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February 24, 2012
Scientology on the High Seas: Hubbard Welcomes the New Meat!
In November we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from late 1968 through 1971, and this time we'r ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
How to Succeed in Your Office Oscar Pool Without Really Trying
In November we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from late 1968 through 1971, and this time we'r ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
More Scientology Miracles! And L. Ron Hubbard Tells You How to Make a Slave
Fellow Scientology watchers, we're working on several big stories for you. In fact, we went out of town this weekend on a fact-finding mission, and we are planning to tell you about that soon. But for now, those stories aren't quite ready. In the meantime, we were so happy to see how popular was Mo ... More >>
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January 21, 2012
Scientology Viscosity: Commenters of the Week!
It was an amazing week here at the underground bunker, where we keep an eye on all things Scientology. Let's take a look back at how the week unfolded before we recognize the work of our illustrious commenting community. We starting things out by having fun with the Tone Scale in our regular weeken ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Scientology on the High Seas: L. Ron Hubbard Frets Over His Sexy Crew
In November we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from late 1968 through 1971, and this time we'r ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Scientology on the High Seas: Ringing in 20 A.D. with the Commodore!
On November 18, we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from late 1968 through 1971, and this time ... More >>
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January 3, 2012
Q&A: Rock And Roll Tedium's Craig Hamilton On Mick Jagger Browsing The Frozen-Food Aisle And Other Ways Stars Are Just Like Us
Most people have a story about meeting someone famous—and most of those stories are dull. So why is an entire Tumblr site devoted to the most banal ones—"Did I ever tell you about the time... ?" is the header, but it's better known by its URL, Rock and Roll Tedium—such a riot? The ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
People Who Died 2011: The Year In Obituaries
Amy Winehouse passed away on July 23. In memory of the people, places, and things that passed away in 2011, here's a collection of links and streaming-video artifacts.
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December 16, 2011
Writing OT VIII, a Pot Bust, and More From L. Ron Hubbard: Sailing the Apollo Dec 11 - 17
On November 18, we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from 1968 to 1971, and this time we' ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
SMERSH, Scientology Breakthroughs, and a Funeral: Sailing on the Apollo, Dec 4 - 10
On November 18, we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from 1968 to 1971, and this time we' ... More >>
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December 4, 2011
Scientology Sunday Funnies: Your Tax Dollars at Work
Scientology doesn't really have a Sunday service. They like to say that they do, because they crave mainstream acceptance. But unless Xenu rested after six days and L. Ron Hubbard just forgot to mention it, there's no reason for Scientologists to treat Sunday any differently than every other day of ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Scientology Held Woman Aboard the Freewinds for 12 Years Against Her Will: Aussie TV
NEW: See our lengthy interview with Valeska Paris, with much more information about her background, her time aboard the Freewinds, and her memories of Tom Cruise's infamous 2004 birthday aboard the ship. Australian journalist Steve Cannane of the ABC program Lateline e-mailed us early this morning ... More >>
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November 27, 2011
Scientology Sunday Service: Mind Control and Your Open Thread
It's time for another set of Sunday Funnies here at the underground bunker! We hope you enjoy the set of wacky Scientology mailers we've put together this week. The idea is to inspire you to write about whatever you feel like in our open thread. To get you thinking, we've assembled a very disparate ... More >>
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November 26, 2011
Scientology Leftovers: Commenters of the Week!
We're still recovering here in the underground bunker from this week's big feast. The leftover turkey is still holding out as we look back on the past week of Scientology watching here at Runnin' Scared. We started things off Sunday morning with a look at Part 3 of "The Money Machine," the g ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Scientology's 'Super Power' Building: Cash Cow for the Church
Part 4 of the epic Scientology series at the St. Petersburg Times hit the web last night and hits streets in Florida this morning. This fourth installment focuses on Scientology's biggest construction project: its "Super Power" building that was started a decade ago and still isn't finished. Whethe ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Desperate Scientology Fundraising Caught on Video (UPDATED with more Video)
For the last week, the excellent journalists over at the St. Petersburg Times have outdone themselves with their best series on Scientology ever -- a look at the desperate fundraising by the church, which runs employees ragged and puts intense pressure on ordinary church members. Naturally, the chu ... More >>
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November 20, 2011
Scientology Sunday Service: Your Thanksgiving Week Open Thread!
We have some especially good Sunday Funnies for you this week as we open up a thread for our loyal readers to jabber on about whatever they want. We figured they better be good Funnies, because chances are Tobin and Childs are sucking up all the attention in the Scientology watching world this morn ... More >>
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November 20, 2011
Scientology, Indubitably: NYC Anons Make Their Fancy Raid on the 46th Street 'Org'
As advertised, last night's "fancy raid" put on by the local chapter of Project Chanology (the Anonymous wing that protests Scientology) was a sartorial riot. About 20 young Anonymous members showed up with Snidely Whiplash mustaches (even the women!) and with interesting choices in head wear. I ... More >>
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November 19, 2011
White House Rejects Scientology Petition: Why That's Not All Bad News
"Scientology? Ain't touching that one!"A wail was heard across the land tonight. Just as we were leaving the office for the evening, we were notified that thousands of people who recently signed a White House petition about Scientology had received e-mail notices that the Obama administrati ... More >>
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November 19, 2011
Scientology Chillaxin': Commenters of the Week!
This disturbing image blatantly ripped off from WhyWeProtest.netWas this a week for Scientology watchers, or what? Things started off just after midnight on Sunday morning as we scrambled to alert our readers that what we've been waiting for had finally arrived: the launch of the new investi ... More >>
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November 19, 2011
Scientology's Grand Scheme of Greed Was Kickstarted by the 9/11 Attacks -- St. Pete Times
It's here -- part 3 of the new St. Petersburg Times blockbuster series about the extreme pressure Scientology puts on its members to donate money. And we're thrilled to see this video of Synthia Fagen anchoring the report about the International Association of Scientologists and its constant beggin ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
L. Ron Hubbard Christens the Apollo 43 Years Ago Today: For The First Time, His "Orders of the Day"
For you Scientology watchers and Scientology history buffs, we think we have something very special for you today. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard sailed around the Mediterranean in a small armada of vessels, going from port to port. Each day, he issued ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Scientology Chillin' With Hip Hop! A Video That Cannot Be Unseen
Oh my. Another jaw-dropping video produced by Scientologists for internal use has made its way to the outside world. Take a look, and after the jump we'll tell you what we've been able to find out about this latest testament to Scientology hipness.
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November 16, 2011
Scientology Watching Gets Fancy!
New York City's local Project Chanology brigade -- the branch of Anonymous that messes with Scientology -- has kept up its nearly four-year mission by turning protests into fun and comedic events. In the summer, we wrote about NYC anons turning 46th Street into a beach party -- including 300 ... More >>
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November 13, 2011
Scientology, "The Money Machine:" Explosive New Series by the St. Pete Times
This is the one we've been waiting for, the next big investigative project by Tom Tobin and Joe Childs, the deans of Scientology reporting, who toil for the (formerly) St. Petersburg Times (which for some reason recently changed its name to the Tampa Bay Times -- Go Bucs, or whatever).
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November 13, 2011
Scientology Sunday Service: Your Open Thread For November 13
Last week, we started something new here at the underground bunker, and it was a smashing success. We brought back the tradition of Sunday Funnies, in this case materials produced by Scientology organizations, which tend to be unintentionally hilarious. We then opened up the comments section ... More >>
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November 12, 2011
Scientology Seasickness: Commenters of the Week!
I'm OT VIII, I'm king of the world!It's been a light posting week, but our commenters did not let us down. We've had so much fun with singing on the Scientology ship Freewinds and other madcap adventures, even as we ventured outside the underground bunker. We started things off this week wit ... More >>
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November 6, 2011
Scientology Sunday Service: Your Open Thread For Worship (Or Whatever)
We're trying something new in the underground bunker this morning. It's that first dawn after the clocks have changed here in the U.S., and we find ourselves with an extra hour to play around with. Naturally, our minds turn to things Miscavigey, and we can't help wondering what you, our loyal ... More >>
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November 5, 2011
Scientology Dyspepsia: Commenters of the Week!
Cheezburger.comWe're feeling a bit woozy after this week of Scientology watching here in the underground bunker. Not sure if it was something we ate, or just the thought of Tom Cruise hurling at Gold Base that has us a bit dizzy. Anyway, Mr. Cruise was very much on our minds this week, as h ... More >>
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October 29, 2011
Scientology Dumpster-Dive: Commenters of the Week!
Clearing the planet, one dumpster at a timeFor our longtime, loyal readers and commenters (of all persuasions), I just want to say how much I appreciate your continued interest in things we're doing here at the underground bunker. This week, we got a huge influx of new folks as our stories we ... More >>
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October 22, 2011
Scientology Transfusion: Commenters of the Week!
Eternal soul? Works all night? Exteriorizes? Hmmm.It was a frantic week here at the underground bunker, where we keep an eye on all things Scientology-related. While we gathered material for some big stories, we managed to post several quick observations, some of which featured a medical the ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Scientology and Forced Abortions: Testimony of an Enforcer
Filmmaker Mark Bunker has released another preview from his upcoming documentary, Knowledge Report. In this segment, Gary Morehead talks about his role as a security officer at Scientology's secretive California desert headquarters, Int Base, where he oversaw the operation that persuaded pregnant ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Scientologist Grant Cardone to Occupy Wall Street: Get Off Your Asses!
We just can't seem to get enough of Grant Cardone, the wealthy Scientologist who starred in his own National Geographic Channel reality show, donated millions of dollars to Scientology's war chest, and did Scientology's dirty work to slime fellow church member Milton Katselas, a well known Hollywo ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Scientology Mocked at the South Pole: Now That's Cold
We continue to work very hard on some upcoming stories; in the meantime, we have this interesting image from the bottom of the world. I found it here. I have no information on it -- it might be months or years old, for all I know. I only know this: I want to hear from this person, so that ... More >>
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October 15, 2011
Scientology Effervescence: Commenters of the Week!
Here in the underground bunker, this was something of a strange week. While enduring a middling but annoying cold, we tried to get back in the swing of things after a week out of town. And while things started a bit slow, by Friday this had turned into one slammin' sevenday. Things kicked of ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Scientology "Ideal Orgs" Laid Bare In Our Thursday Stats Roundup!
It's that time of the week again -- at 2 pm on Thursdays, Scientology orgs turn in their stats for the week, and so we like to do our own accounting of how things went for the church with our weekly roundup. After the jump, an eye-opening look inside an "Ideal org" by our sister paper in Phoenix. ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Scientology Officially Probing the Village Voice!
We've just received confirmation that ace reporter Jim Lynch has been handed a new assignment, and that assignment is us! Today, he called a PR firm in San Francisco that we used to work with, asking about "the finances of the Village Voice." The finances of the Voice? Hey, Jim, when you fi ... More >>
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May 20, 2011
Quintron and Miss Pussycat Cancel Their Upcoming Tour, Including Brooklyn Show on May 28
We spoke with swampbuggy bad-ass Quintron very briefly on Monday afternoon, amid the throes of a pre-tour van emergency. But since then something else far more harrowing has developed, specifically an undisclosed "family emergency at home," which has sadly forced cartoon lady Miss Pussycat and her o ... More >>
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April 2, 2009
Studies in Crap and Teen Beat Magazine Kill the Video Star (Willie Aames!)
Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Teen Beat Video Rock Stars Magazine Author: Probably whoever it was who first used the words "monetize" and " ... More >>
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April 1, 2008
Hugs and Kisses #37: Victor Pope
Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Teen Beat Video Rock Stars Magazine Author: Probably whoever it was who first used the words "monetize" and " ... More >>
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September 17, 2007
Hugs and Kisses: David Thomas Broughton and the End of the Road Festival
Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Teen Beat Video Rock Stars Magazine Author: Probably whoever it was who first used the words "monetize" and " ... More >>
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November 15, 2005
Letters
Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Teen Beat Video Rock Stars Magazine Author: Probably whoever it was who first used the words "monetize" and " ... More >>
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February 3, 2004
Separate Still Not Equal
If Gay Marriage Is the Question, Civil Unions Aren't the Answer
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September 30, 2003
Letters
If Gay Marriage Is the Question, Civil Unions Aren't the Answer
NYC Life
August 12, 2003
Listings
If Gay Marriage Is the Question, Civil Unions Aren't the Answer
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April 22, 2003
Not Hop, Stomp
If Gay Marriage Is the Question, Civil Unions Aren't the Answer
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October 29, 2002
Music
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November 28, 2000
Bush Camp Leaks Cabinet Names
Who Are These Guys?
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September 5, 2000
Moving Targets
Choreographers Stride to Hit the Mark
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March 23, 1999
Disobedience Training
Mayor Taunts City and a Coalition Forms
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