Scientology apostate

Simon_Gardner · #1 by **Simon_Gardner** » Feb 09, 2011 10:23 am

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright

Simon_Gardner · #2 by **Simon_Gardner** » Feb 09, 2011 10:24 am

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/02/08/church-of-scientology-fires-a-second-salvo-against-the-new-yorker/

Simon_Gardner · #3 by **Simon_Gardner** » Feb 09, 2011 10:27 am

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/02/paul-haggis-scientology-hubbard-new-yorker-wright-miscavige.html

Shuggy · #4 by **Shuggy** » Feb 10, 2011 7:51 am

The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology.
by Lawrence Wright February 14, 2011
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright

also
Château Scientology: Inside the Church’s Celebrity Centre.
by Dana Goodyear January 14, 2008
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/01/14/080114fa_fact_goodyear

Loren Michael · #5 by **Loren Michael** » Feb 10, 2011 9:04 am

That's a really interesting article. Really goddamn long, but interesting enough to justify having a long read.

quisquose · #6 by **quisquose** » Feb 10, 2011 9:22 am

Did he really write that article on February 14 2011 though?

Here's the opinions of P Z Myers:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011 ... feated.php

Shuggy · #7 by **Shuggy** » Feb 10, 2011 8:59 pm

quisquose wrote:Did he really write that article on February 14 2011 though?

Never underestimate the powers of an Operating Thetan VIII!

Shuggy · #8 by **Shuggy** » Feb 10, 2011 9:52 pm

In another life, I'm a Brokie (fan of Brokeback Mountain) and we never understood why Haggis' "Crash" took the 2006 Oscar when it was patently a worse film. Could the vote have been stacked by Scibots? We know about high-profile Hubborgs in Hollywood, but how many are they, really?

hotshoe · #9 by **hotshoe** » Feb 11, 2011 1:54 am

Shuggy wrote:
quisquose wrote:Did he really write that article on February 14 2011 though?
Never underestimate the powers of an Operating Thetan VIII!

That's the magazine's "cover date" and the cover date is always later than the published/distributed date. The cover date is a "pull-off-shelf" date or an "expires by" date, the date for the retailers to remove the older issue and get ready to replace it with the newer issue (which in turn will have a cover date which has not yet arrived).

Depending on the frequency of the magazine, the cover date can be one week out, one month out, three months out ...

Shuggy · **#10** by **Shuggy** » Feb 15, 2011 7:52 am

After Marlon Brando came to a dinner party complaining about a cut on his leg, he was healed by an eager John Travolta, claims Josh Brolin. "I watched this process going on — it was very physical," said Brolin, who says that Travolta placed his palm over Brando's leg. "I was thinking, This is really fucking bizarre! Then, after ten minutes, Brando opens his eyes and says, 'That really helped. I actually feel different!'"

Ten minutes of John Travolta stroking my leg and I know I'd feel very different.