One of our favorites joins us this week, Mat Pesch. Mat was formerly in charge of the money-making and money control divisions at the Flag Land Base -- the single largest source of revenue for scientology on earth. Mat joined us on The Aftermath S 2 Ep 9 The Business of Religion. His no nonsense explanations of the inner-workings of the scientology business machine are at times humorous, but always horrifying. We cover a lot of ground in this episode. Mat was the Dissemination Secretary, over the 2nd (of 7) divisions of a scientology organization responsible for marketing, booksales and … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2021
LAPD and Scientology. Again. “Safepointing” “PRO Area Control” and the “Special Zone Plan”
The LAPD has a long history of "partnering" with scientology. Remember the "kiosk" in the LAPD Hollywood Division promoting scientology front groups. And the glad-handing at Celebrity Center as LAPD accepted checks from scientology. It's a great insurance policy for scientology and has served them well over the years. Of course, a community event like this is not the same as appearing on stage at CC for a photo op or putting up a kiosk in the police station. But it is a step towards that. Who knows what Gil Cedillo or the Northeast Community Police Station even … [Read more...]
It’s a Long Road to Eternity
OMG, does this put the study of scientology in perspective. Hubbard rambled on and on in books and lectures to such an extent that if you just complete one chapter of the books and lectures each week it will take 29 YEARS. And this does not factor in the 17 Tech Volumes and 11 OEC Volumes which contain about 5 times more words than all the basic books combined. It also doesn't include the LRH EDs, which are a couple more volumes about the size of an OEC or Tech volume. Now, according to Hubbard, everyone should study all of this in order to attain full spiritual freedom and secure … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Some Funnies on Thursday
Just a few of the things that have been forwarded to me recently. Some are a little old. But nothing really changes in scientology, it just gets smaller. People have been asking for Thursday Funnies to come back. It somewhat depends on what comes in. Once the pandemic hit, the volume of promotional items they sent out decreased. But it seems to be coming back now. Not sure if I will do this every Thursday, but here is an installment to satisfy the need for some humor on this topic. "Get some of the most praised products!" Huh? And what might they be? This place is … [Read more...]
How Many Clears are Going Up The Bridge?
It seems the Bridge is broken. This is the latest out of Europe. Between now and the end of the year, they are hoping to get 100 Clears onto their Solo levels. This is not 100 new clears made. This is just 100 people onto Solo. 4 months at 25 people per month is their target. Even this meager target is unrealistic. They will not come close to this. No scientology target is ever anything but a wishful dream ("postulate"). Remember they have been trying for 30 years to get 10,000 onto Solo NOTs cumulatively. 25 people a month in an organization that services all of … [Read more...]
Episode 55: Ian Rafalko and Dylan Follo
We have a special treat this week. Leah and I talk with Ian Rafalko and Dylan Follo. Ian became an internet sensation when he posted a TikTok video about his father, scientologist chiropractor Eric Berg. His message has been viewed by millions. Ian met Dylan when they were training as auditors at Flag in Clearwater to return to their ideal orgs in Atlanta and NY respectively. They are the first people we have spoken to who have actually been on staff inside an "ideal" org and their experiences are pretty shocking. Ian's family has been torn apart and his wife chose scientology … [Read more...]
Prominent Clearwater Scientologist “Pulls In” the “Chinese Virus”
Tony Ortega asked the question yesterday why scientology is not promoting the vaccine like they do masks and hand-washing? There is no definitive statement from scientology, but there are some clues in the statements of scientologists and from knowing Hubbard's worldview and thus how scientologists think. This FB post is from a very prominent scientologist and big IAS donor in Clearwater. He and his wife, Terri, were Sea Org members at ASHO before departing and becoming public whales. He is one of the owners of Nationwide Title Company (NTC) which is just a couple of minutes from where I … [Read more...]
Scientology is Intimidated by Tony Ortega
It would seem the Office of Special Affairs has been weathering a shitstorm from the COB recently: "What are you useless cocksuckers doing about Tony Ortega, he gets a bigger audience than I do and I am paying millions for ads, click-farms and even a 24 hour a day TV network." He also kicked their butts in the Masterson case subpoena and has been disseminating the activities in that courtroom far and wide and they are not going well for for Masterson or scientology. And there is no sign he is slowing down or going away any time soon... In response, OSA rolled out a new "campaign" -- a … [Read more...]
