Yesterday I didn’t have time to put together the full edition of Thursday Funnies, so here they are today.
CFL
No comment needed…. Batshit craziness to start things off on the right foot.
More Games
Wow – its something NEW.
Give us your money.
That is every “game” in scientology.
Valley Running Amok
They pour out a continuous stream of dreck.
Wonder what happened to the “hard hats” and the “Infinity Club”?
Just lifting off “to ideal” now after 10 years of fundraising?
A Guest Management Speaker
Why no name?
Either Brandy Harrison or Quinn the Eskimo announcing “Give us your money.” Wouldn’t want to miss that.
Wonder what Phase I was?
The next evolution? Let me guess.
Give us your money.
Graduation
Epic! It’s apple crumble…
Graduation II
Not to be outdone by apple crumble, they have the “brilliant Michael Duff.”
Greg Huges
Former Gold SO Member and son of Greg Hughes, also former SO Member, WDC WISE and founder of Sterling Mgt. Greg Jnr was in the SO for most of his life. Now he is completing the Purif.
They don’t seem to have the golden age of spelling in Pasadena though. His name only has 6 letters…
Good News
Wonder what “strategic ideal org openings” he has been to lately? Or “Ideal Continental Narconon” openings?
The one thing we DO know is that the massive and powerful new dissemination campaign that is reaching millions consists of… It’s 3 letters, not including an I, an A or an S.
But anyway — Give us your money.
Champions
If that incredibly sad shot of Albuquerque are the champions, start tossing the dirt on top of the coffin…
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Oh, they’re ALL winners now.
Members Ball
Another opportunity to Give us your money….
STL Imagination Series
Begin by imagining you have an org.
And then, Give us your money.
Advice on Families
No thanks.
Now if this was a seminar on how to destroy families, maybe…
CHILL E.B.
Check out that jacket….
This is the guy that is hedgy about being a scientologist?
More CF
How enticing…
They need “hundreds” of helpers. How is this possible in Mighty Miami, Ron’s org? The home of standard admin?
Get ’em when they’re young
Literally.
More food
A “training banquet”? Are they going to make clay demos of food items?
“Secret Artists” Convention
Either they are afraid to have their name associated with scientology, or afraid that nobody is going to know who they are….
Maybe LD Sledge is going to pitch everyone on his cure for cancer?
PR Convention
I know someone that REALLY should attend this.
Hey, how come Karla Jo and Guillermo aren’t talking to the media and going on camera?
Who is the lucky bride number 6 KA drinker?
The Sledgehammer just married bride #6. Cof$ people are his only public for his books. He shoulda turned to acting after he was disbarred. Narcissist extraordinaire!
If one reads all the way to the footnotes in the 2003 Louisiana bar disciplinary decision that disbarred L.D. Sledge, one comes upon this interesting tidbit. Part of his downfall was being absent from the office for months at a time during the late 1990s, leaving his non-attorney staff to do everything (i.e, unsupervised practice of law), and HERE’S the reason why:
“During this time, respondent attended Church of Scientology retreats in Florida and authored a novel, which was published in late 1998. The exact amount of time respondent was away from the office is disputed. There is testimony in the record indicating respondent was out of the office for six months in 1996, six months in 1997, and three months in 1998. In contrast, respondent testified that he was absent in 1996 anywhere from one to three months, in 1997 for one to two months and in 1998 for six weeks. It is undisputed respondent would often periodically come into the office for a few days after being gone for several weeks so as to handle pending matters.”
In other words, Brother Sledge seems very likely to have become enmeshed in those very prolonged Bridge and auditing and sec checking procedures at Flag, of which one has read so often, and to have been stuck in Clearwater while his staff was handling his entire caseload back in Louisiana. Chalk up another blown career to the CoS.
David Miscavige: the new Rodney Dangerfield of religious leaders.
Miscavige has ALWAYS been a primo genius in coming up with new scams to muscle the marks out of their dough … but I wonder if he REALLY got the idea that EVERYTHING is about moolah after watching Cuba in Jerry Maquire … y’all know the line of course.
Cedar Weakland? When I was a kid, we had REAL freakin’ names fercryinoutloud … Jimmy Schlolomovitz … Bobby Pascatuglia … Willie Mays Wong … AMERICAN names … Cedar Weakland?
You know, I had about 15 different “BULLSHIT!” comments come to my mind as I read all that crap. What finally occurred to me was that since the last time I “donated” money to that filthy organization maybe, what, 10 years ago?- I’ve been applying some _real_ finance policy to my life.
It occurred to me that if my old reg found out that today, after a lot of work and careful planning, I could write that bitch/prick a check for 6 figures, and not go into debt, and in fact not have it even affect my life much, he/she would piss his/her pants and send a dozen SO cocksucking pieces of shit over here to drain every penny I’ve managed to put aside for my life, to put into that piece of shit Miscavige’s Scotch Fund. With some real “FP” I’ve managed to put aside some dough for fun, and for my old age.
I have no debt. I’m telling you, walking down the street with serious cash in the bank and owing nobody nothin’ feels pretty damn good. For the price of a shitty IAS trophy, I have some fabulous options. It took some work, but all I had to do was to stop giving anything to that rotted “church.” I’m just lucky I got out during my earning years.
But what I’ve put aside is peanuts, if you ask some fucking reg. Maybe I could be a Patronious Bullshittus! Boy, how good would I feel!!?? Not as good as I would feel on a First Class flight to, say, Rome, or Munich, or New York City, to spend a week or a month or a year soaking up the culture and art and music. And still having a secure retirement.
But Fuck You, Scientology, and Eat Shit, Miscavige. You’re not seeing, ahem, “One Thin Dime” of my little fund. It’s peanuts to you, but priceless to me.
Maybe I’ll take a trip to London next year. Or buy myself a camping trip to Monument Valley. Beignets in Paris?? Oh, the possibilities! Or, gee, I could become a “Civilization Builder” and get a little piece of paper!
Gawd, if only my reg knew! Ha ha ha.
Hi Gus, I loved your post! If my old SO mates & in particular recognition some GOI agents of long ago,could see me & my life now,they would lose their temper @ me all over again! Thank you. In Truth & take care.Ann B Watson.
Mike, you rocked on Fox!
Hahaha – the church of Scientology putting on a PR convention. That’s too funny.
Re: Purification Rundown Completion—Gregory ug es
In my work I ave ad extreme exposure to very toxic c emicals t at ave accumulated in my body, I didn’t realize ow muc t is or ot er substances t at I ave been exposed to in t e course of living as affected my body.
I feel really fres and able to move forward and it feels great!
T ank you to LR !
Now is t e time to start. For a new world. A new life. A new you! You can make it. I’ve paved t e way. For You.—LR
Contact t e Registrar at Pasadena Org.
The more I think about that Letterman skit, the more I believe that he basically declared open season on scientology inc. its supporters and it’s apologists.
Probably tried to get Travolta or Cruise on and was either politely or not so politely rebuffed or ignored.
So he did his own take on the subject.
I would be very surprised if Gibney didn’t get nominated for an Oscar. I think those in Hollywood who have been suppressed into keeping their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves are really sick and tired of it. When you look at the venom spewed by miscavige it’s too easy to see who the real bigot is.
Wouldn’t it be great if the HBO doc won an academy award and when Gibney gets up to accept, he acknowledges RM by saying, “And I’d like to thank David Miscavige for his free advertising which made this a number one watched documentary.” Or he could refer to him as a supporting actor, supported by his apple box.
From today’s Hollywood Reporter:
‘The year’s most buzzed-about documentary feature, if doc series (HBO’s six-part Robert Durst exposé The Jinx), is certainly Oscar winner Alex Gibney’s Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. The dishy look inside the practices of the titular religion premiered at Sundance and is now airing on HBO. While some may feel that the film demeans a faith shared by more than a few members of the Hollywood community and therefore may shy away from it, the doc branch of the Academy, which determines the category’s Oscar nominees, may take another view of the film.’
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-going-clear-leads-host-785852
Notice how many times he repeated the name “Going Clear”: he wanted to make damned sure everyone in the audience caught it.
Mike, You were fantastic on Fox News. I’ll watch Megyan Kelly more now.
Four days ago I received an email with Spanky as subject and the link to Freedumb. Today I got one with your name. Spinnin’ their wheels eh?
Wow. Really. Me think they protest too much, me thinks.
Mike, I saw 3 segments of the Kelly Files on Fox. You did a nice job there.
I just want to know:
Why does the church still give Rick Hull a warped head photo after he has donated for gold humanitarian? And why does Chill E.B. have strange things hanging from his chin?
And why did someone photo shop Frankenstein’s hands onto Michael Duff’s arms?
And why was it that when I was on church staff as a single guy that the rest of the church staff wasn’t composed 90% of good looking women like New Mexico?
And, I see the picture of the “training lion” lying in the grass, but where the hell are the “big dogs running in the tall grass” that Tommy Davis spoke of years ago?
The big dogs are all in the pound.
So, LD Sledge practicing medicine with out a license? What else is new?
Apple Crumble?? Here’s your apple, stop grumbling. The ‘crumble’ was an M/U.
‘Proud Knowingness’??? Said the fat guy at a nude beach.
Loved the Fox interview. All the ‘talent’ in Going Clear are getting some face time on the airwaves and doing a great job of derailing that great big train on Venus.
“And we are did it for LRHs birthday” really??
I get alerts on my main frame computer.
The news was”Scientology Almost Ruined Tom Cruise”
I’m thinking WTF? Is this a late April 1 st joke ?
Like The Battleship Arizona was almost ruined on Dec.7,1941.
Reading the Book “Going Clear” has must read chapters on T.C. and COB
that is accurate ,fair and balanced information.
Is this D.M.’s strategy, Scientology almost ruined Lisa Mc Pherson ?
and many others?
Ay Carumba !!!!!!
Hi Mike! Watched you on Fox / Kelly Files — very nice!
As to the funnies …
… Why does the guy in the football outfit need glasses? Going clear solves vision problems.
… Who wrote and proofed “And we are did it for LRH’s birthday”? Another study tech fail or the result of too many near all-nighters that wipe out your cognitive functions (and critical reasoning in general)?
… Hubbard says art is a branch of philosophy? What an ignoramus. When he has free time on Target 2 he should word clear both words.
… That vertical rippling on the hull of the Freewinds is a real problem. That rust bucket is in bad shape and its blue asbestos is probably still a health, safety, and pollution hazard. (But Hubbard didn’t say blue asbestos was a problem so its not — the ship only has to worry about fiberglass. For someone who knew everything about everything, he didn’t know much at all about many things. He should have listened to himself when he said one of the barriers to learning is believing you already know it all — look in the mirror, Ron!)
… Overall impression of this set of funnies: rather than find out what is needed and wanted and deliver it (even Ron was bright enough to know that) the Vampire Cult just wants to suck the money out of everyone.
Look on the bright side. Soon they can start raising money for a new floating idle morgue.
Effective Public Relations Convention… LOL
Did I read that coming from the Cof$??? My goodness, doesn’t that just evoke all sorts of confidence in how to improve life’s conditions – just look at the wonderful state of Public Relations of the names, miscavige, Hubbard and Scientology. Google them with complete immunity of entheta, learn the secrets of true blindness and how to “turn the other cheek” even while the roof is collapsing.
The Church of $cientology – the only game in town where life is viewed with complete immunity of all consequences – go blind today… sign up and never need glasses, family or friends ever again, they guarantee it!
Want to play Navy instead? They have the answers to a billion questions on why you should. Guaranteed immunity from previous whole track – start a new one instead. Sail away to a new life, you’ll never guess just how different it really is, enjoy communal living at it’s basal best, you and your shipmates will all smell the same in no time. After they strip you of all your life’s assets, you’ll get your very own reto uniform, all of your very own! Sound good? You betcha ya!
Mike, the Megyn Kelly interviews are brilliant stuff from the both of you. She really does get it. I love the part when she outs their BS for constantly calling and berating Fox staff, while refusing to be interviewed. The continued and accelerating unraveling of Miscavige, minions and the Church is fascinating.
Yupp, as I hoped…
http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/video/9FB60766-6F1A-CA74-2AD9-7CEF34C2637D/head-of-the-church-of-scientology-jim-keyes-david-letterman/
The chill factor is off…..
Oh man so much good stuff this week!
What the hell is going on with Michael Duff in that picture? “You are in my power, you will give me all your money…”
if is painful for some of you to watch the Fox news and the Kelly Files. Think about that how it is even more painful for Co$. They won’t even send one of their reps to her show when they were invited. Megyn Kelly is not taking any prisoners with Scientology and she will call out on their bullshit. I hope that Church of Scientology is stupid enough to file a lawsuit against the Fox News. BTW, Megyn Kelly is an ex-attorney. This is a best interview that I ever seen so far. .
The CFL (Canadian Football League) is not going to be impressed.
Let’s see…I don’t know who the first Mystery Celebrity Clam is for the Artists’ Convention, but the second one, just from the description, is Jim Mescaline. That’s why they’re afraid of giving out names here. Everyone will know it’s the same old C- List actor trash that populates Scilonville these days.
Anyone got any guesses as to the first? It’s going to drive me nuts until someone figures it out…unless I start dwelling on the misspellings and bad grammar. Trust me, until I tried to figure out the Mystery Fresh Meat, I thought I’d have “And we are did it for LRH’s birthday” stuck in my brain for the rest of the day.
Oh, yeah, one more thing: When I was under the mask in front of Chicago Org chanting “Rinder blew! So can you!” back in ’08, I:
1) wasn’t sure if he’d blown or not. He disappeared from the radar, so we were reasonably sure he’d blown.
2) never imagined that seven years later, he’d have a blog where, once a week (sometimes twice), we’d get to make fun of their not-even-landfill-worthy ad bumfs.
3) see him on a major news network talking about, of all things, a documentary broadcast on a major cable network based on a best-selling book by a Pulitzer winner.
So what can seven years of hindsight teach me? That Rinder does not blow. Nor does Rinder suck. But he can white-knight like nobody’s business. Feeling the business end of that lance, Davey?
Espi did you see email I sent you this morning?
Mike: Yes, and thank you for telling me. Just a typical Bad Day Just Got Worse situation…
Espi, I know you don’t do mushy, but I am going to give you a big ole’ internet hug anyway.
((((((((big mushy hug)))))))
You know how to find me if you want to talk.
NOLA, today, I’ll accept it. It’s what he would probably have wanted me to do.
We will all miss him very much. You were a good friend to him, I know he never forgot that. I am with you in spirit Espi, cooking you Gumbo and giving you many hugs. 🙂
Since it says the person was part of “one of the top sketch comedy channels” on YouTube, perhaps it is someone who’s been involved with Scientology “comedy” troupe Laughworks?
http://tonyortega.org/2013/05/17/and-now-for-something-completely-different-scientology-stand-up/
His name is right there: “Guest Management”
The Management family isn’t very original about choosing baby names.
First…along with everybody I send my great admiration for your recent interviews!
Second…re that pathetic Albuquerque showing…I have spent some days now and then across the street from their ratty little mission. NOBODY goes in but one woman who unlocks the door, then leaves hours later. To which I say “YAY Albuquerque! You are refusing to get involved with this corrupting organization!” For that I AM proud. And they are near a University! Yay students! Study real subjects! Don’t go in!
Third…LRH’s little essay on how incredibly knowledgable he was about art, philosophy, etc…that man could NEVER write about anything without inflating his imaginary list of “researches.” I guess he was supposed to be an artist because he was wearing a beret and had churned out a quadrillion words.
Dude, check out Chill EBs teeth…nasty.
I did and you’re right!
The beads in the goatee looks stupid. Maybe it is to distract from his teeth or that vest he has on. Each donation notice makes me sad- the money these people worked hard for is gone, they will never see it again.
I guess he follows LRH? 🙂
So, the Training Banquet for a lion should be raw meat.
Seems about right.
AKA: Wog Meat…
It’s all four point oh on the tone scale with words like, “FUN” and “WINNING” and “GREAT” and GAME” and lots of exclamation points!!! But seriously, what scientologist however gung ho, is enthusiastic about the umpteenth money-wanting fundraiser? I don’t think enthusiasm describes their real emotion, instead I’m guessing their real emotion is further down on the scale in the low-rent districts of one point one.
The gleeful enthusiasm tone at an IAS event is the same tone as WW I soldiers jumping out of the trenches and running right into the face of machine gun fire. They go “Gung Ho because if they do not, they will be shot by their superior and lose their eternity.
One of the first posters (the baseball one) states the winners will get “The Proud Knowingness of Accomplishment as The Org Won”
And the one that follows says “and we are did it for LRH’s Birthday”.
The year of grammatical GAT of Perfect Flubless Communication, as Command Intention demands, has just 47X and is definitely straight up and vertical.
Wow, an Artists’ Convention on the Freewinds, no less! Isn’t it amazing that probably about 99.99% of the successful singers, musicians, dancers, painters, actors, etc. in the world managed to achieve their success without Scientology. Shit, there I go thinking again.
Hey Michael! Do you think they’ll invite us to the Slavewinds?
And, yes, you’ve got to stop thinking so much…
It’s what happens when you stop drinking the kool-aid. 😉
I went and took the Artists Convention. Didn’t get a whole lot out of it. I already know how to organize a project to get it done, so the Admin Scale was not much help. The woman who gave the Admin Scale course was so kaflumoxed that it became so complicated that the woman who was helping my little group make their admin scales said to just ignore what the teacher was saying and do it “this way.” That was pretty simple and made sense…I learned a little from that. Not worth the thousands of dollars I spent to get there and have my own room. Other than that we went and swam with turtles, took lots of photographs (I’m not a photographer and don’t really care about that) and got standard tech shit and then got FLEECED. Literally. They herded us all into the Starlight Ballroom and made a stupid goal and literally would NOT let any of us out until we donated. It was insulting. I watched a starving artist who is working waitressing job in Los Angeles load up her credit card with $5,000 because of the hype. It disgusted me. I didn’t get much out of the Artists Convention…no inspiration. No insight. Just more LRH tech.
Wow Zana. I know I was being tongue in cheek, but – and I never thought I’d say it – this is really a criminal organization. By their actions you shall know them.
The best way to be an artist is to listen to your inner voice and follow your heart.
The locking people into a room until some goal is reach is classic Scientology behavior. In the 80s, my dad was locked into the crystal ball room at flag until some number of people signed up for the sea-org. This of course was done by the finance police. Luckily, my dad just took on an attitude of you can hold me here for billion but am not signing. Of course many others got really upset.
I see Lisa Marie weighed in with a tweet after the HBO showing on Sunday.
“Sometimes… The S##t hitting the fan is a damn nice sound”
Good for her to pack up and leave. However, due to her star status, her mother didn’t have to disconnect from her. Sort of like Tom Cruise, Katie and Suri.
Maybe Priscilla is out too?
Can someone shed light on why the constant requests for filing help? Why does it seem like they are constantly being reorganized and shuffled? And aren’t these “confidential” files containing material from auditing sessions?
I believe I read that part of the ideal org program includes going through the central files and organizing each of the file’s contents in ideal format involving putting certain pages at the front in a specified order.
I’m sure no one would peek at session notes, etc for fear of seeing entheta.
I’m a never-in though , so I may not be entirely correct.
I’ll be glad to try and clarify this a bit. The central files (or CF for short) do not have anything to do with PC folders. Those are stored separately and access to them is somewhat restricted. The only connection to PC folders is that I think your central file was supposed to show your training and auditing level.
The CF is every piece of mail that they have ever sent or received from book buyers or parishioners. And I mean EVERY piece of mail, even the “Hey XXX, I see you bought a Dianetics book in 1975. What did you think about it?” kind of stuff.
The stated intent of the CF project is to get all this crap in order so they can streamline their communications and make them more accurate. For example no more getting ads for the purif when you’re OT 4 or stuff like that. Of course with all the redos going on now that point is moot…
Back when I was in I went in to my local org and helped with this for a couple of afternoons and it was just an unreal mess. I mean they literally had letters from the early 1970s! Picture an episode of Hoarders and you’ll have a good idea. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but I really believe that this whole project is just busy work to distract the rank and file from the fact that nobody new is coming in. My former org has been working on this bullshit for a good 15 years at least – I don’t think it’s designed to ever end.
Now, this might just show my families level of paranoia when it came to the church even when we were still in. But we always suspected them of sending you notes about doing the purif. or notes like “Hey, I see your on OT IV. How is that going?” when one was clearly on OT VII as a why of tricking one into writing back in-order to correct them. Other good ones included did you ever finish course x that you had finished like 5 years ago. But now looking from the outside I think that would have been too organized a strategy.
“Confidential files” Went out of vogue decades ago. The clown dwarf sits around drinking Scotch with his sycophants dissecting all the PC folders looking for sex acts they can all laugh at.
And we are did it for LRH’s birthday. I saw that in the first 2 seconds. Who writes this drivel? Have they had any food or sleep recently? I mean what are they spending their vast pay cheque on? Certainly not the Golden Age of spelling and grammar course.
I just cognited on what LRH really wants for his birthday: proofreading
Wasn’t that the PR Line used to sell the Basics?
Mike, that interview with Kelly was amazing. She really gets it. And you came off so well and your answers were so spot on that it makes the church look even crazier in comparison. Well done to you! After I pay my taxes today I’m sending you a donation. Your tireless work to shed light and see justice done should have some recompense. You are the voice of sanity and the face of truth (even if you did admit lying to Sweeney in that earlier interview when in the church under Dave’s thumb.) You came clean on it later and have more than made up any damage in my book. Thank you for all that you’re doing.
Mike, great job again last night on Megyn Kelly’s Fox program. Thank you, thank you!
Re the funnies, interesting to see that Rick Pendery has resurfaced.
BTW, here’s why LD Sledge USED to be a lawyer:
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/la-supreme-court/1194749.html
Wow. Disbarred. Permanently. And the footnotes establish the $cientology connection.
Mike, I just want to say how much I enjoyed watching you with Megyn Kelly on Fox.
I would classify it as Poise derived from really knowing what you are talking about.
Too bad Dave or his number 2, TC, refused Megyn’s invitation to join you for a spirited debate.
My favorite part about Amgen Kelly last night was het pointing out that they call and call and CALL nut when they are asked for an interview they refuse.
I thought that was great as well Valerie.
Dave is smart not to put anyone from the church in a chair in front of Megan Kelly. You only have to see the interview with Bill Ayers (founder of the Weather Underground, a militant anti-war group of the 1960’s and 1970’s) to see what she does with someone who she thinks is BSing her.
30 Seconds into an interview with Megan and she would be drilling down to the truth with questions about The Hole, Disconnection, Beatings, PC Folder abuse, Money, Lies etc….
No one from the church is ever going to take their chances with Megan in primetime.
Yup, Megan is one tough cookie that doesn’t take any BS from anyone and sees right through it.
Mike you did great and I think she really got you, the whole situation and that you weren’t BSing her.
I suspect Megan won’t let this story disappear and will revisit in the future.
Yes, Valerie, they don’t give you what you want, and give you quite a lot of what you don’t want. That’s what suppressives do.
The PR SERIES!!! Lesson 1. Never evereverevereverevereverevereverever lie in PR.
FAIL.
Dude, policy is something you use on other’s okay. You see somebody failing you bring out the PLs. But you don’t need to use them and never ever let some else bring PLs out against you. That’s how you stay in-ethics and winning on post. (Ethics being stats)
David Miscavige handbook of executive management and takeover.
Almost forgot, bring out the policies when even when their succeeding.
PS Terrific interview with Megyn, Mike. Was there actually a part 2 that was promised? I couldn’t find it at Fox.
There were two parts on 1 April (see links in yesterday’s post) and then the third segment was last night http://video.foxnews.com/v/4150743733001/mike-rinder-reflects-on-exposing-scientology-/?fb_ref=Default#sp=show-clips
Just now saw the second interview. Once again, Mike, you hit it out of the park! And I loved it when Megan Kelly said cult members called them up complaining! Whiners! All of them. Nothing but whiners…
Mike,
What a great part. You looked even more relaxed in this one.
Greta
Dearest Mike Rinder,
Thank you so much for being there and communicating!
Much love, One Point Won
The “the incredibly sad Albuquerque team except for the far left smoking hot Tech Sec”.
A few of us locally had noticed that the Albuquerque “org” had moved to a different building, just a block from the previous one – NOT their purchased Idle Morge site……I wondered why the spruce up with new snazzy sign and all. Ah yes, it’s so clear now, for the photo op of course.
Not a sad picture, though, depending on the perspective. With Goal=Gone these faithful are my favs.
I really do not mean to be insensitive but I think that’s the first time I’ve ever seen a disabled person in any Scientology PR. Can the tech not get her up and about? It worked for Ron didn’t it?
Sure would like to know what’s “special” about their commendations and trophys. And not really sure what “proud knowingness” actually is. Ego Boosts for sale! And all it takes, usually, is a cheap trophy or a printed form. Amazing!
I actually am learning compassion for these people who cannot manage to grow up and THINK rationally.
For that matter, the first add is promoting being a CFL team. Why Canadian Football League, and not NFL or even Australian?
You’re right : “Ego Boosts For Sale” – that pretty well sums up the CO$ “Award” and “Commendation” silliness…it’s all to boost people’s fragile egos as far as they can afford it….
I wouldn’t watch Fox if my life depended on. More than my life is at stake here. The lives of thousands of other poor souls whose lives are coming apart while they disconnect or get disconnected from their families.
I saw your notice in Twitter so I watched Megyn Kelly. You are such a great leader for revealing the real “church.” After so many years of working in a cult, your clarity deserves an award.
Thank you for continuing to inform the world about the ponzi scheme which punishes even those who have spent their lives and all their resources, financial and otherwise.
FOX is banned from my life. that’s another and FAR more dangerous cult that has to be taken on.
just like scientology, any sliver of good can be found elsewhere without the lies and manipulation.
FF, just to let you know, Scientology is not a ponzi scheme, nor is it a pyramid scheme. It’s not an investment operation that pays returns on supposed invested capitol.
It is a racket though. It’s a a greedy, exploitative commercial entity that charges huge fees for a bogus product. And when you combine that with slave-like labor practices, scams like the “ideal org” program that allow for endless fundraising, Scientology essentially becomes what Alex Gibney calls it in his film: a tax-free shell company.
This Letterman clip from last night should probably go in the Thursday Funnies:
http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/video/9FB60766-6F1A-CA74-2AD9-7CEF34C2637D/head-of-the-church-of-scientology-jim-keyes-david-letterman/
My impression is that Letterman asked Travolta and/or Cruise to come on the show and was rebuffed.
I think miscavige couldn’t have done a worse job of PR on this one.
That is hilarious. When the late night shows are doing skits, it is an indicator this has reached DEEP into the mainstream consciousness.
Very funny skit…. Finally Scientology’s lying PR is delivering something truthful back to society: a good honest laugh.
And, with 2.7 million viewers at Letterman, most of this public are bound to be an additional set of public being exposed to Gibney’s HBO documentary Going Clear.
This is amazing. Scientology is now Fair Game for J & D on Letterman. Live by the sword, die by the sword, and Fair Game is definitely the sword the cult has lived by – that, and suing people.
I watched your interview on Fox with Megyn Kelly and I want to congratulate you on a very well done job. Megyn is an excellent host and really knows how to do an interview. She has personality plus and you can tell that she really understands the cult and how they operate. Thanks Mike for helping to bring David Miscavige to justice.
In the church promo for Greg Hughes Jr’s talk, they bill him as “Former SO at Gold” and his father, Greg Hughes Sr, as among other things, “Ex SO also.” What a complete about face. When one leaves the SO you are either declared or are shown the reference by the MAA that everyone who leaves the SO is a DB (degraded being). So now they are touting it like it’s good to be an ex SO member. Maybe they figure that if the promote being in the SO as a good thing even if you’ve left, then it will get more to join?
Greg Hughes: “In my work I have had extreme exposure to very toxic chemicals that have accumulated in my body.”. Join the SO and you too can sleep in a garage!
Cindy, Mike wrote the part about Greggie Hughes and his father Greg being ex SO. I think the stigma towards ex SO is still being practiced. A friend of mine recently left the SO and it was all hush-hush, can’t talk about it, even though this person routed out properly.
Today, reading these, makes me sick to my stomach. It’s such BullS–T.
Great job, Mike, on The Kelley Files. I had a cousin who has never asked about scientology in the past, ask me questions and then he kept asking and asking and trying to dig deeper and deeper so he could understand what I went through, why I called it abusive and psychological torture. It’s not easy to explain in a short period of time. You are very good at doing that.
Ditto Mary
Western US Show Me the Money Campaign Prizes:
1) “Proud knowingness”
2) “Special commendation”
3) “Special inscribed trophy”
Those are the crappiest prizes I have ever heard of. I would rather have a poke in the eye. Or a rectal exam. Or a burning bag of dog poop at my front door. Anything but proud knowingness. Please!
hgc10,
Not to worry, only 2 and 1/2 percent out of every million promised “Special commendations” ever get sent to your ethics folder anyway!
Much love, One Point Won
Scientology has been selling ego from the beginning.
“And we are did it for LRH’s birthday.”
Ugh. I am go back to bed.
That are be the New Grammer for you did.
Yes, I know I probably the last person who shouldn’t be making fun of some else’s proof reading skills.
Great riposte, Sparrow. Big laugh here.
Thanks for the good laugh! 🙂
Greta
@ anonsparrow
hey man I’ve seen every one of your videos. you deserve an award or something for the dedicated years of giving them hell in DC.
for what they tried to do to you i have no sympathy for anyone involved, even if they ever get out.
they didn’t just try to get you to stop protesting, they seriously tried to destroy your life.
much respect to you.
Scientologists have such flawless command of the English Language (LOL)…Seems they don’t even run a simple grammar check before they publush….
They’ve crossed a new line by claiming to have a cure for CANCER. Cue the wrongful death suits…
Just to clarify. LD Sledge is posting personally about some business venture he is personally involved in. How strong the connections to the church are have yet to be seen. He may or may not be bring up his Panacea at the FreeWinds. Well, at least not on stage. But people will probably sue him. Meaning Bad PR. Meaning He’ll be declared soon enough. So Welcome to the club LD Sledge. Maybe you can use your skills at putting words after one another other to to entertain us in the not to distance future.
LD Sledge went from being a lawyer (see docs on that posted by one of our commenters), to hawking his ghost writing biz, to hawking kitchen gadgets, to renting a room in his house, to now selling cancer cures. All to bring in money for the church.
I wonder if Miscavige has a plan B in case the economy tanks as in 2008. Looks like he will have to redouble his efforts at squeezing even more life’s blood from his parishioners. They’ll have to start eating their clay demos instead of a daily ration of rich and beans. Judging from the above ads Miscavige has taken the word “bombastic” to unprecedented heights of incredulity.
The Scientology economy (the number of “new people in” and “new whales” and “new clelebs”) has been tanking for years. If the economy doubled in size or reduced in half, it would have little effect on the Cherch of Scientology.
Actually, HBO Plan B for Mr & Mrs Joe lunch bucket in Co$ looks like plan O for Ostridge.
In the age of AGC, the macro economy doesn’t matter anymore. The whale migration, and scattering of the lesser aquatic creatures, will be driven by the forces of absolute knowingness of DM’s perfidy.
Perfidy. I love that word. Thanks 🙂
Rick Pendery eh?…one in the same??…oh yes and that’s a blast from the not so distant past when he was submerged in the world outside of the Clearwater scientology bubble where he told stories of his disgust and hatred for david miscavige and many more anecdotes of how his work in prisons was torpedoed from within the scientology bubble by A.B.L.E. execs and spies sent to infiltrate and sabotage his work because cob thought he’d garnered too much personal credit for what he’d done in prison reform work he and his wife were exceeding at and cob wanted the glory for himself…THAT RICK PENDERY???
This cancer thing was one of the global investing plans he had and if I’d provide him with a list of all the auditors and CSes I knew outside of the bubble he could help set them up with jobs in a future sprawling resort like life on an island in the Caribbean…oh did he really think I was going to fall for that?…yes, I do think he thought I was that stupid as to fall to his feet and tremble at the idea and so would my fellow tech resources.
I never got the chance to sec check him sadly enough before he realized he was the one who had been found out.
I think it is the same one Gayle. Also the same Rick Pendry that brought Second Chance to New Mexico and created havoc with the mayor and city and ultimately losing their lease and support. See below from Wikipedia.
Second Chance’s lease was terminated by the city a few days later. Mayor Chávez said: “They simply didn’t live up to their end of the agreement”, citing Second Chance’s housing of violent inmates and the apparent attempt to cover this up.[26] He accused Second Chance of misleading city and state officials, saying: “This program has been based on misrepresentation and deceit, and, frankly, I can’t see how that would be the basis for a good recovery program.”[3] He was strongly critical of Second Chance’s attempt to “avoid our oversight, our scrutiny” and said: “It’s very evident to me that they were attempting to avoid oversight by taxpayers. This is not going to be tolerated.” The notice of termination also accused Second Chance of misusing its facility as a jail rather than as a substance abuse rehabilitation center.[27]
The program was terminated with effect from January 31, 2009, and the remaining 20 or so inmates were returned to their original jurisdictions. Second Chance made an unsuccessful last-minute appeal to legislators to save it from closure.[28] By November 2008, it had received more than $1.5 million in public funding[21] but by March 2009 it was reported to owe over $672,000 to the state, the city and the IRS in tax liens, utility bills and unpaid rent.[29]
Nice sleuthing Raindog! You rock.
Listen to Gayle, people. Then listen to me. In cases of cancer, go standard. See a doctor and follow his instructions. I speak from experience. Rachel
YES! For the love of friggin’ God, get an annual physical and PSA test or Breast Exam, and then get MEDICAL treatment if warranted. Medical science has not yet found a universal cancer cure, but the advances in the last few years nearly qualify as miraculous. If detected early, prostate and breast cancers are no longer death sentences. Go to the friggin’ doctor! They’re not out to kill you, I promise.
I think the high rate of cancer deaths among OTs has less to do with the OT levels and much more to do with the the misguided mistrust of medical science that is prevalent among Scientologists.
Annual physical – cholesterol check, PSA/Breast Exam, especially if you’re 50+ just do it.
Hi TheWidowDenk,I’m in the cancer experience club x2.With no family history @ all I got colon cancer @47 & breast cancer @ 62. In both cases early detection saved me, & I do continued moinitoring as long as I am still here.Stress from a year of GOI wanting me gone when I was in theSO,was a factor,but Rick Pendry’s viewpoint,no way would I ever take his path.In Truth & take care.Ann B Watson.
Excellent! My wishes for happy, healthy, living to you.
I agree Ann and WidowDenk. Early detection is key to surviving cancer and I would go the standard route too. My mother was recently cured of cancer and it was due to her getting her preventative check ups and early detection.
Ann, I’m happy for you that you survived cancer X2!
Hi Pepper, Thank you for your lovely wishes, you made my day! My very best & hugs to you & your Mum!I love your posts & Mike is so incredible as he keeps the arc spotlights straight @ cos,SO & what us old timers called GOI.I am finding many beautiful souls here.In love truth & spirit.Ann B Watson.
Mike Rinder – you rock!
We watched you on Fox News with Megyn Kelly and another effective blow to the cult of Scientology. You looked and sounded GREAT!
My jaw dropped when Megyn Kelly played the “Tom Cruise Crazy” video!
Megyn Kelly “gets it” and we thank you and everyone for disseminating far and wide the truth about Scientology.
We may not get our justice in the courts (for, as we are finding out, they are just as corrupt as the Church of Scientology) but lets see just how empty we can get those big new buildings!
Awesome job!
Money talks. Justice walks….away from the truth.
The rank and file scientologist will self police, and not see the Doc. in a month or so, after the hue and cry has died, it will be business as usual. That’s the beauty of the Debby Cook New Years email – it was from an OL and it resonated with those that read it. This was done by a “wog” and is inherently full of errors, and thus can be discounted.
I wish it was otherwise.
Mimsey
I think you are right mimsey, but I harken back to when I first heard that top execs had left the church. It was barely a blip on my radar screen – or so I thought. Then one day shortly after that, I experienced an “out point.” There was that blip on my radar screen and then another and another and then I was curious and then I found out by – reading, looking, talking about it, asking questions…the rest is history.
Yup, just like the Internet. Which never made any difference whatsoever. No Sir!
(waitaminute…)
It must be interesting with Megan taking the lead role at Fox while Greta Van Susteren sulks in a corner, protecting herself from one of the greatest SPs of all time!
Dave ought to talk to Greta about being the next cult spokespuppet. She could do some amends and really get some Kah-Kahns by having Tom and John on her show.
I couldn’t agree more. Mike, you are so damn good acting as the spokesperson for all of us who have left and those who are about to leave. But, I keep wondering what poor Greta is going to do. After all, she is so concerned about the abuse of human rights…Right, Greta? What you gonna do now? Disconnect from Megan and Fox news – OR – Open your eyes and actually observe what the hell is going on? The choice is Yours!
Thanks Mike!
Dave,
Do you feel a fleeting sense of relief when an apostate on the internet tries to assert that knocking you off of your perch is an obsessive waste of time and effort?
First Greta will probably inform Megyn that Mike Rinder is a liar through and through and that it was HE and MARTY blah blah. Then Megyn will give her a severe reality adjustment. One can dream.
Saw you on The Kelly Files last night. AWESOME! NICE JOB MIKE!
David Letterman’s Scientology skit inspired by the Going Clear doc.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-letterman-going-clear-sketch-786229