Hi there,
Is there something wrong with the YouTube channel?
I don’t know if you got ovened and got a new channel, but I didn’t unsubscribed, and your channel disappeared from my subscriptions.
I had to look for you and subscribed again. I’m a bit confused.
Hope everything is good with you two and wish you all the best.
Keep up the freaking awesome work you do. So, so important.
Much love, from Portugal (been following since the first episode of the aftermath).
Whoever put up the YouTube channel it was not official. Just someone (don’t know who) that did it themselves. Why they stopped I don’t know. iHeart only does audio and doesn’t do YouTube
I have a feeling the Freewinds Emissary is not done with either of them. Someone’s going to be spending a long night in a small room with some crush reggers. They have all the credit card companies on speed dial.
Of COURSE the punching Pontiff can only imply 9 & 10 being released. If he came out and said it, the rubes might twig and leave in droves (again). He can’t afford a repeat of that debacle; nor can his liver, I suspect.
Instead, he’s got to find yet another impossible, yet desirable goal his followers have to meet before “something great” will happen, leaving the specifics unspecified, as usual.
Good thing wife is too busy working to show up to her surprise ethics program for being counter-intention to expansion (of Scientology’s bank balance).
I’m curious to know whether rank and file clams still believe that OT levels IX and X are still forthcoming. Or, has it just become a dropped subject that nobody talks about? Any thoughts?
I love the way the missus ended the conversation: cult-speaking a divorce threat.
She’s truly invoking the “death do us part” clause. 😇
I’m not violent by nature, but in this case, I’d say she had a good chance of a self-defense plea.
The lack of self awareness among scientologists is absolutely stunning. I understand this is a joke comic but we all know similar conversations go on all the time.
Scientology is a thoroughly engramic experience, reinforcing made-up memories.
Meanwhile Miscavige’s minions are finalizing the OT9 and OT10 commas – wouldn’t want to have to redo these levels because the punctuation was found to be sub-optimal the first time, eh? Of course the next two levels will solve all your current problems, but that carrot is coupled to a very big stick which scientologists use to beat themselves up over their own perceived failings.
McSavage can’t release 9 & 10 until the 50th anniversary of the fleecewind’s inaugural sail, along with the welcoming of the IDEAL floating replacement to the rust bucket: at least 1500 feet long (much larger than post-Panamax), constructed only of the finest gleaming stainless steel. with 47 ideal SCUBA dive boats carried under a clamshell in the stern
Love the: “The last time you got talked into Disagreeing with the Physical Universe, you managed to find a way to qualify for a new credit card and Flowed the entire authorized amount…”
Now, just one (more) credit card MIGHT be manageable. Rather, what I saw was Sea Org members “helping” public and individual org staff to rapid-fire qualify for A HALF-DOZEN credit cards, or even nine or twelve of them. Then they would further “help” the person by “helping” them to max all the cards out immediately, engulfing the person in (further) debt.
The wife’s plight here conveys PURE TRUTH: Scientologists working a patchwork of jobs for years, much like Greek mythological Sisyphus condemned to roll a rock up a hill.
Hardly “freedom,” as sold and promised. More like delivering to the person a “dwindling spiral” that they are being, instead, told the donations and services are going to help to pull them out of.
I witnessed the same multi credit card scam take place too. Sea Ogres pushing stupid members into excruciating, long term debt (and even bankruptcy) was all to common in my time “in”. I never let the “vampires” bite me thankfully.
More than 12 years out of scientology and I’m still paying off the second bond I took out for OT7. I told my SO reg that if I never got the wins promised on The Level I’d be financially buggered. You know the rest of the story.
Know a member who took a 2nd mortgage on the house and lost it for failing to make payments. Had no where to live excerpt in the only thing left, a car. Glad to know you didn’t end up in the same place.
Glenn, I applaud you for spotting the draining, vampire nature of these encounters and avoiding them skillfully. These C of S registrars and fundraisers can be so destructive and as Dr Mac shares, for some of us (me included) it takes years and years to make our way out of the financial morass.
scientology has become expert in excusing its failure to deliver on any of its promises. Of course, it’s primary line is that YOU did something wrong or that you weren’t up to the task. It’s never scientology’s or Tubby’s fault, always yours.
As I review my involvement, it WAS my fault: for falling for their line of lies.
Hubbard only sold auditing and training. Miscavige has had 35 years since he departed to perfect the art of asset stripping. He’s a better con man than even Elron hisself.
Richard, Hubbard had lots of behind the scenes cons, and ways to rip off members of means that the rank and file did not realize or know about. For example, the original “whales” were charged exhorbitantly for events like congresses (often more off-the-cuff performance theater than training or auditing) – which were then re-sold in various ways (courses and tapes) for far more than they cost to reproduce.
The IRS figured that Hubbard had illegitimately asset-stripped Scientology and its members of something like $200 million in his lifetime – around half a billion in today’s dollars. Where do you think that money came from?
I think that because Miscavige can’t continually come up with supposed new “tech” to sell like Hubbard did, and doesn’t have the advantage of a one-time historic flood of idealistic youth to market to, he’s limited to working the asset-stripping more to keep things going – but he’s still following in “source’s” footsteps.
Easy credit keeps the economy and the cherch moving along. Back in the day if you joined org or mission staff you could do all the courses they offerred for free and I think co-audit for free. These days I doubt a staff member could even pay for a five grand e-meter. Can they borrow one? My e-meter in the mid 1970’s cost $150 which might have been a week’s pay for a skilled laborer.
Hi there,
Is there something wrong with the YouTube channel?
I don’t know if you got ovened and got a new channel, but I didn’t unsubscribed, and your channel disappeared from my subscriptions.
I had to look for you and subscribed again. I’m a bit confused.
Hope everything is good with you two and wish you all the best.
Keep up the freaking awesome work you do. So, so important.
Much love, from Portugal (been following since the first episode of the aftermath).
Whoever put up the YouTube channel it was not official. Just someone (don’t know who) that did it themselves. Why they stopped I don’t know. iHeart only does audio and doesn’t do YouTube
Oh, I didn’t know that. Thank you for the quick reply.
My apologies for commenting about it here.
Will check iHeart, never used it before.
Cheers.
Great one RB. Thanks Mike for this amazing blog. I read it daily.
I have a feeling the Freewinds Emissary is not done with either of them. Someone’s going to be spending a long night in a small room with some crush reggers. They have all the credit card companies on speed dial.
Of COURSE the punching Pontiff can only imply 9 & 10 being released. If he came out and said it, the rubes might twig and leave in droves (again). He can’t afford a repeat of that debacle; nor can his liver, I suspect.
Instead, he’s got to find yet another impossible, yet desirable goal his followers have to meet before “something great” will happen, leaving the specifics unspecified, as usual.
How about Blubber Hall? That will be needed in order to have a proper venue for such an announcement.
“A thoroughly Engramic experience” Absolute classic!!!
*FACEPALM*
Good thing wife is too busy working to show up to her surprise ethics program for being counter-intention to expansion (of Scientology’s bank balance).
O/T. Scientology Patron Meritorious Joy Villa says that the Director of the CDC “should be arrested for treason against the American people.”
https://twitter.com/Joy_Villa/status/1423144181652869123
Memorialized with a screenshot on Instagram, ESMBR and WWP at:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPLE8AjavO/
https://exscn2.net/threads/scientology-patron-meritorious-joy-villa-says-that-the-director-of-the-cdc-should-be-arrested-for-treason-against-the-american-people.3712/
https://whyweprotest.net/threads/scientology-patron-meritorious-joy-villa-says-that-the-director-of-the-cdc-should-be-arrested.137093/
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Villa is such a clueless clam, buried in the sand.
I’m curious to know whether rank and file clams still believe that OT levels IX and X are still forthcoming. Or, has it just become a dropped subject that nobody talks about? Any thoughts?
I love the way the missus ended the conversation: cult-speaking a divorce threat.
Thanks, RB, thanks Mike.
She’s truly invoking the “death do us part” clause. 😇
I’m not violent by nature, but in this case, I’d say she had a good chance of a self-defense plea.
The lack of self awareness among scientologists is absolutely stunning. I understand this is a joke comic but we all know similar conversations go on all the time.
RB has so much fun with the $cieno speak. ‘Engramatic experience’. Giggle….
Scientology is a thoroughly engramic experience, reinforcing made-up memories.
Meanwhile Miscavige’s minions are finalizing the OT9 and OT10 commas – wouldn’t want to have to redo these levels because the punctuation was found to be sub-optimal the first time, eh? Of course the next two levels will solve all your current problems, but that carrot is coupled to a very big stick which scientologists use to beat themselves up over their own perceived failings.
McSavage can’t release 9 & 10 until the 50th anniversary of the fleecewind’s inaugural sail, along with the welcoming of the IDEAL floating replacement to the rust bucket: at least 1500 feet long (much larger than post-Panamax), constructed only of the finest gleaming stainless steel. with 47 ideal SCUBA dive boats carried under a clamshell in the stern
Could have bought this super yacht which has deep sea exploring capability and a recording studio. I bet COB has more than $200M sloshing around https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/06/secret-buyer-nabs-microsoft-grandees-superyacht-for-200m
What a laggard he is. The article says it can be rented for only $1M a week. Go ahead and splurge.
RB — Oh, the truth of it!
Love the: “The last time you got talked into Disagreeing with the Physical Universe, you managed to find a way to qualify for a new credit card and Flowed the entire authorized amount…”
Now, just one (more) credit card MIGHT be manageable. Rather, what I saw was Sea Org members “helping” public and individual org staff to rapid-fire qualify for A HALF-DOZEN credit cards, or even nine or twelve of them. Then they would further “help” the person by “helping” them to max all the cards out immediately, engulfing the person in (further) debt.
The wife’s plight here conveys PURE TRUTH: Scientologists working a patchwork of jobs for years, much like Greek mythological Sisyphus condemned to roll a rock up a hill.
Hardly “freedom,” as sold and promised. More like delivering to the person a “dwindling spiral” that they are being, instead, told the donations and services are going to help to pull them out of.
#blastedirony
Peridot,
I witnessed the same multi credit card scam take place too. Sea Ogres pushing stupid members into excruciating, long term debt (and even bankruptcy) was all to common in my time “in”. I never let the “vampires” bite me thankfully.
More than 12 years out of scientology and I’m still paying off the second bond I took out for OT7. I told my SO reg that if I never got the wins promised on The Level I’d be financially buggered. You know the rest of the story.
Dr.
Know a member who took a 2nd mortgage on the house and lost it for failing to make payments. Had no where to live excerpt in the only thing left, a car. Glad to know you didn’t end up in the same place.
Glenn, I applaud you for spotting the draining, vampire nature of these encounters and avoiding them skillfully. These C of S registrars and fundraisers can be so destructive and as Dr Mac shares, for some of us (me included) it takes years and years to make our way out of the financial morass.
scientology has become expert in excusing its failure to deliver on any of its promises. Of course, it’s primary line is that YOU did something wrong or that you weren’t up to the task. It’s never scientology’s or Tubby’s fault, always yours.
As I review my involvement, it WAS my fault: for falling for their line of lies.
Hubbard only sold auditing and training. Miscavige has had 35 years since he departed to perfect the art of asset stripping. He’s a better con man than even Elron hisself.
Richard, Hubbard had lots of behind the scenes cons, and ways to rip off members of means that the rank and file did not realize or know about. For example, the original “whales” were charged exhorbitantly for events like congresses (often more off-the-cuff performance theater than training or auditing) – which were then re-sold in various ways (courses and tapes) for far more than they cost to reproduce.
The IRS figured that Hubbard had illegitimately asset-stripped Scientology and its members of something like $200 million in his lifetime – around half a billion in today’s dollars. Where do you think that money came from?
I think that because Miscavige can’t continually come up with supposed new “tech” to sell like Hubbard did, and doesn’t have the advantage of a one-time historic flood of idealistic youth to market to, he’s limited to working the asset-stripping more to keep things going – but he’s still following in “source’s” footsteps.
Easy credit keeps the economy and the cherch moving along. Back in the day if you joined org or mission staff you could do all the courses they offerred for free and I think co-audit for free. These days I doubt a staff member could even pay for a five grand e-meter. Can they borrow one? My e-meter in the mid 1970’s cost $150 which might have been a week’s pay for a skilled laborer.
It’s amazing at what depths the brainwashing will go