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It's incredible that you managed to get this important interview shortly before Ron died. Publishing it now builds upon the brave work he did towards the end of his life to expose the horrors he witnessed. There's few people more qualified than Ron to speak about Shelly Miscavige. I liked Ron so much. He's greatly missed.

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Ron was such a charming guy. I enjoy his stories so much. He's got a really unique way to telling them. RIP Ron Miscavige Sr.

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"If you swung [Tom Cruise's medal of valor] around, you could break a wooden pole with it, it was BIG." - Ron Miscavige

Snickersnort! Oh, it was BIG alright :P

As a reminder, here's the full ceremony honouring Cruise.

https://youtu.be/MPk53sBdwpE

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I liked Ron Miscavige from way back in the Sea Org @ Asho F because there were few records to play over the intercom for the letter Reg section.

We did have The Apollo Stars & Chick Corea ( probably spelled that wrong R.I.P. )and someone slipped in Jefferson Starship now & then. I brought in the Incredible String Band too.

I loved Karen’s talks with him on podcasts, so Thank you Tony for this insightful remembrances with him. May he be in Love & Light.

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For anyone who is unaware of the Tom Cruise-Nazanin Boniadi connection (she was chosen by Shelly Miscavige to be Tom's girlfriend, then betrayed terribly by Cruise, leading to this acclaimed actress being forced to clean a bathroom floor with a toothbrush...)

You'll find Tony's excellent coverage at the Bunker:

https://tonyortega.org/2017/05/10/nazanin-boniadi-fbi-testimony-cast-as-tom-cruises-girlfriend-by-scientology/

And Maureen Orth's original reporting for Vanity Fair:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/10/katie-holmes-divorce-scientology

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Here's the scientological justification for not trotting out Shelly: "don't forward the enemy line." It's a "pr" world in the chult. It's about maintaining appearances and postulating realities in the service of a holy intergallactic war against esspees, db's(degraded beings), the reactive mind and the dwindling spiral it spawned, not to mention its meat-sacky, "psyche"-corrupted, humanoid enablers. Us versus them...and we are "senior" because we have the tech, so we don't respond to or even acknowledge the "nattering" of the enemy, the poor lost, bt-infested souls that they are.

Basically, it's phuck us, phuck Shelly, and phuck anybody else that dares to question, much less criticize, what MANKIND'S ONLY HOPE, led by lift-wearing Thetan Number One, is doing.

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O/T - Looks like the 'Bunker' is up again.

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Extraordinary that Ron never spent social time with Shelly.

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Wow! Thank you for sharing that. So, A lot of what we knew and some new stuff. When Ron talked about being conned your heart breaks and then he follows it with how others take it it the grave knowing it’s a lie. Scientology with the hole, introspection rundowns, narconon , physical abuse, mental abuse, sexual abuse, rape, all of the crimes committed on the IRS and journalists, their arrogant fair gaming practices, oh let’s not forget trafficking. They are criminals! So sorry if this is too soon but. Let’s go back and look a each death associated with scientology and they’re all suspect! Worth looking into. Let’s look at recent deaths. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, I like facts and I’d like to know why relatively healthy people including Ron die after whistleblowing. Who is actually missing? How many women? Where is Shelly? Why doesn’t law enforcement care. F**k Fate! She needs to be evaluated by a professional. I can’t believe in America the FBI with all the media this gets why they’re not taking this CULT Down!

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The Bunker is back up, hooray!

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O/T - 'The Bunker' server may be down. I keep getting this when I try to access it:

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We can’t connect to the server at tonyortega.org. Did you mean to go to www.tonyortega.org?

If you entered the right address, you can:

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Check that Firefox has permission to access the web (you might be connected but behind a firewall)

I tried later, my network connection is fine or I wouldn't be leaving this message, and nothing has changed on my Firefox permissions since yesterday.

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Good morning - FYI - just tried viewing tonyortega.org and got this message:

Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site.

We can’t connect to the server at tonyortega.org. Did you mean to go to www.tonyortega.org/2023/01/13/lisa-marie-presley-dies-at-54-after-apparent-cardiac-arrest?

Edited to add: site is back up, thank you.

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