While Miscavige is busy telling scientologists to watch his 1993 IRS Event (see earlier post today When the Going Gets Tough...) in order to combat the new tidal wave of negative publicity flooding his dinghy, he is also rolling out a new external PR line. The cry from scientology has been that The Aftermath is just a means for Leah Remini to "make money" (they cleverly called it "Leah Remini; After Cash") -- but that line is kind of dead in the water as Leah is now filming Kevin Can Wait. Even Miscavige knows that a network sitcom is a far more lucrative gig than any form of "reality TV." … [Read more...]
When the Going Gets Tough…
When Miscavige feels most threatened, he invariably pulls the 1993 IAS event out of mothballs for re-airing in all orgs. This is Miscavige's crowning achievement and when he feels his PR is being assaulted, in his mind this is the antidote. Getting people to come into an org to watch this video yet again is a Sisyphean task. There is no current scientologist who has not seen it numerous times. And there are no NEW scientologists. So it's a tough sell. Miscavige is convinced this is the best reputation damage control he can do. Not come out in public and actually answer questions or make … [Read more...]
The Missing Executives of Scientology
A lot of scientologists remember Guillaume Lesevre, though the COB has done his best to ensure he is forgotten. Guillaume is the "Executive Director International" or ED Int. This is the position L. Ron Hubbard specifically created to "wear my hat" running scientology. In fact, Hubbard did an analysis of his inability to "turn over his hat" and wrote a policy about it which created this position. Guillaume has been the "ED Int" since the early 80's. I had the job of filling this position on direct orders of Hubbard and scoured the globe for the best executive -- Guillaume had … [Read more...]
Busting Open The Gates to the Bridge
Remember the hype about how the bridge would be flooded with people thanks to reaching the billions with the new KCET studio? That scientology was going to have its own, uncorrupted line to the world? And that this was all going to be happening by the summer solstice on 21 June? Well? What happened? It's a month later? Still nothing to show for it. There was even word that there was going to be a "scientology TV channel"? This white elephant cost tens of millions of dollars and is a duplicate of the tens of millions of dollars invested in the same studios at Golden Era. Now … [Read more...]
A Big Question – Planetary Clearing?
Here is a question that came up in a recent discussion I had. It is based on two facts that scientology hold as true and indisputable: Scientologists believe they are the ONLY ONES who can save the planet -- because they are the only ones that have "the technology" to accomplish this objective. Hubbard says that the most important people on earth are auditors and the ONLY WAY to clear the planet is by training auditors (not just by auditing people - because you cannot audit them without auditors). Scientology has billions of dollars. You can walk into ANY scientology organization … [Read more...]
Miscavige on Miscavige: Promises, Promises
This is a blog post from 29 May 2013 that I am republishing today because I thought it interesting and still timely (And frankly was too busy to write a new post). One of our Special Correspondents sent me an excerpt of Miscavige's only print media interview. It is of interest for a number of reasons, but most significantly, it makes clear why he is scared of the press. He has no control over revising history with the media as he does with his internal public (try to find an event video in any org on the planet that has Heber Jentzsch or Ray Mithoff in it.... they have been written out … [Read more...]
Scientology, Lying and the FBI
Recent articles at Tony Ortega's blog and the Tampa Bay Times recount the stillborn scientology FBI investigation based on FOI documents obtained by RadarOnline. There is not much else to say about the investigation itself, it has been covered at length by Tony Ortega, the Tampa Bay Times and Lawrence Wright, first in his New Yorker article then more extensively in Going Clear. What is interesting is to look back at how scientology responded when asked about the investigation in earlier years. A number of people who had been interviewed by the FBI (including me) had confirmed that an i … [Read more...]
Scientology Block(head) Party
They will never learn. After enduring some of the worst PR in recent memory for declaring war on beloved Winter the Dolphin and Clearwater Marine Aquarium, turning their wrath on the Clearwater City Commission and then on Pinellas County -- scientology pays for a press release to announce how they are bringing the Clearwater Community together. Oi vey. Can they be serious? This is their paid release: Church of Scientology-Sponsored Block Party Brings Greater Clearwater Community together Tuesday, May 9, 2017 3:28 AM UTC CLEARWATER, Fla., May 08, 2017 -- On Saturday, May 6th, 2017, … [Read more...]
Scientology and Nation of Islam: A Volcanic Relationship
I really don't profess to understand the very strange bedfellows that are scientology and the Nation of Islam. I wonder if Farrakhan has noticed that apart from Crooked Alfreddie Johnson, scientology is pretty much exclusively composed of middle class white people? Which as far as I know is about as palatable to the NOI as people on food stamps are to scientologists? A Special Correspondent sent this poster to me and I am not sure who it was distributed to or what the source of it is. But I was curious about the possessive "saviours'" and wondered if it was a typical scientology … [Read more...]
Scientology Massive International Expansion Lies
I noticed this comment on Tony Ortega's blog a couple of days ago and thought it worthy of being preserved in a more easily searchable place. Thank you Panopea Abrupta -- I quote your comment in full and then add some further thoughts below: There are 14 , no, 15 oops, actually 16 states so far with NO $cientology Mission or Org. Alabama Arkansas Delaware Iowa Kentucky (though they do have the Cinncinnati Org, just over the bridge) Maryland Mississippi Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma (though they do have Narconon.) Rhode Island South Carolina South … [Read more...]