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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 45 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

Thursday Funnies

November 7, 2019 By Mike Rinder 82 Comments

  Anything to get them in... Magic. Music. Dance lesson. Painting. Desperation to try to get "bodies in the shop."     Featured Attraction? Now it's a "jam session" at a new time   Why I joined staff? It made sense. Gosh -- did they tell you about the hours and the pay? And the futility of it all?   Just guess the answer to this riddle... They would use the same tagline for "Talk Therapy or Torture" -- anything a psych does is torture. Ron tells us so.   Absolutely no fundraising We are done with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Auckland, CCHR, Children, Columbus, Freewinds, fundraising, funnies, ot committee, public relations, Scientology, Scientology Idle Orgs, Sydney, Vancouver

Thursday Funnies

August 8, 2019 By Mike Rinder 84 Comments

  Don't worry, you will... Many times   Seriously? Next. Ideal Survivor -- where the last person to resist the regges wins. I bet this will be a lot of fun for the family. Get the kids up there pledging their piggy banks.   How about an ideal uniform Or at least a clean one.   The Chan Man is back Along with Raffy the Rascal. A pair of grifters of the first order.   Yeah, scientology will do that to you... Delude you into thinking you have the solutions. Funny how nothing was actually resolved. Just that she thinks they're "not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Fundraising, Funnies, Sea Org, Superpower Tagged With: CCHR, celebrities, Flag Service Organization, Foothill, Freewinds, fundraising, funnies, IAS, Ideal Orgs, International Association of Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard, Missions, Sydney

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