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		By: Gene Trujillo		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gene Trujillo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2018 01:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ooh, Christmas was the time of the annual staff &quot;Beer and Cheese Party!&quot; LRH was so generous to the staff who&#039;s lives he was destroying that once a year he allowed some money be spent on beer and cheese for the staff. A local public usually donated $500 to subsidy it. To offset that we were actually receiving something for our labor for a change, we usually had to donate a week&#039;s wages (which wasn&#039;t much) to get the ED an &quot;upstat&quot; Christmas gift. Rank has its privileges.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ooh, Christmas was the time of the annual staff &#8220;Beer and Cheese Party!&#8221; LRH was so generous to the staff who&#8217;s lives he was destroying that once a year he allowed some money be spent on beer and cheese for the staff. A local public usually donated $500 to subsidy it. To offset that we were actually receiving something for our labor for a change, we usually had to donate a week&#8217;s wages (which wasn&#8217;t much) to get the ED an &#8220;upstat&#8221; Christmas gift. Rank has its privileges.</p>
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		By: Brian		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 23:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/winter-wonderland-yay-for-us/#comment-237816&quot;&gt;georgemwhite&lt;/a&gt;.

HI George! Thank you. I always like seeing your posts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/winter-wonderland-yay-for-us/#comment-237816">georgemwhite</a>.</p>
<p>HI George! Thank you. I always like seeing your posts.</p>
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		By: Alcoboy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/winter-wonderland-yay-for-us/#comment-237773&quot;&gt;Idle Morgue&lt;/a&gt;.

Okay, you beat me. Can&#039;t top that.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/winter-wonderland-yay-for-us/#comment-237773">Idle Morgue</a>.</p>
<p>Okay, you beat me. Can&#8217;t top that.</p>
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		By: georgemwhite		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/winter-wonderland-yay-for-us/#comment-237793&quot;&gt;Brian&lt;/a&gt;.

Thanks for the comment, bro.  I love your words.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/winter-wonderland-yay-for-us/#comment-237793">Brian</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks for the comment, bro.  I love your words.</p>
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		By: Brian		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/winter-wonderland-yay-for-us/#comment-237782&quot;&gt;georgemwhite&lt;/a&gt;.

Hubbard rightly gave himself the title of Anti Christ. It’s what he was. He was anti Love and compassion. 

That’s what Christ taught. Love your enemies. 

Hubbard taught to destroy your enemies. 

Him being an Anti Christ is not an emotional metaphysical delusional judgement by a true believer. 

It’s a reasonable accurate conclusion based on the above discrepancy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/winter-wonderland-yay-for-us/#comment-237782">georgemwhite</a>.</p>
<p>Hubbard rightly gave himself the title of Anti Christ. It’s what he was. He was anti Love and compassion. </p>
<p>That’s what Christ taught. Love your enemies. </p>
<p>Hubbard taught to destroy your enemies. </p>
<p>Him being an Anti Christ is not an emotional metaphysical delusional judgement by a true believer. </p>
<p>It’s a reasonable accurate conclusion based on the above discrepancy.</p>
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		By: Stefani Hutchison		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefani Hutchison]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 13:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Celebrating Christmas. While a Scientologist recently posted that Mary was a “Ho” and was raped by a Demi-god that resulted in the birth of Jesus. The STAND League, which shouts from the rooftops that it was created to fight religious bigotry, has done nothing. 
So yeah. Christmas. Freedom. 
Bullshit.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Celebrating Christmas. While a Scientologist recently posted that Mary was a “Ho” and was raped by a Demi-god that resulted in the birth of Jesus. The STAND League, which shouts from the rooftops that it was created to fight religious bigotry, has done nothing.<br />
So yeah. Christmas. Freedom.<br />
Bullshit.</p>
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		By: georgemwhite		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;(In fact, all other religions are false enslavements of man, though they are a little easier on Buddhism because L. Ron Hubbard said he was Guatama Siddhartha in an earlier lifetime). Christmas is simply an opportunity to appear to be in harmony with and supportive of other religions.&quot;


Scientology is full of contradictions.  When I decided to leave Scientology in the late 1980&#039;s, I was handed a LRH Sea Org policy unavailable to the public.  It was very short.  I do not remember the exact words.  It tried to destroy Buddhism and Buddhists in one vile sentence.  It said something like &quot;Buddhists are in a Black Hole&quot;. The great tragedy of Hubbard was that he did not even understand any form of Buddhism.  In the 1960&#039;s he claimed to have been Gotama and to have been his teacher in the same breath.  But these Scientologists will not listen to facts.  They prefer the &quot;fake news&quot; of Scientology.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;(In fact, all other religions are false enslavements of man, though they are a little easier on Buddhism because L. Ron Hubbard said he was Guatama Siddhartha in an earlier lifetime). Christmas is simply an opportunity to appear to be in harmony with and supportive of other religions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Scientology is full of contradictions.  When I decided to leave Scientology in the late 1980&#8217;s, I was handed a LRH Sea Org policy unavailable to the public.  It was very short.  I do not remember the exact words.  It tried to destroy Buddhism and Buddhists in one vile sentence.  It said something like &#8220;Buddhists are in a Black Hole&#8221;. The great tragedy of Hubbard was that he did not even understand any form of Buddhism.  In the 1960&#8217;s he claimed to have been Gotama and to have been his teacher in the same breath.  But these Scientologists will not listen to facts.  They prefer the &#8220;fake news&#8221; of Scientology.</p>
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		By: XENU TV		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[XENU TV]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 07:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in 2000, my brother and his wife made their first visit to Clearwater and found that they too were barred from visiting the Winter Wonderland.  Since then when they’ve come back, they’ve watched as doors get locked as we approach each of their storefronts while walking down a street and have the “All Welcome” sign pulled off the sidewalk when we near the visitor center.  Wacky.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back in 2000, my brother and his wife made their first visit to Clearwater and found that they too were barred from visiting the Winter Wonderland.  Since then when they’ve come back, they’ve watched as doors get locked as we approach each of their storefronts while walking down a street and have the “All Welcome” sign pulled off the sidewalk when we near the visitor center.  Wacky.</p>
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		By: Lisa Anderson		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 05:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve not posted before but have followed the activities of Scientology for several years due to a niece who got caught up in it for about a year around 10 years ago. I moved to Pinellas county in the summer of 2017, and am just stunned and creeped out by downtown Clearwater....it&#039;s sad that it is so strange.

I stumbled into one of their street fairs, or whatever they are called, when my husband and I had reservations at the Clear Sky on Cleveland (non-Scientology I am told) restaurant this past summer. We had parked in the municipal garage and taken the stairwell down to an alley to walk to the restaurant.  Immediately after exiting the garage we were approached (more like accosted)  by someone asking if we had wristbands. Cleveland Street was blocked off for the event. I noticed that the Boy Scouts had a booth, that there was a ride like a gyroscope for kids. We hurried on to our dinner. 

I did notice a lot of people streaming in and out of their information center on Cleveland. I can&#039;t imagine that wasn&#039;t staged, although the people were dressed in normal street clothes; none of the uniforms that look like catering staff uniforms to me.  After dinner, I just had to walk down Cleveland St. out of curiosity. Yes, there was a rather lame petting zoo, and a weird band playing Journey&#039;s &quot;Don&#039;t Stop Believing&quot;, wearing what looked like polyester matching outfits from the 70&#039;s. By the time we got to our car, pulled out onto Garden Ave, and were driving by Cleveland Street, it looked like an army of ants that were already breaking down the entire street fair already, like a well-oiled machine. Bizarre. It was close to 10:00, so I&#039;m guessing the street closure permit was good until that time.

Downtown Clearwater could be a great place if they hadn&#039;t bought up everything. Although their building facades are really very nice (even the outdoor trash receptacles at Flag are extremely attractive, lol), I&#039;d rather see business that is useful and relevant to the community in there....... not to mention the entire goal of Scientology, which seems to be relieving folks of all their assets.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve not posted before but have followed the activities of Scientology for several years due to a niece who got caught up in it for about a year around 10 years ago. I moved to Pinellas county in the summer of 2017, and am just stunned and creeped out by downtown Clearwater&#8230;.it&#8217;s sad that it is so strange.</p>
<p>I stumbled into one of their street fairs, or whatever they are called, when my husband and I had reservations at the Clear Sky on Cleveland (non-Scientology I am told) restaurant this past summer. We had parked in the municipal garage and taken the stairwell down to an alley to walk to the restaurant.  Immediately after exiting the garage we were approached (more like accosted)  by someone asking if we had wristbands. Cleveland Street was blocked off for the event. I noticed that the Boy Scouts had a booth, that there was a ride like a gyroscope for kids. We hurried on to our dinner. </p>
<p>I did notice a lot of people streaming in and out of their information center on Cleveland. I can&#8217;t imagine that wasn&#8217;t staged, although the people were dressed in normal street clothes; none of the uniforms that look like catering staff uniforms to me.  After dinner, I just had to walk down Cleveland St. out of curiosity. Yes, there was a rather lame petting zoo, and a weird band playing Journey&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Believing&#8221;, wearing what looked like polyester matching outfits from the 70&#8217;s. By the time we got to our car, pulled out onto Garden Ave, and were driving by Cleveland Street, it looked like an army of ants that were already breaking down the entire street fair already, like a well-oiled machine. Bizarre. It was close to 10:00, so I&#8217;m guessing the street closure permit was good until that time.</p>
<p>Downtown Clearwater could be a great place if they hadn&#8217;t bought up everything. Although their building facades are really very nice (even the outdoor trash receptacles at Flag are extremely attractive, lol), I&#8217;d rather see business that is useful and relevant to the community in there&#8230;&#8230;. not to mention the entire goal of Scientology, which seems to be relieving folks of all their assets.</p>
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		By: Idle Morgue		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 04:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/winter-wonderland-yay-for-us/#comment-237757&quot;&gt;Alcoboy&lt;/a&gt;.

That is going to be tough...but I will try. 

Picture this...

Santa&#039;s Workshop...

Except there is a mis-spelled word &quot;Santa&quot;  - it says 

Satan&#039;s Workshop  

All the elves are busy making toys for the good little girls and boys....except for one little elf, Scientology&#039;s leader - the tiny midget dwarf meister - David Miscavige. 

The wee willie wanker he is sitting there drinking scotch, smoking camels and punching on another elf.  

&quot;Scientology - making the able more able since 1950&quot;  

Sponsered by the Sea Org Slaves still locked up in the Scientological Gulag - &quot;The Hole&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/winter-wonderland-yay-for-us/#comment-237757">Alcoboy</a>.</p>
<p>That is going to be tough&#8230;but I will try. </p>
<p>Picture this&#8230;</p>
<p>Santa&#8217;s Workshop&#8230;</p>
<p>Except there is a mis-spelled word &#8220;Santa&#8221;  &#8211; it says </p>
<p>Satan&#8217;s Workshop  </p>
<p>All the elves are busy making toys for the good little girls and boys&#8230;.except for one little elf, Scientology&#8217;s leader &#8211; the tiny midget dwarf meister &#8211; David Miscavige. </p>
<p>The wee willie wanker he is sitting there drinking scotch, smoking camels and punching on another elf.  </p>
<p>&#8220;Scientology &#8211; making the able more able since 1950&#8221;  </p>
<p>Sponsered by the Sea Org Slaves still locked up in the Scientological Gulag &#8211; &#8220;The Hole&#8221;</p>
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