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Church of Scientology

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2006

    Messiah news: Real Estate and Sushi Edition

    According to the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Ana Performing Arts and Event Center building may soon leave behind the things of this world, and take on the fight against the evil alien power from beyond the stars that's keeping you from fulfilling your potential and living like Tom Cruise. In other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2006

    Odds and Ends

    Well, it was quite a weekend in Washington D.C. In a previous post, Alex did a fine job of spelling out the facts in the case of ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Predator). The only thing that can be added is that Foley has now headed down a familiar path-- as Josh Marshall puts it: "Ahhh, once again, the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2006

    Orange County developers snared in hot lesbo love in!

    Don't know if you caught this buried in the LA "By God" Times' Jan. 12 front-pager on Governor Big Lippy sending his chief-of-staff out to court his big-money Republican donors: their first get together will be this coming Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Irvine Co.'s "Fantasy" Island Hotel (formerly the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2008

    The (Busted) Reg-O-Meter©—Week Ending March 29

    [Reg-O-Meter staff memo: With yet another entry this week of the name “Gordon Dillow,” the Reg-O-Meter, after being in operation a mere three weeks, incurred a major, possibly fatal technological malfunction—goddamn Radio Shack parts. Until repairs can be made, the Reg-O-Meter has been shut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2008

    BiblicalThought.com A'Deletin'

    *Updated, with new information on the bottom... For the past couple of days, it's been quite the battle royale at Navel Gazing regarding Robert Morey, pastor of Faith Community Church in Irvine, and a guy whose flock is the most aggressively arrogant bunch of religious folks since the Scientologist ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 1, 2001

    Letters

    *Updated, with new information on the bottom... For the past couple of days, it's been quite the battle royale at Navel Gazing regarding Robert Morey, pastor of Faith Community Church in Irvine, and a guy whose flock is the most aggressively arrogant bunch of religious folks since the Scientologist ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 28, 2005

    'When I Read the Article, I Wanted to Kill Myself.'

    *Updated, with new information on the bottom... For the past couple of days, it's been quite the battle royale at Navel Gazing regarding Robert Morey, pastor of Faith Community Church in Irvine, and a guy whose flock is the most aggressively arrogant bunch of religious folks since the Scientologist ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 12, 2009

    A Leer Back at OC's History of Theatrical Naughtiness, Nastiness and Outright Sexual Perversions

    *Updated, with new information on the bottom... For the past couple of days, it's been quite the battle royale at Navel Gazing regarding Robert Morey, pastor of Faith Community Church in Irvine, and a guy whose flock is the most aggressively arrogant bunch of religious folks since the Scientologist ... More >>

  • News

    October 16, 2008

    David Di Sabatino Is Drawn to Charismatic Christians. But Nothing Prepared Him for Larry Norman

    *Updated, with new information on the bottom... For the past couple of days, it's been quite the battle royale at Navel Gazing regarding Robert Morey, pastor of Faith Community Church in Irvine, and a guy whose flock is the most aggressively arrogant bunch of religious folks since the Scientologist ... More >>

  • Features

    November 4, 1999

    Orange Countys 31 Scariest People

    *Updated, with new information on the bottom... For the past couple of days, it's been quite the battle royale at Navel Gazing regarding Robert Morey, pastor of Faith Community Church in Irvine, and a guy whose flock is the most aggressively arrogant bunch of religious folks since the Scientologist ... More >>

  • Film

    January 31, 2008

    Lousy Movie

    WEB EXCLUSIVE! Spartan laughs to be had in this lackluster parody

  • Calendar

    November 22, 2007

    Friday - 11/23

    Antarctica at Pitzer College, Kathy Griffin at OCPAC, Ray Bush & the BBC Jazz Band at the Olde Ship

  • Columns

    March 4, 1999

    Letters

    Antarctica at Pitzer College, Kathy Griffin at OCPAC, Ray Bush & the BBC Jazz Band at the Olde Ship

  • Music

    February 8, 2007

    in the Mouth of a Desert

    Where the Henry Clay People exude orange-ness

  • Film

    June 22, 2006

    Full-Serve Philosophy

    A gas station attendant pumps out enlightenment in Peaceful Warrior

  • Film

    May 4, 2006

    Cruise in Control

    The Syracuse kid saves the world in style

  • Music

    October 27, 2005

    Monster Mash

    Five hits from Hell

  • Columns

    October 6, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    Five hits from Hell

  • Film

    June 30, 2005

    Mystery Scientology Theater

    How War of the Worlds anticipated the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard

  • Features

    February 10, 2005

    What The Devil Told Joe Parker

    Nobody paid much attention to the terrifying voices Joe Parker heard until he slashed his way through an Irvine supermarket.

  • Music

    May 27, 2004

    Material Hurl

    21 reasons Madonna blows

  • Columns

    August 28, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    21 reasons Madonna blows

  • Culture

    July 17, 2003

    Wank Bush Out of Office!

    Grant Morrison tells you how

  • Music

    July 3, 2003

    Creepshow Superstars

    Door-to-door new wave with I Am Spoonbender

  • Music

    April 3, 2003

    Piss Off, England!

    OC Music Awards founder Martin Brown thinks were cooler, anyway

  • Culture

    March 28, 2002

    Brilliantly Insane

    A Little Application of Our Much-Touted Know-How is fruity and cuckoo and wonderful

  • Film

    February 15, 2001

    Without a Prayer

    Left Behind is a flat wedge of Jesus cheese

  • Columns

    February 8, 2001

    Letters

    Left Behind is a flat wedge of Jesus cheese

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    Rifling Victorias Drawers

    The Smoking Gun picks copyright fight with panty peddler

  • Columns

    November 18, 1999

    Letters

    The Smoking Gun picks copyright fight with panty peddler

  • News

    September 9, 1999

    Orange Countys Least Powerful People The First-Ever Weaklies!

    The Smoking Gun picks copyright fight with panty peddler

  • Columns

    February 25, 1999

    Letters

    The Smoking Gun picks copyright fight with panty peddler

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Shock Therapy

    OC Scientologists denounce psychology with a little mind control of their own

  • Columns

    January 21, 1999

    Look What the Cats Dragged In

    Animal rights, A Civil Action and other teenage drivel

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    The Year in Cyberspace

    Animal rights, A Civil Action and other teenage drivel

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    Millennium Plan Madness

    Animal rights, A Civil Action and other teenage drivel

  • Music

    November 19, 1998

    Localer Than Ever!

    Shameless self-promotion! Your handy track-by-track rundown

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    OC Church of Scientology Needs to Work on their Proselytizing

    ​I read more about Scientology than normal people should, only because I'm a bit obsessed about religions, pseudo-religions, and their secrets. So when the followers of L. Ron Hubbard bought a historic SanTana building a couple of years ago, I figured they were about to launch a massive outreach e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    OC Church of Scientology Can't Pay Water Bill?

    ​Over the past couple of weeks, the influential anti-Scientology message boards Operation Clambake and Why We Protest have reported with glee that the Church of Scientology in Orange County can't pay its water bill on its downtown SanTana building. The source is a former Scientologist who, like so ... More >>

  • Film

    November 18, 2010

    'Next' to Nothing

    Paul Haggis shows no improvement in this prison-break yarn

  • Culture

    March 17, 2011

    Louis Vuitton Has No LV for Parody

    [Trendzilla] The fashion icon continues to ridiculously pursue legal action against artist Nadia Plesner

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Vince Neil's Domestic Battery Treatment Plan

    ​ Motley Crue singer Vince Neil was arrested for domestic violence in Las Vegas on Friday after allegedly poking his ex-girlfriend in the arm during an argument. Neil, 50, has vowed to fight the charges in court, which means we will all be treated to hilarious footage of the glam rocker testify ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2011

    5 Churches That Should Buy Crystal Cathedral

    Would you buy a church from these guys?​Drowning in debt, Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral is reportedly being put up for sale. The American Independent surmises the mega-church's dire financial straits demonstrate conservatism is on the wane behind the Orange Curtain. But rather than wallow in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Nickelodeon Child Stars: Where Are They Now?

    ​ Whatever happened to all the Nickelodeon stars of our childhood? Oh No They Didn't has answers: They track down Michael C. "Mike" Maronna (Big Pete on The Adventures of Pete n Pete), Michael Bower (Eddie "Donkeylips" Gelfen on Salute Your Shorts) and Jason Zimbler (Ferguson W. Darling on Clariss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Scientology "Enemies List" Leaked, With More than a Few OC Residents Listed

    ​Our sister paper, the Village Voice, posted last week about the recent leaking of a Scientology document listing the names of more than 100 people that aren't on the good with the Clear anymore. "In the document, dated January 22, 2010, an [Office of Special Affairs, Scientology's covert-operati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Ayn Rand Institute Fellow: Ayn Rand Bigger, Better than Jesus

    ​About a decade ago, while a student at Chapman University, I organized a debate on the legacy of Columbus and set out to find the craziest people on the Left and Right to argue. On the Left was the fanatical Mexica Movement, who think everything European is inherently evil, and on the right was O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Anarchy in the SC! Posters for Global Revolution Group Anonymous Paper San Clemente

    ​Mysterious posters popped up on trees and light poles along Avenida Pico, Avenida Del Mar and the downtown in San Clemente over the weekend, just as they have in other Orange County cities lately.They advertise the "global revolution group" Anonymous and direct people to whatis-theplan.org, an eq ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Tony Ortega, 'Village Voice' Editor and OC Boy, Attracts Protesters to His Cal State Fullerton Speech Tonight

    The half-wab himself...​Yesterday, I was lucky enough to sneak into the class of Cal State Fullerton professor (and longtime Orange County Register reporter) Jeff Brody and steal his guest speaker, Village Voice editor Tony Ortega. He's in town for a week to speak at the school's various communica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    The OC Couple Who Gave More than $1.3 Million to the Church of Scientology--Only to Leave

    ​Over the past couple of weeks, the St. Petersburg Times has been publishing their latest blockbuster series on the Church of Scientology, that ever-mockable collection of has-been movie stars and good people being driven to donate more and more money just to realize an intergalatic overlord name ... More >>

  • Film

    December 22, 2011

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