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Scientology International Events Are No More

December 28, 2022 By Mike Rinder 41 Comments

David Miscavige used to conduct 5 or 6 "International Events" each year where all scientologists were "briefed" on the version of scientology in the world he wanted everyone to hear. These events were required attendance for scientologists, and staff spent weeks calling public repeatedly to "confirm" their attendance. Traditionally, the annual "New Year's" event was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve and was then sent out to all orgs to be played as their "New Year's Celebration." These events were vitally important to keep … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Flag Service Org Tagged With: Cary Goulston, COB, David Miscavige, Flag, Lorianne Isaacson, New Years Event

Give Us Your Money for Christmas

December 24, 2022 By Mike Rinder 20 Comments

Scientology, in the "spirit of Christmas" wants you to give them money for a building in Puerto Rico. "This is our chance to give an incredible Christmas gift..." So typically scientology that "our gift" is for you to hand over your money... Two public people are "hosting" what they call the "Ideal Miracle Event" in Flag's restaurant. The Old Man is spinning in his grave thinking about "FCCI's" doing events in Sea Org buildings.   The best bit about this is LRH quote. Such incredible arrogance: "We are the protectors of the real tradition of Christmas..." -- that "real … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org, Fundraising Tagged With: Flag, fundraising, Puerto Rico, Sara Baxter, Tom Cummins, Victoria Cummins

Running in Circles Again

December 18, 2022 By Mike Rinder 41 Comments

  The insanity of this is hard to comprehend. Here is an "OT VIII" proudly announcing the miracles of running in circles. For the SECOND time! If the theory of the grade chart is true, one advances step by step from the bottom to the top, each successive step building on the one before. You are NOT allowed to even see the OT materials until you have attained the steps below, and the same goes for each successive OT level after that. OT VIII is confidential until after you have completed OT VII, been declared eligible and paid for OT VIII. The so-called "Cause Resurgence … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org Tagged With: cause resurgence rundown, David Mayo, Flag, Lucia Ferri, Misha Gandelman, OT VIII, Running Program

The Con Man Cometh

December 13, 2022 By Mike Rinder 24 Comments

The great Grant Cardone is coming to do an event at Flag. Not for free of course, they’re going to use this as a chance to make money. They don't say what the price is, but you can scan the QR code (you might have more luck than I did "the server cannot be found") but if that's not good enough for you, you can "ask your Registrar about VIP options." They're trying to make this like a big celebrity “event,” pay $500 you can stand next to the great man, for $1000 get a photo op, for $10,000 you can shake hands and hang out in the green room sort of thing. For this guy? What is really going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org Tagged With: Aaron Smith-Levin, Flag, Grant Cardone

OT VIII Is A Scam

October 8, 2022 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

      How is it that a "New OT VIII," Super Power, 2 time Cause Resurgence Rundown and all 3 L's completions needs an Asthma/Allergy Rundown? Wasn't that cured on Dianetics? Or at least on New Era Dianetics for OT's??? How about a "Havingness Rundown"? (If they keep soaking her for everything anyone can possibly pay for, her "havingness" is going to shot). Or a "Dynamic Sort-Out Assessment"?  Or "Vital Information Rundown?" WTF??? She even says "I thought things were pretty much handled" and so they should have been. She spent in excess of half a million … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org, OT Tagged With: Cause Resurgence, Flag, L's, OT VIII, Super Power, Tomoko Ryan

10,000 Onto Anything

September 6, 2022 By Mike Rinder 28 Comments

For 20 years, they have been pushing the Sisyphean task of getting "10,000 onto or through Solo NOTs." It's all based on the LRH quote cited at the top of the issue below first published in April 2002 (see post giving the full content of the issue that established this goal): Based on this sliver of dubious information supported by not a single fact, the big "10,000 game" began. Way back in 2002 Solo NOTs had been around for 15 years or so, and they had not cracked the halfway mark. By 2014 they had plodded along to 6433: 10,000 on Solo NOTs "Update" To this day, they have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org Tagged With: 10000 on Solo NOTs, Cary Goulston, FSO ED, FSO ED 6936R, Hubbard 10000 quote, Super Power

Where Did Super Power Come From?

July 4, 2022 By Mike Rinder 54 Comments

A cache of documents that recently came into possession of Christi Gordon contain some things I had not previously seen outside the Sea Org. ED 1598 FLAG about the "Humongous Rundown" is one of them. The "Humongous Rundown" was Hubbard's 1978 solution to staff incompetence (it preceded his subsequent "breakthroughs" to solve this problem including False Purpose Rundown, Key to Life and Life Orientation Courses) -- by staff incompetence is meant the fact that staff were incapable of following Ron's orders and policies, or if by doing so things wen5 badly or stats did not climb. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org, L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: Cause Resurgence, David Miscavige, Flag, Humongous Rundown, KRL, L. Ron Hubbard, LOC, New World Corps, Running Program, Super Power

Free Quarantine

June 13, 2022 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Yes, come to Flag and you will still be forced to quarantine. But it’s sort of free -- and in the scientology world, that is a really big deal. They never give ANYTHING away for free. The catch here is that you have to buy their food. Because, of course, if you are quarantined you can’t go out of the building. And you can’t order food from outside to be delivered. So, you can get one of their $20 room service burgers… Can you believe they are still requiring everyone to quarantine? The US doesn't even require a negative test to fly into the country any more. Just another indication of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org Tagged With: Clearwater, COVID-19, Flag, quarantine

Captain Miscavige Wowed ‘Em…

March 23, 2022 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

Captain Miscavige made a rare public appearance to deliver the LRH Birthday Game celebration at Flag! Hip-hip-hooray. Here is a description of the momentous occasion provided by the FSC EUS Office. My commentary is in red.   On Sunday March 13th Flag held live LRH B Day celebration event! It is available at Flag to see it in full, but here is a flavor of it: COB walked on to endless cheering, whistling and a LONG standing ovation that must have been heard for miles around!! He has missed the adoring sheeple who believe he is "doing what Ron wants," the poor deluded … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Flag Service Org Tagged With: 10000 on Solo NOTs, Captain Miscavige, Dan Sherman, David Miscavige, Flag, L. Ron Hubbard

Quarantine Award at Flag

February 6, 2022 By Mike Rinder 54 Comments

  Things must be desperate at Flag. They are GIVING AWAY "free" accommodations for your quarantine stay if you come to Flag now and complete a service before March 13. You still have to pay for your food. They're not going to give away something that costs them anything. Putting people in empty rooms only incurs the cost of the lights and some hot water for showers. The rooms would be there sitting empty otherwise. The slave labor Sea Org maids are there -- if they don't have any rooms to clean they have them writing letters. What is most remarkable about this is they still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org Tagged With: COVID-19, Flag, quarantine

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