Ten years ago today: 'Going Clear' exposed Scientology's abuses for a new audience

[Karen#1]

TONY ORTEGA
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[Alex Gibney and Lawrence Wright at Sundance]

Ten years ago today at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Alex Gibney and Lawrence Wright premiered their blockbuster documentary, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.

Later showing on HBO, the brilliant 2015 documentary delved into the dark underbelly of the Church of Scientology which it has tried to hide from public view for decades. I was awed by the detail and depth of research, the contributors, and the director’s obvious responsibility in bringing these secrets into public view.

Scientology’s wealth grew by members paying for costly training and auditing—Scientology’s words for counseling and therapy. After founder L. Ron Hubbard’s 1986 death, David Miscavige took over managing Scientology. With a declining membership, he turned the Church — which is not a Church — to attracting and recruiting the rich and famous worldwide and receiving massive donations. When Going Clear came out, the Underground Bunker had showed that Scientology’s top three corporations were worth more than $2 billion. Yet this Church, which is not a Church, continues to pay its worker members, who keep church buildings open and clean and cater to the millionaires, a fraction of the minimum wage.

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Ten years ago today: 'Going Clear' exposed Scientology's abuses for a new audience

Ten years ago today at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Alex Gibney and Lawrence Wright premiered their blockbuster documentary, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.

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[ILove2Lurk]

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I remember it well . . . the bustling sidewalks and streets. The electric excitement inside
the standing-room-only venue before the lights went down and the film began. Good times.

Sharing a few photos I took.

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[HelluvaHoax!]

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* * * OT SUCCESS STORY * * *
I remember the night "GOING CLEAR" was screened at Sundance like it was
yesterday. Biggest wins I ever had using Scientology tech! When the movie let out,
people formed major traffic-stopping crowds around me--begging for autographs.
And hot young undercover babes that were sent in by OSA to disrupt the screening
actually came up to me and said they wanted to blow and slipped pieces of paper
into my pockets with their phone numbers! I was starting to feel like Elvis with all the
babe action when suddenly two mini-skirt wearing actresses from Celebrity Centre threw
their panties at me and begged for me to sign them. They had so many questions about
Ron that they ended up coming back to my place and the 3 of us partied all night. None
of this could have ever happened if Ron had not discovered the body routing tech!
—Don Hubbard / Author of bestseller "HOBONETICS"


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[ILove2Lurk]

Memento photo from press pack
Audience candid opening night




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[HelluvaHoax!]

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Memento photo from press pack

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Wow, finally!

After so many years, you've just finally debunked the idiotic conspiracy theories of those afflicted with DDS ("Don Derangement Syndrome").

There are literally tens of thousands of Don-Deniers on the internet who have forever been moronically claiming that the existence of Ron's fraternal twin brother, Don Hubbard, was a hoax.

In addition to your sworn eyewitness affidavit that you have met with and/or photographed Don on multiple occasions, I greatly appreciate that you allowed me to see the FBI's forensic analysis of the 35mm negatives that you submitted of many photos you captured of Don, such as the one (below) at the screening premiere of "GOING CLEAR" a decade ago.

FBI Crime Lab experts, after putting the above photo (and its negative) thru rigorous spectral analysis
diagnostics and electron microscope comparisons—concluded that the photo is 100% authentic; and
"...evidences no slightest photonic manipulations, editing nor anomalous artifacts that would
give rise to questioning the factual existence of L. Ron Hubbard's twin brother, Don Hubbard."
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With that gaslighting campaign now put to rest, I must express my sincere gratitude for your having ushered in a new "fact based era" for this website. Thus ends the absurdity of trolls attempting to cruelly deny a man his true identity and birthright! Apologies to Don Hubbard are in order!!

Henceforth, any member of this message board who continues to besmirch the good name and reputation of Mr. Don Hubbard shall be promptly reported to this website's administrator so that they may be promptly and properly banned for life!

I have been informed that Don regrets that he was not able (due to prior commitments) to come here to personally thank all those who supported him over the years and did not cave in to the merchants of chaos who denied his existence. Don also wanted to invite everyone to visit his website where--for a limited time--you can purchase autographed coffee mugs and one of his Limited Edition signed blue bucket-hats at 20% less than the manufacturer's suggested retail price!


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[Karen#1]

I have heard rumors that there will be a Part 2 !

 

[ILove2Lurk]

Tenth Anniversary
Director's Cut Ultimate Box Set

Suggested Retail $189
Buy Now Pricing $69​

 

[HelluvaHoax!]

Tenth Anniversary
Director's Cut Ultimate Box Set
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Suggested Retail $189
Buy Now Pricing $69​

LOL!

I noticed that your online store has not yet sold any of those GIFT SETS, even at the wildly discounted price of $69. . .

You might wish to offer those priceless collectibles on another site that has quite a huge volume of buy-sell transactions specializing in Scientology religious artifacts.

As an example, I recently (and reluctantly) had to liquidate some of my best merch in order to attend an upcoming car auction where Ron's BLUEBIRD MOTORHOME will be offered & sold to the highest bidder. In any case, one of the items I placed on the ThetaBay website just yesterday was Ron's personal toilet seat from the Apollo. It had been authenticated by 3 different experts who specialize in rare nautical treasures. Well, I posted photos along with certified sales records showing the toilet seat's provenance since it was first manufactured in 1936 and sold to the (then named) Royal Scotsman ship, that later was renamed the "Apollo".

Within 47 minutes there was a flood of BIDS on ThetaBay and the numbers soared for hours. I finally sold Ron's toilet seat for $37,000! When the bidding kind of stalled around $35, I threw in more proof which sparked an avalanche of new buyers & bids. I included at no extra cost a medical report of the time Ron got a wooden sliver in his buttocks from that very same toilet seat. There were even color photos of Ron's naked butt before and after the sliver was removed by a local surgeon in an Algerian coastal village. Naturally, I also included a spectroscopic analysis of the wood from both the toilet seat and the sliver and they both matched perfectly, so we know that Ron's MEST body in fact used that toilet seat!

One of the biggest selling points was that Ron's butt DNA might still be found on that toilet seat, which would be a massive windfall for the new owner which would certainly bring many millions at a Sotheby's auction!

Hope this helps you close some sales. If you continue running into stops on selling your merch, I cannot strongly enough recommend you buy a copy of "BIG LEAGUE SALES TECHNIQUES" and use that tech on all those ThetaBay "lookie-loos" whose havingness is too low to place an order with you.

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[ILove2Lurk]

I recently (and reluctantly) had to liquidate some of my best merch in order to attend an upcoming car auction where Ron's BLUEBIRD MOTORHOME will be offered & sold to the highest bidder.

Don't be fooled. It's a fugazzi!

I assume the owners of the Bluebird motor home going up for auction soon
think they're looking at a multi-million dollar score, but I happen to know the
item in question is a fake. Ron's "suicide RV" was completely restored and
modernized in the 90's to hide any evidence of its past history.

Here are before and after photos of the work that was done. Note the auditing
space and e-meter setup with Kools in place for the after session smokes.
The entire interior had to be stripped to the frame to get rid of the cigarette
smoke smell. Not unusual for smoker habitats.

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Today, the real restored Bluebird is sitting in an underground garage at one of CST's
secret mountain properties, ready for David Miscavige's possible future escape to
parts unknown. It even uses the drug smuggler trick of having a secret compartment
behind the glove box where bank account documentations and fake passports are kept.
Yes, in the event of DM's need to suddenly speed off or flee the country, taking a cue
from the old man Hubbard himself.

You can't argue with photographic evidence of this caliber and detail.

Don't get involved in this classic car auction charade. I know where it's going to be
held and the company running it. They simply haven't done their due diligence.

Hoping for the best.

 

[HelluvaHoax!]

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Don't be fooled. It's a fugazzi!

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Speaking of fugazzis. . .

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but when I was Ron's personal DIRECTOR OF MIRACULOUS BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY, I fabricated a fully operational working model of Dr. Hubbard's ingenious life-saving invention! Based on extensive wholetrack research Ron found the "why" for traffic accidents and thereupon found the 100% cure!!!

We patented Ron's miraculous device and were about to humbly tender it as a 100% free gift to mankind for a very reasonable monthly lease payment. Unfortunately Ron had other research to do in deep space, so I am waiting for him to return and give me the green light to begin sales!

Well, I apologize for this unwelcome news; but the photo you depicted above of the BlueBird motorhome --it clearly does not have 100% original parts the way it was when Ron was on this planet. We had installed the special advanced steering wheel device during the customization phase before Ron took delivery of the vehicle. I happen to have the original device and I am considering offering it at auction with bids starting at a reserve of $5M.

100% authentic read-sensitive metallic grips fabricated from 100% authentic soup cans!


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[Type4_PTS]

.We patented Ron's miraculous device and were about to humbly tender it as a 100% free gift to mankind for a very reasonable monthly lease payment. Unfortunately Ron had other research to do in deep space, so I am waiting for him to return and give me the green light to begin sales!

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You may not need to wait much longer and you may not need him to return for him to give you the green light. I heard from a reliable source the truth about what he's been working on since 1986.

He's nearly completed his newest invention, an intergalactic telex machine! It's taken him longer than expected because he's simultaneously been working on the sequel to Mission Earth. While there were 10 volumes of the original series the sequel is quite a bit longer, currently at 172 volumes unless he makes another revision.

 

[HelluvaHoax!]

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You may not need to wait much longer and you may not need him to return for him to give you the green light. I heard from a reliable source the truth about what he's been working on since 1986.

He's nearly completed his newest invention, an intergalactic telex machine! It's taken him longer than expected because he's simultaneously been working on the sequel to Mission Earth. While there were 10 volumes of the original series the sequel is quite a bit longer, currently at 172 volumes unless he makes another revision.

LOL!

WOW! GREAT NEWS ABOUT RON'S NEW TELEX TECH!!

That solves a very sticky problem, because transmissions thru outer space tend to slow down when traversing across such impediments as the Van Allen Belt and Markabian deep-space implant stations.

By way of example, when the internet was fairly new and email came into wide use back in 1993, I sent a letter to LRH via AOL e-mail. Back then internet speeds were 28.8kbs. So anyways, after pushing "SEND" it started loading and transmitting. Apparently Ron's new home office is pretty far away because when I just looked (a moment ago) my computer was still "SENDING" that email.

I typically check once a week for Ron's answer, because it's always super-theta to feel his Source power and certainty on my lines. Once in 1978 I received a letter from LRH and the theta emanating from that letter was so powerful that within 72 hours I won 30 dollars in a scratch-off Lottery ticket!!!!!!!!!!! I sent that OT win to Advance! magazine--but still haven't heard back from them all this time. I am assuming that the magazine probably moved uplines to be with LRH in deep space, so that explains the com lag!

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