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Jerrod Carmichael takes aim at Tom Cruise, Scientology with Golden Globes joke

Published January 11, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Golden Globes, Scientology, Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise won't be making up with the Golden Globes any time soon. Host Jerrod Carmichael took sharp aim at the superstar actor and the Church of Scientology of which Cruise has been a prominent member — just seconds before…[Continue Reading...]

Man arrested in Germany on suspicion of procuring cyanide and ricin for ‘Islamist-motivated’ attack

Published January 10, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged arrest, Germany, Islamist, terrorist

A man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of procuring the deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to be used in an "Islamist-motivated" attack, authorities have said. The 32-year-old, an Iranian citizen, was arrested in the city of Castrop-Rauxel, in…[Continue Reading...]

South Carolina priest charged with sexually abusing 11-year-old child

Published January 10, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged clergy abuse, Jaime Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, Miami, Roman Catholic priest, sexual abuse

A South Carolina priest who served in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston has been charged with federal sex crimes stemming from allegations that he abused an 11-year-old child. Jaime Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, known in church as "Father Gonzalez," was arrested…[Continue Reading...]

Scientologists win the latest stage of ‘public worship’ legal fight

Published January 10, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged legal dispute, Scientologists, Scientology, tax exemption, UK

Scientologists have won the latest stage of a legal fight centred on whether a Church of Scientology chapel is a place of “public religious worship”. The Church of Scientology Religious Education College became involved in a dispute, at a specialist valuation…[Continue Reading...]

How Shinzo Abe’s murder and his ties to Moonies blindsided Japanese politics

Published January 10, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abe assassination, Japan, policial influence, Sun Mung Moon, Unification Church

In the days after Shinzo Abe was shot dead last summer while making an election campaign speech, commentators struggled to articulate a motive for a seemingly senseless attack on Japan’s former and longest-serving prime minister in a country admired for…[Continue Reading...]

Mid-Valley Scam Alert: Pyramid schemes

Published January 10, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged mullti level marketing, pyramid scheme, scams

A new year is upon us, but I thought it would be fun to discuss a scam as old as time for the first 2023 edition of the Mid-Valley Scam Alert. The pyramid scheme — the OG scam if you will —…[Continue Reading...]

Gwen Shamblin’s Controversial Story Gets the Lifetime Treatment in New Trailer Starring Jennifer Grey

Published January 10, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alleged cult leader, Gwen Shamblin, Remnant Fellowship

Jennifer Grey has undergone a hair-raising transformation. The Dirty Dancing star plays self-proclaimed spiritual diet guru Gwen Shamblin in the trailer for Lifetime's Gwen Shamblin: Starving For Salvation. Known just as much for her striking hairstyle as her controversial religious teachings—"The higher the…[Continue Reading...]

Danny Masterson Set to Learn If He’ll Face Second Rape Trial

Published January 10, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Danny Masterson, Los Angeles, rape trial, Scientology

Danny Masterson is due in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday to learn if prosecutors will seek a second trial, six weeks after jurors deadlocked on three rape charges filed against the actor. Masterson, 46, is charged with three counts…[Continue Reading...]

Anti-Zionist Haredi sect members visit Jenin, meet terror-linked Palestinians

Published January 10, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-Zionists, Neturei Karta, support of Palestinians, terrorists

Several members of the fringe anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox sect Neturei Karta entered Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on Monday and met with Palestinians from local terror groups According to Hebrew and Arabic-language reports, the Neturei Karta members met with…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow gives notice of alibi and Chad Daybell seeks delay in trial

Published January 10, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged court motions, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murders

Ahead of the trial set for spring, Lori Vallow is asking to meet with Chad Daybell to discuss their options. According to East Idaho News, Vallow gave a notice of alibi and her attorney asked the judge to not consider…[Continue Reading...]