Nysha
Blueblood
Posts: 1,029
Jul 7, 2007 2:19:58 GMT -4
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Post by Nysha on Nov 5, 2015 11:57:13 GMT -4
Does Scientology still own/control Earthlink? I did Google it, but couldn't decipher the answer from the links.
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Post by eclair on Dec 9, 2015 9:36:15 GMT -4
Billy on the Street/Rachel Dratch escapes the clamsSo this link was up at Previously TV. Billy Eichner has Rachel Dratch on his show, and first she joins Scientology, then she escapes it. I really like her, although she doesn't get to do too much here except run and scream, and you know I hate the clams. I can't believe that Billy got away with all this, and there were so many extras! "Your husband is GAY!!!" "Where is my GLAAD award?"
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Post by prisma on Dec 9, 2015 11:17:40 GMT -4
Wow. There really were a lot of men trapped in John Travolta's shed.
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Post by divasahm on Dec 15, 2015 9:16:43 GMT -4
Not celebrity-related, but this happened in Austin, across the street from the UT campus, last night:
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Post by GirlyGhoul on Dec 15, 2015 9:44:46 GMT -4
I guess that building hadn't achieved 'clear' or else bad things like this wouldn't happen to it.
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Post by Sunnyhorse on Dec 15, 2015 10:26:34 GMT -4
You'd think that all of these people who can control matter, energy, space, and time would've been able to prevent this.
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Post by Ladybug on Dec 15, 2015 13:11:15 GMT -4
When I was in grad school at UT, I volunteered at the Harry Ransom Center, a big humanities library across the street from the Scientology place. The staff told me that Over the years the FBI asked to stake out the place a few times from the upper floors of the HRC. I don't think anything resulted from it.
This place also does the "free personality test" to get people (namely, vulnerable college kids) in the door. One of my friends and a bunch of other people did this as a goof and they were laughing and joking through it so much (probably high) that they got kicked out. Fun with clams!
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Post by divasahm on Dec 15, 2015 14:33:31 GMT -4
I've heard over the years that during freshman orientation tours, the guides have received permission to tell students to avoid that building and anyone standing in front of it, offering personality tests or freebies. Everyone is advised to avoid eye contact and keep walking. Even the street people in the vicinity know to stay away from them.
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Post by Ladybug on Feb 2, 2016 17:53:19 GMT -4
So, I just finished Leah Remini's book (on audible). Wow, she loathes Tom Cruise. Really, really hates him. I think she hates him even more than hates David Miscavige. She spilled every bit of dirt on Tom she could legally get away with. She's also lucky she's famous, because that gave her a thick layer of protection. If she'd been any other clam, she'd be trapped at Gold Base with Shelly scrubbing toilets with a toothbrush. Her final confrontations with Scientologists were intense.
I thought she described her mother's entrance into Scientology very well. You could understand why this religion and way of life would be initially attractive to her and then why she stuck with it and got her kids involved. It really became their whole world and provided them a pretty secure, it exploitative, foundation.
The other thing that she really illustrated well was the massive f$&@^*g bureaucracy this church is. Knowledge reports, OT courses, audit reports, sec checks, RPFs, donation records, what a beat down of record keeping and paperwork!
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Post by kostgard on Feb 2, 2016 18:32:00 GMT -4
Did she spill any good dirt on Tom, or is it mostly of the "he's a jerk and I hate him" variety? I just found a podcast called " Oh No Ross and Carrie" that features the two hosts exploring/joining various religious groups, partaking in paranormal investigations, alternative treatments, etc and reporting back. They've finally gone and joined Scientology and will apparently be reporting on it across a few episodes. I'm going to listen to the first one today.
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