Empire of the Odd

We intercepted this communication via the Imperial email interceptor goons, (someone shoved it under the front door this morning.)

It looks legit! The message reads;

Dear Scientologests;

In a daring raid, courageous agents of the Church of Scientology descended like locust on the psych driven terrorist YouTube account of the so-called “Wise Beard Man.” After being arrested multiple time for assault and trespassing in sacred church property where parishioners were peacefully worshiping, he turned his drug addled eyes to YouTube where he found a new and vulnerable media to abuse. Unbeknown to this vile and heartless and wicked and suppressive vile and hurtful, wicked suppressive man the blissful millions in the Church of Scientology were able to intervene before it was too late. Project “clean slate” has been initiated, all entheta will be forthwith removed from the Internet so that it can once again be a safe place for our parishioners to go and get information on Scientology. This is only the first step on our road to total freedom!

Love

COB

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My Internets spy tells a slightly different story. It seems the accounts of Tory Magoo (magoo44) and Mark Bunker (xenutv1) were both suspended from YouTube between late Wednesday and Thursday (April 15-16, 2008.). YouTube has a flagging system that’s quite vulnerable to mobbing and Scientology has been spending big money to get advertising on the parent company Google. Tory’s account was restored about a day later, Mark Bunkers (as of this writing) has not been restored and probably won’t be.

YouTube has been a safe haven for free speech and expression in vidio media, just like the web is a haven for free speech in print. One small kink in YouTube is the the TOS is written in such a way that people are only allowed one account, period. Bunker got zapped once for allegedly hosting copyrighted stuff and you only get one chance. I’m sure Scientology had nothing to do with this!

Scientology is all for free speech! No really! Unless that speech is critical to Scientology it can be as free as a bird, as free as a pretty flower! Free as a butterfly! People can talk about whatever they like.

But if it’s nasty-nasty hate speech, like say if someone posts a video claiming that Scientology has slave labor camps, or if an apostate starts spreading bad-facts about Scientology instead of doing what he is supposed to do (which boils down to “say nice things about us keep yer nasty pie-hole zipped.)

In that case, Scientology springs into action, shutting the criminal words at their source. Yay Scientology! Yay free speech!

Why did they pull Bunker’s vids you might ask? Well;, Mark Bunker had the bad humor to do a teaser on an interview. An interview with a defector!. Jason Beghe left the cult some months ago and decided to tell his side of the story–on camera, before a worldwide audience. Major scoop for Bunker, not a bad move for Beghe, big big embarrassment for Scientology, especially with all the other people coming forward and all those nasty terrorists picketing every one of their offices.

So they did what any large corporate entity would do, they took it on the chin and thought about ways to repair their image. Like do a press release saying they understood Mr. Beghe’s opinion with respect to the church and hoped he would find happiness wherever he went. That would be a reasonable approach by a reasonable company. One that was full of wonderfu — caring people who only wanted the best for their members and even their ex- members.

Nope! They are not reasonable people.

Unreasonable people are unreasonable.

They behave like a bunch of jilted teen agers.

They used mob tactics on YouTube to get Bunker’s stuff off the air. “So what—big deal” you say? The Anons used mob tactics to take down vids they didn’t like don’t they? For example the alleged bomb threats against Scientology offices. Or how about the all the times Scientology placed names and addresses of alleged Anonymous members on YouTube. What about all the bogus critic accounts that were set up by Scientology. That stuff was all taken down some of it right after it went up. Why is this different?

Well for one thing, many of the Anons ARE teen agers… just saying guys! Scientology is an organization with an average age of about 35-40 (and yes I pulled that number out of my ass but I bet it’s pretty close.) They should know better, one would think.

The real difference is the intent. When Scientology places someone’s name and address on a public web page, it is very likely that it is just to bully them into silence. Much like any saucer fiend might if they run across people saying stuff they don’t like. Scientology is full of high sounding rhetoric about freedom of thought and free speech, but they are not supporting anything of the sort. They want to direct and control opinions, the very thoughts of people, inside and outside the cult

Let me say that again, they want to direct and control your thoughts. They want to direct and control my thoughts.

Remember, it’s a high crime in Scientology to criticize the organization. So? One might ask, Mark Bunker is not IN Scientology. Why would they give a flip what he has to say? The truth always comes out in the end and if Scientology is truthful? It will be vindicated right?

Well, that may be why Scientology offices keep getting protested. This is why the Anons wear masks and hid their identity. Scientology wants to shut people up, they desire to halt the flow of information, to interrupt any idea which is counter to their own narrow world-view. They want to block the truth because the truth is too painful for them to confront. It’s also bad for busness… er worship or something like that.

It doesn’t matter if you are in or out of Scientology, if one criticize them one is automatically a criminal and by their rules they can do whatever it takes to bring a critic to justice, even if that involves telling lies. This is how Scientology works, attack the attacker, find the crimes of people who criticize you and if you can’t find any crimes, make some up. It’s the way young children fight battles. It’s the way Scientology deals with people it does not like. It’s the way many Ufologests deal with critics. First you insult them, next you namefag and harass them. Repeat until your quarry sues for peace. Stalk them, ignore them, insult them, it’s OK because you KNOW that your side is right! Actually; most fanatics deal with people that way.

An effective strategy except when your quarry understands hew this works and refuses to play. It really doesn’t work when you are using a forty year old playbook that doesn’t consider the implications of many hundreds of thousand of people who have been trained in scientific thinking since childhood. Let me repeat that.

These Anons are taking a scientific approach against Scientology, and winning.

Scientology is facing it’s greatest threat. This threat is not me, it’s not Mark Bunker or any of the OG critics. It’s not Ex Scientology members telling their experiences. It’s not the Anons, it’s not the Government,Psychologist or Big Pahrma. What they are up against is an idea.

What is that idea?

It’s very simple, so simple that almost everyone seems to have missed it.

The idea is.

“Pics or it didn’t happen. “

That’s the essence of scientific thinking.

“Pics or it didn’t happen.”

Scientology has no defense against it, they can’t prove anything.

that’s why they harass.

And they are not the only ones.

Scientology: Jason Beghe Interview Pt.1 from Mark Bunker on Vimeo.

Thanks to our dear freinds at Scientology, atheists are in the number two slot for most despised religious and spiritually oriented group in the US. Islam came in third and the Mormons were number four. This is based on a Gallup poll taken between March 24th and 27th.

Wow! That’s really really unfair! You would think the Unification Church or the Watchtower Society would at least show up!

Found at The Frame Problem.

Ruggedly handsome actor Jason Beghe was best man at the wedding of “X Files” star David Duchovny (his childhood pal) and actress Tea Leoni. In 1998, he starred as Demi Moore’s love interest in “G.I. Jane.” He’s been featured in numerous TV dramas such as ‘Criminal Minds,’ ‘Numb3rs’, and ‘CSI.’

In 2005, Beghe appeared in promotional spots for the Church of Scientology.

But now Beghe has escaped the Church after taking courses since 1994. He’s made a video that’s up on YouTube.

This is what he has to say: “Scientology is destructive and a rip off.”

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Heres a video which seems to spell out $cientology’s attitude over the Anonymous movement and makes a very well defined threat in my way of thinking.

Message; “Anonymous member are all Mark Bunker’s pawns. Mark Bunker is in fact the mastermind of Anonymous and he’s forwarding his agenda of hate against “our religion.” If this continues, we ($cientology) will proceed to find the identities of people who are peacefully protesting in front of our offices and begin ruining their lives. How will we do this? By sending false reports of bomb threats and terrorism to Federal Authorities. “

Funny, I thought Bunker was asking people not to make crank calls etc… I must have dreamed that!

In other words, this is exactly what an organized crime syndicate would do in this “condition.” Send out vague, ominous warnings “donn’d you guys mess wit us or we’ll sic the Feds on ya ass!”

Except the mafia would not be so dumb as to bring the Feds into this…. I mean, the protesters are simply using their first amendment rights. Most of the protesters are college aged, many are IN college. These are not converts of a cult, they are people who are going to become professionals in their chosen field.

If you muck with a bunch of potential lawyers, politicians, police officers, firemen, doctors, nurses, computer geeks etc. What do you think is going happen in the next twenty years or so?

Guys, GUYS! THE APATHETIC ONES DO NOT GO TO THE PROTESTS!!!!!!!! The people who made those crank-calls do not go to the protests. (I sure hope they won’t, that would be stupid and I don’t see a lot of stupid people in those masks.)

The people you see outside your buildings are the ones who are going to make something of themselves. If you try to imped them, if you try to have them arrested or placed on no-fly lists? You try to sully their good names with accusations of terrorism? They will still make something of themselves, and they will hate your guts when they do!

Don’t you realize that? Can you realize that?

That’s a prediction from my Imperial sociologist BTW, you can take it however you like. Some people respond differently when challenged, not at all like a cult member who meekly buys the same useless books over and over again.

Anonymous? You have been called out, the gauntlet has been thrown…

Naturally the video is locked to that no one could comment on it (thereby making the situation worse, now the comments are going to be spread all over hell and gone.) Nice move $cientology-yet again. If you folks didn’t put that video up? I’d advise taking it down as soon as you can. It clearly runs afoul of YouTube’s TOS policy. (Threats and that kind of thing.)

By Ben Caleca on 4/11/08

Celebrities can be weird people. There are always rumors about one celebrity or another floating around some blog, but for the most part, I tend not to follow such trivial “news.” However, I was intrigued by a leaked video of Tom Cruise ranting and raving about the Church of Scientology. He was babbling almost incoherently, suggesting a clean sweep of those who oppose Scientology and hinting that no other religion can help humanity like Scientology can. Like many, I was confused, but the video had a much more important effect: It revealed the dark side of an organization that relies on controlling information to survive and thrive.

Scientology’s attempts to remove this video from the Internet led a group called Anonymous to make a video warning, saying that Scientology was now at war with them. The crimes they attributed to Scientology were severe, severe enough to catch my eye. What I found surprised me.

Documents from dozens of sources – the New York Times, Time magazine, independent reports and reports from former Scientologists – tell stories of a cult-like group whose “technology” created by the group’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard, seemed tantamount to brainwashing. Its teachings are based on the now famous Xenu story, a tale of an alien nuclear holocaust kept confidential to all but high-level Scientologists until it was leaked to the public several decades ago. Even the German government has classified the group as a cult on the grounds that it is more of a pyramid scheme than a true religion. Apparently, to reach a higher spiritual plane requires that you pay exorbitant amounts of money, including in excess of $300,000 to become an “Operating Thetan,” a high state of being that apparently grants superpowers and success.

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This is from back December 2007, it’s still a hoot!

by brian

Last month, my cousin Pete came out to Los Angeles on a trip for work, and since then all he ever talks about is his visit to the Church of Scientology’s “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death” museum. Seriously, he won’t shut up about the thing.

He just sent me his photo journal chronicling the event, promising that he’d cool it if I put it online. So, here it is. Enjoy?

Dear Cousin Brian,

Wowzers! Me and my best pal from work Bernie Goldman just got back from an I.T. team-building retreat in Hollywood, California (or, as Bernie likes to call it “Hollyweird, California”) and we had SOOOOOO much fun. We ate at Planet Hollywood (!), stayed at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (!!) on Hollywood Boulevard (!!!), and went to the “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” museum. I not-believed 20% of the exhibits while Bernie not-believed 25%. Bernie’s very skeptical.

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STATE PRESS MAGAZINE

STATE PRESS MAGAZINE

STATE PRESS MAGAZINE

by Christina Caldwell
published on Wednesday, April 9, 2008

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Members of the Internet-hacker group Anonymous are masking themselves to take down what they see as a corrupt organization: the Church of Scientology. This week, SPM meets some of the faces under the masks and uncovers what they are fighting against.

It’s an ominous scene reminiscent of the film “V for Vendetta.” On the night of March 5, a handful of people approach each other cautiously, making sure not to blow their cover. They have plans to band together, but remain on their guard.

Introducing themselves only by their Internet aliases, the group collectively wears masks of famous British traitor Guy Fawkes, known to them as “Epic Fail Guy,” or EFG, since Fawkes failed to blow up the British Parliament.

Passers-by give concerned and curious looks as a man in a black suit and tie comes storming around a corner with signs in hand, signs that reflect his attire. The group is about to start a “raid.”

They tape the large sign with the outline of a black suit and tie facing inward on a window outside Coor computer commons. 3/15/08 is the date written on the sign. They post fliers surrounding it, each one stating their intentions.

“Why should we consider Scientology a threat? Because they don’t pay taxes. Because they brainwash. Because they torture and murder their own followers. Because they infiltrated the FBI. Because they control large sums of money. Because they want to dominate the world. You wouldn’t support Charles Manson’s cult, so don’t support L. Ron Hubbard’s,” the sign says. “Brought to you by Anonymous.”

The group is a small, Phoenix-based portion of the world-renowned Internet group Anonymous, which made headlines when they declared war on the Church of Scientology in January.

Behind their mysterious name lies a complicated explanation of how the group came to be, and how they have cohesively rallied around a single cause — the dismantling of Scientology.

They call it Project Chanology.

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Anonymous Takes On Scientology (and Doesn’t Afraid of Anything)

Photos by Michelle Gienow

View a gallery of photos.

By Chris Landers

“We’re not playing some minor game in Scientology. It isn’t cute or something to do for lack of something better. . . . This is a deadly serious activity.”

–L. Ron Hubbard, 1965

“The Internet is Serious Business”

–Anonymous

The telephone rings, and a voice on the other end says that Anonymous is in crisis mode.

It’s March 13, two days before Anonymous’ second protest against the Church of Scientology, and things are starting to get serious. Rumors abound that Scientologists are flying in investigators from church headquarters in Clearwater, Fla., to Washington. Reports have come in that people involved in Anonymous–“anons”–have been followed, and a series of videos have been posted on YouTube purporting to show anons without their masks and listing their real names.

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I was in a conference with the staff here at the Odd Empire and the topic of Scientology came up as it often does. It was the usual thing, Scientology fair gamed this person or that, it’s involved in some money making scam.

“Why do we keep getting all this negativity about Scientology?” I asked. There must be some redeeming qualities to it, otherwise how could, what 60,000 people be so worked up about?

“10 million Boss,” said Leo Shyster’s larger brother, “that’s what they claim.”

“How do you know?” I asked.

“Oh I watched the vids,” he said. ” Scientology has it’s own video channel. It’s some pretty lulzy stuff, you should take a look! ”

Lulzy hmmm? Leo’s larger brother has been using some strange terms of late. But I payed it no mind and took a gander at the Scientology videos last night. Around 80 of them!

My friends, I must say that I’m a brand new alien because of it! Those videos convinced me! I believe now! Scientology is a religion! It’s tenants are compatible with all other religion and it is in fact the only workable religious philosophy in the history of the human race. Only the discovery of fire compares with the self evident truths contained in Scientology. Sure it’s expensive! But that only shows how valuable it is. The cost of Scientology is only a fraction of what it costs the Church of Scientology to bring it to you. Look at all the buildings they have to buy, and the lawyers, the clerical people, the folks who are tasked with protecting stable tech from the sinister forces of psychology. Those dark- evil psychiatrists who plot in dingy smoke filled rooms the downfall of you and I. Vile monsters who dream of pushing people further into the mud as they hook victims up to their disgusting shock machines, NO MERCY FOR THEM!

But Scientology helps billions of people every day! When you enjoy a cup of coffee? You have Scientology to thank for it. Someone in Colombia must have read The Way to Happiness, burned down his Coca plantation and planted healthy coffee trees instead.

If there is a disaster, you KNOW that only the Scientology Volunteer Ministers, the largest independent disaster aid organization are the ONLY people who can help. How about Criminon? The only true technology that can get people away from crime. Narcanon is the only way to get people off of drugs. In fact if you have not joined Narcanon, it’s almost certain you have a bad drug habit! Don’t think! Join now!

And the Way to Happiness! How could I possible thank LRH for this precious gift of truths! Like number nine; “Don’t do anything illegal.” or number eight, “Do not Murder.” Each time I meditate on these precious-precious truths I tingle all over! No one in the history of the world has ever codified such philosophical truths as contained in the Way to Happiness. For that monumental opus alone, LRH would take his place along side other great men whose names escape me right now. But LRH left his legacy in the Church of Scientology, truly the most ethical religion on Earth, 10 billion strong! Or is it 10 million?

I’ll have to find my crack technoflunkie and begin dismantlement this evil Odd Empire right away to begin telling the world what is true for me,

for what is true for me must be true for you…or something like that!

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