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Auckland Speaks For All Scientologists…

May 6, 2020 By Mike Rinder 53 Comments

This pretty much sums up the scientology mindset on the subject of the pandemic. Not pushing Decon7 or any of the other PR lines about what they are doing to contribute with their photo ops, they talk some real scientology turkey here. Explaining that people are "restimulated.” Forget the virus, this is their reactive minds, the ones they will eventually realize they are "mocking up" that is causing them to die. The only solution to this, the real problem, is to train more auditors and join staff. This is literally the answer to EVERYTHING on planet earth. I wonder if it ever … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Auckland, COVID-19, Ideal Orgs

ANZO is Booming — Just Not Australia or New Zealand (or Oceania)

April 22, 2020 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

OK, this is an interesting piece that gives the relative activity in the "continent." Scientology calls this "ANZO" which stands for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. In Australia there are "ideal" orgs at the AO, and in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. In New Zealand there is an "ideal" org in Auckland. There is nothing in "Oceania". There are two other orgs in the "continental area": Taiwan and Japan. That is it for the entirety of Asia and the Indian SubContinent. Note how many Taiwanese and Japanese flags and names are on this list compared to Australia and New Zealand.  There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: ANZO, Auckland, Ideal Orgs, Japan, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Taiwan, Tokyo

Thursday Funnies

January 30, 2020 By Mike Rinder 35 Comments

  The planet gets a little saner? How is this when the number of new non-Clears is outstripping the number of Clears every day by 220,000 to 1? You are literally in a bubble of unreality.   This is the reason to Clear them? I thought it was because they are aberrated?   Oh, that makes sense... You know that 22 of the 25 largest cities on earth (with populations above 8 million) are in countries that don't even have a single scientology org? This includes China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey and Korea   They finally got one Clear And a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Auckland, Freewinds, fundraising, funnies, IAS, Ideal Orgs, L. Ron Hubbard, Stevens Creek, Vancouver

Thursday Funnies

November 7, 2019 By Mike Rinder 82 Comments

  Anything to get them in... Magic. Music. Dance lesson. Painting. Desperation to try to get "bodies in the shop."     Featured Attraction? Now it's a "jam session" at a new time   Why I joined staff? It made sense. Gosh -- did they tell you about the hours and the pay? And the futility of it all?   Just guess the answer to this riddle... They would use the same tagline for "Talk Therapy or Torture" -- anything a psych does is torture. Ron tells us so.   Absolutely no fundraising We are done with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Auckland, CCHR, Children, Columbus, Freewinds, fundraising, funnies, ot committee, public relations, Scientology, Scientology Idle Orgs, Sydney, Vancouver

Auckland “Ideal Org” – Not Booming

March 6, 2019 By Mike Rinder 68 Comments

Here is some new news from the "booming" ideal org in Auckland. Remember, this is the PROMOTION they send out -- it is what they are proud of. 3 completions. Yes, THREE. They should be having 3 completions per hour and even then would not be St Hill Size. This is how far they are from being a viable concern. I love the optimism of "save your seat" -- they are literally wandering around in an empty building... And finally, the ever delusional "we are going St Hill Size" and that they are "a new movement on earth"... This is pure idiocy. If they can round up 50 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Auckland, Ideal Orgs, Scientology Idle Orgs

Scientology Financial Crimes, New Zealand Edition

February 19, 2019 By Mike Rinder 119 Comments

    Can you imagine the level of unethical loan activities that must be going on in this "ideal" org to elicit a Facebook posting like this? And can you imagine the trouble Jessica F S Brown has landed herself in by daring to quote L. Ron Hubbard to prove someone(s) in the "ideal org" in Auckland are acting improperly? And there are people responding on FB -- they had better be prepared to hand over some more cash in order to keep the Ethics Officer at bay... Well Well, it didnt take long. Since I wrote this post (but before it was published) this FB message … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Auckland, fundraising, Ideal Orgs, New Zealand

Getting the Stats Up – 1 kid at a time

October 7, 2018 By Mike Rinder 198 Comments

No doubt these children were counted on the Auckland "ideal" org stats as a "paid intro service completions". How sad... Next week, the "Art course". No doubt they will read a few words of wisdom on the subject of art from Hubbard (a world famous artist?), be handed some crayons and paper and voila, instant stats. The week after that, perhaps the "play on the swings" course with a $5 donation to keep the stats going up. They will give them some "tech" about playing games and that too will qualify for a course completion. Anyone who has been around orgs can see this sort of thing a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Auckland, Ideal Orgs, Scientology

Auckland Ideal Org is Clearing New Zealand For Realz

July 15, 2018 By Mike Rinder 81 Comments

On January 21, 2017, Auckland was graced by the presence of the Dear Leader himself, yanking his red ribbon in semi-public view (only his dedicated followers are allowed to catch a glimpse of the great man in person) as he swung open the doors to another of his "gifts to the community." 18 months later, they have apparently (and proudly) produced their 8th clear. That's 5 or so per YEAR. That is what passes for "ideal" as far as scientology is concerned. The population of the country is 4.8 million, growing about 200,000 per year. There is no other in the entire nation (even though … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs, Idle Orgs Tagged With: Auckland, David Miscavige, Ideal Orgs, New Zealand

Desperation in Auckland

April 16, 2016 By Mike Rinder 53 Comments

The desperation emanating from the "ideal org" in Auckland is palpable. A bunch of Sea Org members have been dispatched on mission to try and get the org done, get their filing backlogs handled and recruit enough staff to have at least one person covering reception full time. A measure of how desperate they are is who they are reaching out to try and recruit. Perhaps the most notorious (and effective) critic of scientology in Australia is Paul Schofield. A long time staff member, Paul was SSIV, Exec Status 1, Cl IV & KTL/LOC/Pro TRs C/S, Cl V/FPRD Auditor, Flag-trained Cram Off … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Idle Orgs Tagged With: Auckland, Ideal Orgs, Paul Schofield, Scientology Idle Orgs

ANZO Pitching Hard

April 9, 2016 By Mike Rinder 108 Comments

There are so many odd things in this promotion. How strange that one of the oldest scientology organizations on earth is incapable of achieving Ideal Org status without getting orgs in another country to help them do it? Tells you everything you need to know about the state of scientology in New Zealand. Dead. For decades. Why aren't the "ideal orgs" in Sydney and Melbourne getting Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Canberra to ideal? They're at least in the same country and a lot closer. And woohoo -- Stev Green is going to join the long line of "upstat public" who will join staff and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, Idle Orgs Tagged With: ANZO, Auckland, fundraising, Ideal Orgs, Melbourne, Scientology Idle Orgs

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