TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A day after we told you about Scientology’s Tampa org boasting about delivering ‘quickie grades,’ that same facility is also bragging about the boys and girls that have been trained to give creepy faith-healing assists. What the hell? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“Data is your data only so long as you have evaluated it. It is your data by authority or it is your data. If it is your data by authority somebody has forced it upon you, and at best it is little more than a light aberration. Of course, if you asked a question of a man whom you thought knew his business and he gave you his answer, that datum was not forced upon you. But if you went away from him believing from then on that such a datum existed without taking the trouble to investigate the answer for yourself—without comparing it to the known universe—you were falling short of completing the cycle of learning.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951
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“Every man there is, is a universe. You talk about God: The most you will know about God for probably a long time to come is you. If you want to know what God is all about, or if you want to know what you’re all about, you want to know what the fourth dynamic is all about, you consult the essential elements of ‘you-ness.’ Not buried, unconscious, submotivated, libido-icated, bypassed symbolizations of the left hind ruddy rod, which we therefore graph and say, ‘It’s all mysterious and you can’t understand you, so therefore we can own you.’ We’re not running that operation.” — L. Ron Hubbard, November 10, 1952
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“We may or may not have been responsible for the demise of the scandal sheet l’Opinion which was suddenly shot down and seized, statedly because it had printed adverse materials on corruption in the government. This was a vehicle used by MI-6 (British Intelligence), and CIA, the US agency that specializes in false reports. We have clashed with l’Opinion a few times in the past and have generally gotten the better of them. We were about to clash with them again but why bother with a dead body. The other newspapers in that area have now been nationalized and the former company which ran them has been bought out or pushed out by the government.” — The Commodore, November 10, 1971
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“We have very good results with Skype processing. There are cases who work better by Skype, there are other cases which prefer processing in person. Wins of a PC is the only criteria of results of processing. What is really bad is when one person starts to make another person wrong for delivery processing, using Skype or not. And this is a real suppression. Skype processing formally is a substitute at havingness scale. It is not too low at this scale. And it WORKS good for many, many, many PCs.”
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1996: Golden Era Productions set off a bomb this week during the shooting of their new movie “Man the Unfathomable”. From the San Bernardino Sun:
“The Church of Scientology blew up a replica of a downtown Los Angeles building early Tuesday at the former Norton Air Force Base, shaking people awake as far away as Redlands and Highland. “The movie is about misunderstandings between people that ultimately turn violent, said Hilary Dezotell, a Golden Era spokeswoman. The scene with the explosion is about an agent who infiltrates a group and winds up blowing up a building. The explosion occurred just after 1 A.M. Tuesday, several hours after it was scheduled, said city fire Inspector Laurie Sawhill, who was overseeing the explosion for the Fire Department.”
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“Past life Scientologists have to do the Basics all over again just like everybody else. Fair is fair, ya know?”
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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] Let them eat caviar: What Scientology’s big donors chowed down on at the IAS gala
[TWO years ago] Xenu is here with your 2024 Scientology holiday catalog!
[THREE years ago] Danny Masterson’s victims strike back at Scientology’s attempt to gut their lawsuit
[FOUR years ago] Prosecution in Danny Masterson trial scheduled to rest after odd turns on Wednesday
[FIVE years ago] Jim Dincalci, 1946-2021: Medical officer to Scientology’s L. Ron Hubbard on the high seas
[SIX years ago] Trouble in the Scientology FreeZone! Even ‘Indies’ are suing each other
[SEVEN years ago] Scientology promotes its expensive propaganda TV channel one flier at a time
[EIGHT years ago] Bent Corydon on Scientology’s Sunday night massacre: ‘We all clapped at the right places’
[NINE years ago] If Trump is serious, he has a clear path to go at Scientology — through his Treasury Secretary
[TEN years ago] L. Ron Hubbard on the run: When the Daily Mail was hounding Scientology’s founder in ’66
[ELEVEN years ago] Narconon is dead, long live Narconon! How Scientology solved its drug rehab addiction
[TWELVE years ago] Ryan Hamilton’s next move: Consolidating his Narconon litigation into one big case
[THIRTEEN years ago] Scientology Attacks Garcia Filing; Marc Headley Schools Clearwater’s Mayor
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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 3,808 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,312 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,818 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,368 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,744 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,239 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,545 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,194 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,412 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,966 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,307 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,877 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,794 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,961 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,547 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,806 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,554 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,123 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,434 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,609 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,291 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,628 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,481 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,597 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,959 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,758 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,602 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,217 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,718 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,978 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,082 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on November 10, 2026 at 07:00
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