May 15 in Scientology history

This is the headline scientology has on their website announcing the "new" org in Orlando. A STAR BURSTS IN "THE CITY BEAUTIFUL" AS A RIBBON FALLS ON THE NEW CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY Complete gibberish. And it goes on for paragraphs, starting with this:

Tags: Apple, Class V, Congress, David Miscavige, Florida, Harry Potter, Miami, Orlando, OT, Police, Quicky, San Francisco, Shermanspeak, Tampa, Truth About Drugs, Volunteer Ministers

Well-regarded California attorney Bert Deixler has once again genuflected to his client, Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige, filing a notice of appeal after the church got roundly defeated in a calculated move to slow down a lawsuit that scares the bejeesus out of Miscavige. We're talking about the forced-abortion lawsuit filed nine years ago by former Scientology employee Laura DeCrescenzo, who was but 12 years old when she indentured herself to the servitude known as the Sea Organization, which requires signing a billion-year contract and, in her case, working 90-hour weeks until she turned 13, when she was put on the 112-hour adult schedule. When she was 17, she's testified, she was coerced into having an abortion because that's been Scientology policy since at least the 1970s, that its Sea Org women end their pregnancies so they can keep up the grueling schedule. The policy was supposedly ended in 2010, but we've seen some evidence that it's still continuing today.

Tags: 1970, 2010, Abortion, African-American, Bert Deixler, California, California Supreme Court, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Chrissie Bixler, Danny Masterson, David Miscavige, DirecTV, Judge George Wu, Laura DeCrescenzo, Leah Remini, London, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, New York, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sea Org, US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

The Church of Scientology's mother-daughter duo of Cathy Bernardini and Taryn Teutsch have been engaged in a classic Scientology Fair Game campaign of lies. The purpose of their duplicitous campaign is to demand that Disney fire Mike Rinder from Leah Remini's Emmy-winning A&E show Scientology and the Aftermath. Taryn and Cathy claim that Mike assaulted Cathy in 2010. This is an utter and complete lie. As documented in our previous article, Cathy and Taryn were part of a Scientology mob that ambushed Mike Rinder in a Florida parking lot in 2010. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office report noted that there was only "incidental contact" as Mike was trying to move away from the angry group of Scientologists. There was no assault. Cathy Bernardini received an abrasion on her arm due to incidental contact. The Sheriff's Office report closed the case as a simple non-criminal incident. Cathy and Taryn are Sea Org members. Along with Scientology's dirty operators in OSA, they have knowingly created and perpetuated a false narrative about an event that happened eight years ago. In doing so they are cynically hoping to take advantage of the #MeToo movement by arguing that all abusers should be fired, and, as Mike is an abuser he too should be fired. However, inasmuch as Cathy, Taryn, and OSA are lying, the Church of Scientology has now been caught in a cynical, self-serving, and transparent attempt to exploit the victims of rape, sexual harassment, and abuse for its own malevolent purposes of Fair Game. This disgraceful conduct is yet another reason why Scientology has only itself to blame for being called a sinister cult.

Tags: 2010, A&E, Aaron Smith-Levin, Catherine Bernardini, Facebook, Fair Game, Fake, Florida, Fraud, Gretchen Carlson, Indonesia, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, Philippines, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Quicky, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sea Org, Taryn Rinder, Tijuana, Twitter

Scientology Fair Game Practitioner Taryn Teutsch In our series on Taryn Teutsch and her mother Cathy Bernardini, we noted that both are Scientology Sea Org members. Their current assignment from Captain David Miscavige is to conduct a sleazy Fair Game campaign to get Mike Rinder fired from his job with Leah Remini's Emmy-winning show Scientology and the Aftermath. While this is being done to punish Mike for his many long and courageous years of speaking out against Scientology's many abuses, Taryn's Fair Game campaign is also being waged to harm Leah Remini's show because it has been so successful in exposing the depravity and sadism perpetrated upon individuals, families, and society by the Church of Scientology.

Tags: 2010, 9-1-1, Abuse, Anderson Cooper, Anne Rathbun, Catherine Bernardini, CNN, Cult, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Escaping Scientology, Facebook, Fair Game, Fake, FDNY, Florida, Fraud, Gretchen Carlson, Int Base, Jackie Lacey, Jennifer Linson, Karen Pressley, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, OT, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sea Org, Shelly Miscavige, Taryn Rinder, Tom Cruise, Twitter, Violence, Volunteer Ministers, Whistleblower, YWCA

They banned my first video but this one is even better! Examining the theology of the WMSCOG. I really hope this helps a lot of people to come out of this group and come to simple trust in the truth of Christ. God the Mother is unbiblical and irrational and this video will explain what the Bible teaches about God the Mother as well as respond to the teachings and theology of the World Mission Society Church of God and their worship of Zhang Gil-ja. Links I mentioned: The WMSCOG propaganda video: https://youtu.be/AnEByCPkjt4

Tags: Jang Gil-ja, Quicky, World Mission Society Church of God

The anonymous drone pilot just had to go back for a closer look. In September, we posted footage shot by a drone operator who has kept himself unidentified. He had shot images of several secretive Scientology locations in the Western U.S., and he allowed the Underground Bunker to premiere his videos. He's made the footage free to use without strings, and we've started to see some of his crisp 4K video show up in television shows. One of the places he went over in detail was the headquarters of Scientology's most clandestine entity, the Church of Spiritual Technology. CST is a very odd organization. Its mandate is to dig vaults where L. Ron Hubbard's words can be preserved for centuries. His words are etched on stainless steel plates which are held in titanium boxes filled with inert gases, and then stored in the underground vaults, three of which are located in California, and one is in New Mexico.

Tags: 2005, California, Church of Spiritual Technology, David Miscavige, Drone, Dylan Gill, Lake Arrowhead, Narconon, Nevada, New Mexico, Quicky, Rainbow Canyon Retreat, Shelly Miscavige

Recent articles at Tony Ortega's blog and the Tampa Bay Times recount the stillborn scientology FBI investigation based on FOI documents obtained by RadarOnline. There is not much else to say about the investigation itself, it has been covered at length by Tony Ortega, the Tampa Bay Times and Lawrence Wright, first in his New Yorker article then more extensively in Going Clear. What is interesting is to look back at how scientology responded when asked about the investigation in earlier years. A number of people who had been interviewed by the FBI (including me) had confirmed that an investigation had been conducted.

Tags: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, David Miscavige, FBI, First Amendment, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Human trafficking, Ideal Org, Independent, Karin Pouw, Lawrence Wright, Los Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Mary Carter Andrues, New Yorker, Quicky, Tampa Bay Times, Tony Ortega, US Attorney's Office, US Department of Justice, Village Voice

The weekly show where I answer your questions based on what you've left for me in the comments section of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChrisShelton@gmail.com. This week the questions I take up are: (1) Why in the world does the CofS interact with the Nation of Islam (NOI)? Their philosophies and purposes are so divergent. All indications (from agencies and groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, etc.) are that the NOI (the American "Black Muslims" group) are a racial solidarity group; anti-white, anti-Jewish, misogynistic, and their core beliefs hold that white people and NOI members should not intermingle (let alone inter-marry, etc) - in short they are a racial-hate group (and so classified as such by most agencies) so why is there now an alliance between the CofS and the NOI? It's unfathomable to me. I know that the NOI has a "creation philosophy" as strange as Scientology's Xenu story. The NOI holds that an evil scientist named Yakub bred all the good out of people, along with the pigment of their skin, so that white people are inherently evil. This story is so unbelievable as to make the Xenu story seem reasonable in comparison. It seems so strange that Scn/NOI have any interaction. Can you shed any light on this? (2) In the Sea Org, is there any privacy in the bunk-bed-filled rooms? If there's no privacy in those crammed rooms and nobody is allowed to masturbate...what is everybody doing in the shower? I'm very frustrated that ex-Scientologists rarely complain about privacy and having 50 people share 1 toilet.

Tags: Bunk bed, Clear, Critic, E-meter, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Jewish, Los Angeles, Muslim, Nation of Islam, OT, OT 7, OT 8, Quicky, Sea Org, Xenu

Secret future vault site for Scientology's RTC near Rock Springs Wyoming. I was driving by and decided to see if anything's happening.

Tags: Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Rock Springs, Vault, Wyoming

It's time again for Rod Keller's Scientology Social Media Review. He's made a specialty of hunting down the odd and wonderful things Scientologists post to the 'net. He's a chronicler who piece by piece builds a highly detailed assessment of what Scientology is doing around the world, and this is what he found for us this week… Scientologists and members of the Nation of Islam marched from Woodruff Park in Atlanta to protest the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association at the Georgia World Congress Center. They are protesting Psychiatry in general, as well as the proposed reclassification of electroconvulsive therapy equipment from class III to the less regulated class II devices. One of our local correspondents was on the scene and tells us that only about 150 people showed up, and nearly all of them were Scientologists, even though non-Scientology groups had also endorsed the march. Long-time Sea Org member Dusty Rhodes (right) visited the Kiev, Ukraine mission this week. Rhodes was a well-liked crew member on the Apollo (from which L. Ron Hubbard ran Scientology while sailing the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Caribbean, 1967-1975), and was posted at Flag and Gold base during his career. About 20 Scientologists signed Sea Org contracts during the event, although few, if any, will ever arrive to a Sea Org base to activate and join the EPF. It's common for Scientologists at emotionally charged events to sign such contracts without ever joining the Sea Org. Other Ukrainians signed a Pledge Board, promising to come to Flag for services at some point. Members are told that it's important to get their postulate in writing in the physical universe, and the details can be worked out later. Once a pledge is made members can be pressured to pre-pay for services in Clearwater, even if they have no way to get there

Tags: 1967, 1975, Advanced Org, American Psychiatric Association, AOSHEU, APA, Apollo, Atlanta, Brooklyn, California, Caribbean, CCHR, Clearwater, Congress, Copenhagen, Criminon, Danny Titus, David Miscavige, Denmark, Dianetics, Dusty Rhodes, Europe, Facebook, Florida, Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Georgia, Germany, Google, Henry Ospitia, Ideal Org, Int Base, Ireland, Italy, Ken O'Flynn, Kiev, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Mary McCrink, Mediterranean, Meghan Fialkoff, Mexico, Mexico City, Moscow, Narconon, Narconon Piedmonte, Narconon Standard, Nation of Islam, New York, Quicky, Rod Keller, Russia, Sea Org, Select Group International, Social Media Review, South Africa, South African Human Rights Commission, South Coast Mission, Spain, Taiwan, Training Routines, Ukraine, WISE, Yahoo

Churches are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to comply with a new crackdown on charities' financial reporting standards. The Church of Scientology filed their annual returns last week, more than 10 months overdue. They received nearly $1.4m, and spent just under $600,000. Charities who spend more than $1m per year are being forced to open up their books, in some cases for the first time, under new laws which came into effect this month.

Tags: 2012, Auckland, Destiny Church, Exclusive Brethren, Mike Ferris, Mormon, New Zealand

The lies roll off their tongues so easily. The SuMP (scientology's useless media productions) is the next big thing that is going to absolutely, definitely bring about planetary clearing for reelz. But as with everything like this, the absurd joke of this is also very revealing of the desperation inside the bubble. This poor sap is "ordered" to relay this information.

Tags: Clear, David Miscavige, Golden Era, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard Hall, Maiden Voyage, OT, Quicky, Scientology Media Productions, Super Power

Las Vegas attorney Ryan Hamilton is back filing lawsuits against Scientology's drug rehab network, Narconon. We've watched as he's filed cases in California, Nevada, Louisiana, Florida, and now another case in Colorado. Hamilton had taken a pause for a while as he attempted to consolidate his cases in a single Nevada federal court. But after that attempt failed, he appears to be ramping up his filings again. In this new action, Thomas Ferrara Sr. and Jr, of Ohio, are suing Narconon Fresh Start's "A Life Worth Saving" facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. They're also suing Scientology umbrella groups ABLE, Narconon International and Narconon West US.

Tags: 2013, A Life Worth Living, ABLE, California, Claire Headley, Colorado, Dan Carmichael, Disconnection, Ferrara v. Narconon, Florida, Fort Collins, Frederick County, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Las Vegas, Lori Hodgson, Louisiana, Mary Jane Sterne, Narconon, Narconon Fresh Start, Narconon International, Narconon Western US, Nevada, OCA, Ohio, Paulette Cooper, Quicky, Ryan Hamilton, Success rate, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, Thomas Ferrara Sr

We have ourselves a new masthead for RB Comics! Certainly deserving of a Freedom Medal....

Tags: Freedom Medal, Quicky, Regraded Being

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy ordered adult protective services and court investigators to try to locate Kasem after an attorney for his wife told the court that the former American Top 40 host was no longer in the United States but he did not know where he was. Kerri Kasem's attorney Troy Martin said during the hearing that Kasem had been moved to an Indian reservation but was not sure because he had been frequently moved from medical facilities.

Tags: Casey Kasem, Craig Marcus, Danny Deraney, Jean Kasem, Kerri Kasem, Kitsap County, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court, Santa Monica, Troy Martin, Washington

Sgt. Ken Dickinson of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office told NBC News that deputies "performed a welfare check" on Casey Kasem Tuesday afternoon to make sure "he had his medications and was receiving proper medical care, which it appeared to be that he was. He appeared to be alert and in as good health as it could be. He didn't appear to be in any distress." Although Dickinson would not say where the legendary disc jockey was located, his wife, Jean Kasem told police that "they were visiting friends," Dickinson said. The Sheriff's Office contacted Adult Protective Services in California to let them know Kasem had been found. Dickinson said he does not know why the agency would not have told Kasem's children that their father was safe.

Tags: Berkeley East Convalescent Hospital, Casey Kasem, Jean Kasem, Kerri Kasem, Kitsap County

The Scientology Money Project has already gained serious attention from government agencies, journalists, cable news networks, major networks, Pulitzer prize winners, and even an Emmy winner. The Scientology Money Project has also gained the attention of Scientology's Office of Special Affairs. Using inferential methodology, I can tell you of recent behind-the-scenes developments in which Church operatives are seeking to accomplish at least five goals:

Tags: CCHR, Congress, Disconnection, IRS, Office of Special Affairs, Pulitzer, Quicky

Jamie is a 'slam poet' and the great grandson of the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard. To say that Jamie has things to say about his great grandfather would be an understatement. Jamie's grandfather, Ronald DeWolf, helped build Hubbard's Scientology empire in the 1950s but later denounced him as a "fraud." Jamie's mother and ex-girlfriend have been visited by Scientology agents asking about his references to Scientology in his poetry. As he put in his own words -- "In high school, a psychiatrist asked me if I had a history of mental illness in my family. I had to say...YES!" Recorded at Flag Down 2014 - Exposing the fraud and abuse of the Scientology cult

Tags: 1950, Flag Down, Jamie DeWolf, Quicky, Ron DeWolf

John's experience began by walking in off the street and asking the Dublin Scientology mission to "Give me all you have", and they duly began to oblige. Some €10,500 later, he began to see that things were clearly wrong. He regularly lent cash to senior members for food, and was once accompanied to an ATM to prove he didn't have more. People around him were running up debts, losing their temper and falling ill -- the opposite of what he was promised. But he couldn't get anyone to see it that way, and eventually stopped questioning it. He says "They honestly believe they're on to a good thing and it's more important than their children or mothers and fathers. They think they can clear the planet of "reactive minds", but they can't even do it in the mission. There are lads there 20 years without a penny to their name who glorify Scientology. And I think, what did it actually do for you?" Recorded at Flag Down 2014 - Exposing the fraud and abuse of the Scientology cult

Tags: Dublin, John McGhee, Quicky

In The Tao Of Physics, Fritjof Capra makes some interesting observations on the subject of myth in mysticism and what those of insight come to understand about such. I had as much in mind when I wrote of constructs in the book 'What Is Wrong With Scientology?', but clearly did not articulate it nearly as well. "Indian mysticism, and Hinduism in particular, clothes its statements in the form of myths, using metaphors and symbols, poetic images, similes and allegories. Mythical language is much less restricted by logic and common sense. It is full of magic and paradoxical situations, rich in suggestive images and never precise, and can thus convey the way in which mystics experience reality much better than factual language. According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, 'myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.' "The rich Indian imagination has created a vast number of gods and goddesses whose incarnations and exploits are the subject of fantastic tales, collected in epics of huge dimensions. The Hindu with deep insight knows that all these gods are creations of the mind, mythical images representing the many faces of reality. On the other hand, he or she also knows that they were not merely created to make the stories more attractive, but are essential vehicles to convey the doctrines of a philosophy rooted in mystical experience."

Tags: Hinduism, Quicky

Scrooge McSavage How very timely. After posting yesterday about the church and IAS not supporting Criminon in any way, this drops down the chimney from one of our Special Correspondents.

Tags: Afghanistan, Criminon, Europe, Freedom Medal, Glendale, International Association of Scientologists, Iran, Iraq, IRS, Israel, OT, Quicky, Syria, The Way to Happiness, USA, Vulture Culture

It is interesting to find a view of Scientology Inc from the non US. Whether cartoon, satire or comedy, it is just interesting to view how news from the US exports and translates abroad. They even have Marc Headley "Blown for Good" escaping on his motorbike ! Radio Podcasts

Tags: Blown for Good, Facebook, Google, Marc Headley, Quicky, Taiwan, Twitter

Here is something truly gag-worthy. As with virtually everything else that emanates from the Vulture Culture of Scientology, it is a pitch for money. And as with everything else, it contains many flat out lies as well as complete unreality on the state of scientology and the world in which it exists. These people don't just have tin ears, they also have hallucinogenic vision and speak in tongues. Kind of messed up for those who supposedly can hone all 57 perceptics to razor sharpness.

Tags: Albania, British Columbia, Canada, Catholic Church, Greece, International Association of Scientologists, Japan, Manhattan, Philippines, Quicky, The Pitch, The Story of Human Rights, UK, Vulture Culture, Youth for Human Rights International

Former Scientologist and music producer Tiziano Lugli has given us the opportunity once again to debut one of his highly polished short films about the Scientology experience. Previously, Lugli made us laugh with 'Shit Scientologists Say,' and hit us in the gut with 'The Shrinking Cult of Scientology.' Now he's got a parody of a film made by Scientology itself, 'No Slavery,' which it uses as part of its cynical 'human rights' campaign aimed at teenagers.

Tags: 2006, Angelo Amato, Branden Chavez, California, Christy Estrada, Colorado, Cult, Elevate Addiction Services - Santa Cruz, Jack Welch, Jamie Sorrentini, Jered Mowery, Kenneth Mowery, Las Vegas, Lauren Geanacopulos, Linda Phillips, Michael Tarr, Narconon, Narconon staff, Nevada, Nikki Mott, Oklahoma, Quicky, Ryan Hamilton, San Diego, Tiziano Lugli, Tyler Matthys, UK, Watsonville

Scientology strikes out again as it fights a court order to turn over thousands of pages of evidence to former Sea Org worker Laura DeCrescenzo. This evening, without explanation or a written order, the California Supreme Court denied Scientology's petition to hold up DeCrescenzo's lawsuit. The church argued that forcing it to turn over DeCrescenzo's confessional "pc folders" was a violation of its rights because California's priest-penitent law itself was unconstitutional. A similar petition had already been denied without written order at the state appeals level, now it's struck out with the state supreme court, and the church has missed this session of the US Supreme Court. Tomorrow, there's a status hearing on the case in state court, and we'll see what the church does this time to try and get out of turning over Laura's own information to her.

Tags: California, California Supreme Court, Catholic, Catholic Church, Laura DeCrescenzo, Los Angeles, Quicky, Sea Org, US Supreme Court

One of our tipsters knew we'd get a kick out of a viral video that is making the rounds of Mashable and other websites today. It's an unusual video advertisement for a Los Angeles chiropractor named Ryan Lee. Here's how Mashable describes it, under the headline "Creepy Local Chiropractor Ad Will Make You Wince"... Remember that amazing/weird/hilarious/musical local auto ad that set the web on fire a couple weeks ago? The guys who made that, YouTube duo Rhett & Link, are back with a follow-up ad for another local L.A. business. This time it's the Ryan Lee Chiropractic Center that gets the duo's bizarre treatment. The super awkward spot, embedded above, features Dr. Lee earnestly addressing the camera while performing a series of wince-inducing adjustments on prone human models. At one point he even sticks his finger in a woman's mouth, but we're not quite sure what that's about.

Tags: Chiropractic, Chiropractor, Clear, E-meter, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Miami, Operating Thetan, Oregon, OT IV, Quicky, WISE, World Institute of Scientology Enterprises, YouTube

L. Ron Hubbard once designated the entry level of Scientology as Scientology Zero. Scientology Zero consisted initially of demonstrating to a person that the environment was not as dangerous as he had been led to believe. It educated a person on the existence of merchants of chaos who traffic in painting a picture of danger so that they can profit by protecting one from that danger. It is the old organized crime protection racket. As we have seen over the years Scientology has become that which Scientology Zero warned of. The church continually plies its public with end-of-world scenarios that can only be handled by contributing more greenbacks to the church. Some folks on the outside engage in a similar game of designating the church as the enemy that will consume humanity if not combatted continually. One purpose of this blog from the outset was to demonstrate that the church of Scientology was not something to be feared; that it in fact had simply perfected the protection racket game, giving folk the illusion that it was something to continually fear.

Tags: 2005, Quicky

Last week, we reported the surprising news that Ron Miscavige Sr., father to Scientology leader David Miscavige, had begun to emerge into the public eye in a rather unusual way. We learned last summer that Ron had escaped from Scientology's secretive International Base east of Los Angeles after reportedly spending many years of his life there. And "escaped" was the word that Ron himself was using to describe it, we were told. We hoped that he would soon talk publicly about what made him run away from the organization his son lords over, and also how he managed to get away from Int Base, with all of its layers of security. But for now, Ron has written a short book about his childhood experiences, and he's also been posting videos demonstrating exercise equipment that he markets through the Internet.

Tags: 2011, Advanced Org, Africa, Birmingham, Budapest, Canada, Clearwater, Columbus, Copenhagen, Corpus Christi, David Love, David Miscavige, Denmark, England, Escape, Flag Land Base, Florida, Freewinds, Hungary, Ideal Org, Int Base, Johannesburg, John Allender, Lori Hodgson, Los Angeles, Manchester, Mark Bunker, Marty Rathbun, Mexico City, Montreal, Ohio, Oregon, OT, OT VII, OT VIII, Pennsylvania, Portland, Pretoria, Quicky, Ron Miscavige, Ron Miscavige Sr, Squirrel Busters, Toronto

She said she will 'forever be indebted' over the support of fellow church goers, who helped her overcome feelings of 'drowning'.

Tags: 1991, 2009, 2010, 2016, Auditing, Bahamas, BBC, Chile, Facebook, Google, Jett Travolta, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Marty Singer, Twitter

Is Lisa Marie Presley lashing out at Scientology on 'So Long?', Is Lisa Marie Presley lashing out at L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology on "Storm and Grace?" It's kind of hard to read the words to "So Long" any other way if you're at all familiar with the rumors that she's left the Church. It's still no "Sexy Sadie," though.

Tags: Lisa Marie Presley

This is from Joan's hilarious new book, I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me: "First of all, he's always got this shit-eating grin on his face, like he just got a note from his managers telling him that Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman are extending their confidentiality agreements. "Second, in TV interviews, Tom laughs inappropriately and much too vociferously at non-humorous declarative statements, which is ironic because in real life he can't take a fucking joke at all.

Tags: Katie Holmes, Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, Quicky, Tom Cruise, Wikipedia

According to federal court records, the two parties met in a mediation session on March 26. The consent order filed on March 30 says the church and the city didn't finalize an agreement during that session but says both sides are willing to consider a revised parking plan. The consent order says city staff needed 30 to 45 days to review the plan, and said any zoning changes would require public notice 15 days in advance of a public hearing. The order also extends the deadline to submit a "proposed consolidated pretrial order" to June 15.

Tags: Eva Galambos, Georgia, Sandy Springs, Wendell Willard

Below is a public announcement by a recently reaccredited Radical Scientologist. It has been widely circulated around the Southern San Francisco Bay Area. Susan Lewis was accepted back into the Radical Scientology community only after blowing the whistle on every Scientologist she knew was committing the sin of seeking truth. The announcement couldn't be more timely. I was working on a post urging more people from the South Bay area stand up to take some of the heat off of Lorie Hodgson and her mother Dee McMurdie. But, as has become almost tradition, Miscavige and OSA just have beat us to the punch in driving people from their cult. This write up might remind some of you of the fear, the pack mentality, and the stultified intellect you may have felt when you were a member of the Radical cult. It is a fascinating study too in the subject of brainwashing. Brainwashing? Isn't that a tad extreme?, you might ask. My answer is no, it is not extreme at all. Look at the two rock bottom stable datums Ms Lewis is convinced by the likes of John Allender and Mark Warlick (from the blue shirted shock squad that visited my home recently) are lies. Two of the most obvious, well documented FACTS established about David Miscavige:

Tags: 2010, Academic, Anderson Cooper, Brainwashing, Catherine Bernardini, CNN, Dan Koon, David Miscavige, Dee McMurdie, Disconnection, Facebook, FBI, Haydn James, Independent, Jim Logan, John Allender, Keep Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard, Mark Warlick, Mike Rinder, Mission, New Yorker, Norman Starkey, Office of Special Affairs, OT, Paul Haggis, Potential Trouble Source, Pulitzer, Quicky, San Francisco, Suppressive Person, Susan Lewis, Twitter, Vickie Chandler, WISE

At 11 a.m. Monday, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute and its president, Ignatius Piazza, went into receivership. All financial transactions involving the firearms training facility -- from accepting payment for classes to paying staff and vendors -- must take place through a court-appointed administrator. The facility and all assets have been seized by the court, down to the hundreds of firearms included as part of new members' benefits.

Tags: Front Sight, Ignatius Piazza

The protests in Clearwater have been peaceful, without a single arrest, but they do look a bit bizarre. The protesters wear masks or bandannas to cover their faces because they believe the Church of Scientology will target them if they are recognizable. It is not an idle fear, since in the past the church has been accused of using private investigators to follow critics or contacting their employers. Downtown Clearwater merchants who signed the petition told the St. Petersburg Times that the protests are keeping away customers and the masked protesters look scary to children. The Church of Scientology also has objected to the tenor of the protests, accusing Anonymous of using hate speech -- signs carried by protesters often refer to Scientology as a cult or a scam -- and claiming that Anonymous members have phoned in death threats to the church and attacked the church's computer systems. However, Clearwater police have closely monitored the Anonymous protests, and they have seen no reason to arrest or cite the protesters.

Tags: 1997, Anonymous, Clearwater, Clearwater Police Department, First Amendment, St. Petersburg Times

The YouTube video doesn't embed, but as you can some from the above screen grab, the Black Panthers briefly joined forces with Anonymous last Saturday. Only in New York, kids, only in New York. Causes collided in Times Square this past weekend when Sean Bell protesters glimpsed an Anonymous member's sign. On it was a quote you'd never find in Bartlett's, "You shouldn't be scrubbing the floor on your hands and knees. Get yourself a nigger; that's what they're born for." Allegedly plucked from a letter L. Ron Hubbard sent to his first wife, the placard's inflammatory, racist pull-quote, with the N-word pronounced in red letters, momentarily united the two groups. Former high ranking Scientologist and L. Ron Hubbard confidant Gerald Armstrong claimed that those words could be attributed to the Scientology founder. While the validity of his claim cannot be verified because no copy of the letter is available, critics believe it when put in the context of other racist Hubbard statements.

Tags: Anonymous, Gerald Armstrong, New York, YouTube

And in a rare example of north Asian collaboration, it appears authorities in China, Japan and South Korea are discussing where he will face a long list of charges. South Korean-born Jung, 61, was a member of the Unification Church led by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon - the "Moonies" - in the 1970s, before establishing his own group. The cult's name came from a biblical reference - Revelations 2:24-29, in which Jesus promises believers: "He shall rule them with a rod of iron - and I will give him the morning star."

Tags: China, Fraud, Hong Kong, Interpol, Japan, Jesus Morning Star, Jung Myung Seok, Moonies, North Korea, Rape, Secondary copy, Sexual assault, South Korea

The Church of Scientology last night launched a fresh attempt to discredit the Panorama reporter John Sweeney, following the broadcast of a prime time BBC1 programme investigating its controversial beliefs and recruiting methods. As Panorama editor Sandy Smith took to the airwaves to defend Sweeney's investigation following the furore around his furious YouTube outburst captured by Scientology cameras, the war of words and online propaganda intensified.

Tags: John Sweeney, Mike Rinder

Mark Bunker has a very different take on "Battlefield Earth." He sees the movie as a devious recruiting device for one of the nation's wealthiest and most dangerous cults: "It's designed to introduce L. Ron Hubbard to a whole new generation of kids. It's there to plant a favorable seed in children's minds." Bunker, a spokesman for the Lisa McPherson Trust in Clearwater, Fla., is not among those Scientology critics who allege that subliminal messages have been hidden inside this cacophonous film, which opened Friday to savage reviews but finished second in weekend boxoffice receipts with an estimated take of $12.3 million.

Tags: Battlefield Earth, Foundation for Religious Freedom, Jeff Quiros, John Travolta, Lisa McPherson Trust, Mark Bunker, Nancy O'Meara

Earle Cooley, the chairman of Boston University's board of trustees, wants you to know that he believes in freedom of expression. Never mind that the gruff, avuncular 64-year-old, one of Boston's top trial attorneys, has played a leading role in the Church of Scientology's efforts to use copyright law to keep secret church documents off the Internet. Although the church has won some significant courtroom victories, critics, legal observers, and even judges criticize the zeal with which it has pursued its goals. For instance, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, in throwing out a copyright-infringement suit against the Washington Post late last year, called it "reprehensible" that church lawyers -- including Cooley -- would go after the newspaper for running a 46-word excerpt that was clearly covered by fair-use provisions. The church's aim, Brinkema wrote, was "the stifling of criticism and dissent of the religious practices of Scientology and the destruction of its opponents." In an interview with the Washington Post in 1985, Cooley said that he was a Scientologist. His current relationship with the church is unclear. He now refuses to discuss whether or not he's a member, calling it a "vicious question."

Tags: 1988, alt.religion.scientology, American Family Foundation, Arnaldo Lerma, Boston Phoenix, Boston University, Combatting Cult Mind Control, Earle Cooley, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fair Game, Herbert Rosedale, John Silber, Judge Leonie Brinkema, LSD, Mike Godwin, Operating Thetan, Ron Newman, Steven Hassan, Washington Post

Die Scientology-Sekte gerät in Deutschland zunehmend in Schwierigkeiten: Die Immobilienspekulationen von Scientologen werfen weniger Geld ab, seriöse Banken geben kaum noch Kredite - die öffentlichen Proteste gegen rüde Methoden von Firmen, die von Sektenanhängern gesteuert werden, beginnen zu wirken.

Tags: David Miscavige, Fred Anton, Germany, Kurt Weiland, Marc Yager, Office of Special Affairs, Robert Boehm, Ursula Caberta, Wiebke Hansen

District Judge Neal Beekman's permanent injunction reinforces the state mental health board's December order that the center close. The board denied certification to the center, saying its treatment methods were experimental and unsafe. Beekman issued his order Wednesday. It took effect when it was delivered to Narconon officials Thursday.

Tags: Gary Smith, Guy Hurst, Judge Neal Beekman, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco

District Judge Neal Beekman had ordered a permanent injunction that reinforces an order by the state mental health board in December that the center in Kay County close because its treatment methods are "unsafe and ineffective." Today, Beekman issued a ruling that gives the treatment center 10 days to file an appeal with the Supreme Court, the judge said. A request for a new trial was overruled, Beekman said. The judge said his order to stay the injunction means Narconon can remain open, but he was unsure if the center can accept new patients.

Tags: Gary Smith, Guy Hurst, Judge Neal Beekman, Kay County, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma Supreme Court

PONCA CITY - A controversial drug and alcohol treatment center, told last year by state officials to shut down, has been ordered by a district judge to stop treating patients. The order to close Narconon Chilocco New Life Center took effect Thursday when the ruling by District Judge Neal Beekman was delivered to officials at the center, six miles north of Newkirk. Beekman issued a permanent injunction to close Narconon Chilocco on Wednesday, after taking the matter under advisement for more than two months. He presided over a hearing Feb. 27.

Tags: 1990, Gary Smith, Guy Hurst, Judge Neal Beekman, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Newkirk, Oklahoma, Quicky, Tonkawa

District Judge Neal Beekman's permanent injunction reinforces an order by the state mental health board in December that the center in Kay County must close because its treatment methods are "unsafe and ineffective." Gary Smith said today that Narconon lawyers have filed motions to stay Beekman's order and also are asking for a new trial.

Tags: Gary Smith, Guy Hurst, Judge Neal Beekman, Kay County, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services