Scientology &#8211; The Underground Bunker

“The Fifth Invader Force came in to use this area, and the name of this solar system is Space Station 33. They started to use this area without suspecting that the Fourth Invader Force had been there for God knows how many skillion years, had been sitting down, and they have their installations up on Mars, and they have a tremendous, screened operation…Now, as I say, this sounds science-fictiony. Well, don’t let it sound science-fictiony to you, because the truth be told, it’s not science fiction. In the first place, it’s not fiction, and it really isn’t very closely resembling what you read and call science fiction. Science fiction is just a very chimerical sort of a picture of it. Space is wild. There aren’t any writers down here and there’s no audience down here that could take real stuff about space. It’s wild!” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 30, 1952

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“The ship lately has been lying too much in the harbor, has not been at sea enough. This is usually very bad for a crew. A ship, by definition, is something that goes to sea. After a day or so, people who tend to get queasy get over it and on short jumps do not get a chance to do so. You will also notice that the first few days at sea, a crew tends to stand around and not work. But after it has been at sea for three or four days, they get their sea legs and work and routine go on as usual.” — The Commodore, October 30, 1971

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“The statement: ‘I support Biden/Harris’ is an admission of out-tech and out-ethics and probably a symptom of dementia. Wog democracy votes for those who are going to exterminate them. Of course Democrats might say they are well-intended, but the bank makes them vote for the ones who kill them. I understand politics as a Scientologist.”

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1999: Bob Minton reported that Scientology has been moving against a new organization being organized in Clearwater, Florida, now known as the Lisa McPherson trust. “This morning at 9:00am the lease contracts were ready to be signed when Stacy called before going over to the Nations Bank Building on Cleveland Street. However, by the time she arrived at 10:30, they said they got an email message from the owner who said to put this lease on hold. In fact, Stacy was told they have other plans for the space and it won’t be available. This is in a building which has a lot of unrented space. We have found out that the Scienos have been sending large DA packs on all involved in the Lisa Foundation to at least office buildings number 2 and 4. Bennetta Slaughter, the AMC boss of Lisa McPherson who was in fact THE person most responsible for destroying Lisa, incorporated The Lisa Foundation and The Lisa McPherson Foundation in Florida the day before the incorporation papers filed by Ken Dandar landed at the Secretary of State Office in Florida. It now looks as though the Estate of Lisa McPherson will have to file a lawsuit against Benetta Slaughter to rightfully reclaim its property.”

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“When people say they got some good out of Scientology, I think to myself, ‘Yeah, telling your problems, fantasies or opinions to anybody, including hookers and homeless people, makes everybody feel better…derp!.’ This blog is my ‘auditing’.”

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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] Appellate attorney sizes up new Scientology appeal briefs in Leah Remini suit
[TWO years ago] If it’s a hardship to go to court in Florida, why does Priscilla Presley visit so often?
[THREE years ago] Bruce Hines: Life in Scientology’s Sea Org was brutal, but it could also be absurd
[FOUR years ago] Paul Morantz is remembered for Synanon rattler, but he also faced Scientology’s fangs
[FIVE years ago] What you aren’t going to hear at this week’s appeal of Scientology ‘religious arbitration’
[SIX years ago] Riley Keough to outdo Elisabeth Moss for most hypocritical Scientologist?
[SEVEN years ago] SCIENTOLOGISTS FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES IN NARCONON FRAUD CASE AHEAD OF TRIAL
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology hails study vindicating its rehab program — so we take a closer look
[NINE years ago] Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard as a cop in Los Angeles: What’s the real truth?
[TEN years ago] Scientology will go after your kids with its quack ideas on drugs — even at a Christian school
[ELEVEN years ago] Leah Remini dishes on Scientology — Live-blogging the ABC 20/20 special
[TWELVE years ago] Scientology outside the official church: ‘I’m quite happy with the world the way it is’
[THIRTEEN years ago] Clearwater Tent Showdown: Scientology Reportedly Getting Ready for Events Next Week

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

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 3,797 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,301 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,807 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,357 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,733 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,228 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,534 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,183 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,401 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,955 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,296 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,866 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,783 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,950 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,536 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,795 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,543 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,112 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,423 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,598 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,280 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,617 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,470 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,586 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,948 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,747 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,591 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,206 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,707 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,967 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,071 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 30, 2026 at 07:00

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California Supreme Court denies Leah Remini’s request to formally publish appeal victory

Tony Ortega — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:45:21 +0000

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Leah Remini scored a big victory in her lawsuit against Scientology this summer, but the ruling was ‘unpublished.’ Now, the California Supreme Court has also denied her request to change that. ALSO: A mystery about press coverage of the Danny Masterson appeal. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“Have you ever noticed that in the vicinity of an accident, other accidents happen? Some foolish traffic department someplace started the practice of putting up crosses wherever a highway death had occurred. All of a sudden, the crosses would just pile right up there in that one spot, one after the other. They did away with the crosses, quick. The cross was a suggestion that there was death. Anybody coming by with one of these things to trigger said, “Yep! Here’s my chance.” Another cross. That’s one level. If you’ll notice too, the observance of a sudden accident will cause other people in the vicinity of the accident to make mistakes immediately afterwards.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“The fellow who has voices talking to him inside of his head is much better off than the fellow who has voices talking to him from way outside his head. Odd that psychiatry classifies people quite in reverse. People who have voices talking to them from the outside are sane and those who have voices talking to them from inside of their head are very often classified as insane. As a matter of fact, I read a paragraph in one of their innumerable, contradictory books which had to do with just that. It said that one could always tell whether or not a person was psychotic, because the spoken voices – the speaking voices and so forth – were invariably inside the person’s head if the person were psychotic. Couldn’t they face the idea that these voices very often come from outside?” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 29, 1953

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“In the early days of the ship the entire crew consisted of only 79 to 90 people. When the ROYAL SCOTMAN became an AO, students crowded aboard and the ship was forced into cope in order to handle them. Spaniards made up the bulk of the stewards and cooks. A non SO chief steward, who later blew, kept the Department in, for him, a suitable state of chaos. After the AO was moved to Alicante, the Stewards Department did well when Mary Sue was Captain and afterwards began to have its ups and downs.” — The Commodore, October 29, 1971

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“Lawrence Wright is a regular ol’ average human being. He considers he is ‘Lawrence Wright,’ that body, with one life, in that body, living on a lone planet that spontaneously brought about that one life, in that one body, from a sea of ammonia, sometime in the last billion years or so, evolving along until one day, carbon and oxygen and hydrogen and a bunch of chemicals gave rise to his ‘consciousness’ as ‘Lawrence Wright.’ One day that will die and that’s the end. He’s convinced – or at least he’s pretty sure. In order to grasp Scientology, Lawrence would have to attain an awareness level that would somehow approach, at least to some degree, being able to conceive a Static. Scientology is unreal to Lawrence Wright. That’s why he can’t describe it, write about it or comment on it in any meaningful way. He cannot conceive a Static. Lacking this level of awareness, this cognition or degree of understanding, the subject eludes his grasp.”

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1998: Graham Berry posted a description of an encounter between Ursula Caberta of the German government and Kendrick Moxon, attorney for Scientology. “I took Ursula Caberta down a floor to where Scientology lawyer Moxon and OSA employee were inspecting documents. I shook Moxon’s hand. He then wiped his hands saying ‘can’t be too careful’. To Ursula he said, ‘You didn’t bring her down here just to show her boxes. Where is your uniform? She said it is casual day and uniforms are for the Sea Organization. Moxon then said ‘I mean your Nazi uniform’. He then snapped to attention and gave her the Nazi salute repeatedly! ‘Sieg heil’. When he did not cease his strutting, heel clicking and offensive saluting we left. Later, Ursula told the press that he could have been prosecuted for criminal conduct had he done this in Germany.”

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“You kids need to look around before you start posting comments willy-nilly.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Scientology still irate about Mike Rinder, Claire Headley affidavits in Leah Remini lawsuit
[TWO years ago] How a Scientology recruiter gets kicked out of a country
[THREE years ago] All the parts of Leah Remini’s lawsuit Scientology wants the court to strike
[FOUR years ago] PODCAST: Looking back at the second week of testimony in the Danny Masterson trial
[FIVE years ago] After a year and a half, Scientology’s cruise ship finally sails — to Curaçao drydock
[SIX years ago] Truths about Nxivm leader Keith Raniere that his loyalists still refuse to face
[SEVEN years ago] Scientology threw its annual IAS party on L. Ron Hubbard Way, and once again we had a mole
[EIGHT years ago] Ahoy, matey: We have Scientology’s new Sea Org application!
[NINE years ago] In Canada, Scientology does not get the welcome it might have been expecting
[TEN years ago] Amassing the real history of Scientology has been a long and dramatic relay race
[ELEVEN years ago] Hey, tabloids: Tom Cruise once again attends Scientology gala as its poster boy
[TWELVE years ago] Scientology’s ‘Mecca’ awaits: More tantalizing glimpses of Hubbardian Heaven on Earth
[THIRTEEN years ago] Claire Headley Gets Us Ready to Go Solo: More Prep for Scientology OT!

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

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 3,796 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,300 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,806 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,356 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,732 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,227 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,533 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,182 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,400 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,954 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,295 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,865 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,782 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,949 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,535 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,794 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,542 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,111 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,422 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,597 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,279 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,616 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,469 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,585 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,947 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,746 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,590 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,205 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,706 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,966 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,070 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 29, 2026 at 07:00

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TX Lawyer: Danny Masterson’s legal options after his Scientology-aided appeal is denied

Tony Ortega — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:45:41 +0000

[Danny Masterson and his current address]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday Danny Masterson’s Scientology-assisted criminal appeal was denied, and we posted the entire ruling. We then asked our appellate expert TX Lawyer to give us his assessment of the court’s 89-page opinion, and of Danny’s future options. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“Preventive Dianetics is the heart and soul of accident prevention on the highways. It is an old, old saw with traffic departments that ten percent of the drivers cause ninety percent of the accidents. I’ll go further and say that one hundred percent of the accidents are caused by engramic restimulation. If it’s a mechanical failure, it means somebody failed in design; his ability must have been inhibited a bit for him to have failed so signally in design based upon principles in which he was so thoroughly educated. Or a mechanic might have had a headache that morning when he was fixing the steering apparatus, and so didn’t quite seize down the bolts. Or the highway department might have been just a little bit careless about all this: a couple of engrams on the subject ‘Well, it doesn’t matter anyway,’ maybe, on the part of some workman, and the sign that should have been there isn’t there.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“The condemnation of science is long overdue and, what do you know, has already occurred on the European continent and has occurred even in a more advanced state in England. Today the word science is so bad that when I started calling what we’re doing Scientology I got in to a minor revolution. It wasn’t anything but the fact that the English people today believe that science has let them down but thoroughly. And anything with science connected with it is something they rather smile sarcastically about. It’s not that they’re interested in humanity. They just know science doesn’t work. And what do you know, they’re drawing right back out of science. They are not following scientific method worth a nickel.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 28, 1953

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“AOLA: It is reported very quiet there — still peaceful. People very polite. No hum. No body traffic. Way below confusion. My guess is when our CO Mission hits it will go up into total confusion, find a major stable datum, began to cool off, find the new CO and begin to be an org again. A Former CO of AOLA is flabbergasted at the number of 41 staff members to run an AO. AOs run on high volume with half that many. We are putting in a big stable datum. The terminal of a ‘backed up CO.’ The two orgs we’ve sent ‘backed up COs’ to are zooming! Here goes the third.” — The Commodore, October 28, 1969

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“The fundamental principle of Scientology is in the defining of the nature of our being. We are spiritual beings who do not owe our existence to any Creator or God. In Christian terms that is the ultimate heresy. However, it is also fundamental that we survive in this universe as a co-existence which is God. Our survival is irrevocably entwined with that of others. We are immortal beings who have become involved in games after games of increasing complexity until arriving in this latest manifestation which entrapped most into fallacious concepts.”

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1997: The Detroit Free Press carried an article this week on the Germany/Scientology debate. “By her own account, Germany’s top Scientology hunter is doing a great job. She ran the Scientologists out of the real estate market in her hometown of Hamburg. She convinced the local banks to deny Scientologists loans. And this month, the Scientology school across the border in Denmark may finally shut down. Scientologists call her ‘the new Goebbels,’ after Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, and U.S. officials have criticized her tactics. But Ursula Caberta, director of Hamburg’s anti-Scientology task force, has no plans to back down. ‘We know people working in Scientology …intend to eliminate the German state. Here, we’re trying to stop it,’ Caberta said in an interview in her office earlier this month. She offered a sweet smile. ‘In America, they obviously are much farther along.’ Caberta is one of the most influential members of a growing battalion of German officials arrayed against the Church of Scientology, a Los Angeles-based spiritual movement founded in the 1950s by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. According to Caberta, Scientology is a blueprint for world domination. It calls for the creation of a new world order, she said, in which Scientologists alone would be permitted to marry, procreate and exercise other rights. As part of their plan to ‘clear the planet,’ Caberta said, Scientologists are even breeding something like a new race. ‘In America right now, you have the second and third generations of clear and pure Scientologists, brought up entirely in Scientology schools,’ she said. Scientologists call this analysis absurd and say Caberta is drawing conclusions about the church by reading Hubbard’s science fiction. ‘We have nothing to do with political games or purposes. Nothing,’ Hackenjos said. ‘Basically we’re no different from any other religion, except for the fact that we’re a very modern religion,’ said Mary Anne Ahmad, the church’s director of special affairs in Chicago, who was working in Ann Arbor last week. ‘We were the first major religion to come out of the 20th Century.'”

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“Being an old school punk/junkie I wish I had a buck for every bad thing I’ve ever heard said, written or depicted about people of my ‘ilk.’ Never mind all the verbal and physical assaults me and my friends had to endure back in the day from the supposedly ‘normal’ people. It goes with the territory called ‘freak.’ Get use to it. Wear it as a badge of experience.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Scientology attacks Leah Remini’s ‘Fair Game’ lawsuit in new appeal briefs
[TWO years ago] Tom Cruise once again shows up for Scientology gala in the UK
[THREE years ago] PODCAST: Big protest planned for Scientology in England, and Alex fills us in
[FOUR years ago] Danny Masterson shatters suppression, Scientology style, as his trial heats up
[FIVE years ago] Israel’s Ministry of Justice threatens to ‘dismantle’ Scientology’s Tel Aviv Ideal Org
[SIX years ago] Scientology chiro pleaded guilty to fraud, but we may get to see a sort of trial anyway
[SEVEN years ago] Thetan-tastic: Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas skewer Scientology on ‘The Kominsky Method’
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology so desperate for Narconon patients, new offer drops all pretense of separation
[NINE years ago] Ray Emmons, 1942-2017: Clearwater’s cop who sniffed out Scientology’s secrets
[TEN years ago] Talking with Tiponi Grey, who quit her Scientology job and announced it on YouTube
[ELEVEN years ago] Troublemakers: The women who won’t keep quiet about Scientology
[TWELVE years ago] Finally, Scientology has an answer for last year’s Super Bowl power outage
[THIRTEEN years ago] Scientology’s Trust Issues: A Possible Garcia Legal Strategy?

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

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 3,795 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,299 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,805 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,355 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,731 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,226 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,532 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,181 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,399 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,953 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,294 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,864 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,781 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,948 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,534 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,793 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,541 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,110 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,421 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,596 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,278 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,615 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,468 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,584 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,946 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,745 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,589 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,204 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,705 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,965 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,069 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 28, 2026 at 07:00

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Jon Atack wants your help tracking down a Scientology mystery!

Tony Ortega — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:45:21 +0000

[Are you on Jon’s frequency?]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Jon Atack had a weird conversation with a Scientology member years ago, and now he needs help to solve a mystery about the church and a possible exotic weapon! Wow! We have the details. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“The prevention of the engram, all by itself, would give us a brand-new society. If everybody agreed to keep his mouth shut around a person who has been injured, who is ill or has any analytical attenuation, within a matter of 35 to 40 years there would be an entirely different society. If society, by some means or other, even without knowing a thing about Dianetics, its techniques of application, would just agree that it was worse than killing a man (without knowing what it was doing to him) to say anything around a person who was unconscious, or to quarrel with or otherwise disturb a woman who was pregnant, within the course of a generation there would be a marked change for the better in the whole society.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“Now, the MEST universe is all very well but it’s all illusion. Well, one doesn’t want an illusion, so he can’t have an illusion. And when he was very young, why, Christ was all right, he was very friendly, as a matter of fact, and so on. But that’s mostly — people, you know, they have to believe in that sort of thing. And they did once, but it requires nothing but faith and, of course, they can’t have any faith anymore and they did have hopes on that once in a while, but actually religion doesn’t lead anybody anyplace in the final analysis because you never get your wish anyway so, of course, one can’t survive on the basis of spirits and religion, and so forth.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 27, 1951

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“Deutchland Uber Alles was Germany’s WWI slogan and song — Germany over the Allies. An East German (Commie) ship not only dropped their anchor over ours and fouled it but also had its lines over ours when we went to move the ship. The anchor was unfouled by Karl Rosenkranz our master diver and the operation was competently supervised by Captain Robertson. Condition I is congratulated on a smooth move. As it is shallow here, we can only leave at high tide to avoid ticking a propeller on the bottom.” — The Commodore, October 27, 1970

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“One of our greatest tools has always been the truth so very soon we are going to be researching and collecting data on individuals in the Freezone. We are then going to do a video series on each and release them to the public so they can see all of the lies and out-tech for themselves. Let us see them lie and tell half-truths with their faces, addresses, and businesses blasted all over the internet for all to see exactly what they are up to. We can just let the truth be the truth and then get on with the job of actually doing the tech as we are now. Much like those who hold public office these individuals have violated the trust of those they swore to serve and made the mistake of thinking Esperianism could not thrive without them. I wonder how that is working for them lately?”

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1996: An article was posted from American Atheist News, describing Scientology’s efforts to establish a memorial to L. Ron Hubbard in his birthplace, Tilden, Nebraska. “A proposal to erect a picnic complex at a public park in honor of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and post signs along a hiking trail listing his 21 ‘Way to Happiness’ precepts has many folks in the small town of Tilden, Nebraska worried and angry. A local citizens group is threatening to file a lawsuit, and there is a slate of city council candidates explicitly opposing the plan. Critics say that the signs and picnic pavilion clearly violate the First Amendment separation of church and state. Two years ago, a group known as the Friends of the Park Foundation began raising money for a new city park and trail which would connect with Cowboy Trail, a popular hiking and cycling route. Enter the Friends of L. Ron Hubbard Foundation; the group donated $50,000 to supplement locally-raised money for the park projects, and match a $228,000 federal grant. The Foundation has pledged another $250,000 for the construction of a ‘picnic pavilion’ which would be included in the new park to be officially named the L. Ron Hubbard Park and Recreation Center. Plans have also been proposed to include signs listing the Hubbard-authored ‘Ways to Happiness.’ They include such homespun advice as ‘Fulfill Your Obligations,’ ‘Don’t Do Anything Illegal,’ and ‘Take Care Of Yourself.’ Depending on who you talk to, these are important moral lessons, painful elaborations of common sense, or messages designed to promote Hubbard and the Scientology religion. Members of the Concerned Citizens group insist that the park project involves an attempt to promote the Scientology religion, and that the ‘Ways to Happiness’ qualify as religious statements which have no place on public property. One member told the World-Herald that the proposal was Scientology’s attempt to ‘come in and recruit new members.’ In addition Concerned Citizens ‘narrowly missed’ putting a measure on the Nov. 5 ballot which would have banned acceptance of money from the Hubbard Foundation; but three anti-Hubbard candidates are now running for City Council. The local City Attorney is reportedly concerned about the church-state separation dimension of the park flap. Michael Brogan has advised city officials to avoid the potential for lawsuit and reject at least the suggestion to erect the 21 precept signs, and notes that ‘The more it looks like the city is approving of a particular kind of religion, the more it would violate the notion in the Constitution that requires a separation of church and state.'”

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“Maybe you mocked up another version of yourself in a blackout and forgot about it. Ask Marty, it probably has something to do with Quantum Buddhism(c).”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Scientology’s barge wants you aboard — as long as you’re not gay, on psych drugs, or in tax debt
[TWO years ago] Why is Trump’s ‘historic’ Madison Square Garden rally featuring a major Scientology donor?
[THREE years ago] Scientology amps up attack on ‘Bixler’ lawsuit, adds anti-SLAPP to motion to strike
[FOUR years ago] Canada gained 3.5 million people between 2011 and 2021 — and lost 365 Scientologists
[FIVE years ago] Scientology holds its ‘Writers of the Future’ awards out of season, but same lavish display
[SIX years ago] Masterson accusers cite Marsy’s Law to head off ‘arbitration,’ and Scientology pounces
[SEVEN years ago] A Scientology front group that duped celebrities for Narconon: It’s baaaack!
[EIGHT years ago] Russell Miller’s 1987 biography of Scientology’s founder is still astonishingly good
[NINE years ago] KID CORPS: Scientology wanted to turn children into little machines of Sea Org efficiency
[TEN years ago] Surprised Tom Cruise called Scientology a ‘beautiful religion’? You shouldn’t be.
[ELEVEN years ago] THE LEAH REMINI FILES: AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE ‘KRs’ THAT INFORM HER MEMOIR
[TWELVE years ago] Gay Ribisi, our friend Mark Ebner has your Scientology plaques — want ’em back?
[THIRTEEN years ago] Sunday Funnies: Scientology Is In Your Capital, Working Your Jenna Elfman

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

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 3,794 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,298 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,804 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,354 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,730 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,225 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,531 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,180 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,398 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,952 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,293 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,863 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,780 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,947 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,533 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,792 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,540 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,109 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,420 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,595 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,277 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,614 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,467 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,583 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,945 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,744 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,588 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,203 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,704 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,964 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,068 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 27, 2026 at 07:00

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Scientology wraps up its three-day extravaganza: More glimpses of thetans at play!

Tony Ortega — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:45:27 +0000

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Another IAS weekend has come and gone. This Scientology blowout has become one of the things we most look forward to on the calendar — in part because it will keep on giving for weeks, as official and unofficial images of what went on continue to come out. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“We are educated into the belief that when someone comes in and says, ‘Your mother is dead,’ the person replies, ‘Boo-hoo-hoo. I loved my mother very much,’ and thereafter goes into a sharp decline. One could feel very sad about mother being dead and yet, if he had no basic engram, after the funeral be in excellent shape. The painful emotion engram depends upon the physical pain engram for its action; it cannot take form if there is no basic engram on which it could append.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“Now, you will find that a rape or sexual attack may result in glasses, because this is refusal to communicate. And after all, what is a dental operation but a sort of rape, if you really think about it that way? Somebody is trying to take something away from an only partially reasoning individual who is under drugs. And what does the patient want? He wants to get away — not communicate. Do you get the idea? ‘Don’t communicate with me, don’t touch me, don’t hurt me.’ So you start up and down the track and you will find incidents here and there, and particularly locks are what you want; you don’t want to process a thousand engrams just to get off a pair of glasses. You get the times when the individual didn’t want to touch, feel, see, hear, or any of the rest of the package of communication, because that is what you are looking for.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 26, 1951

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“FAIR GAME for the current week for NO REPORT of stats are: Dave James, Gilbert Black, Donna Tidman, John Stevens, Adele Vonnie, Doreen Smith, Murdock McBride.” — Lt. Jeff Walker, I&R, October 26, 1970

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“I tried but I had a hard time trying to open an independent Academy close to Clearwater. I supervised and word cleared for 20 years but OSA has a heavy presence here.”

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1995: Merchant of Chaos provided a synopsis of the CAN Conference, taking place this weekend. “Steve Hassan did a mind control seminar in which he explained ‘thought control,’ ‘behavior control,’ ’emotional control,’ and ‘information control,’ while former cult members gave examples from their personal experiences. The former members were Monica Pignotti (ex-Scientologist), Adam Mali (ex-Asthetic Realism), John Knapp (ex-TM), and Candy Anderson (I don’t remember what group she was in.) I made a brief appearance as well. One video contained the ‘Today Show’ from November 8, 1993, a piece which slam-dunks the Moonies BIG TIME, another contained video footage of a picket, in which members of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (a Scientology front group) were protesting outside a psychiatric hospital. A woman told us, at one of the FOCUS workshops, how she as cornered by clams at last year’s conference, in Cleveland, when she found herself alone in an elevator with them. She said they started grabbing her arms and laughing at her. Everyone was warned to beware of who they get into elevators with.”

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“Seeing as how the Church of Scientology has publicly stated that they are not a turn-the-other-cheek religion, how is any of this a shock to anyone?”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Bijou Phillips files to have daughter’s last name changed from ex Danny Masterson’s
[TWO years ago] Day 1 of protesting Scientology’s UK shindig goes off without a hitch
[THREE years ago] Leah Remini submits proof she’s served David Miscavige, and it looks very familiar!
[FOUR years ago] Jane Doe 3’s cross-examination interrupted as the Danny Masterson trial takes a day off
[FIVE years ago] What’s happening right now in Scientology’s independent ‘Freezone’
[SIX years ago] Scientology continues its ‘Fair Game’ of Gerry Armstrong with court hearing today
[SEVEN years ago] Full court press: Scientologists have been busy in the halls of justice lately
[EIGHT years ago] What the Australian press can’t say about James Packer and his Scientology adventure
[NINE years ago] Mirriam Francis: Picturing Scientology parents who abandon their children to abuse
[TEN years ago] Trump supporter arrested for threatening to kill Muslims at L.A. Islamic center is a Scientologist
[ELEVEN years ago] Scientology cries religious discrimination in appeal brief filed in Maryland zoning fight
[TWELVE years ago] Sunday Funnies: Scientology needs your money more than ever!
[THIRTEEN years ago] Jon Atack Considers L. Ron Hubbard’s Tangled Relationship With Mind-Altering Substances

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

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 3,793 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,297 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,803 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,353 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,729 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,224 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,530 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,179 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,397 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,951 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,292 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,862 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,779 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,946 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,532 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,791 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,539 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,108 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,419 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,594 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,276 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,613 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,466 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,582 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,944 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,743 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,587 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,202 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,703 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,963 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,067 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 26, 2026 at 07:00

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Scientology’s wealthiest came out for their new trophies under the big tent

Tony Ortega — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:00:22 +0000

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With Captain David Miscavige’s speech Friday night out of the way, last night it was time for the IAS gala’s Patrons Ball as Scientology paid tribute to its wealthy donors. Everyone was all smiles in the glimpses that our helpers found on social media. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“We are so used to an aberrated society where everyone in it has engrams, that we look at the reactivation and restimulation of engrams as the normal, average procedure. It has become a part of our educational strata that if you do so and so to a person, you get such and such results. Actually, such a generality is impossible. You will find out, in dealing with aberrees, that if you do such and so to ‘A’ and do the same such and so to ‘B,’ you are going to get two widely different reactions. But having read the novelists on the subject, and having been indoctrinated with the educational pattern, we erroneously agree that humanity reacts in a certain way. It doesn’t happen to be true.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“You know, a fellow’s walking down the street and a thought flashes through his mind that maybe some of his behavior is not entirely masculine, maybe it is slightly effeminate. In other words, the datum is there ‘Maybe I’m a girl.’ Well, it’s, you see, it’s very nebulous. You know, maybe he’s just playing a game with himself of worry, something. We come along, we pat him on the shoulder, he tells us what he’s worried about. We don’t even have to tell him ‘You’re not a girl,’ see? I mean, he just tells us what he was worried about, he — boom! See, it’s gone that quick.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 25, 1956

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“In the exact place Christopher Columbus, returning from his first voyage, got blown off that bay just like we did. He had anchored and half the crew went ashore to give thanks in a church-hermitage at that place and were seized by the islanders. Columbus, still aboard the Nina, his smallest ship, lost both his anchors and with only 3 sailors and some ships boys had to get out of there as a gale struck. He came up to where we are now, rode out the gale, went back, PRed his crew out of the goal, recovered an anchor and sailed on to Lisbon and into history.” — The Commodore, October 25, 1970

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“I have been busy researching and bringing to light various factors that are working to control this planet right now. I have done some why finding and, using the data series and basic Scientology principles, discovered and now making known what is currently happening on this tiny ball of dirt in the cosmos. LRH was right when he said this was a prison planet and the ‘powers that be’ (off world) are determined to keep it that way. This is what is behind all this draconian lock downs. COVID-19 is an altered importance out of all proportion to its effects. In addition if one is high on the Tone Scale and one does not RESIST it yet IF catches it, it is mild. Much like a common cold. But shove people own into FEAR and repeatedly say how contagious and dangerous it is and you will get compliance. Now I cannot express that directly as of course it would not be believed and I would be considered a nut job. However I can expose the effects that are being created and point out the outpoints. And that is what I am doing publicly.”

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2001: A report from the International Association of Scientologists meeting in October was posted to a.r.s this week. “David was wearing the standard tux, nicely tailored and a bow tie. The ‘message’ or ‘gimmick’ as they call it in Scn was to join staff and/or become very active in the VM program He told us that part of the problem is that the world has become too consumed with MEST and specifically mentioned computers, rather than operating spiritually. I got the distinct impression he was saying that MEST, especially computers, nice houses etc. are BAD, and that you don’t need to spend your money on STUFF, instead you should be giving your hard earned money to the C of S. He then said that there is no way people do what these terrorists did on September 11 without there being both psych and drug involvement. Davy said that in the present day, it’s the same situation with the terrorists only worse. They not only are given drugs but they have an evil PSYCH as the right hand man of Osama Bin Laden. Next up was head of OSA, Mr. Mike Rinder without any post title. Rinder started going on and on and on and on about the evil psychs He also talked about how the C of S brought and won 5 law suits against the Russian government for falsifying criminal charges against the C of S and the Russian prosecutor had to pay the court fees. He then said that the study tech courses are now offered in all Russian Universities. Rinder then introduced the first Freedom Medal Winner. It was the ED Narconon Italy, Felicie Cantu. The did a presentation of the opening of the Jenna Elfman mission in San Francisco. They had interviews with each of the Celebs there including Tom Cruise, Juliette Lewis, JT, Jenna, Kristi Alley and a few others. This was a ‘special:’ message from each Celeb. The message from each kept with the ‘theme’ of the event which was to become active either by joining staff, opening a mission or doing VM work and of course, getting yourself up the bridge. Jenna was particularly gung ho. Karen Hollander was there to do the ABLE spew and showed a video of the grand opening of Narconon Arrowhead with interviews of government officials. Each government official spoke glowingly of Narconon being the solution to the worlds drug problem. Karen also told of an IAS grant to the Country of Gambia to get Study tech into the schools there. It appears Gambia has a 70 percent illiteracy rate and is too poor to purchase the study tech books and pay ASI to deliver. So the IAS made a grant and now every teacher (all 5,500 of them) is trained and uses study tech in Gambia. Karen then introduced the next Freedom metal winner and that was Dr. Oliver Hseung from Taiwan, who quit being an MD to open up 6 or 7 Missions in Taiwan. The 3 Freedom Medal are John Carmichael, GO/OSA PR NY, Bunny Dubin and Sharyn Runyon. The VM video shows VM’s in action in NYC and the video also had about 10 interviews with fireman, policeman and officials from Rescue organizations all extolling the wonderfulness of the C of S.”

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“I’ll have you know I read each and every comment very carefully and that there are a myriad of reasons for why I may upvote them … or not.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Newts be damned! Scientology covers field with paving despite ecological warning
[TWO years ago] Scientology’s IAS ‘ruby anniversary’ gala is here, and Apostate Alex is on the scene
[THREE years ago] LAPD was quick to answer Scientology’s call to detain former cop at weekend protest
[FOUR years ago] The Shaun Fabos Factor: What happens when a Scientologist is called to testify
[FIVE years ago] Religion professor complains that no one wants to hear the good news about Scientology
[SIX years ago] Leaked from Scientology social media: Incredible beings joining the winning team!
[SEVEN years ago] We have a Scientology document (we think) Priscilla Presley doesn’t want us to show you
[EIGHT years ago] A Scientology ‘Fair Game’ tactic from way back: Sexually degrading harassment
[NINE years ago] Chris Owen: How one country, at least, is savaging Scientology’s privacy nightmare
[TEN years ago] Until the spaceships arrive, Scientologists measure cosmic success in framed glory
[ELEVEN years ago] Jon Atack: Scientology’s ‘past lives’ don’t pass the giggle test
[TWELVE years ago] Jon Atack: Scientology and hypnotism — even some ex-members can’t admit its central role
[THIRTEEN years ago] Scientology Moves to Dismiss Garcia Fraud Lawsuit On a Question of Jurisdiction

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

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 3,792 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,296 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,802 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,352 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,728 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,223 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,529 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,178 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,396 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,950 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,291 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,861 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,778 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,945 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,531 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,790 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,538 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,107 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,418 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,593 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,275 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,612 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,465 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,581 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,943 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,742 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,586 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,201 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,702 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,962 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,066 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 25, 2026 at 07:00

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Stormy weather doesn’t dampen the spirits of Scientologists and critics alike at IAS opening

Tony Ortega — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:45:22 +0000

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Day One of the IAS gala was drenched, and more weather is on the way for the Patrons Ball as Scientology once again holds its big tent party in Sussex. Alex Barnes-Ross organized another protest, and joined us after to record today’s episode of Group Therapy! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“Preventive Dianetics is a subject which probably, in the long run, is even more important than the general subject of processing. It is fixing people up so they don’t have to be processed. And the way to fix them up is to catch them at conception and keep them engramless from there on out. The entire program could hardly be put into effect overnight, but there are intermediate steps which can be taken. That is to say, we have a means of determining what steps we should take in order to cause the minimal number of accidents in the society, the minimal number of deaths because of engrams, and the minimal number of sicknesses because of engrams. It is a very simple formula. Around a woman who is injured, who has been jolted, shocked, or who has just received news causing her great grief, say nothing! Around any person who has been injured or who is anaten, say nothing, not even ‘Shh-h-h!'” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“At any given time on the track an individual is a member of two or three groups at the same time. Member of the family, he’s a member of the society, he’s a member of the business he’s connected with. I mean anything like that, you know? Even if he’s a bum, he’s a member of a group called bums. He’s at least two or three groups, you see? All right. Now, how long has he been on the track? About two hundred trillion. And I’d say that it was about three groups every twenty-five years would be the most conservative underestimate of the situation. So that is something on the order of twelve groups a century times two hundred trillion less one hundred, you see? Less two cycles. So, it’s two trillion times twelve, or twenty-four trillion, and you would have to do this twenty-four trillion times. Now, how long are you going to live? Could you afford the number of E-Meters that you were going to wear out during this period?” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 24, 1961

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“Most healing is in a primitive state. We are actually far more precise and organized in Dianetic and Scientology auditing than in any of the so-called healing arts. Almost all of our troubles come from being flanked on all sides with incompetent ‘sciences.’ These include medicine, psychiatry, chemistry — you name it. The world’s ‘sciences’ are so imbalanced they are delivering an overt product — a decaying Earth. The animal kingdom is almost gone. The rivers and seas support less and less life. If ‘science’ was so good, there would be steady improvement in the planet itself. And there isn’t. This goes directly back to Man’s failure to solve the riddle of himself. This failure then opened the door to domination by destructive personalities. If we ourselves get rid of the idea we are just drifting along with the tide and begin to demand and deliver high level performance on every post, we can get there while there’s still a planet left. We must raise our sights as to what we expect from ourselves and each other. Only then can we arrest and then reverse the decline. For this reason I am following a policy of demanding high competence on post and a total intolerance of slackness. We must be and can be a very sharp smart organization. I am doing all I can to make it so. Help me out.” — The Commodore, October 24, 1971

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“For me THIS is the ultimate truth: If you think the situation is bad now — MSM, ‘Climate change,’ BLM and Covid-1984 — think about WWII and how the Jews managed to trick the world to declare war against Germany.”

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2000: Former Scientologist Tory Christman reported that she has been declared a suppressive person by Scientology. “Today, almost 3 months exactly from when I left the Church, I received on goldenrod my official Declare! It says I abandoned my husband. This is false. It says I abandoned my friends. This also is false, and in fact, when I have tried to call them, they have hung up on me. In 1969 I read Dianetics and I hitchhiked from Chicago to LA to study Scientology. I have been there for 30 years. During much of this time I have fought my own battle with people mislabeling me as ‘PTS’ and people treating me as if there was something wrong with me, because I have a physical condition. Well, now they have changed their minds. I am no longer PTS, I am an official SP.”

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“The statistical fact that the vast majority of people who tried Scientology walked away from it almost immediately belies this idea that it’s a world class predatory system. A five percent success rate at hooking sucker fish is not impressive.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] TONIGHT: Jason Dohring and Scientology’s bible at … Fullerton Barnes & Noble?
[TWO years ago] Scientology school in LA sued over cover-up of coach imprisoned for sex abuse
[THREE years ago] VIDEO: Scientology’s IAS tent is up, and the London staff is so stoked!
[FOUR years ago] PODCAST: Marc Headley on the Scientology spy at the Danny Masterson trial
[FIVE years ago] Scientology wanted to make him their next superstar: The strange death of Kuba Ka
[SIX years ago] An early revolt against Scientology leader David Miscavige found in 1983 document
[SEVEN years ago] Court docs say Danny Masterson was served in lawsuit filed by rape victims — but was he?
[EIGHT years ago] Phil Jones: How Scientology sucked me in — even as National Lampoon warned me
[NINE years ago] Tonight on ‘Leah Remini’: The business of Scientology, and the pitfalls of suing it
[TEN years ago] Kathy Slevin, sister who attacked Paul Haggis on behalf of Scientology, dies at 60
[ELEVEN years ago] From our man in Europe: Details on the Dutch denial of tax exemption to Scientology
[TWELVE years ago] Ryan Hamilton hit with setback as Narconon motion to dismiss prevails on some issues
[THIRTEEN years ago] Jefferson Hawkins on Scientology Ethics: Let’s Get Utilitarian!

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

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 3,791 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,295 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,801 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,351 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,727 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,222 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,528 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,177 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,395 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,949 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,290 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,860 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,777 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,944 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,530 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,789 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,537 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,106 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,417 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,592 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,274 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,611 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,464 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,580 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,942 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,741 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,585 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,200 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,701 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,961 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,065 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 24, 2026 at 07:00

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Tom Cruise flies to East Grinstead for today’s Scientology blowout

Tony Ortega — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:45:29 +0000

[Tom flying in for a film event in 2022]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Tom Cruise’s helicopter made the short flight to East Grinstead, England yesterday, indicating that once again he will be on hand for Scientology’s big annual event there, the IAS gala. ALSO: Is Scientology sending Beck a message? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“Lock scanning does not replace standard procedure. It is only an adjunct to it. It can be used as one of the steps prior to the running of engrams or it can be interspersed with the running of engrams. If auditor and preclear adhere strictly to the rule that no events containing physical pain will be entered, lock scanning is not dangerous. Innumerable combinations of lock scanning, hurdy-gurdy, straight line memory and the running of engrams are possible and the auditor who understands all of these is capable of varying his attack to meet the individual situation of his preclear. Lock scanning is a valuable addition to the tools of Dianetics.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“I heard about something the other day that made me feel rather bad. I dropped the I-76 or the Imperial Japanese Navy Trans-Pacific Submarine down into the mouth of the Columbia River, dead duck. And it went down with a resounding furor. And that was that. I never thought about it again particularly except to get mad at all the admirals I had to make reports to because of this thing, see? This was one out of 79 separate actions that I had to do with….My dad suddenly sprung on me the fact that my submarine had been causing a tremendous amount of difficulty in the mouth of the Columbia River….It’s got jagged steel sticking out at all ends and angles, and it’s a big submarine! …And the fishermen coming in there and fishing are dragging their nets around in that area, and it’s just tearing their nets to ribbons — they’ve even hired a civilian contractor to try to blow the thing up and get it the devil out of there — and has evidently been raising bob with postwar fishing here for more years than I’d care to count….I was asking my father for the address of the fishermen’s association up there to write them a letter of apology.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 23, 1956

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“RIGGS ECKELBERRY is assigned as Intell Officer I/T, FSO. He is replaced as Expeditor in Dissem Div by Gary Reisdorf, DFP. Riggs is to groove Gary in on all his current cycles before moving on to his new post. Riggs is to be programmed in Dept 13 for the study required to meet all requirements he has not completed. He is also to be programmed for all requirements needed for this new post. He will then report to the Dean of the Hatting College for enrollment and part time study after post hours.” — The Commodore, October 23, 1971

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“Trump is fighting against the 12 guys that Ron decribed in Ron’s Journal 67. Ron had well spotted these SPs, and as you can see on the planet in the present they are still at work to crash everybody with the Covid, and establishing a worldwide government!”

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1999: Bob Minton reported that the newly formed Lisa McPherson foundation is being blocked from renting office space in Clearwater, Florida. “We were informed this morning that MKV Realty, which owns the Sun Trust Building at 601 Cleveland Street, has refused to rent the space we intended to occupy to either the Lisa Foundation or me. The buck has been passed up to a gentleman named ‘Rusty’ who has yet to return my call. Ken Dandar will also speak to Rusty when Rusty is available.”

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“When they landed on the Moon, the adults in my neighborhood were crying. I couldn’t understand it at the time.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] More Scientology hype videos for the event Tom Cruise usually crashes
[TWO years ago] Scientology in full panic now after waiting to reveal date of its big IAS party
[THREE years ago] Brit paper in ’66 outed Scientology spy ops that spookily anticipate Leah Remini’s case
[FOUR years ago] Jim Meskimen confirms it: The new Scientology ads are about the L.A. mayoral campaign
[FIVE years ago] Jon Atack: Is Scientology really a ‘church’?
[SIX years ago] VALERIE HANEY PETITION DENIED: She’ll have to go through Scientology ‘arbitration’ to appeal
[SEVEN years ago] Scientologist defendants plead not guilty as Medi-Cal fraud trial scheduled for Nov 21
[EIGHT years ago] In 1949, psychiatrists wouldn’t touch Dianetics — so L. Ron Hubbard invented one who would
[NINE years ago] Despite Scientology’s best efforts, a Bunker reader attended Saturday’s grand opening
[TEN years ago] Vote for Xenu! Scientologists are looking to L. Ron Hubbard for advice on the coming election
[ELEVEN years ago] The technology of ‘ruining’ people: Jefferson Hawkins on Scientology’s opening pitch
[TWELVE years ago] L. Ron Hubbard explains to a friend the real reason he wrote ‘Dianetics’
[THIRTEEN years ago] LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES: Summary Judgment Hearing in DeCrescenzo Forced-Abortion Lawsuit

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

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 3,790 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,294 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,800 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,350 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,726 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,221 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,527 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,176 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,394 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,948 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,289 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,859 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,776 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,943 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,529 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,788 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,536 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,105 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,416 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,591 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,273 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,610 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,463 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,579 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,941 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,740 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,584 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,199 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,700 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,960 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,064 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 23, 2026 at 07:00

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Scientology official spells out the church’s expectations that Save the Garden will fail

Tony Ortega — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:45:02 +0000

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While Clearwater’s council faces a voter revolt against its gift of a street to Scientology, a familiar face has made the church’s position clear. We have Mark Bunker’s reaction. ALSO: Another whale is harpooned for a new mission, and Charlie Wakley is back! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“A chain of locks can be thought of as a single engram. When thought of in this fashion it becomes apparent that the signs of reduction of an engram would also be the signs for the reduction of a chain of locks. The main thing to note is the reduction of tension within the preclear as he goes through this material. Quite often lock scanning will produce a reduction in the familiar terms of yawns, tears, lessening of somatics, etc. In addition to the signs of reduction, it is also possible to measure the reduction of a chain by the length of time in which it takes to scan. This, of course, should not be considered completely unassailable proof that the chain has been reduced, since the preclear may be simply lightening the contact which he has with the chain on each successive trip through; but, coupled with other signs of deintensification, the lessening of running time is a clue that the chain has been reduced. As in many engrams, the second, third or fourth runs through a chain of locks will reveal additional material, sometimes additional locks. Indeed, at the end of running through a particularly aberrative chain, a preclear may have made available for his analytical thinking five or ten times the number of incidents of this type that were accessible before the run. One of the most important by-products of lock scanning is that it is tremendously effective in recovering a vast amount of usable experience for the analytical mind.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“You want to know what is wrong with the fellow? Let’s say that when he is very young somebody decides to take his tonsils out….Later on he meets some doctor who says, ‘Well, the reason you have ulcers is because … ?’ Actually, it was because one of the doctors during the tonsillectomy — this fellow’s earlier colleague — had an elbow in the patient’s stomach. I think doctors knew this all the time, by the way. I am sure they had this all worked out. The doctor leans his elbow on this young would-be writer’s stomach, and he grinds this elbow down while he is holding the patient. Later on the fellow has to be operated on for ulcers. You can make more money this way and send your children to better colleges.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 22, 1951

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“Sea Org members are highly acceptable to one another. Where evidence seems to be to the contrary it is an urgency to uphold the standards of the group which after all has a very arduous and important job to do.” — The Commodore, October 22, 1970

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“There are many blogs that publish a lot bad news about ‘Scientology’ when they are not really talking about Scientology at all, but rather about the CHURCH of Scientology and its suppressive ‘leaders.’ After reading some of those, it is such a pleasure to read about the great personal wins that people are having applying actual Scientology rather than the pretend stuff, e.g., GAT. Exposing the crimes of the Church of Scientology is a very important thing to do, but the wins that people are giving and receiving using the TECH will always be the more important story in the long run. The church will die thanks to those who bring the light of truth to expose its contra-survival acts. But people helping themselves and other people with the TECH and enhancing life all over the world are also important positive forces creating a better future.”

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1998: Former Scientologist Charlotte Kates posted an affidavit she submitted in Keith Henson’s case, in which she described her experiences with the medical practices of Scientology. “I was personally ordered by Tiffany Woods, the Senior HAS (Hubbard Communications Office Area Secretary) EUS (Eastern United States) and Jenny Porta, the LRH Communicator EUS, to stop taking medication that had been prescribed for me by a doctor to alleviate my thyroid condition–Grave’s disease–upon my signing of a Sea Organization contract. Ms. Woods and Ms. Porta told me that I would otherwise be ineligible for Scientology services, and told me that my medical condition could be cured with PTS (Potential Trouble Source) handlings and Scientology auditing. I was informed that the cause of all illness is ‘PTSness’, and showed a reference from L. Ron Hubbard indicating that the root of all illness and/or injury is a PTS condition. Scientology believes it can handle and cure any and all such ‘PTS conditions’. I was told therefore, I did not need the medicines prescribed to me by my physician, and that Scientology auditing would cure my illness. Scientology procedures were specifically not designed to complement traditional medicine; in fact, I was told that if I continued to take my prescribed medical drugs, I would be ineligible for this Scientology cure. I was not told to visit or ask a doctor’s advice. I was ordered to cease medication on the advice of two medically untrained Scientology staff members. I witnessed several other cases of Scientology being promoted as a medical cure, including the case of one public Scientologist active at the Philadelphia Organization. She became involved with Scientology in mid-1997. Years before, she had suffered from Lyme disease, which had been treated by a medical doctor. Not long after her initial involvement with Scientology, she suffered a recurrence of the illness, which became apparent to her as she began to suffer from memory loss, periods of blacking out, severe headaches and similar effects. A medical doctor did confirm her symptoms as being a recurrence of Lyme disease; however, before beginning medical treatment, she sought the advice of Scientologist chiropractors, nutritionists and other alternative medical practitioners. It was recommended to her that she cease medical treatment for Lyme disease; she was informed that the cause of all illness was ‘PTSness.’ She received many PTS handlings, at the cost of thousands of dollars in auditing fees. However, as she was still ill, she was now sold NED (New Era Dianetics) Assists (Scientology processes used to ‘handle’ illness or injury) as a cure for illness. NED Assists are commonly sold to ill Scientologists as cures for illness, and as replacements for medical care. She was sold several intensives (12 1/2 hour blocks of time) of Scientology auditing at the Flag Land Base on the premise that there, at ‘the mecca of technical perfection,’ her Lyme disease would be finally ‘handled,’ and that, therefore, the auditing was worth the exorbitant prices. She took out a second mortgage loan on her house to pay for these intensives of auditing. When these did not ‘handle’ her Lyme disease, she was told she had not purchased enough auditing. In a very intense registration session, she nearly maxed out her credit cards to purchase further intensives of Flag auditing, and was further promised a cure for her Lyme disease. Once again, she was not recommended to see a doctor, and was, in fact, discouraged from doing so. She was told that she would need $8000 worth of additional auditing. She was given a list of the names and telephone numbers of wealthy Clearwater Scientologists, and told to call them until one of them agreed to let her put her intensive on his credit card. She resisted the idea, and once again, felt forced to back down. Calling down the list, asking people she did not know for a credit card number for an $8000 intensive, she hated the idea but her resistance had been broken down. Eventually, one agreed.”

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“So when your certificates get canceled, whose job is it to track down all those engrams and body thetans and tell them they need to re-implant and re-attach themselves?”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] The Church of Letting Go: How Scientology sells the silence of self-erasure
[TWO years ago] Danny Masterson attorney Cliff Gardner gets a month extension for appeal brief
[THREE years ago] Bruce Hines: Scientology made David Mayo out to be a villain, but I knew the real man
[FOUR years ago] PODCAST: Looking back at the first week of testimony in the Danny Masterson trial
[FIVE years ago] Could a Scientologist be the next governor of Nevada?
[SIX years ago] Could Marsy’s Law foil Scientology’s attempt to force rape victims into ‘arbitration’?
[SEVEN years ago] DAVID MISCAVIGE, YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED
[EIGHT years ago] A call to arms for Scientology voters: ‘Religious freedom’ vs. the evil psychs!
[NINE years ago] Wally Hanks, Scientology ranch terror recently portrayed on ‘Leah Remini,’ dies at 70
[TEN years ago] Who was responsible when Scientology finally paid Lawrence Wollersheim a lot of thin dimes?
[ELEVEN years ago] A Scientology childhood: What it’s like to grow up under the Hubbard spell
[TWELVE years ago] Tom Cruise and his Freedom Medal of Valor: Where’s the tabloid press?
[THIRTEEN years ago] Scientology Has No City Permit for IAS Gala or Other Events: Is It Keeping The Party Private?

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

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 3,789 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,293 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,799 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,349 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,725 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,220 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,526 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,175 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,393 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,947 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,288 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,858 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,775 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,942 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,528 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,787 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,535 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,104 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,415 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,590 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,272 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,609 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,462 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,578 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,940 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,739 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,583 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,198 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,699 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,959 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,063 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 22, 2026 at 07:00

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Jim Carrey and Scientology: The tragic story the media seems to have forgotten

Tony Ortega — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:45:08 +0000

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You may have seen some stories recently about Jim Carrey and Scientology. It was actually a bit of a feeding frenzy, so we thought we’d wait for the dust to settle and then point out a couple of things that the media seems to have forgotten. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“Since the publication of the Handbook, several people have come across the phenomenon of scanning and have experimented with this technique with approximately the same results which were achieved back in 1948. Scanning through basic area engrams and the locks which lie on top of these engrams is one of the fastest ways yet devised of destimulating a case. Unfortunately, scanning in the prenatal area does not produce a clean erasure. It leaves bits of engrams lying around, and because it does not erase cleanly the engrams scanned from a case may be restimulated. The scanning of basic area engrams can be very dangerous, and should be avoided at all costs.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“Before we developed a good port PRO [Public Relations Officer] actions and good local area PRO actions, were very often in trouble. We were in trouble in the most remarkable ways. But it wasn’t really Scientologists that got us into trouble. The biggest amount of trouble that happened in Spain was a commercial licensed engineer who turned homo and was that way with hired Spanish hands who then went to the police and complained about this English engineer. And he was dismissed and the whole thing was handled. But it still sits in the office of information in Spain. See? Not as a handled situation but that there’s something, you know? And they’re having a lot of trouble lately with hippies. They aren’t counting the communists that they’ve got in their midst — Minister of Defense, Minister of Shipping, Franco’s first adjutant, second aide, Chamberlain — they aren’t counting these guys, they’ve gotta get these hippies. You see it has no political sense at all. If you knocked off every hippie in Spain you would not have strengthened its political position a minute.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 21, 1969

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“GEOFF BARNES is to assign himself a suitable condition for negligence while QM resulting in the injury of VIXIE. The gangway was off its slide board showing negligence as QM, the spring lines of the vessel slack and untended showing neglect of duty and the accident was not logged by him. The surges of the ship unrestrained by lines caused the gangway which had no board under it to trip on the railroad track on upend while Vixie was coming aboard, throwing her to the deck, seriously spraining her leg. Geoff Barnes beginning at midnight is to stand the next 24 hours of gangway duty without relief and starrate the QM pack within 10 days. He is transferred to the deck force where, he can become more experienced.” — The Commodore, October 21, 1969

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“LRH said that ‘democracy’ in this prison planet is bullshit! Democrats are ‘Demonocrats’ = Tyranny by granting democracy to entities! Lets as-is that. Hopefully some Democrats vanish to source.”

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1997: Gerry Armstrong reported that Scientology is threatening the producers of a UK TV documentary on L. Ron Hubbard. “As is probably well known 3BM Television has produced for Channel 4 a documentary biography of Hubbard. Scientology representatives have been threatening Channel 4 to prevent the airing of the program. The threat is of obtaining an injunction based on the charge that 3BM induced me to breach the 1986 settlement ‘agreement’ and the Marin County California judgment which prohibit me from speaking about Scientology, Hubbard and so forth. 3BM did not induce me to breach any agreement or judgment. The fact is I am willing to communicate to anyone about Scientology or Hubbard and my experiences therewith at any time and require no inducement. But even if I had been induced, the ‘agreement’ was obtained illegally; and even if it had not been obtained illegally it is illegal on its face.”

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“Do you really think a guy who texts ‘YSCOHB’ to people has the self awareness to realize that Kirstie is making his business look bad?”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Another ‘Ideal Mission’ in California: Is Scientology on a roll?
[TWO years ago] A drone’s-eye view of Scientology’s UK headquarters before this week’s gala!
[THREE years ago] Scientology reveals its long-range strategy against the Jane Doe 1 forced marriage lawsuit
[FOUR years ago] Danny Masterson attorney crosses Jane Doe 1 while avoiding the ‘Scientology elephant’
[FIVE years ago] How Scientology broke my spirit with its insidious methods of thought reform
[SIX years ago] SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Aussies bow to Tommy Davis, but he can’t kill ‘dirt file’ story
[SEVEN years ago] David Miscavige at Scientology’s IAS event: What he claims, and what’s really going on
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology and hurricanes: Providing storms of comic relief in one disaster after another
[NINE years ago] KID CORPS: Scientology’s internal documents lay out its disturbing ideas about children
[TEN years ago] TOM CRUISE PENTHOUSE IN SCIENTOLOGY’S SPIRITUAL MECCA? WE HAVE THE PLANS
[ELEVEN years ago] Laura DeCrescenzo answers Scientology ‘religion’ gambit on eve of key hearing
[TWELVE years ago] Vance Woodward files motion to reconsider his dismissed lawsuit against Scientology
[THIRTEEN years ago] The Flaw In Scientology’s Religious Outrage Theory: A Man Named Steven Gregory Sloat

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

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 3,788 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,292 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,798 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,348 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,724 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,219 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,525 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,174 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,392 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,946 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,287 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,857 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,774 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,941 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,527 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,786 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,534 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,103 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,414 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,589 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,271 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,608 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,461 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,577 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,939 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,738 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,582 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,197 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,698 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,958 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,062 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 21, 2026 at 07:00

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