Scientology reels in politicians and gets photo ops out of Hurricane Dorian

Scientology Volunteer Ministers traveled to the Bahamas this week to provide relief in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. We have no evidence that the hygiene packs assembled last week have been distributed, but we know of one boat and one airplane that have been making the trip. The 82-foot luxury yacht Gecko which usually rents for $9,000 per day has made several trips, bringing water and supplies to the island.

The ship also carried Maxwell B. Chambers, city commissioner of Miramar, Florida to the islands. State Senator Daphne Campbell was on hand to help load relief supplies on the Gecko. One reason the VMs exist is to “safepoint” Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard wrote and Scientologists believe that recruiting local politicians in social reform groups such as the VMs creates allies of the church and safepoints Scientology. They can be called upon to defend the church when trouble in the form of prosecution, increased taxation, or civil proceedings are brought against them. Sen. Campbell is an advocate for the Baker Act in Florida, which Scientology opposes.

An airplane (see above) carried four VMs to the disaster area. It doesn’t appear capable of carrying a large number of hygiene kits, just the passengers. It’s owned by Steve Anderson, Platinum Meritorious donor to the IAS. His plane made a round trip from Clearwater to Freeport on September 11 and has not been back according to flight logs.

Scientologist Grant Cardone set up a Gofundme page to raise money for Dorian relief, and has contributed $10,000 so far. The page originally mentioned “Volunteer Ministers Relief” as a recipient, but that language has been removed. Luckily we kept a copy. The Grant Cardone Foundation reported no activity in 2017 and we look forward to its IRS filings in the coming years.

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Despite protests at the capital in Sacramento against SB 276 by the Conscience Coaltion, the law passed this week and was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. The lobbying/protest group is led by Scientologists, and all its members appear to be members of the church. The new law is designed to prevent doctors from lying about their patients’ condition when they issue a medical exemption to the vaccines required to attend school in California.

 
In their moment of defeat one Scientologist made a proposal to enact revenge on lawmakers that would make L. Ron Hubbard proud — to hire private investigators and expose their crimes. “When we need somebody haunted we investigate…When we investigate we do so noisily always.” (L. Ron Hubbard, Manual of Justice, 1959).

— Rod Keller

 
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Bonus items from our tipsters

Meanwhile, in Canada…

 
If you ever doubted why the church puts out such “secular” materials as Drug-Free World pamphlets and Hubbard’s fiction…

 
And in Los Angeles…

 
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Source Code

“Now, we are not in conflict with the customs and philosophy of the planet or the universe. Quite the contrary. It’s not a case of everybody is out of step but Jim. It’s a case of others want people badly out of step. And they’re getting them pretty badly out of step. But if you can talk to and communicate with anybody on the subject of Scientology, he agrees with what you’d say. He agrees very rapidly with what you say, unless he misses a word. If he misses a word then he won’t agree with what you’ve said, but you are actually talking to him about things which have been with him as customs, far, far, far longer than any Johnny-come-lately psychology or mental science that has been foisted off on him in recent times.” — L. Ron Hubbard, September 15, 1964

 
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Overheard in the FreeZone

“People of Jewish race are the almost sole promoters of 1.1 stuff like Feminism, Gay Agenda, Communism, Freemasonry, and others, though the real creators of that are a small number of Illuminati, Illuminati create them, Jews promote them.”

 
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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] Sharp new memoir digs into Scientology’s toxic cruelty experienced by those who grow up in it
[TWO years ago] Scientology’s newest infiltration — Rebecca Minkoff and Meghan Fialkoff at Nasdaq!
[THREE years ago] SCIENTOLOGY DENIED: California Supreme Court rejects appeal in forced-abortion lawsuit
[FOUR years ago] Back where it all started: Hoping to see you in Phoenix to talk Scientology then and now
[FIVE years ago] Scientology’s secret plans for world domination — even better than the last time!
[SIX years ago] Scientology Sunday Funnies: Texas Memories, Valley Whales, and Top Secret Plans!
[EIGHT years ago] Hugh Urban: An Interview With the Professor Who Took on Scientology

 
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Posted by Tony Ortega on September 15, 2019 at 07:00

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