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		<title>The Flat Tax &#8212; Republicans Reviving the Scientology Campaign to Abolish the IRS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2023 13:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; It&#8217;s in the news that the Republicans in Congress are seeking to implement a flat sales tax and essentially do away with the need for the IRS. Just one recent article can be found here.  This story includes the following paragraph: One thing that became clear very quickly: McCarthy’s desperation to have the title of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Freedom&#8221; Magazine Very Old News</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happened to see this tweet from Freedom magazine on my Twitter feed this weekend. I thought it was a new campaign they were starting. Turns out, it&#8217;s just a rehash of the last Freedom mag of any note &#8212; released in 2019. They are still playing that same old song &#8220;we are good citizens of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mad Hatter John Mappin Still Raving</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2021 14:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Scientology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Irina Mappin]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Both Tony Ortega and I have published previous stories about crazy hotel guy John Mappin and his wife Irina. They run the very creepy &#8220;castle&#8221; in England from whence they spout their fanatical following of Donald Trump even though they are not US citizens or residents. Mad Scientologist John Mappin At It Again &#160; &#160; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Episode 19: Christie Collbran Rinder</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  This week Leah and I speak with my wife, Christie. I will add the link as soon as it is live. Fair Game Podcast: Christie Collbran Rinder  While there is always a lot of interest in me, Christie has her own story. She is much more than simply my other half. Her entire immediate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Foundation for a Drug Free World &#8212; Scientology Front Group</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of scientology&#8217;s most successful front groups has roped in another beauty contest winner, and hit upon a new way of gaining apparent credibility. Foundation for a Drug Free World has had some success in infiltrating a number of organizations, particularly through the work of Meghan Fialkoff. She has been covered a number of times [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The House of Cards is Collapsing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 13:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Miscavige]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Freedom&#8221; magazine recently put out this tweet: &#160; Curious (?), I clicked on the link. This is what it takes you to &#8212; an article reporting on their supposed accomplishments in 2017! &#160; For the &#8220;largest private relief force on earth&#8221; it is just a little strange that they have nothing to report about for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Episode 15: Former President of Narconon Luke Catton</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/episode-15-former-president-of-narconon-luke-catton/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 13:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Fair Game Podcast]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ABLE Int]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Miscavige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom Magazine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Zurn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luke Catton]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We welcome an old friend of mine, Lucas (Luke) Catton to the Fair Game podcast this week. Luke was a very prominent member of the Narconon team for a number of years, until he saw the light about scientology. He subsequently spoke out and was targeted by scientology in response. We discuss a wide range of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Let the Scientology Fair Game Begin</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/let-the-scientology-fair-game-begin/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leah Remini]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I mentioned in my post on Sunday that I would let Leah respond to the latest bs about her from Ed Parkin. He should know by now not to poke the bear. Here is what Leah has to say. As only Leah can say it. &#160; Scientology uses a practice called Fair Game, these are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Let the Fair Gaming Begin (Again)</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/let-the-fair-gaming-begin-again/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 12:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ed Parkin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karin Pouw]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hardly a surprise that after being conspicuously absent (other than showing up as a note-taker in court), Fast Eddie Parkin has raised his particularly ugly head again. After all, Leah Remini and I began a new podcast on the subject of Scientology Fair Game &#8212; and the only real purpose of the STAND League [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trying to Burnish David Miscavige&#8217;s Very Tarnished Image</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/trying-to-burnish-david-miscaviges-very-tarnished-image/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[David Miscavige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alfred E Neuman]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yesterday a new tweet showed up on my feed from Freedom Mag: &#160; Wow, I thought, a new piece of brown-nosing has appeared in Freedom magazine, lauding the many supposed virtues of Dear Leader David Miscavige. These things usually appear when Miscavige is concerned about too much negative press about him and &#8220;nobody is defending [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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