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Is Scientology so desperate for new suckers, it would hand out snacks on Sunset Blvd?

One of our regular contributors snapped a couple of interesting photos this []

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It’s Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s eleventy-first birthday! And we have guests!

[Illustration by Observer]

On March 13, 1911, the Great Thetan jumped into a newborn in Tilden, Nebraska, and began the latest incarnation in his 76-trillion-year journey through space and time. []

Clearwater deal: Scientology leader David Miscavige will finally get parcel he covets

 Last night, Tracey McManus uncorked another stunning scoop at the Tampa Bay Times: New Clearwater City Manager Jon Jennings and Scientology leader David Miscavige have come to a meeting of minds, with a deal in the works to begin to revive the city’s Scientology-soaked []

This document really captures what it’s like to be a Scientology indentured servant

[The London staff (not the source of today’s document)]

One thing that’s consistent about the accounts by former Scientology staffers and Sea Org members is the feeling of being utterly trapped that they []

L. Ron Hubbard’s galactic adventure: 36 years since the Scientology founder left the planet

 January 24, 1986. That’s the day that a 74-year-old man in poor health had another stroke and perished in a motorhome parked at a ranch in Creston, California. []

More documented proof from Scientology itself of its steady shrinkage

 For years we’ve been telling you that Scientology is struggling as its membership dwindles. Here and especially at Mike Rinder’s website, information collected from the church itself reveals that its claims of rapid “expansion” are hollow. []

Neil Sarfati on the perils of telling mainstream media about Scientology’s abuses

 Neil Sarfati has a wild and colorful story to tell about being a member of the Sea Org on the Apollo with Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, and being a member of the ship’s jazz band, the Apollo []

VIDEO: An unprecedented glimpse inside Scientology’s royal family

[Hold still, Denise!]

Social media is such a wonderful thing. People post the most interesting stuff, and reveal quite a bit about themselves in the []

Ten years later: Debbie Cook’s indictment of Scientology under David Miscavige, annotated

 Ten years ago, a little after midnight as 2012 had just begun, we started to get []

L. Ron Hubbard 2.0 surprises us yet again with his latest venture: Sitting in a Tennessee jail

 Oldtimers tell us that it’s not unusual since the death of L. Ron Hubbard in 1986 for claimants to show up saying they’re the reincarnation of the Scientology founder. But a couple of years ago, one very unlikely figure generated a surprising amount of buzz and attention when he asserted that he was “LRH 2.0” []