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Scientology’s Pandemic Pitch

March 31, 2020 By Mike Rinder 75 Comments

I was forwarded this email from the EDs of Salt Lake City "ideal" org. I reprint it here with spelling errors/typos exactly as it was received. Another confirmation that this org is closed (public are not receiving services physically inside the org) -- but they then go on in typical scientology style to say the answer to the question "Wait, does that mean the Org is closed?" is "Absolutely not, in fact, the org is more open than ever."  Only in the deluded world of scientology would a shuttered org be more open than ever... But "more open than ever" translates into more desperate for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Orgs Tagged With: COVID-19, extension courses, fundraising, Ideal Orgs, Pandemic, Salt lake city, Scientology

New Ideal Orgs

February 25, 2018 By Mike Rinder 111 Comments

Tony Ortega covered the recent openings of Salt Lake and "Silicon Valley" ideal orgs with some interesting on-the-ground reports from observers. I have, as is my wont, a few observations of my own.   Salt Lake City: This is the official photo on the scientology.org website. If you had the time or inclination, you could actually count the heads present. My guess would be 350. (Update, a reader counted every head in this photo, the number is 242).     But if you read their press release, the gathering consisted of "more than a thousand" in attendance.  It's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Idle Orgs Tagged With: Ideal Orgs, public relations, Salt lake city, Scientology Idle Orgs, silicon valley

Ribbon Yanking Extravaganza

February 18, 2018 By Mike Rinder 77 Comments

  It's a big weekend of ribbon yanking for the Chairman of the Bored. These HAVE to be done this weekend or they will not make it into the March 13th event -- and he doesn't have anything else to hype at that event other than to bring the Sherminator on stage to ramble on with some more fascinating tall tales about the life of LRH, and handing out some awards to pre-ordained winners of the "Birthday Game" (you will see, the ONLY winners allowed now are "ideal"). So, it is absolutely imperative these ribbon yankings were made to happen. After YEARS of endless PR pieces about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Idle Orgs Tagged With: David Miscavige, Ideal Orgs, public relations, Salt lake city, silicon valley

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