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[After Snow White, Clearwater rose up, temporarily, against Scientology. Photo: St. Petersburg Times]Today we have another dynamite piece from Bruce Hines, who has been giving us new looks at some of Scientology’s most important mind-bending practices. — ed.
After a red-eye flight from LAX to Tampa airport, I was getting off the plane, walking through the jetway, and I felt like I was walking into a green house. The damp, hot air was a shock. I had been living in LA where the humidity is generally much lower, and I had grown up in semi-arid Denver. I was not accustomed to that Florida weather in June. The year was 1979. Continue reading How Scientology turns you into an unthinking soldier, defending the indefensible
Debbie Norwitz reached out to us last year with some questions about Paulette Cooper and Scientology’s Snow White caper, telling us that she was working on putting together a memoir. Continue reading When L. Ron Hubbard assigns you to the deep: A slice of Scientology in new book
We’ve been saying for several years that Hollywood’s fascination with Scientology is long over, and increasingly the entertainment industry is showing its disdain for the once formidable group with veiled and not so veiled mocking references in various shows. Continue reading More proof that Hollywood is over Scientology: Netflix openly mocks it with billboard
[Plaintiff Chrissie Carnell-Bixler and accused rapist Danny Masterson]January’s stunning defeat of Scientology’s “religious arbitration” strategy was just compounded with another loss, this time at the state’s highest court. Continue reading California Supreme Court denies Scientology’s petition to review ‘religious arbitration’
[The Fabos Factor!]Scientology knows that New Yorkers are a more sophisticated and less gullible bunch, and so the church has to up its game if it’s going to get the kind of cash donations it collects in other parts of the country. Continue reading Scientology knows it can get your cash with a Great Gatsby party, New Yorkers!
We want to thank Mark Bunker for pointing out that over at one of its propaganda outlets, an anonymously-edited “blog” at the Patheos site, Scientology yesterday featured one of those POW-style videos praising church leader David Miscavige that we told you about a few months ago. Continue reading Scientology features director’s mom as John Malkovich movie hits theaters
[Judge Charlaine Olmedo and Danny Masterson]We told you previously about Judge Charlaine Olmedo announcing, at a February 8 hearing in Danny Masterson’s criminal rape case, that she had changed the rules in her courtroom regarding attorneys and their smartphones and laptop computers. Continue reading How it went down: Transcript of Judge Olmedo denying Danny Masterson’s latest subpoenas
We wish a fulfilling Ramadan, Passover, or Easter to all of those who partake in these ancient and venerated religious milestones around the world, and which this year have all happened to overlap with one another. Continue reading It’s a Scientology Easter bonnet parade: Founder L. Ron Hubbard in his best finery!
We told you recently that we had heard some scary news about our old friend, Operation Clambake operator Andreas Heldal-Lund. At his Facebook account, he explained that he’d collapsed in a supermarket and had woken up in a hospital after having some kind of seizure. Continue reading Updated for 2022: Where in the world are Scientologists actually located?
[Danny Masterson and prosecutor Reinhold Mueller]For several days we’ve been telling you that we’re waiting to see what the California Supreme Court is going to do on three questions before it. Continue reading Calif. supremes want reply from DA to Danny Masterson’s bid for review in rape case
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