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Regraded Being

May 27, 2022 By Mike Rinder Leave a Comment

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Thursday Funnies

May 26, 2022 By Mike Rinder 17 Comments

  Unforgettable Performances and Awards That will be forgotten even before the event is over.... Nothing memorable about fundraising pitches, no matter how nutty they are.   Leadership and Expansion This guy obviously know all about those topics... that "ideal" org in Bogota is tearing it up.   Top Celebrity Guest So big, he or she cannot be named. But what sort of "celebrity" doesn't have their name mentioned? Either someone embarrassed to be associated (so why are they doing it?) or someone who is not in fact anywhere close to a "top celebrity" and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHAf, Bobby Wigging, Chicago org, Daniela Massa, Hymn of Asia, James Rinder, Katie Dean, Liz Zahari, Mason Wells, Myrna Jacobs, tampa org

Stories About Ron — More News

May 25, 2022 By Mike Rinder 29 Comments

Thought you might be interested to see what sort of turnout the ideal org in Melbourne mustered for  Tales from the Crypt night with Wick "Stickyfingers" Allcock. According to Anita Liza, the "audience was captivated"... Anita included some shots of the crowd that assembled... Unfortunately, no shots of the great storyteller himself, but the number of attendees (and their average age) says a lot about the state of the "ideal org" in Melbourne, supposedly one of the "best" ideal orgs. You know, those orgs that immediately "10X" their "expansion" once Dear Leader hisself has yanked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: David Miscavige, L. Ron Hubbard, Melbourne org, Wick Allcock

LA WTH

May 24, 2022 By Mike Rinder 67 Comments

This "campaign" to stuff mailboxes in LA with copies of The Way to Happiness continues full speed ahead. The level of delusion on display here is mind-boggling. These people have been convinced to believe, in violation of everything observable to them, that putting a booklet in someone's mailbox is going to have miraculous effects: "just imagine the sanity spreading to beings who need theta and direction in their lives!" I get tons of "mail" like this -- pamphlets, leaflets, booklets, fliers, magazines etc etc in my mailbox every day. It all goes straight into the garbage without a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Way to Happiness Tagged With: Ghislain Viau, Lydia Hopwood, way to happiness

Family Interventions and Deprogrammings

May 23, 2022 By Mike Rinder 15 Comments

  Here's an interesting article from Narconon, pushing the virtues of interventions. This is how they describe what an intervention is: Family intervention is a common approach used because it provides the right nudge toward treatment. Family interventions work, but it is difficult to predict how the intervention could unfold. Certified family intervention specialists have the training to prepare a family for what to expect.  Most family interventions use pressure to encourage an addict to admit to their problem and seek treatment. A group of close friends and family come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Narconon, Scientology Tagged With: deprogrammer, Hana Whitfield, Narconon, Narconon Ojai, Rick Ross, Scientology, STAND League, Steve Hassan, Ted Patrick

Through the Bubble – Lili’s Adventures in Scientologyland Part 15

May 22, 2022 By Mike Rinder 18 Comments

This is the fifteenth installment of the account of a journey into and out of scientology -- written by one of our long-term readers. I hope you enjoy her insights, humor and style.  Lili also provided a glossary of terms.   Through the Bubble - Lili’s Adventures in Scientologyland This is my quirky recollection of events. Others may remember things differently. Lingo is italicized on the first mention, capitalized after that. I’ve compressed complexities in the cult to simplify your reading pleasure. Part 15 Cinderella Pays the Staff More Than the Cherch’s Finance Division Our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Through the Bubble Tagged With: Lili Ryder, Through the Bubble

Stories About Ron — the Back Story

May 21, 2022 By Mike Rinder 19 Comments

A few days ago I did a posting about the fact that Wick Allcock was telling stories about Hubbard in Melbourne: Personal Stories About Ron -- Sort Of   When I did the post, I was reminded by my old friend Karen De La Carriere about an earlier post at Tony Ortega's blog written by Rod Keller Sailing with L. Ron Hubbard In that post, Rod recounted some of the history of Wick, prompted by another promotional piece where he was riffing on Ron in Tampa. I wonder what he said about the "research" for NED for OT's? That Hubbard suffered another heart attack and David Mayo was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ethics Tagged With: Flag, John Allcock, Karen de la Carriere, NED for OTs, NOTs, PCSO, Richard Allcock, Rod Keller, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker, Warwick Allcock, Wick Allcock

Regraded Being

May 20, 2022 By Mike Rinder 15 Comments

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Thursday Funnies

May 19, 2022 By Mike Rinder 38 Comments

    What Deal!! 2 weeks in a motel, then a week on the Freewinds. And you get a webinar" that you could do from the comfort of your own home. And two people who are going to instruct you on how to get into Power as an artist and be on the comm lines of the world. Two people nobody has ever heard of.   How to do everything at once seminar Wonder if this guy has ever read Problems of Work? Does he know what he is promoting is flat out off-Source?     What? How does graduation equate to "Stronger together"?   More … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHANZO, Bayou Bennett Lir, Bob Daley, Bogota, Buckeye draft, Chicago, Clive Rabey, Daniel Lir, Flag graduation, Freewinds, Jim Meskimen, Kiddie Corner, Ludmilla Peacock, Michael Chan, Mikel Lindsaar, Nancy Daley, Richard Stewart, Sunland Mission, Susan Stewart, sydney org, Tamra Meskimen, Tom Cruise, Tom Cummins, Tony Peacock, Victoria Cummins

Personal Stories About Ron — Sort Of

May 18, 2022 By Mike Rinder 35 Comments

This reminds me of when they put James Byrne out to pasture to tell "personal stories" about the Commodore. All a 50 year SO veteran is good for is an event in Melbourne org? This of course is not likely to generate much revenue, so it tells you how unimportant he is seen to be. If he is in Australia it should at least be being held at AOSHANZO where there are more whales (or at least the Australian version -- James Packer no longer in the mix so the average whale size went down by a factor of 43X...) If he has such good stuff, he should really be doing this at Flag where the real whales … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: L. Ron Hubbard, master photographer, Melbourne org, What Is Scientology?, Wick Allcock

Hawking Hubbard’s Baby Formula

May 17, 2022 By Mike Rinder 29 Comments

Typical scientology. There is a situation in the US with a shortage of infant formula. An opportunity to move in with some Hubbard "tech" -- the "barley formula." I hope nobody falls for this.  Hubbard claims it is a formula used by the Romans 2200 years ago -- that "barley sustained the Roman legions" and that this concoction, featuring a liberal dose of Karo syrup (cornstarch syrup) and cow's milk is better than breast milk and commercial baby formula. Here is the page giving the ingredients and method of preparation from the Scientology Handbook.   Like much of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard, Volunteer Ministers Tagged With: Baby formula, barley formula, L. Ron Hubbard, Sarah Page-wells, volunteer ministers

Apartheid Alive and Well in Scientology?

May 16, 2022 By Mike Rinder 37 Comments

I know I have commented on this before, but it never ceases to amaze me how the Advanced Org for the CONTINENT of Africa serves exclusively the tiny minority of the citizenry who are white. The photos of the graduates below are not cherry-picked. They are what is attached to the email of the "latest AOSH Africa completions." It is the same every time they send these out. Of course, dianetics and scientology from the outset have been white-centric (probably not a word, but it seems appropriate). Just look at the earliest photos of dianeticists and scientologists gathered anywhere and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard, Scientology Tagged With: AOSH Africa, apartheid, L. Ron Hubbard, south africa

Through the Bubble – Lili’s Adventures in Scientologyland Part 14

May 15, 2022 By Mike Rinder 23 Comments

  This is the fourteenth installment of the account of a journey into and out of scientology -- written by one of our long-term readers. I hope you enjoy her insights, humor and style.  Lili also provided a glossary of terms.   Through the Bubble - Lili’s Adventures in Scientologyland This is my quirky recollection of events. Others may remember things differently. Lingo is italicized on the first mention, capitalized after that. I’ve compressed complexities in the cult to simplify your reading pleasure.   Part 14 Let’s Get Deadly Bored, I Mean Serious and Clear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Through the Bubble Tagged With: Lili Ryder, Through the Bubble

Maiden “Voyage”?

May 14, 2022 By Mike Rinder 15 Comments

We recently saw how the May 9th celebration has been turned into a mention at graduation in local orgs. It used to be an "international event" held at the Shrine Auditorium. Now apparently the "Maiden Voyage" is being "celebrated" as a "Taking it to New Heights" (Lows?) "festival" at CC Int. One has to wonder whether the paranoia of Miscavige is dictating how everything is being conducted in scientology? Is there really not going to be a "Maiden Voyage" again this year? If it's not the fear of COVID dictating events, it's probably the fear of being served in lawsuits that is driving his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: CC Int, David Miscavige, Maiden Voyage

Regraded Being

May 13, 2022 By Mike Rinder 16 Comments

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