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		<title>Some Thoughts on the 1st Amendment</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; The First Amendment to the Constitution is a vitally important document that is cause for great celebration and almost as much dispute. It enshrines a number of very important rights &#8212; freedom of religion, speech, the press, to peaceable assembly and petition the government. I believe the Bill of Rights was intended to protect [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why the Expensive Scientology Buildings?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideal Orgs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Miscavige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Amendment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have explained this before but the question continues to be raised &#8212; why is David Miscavige so obsessed with purchasing real estate? I am answering here as succinctly as possible. This strategy is not just the &#8220;ideal org&#8221; program, it also includes buying former homes and offices of L. Ron Hubbard, purchasing a redundant [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scientology Lies About Harassment of LA D/A</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Fair Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Miscavige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Queally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karin Pouw]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; See the recent LA Times article Scientology tried to &#8216;derail&#8217; star&#8217;s rape trial by harassing prosecutor, suit says; church calls claim &#8216;false&#8217;  This is some excellent reporting by James Queally. I only want to comment on one thing: Karin (David Miscavige) Pouw&#8217;s response to quotes taken from my declaration filed in Leah[s case. Here [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Alex Gibney Urges IRS to Revoke Scientology&#8217;s Tax Exempt Status</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 11:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Gibney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Going Clear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; A recent interview with Alex Gibney in Rolling Stone where he was asked the following question, jogged my memory. I had the pleasure of seeing Going Clear at its Sundance premiere, which was pretty wild. Is Scientology still on your case? And I’ve done a lot of reporting on Scientology as well, so what’s it like [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Revoke Scientology&#8217;s Tax Exempt Status Immediately</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/revoke-scientologys-tax-exempt-status-immediately/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Holley]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This was originally posted under the title: Auditing Scientology: Reexamining Tax Exemption Eligibility which was the title of the article written by Taylor Holley. I believe the ongoing public policy violations alone should be the immediate end of scientology&#8217;s tax exempt status. Taylor points out how &#8220;Public Policy&#8221; has been narrowly interpreted to mean discrimination, but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Flat Tax &#8212; Republicans Reviving the Scientology Campaign to Abolish the IRS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2023 13:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Front Groups]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Citizens for an Alternative Tax System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs]]></category>
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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;Successful Selling&#8221; by L. Ron Hubbard</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Regging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exempt status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hubbard had a lot of his special wisdom to impart about the skills of selling. Scientology objects to the idea that it should be characterized as a business. Not because they are not proud of Hubbard&#8217;s &#8220;administrative technology&#8221; which is the ONLY way for any business to succeed (somehow Amazon, Apple and Walmart have muddle [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Podcast with Jon Atack</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/podcast-with-jon-atack/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2022 15:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A Billion Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danny Masterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jon and I recorded a new episode of his excellent podcast. Enjoy. &#160;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scientology Refunds and Repayments: We Don&#8217;t Do That Any More</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claims Verification Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L. Ron Hubbard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refunds]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Recently, a letter from the &#8220;Claims Verification Board&#8221; came to my attention. In it they state: &#8220;It has always been church policy that anyone requesting a refund/repayment must do so within 3 months&#8221; &#8212; so of course, they denied the request for return of funds (as they ALWAYS do). This is NOT in fact [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can Scientologists be Christians or Jews Too?</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/33-can-scientologists-be-christians-or-jews-too/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2022 12:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Scientology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OT III]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[R6 bank]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the eighth &#8220;vacation&#8221; post, revisiting some of the more  important articles to have appeared on my blog over the years. The original post and comments is here. &#160; Scientology likes to tell the world that you can be a scientologist and also be a Christian, Jew, Buddhist or anything else. This is an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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