This is for posterity's sake. A bit of relative calm before the storm on the horizon. This is a list of the unfortunates who have handed over cash for the Valley "ideal building" (there is no "org"). I notice the Silver Humanitarian Taufer-Gregorian Family -- I assume they are in some way connected to Quinn The Eskimo... ? And Bart Simpson (Nancy Cartwright) is now identified as "Nancy" rather than the Royal Governess OT Rockstar Princess Queen etc etc etc. Apparently it is still embarrassing to include her full name, though I cannot fathom why this is? And I had no idea my … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Nation of Islam taking over Tampa Org? This is the latest news from the Tampa model ideal org's St Petersburg "Life Improvement Center." For those of you who do not live in the area, St Petersburg is NOT Harlem or South Central LA. This is either a 50's throwback and they have segregated courserooms, or its a collection of NOI people who showed up en masse on Tuesday evening based on orders from their superiors (and judging from their attire, it is the latter). They are the ONLY public present and the only white people are the Tampa Org staff. Also for those who don't know, this … [Read more...]
The Crack Command Team
I have been otherwise engaged for a few days and am catching up on the emails and messages that have been sent in since Friday. Trying to get up to date on everything and I will attempt to respond to everyone as quickly as I can and post the information of interest. The goings-on at the Ideal Pacifica Bridge are generating considerable buzz. And not of the good variety. Someone who was in PAC orgs over the weekend told me they saw a lot of Sea Org members and virtually NO public, particularly in ASHO. And apparently the heavy-handed ethics actions have gotten rolling. Of course, the … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies On Friday
The vultures are circling... "South Bay" sounds so much more gentrified... Not normally used to describe Inglewood -- more like Redondo Beach and Pacific Palisades. But no big surprise that Inglewood needs staff. Last I heard they had less than 30. About 2,000sq ft per person. Cross Order Alert I thought everyone was supposed to be at the PAC graduation tonight? CC doesn't seem to have the memo. But you gotta love the fact that the biggest celebrity the scientology Celebrity Centre has to promote on its "come to graduation" poster is Tony Muhammad the Nation of … [Read more...]
PAC/LA Org Update: Contraction Is Expansion
Thursday Funnies have been postponed to Friday in order to update the happenings in PAC. I was out of town all day yesterday so didn't have a chance to compile the information sent in from various sources. This is clearly a topic of considerable interest and The Funnies won't lose their funny in a day.... Tonight (Friday) is the Big Spin presentation of "greatest expansion ever" news with the combining of two Day and Foundation Orgs and the wholesale "letting go" of the contracted staff of the Model Ideal Org. What is astonishing is that as long as ANY news is presented as … [Read more...]
EUS Alliance — Ideal Orgs Are Yesterday’s News
Now, this is really going to "get 'er done." That the CO WISE EUS headlined a weekend of fun-filled activities at "Flag" on how to build "ideal orgs" says it all. What a strange choice -- when the legal cases against WISE groups are filed, the church protests LOUDLY that WISE has NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION and THE CHURCH IS NOT INVOLVED. Surely EUS and Flag are not THAT short on anyone to speak that the ONLY person they could come up with for the weekend seminar was the CO WISE EUS? Or maybe they are? And what an exciting agenda it was -- team competence drills, a simple sales … [Read more...]
Ideal Orgs — Some Inconvenient Truths
A Special Correspondent in Australia sent me this latest promo piece on Ideal Orgs. It contains some startling information that may not be evident at a quick glance. But once again, they have hoisted themselves on their own petard. Apart from the obvious conceit that they are EVER going to get "ideal orgs" in Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane (first step is to get an ORG in those places, they have had part time missions for decades now and no sign of that changing....) what this reveals about the overall strategy in a simple graphic is pretty stunning. The "ideal org" strategy began in … [Read more...]
Scientology Newspeak
In the topsy-turvy Newspeak world of scientology, add to the classic phrases from Orwell's 1984 a fourth: CONTRACTION IS EXPANSION. As long as the news is preceded with some modifiers "greatest expansion ever" or "exciting news of our accomplishments" or something similar, ANYTHING can be presented as "proof" that the 47X straight up and vertical expansion is continuing unchecked. Even the eradication ("combining") of a Sea Org org. Closing an SO Org has got to take the cake as far as pigs ear catastrophes presented as silk purse accomplishments. It has never happened … [Read more...]
Sheer Idiocy
This missed the deadline for Thursday Funnies, but it is just too insane to be let go. It tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about scientology today. The ONLY thing that is important is status. The ONLY thing that is offered is status. The ONLY thing they want is money. And even their phony made-up statuses, they will "discount" to try and get people to give more money now. You can ALSO be a Humanitarian With Knobs On -- but now you don't need to pay as much as the other people because we are more desperate. "For three days only, you can buy an authentic certificate to ha … [Read more...]
The Sad Tale Of Ideal Orgs
Things are looking grim in the scientology bubble. You likely saw the story about the "ideal org" in Boston that was covered in the Boston Globe and they didn't cover the full story by any means. The level of incompetence on display there is amazing. They could not keep their "statement" building because it was too small though it's never been maxed out -- so were ordered to sell it. They had a buyer willing to pay $20 million but they couldn't get approval to sell. When they finally got the go ahead, the market had crashed and they got $12 million but had committed to a larger wreck which … [Read more...]