Well, no surprise to see the Diminutive One show up in S. Africa for the perfunctory ribbon yanking of a second "ideal" building to add to the empty Joburg org just down the way... Why would the "ecclesiastical leader of the scientology religion" fly 12,000 miles to South Africa two days before Christmas and schedule the "New Year's" event for 16 December, two weeks before New Years? Best answer: because he planned a little vacation for himself in S. Africa. What a great opportunity to make a trip to the furthest reaches of earth, away from the pesky media, courts and whistle-blowers … [Read more...]
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A Very Scientology Christmas Carol
A special essay from Terra Cognita for the holidays. For any unfamiliar with Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" I include a synopsis from Wikipedia at the end of this post. A Very Scientology Christmas Carol David Miscavige would make the perfect Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dicken’s, A Christmas Carol. L.Ron Hubbard would of course play the part of Jacob Marley, his deceased business partner who comes back to haunt him. I cast Mike Rinder to play the Ghost of Christmas Past; Tony Ortega to play the Ghost of Christmas Present; and Leah Remini to play Ms. Christmas Yet to Be. A sl … [Read more...]
Scientology Apps
It's SaTerraDay once again... Scientology Apps Imagine a future world in which people’s cell phones were loaded with an array of laser-precise Scientology applications. Now picture these apps connecting automatically with a vast air-conditioned server farm located on the edge of the Mojave Desert—affectionately known in management circles as Sci-Cloud. We’re not talking science fiction. This technology has existed for years. Why hasn’t David Miscavige and his church jumped on this tech already? Staying Clean in the Twenty-first Century The second most useful app (we’ll get to the fi … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
"The Strategy for Clearing Florida" You can bet it consists of ONE thing. You giving them your money. They have no strategy. There isn't even an org in Jacksonville. Or Tallahassee. Or Naples. Or West Palm Beach. Or Daytona Beach. Or Pensacola. Or Gainesville. And there isn't even a Mission in any of these places. Their "strategy" consists of mental masturbation. And your money. We love people from all religions As long as they have spendable cash. And we will pretend we care about their holidays to get them to hand it over. Season's … [Read more...]
Scientology, Danny Masterson and Law Enforcement
CNN picked up on the Danny Masterson story. It includes a denial from "DJ Donkey Punch" and a shout out to Tony Ortega: "News of the allegations date back to March when journalist and former Village Voice editor Tony Ortega wrote on his site, "The Underground Bunker," that Masterson was being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department" and to Leah: "actress Leah Remini and her A&E show "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" helped bring the accusations to light when one of the alleged victims shared her story with Remini." But most interesting is … [Read more...]
SuMP and Valley Fail
Well, another "Freudian slip" (footbullet?) that scientology manages pretty routinely. Here we have a wonderful combination of reminders of some of their most epic fails. Valley, the "largest and most important" Class V ideal org on earth is sending out emails to get "actually anyone" to please show up in the org for a photo shoot. Of course, this begs the obvious question: why don't they just shoot the people that are there taking services or participating in some way? The answer is, of course, because the place is EMPTY. So they have to beg people, "anyone" to show up … [Read more...]
Scientology Massive Popularity and Expansion
Scientology makes various claims about 47X expansion and 421.7 people per second reach for scientology and scientology has "the most visited religious site" on the internet blah blah Out of curiosity I looked up the status of traffic on Scientology.org. Alexa, if you didn't know, ranks websites by traffic volume. The most visited site in the world is #1 (Google). Thus, the smaller the number, the better. Scientology.org is ranked at 126,424 in the world and 38,851 in the US. This is not very good, and as you can see, their trend is not healthy. Out of curiosity, I … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
What it means to get ready for OT IX and X Absolutely nothing. There is no "meaning", there is nothing to mean about... California Completion Gala They've got 2 left. Not a new org in sight and nothing has changed with the opening of SFO, Steven's Creek, Los Gatos, Orange County, San Diego, LA Org, CCLA, Valley, Inglewood, Sacramento... 40 million people now being "served" by 10 ideal orgs getting nowhere, will then have 12 getting nowhere. What will be different? What's the point? It's a "game" and when this one ends they will invent another. They love "games" … [Read more...]
Mat Pesch Responds to Scientology’s Smears
Frankly, anyone who has watched Mat speak on The Aftermath has no doubt that he is a straight-shooter and an all-around stand up guy. Nobody believes the tripe scientology says about him, not even the people that wrote it. But they think they might be able to convince some of their KoolAid drinkers it's true, maybe. I feel Mat (and anyone else who has appeared on the show) should have a forum here to respond to scientology if they wish, though I am pretty sure it's not necessary. But on the other hand, sometimes it is cathartic to just get it out of your system, put it on paper, and have it … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
An easy one to start... Why are you here? To give you money... which is the only purpose in the universe. He really gets around... This fundraising business must be paying off. Melbourne Australia on Tuesday, Pasadena on Thursday. Yowza. That's a strange "block" It's actually the scientology PR building And then they were one... Every item on this NOI "convention" is scientology. Pot luck Thanksgiving? Most churches provide Thanksgiving dinner. This "ideal" org can't even … [Read more...]