See earlier posts in this series: Sociopathy: What is a Sociopath? Sociopathy Part 2: The Traits of a Sociopath Sociopathy Part 3: The Creation of "Its" Sociopathy Part 4: The Importance of Authority and Obedience Sociopathy Part 5: The Covetous Sociopath Sociopathy Part 6: The Tools of the Trade Dr. Stout explains the phenomenon of gaslighting and how this is used by the sociopath. She begins with a description of where the term originates. In 1944, George Cukor directed a psychological thriller entitled Gaslight, in which a beautiful young woman, played by … [Read more...]
Miscavige’s Soggy Word Salad
Alex Barnes-Ross managed to get a recording of David Miscavige at the recent March 13 event: There is also a transcript at Tony Ortega's substack if you don't want to torture yourself listening to the drone. I did a post about the empty hype of this event: March 13 Smoke & Mirrors. Stefani Hutchison already debunked one of the big lies in the event (Another "Award" Bites the Dust). The lies are fast and furious but I am not going to delve into more of them here. Now that we have full transcript, I wanted to highlight some of the most ridiculous drivel that the COB spewed forth, v … [Read more...]
Scientology Lies About Harassment of LA D/A
See the recent LA Times article Scientology tried to 'derail' star's rape trial by harassing prosecutor, suit says; church calls claim 'false' This is some excellent reporting by James Queally. I only want to comment on one thing: Karin (David Miscavige) Pouw's response to quotes taken from my declaration filed in Leah[s case. Here is what the article says with regard to me and Dave's response: Mike Rinder, a member of the Aftermath Foundation's board, once served as head of the Office of Special Affairs and described it as "Scientology’s CIA" in a recent declaration in Re … [Read more...]
David Miscavige Commits a Suppressive Act (Again)
No wonder Miscavige doesnt want the OEC Volumes available. People would be able to read what Hubbard said about a lot of things that Miscavige has engaged in. Fundraising instead of selling and delivering auditing and training. Placing great emphasis on the MEST of orgs. Locating orgs where there is no body traffic. Canceling the SHSBC (and the OEC Volumes). But perhaps no policy more explicit and more draconian in its penalties than one titled Org Reduction and Eradication. When announcing the new Paris org, he came right out and said it with no shame: "To start, this new … [Read more...]
All Talk, No Action
Scientology puts out a pretty constant stream of press releases in an effort to appear to be doing good, charitable work in the world. This latest comes from the UK. And it’s as empty as the rest of the propaganda they churn out. Things are a bit bleak in England these days since Apostate Alex began exposing their abuses, so it’s no surprise they are trying to get some “positive press” to counteract the barrage of bad news. Interestingly the UK Charity Commission sees right through their bs and refuses to grant scientology charity status because they do not meet the public benefit test. … [Read more...]
Sociopathy Part 6: The Tools of the Trade
See earlier posts in this series: Sociopathy: What is a Sociopath? Sociopathy Part 2: The Traits of a Sociopath Sociopathy Part 3: The Creation of "Its" Sociopathy Part 4: The Importance of Authority and Obedience Sociopathy Part 5: The Covetous Sociopath Charm — The first thing Dr. Stout addresses in the toolbox of the sociopath is a how charming they can be. This is something she talks about a lot. Sociopaths, when it suits their purpose, can be charismatic. If you read Russell Miller’s excellent biography, Barefaced Messiah, he describes Hubbard in just … [Read more...]
March 13 Smoke & Mirrors
They held their dead man's birthday party last weekend. Unsurprisingly, it was a hype-fest that seems to be perfectly described by the immortal words of Macbeth: Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. They put a bunch of the "thinking big exponential expansion" news onto their website and sent it out as a press release -- much of which will be complete mumbo-jumbo to the non-scientology public. I wanted to address a few of their c … [Read more...]
What Happened to Scientology in Russia?
When I was writing the recent post posing the question about whether Miscavige would show up to yank his ribbon in Paris, I tried to verify whether he had gone to Moscow for their ideal org, and also the status of the St. Petersburg org. I was surprised to discover when you search for scientology orgs in Russia on scientology.org -- it draws a complete blank. It only shows missions in neighboring countries when you enter "find a church" and type in "Russia"... Google it and there is a press release from 2011 announcing the opening of the first ideal org in Russia, in … [Read more...]
Will Miscavige Dare Set Foot in France?
Alex Barnes-Ross revealed the scheduled opening for the delayed Paris Ideal Org as 6 April. The big question is whether Dear Leader Miscavige will be in attendance. My prediction is that he will not. He fears the French government and that they might seize the opportunity to arrest him. Remember what happened to Heber Jentzsch when he went to Spain and ended up in prison? Miscavige did not attend the Moscow ideal org opening either (though scientology tried to pretend he did by starting their story about the opening with a sleazily worded "Mr. Miscavige declared blah blah blah" implying … [Read more...]
Long Island Gets a Building
An article last week announced scientology's purchase of a property on Long Island. Long Island has been one of the long-term tiny, failed scientology orgs that has never amounted to anything. Suddenly, they are flush with $15.2 million…. This is a sign that Miscavige is finally breaking down on the ideal org program. It's been 20 years that his scam has been in place, and there are still plenty of orgs all over the world that have not even purchased a new building, let alone renovated it. There are also a dozen or so that purchased buildings years and years ago and are still not ev … [Read more...]