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Non-Religious Moral Code??

January 10, 2023 By Mike Rinder 15 Comments

  You can bet that if someone reaches out to the "Chair of the City Council's Administration Environment and Public Safety Committee" he or did not think they were presenting an award to "Scientology" but to the Way to Happiness Foundation  "non-religious" front group. No sooner had they gotten this award than "the church of scientology" put out a press release that is all about how the city of Columbus supports scientology, while also pitching scientology TV and tossing in some ass-kissing for Mr. Mickiewicz. Calling Stefani Hutchison.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Front Groups Tagged With: Columbus, David Miscavige, way to happiness

Thursday Funnies on Saturday

August 13, 2022 By Mike Rinder 27 Comments

    As I put the podcast announcement on the blog on Thursday, The Funnies took a back seat. Here they are, in all their glory...   6th Anniversary of futility They've brought in 2 NSO professional FSMs to host their Sea Org Org anniversary. Home utterly pathetic.     Applied Scholastics Open House Hosted at LA Org. Though this is a completely "secular" activity. Wink wink.   Good luck with that This program has already had trainees on it for a year and they haven't even sent their people to START!   Class … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Anna Carnuck, AOSHAf, AOSHANZO, Applied Scholastics, Chicago org, Columbus, Columbus Org, Dublin Org, Flag, Foothills Mission, Freewinds, joburg, Kiddie Corner, Kyiv, Super Power

Thursday Funnies

July 14, 2022 By Mike Rinder 25 Comments

  AO Africa?? Never seems to reflect "Africa"... There's one token representative on the left of the shot.   Africa? She's from Germany. Not at AOSHEU which is just across the border?   No wonder... They are promoting "public are flying in from all over the world". Apparently there aren't enough scientologists in Africa to keep an AO busy   Accepting Applications from Upstat Persons Not really true. ANYBODY qualifies. And they're not "accepting applications" they are begging for anyone from anywhere to join … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSH Africa, AOSH ANZO, Chicago, Columbus, DFW, Doug E Fresh, Harlem, Hooters, Inglewooid, London Org, Top Gun, Vancouver

Thursday Funnies

January 13, 2022 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

  2022 - It's Going To Be Monumental Like every other year. At the start its always going to be THE year. Coming up on 20 years they have been working on getting orgs ideal. 35 for St Hill Size.     Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner Columbus is the third best org in the world? Columbus. OMG.   Are they recruiting homeless people? It would not be the first org to have done that...   Guadalajara is going ideal... One of the smallest and failingest orgs on earth is now going to go ideal. Sure....   What does this have to do with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies, General Tagged With: Africa, Auckland, Chicago, Columbus, Flag, Guadalajara, Hagit Raviv-Ron, Ideal Orgs, Jessica Scozzola, Melbourne org, Michael Boyd, MLK Day, port elizabeth, Quentin Strub, Shawn May, Super Power, Vancouver org

Thursday Funnies

January 6, 2022 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

  Phoenix Rising in Albuquerque They should probably pay more attention to the dead phoenix in Phoenix where the ideal org is a morgue. The Chan Man is going to make their postulates stick -- just watch, Phoenix and Albuquerque will be booming soon.   Your Defining Moment? Another one of these seminars that every org needs. Funny how they offer up advice to everyone on how to expand, but can't seem to do so themselves.... Again with the advice... If he was so good making his postulates stick don't you think CC would have at least one new major celebrity in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Albuquerque, Alex Alemis, AOSHUK, Applied Scholastics, CC Int, Chicago, Columbus, Dave Pettit, Dublin Org, Ed Parkin, FCDC, Foothills Msn, Hamburg, Learning Centre, Meghan Fialkoff, Michael Chan, Phoenix Org, port elizabeth, STAND League, Sydney, Vancouver org, way to happiness

Thursday Funnies

December 23, 2021 By Mike Rinder 45 Comments

      Graduation Cocktail Hour? They've taken it a step beyond food in Australia...   You can do the Purif here! Only at Flag, Freewinds, possibly the SO Orgs and Narconon. No Class V orgs or Missions. Because we said so.   Good News! "In celebration of the New Year, the Christmas season production bonuses and prizes are hereby extended for three weeks: December 23 and December 30, 2021 and December 6, 2022. International Director of Finance" I guess they didn't make enough cash to pay any bonuses, so "Christmas bonuses" are going to become … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHAf, AOSHANZO, Arrowhead, ASI, Buzz Newman, CCHR, Chicago org, Columbus, Columbus Org, David Miscavige, Eva Gaspar, Flag, Freewinds, Mexico orgs, Michael Lewis, Mission Earth, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, sydney org, Twin Cities org, Willy Gaspar

Thursday Funnies

February 13, 2020 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

  It's the best they've got... Funny how they tell you sitting in a sauna will make you "Think More Clearly" and lo and behold, the success story says just that!   Get your kids in for an OCA! Find their ruin! Lydia Hopwood is a menace... Trying to earn FSM Commissions from kids, pimping them right to the reg.   Well, not really. Not even "salvaging Columbus" actually. Wonder how many of these are Sea Org members and other staff shanghai'd and told to "replace themselves" in order to go home. This will be down to less than half this number in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Columbus, Dublin, Ideal Orgs, Lydia Hopwood

Thursday Funnies

November 7, 2019 By Mike Rinder 82 Comments

  Anything to get them in... Magic. Music. Dance lesson. Painting. Desperation to try to get "bodies in the shop."     Featured Attraction? Now it's a "jam session" at a new time   Why I joined staff? It made sense. Gosh -- did they tell you about the hours and the pay? And the futility of it all?   Just guess the answer to this riddle... They would use the same tagline for "Talk Therapy or Torture" -- anything a psych does is torture. Ron tells us so.   Absolutely no fundraising We are done with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Auckland, CCHR, Children, Columbus, Freewinds, fundraising, funnies, ot committee, public relations, Scientology, Scientology Idle Orgs, Sydney, Vancouver

“New” Ideal Orgs

November 2, 2019 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

The Kansas City and Columbus "ideal orgs" are supposed to open over the next 2 weekends. This is no surprise -- Miscavige probably stayed in the UK and is flying directly to Kansas City for the opening, which is why it is one week after the IAS. It is also timed so he could get a double whammy -announce it at the IAS and then show the ribbon yanking as main topics To prove massive international expansion at the New Years Event. He could not have an entire year with NO "ideal orgs." Back in the good old days he had them at each event throughout the year. Remember the hullabaloo about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Columbus, David Miscavige, fundraising, Ideal Orgs, Kansas City, L. Ron Hubbard, public relations

Thursday Funnies

October 31, 2019 By Mike Rinder 41 Comments

    JAW at it again? "Superfan" John Alex Wood elicited a "Fuck scientology" from Eric Idle. Perhaps the Pythons will have something to say about this?   Well, not sure about best... But certainly poorest.   How sad... His life was a mess. So he moved his family to Columbus to join staff. No doubt with promises of a place to say and good pay. Expect he will reach out to the Aftermath Foundation in about 6 weeks...   Wow, what an honor This is actually a thing?   Erm, what about "Done Sir"? That was last month. All … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Columbus, David Miscavige, events, fundraising, golden age of tech, IAS, Ideal Orgs, International Association of Scientologists, Kids, L. Ron Hubbard, public relations, Scientology, Sea Org, tampa org, way to happiness

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