LRH and Hawaii?
Maybe it’s the 75 million year old volcanoes? Packaging thetans into clusters?
No words for this…
Well, maybe “childish” or just “weird.”
How could they be so tone-deaf?
Anyone in Tampa Bay knows that associating yourself with scientology is not a winning strategy.
What, no SP building?
That’s the only building anyone is interested in…
Are you ready?
To give us more money. That’s what it means to be “part of the team.”
All of Phoenix rising up the Bridge
Riiight. Why don’t you have your guy be a little more realistic — like getting 4 people into the HGC and 5 people in the Academy.
Perfect…
A robbery as a theme for a fundraising event.
News of our next Milestone…
Here’s the news: If you give us money we will reach a milestone.
Oh shit
The files are not done…. Dave HAS to have this ribbon yanked in time for the Maiden Voyage, so files be damned.
Everything is for PR
Even their party in the OLD building is being filmed… so they are offering a free meal!
Another Baptist minister shilling for the IAS?
Commissions talk….
Wild-man Australian?
Exactly what does this have to do with the Midwest?
BTW Tony, you know you have some utterly miserable small and failing orgs right there in Australia. Adelaide. Brisbane. Canberra. Perth.
Seriously?
They are bringing back the heads of the Bank of England as the bogeymen? These were the 12 men Hubbard identified as the sources of all attacks on scientology in RJ 67. Wonder when they are going to resurrect the Commies as the bad guys? Hubbard was on a roll about them during the 50’s…
Bringing LRH and his technology to the world…
Tomoko would be accomplishing more on this if she stood on a street corner with a megaphone and read DMSMH aloud.
What are you doing in Detroit?
The files are not done in Miami and they don’t have enough staff and they are having their ribbon yanked in 10 days!
Big Secret
One of the weirder ones. And what does Jim Bridgeforth have to do with the UK? How come he isn’t giving his money to Orlando?
Geography: F, Spelling: F
Clive Rabies flunks out.
A big “B”
Most likely for bullshit.
Shiny metal objects
Can you believe they have a new pin to “get ready for “new” OT IX and X” (wonder what happened to the old OY IX &X?)
This is going to sound bitchy. But Baptist ministers have a way of sounding well educated when in fact they are completely clueless about thing. I guess Scientologists are looking for out-of-the-box new followers by recruiting a cohesive, religious group. They’ll just start them on Dianetics now and suck them in full later, I guess?
As for the ministers- it’s not hard to get some of these Baptist ministers to collaborate with scam artists to bilk devoted believers.
Let this illustrate the personnel turnover in the Sea Org. Allan Grout is now the Snr C/S ASHO. 10 years ago Allan was a Metering Sup at ASHO. If Alan is even 30 yrs old now, I’d be surprised.
How is someone who 10 years ago wasn’t even a trained auditor now the Snr C/S of a major Sea Org org? On the one hand someone could say, “He’s hung around for an extra 10 years so that’s not terrible turn over”. Ok. But Allan was raised in the Sea Org and both of his parents are still in as well.
Where are all of the veteran Sea Org members who have been Class 6 & 8 for DECADES who should have a wealth of experience to draw on in order to properly wear the Snr C/S ASHO hat.
Further, last we knew, Cosmo Sherman was the one sending out letters as the Senior C/S ASHO. Cosmo Sherman is only a few years older than Allan. Say what one may about having Snr C/Ses in their 20s, but Cosimo did his Flag training much younger than Allan and so at least had about 7 years more experience.
Why would Cosmo already be off of the Snr C/S post, to be replaced by someone who is not a veteran C/S by any definition of the word?
Allan is the FOURTH Snr C/S for ASHO I can think of in the last 10 years just off the top of my head. That says a lot about the “stability” of the scene in the Sea Org.
1. Margie Estermann (70s, hopefully still alive)
2. Jody Johnson (left the Sea Org)
3. Cosmo Sherman (early/mid 30s. Sill in the SO?)
4. Allan Grout (late 20s/early 30s)
Thanks for the data. It gives insights. Makes you wonder what older auditors and C/Ses still in think.
I’m hoping they are thinking a lot. I am hoping that we are at a stage in this diaspora that people will feel safe enough to tell their story.
There are a million stories out there.
I would love to hear the first hand account of the Ole Man’s demise.
Hi Mike my name is Henry and I’m from miami and I have a favor to ask you. I’m not a scientologist so I don’t know the meanings of all the acronyms that are used in Scientology and from what I can see there are alot of them so can you please help us non scientologist out. Maybe you can make a page on the website that will translate all the different acronyms that are used in Scientology. Thanks for your time Mike and you have a great day. Henry
Google Scinetology dictionary or Scientology glossary and many come up:
http://exscientologykids.com/glossary/
http://www.xenu.net/archive/dictionary/
Seriously….I as a never in also want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who provides these links to the “translations”……deeply appreciate it as we have no idea what you’re talking about sometimes….and we DO CARE.
Sadly to me this “organization” sounds more like a “secret society”….the kind that way back when would have “the secret handshake”……
I am beyond thrilled that Clearwater will remain CLEAR for everyone ELSE, clear of the take over of this once lovely city. Now maybe other retailers will come back and feel welcome, without having to deal with the COS stare downs etc.
Leah and Mike….nothing means more to everyone that Season 1 followed by Season 2…I truly hope and pray that MORE truths come out, more “former in’s” interviewed…. & other hideous controls displayed to view….God Blessings on all of you!
Is there any significance in the April dates for all this? April 22, 29th? Seems a bunch of places are all hosting end of April events….is it CoS significant date(s)?
No. It is what is being sent out now to attract the sheeple for upcoming events. A month from now it will be events at the ends of May.
Thank you
“YOU NEED TO BE THERE”…grrrrrr…no, Stupid. I have NO such need. YOU’RE the “needy” one.
Amazing how I congealed, reading that – even now.
Exclam Tech Alert:
Oh, and sure, when it comes to sheeple donating all their hard or not so hard earned money, ALWAYS back up the immediate necessity for them to do this with a totally out of context LRH quote advising one not think too much. GOD, I’m glad I’m outta there. GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Poem? What poem? All I saw was a meaningless jumble of words.
You are invited to bring your wallet, purse, credit cards.
Tony Twomey – https://www.starnow.com.au/tonytwomey#subTabs a complete and utter nobody so he’s perfect for $camology.
Ooh, shiny polished tin badge. Be still my panicking bank account.
OMG – that “poem”…
The first line is missing a word so that it doesn’t even make sense and it just goes downhill from there…
Is there not ONE $cn on the entire planet available to proofread these before publication??
PS – On the plus side, ADVANCE! (R) is out and the “Theta Perceptions and OT Abilities” section has had me laughing into my coffee for the last hour. 😀
Clearwater City Commission just voted unanimously to purchase lot coveted by David Miscavige.
I’m so happy and relieved. My fear was that the council would be bedazzled by the $$$$$. I’m glad they realized that going with the Miscavage plan wasn’t in the best interest of beautiful Clearwater.
HOORAH!
I only feel sorry for the poor saps that Miscavige is beating, slapping, and choking for his own screw-up.
My thoughts exactly. Who are the ones he undoubtedly will accuse of being “S.P.’s that put “counter intention on my lines!” Would hate to be in their shoes.
HAHAHAHA – Where’s your havingness now, Deviant Miscarriage?
Deviant Miscarriage. You have captured the dwarf’s mentality. Great post!
Yay! An old saying was something like “as California goes, so goes the rest of the US”. I think this is a sort of a parallel to say “as Clearwater goes, so goes the rest of Scientology”.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! (Panting). Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
Boo ya! Oh, baby! How sweet it is! Clearwater wins! How’s that dwarf boy?
Good! Glad to hear the City Commission came through. Also that POEM….OMG…it is so juvenile, like a 10 year old wrote it. I can’t believe they would even put it in a flyer, it is such bad writing. Again, thanks for all your work Mike…you’re the best!
Yeehaw!! Wtg City Council!!
Woo fuckn hoo !!!!!!! Awesome !!!!!!!
Poor guy – he must feel just like the little kid who didn’t get an Xbox for Christmas. Suck it up Dave!
Mike, I hope that tomorrow, or as soon as you can, you’ll give us your perspectives and analysis on this.
This seems to me like an unprecedented loss for Miscavige, where he’d really put his prestige on the line, so I have trouble even guessing what his reaction will be, or what will come next. Are we likely to see lashing out and retribution, or will tempers cool and will they get back to typical machinations? Or have we not even seen the end of this, with likely continuing efforts to eventually secure the property somehow?
I was surprised that Scientology did not have a bunch of loyal, entheta-proof OTs show up to speak at least as a demonstration of force and numbers at the city council meeting. Instead, they’re left looking small, and weak – very untypical for Scientology.
And how are they going to spin this loss to the membership? I can only imagine they will portray themselves as the victims of “bigotry” and the timeless conspiracy of the psychs, but I would also assume this will be one more thing that will get some members wondering about where Scientology is really headed.
Also, I get the impression that this was going to be part of the start of a sort of an “ideal city” project, or at least an “ideal” resort with facilities intended to attract celebrities and “whales,” presumably as the “next great thing” since the ideal orgs are not panning out or bringing in the masses. What now, do they pick up the pieces and forge ahead with some elements like the retail development and the Tom Cruise branded entertainment complex, even after the city snubbed them, or do they retrench?
You named it, he put is prestige on the line. This was a Herculean effort and clearly it meant a LOT to him. He set himself up for this. He gave the City of Clearwater the opportunity it has wanted for decades to say “FUCK YOU!” to scientology. It turned down big money to deliver that message.
I can’t see this as anything but a crushing humiliation, a bag of shit to his face from the city. John and Kirstie should feel mighty stupid right about now. How lame to bring them in as though the local bumpkins would be dazzled by a couple past-their-prime Hollywood stars. Praise must be given to the Tampa Bay Times. Hip Hip Hooray!
Best comment I’ve seen in awhile, rogerHornaday.
Miscavige is getting the treatment he so richly deserves.
What a disaster that little man has been to his “church”.
And those sickening celebrities, who will never see a penny from their exponentially multiplying critics, can either get out now and atone, or be drawn into the sucking black hole of historical ridicule with Miscavige and LRH.
I think the overwhelming support of Clearwater residents for the city’s purchase and the fact that so many of them made the effort to attend the council meeting showed who was truly invested in that town’s future. Among the four individuals who opposed the city’s bid to buy the property, at least half of them were downtown business owners who felt they stood to benefit from Scientology’s offer (none of them identified as current Scientologists).
I also don’t think Miscavige wanted to risk sending any Scientologists to the meeting out of fear that they would see, first-hand, how HATED Scientology is. Their perception of Scientology’s success/popularity among the locals would’ve been severely challenged. It would open their eyes to the truth of Scientology’s poor standing in the general community. I’m afraid they wouldn’t have had a pleasant reception had they revealed their Scientology connection. Miscavige felt he could get his message across by intimidation alone. Well, sucks to be him now.
Congrats to the people of Clearwater for standing up against the Scientology bully. This by no means is the end of the fight but it sure is a beautiful victory nevertheless. Rock on!
As I’ve said elsewhere, I think that Miscavige could have found a line of koolaid-drinkers to trot out, who would only have seen the opposition as confirmation that Scientology is up against a vast conspiracy. And I expect that Miscavige is going to play up the us-versus-them mentality in reacting to this defeat, as a typical move from the Hubbard playbook to try to rally the loyalists.
Also, I think that Scientology really revealed themselves as small and weak by not having a presence at the meeting. If they can’t get out supporters – and potential voters – to a city council meeting, they won’t seem like a constituency to be reckoned with. I’m left wondering if may they don’t really have as few as 1,000 public members left in Clearwater, a tenth or less of what they claim. That’s not to say that I would want a minority religious group to be discriminated against in public policy, just that Scientology’s days of punching above their weight, or even always getting their way with politics and government, seem to be at an end. Also, their absence as a voting block, combined with the strong public reaction that they have provoked, could make it hard for them to even try to give money to politicians, since being seen as being in Scientology’s pocket would now be politically toxic, with no upside in potential votes.
Again, I’ll be very interested to see Mike’s comments about this – presuming, and hoping, that he has time to weigh in.
Peacemaker: Scientology has never been much of a political force to be reckoned with in Clearwater. Soon after we moved in, I guess in ’76, we tried to affect the local election. Our busses moving staff to the polling place were pointedly noted, but we weren’t enough voters to affect any thing politically.
Remember, the Flag land Base was the original “ideal org”, and was much bigger, was more posh & had more staff than Saint hill had in all its history. Someone commented recently somewhere that the FSO ( Flag Service Org) nrings in more profit than the rest of the clampire combined The passing Winds ship *could* surpass the FSO, I think, since it only dispenses the most expensive services, but the ship has costs it can’t afford to skip out on if the want to have a berth with any access to an international transport hub.
I believe one of the major reasons for coming ashore was because Apollo had no suitable ports which would allow them entry and docking. I wouldn’t be surprised if Scientology’s reputation was so damaged that “FleeceWinds” was barred from ports where Apollo” had skipped out on debts owed. Memories on small islands are long when it comes to criminal behavior. There’s not much else as interesting for the locals to gossip about. They’re still going ’round and ’round about the girl who disappeared on Aruba a dozen years ago, and Clearwater is once again buzzing about the day, 35 years ago, that Scientology tried to take over their town, partly because they’re still trying to do it; this time by spending gobs of money. Life’s slower in small waterside towns
Your cavalier comment about “They’re still going ’round and ’round about the girl who disappeared on Aruba a dozen years ago,”…Her name is Natalee Holloway. She has a mother and father, relatives and friends. She was only 18 when a sick little monster ended her life. I didn’t know her or the family, however I think of her often and feel for her parents who are still grieving and in pain. Why you would bring this up to illustrated your point eludes me.
Susan, my comment was from having followed Natalee’s story at the time and seeing some “current” chatter as I wandered the Web. No new evidence, just the same “stuff” hashed and rehashed. In a couple of items, I had to check to see if they were current or historical records, as they seemed to be things I’d read before. No one knows ANYthing about her disappearance, except perhaps the “little monster”, and it seems he’s been cleared by the investigators on site. They may well be incompetent as they don’t get much practice solving that sort of investigation as it so rarely happens and often enough, the missing person arranged their own disappearance for their own reasons. I’m not sure Natalee didn’t get a crush on a passing cruiser and just jumped onboard as he/she sailed off to another destination. If she did, it’s *rude* of her to neglect to give her Mom a quick note, but it happens regularly. My most recent sister-in-law’s daughter gave no notice to Mom that she was moving 2500 miles away, nor that she became a grandmum soon after the move. Some daughters REALLY get pissed at their overbearing parent(s). Generally, they seem to calm down later, but I’ve seen it take some years, decades even. The news reports painted Mrs Holloway as pretty intense, very pushy, which is why the story got so big (as well as Natalee being a pretty white girl, according to some opinions.)
We don’t KNOW Natalee died; there was no body or other evidence found despite some frenetic searches including large patches of underwater. From this distance, it seems the local authorities did everything in their power to solve the case, and got volunteers to help cover even more ground/sea floor, follow even the most tenuous possible leads.
My point was, and still is, that memories of misdeeds run long in such small communities. Additionally, news of problem boats is shared amongst the various port captains who are a community to themselves. One of my correspondents (fancy name for a penpal) is a port captain in Maine who has mentioned that he’s heard stories from the Caribbean Thus, Freewinds may be stuck in Curacao as Ron’s “Navy” might have caused problems enough to close the few other ports suitable to “Passing Wind”. That said, I’d suspect that Aruba and Bonaire might be open to Scn since they’re the same government(Netherlands Antilles), $cn might gain access to perhaps some places in Venezuela, since they seem to condone rich folks bending the rules if they pay the officials off; I’m not sure if Caracas would be safe enough for the crew & guests. Cruiser reports from the area aren’t encouraging. Maybe Davey Boy can make that the first cleared Country, get rid of the drug cartels and such. THAT would prove his OT-ness for sure. Didn’t I read a few months ago that a few TWTH pamphlets have already made a significant inroads towards that end? When I read that sort of blather, I can’t help thinking about “magical thinking”…. Isn’t that a phase that adolescents go through? I guess it isn’t limited to that stage of life, as I admit I fell into that mindset all too easily when I was 19 or 20; before the brain was fully operational & WELL before I had sufficient real life experience.
Jere, thanks for sharing your local experience and perspective.
I don’t think that Scientology was ever a heavyweight in Clearwater politics, but it seems to me that the used to punch above their weight, just like people in the media used to be afraid of them – and all of that, is coming to an end.
I noticed that at last month’s council meeting, one of the council members cited the figure of approximately 10,000 Scientologists in Clearwater, which is CofS’ official number, and would be a significant constituency and possibly even a bloc to swing a close election. I would think that after last night’s poor showing, they’re wondering just how few scientologists are really left in Clearwater – and if anything that Scientology says, can be trusted.
Peacemaker: yes, Scn does seem to “punch above its weight”, but they’ve been shown for what they are: Bullies who will back down when confronted & congenital liars about their size and power. 10,000 scientologists in CW? I doubt there are that many active in North America. It seems there are more active exes in the U.S. than in good standing world-wide. You and I are of the former, I believe. *I* certainly am.
CoB did everything but fly in some movie stars to make his pitch! Oh wait…never mind. What a stinging defeat! And unanimous was it not? Ouch, but on behalf of David M. I misquote the great Sally Field, “You hate me! You REALLY hate me!!!”
So, so perfect. Your comment makes my day.
Made my day!
Made my decade!
Happy to hear this. Good news! Dave must be in a pout.
I hear massive bottles of an unknown substance are being dropped off at Int.
https://youtu.be/QSlzRfU4jgA
Dear Davey: FYI when making promises, it’s pretty easy for anyone with an ounce of integrity to see through the facade when you refuse to play by any of the rules and you continually wave wads of cash at anyone is in the vicinity. You’ve broken way too many promises for anyone to believe you no matter what you pretend to offer. Way to go Clearwater. Hopefully you can wrest back your town one little piece at a time. The world was cheering you on in your stance against the bully in this fight.
Hip hip! Hooray! (Isn’t that what they cheer at the events?)
So happy to hear this. Tom Cruise must be sad too since his condo won’t be surrounded by a “thriving” SCN downtown Clearwater now.
Can’t wait to see how Miscarriage responds.
And the crowd erupted into applause.
????????????????
Sooooo, have to ask…….. how pissed is Miscavige this morning and will he blame this flap on John Travolta for not having enough star power to sway the board?
Chee: Travolta has no current star power since Battlefield Earth. I believe Leah has noted that an $cn connection is now a negative in Hollywood, more of an albatross around their neck instead of a shiny medal to be shown off. Bet’cha that TC’s big award is now in the very back of a deep, dark closet, perhaps in a dusty box.
Someone is not going to be happy…..there went their “pie in the sky water view condo”. So glad for Clearwater, it took guts to do what they did.
Hmmm…..does that mean that the “organization” in Clearwater went “down stat”…..this was a huge battle to lose…..I can hear someone loudly banging his head…or someone else’s head…against a wall….
Sung to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody
Davey, just lost the fight
Tried with cash to sway their heads
All that dealing, now it’s dead
Davey, this fair city won
And now you’ve lost, which SP is to blame?
https://youtu.be/dah5j9fgmpM
I can almost see the holes kicked in the walls of his office, the wrecked carpet where he’s chewed large holes and left foam all over the place. Sad part is that someone is also going to be on the receiving end of his violent tantrums as well.
I wonder if he’s going to brick up all the windows that face onto the lot that council purchased? The thing is I can’t see him letting this go, the dirt squads and spies will be out in force to try and find some way to swing it in his favour. His type of personality cannot stand the idea of people daring to stand up against his own self-importance and god-like image (meaning overwhelming arrogance, narcissism and barely contained rage).
Joe Rogan interviewed Ron Miscavige yesterday. Well worth a listen. Joe’s final comments to an absent Tom Cruise were priceless. Search Youtube for Joe Rogan.
From the 1st image in this post, perhaps the least revelatory LRH quote ever: “You’ll find in any spontaneous action where you’ve done exactly the right thing, you didn’t sit around and think about it, you just acted.”
The Flag Order on how to wash windows would have been much more useful.
When the world’s all gone digital, it’s kind of hard to apply that FO. Hear ye, hear ye, calling all dedicated Sea Org members. Gather up those suppressive newspapers!
Dan Locke: “…perhaps the least revelatory LRH quote ever: ‘You’ll find in any spontaneous action where you’ve done exactly the right thing, you didn’t sit around and think about it, you just acted.'”
That’s actually what many ancient (and modern) sages advise – i.e. not to think but to be spontaneous and go with the will of the universe (words to that effect).
And Hitler loved children and was a vegetarian.
Putting Ron in the catagory of sage and spiritual persons (whom Hubbard thought were a control mechanism and from implants) is like putting Hitler and PETA in the same catagory.
Giving Ron credibility by associating him with real wise men is a desperate attempt at granting Ron legitimacy.
Wise men do not wish for suicide to free space aliens.
Wise men do not need the psychiatric drug Vistaril injected in the butt to help with anxiety.
Going on gut feeling is a very common fact for a lot i of normal people.
L Ron Hubbard is more in the catagory of therapy thug and not in the stellar catagory of wise man.
Let us be mindful that from the viewpoint of a pickpocket, an international jewel thief is a great man.
Yes, but at least the pick pocket looks up to and understands that the international jewel thief is something to admire. This is a community of mutual moral codes and characteristics.
Pick pockets may sit around and pine for the success of their jewel thief superiors.
L Ron Hubbard denigrated the entire category of wiseman by the megalomaniacal and narcissistic pronouncement of him being the wisest man in the universe and all the rest from the implants.
Ron in the catagory of wise man is like Milli Vanilli in the catagory of musical genius.
Another distinction between Hubbard and wise men or sages:
sages leave this world filled with joy and bless. Those who are there during the passing of great souls, feel a surge of spiritual inspiration and power; light and great energy. Their deaths are chronicled almost like scripture.
Ron’s death was a flurry of lawyers and poptential popes trying to hide the real death of “man’s only hope.”
Probably freaking out about BTs. That would be my guess as to why the doc prescribed it.
If Ron got to the point of wishing suicide at the end of his life, when he finally got to the end he was probably hallucinating. Hallucinations of BTs. It’s not a far fetched possibility my friends.
Yeah, there is a difference between wise men and con men.
Or should I say, con men who are fascinated with the occult.
I hope one day the truth of Ron’s end of life situation is revealed FULLY by those who were there. Is the anyone want to tell us all that one moment; Ron’s death.
When I catch a falling pen or piece of paper I don’t think much about it. The liability, I am learning, is that if I’m spontaneous with a woman I can end up with my hands full when I didn’t expect it. On the converse, consider the guy who thinks-thinks, thinks-counter-thinks, counter-counter-thinks, about walking over and talking to a woman. She. Has. Noticed. All. That. And when he finally gets up the “correct formula” and enunciates his conclusive line, he gets one of those “you’re fake as heck” looks for all his best anti-spontaneous etc. etc.. Women somehow don’t like “etc. etc.” I saw some poor guy at a bar do that once. The best he finally came up with was “Would you like to dance?” but he asked with the air of someone hesitantly reporting a crime to a police officer. [Politely acknowledged, but declined.] By contrast, a real estate agent caught me at a bad moment, I’d never talked to her before, and the best I could do was: “Sorry, caught me just walking out the door to dinner with my son his wife and her mother at XYZ – wanna come??” (Cringe.) A wild one, unthoughtful way to handle a call! In fact, I didn’t think at all! She was thrilled and played footsie with me under the table all night. THAT was TOTALLY unexpected. Women have it all over us men, you really do. It’s our own disservice to ourselves as men to “think” about it all. That Hubbard character, trying to get men in trouble!
Sadly in most cases the “average looks or over weight girl” is left standing alone. NO guys will approach THEM…they want the “hot chick”, who would normally turn them down unless they were Adonis etc…..
Sometimes women don’t win either, some are looking for Adonis or Price Charming when a regular guy or a not so hot guy would be a much better deal.
Life’s a mystery…..
Being spontaneous can still be responding from the mind instead of from universal will/truth. You’ll do much better with the latter. 😉
The eagles poem was really good.
Knock on wood
You know you should.
When the poem said
You put it there
I nearly tore out
My gray hair.
If the writer were here
Or I was there
I’d give them a wedgie
With their underwear.
The Eagle has flown the coop
Saw CO$ was full of Poop
The great bird took flight
And it Flew out of sight
Hoping others would soon see the light
OK! Who’s this Tony Twomey guy? A wild man Australian indeed… looks more like a nerd being forced to speak to a real girl for the first time.
Oh my… I just googled him. I’ll let you judge this… I didn’t know you could stack crap so high, and it talks too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT7MQV4HjeI
I rest my case… he’s about as perfect an example of an Australian as Eskimo pie. He is what we call down under – a wanker and is completely full of shit!
Scientology has truly not only scrapped the bottom of barrel with this guy but assured the rest of the world to stay well clear of anything it does. Maybe they should set him up on the group floor of TC’s new building in Clearwater?
Grand finale party in Coral Gables….FREE Dinner??……What, more rice and beans….OR are they going “over the top this time and handing out hamburgers, hot dogs & beans ?
Black Tie even in Tampa featuring a cocktail reception, & dinner…..again no mention of WHAT will be served for dinner a their type Black Tie event……
Maybe I’ll dress up incognito and go tour the “historical buildings”…..what name can I use……maybe I could use “Mega Bucks”……
FREE dinner? Arrrrggggggg, me two favorite words! And I’ll be taken them up on their offer. A Scotsman always has trouble passing up anything free.
NO HAGGIS FOR YOU!…..No black pudding, porridge or stovies either…..You’ll eat rice and beans or nothing else (I’d chose nothing else)…
It’s interesting to see a fair bit of focus on Birmingham in the UK. I wonder if that might be a sign that Miscavige has picked it as the first failing “ideal” org project in the UK to focus on finally getting done, presumably with international funds or “loans” to make up the likely shortfall in any final attempt at local fundraising. Birmingham is the UK’s largest city outside of London and so it would fit with what seems like an actually somewhat rational campaign to focus on completion of ideal orgs in the largest population centers. From what I can tell from news reports, it might also be the one most under threat of being condemned under the British version of eminent domain, for having been left abandoned so long, though apparently there are also similar rumblings about the 3 other languishing “ideal” org buildings in England purchased long ago.
The problem that Scientology and Miscavige face, as I noted yesterday, is that the stalled renovations of historic buildings have dragged on for so long now, that they are starting to become a PR and even legal problem as the buildings deteriorate. I would imagine that it’s also got to be a drag on morale for the local org, to continually be faced with this challenge that they got themselves into at great cost and sacrifice, but don’t have the ability to make “go right” and actually utilize – not to mention the ongoing cash drain of maintaining two buildings, a real strain on the struggling orgs. And places like Battle Creek and Plymouth (UK – a lovely town, no offence Once Born, if you’re reading) only have orgs rather than missions due to accidents of history, and would be far down any project priority list ranked on market size and prospects. Yet there are over 20 of these stalled projects around the world, and at the current rate of about 4 openings a year, it would take something like 6 years of focus just on resolving longstanding debacles, at the expense of ignoring new development in more promising locations.
Jim Bridgeforth is one of those people who kind of make me throw up in my mouth TBH. My daughter and I once discussed the difference between helping and altruism and decided that helping people was done quietly while altruism seemed to be done with much noise and brou ha ha and was as much or more for the benefit of the person doing the giving as for the person on the receiving end. When you have a website which opens with your photo on the front page trumpeting that you are a good person who helps people, umm….. yeah, not so much. http://www.jimbridgeforth.com/
The ONLY charities he support are scientology fronts: CCHR, Drug Free World, Youth for Human Rights and Volunteer Ministers, although he somehow fails to mention scientology in any of them.
He also somehow fails to proofread his site This is copied directly from the link on volunteer ministers:
“Supports allover the world
Mr Bridgeforth is amongst the first benefactor to support rescue missions in every single natural disaster that occurred in the past 10 years. New Orleans, Haiti, Japan, Italy and much more. Through his contributions, plains carrying goods and volunteers have reached their destination.”
plain
1 plān/
noun
plural noun: plains
a large area of flat land with few trees.
I am glad that he supports “allover” the world so “plains” can carry goods and volunteers? How do large areas of flat lands with few trees carry goods and volunteers? He must be awesome. But at least we know who to turn to if we want to know every single natural disaster that occurred in the past 10 years. Wow.
Rabe is using the same lame quote about OT’s and smaller beings. Must be a favorite of his.
I wonder if I’m a smaller being…
To them, we’re all tiny beings: SPs might even be considered negative beings, thus less than nothing, don’t ya’ know….
But, by being on the Internet, we’re MUCH better organized;) At least WE can be found. In so MANY different places, and so easily, too.
It’s amazing….promo piece after promo piece is a “bright idea” to raise money. There is just nothing else going on in this church anymore.
Church of the Never Ending Cash Flow…
Seems that if there were, they’d be too busy handling PC’s and students to have any time for promoting. But now that you mention it, I haven’t ever heard of any Miscavige lectures on auditing techniques. Has anyone??
Check out the jacket on “Bishop” Franklin Harris! He looks like an extra-large cup of Orange Julius. I wonder if he’s also made with powdered egg whites. Anyway, when these religious hucksters upgrade their faux honorific from reverend to bishop, you had better hang on to your wallet extra tight because delusions of grandeur require flesh-and-blood Learjets to get them to their fundraising halls.
Re: The Twelve Men Briefing
On a lot of these promos shown in the Thursday Funnies where they say things like “Come and find out what LRH says about [fill in the blank]”…..Scientologists know they can just sit at home and Google most of this stuff these days to find out what he said about these things, right?
I honestly don’t think it occurs to them to do that. I think most scientologists today look at the info on the Internet as being circumspect. I’m sure they are told not to go to the Internet for anything Scientology related.
I left in ’92 before the web. However I remember TIME magazine did an exposé on Scientology around April 1991. We were told not to read it. Nothing was mentioned about it as it was considered “entheta”. Back then newspapers and magazines were considered circumspect. “Merchants of chaos” is what they were called by Hubbard. I’m sure that title extends to the web newsites today.
It’s not a matter of it not occurring to them. Scientologists avoid the using the words, Scientology, LRH, Miscavige etc on their computers for a very good reason. It costs them a fortune in sec checks for them to use Google as it was intended. Plus net nannies are standard issue pgms for Scientologists aren’t they?
Truth and Scientology don’t mix, plus the internet is something they consider is where entheta thrives and does nothing else but conspires against them.
Wow,I didn’t know they actually did that.Avoid finding out.
This is a great win indeed re CW. “Hip, hip, Hooray!”
To Carl, I remember when the Time Magazine published that article–I was just getting in then and was told it was “all lies and entheta,” bla, bla… I wish now I had LOOKED rather than listened…
It was, however, a journey I had to take for some reason.
That said, today’s my first day posting… I just have to say I really appreciate the wit and sense of humor here. Keep it coming… This blog and community has helped me to get through a lot these last few months.
Many thanks to Mike and all of you for your courage.
SO members have no access to the Internet.They are told it’s for their own protection from all of the horrible “entheta” ( bad news ), and the possibility of reading confidential material. When of course the real reason is, if they read anything online about Scn.they would be out the door in a flash.
LRH had a bad case of IBS (International Bankers Syndrome).
What is “personal public relations?” Is that like Scientology ethics? The bridge to total freedom?
Similar to personal private invasion.
A smotheringness.
A veritable cornucopia of criminality.
I like when we invade privately, MM. it’s just so thrilling!
Invasion of The Body Thetans.
I’m already up to my nose with body thetans. They keep beating me at gin rummy. Now one of them is laughing at me! SHUT UP!
Yep, we need to hit the beaches of private consciousness under the veil of darkness so no one thinks we have arrived, by the time they notice it’s too late.
Scientologists have zero ability to advance publicly so they invade privately. Indeed a thrilling scam this stuff is if you don’t have a conscience and as MM so rightfully pointed out y’day, you’ve got to have a real fucked up idea of help.
Scientology is a totalitarian cult. And yes, they are really fucked up.
Brandy would dress up so fine
Shilling for dollars and dimes
Holding them ransom
For Davey’s expansion
Fleecing the sheep with a smile
The “Twelve Men” are LONG ago dead. Are they going to say that they followed L. Fraud to Target Two or are trying to catch him “running” around a star somewhere while he does the running program?
Well ……let’s see now……….very strange indeed….
Jesus had 12 disciples following him around…..and it’s amazing how one in CO$ can be an “apostate”….yet Jesus’ disciples were Apostles of…. Jesus Christ?
The IRONY of it all…….just sayin’
The “Twelve Men” may well be LONG ago dead, but they have successors AND the organizations/ governments / cabals which gave them their power. To a conspiracy theorist, the conspiracies are never ending, and Ron was right up there, never seeing a anti-him conspiracy he didn’t buy into wholesale. The conspiracies were an easy way to control those in the bubble ( ??The bubbleheads? 😉 )
I wonder exactly how much money Bishop Franklin Harris was given by the IAS?
Enough for a million dollar smile. 😉
Or, a trip to Target 2…
I’m so over Target Two. It’s over played. I’m going to Target Three and sit on an asteroid. That’s where all the big beings go. Ah freedom! I get to sit on an asteroid.
I’m just going to Target. Now that I get 5% off when I use their card.
Ha ha ha!
I thought they amended that and redirected it to the top two floors of a building in Clearwater and maybe an aquarium site. Gee, you learn something new everyday!
Hey Brian! Can I tag along? Do I need sun screen?
Yes, the bigness of my Thetan demands it! Much too bright for little tiny thetans from an iddy biddy universe.
Enough to reg a couple of missions out of him later I would imagine.
T-Marie: The real question is how much $$ “Bishop Franklin Harris” gave to the IAS or another division of CO$
Hey Mike.You are upstat and downstat.
Downstat that your blog report is late.
Upstat on the quality of your comments on the Thursday funnies.You are saying more with less because you do not have time because of the series.But pleasantly surprised by the quality and spotlessness of your comments.
Thanks. Because I am in Los Angeles you can add 3 hours to my normal Florida “time”…
No kidding Mike you and Lea are moving on to a new level.You are both getting more and more in pt on the new world and that is very surprising from people your age,
You and Leah have improved so much recently.An I have read all your blogs.
Congrats doing this at your age so that we can reconnect with our children and grandchildren
I take it you won’t be visiting your old friends at the HGB. 😉
He got his blog report in by 2:00 PM today (Thursday). He made the deadline with plenty of time to spare!
Good lord! Do these people still believe in Santa Claus too?
Not exactly. Santa is in the RPF and Mrs Claus is on mission to recruit a new reindeer crew, the original sleigh crew blew when rice and beans became their sole diet. Declares have been issued but Rudolph is mid A to J last I heard as he wants back in, silly boy!
I thought LRH was Santa Claus.
One of many valences, along with Buddha, but Santa’s is confidential! Where are you getting your data from? I feel an ethic’s assignment coming on. Got any string I can pull?
I was auditing the Helatrobus implant in the Van Allen belt when, hold your horses, I ran into Ron. I found out that Target Two was a big ruse, as he didn’t want to take any chances being followed, which is consistent with his past history. I guess old habits are hard to break. Anyway, we had a good talk and I mentioned I was writing a Christmas song for Beyonce. He then confided that Santa Claus was an old mockup he had pre-Teegeeack. He actually introduced it into the culture but never got the credit he deserved. I gave him a BIG ACK and he seemed happy. He said he had to get back in session to handle some pesky entities. As far as pulling some strings for you, I think something can be arranged…
About Target Two… turns out he had this huge cognition. He mocked it all up! lol.
Well… OK then, you got your data straight from the horse’s ass, can’t argue that you are privy to some pretty spectacular info.
But I know a guy, who knows a guy who’s the neighbor of guy who was an apprentice train mechanic on Venus and he said Santa used to be conductor on the Red Eye express. LRH got caught without a ticket and was forced to kidnap Santa, then placed him at the Nth pole so no-one would find out he owed the fare. What he didn’t know was that Mrs Claus was holidaying at the time on Teegeeack catching up with some old entities and recognized the figure strapped to a sleigh as Santa and arranged a rescue mission. The only help she had was from a bunch of kids and Santa was so grateful to be rescued he gave the kids a present each. They decided to stay at the Nth pole because it was pretty cool and the rest is history. That’s what I heard and Hubbard, now disguised as Santa when back to Venus to finish his train trip. Maybe he went to Helatobus after that and mixed the dates around or something.
Sounds about right.
Oh…that just killed next Christmas.
Not necessarily. He’s on time machine to be out by Sept and if Mrs Claus makes it go right you’ll get your new shinny Basic’s pack under the tree by Chrissy Eve.
Well…I guess that’ll be ok. But what I really wanted was a mansion in Newport Beach, which is the wealthiest city in the U.S.
Dave has a spare $15mil hanging around I just heard, maybe he’ll loan it to you?
The biggest milestone coming up will put all of these trumped up events to shame. It will leave the unattended unevents in the gutter. It will increase the downward and vertical stats of the worldwide orgs. IT is, of course:
THE RELEASE OF “””AFTERMATH 2″”””
After the math, it’s evident that Scientology’s numbers are exponentially contracting.
I contracted once. It hurt like hell.
Rice and beans will expand you.
Especially the beans…now that’s what I call expansion.
Very popular on the planet Fartsec.
OSD dear friend……
The beans are bound to cause you intestinal distress…….the “expansion” will be released in one HUGE ball of GAS…..
Try to aim the gas fart towards “Flag””…..
Now that this “little matter in Clearwater has been cleared up (no pun intended)….WHAT SAY at some future date we ALL head down to Clearwater and do an “Aussie type walk about”………I would like to see what the small “acreage” of property that was taken off the CO$ table looks like……we could say hello to that brave lady who STOOD UP for what’s right! Kudos Dee.!!
YES!
I remember admiring Leah way back when I used to watch Who’ s The Boss. Even back then when it was uncommon, she wasn’t afraid to show the world that a beautiful young woman can be smart and tough, and a hell of a lot more than just a pretty face. A force to be reckoned with.
If you screw people over long enough, you are going to screw with the wrong person. Boy oh boy, did COS ever do that big time! With Mike Rinder by her side, there is no stopping them. Hallelujah!
Nice comment.
Yes, we Brooklynite gals don’t take crap from anyone! A person who was not very nice to me decades ago, got an earful rebuttal from me one day.
That person said to me after I raked them over the coals”
YOU are a BITCH!
I said “That’s right and don’t YOU ever forget it”…..
GO LEAH!!!!
Aftermath ll: Now its Personal!
That must be exhausting running around and what seems doing a whole lot of nothing, Thanks Mike I enjoy every post!!!