Years ago when I worked at Disney University (really) I ran a site "Today in Disney History" where I published important events for each day of the year. Has anyone ever done this for Co$ and all its nefarious branches? It would be cool to have a little pop-up window that would display an event or two and the year it happened. OK, hackers: Ready. Set. Go!
The only one for me "remember, remember the 5th of November." Then I don my mask and enturbulate some $cilons.
Yes, the 5th of November, my favorite day to think of making Scientology History.........for good......
Today December 14th in Scientology history ========================================== Narconon Loses Battle For Certification, Must Close December 14, 1991, Tulsa World http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/narconon-loses-battle-for-certification-must-close/article_26d591d6-d340-5317-be9e-56e413e62cc2.html he state mental health board Friday rejected certification for the controversial Narconon Chilocco New Life Center, 6-0. The board stayed its order seven days so officials at the drug treatment center can arrange an orderly removal of the 27 patients at the Newkirk center. After months of board hearings, court orders and press conferences, the decision puts an end to the first phase of the history of the center, tied to the Church of Scientology. Tags: Dennis Lewelling, Harry Woods, Murray Abowitz, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Oklahoma, Ray Stewers ========================================== Narconon to appeal board's denial of certification December 14, 1991, Tulsa World http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/narconon-to-appeal-board-s-denial-of-certification/article_96eafcd5-4a52-551f-91a9-90b68af1b720.html "We will be appealing this decision immediately on behalf of the many clients in the program right now, some of whom are court-ordered from many parts of the country," Gary Smith, president of the Narconon Chilocco New Life Center, said after a 6-0 vote Friday against certification. The board also voted 5-1 to stay its order denying certification for seven days. That would allow for the orderly removal of the clients at the facility, which is backed by the Church of Scientology. Tags: Dennis Lewelling, Duane Burgess, Gary Smith, John Chelf, Joyce Bumgardner, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Board of Mental Health, Oklahoma Mental Health Department, Ray Stowers ========================================== Narconon Turned Down for Certification, Must Close December 14, 1991, Wayne Greene, Tulsa World http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/narconon-turned-down-for-certification-must-close/article_9093d2c0-1d71-56e2-8788-f932227a85ca.html He admitted past troubles in the discharge planning and medical record keeping at the center, but said the program was basically effective and improving. Citing evidence from a stack of medical journals, board member Joyce Bumgardner charged sauna and exercise programs at the center were being instituted without proper care for the possible heart damage drug abuse may have caused to the patients. Tags: Dennis Lewelling, Dwaine Burgess, Guy Hurst, Harry Woods, Joyce Bumgardner, Murray Abowitz, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Ray Stewers ========================================== Sect Appeal: A&E Examines The Scientology Phenomenon December 14, 1998, Kay McFadden, Seattle Times http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2788882&date=19981214&query=Scientology Few sects are as rife with news appeal as Scientology. In its 44-year history, the church has been embroiled in battles with the Internal Revenue Service, Time magazine and a half-dozen foreign governments; had top members jailed for criminal activities; and lists among its current members John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Isaac Hayes, Kirstie Alley, Jenna Elfman and Mimi Rogers. Tags: A&E, Bill Kurtis, David Miscavige, IRS ========================================== Tom Cruise Blasted by 9/11 Firefighters December 14, 2005, WENN, Hollywood.com http://www.hollywood.com/news/Cruise_Blasted_by_911_Firefighters/3472160 The Scientology devotee has urged emergency services victims to give up their medication and inhalers as part of a "purification rundown,' which favors sauna sessions, ingestion of cooking oil and large doses of niacin as cures instead. As co-founder of the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, Cruise has also supported a new Scientology clinic preaching these remedies near the Ground Zero site. Tags: Detox, Purif, Tom Cruise ========================================== Cult Watch December 14, 2007, Lynne Wallis, TES Magazine http://www.tes.co.uk/2483496 This year, it was discovered Narconon, the Scientology-linked group, has been invited into British schools to lecture pupils on drugs, and the organisation's outpost in East Grinstead - known as the Effective Education centre - attempts to coach mainstream teachers in some of the precepts of Scientology, which advocates a form of self-help invented by its founder L. Ron Hubbard. Tags: Narconon, UK ========================================== For first time in years, mayor has opponent December 14, 2007, St. Petersburg Times http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/14/Hillsborough/Hillsborough_sets_new.shtml The race to become Clearwater's top elected leader kicked off Wednesday night with the city's first mayoral forum in almost a decade. Former Clearwater Mayor Rita Garvey and incumbent Frank Hibbard spent two hours at the Clearwater Beach Recreation Center answering questions about the waterfront, downtown, Scientology, taxes and the Community Development Board. Tags: Clearwater, Frank Hibbard, Rita Garvey ========================================== Valentino to Receive Grand Medaille de Paris December 14, 2007, Godfrey Deeny, Fashion Wire Daily http://www.fashionwiredaily.com/first_word/news/article.weml?id=1622 In 2005, the medal was a source of Hollywood controversy when Anne Hidalgo a senior socialist politician promised in the name of Delanoe that the mayor intended "to be vigilant" that Tom Cruise would never receive the Grand Medaille due to his membership of the church Scientology, regarded as a cult in official French circles. Tags: France, Tom Cruise ========================================== Will Smith Foundation Donated $20,000 to Scientology December 14, 2007, David Foxley, New York Observer http://www.observer.com/2007/will-smith-foundation-donated-scientology Rumors suggesting that Will Smith is a Scientologist have been swirling and growing as he is seen in public more and more with Tom Cruise, a well-known member of the organization. There was even an item about it on Page Six today. But now, the likelihood that the I Am Legend star is in fact an L. Ron Hubbard disciple seems a bit greater. It turns out the Will Smith Foundation, which gives away hundreds of thousands of dollars to various causes, donated $20,000 to the Church of Scientology's home-schooling program, called the Hollywood Education and Literacy Program. Recently on Access Hollywood, Mr. Smith reiterated what he told Men's Vogue, saying, "I was introduced [to] it by Tom and I'm a student of world religion." Tags: Hollywood Education and Literacy Program, Tom Cruise, Will Smith ========================================== Clearwater business owner focused on growth amid gloom December 14, 2008, Jeff Harrington, St. Petersburg Times http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article937269.ece L. Ron Hubbard watches over Gendusa's office. Actually, two photos of the Scientology founder hang on her walls amid marketing awards and splashy pastel artwork. Located in downtown Clearwater near Scientology's headquarters, PostcardMania was developed based in part on Hubbard's business strategems. Shelved behind Gendusa's desk is a multivolume set depicting Hubbard's business management technology. PostcardMania is a member of WISE, the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises, and up to a third of its employees are Scientologists. However, Gendusa isn't counting on any Scientology business network to ride out the recession. Those contacts, she said, account for only a small fraction of revenues. To grow the business anywhere near her 50 percent goal, she's counting on other strategies. Tags: Clearwater, Joy Gendusa, Karla Jo Helms, PostcardMania, WISE ========================================== Web version: http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
Have you never seen the alt.religion.scientology newsgroup? There is someone there who has done this for years. E.g.: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.religion.scientology/D-ICYFcbJYo
ScientologyToday On December 17 in Scientology history Lawsuit blames medical examiner December 17, 2002, Cary Davis, St. Petersburg Times Wood resigned in September 2000 after prosecutors blamed her for the collapse of a high-profile criminal case against the Church of Scientology. In that case, Wood originally concluded that Lisa McPherson died of complications from dehydration in 1995 after spending 17 days in the care of fellow Scientologists. She later reversed her findings, ruling that McPherson's death was an accident. Tags: Joan Wood,Lisa McPherson,St. Petersburg Times Scientology's inland empire December 17, 2005, Rebecca Perry, Los Angeles Times Once a haven for Hollywood moguls, a former resort near Hemet is now a major Church of Scientology base of operations. (PDF) Tags: Int Base,Los Angeles Times Scientology church seeks more units for hotel December 17, 2006, Robert Farley, St. Petersburg Times On Tuesday, the Church of Scientology will go before the city's Community Development Board to request a transfer of development rights from the site of its power plant on Court Street to the Oak Cove Building, a 13-story waterfront high-rise that the church intends to develop as a 251-room hotel for visiting Scientologists. Tags: Ben Shaw,Clearwater,Frank Hibbard,Real estate,Super Power,St. Petersburg Times Germany's Battle Against Scientology December 17, 2007, Andrew Purvis, TIME Magazine The interior ministers of Germany's 16 states have launched an investigation into the activities of the Church of Scientology, hoping to assemble the evidence to support banning the U.S.-based organization from operating in Germany. But skeptics question whether such a move is politically and legally tenable — or wise. Tags: Germany,Ralf Stegner,Ulrike Sweden,Wolfgang Schaeuble,TIME Magazine Will Smith Gives $1.3 Million to Charities December 17, 2008, Roger Friedman, Celebrity Gossip, Fox News He also gave a combined $122,500 to the Church of Scientology, broken into these donations: $67,500 to the New York Rescue Workers Detoxication Fund, $50,000 to the group's Celebrity Center in Hollywood and $5,000 to ABLE, another Scientology offshoot. Smith and his wife have also supported a private school called New Village Academy they opened this fall in suburban Los Angeles that uses Scientology learning concepts. Tags: ABLE,Celebrity Centre,Jada Pinkett-Smith,New Village Academy,New York Rescue Workers Detoxication Fund,Tom Cruise,United Artists,Valkyrie,Will Smith,Fox News Purged From SF Schools, Scientologists Woo Weeuns Out of State December 17, 2008, Matthew Smith, SF Weekly Last month, the cult — which teaches that drugs ooze out the pores in various colors, and that psychiatry is a scourge — convinced Las Cruces, New Mexico Mayor Ken Miyagishima to allow Scientology programs into schools — without informing him they were cult backed. This month, a tipster informed Miyagishima of the Scientology connection, and he canceled the program. However, it's unlikely New Mexico schoolchildren have seen the last of the cult. In San Francisco, Scientology infiltrated classrooms for more than a decade unnoticed because they discreetly offered their program to individual teachers, with district-wide administrators none the wiser. It took a 2005 California-government crackdown to finally drive the cult out of schools. Tags: Ken Miyagishima,Nanette Asimov,Narconon,New Mexico,Richard Henley,SF Weekly Mother Hubbard: The Scientology Celeb Centre on Buckner's Still for Sale December 17, 2008, Robert Wilonsky, Dallas Observer Odd timing, but in the last couple of days, two Friends of Unfair Park have inquired about the for-sale sign in front of the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre on Buckner. Yes, it's for sale — has been since 2006, matter of fact, says Perry Jones of J&B Commercial, who's repping the 1940s manse. He tells Unfair Park this morning the property's "been under contract a couple of times" — once, with a developer who'd hoped to scrape the property and rebuild — but that would-be buyers have backed off for various reasons. Tags: Celebrity Centre,Dallas,Real estate,Dallas Observer Scientology starts collecting bed tax when county questions why it wasn't December 17, 2010, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times Pressed by the staff of Pinellas Tax Collector Diane Nelson, the Church of Scientology agreed to start collecting the tourist tax a few months ago and pay it monthly to Nelson's office, the St. Petersburg Times has learned. It's a surprising reversal that will generate significant new revenue for Pinellas' tourist promotion efforts. But the change raises questions about another tax that Pinellas hotel guests pay � the 7 percent sales tax. Does the church now collect that tax from its guests too? Tags: Bed tax,Clearwater,Diane Nelson,Erin Sullivan,Fort Harrison,Gary Gray,Oak Cove,Pinellas County,Sales tax,Tourist tax,Tampa Bay Times Local Man Says Voice of God Led Him to Burn Historic Provo Tabernacle to the Ground December 17, 2010, BC Bass, Bennington Vale Evening Transcript Clerkschilde said he pondered the omens for many hours before he realized the message God was trying to impart. He now says he's converting to Scientology. "I'm just heartbroken over the destruction of the tabernacle, but I'm not going to question God's plans. Obviously, He's plenty ticked off with the LDS over something. Maybe it's all that money they raised to fight gay marriage in California instead of installing fire alarms at the tabernacle. I can't rightly say. At least with Scientology, I'll have similar restrictions about what I can eat, drink, do and think, but I won't have to go see that court-ordered psychologist now. Religious objections and the like, you know." Tags: Utah,Bennington Vale Evening Transcript In the new year, there'll be an app for that.
