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		<title>More Ideal Org Fail</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 15:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; This promotional item reminded me of something about the promise of the &#8220;ideal org&#8221; program&#8230; Miscavige heavily promoted that these orgs would generate new Missions,  Narconons, WISE and Dianetics Groups, WTH chapters  etc etc in their zones and that this would result in massive international expansion as those mission would then turn into orgs [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Episode 72: Stefani Hutchison Exposing the Lies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We bring back one of our favorites this week, the wonderful Stefani Hutchison. Episode 72: Stefani Hutchison Exposing the Lies  Stefani was never a scientologist, but has taken up the cudgel of exposing the lies of scientology on her excellent blog: Confront and Shatter. &#160; In this episode, we cover some of the sleuth work [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thursday Funnies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Not as many Thursday Funnies this week. If you come across something that might belong here, please ensure you forward it to me. If you don&#8217;t have my email leave a comment saying you have something for Thursday Funnies and I will reach out to you. &#160; An Ideal Universe Not content with an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thursday Funnies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Interesting questions&#8230; How do you create your own universe? Just close your eyes and pretend. It&#8217;s easy. And what about guaranteeing your OTness in the future? Just give money. In fact, the answers to ALL questions: Give us your money and we will promise anything. &#160; Clean Body Clean Mind A new take on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scientology and Christmas</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems the media is becoming more aware of the truth about scientology. This recent article in the Kansas City Star is not the sort of &#8220;goodwill&#8221; and &#8220;PR area control&#8221; scientology was hoping to garner from opening their new &#8220;ideal org&#8221; and launching into a PR offensive for the holiday season. The title of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;New&#8221; Ideal Orgs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Nov 2019 12:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Kansas City and Columbus &#8220;ideal orgs&#8221; are supposed to open over the next 2 weekends. This is no surprise &#8212; Miscavige probably stayed in the UK and is flying directly to Kansas City for the opening, which is why it is one week after the IAS. It is also timed so he could get [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thursday Funnies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Free Ice Cream Apparently George is George is a whale who supports this mission. He is like the Good Humor Man&#8230; &#160; &#160; Really not looking good&#8230; Bobby Wiggins is sadly not much of an advertisement for &#8220;OT VII Super Power Completion&#8221; &#160; This their plaque? They can&#8217;t even get the first name [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thursday Funnies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Freedom for all California&#8230; One more empty building and California will be free at last! Not a chance ANYONE actually buys this. But the rah-rah seems to impress. &#160; No we don&#8217;t Not a one has EVER come back &#160; Nothing quite like &#8220;Big Blue&#8221; It&#8217;s ugly, dirty and empty. The celebration may be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>More Words of Wisdom from Ron + Leah Remini Talks Aftermath Finale</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me how overtly crazy some of Hubbard&#8217;s ramblings are. Or how the clubbed seals inside the bubble proffer them as evidence of his infallible wisdom in all things. Not that I didn&#8217;t do the same for many, many years. And perhaps that is what makes it even more remarkable to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A &#8220;Fact&#8221; to Wonder About</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new trend in scientology &#8220;promotion&#8221; is for orgs trying to &#8220;go ideal&#8221; to promote the virtues of their cities. They seek to recruit people to man these &#8220;ideal orgs&#8221; from other areas of the country and presumably other nations. There has recently been a competition of sorts between Columbus, Austin and Kansas City over [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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