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Part One: The Last Days of L. Ron Hubbard

Behind the Bastards

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Is Your Mecca in the Shape of Your Face?

Elrond Hubbard was, as I think we've established, the craziest man who ever lived. He's a contender in that. And he picked the craziest state. Nobody beats Florida in the crazy state lottery. It's got to be Florida. The site that Elrond Hubbard and his minions selected for their faith's new capital was already occupied by tens of thousands of people who were not Scientologists. That is what we know about Ape. On my ongoing battle to beat the presidents: "I would put mine on top of Mount Rushmore"

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