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		<title>Scientology’s Attempted Cover-up: Aftermath Foundation Billboard Creates Panic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new Aftermath Foundation billboard became an instant hit. Scientology is so desperate to prevent any of their sheeple from seeing the phone number on the billboard that they rented a cherry picker and then a scissor lift to try to hide it. The latest photos above come courtesy of Jeffrey Augustine at his excellent [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sea Org &#8220;Family Banquet&#8221; Today</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flag]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Another new wrinkle in the scientology world generated by outside pressure. It is a PR exercise of course, and will be of no comfort to the broken families around the world who have members who have been declared. But it is an indication that scientology is feeling the heat about breaking up families and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Visa Problems for Scientology: Less Human Trafficking as a Result?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sea Org recruitment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This recent article  appears to spell trouble for scientology&#8217;s Sea Org recruitment efforts. For decades, scientology has exploited the immigration laws to bring foreigners into the country under the guise of them being &#8220;religious workers.&#8221; In fact, the vast majority of those so brought in ended up doing menial jobs (housekeepers, gardeners, filers etc etc) [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Flag Christmas J&#038;D Sing Along</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2022 14:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[L Ron Hubbard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flag]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Christi Gordon sent me copies of these pages which were created at Flag, Christmas 1976. They are the lyrics for a musical performance that was part of the annual Bosun&#8217;s party (I wrote about the infamous first Bosun&#8217;s Party at Flag in 1975 in my book). The lyrics would be considered horrendous &#8220;J&#38;D&#8221; now &#8212; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chicago Being Manned With SO Members</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideal Orgs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Ideal Org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Parker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This has become the new norm in scientology. Spend tens of millions of dollars to buy and renovate a building in a city with few scientologists. The inability to find staff to man the organization results in Sea Org members being sent to do so (Sea Org members can be ordered around to go wherever, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scientology: the Child Friendly Religion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 11:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the recent FBI release, a letter sent to the St Petersburg Times in 2010. This may have been put on the SP Times website back then, and may not be something new, but I had not seen it before. It&#8217;s a doozie. It is a compilation of lies, nestled in the usual &#8220;other religions [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scientology&#8217;s Ridiculous Claims of &#8220;Expansion&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[David Miscavige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain Miscavige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Org]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Captain Miscavige regales his sheeple with over-the-top claims of &#8220;unprecedented expansion&#8221; at every event he holds. The flowery Shermanspeak pours forth and the adoring crowds eat it up. They don&#8217;t ever seem to remember what was said in the previous event, let alone last year or 5 years ago. If they kept track of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Many Sea Org Members Are There?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sea Org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[number of scientologists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Org staff]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; This promotional item claims there are 6,600 Sea Org members. That is the absolute best case scenario &#8212; any figures ever put out by scientology are exaggerated, if not completely made up. It&#8217;s probably a thousand or more less than that, but we will take them at their word. 1,200,000 people for each SO [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What is the Political Affiliation of Scientologists?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2022 13:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Clearwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aaron Smith-Levin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L. Ron Hubbard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Clouden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychiatry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rplucian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trish Duggan]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the years, many people have asked about the political views and affiliations of scientologists. Every time I ask for questions for a listener Q and A episode of the Fair Game Podcast, this question comes up. Of course, while there can be no blanket generalization about the politics of a group composed of individuals, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thursday Funnies</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-275/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AOSH Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bellaire Mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cause Resurgence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CC Int]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCHR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Fouche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbus Org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danielle Palumbo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elena Cardone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greta Del Sal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louis Farrakhan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malmo Org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Lara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pam Van Der Linde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stockholm org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sydney org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tampa org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver org]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[An International Top Executive Not top enough to be named&#8230; But this is going to &#8220;blow you away&#8221; Never heard that before. &#160; Wonder what happened? The WTH &#8220;movement&#8221; in 2014 seems to have petered out &#160; Kiddie Corner Sad &#160; 13,000 scientology staff in the world? Not a chance &#8212; but even if there [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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