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OK, this is pretty cool. Not only did we get a rare look at activity on the decks of Scientology’s private cruise ship the Freewinds at a dock in Aruba, but the footage sent in by one of our readers is pretty fresh. As in, it was shot […] 
In response to my essay on the Azores hurricane of October 1970, two of my shipmates at the time wrote in to say that what they remember most was being seasick. Their comments shed light on this additional burden that so many of my Apollo shipmates endured, in addition to the other hardships of their […] 
[Plaintiff Chrissie Carnell-Bixler and defendant Danny Masterson] Last year the California State Supreme Court took the unusual step of intervening in a court case involving former Scientologists suing the church and Danny Masterson. That eventually led to a landmark appeals court decision in January defeating Scientology’s “religious arbitration” strategy, which had derailed the […] 
One of the things that makes Scientology so unique is the way it’s caught between two very different concepts of […] 
According to his longtime comedy partner Tom Solari, Scientology’s former Narconon International president Clark Carr has died after a yearlong bout with cancer. He was […] 
[Scientology attorney William Forman, and Danny Masterson] On February 8 there was a hearing in Danny Masterson’s rape case, and it received substantial coverage from the news media. Masterson’s motion to have the charges against him thrown out was denied by Judge Ronald Coen. The parties then moved down the hall to the trial court of […] 
Arrests continue to be made in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot as the FBI is still working to identify some of the individuals in the mob that stormed the building. The latest case unsealed was noted by news organizations because it involved an interesting couple who lived together in a home in Dunedin, Florida: […] 
[Is this Freewinds Capt Mike Napier “training” Dutch Coast Guard members?] In 2019, Scientology issued one of its typically boastful press releases, this time about its private cruise ship, the Freewinds. In it, the church claimed about its floating cathedral, “Such is her reputation, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) appointed the Freewinds as a training platform […] 
September 1970, Azores. Now that I have moved my way up from the Stewards Department to administrative jobs, a new highlight of my life on board is my initiation into the routines and rituals of sea watches. […] |
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