Fuck! $365,000 and I Still Can't Fly!

I'm sure I'm late to the party by linking it now instead of right at the start of the drama, but here is an excellent presentation that summarizes quite nicely why people are pissed about Scientology. You can search for any of the details on Google; the documentation is all over the web.

It's a great link to spread around to people who might be interested in taking action, but don't yet realize Scientology is more than a bunch of rich Hollywood kooks obsessed with space ghosts. It's a powerful and dangerous corporate entity with blood on its hands and it sorely needs every inch of its ass kicked.

An early Orlando protest happened today. I'm seeing reports of 70+ people showing up. That is phenomenal. People report being tailed home from the protests, which is suck.

Meanwhile, a California planning meeting was crashed by Scientologists who went around the dining area asking patrons for their personal information. The Anons and friends didn't have masks on for the protest meeting, so they slipped away and had the meeting elsewhere. They returned later to find the Scientologists still waiting for them to show up. They had to have found out about the meeting on the web. That's not too surprising--they ARE watching.

They are afraid, and they should be. For the first time in church history, they've come up against a faceless foe they can't intimidate or harass into silence. They WILL try to get any identifiable people who show up to take the fall for the faceless masses of Anonymous. So for God's sake be careful if you go to the protests!

Hide your face, don't tell anyone your name, and don't park a block away and go straight back to your car and drive home. If they get your plates, they can come picket your house with signs accusing you of all sorts of ridiculous crimes. This has happened plenty of times to picketers who were identified.

An Anonymous-authored list of 22 protest rules can be viewed here.