We are happy to give Underground Bunker senior reporter Rod Keller a victory lap this morning after his weekend story about a Scientology front group got quick results. Here’s Rod with the latest…
Steven Bales of the Pulaski County Coalition Against Drugs announced yesterday that they are withdrawing the use of Scientology’s Truth About Drugs program from public schools. In a video with Waynesville Daily Guide reporter Natalie Sanders he said that he was approached by a number of concerned individuals about the connection to Scientology, and he asked the Foundation for a Drug Free World for an explanation. They sent him a letter with the false claim that Scientology is only one of a number of donors to the Foundation. Scientology is the creator of the Foundation, and claims it with pride on its web site. The reverse is not true, the Foundation makes no mention of Scientology, not even on the “Who We Are” page. That stealth is deliberate, they intend to hide the affiliation from educators and other officials.
Bales spent Sunday deleting comments from his Facebook page with links to the article in the Underground Bunker and the connection to Scientology. He doubled down on claims that “all drugs are poisons,” “all drugs can cause flashbacks” and “all drugs are stored for years in fatty tissue,” all of which are untrue statements in Scientology’s materials. In yesterday’s video he admits that he was deceived as to the true origin of the Truth About Drugs, and his connection to the program is being severed. He said he will be moving to replace Truth About Drugs with another from the U.S. Government.
Bales makes no mention in the video of the false portions of the materials. The issue when California rejected the Narconon program in 2004 was not the connection to Scientology. It was important to state officials then that their schools distribute accurate information rather than Scientology myths. We assume the new materials used in Waynesville will not teach that 10 cups of coffee will put you to sleep.
— Rod Keller
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Peter Nyiri’s escape from the Sea Org, part 3
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For the record: Hubbard did eat lamb
You’ve probably seen the new Australian commercial using the world’s religions to sell people on slaughtering and eating juvenile sheep.
It’s not as funny as it should be to earn the “edgy” rating it’s getting from Australian media, but whatever.
What’s interesting Scientology watchers is that one of the “gods” at the table is a rotund L. Ron Hubbard, who says that he skipped dinner with Tom Cruise to dine with his fellow deities.
Hardy. Har. Har.
As lame as the commercial is, it did get us to wondering something we really don’t have any good reason to care about, but here it is: Did Hubbard eat lamb?
We asked his chef.
Sinar Parman prepared meals for Hubbard in the late 1970s, before Hubbard went into total seclusion in February 1980. And here’s what he told us:
“He had lamb on his menu, lamb chops,” Sinar tells us.
Well, now you know.
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An update from Mark Bunker
News from Wise Beard Man about his recovery. You can help here.
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Bernie Headley has not seen his daughter Stephanie in 4,864 days.
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Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 1,028 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis for 1,430 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 1,303 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on September 5, 2017 at 07:00
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