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Thursday Funnies

December 23, 2021 By Mike Rinder 45 Comments

      Graduation Cocktail Hour? They've taken it a step beyond food in Australia...   You can do the Purif here! Only at Flag, Freewinds, possibly the SO Orgs and Narconon. No Class V orgs or Missions. Because we said so.   Good News! "In celebration of the New Year, the Christmas season production bonuses and prizes are hereby extended for three weeks: December 23 and December 30, 2021 and December 6, 2022. International Director of Finance" I guess they didn't make enough cash to pay any bonuses, so "Christmas bonuses" are going to become … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHAf, AOSHANZO, Arrowhead, ASI, Buzz Newman, CCHR, Chicago org, Columbus, Columbus Org, David Miscavige, Eva Gaspar, Flag, Freewinds, Mexico orgs, Michael Lewis, Mission Earth, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, sydney org, Twin Cities org, Willy Gaspar

Hawking Hubbard Fiction

August 18, 2021 By Mike Rinder 45 Comments

Our old friend, Clearly Not Clear, sent this to me with some comments…. I'm looking at the writers of the future 7 books set. It seems to suggest that 89 of these stories won awards. I doubt it. I wonder what awards they did win? Since nobody wants to buy 7 year old anthologies, they include "advice for new writers." This is somebody's bright idea. Well, it's really not a very bright idea in my opinion. Now, can we talk about Battlefield Earth on audio? Seriously 150,000 sound effects? Was that like the stat of the week? How many sound effects and farts can I record to be in screaming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: Clearly Not Clear, fiction. Battlefield Earth, Galaxy Press, L. Ron Hubbard, Mission Earth, Writers of the Future

Author Services Still Hawking Worthless “Collectibles”

June 30, 2020 By Mike Rinder 48 Comments

Back in the 80's, Author Services Inc was created as L. Ron Hubbard's "Literary Agency." The actual function of ASI, then headed by David Miscavige as "Chairman of the Board", Norman Starkey as "Trustee of L. Ron Hubbard's Estate" and Terri Gamboa as Executive Director, was twofold. To shield Hubbard from legal liability that flowed through association with the church. This gave him a control vehicle that was a profit-making, non-church entity, but through the command structure of the Sea Org, was able to direct scientology without overt evidence of doing so. A lot could be said about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising Tagged With: Author Services, Countess Krak, David Miscavige, fundraising, Galaxy Press, Mission Earth, Norman Starkey, Terri Gamboa

Pain, Sex and Psychiatry

May 11, 2020 By Mike Rinder 80 Comments

Towards the end of his days, Hubbard became more and more obsessed with psychiatry. And more and more unhinged in his writing. Some of his last official "technical writings" railed against psychiatry. His unpublished writings are even more bizarre -- the infamous rant about "Farsec" which was the planet where psychs originated and from where all the evil in the universe derives. Let's take a look at some of the very last things he wrote. Note there are now a lot of bulletins that have been issued with dates later than these, but almost all of those are either old things that someone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: L. Ron Hubbard, Mission Earth, Pain and Sex, psychiatry

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This is destined to be an #SPTV classic comedy moment. @blownforgood and @claireheadley share details of their "first date" in the Sea Org. It's near the end. If you're not subscribed to my channel yet, please do so... There is also important content.
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How Many Taxpayer-subsidized Mansions, Homes and Offices Does a Dead Man Need? It turns out to be a LOT when it comes to #scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Once again, where is the #IRS? How is this a valid exempt purpose? https://youtu.be/JfmJHiGfevA via @YouTube

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The DOJ details what #scientology does to destroy those speaking out about their abuses. Including but not limited to:
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Monday Evening Q&A and Spilling the Tea https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpJkgWdQDyJj

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Your blog helped get me out.
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  • Koos Nolst Trenité on Thursday Funnies: “Walking into a Scientology Org, or by studying Scientology material, your innate sense of morality receives blows that are hard…” Mar 30, 09:58
  • TrevAnon on Ex-Scientologists Who Have Spoken Out: “Not sure if my answer came through? Feel free to post one of my comments. I’ll take it from there.…” Mar 30, 07:33
  • mark on How Many Taxpayer-Subsidized Mansions, Homes and Offices Does A Dead Man Need?: “Wanker cult has wild wanker practices and policies, including the building and maintenance of wanker palaces and wanker offices for…” Mar 30, 06:53
  • mwesten on Psychosomatic Conditions: An Analysis of Hubbard’s Claims: “The dodo bird verdict and the placebo effect. Many psychologists argue that a placebo effect is essentially all any talk…” Mar 30, 04:51
  • GL on How Many Taxpayer-Subsidized Mansions, Homes and Offices Does A Dead Man Need?: “Yay! I am a happy little vegemite, finally got the pile of goodies out of layby from my favourite bookshop…” Mar 30, 04:36
  • PeaceMaker on How Many Taxpayer-Subsidized Mansions, Homes and Offices Does A Dead Man Need?: “Ruth, isn’t some of the worst, how staff were virtually unpaid for sweatshop hours – and not even given adequate…” Mar 30, 03:01
  • Erickson on How Many Taxpayer-Subsidized Mansions, Homes and Offices Does A Dead Man Need?: “When we were recently in Pasadena we had to visit the site where Hubbard and Jack Parsons tried to perform…” Mar 30, 00:06
  • Aquamarine on How Many Taxpayer-Subsidized Mansions, Homes and Offices Does A Dead Man Need?: ““Hubbard’s clothes are in the closets and are laid out for him each day – his jewelry and watches, hats,…” Mar 29, 23:31
  • Mark Starin on “Doctor” L. Ron Hubbard: “Not to mention his disastrous career in the USN. From Wikipedia: However, his official Navy service records indicate that “his…” Mar 29, 23:06

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