• Home
  • About Me
  • Mission Statement
  • Welcome Message
  • Open Letter to My Family
  • Donate
  • Contact Me

Mike Rinder's Blog

Something Can Be Done About It

  • All Posts
  • Disconnection
  • Idle Orgs
  • IAS
  • Media
  • Books
  • Fundraising
  • Regraded Being

Thursday Funnies

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

Holiday Funnies

December 24, 2020 By Mike Rinder 28 Comments

A special edition of the Funnies just for the holidays. There is an apparently endless stream of "Holiday" promotion -- though scientology of course does not recognize Jesus as anything but part of the "R6 bank."   Virtual Freewinds Wouldn't you like to be at the Freewinds for the holidays? So, to entice you to go there, they are holding a virtual concert in Los Angeles? WTF?   Virtual Hawaii And the point of this? Strictly a fundraiser obviously. What does Bodhi Elfman have to do with Christmas? Or Hawaii? Or anything at all?   Well, they are going to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Alexandria Gaffney, Aruba, Bodhi Elfman, CC Int, Christmas, Dave Petit, Freewinds, Hawaii, Ideal Orgs, Jim Bridgeforth, Kate Ceberano, L. Ron Hubbard, tampa org, Tom Cummins

What Is Needed?

October 18, 2020 By Mike Rinder 95 Comments

What is needed? You don't need to tune in to get an answer to this question. It is IAS Anniversary event month and there is no IAS event. They are scrambling... Money, money, money is what is needed. It’s the only thing that is ever needed. “We need to keep our 4th dynamic campaigns going that are helping billions of people every week... blah blah blah” Hubbard laid it out: MAKE MONEY. MAKE MORE MONEY. MAKE OTHER PEOPLE PRODUCE SO AS TO MAKE MONEY. Scientology is exclusively about money. If an activity does not generate income it dies a very fast death in the scientology … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising Tagged With: fundraising, IAS, L. Ron Hubbard, Tom Cummins

All-American Hero

September 10, 2020 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

This guy is an "icon" and "all-American hero" because he has given some of his ill-earned cash to ideal org campaigns, but more so because he has persuaded others to part with their money. Who can forget his wacked out video on Tony Ortega's site: "You're going to pay this money fucking eventually"? It is an interesting microcosm of the crazy world of scientology that this is what is lauded.  He is a hero figure for scientology. The ONLY criteria for being a hero, humanitarian, icon, champion or any other title you can think of is giving money. While Hubbard said it was the "lowest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising Tagged With: fundraising, Ideal Orgs, Tom Cummins

Thursday Funnies

January 23, 2020 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

  One of these 3 didn't get the message Arms folded is the only way to go. All of them missed the memo about not smiling.   Narconon not flourishing They are disappearing from the face of the earth....   We finally made 2 Clears We have to tell the world with a special promotional item because it's such a rare thing...   Like really rare... So we made ANOTHER poster for the same person.   The St Lucia Sickle Cell Association hasn't done their homework... Or they are just really hard up for a place to show a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Chicago, Flag, Foothills Msn, Freewinds, Jim Bridgeforth, Joburg org, Kids, Michel Labourdique, Narconon, New Haven, Perth, Rizza Islam, Tom Cummins, way to happiness

Thursday Funnies

January 16, 2020 By Mike Rinder 56 Comments

  That Cristian Vargas sure gets around... He seems to be the only person organizing events these days?   Big news From a "former" investigative reporter and a retired Army officer. I am sure they are experts. Just as sure there will be a lot of correlation without causation involved in this (almost by definition you have to be mentally ill to engage in a mass shooting -- how come scientology hasn't yet "taken over the field" on mental healing and handled this problem? Are they not just as responsible as "the psychs" who they claim know nothing but they have ALL the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHUK, Bay Head, CC Int, CCHR, Chicago, Cristian Vargas, Flag, Foothills Msn, fundraising, Jim Bridgeforth, Kids, Michael DeLeon, Michael Wisner, New Haven, Perth, Plymouth, Purification, Rafferty Pendery, Sunland, Super Bowl, tampa org, Tom Cummins, WISE

Scientology Delusion Is Strong

April 24, 2019 By Mike Rinder 102 Comments

There is so much wrong with this that it's hard to wrap your wits around. These Ideal Org Whales have become like the privileged aristocracy of years gone by who sat drinking champagne while the peasants were ground underfoot. They believed themselves superior in every way and acted as such. So too the scientology moneyed "aristocracy." These buffoons organized a junket to the St Regis Resort and Vanderbilt 5 star hotel in San Juan to bring their "help" to Puerto Rico... A little salsa dancing lesson.  A breakfast cruise. A bunch of toasts. And dressing up like the old aristocracy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: fundraising, Laurie Dohring, Puerto Rico, Scientology, Tom Cummins

Mike-Rinders-Blog

Subscribe

Loading

Important Reading

Troublemaker - Leah Remini
Ruthless - Ron Miscavige
Going Clear - Lawrence Wright
Bare Faced Messiah - Russell Miller
Counterfeit Dreams - Jeff Hawkins
Blown For Good - Marc Headley
Abuse at the Top - Amy Scobee
Unbreakable Miss Lovely - Tony Ortega
The Church of Fear - John Sweeney
Fair Game - Steve Cannane
Inside Scientology - Janet Reitman
A Piece of Blue Sky - Jon Atack
Beyond Belief - Jenna Miscavige
My Billion Year Contract
Escaping Scientology - Karen Schless
Commodore's Messenger - Janis Grady
Commodore's Messenger - Book II
Scythe Tleppo - Nathan Rich
Expert Witness - Jesse Prince
Perfectly Clear - Michelle LeCaire
Ron the War Hero - Chris Owen
donate-button

Recent Tweets

Mike RinderFollow

Mike Rinder
MikeRinderMike Rinder@MikeRinder·
20 May

For those missing the #FairGame podcast -- I snuck in a 20 min chat with @Marci_Hamilton about our shared passion for the work of @CHILD_USA

CHILD USA@CHILD_USA

Our newest podcast episode is here!

Emmy Award winning CHILD USA Board member Mike Rinder joins Prof. Marci Hamilton to discuss his advocacy on our issues.

Don't miss this episode from one of the brightest stars in the CHILD USA universe.

Listen today: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mike-rinder-on-his-work-as-a-child-usa-board-member/id1524535228?i=1000562604652

Reply on Twitter 1527793464943026177Retweet on Twitter 15277934649430261779Like on Twitter 1527793464943026177116Twitter 1527793464943026177
MikeRinderMike Rinder@MikeRinder·
19 May

New revelations from @TroMcManus. Of course #scientology has records that document their abuses but claim they can keep them secret. The USSC disagrees, but they continue to assert it and when law enforcement doesn't press they get away with murder. When will it end?

Tracey McManus@TroMcManus

Valeska Paris sued Scientology last month in Tampa federal court, alleging she was trafficked as a child.

Three years ago, she tried to pursue criminal charges.

Clearwater Police couldn’t get evidence from the church.
@TB_Times

https://www.tampabay.com/news/clearwater/2022/05/19/former-scientologist-called-police-when-that-went-nowhere-she-sued/

Reply on Twitter 1527295580287868935Retweet on Twitter 152729558028786893514Like on Twitter 152729558028786893580Twitter 1527295580287868935
Retweet on TwitterMike Rinder Retweeted
yasharYashar Ali 🐘@yashar·
18 May

Of course he didn’t.

When you’re second in command of a borderless totalitarian state and cult of personality you can’t risk being asked about prison camps, forced abortions, conversion therapy, forced family separations, and the first in command physically abusing his workforce https://twitter.com/RaminSetoodeh/status/1526945227382018051

Ramin Setoodeh@RaminSetoodeh

Tom Cruise took a selfie with a fan after his #Cannes2022 talk. But he didn’t take any questions from the audience:

Reply on Twitter 1526972823842918400Retweet on Twitter 152697282384291840053Like on Twitter 1526972823842918400266Twitter 1526972823842918400
Retweet on TwitterMike Rinder Retweeted
azhlynneStefani A Hutchison@azhlynne·
18 May

Dear Bill Burr http://azhlynnes.blog/2022/05/18/dear-bill-burr/

Reply on Twitter 1526936012114776064Retweet on Twitter 15269360121147760649Like on Twitter 152693601211477606449Twitter 1526936012114776064
Retweet on TwitterMike Rinder Retweeted
LeClair4justiceMichelle LeClair@LeClair4justice·
18 May

@LeahRemini @MikeRinder Thank you for brining further awareness to the authorities of this cult! Scientology uses conversion therapy which is not illegal in Ca. I have been through plenty of it with this CULT and its abuse. Im grateful now to have my free and beautiful GAY life!

Reply on Twitter 1526728385384398849Retweet on Twitter 152672838538439884920Like on Twitter 1526728385384398849255Twitter 1526728385384398849
Load More...

Recent Comments

  • ISNOINews on Family Interventions and Deprogrammings: “O/T.  Scientology conflates gender identity (nonbinary) with sexual orientation (gay); again says “sexual orientation is not a criteria for membership…” May 23, 13:52
  • Cindy on Through the Bubble – Lili’s Adventures in Scientologyland Part 15: “Since AA was founded in 1935 and Scn was around 1950, I’d say that Ron plagiarized that quote of don’t…” May 23, 13:29
  • Richard on Through the Bubble – Lili’s Adventures in Scientologyland Part 15: “You’re supposed to “Flow Power to Power”. That way the organization stays powerful and you and the rest of the…” May 23, 13:08
  • safetyguy on Family Interventions and Deprogrammings: “It seems that the rallying cry of scientology is “It’s good for me but not for Thee!” of something like…” May 23, 13:01
  • Alcoboy on Family Interventions and Deprogrammings: “A=A=A=A…………..” May 23, 12:18
  • Alcoboy on Family Interventions and Deprogrammings: “Well, there is a difference between intervention and deprogramming in that intervention involves sitting the person down and trying to…” May 23, 12:16
  • Mary Kahn on Family Interventions and Deprogrammings: “What?!! Scientology and its leader do ANYTHING BUT “free Man and restore his ability to control his own life.” JUST…” May 23, 11:28
  • Jane Standen-Bolton on Family Interventions and Deprogrammings: “I remember hearing Jon Atack discussing some of the interventions (if that’s the right word for what he was doing)…” May 23, 10:36
  • Lili R on Family Interventions and Deprogrammings: “On a trip to Flag I met a big beefy dude. Being the workaholic I was, I asked what he…” May 23, 10:00
  • otherles on Family Interventions and Deprogrammings: “A is non-A to some people.” May 23, 09:39

Past Posts By Month

May 2022
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  
« Apr    

Copyright © 2022 Mike Rinder · WordPress · Log in