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		<title>Some Thoughts on the 1st Amendment</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Scientology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; The First Amendment to the Constitution is a vitally important document that is cause for great celebration and almost as much dispute. It enshrines a number of very important rights &#8212; freedom of religion, speech, the press, to peaceable assembly and petition the government. I believe the Bill of Rights was intended to protect [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Scientology Celebrity Centre &#8220;Network&#8221; is Rapidly Disappearing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[David Miscavige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideal Orgs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrity Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrity Centre Munich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Improvement Center St. Pete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mr. Mickiewicz]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Aaron Smith-Levin did a video about the recent closure of the &#8220;Celebrity Centre Munich&#8221; and the abandoned St. Pete &#8220;Life Improvement Center&#8221; opened by the Tampa &#8220;Ideal Org.&#8221; As every good scientologist knows, it is a High Crime in scientology to close or combine orgs. &#160; &#160; Since David Miscavige has taken over scientology, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scientology Shuttering</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-shuttering/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideal Orgs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Idle Orgs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buffalo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milano]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here are the comments people sent in yesterday about the state of scientology orgs in their local area. If you have a minute and can contact your local org, I will add it to the update. So far, everywhere seems to be closed except Flag (not sure about the other Advanced Orgs). This is catastrophic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scientology and COVID-19</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/scientology-and-covid-19/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideal Orgs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valley org]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; You may have seen this pitch and others on Tony&#8217;s site and social media. Flaunting government guidelines recommending no gatherings of more than 10 people, scientology instead uses the pandemic as a reason to encourage people to COME IN TO THE ORG. It&#8217;s batshit crazy. Take a read and I will then try to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City Councilman Mark Bunker and Scientology Tax Exempt Status</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/city-councilman-mark-bunker-and-scientology-tax-exempt-status/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Clearwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clearwater Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Miscavige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flag Service Organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Hibbard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Beckman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirby Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public relations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tracey McManus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; The news has sunk in, Mark Bunker is now a Clearwater City Commissioner-elect. As Tracey McManus put it, this is a historic day for Clearwater. There is another piece in the Tampa Bay Times (top of article screencapped above) this morning. It makes some interesting points &#8211; first of which is noting Bunker&#8217;s &#8220;desire [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Unofficial Result &#8212; Mark Bunker Wins Election</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/unofficial-result-mark-bunker-wins-election/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Clearwater]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Miscavige]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is an historic day in Clearwater. Providing nothing changes as this is made into the official result (not sure when this will be), Mark Bunker is now a City Council member of the City of Clearwater. The scientology backed candidate came in 4th out of 5&#8230; Once and for all proving that scientology in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Where Clearwater Candidates Stand on Scientology</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/where-clearwater-candidates-stand-on-scientology/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Clearwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Cundiff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Rector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bud Elias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scientology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elisio Santana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Drayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flag Service Organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Hibbard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Beckman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lina Teixeira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Mannino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tampa bay times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracey McManus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tracey McManus published another of her uniformly excellent articles recently:  Where every Clearwater City Council Candidate stands on Scientology I have excerpted most of the answers to her survey and offer my biased views on them. I believe there are just two reasons why scientology is actually being spoken about in this election.  It has [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mighty Tampa Ideal Org &#8211; The Best Is Not Good Enough</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mighty-tampa-ideal-org-the-best-is-not-good-enough/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideal Orgs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flag Service Organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scientology Idle Orgs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is a new video from Tampa Org (with 58 likes and 3 comments). They promote themselves as both &#8220;Ideal&#8221; AND &#8220;SH Size&#8221; &#8212; in fact they promote themselves as the FIRST ideal and FIRST SH size org. They even start out with the humble assertion &#8220;What does every other Org want to be?&#8221; Well, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Handling Crime in Brussels</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/handling-crime-in-brussels/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[IAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brussels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Of course, they cite nothing to support their bold claims &#8212; but then again any scientologist would NEVER even think to question the IAS. After all, this is the international association of the most ethical group on earth. There is nothing to substantiate the figures of distribution at all, they pluck these numbers [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kanye, the IRS and Scientology</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/kanye-the-irs-and-scientology/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 14:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forbes magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kanye West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax exempt status]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; This is an interesting recent Forbes magazine article. The author covers how Kanye West, who has changed his name to Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West and conducts &#8220;Sunday Services,” could actually file for tax exemption and reap mighty benefits. He describes what the IRS criteria are for granting such a religious exemption: Distinct legal existence; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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