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Archives for May 2023

“How to Refuse Psychiatry”

May 27, 2023 By Mike Rinder 11 Comments

This is quite surreal. Here is a scientologist, conducting a "seminar" in a scientology org, to attract interest in his services of "keeping people out of the hands of psychiatry."  Like Lisa McPherson was kept out of the hands of psychiatry? There are two things about this that boggle the mind: First, every scientologist is required to sign an agreement in order to be allowed to take ANY services, that states they do NOT want to be in the hands of psychiatry and instead choose to undergo an introspection rundown. This is an excerpt from that agreement -- you can find a copy of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Psychiatry Tagged With: CCHR, Jeffrey Augustine, psychiatry, Randy Kretchmar

Regraded Being

May 26, 2023 By Mike Rinder 14 Comments

RB is taking an early summer vacation. For the next few weeks we will have a golden oldie. I decided to look back r the entry for this date 5 years ago.  Could have been written today! The genius of RB... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Regraded Being Tagged With: regraded being

Thursday Funnies

May 25, 2023 By Mike Rinder 11 Comments

Late today, I had some other things happening and couldn't get this ready in time...   It's BBQ time in Melbourne for no reason And not the sort of thetan BBQ held 75 million years ago...     At least Chicago has a reason... And some mighty entertainment   Let's test her abilities to communicate with anyone... Ever met an SP?   Chan Man is back big time... And he has a magician with him   New Era snagged him for a webinar I just don't get the appeal of this guy. If you have ever listened to one of his lectures (Tony … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Aaradon Walker, Brenda Stewart, Dmitriy Pervushin, Grant Cardon, Joey Besio, Jose Gabriel Martinez, Ken Walker, Kevin Troughton, Michael Chan, Mike Tyson, Mochi Mission, Ocala Mission, Paula Gutierrez, Peggy Fabos, Ronaldo Arriaga, Russ Reisser, Steve Fabos, Tayva Baker

What Do Your Ideal Org Donations Buy?

May 24, 2023 By Mike Rinder 16 Comments

The obvious answer of course is "empty buildings," but I found the background of this shot interesting. These days, buying statuses in the IAS and "Ideal Org Program" has become the new "thing" - status in scientology used to be measured by OT level gained and before that by auditor training level. There has always been a heavy emphasis on attaining perceived superiority since the first days of Dianetics. These days status in scientology is attained through money, not training and auditing. The goofiness of stuff that passes for status in scientology is sometimes hard to fathom -- the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Chicago, fundraising, Ideal Orgs

Chat GPT on Psychiatry and Scientology/L. Ron Hubbard

May 23, 2023 By Mike Rinder 15 Comments

My friend Phil Jones sent this to me. He received a copy of an email from "Psychbuster Extraordinaire" Ken Kramer. Ken thought it would be amusing to have ChatGPT do a takedown of psychiatry.   Dear ChatGPT, "Can you write two pages or 800 words about psychiatry in the style of Mark Twain, scathing, humorous, cynical, ironic?" "Certainly! Here’s a scathing, humorous, cynical, and ironic piece about psychiatry in the style of Mark Twain:" Psychiatry: A Madhouse of Foolishness By ChatGPT May 21, 2023 I have had the misfortune of encountering a peculiar breed of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Psychiatry, Scientology Tagged With: Chat GPT, L. Ron Hubbard, Phile Jones

How Many Super Power Completions Are There?

May 22, 2023 By Mike Rinder 38 Comments

Donna Ferreira was formerly a Sea Org member at Golden Era production. She was in tape production as I recall, her husband, Marc ("Muff") was one of the original LRH AV technicians (his brother Craig was a guitarist in the Apollo Stars). It’s possible her husband is Craig, it’s one or the other for sure. Somehow she is still around. But what is interesting is that she has a number of her certificate: 3308 (I guess there is a chance it could be 8308, but for orders of magnitude purposes, the difference is insignificant). Super Power was released to the public in 2013 (they actually SOLD … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Superpower Tagged With: Craig Ferreira, Donna Ferreira, Marc Ferreira, Super Power

Blah Blah Blah Merch and More

May 20, 2023 By Mike Rinder 18 Comments

In response to the demand by SPTV viewers on YouTube, there is now a store where you can order mugs, t-shirts, hoodies, mousepads and more... As time goes on, more items may be added if there is demand for them. If there is something you would like to see in the store, let me know in the comments. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SPTV Tagged With: merch store, SPTV

Regraded Being

May 19, 2023 By Mike Rinder 12 Comments

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Filed Under: Regraded Being Tagged With: regraded being

Thursday Funnies

May 18, 2023 By Mike Rinder 20 Comments

  An auditor rally... Actually ANYONE is invited, friends, family and anyone who "want" to be auditors. Just trying to get some people in the door to reg at Flag.   Starting the Cocoon Squad in Austin now   Come for the food... Stay for the regges -- they will be there.   A shot of "theta" at Brighton Theta being defined as the "secret to money"   $50 for brunch??? I'd hit the Island Way Grill just over the causeway-- their mimosas are real, their selection of food blows this away, it's cheaper and there are no … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Alex Kurkin, Alfreddie Johnson, Alison Osborn, Betsy Davis, Bill Pollack, Bob Daley, Buzz Newman, Chris Baker, Eiman Rahnama, Elio Cervi, Emilio Turquie, Emmett Osborn, Erica Szombathy, Evelyn Bueno, Janeece Custer, Julius Dilligard, Monica Goodyear, Nancy Daley, Nayyirah Muhammad, Sandy Rose, Stacy Francis, Sunny Jensen, Talia Rossi, Tony Hollom

Lyin’ Ryan is Back!

May 17, 2023 By Mike Rinder 20 Comments

He has been hiding for a while, but Ryan Prescott has reappeared to take charge of his clown car once again. We have covered the delusional kid who claimed he was going to take charge of the Clearwater elections to "make sure Mark Bunker is not elected" and who wrote the books "exposing" Leah Remini and me as "liars" a few times in the past, this is perhaps the most comprehensive post:  What Happened to Ryan Prescott? Stefani Hutchison on her wonderful Confront and Shatter blog has exposed Lyin' Ryan many times, this is just one example Ryan Prescott Lies Once Again. Now he has he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Psychiatry Tagged With: CCHR, Mark Bunker, Ryan Prescott, Stefani Hutchison

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