Tag Archives: L. Ron Hubbard

Cults and Corporations: in our schools, and brainwashing our kids

By Mark | September 8, 2014

Children, by their very nature, are stupid and easy to manipulate… which is why, over the years, we’ve seen corporations so aggressively pushing to increase their presence in our schools. It’s just good business. If you’re a company selling something like soda, it makes a lot more sense to target impressionable young kids with your […]

Posted in Education, Marketing, Uncategorized | Also tagged advertising, brand loyalty, Channel One, Coke, corn syrup, Corporate Crime, cults, Flint, Learning How to Learn, Life Force Arts and Technology Academy, Pepsi, public education, Scientology, Smart Way, soda, The Way to Happiness, threats to public education, “sponsored educational material” | 29 Comments

The making of a Shirley Hemphill

By Mark | January 6, 2013

I have no idea how accurate my memory is, but, about 25 years ago, while flipping through television stations late one night, I happened across one of Shirley Hemphill’s comedy routines. Shirley Hemphill, for those of you who don’t recognize the name, is probably best known for her portrayal of Shirley Wilson, the short-tempered but […]

Posted in Observations, Other, Pop Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged Asheville, auditing, bootlegging, cocktails, Doobie Brothers, Elijah Muhammad, Flip Wilson, Good Times, Haywood Nelson, Jenny Jones, Louis Farrakhan, Love Boat, Nation of Islam, Puerto Vallarta, Scientology, Shirley Hemphill, Shirley Temple, What's Happening, Xenu, Yakub | 20 Comments

On the murder of our ambassador to Libya and the shameless politicization of his death

By Mark | September 13, 2012

If you believe what we’re being told in the press, an Israeli real estate developer in California by the name of Sam Bacile, raised $5 million from 100 Jewish donors in order to make a film about the “cancer” that is Islam. That’s Bacile’s word, not mine. Before you get mad at Bacile, though, there’s […]