Jeffrey Augustine posted the document below on his wonderful site The Scientology Money Project which is an invaluable source of amazing information. He included it with a video of scientology's grand poohbah of mailing lists which in itself is fascinating. But I wanted to make a different point. Captain Miscavige and his crew of loyal sycophants constantly claim that scientology is experiencing its "greatest growth ever" and "more expansion in the last few years than the previous 50 years combined" blah blah blah Everyone outside the bubble knows these are massive lies. But … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2019
Central Files and the Ability to Confront
Our old friend Terra Cognita is back again this week... Central Files and the Ability to Confront Little is more important to a Scientologist than his ability to confront. According to founder, L. Ron Hubbard, all our problems since the Big Bang stem from our inability to confront. From the physical to the spiritual, seeing any problem as it really is can be vanquished by just looking at the damn thing—like really, really looking at it. In layman’s terms: confronting the shit out of a problem makes it go away. Scientologists pride themselves on their ability to confront. So when I saw a gr … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
Ugliest poster ever? There have been a LOT of these things over the years. This one struck me as particularly hideous. It's EASY! Jut marry into money. Everything becomes effortless... The seminar is CONFIDENTIAL Why? Learning about "mis-action" is a big secret? Capitalization Spasms? Love to see what the "massive celebration?" Plymouth City Council is planning to throw for a new scientology building opening in their town... Little know secrets about marijuana... Reefer madness? I did something … [Read more...]
Inside the Mind of a Scientologist
This is NOT a post about politics. This might just easily have been a scientologist's Facebook post about Pro-Trump people and Fox News as about anti-Trump people and CNN. What this Facebook post actually illustrates is the blinkers through which scientologists "see" the world. Anyone who disagrees with their view is "psych-controlled" and "bought by Big Pharma." These are the scientology boogeymen that "explain" all failures, all opposition and all that might be bad in the world. Literally. It's "The Psychs". Why this woman believes psychs are partial to CNN but not Fox News, or … [Read more...]
The “Elite” Team Fail
One of the first "ideal orgs" was San Francisco. Dear Leader yanked its ribbon way back in November 2003. That is nearly 16 years ago now... They're still at it -- trying to get themselves to St Hill Size -- calling themselves an "elite" team. As if this makes them so. It was the same tune two years ago -- though they were a little more overt: Of course, they may STILL be the "next" org to make it to St Hill Size, because there hasn't been one in the intervening 2 years... But then, we remember this. From 2006 -- the SFO Org magazine "Gateway": And … [Read more...]
How Long to Clear the Planet??
The question scientologists all over the world are asking -- at least if you ask Sea Org Recruitment Officer Jett Lahde... There are so many oddities in this -- it is an interesting look into the mind of a young Sea Org member. He has probably never clicked on the tv or turned a page in a newspaper (this is not part of Sea Org life) — but he knows what he has been told. He knows about the legalization of Marijuana (it deserves a capital letter apparently) and someone has clued him in that Ecstasy and mushrooms and LSD are "on approval lines" at the FDA (?) and 80 million Americans … [Read more...]
Freewinds Flailing
The Freewinds will be empty again by tomorrow. Dear Leader's annual scuba diving holiday Maiden Voyage celebrations have come to an end and everyone is heading home with their new "OT Ambassador" orders (which are the same as last year -- collect money for Ideal Orgs and IAS). The "OT Base" that sails "off the crossroads of the world" reverts to its real status "Ghost ship sitting at dock off the crossroads of the world." Bouncing between Curacao and Aruba, she is a cruise ship without a cruise. And without passengers. In their desperation, they hold all sorts of oddball "conventions" … [Read more...]
A New Golden Age for Clearwater?
Our friend Mark Bunker is in the news again. But this time it isn’t about what scientology is doing to Fair Game him. Some of you may have seen the announcement that Wise Beard Man intends to run for a seat on the Clearwater City Commission. It was reported in the Tampa Bay Times yesterday. Clearwater, Bunker said, has “got a unique problem here in Scientology. And I think the city ought to balance it out with a unique council member who understands Scientology.” Mark has a long history in Clearwater and with scientology. We discussed some of this in 2 episodes of Scie … [Read more...]
