It is getting to be an incredible joke what the IAS is willing to claim responsibility for. They are taking on comic book superhero status in the scientology bubble, though they are bloated as a result of not DOING anything meaningful. Though they really do virtually NOTHING other than buy buildings as directed by Miscavige, and invest a bit of money to shoot videos they can use for fundraising, they work overtime to create the impression that they are "responsible" for everything. If there is something done by CCHR -- that is the IAS. Same with Way To Happiness. Drug Education. Youth … [Read more...]
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Dianetics in Paris
True to form, scientology has been hawking the "special leatherbound, silver foil embossed edition" of Dianetics following the org reduction and eradication ribbon cutting event where they pretended Miscavige was present when he had pre-recorded his speech from inside the building days previously (Alex Barnes-Ross did an excellent analysis of this). This is a "stunning commemorative limited edition" -- in the US they sold them for $500. This doesn't appear on the New Era website. I am sure they have not reduced the price since the last ones I saw. They usually do 500 … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Lots of Easter promos this week, just kept it to one... It's World Renowned And it's "visually spectacular." They are taking it on a "global tour." So why are they doing it in Los Angeles? The real thing is right there -- not their half-baked traveling version... It's Easter Remember, the man on the cross is a figment of the R6 bank. Flag is at it again Hubbard's ashes are churning up the Pacific as the Mecca of Technical Perfection panders to FSM's to try to drum up some income. The L. Ron Hubbard Hall is going nowhere... We rarely hear … [Read more...]
March 13 Smoke & Mirrors
They held their dead man's birthday party last weekend. Unsurprisingly, it was a hype-fest that seems to be perfectly described by the immortal words of Macbeth: Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. They put a bunch of the "thinking big exponential expansion" news onto their website and sent it out as a press release -- much of which will be complete mumbo-jumbo to the non-scientology public. I wanted to address a few of their c … [Read more...]
Flag is Desperate…
Sorry I have been neglecting the blog of late -- I was ill with the flu and ended up in hospital and then had a long planned commitment out of town and just got home last night and am now trying to get back to normal. Seems like the world has been upside down since right before the XMas holidays... I got this in my inbox and it struck me because of the level of effort they are putting into this. Flag have sent 6 technical staff ("And more!" they say, but don't name them which seems a little strange), to try to get some arrivals. Desperate times call for desperate measures it … [Read more...]
The LRH Hall/New Flag AO Are Coming… For Sure. Promise.
They have been fundraising for the "LRH Hall" for decades -- it's a white elephant project that is simply a sinkhole for money to show they are "spending on charitable activities." It is a completely unnecessary project, they can't even fill Ruth Eckerd Hall for their events these days. Of course, they haven't even STARTED the building. No surprise, once they actually begin, their income will go down. Remember how long they dragged out the SP (Super Power) Building -- Miscavige held the "groundbreaking" ceremony in 1998. Then dragged out the start of the building project for years and … [Read more...]
According to L. Ron Hubbard, David Miscavige is a Suppressive Squirrel
"For some years now we have had a word "squireling." It means altering Scientology, offbeat practices. It is a bad thing. Squirreling is today destructive of a workable system. " L. Ron Hubbard HCOPL 14 Feb 65 SAFEGUARDING TECHNOLOGY A reader recently prompted me to look up LRH EDs about the release of OT VIII. I came across LRH ED 301 Ron's Journal 30 from December 1978. While it does not say what he had recalled (there may be something else that does that I have not yet located), I was struck by some things that have often been commented on as sidenotes, but if … [Read more...]
More Chicago Hype
They are apparently just “inches away” from actually opening this building -- that has been sitting idle, fully renovated for a year or more now. It seems the delay continues to be needing staff to man it and for Captain Miscavige to feel it is safe to show his face in public. So typical of everything in the bubble. There is always something that is a new arbitrary requirement, now it’s people trained on Dave’s OEC/FEBC because THAT is the latest “breakthrough” that will make all the promises come true. Oddly they are now claiming this ideal org is different than "all the others"? How is … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Programming Note: Amy and Mike Easter special is coming tonight on my YouTube channel at 7:30pm EDT. We will be talking about whether scientology is compatible with Christianity. Seems appropriate to cover this topic on the eve of Good Friday. Top Headliners for this... Bet there will be more regges there than artists. Bay Area Cowboys? Cowboys? Bay Area? Like Midnight Cowboy maybe? Missions are not supposed to make Clears... Hubbard went absolutely borneo when he heard this was happening back in the early 80's. That is what ORGS are … [Read more...]
How Many Taxpayer-Subsidized Mansions, Homes and Offices Does A Dead Man Need?
This might seem like a foolish question -- but not when it come to L. Ron Hubbard. He apparently needs a whole lot of homes and even more offices... It is one of the lesser-known bizarre facts about scientology and the worship of L. Ron Hubbard that subsequent to his death (or in the words of David Miscavige he "discarded the body... he had used to facilitate his existence in this MEST universe," because it "had ceased to be useful and in fact had become an impediment to the work he now must do outside of its confines”), many fully furnished mansions and lavish homes were co … [Read more...]