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Episode 74: Julian Wain on WISE

January 24, 2022 By Mike Rinder 25 Comments

  We speak to our old friend and Leah family member Julian Wain about his experiences with WISE (World Institute of Scientology Enterprises) companies and how they implement high pressure sales techniques into dental and chiropractic offices, and are recruitment agencies for scientology. I did an earlier post about these WISE Guys   This is the entry on WISE in Wikipedia   Here is the definition of "Hard Sell" contained in the official scientology dictionary -- this is the sanitized version. The meaning in scientology fundraising circles is "do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, WISE Tagged With: Debbie Hughes, Fair Game Podcast, Greg Hughes, Hard Sell, Hy Levy, Julian Wain, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Sterling Management, Time magazine, WISE, World Institute of Scientology Enterprises

Thursday Funnies

November 11, 2021 By Mike Rinder 23 Comments

      Lots of found parking spaces and caught the green light... There's been a pretty big devaluation of "OT phenomena"   AOLA could use some of this... Wonder why these guys who are so good aren't 10X the success of the orgs?   Instead of being on course? Oh my....   Unites? This is the big IAS event this year? Wow   The First Ideal Continent... Just Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane to go for an ideal "Continent" -- but not a single org in India, China, Indonesia etc. Seems just a little bit of a hollow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Andrea D'Agostini, AOLA, ASHO CC Int, Bijou Phillips, Caroline Collen, Chase Wilson, Columbus Org, DJ Donkey Punch, Flag, Franklin County Sheriff, Freewinds, graduation, Greg Capazorio, IAS, Jeff Pomerantz, Joburg org, LAPD Hollywood Div, Lisa McCaffrey, Matt Reeve, Michael DeLeon, Nayyirah Muhammad, New Era, Patrick Valtin, valley org, Vancouver org, WISE

Thursday Funnies

September 30, 2021 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Not a lot of funnies this week, but there are some good ones...   Does this entice you? I don't know what it is, but the look on her face scares me. Just a creepy shot.   All your questions? How about "these volcanoes didn't exist 75 million years ago?" or "how do you pack a thetan in frozen glycol when it has no physical presence?" or "If all my questions are answered, why do I need to bother with OT V or VII or VIII?"     How to get along with others... Unless, of course, they are SP's. Then there is nothing you can do. And this problem is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOSHAf, ECT, Ideal Orgs, Jeff Pomerantz, Kids, Malmo Org, Moshi, Sacramento, WISE

Joburg Org Getting ‘Em Young

September 4, 2021 By Mike Rinder 17 Comments

  Joburg Org is working overtime to get those old thetans in young bodies back onto the Bridge. Quite possibly these are the only public on service in the org.... There are after all only two students' graphs on the wall.   When these courses are delivered in schools or businesses, they are denominated as "secular"... They are exactly the same thing in a scientology org (in this case Jobur) as they are in a Delphi school or a WISE Consulting business. Here is a screenshot from the ABLE website promoting exactly the same book for "secular" use:   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids Tagged With: Ideal Orgs, Joiburg org, Kids, Learning How to Learn, Secular tech, WISE

Thursday Funnies

September 2, 2021 By Mike Rinder 46 Comments

    Take Control of Your Mental Health? What if we told you up front that after you pay tens, if not hundreds of thousands to clear the effects of your reactive mind, that you will eventually realize it was something YOU "mocked up"? How would your mental health seem then?   Fully In Control of Life From reading a book? At least he/she won't need to waste money on auditing.   Focusing on Human Trafficking I bet nobody has let Mona in on the secret that scientology is engaged in systemic human trafficking? And that Columbus org is staffed with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Auckland Org, Clearwater, Columbus Org, Dublin Org, Freewinds, funnies, Human Rights Day, Kevin WIlson, Kids, Lisa Malm, Malmo Org, Marc De Turck, Michael Lewis, Mona Al Hayani, New Slant on Life, Perth org, Raul Arias, Sacramento org, Sea Org, tampa org, Tomoko Ryan, valley org, WISE

OT Committee Bloopers

July 24, 2021 By Mike Rinder 19 Comments

Another episode from the never-ending flow of inadvertent truths scientology publishes to the world. The Valley OT Committee is top of the class in this particular endeavor. Take a look at their latest offering. First. Who use a photo of someone shoveling shit unless you are offering flood clean up services? The photo is one thing. The write up hits an entirely new level. This is the son of Kevin Wilson, who runs Sterling Management Systems WISE company. His mother Barbara runs Valley Org. Kevin had announced HE AND HIS WIFE were joining staff during one of the rah-rah … [Read more...]

Filed Under: OT Committee, WISE Tagged With: Barbara Wilson, Chase Wilson, Kevin WIlson, OTC, Sterling Management, valley org, Valley OTC, WISE

WISE Shows Their Stuff (And a MythVision Podcast)

May 5, 2021 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

OK, these people claim to have the "only workable technology" of management, sales, PR, marketing, personnel and anything else you can think of. If this promotional piece and their accompanying video represents the pinnacle of what they've got...     This looks like it was put together in an 8th grade computer class. These are the experts? They actually do believe that because they have some scribbling from Hubbard that says it is "the only workable technology of ______" that it's true. But what is even more remarkable is that they then offer their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WISE Tagged With: management, Mike Rinder, MythVision podcast, podcast, WISE, workbook

Disconnection For All

May 1, 2021 By Mike Rinder 37 Comments

Scientology is making their family and friends destruction tech available to everyone through WISE. Secularizing the "tech" of disconnection is about as grotesque as things get. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Disconnection Tagged With: Disconnection, L. Ron Hubbard, WISE

The Scientology Business Pirates

April 11, 2021 By Mike Rinder 28 Comments

Could there be anything more appropriate than adopting the name "Pirates" for scientology businesses? With the recent spate of bad news about sleazy scientology businessmen being prosecuted -- from David Gentile and the GBP Capital gang to Dennis Nobbe, Jay Spina, Robert Lotter and Brent Jones — the most "ethical group on earth" has a pretty poor track record of actually BEING ethical. And of course, let’s not forget the grandaddy of them all, Reed Slatkin. I now wonder if he might end up being overshadowed by Gentile... And who knows where Grant Cardone is headed? Scientology loves to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WISE Tagged With: Brent Jones, David Gentile, Dennis Nobbe, GBP Capital, Jay Spina, Pirates, Reed Slatkin, Robert Lotter, WISE

“Secular” Scientology

March 10, 2021 By Mike Rinder 43 Comments

  Scientology seeks to infiltrate various parts of society with "LRH Tech," What is sincerely held "religious belief" and "scripture" inside scientology, is transformed into "secular", commercial "technology" in the scientology front groups. Hubbard insisted these organizations -- like Narconon -- be "secular" for one reason. To be able to get grants from the government. Due to the First Amendment, the government is restricted from funding religious organizations. There are PLENTY of religious based drug rehabs, education programs and others. But Hubbard, the staunch opponent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Front Groups Tagged With: ABLE, Applied Scholastics, government funding, Luke Catton, Narconon, Secular tech, WISE

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