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December 19, 2022 By Mike Rinder 16 Comments

I have noted many times that the "humanitarian" and "4D campaigns" engaged in by scientology are simply photo and video opportunities that are then used for fundraising pitches. It's a repeated pattern that permeates all aspects of scientology. Staged events for video footage. Even inside the orgs we have routinely seen announcements for people to "come on course because SMP will be here filming," or "we need people to gather on the street in front of the org for an SMP shoot." But the Volunteer Ministers/Drug Free World/Youth For Human Rights/Way to Happiness activities are the ultimate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, Public Relations, scientology media productions Tagged With: fundraising, Human Rights Day, IAS, United for Human Rights, youth for human rights

Human Rights Suckers

December 4, 2021 By Mike Rinder 21 Comments

Unfortunately PT Barnum's old quote is proven true when it comes to scientology front groups managing to sucker "allies" into affording them some legitimacy. The people who lend their names, often unwittingly, to supporting scientology front groups are either very badly informed, extremely foolish, or less credible than the front group they are supporting. In this case, it's scientology's "Human Rights" front. It is certainly ironic that scientology promotes itself as champions of human rights, and even call those who give them the most money "humanitarians." They cloak themselves in this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Front Groups Tagged With: Demme Durret, Dr. H. E. Bertrand G. Ramcharan, Ellen Firestone, Fabio Amicarelli, Guillermo Whpei, human rights, Jorge Luis Fonseca Fonseca, Laura Guercio, Mary Shuttleworth, Michael Shevack, Ricky Veerappan, Wafik Moustafa, Wil Seabrook, youth for human rights

Thanksgiving Funnies

November 25, 2021 By Mike Rinder 27 Comments

  Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the US. Thank you. No Thank you. No, thank you... But in the end it's only Ron that matters.   Eradicate the Reactive Mind I've got a faster, better, cheaper idea. Don't buy into the idea in the first place. In the end, they coax you into believing you created it in the first place.   Holiday Escape Rooms? They lock you in a room with a reg and see if you can get out without going bankrupt?   Big News You can bet it has something to do with you giving them your money for their holidays. That is always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Adrien Flueler, AOSHAf, Bruce Lewis, CCHR, Celebrity Centre, Clearing, Columbus Org, Dave Petit, denver org, Drug Free World, Gavin Jones, graduation, Joanie Sigal, Malmo Org, Meghan Fialkoff, Rafferty Pendery, reactive mind, Shawn May, Source Mag, Stacy Simon, Vancouver org, way to happiness, youth for human rights

Thursday Funnies

October 21, 2021 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

  We have quite a selection this week! Dilettantes Get Away Does this prize include an approved CSW from the Course Supervisor and D of P to not report to the org during the trip? (Of course there is no org in St. Thomas or anywhere else in the Caribbean other than Puerto Rico... despite the Freewinds leading the charge on clearing the planet there for 25 years)   For Eternity  For anyone who doesn't know about this -- I recommend you check it out. Scientology has spent hundreds of millions of dollars of tax exempt money to preserve the scribblings of Hubbard for all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: AOLA, AOSH Africa, AOSH ANZO, Archive Project, asho, Auckland Org, Brandy Harrison, Celebrity Centre, CMO, Flag, Freewinds, Godfathers of Good, Hana-li Pendery, Jive Aces, Jive Asses, L. Ron Hubbrd, Lisa Malm, Manchester org, Mary Shuttleworth, Maya Weinreb, Michael Chan, Michael DeLeon, Michael Lewis, Ocala Mission, Peter Stephens, Quinn Tauffer, Ryan Prescott, Stan Gerson, Valerie Fahren, valley org, Van Nuys Mission, Vancouver org, Writers of the Future, youth for human rights

Scientology Safe Pointing in DC

August 11, 2021 By Mike Rinder 24 Comments

Our friend ISNOINews provided another interesting article that I felt was more important than being left as a comment on a disrelated topic. This is a lengthy article by Alex Rubinstein on a recent event held in Washington DC that scientology participated in. Alex has some fairly extensive mentions of scientology in the article, which I have excerpted below. The entire article can be found at the link above.             Using a friend’s company on my application and adopting a fake persona, I attended a three-day summit on religious freedom where                      leading … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Alex Rubinstein, Anthony Blinken, Bare Faced Messiah, Cecil Rhodes, China, E Meter, Evangelicals, L. Ron Hubbard, Nancy Pelosi, National Affairs Office, Russell Miller, Scientology, United for Human Rights, Xenu, youth for human rights

Scientology Front Groups

July 12, 2020 By Mike Rinder 28 Comments

Scientology has many front groups that are designed to create the impression that the organization is a benevolent group that does good work in their community. I have noted many times that the "good work" does not happen if it cannot be documented by a video team who then use the video to fundraise and for propaganda pieces about the great things they are doing around the world. Here are some very recent pitches from some of their main front groups. They tell the sheeple literally anything to persuade them they need to participate — but if they don’t they are shamed into giving money. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Front Groups Tagged With: CCHR, Drug Free World, TWTH, VMs, volunteer ministers, WTH, youth for human rights

Tampa Bay Charity Coalition

August 21, 2018 By Mike Rinder 116 Comments

Another front group trying to gain acceptance, the “Tampa Bay Charity Coalition" --  somehow they leave out the word scientology from their title. Their Facebook page features one of their events in the Ft Harrison ballroom -- though it looks like they photoshopped the "Flag" logo on the backdrop so it's not readable. This "Film Festival" is a thinly disguised excuse to show their "human rights" infomercials. You can see there is massive interest in this event...   You have to wonder what an "Official Selection" means? No doubt they “selected” the infomercials … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, Human rights Tagged With: Clearwater Florida, front groups, human rights, Scientology, Tampa Bay Charity Coalition, youth for human rights

An Open Invitation To Discrimination

February 13, 2016 By Mike Rinder 104 Comments

Here is a new invitation being circulated among the "humanitarians" of the world.   Wonder how this "Open Invitation" for "The Freedom of Expression" would work out if your expression was something not entirely fawning about David Miscavige? Or L. Ron Hubbard? Or scientology? Or what if you showed up bearing a cake iced with "Where's Shelly Miscavige?" They are literally inviting everyone/anyone: this invitation accompanied a note inviting a declared SP to attend this event. But then again, this is the email address of the originator: SCN_LFBDFN@ It doesn't fill one with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human rights Tagged With: Clearwater, Flag Service Organization, human rights, public relations, youth for human rights

Regraded Being

February 12, 2016 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

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Filed Under: Regraded Being Tagged With: regraded being, Sea Org, youth for human rights

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