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We Will Take Your Money… But Don’t Show Your Face

May 16, 2023 By Mike Rinder 16 Comments

Meet the Andrus family -- minus their patriarch, Brian. You might remember Brian Andrus, he is the unindicted co-conspirator who was recently involved in scientology's latest land grab scheme in Clearwater. But before that, he is one of the most notorious ex-GO criminals, as I laid out in that previous blog post. He was directly involved in the kidnapping of Michael Meisner to keep him away from the Grand Jury and FBI. He epitomizes what scientology proclaimed were the "rogue elements" and "criminals" who were purged from scientology after they were "discovered." In fact, many of them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS Tagged With: Brian Andrus, Craig Jensen, IAS

What Happened to the IAS Event?

October 22, 2022 By Mike Rinder 27 Comments

The annual IAS event has come and gone once again without an actual "Int Event." The reason for no events for the past few years was supposedly COVID related. But that is no longer an issue, the world has basically returned to normal. Yet no event. This is the BIG event each year for money-making at the event itself and lining up future revenue with re-showings of the events and videos and "medal-winners." There have been no IAS Freedom Medal winners for 3 years now. The only explanation for this is that the COB is scared to appear anywhere in public for fear that he will be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS Tagged With: Caroline Collen, David Miscavige, IAS, IAS Event, Indonesia, International Association of Scientologists

An Ideal Org — Waste Management

May 31, 2022 By Mike Rinder 26 Comments

The "ideal" org in Columbus is putting on a new IAS event. Remember, this is the supposed to be what a scientology organization in its ideal state is like. And this one is manned primarily by Sea Org members sent from Los Angeles. Their event features Freedom METAL Winner Bobby Wiggins -- the very tired and very lame old horse pulled out of the barn to try to earn himself some commissions. And then they pull out the big guns from the Solid Waste Authority and the Lower Otentangy River Watershed! They are going full in on the WTH precept of protecting the environment it seems. This is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS, Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Amy Densborn, Bobby Wiggins, Brian Will, Columbus Org, IAS, Ideal Orgs

Ridiculous Self-Congratulation

March 28, 2022 By Mike Rinder 29 Comments

More insanity from inside the bubble. BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FROM Mighty Miami Ideal Org Miami Org has achieved the level of PATRON MERITORIOUS ✨✨ Miami supports and back up the IAS, the greatest force we have to Keep Scientology Working and change the 4th Dynamic condition on this planet!✨♾ A BIG thank you to all Miami staff and public for your continued contribution and support of the IAS!! Keep it up and let’s work together to get it to the next level!! This is one of the more ridiculous things I have seen in the Alice In Wonderland world of scientology. These people are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS Tagged With: fundraising, IAS, Miami

The IAS Event This Year Is Hysterical

October 16, 2021 By Mike Rinder 81 Comments

Well, I had wondered earlier what they were going to do for the IAS event this year -- they sent out "Save the date" promo for October 16.   Now the great mystery has been solved. What a joke. The event they have forced people to watch 100 times already is the big draw for this year's annual IAS celebration? That is hysterical not historical… Surely, with an entire "state-of-the-art" TV studio at their disposal (remember how it was going to "break down the walls of dissemination"?) and a "state-of-the-art" film/sound production facility they could come up with something … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS Tagged With: IAS, IAS Event, The War Is Over

The Virtual IAS Event

October 10, 2020 By Mike Rinder 60 Comments

This year's IAS event is going to be "virtual." It's a fundraising catastrophe for scientology as this is their biggest single event for raking in cash. Undaunted, they put out a "press release" on a paid news service. Of course it gets no pickup in the media at all, as it contains no news. But you can find it online. Below is the full release, 100% hype and bs. The back-patting "quotes" are from themselves. And their big accomplishment is apparently that some agency in Spain includes the IAS event as a scientology holiday in their "educational calendar." Wow, that is an astonishing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS Tagged With: IAS, press release, public relations, Scientology

IAS Money Grab Going Strong

July 8, 2020 By Mike Rinder 38 Comments

They say there are two things that are inevitable: death and taxes. I would add a third: IAS demanding money. This is a collection of just a few of the items that have come in during the lockdown. The "Jewish community"? Really? You can bet the "Real, stable data over the environment" didn't come from the Torah...   What is really going on? We are trying to get your money. And that's what we are going to do about it. Nothing more, nothing less.   The largest virtual "IAS Event" in US history. Wow, that is impressive.   We, as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS Tagged With: Auckland Org, Bobby Wiggins, fundraising, Greg Capazorio, Hagit Raviv-Ron, IAS, Jeff Pomerantz, Kathy Welch, Mary Elizabeth Glosup, Ofra Bahat, valley org

Valley Voom Voom

May 21, 2020 By Mike Rinder 74 Comments

Oh woohoo, they're fundraising in the Valley again! This is what the person who sent this to me commented -- it sums things up perfectly: Oh, joy, these two again. Hi everybody, we really could give two fucks that you're unemployed, on the edge of bankruptcy, 62 with no savings, have a family member struggling with cancer, risk your health by working when you aren't sanctioned to do so, haven't made a house payment in the last month, etc. Planetary bullbait, you're a PTS POS if you don't help the IAS with it's many helpful (BS alert) projects. Which we never disclose in any way to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, IAS Tagged With: fundraising, IAS, Kathy Welch, Mary Elizabeth Glosup, valley org

There’s “Good News” in LA and Another 10,000?

April 25, 2020 By Mike Rinder 47 Comments

Well, it's always good to know that there IS good news. You can just imagine it: "Thanks to your support of the IAS [$10 million collected in the last month] we have provided disinfectant to 3 teams [and one video crew to film them before they were asked to leave] who have been bringing order in the chaos in Burkina Faso [not a peep from Pasadena or N. Hollywood]" This is how we "can be at cause over our 4th Dynamic"... They are so delusional. And more good news, apparently LA Org has decided they can get 10,000 onto extension courses. Flag has been trying to get 10,000 onto or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS, Ideal Orgs Tagged With: extension courses, fundraising, IAS, International Association of Scientologists, LA org

The IAS COVID-19 Pitch

April 14, 2020 By Mike Rinder 64 Comments

I was waiting for the latest IAS chapter of disaster capitalism, and once again they have not disappointed. You can always count on the IAS Regges to use a disaster to try to cash in. Here is IAS Hall of Famer Freddy Hunkeler doing what IAS Regges do best: Highlighting how terrible things are and that if you just hand over your cash to the IAS you will be "making a difference." Actually the ONLY thing you will accomplish is to increase Freddy's stats. Absolutely nothing else. The IAS is doing nothing to "help bring sanity and calm to our environment.” The extent I& their accomplishments … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS Tagged With: COVID-19, fundraising, IAS, International Association of Scientologists

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