You know how much scientology loves to tout their amazing relief efforts and the power of their “tech” and the vast numbers of people they can launch at a moment’s notice to do what nobody else can do in the face of disasters.
Well, here are the 3 proud Canadian Continental VMs.
Yes, 3 of them. Not really the largest private relief force in Canada one would suspect.
And what are these 3 actually doing? Trying to convince other religions they should join forces with them… Now that’s some serious disaster relief. Other than that they brought about “a reign of calm in the face of suppression.” That seems to have been really hard work as they are not appearing to enjoy themselves one bit.
Which reminds me — where were the VM’s in North Carolina? I know there was one video of the woman from Flag who drove to Myrtle Beach and sent in the report that “there’s really nothing to worry about, it’s just fake news media hype”…
That’s all I have seen.
In related news — they are now trying to offload VM jackets as a reward for getting the org stats up by doing a course. It must be IN THE ORG — which is actually NOT the “VM Program” at all. But as with everything in scientology, if it can be perverted to try and get a stat to report of course starts and completions or anything else, it will be.
So here they are (does anyone want to bet these are made in China and cost about $2 a piece — ironic in that China has banned scientology):
Funny the colors are based on the old roadside laser art sales tee.
Right yellow with black fo t was known to be so ugly as to stop traffic, lol.
I have a volunteer SP t- shirt the lovely Denise Brennan gave me, same color scheme.
As good as it is I simply cannot abide the color.
Must admit they’ve found the one person on earth there in those last two photos who has the skin tone to carry that atrocious yellow.
Wow. Those things are orangutan ass ugly. I noticed Cherch of Scientology on front and Scientology Volunteer Minister on back of those yellow nightmares. I don’t recall that on previous VM clothing I’ve seen. Like they always wanted to keep the poor unsuspecting WOGS oblivious that they were a Scientology front and luring them into the worlds biggest Venus Flytrap.
That’s a very insulting remark, Karma. Please apologize to orangutans everywhere.
Wanna see something really creepy and weird? Check this out….there are like 6 or so Cos’s and 8 hungarian dancers…..is THAT suppose to be a big CoS happening????? there’s like a total of 16 or so people at the whole thing……and then some creepy hands on weirdness ….those of you that were in, what is that massage, or feeling around on the body like Reiki thing about???????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQmVviyNEAk
“Serious disaster relief”? I’m thinking serious disaster.
Isn’t a ‘yellow jacket’ some kind of waspie bug & something that stings real bad – mmm… yeah… that fits.
I’m from Toronto and have a hard time believing that somehow 3 people with a bouquet of flowers brought calm to the chaos. In fact, the picture with them and the flowers was taken in a residential neighborhood, not on Yonge Street where the tragedy occurred. Perhaps they never even made it to the location or they would have posted a better picture of themselves consoling those at the real location of the tragedy.
Someone should let the residents of NC know, that Scientology considers this disaster to be just fake media, news and hype.
I will tell my daughter – as if she didn’t have enough reason to dislike scientology.
Hurricaine Florence was “really nothing to worry about…fake news…” Well, I guess for this Cult Cracker Koolaid Drinker 39 people dead is nothing to get in a tizzy about. She should have gone to a Trump rally instead. That would have been a much better use of her time, I’m sure.
Edit: “hurricane”. My spelling has been atrocious lately due to my computer constantly losing the internet. Internet connection keeps going in and out, in and out. No one can figure out what’s wrong, least of all me.
Obviously it is Donald Trump colluding with the internet company to disrupt your service …….
Obviously!
I was thinking It’s L. Ron from target 2!
You’re on a roll Aqua! 🙂 Keep it up.
Has anyone seen this largest relief force on earth at any of the numerous fires devastating people’s lives in recent times? In Aussie I sure haven’t noticed any yellow jackets helping out and I know the US sure has had more than its fair share of forest fires.
Please NO DO NOT SEND THEM HERE.
Oh, I think you’re pretty safe Val. Even if all the Australian VMs were rounded up there’d still be room in a VW Kombi for a couple of dogs, 4 washing machines, a plasma TV & 12 cases of beer.
Hey we will take the 12 cases of beer or leave our the washing machines and the TV and just load ‘er up with beer. Perhaps I was too hasty in my refusal for help ?
Apparently there are only 3 VM’s in Canada and they are all back East.
There are a few more than 3. See this video i took in Hamilton ON in August –
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui5QKXo9n6k&w=560&h=315%5D
Are they bribing people to get on course? I thought the tech was so miraculous word of mouth should do the trick…shouldn’t need any incentives like a cheap jacket. I like the color. LOL
Bribing people to get on course? Well, that’s certainly a new low.
And that’s only a pilot, wait until the lawyers get involved on that one.
Good point. They will count anyone doing these courses – including for the second time – as “stats” with the implication that it represents some sort of progress up Scientology’s “bridge,” though as with much of the coursework done (and repeated) these days, it’s just meeting bureaucratic requirements.
The jackets should say: SCIENTOLOGY IS A DESTRUCTIVE CULT. SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. WATCH “SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH”.
Perfect
I so agree. I cannot wait for season three of Scientology the aftermath. It is so sad to see these people lose their life savings to this cult. I do not feel,bad for Tom C,. Jenna Elfman, Elisabeth Moss, John T. or Kristie A. though. They know better and it is disgusting that they would put up with the many abusers perpurtrated by this cult especially the abusers concerning children. It shows what poor character these people have.
Why wouldn’t you just buy a better jacket than that flimsy piece of crap for the price of 3 courses (which also includes your time, remember) and then go volunteer at an animal or homeless shelter.
Good question, Bad, but that’s far too rational and sensible for scientology.
Well, Trimark is usually considered the premiere vendor for Canadian outerwear in the promotional business. I just checked their website, and they don’t manufacture that jacket, so I’m guessing Mike is right. It’s not a high-end piece.
Posted about this over in the ‘Bunker’ last month. I live in NC and sent a ‘Heads Up’ about the VM’s to the NC Emergency Services folks. This is what I posted to Tony’s site about the response I received:
“O/T – Received a call from a nice lady at Emerg. Svcs. a little while ago. They got my note, and she says they’re well aware of the VM’s past history. Unfortunately, unless they interfere with ongoing relief or recovery efforts, or try to enter restricted areas, they can’t be kept from coming into the state. She did say that unofficially she suspects if they show up around legitimate groups with a camera crew, they’ll be told to drop the cameras and pick up a shovel or leave.”
I don’t think they would have gotten much chance for PR shots if they had showed up.
A shovel?? Ooh, caluses! What do think this is, the RPF?
Seminars are given to people in need of out tech…
Well, your tech has been perverted and altered by your ecclesiastical leader and it has been used to psychological manipulate and abuse those who receive it.
The less others reach for it, the less mentally indoctrinated people will be. In this case we celebrate your down statistics.
The so called tech has ALWAYS been perverted.
“There’s just been a terrible disaster, here, have these flowers we bought at a stoplight.”
Exactly!
Yup, the jackets are about $2.50 in China (buying 1,000 units)
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Wholesale-Secure-and-cheap-foldable-waterproof_1999350234.html
Lets see, 1,000 VM jackets might last a long time? Maybe, if each VM gets 10 each, that should last about 100 years?
I’d love to get a truckload of those jackets and just give them out to homeless folks in one of the large cities, or to the addicts shootiing up in the San Francisco BART. What great advertising for the cherch!
🙂
Put a big “SP” on the back. The scios would run and tell the locals it stands for “Special Patrol” and we’re giving them away to help people stay dry.
100 years? They’ll need more.. like for a billion years!
“Previous courses or events do not count toward this jacket. Courses must be done in a new unit of time if they all had been done previously. I’m sure a refresher on one or a few of these courses wouldn’t be a bad thing”.
This woman must be channeling Miscavige!
I mean, this is how the Dwarfenfuhrer pushed the Golden Age Of Horseshit on loyal sheeple who then bought into it!
The super duper gift for having these upstats reminds me of the IAS. If you give to certain levels, they give you a cheap pin to wear on your clothing to show other Scns that you donated a lot of money to IAS. But the pin backing was big and dull and made a hole in my shirt. What idiocy to do things for stupid pieces of cheap mest.
I remember when I was on staff that we had an IAS fundraiser. A donation of $500 got you a ‘WE ARE THE IAS ‘ T-shirt.
I mean, c’mon! Really?
Alcoboy, well before you throw the baby out with the bathwater, remember, if the IAS T Shirt was cotton, you can use it for a good dusting shirt to dust the furniture with. Now that is saving the planet from killing more trees and sheep and petroleum and other things to make the IAS T Shirts
True that, ctempster, but I’m not giving the IAS $500 for the damn thing!
GAT stands for Great Alter-is of Tech Phase I, Greater Alter-is of Tech Phase II, Greaterer Alter-is of Tech Phase III, etc.
For all of you never-ins, GAT basically means ‘ Mr. Miscavige’s super-duper all-new improved mind altering snake oil.’ It’s guaranteed to cure everything or your money back*
(*money returned after unlimited sec checks at your expense, non stop harrassment of you by church operatives, a Supperssive Person declare made out to you personally and years of litigation in a courtroom)
Scientology Volunteer Ministers: The Most Pointless Relief Force on Earth!
Requirements for service: Must be photogenic.
Spot on Rick.
Must be photogenic? Damn! That leaves me out.
Me too! I am photounpleasant.
Dean, both of us will never make to the photo booth. We’d scare little children.
I’m photoresistant.
Ever heard of Guy Fawkes?
And willing to prostitute oneself for a non-worthy cause, don’t forget that.
That’s the last jacket I would want on my back. No, I’d rather be dead than wear that jacket.
As an aside, I remember when I was on the Dianetics Bowling Team (LOL) and our team wore a Dianetics T-shirt on bowling night, it was like we had BO. This was 15+ years ago! Long before Leah, Marty, Steve Hall, ESMB, Tony Ortega, Debbie Cook, Jefferson Hawkins, Marc Headley, the church’s brand was toxic. It’s just amazing how the church cannot correct itself, which leads one to believe it really doesn’t want to.
The Dianetics Bowling Team?!? That is officially amazing and we need pictures, lol.
Can we bring along our BTs? They’re so helpful.
In my younger days I was Captain of our Ladies Bowling Team….we named ourselves “The Ball Busters”……
Well….the Bowling League had to approve & vote on IF we’d be “allowed to use THAT name”. After some back & forth…it was approved. Shining brightly up on the screen was our team’s name….. “Ball Busters”……….
‘Ball Busters’ was my name for my 6th grade teacher. And she knew it too.
I would think the BT’s would make excellent pins. Being that they are asleep/unaware of existence, they would not feel pain when the ball came crashing through their clusters.
Bowling Trophies(lol}
I have no pictures but I was an OT bowler?
Let’s throw Dave a couple of gutter balls, after all, he knows nothing else!
I think LRH required that all bowlers maintain graph. I think the conditions formulae would work well in improving one’s score.
As just someone who only reads about this cult it just seems that the cult has absolutely no interest in changing anything about itself as long the money money money keeps coming in. That seems to be the single goal it has. As long as the money comes in and they can control their sequestered slaves, con their big donors by waving shiny little certificates in front of them, that’s the brass ring. If the money goes away then so will they.
The big donors are what gives that asshat DM their permission to run this cult of brutality. Do they realize that DM (that cocky little bastid Bantam Rooster) serves at their pleasure? I have to wonder if when this thing tumbles would they in some way be liable for all the actions of the cult? Their money is the lifeblood that keeps it going. Just my opinion but to me they are funding a criminal enterprise and claiming they didn’t know is absurd. It’s not like they don’t have absolute freedom to check out what they are funding. In my worthless opinion they are just as responsible for all the heartache, all the abuse, the lies, everything that is so criminal about this cult as the cult asshat leader. They IMO could care less about disaster relief, just that they can appear to be something they are not. They are as disgusting as the cult they support
Your opinion is not worthless, Peggy.
You’re too kind bixntram, and thank you 🙂
I think I want one, too.. after all, Halloween is coming and I want to be as scary as I can.
Hey! I want every single one I can get! I’m going to cut them up and make a really cool tent out of them.
🙂
In August i saw them in Hamilton ON holding a so called Interfaith gathering but there were more yellow tops than anything else lol. See here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui5QKXo9n6k
CAS—If I understood the speaker correctly, he says he’s a follower of Rev Moon. If Scientology wants safepoint and be seen as a mainstream religion, I’m not sure the Unification Church is the right group to partner with…but maybe that’s all they could get for their Interfaith Gathering. A couple dozen people from kooky cults…
$ci has partnered up big time with the Nation of Islam, even awarding Freedumb Medals to some of the members. Nation of Islam is a cult that bears very little resemblance to the actual Islamic religion. They are considered by many to be a hate group and their leaders and members are very well documented and proud of their beliefs in anti-semitic, racial separation, anti-vaxing, etc. And now $cientology, which also has a science fiction cosmology like NOI, is in a real partnership with them. This relationship is far stronger than any with the Moonies and other fringe groups and not so fringe groups that have been safepointed.
Indie Science News has great documentation on his twitter feed and also frequently at the Underground Bunker.
Piggy-backing on your comment: Mainstream Islamic groups condemned the NOI decades ago. They are NOT Islamic. They, deservedly, are on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s official list of hate groups in America. Go on to Youtube and look for Louis Farrakhan’s “FINAL CALL” videos. You can hear decades’ worth of the ignorant, racist, utterly stupid rants of this naarcissistic asshole. Like Demented Muppet, he is fond of hair products, expensive suits, money, and the fawning reverence of his deluded followers.
From the odd bits of information I’ve seen on social media, the VMs in Florida have sent 1,000 of their little hygiene packs, and some other miscellaneous supplies, to a member or contact in the Carolinas, and are trying to gather some donations of clothes to send or take up this weekend. They don’t seem able to muster even the same sort of relative amateurish enthusiasm in Clearwater, that they have in other areas such as to help out when Hurricane hit last year – I think it’s an interesting question, as to whether the scientologists who have moved to Clearwater are just too focused on their own Scientology activities to be bothered by helping others.
There doesn’t seem to be much of an organizational push behind this, either, though maybe Scientology really does mostly rely on volunteer organizers and is weaker in that respect in Clearwater than elsewhere. Reports from an Underground Bunker contributor in the Carolinas who contacted emergency management officials, indicated that the VMs’ amateurish opportunism wouldn’t be welcome there, and I suspect that the OSA official at the VM center in Clearwater probably couldn’t negotiate access to restricted areas and disaster relief centers to distribute materials and set up their tents.
So it may be that they’ve been stymied in their efforts to try to use their pretenses of “church” and “ministers” to insert themselves into propaganda and “safepointing” opportunities, as they have succeeded in previously. And that could be a sign that disaster officials and organizations across the country are catching on to the fact that they have little help to offer, but will try to take credit for others’ work by association, and this will become another Scientology scheme that gets exposed for what it is and loses its effectiveness.
PeaceMaker I remember reading about that in the Bunker FB group too. Let’s hope people are realizing their intentions are not pure!
Or you could just go to the store and get your own ‘luxury waterproof jacket’ for a fraction of the cost, skip the 87 useless courses and the attempts to reg your friends, and go volunteer yourself doing something at least moderately useful.
But, you know, whatever frosts your cookies, I guess.
That’s the perfect idea! Avoid the mantra’s and sale pitches, just pick up a decent Helly Hansen Skagen Offshore Jacket and you’ll skip that age old question,”What the hell did I get involved with those people for?”
It’s unfortunate and embarrassing that Scientology Volunteer Ministers are about as effective in helping people during a disaster as looky-loos and bystanders. In so far as their ability to rally the VM troops to duty or fundraising…a school PTA and a group of room-mothers does better, has more participants and makes more money at their annual bake-sale and pie eating contest.
I don’t think it’s unfortunate that the VM doesn’t help anyone. It gives the world a chance to see what worthless incompetents and PR hounds they are.