We have seen in the Thursday Funnies a lot of mentions of Chicago's "Don't Miss" event on 11 February. Someone just sent me this video, obviously produced by SuMP. Methinks this is an awful lot of effort for a "local" event. Add to that the fact that they are not announcing WHERE this event is going to be held... "Venue TBD" These things would indicate Mr. Mickiewicz is planning on yanking his ribbon in Chicago on Feb 11. They are promoting it like crazy, but cannot say it is "the Grand Opening" because he doesn't want the outside world to know. Like the New Year's Event … [Read more...]
Scientology’s Delusions of Grandeur
I wonder where this guy "sees" this? Scientology being the talk of the town? The city coming together like never before? The eternal false hope of scientologists. They so desperately WANT to believe this is possible, despite all evidence to the contrary. This guy is not really any more deluded than the average scientologist who actually really believes they are going to Clear the Planet. This is not a pie in the sky idea to them -- just like it's not pie in the sky to this guy that the building they have struggled for decades to buy and renovate, but now cannot man, is going to … [Read more...]
Chicago Being Manned With SO Members
This has become the new norm in scientology. Spend tens of millions of dollars to buy and renovate a building in a city with few scientologists. The inability to find staff to man the organization results in Sea Org members being sent to do so (Sea Org members can be ordered around to go wherever, much as they would like to be able to do so, they cannot order people to join staff). Dave Parker was the ED of Chicago org for many years. He started the org. Today he is not on staff. If it is SO important and the greatest thing ever, why not? Sadly, Sea Org members sent to these outer … [Read more...]
Chicago is Getting DONE!
Scientology sometimes sends out the most self-incriminating "promotional" items.... With a subject line "Yeah, yeah, I know -- I've heard that before!" it is pretty clear they recognize that everyone inside the bubble knows they tell one another an endless stream of lies about their accomplishments and what is coming next. And they repeat those lies over and over and nobody ever protests: "Hey, you told us the ideal org was going to be done in 6 months in 2010 and have been telling us the same lie every fundraiser since" -- but they do acknowledge the lies in a less forthright manner "yeah, … [Read more...]
Chicago Is Getting Old Fast
This "ideal" org in Chicago is really setting some interesting precedents. The building has been completed for some time. But they cannot open it. There are two apparent reasons. First, Miscavige fears being anywhere public -- even surrounded by security and all sorts of measures to protect him from being served with legal process. The second reason seems to be that they have no staff, so have resorted to a scraping of the barrel from other orgs. In the past this was done wholesale, often using SO members (like in Columbus and Orlando), but now it seems that like donations to the … [Read more...]
Chicago Ideal Org Fail
The "ideal org" strategy is so far off the rails it doesn't even resemble the original crazy plan when Miscavige announced it in the early 2000's. He proclaimed that orgs required large enough buildings to be able to deliver "all the services", including a Public Divisions space large enough to accommodate what I called his FART program (Fully Automated Robot TV) whereby staff would be replaced by videos to "explain scientology). I laid this out in some detail in a posting from 2015 entitled What Is The Ideal Org Program? Originally, OT Committees were supposed to raise the … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
May 9th Reduced to a "special graduation" Back in the day it was a major event held at the Shrine Auditorium Ideal Scenes and Ideal Orgs It's pretty ideal in the world of scientology. At least in their minds. Well, isn't that theta He learned how to be "light and gentle" on the PTS/SP Course. Must be a different course than I ever saw. Still Going Still a "Class VIII" Still a rimless zero Trying a new angle for some PR points Pretty soon we will be reading that the VM's have "formed a partnership" … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
It opened the flows... The ridiculous things they try to assign cause and effect to. Bottom of the Bridge at the "Advanced" Org They promote things that should be done in missions and lower level orgs. I guess when there is so little to talk about anything suffices. He's BACK!!! Who knew he was gone? More weird stuff at an "Advanced" Org They're going to teach people how to VIEW art??? Celebrate Mothers in scientology Disconnection from their children. Divorce from husbands who don't buy into … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
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...]
Thursday Funnies
For some unknown reason, the AO's are promoting kids this week. Some of the creepiest stuff that seeps out of the bubble. Only 3 more years.... They average about 300 per year (of course, not subtracting those who have left or died). They're getting excited about something that might happen in 2025. And when it does -- look out. Instantly the world will be putty in the hands of scientology. At least, that's what they are counting on. Yes, ALL Denmark With a second "Ideal Org" the entire country will be ideal. Funny, before their FIRST ideal org, there were … [Read more...]