1000 Basics Completions…
10 years later and they still don’t have 1,000 people done on the Basics? There are more than 1,000 staff in LA??
And NOW she is equipped for eternity? Guess those OT levels were sort of a waste of money if you can get this from reading books.
Don’t miss the mega announcement
Don’t spill the beans — it’s all about getting your money.
We have an army fighting the battle
Sounds inspiring, until you realize the “army” is 5 people and the battle is against every reactive mind on earth.
Wow, 13 people started a course!
Give them a sword (?)
Come join us…
We don’t know where, but be there!
Forget all the others – Pinocchio is your spirit animal.
Party like it’s 1564?
But wait a second. Denver org is dead. Why are they worrying about St. Louis?
The next great civilization on this planet?
Well, that prediction doesn’t seem to be coming true. And certainly nothing is being done by Scientology which has all but vanished from the entire continent of Africa.
Ideal magic?
Disappearing wallets. Credit cards run without anyone touching them. Bank accounts emptied…
What could be more ideal than that?
17 years later?
You mean 17 years after Julie Christofferson won a massive jury award against scientology? Isn’t it funny how massive losses are recast as big wins?
Weighed down like an anchor
Yeah, this PR Convention is a big hit. They sailed to Colombia to hold it just in time for a massive PR catastrophe of their own making….
Another one of those huge “ideal” orgs
You know this is ALL the people on staff involved in delivering auditing right?
For 8 million people in London. Not even a flea on the leg of an elephant.
Via Skype
OMG, this is a “can’t miss” event if ever there was one. Sit and watch Raffy talk to you on a computer about his amazing accomplishments.
You know his best advice is to marry someone with a rich mother…
Apparently he is going to be in person in Pasadena…
Isn’t that special? There must be more prospects in Pasadena. I know the traffic can be bad, but really it’s only about an hour drive from Orange County.
Another Stolen Valor event perhaps?
Limited seating by invitation only?
So, I guess this ISN’T an invitation?
It’s dark
Everything about Sydney Org is gloomy.
Why we donated?
Apparently they have no reason at all…
Oops.
Does anyone ever report them for using copyrighted stuff like Disney characters, Marvel characters? Those folks protect their rights, and there’s some use of them in almost every Thursday Funnies.
What is the description of The Basics Course? It seems that it entails buying and reading all of the scn and dn books and listening to some taped lectures. If that’s what it is, what a roadblock to sitting your ass in a chair and giving or receiving auditing. Who needs a degree in Hubbardology to start auditing?
“Pinocchio is your spirit animal” – Are any of the BTs spirit animals or are they all humanoids or whatever? I’m confused.
Somewhere in the scripture I think it’s mentioned that thetans sometimes inhabit doll bodies. They require less maintenance.
‘Pinocchio is your spirit animal’
Iced tea with lemon hurts out of your nose….
First flyer: I’ve completed the basics and I don’t understand life, I’m certain that if I’d done them a dozen times I still wouldn’t understand life, just like so much of scientology this is a completely false claim.
Last flyer: Why we donated? Doubtless they went along to an event, got cornered by two or three over bearing regges who went at them for several hours until they relented and paid up.
Mike and Leah,
Best wishes at the Emmys.
The “Creative Arts” Emmy’s were last week. The Academy gave the Emmy to every category Anthony Bourdain’s show was nominated in, including ours. It was an easy vote for everyone to check the box when they saw his name.
Thanks,
Now I won’t have to watch on Sunday!
Sorry Leah got bumped.
A meaningless sympathy vote. If he hadn’t committed suicide, his wouldn’t have gotten it. He was a troubled soul, may he rest in peace. That said, I really didn’t care for this show; thought it was very self-indulgent. You and Leah, on the other hand, put a lot of hard and somewhat dangerous work in; you should have gotten it again.
Just thinking how this spider web called scientology, the offspring/offshoots that appear to be legitimate businesses (and they may be legally) are not going to able to hide their roots because of the full spectrum view that The Aftermath has been able to expose.
Good grief, it seems anyone who touches their web, be it those who were inside, or those on the outside who dared to expose them, all seem to get a version of being fair gamed. The ones who are inside get it 24/7 365, irregardless of their age or position, in one form or another. The ones on the outside who challenge “it” get slammed with it, be it former members or just someone who delves into, and exposes, just what this cult is all about.
It’s not like there’s no warning out there, and a warning to anyone who does business with these offshoot businesses need to know they are, bottom line, helping to fund this abusive cult.
Just my personal opinion, but the main things that are going to outrage the wog world are child abuse, fair gaming, and disconnection. Not to say that they wouldn’t care about the other macabre, hideous actions of this cult.
Don’t feel sorry for the Johannesburg couple. They have happily donated to 3 empty ideal Orgs all within 50kms of each other and helped buy a Castle On A Hill – literally! Still they keep giving. South Africa is in full economic recession and corruption has caused a melt down in services and infrastructure that impacts every level of day to day living for all South Africans but especially the poor, dispossessed and uneducated. 26 million people are unemployed with no social assistance. This dozy pair are doing just fine … with honours
I definitely don’t feel sad for this Johannesburg couple. I don’t feel sad for any of the stupid still-innies who keep allowing themselves to be scammed.
I do feel sad though.
That money that could be doing so much good in the world is being utterly wasted, totally just thrown away, is sad, I think, not for their sake, but for those who could be benefitting in a lasting way from this money. Sad.
I’ll add that for the same reason I’m sad AND angry about the money I gave to the Idle M’orgs and the IAS. If it had done anyone some actual good, I wouldn’t mind. The total was not an insignificant sum to me,. But although I could certainly use that money today, I don’t really don’t need it. The point was – is – that I just threw it away. It could have done good, It didn’t. It helped NO ONE. Fucking cult.
Mother Hubbard, I knew it was bad in Johannesburg, but had no idea it was this bad. That money donated by those brainwashed whales could have helped feed a lot of poor. No public assistance for 26 million people. Wow.
I hate to admit it but some of this stuff is just pretty funny – until…. This cruel cult is happening to real people who are missing the good things in life. Every little thing we wogs and now exes that make life wonderful are denied to them. I don’t know how to help anyone free themselves. And they have to make that decision. So many have left and then enticed back in. I’m so grateful to Mike who has the verbal skills and knowledge to call them out on this crap. I would never have believed this was happening. So sorry.
Could it be that John and Tracey Gething haven’t realized that they “donated” yet?
Since this is Thursday Funnies I’ll take the liberty of posting a funny which I think kind of relates to scn. This is “The Story of The Three Frogs” from Kahlil Gibran’s short book called “The Prophet”. This is from memory so it will be a bit off but you’ll get the idea.
Three frogs were resting on a log on a river bank when the log suddenly broke loose and began floating down the river. This was quite an experience for the frogs since never before had they been sailing. The first frog noticed the trees passing by on the river bank and said. “Look! The log is moving.” The second frog then said, “No. The log is still. It must be the river and the trees which are moving.” Thus began a heated debate. The third frog thought it over and interrupted saying, “You are both correct. The log and the river are both moving which makes it seem that the trees are moving.”
The first two frogs still continued their heated debate, each defending his position. Then suddenly they ganged up on the third frog and pushed him off the log into the river.
Hi Richard,
Did the third frog survive?
Hi George – That’s where the story or parable ended. Presumably he swam back to shore and his deduction that the river was moving was confirmed while his companions on the log continued to squabble as they sailed off to who knows where.
I’m not well read as far as the classics are concerned but when someone on a blog referenced a quote from “The Prophet” it got me interested. I went to Amazon and read the “Look Inside” feature and then went to the library and checked out the book. It was an interesting and enjoyable read.
“Why we donated?”
The Gethings reply:
“Do you really need to ask that question?
Why the fuck do you THINK we donated, imbecile?
Maybe because…we could use a full night’s sleep?
Or, hmmm, let’s see: so each of us don’t have to take 10 calls a day and double that on Sunday?
How about simply knowing that, for at least a short time, we’re going to be enjoying the albeit temporary peace of mind of being left totally the fuck alone?
Do any of these reasons work for you?
Because there’s no wrong answer in this multiple choice!
Are we done now?
Much Love,
The Gethings.
Great reasoning Aquamarine. What would happen if they just blocked their number? Would they then have people knocking on their door at all hours? Or could it be, as TomUfer said, it was a surprise to them and they just found out that they donated 🙂
Thanks, Peggy.
Sequential answers to your questions as follows:
Blocking their number would be an exercise in futility. A better way would be to get a cell phone that would be used ONLY for calls and texts to and from the cult. Then don’t answer it, just let it go to voice mail. Or selectively answer it. That’s what I did for 10 years. I had 2 phones; one was the one I used for personal and business, the other was ONLY for cult communications.. I’d keep it on me and it rang constantly and I’d let voice mail pick up. Every few days I’d return a call so they wouldn’t catch on. It was worth the $50 a month for the peace of mind I got!
Yes.
Unlikely because the donation amount is extremely high. That said, I’d wouldn’t rule it out as a possibility!
Thank you Aquamarine. That puts this into perspective as only someone who has lived though it could.
The hypocrisy of scientology…I suppose the words are it just knows no bounds. I may have stated this before, but a $1 donation to a food pantry does more to feed people than a donation of any amount made to scientology. I really hope that at some point in time this fact gets through to their donors.
Been wanting to ask also just what does straight up and vertical mean? Isn’t that sort of redundant? I’m hoping they go straight down and vertical, then horizontal, very much like flat lining.
The Disney stuff there the cult appropriated without permission has the correct Piniocchio shot though with that long nose of lying so fitting to the criminal cult. Poor Jiminy, I hope he can talk “Pinoke” into leaving $cientology’s Displeasure Island before he turns into a total brainwashed jackass.
“Credit cards run without anyone touching them.”
Yes, I have seen that bit of cult magic performed on my credit cards!
“COME JOIN US…We don’t know where, but be there.” 🙂
Mike, your snark is out of the park 🙂
Here’s my take on this week’s Thursday Funnies:
A BRIEFING ON FREEDOM
It had better not be that damn “The War Is Over” video! I am not sitting through another showing of the Scientology version of a Nurnberg rally!
WHY WE DONATED
Well, the answer there is apparent: status! These people just need their egos inflated and are willing to hand over money to do it.
WHY I JOINED STAFF
Easy. Because some PPO sat her down and fed her a line of shit about how clearing the planet and ushering in a new civilization were more important than her current job at the car rental place where she was making good money. Before she knew it, she was signing a staff contract.
And still nothing out of Nashville! Either they’re still in a dither over Marc Vallieres or Div 2 needs to get it in gear.
Hi Rinder Man!
I was sad to see nothing about Michael Chan today. I saw the word “Snowflake” and thought it might be a reference to the extremely delicate supreme OT, but then I read the fine print.
MC is likely off somewhere sobbing in a corner, licking his wounds from all the terrible Wogs out there. Those lesser subhumans should leave a superior speciman like him alone!
Oh my goodness, what a smörgåsbord of psychosis this week. And all doing the same thing over and over and over, expecting humanity to suddenly wake up, see the error of their ways and agree with Scientology. Self determinism, slave style!
I will give Hubbard one aspect about the “Basics” though, now the longest course in Psychology since the BC’s funeral – he said not to. That is MIscavology’s brain child. On the other hand the Basics killed off the rest of Scientology quicker than the plague, so it’s a win win situation.
The night time theme now prevalent in Sydney’s Org staff promotion is pretty apt, vampires only come out at night don’t they?
“Pinocchio is your spirit animal”…That made me laugh out loud.
Africa Ideal:
Seeing the words “thrust” and “L. Ron Hubbard” so closely juxtaposed made me a li’l queasy.
Anchor Points:
I swear at first I thought that was some weird toilet-paper holder in a wall. (Empty, of course.)
Sydney Promo:
Another person who looks fake…like one of those video game characters.
Why We Donated:
Poor fella looks too old to remember why he donated, but he’s probably only about 35.
I read the funnies every week but this is one week i quit smiling. This is for DM, OSA, and any other scientolgy spy reading this. To besmirch every soldier, police, or fire fighter who gave the “ULTIMATE SACRIFICE” by regging at an event is pure evil. If you really did care you would go to the Vietnam Wall, Tomb of Unknown Soldier, any war memorial, or even the 911 memorial. These heroes paid the ultimate price, so you have tbe constitutional right to ruin people for your cult, because or this sacrifice. It is beyond pure evil that you take advantage the way you do.
And now they’re on the way to South Carolina with Way to happiness pamphlets to take advantage of that situation as well. So sickening. Photo op for them. They don’t care and don’t help anyone. Truly evil.
We’ll sick the southern baptists on them. News at 11, religious conflict in disaster area.
Bethel Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Shelby, North Carolina are ready to go! Bring on them WTH hordes!
Yes, makes the lowest of low insults doesn’t it? If it wasn’t for those brave souls who without hesitation put themselves in harm’s way for our safety and security we wouldn’t have anything but barbed wire and cemeteries.
Just wait until Hurricane Florence is over! The bigger the disaster the more money the “Volunteer Ministers” will need so they can show up to take some good PR pics with confused first responders and hand out WTH booklets.
Truer words were never spoken. Thank you for your post, David.
17 years, and I still tear up watching the fathers, brothers, son’s, wives, and daughters heading to their deaths on 9/11. A great tribute to our fallen heroes. Thank you David.
I love the Thursday Funnies:
“Don’t miss the mega announcement
Don’t spill the beans — it’s all about getting your money.”
Not a word of this will come from me! Mum’s the word.
“Come join us…
We don’t know where, but be there!
Forget all the others – Pinocchio is your spirit animal.”
I will ask my spirit guide – I do have a little Shawnee in me 🙂
“Via Skype
OMG, this is a “can’t miss” event if ever there was one. Sit and watch Raffy talk to you on a computer about his amazing accomplishments.
You know his best advice is to marry someone with a rich mother”
LOL! I had no idea that my ex must have known this dude. Hey, good riddance I say.
Disney does not take their copyright lightly and I don’t think they would like to be affiliated with Co$. Maybe someone should report it to them, maybe some already did?
It’s not much but even the little pokes can hurt after a while.
I’m right with you, Susie-Q. I hope they get busted. The Dwarf thinks he’s god.
“A&E Networks (branded as A+E Networks) is a US media company that owns a group of television channels available via cable & satellite in the U.S. and abroad. … The company is a joint venture with Hearst Communications and Disney–ABC Television Group, a unit of The Walt Disney Company.”
Isn’t CO$ trying to get Disney to fire Mike Rinder from A&E/Aftermath? Why would CO$ want to be affiliated with Disney is the real question.
A&E Networks (branded as A+E Networks) is a US media company that owns a group of television channels available via cable & satellite in the U.S. and abroad. … The company is a joint venture with Hearst Communications and Disney–ABC Television Group, a unit of The Walt Disney Company.
Isn’t CO$ trying to get Mike Rinder fired from A&E/Aftermath? Why would CO$ want to be affiliated with Disney is the real question.
“They’ve help you through thick and thin.” I’m leaning towards thin.
Me too, but can I still have chocolate?
They. ” helped me through thick and thin.”
After I lost 60 lbs from AIDS wasting , they told my wife to put me in a hospice to die.
Except when they helped themselves to a nice thick wad of your cash.
Yeah, they make your thick wallet go on a very rapid diet. I wonder if that means they commit reggeecide?
Why I really donated.
EXTORTION
I was ganged up against at Flag
Away from my family
Alone and vulnerable
Where mind control tactics to fleece members dry
Are used daily
Flag –
The Mecca of Extortion
once you check in – you can’t check out
Wogs call it EXTORTION
Scientologists call it SOP
I was routed to the MAA where a previous transgression scab was picked open
And salt poured in
This made me emote below 2.0 on the Tone Scale
I was told no case on post by MAA
She was a bitch
This transgression was already handled years earlier
But the MAA at Flag, Tamara said it was not handled at FLAG
So it did not count
She picked open this cleaned up transgression and opened up the scab because they were unable to find any more overts
By the way, We all paid Scientology for forgiveness of transgressions – not anyone We actually do harm to-
Like our family for financially ruining them due to extortion cycles and crush rigging cycles within Scientology
(Didn’t ole Tubby talk about the Catholic Church doing this and that he promised Scientology is different – it is ethical)
What a joke
The MAA and then several Sea Org Staff
who were not allowed to sleep until they drained me dry
Worked me over until I caved in
I went clearly broke at Flag
The Mecca of Extortion
Oh My God! Do I ever know what you mean and what you went through. I experienced the same extortion.
So sorry this happened to you ,and happy that you got out. I wish you nothing but good things from now on 🙂
So Denver is supposed to be in alliance with St. Louis, which is apparently a real basket case?
My impression of Denver is that was sort of an average or possibly even a bit better than average org, and it went “ideal” quite a few years ago after apparently managing to raise all the funds on its own. But it seems as if they have become more of a struggling org themselves – maybe that’s now typical, or even “average” – though perhaps they still have some “whales” left to donate money.
Can they repair my brain damage? I don’t think so.
Well, I’d rather have a bottle in front of me rather than frontal lobotomy.
Thank you Mike, your comments sure make this a Thursday Funnies.
Have a good day.
Why did Pendry do the ‘Cause Resurgence Rundown’ 4 times? Did he re-surge his cause all over the place 3 time? Poor Gavin Potter, now he has to share billing and the commission with Pendry.
Either he failed to resurge or he failed his ethics and had to buy something. Maybe he likes running… It does say he was doing x and y while while running…
Apparently Mt Pendery is a jogging enthusiast. Also he’s probably a bit of a sadist as is anyone who shows up at Flag (the friendliest place on Earth) more than once. Anyone who has been there knows they are in for a good fucking over on the way out. In scientology it’s called a routing form.
🙂 Good one, Ms. B.
Regarding the ‘Change Your Game’ seminar at the Orange County Ideal Org with Rafferty Pendery, I have a SPOILER ALERT (for the doubters, side liners, fence sitters, under the radars, PTS culties, out-KSW dilettantes and OSA net nannies reading this blog).
Orange County Org (pre-Ideal but St. Hill sized back then) was where I went to my last cult seminar. It was about the fundamentals of money and how to make more money. I fell for it, once again, but it was probably the thing that pushed me over the edge and out the door. FINALLY. I’m a slow learner. The gist of the young sea orger’s presentation on how to acquire more money, just like Mr. Pendery’s “the exact laws governing the creation of prosperity”, was as follows. Borrow the money!!! That’s it!!! I’m not shitting you!!! That was ALL the presenter had to offer. This “vital data on money” was based on her ‘cognition’ that, as a youth, she could get more money by just “borrowing” it from daddy. I say “borrow” because she had the gall to admit that she had no intention of paying it back. All of the money she “borrowed” was given to the cult and she felt this was justified because she would inherit it in the future anyway. She needed the money NOW (translate: Thursday before 2:00) to help her get up the ‘bridge’ and otherwise save the planet as a result of the training she would buy. Of course the seminar was followed by some serious regging. As with all of these events, briefings, “free” meals or costume parties they are just regging events. Or recruiting events. Or both. Both is better for big stats like at 2:00 today.
As a footnote, this is nothing new. My experience was about 3 decades ago. In scientology nothing changes, it’s all about the money and only about the money.
Thank you for this intel, Ms. B, the facts and the laughs. (“Borrow it”) Talk about a bright idea! Who woulda thunk? 🙂
The London Org people all look very youthful. Second or third gens? Or imports from Eastern Europe? Usually these days there are more careworn, older faces to be seen.
All Idle Morgues have many old faces.
I truly hope only scions get these promos, because their message comes across differently outside of their bubble. IE: The celeb center LA got my attention with their SNOWFLAKE play. I guess that they did not google the urban dictionary definition:
TOP DEFINITION
Snowflake
A term for someone that thinks they are unique and special, but really are not. It gained popularity after the movie “Fight Club” from the quote “You are not special. You’re not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else.”
The movie was made in 1999, so the celeb center LA has a bit of traveling to do to ‘come up to present time’.
Mr. Rinder, it must feel like at times you are a survivor of … brain cancer … having escaped from this sick and diseased cult.
What your doing now seems like a form of public therapy to cope with the aftermath of having your mind stolen along with decades of your life.
I’m sure all the time you spent trapped at that Gold Base! locked up in that RPR building w others must eat at you now, knowing how it was David Miscavige himself who put you there — and you went along with it because your mind was in Scientology shackles — and how he was living life like a king with
??? endless money ???
to fuel doing anything his little heart desired while you suffered so badly for so long.
Personally I don’t think I would be as “nice” as you have been. ?
Mike,
How can we turn COS in to Disney for the unauthorized usage of their characters ?
What is the URL that the “Fairy Tale Affair” originated from ?
Thanks,
Dave F.
Dave F, go out and rip them a new asshole! If you need some help, I’ll be there.
Oh My God! I’ve gotten so far away from this mindset that I can’t read ANY of these and understand what the appeal would be in going/attending. This is a boring, stupid “religion.”
Mary Kahn, the ONLY appeal to go to these events is to be able to tell the MAA that you are a “participating Scn” which is one of the qualificaitons to getting onto and staying on your OT Levels. Now they make you have a ticket to get in and they register WHO has which ticket, so they track who goes to these events and who doesn’t. And if you don’t show, you can expect to have to answer for that at your next 6 month check at Flag. And if they don’t think you’re participating enough, they put you in a room and make you watch many back to back events, all about 3 hrs each. Oh and on top of that they may make you do conditions on it.
Do you happen to know how current your information is? I find it so hard to believe that members and those on OT VII are still being treated like this with the mass exodus going on and with the desire to have people on OT VII. But I found it hard to believe the shit that was going on that lost members when I was in.
Mary, haven’t been on lines since 2012, so that is how current my info is. One friend on OT VII had to get off the overt of not going to events, not wanting to go to events, so they put her in a room and made her watch three long DM events. Ugh. And I was on the level and was told that I wasn’t attending enough events. I asked how they knew this and they said now the tickets are numbered and each number corresponds with a name because when they deliver your tickets to you, you sign for them. (They actually hound you and deliver the tickets to your door.) And they won’t let you into the event without a ticket. It is a way to only let in “the faithful” and not any SP’s or infiltrators. But it is also a way to see who is attending and who isn’t. They know when you are naughty or nice, just like Santa only much darker.
Wow. Thanks for the update. Gawd who in their right mind wants to be hounded like this.
The guy that donated does not look happy to me.
I feel so sorry for them.
No thanks, Denver. I’ll go to a Renaissance Faire for the 1564 experience. I know I’ll be blowing a few hundred on admission, games, rides and over-priced food. But they’ll let me leave when I want, and there won’t be a Reg in sight!
Ssy, Rick, isn’t North Carolina’s Renaissance Fair coming up soon? Is that the one you’re going to?
He might be, but he won’t be the only one. It would be quite a spectacle to have an OSA member killed in self defense. That’s a good way to entangle the church in a federal investigation, or another investigation 😉 But not to worry, my fellow keyboard warrior. Your pathetic and weak mind will stay planted right in front of your keyboard making idle threats because you know you’re already being watched. Don’t you? I dare you to make a move. I guarantee it will be your last.
Seriously, how funny is it that some OSA-related creep would make that comment to my comment? It just shows how champions like Mike Rinder have this pathetic cult shaken to the core!
First of all,Rick, if he means me, then he’s got the wrong person as I am not OSA. Second, I was wondering if you were going to the NC Renaissance Fair as you said in an earlier comment that you live in Charlotte and I am just west of you in Shelby. By the way, how badly were you affected by Hurricane Florence?
Renaissance food. Europeans ate strange things back then. Pass.
That last one is the saddest one of all. Is that woman with her father or husband because he looks old and unwell. I am sure they could use that money that they donated but the scam is real and people fall for the empty promises.
You know, I thought the same thing. I was with a friend today and her husband came in – he’s battling end stage cancer and that guy looked too much as he did a year ago. 🙁 I hope they managed to hold back some money from the $cion vultures and that they have health insurance.
She’s probably his much richer second or third wife.