This happy looking, uptone pitchman is Jon DeVries -- formerly an executive in CMO International is now an ideal org fundraiser in South Africa. He has come up with a novel raft of lies to try to gather $6 million for “the last two ideal orgs in S. Africa” (I guess they have abandoned the two orgs in Zimbabwe). Like every scientologist everywhere he has found an LRH quote that seems to justify handing over money. This is what Hubbard said that he quotes: "The giving of something is a very high goal. You have to be in good shape to give things. If you're in good shape you can. Wi … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2024
Cosmic Clearing — Who Needs Planetary Clearing
Why bother clearing the planet when we can skip right to clearing the cosmos? Those suckers still doing the planetary clearing thing are so behind the times. What is so amazing with Scientologists is that they buy this fabulist foolishness despite the obvious right in front of their faces. Scientology has not cleared LA despite having 7 “ideal” orgs, ASHO, AOLA, Bridge, ASI, SMP and Senior Management. ANZO has ideal orgs in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Auckland, Kaohsiung and Tokyo. They haven't managed to Clear even 0.01% of their local neighborhood in any of these cities. They probably don … [Read more...]
Scientology and Human Rights — Oil and Water
Mike Westen forwarded it to me and gave me permission to republish it. Scientology and Human Rights February 8, 2024 For decades, scientologists have attempted to position themselves as credible human rights activists. Not a week goes by without a new self-congratulatory press release on their efforts to “make human rights a fact.” Front groups such as United for Human Rights, Youth for Human Rights and Foundation for a Slavery Free World extol the value of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) without the slightest hint of irony. “They are just trying to help,” … [Read more...]
Ideal Org Ribbon Yanking Spectacles Resume
Now that David Miscavige is no longer playing hide and seek with Leah Remini's legal team, he has resumed his duties as chief ribbon yanker. Tony Ortega has an article today on his blog about Austin ribbon yanking shaping up for the 24th. We now have confirmation with an official promotional piece. He wondered about Chicago and the Facebook post above from last evening indicates this may in fact be happening today (or this could be a long bus ride they are on and it will be next weekend). Mr. Mickiewicz needs to pack long underwear as it's going to be very chilly in the Windy City … [Read more...]
David Miscavige Accepts Service in Leah Remini Lawsuit
This has never happened before. After reading the tentative ruling from Judge Hammock that eviscerated Miscavige for playing games with the system, his lawyers agreed to accept service on his behalf, thus making the scheduled hearing moot and preventing the judge from entering a final order. Had Judge Hammock stuck with his tentative ruling and signed it, his order would have been catastrophic in other cases. Even without his final order, the fact that Miscavige was adjudicated to have been served in the Baxter/Paris case and has now accepted service in Leah’s case is going to make it very d … [Read more...]
Indoctrination Podcast
Tune in to the newest episode of the Indoctrination Podcast with Rachel Bernstein. … [Read more...]
A Billion Years Trade Paperback Available Now
Available today in bookstores, at Simon & Schuster, Amazon or anywhere you get your books. The audiobook also now includes the new Afterword. … [Read more...]
Link to Every Episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and The Aftermath
Many people, myself included, have wondered how to access episodes of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. A reader provided a link to an archive which contains all the episodes: https://archive.org/details/leahreminiscientologyandtheaftermath/Leah+Remini+-+Scientology+and+the+Aftermath/S01E01+-+Disconnection+(1080p).mkv I am posting this here so everyone can find these. … [Read more...]
It’s Never a Bad Day for a Good Smear
I want to address an important matter circulating in the former scientologist community for the last few weeks concerning a criminal investigation into child sexual abuse allegations against the father of Mirriam Francis. I will lay out the timeline and associated evidence in this blog post. First, I want to be clear: I don't want anyone attacking Mirriam or anyone else on my behalf. What Mirriam has been through in her life, mainly due to scientology, is something no person should ever have to face. For those seeking the actual facts, this blog post contains … [Read more...]
I Think He Might Be Serious!
I think this is a serious post on Facebook, but I am not 100% certain. The reason I think Iann Jones is serious is Scientologists are not known for their sense of humor, but are known for latching onto even the most insane thoughts if it forwards the “greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics.” (See some earlier posts: Conspiracy Theories, A Scientologist Conspiracy Theory, STAAD Scientology Conspiracy Theories) Obviously, this is not a real photo, it's AI generated. But Mr. Jones makes no note of that while spreading it on social media. We know many scientologists got thems … [Read more...]