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The Dark Triad

August 31, 2020 By Mike Rinder 60 Comments

Frequent commenter Mike Westen has written a follow up article on his blog to his earlier Scientology and Status, entitled The Dark Triad. With his permission I am republishing it in its entirety here:   This is a follow up to my previous article, Scientology and Status. virtue signalling noun [U] UK (US virtue signaling) /ˈvɜː.tʃuː ˌsɪɡ.nəl.ɪŋ/ An attempt to show other people that you are a good person, for example by expressing opinions that will be acceptable to them, especially on social media — Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus To take a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: Cathy Rinder, David Miscavige, L. Ron Hubbard, Mike Rinder, Mike Westen, Taryn Teutsch

Episode 5: The History of Fair Game

August 25, 2020 By Mike Rinder 40 Comments

  In this week's episode, Leah and I discuss the history of Fair Game and the ongoing Fair Game efforts against us. As always, I include a link here to my "summary of Fair Game" entitled: Dealing with Critics of Scientology - The L. Ron Hubbard Playbook. If you have not read this before and have an interest in this subject, I recommend starting with this. Honestly, this is one of the most important episodes of this podcast. It is not disclosing "new' information, but even seasoned scientology watchers and former scientologists will learn things they likely did not know. Few have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, Fair Game Podcast Tagged With: Andrew RInder, Art Linson, BBC Panorama, Benjamin Rinder, Cathy Bernardini, Cathy Rinder, Danny Masterson, Dave Bloomberg, Ed Parkin, Gretchen Carlson, Guillaume Lesevre, Jackie Lacey, jenny linson, Joe Childs, John Linson, john sweeney, Justice 4 Mom, Leah Remini, Marc Yager, Mary Sue Hubbard, Michael Meisner, Mike Rinder, Paul Marrick, private investigators, Sarah Mole, Stacy Francis, STAND League, Sue Wilhere, Taryn Rinder, Taryn Teutsch, Tom DeVocht, Tom Tobin, Truth Rundown

“Justice 4 Mom” Gone Silent After Masterson Charged

July 9, 2020 By Mike Rinder 102 Comments

What has happened to the "Justice 4 Mom" OSA campaign? Not a peep from them since May 11th. When my daughter Taryn, my ex-wife Cathy and their sidekick Sea Org minders from Gold, Maureen Labordique and Chris Maifield showed up at the Denim Day event in LA last year, they were confronted by Danny Masterson victims who called them on their fakery. Tony Ortega wrote an excellent piece at his blog about it, including a video of some of the discussion that occurred. Of course, Taryn and Maureen denied knowing anything about Danny Masterson, but had detailed false information about Paul … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, Front Groups Tagged With: Cathy Bernardini, Cathy Rinder, Chris Maifield, Danny Masterson, Denim Day, Justice 4 Mom, Maureen Labordique, paul haggis, Taryn Rinder, Taryn Teutsch, Tony Ortega

Taryn Teutsch & Justice4Mom: Theatre of the Absurd

May 13, 2020 By Mike Rinder 111 Comments

The scientology campaign to paint me as a monster has gone from dishonest, to ridiculous to utterly absurd. I have chronicled the dishonesty and ridiculous claims of "abuse" plenty of times before, ("Justice4Mom" Advertising on Jezebel, Scientology's Latest Lie About Me,  We Did It!, and Mike Rinder: "Lady Killer") as have other blogs. This newest entry uses the "crippled for life" tag rather than "I could hear her bones breaking" and her "shoulder snapping" of earlier posts. But now it’s just bizarre. They come up with any excuse to write a blog post in Taryn's name and this one is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Tagged With: Cathy Bernardini, Cathy Rinder, fair game, Justice4Mom, Taryn Rinder, Taryn Teutsch

An Open Letter to My Family first published on 25 May 2010

March 7, 2020 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

See my announcement on Friday -- I am revisiting earlier posts during my vacation. Each day there will be a different one. While I might write this a bit differently today it still overall delivers the same message... Dear Andrew, Taryn & Cathy, You made a big issue out of my failure to respond to your letters, so I am responding herewith to the letters each of you sent. I note that Jude sent me a letter when I was living in Denver – but didn’t send another in the second round after I moved near where she lives, and Benjamin didn’t send me a letter at all. I guess the Church is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mike Rinder Tagged With: Andrew RInder, Cathey Bernardini, Cathy Rinder, David Miscavige, Guillaume Lesevre, Henning Benndorf, jenny linson, Marc Yager, Mike Rinder, monique yingling, Ray Mithoff, Scientology, St Petersburg Times, Taryn Rinder

Scientology’s Happy Valentine’s Day Messages

February 15, 2020 By Mike Rinder 34 Comments

Scientology uses any opportunity to try to get people to step inside their buildings. Each of these supposedly non-church activities is part and parcel of the same big ball of wax. And you can bet that if anyone is silly enough to attend any of these things and give their name, phone number or email they will be receiving SCIENTOLOGY promotional materials for the next 100 years. And here is another "Valentine's Day message" put up on my daughter's web page. The twisted logic of this one defies description. My message to you on this Valentine's Day is "hate your father and do everything you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations, Scientology Tagged With: Cathy Bernardini, Cathy Rinder, Clearwater Florida, Flag Service Organization, Justice4Mom, public relations, STAND League, Taryn Rinder, Taryn Teutsch, Valentine's Day

Scientology’s Latest Lie About Me

January 18, 2020 By Mike Rinder 68 Comments

While there have been many, many lies propagated by scientology about me, it still surprises me sometimes when they offer up new ones. This appeared a few days ago on my daughter's blog (though she is just the name and face that is used -- this garbage is written by the same people that churn out the drivel that appears on the STAND League and Freedom smear sites). The idea that I committed some grievous bodily harm on my ex-wife when she and 6 others stalked and accosted me in a doctors parking lot in 2010 has been thoroughly debunked on this blog (see Mike Rinder: "Lady Killer") … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mike Rinder, Public Relations Tagged With: Andrew RInder, Cathy Bernardini, Cathy Rinder, David Bloomberg, Freedom Magazine, Gretchen Carlson, Guillaume Lesevre, Jackie Lacey, Jeffrey Augustine, jenny linson, L. Ron Hubbard, Leila Grace Foundation, Pinellas County Sheriff Report, STAAD League, STAND League, Sue Wilhere, Taryn Rinder, Taryn Teutsch

The “Mike Rinder Problem”

January 5, 2019 By Mike Rinder 157 Comments

  Scientology has come up with a new attack line -- the "Mike Rinder Problem." It is quite an honor to be singled out so specifically, especially as I am according to them merely a "bobblehead" (though a "wife-beating" one so that is apparently a bigger deal). They shifted their attacks from Nancy Dubuc to Paul Buccieri in a deft strategic move. Their clever PR maneuvers are a sight to behold. According to scientology, the "Mike Rinder Problem" is this: "Like the classic wife beater that he is, Rinder digs in his heels and refuses to admit he injured his former wife Cathy during an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Aftermath Tagged With: Aaron Saidman, Andrew RInder, bobblehead, Cathy Rinder, Danny Masterson, Dave Bloomberg, Eli Holzman, Guillaume Lesevre, Harvey Weinstein, jenny linson, john sweeney, Leah Remini, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Nancy Dubuc, Paul Buccieri, paul haggis, PCSO, public relations, Scientology, Sheriff, STAAD League, STAND League, Sue Wilhere, Taryn Rinder, The Aftermath

Mike Rinder: “Lady Killer”

March 14, 2015 By Mike Rinder 153 Comments

While the "church" of scientology has kindly nicknamed me "Lady Killer," the strange reason for this deserves some context. This post also serves to demonstrate the twisted and false nature of the statements, videos, tweets, ads and emails that scientology is sending out to try and "dead agent" everyone involved in the Going Clear film. I am no special case -- all participants are getting the same treatment. I happen to have details and specifics concerning the things they say about me.  You can be certain the statements about the others are no less false. It is of course interesting that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mike Rinder, Special Feature Tagged With: Andrew RInder, Cathy Rinder, Christie Collbran, Church of Scientology, Dave Bloomberg, David Miscavige, Disconnection, Going Clear, Guillaume Lesevre, jenny linson, PCSO, public relations, Sheriff, Sue Wilhere, Taryn Rinder

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