VillageVoice ~ On Saturday, Tommy Gorman (Scientology protester) found himself being charged by a large, angry Scientologist, Christopher Krzywicki, whose rather remarkable bull-rush was caught on video being filmed by Gorman's wife, Jennifer.
The man took several swings at him, Gorman says, and after reporting the incident to the police, he was told charges would be filed against the man. [much more at village voice]
Also, an ironic quote from Krzywicki's Facebook page:
I am a great, honest fun loving guy who lives life to the fullest each and every day with out drama. I am at the best point in life thus far. The way a person feels is just a decession[sic] that each and every one of us is capable of making."
VillageVoice ~ Australia's Bryan Seymour has produced some of that country's biggest scoops about Scientology in recent years, and he has a diverting item in this Today Tonight piece about Lana Mitchell, who helped to lavish gourmet meals on Scientology leader David Miscavige at the church's secretive desert headquarters in California -- until, that is, she was accused of feeding a bad shrimp to Tom Cruise, and as a result lost her job, lost her family, and lost her friends.
In her interview with Seymour, she explains that as Miscavige's cook, it was her job to lavish on the church leader gourmet meals every few hours, and especially when Miscavige's good friend Tom Cruise showed up.
But when Cruise got food poisoning from a bad shrimp, Mitchell says she was unfairly blamed, and found herself cut off not only from her job, but also from her friends and family.[more]
The NarCONon is Scientology web site at Crackpots.ORG has moved to Crackpots.US. If you have content that links to Crackpots.ORG, please update your links to go to the new Crackpots.US domain.
The Narconon organization has been exposed to be a "Church" of Scientology front which is in no way connected with the real drug addiction treatment program called Narcotics Anonymous.
Anyone contemplating taking the Scientology organization's unscientific and risky "Purification Rundown" proceedure, or participating in any of the cult's other dangerous quack medicial proceedures needs to know the history of the Narconon front group, what courts have ruled about it, what newspapers have discovered and reported, and what the lack of scientific merits for the cult's proceedures mean to individuals who are trying to quit their addictions.
The goals of the Scientology cult would appear to be to use their fake front Narconon as a method of recruitment, preying upon people who are already known by the organization to have addictive personalities, and who are unaware of who actually runs Narconon.
"No Love For Narconon" Interview / The Edge (WXYB)
Tom Smith hosts 'The Edge': Mr David Love is a former staff member at Narconon Trois-Rivières, a drug detox center run by scientologists, for scientology.
We learn from this interview that Mr Love also has extensive knowledge of what goes on behind closed doors at Narconon and has met some of the U.S.-based high executives of this organization. . 1520AM tampa florida.
wwp ~ In 2009, a DIANETICS only book store opened the Burbank Mall, California, under the name: Stress Solutions.
Well the bookstore that only sold one type of book (you need a whole store to sell one type of book?) went out of business as of Sept. 1st, 2010.
Solution to stress, indeed. Local Anons won't be worrying about the public being indoctrinated into the cult at this location anymore.
Berlin-Spandau, Germany
wwp ~ April 2009 Scientology shocked the people and the administration of Berlin-Spandau, when they opened a Scientology bookstore in the old city. It's reported this is what the place looks like now ,as of Sep. 2010: closed. Very, very, very closed. No more bookshop in Spandau. In view of the fact that this should have been the first shop in a long line of Scientology shops in Berlin, the way they were boasting.
Munich, Germany
wwp ~ Also in Germany, as of mid Sept 2010, Scientology's Munich Celebrity Centre is closing, but a nail salon is opening in it's place. Now the world can be cleared of unsightly kept cuticles and fingernails.
It's also reported that they were expanding so much, they had a high grand total of celebrity members of fifteen, and that was in 1995.
Even after Scientology's poster-boy's German movie, Valkyrie, finished filming in 1998, no local celebrities were convinced to join Tom's i can fly clubhouse.
Also, a comment from wwp,"That is a Scientology Celebrity Centre? I've seen fruit and veg carts with more presence.".
Oslo, Norway wwp ~ And back in July 2010, it seems the org in Oslo, Norway was abandoned. And, yes, Anonymous celebrated by flying their local cell flag out one of the now ex-scientolgy office windows.This was also predicted as long as 2 years ago.
Mountain View, California
wwp ~ December 2010, the “Dianetics & Scientology Life Improvement Information Center” prominently located on 331 Castro Street in downtown Mountain View California has closed.
This was a site for the original 2008 protests and was featured in many post raid photos and videos. The mostly gutted building has a large For Sale sign slapped on it. A few floor-standing posters and random chairs are all that remain inside the dark interior. BELOW: A note on the window indicates the bookstore was moved to the org on 117 Easy Street, a low-traffic residential area of Mountain View.
Life Improvement Center is moving to new larger quarters.
Please join us at our main Mountain View facility located at 117 Easy St. Mountain View.
All free introductory services, tours and information and services still provided until new facility is renovated.
Call 650-969-5262 or visit "blah blah blah"
Boston, Massachusetts
wwp ~ Also in Boston, MA, the former Ivory Bean building (that Scientology bought in 2008to expand into) located at 1769 Washington Street, was cordoned off in early February after a neighbor reported bricks falling from the facade.
Firefighters warned that the wall was in danger of “imminent collapse,” and a structural engineer was called in to evaluate the property.
The city had previously notified the church of the building's condition, according to Paul Bradford, the Church’s Legal Administrator. But efforts to demolish the building sooner were delayed by the South End Landmarks District Commission, which reviews exterior renovations that take place within the neighborhood's historic district. [more>]
Carytown, Virginia
styleweekly.com ~ More than two and a half years ago, the Church of Scientology opened a mission to some fanfare in Carytown. Now it is no longer.
Within the past week or so, the church’s sign was removed from the corner of Cary and Nansemond streets.
Though the mission closed several months ago, “Scientology is very much alive and well in the Richmond area,” the Rev. Susan Taylor, president of the Church of Scientology in Washington, wrote in an email Friday to Style Weekly.
Mat Pastore “is continuing to deliver services from his Dianetics Center in the Richmond area,” Taylor said.
Taylor didn’t know where that local center was, she said, referring questions to Pastore. Reached Thursday, Pastore only would confirm the center’s closure and declined to comment further.
Portland, Oregon
Under the cover of darkness, two Scientology clones seen shuttering the Portland Org:
WWP ~
"...I was walking around my neighborhood and witnessed the "routing out" of the org in my hood. Being the good neighbor that I am, I busted out the cell phone to snap some quick pictures.
As I approached, they saw what I was doing and shouted "who are you!?", "why are you doing this!?" and "you're trespassing!" I remained silent and at a good distance.
They then both got in my face and physically forced me down the building stairs and into the street. But I sneaked around the side! And got some more shots. More to annoy them than anything else. They had no idea what to do with me. They had an audience as there is a restaurant next door and there was a crowd outside. I was cheered on by passers by.
I did tell them that I am an "SP" and asked how long they'd been on the RPF. That was fun indeed.
The dude in the tie can be seen inside, looking really pissed and furiously making phone calls to obtain directives as to what to do with me...."
Jaffa, Israel
themarker.com/israel ~ The Scientology building in Jaffa is being foreclosed, the Tel Aviv District Court ruled on Monday. The historic Alhambra cinema building belongs to the international Scientology movement through trustee Gur Finkelstein, who is suspected of attempted murder.
The foreclosure followed a petition by N.N. Salati Engineering and Projects Management. Last week, N.N. Salati filed a NIS 7.6 million suit against Finkelstein and the Scientology movement. According to the suit, the defendants commissioned the company to build a four-floor, 6,000 square meter building at the site and to renovate the 1936 cinema building last year, but paid it for only part of the work.
Buffalo, NY / Walden Galleria Mall
examiner.com "...there was trouble with the kiosk from the start. One Scientologist staffing the kiosk was known to become irate and threaten shoppers at the mall.
In 2010 the kiosk was temporarily closed down, allegedly because of nonpayment of rent. And just recently, after what we were told were a number of incidents, the Scientologists seem to be gone from the mall permanently. The Walden Galleria Mall has not responded to a request for comment. Over at the Eastern Hills Mall, the Scientologists have been known to set up shop for the holiday shopping season, however their presence there this season has not been confirmed.
Retreating under pressure isn’t anything new for the Buffalo area Scientologists. In 2005 they opened up a bookstore on the University of Buffalo campus in Amherst. The following year, after complaints that the store was being used for recruitment, including accusations of harassment of an 11 year old and a 13 year old visiting the campus during the summer, the store was quietly removed..."
Where's Your Head At?
I'm sure Anons have been dancing in front of their local orgs everywhere, after hearing of the continued expanding retracting Scilon Empire.
cyberpresse.ca~ [translated] David Edgar Love and several masked protesters made themselves heard yesterday outside the Narconon facility in Trois-Rivières.
Sporting masks like the one V wore in V for Vendetta, the protesters wanted to get their message across to the public as well as to Narconon's patients. Brandishing signs on the roadside, the protesters were observed by some of the center's patients who were outside at the time. One of the placards said: "Run! Narconon = Cult of Scientology."
For David Edgar Love, Narconon represents a danger to patients. "They don't have the qualifications, they don't have the nurses, they don't have the doctors needed to treat patients," he says. According to Mr. Love, the treatments provided go so far as to endanger the lives of patients who receive them. "It does a lot of harm," he said.
Mr. Love explained that, when he was working for Narconon, his employer's advertisements touted a 70% success rate, but he says this claim was far from reflecting reality. He mentioned as evidence the example of a man who underwent detoxification at Narconon five times.
David Edgar Love is a former patient and former employee of Narconon Trois-Rivières. Mr. Love was admitted to Narconon in 2008 for a drug problem and he was hired there in 2009.
He has filed complaints with the Labour Relations Commission and the Human Right Commission. He argues that persons addicted to alcohol or drugs should be considered as persons with a handicap and should therefore have the same protection.
As a result of a regulation that took effect in July 2010, therapy centers for persons with addictions must obtain certification from Quebec. However, the process is taking longer than planned and not all centers have obtained this certification yet.
Last February, Mr. Love met with officials of the Mauricie and Central Quebec region Health Agency in connection with this certification.
Narconon Trois-Rivières Protest, July 17, 2011
TV news [in french w/english subtitles] report on the July 17, 2011 protest at Narconon Trois-Rivières broadcast on "Le Téléjournal Mauricie", Radio-Canada, July 17, 2011 Anchorperson: Madeleine Goubau Reporter: Émilie Vallée.
Narconon Trois Rivieres Protest 2011
Anonymous' cameras were rolling that day also. A look at behind the scenes of the above report.
Benjamin Ring, LA Sheriff's Deputy, Under Official Inquiry for Endorsing Expensive Scientology Services
(villagevoice.com) ~ Tony Ortega : I just got off the phone with Steve Whitmore, Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca's spokesman, who tells me that an official inquiry has been opened in the matter of an LA sheriff's deputy named Benjamin Ring. The deputy appeared in a Scientology mailer that encourages church members to spend money on expensive services rather than invest in real estate or put it away in a 401K.
Images of the mailer first showed up about a week ago on the Internet, but the message on it, accompanied by an image of Deputy Ring in his full police gear, was so outlandish, we suspected a hoax. Only after we'd received a physical copy of the mailer and verified with the Church of Scientology Los Angeles that it had put out the document did we contact the LA Sheriff's Department for comment.
"Your concerns about the text are our concern. We're going to get to the bottom of it," Whitmore told me this afternoon as he let me know that an official inquiry -- which may lead to an internal affairs investigation -- was already underway.
Whitmore says that some executives at the Sheriff's Department had been aware of the mailer when it first went out and began in inquiry, but Whitmore knew nothing about it until the Voice sent over images of it by e-mail earlier today. (Whitmore says he was not called earlier about the matter, despite an Internet report that Whitmore had told a member of Anonymous that there was no problem with a deputy appearing in an advertisement in his uniform.[more @ link]
CBS 2 / KCAL 9 Los Angeles: LA Sheriff's Deputy Under Investigation For Endorsing Scientology While In Uniform
wwp: Want to know what Scientology is all about? Have a short attention span? Like watching things that are constantly moving? Only have a minute and a half to spare? Brother, you're in the right place at the right time...
VillageVoice ~ On Saturday, Tommy Gorman (Scientology protester) found himself being charged by a large, angry Scientologist, Christopher Krzywicki, whose rather remarkable bull-rush was caught on video being filmed by Gorman's wife, Jennifer.
