The Church of Scientology is presently trying to make news by having its ambulance-chasing and photo-op-opportunists — a/k/a the Volunteer Ministers — rush emergency supplies to The Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. In one photo not intended for publication, we see a smiling young man posing casually in a VM T-shirt posing on the deck of a yacht:
In this next official Scientology PR photo we see two young women posing on the same yacht with a look of grim determination. Scientology TV scriptwriters will spin the video something like this, “When every second counted, Scientology’s Volunteer Ministers rushed desperately needed supplies to The Bahamas!”
The yacht used by the VMs to haul supplies for the photo shoot appears to be in the 75-foot class. The shortest sea route would be from Fort Lauderdale to Freeport. This is about 50 miles and the scheduled fast ferry makes the run in about 2.5 hours. Here is another PR photo of VMs unloading supplies from the stern of the vessel:
This pleasure yacht simply can’t carry much in the way of supplies, as it was not designed to do so. However, given the enormous cargo-carrying capacity of the MV Freewinds, we ask why this ship and its Sea Org crew have not been pressed into service ferrying desperately needed emergency supplies.
The Grand Celebration, a 733 foot cruise ship owned and operated by the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, ceased normal for-profit activities and the ship and its crew have now made their second run to ferry emergency supplies from the Port of Palm Beach in Florida to The Bahamas. This is real humanitarian work when it matters the most.
Why is the $3 billion dollar Church of Scientology pretending to do charity with one small chartered yacht when it has a cruise ship with significant cargo-carrying capacity at its disposal? Why isn’t Scientology stepping up and doing what the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line is doing?
The answer is that the Freewinds works to make money for the Church and can’t be diverted from that task. Of course, the Freewinds and its crew dropped everything last year and made a run to Barbados so that Captain Miscavige could receive a dubious medal from a retired Colombian police general.
The Freewinds was used as a self-glorifying prop at the order of David Miscavige — and this was all paid for with tax-free income — but the Freewinds can’t be spared for actual humanitarian work.
— Jeffrey Augustine
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Source Code
“Unfortunately, Black Dianetics is inherent in Dianetics. In 1945, this was all the Dianetics there was: how to drive people crazy, how to foul up political systems, how to restimulate individuals just by talking to them, without planting engrams. And in addition to this, how to interrupt life force in an individual. We haven’t gone into that very much. It is a wonderfully smooth way of committing murder.” — L. Ron Hubbard, September 17, 1951
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Overheard in the FreeZone
“All truly exceptional geniouses will, and perhaps have to be, quite offensive to us, that’s the way things Have to work in this crazy universe. You just can’t get the GREATEST without also getting some horrible personality qualities. The greatest human beings will learn how to assist the Greatest for the greatest good of all Dynamics despite the horrible qualities they have to maneuover around, quietly, and successfully. God Bless LRH forever, and forevermore.”
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Scientology’s celebrities, ‘Ideal Orgs,’ and more!
We’ve been building landing pages about David Miscavige’s favorite playthings, including celebrities and ‘Ideal Orgs,’ and we’re hoping you’ll join in and help us gather as much information as we can about them. Head on over and help us with links and photos and comments.
Scientology’s celebrities, from A to Z! Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!
Scientology’s ‘Ideal Orgs,’ from one end of the planet to the other! Help us build up pages about each these worldwide locations!
Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society!
Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in our weekly series. How many have you read?
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THE WHOLE TRACK
[ONE year ago] Visit to London Ideal Org shows that the Scientology bubble is still firmly in place
[TWO years ago] Scientology leader David Miscavige has empty buildings all over the world — here’s a rundown
[THREE years ago] With Jason Lee out, what does it mean for Scientology’s tightest celebrity clique?
[FOUR years ago] Surreal encounter at Scientology’s secretive Int Base shows up in Danish documentary
[FIVE years ago] New leaked videos from the super beings at Scientology!
[SIX years ago] Jenna Miscavige Hill Talks to Us As Her Book Comes Out in Paperback
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology Oz-fest: Commenters of the Week!
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Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 743 days.
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Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 3,941 days.
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Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 1,354 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 5,657 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 1,763 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 2,165 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 2,037 days.
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Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 2,115 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on September 17, 2019 at 07:00
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