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Piss on The Psychs

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A short commentary from a local Correspondent. The bubble world is becoming more fundamentalist: Mike, There I was minding my own business, driving up a street in Clearwater today when I noticed a sticker on a van window two cars ahead.     At first, I thought "uh?", then it hit me - WTF?!?!?! I have never liked the stickers of a little s%^&head micturating on some other symbol (i.e., a Ford pick up will have a sticker of this character voiding on the Chevy symbol, etc.);  I find it offensive actually. It remains me of high school punks who compulsively tried to create effects - ver … [Read more...]

Brainwashing — The Proof

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The Corporate Church of Scientology is going all out to attempt damage control internally on the withering blasts that have been exposing some of the nasty, not to be spoken about underbelly of life in corporate Scientology. We see the media "handling" of claiming its all just lies made up by a couple of "self-promoting bloggers on the fringe of the internet" or a "small handful of bitter, defrocked apostates", but where the real panic is occurring is in trying to keep the faithful on board. The Ethics Officers are working overtime, but Miscavige's personal troops, the "OT Ambassadors" are … [Read more...]

Voldemort 19 July Updated

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Here is the update from Graduation last nite. Absolutely without question the most spectacular event in the history of Scientology..... (until the next time Dear Leader takes the stage). He saved the showing of the 1993 IAS event so He could introduce it and He could make a pitch for the IAS. He is, after all, Founder of the IAS, a title that cannot be disputed as L. Ron Hubbard had nothing to do with the IAS. Stealing a phrase from Mel Brooks History of the World Part I "It's good to be the Founder"....  He started the evening off with some really impressive stats: -        23 Cornerstone … [Read more...]

Let The Sliming Begin

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The Dark Side of the Radical Church of Scientology is revealing itself piece by piece. Today, sort-of-celebrity Stacy Francis took a cheap shot at Nicole Remini after she spoke up in support of her sister. And with that the sliming of Nicole has begun. In a non-sequitur, offensive tweet, Francis put on display the level of hatred the church of Miscavige expects from those seeking to prove themselves “on the team.”  One is supposed to "take off the gloves" when someone has been labeled “fair game” (meaning “connected to someone who is no longer toeing the party line). Francis decided that thr … [Read more...]

Pinocchio Pouw “Speaks” UPDATED

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Miscavige and his pinocchio sockpuppet letter signer, Karin Pouw, are getting closer and closer to calling Leah Remini a liar. Their latest effort at damage control is reported in the NY Post: “We won't dignify the myths, radio gossip, rumors and off-the-wall tabloid tales that have their origins with self-promoting bloggers living on the fringe of the Internet.” Pouw also emphasized, “We would appreciate if you run this verbatim.” The carefully selected words and structure of the sentence is classic Miscavige.  Though thinly veiled, this is not literally a frontal assault on Leah. It blame … [Read more...]

Shelly Miscavige Why She Stays

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Tony Ortega continues on a roll of excellent reporting on the Leah Remini story, and again this morning has another very worthwhile piece. Whatever you may think of his personal views of Scientology (which after all, he IS entitled to), you have to admire his courage, his persistence and the network of sources he has built up over many years who feel he is a safe and reliable outlet for their information. He also writes clearly and well and takes the time to explain and include information to make understandable what can often be an impossibly arcane and confusing subject to the … [Read more...]

Disconnection? No Such Thing….

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Watching the saga of the church of Scientology deal with Leah Remini and her family unfold is like watching a clogged toilet overflow. The inevitable unfolds before your very eyes and you know nothing is going to stop it.  You know exactly what's coming and hope by some miracle that it will stop before it overflows and the shit goes everywhere. See the story this morning on Tony Ortega's site about the orchestrated campaign to turn Leah and her family into "unpersons".  The RCS in its typical style is not just overflowing, they are backwashing their entire septic system over the ai … [Read more...]

Church of Computer Generated Imagery

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  Bomb is loaded. Until it hits the ground, here is a little something to go on with....The latest angle on "PR by redefinition of words". What you get is not an ORG, it is wood floors and a reception desk. With a completely disrelated quote that gives the gloss of "On Sourcyness". Funny, it IS "what your donations buy" -- MEST.  And its even degenerating into PICTURES of MEST.  But not even REAL pictures.  It is mock ups of MEST generated by computers. And that pretty much says it all about the Church of Scientology today:  Creating mock ups of MEST. Perhaps they should get their PR … [Read more...]