Things are not going too well with the big plans for the Super Bowl. Though there are 3 ideal orgs and another "almost" in the Bay area SFO (actually two -- Day and Fdn), Stevens Creek, Mountain View and Los Gatos; and with the "massive international expansion" scientology has been experiencing since David Miscavige took the helm, rocketed with the advent of the Golden Age of Tech, after-burnered with the Basics, shot skywards with the Golden Age of Knowledge, exploded into hyperdrive with the Golden Age of Knowledge II and Super Power and launched to the stratosphere with the Golden Age of … [Read more...]
Santa Barbara: The Results Are In
Remember the special seminar that was put on by Kevin Wilson in Santa Barbara to help them learn how to make and save money? Well, the results are in. And they are not pretty. About 20 people showed up... No idea how many of them are staff. Or from other areas than Santa Barbara. Some commenters here may know some of these people. This happy bunch ended up paying over $4500 to "ideality" for the pleasure of attending a seminar on fiscal prudence. But they also broke the big news. Over the next two days they managed to collect a total of $10,000 which means they are "more than … [Read more...]
Another Tampa Ideal Org Milestone
More proof of just how epic the milestone accomplishments are in the shrinking world of scientology. Applying standard admin tech to the letter, 13 years after being declared "ideal" and 10 years on from their first "SH Size" declaration, Tampa has been working on their backlogged CF for months and months. Perhaps a year. It has been heavily promoted and pushed as a top priority for this model org (how it could be "model" when they promote their "squirrel admin" is a question for another day). For some reason there is always a great deal of attention paid to "getting CF in PT" as … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Find out what it's been like Seriously? It has sucked. No progress on anything since the "ideal CLO" and "ideal SH" and "ideal NN." A special guest speaker from CLO UK! Wow... Going to fly to Edinburgh tomorrow so I don't miss out. Just think how you would have kicked yourself if you had not taken the opportunity to attend what would have been the last David Bowie live performance... Making Human Rights a "reality" Sure... and how is that "movement" coming? What is it with fundraising for Edinburgh? Why does this org get so much more attention and help? You … [Read more...]
Things Are Bleak At Flag
The evidence is all around. Direct observation: drive past the place any time of the day or night and it is like a ghost-town. A lone security guard and PI at the front door of the Ft Harrison hotel. Otherwise no sign of life. The Potemkin Village up Ft. Harrison is even sadder -- 6 storefront with their doors open and a lonely receptionist waiting for the visitor that never comes. Otherwise, one after the other, they are always completely empty but their lights are on and the windows are not covered (like every other building). Sandcastle parking lot half full at best. Parking lot behind … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
The Moneywinds is ROCKING Recent shot of the "Starlight Cabaret". Says everything you need to know about how they are busting the seams at the top of the Bridge. It's Epic They have 13 OTC members flat out on the "ideal" org in San Diego. Should be done be 2050. Last time for this year Uncle Sam wants you to go up the Bridge. Seriously? Tampa "is making" staff a viable career It's been an "ideal org" for 12 years and they haven't yet made being staff a viable career. If Tampa can't do it, nobody can. After all, … [Read more...]
Scientology PR Offensive
Scientology has embarked on a self-promotional PR offensive (or perhaps it is merely some offensive "PR") for the new year. They are churning out paid press releases at an unprecedented rate. Straight up and vertical. Epic. And greater in the last 5 days than in the 247.5 days previously by a factor of 9.24X. Of course, these releases are of dubious value, but they look good on their stats. Here are their 4 most recent paid-for efforts to get some media: If we look into these a little more closely... Here is what shows up when you click on the first … [Read more...]
Scientology New Year’s Hype
On New Year's Day I posted a comment to my Facebook page welcoming in the new year with some humor from David Miscavige's address to the faithful sheeple at the event in Los Angeles. A few other observations beyond noting the utter gibberish he spouted about compressed time and warp speed, a year equivalent to "a thousand years of triumph" and "arriving on the porch of eternity." I am ignoring the horrendous (from his perspective) events of the year that he also ignored. They need not be recounted, it suffices merely to say the words "Going Clear" passed the lips of orders of magnitude more … [Read more...]
The Only Workable Administrative Technology On Earth
The item below is evidence that the "only workable administrative technology on earth" doesn't work. There has never been ANY org, ever that has managed to implement and maintain the vaunted Hubbard Admin Tech as it is written. Apologists claim it is because people "don't apply it correctly" but that is a silly argument because after 60 years if not a single person has managed to be able to apply it as written, then it is not "workable." There is no scientology organization on earth that has EVER been able to maintain the arcane, "Central Files" system mandated by "policy." Not one, … [Read more...]
Rundown of Problems
A Special Correspondent (clearlypissedoff) sent this to me. They did a lot of work to compile this information and it deserves to see the light of day as it is an invaluable resource for those looking for a summary of problems and sources of data. It seems like a perfect posting to get the New Year started with something both memorable and useful. clearlypissed off sent me this and asked me to put it at the top of this posting: "Thank you very much Mike, for editing this document and posting it. I would like to make the comment that this was assembled with the viewpoint of having … [Read more...]