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Scientology Recruitment

August 5, 2020 By Mike Rinder 55 Comments

Scientology's quest for money is unrelenting. They rake in tens of millions (perhaps hundreds) each year. But they have to spend at least some of it  to satisfy IRS requirements. They don't ever give it away. One of the things they spend it on is new buildings (they always say they have opened "a new church" but in fact they have not opened any new churches since the one in East Harlem NY and before that the one in Inglewood and before that, nobody can recall). Buildings remain assets on their books, so the statistic of "total reserves" does not go down (total reserves is cash, property, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Chicago, Ideal Orgs, NY, Org staff, recruitment, Sea Org, sea org reserves, Sydney

Thursday Funnies

January 23, 2020 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

  One of these 3 didn't get the message Arms folded is the only way to go. All of them missed the memo about not smiling.   Narconon not flourishing They are disappearing from the face of the earth....   We finally made 2 Clears We have to tell the world with a special promotional item because it's such a rare thing...   Like really rare... So we made ANOTHER poster for the same person.   The St Lucia Sickle Cell Association hasn't done their homework... Or they are just really hard up for a place to show a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Chicago, Flag, Foothills Msn, Freewinds, Jim Bridgeforth, Joburg org, Kids, Michel Labourdique, Narconon, New Haven, Perth, Rizza Islam, Tom Cummins, way to happiness

Thursday Funnies

January 16, 2020 By Mike Rinder 56 Comments

  That Cristian Vargas sure gets around... He seems to be the only person organizing events these days?   Big news From a "former" investigative reporter and a retired Army officer. I am sure they are experts. Just as sure there will be a lot of correlation without causation involved in this (almost by definition you have to be mentally ill to engage in a mass shooting -- how come scientology hasn't yet "taken over the field" on mental healing and handled this problem? Are they not just as responsible as "the psychs" who they claim know nothing but they have ALL the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHUK, Bay Head, CC Int, CCHR, Chicago, Cristian Vargas, Flag, Foothills Msn, fundraising, Jim Bridgeforth, Kids, Michael DeLeon, Michael Wisner, New Haven, Perth, Plymouth, Purification, Rafferty Pendery, Sunland, Super Bowl, tampa org, Tom Cummins, WISE

Thursday Funnies

October 24, 2019 By Mike Rinder 38 Comments

  Still quoting this from 1965... Obviously, every child born before 1965 made their 16th birthday unless some illness or accident intervened. The world did NOT end in 1981... But this is still absolute truth.   There is no way to disseminate scientology successfully Unless the person is a child or has no access to Google. End of story.   The real question is... How long will you be able to hack it?   Class VIII auditor? There's no such thing any more in this "Golden Age of Tech." And she has done KTL and LOC -- I bet her briefing doesn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AO Africa, Bay Head, CC Int, Chicago, Christmas, Columbus, Dublin, Flag, fundraising, Halloween, Manchester, Miami

Thursday Funnies

October 17, 2019 By Mike Rinder 51 Comments

    Free Ice Cream Apparently George is George is a whale who supports this mission. He is like the Good Humor Man...     Really not looking good... Bobby Wiggins is sadly not much of an advertisement for "OT VII Super Power Completion"   This their plaque? They can't even get the first name right?   Such a terrible lie And they put it out every year around this time. Seriously? Now that's an offer you can't refuse...       Worst photoshop ever Looks like a cardboard cutout pasted onto the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies, IAS, Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Battle Creek, Bobby Wiggins, Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Flag OT Committee, Flag Service Organization, Foothills Msn, fundraising, funnies, HAPI, Hawaii, IAS, Joburg org, Kansas City, LA org, Long Island, Michael Wisner, Mick Davies, PAC Bridge, pasadena, san francisco, Scientology, scientology TV, Scotland, Ventura org

Ideal Org Fails

September 21, 2019 By Mike Rinder 41 Comments

The scientology hype machine is rolling along, trying to keep the sheeple convinced that handing over money for "ideal orgs" is going to change the world. Austin is one of the few orgs NOT required to get a new building -- like Toronto. It is directly across the street from the University of Texas and has been for decades. Scientology-think leads them to believe that this is a ready-made audience. 40,000 bright, young, inquisitive "raw meat" literally RIGHT THERE. They never seem to mention that this org has been small and failing forever. That they cannot persuade anyone to come in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Austin, Chicago, fundraising, Ideal Orgs, Ventura

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