TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You may have seen some stories recently about Jim Carrey and Scientology. It was actually a bit of a feeding frenzy, so we thought we’d wait for the dust to settle and then point out a couple of things that the media seems to have forgotten. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“Since the publication of the Handbook, several people have come across the phenomenon of scanning and have experimented with this technique with approximately the same results which were achieved back in 1948. Scanning through basic area engrams and the locks which lie on top of these engrams is one of the fastest ways yet devised of destimulating a case. Unfortunately, scanning in the prenatal area does not produce a clean erasure. It leaves bits of engrams lying around, and because it does not erase cleanly the engrams scanned from a case may be restimulated. The scanning of basic area engrams can be very dangerous, and should be avoided at all costs.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951
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“Before we developed a good port PRO [Public Relations Officer] actions and good local area PRO actions, were very often in trouble. We were in trouble in the most remarkable ways. But it wasn’t really Scientologists that got us into trouble. The biggest amount of trouble that happened in Spain was a commercial licensed engineer who turned homo and was that way with hired Spanish hands who then went to the police and complained about this English engineer. And he was dismissed and the whole thing was handled. But it still sits in the office of information in Spain. See? Not as a handled situation but that there’s something, you know? And they’re having a lot of trouble lately with hippies. They aren’t counting the communists that they’ve got in their midst — Minister of Defense, Minister of Shipping, Franco’s first adjutant, second aide, Chamberlain — they aren’t counting these guys, they’ve gotta get these hippies. You see it has no political sense at all. If you knocked off every hippie in Spain you would not have strengthened its political position a minute.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 21, 1969
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“GEOFF BARNES is to assign himself a suitable condition for negligence while QM resulting in the injury of VIXIE. The gangway was off its slide board showing negligence as QM, the spring lines of the vessel slack and untended showing neglect of duty and the accident was not logged by him. The surges of the ship unrestrained by lines caused the gangway which had no board under it to trip on the railroad track on upend while Vixie was coming aboard, throwing her to the deck, seriously spraining her leg. Geoff Barnes beginning at midnight is to stand the next 24 hours of gangway duty without relief and starrate the QM pack within 10 days. He is transferred to the deck force where, he can become more experienced.” — The Commodore, October 21, 1969
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“LRH said that ‘democracy’ in this prison planet is bullshit! Democrats are ‘Demonocrats’ = Tyranny by granting democracy to entities! Lets as-is that. Hopefully some Democrats vanish to source.”
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1997: Gerry Armstrong reported that Scientology is threatening the producers of a UK TV documentary on L. Ron Hubbard. “As is probably well known 3BM Television has produced for Channel 4 a documentary biography of Hubbard. Scientology representatives have been threatening Channel 4 to prevent the airing of the program. The threat is of obtaining an injunction based on the charge that 3BM induced me to breach the 1986 settlement ‘agreement’ and the Marin County California judgment which prohibit me from speaking about Scientology, Hubbard and so forth. 3BM did not induce me to breach any agreement or judgment. The fact is I am willing to communicate to anyone about Scientology or Hubbard and my experiences therewith at any time and require no inducement. But even if I had been induced, the ‘agreement’ was obtained illegally; and even if it had not been obtained illegally it is illegal on its face.”
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“Do you really think a guy who texts ‘YSCOHB’ to people has the self awareness to realize that Kirstie is making his business look bad?”
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker
Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. Appeal heard and submitted, waiting for ruling. Masterson has also submitted a habeas corpus petition.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Pleaded guilty on Nov 10 to a 17-year prison sentence. Now serving time in state prison.
— Aaron Matthes charged for SA of child under 12 years old: OT Scientologist facing multiple mandatory life sentences. Next pretrial court hearing set for June 19.
Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Scientology’s attempt to gut the case failed, and appeals court upheld. Back to trial court in December.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ 17 days of arbitration completed, Val waiting for further word from the IJC.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike upheld on appeal. Case returning to Kalra’s court.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028. Hearing on arbitration motion set for March, 2027.
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Other links: The prosecution of Danny Masterson. Leah Remini’s Fair Game Podcast. Leah Remini’s A&E Series. Scientology’s Celebrities, from A to Z. Bryan Seymour’s suppressed series, 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] Another ‘Ideal Mission’ in California: Is Scientology on a roll?
[TWO years ago] A drone’s-eye view of Scientology’s UK headquarters before this week’s gala!
[THREE years ago] Scientology reveals its long-range strategy against the Jane Doe 1 forced marriage lawsuit
[FOUR years ago] Danny Masterson attorney crosses Jane Doe 1 while avoiding the ‘Scientology elephant’
[FIVE years ago] How Scientology broke my spirit with its insidious methods of thought reform
[SIX years ago] SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Aussies bow to Tommy Davis, but he can’t kill ‘dirt file’ story
[SEVEN years ago] David Miscavige at Scientology’s IAS event: What he claims, and what’s really going on
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology and hurricanes: Providing storms of comic relief in one disaster after another
[NINE years ago] KID CORPS: Scientology’s internal documents lay out its disturbing ideas about children
[TEN years ago] TOM CRUISE PENTHOUSE IN SCIENTOLOGY’S SPIRITUAL MECCA? WE HAVE THE PLANS
[ELEVEN years ago] Laura DeCrescenzo answers Scientology ‘religion’ gambit on eve of key hearing
[TWELVE years ago] Vance Woodward files motion to reconsider his dismissed lawsuit against Scientology
[THIRTEEN years ago] The Flaw In Scientology’s Religious Outrage Theory: A Man Named Steven Gregory Sloat
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Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,788 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,292 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,798 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,348 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,724 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,219 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,525 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,174 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,392 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,946 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,287 days.
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Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,774 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,941 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,527 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,786 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,534 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,103 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,414 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,589 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,271 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,608 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,461 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,577 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,939 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,738 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,582 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,197 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,698 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,958 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,062 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 21, 2026 at 07:00
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