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		<title>Hubbard Disconnection Flip Flop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When &#8220;attacks&#8221; were ongoing in the 60&#8217;s, Hubbard did what he so often did, issued a policy to try to turn down the heat. The infamous &#8220;Cancellation of Fair Game” use of the term but not of the practice PL is the most well-known example: Shortly after this, he also issued an unequivocal cancellation of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scientology Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 13:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christie Collbran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lori Hodgson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Kahn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother's Day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Aftermath]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; One of the most galling things about scientology is their claim they are &#8220;pro-family&#8221; and consider relationships and communication the most fundamental things in life. Mother&#8217;s Day slams home the cruelty of what scientology ACTUALLY practices when it comes to familial relations. For everyone out there who IS connected to their mother, please enjoy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scientology Finally Admits Disconnection is Real</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 04:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christie Collbran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Headley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marc Headley]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; A great discussion about disconnection and Scientology&#8217;s policies and public statements. These are the documents (and video) we used. &#160; Tommy Davis&#8217; infamous CNN interview: &#160; Christie and her disconnection story o0n the front page the Sunday edition of the NY Times. &#160; From the scientology website: And the completely contradictory statement from the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brothers Broken: A New Film About Scientology Destroying Lives</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/brothers-broken-a-new-film-about-scientology-destroying-lives/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2023 10:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disconnection]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geoff Levin]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, Tony put this message from Geoff Levin on his blog. I am republishing here in the event that any reader here may not have seen it at Tony&#8217;s. Geoff has been a staunch supporter of this blog and me generally. I am proud to be included in his movie &#8212; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ben Rinder</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/ben-rinder/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 16:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Rinder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Rinder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy True]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mareka James]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A reader sent me an email about Benjamin, confirming much of what I wrote about in my book, A Billion Years. There are some small details added and I appreciate the time they took to send this to me. I am publishing it because it demonstrates the absurd and grotesque lengths scientology goes to keep families [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A New Index of Entheta</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2023 10:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My old friend, Phil Jones, author of the &#8220;Call Me&#8221; billboard, just informed me he has created a new website and I want to commend it to readers here and encourage you to support it. Phil says he will be adding an entry every week. It will ultimately become a wonderful source of information about [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ex-Scientologists Who Have Spoken Out</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/ex-scientologists-who-have-spoken-out/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[disconnection stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Former scientologists]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; I am publishing this here as it is an invaluable repository of information that should be as widely available as possible. Thanks to TrevAnon (Trevor Horn) for sending this to me. Along with this extensive list are two other invaluable lists below. This list represents more people than can be rounded up for an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Disconnection: the PR and the Truth</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/32-disconnection-the-pr-and-the-truth/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the seventh &#8220;vacation&#8221; post, revisiting some of the more  important articles to have appeared on my blog over the years. The original post and comments is here. &#160; &#160; The above is what scientology has to say about the practice of disconnection on their official website. It mirrors the statements they make to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brian Sheen Anniversary</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/brian-sheen-anniversary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2022 11:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a post sent to me a couple of days ago by my old friend Brian Sheen. I was out of town and could not get it up on the blog, but the message remains the same. Today is the 45 birthday of my daughter, Springsong Tawna Sheen, now Atkinson-Baker. However, instead of celebrating [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Disconnection For All</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/disconnection-for-all-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2021 13:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[L. Ron Hubbard]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scientology is making their family and friends destruction tech available to everyone through WISE. Secularizing the &#8220;tech&#8221; of disconnection is about as grotesque as things get.]]></description>
		
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