TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Mark Bunker saw that we were astonished to see David Allbritton’s accusations about Save the Garden at Thursday night’s Clearwater council meeting, and he wanted us to know what it was like to hear those accusations in the room. ALSO: Scientology buys a TV station! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“The first thing that an auditor has to find out for himself and then recognize is that he is dealing with precision tools. It isn’t up to someone else to force this piece of information on him. The whole subject of auditing, as far as the auditor is concerned, is good or bad in direct ratio to his knowledge of his tools. It is up to an auditor to find out how precise these tools are. He should, before he starts to discuss, criticize or attempt to improve on a technique, find out for himself whether or not the mechanics of this technique are in existence, and whether or not this technique adequately handles the mechanics.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951
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“The ship in question — the ship in question was a heavy cruiser and its four-stripe captain had first come ashore and had looked at me, you know, ‘What! You’re Senior Officer Present ashore?’ and had sniffed. And I was trying to get him orders and he was trying to get orders and everybody was trying to do something to get it out of here, because the Japanese might strike in the north at any time. He finally came in the office, you know, all four stripes and gold braid and so forth, and he said, ‘Mr. Hubbard,’ he said, ‘if you will sign — if you will sign sailing orders for me, I’ll sail.’ So I scribbled out: ‘You are hereby detached from this station and shall proceed upon your way as befits your duties and missions. Signed, L. Ron Hubbard.’” — L. Ron Hubbard, November 7, 1959
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“SUCCESS: My sincere gratitude to L. Ron Hubbard, Commodore, for my recent auditing program. Thanks to Tommy Klingvall my auditor for helping me to see the TRUTH and as-is the lies and take responsibility for the overts on the old Time Track. This IS what Total FREEDOM is. Nothing there but me.” — Lt. N.F. Starkey, Clear OT, November 7, 1971
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“Apparently only OT Scientologists know that the Matrix/Cabal/NWO is triggering/keying in the R6 implant against Trump. Namely the implant to force the population to lynch anybody that is trying to save the world. In this case, Make America (and the world) Great. OTs know the handling/destimulation for that… auditing.”
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2000: Gerry Armstrong posted a letter he received from Scientology lawyer Andy Wilson, showing an attempt to have the court hold Gerry in contempt for speaking about Scientology. “Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor Church of Scientology International hereby applies ex parte for an order directing Defendant/Judgment Debtor Gerald Armstrong to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of this Court for Armstrong’s willful defiance of this Court’s October 17, 1995 Order of Permanent Injunction. This application is made on the grounds that, in violation of the Order, Armstrong – who has twice previously been found in contempt of the Injunction – has continued to openly flaunt the authority of this Court, violating the Injunction issued by this Court in numerous respects. During the period February 20, 1998 to July 10, 2000, Armstrong made a total of 131 postings on the Internet, each of which violated one or more provisions of the Injunction. Armstrong traveled to Clearwater, Florida and on December 5, 1999 spoke before a public gathering sponsored by the Lisa McPherson Trust, a for-profit corporation, the purpose of which is to bring about the destruction of the Scientology religion. Armstrong traveled to Tampa, Florida and on December 10, 1999 gave an interview on radio station WMNF-AM, during which he again violated the terms of the Injunction. Armstrong has willfully treated this Court’s authority with such callous disregard that he should be criminally sanctioned by fine and imprisonment.”
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“I’m still nursing injuries from slam dancing.”
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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] Elena Cardone flogging Dianetics? Scientology must be pretty desperate, expert says
[TWO years ago] Leaked: A Scientology plan to ‘clear’ Hollywood
[THREE years ago] PODCAST: Apostate Alex says things really got weird on Day 3 of the IAS protest
[FOUR years ago] Death of a ‘whale’: Scientology loses a major donor and Mark Bunker critic
[FIVE years ago] Spanish news website calls out Scientology volcano vultures at La Palma
[SIX years ago] Medal by medal, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘stolen valor’ is laid bare
[SEVEN years ago] Scientology proudly now displaying miserable secret deal it offered Clearwater leaders
[EIGHT years ago] Here’s an example of how Scientology’s ‘disconnection’ is designed to eat away at you
[NINE years ago] Tonight on ‘Leah Remini’: ‘I just walked away from Scientology after seeing Leah’s show’
[TEN years ago] On the ballot tomorrow: The former lawman who let Scientology’s drug horror clinic off the hook
[ELEVEN years ago] Desperate to hurt Going Clear‘s Oscar chances, Scientology goes down a dangerous path
[TWELVE years ago] Scientologist (and Tea Partier) Brent Jones is elected to Nevada’s legislature
[THIRTEEN years ago] Statistically Speaking: Jefferson Hawkins Takes Us Into Scientology’s Numbers Fixation
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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 3,805 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,309 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,815 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,365 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,741 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,236 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,542 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,191 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,409 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,963 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,304 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,874 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,791 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,958 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,544 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,803 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,551 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,120 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,431 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,606 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,288 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,625 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,478 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,594 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,956 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,755 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,599 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,214 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,715 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,975 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,079 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on November 7, 2026 at 07:00
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