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		<title>Hype It Like There&#8217;s No Tomorrow</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2023 13:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The hype for the replaying of Mr. Mickiewicz&#8217;s New Years Patron Awards/briefing was over the top, but none more so than from Vicki Shantz, the &#8220;Continental Commander&#8221; of the Western United States. Vicki has been a long-term, loyal, ass-kissing subject of the COB. But even by her standards, this pleading to attend the event is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scientology International Events Are No More</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 13:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[David Miscavige used to conduct 5 or 6 &#8220;International Events&#8221; each year where all scientologists were &#8220;briefed&#8221; on the version of scientology in the world he wanted everyone to hear. These events were required attendance for scientologists, and staff spent weeks calling public repeatedly to &#8220;confirm&#8221; their attendance. Traditionally, the annual &#8220;New Year&#8217;s&#8221; event was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>No, Really&#8230; It&#8217;s The Next Big Thing. Again.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[David Miscavige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aniuta Liza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridge Publications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chairman of the Board]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been talking for some time about the next &#8220;Big Thing&#8221; Miscavige was going to foist off on the world &#8212; his &#8220;new&#8221; Organizational Executive Course. A year ago I did a post The Next Big Thing &#8212; the Miscavige OEC It seems he is not ready to sell the books yet, but is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Come On&#8221; Gibberish</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2020 10:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientology media productions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CC Int]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Word is going out to try to get people to come back into orgs to watch the screening of a new &#8220;event.&#8221; Apparently, &#8220;It&#8217;s Time&#8221; and the subject is a &#8220;Brief Breath in Eternity&#8221; (which is a rather unfortunate subject for a briefing that is apparently about the amazing work scientology has done dealing with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Albuquerque?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Fundraising]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[That is a question for which there are a few answers, but none of them are &#8220;this city wants scientology.&#8221; The first answer is &#8220;COB wants it&#8221; &#8212; so therefore it must be done. Scientology is no longer the kingdom of L. Ron Hubbard. Everyone knows you can&#8217;t say that these building boondoggles are &#8220;what [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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