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Thursday Funnies

October 6, 2022 By Mike Rinder 27 Comments

There is a bit of a backlog of Funnies. The ones that were too outdated I sent to the trash file. There are quite a lot, two weeks worth in one episode! Smile away...   They're "On The Plaque" until they're not... These things are VERY temporary.   The "Honor Roll" On it until you're not. These are the marks who have contributed to making Australia the first "ideal continent"...   Big Thumbs Up Come on in, the water's fine. Not that many regges...   Chicago is big So I joined staff. Cincinnati needs staff desperately, their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Adelaide, AOSHEU, Bayou Bennett, Celebrity Center, Chicago, Daniel Lir, Dublin, Flag, Freewinds, Grant Cardone, Hawaii, IAS, Johannesburg, Kate Ceberano, Kiddie Corner, LAPD, Malmo, Melbourne, Mike Beardon, Mike Spurgeon, Plymouth, Pretoria, Quentin Strub, Richard Fallon, Syndey, valley, Vancouver, YESA

Pat & Andrew Rinder

July 19, 2022 By Mike Rinder 24 Comments

This was sent to me recently. It saddens me to be reminded of just how deeply in the mind-prison my brother and sister-in-law are. Of course, like me, my brother was raised in scientology, and despite not being in the Sea Org, scientology is all he has ever known. They are totally dedicated to the lie that scientology is saving mankind. And even worse, that "ideal orgs" are what is achieving this. They have given a ton of money to the "ideal org" campaign, and even worse, persuade others to do so. All the while they are in the Melbourne ideal org all the time, and their son is the C/S … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Andrew RInder, Ideal Orgs, James Rinder, Melbourne, Pat Rinder

Thursday Funnies

March 31, 2022 By Mike Rinder 28 Comments

  Things are a bit thin this week -- they must have been all tuckered out from the LRH Birthday bash. But then the new "Birthday Celebration" REPLAY announcements started rolling in. I guess the first time didn't get a big enough response and COB was not amused... We also have some of the usual buffoonery... This is Graduation?   Gosh, no OEC? No Hubbard Management Tech?  How can you expect to be hired by a scientologist? How is it she is no longer the Field Control Secretary at the Mighty Miami Ideal Org?   Kiddie Corner Always makes me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHAf, AOSHANZO, CC Int, Cleopatra Van Stone, David Miscavige, Golden Age of Admin, Jeanine Carter, LRH Birthday event, Melbourne, Melbourne org, Michael Lewis, Mike Carter, Transferwise, Ukraine, Vancouver

What’s Happening in Melbourne “Ideal” Org?

December 11, 2021 By Mike Rinder 32 Comments

Here is the latest magazine from the Melbourne "ideal" org, supposedly the best Class V org in Australia (by a country mile as they say there). Yet this magazine is what is known in the propaganda world as a Nothingburger. I comment on various sections below... The pretty cover (nothing to do with anything inside) makes a promise that inside you will find out all about the "Training Boom" and the "Latest Completions & Success Stories."   An important message from the unnamed Executive Directors (why no names?) Of course, as always, "there has never been a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Ideal Orgs, Melbourne, Melbourne org

Stable Data: Keep Flowing to the Org

May 12, 2020 By Mike Rinder 57 Comments

One thing you can be absolutely certain of. No matter the circumstances, scientology will ALWAYS be asking for money. It is the real Axiom 1 of scientology. Hubbard said it was "Life is basically a static" but that was just an acceptable truth. He really meant to say "Life is basically a source of income." When disaster strikes, it is a reason to give money. When you are unhappy or depressed, it is a reason to give money. When you are doing well it is a reason to give money. When psychiatry is succeeding it is a reason to give money. When psychiatry is failing it is a reason … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising Tagged With: fundraising, Joburg North, Melbourne

ANZO is Booming — Just Not Australia or New Zealand (or Oceania)

April 22, 2020 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

OK, this is an interesting piece that gives the relative activity in the "continent." Scientology calls this "ANZO" which stands for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. In Australia there are "ideal" orgs at the AO, and in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. In New Zealand there is an "ideal" org in Auckland. There is nothing in "Oceania". There are two other orgs in the "continental area": Taiwan and Japan. That is it for the entirety of Asia and the Indian SubContinent. Note how many Taiwanese and Japanese flags and names are on this list compared to Australia and New Zealand.  There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: ANZO, Auckland, Ideal Orgs, Japan, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Taiwan, Tokyo

Thursday Funnies

November 14, 2019 By Mike Rinder 38 Comments

  An "Extravagaza" On Wednesday night. Should be a big draw. Maybe they can get the Palestinian community to show up in support...   Damning with Faint Praise This worth a promo piece?   They will feed you... If you just agree to sit through this stuff. It's like one of those Time Share offers or "your cemetery plot awaits, come for a free dinner at Rudy Tuesday's to find out how to secure it."   What ideal org alliance? I thought California was done? And does this poster make ANY sense? You could be Olivia Newton-John? Why? How would that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: CCHR, fundraising, human rights, LA org, Lee Burns, Meghan Fialkoff, Melbourne, Narconon, New Years Event, Purification, SFO, WISE

Recruiting Up A Storm

December 10, 2018 By Mike Rinder 51 Comments

The "Ideal Org" in Melbourne (where you can "have it all" -- guitars, Mercedes', kids etc) seems to be having some difficulty locating a few good men. They are advertising on a site called "SeekVolunteer" to try to fill various staff positions. Some of them are quite amusing. But certainly these "volunteers" are not going to be able to "have it all" like the ads promote... You see the Largest Private Relief Force on earth is advertising for volunteers to come help "dispense indiscriminate help"? How strange is that? And offering "free" trips to Japan, Nepal, Taiwan etc. (they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Andrew RInder, Ideal Orgs, Melbourne, Scientology Idle Orgs, St Hill Size

The Scientology Staff Recruitment Pitch

April 3, 2018 By Mike Rinder 121 Comments

Despite what they tell themselves about their expansion, this was found on "MeetUp" and I thought it fascinating. Scientology is back to trying to recruit "wogs". Melbourne presents itself as one of the more successful "ideal" orgs -- and yet they apparently don't have a flow of new people to sign up for staff to deal with the inevitable attrition of those who leave because they cannot take the hours/insane demands or cannot survive on "staff pay", or both. Note the typically terrible spelling and grammar. And how they carefully call this "volunteering" and are given a "stipend … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Idle Orgs Tagged With: Ideal Orgs, Melbourne, staff pay, Staff recruitment

ANZO Pitching Hard

April 9, 2016 By Mike Rinder 108 Comments

There are so many odd things in this promotion. How strange that one of the oldest scientology organizations on earth is incapable of achieving Ideal Org status without getting orgs in another country to help them do it? Tells you everything you need to know about the state of scientology in New Zealand. Dead. For decades. Why aren't the "ideal orgs" in Sydney and Melbourne getting Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Canberra to ideal? They're at least in the same country and a lot closer. And woohoo -- Stev Green is going to join the long line of "upstat public" who will join staff and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, Idle Orgs Tagged With: ANZO, Auckland, fundraising, Ideal Orgs, Melbourne, Scientology Idle Orgs

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