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Technology Cocktail
“Mechanically, the major thing wrong with the mind is, of course, the turbulence of the physical pain engram, but the overburden of information in this society is enforced education that the individual has never been permitted to test. Literally, when you are told not to take anyone’s word as an absolute datum you are being asked to break a habit pattern forced upon you when you were a child. Your instructor in Dianetics could have told you what he found to be true and invited you to test it for yourself, but unless you have tested it you very likely do not have the fundamentals of Dianetics in mind well enough to be comfortable in the use of any or all of the techniques available to you. This is why theory is so heavily stressed in Dianetics.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951
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“Actually, you can exteriorize a dog. You can process them. It’s very peculiar, but you can. They exteriorize as a mass. Did you ever run a preclear who exteriorized with a theta body? Hm? Well, you will someday. You will say, ‘Be three feet back of your head,’ and the fellow is there in a black shape with claws, or something of the sort. And then you have to exteriorize him from that black shape. Well, you’re already into the field of demonology when you say ‘Be three feet back of your head’ and you’ve got something which is a black energy mass which the individual conceives himself to be. You can’t see him. He’s invisible to you with your naked eye. But he’s not invisible to you with your theta vision. You can be 18 feet back of your head, leaning up against the molding strip, something like that; you say to this fellow, ‘Be three feet back of your head,’ and you’re looking at a demon….I’ve exteriorized a dog, much to his surprise. And pushed him back in again. Something on the basis of reaching in, grabbing hold of him as a theta body, pulling him out, and pushing him back in again. I’ve also exteriorized a coyote the same way. Coyote body lay there deader than a mackerel, while this process was going on. He’d been in full flight, and I reached from three feet back of his head and pulled him out of his body. All right. This may sound like a fairy tale to somebody who’s nailed down very solidly in Dianetics and is practicing man for the betterment of man. In Scientology we’re not very much interested in the betterment or the worsenment, and that is something which people have not yet completely isolated or noticed, and I haven’t mentioned very much in the field of Scientology. Get the idea? Scientology is an understanding of. That’s not necessarily a betterment of. You follow me?” — L. Ron Hubbard, November 11, 1954
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“Nov 11 was Armistice Day, the end of World War I. Whistles blew and mobs screamed with joy because ‘the world had been safe for Democracy.’ Then Smersh really moved in, babied Bolshevik Socialist Russia, later spawned National Socialist (Nazi) Hitler. And a hundred million war dead later, the world is only safe for Smersh. Ah well, enough to make anyone cynical! But in all this time only ourselves has been burying Smersh top cats one by one. So there’s no need to be cynical. Get industrious. We’re winning whatever else is happening!” — The Commodore, November 11, 1971
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“Once the implant stations, matrix, AI interface, etc are cleared the next gradient of confront is the actual people who orchestrate it and our own participation by choice and decision and at knowing and willing cause-effect. Or in this scenario effect-cause at the bottom of the tone scale in total failure & the unknowable and a state of confusion, trying to figure figure it all out, with zero responsibility & accountability. The lowest and 1st echelon of beings to confront beyond and outside the theta/mest construct are the highly trained, Telepathic OT Programmers.”
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1997: The upcoming Channel 4 documentary on L. Ron Hubbard continues to make news as Scientology harasses the creators of the piece with private investigator Eugene Ingram. Chris Owen reported that the police are now looking for Eugene in the UK. “I’m told that the police have now issued a warrant for Ingram’s arrest. The offence, I presume, is criminal harassment which now – following Michael Howard’s infamous Criminal Justice Act – carries a stiff jail sentence. Because we don’t have regional jurisdictions in this country, the warrant means that any police force in England and Wales is now required to arrest Ingram on sight. If anyone sees Ingram while he’s still in the UK, call Tunbridge Wells police; they’ll be interested to hear from you! The Channel 4 documentary on Hubbard (19th Nov, 9pm) has resulted in further sustained bad publicity for Scientology. Following John Travolta’s attempt to bully C4 into dropping the programme and the Independent on Sunday’s expose of Scientology PI Eugene Ingram’s harassment of the film’s authors, virtually every newspaper and TV listings guide has selected the programme as their ‘pick of the day’.”
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“Sunny is definitely Bunker Hall of Fame material after this. As long as she doesn’t get caught doing ‘roids or shooting an associate down the road from her house, she’s a first ballot shoo-in.”
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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] How Scientology’s friend Pam Bondi made a problem for John Travolta go away
[TWO years ago] For Veterans Day: Why does Scientology lie about L. Ron Hubbard’s supposed war wounds?
[THREE years ago] PODCAST: Fresh off protest success, getting into a Scientology org to judge its futility
[FOUR years ago] PODCAST: Looking back at the fourth week of testimony in the Danny Masterson trial
[FIVE years ago] Is Danny Masterson adding an OJ Dream Team lawyer to his defense? Also: trial set for Aug 29
[SIX years ago] Scientology still driving away talented people and ripping apart their families
[SEVEN years ago] Scientology snags an elected official (and JAG!) for its Central Ohio ‘Ideal Org’ ceremony
[EIGHT years ago] Michigan Catholic couple appears to open a Scientology drug rehab without a permit
[NINE years ago] ‘Scientology is dying’: John Brousseau on the decline of Int Base and fate of Shelly Miscavige
[TEN years ago] Leonard Cohen: This awful year strikes again with the loss of a transcendent genius
[ELEVEN years ago] Under oath, Narconon official lets slip that drug rehab organized just like Scientology
[TWELVE years ago] Kim Poff fired by Oklahoma agency after stories (including ours) described Scientology dispute
[THIRTEEN years ago] SCIENTOLOGY SUPER POWER COUNTDOWN: Six Days to Blast-Off!
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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 3,809 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,313 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,819 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,369 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,745 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,240 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,546 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,195 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,413 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,967 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,308 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,878 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,795 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,962 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,548 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,807 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,555 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,124 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,435 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,610 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,292 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,629 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,482 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,598 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,960 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,759 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,603 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,218 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,719 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,979 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,083 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on November 11, 2026 at 07:00
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