Believe it or not, this is the best proof Miscavige has of His “expansion.”
Everyone knows the stable datum that “the squirrels go crazy when we are expanding” so they MUST be going totally crazy: q.e.d. we ARE expanding.
This afternoon, the barricades went up and the armed guards took their positions for the event they like to claim demonstrates their massive humanitarianism.
As the crowds awaited clearance to enter the hallowed halls with their photo ID’s , a banner flew overhead asking the question that SHOULD be on everyone’s mind for this gathering of Scientology’s elite.
Two weeks ago they were treated to a banner “San Diego Is Done” — but really San Diego isn’t done with anything. But it seems like the crowds were probably awaiting another banner “Valley Is Done” or “Paris Is Done” or something…. Instead they got something a little more REAL.
Wonder how Dear Leader feels looking out at the audience, wondering how many of them are looking at him and thinking “Yeah, Where Is Shelly Miscavige?”
Bad thoughts.
Leah Remini was declared for asking the question.
Try NOT to think about it everyone as you revel in the Shermanspeak hype of the evening.
ozzybud says
Mike I commented over at Tony Os the other day trying to think of ways you guys could top or continue the FlyingTech from the SP opening and I had come up with sky writing in basically a fantasy type situation. Didnt even post a possible message. Much to my extreme delight and pleasure I saw the pictures of your amazing flying-banner tech! Just totally blow me away and made my whole crappy weekend so much better. Thank you again for the great 1 upping of the church. I can just imagine CoB having a total fight when the plane didn’t listen to his orders. Hes yet to figure out he cants boss around wogs/exes/indys like he can his Sea Org slaves! To both M&M you guys are amazing! Thank you very much the both of you. 🙂
Teddy says
Mr. Rinder,
For about 1 year DM had your balls in a vice during your time in the Hole. And everything that you have done since, including the already legendary helicopter surveillance at the Flag Superpower opening and this helicopter banner flight, demonstrates that you have put DM’s balls in your vice! karma. WELL DONE MR. RINDER!!
Lars says
Wonder if it took some time to figure out what you would put on the
banner? But then again Mike (R) you must know every square inch
(of the few that’s there) of DM’s mind so it was probably easy for you
to zero in on the best button.
Fantastically great. Thanks Mike and Mike.
theosismanides says
that’s great! What an awesome idea. I bet it cost some money but well… I guess we can make this a standard operating procedure and do our PR campaign from up in the air… Mike and Mike you have some altitude and now it shows even clearer.
Natural Philosopher says
Well, looks like these small IAS events will have to be held underground in future! And it’s not just Shelley we are interested in….what about Heber, Lyman Spurlock, Mark Ingber and all the rest of dedicated unfortunates who Miscavige has parked in his private ‘Ministry of Truth’.
Wendy M says
Leah Remini must be getting a kick out of this. From her lips to a clear blue sky! On the other hand, Tommy Davis must be kicking himself – for handling the questions so badly when first asked. This question is not going to go away!
Well done Mike ‘n Mike!
Cat Daddy says
a bit of AGP Entheta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUSKjy3BgrI
Gayle aka TroubleShooter says
Mwahahahahahahahhhhhh!!!! I can see cob’s thinking “DIE! DIE! you bastards! DIE ALREADY!!!”
Cat Daddy says
Good Show Sir, Good Show
Dani Lemberger says
VERY WELL DONE!!! Mike & Mike
VERY WELL DESERVED!!! Davey & Minions
Patty Moher says
Complete awesomeness. Thank you so much!
Sejanus says
I wonder how Midget took out his frustration over this one.
This should be put up on billboards in Clearwater and in L.A.
I would throw money at that..lol
Jane Doe says
I would contribute to billboards all over LA and Clearwater asking “Where’s Shelly?” and “What did David Miscavage, head of Scientology, do with his wife?” Let’s take up a collection for it and buy billboard space. It’s a way to make up for all those donations we did earlier to the IAS.
Mary Rathernotsay says
Great idea! Posters could be effective and cost-effective, also.
They would have to be up high where the SO could not easily rip them down…
Maybe one with, Where is ED INT?
Jane Doe says
Yes, and another poster that says, “Where is Sr. C/S Int?”
Aquamarine says
I would contribute to billboards like that.
indie8million says
I would, three. (Contribute)
indie8million says
Or “David Miscavige. What did you do with the President?”
Then, a picture of Heber,
and then,
“Are you STILL punishing him in the Hole?”
Sorta like, “Do you still beat your wife” but one answer is true.
Jane Doe says
Brilliant Indie 8 Mill. Yes and each week we change it slightly to list another name and picture, such as Shelly, Heber, and then the others, Guillaume, Norm Starsky, Ray Mitthoff, and others. But we keep punching up the Shelly thing and always use Miscavage’s name etc.
indie8million says
Oh yes. “The Scientology Seven” in the Hole. 😉 Let’s not discuss TOO much strategy here, lest we alert the enemy.
Let us just say to one, David MustRavage, “We know who you are, and we know what you’re doing.”
“We know who you are and we know what you’re doing.”
Now the world will know too – including your unwitting victims. You’re not going to want to stick around for this one.
Aurora says
Turn that pic into a poster, and sell it! a fund-raiser for new-mother Mosey, and her defense!
Aurora says
(I am referring to the plane and it’s tailing, flying high and free above the SP building!)
Jens TINGLEFF says
Nice work. Very nice work
Tony DePhillips says
The plane with the banner also communicates: ” We own you!!” Lol.
Sabine Waterkamp says
That is so hilarious! Great stunt!
They will set up tunnels to the tent/venue from now on so nobody can see or be seen anymore.
Zephyr says
Now here is a practial lady!!! :):):)
Greta
Jane Doe says
Sabine, good one!
Aquamarine says
Tunnels, yah! Brilliant.
Tunnels between ALL the buildings, berthings and tents, so they can scurry back and forth and be 100% safe.
The SPs are furious and howling because we are WINNING”.
God, you just can’t make this stuff up! 🙂
Aquamarine says
Tunnel Tech 🙂
deElizabethan says
Bravo for a jolt out of the blue!!
edge says
Brilliant once again Mike and Mike!
New rules for Clearwater Scis: Don’t talk to SPs. Don’t read the Tampa Bay Times. Don’t read the internet, especially not Mike Rinder’s blog, or Mark Bunker’s blog, or Tony Ortega’s blog. Don’t ask questions. And lastly: Don’t look up!
Jane Doe says
Just look at your feet and shuffle along. Nothing so see here. Just look at the ground, disregard the chains around your ankles as you shuffle.
Aquamarine says
Yes, best course of action henceforth when out and about in Clearwater is to keep one’s head down at all times, because the sky is now the SP’s Blackboard.
We laugh, you know, but I wouldn’t be the least surprised if such an advisement to Clearwater public is under consideration.
indie8million says
I wouldn’t doubt it either, Aqua. They are already on it. I have some footage from a Sea Org training film on how to hat the public on how to minimize the ‘entheta’ from the Flying Squirrel attack on Clearwater:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsQ7wWCjHX0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsQ7wWCjHX0
ms.P says
OMG – spot on! Indie.
Mary Rathernotsay says
Mike, this is the funniest thing I’ve seen in months!
Very, Very well done!
I cannot wait for a sequel.
Now I can clearly see that you are not just talk but actually a man of action.
I love it!
Joe Pendleton says
Shelly? I don’t get the controversy. The LAPD I believe spoke to her after Remini made her report. Shelly is working on “the vaults.” Heber is wherever HE is (and he came out for his son’s memorial in LA). They are two people who have contributed to so many horrendous overs against so many people, that the have quietly agreed to hide away. Good riddance.
Philip Arlington says
They are being held in psychological imprisonment, which should be a crime but unfortunately isn’t.
Scientology still enjoys some success posing as a legitimate religious denomination. Few things are more likely to get through to the media and public that they are anything but legitimate than drawing attention to the fact that the leader has disappeared his wife.
Peter says
The questions have been: “How did they speak to her?” Telephone? In person? How was she identified? And just WHO did the identifying? The LAPD, that bastion of ethical behaviours – NOT! – refused to answer any of these questions. They buried that one so fast, that alone was suspect.
indie8million says
Suspect doesn’t even come close, Peter. It was downright shocking how fast the LAPD shut Leah down. Not only that, they shut Shelly down if she was actually in need of someone to come out and see how she is.
Freakin’ disgusting. I don’t know if any of the powers that be get it, but we’re not asking these questions just for the fun of it – although we get the sub product of imagining DM squirm. We are genuinely concerned for these persons.
If any of these old timers (still in) knew that Heber spent time in the engine room on the ship and THEN the Hole for who knows how long, they would revolt. The old timers would. Heber was like the kind, well-spoken leader that we all respected. Seriously. That would get some traction. Does anyone have pics of Heber being led around at the Int base?
Photographic fly-by, Mike? 😉
Here’s a little Heber in his hey-day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cX4YpHHcfE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cX4YpHHcfE
Jose Chung says
Shelly is not working on the vault
She is inside the vault !!!!!
Formost says
Joe … me thinks it’s a M/W/H op. DM’s likely ditched her and been doing the horizontal tango with Lou for years … so maybe just a refreshing short-taylored single-3D/4D sec check type-a-deal.
LDW says
We of the church believe that all men have inalienable rights to think freely, to talk freely and to write in the sky freely…
indie8million says
Bwahahahahaaa! Indeed, LDW!
Aquamarine says
Yeah, baby! How I’d love to see their Dead Agent crap on Mike’s Sky-Comm Tech!
Gerhard Waterkamp says
Cool.
threefeetback says
In LA, they’re bailing from the Shrine and going to a part of the LA Convention Center.
non scientologist says
Mike, I’m amazed. With a limited budget, a crew of two, and a couple pilots you have twice out throught DM, despite his incredible advantage in raw bodies, monies, security personal and lawyers.
I suspect you know David far more then he can ever know you, because he is so self obsessed that I doubt he can ever put himself in the shoes of another human being while you had to learn how to anticipate his insanity for close to twenty years.
I wish I ran a major corporation so I could hire you to do public relations, you keep showing slappy up!
indie8million says
+1
Carol says
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
crislandivar says
Fantastic!
WhiteStar says
the drama that is scientology is surreal on so many levels i don’t even know how to describe it. how to concisely frame it.
it’s like i fell into my television, like i wandered into Toontown.
like i woke up inside the World of Sid & Marty Krofft.
there a whole cast of characters and plots and sub plots, various dramatic threads.
everyday there’s a new installment of “Welcome to Crazy”
super powers and helicopters, planes, banners and movie stars.
money, lawyers and judges.
prison camps and galas………….and even a navy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
when you step back and sum it up, it’s pretty frigging trippy.
In the middle of the summer, in the middle of a park,
There began a great adventure for a boy whose name was Mark
He had come to see the magic man, along with all the children and
’twas so began the day that Mark was never to forget
He performed all sorts of miracles, and Mark was so impressed
That when the time arrived to go he lagged behind the rest
Then quietly he did return, the secret of the hat to learn
But everyone had gone away and darkness filled the set
The moment that he touched the hat the room began to glow
And as he put it down and ran the hat began to grow, and grow,
And grow, and grow, and grow, and grow, and grow, and grow,
And grow, and grow
He was stunned and he was fascinated, still he had to see
There was something deep inside the hat
What could that something be?
Then cautiously each step he took, he climbed up on the brim to look,
And all at once the hat began to shake, and rock, lookout
maniacal laughter
Falling, falling, into the hat he fell,
Spinning, turning, whirling, twirling
Down, down
And when he looked into the skies
He couldn’t believe his ears or eyes
Lidsville is the Koo-Koo-Kookiest,
Lidsville is the Ki-Ki-Kickiest,
Lidsville is the Groo-Groo-Grooviest
Lidsville is the living end, friend
If you have a chance to go-go there
You’ll be glad you did, ’cause
Everybody who goes to Lidsville really flips his lid
Hoo Doo’s signature evil laughter
How’s that for a topper?
Mark says
Superb! I take it that you’re now negotiating with the Wicked Witch of the West about skywriting “Surrender Voldemort!” in black smoke over FLAG tomorrow?
indie8million says
OMG!! You guys are Killin’ me here! What a bunch of creative people!!
Aquamarine says
Spirit of Play and insouciance! This makes my whole week. There will be those who will have seen it and will need to be “handled”, and those who are designated as safe terminal handlers of the handlees will probably themselves need to to be handled before they can handle anyone else, and so on, and so on, up the command chain…LOL!
indie8million says
Right! And then the handlers will get put in lower conditions for being jokers and degraders for DARING to LAUGH at all that entheta! Rollin’ on the Floor, Laughing!
Mike Rinder says
Interesting additional information. The pilot just told us that while he was IN THE AIR he was being contacted by someone from the church telling him to leave the area. Just like with the chopper… Those sort of commands just dont work outside the tent. 🙂
indie8million says
😀 😀 :D!
gato rojo says
Oh–so they got a “permit” to rule the airspace above the FH too? He’s been snortin’ a little too much catnip….
Karen Starr says
I’d like to hear more about this request to the pilot. Maybe a separate blog entry? More details, for the lulz, please!
Thanks. You rock.
Just Me says
That story just tickles the hell out of me. LOL!
jeb says
How would they contact the pilot? Do they have radios that can contact aircraft? How can this happen?
Zephyr says
+100!
Greta
Cindy P says
Mike,
You know how to communicate to the Public Scientologists way better than COB!
Flexible Flyer says
First a chopper, now this. I’m going crazy–from laughter.
Zana says
You TOP yourselves!! Wow! I’m still laughing. Right on, Flying Squirrels and Special People!!!
Heidi (@thewritegoddess) says
I love you guys! This is fantastic!
Anon4life says
I love everything about this, but have to say that my favorite part is the *perfect* timing. You put a new and novel question in their heads just as they were going into the event, where they were trapped in their seats listening to the very subject of that question drone on and on and on…it’s hard for me to imagine any way their minds didn’t wander to that banner in the ensuing boredom. A+++ for time, money and effort well spent!
Aquamarine says
+100.
Cindy P says
Wow! Mike and Mike, you guys really are amazing! Thank you for putting your resources into todays plane ride. We were going to a movie tonight but after todays “caper” I am going to give up my AMC movie membership. No one could make up a story like the one that is unfolding right now with the C of S!
WhiteStar says
literally above and beyond the call of duty.
seriously awesome guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and some more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the midget’s ass has gotten to be burning up with this one…….i can just see his veins bulging!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MaBű says
M&M’s Platinum Status.
http://www.ownimg.com/i/MM-Platinum-Status.jpg
M&M’s Meritorious Status.
http://www.ownimg.com/i/MM-Meritorious-Status.jpg
yvonneschick says
That isn’t a photo shop?? You guys really flew that banner over Clearwater?? I am majorly impressed with your cleverness.
Mike Rinder says
No Yvonne. It’s a real plane really flying over the event as the sheeple were trying to get through the phalanx of security so no “undesirables” managed to get in.
Karen#1 says
Here’s the video of it ~~
.
http://youtu.be/vxnXNZBILpo
SKM says
You guys are so so cool and awesome.
“Where is Shelly Miscavige?”
😛
Zephyr says
Karen,
For some reason this video was ‘all black’,
It would be great to see this. Can you please post it again?
Greta
gato rojo says
Dang! By doing it for real you’re going to put the ‘shoppers out of a job! LOL….
threefeetback says
Tomorrow, they will be standing in line at attention wearing baseball caps.
Robert says
Brilliant Mike, just brilliant
MaBű says
M&M’s photo tour:
1) http://www.ownimg.com/i/MM-Photo-Tour.jpg
2) http://www.ownimg.com/i/MM-Take-Off.jpg
3) http://www.ownimg.com/i/MM-Surprise.jpg
COB’s fantastic, incredible, and bombastic speech in the tent:
http://www.ownimg.com/i/COB-Speech.jpg
OSA looking at the sky:
http://www.ownimg.com/i/OSA-Sky-Looking.jpg
Indies:
http://www.ownimg.com/i/Indies-NonKoolAid.jpg
Joe Schmo says
I am howling with laughter. This deserved a VVVVVVVVWD! Good job!
Even if only a minority of the people going in there saw it, it will still be a huge blow to OSA’s morale, and hopefully will get some of them thinking. I really really hope so. Because once the seeds of doubt are sown and Scientologists actually allow themselves to really think for themselves, the domino effect takes place and the lies and self-delusions start coming down one after another. I know, I lived it.
You can only prey on people’s ignorance for so long Mr. Miscavige. You can only drive people with fear. LRH himself said there is nothing more powerful than an idea. You cannot stop it, you cannot kill it, you cannot drive it away with bullsh!t “dead agent packs”.
I am bowing down in admiration to Mike and Mike, who I assume are the ones responsible for this. Simply wonderful!
Joe Schmo says
I meant to say “You can only drive people with fear for so long.” Sorry about the omission there.
Wisened One says
Is that a REAL sign?! If so: WOW! 😀
Meg R says
I haven’t had time to check up on the Bunker.
I assume you and Mike Bennitt where behind this.
TY so much.
Mike Rinder says
Yes Meg. Bunker took some video of the plane for anyone who is wondering whether this is real. It’s up on Ortega’s blog.
Jane Doe says
This is so awesome! I hope many of the sheeple lookd up and read it. You keep springing huge surprises on us and they are just the right kind of good stuff to infuriate and torture the midget and maybe get some sheeple looking and planting a seed. Thanks for doing that.
indie8million says
See what happens when someone knows standard PR tech and applies it like Mike?
Too bad, so sad DM lost Mr. Rinder.
Leonore says
Yep, Barnum and Bailey and I love it! Bravo!
indie8million says
Hey Mike,
Know what’s really interesting about these two Flying Squirrel / Apostate Airlines capers?
What does a person want to do about suppression? You want to be slight, gentle cause.
Against this enemy, it’s hard to get a good swing at it because It, I mean He, pardon me, hides himself behind all of his barriers.
Seems to me that, when Mike & Mike took to the friendly skies, we all got to share in the slight, gentle therapy. Both times.
Please, Mike, continue. It seems we’re getting TA on all sides. 😀
“You came up with the breeze on Sunday (Saturday) Morning”
Note the lyrics:
I know who I am but who are you?
You’re not looking like you used to
You’re on the other side of the mirror
Where nothing’s looking quite as clear
Thank you for turning on the lights
Thank you, Now you’re the parasite
I didn’t think you had it in you
Now you’re looking like I used to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiBX-ESFDF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiBX-ESFDF0
Wendy M says
Amen to that Indie8million!
Aquamarine says
Oh, I am just loving this! It’s just so Wizard of Oz-zy…”Surrender, Dorothy”. You really know how to pull one out of a hat, Mike! Thank you so much!
PS: I’m finding myself having back-off from using exclamation points when I write now, but, look, when you think that something is terrific that’s when an exclamation point is appropriate.
indie8million says
Maybe you need the “End of Endless Exclamation Points” Rundown, Aqua. 🙂
scientology411 says
You guys freaking rock for this! Such an epic win! I’d give anything to have seen Davey’s reaction to this. 🙂
valerie says
Well done you bad bad boys! Way to enturbulate.
KFrancis says
Mike you realize if you won’t leave Clearwater then Dave is going to have to move the whole Flag Land Base. He can’t have you torturing him every time he shows up in town with helicopters and planes. Well I guess it’s time for Him to call United Van Lines and start packing up the faux circus he’s been presiding over (tent and all).
I love the sign and BTW, now that you have asked the question, where is Shelly Miscavige? Never mind Carmen Sandiego, where in the world is Shelly?
Victoria says
Oh no you didn’t! HAHAHAHA..
Sam Domingo says
Now I got to clean my screen again. Coffee is a bitch to get off.
Paolo says
Congratulation you all!!! Very well done!!!!
SadStateofAffairs says
Oh Mike, you are such a party pooper for all those humanitarian people and their poor, dear leader slaving away at least a couple hours a day figuring out how to keep going the greatest expansion since the big bang.
hansje brinker says
This is GREAT!
Jeff says
Snicker.
Mate, no worries…This will indeed go down as a day of KAWB-related INFAMY!
“Pay no attention to the Dwarf behind the podium….”
You are swiftly moving up my Hero’s List. Definitely top two.
Katniss Everdeen says
Brilliant!
Davey, I’ll see you one fake navy, and raise you one flying squirrel air force. It really doesn’t get any better than this. I’m just waiting for the regges to start calling asking for “donations” to buy surface to air missiles.
remoteviewed says
Yep,
Betcha they’re surrounding the Shrine with a SAM security ring as we write.
Probably more fire power that the White House has.
Just too funny 🙂
indie8million says
Flying squirrels strike again!
I hereby move to make this your new theme song, Mister Rinder. Everyone in favor, say “Aye!”
And please notice the short man in black – Let’s just call him David MustRavage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65t-OzhlmvE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65t-OzhlmvE
vinaire says
I am sure an order went out “not to look up.”
.
scientology411 says
Avert your eyes! Your eternity is at stake!
1984 says
And “Quick, get me another set of copper grounding rods. These just melted.”
indie8million says
Poor little DM. If he doesn’t have his copper rods, he just might have himself a little stroke and Tom won’t think he’s pretty enough anymore. That’s alright, he’ll have Lou to take care of him and his money.
Jose Chung says
Good,Good, Good !!!!!!!
indie8million says
Mike – You’re my hero. Thanks. 🙂
Can we have “Is Heber still in the Hole?” for tomorrow’s festivities? Please? 😀
Zephyr says
Ahahahahaha! You and M&M made my day. Thank you so much!
Greta
Tony DePhillips says
Now the bots will have to stop looking up in the sky as well as not read the internet. Soon they will have to stop looking into the faces of other humans….
indie8million says
You made me LAUGH, Tony! Right. But then, they couldn’t do their OT levels (if they couldn’t look into the faces of other humans). That’s alright, uncle Davey will change that process too.
Aquamarine says
As further security at outdoor Int Events, the RCS could enforce the wearing of Ideal Bllinders which will only permit a public to look straight ahead and not to the left, to the right, or, God forbid, up. 🙂
BRAVO, Mike and Mike.
Aquamarine says
Wait!
Ideal Blinders cannot be made that would prevent someone from looking up!
The blinders on carriage horses only work because they are wearing a bit and a bridle which prevent them from raising their necks too high.
What to do?
Ok, so, along with the Ideal Blinders, public could wear specially designed, state of the art, Ideal Neck Braces which would totally constrain their neck muscles.
I am just so solution-oriented.
indie8million says
Ideal Blinders!!! Bwahahahahaha! And pay $200 for the privilege!
clergyman says
I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the people didn’t have some thought stopping process that they were madly trying to run on themselves for fear of having to spend an intensive, or two, getting re-programmed because of an errant thought.
Chairman of the Club of Seals might have had his own trepidations countered by his voracious greed (“dat gonna be good fo’ bidness”).
Cat Daddy says
Tony !!!, you go boy!
Eohippus the Wan says
LOL! Of course, they are only allowed to look at their fellow Homo Novi
theosismanides says
Hahaha, Tony… you are too much!
BigGrizzlyBear says
Brilliant!
Silvia says
Brilliant…I hope many of them saw the sign and…maybe, just possibly, even if a little, this awoke their minds to “look” instead of listen, applaud, don’t think and robotically do what they are told.
I bet DM is more than nervous, if not outraged.
Just Me says
Mike and Mike — you ROCK!
Idle Morgue says
Awesome BLOW to Scientology and David Miscavige. I wonder if Laurisse and Miscavige soiled themselves when they read this? Excellent job you brilliant SP’s. We love you!!