See the excellent piece at Tony Ortega’s blog this morning concerning L. Ron Hubbard’s stolen valor.
I was sent a couple of promotional items from this year that have a different focus. Many will find this just as crass as the fake medals and war hero status of Ron the War Hero.
This day is supposed to be about remembering those who have fallen, but any excuse to get some suckers in so they can be victims of some good old fashioned “hard sell” is an opportunity scientology does not want to miss.
So, on L. Ron Hubbard Way today, in solemn commemoration of his war hero status, kids can get their faces painted, you can annoy a bouncy house, twist some balloons, drink lemonade, have your photo taken — and oh yeah, at 2:45 there will be a 15 minute presentation by our “local veterans”…
The pretense is dropped entirely in Inglewood.
This is “jazzy potluck”, “barbecue” and a “source briefing” – no doubt foisting off more lies about the illustrious military history of Source.
A briefing about the sauce used on the barbecue would be more appropriate and honest.
And then we have Dallas, that flourishing ideal org out in the office park where nobody goes.
They are looking all patriotic, but their message is really tone deaf.
Rather than recognizing this day as a day to remember and celebrate OTHERS, they plan to celebrate themselves and their brilliant accomplishments…
T-A-C-K-Y.
We happened to drive by the org in Atlanta yesterday, and there were maybe 16-18 cars in the parking lot, which is a lot more than normal. Anyone know what was going on there?
O/T Nation of Islam Sister Charlene Muhammad, who writes about “powerful Satanic Jews” and “unrighteous, unholy Jews,” has completed the Scientology Method 1 Co-Audit Course.
Sister Charlene Muhammad is a correspondent for The Final Call, the official newspaper of the Nation of Islam, and hosts the Liberated Sisters podcast.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/IndieScieNews/status/1133135221547606016
ESMB Post: http://www.forum.exscn.net/threads/members-of-the-nation-of-islam-are-practicing-the-religion-of-scientology.43362/page-46#post-1209915
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I’ll add that, as I discuss in a couple of ESMB posts linked to the one cited above, Sister Charlene Muhammad has previously completed the Professional Metering Course and is on her way to becoming a Class 5 Auditor and a Scientology Minister. Given she has completed the Professional Metering Course, she is a Scientology Minister-In-Training according to the Church of Scientology.
Mixing mixed-up practices. Her mind must be mush.
Some of them are busy ass working out how to fold Scientology beliefs into NOI beliefs. Still mush. The DC-8 was actually the Mother Plane. Hubbard got confused.
The NOIs believe in “the devil within” which might be a satisfactory resolution to addressing the Bee Tees.
The body thetans are now the little devils. Same difference.
Clarification – Elijah Muhammad taught his followers about a Mother Plane which is a spin off on Ezekiel’s Wheel, a vision Ezekiel had of a UFO. Apparently it’s supposed to arrive and transport the faithful to somewhere.
I wonder if she’s working the clearing the planet or being first in line to enter the Mother Plane when it arrives. Being On Tee or having status might get you preferential seating.
She’s a charmer – I’ve seen some of her posts that you’ve shared. I fear we’re going to see some scary breakdowns from/within that group. You’ve got people already primed with virulent hate for others, isolated in a high-control group… THEN add scientology on top of that lovely combo to really mess with someone’s grasp on reality?!!!
The NOI will never go anywhere with scn until and unless they get enough of their own personnel trained enough to start up their own squirrel groups and set their own prices. It costs too much. I guess they have over 10,000 members so they should have been able to do it already. They’ve been at it since 2010. Bunch of “downstats”. The “NOI OT Maximus” is a long way away.
(being facetious)
As usual, its all about them.
BTW, I got my first official declaration of being an SP from scientology- dont know if I should be proud or terrified!
Kat
Kat, what sort of “declaration” did you get?
Congratulations, Kat, on being declared! At least you have something in writing. I’m jealous. I never got anything in writing. As they say in my corner of the world, “What am I, chopped liver?”
Kat, I was “declared” an “SP” years ago … Nothing to be terrified about.
Many here have been declared SP. Your declare is probably very similar to the ones we’ve received. If you post yours here, it would probably generate many comments which might eliminate any terror you may be experiencing.
Kat, on your SP Declare, did they use the correct name for you if “Kat LaRue” is your pen name and not your real name? If so, it is more proof that they read these blogs and go to great lengths to figure out who each person is who is writing on the blogs. They did that with me when I used to write with a pen name.
I am jealous now.
Hey scilons. DO WANT!!!
Wait a minute. A fun filled day the whole family can enjoy? But it’s from 1pm to 6 pm?
I guess they don’t need more than 5 hours to get all the money they can gouge from their suckers.
But the thing I want to know is, “What time is desert?”
Remember in yesterday’s blog? Didn’t they lead with that?
Does anyone know why RELIGIONS are above the laws of the land and untouchable in the United States? I mean, WTF is that all about?
And why don’t they all just pay taxes.
Let’s rally the troops and head to Washington DC to protest the White House – ALL RELIGIONS NEED TO PAY TAXES and ABIDE BY THE LAWS OF THE LAND!
They aren’t. Read the US Constitution for more details.
I’m no expert. I’m not even a US citizen. But I believe the US constitution tries to make religions separate (not above) from the laws of the land.
The reasons may have something to do with the insane persecutions practiced by churches in Europe before the time the US Constitution was created.
Remember “The Inquisition” in Spain? Remember all the so-called Holy wars and Crusades?
Remember what the Catholic Church did to Gallileo just because he disagreed with the church about who goes around who? It was horribly gruesome. The churches of that time were almost as cruel and crazy as the scam we all come here to lampoon and ridicule and hopefully destroy.
The purpose was to prevent a government-sponsored religion. The purpose of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are to restrict government. Neither one granted any rights to anyone. Rights predate anything the Framers created.
Read the Declaration of Independence especially,
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights …”
Legally, it’s difficult to convict a sadist for injuring a masochist.
100% correct Peabody. You captured a nuance of rights few understand there days.
If Hubbard had really done what he said he did, the honorable thing would have been to maintain his vows of secrecy regarding anything covert, and to be modest about anything else, as did large numbers of the dutiful people who were actually engaged in the sort of things Hubbard claimed, and more. Many of the real patriots and servants of the nation kept their secrets until the end, not telling even close family.
In fact, if Hubbard spoke about actual secret operations without prior clearance from proper authority, he could have been risking intelligence information and assets relevant even after the war, and so would have been committing a crime covered under military justice codes as well as federal laws like the Espionage Act and, at its extreme, even treason.
Hubbard was either a vainglorious blowhard, or a dangerously loose-lipped lawbreaker. There’s not actually any version of his wartime record, and the stories that he told about it, that makes him look good.
“Many of the real patriots and servants of the nation kept their secrets until the end, not telling even close family.”
You’re making me think of Deep Throat.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/politics/2005/07/deepthroat200507
Maybe that’s why my late father-in-law-law didn’t tell his son anything about his service at Pearl Harbor aboard a hospital ship (USS Comfort?) except “bodies stacked like cordwood.”
It is not a celebration. It is a memorial for people who were killed while serving in our military during our many wars. It matters not that Hubbard served in the military. This day is not for him. He didn’t die while serving. Again, nothing to celebrate today. Much to mourn.
Not to be too persnickety, but it is for ALL who have served. That’s why the flag is at half mast until noon, for those who have lost their lives in service (some gave all). Then, at noon, it is raised to full mast to honor those who still serve or have served (all gave some).
No, this Memorial Day to honor those that died. The flag is ordered to be lowered until noon and then raised for no other meaning. Living Veterans are honored on Veterans Day and, along with current military, Armed Forces Day.
Originally Veterans’ Day was for the living and Memorial Day for the dead.
That is incorrect. The raising of the flag does not change the significance of the day. Veterans and current servicemen are honored on Veterans Day and Armed Forces Day.
The older I get, the more I realize that those people who fought the true battles are usually quite humble about it. I have only met one other man who bragged about his “service” as much as LRH did. Because he bragged so long and loud, I investigated his record, and he turned out to be a fake who had never even enlisted, much lest been a “great sniper”. I took him shooting – he was scared of guns and a horrible shot. He continued to insist I was the bad person even as his story unraveled.
On the other hand, let me introduce you to a true hero:
Francis Scearce Leany born March 4, 1896 and died in 1963 when I was 8 years old.
He fought in WWI from 1917 to 1919. He was mustard gassed there and survived. He was in ill health for the majority of his life but lived to return home and raise a family, although his wife, Ruth was usually the breadwinner due to his health problems.
He did not brag about his time in the service. As a matter of fact, I was unaware he was even injured in the war until about 15 years ago, long after his death. He was a humble man who served his country. He preferred not to talk about his time in the service.
Today I honor him. My grandpa my hero.
Thank you for sharing that Valerie. He was a true hero. I was very touched by that. Much respect and appreciation to him.
Mike….IMHO the only GOOD news is that there is NO MENTION of “War Hero Lron Tubbard…..which I would imagine if Lron’s name was on any poster…..people might make “inquires about” his medals & wounded in battle claims.
Gotta love their posters….Sunday…”bring family & friends & A DISH (OF FOOD)…..to share at Inglewood. then a BBQ on Monday…….
Meanwhile in Las Colinas “Lunch On the Patio”……no mention of what type of food will be offered/served.
BTW…are they going to offer that FREE PERSONALITY TEST? If anyone is smart, they’ll be a no show.
Maybe by “bring a dish” they meant “bring your hot teen daughter”. Dish has mroe than one meaning.
With some of the people taking care of the underaged in PAC, you never know.
Good Point…with all the touchy feely & young girls being raped going on…that could be true.
What kind of food will be served?
The one thing that is always in common with all the food they serve is that it costs less than 99 cents.
Unless of course it’s served to the monster. Then it costs at least $99,000. Why so much? Because in his mind, it’s only fitting for the little creep to be valued more than anyone else in the whole wide world. Ain’t it?
Ain’t this blog fun?
‘Delicious Food Trucks’. I had no idea that trucks could be made out of food! What a world we live in.
The tires are filled with laughing gas and the radiator is full of Cal mag. It’s not all fun and games you know.
Two of my most treasured gifts: laughing gas & Cal Mag. I get high on the gas, then I drink the Mag. Gotta tell ya, I love the combo!
Is it cocktail hour yet?
You mean you missed it??? C’mon Yawn! Cocktail hour is 24/7!
Hilarious I Yawn! 😂
Before I give you your Food Truck Meal…would you mind filling out this form….just in case we’d like to send you an inquiry on what you thought of the food….(along with an offer of a FREE Personality Test).
Wow – thanks for posting this Tony Ortega and Mike Rinder. We will use this to help our loved ones still in Scientology deprogram. The lies Scientology still peddles are deceitful and manipulative. Can’t the government shut them down just on the LIES alone? It is astounding. The lies L Ron Hubbard told were criminal! L Ron Hubbard was un “uncertified” crazy and insane Charlatan. Keith Raniere was not as bad as that ass hat Hubbard.
The question I ask Scientologists still in and lurking – WHAT LIES HAVE YOU TOLD YOURSELF to Keep Scientology Working? Get honest with yourself. People are getting hurt and it is your fault for keeping it going.
I expect that someone in the govt is thinking about the following every day now. And every day now, they think about this more and more.
“That ridiculous scam has been getting weaker and weaker ever since Mike & Leah started broadcasting their Aftermath show. One of these days it will be weak enough that I can lead a charge to revoke their ridiculous tax exempt status. I wonder what kind of salary bump I will earn if I do that.”
OK. Everybody join me as we sing a chorus of, “That’ll Be the Day”?
Over the last handful of years, here in Australia, there have been a few men,using the term ‘men’ loosely, who have been found guilty of either impersonating returned men, as we refer to them, or displaying or wearing un-awarded or un-deserved war medals. They have all been named and bitterly shamed, appeared in court and imprisoned. Why is that not happening in the U.S.A? $cientology should be given an uppercut for putting this fat fraud on a pedestal, Once again, it just beggars belief.
You sure are right about that!
There are few things more shameful than some goof who is obviously far too young to have ever fought in a war to wear medals proclaiming him (this is a man’s crime for the most part) to be some kind of hero.
Many of these goofs are just about as old as the original asshole was when he faked all his war medals but before he started this scam.
Maybe we should get a handful of the real vets who are all in their 80s and 90s now and put them in a room with these goofs for a few minutes. I bet they could really kick some ass.
Better yet, let’s give them all free personality tests?
We had a period of time (here in the US) where it was either happening more often, or simply being reported in the media finally. It seems that as we’ve become more polarized politically and had other series’ of tragedies, I don’t recall hearing of any recent stolen valor cases. It’s most definitely illegal and deeply frowned upon here, as well. And I agree – many of us wonder why (in yet ANOTHER case of co$ blatantly committing crimes) it’s never been pursued.
There’s a poster on Tony’s blog -PickAnotherID – who’s really delved into lrh’s military records, the medals co$ purports (and DISPLAYS!) that he has. His comments are interesting to read, as he goes into which medals are impossible and why. Also how they’re displayed incorrectly – and NO ONE whose served in the military, even newbies – would display so overtly improperly.
It’s pretty interesting. Here are the separation papers:
http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/32049-hubbard-military-documents2.html
Then here is a link to Pick’s Disqus page where the graphic is posted from a New Yorker article and image of his supposed awards, discussing how only 4 out of 17 displayed are genuine. Interesting as the source of the awards are described so it’s clear WHY he couldn’t have earned them. There’s also a link to a WWP thread discussing the NY article and further info people found while digging deeper into the lies regarding his service:
https://disqus.com/by/PickAnotherID/?
Last, but definitely not least – Chris Owen just released a book called “Ron: The War Hero” that delves deeply into his actual service, records and surprising new info discovered during his research for the book. He’s an excellent writer who gives much detail, yet weaves it into a story that’s an interesting read.
Last, but definitely not least – Chris Owen just released a book called “Ron: The War Hero” that delves deeply into his actual service, records and surprising new info discovered during his research for the book. He’s an excellent writer who gives much detail, yet weaves it into a story that’s an interesting read.
I agree wholeheartedly. Truly an excellent work of research and analysis. The first chapter of the book is genius — it is scientology’s version of Hubbard’s war record. With cites for every single statement it is truly laughable how many completely conflicting statements there are for virtually every part of his time in WW II. It is quite amusing to read the repeated Hubbard/scientology claimed he was on the Secretary of the Navy’s plane being flown home as the first casualty in the Pacific Theater, or alternatively, he was escaping Japanese invaders on Java, or alternatively he was sinking Japanese subs off the coast of Portland, or alternatively he was Commander of a British Corvette squadron in the North Sea etc etc etc
Thanks Mike!
As many times as you’ve discussed the contradictions here, then reading commenters who were familiar and added detail, I thought I had a decent grasp. But you’re spot-on! I read that first chapter and thought, “Crap, this is going to be a late night!” as I couldn’t put it down!
You’re right. Every Still In is a Miscavige Enabler, even the UTRs.
Huburd was a fake everything except for being a real huckster. He faked war injuries in order to obtain gov’t disability payments. Quite ironically but completely predictably. Hubtard wrote “tech” stating that anyone collecting gov’t disability was an illegal PC because they were making others responsible for THEIR condition. ALL Hubturd did during his lifetime was make OTHERS responsible for HIS wretched condition. Whether it was the IRS, the AMA, the APA, the FDA, BT’s, Xenu, his “suppressive” slave staff members out to get him, his now non-existent wives, etc.
The idiot would have made a great Psychology thesis subject on Projection.
“Hubtard wrote “tech” stating that anyone collecting gov’t disability was an illegal PC because they were making others responsible for THEIR condition.”
WTF? I didn’t know he said this. According to either Russell Miller or Jon Attack (can’t recall which), Hubbard was still collecting his VA disability pension when he croaked – despite the fact that he was worth half a billion dollars! What a hypocritical bastard!
Happy Memorial Day, all. I’m off to the local American Legion to play in the ceremony honoring those who served. Free luncheon provided to all attending by the good Legion ladies – but no barbecue and no regging!
Yes bix. He wrote the PL in the 60’s. All Regg’es, EO’s & MAAs had to follow it. It’s probably in the Green Vol’s if you can find some.
Great Post Wynski! Spot fricken ON!
Wynski,
If I had known as much about this subject as I do now, I DEFINITELY would have used it as my thesis!
Kat
LRH must have been starving for admiration to promote all these false claims of heroism.
Silvia,
Hubbard did say on a tape that ‘admiration is the most valuable flow’; and if you listen to the class 8 tapes there is something like 10 minutes of clapping before Hubbard starts talking. I thought that was Sooooo unnecessary to include on the tapes sent out for training purposes.
Jim. Some of that is canned clapping. Hubturd wrote exacting instructions for the tape editors to include and what to take out of his tech lectures. I read all of those issues.
By the looks of his body, starvation is the least of the fat man’s worries.
OSD,
LMAO!! Perfect!
Kat
I take it no one ever said to him to go easy on the desserts. Scientology might not have expanded but he sure did. 😂
When your credit cards are all maxed out and your wallet is that much lighter, this will be a memorable day for you.
It’s good to remember and honor those who fought so even this despicable cult could exist. Freedom doesn’t come free.