Alex Gibney's film, Going Clear, documents the horror of disconnection and how it is used as a control mechanism in scientology. It is most dramatically demonstrated in his film with the story of Sara Goldberg. Her son Nick had a friend who was friends with me. Nick would not disconnect from his friend, so his mother was told to disconnect from her son. She was given an impossible choice -- if she didn't disconnect from him, she would be declared an SP and her daughter would be forced to disconnect from her. This is not a "personal choice" (as the church so often proclaims). Sara has the d … [Read more...]
Going Clear With Paul Haggis
I had another posting for this morning, but then I read the article on Tony Ortega's blog this morning and consider it so important that I urge everyone to read it. I want it to be available on this blog for anyone who happens to come along here, so I am republishing it in its entirety. As is usual for Paul Haggis, he articulates a great deal in a few well chosen words. Though he doesn't promote himself and there is no shoot crew following him around to make self-congratulatory videos, he is a true humanitarian. His work in Haiti is legendary, and it continues to this day, long after the … [Read more...]
Cancel Your HBO Service
Next chapter in the footbullet parade. I guess he doesn't realize it, but this will give an accurate count of how many dedicated scientologists there are in the United States. HBO will be able to tally up how many cancellations they receive. If it tops a couple of dozen I would be stunned. These people demonstrate two things about fundamentalist scientologists (which is likely true of all fundamentalists): 1. They have a hugely inflated sense of their self-worth 2. They have tissue-paper thin skin. It is sort of amazing that scientology does not believe they can live in the … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Do It For Ron The Birthday Event hype is in full swing. Here is a favorite. "The best gift we can give him is the gift of expansion" so.... Give us £104 for "SMP". Makes total sense. And you will get a "special" "104" commendation to file in the round file of useless pieces of paper -- you only have "ethics protection" based on your NEXT "donation." Dear Mabel, This week we celebrate the 104th Birthday of our Founder, L. Ron Hubbard. The best gift we can give him is the gift of expansion. And the best answer to that is Scientology Media Productions, the most important project in S … [Read more...]
LRH Birthday Event Fail
Some hype to help get you started in the morning. And just a taste of the understated, dignified words of Dear Leader before the clubbed seals on Saturday: In testament to Mr. Hubbard’s triumphant and eternal technological splendor, the anniversary of his birth (March 13) was marked with a raucous observance attended by a capacity crowd and presided over by Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board, Religious Technology Center and the religion’s ecclesiastical leader. He opened the proceedings by placing the eternal power of LRH’s creation into a palpabl … [Read more...]
David Miscavige’s Obsession With Name Calling
Like a 6 year old, David Miscavige is obsessed with name calling as an effective means of prevailing in an argument. It has certainly not escaped attention that he comes up with names to call everyone -- Lady Killer is the name he picked for me (illiterate boob that he is....). But there are plenty of others. This is a selection of a few of his recent monikers: The Home Wrecker The Soulless Sellout The Drama Queen A Violent Psychopath Consummate Con Man World's Oldest Professional The Sex Tripper Consummate Crook Crocodile Liar A Walking Hate Crime The … [Read more...]
Mike Rinder: “Lady Killer”
While the "church" of scientology has kindly nicknamed me "Lady Killer," the strange reason for this deserves some context. This post also serves to demonstrate the twisted and false nature of the statements, videos, tweets, ads and emails that scientology is sending out to try and "dead agent" everyone involved in the Going Clear film. I am no special case -- all participants are getting the same treatment. I happen to have details and specifics concerning the things they say about me. You can be certain the statements about the others are no less false. It is of course interesting that … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Out of the mouths of babes... "I don't like to be fundraised." New terminology: Being fundraised. This accompanied an email for people to come in to a fundraising event! They moved LRH's Birthday Now it's 31 March. Anything for a game... And we will be presenting the gift that LRH didn't want. Regging for donations. Happy Birthday Sir! It's Rush. It's exclusive. It's "closed door." But everyone is invited? It's a call to arms. Translation: give us money or sign up for staff. If not, hand over a child to join … [Read more...]
Scientology: “You Are Being Watched 24/7”
In light of recent events, I thought it might be appropriate to repost a couple of videos. These were originally posted on Marty Rathbun's blog in December 2012. They are pretty self-explanatory. The first two show one of the earlier iterations of "you are being watched 24/7" video surveillance the church set up on my house. I realized this was the case when I received an "anonymous" letter warning me not to talk to my neighbor -- which was a sort of "WTF?" moment where I asked myself "How does anyone know I spoke to my neighbor"? From there, it was not hard to figure out where the … [Read more...]
Scientology Media Footbullets On Rapid Fire
The below article was published by Radar Online this morning. It is of note because it is further evidence that scientology is demonstrating to the world that everything in the movie is true. Their hamfisted footbullets are not going unnoticed as they may have done in the past. But it is especially interesting because of the absolutely astonishing arrogance of the responses. Everything they do is further confirmation of their guilt. Who in their right mind, when confronted with an email threatening physical violence would not say "We condemn threats of violence and will assist the … [Read more...]