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Episode 33: Media and Political Journalist Yashar Ali

March 22, 2021 By Mike Rinder 62 Comments

  We are joined this week by media and politics reporter Yashar Ali.  Yashar has done over a dozen stories related to scientology and more are coming. He has been a long-term voice against scientology abuses who has never been scared off by their Fair Game tactics. Yashar was recently named one of Time magazine's 25 most influential people on the internet: You can follow Yashar on Twitter: @Yashar,  Instagram: yasharali and Facebook: Yashar Ali With his background in politics and the media we had a lot to talk about: Scientology celebrities and how the media fails to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: @yashar, 7 year old girl, Dianetics, elected officials, fair game, Fair Game Podcast, homophobia, Introduction to Scientology Ethics, Law Enforcement, Leah Remini, media, Mike Rinder, New Hope for Justice, Playbook, Science of Survival, scientology homophobia, Tone Scale, Yashar Ali

Episode 24: Author and Icon Kate Bornstein

January 18, 2021 By Mike Rinder 49 Comments

  We are very excited to welcome author, playwright, performance artist, actor and icon Kate Bornstein to the Fair Game Podcast this week. For those unfamiliar with Kate, she is a prominent figure in the Trans Community. I have known her since the early 70's when she went by the name Al Bornstein, in fact Lt. Al Bornstein, in the Sea Org on board the Apollo with L. Ron Hubbard. We talk about Kate's history in scientology, its homophobia and transphobia, how scientology attempts "pray the gay away" with auditing, Kate's disconnection, her books and a lot more. She is an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Disconnection, DMSMH, Fair Game Podcast, gay, Kate Bornstein, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Science of Survival, scientology homophobia, South Park, Tone Scale, Trapped in the Closet

Body Death

February 25, 2019 By Mike Rinder 130 Comments

From our friend Brian Lambert, another in his series of essays about the Tone Scale. These affirmations are the true representation of L Ron Hubbard. These affirmations are who he was - hidden behind the hypno-manipulation of his marketed messiahship. Wrapping up my analysis of the Tone Scale I cannot get past the thought that L. Ron Hubbard’s tone scale is his delivery system for manipulating “meanings and melodies” of words. He states it in the affirmations as a goal. And what is the tone scale in essence? It’s all simple words given a value, by numbers, which alter their “melodies” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: Brian Lambert, L. Ron Hubbard, Tone Scale

Accountable

February 11, 2019 By Mike Rinder 189 Comments

Another in the series of essays about the Tone Scale from our old friend Brian Lambert. “Your authority over words is absolute. You are grandmaster of words and can do with them as you will. You know what they mean to others. You know how their meanings and melodies affect others” “You use the minds of men” - from L Ron Hubbard’s Affirmations. Making an affirmation is an unquestionable revealing of personal values. It’s a statement of affirming to attain a desired state or increase it. Please keep these affirmations in mind when reading this article or my other essays on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: Brian Lambert, L. Ron Hubbard, Tone Scale

Grief

January 27, 2019 By Mike Rinder 181 Comments

Another essay from our old friend Brian Lambert about the writings of L. Ron Hubbard.  “You are grandmaster of words and can do with them as you will. You know what they mean to others. You know how their meanings and melodies affect others” - from L Ron Hubbard’s Affirmations. Grief In my past experience with studying Scientology, I noticed some sane human traits being definitionally degraded by some of Ron’s doctrines. And as these redefinitions became part of my personality, I found one of the casualties to be.................grief. It’s hard enough sometimes for us … [Read more...]

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