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Thursday Funnies on Saturday

January 14, 2023 By Mike Rinder 16 Comments

  Mini Mike visits Flag Just dropped in to try to say hi to Mr. Mickiewicz.     Rogue's Gallery Only missing Grant Cardone to complete this pantheon of hucksters.   This is the "Advanced Org"? Why are they promoting free introductory VM services?   Meet the staff? Just an excuse to put the best looking woman on their promotion. Surely the ED or Technical Secretary or even a reg would be more appropriate than the receptionist?   This is very weird.... Two scientology celebrities talking about "total freedom" starting with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSH Africa, Arte Maren, Austin Org, Belleair Mission, David Hostettler, Dublin Org, Jean Dale Glass, Kate Ceberano, Marc Perkowitz, Marisol Nichols, Michael Chan, Michael Weber, Misha Gandelman, Rafferty Pendery, sydney org, Tarpon Springs High School, Tarpon Springs Rotary Club

Thursday Funnies

September 1, 2022 By Mike Rinder 21 Comments

  How very appropriate Enter the world of Alice in Wonderland. Yes, it's OPEN!   Not funny, sad I have not had the opportunity to read the decision. The activities of scientology are NOT beneficial to the public at large. They are only photo ops.   AOSH Africa Busting open the bottom of the Bridge I wonder if Joburg or Joburg North or Pretoria (all 3 of them "ideal" orgs) have ANY customers?   They don't have certs any more? Just cheesy signs they hold up...   In true Chicago style... Half a dozen, tired old people sitting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, AOSH Africa, AOSH ANZO, Chicago org, Child Scientology, Dublin Org, Emmett Osborn, Ft Harrison, Malmo Org, Netherlands, OCD, Rafferty Pendery, silicon valley, South Coast Mission, sydney org, Top Gun

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May 19, 2022 By Mike Rinder 38 Comments

    What Deal!! 2 weeks in a motel, then a week on the Freewinds. And you get a webinar" that you could do from the comfort of your own home. And two people who are going to instruct you on how to get into Power as an artist and be on the comm lines of the world. Two people nobody has ever heard of.   How to do everything at once seminar Wonder if this guy has ever read Problems of Work? Does he know what he is promoting is flat out off-Source?     What? How does graduation equate to "Stronger together"?   More … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHANZO, Bayou Bennett Lir, Bob Daley, Bogota, Buckeye draft, Chicago, Clive Rabey, Daniel Lir, Flag graduation, Freewinds, Jim Meskimen, Kiddie Corner, Ludmilla Peacock, Michael Chan, Mikel Lindsaar, Nancy Daley, Richard Stewart, Sunland Mission, Susan Stewart, sydney org, Tamra Meskimen, Tom Cruise, Tom Cummins, Tony Peacock, Victoria Cummins

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May 5, 2022 By Mike Rinder 18 Comments

  It opened the flows... The ridiculous things they try to assign cause and effect to.     Bottom of the Bridge at the "Advanced" Org They promote things that should be done in missions and lower level orgs. I guess when there is so little to talk about anything suffices.   He's BACK!!! Who knew he was gone?   More weird stuff at an "Advanced" Org They're going to teach people how to VIEW art???   Celebrate Mothers in scientology Disconnection from their children. Divorce from husbands who don't buy into … [Read more...]

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February 10, 2022 By Mike Rinder 33 Comments

  Kiddie Corner   Unleash your OT Abilities If all it takes is a webinar, why bother paying for anything?   Those Canadians are the experts... The Continental Org, Toronto, has been languishing for 20 years undone and they already had a building!   Listen to "Paul" But why?   Someone started! It used to be they celebrated someone finishing something....   OT 1 is some OT shit... As long as you have no idea what it entails. Otherwise you know it's kind of like ARC Straightwire.   Really? What Ideal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSH Africa, inglewood org, Jade Lopes, Joburg org, Manchester org, Melbourne org, Peter Benyada, Richard Fallon, Shane Brockdorff, sydney org

Thursday Funnies

February 3, 2022 By Mike Rinder 32 Comments

An International Top Executive Not top enough to be named... But this is going to "blow you away" Never heard that before.   Wonder what happened? The WTH "movement" in 2014 seems to have petered out   Kiddie Corner Sad   13,000 scientology staff in the world? Not a chance -- but even if there was, each one is responsible for clearing 573,709 people? You want to advertise this?     Sounds exciting Not really.   Maybe the only way... ...they can pretend they are "allied" with a legitimate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSH Africa, Bellaire Mission, Book One, Cause Resurgence, CC Int, CCHR, Claire Fouche, Colombia, Columbus Org, Danielle Palumbo, Elena Cardone, Greta Del Sal, Louis Farrakhan, Malmo Org, Maria Lara, Mike Ellis, Pam Van Der Linde, Red Cross, Sea Org, Stockholm org, sydney org, tampa org, Vancouver org, WTH

Thursday Funnies

December 23, 2021 By Mike Rinder 45 Comments

      Graduation Cocktail Hour? They've taken it a step beyond food in Australia...   You can do the Purif here! Only at Flag, Freewinds, possibly the SO Orgs and Narconon. No Class V orgs or Missions. Because we said so.   Good News! "In celebration of the New Year, the Christmas season production bonuses and prizes are hereby extended for three weeks: December 23 and December 30, 2021 and December 6, 2022. International Director of Finance" I guess they didn't make enough cash to pay any bonuses, so "Christmas bonuses" are going to become … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHAf, AOSHANZO, Arrowhead, ASI, Buzz Newman, CCHR, Chicago org, Columbus, Columbus Org, David Miscavige, Eva Gaspar, Flag, Freewinds, Mexico orgs, Michael Lewis, Mission Earth, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, sydney org, Twin Cities org, Willy Gaspar

Bookselling Stories — Lie Like a Professional

December 18, 2021 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

  Sydney is pitching some "stories" about bookselling. "Matt" is apparently a pro who knows how to make a sale by overcoming objections. I have included the whole promo piece here and circled some specific points of note. His technique for overcoming objections is to just lie:     As you can see, part of the pitch is the lie that L. Ron Hubbard was an "Engineer" who "travelled a lot in the East as a teenager." Definitely NOT an "engineer" and he traveled a bit in the East as a teenager, though being "exposed" to buddhism is a sleaze, he was also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising Tagged With: booksales, L. Ron Hubbard, sydney org

Thursday Funnies

October 7, 2021 By Mike Rinder 51 Comments

  She not only found "truth"... She got a job. Oh dear. Wait until she gets her "pay"...     Why is St Hill pitching itself in Spanish? They are supposed to service the UK. AOSHEU is supposed to service Europe. Of course, the problem is there aren't enough Clears being made in the UK (if any) so they have to look elsewhere. The real state of scientology.   A virtual "briefing" The difference between this and a reg call? Absolutely nothing.   Come join us in quarantine! What could be more fun that flying to LA to spend two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHEU, ASOHUK, Columbus Org, Emmett Osborn, Hawaii, IAS, Ildiko Helembai, Istvanne Verdo, Malmo Org, OEC, Rick Blangiardi, Sacramento org, Shawn May, sydney org, truth about drugs, Vernon Martins

Thursday Funnies

January 2, 2020 By Mike Rinder 51 Comments

  The new look Crossed arms are so 2019. Holding an empty 3 ring binder is the new thing. Sure says "determined" to me?   Here today, gone tomorrow Just look at ANY of the ideal orgs that have opened and see how many of the people they touted beforehand are there today. Most of these people will never actually start, they just agree to sign up to be left alone for a while.   Big Ben! That's a lot of "secular" stuff for an organization that claims to bring more people onto the Bridge than anyone else on earth...   The Year of Bahamas … [Read more...]

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