Clearwater CEO Joy Gendusa recorded sychophantic video for Scientology’s leader

 
What a week it’s been for PostcardMania CEO Joy Gendusa.

On Tuesday, with Hurricane Ian barreling toward Florida’s west coast, labor journalist Jonah Furman published statements by Gendusa that the Clearwater mail-order business would work through the storm, and that she expected employees not only to be at their desks but also to bring their kids and pets to the building if they worried about being swept away.

Vice then picked up the story and had a ball with it, pointing out that once the news had gotten out that Gendusa’s insane company memo was rapidly going viral, the company announced that the business would actually be closed and that they simply meant the building could be used as a shelter. (Sure, sure.)

And then Creative Loafing Tampa Bay added the delicious detail that Gendusa, of course, is a well known Scientologist in the area. PostcardMania is known as a sort of employment agency for Scientologists living near the Flag Land Base.

And yesterday, Vice again found even more nutty statements by Gendusa, this time in a 2020 video that featured her downplaying the danger of the Covid pandemic.

Along the way, clips from a video of Gendusa at Scientology’s own main website were sampled, as well as excerpts from a Freedom magazine story. Joy is a staple of Scientology promotion, a story of Scientologist makes good.

Well, a reader pointed out to us that there was another delicious morsel in this box of Scientology chocolates, and so we wanted to tell you about it.

Remember our story in January, when we took a fun tour through Scientology leader David Miscavige’s own personal website, which featured 96 videos from Scientologists praising him as the greatest dude ever?

 
Yeah, that was a lot of fun to see ardent Scientologists like Tom Cummins (a major donor and Florida CEO), Sheila Gaiman (writer Neil’s mum), and Judy Norton (yes, the Waltons actress) volunteering to pump up Miscavige for his own website. The adoration was just precious.

Well, it turns out that another person who recorded one of those videos was none other than PostcardMania CEO Joy Gendusa.

It’s just too perfect, isn’t it?

The ability to make a person feel so important and to be genuine about it is extraordinary, and you don’t see that very often at all. So, to be the recipient of that from Mr. Miscavige actually, of course, has affected me in my own activities as a leader. I try very hard to do the same. Don’t know if I’m quite as good at it, but…

I have seen the most amazing, incredible products on a societal level, just what he’s done to help get rid of drug abuse and what he’s done to help literacy and it’s, it’s just mind-blowing. It’s mind-blowing to me what this man has been able to do for society. He’s just incredible.

I’m very thankful that David Miscavige is in the position he’s in. I feel fortunate and just blessed that David Miscavige is at the helm. Because I know we’re OK.

 
Her husband Sam also has a video on the same page.

Oh, and here’s another bonus. Remember the story we did two years ago about the 14-year-old vlogging her experience at Scientology’s expensive Oregon boarding school, The Delphian?

 
We were reminded that this is Joy Gendusa’s granddaughter. The whole family is a treasure!

 
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Now with no restrictions: Our podcast series on the Scientology docuseries that never aired

In five episodes, we recently looked at something we’ve been curious about for several years: The potentially explosive television show, produced by Sirens Media, that would have featured L. Ron Hubbard great-grandson Jamie DeWolf as its presenter, and that would have taken an active look at the families ripped apart by Scientology’s “disconnection” policy. Unfortunately, even though the series was ready to air on the A&E network in 2016, it never has. Our podcast series turned out even better than we were hoping, and we’ve made all five episodes available to everyone.

 
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Jon Atack and Karen de la Carriere

 
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Source Code

“‘Be three feet back of your head.’ Please tell me why nobody ever said this in the last ump-thousand years. This is fantastic. Because 50 percent, at least, of the people who come in and sit down, I don’t care what their age is — something like this — you say, ‘Be three feet back of your head.’ Sometimes you get the reaction, ‘Why?’ ‘Well, it might be more comfortable outside.’ ‘Might be more comfortable outside! You mean people are inside their heads!’ You would be just amazed how often one gets that reaction. One girl I know was given 125 electric shocks because the psychiatrist found she was outside of her head. Too sane for him.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 2, 1953

Avast, Ye Mateys

“This evening there will be a cocktail party aboard and 100+ top VIPs are expected as well as one very, very VIP person. The cocktail will be held in the main dining room and will as usual extend into the B Deck Foyer. Therefore body traffic into this area is to be kept to an absolute minimum. Male & Female occupants of B deck cabins are asked NOT to wander up the passageways and into toilets clad only in a towel during cocktail time. Remember that the VIPs will be using these heads. LAST REQUEST: Please try not to hang around the aft quarter deck or Prom decks during the cocktail — many of the guests will be taking a tour to the bridge at some time during the evening. As these requirements have been made publically known in the OODay, there will be no excuse for offenders, and I will take very strong action on any I find. Remember we are TOP EXECS of an INT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CORP.” — Lt. N.F. Starkey, Captain, October 2, 1971

 
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Overheard in the FreeZone

“Case in point was an LRH lecture where he found himself up in the Van Allen belt, so the Church of Scientology pulled it, telling Ted Koppel it’s no longer part of current Scientology to appease extant scientific data. With the more recent discoveries, are they going to reissue it? Same when LRH stated he nearly got run over by a train on Venus. No one is going to disagree there are no trains on Venus, but the lecture still nicely correlates and furnishes insight what goes with the case as LRH was about to unravel the implant data on the CC and OT II among other findings. To me, the lecture was a perfect delineation on the power of the case over one’s perceptions.”

 
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Past is Prologue

2000: Berliner Morgenpost reported that Rev. Thomas Gandow continues to come under attack from Scientology. “The Scientology sect has recently used its official periodical, ‘Freiheit,’ to attack the sect commissioner of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg, Thomas Gandow. On the title page of the magazine, which gives the circulation at 200,000, the religious minister and sect expert is described as ‘Chief Inquisitor,’ among other things. The background of the operation against Gandow was his membership in the founding committee of the ‘European-American Citizens Committee for Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the USA.’ The committee brought into being the ‘Alternative Charlemagne Award’ which it then presented to U.S. businessman Robert S. Minton, who has financially supported opponents of Scientology.”

 
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Random Howdy

“I’ve been in a ‘Is that all there is to Scientology?’ mood lately. It comes with the territory.”

 
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Trial scheduled for October 11.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Arraigned on August 29.
— Jay and Jeff Spina, Medicare fraud: Jay sentenced to 9 years in prison. Jeff scheduled to be sentenced on Oct 28.
— Rizza Islam, Medi-Cal fraud: Trial scheduled for October 24 in Los Angeles
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, fraud: Next pretrial conference set for September 19.
— Yanti Mike Greene, Scientology private eye accused of contempt of court: Found guilty of criminal and civil contempt.

Civil litigation:
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Complaint filed April 28 in Tampa federal court, Scientology moving to compel arbitration. Plaintiffs filed amended complaint on August 2.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ Selection of arbitrators underway. Next court hearing: February 2, 2023.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson: Appellate court removes requirement of arbitration on January 19, case remanded back to Superior Court. Stay in place, next status hearing October 25. Scientology petitioning US Supreme Court over appellate ruling.
— Brian Statler Sr v. City of Inglewood: Third amended complaint filed, trial set for December 6.
— Author Steve Cannane defamation trial: New trial ordered after appeals court overturned prior ruling.
— Chiropractors Steve Peyroux and Brent Detelich, stem cell fraud: Lawsuit filed by the FTC and state of Georgia in August, now in discovery phase.

 
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THE PROSECUTION OF DANNY MASTERSON

We first broke the news of the LAPD’s investigation of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on rape allegations in 2017, and we’ve been covering the story every step of the way since then. At this page we’ve collected our most important links, including our four days in Los Angeles covering the preliminary hearing and its ruling, which has Danny facing trial and the potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison.

SCIENTOLOGY: FAIR GAME

After the success of their double-Emmy-winning, three-season A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath,’ Leah Remini and Mike Rinder continue the conversation on their podcast, ‘Scientology: Fair Game.’ We’ve created a landing page where you can hear all of the episodes so far.

LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH

An episode-by-episode guide to Leah Remini’s three-season, double-Emmy winning series that changed everything for Scientology watching. Originally aired from 2016 to 2019 on the A&E network, and now on Netflix.

SCIENTOLOGY’S CELEBRITIES, from A to Z

Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!

 
Other links: SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. 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 a weekly series. How many have you read?

 
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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Academics who ignore defectors as ‘apostates’ will never see Scientology for what it is
[TWO years ago] New in court docs: Scientology bashes victims’ rights group, trashes Mike Rinder
[THREE years ago] Scientologists led away in handcuffs after stunning evidence of fraud heard in L.A. court
[FOUR years ago] Clear body, wiped mind: Another woman comes forward about forced abortion in Scientology
[FIVE years ago] Another Scientologist becomes instant star with Trump supporters, this time in Puerto Rico
[SIX years ago] How Scientology plans to take over the world: By boring us to death, apparently
[SEVEN years ago] An email that demonstrates how much Scientology loves going after the ‘evil psychs’
[EIGHT years ago] Q&A with Mike Rinder: Understanding the sudden changes at Scientology’s LA complex
[NINE years ago] FORMER SCIENTOLOGY SPOKESMAN TOMMY DAVIS SUBPOENAED BY MONIQUE RATHBUN
[TEN years ago] Scientology’s Georgia Drug Rehab Hit with Double-Barreled Media Onslaught

 
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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 2, 2022 at 07:00

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