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05/28/2008 (5:01 pm)

Paul Rudd Screensaver Makes Work More Fun, And Violent

I am totally downloading this as my new screen saver that way when I am lying in bed at night thinking about creepy cults and getting angry, I can just reach over and kick my husband’s ass without guilt.

“Sorry honey, my Paul Rudd Screensaver said to do it. What, I dislocated your jaw and ripped out your left testicle? Oh, sorry. Here you go, just stick that back in there. See, all better.”

Yeah, me and Paul Rudd are gonna get busy TONIGHT!

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03/23/2008 (6:45 pm)

Anonymous Releases “The Profit,” The Film Scientology Doesn’t Want You To See

For those who’ve never heard of the “The Profit” well, you aren’t missing much. I have seen half of it and it’s pretty much sucktacular, but if you are interesting in annoying Scientology, which these days, a lot of people are — then by all means, have at it.

Here’s a brief synopsis of the movie and its history:

The Profit is a feature film written and directed by Peter N. Alexander. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France in 2001.[2] Distribution of the film was prohibited by an American court order which was a result of a lawsuit brought by the Church of Scientology, although the filmmaker says that the film is not about Scientology. The Disinformation Book Of Lists and The Times have characterized The Profit as a banned film in the United States.[3][4]

The film was described by its producers as a work of fiction, meant to educate the public about cults and con men. It was widely seen, however, as a parody of the Church of Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. The main character L. Conrad Powers leads an organization called the “Church of Scientific Spiritualism”, and many elements about both the Church portrayed in the film, and Powers’ life have been compared to Scientology and Hubbard. The film was mainly produced and shot in Tampa Bay, Florida, and the cast included actors from the area and cameos from a few Scientology critics.

Mark Bunker of XenuTV.net, Scientology critic and apparently occasional movie critic, gives it two thumbs down for quality, but is happy it’s released if for no other reason than to satiate the public’s interest. The added bonus of making David Miscavige blow steam out his ears, and perhaps slap some body around (hopefully not one of the aging Scientologist, that’s just mean) is a real gift too!

Above is part 1, of 12 episodes. For the rest of the episodes, go here. Better hurry fast though, it may not last.

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Filed under: Anonymous, Big Sloppy Mess, Scientology, Silliness

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03/07/2008 (9:31 pm)

Acronyms Make Scientology Seem Smart And Stuff, Plus More CCHR Email Leaks

Yet another treasure trove of emails have been leaked to the internet from the Scientology front group CCHR. Here’s a link to the new set of emails should you wish to enjoy reading stilted pseudo-sci-tech speak peppered with a fair amount of hatred, intolerance and vaguely threatening overtones. Sometimes I need to just sit down and watch Spongebob Squarepants to decompress my brain after reading all this bizarre weirdness.

One thing occurred to me when I was checking this story out and that’s how much the Church of Scientology LOVES, and I mean, LOVES using acronyms for everything. The more you think about it, its just one more way of separating US from THEM. The latest one comes from the CCHR email leak: LEAF, or Letters To The Editors Attack FORCE. See that, wasn’t that clever. The U.S. Government likes to use acronyms too. Maybe it makes them feel more official, more bureaucratic, more special. It’s also neat way of hiding information from the masses.

Us non-Scientologists or “wogs” as they refer to us, don’t understand their special language. Well, that was before the internets. I bet L. Ron Hubbard never anticipated the world wide web. Then again, no one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

So here’s a nice little glossary of some of my favorite CoS terms. Their so goofy, little and silly. Like their leader. For a full list of CoS terms, check out Xenu.net’s guide.

OT - Operating Thetan
MEST - Matter, Energy, Space and Time
Ack - Acknowledgment
BT - Body Thetan
CC - Celebrity Center
COB RTC - Chairman of the Board for the Religious Technology Center, aka David Miscavige, or the head shorty in charge!
CoS - My favorite, Church of Scientology or as some people like to write it Co$
KSW - Keep Scientology Working
RD - Rundown
SP - Suppressive Person
Sec Check - auditing, confession, blackmail fodder
PTS - Potential trouble source, as in, “That bitch at Glosslip is a real PTS!”
Wog - A derogatory and racist term the cult co-opted from British slang, and now uses to refer to people outside of Scientology’s purview. Sort of like a Muggle from the Harry Potter series, but far less cool.

In fact, Scientology seems more like an alternative (though quite fictional) universe made up of people hoping to attain “super-human” powers so they can clear the planet of undesirables, like me.

Honestly, I am going to need an assistant to keep up with the leaks, outflow and otherwise flood of CoS secrets popping up these days. It’s like some kind of dam broke and Scientologists are running from the valley before they are all washed away.