“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 Greetings?
This could not be less appropriate if it had been concocted by Dan Sherman….
Just weird.
Training Success?
Where? That’s just a Hubbard quote?
The Most Unforgettable…
Really? Maybe this is why Miscavige is holding the New Years event on 16 December? So he can take a XMas vacation in Africa… Or maybe he won’t be there and this will be the most FORGETTABLE ribbon yanking ever.
It’s a bit late for this don’t you think?
It’s just two weeks till the great ribbon yank.
And don’t you think that quote is a bit stale to keep pushing. After all, he said it in 1960. The people he was talking to at the time are all dead… And scientology has not “won” for South Africa.
Rotten pay…
They keep leaving that out – altering the LRH quote…
I bet they have no more than 2 auditors in Orlando.
You have to RSVP to get a free Intro Lecture?
Lois Reisdorf’s sister’s mission.
Scammer
And poser.
She now has a WTH booklet with her in her MAGA dress on it…
What a phony she is in every respect. Fake as a $3 bill — but how many have fallen for it. Amazing what people accept when it is what they want to hear.
Yeah, the Champions of Human Rights…
And how come LA Org is using an image from Germany? And even then it’s photoshopped to take the German off the front two placards…
Clearing the US…
Even more unreal than Clearing Florida.
Wonder if ANY of these people have ever pondered how many cities there are in the US with more than 50,000 people that have no scientology anything — not an org or a mission or even a “group.” I guarantee you the situation was closer to Clearing the US 40 years ago when the percentage of cities with no scientology was less than it is now.
The only clearing that is happening is clearing scientology out of the US.
Promoting Congresses? Seriously?
I guess these guys don’t know that Hubbard canceled and forbid “Congresses” because they “crash stats” and “don’t sell anything.” In any case, one of these events is not even a “Congress”…
Up the Creek…
They promote “live performances” with a picture of inanimate elves?
Can you imagine if anyone answered?
Honestly answered…
New Haven?
That place is still open? They bought an “ideal org” building in 2004 and have done NOTHING with it since.
Yes, 13 YEARS ago.
The Way To Happiness is built on a foundation of lies
Adopted by Presidents? Cannot wait to hear who they are so we might inquire as to the truth of these assertions.
You can be sure nobody told them they would be being promoted at the scientology New Years event…
Scotland is “going ideal”
So give us money now.
The OTC Postulate Dinner
If I was a SAC OT member I would postulate that nobody would notice my absence for $42 rubber chicken.
The gift of a lifetime…
Shackled to an organization that will NEVER stop trying to take your money.
And wow — only $5000 for a lovely red scarf! Such a deal. The Christmas spirit is not dead at the IAS.
Mankind is doomed then…
I guess these guys don’t know that Hubbard canceled and forbid “Congresses”
Er spelling Mike, where is your proof reader mate?
Ah, Hiatus, Hubtard forbade closing orgs during a congress. “Clear” your MU’s. Use R245. Should work nicely for you.
Love the Funnies.. Dee Findlay. Hope to be getting these posts regularly.
I like the hanukkah poster.
Makes me wonder how you play Scientology dreidel.
After all, it IS a game that involves money.
I don’t get the “This Saturday, December 16th, is the BIG New Year’s Event.”
I am familiar with gatherings, populated with a lot of elderly, having a “New Year’s Party” that shuts down around 9 or 10 PM. But to have one 2 weeks early?
Evidently the Shrine Auditorium has a capacity of 6300. It would be very interesting to know many people show up for this event.
On another note – If you sign up for auditing, how much does the Auditor get paid? I know there’s overhead to cover, but if 12 hours costs $10,000, is the auditor making $100-$400 an hour?
The language on the banners for the “International .. March 2017” is Danish, not German.
Just the pedantic Dane in me, and it’s an easy mistake to make 😉
The Children’s March will be filmed by The MEDIA!!! Ssuurree it will.
The middle elf looks like it just crapped out a blue bauble. Bet it’s relieved.
There’s only 4 days left of 2018? Did someone steal the other 361 days?
I wonder if they mean President Imaginary of Doesnotexiststan.
Joy,
Careful. Amorosa had to be dragged out of the White House after she flunked the smell test.
BTW, how much is Netflix going to pay A&E for the Aftermath Masterson Episode and how many millions of Netflix viewers will watch it?
A bit off thread, so I apologize, but what was the deal with Amorosa? Why did they fire her or she quit the white house?
She threw a fit when she was taken off the list of people who had walk in access to the Residential part of the WH. Too many people were on the list and it was not a good use of time. She quit over it.
If the Sac OTs can postulate so powerfully, why don’t they just postulate what they need/want and get it over with?
This applies to all the other orgs with their Postulate Seminars about finance, about relationship, about their org going Ideal etc. etc. etc. which are run by OTs.
I don’t get it and have never gotten it.
What are they DOING up there teaching everyone how to postulate and explaining why other peoples’ postulates don’t work out, etc. etc.? Do THEIR postulates always work out?
Well, Mike Rinder’s website is still up so I’m going to say no their postulates don’t work.
A VERY good point!
Mission of Orange County wants to know about injustice. I recall Hubbard made an interesting point about what happens when the PC loses trust in the auditor, the session fails at that point moving forward. Scientology and Hubbard have betrayed the trust of every Scientologist on the planet, lied to every single one of them. They have no high ground, they are sinking in a quicksand of lies going back to the earliest organizations. Sad pathetic yet unable to self reflect, unable to correct, unable to stop lying. What a sad sad pathetic organization. All they can do at this point is drift on doors in the freezing ocean like Rose did in the movie Titanic while the inevitable shark infested waters close in around them. Buh bye.
The lies go back to well before the DMSMH excerpt in Astounding…as does the injustices committed by LRH.
A $5000. scarf! Ooooo! *Jumps and claps* – and unfortunately, there will be deluded Scilons doing just that. Jeeze Laweeze.
Yes, but it was hand-knitted by dear old COB himself, since he took up knitting for stress relief at the beginning of Aftermath season 2.
Do you have to show a valid ID now to get in to see the Intro lecture? (Wouldn’t surprise me)
Who are those people posing in front of a Ronald Reagan painting?
Princess Joy Villa and her husband Thorsten Overgaard
Thanks, Mike. I still had to google her. Shameless fame w**** of whom I’ve never heard. But then again, I stopped following most news in the last year.
Oh, they’re hardly important enough to be “news” – they’re still mainly a topic for watchers of the criminal organisation known as the “church” of $cientology. (Although, apparently, she has been mentioned on Fox TV.)
Is that an Addams Family fright wig? Good lord.
Think less Addams Family and more Manson Family. YIKES!
Chuckles!
I would like to thank the generous people who gave money for my heart pacemaker. I received ot 2 weeks ago and am doing well physically.
However, those who sent the money through Go Fund Me, I am sorry to say got ripped off. I have not received a dime from them. They just keep stalling and lying. I have 3 E-Mails from them saing the check was sent and then yesterday I received one saying that their payment processer is investigating my account. I think that they have completed the Churches course on servicing their public. They keep asking for reviews and I I have 35 cents to my name and do not get paid until after Christmas.
I walked 17 miles yesterday through Hemet, right up to the Int Base said that they should change their name to “Go Fuck Me. They refused to post that.
I will leave my E-Mail address again so that those robbed can contact me. I may never get a cent from them, but maybe you can get your money back.
My E-Mail is straasswilliam@gmail.com
I got this email today but I’m really confused as to what the exciting news is?? Should I reply?
‘I have exciting news for you! The world of Scientology has changed forever and we are on the brink of unprecedented expansion.
I am writing because the Continental Liaison Office United Kingdom based at Saint Hill is hiring upstat Scientologists right now to help make the UK the first Cleared Continent!’
OMG, you’re killing me 🙂 They’re “on the brink” alright! Expansion of Delusory Mental State. Heretofore unprecedented… Someone, somehow: Help these people, Pu-leeze!
It’s just not Thursday without Chan the Man. Where’s he at… mmmm? It’s all as meaningless as the blinking light of a smoke detector without the real driving force behind Scientology’s global expansion.
Money for Scientology just doesn’t seem as satisfting without Michael getting a piece of it. (But all exhorted donations count tho… you know, it’s all for your own good, honest).
That call for justice is just too priceless. Scientology claims it can help its members… but:
– scientology keeps its own members locked in the hole.
– scientology threaten ethics punishments and disconnection to members who dare to think for themselves or explore criticism of scientology.
– scientology ruthlessly applies strong-armed tactics and punishments on members stuck on a ship at sea.
We all know this list just goes on and on.
Scientologists, why not seek justice within your own ranks for all the wrongs perpetrated by your own members. Where to start? Oh maybe start with the thug in charge. Maybe then you can pull this mess of a ‘religion’ off its current path and then start fresh.
Wondering about the “Ethics Policy Letter”. Is this kind of reaching out to members who might feel wronged something which is common for Scientology to do? Or a hint to the effects of the very public information we’ve seen in the past years which is permeating the membership? Would really appreciate opinion from those with more understanding. Thx
At this stage of the game, scientology would just be playing a game of whack-a-mole. For every perceived injustice they seek to ‘handle’, two or more will pop up elsewhere.
You know that feeling of inevitable hopelessness that the game is about to be over in the final seconds while playing the game Tetris? That is the same feeling any rational remaining scientologist must feel, 24 hours a day.
Also, I think they are asking their members is to reveal any violations not uncovered in auditing (we’re your friends, we’ll help you, yeah right!). Then, if the confession is just too embarrassing or a lost cause, the ‘church’ can cut the member loose before being embarrased or sullied in any way.
They did it to LRH’s own wife, for Pete’s sake.
I’m wondering how many fence-sitting still-ins are worried how they can get their money back before the diminutive one makes off with it never to be heard from or seen again.
Ever known of, or seen a fisherman put bait on a hook? Why does he do that? Same sort of thing. Too many people overthink Scientology. It’s a baited trap. What you are actually asking is for an explanation of the bait, not of the resulting catch. The real stupidity of it all is that your common garden variety Scientologist has no idea they are being played and have been hoodwinked into catching others.
Spiders are good predators too, it’s lucky for us they are happier with more simpler goals.
The “Ethics Policy Letter” reach-out is part of the standard procedures for these organizations. Every one has a “Chaplain” that is supposed to reach out to “ARC broken” (disaffected and/or dissatisfied) public persons. Hubbard recognized that large numbers of former Scientologists and lapsed Scientologists would build up around organizations. So he wrote policy that is supposed to deal with that.
There is even a film, the “Success Through Communications” film, that has a Chaplain learning to communicate better and using his skills to bring strayed Scientologists back into the fold. Scripted by Hubbard.
Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, all these policies are really useless at dealing with the real problems. Since Scientology doesn’t work, it is guaranteed to create dissatisfied customers. And they are not going to just change their minds and come back just because somebody apologized to them. Or found out their misdeeds. Or figured out why Scientology didn’t work for them.
It doesn’t work for anybody in the long run.
So you have occasional flailing efforts to retrieve strays, and this is one of them. It would be a lot more effective if they simply reconciled with their estranged former members, offered refunds and arranged for the shattered families and broken relationships to heal. Agree to disagree and we’re still friends. But to do this they would have to admit they were wrong, and that will never happen.
Spot on Bruce.
It’s apparently a hard concept to grasp for many that Scientology doesn’t work in the real world and frankly – it doesn’t! Transposing the effects of auditing and “Scientology handling cycles” seldom if ever is effective in the brick and mortar world in which we live. It may make someone wake up to themselves and observe the way they act but it’s up to them to fix any situations they find themselves in they don’t like or create a life they can be happy about. BUT, it exists out in the world, not exclusively in a Cof$ building. Who hasn’t seen a drunk person suddenly have all the solutions to their problems, but seldom if ever can perform any application of those solutions, except maybe get into the alcohol more to seek out those solutions again or think up new ones.
An example I saw in Scientology that woke me up to the bs “cause over the Dynamics” by Scientology procedures was with the LOC (Life Orientation Course). It had a procedure where you repaired your past ethics conditions according to Scientology doctrine and formulas. For heavens sake, it was meant to applied to a person’s real life and their wheeling and dealing with others etc. NOT written down on a piece of paper and then like magic, all is well – attest and write a success story. Those conditions were meant to lead to repairing the condition you’re in right NOW.
Same with auditing, it’s all done in your head with the help of another or by following a solo procedure. If applied Scientology could affect the world at large by those souper duper OT processes and abilities as professed – where’s the results? Why is the Cof$ in so much trouble? Why are their so many victims very unhappy with Scientology? To those who claim, “oh it’s been misapplied or squirreled” – geezers, you’ve missed the point completely and have just built a bubble all of your very own. Fighting life with Scientology doesn’t work or haven’t you noticed yet? All a Scientologist really needs to do is be honest with themselves. But no, Scientology is a group effort designed to fill the coffers of one man.
No wonder Scientologists shrink into a bubble, the real world doesn’t respond very well to them at all. At best Scientology’s main effect on it’s parishioners is to apply their self proclaimed right to disconnection – it’s their only card they have to play after the real world doesn’t do as they want it to.
As ya’ll have said, there is no ‘there’ there. Never was, never will be. It always was, and still is, a noxious scam designed to move money out of public pockets and into private pockets, originally controlled for the benefit of LRH, now for the benefit of DM and his Idle Orgs.
Oddly, except for Elron and now Slappy Elf, for over 60 years no other CoS officer has managed to walk away with a really big chunk of cash for themselves, enough to last a lifetime. If it was a real corporation there would be a long line of ex-CEOs, ex-VPs, etc all sitting pretty with their company-paid golden parachutes, millions or at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and stock options, and probably lifetime services of one sort and another.
Employees of CoS, arise! It is your life of earnings that are being stolen from you! It is your retirement, your never-taken annual vacations, your never-owned nice cars and only-imagined fancy houses and properties, all withheld from you, all for the benefit of one guy at the top, and no other.
Clearly, there is no clear here, and OT is just another of Elron’s made-up words to define his crazy made-up concepts.
p.s. Just learned the chief spy for CoS back in their heyday of ripping off government files managed to do well for himself once he got out for good and avoided the wrath of the CoS. Bully for him… it just shows what a smart, determined individual can do once they give up the expensive, life-demeaning pie-in-the-sky shortcuts that LRH offered.
Brilliant!!!!! Thank you…
Hi Mike Still not receiving notifications however FB anti-COS group friends that newly sign up (as of today) are. What’s the scoop?
Cheers from Canada!
Maybe all of us Canadians are not getting notifications 🙁
Come to think of it, I haven’t been getting new post notifications in my email the past couple of days either (in America). This is one of the sites I check into a few times a day anyway, so not a big deal, but perhaps there is something wrong with the notifications. (Not in Spam folder either, as Briget suggested below).
Yes. Been having some problems with this. Hopefully we have a solution that’s going to work…
Great – I was thinking I’d been somehow “disconnected”!
Check your Spam folder – might have been directed there.
Speaking of awful pay, I continue to get postcards from Atlanta about joining staff. To amuse myself I emailed them a few days ago, asking them how much money these positions paid. I have yet to receive a reply back.
They’re still laughing
How much money do you think they’ll offer you, Doug? $5 a week? $10?
How much do you reckon they’ll offer in monopoly money?
10s of millions of dollars. Enough to wallpaper the inside of 75 homes.
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
LOC! (Laugh… OH the Con)….
What a JOKE!! To Bruce and I Yawn… Bravo! Great points.
You’ll get a nice “commendation” to go in your ethics file for those donos… Why isn’t that enough for you?
So what if you’re in bankruptcy? YOU PULLED IT IN.
well I need at least $15 a week, I don’t come cheap
LOL!
Whoa! You want $15 a week? A week??? You better be working 24/7 for that kind of money.
I get staff recruitment offers from Cincinnati Org., which for is in Kentucky but they call it Cincinnati. Whatever. I’m assuming they don’t know I’ve been Persona Non Talk To for several years. Have no idea how they got my name and address. Never had any communication with them, never been to Cincinatti or Kentucky. Drove thru Ohio once.
I saw it on a map a couple of times and Daniel Boon was from Kentucky wasn’t he? I liked Fess Parker as a kid. Do I qualify?
“Many are called, few are chosen”. Yes, I’m pleased to announce that you do qualify for staff in Cincinnati, Kentucky, Yawn.
Congratulations! You are one, VERY big being!
Now, start practicing that Fixed, Dedicated Glare. You’ll need it in order to confront your landlord when you can no longer afford your rent on $15.00 a week.
Gee… I’ve gone all misty, give me a moment…
Is it true that the grass is blue over there? Seems funny to have grass the same colour as the sky, but what the heck, sign me up. I will stare at anyone for $15 but being on source is all the comfort I need. My postulates will keep me warm in winter.
Was that “source” or “sauce”? I know the sauce can keep you warm…
Ahh yes, that’s a point Michieux! But now you’ve gone and introverted me on either whatever goes into a brown paper bag and makes all things acceptable for the short term or are you referring to that eternal question, ketchup or b-b-q? Then again mustard is all the go for the cooler months.
Being “sauced” comes in many flavours apparently, not fond of being religiously sauced anymore.
Yawn,
Haven’t been to Kentucky yet but I heard its very beautiful country and there’s great horseback riding there which I’m into. I have family in a nearby state and this spring I’ll be going thru those parts. Tell you what; I’ll stop by the Cincinnati, Kentucky org and let them know you’re doing your Project Prepare 🙂
Michieux,
“Source” is Scientologese for whatever the Founder, L. Ron Hubbard, wrote or stated in lectures, or sometimes just another way to refer to him personally.
I’ve driven through Kentucky a couple of times back in the day when I was running around the US. Indeed it’s a beautiful place. Lots and lots of horses and white fences etc plus the Appalachian Mountains, breath taking.
I need to check my schedule for the next billion years but I’m sure I can slip in a few Org contracts. Let ’em know I’m on a special diet of no bs before noon.
Wow, Aquamarine! You’re popular! Go into that idle Morgue and start reading the OT 3 story. That should be fun.
Yes, very.popular. Forget Prom Queen, I was Miss Hydrogen Volcano back in the day. Way back. Xenu had this thing for me. I was flattered at the time. But insofar as reading the OT 3 story, well, meh. Been there, done that. If you’ve been thrown into one volcano you’ve been thrown into a hundred. And between us blog buddies, OSD, Xenu was something of a bore. No hobbies, no interests, just volcanoes, volcanoes, 24/7. I was glad to move on from that relationship.
Yes, I believe lava between the toes is a real bitch. So Xenu was an old flame hey? Glad you moved on, cave dwellers are such a bore.
“An old flame”…good one 🙂 Yes, Xenu and I became involved for a time after I won Miss Hydrogen Volcano. He was the pageant owner That’s how we met. You think he’s boring now? When we were dating, after dinner he’d always say, “Your volcano or mine?” …oh, well, I was young and impressionable and he was InterGalactic Overlord or something but what can I say, I just didn’t feel a spark.. I’ve always wished him well. Always send him a fruitcake each Christmas. I’m sentimental.
You all are crackin’ me up this morning. Anyone going through KY, bring back some bourbon. ( You could probably get that $15 a week if you scored some “Pappy” for CoB.)
Mike, love your line, “The only clearing that is happening is clearing scientology out of the US.” now that’s a quotable quote that IS true.
What does it look like for a third season of Aftermath? Too soon to know?
Shriners Auditorium, Sat Dec 16th, 1pm to 5pm IAS field and Mission building immediately followed by the “Congress” 5:30pm open doors and the All nighter Donations Frenzy.
2 days left before the Piranhas feeding.
Anyone going to attend the event on the outside?
New Haven IAS! This I gotta see…
Surprised to see that my home town of New Haven made the funnies today. I gather it’s still breathing, but barely. The had a “flap” a couple years ago with the city building inspectors. I’m half-tempted to drive down there for the event and stand in front with a “Scientology Kills” poster. Maybe I can round up a few Yale students.
It‘s not German on that human rights flyer, but Danish – I think…. 😉
Justice? Is that piece something put out by IJC? Surely no one would take the invitation since the outcome would be more injustice anyway. Maybe the Garcia’s should call the number that is listed there. 🙂
Up the Creek. That ad was issued by Joey Percival who for decades was just the bookstore officer there. And for all that time he was the one who arranged the music and acting elements of graduation and other ceremonies. Amazingly he was promoted to head up OSA when for some reason the girl who’d done that job for a couple decades vanished.
“Festival of Light”…
Eh, isn’t Hanukkah known as the Festival of Lights (plural)? There’s more than just one light there.
Oh my goodness, this is an excellent point! I’ve celebrated it my whole life and have never, ever heard it referred to as the Festival of Light. It is absolutely only ever called the Festival of Lights. The fact that there are 8 is kind of the whole point…
Maybe they are ‘dumb like a fox’ as my hubby often says. Perhaps they are avoiding backlash from the Jewish community by purposely mis-naming the event? Just a thought.
“At a congress you will find out the reality of how many [few] we are.”
El Con Tubbolard
Have you ever been falsely accused or had an injustice. I wonder what people that got put in the hole would say to this?
What would they say? GET ME THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!
Sounds like someone is trying to ‘recover’ all those who didn’t kiss Miscavage’s ass. I take it as a sign of the Clampocolypse. When you can’t get new meat, bring back the old meat. I bet this ‘campaign’ goes no where fast.
Anyone who has been gone for enough time has already seen the scam for what it is. All they can do is dangle a carrot of reuniting with disconnected loved ones. That is a big carrot.
I was just thinking the same thing, zemoo.
Desperate! They’re desperate!
“Give us your poor, your tired, your bankrupt, your ARC broken Scientologists, yearning to breathe free whilst donating once more to the IAS….the wretched refuse from the teeming shores of Dog PCs and MU-riddled former students suffering a vast panorama of mental effects…”
With apologies to Emma Lazarus, OC, would this be your “Bright Idea” to fill up OC Org? You’re dispensing Justice, now?
You’re a haven of refuge for abused, betrayed, ex-koolaid drinkers now?
So they can have a fresh start, a 2nd chance to travel the Bridge To Total Serfdom, is that it?
Honestly, I’m impressed. Someone is really thinking outside the box in that org of yours, OC!!!!!
Here’s an idea: to really make an impact on your undoubtedly vast ARC broken field, you could place the Statue of Liberty on your promo, but, instead of a torch, photo-shop an E-meter into her right hand. Whattya think?
Now, I’m just throwing ideas out there but you know, the wrong thing to do is nothing! Cheers!
Bravo!
“Exciting news about SMP” says the first flyer. I seem to remember there was something called SMP a year or two ago. Not sure what happened to that. Might the ‘exciting news’ be that they are going to try and re-boot it?
They’re all confused at SuMP. They know they should be doing something, but, they don’t know what it is. This will probably continue for many years to come.
Maybe they’re all busy making a series about CF, all three of them. That seems to be the thing that gets the most amount of internal attention in Scientology when the money flows slow down. It is without doubt the only thing that a real Scientologist is worthy on being educated to do when the handing over of money to Scientology falters.
Filing at Central Files, now we really talking about Scienological abilities applied! Many are chosen, but so few know the alphabet well enough without requiring a Student Hat retread.
ROTFFlMAO!!! Bravo! Now that’s some funny shit! Still laughing…
I don’t understand why SUMP just doesn’t start putting out re-runs of every Miscavige Int Event and Ideal Morgue ribbon cutting since 1986, (Carefully editing out Mike, Marty and Heber, of course).
Look,they could do it. Seriously. Miscavige could Command Intention mandatory viewing of these on SUMP by all Scientologists, in particular OTC members.
A grand announcement could be made stating MUs On the Int Events to be the Real Why for lack of Bridge progress, lack of Saint Hill sized orgs, etc. DM could dig up some Lost Tech from LRH or something could be produced to substantiate that mandatory regular re viewing of all Int Events has made Planetary Clearing Is A Reality. Forget being on course or holding the cans, all the Sheeple need do is watch television. Should go over well.
Or they could play cartoons.
Yawn, I like your first idea better. Continuous, non stop filing in Central Files. 24/7/365. All staff, all orgs, all the time. Scientology’s version of CNN. OMG I think the counterman slipped me caf instead of decaf again this morning, I am so wide awake.