Another entrant in the Wacky Stakes trying to make a run at Mike "Oops" Smith, David "the Bard of the Valley" Wilson and Pat "My real name will suffice" Parody. Berndt is giving it the old college try with a mixture of crazy "False 4" euphoria and good old "Tone 40" commands. His grammar can be excused because he is not a native english speaker, but his structure leaves a little to be desired, especially when he seems to get confused about his survey and his success story in the middle there. But boy, you cannot criticize him for lack of hype. Or missing out on the opportunity to get in … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2014
NN UK Plans To Establish PR Area Control By Taking Your Money
Really? Is there NOTHING that any fundamentalist scientologist does these days that doesn't require someone "donating"? And at full price for overstocked books they cannot unload any other way. Why on earth would they be trying to "establish PR area control" by collecting donations for books to give out? The books are certainly NOT going to handle the REAL concerns that people have about Narconon (or in fact ANY drug rehab center opening in their neighborhood, traditionally about as popular with the locals as opening an oil waste treatment facility or perhaps a nuclear reactor). This must … [Read more...]
Finish GAG II St Hat Or We Will Shut You Down
Things are really heating up trying to force everyone, especially Field Auditors, onto the GAG II line up. A number of reports have come in about methods being used, and a survey has been sent out to I HELP members. The ASHO Qual Sec has been threatening Field auditors that if they don’t complete the GAG II Student Hat soon they will cancel their Qual OKs to audit. Apparently ASHO has been underwhelmed with the rush of students on course. They can’t cancel certs but someone came up with the bright idea to cancel Qual OKs. But most interesting is this new survey, purporting to be about … [Read more...]
The OTC Punctuation School
Someone recently commented about the inability of Scientologists to use correct punctuation. Apparently, this may be some sort of fundamentalist disease. Just for a laugh, one of our special correspondents sent this in. These guys are really over the top on apostrophes. But, they didn't forget to include Scientologist's on their list of devil lovers.... I also enjoyed "High Fullutent", "Sport's Nut's" and "Jehovah's Witness's", but for some reason "Druggies" didn't qualify for an apostrophe. The only plural word that missed the cut. … [Read more...]
The OTC Minutes Witch-hunt
The witch-hunt to curtail the "leaks" from the OTC Minutes continues. I've heard that several org websites and mailing lists - often hosted by normal web hosting companies, and paid for by the orgs - are being abruptly shut down and moved to scientology.net (where their mailing lists can be easily monitored and culled of those whose fealty to Dear Leader is in question), often with no forewarning. They are sending out OTC Minutes with little changes in them to each person so they can try and nail down who is sending them out. But that's pretty obvious as when they come in from different … [Read more...]
The Golden Age Of Admin Is Coming!!
The OT Committee blabberfests provide some interesting insight into the bubble. Usually we see stats reflecting the real scene, often they give us an idea of what the attention is on (it's invariably MONEY), and sometimes they slip up by announcing "future plans." Of course, the impending Golden Age of Admin is no surprise. But this is the first "official" mention of it. There's not much left to turn into a "Golden Age" -- and it's a good one as all previous failures can be blamed on the "lack of standard Admin Tech." Of course no "ideal org" is going to make it as the OEC has been … [Read more...]
The Golden Age Of Dissemination
This article was sent in by Special Correspondent Andy Porter. Andy is one of the most accomplished Div 6 people in the history of Scientology. He is also a world-class photographer -- one of his shots is above. You can see some of his portfolio here -- truly spectacular. But more relevant to the blog is the interesting perspective he offers on the state of scientology. The Golden Age of Dissemination The Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center, Mr. David Miscavige, has created one of the most workable Dissemination Processes in the history of Scie … [Read more...]
“Iconic” Events
They are not going to have any real news for the Maiden Voyage -- just a lone ribbon yanking from Sydney. So, the call has gone out for EVERY ORG to do an "iconic" or ironic"? event.... Even the ALREADY "ideal orgs"-- because these are virtually all the "big" orgs so there would not be much left to show if they are not included, but I wonder what sort of "iconic" event they are going to do in Pretoria or Portland or Nashville where they have tapped out everyone and are left with completely empty "ideal" orgs? Maybe they should hold an event that is "iconic" to the RCS. They can all dress … [Read more...]
Google Analytics Prove Scientology Lies
I was forwarded this information by a Special Correspondent who pulled it up on Google Analytics. I thought the information was interesting, though it troubles me there are no numbers on the side of the graphs, so they look kind of like Miscavigerally graphs -- though the difference here is that these represent REAL numbers, and they do show TRENDS. What is remarkable about these graphs is the that they measure interest in topics. I do not profess to know HOW they work this out, presumably based on searches. You can see, in spite of the "massive international expansion" and the … [Read more...]
What’s It Really Like Inside An Ideal Org?
If you listen to any of the statements that emanate from the bubble, whether from the mouth of Dear Leader himself, or other minions, they shout from the rooftops how the "ideal orgs" are "the turning point in the universe" and "the salvation of this sector" and are "bringing about planetary clearing." Of course, everyone outside the bubble knows its garbage, but it isnt often we get this sort of report from INSIDE an "ideal org." And not just ANY ideal org, but the much ballyhooed "ideal org" in the "first Scientology city" -- Portland. You will recall Dear Leader yanked their chain … [Read more...]