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Archives for January 2023

Scientology Haters Gonna Hate

January 21, 2023 By Mike Rinder 20 Comments

Haven't gotten around to this one until now. A journalist tweets about the Jerrod Carmichael joke at the Golden Globes and the 3 usual "STAAD League" bots rise up as one (they probably are literally one person in OSA Int) to scream their disgust and accuse him of bigotry.     "A lady living a great private life away from the unstable" -- wonder who came up with that piece of idiocy? The people writing these tweets have never even laid eyes on Shelly Miscavige. They know absolutely NOTHING about her life. But they believe everything they are told. This statement … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Jerrod Carmichael, Leah Remini, Matthew Belloni, STAAD League, The Expose Network, Tony Ortega

Regraded Being

January 20, 2023 By Mike Rinder 38 Comments

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Filed Under: Regraded Being Tagged With: regraded being

Thursday Funnies

January 19, 2023 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

  OT Phenomena How "OT" is it to visit a friend in a foreign city and forget to bring his address and phone number?? Curing amnesia on the "Whole Track"? Hahaha The OT levels don't cure amnesia after breakfast.   No big surprise If you are flying in from all corners of the world in order to take advantage of the low prices they offer at AO Africa (compared to the other AO's, the prices are not "low"), you probably don't want to be paying airfares for repeat trips. It's a long way to Africa and a lot of money...   It's the final race to the finish … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHAf, AOSHUK, Chicago org, Columbus Org, Jean Hayes, Kiddie Corner, Malmo Org, Palmer Dernehl, Tracy Le Houillier, valley org, Wick Allcock

Happy Birthday Shelly Miscavige

January 18, 2023 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Today is Shelly Miscavige's 62nd birthday. She has been disappeared for the last 15 years -- one confirmed sighting at her father's funeral (with a handler) in 2007 and nothing certain since. Once a fixture of the scientology world, at her husband's side virtually everywhere he went, she suddenly vanished in 2005. I write about her and her vanishing from the Int Base in my book A Billion Years. Shelly is not the only person at the senior echelons of scientology who has been erased from public view (so too the President of scientology Heber Jentzsch, Executive Director International … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: Clarisse Barnett, David Miscavige, Guillaume Lesevre, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Marc Yager, Mary Sue Hubbard, Norman Starkey, Ray Mithoff, Russ Bellin, shelly miscavige

A Little Bit Culty Podcast

January 17, 2023 By Mike Rinder 8 Comments

Just dropped, a new episode of one of my favorite podcasts with my good friends Sarah Edmondson and Nippy (Anthony) Ames. You can listen here   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Billion Years Tagged With: A Billion Years, A Little Bit Culty, Nippy Ames, Sarah Edmondson

Ghost Ship: SMV Freewinds

January 17, 2023 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

One of our readers was on a cruise that stopped in Aruba. They took some shots of the ghost ship. There isn't any sign of life, the lights are on but there's nobody home. At some point Captain Napier made an appearance: Not sure what he is doing -- he looks a little frustrated (no big surprise, imagine being the "captain" of a ship permanently tied up to a dock with no passengers)... It turns out his appearance was for a video shoot! What a surprise…. They gathered some kids and had them muster up in formation to be addressed by Capt. Mike (the camera crew is behind the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Freewinds, General Tagged With: Aruba, Freewinds, Mike Napier

David Miscavige Is Doing Business in Florida

January 16, 2023 By Mike Rinder 21 Comments

A new article by Tracey McManus reports on the contacts between David Miscavige (Mr. Mickiewicz to his friends) and the former and the interim City Manager of Clearwater. Remember, on 27 December, William J. Schifino (former head of the Florida Bar) and 2 Washington DC lawyers from powerhouse lawfirm Williams and Connolly (Joseph Terry and Krystal Durham) made "special appearances" (cost is no object when it comes to defending the COB, why use one lawyer when you can hire 3?) filed a motion claiming that Miscavige has not been properly served in the Baxter/Paris lawsuit. They claim he was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: David Miscavige, Jennifer Poirrier, Jon Jennings, Joseph Terry, Krystal Durham, Tracey McManus, William Schifino, Williams and Connolly

Sacramento “Ideal” Org — Empty Like All The Others

January 15, 2023 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

One of our faithful readers and contributors happened to be in Sacramento on New Years Day. She stopped by to check out the "ideal" org, and here is what she had to report: I visited a vibrant Sacramento on January first. Old Town was pumping with parents, kids, tourists and lots of young people. I went through the nearby more modern Disneyland-like outdoor mall. I detoured down an inviting staircase and found the Ideal Morgue. It was so dead. I looked in each area until I saw a lone staffer. We made eye contact, they saw my cell phone up and quick as a blow drill, some dude came … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs, Idle Orgs Tagged With: Sacramento org

Thursday Funnies on Saturday

January 14, 2023 By Mike Rinder 16 Comments

  Mini Mike visits Flag Just dropped in to try to say hi to Mr. Mickiewicz.     Rogue's Gallery Only missing Grant Cardone to complete this pantheon of hucksters.   This is the "Advanced Org"? Why are they promoting free introductory VM services?   Meet the staff? Just an excuse to put the best looking woman on their promotion. Surely the ED or Technical Secretary or even a reg would be more appropriate than the receptionist?   This is very weird.... Two scientology celebrities talking about "total freedom" starting with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSH Africa, Arte Maren, Austin Org, Belleair Mission, David Hostettler, Dublin Org, Jean Dale Glass, Kate Ceberano, Marc Perkowitz, Marisol Nichols, Michael Chan, Michael Weber, Misha Gandelman, Rafferty Pendery, sydney org, Tarpon Springs High School, Tarpon Springs Rotary Club

Regraded Being

January 13, 2023 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

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Filed Under: Regraded Being Tagged With: regraded being

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