Scientology Scams

Via Slashdot, the story of 64-year old Keith Henson’s arrest. Henson, an outspoken critic and picketer of Scientology bases was convicted in 2001 of “interfering with a church”. You can read about the on Wikipedia and on Henson’s website. Whatever you may think of Henson and Scientology, it’s clear from reading the court documents that [...]

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Today’s linkfest is all about Big Corporations, Big Religion and Big Money. It has some of my old-time favorites as well as some newer finds. Via There’s Something About Harry and MobileTracker, the eye-popping story of Cingular Wireless’ tireless effort to bilk a senior citizen out of $31,000.00. It seems that 77-year old Oliver DeSofi’s [...]

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True confession: Until this week I had no idea who David Beckham was, why his name was in the news as much as it was, or why I should care. I still don’t care, despite the obscene money he’s being paid to land in LA. But hey — he’s coming to my neck of the [...]

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