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Thursday Funnies

January 26, 2023 By Mike Rinder 26 Comments

    I guess they only had one "silver contributor" Things seem to going at a snail's pace. Haven't heard of this status before, must be small fry... Don't forget, they also have to do Canberra and Adelaide. They have  LOOOONG way to go.     Yeehaw We got one!   Jean Dale Glass hyping things again She is in Los Angeles. They have 5 miserably failing already ideal orgs within the greater LA area, plus LA Org. Why is she worried about Austin? Because everyone in WUS is now worried about Austin because they have been told it's supposed to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Aaradon Walker, Carole Eddington, Christie Lee Holbrook, Danny Bresett, Deana Durisic, Dr. Berg, Ellie Maloney, Jamie Allyn, Jean Dale Glass, Johanna Zara Persson, Kane Hooper, Karin Kaplan, Lorianne Isaacson, Madrid org, Pedro Arias, Peggy Hooper, Tal Kalman, Tom Cummins

Give Us Your Money for Christmas

December 24, 2022 By Mike Rinder 20 Comments

Scientology, in the "spirit of Christmas" wants you to give them money for a building in Puerto Rico. "This is our chance to give an incredible Christmas gift..." So typically scientology that "our gift" is for you to hand over your money... Two public people are "hosting" what they call the "Ideal Miracle Event" in Flag's restaurant. The Old Man is spinning in his grave thinking about "FCCI's" doing events in Sea Org buildings.   The best bit about this is LRH quote. Such incredible arrogance: "We are the protectors of the real tradition of Christmas..." -- that "real … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org, Fundraising Tagged With: Flag, fundraising, Puerto Rico, Sara Baxter, Tom Cummins, Victoria Cummins

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

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