Flag, which may no longer be referred to as the "Mecca" of technical perfection and "friendliest place on earth" must, according to the Pope's decree, be referred to as the "Cathedral of Scientology." More fitting for a pope to have a cathedral I guess, and the implications of Mecca are apparently not politically correct in today's world. Though I would suspect Muslims are happier not to be associated with scientology than vice versa. Now matter what it is called -- Mecca, Cathedral, SP Building or Empty Morgue, the fact remains that the "top of the Bridge" of scientology has become a … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies Are Back
Bea Upastat Oh, what fun. Could not think of anything I would rather do on a Sunday. This poor woman needs "hundreds of helpers" -- wonder when someone is going to break it to her that they don't exist? Another example of scientology administrative tech in action. There is no org anywhere, ever in history that has not had backlogged filing. Nobody has EVER contemplated that maybe there is something WRONG with the system... Thinking Big Now this is an "ideal" org experiencing massive expansion. But they are overwhelmed labeling 9000 WTH booklets? Seriously, … [Read more...]
They Are Completing 10,000 On Solo NOTs in 2015
Yes, you heard it here first. Planetary Clearing is happening for realz. Edy Lundeen says so. Massive, monumental, universe shattering news. The theta/entheta ratio is being tipped. They made "Highest Ever Ever!!!!!!" Solo NOTs completions in 2015. 436, or more than one a day. OMG! And with that they cracked the 6700 barrier. And so, of course it follows that in 2015 they ARE going to make 3300 more. 8 times as many as last year. No reason is given for this optimism. It just is going to happen this time. It's taken 30 years to get to 6700 and now it will be 1 year to do … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
The (lack of) irony deparment... This small collection of Craigslist ads is a study in irony. The people who destroy families and tear relationships apart, who lie with reckless abandon... The Global Reach of Radio How nutty is this. They can produce everything for radio without any "new studios", they have literally dozens of UNUTILIZED studios. If their figures are true -- 95% of the world's population listens to radio, that means about 75% of those people (between China, India, SE Asia and Africa) cannot even afford to buy an overpriced book, let alone a service. … [Read more...]
Shhh…. Mr. Rabey’s “Surprise Party”
It gets cornier and cornier. A "surprise party" for "Mr. Rabey"... This "caper" is going to be filmed for Maiden Voyage. Woopee. Who in their right mind would miss this opportunity to feed themselves to the reg lions at ASHO so they could be on video for MV and surprise Mr. Rabey? And not only that, this is "from the desk" of Anne Mintz. Such gravitas. Funny how they are promoting this with a "free" meal and a seminar. When a WISE member does one of these money-making seminars they always charge money for it and they don't give a "free" meal. Must be desperate when they are … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Who can you trust? I would hazard a guess that it's probably not someone that doesn't identify themselves in the ad they place... Creepy This poster just creeps me out. And why is it that LA Org doesn't have anyone other than a "Pre GAT II" Class IV? How demeaning is this... Reserve the date... Rabid Clive will be back in town to brief on the progress towards the target of 10,000 people on, through or declared while auditing Solo NOTs. Should be quite a wild show. What Does It Take? I wonder what "It" … [Read more...]
How To Fake Stats
A Special Correspondent sent this in. I've recently started getting texts from Judy Fagerman, who seems to still be the VM I/C Tampa. Here are a few texts she sent me in the last few weeks. I copied all text exactly. Typos included: Dec 15: "Active VM now this week? 141 assists, 34 books at Winter Wonderland. Miracle wins! ML, Judy :)" Dec 22: "Active VM now this week? Did 220 assists, sold 48 books & got out 1,300 promo at Winter Wonderland! Woo hoo! ML, Judy" An earlier one I found interesting since it allows sign "waiving" to be counted as a VM activity: Oct 27: "Active VM now th … [Read more...]
Status Fixation Reaches New Lows
A message to the Flag OTC from their ex-SO "Dissem Sec." She is obviously well acquainted with the tried and true methods of "raising stats" through manipulating numbers, coming up with new means of "padding" and in this day and age, offering the prize every fundamentalist scientologists covets above all else: STATUS (bought). This is quite an amazing message. Hi to all OTC members, This is Maria Robb, Dissemination Sec, Flag OTC and I wanted to tell you about what we are doing in Division 2 here and ask for your help. One of my responsibilities includes the creation … [Read more...]
More GAG II Hype
Another report on the glorious wonderment of flag and its incredibly impressive statistics (unless you actually think about them rather than just read the exclamation points and assume it's "amazing"). The clubbed seals are applauding loudly. This dose of donkey droppings presented as plum pudding comes from Sabine Peschken, once the CO WISE International. She fell from grace many years ago, but I had not heard of her until she reappeared as a Flag money-grubber in Australia. Here is her gibberish, followed by some comments: THIS IS THE 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLAG BUILDING … [Read more...]
Conversations With Scientologists
A couple of people have recently sent me copies of email correspondence they have had with people in the church. They were not working together, but both hit upon the same concept: responding to church efforts to get new people in or collect money from existing public and using this as an opportunity to present some facts to people they might not otherwise be able to reach. It is also interesting to see the reactions, responses and "pitches" that are employed. This first is with a Mission who had advertised a Big League Sales Seminar. The responses from the mission person are in … [Read more...]