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[Hey, look who’s there!]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What a bizarre game of cat-and-mouse Scientology leader David Miscavige is playing with West Sussex officials, and also with his own followers. Scientologists have been told to “save the date” for this year’s big IAS gala. But when is this shindig actually going to happen? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology now tells members to save Oct 24 or 31 for big tent party
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What a temptation it must be, as a newly minted Scientology OT 8, to speak to the little people after you’ve spent a million or two getting to the top of the ‘Bridge.’ What a testimonial we have for you today. We really look forward to your thoughts on how this one is worded. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Hit superhuman level in Scientology? Time to pat yourself on the back, thetan
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One of our helpers had a brainstorm and checked sci-fi fanzines about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and his book Dianetics in the months after it was published in 1950. We have more examples showing that as the months went by, resistance to this ‘science’ was growing. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading More early sci-fi fanzines dunking on L. Ron Hubbard and ‘Dianetics’
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What a great result for a recent Wall Street Journal investigation, evidence suggesting an SEC probe is happening as a result. But Scientology is feeling good about the feds this week after the Department of Justice announced a new focus on protecting ‘houses of worship.’ [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology & the Feds: Why the church is celebrating despite news of an SEC probe
[Patty gave them the lowdown about CCHR, all right]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Now it can be revealed: When the psychiatrist’s association secretly paid for a presentation about Scientology’s war on their profession, and heard from some of the best in the business! Another great tale from Patty Moher, the wonderful addition to our Group Therapy podcast. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading When the evil psychs secretly paid for information about Scientology!
[L. Ron Hubbard, charmer]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’re going way back today to the very start of the Scientology movement, in the weeks and months after L. Ron Hubbard’s book ‘Dianetics’ was first published. New documents show us who went crazy for this book, and who were among the first to denounce it! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading New documents reveal Scientology’s earliest battles against naysayers
[A great crested newt, just minding its own business]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With this year’s IAS gala looming, Scientology’s back-door attempt to get permission to erect its giant tent for the three-day annual event at its UK headquarters, Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, England, has run into yet another obstacle, and this one is warty indeed! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology’s plans run into ecological quagmire: Meet the Great Crested Newt!
[In Spain, Dave lies mainly in the plain]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One of the things we do is keep an eye on Scientology’s latest press releases. It’s a thankless task, but sometimes amid all the rah-rah notices there’s occasionally something to pay attention to. Like this week, we did a double take: Hey wait, isn’t that Shelly? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology posts photo of Shelly Miscavige (if you know where to look)
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Even more bizarre features from Scientology’s ‘Flag Building’ that were leaked to us in 2012, a year before the building opened. What do these space cadets need with a ‘pain station’ or ‘infinite pit’? We don’t know, but these renderings are still fun to see. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology and oiliness: More renderings from the Super Power Building
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One of our favorite series at the Village Voice was based on renderings of Scientology’s ‘Flag Building’ leaked to us in 2012, a year before the building opened. We managed to recover the images from those old stories to find a place for them at our Substack. They’re still dope! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology: Secrets of the Super Power Building
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