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The Miscavige Legal Statements: a Study in Perjury, Lies and Misdirection
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT ORGANIZED SCIENTOLOGY ~ The Collected Works of L. H. Brennan ~ Volume 1 The Miscavige Legal Statements: A Study in Perjury, Lies and Misdirection Written by Larry Brennan [Edited & Compiled by Anonymous w/ <3] Originally posted on: Operation Clambake Message board WhyWeProtest.net Activism Forum The Ex-scientologist Forum 2006 - 2009 Page 1 of 76 Table of Contents Preface: The Real Power in Scientology - Miscavige's Lies ...................................................... 3 Introduction to Scientology COB Public Record Analysis....................................................... 12 David Miscavige’s Statement #1 .............................................................................................. 14 David Miscavige’s Statement #2 .............................................................................................. 16 David Miscavige’s Statement #3 .............................................................................................. 20 David Miscavige’s Statement #4 .............................................................................................. 21 David Miscavige’s Statement #5 .............................................................................................. 24 David Miscavige’s Statement #6 .............................................................................................. 27 David Miscavige’s Statement #7 .............................................................................................. 29 David Miscavige’s Statement #8 ............................................................................................. -
CBS' 'Young Sheldon' Has Strongest Comedy Opening in Four Years
CBS' 'Young Sheldon' Has Strongest Comedy Opening in Four Years 09.26.2017 CBS' Young Sheldon, arguably the show most likely to succeed this season, came out of the gate with a big bang, debuting at a 3.7 rating among adults 18-49 and 16.6 million viewers. That's the most-watched premiere rating for a new comedy since 2 Broke Girls debuted in 2011 and the highest-rated since The Crazy Ones in 2013. That said, both of those shows have since been canceled, with 2 Broke Girls ending its run after last season and The Crazy Ones - which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar and the late, great Robin Williams as a daughter-father advertising team - failed to make it past season one. Young Sheldon debuted out of the show from which it's spun, The Big Bang Theory, and held almost all of its viewers. Big Bang, opening season 11, premiered at a 3.9 rating in the key demo and 17 million viewers. Young Sheldon was just teasing viewers with this early episode, however. It's not due to return until its official premiere on Nov. 2, after CBS completes its run of Thursday Night Football and the show can enter its regular time slot of Thursday at 8:30 p.m., behind The Big Bang Theory. Kevin Can Wait, starring Kevin James and featuring the arrival of Leah Remini among some viewer blowback, returned for season two at 9 p.m. with a 2.3 in the demo and 10.1 million viewers, while new sitcom Me Myself & I starring Bobby Moynihan and John Larroquette premiered at a 1.7 in the demo and 7.4 million viewers. -
JOHN WILLOUGHBY Proofed
TO: Anderson Cooper This concerns your program on Scientology… I was a Sea Org member at Golden Era Productions for 16 years up until the end of 2006. I have no regrets about the time spent at the International Headquarters over those years. The majority of the people I worked with over those years were a bunch of fine hardworking and genuine individuals dedicated to their work, in whatever field they were engaged. We were always encouraged and given time to advance our knowledge and skill, through study or vocational training, to improve our personal lives and effectiveness on the job. It was like a university setting. Having a great place to work, a great job working alongside a great bunch of people—man, it was better than working at Google! I would rather be doing a job because I loved it than one I had to do to make money. Sometimes I did work long hours, sometimes around the clock when there was a deadline to make. That's no different from corporate America or Washington or the Haiti relief workers. People I work with now in large companies are sometimes up all night trying to solve delivery problems and schedules. That is not unusual, and I have never heard of any honestly dedicated group or group member working 9—5 only. When situations and emergencies arise one naturally rises to the occasion. Unfortunately for me, I had to leave the Sea Org to take care of elderly parents. Otherwise I'd still be there today. So I am extremely unhappy to hear negativity when it concerns being a Scientology staff member, as it is a very lopsided and false view. -
ACRONYM IX Tiebreakers
ACRONYM IX Tiebreakers In G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, this nation is home to the title group’s hightech base The Pit. In a busy marketplace in this nation, a swordswinging man is shot to death in Raiders of the Lost Ark by Indiana Jones. An action film set in this nation depicts Rachel Weisz’s [“vices”] Evie Carnahan using an ancient book to awaken the title monster. Chadwick Boseman stars in an early 2016 film as one of this nation’s title “Gods,” Thoth. For 10 points, name this setting of The Mummy and Cleopatra. ANSWER: Egypt Narconon is a drug rehab program affiliated with this organization, which sought to purge its own negative publicity in Operation Snow White. This organization operates Gold Base, which is home to its leader, David Miscavige. Former King of Queens star Leah Remini was labeled a “suppressive person” by this organization after leaving it in 2013, though its remaining members include Beck and John Travolta. The HBO documentary Going Clear exposed secrets of, for 10 points, what “church” founded by L. Ron Hubbard? ANSWER: Church of Scientology The creators of this creature dubiously called it “quirky, albeit endearing” and it was the most seen creature in a series that also included a Doritoscraving fetus. It first appears after a man claims he “might just chill tonight” and later leads that man out of his apartment. This creature is also seen licking a man’s face, presumably with a pug’s tongue. An ad for Mountain Dew Kickstart is the origin of, for 10 points, what god awful hybrid of three creatures first seen in a 2016 Super Bowl ad? ANSWER: puppy monkey baby This singer sang during Prince William and Kate’s first dance after their wedding and maintains a “Music To Run To” playlist on Spotify, which includes her song “Keep on Dancin’.” Despite allegedly just liking the subject’s tattoos, this singer’s “heart can’t understand” an apparent infatuation in a song from her 2015 album Delirium. -
The Dangerous Discourse of Dianetics: Linguistic Manifestations of Violence Toward Queerness in the Canonical Religious Philosophy of Scientology
Relics, Remnants, and Religion: An Undergraduate Journal in Religious Studies Volume 2 Issue 2 Article 4 5-5-2017 The Dangerous Discourse of Dianetics: Linguistic Manifestations of Violence Toward Queerness in the Canonical Religious Philosophy of Scientology Francesca Retana University of Puget Sound, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/relics Recommended Citation Retana, Francesca (2017) "The Dangerous Discourse of Dianetics: Linguistic Manifestations of Violence Toward Queerness in the Canonical Religious Philosophy of Scientology," Relics, Remnants, and Religion: An Undergraduate Journal in Religious Studies: Vol. 2 : Iss. 2 , Article 4. Available at: https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/relics/vol2/iss2/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications at Sound Ideas. It has been accepted for inclusion in Relics, Remnants, and Religion: An Undergraduate Journal in Religious Studies by an authorized editor of Sound Ideas. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Retana: The Dangerous Discourse of Dianetics: Linguistic Manifestations Page 1 of 45 The Dangerous Discourse of Dianetics: Linguistic Manifestations of Violence Toward Queerness in the Canonical Religious Philosophy of Scientology I. Uncovering the Anti-Queer Sentiment in the Dianetic Perspective At present, there is a groundswell of public sensational interest in the subject of Scientology; and, in fact, in the time since I began this research paper, a nine-episode documentary series has premiered and reached finale on A&E titled “Scientology and the Aftermath”— a personal project hosted by sitcom celebrity, ex-Scientologist, and author of Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, Leah Remini.1 I could not begin to enumerate the myriad exposés/memoirs of ex-Scientologists that have been published in recent years nor could I emphasize enough the rampant conspiracy theories that are at the disposal of any curious mind on what many have termed “the cult” of Scientology. -
TV NATIONAL HONOREES 60 Minutes: the Chibok Girls (60
TV NATIONAL HONOREES 60 Minutes: The Chibok Girls (60 Minutes) Clarissa Ward (CNN International) CBS News CNN International News Magazine Reporter/Correspondent Abby McEnany (Work in Progress) Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead) SHOWTIME AMC Actress in a Breakthrough Role Actress in a Leading Role - Drama Alex Duda (The Kelly Clarkson Show) Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve) NBCUniversal BBC AMERICA Showrunner – Talk Show Actress in a Supporting Role - Drama Am I Next? Trans and Targeted Francesca Gregorini (Killing Eve) ABC NEWS Nightline BBC AMERICA Hard News Feature Director - Scripted Angela Kang (The Walking Dead) Gender Discrimination in the FBI AMC NBC News Investigative Unit Showrunner- Scripted Interview Feature Better Things Grey's Anatomy FX Networks ABC Studios Comedy Drama- Grand Award BookTube Izzie Pick Ibarra (THE MASKED SINGER) YouTube Originals FOX Broadcasting Company Non-Fiction Entertainment Showrunner - Unscripted Caroline Waterlow (Qualified) Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon) ESPN Films FX Networks Producer- Documentary /Unscripted / Non- Actress in a Leading Role - Made for TV Movie Fiction or Limited Series Catherine Reitman (Workin' Moms) Mission Unstoppable Wolf + Rabbit Entertainment (CBC/Netflix) Produced by Litton Entertainment Actress in a Leading Role - Comedy or Musical Family Series Catherine Reitman (Workin' Moms) MSNBC 2019 Democratic Debate (Atlanta) Wolf + Rabbit Entertainment (CBC/Netflix) MSNBC Director - Comedy Special or Variety - Breakthrough Naomi Watts (The Loudest Voice) Sharyn Alfonsi (60 Minutes) SHOWTIME -
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
MEDIA RELEASE: Thursday, January 19, 2017 LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH Australian premiere nine-part series Starts Wednesday, February 8 at 9.30pm AEDT Only on Foxtel’s crime + investigation network Click here for a sneak-peek An explosive new documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, which explores the experiences of American actress/producer Leah Remini and other former members of the Church of Scientology, will premiere exclusively in Australia on Foxtel’s crime + investigation network on Wednesday, February 8 at 9.30pm AEDT. The astonishing 9 x 60 minute series, produced for A&E Network in the US and presented by Remini, finally gives a voice to long-standing victims of the Church of Scientology in America, despite public attempts by the Church to discredit them. Each episode features shocking stories of abuse, heartbreak and harassment from former members whose lives have been affected by the Church’s harmful practices, even well after they left the organisation. Throughout the series, Remini, along with high-level former Scientology executives and Church members, delve deeply in to individual accounts from ex-Church members and their families, through intimate interviews with Remini herself. Along with a team of former high-ranking Scientology insiders who understand the inner workings and policies of the organization, Remini gives the victims a chance to be heard, in this eye-opening series. In episode one, Leah begins her journey with a trip to Seattle to visit former Scientology executive Amy Scobee. After hearing Amy’s tragic story of being disconnected from her mother, Leah is determined to reveal the truth of what’s really going on in her former Church. -
20170102-Gary-Soter-To-Nancy-Dubic-R.Pdf
Law Offices of GARY S. SOTER Ms. Nancy Dubuc January 2, 2017 Page 2 • On December 25, the Washington Post wrote: “In a statement released on Christmas Eve, an A&E spokesman said the network learned that the show’s producers - from a third-party production company - made cash payments to “facilitate access” to participants, which violates A&E policy... Though some reality TV producers do pay their subjects, the network emphasized that it is against this practice for documentaries.” (emphasis added) • On December 28, Variety wrote: “A&E declined to comment to Variety on whether participants in ‘Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath’ were paid - other than Remini, who is an executive producer on the docuseries. But, an insider close to the network tells Variety that even if participants were paid, financial payments would be common practice for participants in a television docuseries.” (emphasis added). Tellingly, A&E has declined to comment on whether anyone other than Ms. Remini is being paid. That silence speak volumes, raising questions if, like the KKK show, the sources in Ms. Remini’s series were paid. (Church officials have confirmed that Mike Rinder, the interview subject of the entire second segment and an interview subject in subsequent segments, was indeed paid.) Slauson Productions unambiguously described both Ms. Remini and Mr. Rinder as subjects for their series. In his letter of August 3, 2016, Alex Weresow declined to meet with Church representatives unless the meeting were to: “involve our key subjects, including but not limited to Leah Remini and Mike Rinder.” The same letter, describes Mike Rinder as a “victim, witness, or both.” Both are being paid for their participation. -
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Scientology: CRIMINAL TIME TRACK ISSUE I by Mike Mcclaughry 1999
Scientology: CRIMINAL TIME TRACK ISSUE I by Mike McClaughry 1999 The following is a Time Track that I put together for myself and some friends at the time, in 1999. I originally used the pseudonym “Theta” at the request of Greg Barnes until he was ready to “go public” with his defection from Scientology. I also used the pseudonym “Theta 8-8008” around this same time period. Bernd Luebeck, Ex-Guardian’s Office Intelligence and then Ron’s Org staff ran the website www.freezone.org. In 1999, just after my time track was released privately, Bernd used it on his website as-is. He later expanded on my original time track with items of interest to himself. Prior to my doing this time track, Bernd, (nor anyone else involved with Scientology on the internet), had ever thought of the idea to do things this way in relation to Scientology. Mike McClaughry BEGIN An open letter to all Scientologists: Greetings and by way of introduction, I am a Class 8, OT 8, who has been in the Church for many decades and I am in good standing with the Church. I am a lover of LRH’s technology and that is my motivation in writing you and in doing what I am now doing. It came to my attention, sometime in the not too distant past, that the current top management of the Church, particularly David Miscavige, is off source. One of the ways he is off-source is that he has made the same mistake as the old Guardian’s Office staff made, engaging in criminal activities to solve problems. -
Stat Analysis of a Dead Radical Church
Stat Analysis of a Dead Radical Church Not because it is Thursday 2 pm but of interest to what is being discussed on Marty’s blog right now, here are some stats on the “fastest growing religion on earth” that more than back up the statement that “the church is dead”. Those having attended the recent IAS event can compare it to the “fresh stats” undoubtedly presented by David Miscavige in support of the “unprecedented expansion” (and leave a comment). Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, Steve Hall, Jeff Hawkins, Amy Scobee, Mark Headly and many others have posted on the internet and/or published books saying that the Church of Scientology is shrinking since many years. Is there any proof for that available outside the church (that either carefully hides actual stats or thoroughly falsifies or misleadingly interpretes them if published – at least, so say its critics)? Yes, that data is available in broad daylight and everywhere: On the Internet (even accessible to Scientologists in “good standing”. There are many websites that keep statistics on the traffic (visitors and visits) of any given website on the Internet (provided it has a certain minimum traffic which may differ from one site to the next). I have chosen a site that allowes the display of figures (rather than just a curve or a trend): http://siteanalytics.compete.com To begin, and to confirm what Mike Rinder said on his recent radio interview on “The Edge”, somebody did a search for all the addresses available on official Scientology websites for churches, missions and groups (because books no longer contain address lists). -
Volume 5, Issue 4 July—August 2021
The Journal of CESNUR $ Volume 5, Issue 4 July—August 2021 $ The Journal of CESNUR $ Director-in-Charge | Direttore responsabile Marco Respinti Editor-in-Chief | Direttore Massimo Introvigne Center for Studies on New Religions, Turin, Italy Associate Editor | Vicedirettore PierLuigi Zoccatelli Pontifical Salesian University, Turin, Italy Editorial Board / International Consultants Milda Ališauskienė Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania Eileen Barker London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom Luigi Berzano University of Turin, Turin, Italy Antoine Faivre École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, France Holly Folk Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA Liselotte Frisk (†) Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden J. Gordon Melton Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA Susan Palmer McGill University, Montreal, Canada Stefania Palmisano University of Turin, Turin, Italy Bernadette Rigal-Cellard Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Bordeaux, France Instructions for Authors and submission guidelines can be found on our website at www.cesnur.net. ISSN: 2532-2990 The Journal of CESNUR is published bi-monthly by CESNUR (Center for Studies on New Religions), Via Confienza 19, 10121 Torino, Italy. $ The Journal of CESNUR $ Volume 5, Issue 4, July—August 2021 Contents Articles 3 1950 Shades of Pinks and Greys: Was L. Ron Hubbard Drugged Out When He Developed OT III? Ian C. Camacho 58 Labeling Scientology: “Cult,” “Fringe,” “Extremist,” or Mainstream? Rosita Šorytė 77 The Tai Ji Men Case: A Legal Analysis Chen Tze-Lung, Huang Chun-Chieh, and Wu Ching-Chin $ The Journal of CESNUR $ 1950 Shades of Pinks and Greys: Was L. Ron Hubbard Drugged Out When He Developed OT III? Ian C. Camacho Independent Scholar [email protected] ABSTRACT: Former Scientology archivist and ex-Scientologist Gerald “Gerry” Armstrong asserts that founder L.