Tag Archives: Scientology

Florida Politics reports: A Miami-Dade County woman is running a GoFundMe page to help former President Donald Trump cover a $355 million civil court judgment. Elena Cardone, an Aventura resident, launched the page Friday to assist Trump in facing an “unprecedented and unfair treatment by certain judicial elements in New York.” By 3 p.m. Sunday, the page recorded 6,300 donations …

Courthouse News reports: David Miscavige, the second and current head of the Church of Scientology, is a hard man to find. Plaintiffs in two separate cases are trying to serve Miscavige with complaints and summons, but the religious leader has proved elusive. On Thursday, a Superior Court judge agreed to a request by Miscavige’s lawyers to quash a summons — …

The Daily Beast reports: Kirstie Alley will be cremated and remembered during a memorial service at the Scientology headquarters in Clearwater, Florida, according to the Daily Mail. The Cheers actress and longtime Scientologist dedicated herself to the organization in 1979 while struggling with substance abuse issues, crediting the group’s drug treatment program, called Narconon, for breaking her cocaine habit. She …

“You aren’t really allowed to say this in the very liberal community because they think what you’re saying is stigmatizing mental illness. “Well, this is what I’m here to say — I don’t think you’re mentally ill if you’re depressed. You know people say to me, ‘Well, you’re a Scientologist.’ “I feel lucky that I’m a Scientologist. Because in Scientology …

USA Today reports: Authorities in Curacao say 318 people aboard a Church of Scientology ship docked in the Dutch Caribbean island will remain quarantined until they determine how many might be infected with measles. Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth said that a team of health officials took 277 blood samples and sent them to the Netherlands. He said he expects results on …

NBC News reports: A cruise ship that had been quarantined this week in St. Lucia over a measles scare has set sail for Curacao maritime tracking records showed. The vessel, which St. Lucia Coast Guard Sgt. Victor Theodore said is named Freewinds, left St. Lucia at 11:18 p.m. Thursday. The shop is expected to pull into Willemstad port in Curacao, …

NBC News reports: A cruise ship with nearly 300 passengers and crew was ordered quarantined in the Caribbean port of St. Lucia after a case of measles was confirmed on board, island health officials said Wednesday. One female crew member has a confirmed case and St. Lucian authorities said they’ve been working in close consultation with the Pan American Health …

Have you seen Going Clear?

Via Raw Story: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is running for re-election this year, and she’s looking for help in an unusual place — the Church of Scientology. Bondi is a Republican and former prosecutor who was endorsed by Sarah Palin when she ran for election and won in 2010. Most recently, she’s been in the news for announcing that …

It only ran in a few markets, including NYC and DC.

After 15 years of construction, the Church of Scientology has dedicated a massive new headquarters building in St. Petersburg, Florida. The upper floors of the building will be devoted to unleashing the dozens of superpowers that we all apparently possess. “Super Power,” first unveiled by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, is one’s ability to hone in on 57 senses called …

From the London Sun.

Now if we could only get this kind of ruling here. A French court has slapped a fraud sentence on the Church of Scientology, saying it targets vulnerable people for commercial gain. The ruling is a major setback for Scientologists in France, and it marks the first time here that the Church of Scientology has been convicted of organized fraud. …

If you wanna be a clear gangsta, you bitches and hoes gots to get audited.

From an outfit of nutters than believe psychiatry is the “worst invention in human history,” this ad sure makes them seem not-so-crazy. Very, very slick.

I spent a long time last night reading a lengthy expose of the Church Of Scientology in the latest issue of The New Yorker. There’s far too much there to effectively excerpt here (including a bit about the cult’s stance on gay rights), but do check it out when you get the time. Below Matt Lauer talks to the story’s …

The Church Of Scientology wants contributions to put an “Ideal Org” (i.e. church) in your neighborhood. What you do mean you don’t want to be “clear”? Stormtroopers heard in distance. RELATED: I’ve developed a habit of teasing the Scientologists that infest the Times Square subway station. Try it. It’s fun. They really don’t like it.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the classic 1969 western often cited for its homoerotic undertones, is going to be remade by the two Hollywood stars most frequently rumored to be gay. Add Scientology into the mix and you get….huh? Tom Cruise will reportedly team up with pal John Travolta in a remake of the 1960s western Butch Cassidy and …