Grant Cardone is a big fan of Donald Trump like his big Scientology donor friend Trish Duggan. Cardone recently flew to California to speak at Trump’s Coachella rally. He is now promoting his appearance at an upcoming Madison Square Garden rally. I usually try to steer clear of things political here as it is generally off topic and tends to descend into back and forth name calling. But this stuff if putting it front and center, so here goes with my observations. As I have said before, many Scientologists are one issue voters — the fear and hatred of psychiatry … [Read more...]
Scientology vs. The Media
L. Ron Hubbard, founder of scientology and sole source of valid information on earth, declared the media to be "Merchants of Chaos" and proclaimed in his "Press Policies" directive: "The reporter who comes to you, all smiles and withholds, 'wanting a story,' has an AMA instigated release in his pocket. He is there to trick you into supporting his preconceived story. ... The only ways to handle him are to eject him or to give him a story he thinks is a story." And in another reference (PTS Sections, Personnel and Execs), he declared: "There are no good reporters. There are no good government or … [Read more...]
What Happened to Taryn and Justice4Mom?
For a while, the main attack vector used by scientology against me was my daughter, Taryn. She was used as a mouthpiece a fronted a website called "Justice4mom" which ought to cash in on the general "Me Too" movement. Her mother, Cathy was often seen by her side as a good "photo op" because it was her, poor “mom,” this campaign was supposedly all about. Of course, that was just the excuse, the effort was really ONLY about trying to create negative publicity about me. Things has been silent on the Justice4mom site for about a year now. She put up one of her last posts on Mot … [Read more...]
Religious Apologists: Scientology Safepointing in Rome
Scientology in Rome hosted a conference in its building. They got some puff PR out of it -- this article from one of their "safepointed" allies reports on the conference. There is a cottage industry of "cult apologists" who accept money and trips from organizations like scientology to pronounce they are "not cults" and deserve equal treatment to mainstream religions. Leah and I did a podcast about this with Chris Shelton this link is to the accompanying blog post where you can find both the podcast and a list or articles Chris has written on thgis subject. A couple of things of … [Read more...]
Dianetics Didn’t Fix Her Eyesight?
Here is another one of the scientology "press releases"-- note where it was picked up. Even more obscure than the last one which was in a small paper in Richmond, Kentucky. No scientology org in Malaysia at all. This concerns one of the people featured on ScientologyTV "Meet a Scientologist" "series" -- a Hungarian hot air balloonist. The release begins by explaining "Dalma Császár overcame a vision impairment to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a professional hot air balloon pilot." Of course, you would think the next line would be how Dianetics cured her. Hubbard e … [Read more...]
More Lying Hype: Hubbard, Scientology and the Cradle of Humankind
Another hype-filled "press release" from scientology presents a completely false picture of scientology and L. Ron Hubbard. They peg this announcement of a scientologyTV show about Joburg org to "the cradle of civilization" -- making it seem that scientology actually aligns with this concept of evolution. It goes on to explain how the new episode covers Johannesburg's history, "including its singular distinction as "The Cradle of Humankind"—the place where humanity started." It is little wonder they don't mention what scientologists actually believe, described in Hubbard's bizarre h … [Read more...]
East Grinstead Eviscerated for Pandering to Scientology
What I call the one man-wrecking crew in the UK, Alex Barnes-Ross, has done it again. As readers here know, he has been exposing abuses of scientology and has called out local officials in East Grinstead and Sussex for their way too cozy relationship with scientology. After months of working with the reporter, the Daily Mail (the largest circulation newspaper in the UK and the biggest news website on earth) has published a two page spread: Has the local council of a sleepy Sussex town fallen under the spell of SCIENTOLOGY It's worth reading. Support the efforts of Alex -- he is … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard Day Proclamation Footbullet
As reported in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, a local mayor rescinded his proclamation marking March 13 as "L. Ron Hubbard Day." "After careful consideration and in alignment with my commitment to honor individuals who have positively impacted our community, I am announcing the rescinding of the proclamation of L. Ron Hubbard," Deltona Mayor Santiago Avila wrote in a post on X. "It was never my intention to recognize Mr. Hubbard, and moving forward, I will implement new Proclamation Guidelines to ensure that our proclamations reflect the values and priorities of the citizens of … [Read more...]
Alex Barnes-Ross is On Fire — Scientology in the UK Feeling The Heat
Alex Barnes-Ross has become scientology's Public Enemy #1 in the UK. He is doing incredible work to expose scientology's abuses and is now to bringing the appropriate agencies into play to do something about it. This is the latest article on his Scientology Business website that I am reprinting below in full. If you are not subscribed to his website, please do so here. It contains updates and news of things that are occurring that have real significance. No fluff. No sensationalism. Real action. The Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs, the UK’s tax o … [Read more...]
Tampa Bay Magazine: Scientology Edition
This month's edition of Tampa Bay is evidence of how hard scientology is still working to "safepoint" the Clearwater community. There is a concurrently published YouTube video on this subject: Tampa Bay magazine is typical of this sort of publication you find in many major cities -- it's glossy pages feature full page ads for the restaurants they review, ads from realtors for the homes they highlight, ads from lawyers who write columns in the magazine and a bunch of "social" shots of the local luminaries attending events in the area. There is no real reporting, it's all puff … [Read more...]