TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We talked yesterday with a Georgia man named Justin Aamir Adkins. On Monday, he filed a federal lawsuit against Scientology for racial discrimination. But it’s not a work dispute, and it involves convicted fraudster David Gentile. Wow, did we have a lot of questions. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“A sadder case, and an even more unusual one, is where the engram says that a man must be, for instance, a great officer of the army. But the analytical ability was not great enough to make him such. Actually, his analytical ability fitted him to be a very good mason. And so we have the standard sour, rankled misfit who is said to have ‘ambitions much greater than his ability.’ That diagnosis is as false as a lot of other past preconceptions. He had ‘engrams greater than his ability along the line dictated by the engrams.’ Clear away those engrams and a resurgence of analytical power and ability becomes evident, his basic purpose manifests itself and his mind somehow works his past experience into an asset to carry out his basic purpose and, in such a case, we would have a mason amongst masons. And he would not be ‘adjusted’ to being a mason or ‘resigned’ to being a mason, he would be a happy and enthusiastic mason who could adjust to the business of masonry.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1950
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“You’d be surprised how often you find a wrong date. And you’re running the Helatrobus implants, so you think, and you go right into the next goal for which you’ve listed. And then you try to get ‘absolutably’ and you can’t get a rocket read, and you say, what’s happened? TA’s up and stuck. I’ve got this next goal ‘to be a goof.’ It’s obviously the next goal in line, only it isn’t here. Shucks, man, you’re probably running a Bear implant. It’s probably shot back on the track Lord knows where, because the one thing a GPM won’t do is properly time. You can duration a GPM and you can time a GPM and you can get the date of a GPM almost endlessly. Why? Because its primary basis is lousing up time. Those two opposing items fire against each other — sound like time to the PC — produces a no-change situation. So the GPM floats on the track and so it’s very difficult to time a GPM. So it’s just nothing to get the next GPM in line to run, and find out that it isn’t at forty-three trillion but at fifteen trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion. Embarrassing. Eventually you go back and start looking for wrong dates on the case, and you finally locate that ‘to be a goof’ is not the next Helatrobus GPM but a GPM which exists in the early limbos of nowhere.” — L. Ron Hubbard, August 7, 1963
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“COMM EVS: Officers who fail to take full responsibility for their areas, divisions and sections without further orders will hereafter be comm eved for offenses after this date and will be reduced to swamper. Ethics is obviously out on this vessel and some of its officers are obviously more interested in being good fellows than putting a well run ship here.” — The Commodore, August 7, 1969
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“I consider this Justin Craig guy to be a plant under DM’s control and on a mission to further mess up the FZ Field. His ‘tech’ is squirrel and specifically designed to mess up OT cases with a bunch of fancy sounding nonsense, very well disguised, sprinkled here and there with bits of truths which would potentially resonate to the OT’s reality, in order to pull them more into MEST, and of course onto his lines. It offers a mystery sandwich to those who, by having done their levels partly or fully on the church’s bridge, may of course still have unanswered questions and issues. I found myself that before doing Excalibur (100 percent LRH TECH despite the lies about it) a Thetan is still not an OT per LRH’s definition. The church does not allow their public this Tech as they of course do NOT want real OT’s but zombies who obey without arguing and keep forever coughing up the cash. I in no way intend to invalidate nor evaluate anyone’s case level, knowledge or accomplishments; I just found the above to be a fact.”
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1999: Scientology poured the foundation for the new Super Power building in downtown Clearwater this week. “The Church of Scientology and its contractor, Beers Construction Co. of Tampa, have coordinated an 18-hour task that will involve more than 500 construction workers, 130 mixing trucks, 1,200 truckloads of high-strength concrete from six area plants, and 24 off-duty police officers to handle the traffic. Although the church staged a glitzy groundbreaking in November and workers have been excavating the site since, the foundation is the largest and most tangible evidence that the long-planned building is under way. The project has gone through several design changes over the years, and brochures mailed recently to Scientology members indicate the church is still raising money to pay for the $45-million structure.”
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“My IP was blocked from the Washington Times comments because I kept bringing up the Rev. Moon connection so I started using Tor, then they started using an app that could tell you were using a proxy. Cults SUCK.”
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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 now fully briefed, oral arguments scheduled for June 25. 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. Judge Hammock’s ruling is on appeal, which is now fully briefed. Oral arguments hearing set for July 23.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ 15 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. Scientology expected to file additional petitions before case can return 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.
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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] Yes, Mike Rinder counseled Brooke Hogan about her famous dad marrying a Scientologist
[TWO years ago] Tabs say John Travolta leaving Scientology, but only by ignoring evidence he isn’t
[THREE years ago] Sinéad O’Connor and Scientology: How she dodged a Thetan-tipped bullet
[FOUR years ago] Former Scientology flak Tommy Davis potential witness in foreign-agent trial of Trump pal
[FIVE years ago] Evidence from Danny Masterson’s preliminary hearing aired on KABC Ch 7 in Los Angeles
[SIX years ago] Clearwater Police release reports from closed Scientology child sex abuse investigation
[SEVEN years ago] Scientologists behaving badly: What’s prison time to a trillion-year-old thetan?
[EIGHT years ago] Proof that the US government has all it needs to act on Scientology — and it has for 50 years
[NINE years ago] ‘Scientology and the Aftermath’: Mike Rinder answers a few of our questions after TCA win
[TEN years ago] Scientology’s sneaky anti-psychiatry front has found a new way to target kids in Florida
[ELEVEN years ago] How Scientology sets up its members to find themselves helpless in court
[TWELVE years ago] Camilla Andersson on Tom Cruise, and a gift for the Scientologist who has everything!
[THIRTEEN years ago] Prepare to Be Audited: Claire Headley Takes Us Through Scientology’s “ARC Straightwire”
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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 3,713 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,217 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,723 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,273 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,649 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,144 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,450 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,099 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,317 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,871 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,212 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,783 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,699 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,866 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,452 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,711 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,459 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,028 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,339 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,514 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,196 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,533 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,386 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,502 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,864 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,663 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,547 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,122 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,623 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,883 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,987 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on August 7, 2026 at 07:00
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