My oh my -- trying to smear lipstick on the IAS pig. Clearly, the number of new members is plummeting. So, as with all things scientology, the answer is money. In this case, cut the cost of the membership to try to get more. But if the cost of admission of $500 is too high -- these people are NOT going to be able to be scientologists. You cannot buy anything of significance in scientology for $500. So, they just want NUMBERS and they clearly believe that if they charge less they are going to get more membership sign ups and annual renewals. But they are ignoring the most obvious … [Read more...]
Helping Billions
Our old buddy Colin Davie is at it again. This guy might well be one of the most unreal people on planet earth. He is also the perfect example of the money-grubber who is unembarrassed to say literally anything to try and get you to hand over your cash. In an environment when ridiculous hype showers down from the top, the world of scientology is a culture of lies - but even in that context this guy is breathtaking. He is like watching one of those "professional eaters" who stuffs 75 hot dogs down their throats in one minute. Mesmerizing, disgusting and weird all at once. Someone actually … [Read more...]
IAS Freedom Medal Winners
Someone sent me this letter from Audrey Cabrera, who is apparently on tour to get people to hand over more money to the IAS. Her claim to fame? Bringing peace to Venezuela with the Way To Happiness? And this is STILL being pushed as the reason to give more money to the IAS. Today, Venezuelan society is in a total meltdown, making headlines daily with massive violent protests, inflation spiraling out of control, starving people and a collapsed economy. After having already "won" in Venezuela some years ago, she is now pitching the "anti-social personalities" she is up against as a … [Read more...]
A Slavery Free World
Do you think Marisol Nichols has a clue about human trafficking? I don't. If she did she would be briefing them on the changes the IAS has enforced at Gold to reduce human trafficking there. After all, why not start at home? You don't need to go to Africa to find real human trafficking. To help Marisol identify human trafficking victims, here are some indicia that might be used: Holding someone's passport - especially when they come from a foreign country Restricting access to the outside world through physical means and by mental coercion Living and working in the same location -- … [Read more...]
The IAS Is Lying, Again
This is a recent promo piece put out by the IAS. It would lead one to believe that it is the IAS that "reached" 117 million people with the WTH over the last 12 months. That the hundreds of millions of dollars they receive annually is what finances the "4th Dynamic campaigns." Remember all the promotion you see from the IAS about how their job is to carry out the "4th Dynamic" campaigns to salvage earth? And how THEY are the ones who are doing this to "guarantee the future of scientology"? This one appeared in the Thursday Funnies edition a couple of weeks ago. Well, if the … [Read more...]
The IAS Hard at Work
People inside the scientology bubble really believe this stuff. How many absurdities do there have to be before they notice? First, if the IAS is truly "every moment of every day" keeping the "light burning bright" -- "everywhere" with their massive Volunteer Minister force -- you would expect they might have something to brag about that happened this year.... The tornadoes in Texas were in 2015. Second, as ALWAYS there are NO SPECIFICS on what was done, how much money was spent on the "relief efforts" or how many people were even involved. From the picture it looks like they … [Read more...]
Ideal Org Lies
This latest piece from Porn Valley ideal building reminded me what a horrendous self-serving scam this is. You will note the "ideal Valley" is missing a few things -- like about 100 staff (in order to have one for each room) and of course their filing is decades out of date. So, why is there so much effort (extracting of funds) put into these ideal nothings? The answer is simple: Miscavige is frantically trying to keep the veneer of expansion from peeling off the moldy walls of his shrinking kingdom. He uses these "ideal orgs" to convince his sheeple (and tries to persuade the outside … [Read more...]
IAS Fraud – What Else is New?
If the number below is anywhere near close to true, and they spent just half of it on hurricane relief in Haiti they would have hours of videos and press releases showing the schools they built, homes they constructed... But of course, there is no such thing. The best they might come up with is a video of a few people in yellow T-shirts doing touch assists. $5 million would go a long way towards relieving pain and suffering in many parts of the world. It doesn't. At best it will be used to buy new buildings and perhaps fly a video team somewhere to stage some shots to encourage … [Read more...]
IAS Bald Faced Lies
You can be certain that the level of hype and bs at the annual IAS Celebration at St Hill this weekend was unparalleled, epic and milestone. If these new promotional items are any indication, the brazen lies are becoming so astounding that it is hard to imagine anyone actually buying them? Seriously, they actually believe that handing out WTH (with NO information even about how many were handed out or what percentage of the population they reached or whether anyone even read it) has made Amsterdam the "5th safest city on earth" (wonder where they get that supposed statistic … [Read more...]
Shermanspeak Contest Winner
A little light-hearted entertainment for the weekend. As earlier mentioned in a comment -- a contest was launched to commemorate the annual IAS event to see who could produce the best Shermanspeak on the topic of scientology and the world today. Our winning entry is below. Dan should be proud. Throughout history, great writers have had an identifiable style -- from Shakespeare to Ernest Hemingway. Speechmakers too -- Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill come to mind. But it seems that though Sherman has developed a unique style, he follows in the tradition of another famous orator, … [Read more...]