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An OSA Bot Identified

January 25, 2023 By Mike Rinder 16 Comments

  The first Twitter commenter shown in my recent post Scientology Haters Gonna Hate "quentin", turns out to be someone I know. This "quentin" is QC Strom. He was posted for many years at Gold and then sent to SMP. When he was at Gold he was the clapper boy and then worked in SFX (Special Effects -- should really be named VFX for Video Effects) for super asshole, Miscavige pet, Henning Benndorf. QC is the son of OSA Flag hatchet-woman Kathy True and Don Strom, a former INCOMM SO member who left the SO to work in a scientology computer company.     Of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: STAND League Tagged With: Don Strom, Henning Benndorf, Kathy True, Matt Belloni, QC Strom, STAND League

STAND League Outrage: Blocked on Social Media

November 28, 2022 By Mike Rinder 19 Comments

  Scientology hypocrisy on display for the world once again. Now they are whining about someone blocking their hate tweets! In this piece they attack Rick Caruso's campaign manager because an ad "outraged tens of thousands of scientologists across the city" (they couldn't gather tens of thousands of scientologists across the entire country at this point). And then he blocked some of them who called him a bigot: Shocked Scientologists took to Twitter demanding to know if the Caruso campaign approved of its manager blocking constituents after they called out his bigotry against … [Read more...]

Filed Under: STAND League Tagged With: Ace Smith, Rick Caruso, STAND League, Taryn Teutsch

Scientology Is Offended

November 14, 2022 By Mike Rinder 47 Comments

The LA Mayors race really got scientology hot and bothered. When Rick Caruso made it an issue that his opponent, Karen Bass, had attended a scientology ribbon cutting event, it turned scientology into a hot topic. I wrote about this previously: Karen Bass -- L.A. Mayoral Candidate So, the STAND League rallied their troops. To do what? Call and complain about the "bigotry"... The problem they have, is BOTH candidates have taken an anti-scientology stance. With the STAND League letter writing campaign (see: Scientology Massively Unpopular) apparently ineffective, they resorted to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: STAND League Tagged With: IAS, Jeff Pomerantz, Karen Bass, LA Mayor, noi, Rick Caruse, Tony Muhammad

Brainwashed According to Scientology

September 21, 2022 By Mike Rinder 12 Comments

I noticed this some time ago, but had not gotten around to doing anything with it. Another brilliant analysis from the experts at STAND: who of course know absolutely nothing, including what Hubbard had to say... He kicks his piece off with a witty description of how to "wash a brain" before prattling on about how brainwashing is a hoax: How to wash a brain: Carefully remove the brain. Gently immerse it in a bowl of lukewarm soapy water. Scrub the brain gently with a fine bristled brush. Rinse the brain. Wrap the brain in plastic wrap to prevent further … [Read more...]

Filed Under: STAND League Tagged With: Beria, brainwashing, Chris Owen, L. Ron Hubbard, Rodger Clark, Tony Ortega

“Journalism and Free Speech” According to STAND

May 30, 2022 By Mike Rinder 17 Comments

Typical of STAND League, they have a headline intended to create the impression they are fighting for human rights. But read what they say and it is clear that "free speech" only applies when the speech is something they approve of. And their "responsibility" level for truth and honesty in their "journalism" is dictated entirely by what is good for scientology. Jim Kalergis is very long-term koolaid drinker. One of the most well-known scientology FSMs and "Field Auditors" in Los Angeles. He proclaims, with the assume moral superiority so common to fundamentalist scientologists: I don’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: STAND League Tagged With: fair game, Jim Kalergis, STAND League

Scientology Anti-Semitism Hypocrisy — Using the ADL

May 10, 2022 By Mike Rinder 24 Comments

This is a couple of weeks old now, but the hypocrisy remains current and fresh... Scientology seeking to gain credibility for itself by pretending to align with the ADL. Of course, scientology CLAIMS they "stand with the ADL" and are champions who fight at every turn against anti-Semitism. But what is the real story? Scientology fully supports the Nation of Islam, and presented its highest recognition (the "IAS Freedom Medal") to Tony Muhammad (he now goes by Abdul Malik Sayyid Muhammad). This is very well documented in numerous previous articles on this blog (and elsewhere) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nation of Islam, STAND League Tagged With: ADL, Alfreddie Johnson, Louis Farrakhan, Rizza Islam, STAND League, Tony Muhammad, World Literacy Crusade

Blowing More Smoke Captain Miscavige’s Way

May 3, 2022 By Mike Rinder 28 Comments

I recently posted about the sycophants gushing over Captain Miscavige. Here is another one. In celebration of his birthday on Saturday, the brown-nosers at the Stand League sent out this tweet (not a word these days from Fast Eddie Parkin -- he was so righteously right, but I guess not good enough in the end and now scrubbing dumpsters somewhere): Obviously, as the celebrations for Ron's Birthday are on the decline in terms of importance and attendance, Captain Dave is taking Source's place. The official propaganda organ of scientology is tweeting out about how it's a "privilege" to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, STAND League Tagged With: Bari Berger, Captain Dave, Captain Miscavige, David Miscavige, STAND League, Wil Seabrook

Scientology Hypocrisy: Champions of Religious Freedom

April 11, 2022 By Mike Rinder 26 Comments

More scientology hypocrisy. They often shout they are champions of "freedom of religion" and of course "protect everyone's right to practice the religion of their choice." Unless they believe that choice is in some way harmful to scientology. This article on the STAND League website claims that they have created a "case library" with all the important First Amendment cases included. The article was published on 26 January 2022. Of course, this article appeared just a week after the most recent First Amendment case ruling, specifically addressing the freedom of people NOT to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Danny Masterson, STAND League Tagged With: Bari Berger, Masterson case, religious freedom, STAND League

Scientology Hate and Discrimination Exposed

February 2, 2022 By Mike Rinder 26 Comments

  This is the bleat they repeat over and over. "We stand for everyone's human rights" and "we protect the rights of everyone to practice the religion of their choice" -- what they don't say out loud is the rest of the sentence: "UNTIL it is inconvenient for us." One need look no further than the recent California Appeals Court decision in the Masterson case. Tony Ortega covered the decision at the Underground Bunker It held in part (emphasis mine): Individuals have a First Amendment right to leave a religion. We hold that once petitioners had terminated their affiliation with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: STAND League Tagged With: California Appeals Court, Masterson, STAND League, William Forman

The Blind Leading the Blind

November 6, 2021 By Mike Rinder 27 Comments

The fools at STAND either: a) Believe everyone is so stupid they don't see right through them, or b) Are only interested in communicating to their KoolAid drinking bubble-dwellers who accept anything and everything they say at face value as if it is unalterable truth, even if it contradicts something they said in the previous sentence.   The drivel they put out is so easily exposed as lies and propaganda it's hard to believe they even bother. The image above is a screen shot from their website. Trying to sound like freedom of religion warriors for truth and media ethics … [Read more...]

Filed Under: STAND League Tagged With: Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, STAND League, Tony Ortega

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