Miscavige is so out of touch with reality, that he no doubt doesn’t realize how arrogant and condescending he sounds.
This is from the report on the ribbon yanking ceremony in Basel — as found at scientology.org.
Switzerland is a nation long renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship of everything from watches to pocketknives and culinary delicacies that remain the envy of the world.
And consistent with that uncompromising emphasis on quality, the first Scientology Ideal Organization (Org) in that European nation’s dazzling history opened its doors to a grateful public on Saturday in an historic and dignitary-studded dedication ceremony in the picturesque Swiss city of Basel.
Really? Pocketknives? Culinary delicacies? Dazzling history? Dignitary-studded?
Turning point in European history? The ribbon cutting on a tiny scientology church? Of course, it dwarfs events in Europe’s history. WW II. WW I. Waterloo. The Roman Empire. etc etc etc
To properly mark the import of the moment, Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board Religious Technology Center, summed up the Basel opening’s significance in addressing the audience—maintaining that the new facility gives the phrase “Swiss-made” a “whole new definition.”
I can imagine how thrilled the Swiss are to know that Miscavige’s building gives a whole new definition to “swiss-made.”
Mr. Miscavige continued, “Now we come to a long-anticipated turning point in European history. A moment when a ribbon falls on a new Ideal Org and so signals a new era of tolerance, brotherhood, compassion and spiritual power. A breathless moment that will never be forgotten, so long as suns shine and planets swing.”
No words are adequate to describe this sheer idiocy.
Joining the Scientology parishioners and Church officials on Saturday were luminaries representing all levels of the Swiss cultural landscape. They included Robert Mesey, Federal Justice of Switzerland, Ret.; Dr. Johann Bauer, representing the Department of Medicine at Ludwig Maximillian University; Ayhan Seker, Vice President, Basel Muslim Commission; and finally, Marco Pulver, Executive Director of Implenia North-West Switzerland.
The best they could do is a retired judge, someone “representing” the Medical Department of a university in Munich, the “vice-president” of the Muslim Commission and someone from the construction company that built out the building. Wow, what an impressive line up for an event that was a turning point in European history….
Does ANYONE actually buy this bs?
I am stunned to learn that planets swing. I guess like little baubles hanging from a mobile.
And here those crazy wog science classes teach that planets rotate on there axes and revolve around the sun. Stupid wogs.
You can see the video of David “Let Him Die” Miscavuge’s speech here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTRlHZHRIkw
Radio interview on KISS 92.5 Toronto:
http://www.kiss925.com/2015/05/12/listen-former-scientology-spokesman-mike-rinder-on-kiss-92-5/
Awesome! This is a major station for the Detroit area as well as Toronto.
Just listened to it … serendipitously, am in Toronto this week. Great job, Mike. 🙂
“so long as suns shine and planets swing”
They do say that if you’re going to lie, make it a big one.
I have to say, I find the hyperbole coming out of the church to be almost without equal. The only similar organization who could utter such garbage with a straight face is North Korea.
In all seriousness, DM’s comments are offensive to all of us of Swiss ancestry.
Aquamarine: “If a breathless moment which by itself alone will forever after change the course of European history occurs, and no-one knows about it, did that moment occur?”
Taking into account the Uncertainty Principle and the Observer Effect we may conclude there is no answer to this question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics)
However, if take into account that the Future Remote Viewing Design A works better than the Design B, we may have an answer to this question.
http://www.farsight.org/demo/Multiple_Universes/Multiple_Universes_Experiment.html
Poor Sheeple. They want – need – so badly to believe. Its going to be so tough for them when the truth finally dawns. And I can’t wait (ha ha, evil laugh).
I’m curious – how did Little Slappy get all the way over to far-off Switzerland? Does He fly commercial, charter a Lear, or borrow Travolta’s Gulfstream? I couldn’t imagine the little twat stooping to a commercial flight. I wonder how much of His customers’ donations He spends jetting off to these stupid shindigs.
No doubt there will always be a core group of believers that will stay loyal in spite of all outward appearances. I agree that all of them that have been around awhile should know that the movement does not appear to be thriving, but for that core group to admit there is really no future for Scientology would mean they would have to consider possibly leaving. As many who have escaped the cult know, they really have nothing to stay for except that working for the group at least keeps a roof over their head. Sad, but true.
David Misscavige – douche alert. We are on to him. His time is coming to an end. He’s grasping at straws. And completely full of himself.
Signs that your religion might not be a religion?
1/ More time and money is spent on ex members than on anything else.
2/ The list of ex members keeps growing.
3/ The ex members had intimate knowledge on church operations.
Hugs xxx
Mike, Thanks for putting the words of the Church article in italics. If you hadn’t done that I would have thought it was a satire you were doing. It is getting to the point where you really don’t have to work very hard as a writer any more because the COS lampoons itself. You should send them a commendation! : -)
That copy of his reads like something out of a Coen Bros movie. Fully expect to see The Dude in audience pictures.
The only way it could have been better is if he’d also had a bank teller and a counter girl from the DMV in tow as additional pretend celebutards.
Sammy, I’m also disappointed that Shirley Temple-as-Heidi wasn’t there, in her dirndl and blonde ringlets. But then she would have stolen the show from ABB.
Dani Lemberger: “time will prove that this definitely is a turning point in European, or world or galactic history.”
Contrary to the claims spread on the fringe of the internet, thanks to this opening, we are coming to a long-anticipated turning point in European, Worldwide and this Universe history.
Unfortunately, the Swiss people are unaware of this hyper-important event, because – as pointed out by Roger From Switzerland Thought – they are busy in the mountains producing exquisite craftsman cuckoo clocks that remain the envy of the world.
The Basel opening has unleashed a Theta Tsunami causing ripples in the space-time fabric of the universe, already detected by extra-terrestrial civilizations which came to Basel to witness and investigate:
Massive UFO Fleet sighting over Basel, Switzerland in 1566
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case485.htm
Note: These ripples in the space-time fabric of the universe are causing retroactive hyper-space-time anomalies.
Massive UFO Cloud over Basel, Switzerland in 2015
http://www.englishforum.ch/daily-life/225677-ufo-cloud-over-basel-today.html
The ripples in the space-time fabric of the universe, due to the Basel opening which has unleashed a Theta Tsunami, were also detected by Switzerland scientists, prompting them to investigate it:
Large Hadron Collider Set to Fire in May 2015
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/23531/20141230/large-hadron-collider-set-to-fire-in-may-2015-going-beyond-god-particle.htm
The Basel opening (causing ripples in the space-time fabric of the universe due to having unleashed an unprecedented Theta Tsunami) also caused the brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen reaching the earth recently.
http://www.okcfox.com/story/24056356/scientists-witness-biggest-brightest-cosmic-explosion-ever-seen-call-it-a-monster
(I was unable to attend the Basel opening because in my spare time I’m busy enjoying my out-Co$ processing).
I’ve returned to reread this article and comments before turning in, and it occurs to me that what we have in this Basel M’org Grand Opening is an Ideal Morgue variant on an ancient Existentialist theme, to wit:
“If a breathless moment which by itself alone will forever after change the course of European history occurs, and no-one knows about it, did that moment occur?”
A “breathless moment” ….really? This is just embarrassing. Swiss knives, watches? Nice things to have, but I think Japan produces some pretty nifty knives and watches. Don’t get me started about an ideal org representing compassion and brotherhood and tolerance. To me it represents fraud, intolerance and harrassment. David Miscavige is just an embarrassment to all Americans. He’s just yet another religious lunatic. I wish we knew where he stayed and how much the bill was for his trip – all paid for by Scientology’s members.
Europe will never be the same, and not one journalist was there to report on it, lol. Of course, Co$ has the reason for that! These are Merchants of Chaos! They can’t stand the idea of Man Going Free, so naturally they are trying to bury this event!
Yes, Sheeple, that’s the ticket. Keep believing that. Don’t even think about not believing that.
Wait, it’s Swiss-made? Like Swiss cheese? It must be full of holes!
“Dr. Johann Bauer, representing the Department of Medicine at Ludwig Maximillian University”
Even that is a falsehood. Bauer used to study at that university and has become a private practitioner. Someone has already written to the University to clarify and document Bauer’s standing.
Miscavige doesn’t look so good. Either he’s PTS to all the SP’s or he send himself to the hole? Maybe both.
“sent”
No, chrismann9, using ‘send’ makes you sound tougher. That’s why the evil dwarf wanted his underlings to swear. He thought it made them sound tougher.
My purely gestalt reaction to DM in this photo is “hung over disheveled drunk”. Did anyone else have that reaction? He looks tired, dried up and not his usual immaculately tailored self in this photo! Also the puffy hairdo slanting back like someone kept the windows open in the car trip over.
I wonder if DM worried about his flight being diverted to Germany or France? Into the arms of some court action 🙂
Danny Sherman,
You are promoted to Court Jester.
I’m sure Miscavige’s “buddy” Louis Farrakhan was quit pleased that the only religion represented at the opening was the Muslim faith.
The only Swiss made pocketknife is Victorinox as far as I know…..Swiss Army Utility Knife and variants.
Exquisite craftsmanship of vintage pocketknives come out of the USA and Germany. He should have stuck to
watches only. But then he would have been more accurate and truthful…..can’t have that.
I think we are just being envious and in our pettiness refuse to grant his majesty DM the beingness he well deserves. If we had some patience, time will prove that this definitely is a turning point in European, or world or galactic history.
Like when HE cut the ribbon on the Tel Aviv ideal Org, August 2012, he promised this org will bring peace to the Middle East. Since then, thousands have perished here from endless wars, while “millions” of WTH booklets are handed out. He said he’d make peace, he never said when. Why are we impatient? When peace does eventually come to the Middle East, say 100 years from now, undoubtedly it will be because HE cut the ribbon in August 2012.
If HE can bring peace to the Middle East, making history in Europe is just a piece of cake, I mean Schwartzwalder torte.
So now we know what the world is like where David Miscavige lives: the planet swings and there’s more than one sun shining. Somehow I don’t think it’s too many or too much sun he’s been soaking up.
“A grateful public…” “A breathless moment…” “…so long as suns shine and planets swing.” Oooh…FLUNK! I’m going to ask the court to go easy on the speech writer as he is currently being held hostage to his eternity plus I imagine he has to hold his nose to write that crap. David Miscavige doesn’t mind saying it though. He looks like he thinks he’s giving a mighty speech. It was a brief one, I think he knows we’re watching and laughing at him and his breathless moments of MONUMENTAL MALARKY. He knows he’s being watched by a bunch of people who are on to him. That’s got to be at least as annoying as having squirrel busters camped outside your house and all up in your face constantly. I’m betting the karmic irony is lost on him.
Normally I limit my comments to his height (or lack thereof) or his Ms. Clariol ‘Amber Waves’ dye job pouffant pompadour.
But yes, I very much agree, he has the look of a hard drinker. The ‘before’ pictures really show how he has aged. The ‘after’ photos show how much make up he cakes on to attempt to cover it up.
He really is becoming a miniature Liberace………which is OK I guess. I loved Liberace!
Even his best little buddy TC is looking a little bloated these days….maybe a little eye ‘refreshener’ job? I know he is fanatical about keeping in shape, but even Jack Lalanne looked old…..can’t hide from Mother Nature DM and TC.
I was thinking today why I was so offended by David LHD Miscavige’s Shermanspeak speeches. It is sort of only NOT reminiscent of when I was a wee one and forced to listen to Mormon conference.
The General Authorities would get up and all their speeches would all sound eerily the same, as each other, same words, same cadence.
David LHD Miscavige sounds similar only different. The cadence is the same, only the General Authorities were speaking TO the public, DLHDM is speaking ABOVE the public. He is much too good to be addressing the minions, he is giving a speech about how great he is and how we should bow down and praise him, while pretending to give a speech about something else.
The pomposity with which he bloviates is obvious, and the meaningless string of words spewing from his mouth leave the person on edge, wondering what he is talking about, yet knowing they need to cheer lest he punish them for not worshiping him. It’s the worst of all worlds. At least in most churches you don’t have to cheer after a speech so it doesn’t matter if you understand what the person said.
In the Cult of Miscavige, you’re punished if you don’t cheer at what he considers the appropriate moments. The problem is, only he knows what they are.
“…Marco Pulver, Executive Director of Implenia North-West Switzerland.”
I love the fact that Anonymous hacked and cracked that company’s web site and took it over. 🙂
“Turning point in European History?”
He actually said that?
With a straight face?
More like a stomach turning point if you ask me.
“…opened its doors to a grateful public …”
ROFL! Frothing insane loons! LOL!
Yes, just LOOK at all those Scientology customers lined up and waiting to get fucked by these filthy criminals, I mean the line wraps around the building twice.
What absolute insanity that screaming criminal expresses. Love it.
And guess what he is going to wear at the events this year? The fashion color of the year is Goldenrod.
The self-importance button, arrogance and unbridled derision for all things “beneath” this little tyrant are beyond belief. What a creep.
The not quiet Bright have a Button on Self Importance.
LRH quote.
Jose, even when I was in the S.O. I laughed every-time I read that quote. There was NO ONE in the Scientology with a bigger button on Self Importance than El Con Hisself.
Oh What a great country for a buisness based on hiding funds and embezzlement!! The country that is so conviently always neutral in every conflict in EROupEAn modern history(because the banking system funds both sides and steals murdered victims estates and refuses to give it to the heirs.) this is DMs,M.O. If ever there was one! If scientology was such a great ethical church they could have reiterated there distain for such secret evils. He has no problem talking about them at home,if he wanted to change inequality,surely he’d mention the Swiss funding many Nazi/psyches euthanasia campaigns! He had a museum dedicated to it,Swiss funded many of those things! But this is his kind of place a country that is amazing and beautiful,with Awesome hard working ppl. but as always controlled by and funded by greed,greed,greed just his cup of tea.
Your post demonstrates the same level of ignorance as dms speech
At least he opened an ideal org. Its like the first one he’s opened in about 9 months?
This post comes out right after Victory Day (May 9) celebrating the surrender of Nazi Germany to the Soviet army. Although Victory Day is not celebrated in the West, there have been many interesting programs lately detailing this portion in history of WWII. This is an example of what would accurately be called “a turning point in European history.” David Miscavige pathetically tries to position himself and the Church of Scientology opening a new organization on an equal level. By making statements like this, he looks like an ignorant American who knows little about the outside world of the U.S.A. He truly does suffer from delusions of grandeur and sorry to say, so does anyone else who believes any of this rhetoric.
Pepper, the “West” doesn’t celebrate it because on May 7 at Reims, Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, ordered General Jodl to sign unconditional surrender with Russian General Ivan Susloparov and French General Francois Sevez signing as witnesses, and General Walter Bedell Smith, Ike’s chief of staff, signing for the Allied Expeditionary Force. Stalin had a fit because he didn’t give Susloparov explicit permission to sign. General Susloparov was sent back to see the Soviet Secret police and was never heard from again. To appease the psycho Stalin, another piece of paper was signed two days later. AFTER the surrender actually happened. 😉
Thanks John. I didn’t elaborate in my post but I was basically equating the “long awaited turning point in European history” with the surrender of Nazi Germany. Hundreds of millions of people were waiting for that to happen, including one of my family members who was imprisoned in several different POW concentration camps in Poland and Germany. The next worse than the last. With the passing of Victory Day, I got to thinking about this.
You are right about the signing on May 7th. I wonder too if the US government didn’t want to acknowledge Victory Day because of what happened after the surrender with the Soviets and the advent of the Cold War, or just not wanting to give the Russians too much credit for the capitulation of the Nazi Germany. I’m not so sure about this. I remember my first few years in school, practicing air raid drills and going into a bomb shelter.
thanks Pepper. The US gov DOES celebrate VE Day (Victory in Europe Day). It is on May 7th. May 9th is not when victory OR surrender occurred. So, there is nothing to “acknowledge” about May 9th.
Does he read off a prompter when he speaks?
I can only imagine him practicing this.
Just reading it makes my stomach turn.
Always. He never speaks extemporaneously in public. ANyone who has had the misfortune of hearing him ramble off the cuff will probably agree with me that it is just as painful as the Shermanspeak. Less big words and strange sentence construction, but more incomprehensible with contradictory statements and orders that flow like a river of effluent. NUmerous sidetracks. Constant swearing. Boring and repetetive.
Yet another sign of his psychopathology.
David Miscavige is a very ill man in every way – physically, spiritually and emotionally.
He is in charge of masses of money and people who still flock to his lectures. But Scientology is slowly disintegrating, eating itself from the inside. Miscavige is much too volatile for everything to keep going as it is now.
Another reason for everyone to leave now. Leave quietly. Slowly or quickly. But leave soon.
Oh wow! Sick.
You gave me a big laugh though, Mike. So funny.
Does Dr. Johann Bauer do birthday parties?
DM has no clue about Switzerland as demonstrated in his speech. He talks like a fool.
He potrays us as craftmen. This was 500 years ago when the Swiss were producing watches !!!
He thinks we are living in the mountains and producing cuckoo clocks. I rather would say he didn’t think anything and wasn’t really interested to learn something about Switzerland.
I don’t think he mentioned cuckoo clocks — those are probably too close to home.
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/pix/DaveClock.jpg
On the other hand, Roger, maybe it’s best His Dwarfness is clueless about Switzerland. If He knew anything of Swiss history, he’d probably be out there comparing Himself to somebody like General Guisan.
Actually, I don’t even think a narcissistic twit like Miscavige would dare to do that.
Hmm. On second thought, no. He’s such an idiot He probably would, like the ideal morgue people compared themselves to ANZAC. Yes, it’s probably a good thing that Miscavige is an ignorant twerp.
LOL
When they had the grand opening for Las Vegas they bought in the Mayor, Oscar Goodman. It was positioned all over their web site. Oscar was the former attorney for the Mafia on the east coast. The Mafia’s go-to defender. His roster of clients reads like a history of organized crime: Meyer Lansky, Nicky Scarfo, and “Lefty” Rosenthal, as well as Mike Tyson and boxing promoter Don King, along with a midget, a dentist, and a federal judge.
http://www.amazon.com/Being-Oscar-Lawyer-Mayor-Vegas/dp/1602862338
They also bought in congress woman Shelly Berkeley. She was voted most corrupt and under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for using her position to stop the closure of a kidney transplant facility in which her husband holds a large financial stake.
http://www.citizensforethics.org/mostcorrupt/entry/shelley-berkley
It was allover their web site for Las Vegas “Celebrity Center” that a Mayor and Congress woman were hosting the grand opening! Two notorious politicians!
NOBODY from the “outside world” in Las Vegas attended.
I wonder if DM will see the woman from Florida that knows about Lisa McPherson’s death. Can’t recall her name but look at the Lisa chapter in Reitmann’s book.
Yes, let’s forget about the glories of ancient Greece and Rome, and all the wonders that followed, and concentrate on the opening of Dodgy Muppet’s latest vanity project. And making the press speak English was a masterstroke, really. Tosser.
Another foot bullet with the press.
That picture of miscavige under the awning brings to mind my favorite shoop of all time: Someone posted on Tony’s site at the opening of the Super Power Bldg., miscavige under the awning and the Roadrunner sillhoutte on the to of the awning. Hilarious.
Anyone else getting a “Sherman is Reek” (Game of Thrones, 3rd season on wards) vibe.
Caged, tortured, brought out when need, necessary or expedient, then put back in the kennels with the dogs again.
PerFect! The shattering of a mind like the process used for reek is a evil symbolic way to put it. But in the end,it’s the same,mindless scared slavery.
Now they close the doors and lights out.
“. . . the first Scientology Ideal Organization (Org) in that European nation’s dazzling history opened its doors to a grateful public on Saturday . . ”
and
“Robert Mesey, Federal Justice of Switzerland, Ret.; Dr. Johann Bauer, representing the Department of Medicine at Ludwig Maximillian University; Ayhan Seker, Vice President, Basel Muslim Commission; and finally, Marco Pulver, Executive Director of Implenia North-West Switzerland”
Yeah that breathless, throng of a “grateful” nation could only manage to send these pretty much 2nd and 3rd tier people to ring in this new “historic” era.
I’m assuming, Mark, that there were not pics of the massive crowd pressing against the stage, ready to swamp Miscavige with thanks. (BTW where was Tim Cruise to help ring in all this awesomeness?)
Geez they couldn’t even buy a stock photo and superimpose a crowd on images for the stage – like some politicians do. tsk, tsk, tsk, what laziness and lack of creativity
“2nd and 3rd tier People”
Not even that . Nobody knew those People ! just nobody…….
I really am beginning to wonder if miss-cabbage (intentional mispelling) is drinking the kool-aid himself nowadays. In my readings of lrh, I am made to understand that as his health began to fail toward the end of his `cycle’ he began to believe his own tripe. Is davey doing the same? Or is he just opening as many IO’s i(Idle-mOrgues) to keep the monetary value in his name (as I am made to understand they will now hand over the title/ownership of the physical building to davey. Does he really believe the cult is expanding, or is this just a money-grab on a last ditch effort, knowing the end of the cult is sure to come.
When this shit all comes down, it will be very intersting indeed to see if cob (crazy old bat) was drinking the koll-aid, or mixing it up for the faithful.
What ya think, Mike?
What Davey really wanted to say was, “Switzerland, thank you! thank you! thank you! for your wonderful banking system that has allowed me to stash hundreds of millions of dollars far from the prying eyes of my rubes…errr…parishioners and nasty government agencies around the world.”
LDW that is so funny!
I also love Mike’s sentence
I can imagine how thrilled the Swiss are to know that Miscavige’s building gives a whole new definition to “swiss-made.”
Now if we could engineer a different kind of sentence for the perpetrator ……………….
My God but this rickety PR staircase into the depths of incredulity, is getting decidedly dangerous!
Any moment now, one of those oh-so-narrow designer steel treads is going to give way — sending Dee Master
clattering down onto his ass! Guess who goes into ‘the hole’ next??
Y’all notice that the older Miscavige gets, the pouffier his bouffant hair do is teased, the sing songier his diction becomes and the more ridiculous his speeches are? Let’s be honest … would we have it any other way? Each year, he’s more of a scream. He is his OWN Saturday Night Live spoof!
“the pouffier his bouffant hair do is teased”
To hide a bald spot, maybe?
Or add some height to tiny leader.
I’d love to see a photo of Apple Box Boy before breakfast with a blood-shot-eyed McCallan’s hangover, before someone gets him into one of his little suits and does his hair and touches up his easy-bake tan. Poor Lou, you know? But then she’s no oil painting either. I’ll bet they scare each other waking up in the morning.
Sherman’s head is gonna be on the chopping block for this gaffe … turning point in European history? … this was a turning point in the history of THE WHOLE FREAKIN’ UNIVERSE fercryinoutloud!!!!!
Suns will shine for over a trillion years, but they will always reverently remember the turning point of Sea Org Captain David Miscavige cutting a ribbon of a medium sized building in a medium city on a planet that ceased to exist a billion millennia ago.
“A breathless moment that will never be forgotten…”
I guess this is technically accurate. You can’t forget something if you never knew about it in the first place. Which the vast majority of Switzerland and the rest of Europe did not.
Mr. Miscavige continued, “Now we come to a long-anticipated turning point in European history. A moment when a ribbon falls on a new Ideal Org and so signals a new era of tolerance, brotherhood, compassion and spiritual power. A breathless moment that will never be forgotten, so long as suns shine and planets swing.”
No words are adequate to describe this sheer idiocy.
Best line ever.
+1.
in their press release they include a photo of the seated crowd in front and a photo of the standing crowd at the back.
there are 370 people on those two photos!
the only news article I could find on the event also included pictures of a large crowd of protesters stating there were over 100 protesters at the event. pretty sad when they announce the turning point of europes and only 370 people turn up.
there are three class 5 orgs and one big mission in switzerland and distances are short. so this attendance represents every active scientologist in the entire country and includes a large group of sea org members.
Hi Swiss Lady,
Here you hear the protester and see the sheeples (on the other side of the street) leaving the ceremony:
https://youtu.be/GTLez_TJSZM
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The protestesr were there from about 13:00 to 18:00 and were coming and going. Propably at the end there were about 300, nearly as many as taking part at the ceremony.
I counted only about 15 publics of Basel Org at the ceremony (mainly whales) as the nearly the whole public of Basel Org is now on Staff. I don’t know whom they gonna serve.
Also the Website of the construction Company was hacked by anonymous some days ago and they put a message about Scientology onto it.
The Company distanced itself fully from Scientology in a press Statement.
Freaking awesome!
Well done Baselians. If you were across with the scis and heard this it must have given pause to indicate “we are not popular” I wonder why. No doubt some of them checked the internet after.
And here you see their academy:
https://bloggegenscientology.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/05-05052015-basel-akademie1.jpg
and here an article about a politician of Basel that wants to forbid certain activities of Scientology in Basel or forbid it totally:
https://bloggegenscientology.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/05-03052015-schweiz-am-sonntag-rustenholtz.jpg
and here again the protesters in Action:
https://youtu.be/8W1xCBGogG0
I’ve driven through Basel. It’s Toledo with better chocolate.
The only thing that could have saved this death trip is if Max Hauri had flown over with a helicopter, dangling a sign saying “Our Bridge is better. ML, Ron’s Org.”
If nobody inside buys it anymore, why are they still there? I feel I am losing touch with scientology reality – I no longer see what they see.
“I feel I am losing touch with scientology reality – I no longer see what they see.” That’s what’s happening to me too, Dollar. I really just don’t get what those still in SEE or HEAR or BELIEVE. I’ve been out too long I guess.
The answer to “why are they still there?” isn’t a simple one to answer. First you have to realize there is a tremendous turn over of staff. I worked at Flag for about 20 years. Many times I looked at a group photo of the Flag staff that would be 3 or 4 years old and I would be amazed
to realize 30+% of the staff had left and had been replaced by new faces. I left the Sea Org 10 years ago and when I recently watched the staff buses empty at Flag, I recognized a very low percentage of the staff. There were a lot of young faces and a lot of new staff from Asia and places where the word of mouth regarding the conditions on staff had not yet reached. The Sea Org recruitment tends to roll through using and abusing different areas of the world. Mexico, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, etc. They will eventually run out of areas for easy recruitment. As far as the staff that tend to stay year after year after year. They each have their own story. Many have no place to leave to. They have no money. They have no real skills or experience in the non Scientology world. Some don’t want to leave their spouse, family, friends that are inside. Some fear being declared suppressive and being cut off from family and friends. There is a fear of starting over with nothing at 40, 50, 60 years old. The longer you are in the harder it is to get out. Despite the difficulties and challenges of leaving the Sea Org, it does happen at a pretty fast rate. The same for the public. Lots of new people that haven’t figured out the scam yet and lots of old timers that can’t easily get out.
With all the “money in the bank,” the COS can exist virtually forever with no members. Basically they are milking the remaining few for whatever is left…why not? The remnants will be a bunch of empty buildings, maintained for the purpose of the survival of the corporation. In the future, actual members will be incidental to the COS.
Sure, the corporate entity may have to sell an occasional Ideal Org or some other facility, but that will be little more than analogous to rebalancing the COS’s asset portfolio. The key will be to have assets that can throw off enough money in perpetuity just to sustain the corporation, and in that context the Ideal Orgs are little more than a real estate investment strategy.
There will likely remain a hierarchy of a few well-taken care of staff and perhaps even a few clueless people willing to be slaves, but they will be running about, trying but repeatedly failing to achieve the basic idea of “Clearing the Planet.” It will give them something to do and will help with keeping up appearances for the religious angle. And to be sure, there will always be the occasional loser who will walk into an org and buy in – there is after all that thin end of the bell curve.
But the COS’s future really doesn’t depend on that person walking in the door. The corporation’s survival is the only thing that matters at this point, solely for the sake of survival. Everything else is just so much window dressing.
It is so delusional I have to laugh when I see Miscavige all pimped up and reading Sherman’s lunacy. I remember the first time Danny spoke at an event held at Flag. The staff were like “Who is this weirdo?”
The guy was comically entertaining, like Tiny Tim singing “Tip toe through the tulips…” I would have never guessed he would be Miscavige’s “go to guy” for serious events.
The “grateful public” is an adjective and noun combination that really, really angers me. It’s so smarmy and arrogant and untrue. Speaking of European history, since Miscavige dropped out in 10th grade, he probably doesn’t even KNOW about Waterloo.
“Grateful public” indeed. It does show arrogance and condescension. The Masters of the Universe have bestowed a new shop in town. Suns are shining and planets are swinging.
All the fake flattery at the beginning of all these speeches too. It always comes off as trite,silly and shallow. I’m sure the Swiss people are very “grateful” to have been acknowledged for their watches, pocketknives and culinary delicacies. Miscagive forgot mention their Banks. Maybe that’s a can of worms he doesn’t want to open.
Watches and pocketknives – yes. Culinary delicacies – no! Whatever was he thinking about for the culinary delicacies. Chocolate – yes. They make good chocolate for themselves and the budget chocolate they sell to the Germans because it is much better than what they can make. They sell excellent coffee blends as well. The ice cream is good. But I can’t think of anything else that would be a culinary delicacy. I used to live in Basel, not far from their new Ideal Org, and I can’t think of anything.
I had a killer Fondue in Basel last year at the Walliser Kanne. Delish! And whilst it’s not Swiss, Basel does have the honour of supplying me with the most amazing Croque Monsieur ever! (Frikkin’ love Swiss cheese!)
Well it’s only 151 km from Basil to Gruyeres. Great cheese! Fondu anyone?
Swiss culinary: Raclette, rösti, Engadiner nusstorte,
“Does ANYONE actually buy this bs?”
Lets see…….how about the mammals who will be clubbed on board a certain rust bucket somewhere in the Caribbean in about a month? They will be buying it ….,,.,… or else……. cause He said so.
Yo Dave,
I recommend you sec check the crap out of those Maidan Vouyers to be sure all are really, really, totally on board with You. I mean if there is even one who hesitates to whip out the old card and go all in ……..well…………you know what to do good buddy!
Interesting, the article forgot to mention that, according to Pete Griffiths, the journalists were ordered to speak English by the OSA goons because that’s exactly how you handle opening an org in a foreign country. It had exactly the effect you would expect, the journalists left.
That is why the only description there is of the Basel Org opening is Danny Sherman’s unintelligible drivel. Planets swing. Ok gotcha. Purple prose is embarrassed to be classed in the same category as this nonsense.
The folks living in Scientology’s little bubble buy it, but Joe and Jane public do not give it any thought at all because they know it is a scam.
Well, I suppose the best thing outsiders can do is look forward to the day when DM and his minions succumb and admit to failure, and they can move in and have nice buildings and facilities to work in.
Dio
Pretty soon the Idle Morgue speeches will be
Just give me your damn money you CSCI DB’s.
Dan Sherman will be in the hole soon because there is one else to blame his total failure on.
Lou is probably there and Miscavige is torturing some hottie from the Int Base that loves an IMP with power.
Yes, IM, talk about Degraded Beings. This will make a hell of a movie one day.
Scientology putting lipstick on a pig again lol
Good one.
“… long-anticipated turning point in European history.” baaahhhhhh
“…tolerance, brotherhood, compassion and spiritual power.” – wait a sec, is he talking about Scientology???
“A breathless moment that will never be forgotten…” – save your breath, guaranteed the Swiss forgot about your Grand Opening before the sun set and the planet swung.
*applaudes*
“A breathless moment that will never be forgotten, so long as suns shine and planets swing.” The Shermanator has been reading too much of his own crap, secure in the knowledge that as long as he spews out this unintlligible garbage, his Ruler will continue to pay him highly. One can only shake one’s head at the sheer insanity of it all.
Well, Scientology redefined the words “ethics” to mean something not at all ethical, so they’ve probably done the same for words like “tolerance” and “compassion.”
Shermanspeak at it’s most meaningless & debasing eloquence.
Unless reading from a teleprompter, dlhdm is incapable of stringing together 2 sentences without profanity. So he relies and loves the pure unadulterated innacurate crap that “The Sherminator” spews from his ass.
Button on self-importance, me thinks
On the outside? No. But I’ll bet a lot of people on the inside do buy it. It confirms their beliefs that Scientology is the most important World Religion, so they will believe it.
Confirmation Bias is a powerful thing.
If we build them… they will stay away in droves 🙂
Good one.
Well, doesn’t Miscavage pretty much live in a bubble — his own Fantasyland — isolated from the real world?
Hmmmm. Hey Bob! You just gave me an idea when you mentioned Fantasyland: Instead of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, we could have Mr. Dwarf’s Wild Ride! All people wanting to ride this ride must submit to massive sec checks and well as crush regging. Your kids will love it as the ride takes you into the “Industry of Death” portion. Of course they may need counseling later, but, that’s all part of the charm of a cult run ride! Parents ridding with their children will be required to hand over money at several stops throughout the ride. If they don’t, the tracks will shift and the car you’re in will suddenly take a sharp turn into RPF City. Your kids will get to see an actual Slave Labor/Reeducation Camp. They might have to stay there for awhile unless their parents cough up more dough. Continuing the ride, Anonymous members will appear to warn you about the true cost of the ride. However, you and your kids will be given ray guns to vaporize those nasty SPs! What fun! Around a corner, you’ll find a Sea Org recruiter waiting with a Billion Year Contract for you to and/or your kids to sign. Now this part of the ride could take hours and hours to complete as some parents actually disagree to having their kids sign their lift over to the cult ride. If the Sea Org recruiter is coming is coming up on a Thursday at 2pm, he may take the kids out of the car for a “bathroom” break” but will actually be sending them to RPF City inside the ride. Now, and this is a killer part of the ride, there will be a tunnel from the ride to PAC Base. By the time the parents figure out what happened, their kids will be on the EPF in Estonia. Is that a killer ride or what? As the parents get close to the end of the ride, they’re required to write down every single person they had sex with including sex acts. And…it’s filmed! Hey, how great is that??? It’s like they’re in the movies!
The ride ends with Mr. Dwarf jumping out at who’s ever left in the car and beating them to a pulp and telling them what DBs they are. I don’t think you can ask any more of a ride! BUT, WAIT! Once you get off the ride, you are followed by PIs for the rest of your life, paid for with parishioners money! And if you suddenly grab your chest like you’re having a heart attack, you’ll suddenly find yourself in darkened room with a maniacal, evil dwarf screaming at you: “LET HIM DIE!!!”
Whew! I don’t know about the rest of you, but, I can’t wait until I’m worthy enough to go on Mr. Dwarf’s Wide Ride!
Your ride will be recorded without your knowlage and be made available on outdated VHS at the end for an extra $1,000.00. If you don’t pay it will be used to blackmail you.
All joking aside, this is a brilliant post.
You are over the top today OSD. I want to know where to get my tickets …..NOW-NOW-NOW!!!!!!
🙂
Thanks, DMSCOHB. i appreciate your kind words.
Thanks, Coop! When I start drinking early in the day, this is what comes out of me. Well, that and throwing darts at a picture of the evil dwarf wearing a diaper. I know, I know…I’m a sick puppy.
🙂 🙂 🙂 I love you guys and your sick humor. Too bad OSA has non sense of humor, or their 24/7 job of reading this site might actually be pleasant.
Sick is what we do best, Mary! Being a sick puppy is not just a hobby, it’s our goal in life…
Don’t forget the burlwood in the actual ride itself.
David Miscavige looks like an alcoholic in nearly every recent picture of him including this one. Should anyone help him? He should help himself and is the only one allowed to. THIS IS what becomes of people that get their hands on the truth before others do and then try to use that truth and conceal it for corrupt evil purposes. He is the one that wound up corrupted. Do you want someone like that for your spiritual leader? I don’t and he isn’t anyway so I guess I’m safe! 🙂
I’ll make sure he doesn’t get to go on Mr. Dwarf’s Wild Ride.
The man is a picture of dissipation. Really! He is! See…in the dictionary next to “dissipation”, that’s his picture.
Also, poster boy for Temperance…
And for need of laxatives…
The boogeyman…
There are plenty of beautiful alcoholics. Liquor didn’t make him all raggedy looking. He looks like a little thug because that is what he is. Could you EVER step on a stage seeking applause, honor, worship, basking in glory after the information on the Internet leaked out, if that was you? Most of us would have changed our name and hidden in an alley if we hadn’t gone and hung ourselves. He likes being a little bad ass thug. And physically he certainly looks like one. That man couldn’t get laid in a whore house with a $100 bill.
Well, Oracle, I don’t know about your last sentence. I think Jenny Linson would be in for free.
I think so too, McCarran. I think Miscavige has his own “Two Ladies” action going on at Int Base with The Black Belt Brunette and other Pottymouthed Pet. “Two Ladies” – you know, that number that Joel Grey with two very flexible frauleins, in the film, “Cabaret”.
Tiny fists from his office with his video screens. Counter number 1:07.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANXGJe6i3G8