tossing out words LRH and his followers assigned for
humans. Turns out, scientology is great at degrading people. If you
weren't one hundred percent onboard with Ron and his tech, he had a
name for you-and it wasn't complimentary.

Note: It would take too long and too many words to try to define all
these pejoratives. Google "Scientology Tech Dictionary" for links to
sites to help you clear these definitions if you'd like.

Tags: ABLE, APA, CIA, Conditions, Ethics, Ethics Officer, Google, KSL, L. Ron
Hubbard, OT, Potential Trouble Source, Sea Org, Terra Cognita, TIME, Tone
Scale

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Critical Q&A #174
August 26, 2018, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2018/08/26/critical-qa-174/

The weekly show where I answer viewer questions from 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) While in the Sea Org did you come across other groups similar to
Scientology using international waters to evade their respective
government? Also would you equate Hubbard's Sea Org to Jim Jones'
Jonestown? I guess what I'm asking is would you consider the ship used
as an isolation tool?

(2) Hey there Chris, as a supporter of freedom of expression I'm a
little concerned with the mass de-platforming of Alex Jones. Let me
preface the following by stating that I am not a fan of Alex Jones. I
do not align with his politics or his wacky theories but the manner in
which he was removed from these platforms, the reason it was done and
the speed it was done give me cause for concern. Of course a company
has a right to refuse service (interesting that American liberals
happily apply this to massive tech companies and not a tiny cake shop)
but doesn't it concern you for the precedent being established? That
for vague, nebulous and often unstated reasons, one's opinion can be
deemed "wrong" and simply scrubbed from social media? You've talked
often about how Scientology hijacks the genuine compassion of its
members for self-serving purposes. I wonder if you can see how often
the political Left in America also does this. I watched Bill Maher's
audience (of self-identified liberals) cheer for censorship and then
watch as a room full of presumably educated adults had to be informed
that free speech means the right to say something they might not like.
This whole scenario saddens me, as I see the self-proclaimed "party of
the people" eroding liberty and then cheering about it.

Tags: Alex Jones, Bill Maher, Christian, Critic, David Miscavige,
Independent, Independent Scientologists, Jim Jones, Jonestown, Quicky, Sea
Org, Squirrel, Suppressive Person, YouTube

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Miscavige in Panic Mode
August 26, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/miscavige-in-panic-mode/

Whenever things get really worrisome in David Miscavige's world he
orders everyone to rewatch the 1993 "War Is Over" event.

This is his crowning achievement and he wants to remind everyone what
an incredible accomplishment it was. He is convinced this is his
"greatest performance" and it makes him look good, which tells you a
lot. His tiny figure on that massive stage with flaming sconces taken
from the castle in Young Frankenstein projects, in his mind, the image
of power he craves.

In truth, it WAS incredible. It should never have happened. And while
it is a bulwark in the defensive wall that surrounds scientology and
its illegal and improper activities, it is also a point of enormous
vulnerability now. Remove this single thing and his world comes
tumbling down.

Tags: 1993, David Miscavige, IRS, Quicky

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Scientology keeps pushing for 'Ideal Orgs' in places where it's pure madness
August 26, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/08/26/scientology-keeps-pushing-for-ideal-orgs-in-places-where-its-pure-madness/

Rod Keller examines the state of Scientology in South Africa, where
there's as much pressure to create "Ideal Orgs" as anywhere else...

South African Scientologists feel a strong bond with founder L. Ron
Hubbard and quotes from his writings are being used in promoting the
next Ideal Org for South Africa, in Durban. Hubbard spent six months in
Johannesburg from September 1960 to February 1961, and during that time
offered the technology of Scientology to a government that had recently
imprisoned Nelson Mandela and created faux homelands for blacks that
prevented them from being citizens of South Africa.

[L. Ron Hubbard's house in Johannesburg is preserved as a "heritage
site."]

Tags: 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, Africa, Bulawayo, Cape Town, Central Files,
Clearwater, Coert Steynberg, Dave Taylor, Durban, E-meter, Facebook, Guns,
Harare, Ideal Org, Joburg North, Johannesburg, Johannesburg North, Marie
Frankel, Mike Frankel, Nelson Mandela, Pat Habib, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria,
Quicky, Renie Habib, Rod Keller, South Africa, Sunday Times

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Mental health establishment gives Doug Ford's hate talk a pass
August 26, 2019, David Reville, Now Magazine
https://nowtoronto.com/news/doug-ford-mental-health/

Many of us who are mental health patients (although I prefer to call
myself a mad activist) are surprised that Doug Ford would declare
himself qualified to determine who is really mentally ill and who is not.

If you're wondering about your mental health, apparently the premier
can help you. He's given up handing out his cellphone number, so you'll
need to drop by the office to get your diagnosis.

In mid-July, after a patient in CAMH's forensic unit went out on a pass
and didn't return, the premier was angry about it. He telephoned
Newstalk Radio 1010 to vent. He called the man a "nutcase." He was
criticized for using that language, but refused to apologize. For Ford,
it's all irrelevant like the Canadian media, so much cheese falling off
crackers.

Tags: 1992, Brian Mulroney, Canada, Catherine Fife, Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Kitchener, Newstalk, Ontario New
Democratic Party, Ryerson University

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The Aftermath Finale Tonight
August 26, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-aftermath-finale-tonight/

Tonight at 9pm A&E airs the final 2 hour episode of Leah Remini:
Scientology and the Aftermath.

I hope you can tune in, or at least record the show for later watching.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the episode was only finalized
last week. A&E could not promote it or schedule a final time slot until
the episode was in its final form and signed off by the powers that be.
It was a difficult process that in the end, Leah and I had little to do
with.

Tags: A&E, Aftermath Foundation, Clear, Colombia, Critic, Facebook, Fair
Game, Hollywood, Leah Remini, Quicky, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sexual
assault, Tom Cruise, Twitter

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Tonight, Leah Remini ends 'Scientology and the Aftermath' with a hard look at
Danny Masterson
August 26, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/08/26/tonight-leah-remini-ends-scientology-and-the-aftermath-with-a-hard-look-at-danny-masterson/

Tonight, we hope you join us and comment live as Leah Remini:
Scientology and the Aftermath airs its 2-hour series finale on the A&E
Network.

We already expressed our own amazement at how much of an impact this
show has had in the last three years, and we also gathered testimonies
from some of the people who took part in it.

In tonight's episode, many of those participants are in the audience
you'll see on the screen. But one thing we're particularly interested
in is going to be the reaction to the words spoken by two of the women
who have accused Scientologist actor Danny Masterson of raping them,
Chrissie Carnell Bixler and Bobette Riales.

Tags: 2002, 2003, 2004, A&E, Bobette Riales, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Chrissie
Carnell, Danny Masterson, David Miscavige, Easter, Jackie Lacey, LAPD, Leah
Remini, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court, Michael Pe?a, Quicky,
Scientology and the Aftermath, Yashar Ali

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Undercover in Patriot Prayer: Insights From a Vancouver Democrat Who's Been
Working Against the Far-Right Group from the Inside
August 26, 2019, Alex Zielinski, Portland Mercury
https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2019/08/26/27039560/undercover-in-patriot-prayer-insights-from-a-vancouver-democrat-whos-been-working-against-the-far-right-group-from-the-inside

"I've intentionally avoided grifters like Joey and Haley because they
are sharper about interacting with strangers like me," says Ben.

Another person he includes in the "grifter" category: Andy Ngo, a
conservative writer who's built a Twitter persona around filming fights
between antifa and right-wing extremists (that, and trying to convince
people that hate crime allegations raised by LGBTQ+ Portlanders are
simply "hoaxes").

Ngo tags along with Patriot Prayer during demonstrations, hoping to
catch footage of an altercation. Ben says Ngo doesn't film Patriot
Prayer protesters discussing strategies or motives. He only turns his
camera on when members of antifa enter the scene.

"There's an understanding," he says, "that Patriot Prayer protects him
and he protects them."

Tags: 2011, 2017, Alt-Right, Andy Ngo, Antifa, Donald Trump, Facebook, Free
Speech, Haley Adams, Ian Kramer, Identity Evropa, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Joey Gibson, LGBTQ, Marvel Comics, Multnomah County, Oath
Keepers, Occupy Portland, Patriot Prayer, Police, Portland, Proud Boys,
Quicky, Three Percenters, Twitter, Undercover, US Navy, Vancouver, Washington

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