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Scientology Running In Circles. Literally

June 24, 2021 By Mike Rinder 64 Comments

The "Cause Resurgence" Rundown is one of the greatest boondoggles scientology has ever foisted off as a "standard tech" "religious" service. The Running Program, as it was originally called, was used to punish crew at Golden Era who were, in the estimation of Miscavige, performing poorly. "Run around a pole until you get your shit together." The first person to do it was David Mayo, when he had been declared a terrible squirrel. Hubbard ordered him to run around a tree at Gold "until he wore a trench in the ground". He did so for weeks on end until he was physically spent. He escaped … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard, Scientology Tagged With: Cause Resurgence, David Mayo, Flag, Golden Era Productions, Rafferty Pendery, Robyn Held, Running Program

Violence at the Top of Scientology

February 27, 2019 By Mike Rinder 103 Comments

The latest internet smear on me is a video from a person (Hans Smith) who claims I punched him. That may be true, though I don't recall it and I had little interaction with him. But I have admitted (and so have many others) to punching people when in the Sea Org. At the top of scientology, if you were NOT willing to use physical violence you were considered too weak to hold your post. There are numerous witnesses who can testify to the culture of violence at the top of scientology, many of whom watched David Miscavige dishing out beatings on an assortment of senior scientology officials. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Int Base, L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: David Miscavige, Golden Era Productions, Int Base, L. Ron Hubbard, violence

Casting Problems

February 27, 2017 By Mike Rinder 78 Comments

They put out these notices fairly regularly. A few weeks ago they were trying to cast Allen Ginsberg and L. Ron Hubbard for $200-$300/day. Seems they are having some problems getting takers as they have raised the price now to $935/day. I can imagine that in this day and age being identified as a "face" of WTH or Narconon is not a good career choice.  And apparently the only applicants they had are english as a second language speakers. They even have to offer "gas reimbursement" which means this is being shot at Gold, not at SuMP. Apparently SuMP does absolutely nothing. Prediction: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Gold, Golden Era Productions, public relations, SuMP

UniMed

November 1, 2016 By Mike Rinder 64 Comments

Someone recently sent this to me. I thought it a curious piece of scientology history for a number of reasons. Starting with the thought there is nothing new in scientology -- including their cliches. You can see it gets off to a roaring start by announcing a "milestone." Today milestones happen a dozen times a year. Back then this was a trendsetting new word to make the lame sound amazing. It then goes on to claim that the Secret of Flag Results is an "entertainment movie".  Erm, not really - it was in fact a promotional piece to try and drum up business for Flag. And right up front … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Church of Scientology, Golden Era Productions, public relations, Scientology

SuMP Mystery Solved!

August 24, 2016 By Mike Rinder 62 Comments

They are making fundraising videos....   This is the ONLY thing that has emanated from the Sump since the grand ribbon yanking ceremony. The irony is amazing. Even for scientology. Miscavige decides he wants to be a Hollywood mogul and purchases and old studio lot. Let's not forget he already HAS a "state-of-the-art" studio at Golden Era Production with "the largest free standing sound stage in California" and a purpose built "Film Lab" to process film (of course that is like his specially built CD line -- horse and buggies in the digital age).  Nevertheless, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, scientology media productions Tagged With: Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, fundraising, Going Clear, Golden Era Productions, public relations, scientology media productions, SuMP

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Some thoughts on #scientology litigation. Hubbard: “fight on the basis of total attrition of the enemy.” Spending huge reserves of tax-free money, they bank on most not going the distance. But for those who do -- scientology has never won a damages trial.

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Paul Haggis Sexual Assault Case Dismissed by Italian Court. A judge in the southern Italian city of Lecce has ruled that there are no grounds to further pursue...
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  • ExScnStaff on More Hubbard on CANCER: “Not to dismiss the negative impact of Scn on cancer survival through delayed medical diagnosis of cancer, but whether or…” Aug 9, 17:35
  • PickAnotherID on House of Horrors: “Since it lays things out so clearly, could the court accept the ‘Daily Beast’ article as “Service by publication”??” Aug 9, 17:22
  • John P. on Correct Estimation of Effort: “Mike, this was a nice numbers dive into the silliness of Scientology’s self-congratulatory delusions about their impact in the world.…” Aug 9, 16:35
  • Karl Woodrow on House of Horrors: “Good point, Fred. Even Hubbard said (and I paraphrase) that if a person is on the receiving end of an…” Aug 9, 16:01
  • Joe on Thursday Funnies: “I was under the impression they were looking at 337 Logan Rd, Greenslopes, this is the last I heard.” Aug 9, 16:01
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