Apparently they freaked out over the posting about Nashville "ideal" org on Saturday. Here is a new shot taken by one of our Special Correspondents today showing a cop stationed in front of the org -- and there was a second one in the parking lot not visible in this frame. Two police officers in the parking lot. They are definitely not there for crowd control on Monday afternoon. Same number of cars in the parking lot today as when I visited on Friday and the VM van has not moved. Perhaps they were there to serve a warrant on someone? Or to make a drug bust? Not likely. More l … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
Nashville Ideal Org
Here is what the hustling and bustling Nashville "ideal" org looked like at 5:30pm on Friday. And this is the main parking lot immediately to the right of the shot above (which is the main entrance to the building -- the one they show in their promo photos is at the left facing onto a highway that has no stopping or parking): You can see the main vehicle is the "VM Van" -- not out doing anything worthwhile in the community. To be fair, there were 7 other cars parked around the back of the building. Now, here is their recent, and very puzzling promo p … [Read more...]
New York Times Bestseller
Just a quick post to mention a significant byproduct of Going Clear. Everyone who buys this book gets more understanding of the abuses in the scientology bubble. I would bet that Jeff Hawkins, Marc Headley, Amy Scobee and Marty Rathbun's books are all seeing a spike in sales too. Interesting, if Dianetics were selling at all it would be on this same list. As would all the other Hubbard titles. In the midst of the massive international expansion and more interest in scientology than ever in history, with more hits on their websites blah blah blah, how is it that Dianetics is NOT on the … [Read more...]
Scientology Hubbard Hype
This, as usual, is all hype. Somehow they slide in that LA has been "enjoying record levels of reduced crime" -- as if this had ANYTHING to do with L. Ron Hubbard or the Way to Happiness. There isn't even a WTH campaign being run in LA.... So, next time someone claims crime has been falling in an area "thanks to WTH" you can point to LA where there are "record levels of reduced crime" (whatever that means) WITHOUT the WTH. Everyone knows that city resolutions are handed out like beads at Mardi Gras. If you submit it, you will get a signed proclamation. But the one I wonder about is … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Bush league Less than 30 people. Planetary clearing is happening for real in St Louis. How to overcome financial stress? That's easy: Stay away from any scientology affiliated organization Say What? This email is about as bizarre as they get. Hello, One year ago 200 school girls were abducted from their boarding school in Nigeria and haven't been seen since. Imagine the loss for their families and friends. It might seem far from home, but somehow, this is part of our dynamics. In PAB 79, THE OPEN CHANNEL, LRH states: "If this … [Read more...]
Desperate Times
Desperate times call for desperate measures. This is the "2X St Hill Size" LA Org. Desperate to get anyone onto the Purif with a "one week sprint game" offering to give free training plus commissions. Not the message of a booming org. This is the message of an org that has had a short term surge with 200 Sea Org members injected into it, and is now in decline and they are in a panic... … [Read more...]
Ideal Org Disaster
The scam of the ideal orgs rolls on... After 12 YEARS, the western US region is by far the most advanced area of scientology with respect to creating "ideal orgs." This promo piece doesn't even mention the very non-ideal, tiny and getting tinier Hawaii, Santa Barbara, San Diego and Albuquerque "orgs." The lie of the "massive international expansion" is exposed every time they open their mouths. These 5 orgs, after 12 years, are "on the runway." Even Valley, which has had MASSIVE attention and is located in the area with the largest number of scientologists on earth, STILL cannot … [Read more...]
Scientology Tax Exemption
If you have not done so already, head over to Tony Ortega's site and read his posting about Scientology's Tax Exempt status. Prompted by the OpEd piece Alex Gibney wrote in the LA Times, and with some excellent advice from Jeffrey Augustine, it lays out what you can do that is most likely to be EFFECTIVE in changing the way the US Government is allowing its citizens to subsidize Miscavige paying PI's $10,000 a WEEK to follow and spy on his father. The direction about complaining directly to the IRS supplements my recommendation to contact your elected representatives. If you want to … [Read more...]
Disaster Capitalism – Spelled I.A.S.
Look up disaster capitalism in the dictionary and you will find an IAS logo and nothing else. More IAS lying about the "largest private relief force on earth." Funny how they can report down to the exact number how many people attended a ribbon cutting "2,763 gushing fools cheered as the ribbon was yanked" and 13,859 inches of wire was run to connect the covert video cameras in the auditing rooms in the new "ideal org" of Lower Slovobia and "a new person clicks on one of our internet sites every 6.47836 seconds" -- but when it comes to reporting on "what you donations buy" with the IAS … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies Saturday Edition
A day or two delayed but better late than never. Especially when there is a new Regraded Being cartoon. Truth Well, in truth, most scientologists CANNOT stand the truth. See Regraded Being this week at the end of the post. Seriously, a lecture about FAC One? What's next, a seminar on Incident Two? Winning? Ruroh. The video team is going to be there... Where are they going to find anyone to put in the videos? They are so out in the boonies it needs a Lewis and Clark style expedition to find them. Nice floors though. And neat furnishings.... It's always about to happen … [Read more...]