Posts Tagged ‘Hubbard’

Potential Church of Scientology Recruit on Market Street Advised: “Run Girl, Run!”

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

This was how it looked back in the day on Market Street near the Old Navy Flagship Store at the intersection of Fourth and Towne Market. The Church of Scientology had some of its members do some outreach, perhaps they still do that these days.

Anyway, you touch “the cans” and that shows how much stress you have, or something. (Actually, one thing the test tells you how much your grip changes when you hold the cans – do you think that’s a useful measure of anything?)

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So, one problem is that the whole idea is ridiculous and another is that the Scientologist him/herself might be pressured into buying one of the E-Meters the metal can things are connected to. That’s something on the order of $4000 – an awful lot for a P.O.S., really. Even the eBay price seems to have no relationship to the cost of the parts used to make it. So who’s the real victim in this photo? Hard to tell.

Presenting the “Mark Super VII Quantum E-meter

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Anyway, a passerby suggested to the person in the first photo to, “Drop the cans and run. Run Girl, Run!”

Scientology vs. Anonymous / Chanology in San Francisco, Round 3

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

The 1st Amendment has been getting a workout lately in San Francisco.

Round 1

Round 2 plus a partially NSFW photo from this protest here.

Round 3 

Yesterday’s “flash raid” at the hotel where a birthday celebration was being held for L. Ron Hubbard had an appearance from L. Ron’s great-grandson, Jamie DeWolf (nee Jamie Kennedy).

Scientology is currently classified as a religion by the I.R.S., so it enjoys the right to “free exercise,” and Anonymous has the right to free speech and to assemble peaceably. Fair enough. 

Yesterday’s birthday celebration/protest was ably handled at the sargent level by the SFPD. Hurray for them. Next month will see more protests in front of Scientology HQ at the foot of Columbus Street. When will this end?

A birfday party at the Hilton:

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The anime-inspired icon of Chanology:

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Lots of CD’s of L.Ron’s words are for sale:

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Is this masked individual a menace? Depends on your point of view. So far, everything has been pretty mellow in San Francisco.

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.