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Thursday Funnies

January 6, 2022 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

  Phoenix Rising in Albuquerque They should probably pay more attention to the dead phoenix in Phoenix where the ideal org is a morgue. The Chan Man is going to make their postulates stick -- just watch, Phoenix and Albuquerque will be booming soon.   Your Defining Moment? Another one of these seminars that every org needs. Funny how they offer up advice to everyone on how to expand, but can't seem to do so themselves.... Again with the advice... If he was so good making his postulates stick don't you think CC would have at least one new major celebrity in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Albuquerque, Alex Alemis, AOSHUK, Applied Scholastics, CC Int, Chicago, Columbus, Dave Pettit, Dublin Org, Ed Parkin, FCDC, Foothills Msn, Hamburg, Learning Centre, Meghan Fialkoff, Michael Chan, Phoenix Org, port elizabeth, STAND League, Sydney, Vancouver org, way to happiness

Thursday Funnies

October 28, 2021 By Mike Rinder 15 Comments

    Flourish and Prosper? Andres Rodriguez has been in the Sea Org forever. What does he know about flourishing and prospering?    It's time for spiritual freedom... And they have a "completion" -- though not an OT level. No doubt she got a bunch of sec checking.   The Chan Man is Back.... Not sure he ever went anywhere. You gotta hear his take on "solvent particles" -- it's "Part 2." so tough if you missed part 1. Is this a Chemistry lesson? Or perhaps he is teaching people how to open a cleaning business?   The Caped Crusader Dr. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Alex Alemis, Andres Rodriguez, AOLA, AOSH Africa, AOSH ANZO, Auckland, Chicago org, Flag, fundraising, IAS, Joburg North, Katie Dean, Marc De Turck, Michael Chan, Pat Felske, Rafferty Pendery, Sydney, valley org, Vancouver org

Thursday Funnies

September 16, 2021 By Mike Rinder 42 Comments

Thanks to everyone who submits these each week...   Financial Security Workshop The irony is that the place will be swarming with more Regges than participants. The last place anyone should go for financial security is into any scientology building. Let alone Big Blue where LA Org, ASHO and AOLA Regges will be hovering. Not to mention IAS, WISE, ABLE, CCHR, WTH etc etc   Not much hype The most important beings in the universe don't get the hype that the dudes in the hazmat suits spraying Defcon 9 get. Not even a video!   Two water bottles That's the best … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSH Africa, asho, Auditor's Day, Cathy Morfopolous, CC Int, Jackson Aces, Jaimee Trio, Jennifer Charm, Koko Tabibzadeh, Lisa Benest, Lydia Hopwood, Miami, Michael Lewis, Rafferty Pendery, Remi Aregbesola, Sydney, Thepo Tulku, Tom McDonell, Ventura org, way to happiness

Still Not St Hill Size — And Never Will Be

January 30, 2021 By Mike Rinder 43 Comments

Sydney "ideal" org has gotten quite a lot of airtime on this blog as they send out promotional items that are routinely forwarded to me. Also because Australian -- and Sydney happens to be my favorite city in the world (close second, London). They, like all the other "ideal" orgs are evidence of the complete failure of this "bright idea" program in every respect other than swelling the coffers of scientology. For those of you who have not been around scientology for the last 25 years, let me explain how this "ideal org" program got started. It was a confluence of (un)fortunate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Boston org, Buffalo, David Miscavige, Ideal Orgs, postulate checks, St Hill Size, Sydney, tampa org

Bonnie’s Sad Tale

October 1, 2020 By Mike Rinder 85 Comments

This is a very sad story.  Yet another bright young woman indoctrinated into becoming a willing scientology slave. She is so proud of the fact that she was the youngest fundraiser for the "ideal org" (something that changed absolutely nothing in Sydney or anywhere else). And she was a fundraiser for the IAS, upset that she "only regged $5,000 today." This is perfectly normal in the scientology world. And she proclaims she has been on staff for 11 years and has completed NED (but is not Clear), the Student Hat and Metering Course. This is the big "benefit" of 11 years of "volunteering" as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Children, fundraising, IAS, Ideal Orgs, Sydney

Scientology Recruitment

August 5, 2020 By Mike Rinder 55 Comments

Scientology's quest for money is unrelenting. They rake in tens of millions (perhaps hundreds) each year. But they have to spend at least some of it  to satisfy IRS requirements. They don't ever give it away. One of the things they spend it on is new buildings (they always say they have opened "a new church" but in fact they have not opened any new churches since the one in East Harlem NY and before that the one in Inglewood and before that, nobody can recall). Buildings remain assets on their books, so the statistic of "total reserves" does not go down (total reserves is cash, property, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Chicago, Ideal Orgs, NY, Org staff, recruitment, Sea Org, sea org reserves, Sydney

ANZO is Booming — Just Not Australia or New Zealand (or Oceania)

April 22, 2020 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

OK, this is an interesting piece that gives the relative activity in the "continent." Scientology calls this "ANZO" which stands for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. In Australia there are "ideal" orgs at the AO, and in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. In New Zealand there is an "ideal" org in Auckland. There is nothing in "Oceania". There are two other orgs in the "continental area": Taiwan and Japan. That is it for the entirety of Asia and the Indian SubContinent. Note how many Taiwanese and Japanese flags and names are on this list compared to Australia and New Zealand.  There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: ANZO, Auckland, Ideal Orgs, Japan, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Taiwan, Tokyo

Scientology Shuttering

March 30, 2020 By Mike Rinder 46 Comments

Here are the comments people sent in yesterday about the state of scientology orgs in their local area. If you have a minute and can contact your local org, I will add it to the update. So far, everywhere seems to be closed except Flag (not sure about the other Advanced Orgs). This is catastrophic for the scientology empire -- the longer staff and public are away from the control mechanisms exerted on them in the bubble, and the more bored they get, the more likely it is they are going to come across something on the internet or TV that is going to start them down the rabbit hole of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs, Idle Orgs Tagged With: Boston, Buffalo, Church of Scientology, DC, Ideal Orgs, Milano, St. Louis, Sydney

Thursday Funnies

March 19, 2020 By Mike Rinder 52 Comments

  There were no Funnies last week, so some of these are holdovers and thus slightly dated.   Celebrate Verbosity If number of words was the measure of a man, I saw homeless guy who talks to himself constantly on Hollywood Blvd -- his output must be in the hundreds of millions of words/ A new Messiah?   Perth? They've got about a dozen scientologists in the whole state of Western Australia (and they are responsible for Indonesia too remember...) Grand delusion. BTW, the Ron's Journal they quote from is 1974. Nearly 50 years ago now...   This is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Bernard Bonner, Brisbane, Clearwater, Flag, Freewinds, Jame Byrne, Kate Ceberano, Marchall Faulk, Michael Chan, Perth, Sydney, WISE

Thursday Funnies

November 21, 2019 By Mike Rinder 67 Comments

  "Christmas" seminars... On how to make money. Only $50...   I doubt Kermit would appreciate this But it is so typical of scientology who threaten and sue people for using their trademarks at the drop of a hat   "Certified" Happiness Education Specialist Translation: Learn how to make a commission pushing WTH booklets   The largest private relief force on earth Swings into action again. All 2 or 3 of them... And they have to ask to get 2 or 3?   The largest in a decade... May have to swing by and take some shots. Sure it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: CC Int, CCHR, Christmas, Dianetics, Flag Service Organization, Freewinds, fundraising, funnies, human rights, L. Ron Hubbard, New Years Event, ot committee, Sydney, tampa org, way to happiness

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