Today in Scientology -- January 18th *******************************************************

[Scientology Today]

Today January 18th in Scientology history
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Articles and editorial on the church of Scientology
January 18, 1989, Bill Daugherty, Letters to the editor, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50374931.html?dids=50374931:50374931&FMT=FT

As for the Pinellas County tax situation, if this had been honestly
researched, Koff would have found that the church of Scientology, in
1981, offered to pay the full amount of tax requested as a gift to the
city that year and in years following, as a resolution to the matter.

Ron Schultz refused the gift, apparently less interested in the money
than in carrying out some purpose best known perhaps only to himself.
In fact, Schultz has taken more than 200 churches in Pinellas County to
task over taxes, exemption from which is guaranteed in the Constitution.
With Schultz's recent loss at the poll, it is apparent that the
churches of Pinellas County, along with a lot of other voters, had had
enough of Schultz's brand of property appraisal.

Tags: 1965, 1973, 1981, Abortion, Afghanistan, California, Christian,
Clearwater, Ethics, France, Joseph Yanny, Missouri, Pinellas County, Ron
Schultz, Russia, San Diego, St. Petersburg, Stephen Koff, Tallahassee, Tampa,
US Supreme Court

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Craig Ferguson on Tom Cruise's Scientology recruiting vid
January 18, 2008, Variety
https://variety.com/2008/tv/news/craig-ferguso-1-2-21327/

This is very, very funny....From last night's "Late Late Show with
Craig Ferguson."

Tags: Craig Ferguson, Tom Cruise

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Don't Be Glib: Anderson Cooper's War on Scientology
January 18, 2008, Pareene, Gawker
https://gawker.com/346532/anderson-coopers-war-on-scientology

Last night Anderson Cooper, CNN's prettiest anchor, investigated that
infamous video of Tom Cruise on Tom Cruise, Scientologist. His
correspondent talked to a former member of the church and took us deep
into the world of strange symbols and acronyms and claims made by
America's favorite tiny grinning superstar actor. Then Cooper replayed
a contentious interview with Scientology's head Inquisitor into the
crimes of Psychology. Cooper even called the religion a fraud based on
pseudo-science (or at least pointed out that that is a "criticism
leveled against Scientology"). What's Anderson's beef with LRH?

Tags: Anderson Cooper, LGBTQ, Quentin Hubbard, Trementina

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EPA a bunch of liars says Tom Cruise
January 18, 2008, eCanadaNow.com
http://www.ecanadanow.com/news/entertainment/epa-a-bunch-of-liars-says-tom-cruise-20080118.html

Tom Cruise has branded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) liars
for saying the air was clean after 9/11.

The 'Mission Impossible' star has revealed how, as a Scientologist, he
recognised there was a problem and provided rescue workers in the
aftermath of the New York terrorist attack with detoxification therapy
based upon the works of Scientologist founder L. Ron Hubbard.

Tags: Detox, Environmental Protection Agency, Jerry Seinfeld, Tom Cruise

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Scientologists' tall new home
January 18, 2008, Stephen Beaven, The Oregonian
http://www.culteducation.com/reference/scientology/realestate/realestate11.html

Following the lead of other branches throughout the world, the Church
of Scientology of Portland has bought a new headquarters building in
downtown to meet the needs of its growing membership.

The church bought the Stevens Building for $5.4 million from a
foundation created by real estate investor Joseph Weston.

Tags: Gwen Barnard, Portland, Real estate, Secondary copy

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Scientology vs. the Internet, part XVII
January 18, 2008, Mathew Ingram, Ingram 2.0, Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080118.WBmingram20080118144345/WBStory/WBmingram

But almost as interesting is watching the church try to remove the
video from the Internet. It's another small skirmish in a war that
Scientology has been waging for almost 15 years, since the early days
of newsgroups such as alt.religion.scientology, which posted internal
church documents in 1994. Lawsuits have been filed, mailing lists have
been shut down, homes of discussion group participants have been raided
and their computers seized -- an all-out war.

When it comes to the Cruise video, it's easy enough to get YouTube to
take the clip down, because the company is already extra-sensitive to
claims of copyright infringement (Scientology says the video is
copyrighted content meant for internal church use) as a result of being
sued for $1-billion by Viacom, and so it essentially pulls videos down
as soon as it gets a letter from someone who looks like a lawyer. Other
websites aren't so easily cowed, however.

Tags: alt.religion.scientology, alt.scientology.war, Gawker, Tom Cruise

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Tom in Ground Zero tantrum
January 18, 2008, Page Six, New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01182008/gossip/pagesix/tom_in_ground_zero_tantrum_409820.htm

TOM Cruise brands federal officials "liars" and takes credit for saving
the lives of hundreds of supposedly poisoned workers at Ground Zero in
a wacky new Scientology video.

Tags: 9/11, Environmental Protection Agency, Mike Bloomberg, New York Rescue
Workers Detoxification Project, Tom Cruise

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Watch more freaky Tom Cruise Scientology videos.
January 18, 2008, Troy Patterson, Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2182452/

The main thrill here is voyeuristic, but I'm trying to dignify the
viewing experience by imagining that it offers are a few small lessons
of social science, clues to the combination of total humility and
absolute arrogance that can characterize all types of true believers.

Tags: David Miscavige, Detox, Gawker, Tom Cruise

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When will the Scientologists find the cure for craziness?
January 18, 2008, Marina Hyde, Lost in Showbiz, Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2008/jan/18/whenwillthescientologistsf

Yes, dispelling those baseless rumours of tenuous sanity once and for
all, we have Mister Tom Cruise, whose leaked Scientology indoctrination
video has blanketed the internets and forced the question: which
soldier of fortune should we send into the compound to rescue Katie
Holmes? Lost in Showbiz hereby makes a case for Seagal. But for those
still wondering whether this need really involve knives, gratutious
nudity and the growling of "What kind of babbling bullshit is this?"
(ref: Under Siege), I say: you haven't see the videoclip yet, have you?
This one's gone way beyond a negotiated settlement.

Tags: Tom Cruise

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Anti-Scientology Anons Defend Pube Warrior
January 18, 2009, Candice M. Giove, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/01/anti-scientolog.php

Others proudly piped up that their pubes also were among the hairs
stuck to the Vaseline coated chest of their fellow Anon now known as
Agent Pubeit, who was arrested this past Wednesday after he darted
through Scientology's Times Square headquarters, rubbing the rather
vile cocktail on his skin, which also included toenail clippings, onto
some Dianetics books. The Anon was charged with burglary, aggravated
harassment and criminal mischief, all as hate crimes.

Tags: Agent Pubeit, Anonymous, Burglary, Dianetics, Jason Beghe, Mark Bunker,
Mike Vitale, New York, New York City, Rick Astley, Tom Cruise, Wise Beard
Man, YouTube

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An Open Letter to: Scientologists, Ex-Scientologists, and Critics of the
Church of Scientology
January 18, 2011, James R. Lewis, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/an-open-letter-from-james-r-lewis/

This Open Letter is not an apology for anything I have written in the
past on Scientology or on the cult controversy. I stand by, and am
quite happy with, my body of work up to this point. Rather, in light of
new information I have been receiving on the Church of Scientology,
there are certain aspects of my scholarship that I would like to
clarify and supplement as they bear on the current controversy.

Tags: James Lewis

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How Radical Scientology Rips Off Medicaid
January 18, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/how-radical-scientology-rips-off-medicaid/

Though I've written about the Miscavige and Radical Scientology's
abuses I've witnessed, perhaps out of some misplaced British sentiment
of allowing justice to take its natural course I wasn't going to
publicly say too much about Dr. Juan Villarreal. But recent events with
my friend Mosey Rathbun changed my mind.

And while I am going to hold back much of what I know and play those
cards close to my chest, what Marty wrote about Dr. Juan Villarreal
having no qualms when it comes to walking over others to play the big
man with the IAS and gain favor with Miscavige is right on the money
(no pun intended).

You see, I worked for Dr. Villarreal from May 2008 to Oct 2009 in an
executive capacity at his dental practice in Harlingen, Texas along
with my wife Lucy and my youngest daughter Katrina who worked in his
dental lab - three members of the James Gang were employed by him.

Tags: 2006, 2008, 2009, Clear, Dallas, David Miscavige, England, Freewinds,
Harlingen, Harlingen Family Dentistry, Haydn James, International Association
of Scientologists, Juan Villarreal, L. Ron Hubbard, Medicaid, OT 8,
Scientology executive, Sea Org, Texas

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WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT?
January 18, 2011, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/what-will-they-think-of-next/

by Mike Rinder

Here is the latest twist on sucking blood out of stones.

Once you have turned over any available money and have borrowed to your
credit card limit and taken out your second or third mortgage, cashed
in your life insurance policy and sold your future rights to an
inheritance, there is something more EVERYONE can give in order to
raise their status.

Tags: DEA, eBay, Ideal Org, Orange County, OT, Quicky, TIME, Vulture Culture

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WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT?
January 18, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/what-will-they-think-of-next/

by Mike Rinder

Here is the latest twist on sucking blood out of stones.

Once you have turned over any available money and have borrowed to your
credit card limit and taken out your second or third mortgage, cashed
in your life insurance policy and sold your future rights to an
inheritance, there is something more EVERYONE can give in order to
raise their status.

Tags: DEA, eBay, Ideal Org, Mike Rinder, Orange County, OT, Quicky, TIME,
Vulture Culture

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How A Suppressive Person Becomes One
January 18, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/how-a-suppressive-person-becomes-one/

Ron Miscavige Jr and I once compared notes on our experiences with his
brother David Miscavige. Ronnie told me that it seemed his entire
childhood consisted of completing fights that David Miscavige had begun
and ran to him to finish. My response to Ronnie was, "well that pretty
much sums up my entire adult life."

As will be made crystal clear in the material I am now working on, if
there was one thing David Miscavige was expert and consistent at it was
making enemies; and particularly enemies for Scientology. The process
always began through his obsession with assigning evil motives to
others. I have never met a person who was so quick to declare others as
evil, to obsess on the alleged evil nature of others, and then to treat
them as evil.

I think it behooves us to recognize that David Miscavige is not
inherently evil. In fact, that is a lesson Miscavige failed to learn
about others that lead him into his current state of being.

Tags: 1966, Auditing, David Miscavige, L. Ron Hubbard, Quicky, Ron Miscavige
Jr, Suppressive Person

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Scientology's Goons: Intimidating a 71-Year-Old Missouri Grandmother
January 18, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/01/scientologys_goons_meshell_little.php

Meshell and Heather tell me what the two women from Scientology then
told Edie: "You've been declared. We need you to sign this paper that
says you've been declared."

Meshell tried to make me understand what those words meant to Edie, a
woman who had given decades of her life to Scientology. It was as if
your church, or some other organization that is important to you, had
sent representatives to tell you that you are now considered beneath
contempt, a nonperson, an evil entity. And they do this while
presenting you with a three-page list of your shortcomings and evil
deeds.

Tags: 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010,
Anderson Cooper, Arkansas, California, Clearwater, CNN, David Miscavige,
Debbie Cook, Dianetics, Disconnection, Edie Fields, Ellen Maher-Forney,
Ethics Officer, Florida, Google, Goons, Heather Powers, Ideal Org, Jeremy
Powers, Jill James, Jim Little, Los Angeles, Luis Garcia, Marty Rathbun,
Medicaid, Meshell Little, Missouri, New Year's Eve, Orange County, Sea Org,
St. Louis, St. Petersburg Times, Suppressive Person

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Blogging Dianetics, Part 3: The Meaning of Life!
January 18, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/01/18/blogging-dianetics-part-3-the-meaning-of-life/

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

Last week, L. Ron Hubbard explained that there's a superman inside each
one of us that he calls a "clear," and his "dianetic therapy" is going
to help us retrieve a clear's super abilities - vivid technicolor
recall of our memories, enhanced intelligence, imperviousness to
ailments, and good eyesight - by ridding us of our "aberrations." (In
the introduction to the book he tells us this should take about 20
hours of exercises to make us go clear.)

Now, in the third chapter of the book (and the second full chapter),
"The Goal of Man," Hubbard says that he's unlocked the secret of our
existence. What is the purpose of our lives on Earth? His answer is
simply one word: "SURVIVE!"

Tags: 1950, 1960, 1986, Adam Sandler, Clear, Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard,
Operation Clambake, Quicky, Tone Scale, Vance Woodward

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Narconon wants wrongful death suit thrown out
January 18, 2013, Pete Combs, WSB Radio
https://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/local/narconon-wants-wrongful-death-suit-thrown-out/nTzsf/

David Root, a lawyer for Narconon International, argued 28-year old
Patrick Desmond has no one to blame for his death but himself.

"If you voluntarily ingest something and hurt yourself, you can't sue,"
he told Judge Stacey Hydrick during Thursday's lengthy hearing.
Desmond, a former Marine who was sentenced to in-patient drug and
alcohol rehabilitation by a Florida drug court in 2007, died after
drinking with a Narconon employee then shooting heroin with two former
Narconon patients.

Tags: David Root (lawyer), Florida, Georgia, Jeff Harris, Judge Stacey
Hydrick, Narconon, Narconon Georgia, Narconon International, Patrick Desmond,
Wrongful death

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Scientology: Going Clear exposes more of the cult's and Tom Cruise's secrets
January 18, 2013, NMATV, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxrhBaEXRoY

Scientology exposed: In Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the
Prison of Belief, Pulitzer prize-winning Lawrence Wright takes aim at
Scientology, Tom Cruise and David Miscavige in his exhaustively
investigated book on the cult from its founding by L. Ron Hubbard to
the present day.

Among the highlights: Scientology head David Miscavige physically
abuses his minions and makes them salute dogs. Tom Cruise believes he
is No. 3 in the cult's hierarchy, behind Miscavige and L. Ron Hubbard.
And John Travolta basically has to do whatever Scientology wants him to
do because the cult is blackmailing him with evidence that he is gay.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -? -- -- --
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ?

Tags: David Miscavige, Facebook, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the
Prison of Belief, Google, John Travolta, Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer, Quicky,
Taiwan, Tom Cruise, Twitter

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Scientology's Worst Week Ever Finishes In Style
January 18, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2013/01/18/scientologys-worst-week-ever-finishes-in-style/

UPDATE: PLEASE SEE THE NOTE THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE END OF THE POST

Oh, those wacky Taiwanese animators have really given us a treat this
time. Their latest offering is this send-up of the launch of Lawrence
Wright's book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of
Belief. (And now in English!)

We can't get enough of the tiny Tom Cruise jumping up and down on the
couch.

Tags: 1996, Abuse, Amy Scobee, Astra Woodcraft, Bob Lobsinger, David
Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Derek Bloch, Disconnection, Going Clear: Scientology,
Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Hollywood, Huffington Post, Ideal Org,
Janet Reitman, Jenna Miscavige Hill, John Brousseau, John Carmichael, John
Sweeney, Karen de la Carriere, Keith Relkin, Laura DeCrescenzo, Lawrence
Wright, Lori Hodgson, Lucas Catton, Mareka James, Mark Ebner, Mark
Oppenheimer, Marty Rathbun, Mental Health, Meshell Little, Michael Calderone,
Nancy Many, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, New Haven, New Orleans, New
Republic, New York Times, Office of Special Affairs, Oklahoma, OPP, OT,
Paulette Cooper, Personality test, Private investigator, Quicky, Samantha
Domingo, Simi Valley, Taiwan, Texas, Tom Cruise, Tom Ivester, Vance Woodward

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Transcend
January 18, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/transcend/

The following is the third piece of advice I shared with Scientologists
in What Is Wrong With Scientology? I would love to hear what
Independent Scientologists have to say about this.

Transcend or Descend

At the January, 1986 L. Ron Hubbard funeral event we touched on in
Chapter 12, Pat Broeker announced that OT 9 and OT 10 were fully
written up by Hubbard and ready for release. That was a blatant lie.

Tags: 1986, Buddhist, David Miscavige, Doctor, Independent Scientologists, L.
Ron Hubbard, OT, OT 10, OT 8, OT 9, Pat Broeker, Quicky, Ray Mithoff

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Jon Atack on Scientology's fundamental feature: the thousand-yard stare
January 18, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2014/01/18/jon-atack-on-scientologys-fundamental-feature-thousand-yard-stare/

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.

Once again, Jon takes apart a bedrock concept of L. Ron Hubbard's cabal.
Take it away, Jon...

JON: Scientologists will correct you, should you suggest that in
Training Routine 0 you stare. 'No,' you will be assured, 'You confront.
' Taxed on the difference between 'confronting' and 'staring' little of
use is forthcoming. The difference, it seems, is too subtle for words.

Tags: A Piece of Blue Sky, E-meter, Hypnosis, Jon Atack, Quicky, Tax, TR-0,
US Navy

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Scientology E Meter with Ball and Chain
January 18, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-e-meter-with-ball-and-chain/

Well we just got a copy of David Miscavige's boldest attempt ever to
lock down total control of all Scientology audiitng. A good try Dave,
but I think the flock has already fled.

It is two documents, one that licenses the software and one that
licenses the actual meter itself. You can download a PDF of this ball
and chain right here. You can also click on the images below to get an
idea of the pages and content. Keep in mind this has to be signed and
returned to Scientology BEFORE you get your e-meter. I was going to
excerpt the most egregious efforts to suppress all auditing outside of
Captain David Miscavige's control but almost every line is a direct
statement command to "lie down, roll over and kiss my feet". Two great
lines are...

"CSI has the discretion not to renew the licence for any reason"

Tags: Church of Scientology International, David Miscavige, E-meter, FBI,
Golden Era, GPS, Quicky

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Scientology Ethics Deconstructed
January 18, 2014, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/scientology-ethics-deconstructed/

For those who don't frequent Tony Ortega's Underground Bunker, there is
an excellent series running on the scientology ethics system. It is a
series of interviews with Jefferson Hawkins. Jeff deconstructs the
system and exposes it as more of a means of control than an attempt to
upgrade personal and organizational integrity. I suggest you read the
interview segments in order as Jeff analyzes the Introduction to
Scientology Ethics book from beginning to end.

1. Opening interview.

2. The Optimum Solution.

Tags: Conditions, Ethics, Jefferson Hawkins, Knowledge Reports, Potential
Trouble Source, Quicky, Suppressive Person, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker

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Explosive Rathbun Deposition in Garcia Case Exposes David Miscavige's Control
of the Church of Scientology
January 18, 2015, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2015/01/18/explosive-rathbun-deposition-in-garcia-case-exposes-david-miscaviges-control-of-the-church-of-scientology/

David Miscavige attorney Bert Deixler takes the deposition of former
Church of Scientology executive Mark Rathbun.

The fireworks fly between Deixler and Rathbun. Posted on January 18,
2015 by Tony Ortega.

*****

Tags: Alex Gibney, Bert Deixler, David Miscavige, Deposition, HBO, Marty
Rathbun, Michael Tilse, Quicky, Scientology executive, Tony Ortega

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Here They Go Again
January 18, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/here-they-go-again/

The champions of protecting intellectual property rights (as long as
they are their own) are at it again.

This is the organization that promotes itself as the LARGEST private
humanitarian relief force on earth.

That they are at the forefront of guaranteeing human rights.

Tags: Catholic, Dalai Lama, David Miscavige, Dianetics, HBO, Intellectual
property rights, Pope, Quicky, Sea Org

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Mark 'Marty' Rathbun deposition, 12/22/14 Part 1
January 18, 2015, Tony Ortega, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI8nohsFO8Q

Story for this video at... http://tonyortega.org/2015/01/18/vide...

Tags: Quicky

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Scientology - a peak inside my cult
January 18, 2015, Zac Hopkins, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsnusamREjM

The song is called "Intervention" by the incredible band, Arcade Fire.

Photos by the fantastic Angry Gay Pope. The rest of the footage is from
Scientology promo videos.

Special thanks to Jenna Misgavige Hill, the rest of the
ex-Scientologist community, and Anonymous for paving the way for people
like me to speak out.

Tags: Angry Gay Pope, Anonymous, Quicky

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VIDEO LEAK: See former Scientology official Marty Rathbun interrogated under
oath
January 18, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2015/01/18/video-leak-see-former-scientology-official-marty-rathbun-interrogated-under-oath/

We've got another explosive story for you today here at the Underground
Bunker. It's the first portion of a videotaped deposition former Church
of Scientology executive Mark "Marty" Rathbun sat for last month in a
federal fraud lawsuit against the church.

Rathbun spent 27 years in Scientology and was its "inspector general
for ethics," the second-highest ranking official in the organization.
He was known as a ruthlessly effective enforcer who then became
disaffected and left the group in 2004. Today, he's considered one of
the biggest threats to Scientology's continued existence, and on
December 22, for the first time since his defection, he sat for a
deposition and was questioned by the church's own attorneys.

It was a combative showdown.

Tags: 1982, 1986, 1993, 2004, 2008, 2013, Alex Gibney, Allen Barton, Angelica
Glosup, Bert Deixler, Beverly Hills Playhouse, Bishop Harris, Bonita Wilson,
California, Clear, Dali Bahat, David Miscavige, David Wilson, Dean Glosup,
Disconnection, Freedom magazine, Freedom Medal, Garcia v. Scientology, Going
Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Hartford
Haffenreffer, HBO, Humanitarian, Ideal Org, Infinity Club, Inspector General,
Irvine, Judge James Whittemore, Karin Pouw, Krita Baysdorfer, L. Ron Hubbard,
Luis and Rocio Garcia, Luis Garcia, Mario Feninger, Marty Rathbun, Mary
Elizabeth Glosup, Mary Shuttleworth, Mike Rinder, Milton Katselas, Monique
Rathbun, New York, New York Times, Nick Ferguson, Nick Lekas, Ofra Bahat,
Paige Glosup, Pam Davidson, Park City, Pasadena, Rocio Garcia, Scientology
executive, Sea Org, Skip Press, Study Tech, Sundance Film Festival, Sunday
Funnies, Suppressive Person, Utah

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Irony Alert
January 18, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/irony-alert/

This is not a shoop, a spoof or a joke (though SNL or John Oliver would
be hard pressed to come up with satire to beat it).

If you read this poster and took it to heart - it would prevent most of
the "donations" made by people to scientology. That is OBVIOUSLY not
the intention. It's a fundraiser for Santa Barbara "ideal" org.

But then again, if you read and follow L. Ron Hubbard policy on finance
it would prevent most donations made to scientology.

Tags: 1984, Fair Game, IRS, John Oliver, Kevin Wilson, Matt Feshbach, Quicky,
Santa Barbara, Saturday Night Live, Sterling Management

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Scientology Brainwashing School and Angry Scientologists
January 18, 2016, Suppressio Hibernicis, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKGyYaqFAO8

Scientology's child-grooming facility, Greenfields School, along with
its HQ at Saint Hill, are shown here. A Sea-Org member gets physical
and demonstrates that he still has his "reactive mind"

Tags: Brainwashing, Greenfields School, Quicky, Saint Hill

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Stalked in New Orleans cemetery: Scientology's secretive defectors getting
more open
January 18, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2016/01/18/stalked-in-new-orleans-cemetery-scientologys-secretive-defectors-getting-more-open/

With the hundreds of former Scientologist employees and Sea Org members
who have come out and told their stories in recent years, you might
think there was no one left who has ditched the organization and is
still holding onto crucial information. There are, in fact, quite a
few, and we keep an eye on them, hoping that they'll get around to
spilling their secrets.

But these days, with social media, it's getting hard for them to keep
quiet, at least about their day to day activities.

We have been watching in a state of surprise - and imagine how David
Miscavige must feel as he watches the same thing - as Janis Gillham
Grady has been posting to Facebook descriptions of her recent vacation
in a group that included Miscavige's father, Ron Sr., as well as
Jefferson Hawkins, Steve Hall, Michael Laws, Marc and Claire Headley,
and Dan Koon.

Tags: 1967, 1969, 1975, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2009, 2012, Apollo, Author
Services Inc, Blown for Good, California, Celebrity Centre, Claire Headley,
Commodore's Messenger Organization, Dallas, Dan Koon, Dan Sherman, David
Lubow, David Miscavige, Facebook, Freewinds, Hollywood, Houston, If He Dies,
He Dies, Int Base, Janis Gillham, Jefferson Hawkins, Joe Childs, Las Vegas,
Louis Theroux, Marc Headley, Mark Fisher, Marty Rathbun, Mexico, Michael
Laws, My Scientology Movie, New Orleans, Peter Gillham, Private investigator,
Quicky, Ron Miscavige Sr, Sea Org, Steve Hall, Tampa Bay Times, Terri Gamboa,
The Truth Rundown, Tom Tobin, Yvonne Jentzsch

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The Secrets of Charles Koch's Political Ascent
January 18, 2016, Jane Mayer, Politico
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/charles-koch-political-ascent-jane-mayer-213541

As for gaining adherents, Charles suggested, their best bet was to
focus on "attracting youth" because "this is the only group that is
open to a radically different social philosophy." He would act on this
belief in years to come by funneling millions of dollars into
educational indoctrination, with free-market curricula and even video
games promoting his ideology pitched to prospects as young as grade
school.

In support of building their own youth movement, another speaker, the
libertarian historian Leonard Liggio, cited the success of the Nazi
model. In his paper titled "National Socialist Political Strategy:
Social Change in a Modern Industrial Society with an Authoritarian
Tradition," Liggio, who was affiliated with the Koch-funded Institute
for Humane Studies from 1974 until 1998, described the Nazis'
successful creation of a youth movement as key to their capture of the
state. Like the Nazis, he suggested, libertarians should organize
university students to create group identity.

George Pearson, a former member of the John Birch Society in Wichita,
Kansas, who served as Charles Koch's political lieutenant during these
years, expanded on this strategy in his own eye-opening paper. He
suggested that libertarians needed to mobilize youthful cadres by
influencing academia in new ways. Traditional gifts to universities, he
warned, didn't guarantee enough ideological control. Instead, he
advocated funding private institutes within prestigious universities,
where donors could exert influence over hiring decisions and other
academic matters while hiding the radicalism of their aims.

Tags: 1965, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1998, 2003, 2013, Bill Koch, Brian
Doherty, Cato Institute, Center for Libertarian Studies, Charles Koch,
Charles Krauthammer, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Company, Daily Caller, Dark
Right, David Koch, Foster Friess, Fred Koch, George Mason University, George
Pearson, Glenn Beck, Institute for Humane Studies, John Birch Society,
Kansas, Koch Bro, Koch Industries, Leonard Liggio, Libertarian, Megyn Kelly,
National Review, New York, New York City, New York Times, New Yorker, Philip
Anschutz, Ramesh Ponnuru, Republican, Review, Robert Welch, Vietnam,
Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Wichita

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#ScientologyTheAftermath 2nd Reddit AMA
January 18, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientologytheaftermath-2nd-reddit-ama/

Tonight's 2nd Reddit AMA is the final show we have shot for this season
of Leah Remini Scientology The Aftermath. A&E has another special
coming about Leah, but it is a bonus, not considered part of this
"series" of 7 episodes and 2 Reddit AMA specials.

It has been a wild ride - the response has been beyond anything we
could have hoped for. What I said at the end of the show is absolutely
correct. I am not stopping. This experience has only motivated me to
push harder. Though it is on everyone's mind right now, I cannot tell
you that there is a Season 2 yet, nothing has been finalized. But I
will certainly let everyone know if things all work out and that is
confirmed. There are so many more stories to be told, and so many
people who have come forward that something has to be done!

We wanted to take the opportunity with this last Q and A to answer some
of the most often asked questions and air some things (like the Debbie
Cook testimony and information about L. Ron Hubbard) that are not NEW,
but have not been seen by the audience this show now has.

Tags: A&E, Congress, Critic, Dead Agent, Debbie Cook, Disconnection, FBI,
IRS, Leah Remini, Quicky, Reddit AMA, Scientology and the Aftermath, Tony
Ortega, Underground Bunker

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Deconstructing Scientology: Chapter 18
January 18, 2017, Chris Shelton, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjKFcd9Dihg

In this video series, I'm taking on Scientology academic apologists by
deconstructing the book Scientology by James R. Lewis, chapter by
chapter. In this video, I look at Chapter 18, written by Adam and
Alphia Possami and titled "Scientology in Australia."

The introduction to this series is here: https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=Q3-lW...

CRITICAL MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE AT:

Tags: ABLE, Audio, Australia, DC, James Lewis, Quicky

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Joining Staff at Scientology Pasadena - Recruitment Tricks
January 18, 2017, Steven Mango, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JoVFTDjW1Y

I joined staff at the Scientology Pasadena Org in July 2010. There were
many gruesome recruitment cycles to trick me to join staff & to sign
the contract when I didn't initially want to join. I wanted to share
some of the stories of recruitment for staff and what actually happened
on my first day on staff when David Miscavige was present during the
ribbon cutting!

Will a bean and cheese burrito really make me want to commit 5 years of
my life to Scientology staff?

Put that pen on that paper! Put just an S! Now a T! Now put the rest of
your name on that contract!

Tags: 2010, 2012, Celebrity Centre, David Miscavige, Facebook, Hollywood,
International Association of Scientologists, Pasadena, Quicky, Scientology
staff, Twitter

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Leah Remini has changed Scientology forever - which episode was your favorite?
January 18, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2017/01/18/leah-remini-has-changed-scientology-forever-which-episode-was-your-favorite/

We had another good time last night watching the social media response
to the latest episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,
and it looked like another hit. Next Tuesday, there's one more episode
that will focus on Leah and was filmed earlier. So maybe now is a good
time to look back on the series as a whole to look at who Leah brought
on her shows, and to provide some links for further reading.

Is this thing a juggernaut or what?

Episode 1, "Disconnection"

Tags: 1970, 1971, 1986, 2009, 2012, 2016, A&E, Aaron Smith-Levin, Abortion,
Alex Weresow, Amy Scobee, Apostate, Auditing, BBC, Becky Bigelow, Blown for
Good, Bonny Elliott, Brandon Reisdorf, Bridge to Total Freedom, California,
Chris Shelton, Christie Collbran, Claire Headley, Clearwater, Cult, Daril
Cinquanta, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Denver, Disconnection, Fair Game,
Florida, Gary Soter, Gayle Smith, Golden Era, Hemet, HowdyCon, Int Base,
Jefferson Hawkins, Jeffrey Augustine, John Sweeney, Karen de la Carriere,
Katie Holmes, Lawrence Wright, Leah Remini, Lisa Marie Presley, Los Angeles,
Mark Bunker, Mary Kahn, Mat Pesch, Mike Rinder, North Korea, Office of
Special Affairs, OT 9, Paulette Cooper, Private investigator, Quicky, Ray
Jeffrey, Ron Miscavige, Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and
Me, San Diego, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sea Org, Seattle, Steven
Hassan, Tampa Bay Times, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, Tom Cruise, Tom DeVocht

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Scientology's UK HQ angers residents by felling trees in conservation area
January 18, 2017, Robert Booth, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/18/scientologys-uk-hq-angers-residents-by-felling-trees-in-conservation-area

The church of Scientology has angered neighbours at its UK headquarters
by expanding its facilities without planning consent and felling trees
in a designated area of outstanding natural beauty.

Residents close to the sprawling HQ near East Grinstead in West Sussex
have accused the church of "selfishly and arrogantly" carrying out
"destructive development plans before authorisation" by building a
coach and minibus park before securing planning permission.

People in the hamlet of St Hill Green are objecting to noise and light
pollution and what they say is the destruction of wildlife habitats,
including the cutting down of 22 trees. A planning application has now
been lodged for retrospective consent.

Tags: 1954, 1970, 1986, 2011, 2015, Bob Mainstone, California, David
Miscavige, Dick Sweatman, Disconnection, East Grinstead, Edward Belsey,
England, Facebook, International Association of Scientologists, Jacquie
Russell, L. Ron Hubbard, Pennsylvania, Saint Hill, Suppressive Person,
Sussex, Tom Cruise, Twitter, UK, Wales, West Sussex

=========================================

Waking Up With Sam Harris #61 - The Power of Belief (with Lawrence Wright)
January 18, 2017, Sam Harris, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-OGgAArIBk

In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with author
Lawrence Wright about al-Qaeda & ISIS, Arab culture, 9/11 conspiracy
theories, the migrant crisis in Europe, Scientology, parallels between
L. Ron Hubbard and Donald Trump, the Satanic cult panic, and other
topics.

Lawrence Wright is an author, screenwriter, playwright, and a staff
writer for The New Yorker magazine. His works of nonfiction include In
the New World, Remembering Satan, The Looming Tower, Going Clear, and
Thirteen Days in September. He has also written a novel, God's Favorite.
His books have received many prizes and honors, including a Pulitzer
Prize for The Looming Tower. His most recent book is The Terror Years:
From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State.

Want to support the Waking Up podcast?

Tags: 9/11, Donald Trump, Europe, Facebook, Going Clear: Scientology,
Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Lawrence Wright, New Yorker, Pulitzer
Prize, Quicky, Twitter

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Why has this Church of Scientology building in Old Trafford been empty for 10
years?
January 18, 2017, Dominic Smithers, Manchester Evening News
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/church-scientology-building-old-trafford-12474501

The Church of Scientology plans to go ahead with the proposed
renovation of Duckworth's Essence Distillery, despite a ten-year delay.

The Grade II-listed building, on Chester Road in Trafford, was bought
by the church in 2006 for a reported price of ?3m, but has since
remained empty.

Plans were initially put forward in 2007 for a 'change of use', to turn
the former mill into an 'Ideal Org', only for these to be withdrawn.
The church now hopes to 'move forward' with the Trafford development by
next year.

Tags: 2004, 2007, Atlanta, Duckworth's Essence Distillery, England,
Gateshead, Georgia, Graeme Wilson, Ideal Org, Manchester, Plymouth, Rotting
building, Royal Fleet Club, Trafford, Windmill Hills Nursing Home

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A new chapter for one of the best Scientology books of all time? Yes, and we
have it!
January 18, 2018, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2018/01/18/a-new-chapter-for-one-of-the-best-scientology-books-of-all-time-yes-and-we-have-it/

Jon Atack just let us know that he's putting out a fourth edition of
his excellent book of Scientology history, Let's sell these people a
piece of blue sky. And he's taking the opportunity to restore a missing
chapter that was left out previously for legal reasons. He tells us
that Kindle owners who had purchased the book should be able to update
to the new edition for free, but he asked us to post the new chapter
here at the Bunker for readers who own print copies of his book. We
were happy to oblige. So here is the new chapter, "The Religious
Technology Center and the International Finance Police."

The organizational restructuring of Scientology continued apace through
1982. On January 1, the Religious Technology Center (RTC) was
incorporated. RTC took over the trademarks of Dianetics and Scientology.
David Mayo's signature is on the incorporation papers, but he claims
that the terms were altered after he signed. David Miscavige was
another of the seven signatories. Through the control of the
trademarks, RTC could control Scientology, withdrawing the right of any
intransigent group to use such words as "Scientology" or "OT" in
advertising, and suing if the group continued to use them. There were
hundreds of registered trademarks, including the word "Happiness," the
phrase "The friendliest place in the whole world," and tens of Dianetic
and Scientology symbols. The new rulers were seeking to use laws
relating to business to effect a total monopoly for their religion.

International Church management had been taken from the Flag Bureaux by
the Commodore's Messengers Organization in 1979. The Guardian's Office
had been defeated and absorbed by the CMO without bloodshed in 1981.
Author Services Incorporated was waiting in the wings to license
Hubbard's copyrights to Bridge Publications and New Era Publications,
which had separated from the Church, at least on paper. The Church of
Scientology International had come into being to assume the management
of the Orgs. By 1982 Scientology in the UK was already registered as
the Religious Education College Incorporated, with its headquarters in
Australia. Continental offices each had their own incorporation. It was
a hasty attempt to divide the sinking ship of the Church of Scientology
of California into watertight compartments.

Tags: 1950, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, All Clear Unit, Australia, Author
Services Inc, Battlefield Earth, Bill Franks, Bridge Publications, Brown
McKee, Case Supervisor, Chairman of the Board, Church of Scientology
International, Church of Scientology of California, Clearwater Commission,
CMO Int, Committee of Evidence, Commodore's Messenger Organization, David
Mayo, David Miscavige, Dianetics, Dublin, Europe, Finance Police, Firhouse,
Florida, Gilman Hot Springs, Guardian's Office, Guillaume Lesevre, Hollywood,
Howard Schomer, Ideal Org, Inspector General, International Finance Dictator,
Ireland, Jay Hurwitz, John Nelson, John Travolta, Jon Atack, Kerry Gleeson,
Marc Yager, Mission, New Era Publications, New Year's Eve, OT, Pain and Sex,
Pat Broeker, Pete Griffiths, Religious Technology Center, Revolt in the
Stars, Ron's Journal, San Francisco, Scientology organization, Sea Org, Sec
Check, Squirrel, Star of California, Steve Marlowe, Tom Cruise, UK, Vicki
Aznaran, Watchdog Committee, Wendell Reynolds, Winter Wonderland

=========================================

City: Competing Scientology-related events 'the last thing we need for our
downtown'
January 18, 2018, Tracey McManus, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/City-Competing-Scientology-related-events-the-last-thing-we-need-for-our-downtown-_164633450

On Jan. 9, high-profile Scientology defectors Mike Rinder and Aaron
Smith-Levin walked into city offices and applied for a permit to close
three blocks of Cleveland Street for their "Support Downtown
Clearwater" event March 10.

Their goal was to host food vendors and throw a concert to "bring
people to the downtown community and create awareness of downtown
business opportunities."

The application didn't mention it, but the hook was a meet-and-greet
with ex-Scientologists who've appeared on the Emmy award winning Leah
Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath series, with which Smith-Levin
and Rinder are involved.

Exactly two days later, the city received another event application,
this one from the Church of Scientology to host a downtown block party
on March 24.

Tags: 2013, 2017, Aaron Smith-Levin, Beck Hansen, Ben Shaw, Bill Horne, Clay
Irwin, Clearwater, Clearwater Downtown Partnership, Cleveland Street, Daniel
Slaughter, Human trafficking, IRS, Leah Remini, Lucky Anchor, Matt Becker,
Mike Rinder, Police, Scientology and the Aftermath, Scientology organization,
Sea Org

=========================================

Scientology - OTIII and Revolt in the Stars
January 18, 2018, My Clarity After Scientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfCss9_UW6Q

Guess what, I read OT III and did not get sick. Actually I did not read
it I read through Revolt in the Stars. Yes LRH wrote a screen play
about THE FUCKING WALL OF FIRE!!!! How is this confidential if he is
trying to make a fucking movie!!!

Tags: L. Ron Hubbard, OT, OT III, Quicky, Revolt in the Stars

=========================================

Scientology's Office of Special Affairs is an Intelligence Failure
January 18, 2018, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
https://mncriticalthinking.com/2018/01/18/scientologys-office-special-affairs-intelligence-failure/

Harassment, stalking and other dirty tricks are the hallmarks of the
Church of Scientology, and specifically its Office of Special Affairs.
In this video, I speak with a former military intelligence analyst,
Jeff Wasel, about how OSA operates and how their entire claim at being
an intelligence branch for Scientology is actually just so much huffing
and puffing because in reality, OSA is just a goon squad and propaganda
arm. We talk in some detail about all this and how Hubbard really
missed the boat in putting this all together.

Tags: Harassment, Jeff Wasel, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky

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The scary ideology behind Trump's immigration instincts
January 18, 2018, Jane Coaston, Vox
https://www.vox.com/2018/1/18/16897358/racism-donald-trump-immigration

President Donald Trump's closing argument in the 2018 midterms was to
vote Republican to save America from foreigners - an idea rooted in a
fringe theory that whites are under siege, or "white genocide."

"It's like an invasion," Trump said last week, talking about Central
American migrants walking north through Mexico. "They have violently
overrun the Mexican border. You saw that two days ago. These are tough
people, in many cases. A lot of young men, strong men. And a lot of men
that maybe we don't want in our country."

In the midst of the debate over family separation earlier this year,
Trump implied that his justification for his restrictionist ideology
for even legal immigrants is to prevent the United States from enduring
what's happening in Europe. There, he claims falsely, immigrants are
bringing with them a wave of violence that's driving up the crime rate.

Tags: 1924, 1972, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016,
2017, Abortion, Africa, Alt-Right, American Renaissance, Ann Coulter,
Arizona, Ben Carson, Breitbart, Catholic, Charlottesville, CNN, Congress,
Dara Lind, David Lane, Donald Trump, Egypt, Europe, Federation for American
Immigration Reform, Fourteen Words, Fox News, Genocide, Gregory Hood, Haiti,
Ireland, Jeff Sessions, Jewish, John Tanton, Maine, Marco Rubio, Mexico,
National Policy Institute, National Review, New Century Foundation, New York
Times, Norway, Pat Buchanan, Pioneer Fund, Poland, Politico, Quicky,
Republican, Richard Spencer, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, Steve King,
Stormfront, Susan Collins, Twitter, Virginia, Washington Post, White
genocide, White House, White supremacist, William Regnery

=========================================

Thursday Funnies
January 18, 2018, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-154/

Well, that's odd...

Shane Brockdorff thinks he was sent to AOSHANZO by LRH. Strange thing,
I was WDC Sea Org at that time and put together the "Command Team" with
Greg Wilhere and others and sent them to set up the first new AO since
AOLA. LRH had nothing to do with it.

A closed door announcement?

Tags: 1967, Anne Duneu, AOLA, AOSH ANZO, ASHO, Battle Creek, Blackfeet, Bobby
Wiggins, Brisbane, Cambridge, Carly Crutchfield, Chicago, Cliff Woods, DC,
Detroit, Greg Wilhere, Humanitarian, Jeff Magee, Jessie Brown, Kelly
Yaegermann, L. Ron Hubbard, Larry Gilbert, Mikel Lindsaar, Mission, Narconon,
New Haven, OT, PAC Base, Pasadena, Perth, Phil Cantwell, Quentin Strub,
Quicky, Ruin, Sea Org, Shane Brockdorff, Thursday Funnies, Timothy Bowles,
Toronto, Venezuela, WISE, Xenu

=========================================

Filmmakers tell us why they decided to help Scientology with its new TV
network
January 18, 2019, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2019/01/18/filmmakers-tell-us-why-they-decided-to-help-scientology-with-its-new-tv-network/

The 2017 documentary Men in the Arena follows two teenagers trying to
make it as soccer players in one of the most dystopian places on earth
- battle-ravaged Somalia.

Think Hoop Dreams, but set in a war zone.

The two young players are good enough that they play on Somalia's
mostly hapless national team, which goes to Kenya in 2013 for an
important regional tournament against other eastern and central African
national squads. No one there expects them to score a goal, let alone
win a match.

Tags: 1980, 1987, 1995, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, A&E,
Africa, Alex Gibney, Bangladesh, Christian, Costa Rica, David Miscavige, DC,
DirecTV, Europe, Ewan McGregor, Filmmaker, Going Clear: Scientology,
Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, HBO, Holocaust, Japan, Kenya, Leah
Remini, Los Angeles, Nobel, Russia, Scientology and the Aftermath,
Scientology Media Productions, Scientology TV, Somalia, St. Petersburg,
Sunset Boulevard, Washington, Whale, Writers of the Future, YouTube

=========================================

Regraded Being
January 18, 2019, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-179/

Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being

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Trump's Baseless Claim About Prayer Rugs Found at the Border
January 18, 2019, Linda Qiu, New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/us/politics/fact-check-trump-prayer-rugs-border.html

That claim echoes earlier ones from Mr. Trump: baseless warnings that
"unknown Middle Easterners" had infiltrated a migrant caravan and that
terrorists were pouring across the southern border.

Nowhere in the White House's 25-page counterterrorism policy, released
in October, was the threat of terrorists infiltrating the nation's
southwest border raised. And the State Department, in a September
report, said there was "no credible evidence" that terrorist groups had
sent operatives to enter the United States through Mexico.

The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests for
evidence of Mr. Trump's claims.

Tags: 2005, 2014, Adidas, Alt-Right, Arizona, Basel, Breitbart, Colorado,
Department of Homeland Security, Donald Trump, Easter, Gawker, Islamophobia,
Mexico, Muslim, Quicky, Republican, Texas, US State Department, Washington
Examiner, White House

=========================================

Conrad Black rails against climate policy, predicts Trump will defeat 'cluck'
Democrats during keynote
January 18, 2020, Joel Dryden, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-proud-conrad-black-brett-wilson-ted-morton-1.5431450

Former media baron Conrad Black called for the "persecution" of
Alberta's energy sector to end during a keynote speech at a conference
hosted by Alberta Proud, a third-party election advertiser.

"While Alberta accepts that it isn't the ambition or the intention of
the federal government to persecute Alberta and lower its living
standard, that is the effect of their policies," Black said in an
interview with CBC News following his speech Saturday. "They're doing
it out of a fear of a fate whose likelihood is based on very flimsy
suppositions and dubious advocacy by a lot of zealots."

Black also railed against Canada's climate policy during his speech,
arguing that all of Canada suffers when Alberta's natural resources are
targeted.

Tags: 2007, 2019, Alberta, Alberta Proud, Alt-Right, BC Strong, Becca Polak,
British Columbia, Calgary, Canada, Canada Pension Plan, Canada Proud, Canada
Strong and Proud, Climate change, Conrad Black, Conservative Party of Canada,
Danielle Smith, Dark Right, Donald Trump, Elections Alberta, Facebook, Fair
Deal Panel, Federal election, Joe Oliver, Manitoba, Manning Centre, Mountain
View, Ontario Proud, Ontario Strong, Ottawa, Progressive Conservative,
Quebec, Saskatchewan, United Conservative Party, W. Brett Wilson, Wexit,
Wildrose Party, William McBeath

=========================================

Fact checkers expose alleged news site run by far-right media company
January 18, 2020, Erin Calabrese, ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/eu-disinfolab-exposes-alleged-news-site-run-polish/story?id=68358415

Fact checkers expose alleged news site run by far-right media company
The French website's name was very similar to that of a mainstream news
site.

EU DisinfoLab, in cooperation with newsroom fact-checkers, has
uncovered a far-right Polish media operation running a website that was
making slight changes to real, existing stories and re-posting them to
sow discord.

The non-governmental organization, which collaborates with newsrooms
throughout the European Union to combat misinformation, discovered the
alleged news site after being contacted by fact-checkers from Agence
France-Presse.

Tags: 2019, Dark Right, EU DisinfoLab, Europe, European Union, Facebook,
France, France 24, Poland, Politico, Twitter

=========================================

FBI arrests reveal shocking details in case against former Canadian reservist
Patrik Mathews
January 18, 2020, Karen Pauls, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/fbi-arrests-the-base-georgia-wisconsin-1.5432006

FBI officers have arrested more alleged members of a racially motivated
and violent extremist group that a former Manitoba reservist has been
accused of recruiting for - and court documents tell a chilling tale
that includes plans to murder a married couple and overthrow the U.S.
government.

In separate sweeps Friday, American law enforcement arrested three men
in Georgia and another in Wisconsin.

The arrests came just one day after three alleged members of The Base
were arrested in Delaware and Maryland - including 27-year-old Patrik
Mathews. The Manitoba man had been missing for nearly five months, ever
since he was accused of recruiting for a global neo-Nazi group, while
at the same time serving in Canada's army reserves.

Tags: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, Alt-Right, Antifa, Anti-semitism, Arrest,
Associated Press, Austin, Canada, CBC, Charlottesville, Delaware, FBI,
Georgia, Jacob Kaderli, Jewish, Law enforcement, Luke Austin Lane, Manitoba,
Maryland, Michael Helterbrand, Michigan, Neo-Nazi, New York, Patrik Mathews,
Police, Quicky, RCMP, The Base, Undercover, Virginia, White supremacist,
Winnipeg Free Press, Wisconsin, Yousef Omar Barasneh

=========================================

Narconon whistleblower Lucas Catton puts out a new memoir about his
Scientology nightmare
January 18, 2020, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2020/01/18/narconon-whistleblower-lucas-catton-puts-out-a-new-memoir-about-his-scientology-nightmare/

We have a new entry in our 'Scientology Lit' series, this time an
excerpt from a new book by Lucas Catton, who at one time was president
of Scientology's flagship drug rehab clinic, Narconon Arrowhead in
Oklahoma. Back in 2012 Luke became a major whistleblower which got him
an appearance on NBC's 'Rock Center' program. He also came out with a
2013 book about his Narconon experience, 'Have You Told All?', which he
later removed from the marketplace. Now he's back with another memoir,
'Reconnection,' and he was kind enough to provide us with this excerpt
from it.

In June of 2014, I received a subpoena to testify before a criminal
investigation into Narconon Arrowhead by the Oklahoma Attorney
General's office. They had sent it to a multi-county grand jury to
review some of the evidence that the state had gathered up to that
point. Once the dates were worked out, the Oklahoma AG's office booked
a flight and hotel for me to testify at the end of the month. On the
day of travel, I had a layover at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, but my
connecting flight got cancelled, and I was bumped to the next morning.
Rather than waiting for the flight and potentially being late, I was
able to get a rental car and drove from Dallas up to Oklahoma City. It
was a very odd and lonely feeling crossing that Oklahoma border just
before sunset that summer night. It had been two and a half years since
I left Oklahoma, and I certainly hadn't envisioned returning for that
purpose. On one hand I was sad for all of the people and circumstances
involved, while on the other I was glad to do my share to keep telling
the truth of what I knew and had experienced to those with the capacity
to take action.

I wound up getting to the hotel fairly late that evening, and I was
paranoid that there were potentially private investigators trying to
keep an eye on me while I was there. Every time I saw someone who might
have looked my way, I stopped to observe them for a bit to see if they
really were watching me. I didn't wind up seeing anything out of the
ordinary, and thankfully I slept much better that evening than I had
when traveling to New York the previous year. Although Scientology has
admittedly used private investigators to follow people for decades, and
still do so today to harass whistleblowers and intimidate witnesses, I
never found any evidence that they had dispatched one my direction,
thankfully.

Tags: 1971, 1998, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Atlanta, Catherine Villanueva,
Clark Carr, Dallas, Eric Tenorio, FBI, Gary Richardson, Georgia, Grand Jury,
Hamilton, Have You Told All?, Jeffrey Ray, Julio Vergara, L. Ron Hubbard,
Lucas Catton, Mental Health, Michigan, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Narconon
International, NBC, New York, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Attorney General, Oklahoma
City, OT, Private investigator, Reconnection, Robert Murphy, Rock Center,
Ryan Hamilton, Saint Hill, Scientology organization, Sea Org, St. Louis,
Stacy Murphy, Stephen Colburn, US State Department, William Forman

=========================================

Scientology's Latest Lie About Me
January 18, 2020, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientologys-latest-lie-about-me/

While there have been many, many lies propagated by scientology about
me, it still surprises me sometimes when they offer up new ones.

This appeared a few days ago on my daughter's blog (though she is just
the name and face that is used - this garbage is written by the same
people that churn out the drivel that appears on the STAND League and
Freedom smear sites).

The idea that I committed some grievous bodily harm on my ex-wife when
she and 6 others stalked and accosted me in a doctors parking lot in
2010 has been thoroughly debunked on this blog (see Mike Rinder: "Lady
Killer") and in even more detail on Jeffrey Augustine's blog where he
has systematically tracked and debunked the stream of viciously false
claims about me.

Tags: 2010, Critic, Danny Masterson, David Bloomberg, Facebook, Gretchen
Carlson, Guillaume Lesevre, Jackie Lacey, Jeffrey Augustine, Jennifer Linson,
Pinellas County, Quicky, STAND, Sue Wilhere, Twitter

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White supremacists picked up for plotting murder while Trump whines about gun
rights
January 18, 2020, Scott Pilutik, Underground Bunker
https://tonyortega.org/2020/01/18/white-supremacists-picked-up-for-plotting-murder-so-trump-whines-about-gun-rights/

The FBI arrested six white supremacists (three who entered the country
illegally from Canada) in advance of a planned gun rally in Virginia
where the FBI claims that a few members planned to "open fire."

Where some might see a threat from terrorism (and, ironically, illegal
immigration), Trump sees a threat to the Second Amendment.

Meanwhile, regarding this story: National Archives Censors Anti-Trump
Messages from 2017 Women's March Photo to Avoid 'Political Controversy'

Tags: 2017, Alt-Right, Bill Clinton, Canada, Devin Nunes, FBI, Georgia, Ken
Starr, Lev Parnas, Monica Lewinsky, National Archive, Republican, Second
Amendment, Virginia, White supremacist

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