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		By: AnonyMaker		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-316427</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 18:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Shrine was nearly full, according to a UTR who provided a detailed report posted over at Tony Ortega&#039;s:

https://tonyortega.org/2019/12/16/scientology-celebrated-new-years-eve-on-saturday-and-once-again-we-had-someone-there/

Apparently Scientology is trying to put on a more attractive and friendly event, including free dinner and an after-party, presumably having realized how much the heavy regging turns people off - and that they need to save Miscavige from the embarassment of addressing a sparse crowd.  

Almost certainly they got all Sea Org in the region there, likely tried to get people to come from further North in California as part of the &quot;alliance&quot; push, and maybe they even hired some seat fillers.  But I&#039;m guessing that their more friendly approach lured in of people on the fence, plus inactive old-timers, to come out - and that they&#039;re saving the hard sell tactics for follow-ups with those attendees.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Shrine was nearly full, according to a UTR who provided a detailed report posted over at Tony Ortega&#8217;s:</p>
<p><a href="https://tonyortega.org/2019/12/16/scientology-celebrated-new-years-eve-on-saturday-and-once-again-we-had-someone-there/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://tonyortega.org/2019/12/16/scientology-celebrated-new-years-eve-on-saturday-and-once-again-we-had-someone-there/</a></p>
<p>Apparently Scientology is trying to put on a more attractive and friendly event, including free dinner and an after-party, presumably having realized how much the heavy regging turns people off &#8211; and that they need to save Miscavige from the embarassment of addressing a sparse crowd.  </p>
<p>Almost certainly they got all Sea Org in the region there, likely tried to get people to come from further North in California as part of the &#8220;alliance&#8221; push, and maybe they even hired some seat fillers.  But I&#8217;m guessing that their more friendly approach lured in of people on the fence, plus inactive old-timers, to come out &#8211; and that they&#8217;re saving the hard sell tactics for follow-ups with those attendees.</p>
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		By: Meepthorp		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 22:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315578&quot;&gt;Imaberrated&lt;/a&gt;.

Do you know how he is he related to Tyron Brockdorff?  

https://www.facebook.com/tyron.brockdorff]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315578">Imaberrated</a>.</p>
<p>Do you know how he is he related to Tyron Brockdorff?  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tyron.brockdorff" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.facebook.com/tyron.brockdorff</a></p>
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		By: unelectedfloofgoofer		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 21:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315319&quot;&gt;James Morris&lt;/a&gt;.

Miscavige should put a rotating spiral disk on his forehead.]]></description>
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<p>Miscavige should put a rotating spiral disk on his forehead.</p>
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		By: Cindy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 19:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315744&quot;&gt;Wynski&lt;/a&gt;.

Yes, but it is still true that the policy is wiped out IF the gay person has money.  I knew a gay person who was on OT VI trying to get onto OT VII.  He admitted he was gay.  He got through OT I through V as a gay person.  However, he did not get invited to do OT VII.  He was sent home after doing Part I of OT VI.  The reason he told us they told him was that as mission holder of an out of the way mission whose stats were crashed, he had to go handle the crashed stats of the mission before they would let him train on Part 2 or 3 of the VI course and then get onto VII.  I dont&#039; know if that was the shore story as to why they sent him home, but I do know he got some OT Levels but not OT VII and he was gay.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315744">Wynski</a>.</p>
<p>Yes, but it is still true that the policy is wiped out IF the gay person has money.  I knew a gay person who was on OT VI trying to get onto OT VII.  He admitted he was gay.  He got through OT I through V as a gay person.  However, he did not get invited to do OT VII.  He was sent home after doing Part I of OT VI.  The reason he told us they told him was that as mission holder of an out of the way mission whose stats were crashed, he had to go handle the crashed stats of the mission before they would let him train on Part 2 or 3 of the VI course and then get onto VII.  I dont&#8217; know if that was the shore story as to why they sent him home, but I do know he got some OT Levels but not OT VII and he was gay.</p>
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		By: Cindy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 19:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315350&quot;&gt;Todd Cray&lt;/a&gt;.

Is the Valley Life Improvement Center what the Valley Org calls itself now?  Or is that the field practice name for Michael Lewis&#039; field practice in the Valley.  His had a name that I thought was Valley Life Improvement Center, but I&quot;m just checking to get my facts straight.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315350">Todd Cray</a>.</p>
<p>Is the Valley Life Improvement Center what the Valley Org calls itself now?  Or is that the field practice name for Michael Lewis&#8217; field practice in the Valley.  His had a name that I thought was Valley Life Improvement Center, but I&#8221;m just checking to get my facts straight.</p>
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		By: Cindy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 18:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315298&quot;&gt;Ms. B. Haven&lt;/a&gt;.

Even though Joe Hockman and I both lived in LA, it was at Flag where I actually met him the first time.  We sat at the same table for lunch in the Sandcastle dining room.  As soon as our names were exchanged, he got out a little piece of paper from his pocket and with his pocket pen marked a hash mark on the little paper.  I asked what he was doing.  He said he keeps stats on number of new people he meets and talks about Scn to.  Maybe he considered me a prospect for his field practice or to FSM me or something.  I was turned off by it.  I was not a person to him.  I was a stat.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315298">Ms. B. Haven</a>.</p>
<p>Even though Joe Hockman and I both lived in LA, it was at Flag where I actually met him the first time.  We sat at the same table for lunch in the Sandcastle dining room.  As soon as our names were exchanged, he got out a little piece of paper from his pocket and with his pocket pen marked a hash mark on the little paper.  I asked what he was doing.  He said he keeps stats on number of new people he meets and talks about Scn to.  Maybe he considered me a prospect for his field practice or to FSM me or something.  I was turned off by it.  I was not a person to him.  I was a stat.</p>
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		By: Cindy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 18:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315625&quot;&gt;Mike Rinder&lt;/a&gt;.

As nice as I think John Travolta is, I doubt he is an A List Celeb.  He has made several flops and his career is going nowhere.  His biggest fame was Grease in the 70&#039;s or 80&#039;s.]]></description>
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<p>As nice as I think John Travolta is, I doubt he is an A List Celeb.  He has made several flops and his career is going nowhere.  His biggest fame was Grease in the 70&#8217;s or 80&#8217;s.</p>
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		By: Wynski		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 13:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315572&quot;&gt;Imaberrated&lt;/a&gt;.

Imaberrated, gay people can per policy do training and auditing.  They CANNOT however advance onto OT levels while &quot;gay&quot; or at least engaging in homo sex.  See OT Preps hcob&#039;s for more Hubtard insanity on this.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315572">Imaberrated</a>.</p>
<p>Imaberrated, gay people can per policy do training and auditing.  They CANNOT however advance onto OT levels while &#8220;gay&#8221; or at least engaging in homo sex.  See OT Preps hcob&#8217;s for more Hubtard insanity on this.</p>
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		By: Skyler		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 13:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315602&quot;&gt;Jethro Bodine&lt;/a&gt;.

I sometimes wonder if I was an A-lister and a member of this cult, how would I choose to present my image to the world?

If I was to behave like TC and publicly pronounce that I was truly a die hard member, the cult would expect (perhaps they would even insist) that I turn over a big portion of my earnings to them.

There is no real way for me to know just how much money that could be. But I think the answer is pretty easy  to calculate.  They would expect A-listers to give them as much money as the traffic would bear. In other words, they would try to get them to &quot;donate&quot; all their money - every single penny - and then they would have a serious quarrel with the goal being to get as much as they possibly could. The cult would have one huge advantage in this fight. They would use a team of people and &quot;tag team&quot; the poor A-lister. Eventually, the victim would become so sleepy and need to sleep so badly they would likely agree to almost anything just to escape the clutches of these vampire-like reges and who could blame them?

It might be fun to try and speculate just how much money people like Travolta would actually wind up giving to them. I must be honest and admit I have no way of knowing just how much that might be. Absolutely no idea at all.

Would anyone here care to speculate just how much money they might be able to suck from the blood of their celebrity victims?

Did Leah ever announce how much of her income she would give them?

I would never expect her to do that. There are many good reasons why celebs would never want to reveal that info to anyone.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315602">Jethro Bodine</a>.</p>
<p>I sometimes wonder if I was an A-lister and a member of this cult, how would I choose to present my image to the world?</p>
<p>If I was to behave like TC and publicly pronounce that I was truly a die hard member, the cult would expect (perhaps they would even insist) that I turn over a big portion of my earnings to them.</p>
<p>There is no real way for me to know just how much money that could be. But I think the answer is pretty easy  to calculate.  They would expect A-listers to give them as much money as the traffic would bear. In other words, they would try to get them to &#8220;donate&#8221; all their money &#8211; every single penny &#8211; and then they would have a serious quarrel with the goal being to get as much as they possibly could. The cult would have one huge advantage in this fight. They would use a team of people and &#8220;tag team&#8221; the poor A-lister. Eventually, the victim would become so sleepy and need to sleep so badly they would likely agree to almost anything just to escape the clutches of these vampire-like reges and who could blame them?</p>
<p>It might be fun to try and speculate just how much money people like Travolta would actually wind up giving to them. I must be honest and admit I have no way of knowing just how much that might be. Absolutely no idea at all.</p>
<p>Would anyone here care to speculate just how much money they might be able to suck from the blood of their celebrity victims?</p>
<p>Did Leah ever announce how much of her income she would give them?</p>
<p>I would never expect her to do that. There are many good reasons why celebs would never want to reveal that info to anyone.</p>
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		By: Mike Rinder		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315602&quot;&gt;Jethro Bodine&lt;/a&gt;.

Elisabeth Moss is a genuine A-lister]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-241/#comment-315602">Jethro Bodine</a>.</p>
<p>Elisabeth Moss is a genuine A-lister</p>
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