Wow. What a day, huh? On Friday morning, we revealed that Danny Masterson was the subject of an LAPD investigation into the allegations of three women who say they were sexually assaulted by him as many as 16 years ago — but had not come forward earlier because of the bullying of the Church of Scientology. By the end of the day the story had hit just about every major news organization with an interest in such things. And most of them sent readers our way — and we thank them for that.
Naturally, that kept us busy with media inquiries and the like until late in the evening. So we’re grateful that Karen de la Carriere and Jeffrey Augustine happened to have a video ready for us to give you today while we take some time to regroup.
And this video is a lot of fun. Karen and Jeff take on one of Scientology’s more bizarre ideas — the mental implant.
“Implants are hidden commands maliciously implanted into the mind that make a human acts as he does,” Jeff says. “Only Scientology Inc., for many tens of thousands of dollars can un-install these malevolent evil-intentioned commands. And by erasing them, you get to call yourself Clear and beyond. In the culture it is widely believed that when you die, you report to an ‘implant station’ to get further zapped with more Implant Commands…the video explains more.”
Hey, thanks Jeff and Karen for jumping into the fray for us as we continue to report the latest crazy Scientology news.
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Talking Masterson on KABC
Discussing the recent unpleasantness with Jillian Barberie and John Phillips on KABC 790 in Los Angeles…
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HowdyCon 2017: Denver, June 23-25. Go here to start making your plans.
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Scientology disconnection, a reminder
Bernie Headley has not seen his daughter Stephanie in 4,681 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 1,784 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 2,278 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 1,318 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy in 1,030 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 497 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 4,615 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 1,785 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 2,105 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 2,080 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 436 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin in 4,738 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 845 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis for 1,247 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 1,120 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 701 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike in 1,206 days.
Mary Jane Sterne has not seen her daughter Samantha in 1,450 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 12,559 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on March 4, 2017 at 07:00
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BLOGGING DIANETICS: We read Scientology’s founding text cover to cover with the help of L.A. attorney and former church member Vance Woodward
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GETTING OUR ETHICS IN: Jefferson Hawkins explains Scientology’s system of justice
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