Today in Scientology -- March 4th ********************************************************

[Scientology Today]

Today March 4th in Scientology history
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The Reclusive Founder of Scientology
March 4, 1974, James E. Adams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://www.scientology-lies.com/press/st-louis-post-dispatch/1974-03-04/reclusive-founder-of-scientology.html

Hubbard and church leaders contend that he has resigned from the
church's directorship, but that resignation seems to have made little
difference. In a "policy letter" dated Sept. 1, 1966, the matter was
ambiguously worded. Hubbard said that he was "resigning the title of
executive director" and was being given the title of "Founder" instead.
In his statement, Hubbard said that his services had been voluntary for
some time but that church organizations had owed him "considerable
outstanding sums" and should pay up.

Hubbard's authority in the church is unchallenged. He keeps in constant
communication, sending a steady stream of directives, orders and policy
letters to the organizations, and the units report to him weekly. And
Scientology messages made available to the Past-Dispatch show that he
receives money from the church - lots of it.

Tags: Apollo, Athena, Bolivar, E-meter, Excalibur, FDA, John McLean, Judge
Gerhard Gesell, L. Ron Hubbard, Nan McLean, Operation and Transport
Corporation, Sea Org, Secondary copy

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Spokesmen for the Church of Scientology say a raid...
March 4, 1983, UPI
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/04/Spokesmen-for-the-Church-of-Scientology-say-a-raid/6988415602000/

TORONTO -- Spokesmen for the Church of Scientology say a raid on their
headquarters by 100 Ontario Provincial Police officers, some wielding
sledgehammers to break down steel-reinforced doors, was instigated by
psychiatrists and former church members.

The police, armed Thursday with a 15-page two-day search warrant signed
by Chief Provincial Court Judge Frederick C. Hayes, searched the
church's offices, located on four floors of a downtown Toronto
building, as part of a two-year investigation related to tax and
consumer fraud, the OPP reported.

In a statement read by spokesman Scott Carmichael, the scientologists
charged that complaints from former members of the church were behind
the police investigation. He suggested that psychiatrists, angered by
the church's stand against electro-shock treatment, may have encouraged
the action.

Tags: 1977, Belinda Macklam, Canada, Judge Frederick Hayes, Ontario
Provincial Police, Police, Quicky, Scott Carmichael, Toronto

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Charges in deprogramming
March 4, 1986, Jack Hopkins, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/archives/1986/8601050512.asp

The family members of a 30-year-old White Center woman were charged
yesterday with locking her up against her will after spending three
days trying to deprogram her from the Church of Scientology.

Tags: Deprogramming, Kathy Mason, Seattle

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Battle sites in the Web war
March 4, 1998, Joseph Mallia, Inside the Church of Scientology, Boston Herald
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/s04a09.html

Internet sites for Scientology and its on-line opponents: To read
about, or join the discussion on Scientology, use DejaNews or another
Usenet search engine, and type: alt.religion.scientology

Tags: Chris Owen, Earle Cooley, Michael Flynn, Secondary copy, Steven Hassan

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Church, enemies wage war on Internet battlefield
March 4, 1998, Joseph Mallia, Inside the Church of Scientology, Boston Herald
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/s04a07.html

His online name was Rogue Agent and his scathing attacks against the
Church of Scientology ripped through the Internet.Shielded behind an
anonymous account at Northeastern University, he continued to anger and
embarrass the church with messages that millions could read online.

Tags: alt.scientology.war, Arnaldo Lerma, Earle Cooley, Heber Jentzsch, Jim
Byrd, Ron Newman, Sam Gorton, Secondary copy

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Sacred teachings not secret anymore
March 4, 1998, Joseph Mallia, Inside the Church of Scientology, Boston Herald
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/s04a08.html

MIT student Carlos Covarrubias told the Herald that while he studied
Scientology at its Beacon Street church, he was instructed to tell
ashtrays to "Stand up," and "Sit down" - ending each command with a
polite "Thank you."

The same ashtray techniques were documented by a BBC reporter's hidden
camera at a Church of Scientology chapter in Britain.

Tags: Carlos Covarrubias, Detox, Heber Jentzsch, John Travolta, Narconon,
Secondary copy, Sherry Murphy, Steven Hassan, World Literacy Crusade, Xenu

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Egypt jails Scientologists
March 4, 2002, UPI
https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2002/03/04/Egypt-jails-Scientologists/55041015269147/

CAIRO, March 4 (UPI) -- In the latest incident of religious
discrimination to take place in Egypt, two members of the Church of
Scientology are being held in detention by Egyptian authorities under
charges of "contempt of religion" trying to spread their doctrines
"with the aim of sparking riots."

The Church of Scientology has denied that it had sent people to
establish a branch in Egypt, explaining that the two were
representatives of an Italian publishing firm that sold the works of
Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard. It also condemned the prolonged
detention of its two members.

"We are greatly concerned at their prolonged detention, which appears
to be a violation of their right to freedom of expression," said Leisa
Goodman, the Church of Scientology's human rights director.

Tags: 2001, Cairo, Christian, Dianetics, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Leisa Goodman,
Mahmoud Massarwa, Moonies, Muslim, Quicky, Reverend, UN Special Rapporteur,
Wafaa Ahmad

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Latest Salvo Lobbed In 'Anonymous' War on Scientology
March 4, 2008, Fresh Intelligence, Radar Online
http://web.archive.org/web/20080308083147/http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/03/latest-salvo-lobbed-in-anonymous-war-on-scientology.php

The anti-Cruise crusading "Anonymous" kicks off its lobbying campaign
against Scientology today, with a letter, phone, and fax directive
targeting the group's tax-exempt status.

Tags: Anonymous, IRS

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Your Mama Hears...
March 4, 2009, Mark David, Variety
https://variety.com/2009/dirt/real-estalker/your-mama-hears-98-2428/

Two other large lavish estates occupy the same promontory as Se?or
Montalban's casa. Immediately next door is hedge fund honcho Robert
Krail who purchased his 9,691 square foot Italian villa style pile in
September of 2006 for $19,500,000 and has it back on the market with a
blistering asking price of $28,000,0000 (lowered from $29,000,000) and
next to Mister Krail is motivational speaker and super Scientologist
Grant Cardone and his ack?turuss wifey Elena Lyons who shack up in
Lionel Ritchie's old residence. Although not currently on the open
market, the couple have unsuccessfully attempted to sell their 6,099
square foot architectural white elephant on and off ever since 2005 for
prices ranging from $14,900,000 to $17,500,000.

Tags: Grant Cardone, Quicky, Real estate

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Former Scientologists Claim Abuse
March 4, 2010, Ian Lovett, Los Feliz Ledger
http://www.losfelizledger.com/2010/03/former-scientologists-claim-abuse/

"In a lot of cases, those who escape are intimidated and harassed so
much they wouldn't dare speak to the media about what goes on," Headley
said. "Finally, in the past year, more and more people have had enough
courage to say what happened to them. They're not afraid to back down
from intimidation."

Tags: Abortion, Anonymous, Freeloader Debt, Golden Era Productions, Laura
DeCrescenzo, Linda Simmons, Marc Headley, Sea Org, Will Fry

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Money for Nothing
March 4, 2010, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/money-for-nothing/

A recent post on Marty's blog contained a promotion piece for the
Bridge Publications Library Donation Campaign. The promo piece claims
that the Library Donation Campaign has placed "millions" of books in
libraries. Of course what they don't tell their potential donors is
that most of those books go in the library front door and right out the
back door into resale bins, where they are sold for pennies on the
dollar or pulped. They don't make it onto the shelves.

But what is interesting is the cheesy "contributor status" scale they
have designed, complete with super-corny clip art. Some promotional
genius has decided to "position" the contributor statuses with the
Roman Empire, with status "levels" of Legionnaire, Centurion, Senior
Centurion, Leader of the Legion, Commander of the Legion and Lion of
the Legion. That anyone would fall for this sort of super-corny stuff
is hard to believe, but it brings up the "tech" these people are using.

Unfortunately, LRH Policy doesn't cover how to get money for nothing.
It only covers how to sell and deliver auditing and training. The only
thing LRH said about it was from HCO PL 24 February 1964, "Urgent, Org
Programming":

Tags: 1964, 2003, Bridge Publications, Diamond Meritorious, Donation, Gold
Meritorious, International Association of Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard,
Patron Excalibur, Patron Maximus, Platinum Excalibur, Platinum Meritorious,
Quicky, Silver Meritorious

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Scientologists distribute irradiated water in Haiti, destroy radiation shield.
March 4, 2010, David Davidson, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evVeIHzIPXQ

Originally from channel: http://www.youtube.com/ellenthevm

At 2:50 in the video, this scientology volunteer admits to stealing
irradiated water used as a makeshift radiation shield, putting people
in danger. Water was being used in this case in bags on the wall to
shield the other rooms from x-ray equipment.

Another fine example why scientologists need to GTFO

The water was given to people to drink... however the most danger comes
from taking the radiation shield thus exposing people to radioactive
waves etc.

Tags: Ellen Bennett, Haiti, Video, Volunteer Ministers

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Mystery of our neighbour in port
March 4, 2011, John Honeywell, Opinion, mirror.co.uk
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/captain-greybeard/2011/03/mystery-of-our-neighbour-in-po.html

In 1986 the ship was bought by the Church of Scientology, to be used as
a peaceful retreat and for members undertaking advanced training
courses. It is operated under cover of a company called Majestic Cruise
Lines.

The ship is the fifth owned by the Church of Scientology, whose
founder, L Ron Hubbard, spent some time at sea in the 1960s. The
previous four have all been scrapped, and Freewinds came within a
whisker of meeting the same fate in 2008 when lethal blue asbestos was
found on board.

Tags: Asbestos, Cura?ao, Freewinds, Majestic Cruise Lines, Willemstad

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Charter school dangers on display in Scientology case
March 4, 2012, Editorial, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article1218150.ece

The Life Force Arts and Technology Academy in Dunedin, a charter
elementary school serving low-income children, has sold area parents a
bill of goods. It promised an enriching arts and technology program and
delivered a school stripped of resources by its management company and
laden with Church of Scientology teaching methodology. The school's
actions raise serious questions about fiscal control and church-state
separation. Pinellas County schools superintendent John Stewart is
right to recommend to the School Board that it be shut down as soon as
possible.

Tags: 2009, Art of Management, California, Drew Harwell, Dunedin, Florida,
Hanan Islam, John Stewart, Life Force, Life Force Arts and Technology
Academy, Pinellas County, Tampa, World Literacy Crusade

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Freedom of Speech, Religion and Conscience
March 4, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/freedom-of-speech-religion-and-conscience/

by Mike Rinder and Marty Rathbun

The Radical Corporate church of Scientology has filed a Motion for
Summary Judgment in the Debbie Cook case.

The church is asking the court to declare the church the winners of the
lawsuit based on the facts that they have presented to the court. To
grant a Summary Judgment, the court must decide that there is no
triable issue of fact. That means that no evidence that Debbie can
present conflicts with the facts that the church says are established
and prove its case for breach of contract.

Tags: 2007, 2011, Blow Drill, Church of Scientology International, David
Miscavige, Debbie Cook, George Spencer, Int Base, Mike Rinder, Office of
Special Affairs, PC folders, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, The Hole

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Scientology Sunday Funnies: Use Kids to Solicit Donations? Why Not!
March 4, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientology_sun_16.php

Scientologists don't really have a Sunday service. They like to say
that they do, because they crave mainstream acceptance. But unless Xenu
rested after six days and L. Ron Hubbard just forgot to mention it,
there's no reason for Scientologists to treat Sunday any differently
than every other day of coursework, detoxes, fundraising, and generally
clearing the planet.

So here at the Voice, we've come up with a Scientology Sunday tradition
of our own, and we call it Sunday Funnies! Our sources regularly send
us Scientology's wacky and tacky fundraising mailers, and each week we
choose a few of them to gaze upon, hoping that it inspires you to wax
eloquent in our comments section. So here we go...

We have a special issue of Sunday Funnies this weekend. As my tipster
who forwarded these three mailers from the San Fernando Valley org put
it, "Hide the piggy banks..."

Tags: Conditions, Dianetics, Donation, Ethics, OT, Quicky, San Fernando
Valley, Sunday Funnies, Sunday service, Xenu

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Scientology TV Ad Re-Edited by Funny or Die
March 4, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientology_tv.php

What is Scientology? Re-edit - watch more funny videos

Hey, this is cool -- Funny or Die has put more appropriate music to the
creepy Scientology TV ad! But don't forget to see our own piece looking
at the 5 biggest lies in this ad, which has been showing up on network
TV shows like Glee and American Idol, and at places like Hulu.

Continuing the Sunday comedy, the Onion has apparently reposted today
its 2005 parody of Scientology, "Fictionology."

Tags: 2005, Hollywood, Operating Thetan, Quicky

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SP Declare and Fair Game of Debbie Cook
March 4, 2012, RadioPaul1, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdNkLX9gV4Q

Why might someone still sign a Non Disclosure Agreement in Scientology
if they were not beaten in to it? How about a culture of fear and
intimidation. One of Disconnection and public humiliation. Scientology
has been doing these things for years.

Tags: Debbie Cook, Disconnection, Fair Game, Quicky

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Document Leak: Scientology Sexual Histories
March 4, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/03/04/document-leak-scientology-sexual-histories/

The Underground Bunker has obtained thousands of new internal
Scientology documents which detail, among many other things, how the
Sea Organization interrogates its workers about their sexual histories.

In October, we published a current version of the lengthy application
that Sea Org hopefuls fill out as they sign their billion-year
contracts to join the most fanatical of the church's employees. But
even after being accepted, workers are required to produce even more
detailed dossiers about themselves called "life histories."

We now have actual examples of those histories which are only a couple
of years old.

Tags: 1940, 1967, 1975, Arbitration, Basics, Bert Schippers, CIA, Conditions,
Dianetics, E-meter, First Amendment, Florida, Freeloader Debt, Going Clear:
Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, IRS, Karin Pouw, Lawrence
Wright, Luis Garcia, Lynne Hoverson, OT, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Robert
Heinlein, Sea Org, Sec Check, SMERSH, Ted Babbitt

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Gerald A. Feffer, tax lawyer who represented Leona Helmsley, dies at 70
March 4, 2013, Emily Langer, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/gerald-a-feffer-tax-lawyer-who-represented-leona-helmsley-dies-at-70/2013/03/04/f64e0794-81c3-11e2-8074-b26a871b165a_story.html

Mr. Feffer's four-decade legal career included stints as an assistant U.
S. attorney and, in the Justice Department during the Carter
administration, as deputy assistant attorney general for criminal tax
investigations. He was best known as a criminal tax defense lawyer with
the Washington firm of Williams & Connolly from 1986 until his
retirement in 2010.

Mr. Feffer's clients included basketball star Michael Jordan and the
Church of Scientology, which, with his counsel, won a protracted battle
with the federal government to be recognized as a religious tax-exempt
organization.

Tags: Gerald Feffer, Williams & Connolly

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Group linked to Scientologists targets schools
March 4, 2013, Vince Chadwick, Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/group-linked-to-scientologists-targets-schools-20130303-2fehg.html

The federal government is expanding its health checks program,
performed by GPs, which ensures children are ready for school by
assessing their development. But the group, the Citizens Commission on
Human Rights, said these checks could lead to drugs being prescribed.

Tags: Australia, Catherine Waters, CCHR, Mark Butler, Melbourne, Shelley
Wilkins

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Practicing Scientology
March 4, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/practicing-scientology/

I came across a little something that I think that people practicing
Scientology ? inside or out of the church ? ought to consider while
pursuing the higher realms of cognitive development and consciousness
it can assist with the attainment of. The following is a segment of a
talk by philosopher Ken Wilber on traps that certain spiritual teachers
can set for students. I think this applies to both the teacher
(auditor/supervisor/advisor) and the teachings themselves. The latter
being so, in fact, has prompted several essays by me of late suggesting
that while you strive for as close to perfection as you can with
technical Scientology procedure, you not fall into the trap of becoming
a radical, fundamentalist Scientologist (literalist) whether you are
affiliated with the church or not.

From Kosmic Consciousness with Ken Wilber by Sounds True.

Indeed we do have these one or two dozen developmental lines, like
cognitive development, interpersonal development, moral development.
And you can be very highly developed in some of those lines, medium
development in others and very low development in yet others.

Tags: Quicky

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Prominent land-use lawyer Ed Armstrong plans to leave longtime firm
March 4, 2013, Diane Steinle, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/prominent-attorney-ed-armstrong-plans-to-leave-longtime-firm/2106965

CLEARWATER - One of Pinellas County's most successful and high-profile
lawyers is leaving the firm where he has worked for 30 years to open a
small Pinellas outpost of Tampa-based Hill Ward Henderson.

Ed Armstrong, 55, went to work at Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns
right out of law school and is now a shareholder in the firm, which is
considered the biggest law firm based in Pinellas with 38 attorneys in
Clearwater and Tampa.

But on Monday, Armstrong announced that around May 1, he will go to
work for Hill Ward Henderson in a two-lawyer office the firm will open
in the Clearwater area. Joining him in the office will be another
Johnson Pope lawyer, Katie Cole, whom Armstrong mentored.

Tags: Clearwater, Dunedin, Ed Armstrong, Guy Burns, Hill Ward Henderson,
Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, Katie Cole, Pinellas County, Pope,
Quicky, Tampa

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"Case Gain Equivalent To Those Of A Session"
March 4, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/case-gain-equivalent-to-those-of-a-session/

This really requires no comment.

The radical church of scientology has reached its final goal. People
who think that giving money to buy buildings is as good as auditing.

And of course, thanks to Mr. Miscavige for making this possible and
keeping us Scientologists working for him.

Tags: David Miscavige, Quicky

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Bruce Hines takes us through Scientology's Original Operating Thetan Level
Seven!
March 4, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/03/04/bruce-hines-takes-us-through-scientologys-original-operating-thetan-level-six/

Claire Headley and Bruce Hines are taking us on our journey to train as
Scientologists. Claire spent years working with Scientology's "tech,"
and was trusted to oversee the auditing of Tom Cruise. Bruce was in
Scientology for 31 years and spent about half that time as a senior
case supervisor. Go here to see the first part in this series.

We sure have come a long way since Claire first started us out in this
series with Scientology's "Personality Test" a full year ago tomorrow!
And now, we're all the way up to Original OT 7, and Bruce Hines is here
to help us as we near the top of the "Bridge to Total Freedom."

Bruce, we've gone through the materials for Original OT 7, which begin
with the statement, "The purpose of OT VII is the rehabilitation of
ability to project intention."

Tags: Bridge to Total Freedom, Bruce Hines, Claire Headley, End Phenomena,
Jefferson Hawkins, Marty Rathbun, Operating Thetan, OT, OT 7, OT VII,
Personality test, Quicky, Sea Org, Tom Cruise, Training Routines

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Pat's Latest Parodi
March 4, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/pats-latest-parodi/

Just for the sheer enjoyment that comes with rejection of outpoints.

Mel Brooks could make his funniest movie ever with the material that
gushes forth from the bubble. It could be a sequel to Spaceballs -
Screwballs maybe?

Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 From: pat parodi <parodi2000@att.
net>Subject: Sunday Note and Quote

Tags: 2000, AOLA, ASHO, Auditing, Bridge Publications, Cause Resurgence
Rundown, Field Staff Member, Golden Age of Tech, Hollywood, L. Ron Hubbard,
OT, OT VII, OT VIII, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Student Hat, Super Power

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The Aims of Scientology: Part One
March 4, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/the-aims-of-scientology-part-one/

From a Guardian's Order converted to OSA Network Order (successor to
Guardian's Office as the dirty tricks and propaganda arm of corporate
Scientology):

(Originally written on 2 December 1969 by L. Ron Hubbard as a summary
of data concerning Intelligence.)

Our war has been forced to become "To take over absolutely the field of
mental

Tags: 1969, Guardian's Office, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky

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Ukraine -- Confusion Blowing Off In The Wake Of GAG II
March 4, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/ukraine-confusion-blowing-off-in-the-wake-of-gag-ii/

I made a comment at the end of a post a few days ago about a Freedom
Medal winner claiming that the situation in the Ukraine and in
Venezuela was "confusion blowing off" in the wake of GAG II.

Then I received a new promotional piece from WTH Fdn asking for money
for WTH for Crimea.

The bubble-dwellers literally never see anything happen in the world
that cannot be twisted into a request for money. It is amazing.

Tags: 2002, 2008, 2013, Cause Resurgence Rundown, Facebook, Freedom Medal,
Freedom Medal Winner, Golden Age of Tech, Hungary, International Association
of Scientologists, Jeff Pomerantz, Kiev, Mission, Moscow, Narconon, Office of
Special Affairs, Org Board, OT VIII, Quicky, Russia, Sea Org, Super Power,
The Way to Happiness, Ukraine, Venezuela, Zolt?n So?s

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Filmmakers claim Scientologists broke up Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
March 4, 2015, Shyam Dodge, Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2979901/Scientologists-feared-Nicole-Kidman-s-influence-Tom-Cruise-Filmmakers-controversial-documentary-claim-Church-leaders-broke-Hollywood-couple-s-marriage.html

A controversial documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film
Festival, claims the Church of Scientology broke up Tom Cruise and
Nicole Kidman.

On Monday makers of the film Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of
Belief sat down for a panel discussion, where they addressed the
alleged role the church played in the demise of the Hollywood couple's
marriage.

Logan Hill moderated the talk, held by The New York Times, between
author Lawrence Wright (who wrote the book the film is based on),
filmmaker Paul Haggis, director Alex Gibney and former Scientology
member Mike Rinder.

Tags: Alex Gibney, David Miscavige, Filmmaker, Going Clear: Scientology and
the Prison of Belief, Hollywood, Lawrence Wright, Logan Hill, Marty Rathbun,
Mike Rinder, New York Times, Nicole Kidman, Paul Haggis, Quicky, Sundance
Film Festival, Tom Cruise

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Former Scientology Senior Executive: Will Smith Is Not A Scientologist
March 4, 2015, Marlow Stern, Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/former-scientology-senior-executive-will-smith-is-not-a-scientologist

For years, there's been rampant speculation that Will Smith, the
blockbuster star of alien-themed films like Independence Day, Men in
Black, and After Earth, was a card-carrying member of the Church of
Scientology.

It's inescapable. When Smith's teenage children, Jaden and Willow, gave
an out-there interview to The Guardian and claimed they could control
time, several gossip rags were quick to point to their dad's alleged
"Scientology-supporting" beliefs as a possible reason for his kids'
unique perspective on the world. There have been tabloid reports that
Will Smith's former business partner, James Lassiter, allegedly warned
the Fresh Prince about not letting Scientology "get in the way" of his
career; Scientology defector Jason Beghe said Smith was "supposedly
dabbling in Scientology," and a former principal at Will and Jada
Smith's school, New Village Academy in Calabasas, California, claimed
that the curriculum was "100 percent" Scientology-focused. Hell, The
Hollywood Reporter even got an ex-Scientologist to review Smith's
colossal bomb, After Earth, over its alleged Scientology themes.

The link, it seems, originates from Smith's close friendship with
Scientology's most famous face, Tom Cruise.

Tags: 1982, 1995, 2007, Access Hollywood, After Earth, Alex Gibney, Beck
Hansen, Buddhism, California, Catholic, Celebrity Centre, Church of
Scientology International, David Miscavige, Giovanni Ribisi, Going Clear:
Scientology and the Prison of Belief, HBO, Hinduism, Hollywood, Hollywood
Reporter, James Lassiter, Jason Beghe, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Mike
Rinder, New Village Leadership Academy, Office of Special Affairs, Pope,
Quicky, Raw Story, Sea Org, The Guardian, Tom Cruise, Tony Ortega,
Underground Bunker, Village Voice, Will Smith

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How Many Humanitarians Does It Take To Screw In A Light Bulb?
March 4, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/how-many-humanitarians-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-light-bulb/

Wow.

If it really DOES take 35 "humanitarians," it tells you how outrageous
Valley "ideal org" is - as they not only have 48 they have Bart Simpson
who counts for about 20.

And after 12 years, it tells you how well these other orgs are doing.

Tags: Hawaii, Humanitarian, Quicky, Santa Barbara

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Scenes from the 'Going Clear' publicity caravan in midtown Manhattan
March 4, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/03/04/scenes-from-the-going-clear-publicity-caravan-in-midtown-manhattan/

Yesterday Mike Rinder and your proprietor were being interviewed about
Alex Gibney's film Going Clear for a well known national news
organization when the interviewer asked, what is David Miscavige's
biggest skeleton in his closet?

We had already talked about the Scientology leader's disappeared wife,
Shelly Miscavige, and where we think she has been for the last nine
years. And that, certainly, is one of the biggest controversies about
David Miscavige. But we thought Rinder had a really good answer.

Miscavige's biggest skeleton in his closet? That he's not a
Scientologist, Rinder answered.

Tags: 1986, Aaron Smith-Levin, Alex Gibney, Bill Maher, Claire Headley, David
Miscavige, Florida, France, Freeloader Debt, Going Clear: Scientology,
Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Heber Jentzsch, Hollywood, Karen de la
Carriere, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Marc Levin, Mike Rinder, New York, Quicky,
San Francisco, Shelly Miscavige

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Scientology President, My Former Husband, Heber Jentzsch
March 4, 2015, SurvivingScientology, YouYube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkEmstHbKIU

Part one of Videos of life with the President of Church of Scientology
International. Heber Jentzsch was imprisoned in the hell of the
International base and only permitted to see his son (dead at 27 see
other videos) 11 times in 15 years.

Discuss this video on REDDIT http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/

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Tags: Church of Scientology International, Facebook, Heber Jentzsch, Quicky,
Twitter

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Regraded Being
March 4, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-37/

Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being

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Scientology officials panicked about overdose death of star Narconon pupil:
Boyfriend
March 4, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/03/04/scientology-officials-panicked-about-overdose-death-of-star-narconon-pupil-boyfriend/

In November, we told you about the death of Tabatha Lynn Fauteux, a
26-year-old New Hampshire woman who was found dead in a Los Angeles
apartment, apparently of a drug overdose. She had been staying at the
apartment with a boyfriend for several weeks while the two of them
underwent training in the Church of Scientology's revamping of its drug
rehab program, Narconon. Before they went to L.A. for the training, the
two of them had been working together at Narconon's clinic in
Harlingen, Texas and had each been sober for about a year.

Tabatha died on November 6, and for our story later that month, we
talked to her father, Guy Fauteux, 52, who was still struggling to get
details about his daughter's death. He was unhappy that he was getting
little information from Scientology and Narconon, and he also hadn't
heard from Los Angeles or California authorities. But he had heard from
Tabatha's friends that while she was in L.A. she had used an herbal
drug known as kratom, a legal substance which produces a high something
like the heroin addiction she had sought treatment for. As we pointed
out in our story, there have been increasing reports of overdose deaths
with kratom because it can be laced with powerful, synthetic drugs.

Now, the Underground Bunker has spoken to Tabatha's boyfriend, who was
with her in Los Angeles. Guy Fauteux confirmed the young man's identity
for us, but we are holding back the boyfriend's real name at his
request and will refer to him as Nick.

Tags: 1966, 2000, 2014, 9-1-1, ABLE, Arizona, Billy Sheehan, Burbank,
California, David Miscavige, Georgia, Guy Fauteux, Hans Bschoor, Harlingen,
Hollywood, Hollywood Boulevard, Jesse Prince, Karen Case, Kendrick Moxon,
Legoland, Los Angeles, Mark Bunker, Mary DeMoss, Michigan, Mirit Hendrickson,
Narconon, Narconon South Texas, New Hampshire, Ojai, Oklahoma, Orange County,
Phoenix, Quicky, Richard Hirst, Robert Minton, San Diego County, Scientology
lawyer, Squirrel, Sunshine Summit Lodge, Super Power Building, Tabatha
Fauteux, Texas, The Profit, Tory Christman, Warner Springs, XENU TV, Youth
for Human Rights International

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Actor Danny Masterson Under Investigation for Sexual Assaults
March 4, 2017, Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/danny-masterson-under-investigation-for-sexual-assaults-w470407

That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson is under investigation for the
alleged sexual assaults of three women, the Los Angeles Police
Department announced Friday.

In a statement, the LAPD's Robbery-Homicide Division, Sexual Assault
section confirmed that are "conducting an investigation involving the
actor Danny Masterson. Three women have come forward and disclosed that
they were sexually assaulted by Masterson during the early 2000s."

Authorities did not provide any further details regarding the alleged
assaults.

Tags: 2000, 2003, A&E, Assault, Danny Masterson, Hollywood Reporter, LAPD,
Leah Remini, Los Angeles, Police, Quicky, Robbery, Scientology and the
Aftermath, Sexual assault, Tom Cruise, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker

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Church of Scientology: Gorilla, Bear, Obscene Dog and Heaven Implants
March 4, 2017, SurvivingScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-EKutcF-N8

Hubbard has authored that a lot of problems humans have stems back to
psychiatry and that psychiatrists are "whole track implanters."

What is an Implant ?

How do Implants relate to Scientology and OT levels ?

Tags: Implants, Obscene Dog, OT, Quicky

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In Scientology, you get to blame everything on your trillion-year-old mental
booby traps
March 4, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/03/04/in-scientology-you-get-to-blame-everything-on-your-trillion-year-old-mental-booby-traps/

Wow. What a day, huh? On Friday morning, we revealed that Danny
Masterson was the subject of an LAPD investigation into the allegations
of three women who say they were sexually assaulted by him as many as
16 years ago - but had not come forward earlier because of the bullying
of the Church of Scientology. By the end of the day the story had hit
just about every major news organization with an interest in such
things. And most of them sent readers our way - and we thank them for
that.

Naturally, that kept us busy with media inquiries and the like until
late in the evening. So we're grateful that Karen de la Carriere and
Jeffrey Augustine happened to have a video ready for us to give you
today while we take some time to regroup.

And this video is a lot of fun. Karen and Jeff take on one of
Scientology's more bizarre ideas - the mental implant.

Tags: Clear, Danny Masterson, Implants, Jeffrey Augustine, KABC, Karen de la
Carriere, LAPD, Los Angeles, Quicky

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Seattle Ideal Org Open 12 Hours A Week
March 4, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/seattle-ideal-org-open-12-hours-a-week/

Things are progressing pretty slowly on "the wholesale Clearing of our
area" when they are only working at it 12 hours a week.

As with many other "ideal" orgs - they have been moved away from the
city center. They are not the worst, they are in the fairly near
suburbs. Some have ended up in industrial parks and alongside freeways
where there is no body traffic. The volume of people walking past orgs
has traditionally been a measure of their likelihood of success. "Body
routing" line has always been one of the few methods of attracting new
people into scientology.

You see the staff from these ideal orgs sent to "apprentice" at the
"model" ideal org in LA and they are invariably found standing on the
corner of Sunset and Vermont in front of the subway entrance trying to
entice people to come in for a free personality analysis. This is
considered to be THE "successful action" on bringing in new public.
They do the same thing at the "Life Improvement" center on Hollywood
Blvd.

Tags: Body routing, Clear, Hollywood, Ideal Org, Life Improvement Center,
Quicky, Seattle

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Tony Ortega talking Scientology: KABC March 3, 2017
March 4, 2017, Tony Ortega, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aViM4ibC3FU

Tags: Danny Masterson, KABC, Quicky

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Wealthy Scientology donor Joy Villa plays latest prank on 'Gays for Trump'
today in DC
March 4, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/03/04/wealthy-scientology-donor-joy-villa-plays-latest-prank-on-gays-for-trump-today-in-dc/

This afternoon in DC, a rally is being held by 'Gays for Trump,' and
its keynote address will be delivered by a Scientologist we're very
familiar with here in the Underground Bunker for her various outlandish
publicity stunts - none other than 'Princess Joy Villa.'

While we can't help but feel some admiration for the cleverness of
Joy's latest play for attention - her 'Make America Great Again' dress
at the Grammys - we thought it might be important to review some of her
history here at the Bunker, and to reveal a new photograph of her that
should put her antics into some perspective.

In the most recent issue of Impact magazine, Scientology celebrates the
wealthy people who were recognized at an October celebration in England
for donating the most money to the church. And on one page, there's a
photograph of all the people who this past year reached the status of
"Patron Meritorious" - indicating that they've given at least $250,000
to the International Association of Scientologists, which is the
church's defense fund. Take a look.

Tags: 2015, Bernie Sanders, Celebrity Centre, Clearwater, Connor Cruise,
David Miscavige, DC, England, Flag Land Base, International Association of
Scientologists, Jesus, Joy Villa, Mexico City, Mike Rinder, Patron
Meritorious, Quicky, Thorsten Overgaard, Tom Cruise

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Critical Q&A #150
March 4, 2018, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2018/03/04/critical-qa-150/

The weekly show where I answer viewer questions left in the comment
sections of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email to
AskChri...@gmail.com. This week, the questions I answer are:

(1) Since leaving Scientology I have found it incredibly therapeutic to
be out in nature. I often find that just going for a walk in the woods
truly allows me to clear my mind and calms me. I always think to myself
that it is similar to what I would do if "enturbulated" while in
Scientology, i.e. the Locational assist, take a walk, etc. I will often
go into the woods and just find a comfortable spot to sit and just
experience nature, touching it and listening to the sounds. It is
almost meditative.

My question would be as an atheist (or however you prefer to identify)
do you feel there is a spiritual aspect to nature? Have you explored or
considered exploring this as a method of therapy? I would love to hear
your thoughts on this.

Tags: Betsy DeVos, Clear, Clear Cognition, Critic, Elena Cardone, E-meter,
Grant Cardone, L. Ron Hubbard, Quicky, Seattle, Shermanspeak

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Hana Whitfield Writes About the Sinister "Particle Speed Flow Officer"
March 4, 2018, John P. Capitalist, Reasoned.Life
http://www.reasoned.life/2018/03/hana-whitfield-particle-speed-flow-officer/

In a recent conversation with Hana Whitfield, former captain of the
Apollo and the Avon River, as well as a senior executive who reported
directly to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, I broached the subject
of the most absurd job title I'd ever seen. In Scientology, the person
who pushes the mail cart around emptying everyone's OUT box and
refilling the IN box with more mind-numbing paperwork, is called the
"Particle Speed Flow Officer." I figured this was just another comical
example of Hubbard's pomposity of trying to make everything vastly more
important than it was. But Hana pointed out that she was actually the
first "Particle Speed Flow Officer" in the history of Scientology, and
she reveals here that there's a sinister side to this.

There's a valuable object lesson in the story: that there's almost
always a sinister side to Scientology, even in small-scale things that
initially seem to have only comic relief value.

In the 1960's Hubbard wrote a bunch of policies on the routing and
handling of staff memos in Scientology organizations.

Tags: 1960, 1966, Apollo, Ashtrays, Avon River, Ethics, Ethics Officer, Hana
Whitfield, L. Ron Hubbard, Las Palmas, Master at Arms, Quicky, Scientology
organization, Sea Org

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Scientology laying on the 'religious freedom' act thicker than ever as its TV
channel nears
March 4, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/03/04/scientology-laying-on-the-religious-freedom-act-thicker-than-ever-as-its-tv-channel-nears/

Rod Keller keeps a close watch on Scientology's front groups, and the
ways in which the church tries to "safe point" politicians and
organizations. He explains how, as the LRH Birthday event draws nearer,
the church is really going all out with its 'religious freedom'
initiatives.

Scientology is expanding its efforts to stop criticism, investigation,
and government prosecution, particularly in Russia and Hungary. On
March 15 Scientology is hosting a side-event to the month-long 37th
meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva,
Switzerland. Forty-seven member-states are elected to the council to
address human rights issues, including freedom of association and
assembly, freedom of expression, women's rights, LGBT rights, the
rights of racial and ethnic minorities and most importantly for
Scientology, freedom of belief and religion. The event is entitled
"Deterioration of Religious Freedom in Eastern Europe."

The Scientology event is being held in the Palais des Nations, the UN
building originally built to house the League of Nations in a location
near the iconic Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room used
for the main council meetings.

Tags: 1966, 1985, 2016, 2017, Allesandro Amicarelli, Budapest, Copenhagen,
Dianetics, Europe, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Without Frontiers,
Hungary, Ivan Arjona Pelado, Jeff Pomerantz, Julie Titchbourne, L. Ron
Hubbard, Leah Remini, LGBTQ, Los Angeles, Office of Special Affairs,
Portland, Quicky, Rod Keller, Ruddy Rodriguez, Russia, Scientology and the
Aftermath, STAND, Switzerland, Timea Vojtilla, Twitter, UN Human Rights
Council, United Nations, Venezuela

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Sea Org "Recruitment"
March 4, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/sea-org-recruitment/

This is a recent Email sent out by a public scientologist in an attempt
to help AOLA get some new recruits.

It speaks for itself. It is an amazing glimpse inside the shriveling
world of scientology.

I could never imagine in my time in the Sea Org that anything like this
would have been sent out by public scientologists... Maybe I was simply
too removed from the day to day happenings at org level?

Tags: AOLA, Quicky, Sea Org

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IAS Money Grubbers
March 4, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/ias-money-grubbers/

This is a new list of IAS "Field Disseminators" - which translates into
non-Sea Org fundraisers or "registrars" as they are called in
scientology.

There are some interesting names on here. From the scientologists who
own companies that employ other scientologists (like Bridgeforth and
Cummins) to the IAS "Freedom Medal Winners" who are then sent out to
tour the world to reg for the IAS. Those are circled in red - and I may
have missed a few as the names are no longer all familiar to me.

These are the people that are making the highest amount of commission
from the IAS. They are literally making a living by getting others to
give money to the IAS.

Tags: Akos Kunfalvy, Alfreddie Johnson, Audrey Cabrera, Bernhard Gut, Bruce
Wiseman, Caroline Collen, Corey Lewandowski, David Mauerer, Dmitry
Martyntsev, Eduardo Galan, Fabrizio Fasan, Facebook, Felipe Poveda Ortiz,
Freedom Medal Winner, George Acevedo, Hillary Clinton, Howard Becker,
International Association of Scientologists, Iris Kammer, IRS, Izumi
Sunohara, Jef Pomeranz, Jim Bridgeforth, John Futris, Joy Villa, Karin
Moeller, Kathi Koller, Kathy Feshbach, Lee Spiller, Linda Lagemann, Marc
Arrighi, Maria Lara, Marie Arnold, Martin Kolb, Megham Fialkoff, Michael
Roberts, Mohammad Khalil Ullah, Nathalie Ohana, Nicola Cramer, Paolo Tucci,
Paul Stein, Quicky, Rafferty Pendery, Raul Arias Perez, Rob Meister, Robert
Aumais, Robert Galibert, Sandra Poveda, Santiago Lampon, Sea Org, Simon
Thiara, Simone Hafenmayer, Simone Lorenzen, Ted McGrath, Tom Cummins, Tony
Falcaro, Tony Muhammad, Twitter, Ugo Moi, Veronika Fliegerbauer

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Joy Villa: The 15th Highest Paid Fundraiser in the Church of Scientology
March 4, 2019, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2019/03/04/joy-villa-the-15th-highest-paid-fundraiser-in-the-church-of-scientology/

Fourth tier celebrity Joy Villa publicly downplays her involvement in
Scientology. However, Joy Villa is the 15th highest paid fundraiser in
the Church of Scientology's membership association known as the
International Association of Scientologists (IAS).

IAS fundraisers receive a 10% commission on all monies they raise for
Scientology. Joy Villa's name on the list of top Scientology
fundraisers proves that she spends a great deal of time involved in
hustling donations that pay for Fair Game, smear campaigns, lawyers,
private investigators, and every other sleazy activity in which the
Scientology Cult engages.

Fundraising commissions help to explain the status quo that keeps the
brutal and inhumane system of Scientology in place. Commissioned
fundraisers don't want anything to change because they profit from the
status quo. Joy Villa financially benefits from Scientology and so she
is not about to call for an end to Scientology's depravity, sadism,
forced abortions, destroying families, child labor and the rest of its
evil behavior. Villa's hypocrisy is magnified inasmuch as she calls
herself a Christian.

Tags: Abortion, Child labor, Christian, Cult, Dissemination, Fair Game,
Fundraising, International Association of Scientologists, Joy Villa, Mike
Rinder, Private investigator, Republican

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Ray Mithoff Forgot What Should Be on OT 9 & 10
March 4, 2019, Growing Up In Scientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZHWl1UvWk

Mike Rinder explains how he knows there are no more OT Levels beyond OT
8, and how Ray Mithoff forgot was L. Ron Hubbard says was supposed to
be on OT 9 & 10.

Full Interview: https://bit.ly/1QIZpJZ

Aaron Smith-Levin

Tags: Aaron Smith-Levin, Aftermath Foundation, Facebook, Leah Remini, Mike
Rinder, OT, OT 8, OT 9, Quicky, Ray Mithoff, Twitter

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Scientology made him suicidal, but that was only the beginning of his problems
March 4, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/03/04/scientology-made-him-suicidal-but-that-was-only-the-beginning-of-his-problems/

We were approached recently by a man who wanted to describe what he's
been through in the Church of Scientology. We decided to let him tell
you his story in his own words, and we've spoken to his attorney and
examined his documentation to corroborate his tale. We think you'll
find that, once again, the Church of Scientology, which considers
itself an expert on everything, completely breaks down when it is
actually presented with a case of emotional distress.

My name is Anthony Reid and I was in the Church of Scientology for 43
years.

When I finally left the church I was suicidal and psychotic. It's been
going on now for over two years and I can't make it stop.

Tags: 1975, 1990, 1998, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2018, Al Ribisi, Anthony Reid,
Brent Agin, Case Supervisor, Cause Resurgence Rundown, Clearwater, David
Miscavige, Dianetics, Ethics Officer, False Purpose Rundown, Flag Land Base,
Florida, Kathy True, Kendrick Moxon, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Narconon
Suncoast, Office of Special Affairs, Ontario, Purification Rundown, Quicky,
Sandcastle, Sea Org, St. Petersburg, Student Hat, Super Power Rundown,
Survival Rundown

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Arthritic Scientology OT Forced to Sell E-Meter As He Can No Longer Hold the
Cans
March 4, 2020, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2020/03/04/arthritic-scientology-ot-forced-to-sell-e-meter-as-he-can-no-longer-hold-the-cans/

Today, Eleanor has arthritis. She is audited... tonight she doesn't
have arthritis." L. Ron Hubbard, History of Man, 1952.

Tags: 1952, A History of Man, E-meter, OT, Quicky

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Chief Justice condemns Schumer for criticizing two justices - but was utterly
silent when Trump did the same
March 4, 2020, Matthew Chapman, Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/chief-justice-condemns-schumer-for-criticizing-two-justices-but-was-utterly-silent-when-trump-did-the-same/

On Wednesday, as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an abortion
rights case from Louisiana that could effectively render Roe v. Wade
useless, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the
steps, warning Trump-appointed Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett
Kavanaugh that "You have unleashed a whirlwind, and you will pay the
price."

A reasonable person would interpret this to mean, they will face public
criticism and an erosion of confidence in the judiciary if they move to
strike down women's rights. But much of the right-wing commentariat
chose to frame Schumer's comments as a "threat" against the justices -
and so, apparently, did Chief Justice John Roberts, who issued a rare
statement rebuking the Democratic Leader:

Roberts, more than most of the members of the Supreme Court, is keen to
keep up the facade that the court is an apolitical and nonpartisan body.
But what makes his choice to single out Schumer particularly
noteworthy is that he did no such thing when President Donald Trump
chose to publicly single out Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia
Sotomayor, and suggest they had no business reviewing his decisions in
the first place.

Tags: Abortion, Brett Kavanaugh, Chuck Schumer, Dark Right, Donald Trump,
Justice John Roberts, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Sonia Sotomayor,
Louisiana, Neil Gorsuch

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Los Angeles District Attorney: Jackie Lacey leading as slow vote tally
continues
March 4, 2020, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2020/03/04/los-angeles-district-attorney-jackie-lacey-leading-as-slow-vote-tally-continues/

Seeking her third term as Los Angeles County District Attorney, Jackie
Lacey's lead fell from nearly 54 percent to just a little under 52
percent with much of yesterday's vote still uncounted. If she falls
below 50 percent it will force a November runoff with former San
Francisco DA George Gasc?n, who is in second place.

That early lead of nearly 54 percent was based largely on early voting
by mail. As ballots that were cast Tuesday are being counted (and
rather slowly, it appears), Lacey's lead has been steadily falling.
That may be an effect of news coverage Monday evening about Lacey's
husband, David Lacey, pointing a gun (with his finger on the trigger)
at Black Lives Matter protesters who showed up at their home at 5:40 am
on Monday.

Our interest in the election stems from Lacey's inaction over the past
three years since the Los Angeles Police Department publicly
acknowledged that it was investigating the allegations of four
different women who all say they were violently raped by Scientologist
actor Danny Masterson in incidents that happened between 2001 and 2004.
(We've reported that three more women have come forward to give
interviews with the LAPD in recent months.)

Tags: 1952, 2001, 2004, 2016, Black Lives Matter, Brian Statler, Chrissie
Bixler, Class 8, Criminal, Danny Masterson, Easter, Garcia v. Scientology,
George Gasc?n, Inglewood, Jackie Lacey, Jacksonville, Jay Spina, Kathy
Feshbach, L. Ron Hubbard, LAPD, London Org, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
District Attorney, Mary Kahn, Miami, Milwaukee, OT, OT 3, OT III, Paris,
Police, Rizza Islam, San Francisco, St. Louis, Trial, Valerie Haney, Xenu

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Republican Rep. Devin Nunes sues The Washington Post and one of its reporters
for defamation
March 4, 2020, Matthew Rozsa, Salon
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/03/republican-rep-devin-nunes-sues-the-washington-post-and-one-of-its-reporters-for-defamation/

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has filed a defamation lawsuit against The
Washington Post and journalist Shane Harris, continuing a trend of
litigation against a free press.

The suit accuses the outlet of fabricating a report that Nunes told
President Donald Trump about an intelligence briefing about Russia and
the 2020 election for members of Congress. Nunes claims that he did not
meet or speak with Trump on either the day of the briefing or the day
after it happened. The congressman also denies numerous other details
from the story, including that his alleged actions caused the president
to turn against former acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph
Maguire.

The lawsuit, which was filed Monday, is notable for its overtly
partisan language. Nunes' lawyers write that "billionaire, Jeff Bezos
('Bezos'), purchased WaPo in 2013 for the purpose of using WaPo's
mighty pen to influence Federal elections" but that it "failed to
defeat the GOP in 2016, in spite of WaPo's notoriously libelous
reporting."

Tags: 2013, 2016, 2018, Anne Gearan, CNN, Company, Congress, Dark Right,
Devin Nunes, Donald Trump, Esquire, Federal election, Iowa, Jeff Bezos, Joe
Biden, New York Times, Republican, Russia, Shane Harris, Ukraine, Viktor
Shokin, Washington Post

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The Metrics: Global BS
March 4, 2020, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-metrics-global-bs/

This is a recent tweet from Freedom magazine.

The level of bald-faced lies is breathtaking. 1.5 million volunteers?
Where? I can only assume they now count everyone in the Red Cross
wordlwide because a Volunteer Minister in Manila had a photo taken with
the local Red Cross coordinator. Scientology could hardly scrape
together 1.5 million BT's if they rounded up their 6500 OT's and had
them pool their resources.

This is simply absurd. And apparently they say it with a straight face.

Tags: ABC, Africa, Brazil, Caribbean, China, Dianetics, Doctor, Facebook,
Freedom magazine, IRS, Israel, Japan, Mexico, OT, Quicky, Red Cross,
Salvation Army, South Africa, Study Technology, Super Bowl, Taiwan, Twitter,
Volunteer Ministers, Zimbabwe

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Trump campaign sues Washington Post over opinion pieces, after suing NY Times
March 4, 2020, Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-lawsuit/trump-campaign-sues-washington-post-over-opinion-pieces-after-suing-ny-times-idUSKBN20Q2YZ

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign
sued the Washington Post for libel on Tuesday over two opinion pieces
that it said suggested improper ties between the campaign and Russia,
North Korea or both.

The campaign filed its lawsuit six days after filing a separate libel
lawsuit against the New York Times, over an opinion piece it said
falsely suggested a quid pro quo between Russian officials and Trump's
2016 campaign.

Both lawsuits escalate the Republican president's long-running battle
with news media he believes demonstrate bias against him, a list also
including CNN and MSNBC and which he frequently brands "fake news."

Tags: 1986, 1994, 2016, 2019, Amazon, CNN, Dark Right, Donald Trump, Greg
Sargent, Jeff Bezos, Manhattan, Mitch McConnell, MSNBC, National Institutes
of Health, New York, New York Times, North Korea, Republican, Robert Mueller,
Russia, SLAPP, Steve Pfauth, Washington, Washington Post, White House

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Trump Sues The Washington Post For Defamation
March 4, 2020, Dominique Mosbergen, Huffington Post
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/trump-washington-post-lawsuit-libel_n_5e5f53e8c5b63aaf8f5f379f

President Donald Trump has fulfilled his threat to sue more media
outlets for defamation. His target this time: The Washington Post.

Trump's campaign sued The New York Times for libel last week over a
2019 opinion piece written by Max Frankel, a former executive editor of
the newspaper. Frankel suggested in his essay that Trump's campaign had
engaged in a "quid pro quo" with Russia before the 2016 presidential
election.

The president called Frankel's remarks "totally wrong" during a press
briefing last Wednesday.

"They did a bad thing," Trump told reporters, referring to the Times.
"There will be more coming."

Tags: 2016, 2019, ABC News, Amazon, Associated Press, Dark Right, Greg
Sargent, Jeff Bezos, New York Times, North Korea, NPR, Russia, SLAPP,
Washington, Washington Post, White House

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