by Mike Rinder Having tortured myself Clockwork-Orange-style into watching a few hours of Shermanspeak® at the 2012 Maiden Voyage, I have a few observations. David Miscavige’s “Ideal Org strategy” is (no surprise) a complete bust. He has banked everything on “Ideal Orgs” and the IAS. So, in the age tested manner of a really good ser fac, he will go on proving the “rightness” of this insane strategy until he is dead right. Thus, his manic efforts to make it appear that “Ideal Orgs” are “straight up and vertical” by showing tortured, misleading “stats” (more on that later). But, through the smok … [Read more...]
How Miscavige Plans to "Clear the Planet"
by Mike Rinder Here is the latest poster put out by the RCS (copyrighted to CSI who are apparently now the main fundraisers for the IAS). It consists entirely of a quote from Chairman Mao that perhaps is more candid than he intended. He clearly delineates HIS strategy for planetary clearing. It doesn't involve training or auditing or Grade Charts or anything so messy and difficult that would require actual DELIVERY. The "IAS" is going to "Clear The Planet" -- hip hip hooray for the IAS. Hip hip hooray for "Chairman of the Bored" of Scientology Inc. (inclusive of the IAS and every other e … [Read more...]
The Rapidly Expanding Mission Network — Not
by Mike Rinder To hear Miscavige tell it, Scientology is expanding like never before. “10X expansion in the last decade than in the 50 previous years” etc etc. Of course, there are no new orgs in decades, but that gets fudged over with the A=A=A of new building=new orgs. And never mind the fact they are empty. Then he stands tall 0n his applebox and announces the wonders of massive expansion at the “bottom of the Bridge” in the Mission Network. You even see it in ads on TV – “10,000 churches, missions and associated groups”. Of course, if you go to Scientology.org and try to locate these entiti … [Read more...]
The Way To Happy Profits
by Mike Rinder Here is today's example of Corporate Scientology blood sucking. Dear ******, I just received the following announcement from the Bookstore Officer AOSH UK and wanted to help back this up: "This year the Olympic Games are going to be held in London, England - starting 27th July, ending on 12th August. There will be an estimated 6.5 million people in attendance from over 200 nations. "In 2010, at the Football World Cup in South Africa, copies of the Way to Happiness booklet were distributed throughout the crowds resulting in it being proclaimed as the least violent Wo … [Read more...]
Another OT VIII Has Seen The Truth Revealed
This is the story of how Halina Cirillo fell in and out of love with the Church of Scientology. A bit of background about myself. I was in Scientology for 40 years, on staff in Toronto through most of the 70s. My original post was Director of Processing which I held for 3 years and was then recruited into the Guardian’s Office and held the post of DG PR CAN. As D of P I had 18 auditors in the HGC and our well done auditing hours at that time have never been matched since. I left the GO in disgust in the late 70s after being shown confidential session data about my brother. Then I became … [Read more...]
Idle Orgs — The Proof
By Mike Rinder Remember the FIRST “Ideal Org.” It was NOT Buffalo. Buffalo was bought with money obtained from a suit the church filed against an eminent domain action to demolish the old org building to make way for a freeway off ramp. But Buffalo did set the wheels in motion that unleashed Miscavige’s Masonry Frankenstein, now terrorizing cities everywhere. In fact, the first “Ideal Org” was Tampa. I commented recently that Flag was made “responsible” for Tampa Org by Miscavige. After the Buffalo building fiasco, he heard that Tampa was located in a strip mall, and that they were having … [Read more...]
Massive, Straight Up and Vertical International Expansion – Really Dave?
By Mike Rinder There have been many posts and numerous comments on this blog mocking the overhyped “expansion news” that David Miscavige feeds his captive audience of clubbed seals at events. They are well trained to applaud every time there is a loud explosion and a line bursts through the top right corner of a graphic on screen. No other stimulus is required: disbelief is suspended and all critical thinking is cast aside. He tosses out stinking fish and the seals don’t even stop to chew – they swallow it whole and with relish. David Miscavige and the Scientology Mission Network Of late, … [Read more...]
Miscavige's Idle Fraud – Taiwan
by Mike Rinder Some of you may recall the Taiwan "Ideal Org" building, purchased by the IAS in 2005 accompanied by much fanfare and hoopla from POB himself about this being the first org in China. You may recall the CGI fly-through showing the grand lobby and the courserooms and auditing rooms. 100% smoke and mirrors. Below are some shots taken within the last month of that building. Not only is there still NO org, the building has sat empty since it was purchased 6 years ago. And every year since then the IAS has paid the taxes on the building because the Mission cannot afford to pay the … [Read more...]
Even More on Missions
[wpvideo GI0IkQFW] By Mike Rinder This small excerpt from the IAS event provides an excellent glimpse of the entire circus performance. Little King David in all his diminutive glory, Shermanspeaking with his strange, vaguely hypnotic cadence and almost comical accent on words, spewing forth lies and trickery almost faster than its possible to ingest. There is another 2+ hours of this torture. But when you can slow it down, pause the video, really SEE what is being said, it presents a very different picture than the veneer of slick smoke and mirrors that gushes forth. Gabriel recently p … [Read more...]
More on the Vulture Culture
by Mike Rinder In light of the ongoing St Pete Times series, here are some further thoughts on the subject. Some Background: David Miscavige has a long history of financial rape extending back to his days as “Chairman of the Board Author Services” in the 1980’s. There he oversaw the Battlefield Earth and Mission Earth “special editions” and “signed artwork prints” exorbitantly priced rip-offs sold as “investments.” Anyone who owns these virtually worthless “properties” knows how much they are worth and how much bullshit hype accompanied their sale. Miscavige also directed the pillaging of or … [Read more...]