Lee Boyd Malvo, the teenager known as the D.C. sniper is now on trial for murder. At 17 he and his mentor/father figure John Muhammad went on a killing spree that left ten dead in its wake and terrified a nation. Now 18 Malvo is literally fighting for his own life in a Virginia courtroom. […]
Tom Cruise has been busy holding forth lately on everything from Japanese culture to “inner peace,” promoting his latest movie The Last Samurai reports AAP. Of course “inner peace” for the actor comes from Scientology not Zen. However, the devout Scientologist wasn’t so serene when Today Show host Katie Couric pressed him about the controversy […]
It seems that well-known relationship gurus “Dr.” John Gray and “Dr.” Barbara De Angelis have bogus credentials reports Men News Daily. Apparently the two both obtained their touted “doctorates” from a “diploma mill” shut down two years ago by the California state attorney general’s office. Gray and De Angelis received doctorates from Columbia Pacific University, […]
Denis Leary held his third annual bash for New York’s Bravest at a hotel in Manhattan “I started this after 9/11 to help the families of firefighters,” he told Cindy Adams at the New York Post (October 24). Other notable celebrities such as Jim Gandolfini, Harrison Ford, Richard Gere, Julianne Moore and John McEnroe have […]
Keith Raniere and his “coaching” creation called NXIVM (pronounced Nexium, like the pill for heartburn sufferers) made the cover of the subscription issue of Forbes Magazine. Mr. Raniere may need some of the original Nexium to help his stomach soon. The NXIVM article titled “Cult of Personality” describes a seeming subculture of “devoted followers” focused […]
NXIVM, a controversial organization called a “cult,” proposed a 67,000 square foot complex to be built in the town of Halfmoon near Albany, New York. But it seems that project may be effectively blocked reports the Albany Times-Union. The Sartoga Count Planning Board has nixed NXIVM (pronounced Nexium) proposed building. More than a hundred residents […]
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder and leader of Transcendental Meditation (TM), is attempting to make inroads within America’s public schools reports the Fairfield Ledger. In press conferences carried by satellite uplink across the United States and in Canada the guru’s devotees touted TM as “consciousness-based education.” Perennial presidential candidate John Hagelin, Maharishi’s pick for the White […]
Greta Van Susteren is the queen at Fox News and regularly wins the ratings wars against her old employer CNN reports the Kansas City Star. The Midwest newspaper gushed about Van Susteren’s success and quoted a source parenthetically about how “she and her husband are heavily into the Church of Scientology.” But Greta and hubby […]
A controversial group called a “cult” by local residents suffered a serious setback in New York federal court yesterday reports the Albany Times-Union. NXIVM (pronounced Nexium) also known as “Executive Success Programs” has filed lawsuits against John Hochman, MD and Paul Martin, Ph.D. regarding their written analysis of the group and its programs. The Ross […]
In a precedent setting decision The Court of Appeal in the Hague overturned lower court rulings and cleared the way for an Internet database in Holland to continue to make public “secret Scientology documents” reports The Register. Karin Spaink of Amsterdam was sued by Scientology for allegedly violating its copyright by posting supposedly protected material […]
