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Thursday Funnies on Saturday

January 14, 2023 By Mike Rinder 16 Comments

  Mini Mike visits Flag Just dropped in to try to say hi to Mr. Mickiewicz.     Rogue's Gallery Only missing Grant Cardone to complete this pantheon of hucksters.   This is the "Advanced Org"? Why are they promoting free introductory VM services?   Meet the staff? Just an excuse to put the best looking woman on their promotion. Surely the ED or Technical Secretary or even a reg would be more appropriate than the receptionist?   This is very weird.... Two scientology celebrities talking about "total freedom" starting with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSH Africa, Arte Maren, Austin Org, Belleair Mission, David Hostettler, Dublin Org, Jean Dale Glass, Kate Ceberano, Marc Perkowitz, Marisol Nichols, Michael Chan, Michael Weber, Misha Gandelman, Rafferty Pendery, sydney org, Tarpon Springs High School, Tarpon Springs Rotary Club

The Arte Maren A Thon

June 21, 2022 By Mike Rinder 26 Comments

You can check out his video here. It's heavy scienospeak -- his birthday is to "celebrate my identity in this body, the name on this body"... And he goes on from there claiming he is going to relate some of his personal experiences with L. Ron Hubbard (not including mentioning I am sure that L. Ron Hubbard considered him and the other people in the GO to be treasonous bastards who had tried to take him down). Credit where it's due though, Arte looks pretty damn good for 80... His event is pretty strange. Just trying to rekindle his glory days with himself as the center of attention it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising Tagged With: Andrea D'Agostini, Andres Lopez, Arte Maren, Deanna Durisic, Hana Li, Jive Aces, Jon Statham, Manuela Oliveira, Michael Bang, Rafferty Pendery, Tamas Kasza

Thursday Funnies

June 16, 2022 By Mike Rinder 25 Comments

So many people coming!!! Yeah, right. And it's going to be monumental. And milestone.     It's the food stupid All about the food. The seminar is secondary.   This is the event that so many people are coming to... Really?   Another "virtual" briefing... Doesn't seem very OT -- cause over Matter, Energy, Space and Time?   The Freewinds is LIVE! And they are doing Div 6 seminars (really just excuses to try to get some bodies to reg). It's a little odd they keep promoting themselves as being "off the crossroads of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Arte Maren, Bellaire Mission, Chase Wilson, Chicago org, Flag, Freewinds, Ft Harrison, Hourglass, Sandra Poveda, valley org, Vancouver org

Thursday Funnies

April 21, 2022 By Mike Rinder 27 Comments

  Plenty of good laughs this week... Experience Your Own? Just by going to graduation? The thrill of fruit...     Grammar fail Greg and Elizabeth has achieved.... Yo, Dave. When is the Golden Age of KTL coming?   The Power of Canada! On display with the CO FSSO and Jim Meskimen? Attend live in your local org? A "live" zoom call? This is definitely going to make the whole country ideal... There are still orgs in Canada that after 20 years have gone nowhere -- Calgary, Edmonton. Let alone Toronto and they didn't even need to buy a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHANZO, Arte Maren, Beth Akiyama, Captain Miscavige, Carole Eddington, Chicago, Chicago Ideal Org, Dan Sherman, Dublin Org, Easter, Jim Mathers, Jim Meskimen, KTL, Michael Lewis, OSA, ot committee, Sharron Weber, valley org

Thursday Funnies

October 14, 2021 By Mike Rinder 79 Comments

  10 weeks with Arte Maren... People PAY for this?   Amount raised - $0 This is her birthday fundraiser that's been up for a year. She is the Snr C/S of the Portland "ideal" org   Wait until you find out... Actually you have to pay more to get that ability because you really cannot confront life until you are done with OT III. And then OT V. And then OT VII. And on and on...   That's a real stretch... Many of these people OD'd -- First guy on their list, Don Simpson was in scientology for a while. Didn't save him.   Buried … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSH Africa, Arte Maren, Battle Creek, Canada, Clive Rabey, Diane Crandell, Drug Free World, Flag, Foundation for a Drug Free World, Gary Howes, harlem org, IAS, Jeff Pomerantz, Kids, Malmo Org, Michael Lewis, Perry Niehaus, Portland Or, Puerto Rico, Sacramento org, Stevens Creek, tampa org, Tom Cruise, valley org, Vancouver org

The “Godfathers of Good”

July 17, 2021 By Mike Rinder 48 Comments

Ah, the humility of these gentlemen is a sight to behold. It is an unfortunate side effect of being a scientologist that you believe you know all there is to know about anything and everything as long as you have read something Hubbard said about it. This gives you the right, obligation almost, to dish out advice on all sorts of subjects simply because you are a scientologist and therefore have received the wisdom of L. Ron Hubbard. With the full certainty of a brainwashed zealot, you can pass on such wisdom to others as an "expert" no matter the topic. These 4 are experts in the subject … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, Way to Happiness Tagged With: Arte Maren, Bruce Wiseman, Rohn Walker, way to happiness, WTH

The “Top” of the Bridge is Collapsing

June 18, 2019 By Mike Rinder 81 Comments

The "Mecca of Technical Perfection" (they don't seem to use that name any more, even though it was bestowed by L. Ron Hubbard himself) is becoming more and more desperate. Yesterday I included information about the shrinking world of scientology evidenced by the curtailed Maiden Voyage celebrations. Today we have more evidence from the "top of the Bridge" where they are now delivering the "Personal Efficiency Course"... This is described at the What is Scientology website as follows (emphasis mine): For many people, happiness is an elusive quality. Surveys show that “being happy” is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Flag Service Org, Scientology Tagged With: Arte Maren, David Miscavige, Dublin, Flag Service Organization, Ideal Orgs, public relations, Scientology

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