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Happy Birthday Shelly Miscavige

January 18, 2023 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Today is Shelly Miscavige's 62nd birthday. She has been disappeared for the last 15 years -- one confirmed sighting at her father's funeral (with a handler) in 2007 and nothing certain since. Once a fixture of the scientology world, at her husband's side virtually everywhere he went, she suddenly vanished in 2005. I write about her and her vanishing from the Int Base in my book A Billion Years. Shelly is not the only person at the senior echelons of scientology who has been erased from public view (so too the President of scientology Heber Jentzsch, Executive Director International … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: Clarisse Barnett, David Miscavige, Guillaume Lesevre, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Marc Yager, Mary Sue Hubbard, Norman Starkey, Ray Mithoff, Russ Bellin, shelly miscavige

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

The Legends of Our Religion

November 12, 2018 By Mike Rinder 59 Comments

This new propaganda piece raises an important question. Where ARE those "legends of scientology"? It is true that many of the "leading lights" of scientology at the time signed this pledge. Though the real story of the IAS is a very different one than the revised history scientology tries to make it out to be. This "pledge signing" was merely a PR stunt -- the IAS had been formed by a Danish lawyer as a means of keeping money outside the purview of the IRS. It was a "bright idea" to form an "association" which was a uniquely European thing and to divert all funds from orgs outside the US … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS Tagged With: David Miscavige, Guillaume Lesevre, Heber Jentzsch, International Association of Scientologists, Janet McLaughlin, L. Ron Hubbard, Norman Starkey, public relations, Ray Mithoff, Scientology, Vicki Aznaran

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mikerinder Mike Rinder @mikerinder ·
29 Jan

Crazy L. Ron Hubbard's 1980 letter to Pres. Reagan explaining his plan for a national sales tax and abolishing the IRS. It was a key theme of #scientology's war on the IRS... until they got exemption. Do today's proponents know? Full letter in blog post.
https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-flat-tax-republicans-reviving-the-scientology-campaign-to-abolish-the-irs/

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klempmichele Michele Klemp @klempmichele ·
29 Jan

@MikeRinder just finished reading your book. I've been anti-scientology for about 30 years. Your book was so informative as to the mindset and the bullying, gaslighting etc. Every through I watched the documentaries and listened to the podcast, I found this book so much (/2)

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29 Jan

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28 Jan

Hilarious! Mr. Mickiewicz https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mr-mickiewicz/ #Scientology via @MikeRinder

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  • Mike Rinder on Fair Game Podcast Is Back!: “Yeah, you’re right. But we did with best intentions.” Jan 30, 21:55
  • Aquamarine on The Flat Tax — Republicans Reviving the Scientology Campaign to Abolish the IRS: “Wait – wasn’t LRH still in hiding when he wrote that letter to Reagan?” Jan 30, 20:43
  • Aquamarine on The Flat Tax — Republicans Reviving the Scientology Campaign to Abolish the IRS: “Right. He and Reagan were both “high up” in Hollywood…Hubbard “quite desperate” for Reagan to succeed…its a good thing I…” Jan 30, 20:36
  • Aquamarine on The Flat Tax — Republicans Reviving the Scientology Campaign to Abolish the IRS: “So THAT’S what the Old Fox was embroidering. Incredible.” Jan 30, 20:33
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