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			<title>Bravo Misha!</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2066</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A wonderful read in the best classic European tradition. You tell a great horror story and brought back to life for me my few months there in the 1980s (before I blew). As a regular reader of ex-Scnj stories, I have to vote this one as one of my faves. Glad you're out; life is much more fun and creative on this side of the wall. Petey]]></description>
			<dc:creator>petey cougar</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:30:03 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2063</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brava Nefertiti for your certainty level and confront! 20 years ago DM was just beginning his decline. He was getting progressively crazier until some 10-15 years later (2000-2005) he got totally crazy. And many of us saw it happen and witnessed what you are describing and thought he was God and we were schmucks who could not comprehend or even begin to measure up. But you duplicated and confronted the exact situation and got out of it fast. Well done!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:59:48 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2062</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Truth! The best to you too!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:53:33 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2061</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Paolo, thank you. "Psychotic" is defined as harmful to itself and others. Well, you are right, CofS in its long-term lower condition (probably Confusion)fits the definition. There are definitely incredibly serious overts, such as GAT and the Simulator that and messing with tech definitions such as F/N, etc. There is the Ideal Orgs multi-million dollar scheme which diverting people from the Bridge, there is an aura of intimidation and extortion surrounding Scientology which scares off new people from the only technology that can save their hides and drag them out of the mud, etc. So I agree, Church of Scientology at this time is a psychotic organization.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:52:03 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2060</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sorry, Theo, I typed it in the "Write comment" but it turns out you can't see that. My blog is [censored]://michaelpriv.blogspot.c om/. I am just putting it together. Some fonts are wrong color, sorry, I will get it corrected this week.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:43:36 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Joy of creating and eyes on a good size mountain</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2057</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Misha, yeah - joy of creation combined with a good size mountain on which to keep one's eyes while moving forward - that seems to be a heck of an advice for living. Thanks again. Let us know when your website is working... Take care! Fidelio]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Fidelio</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:19:06 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>nefertiti says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bravo Misha! For the fun and easy writing of course you master many words combinations I was class 4 trilingual auditor when CMO put me as a waitress... monolingual i guess... Oh well such a shame! well it was 20 years ago but i still remember the look of terror in the eyes of some executives i forgot the names of when dining with DM they just could not swallow anything as DM was silently shouting at them while he was devouring the food I blew the RPF after 10 days horriified with what i saw in there took many years to recover the whole scam of it all best regards nefertiti]]></description>
			<dc:creator>nefertiti</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:55:52 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Theo Sismanides says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Misha, I expecting the blog. Thanks]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Theo Sismanides</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:39:26 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Paolo says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Misha, Even if you probably don't remember me, I remember you very well. You have been instrumental in getting scientology into Russia. Your story depicts very well scientology management's constant can't have that is run on the staff of pioneer areas. AVC is just a complete arbitrary like the line of the I/A. The c. of s is a psychotic organization. Paolo]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:42:12 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2051</link>
			<description><![CDATA[HI Fidelio, Thank you. Happy I made your day! Remember "Joy of creating"?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:37:06 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2049</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Karen, No I do not know Ingrid from Fremont. We are trying to put together a group here. Could you let me know how to find Ingrid? abc.estimating@gmail.com.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:32:07 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2048</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Alenka was my wife. We've been divorced for 14 years or so. I have no idea where she is but I know that she was an excellent translator. Her maiden name was Rodzukova. Good luck with your translations, lets get LRH out there!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:30:43 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2047</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey Scarlet, you too! The most difficult and important thing, as I learned, is to find a good size mountain and then keep your eyes on it and keep moving toward it.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:27:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2046</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Man, you said it! Occluded. I took time to sort out a large chunk of my life because it was one big black terrible heavy blob. This web site is like an auditing action. Thank you, Thoughtful!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:24:29 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2045</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Nathan. There was a lot of suppression uplines, people get bent out of shape, make mistakes.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:21:54 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2044</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you War and Piece, The main difference I see between Vegas and the Int Base is that what happens in Vegas is really nothing much. So somebody gambled. So somebody paid for sex or s/g like that. So what? BFD. Int Base is a completely different story for obvious reasons.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:19:52 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Marta, it is good to be out and free!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:11:57 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Hi Theo!</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2042</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the kind words, Theo, I love you and Olga too. I do not want to make a carrier writing jokes about Int Base. I just don'r see how that would make Int Base into an awesome asset to the entire world. But I am trying to make a carrier out of writing. Please see my blog It is under construction and is a bit out of shape still but you can find some interesting stuff there. I read your article. Wow, what a great, awesome and incredibly incisive view of the translations scene and how well it reflects a larger picture with Scientology in general. Thank you for the email address, I will send you an email.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:10:49 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Misha says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2050</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Colwell, best to you too and welcome to the Bay Area. We will just expand the Bay Area a bit to include Sacramento, thats okay. I know most of us are doing well. That which does not kill you, makes you stronger, I am not kidding. That is the only explanation. Nobody in TU that I know of ever went up the Bridge. We were always either smack in the middle of an event release like zombies or doing lower conditions or both!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:02:34 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>TRUTH says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2040</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Misha, Thank you for your precise account. Going through the suppression with Russian Government is one thing, but joining a "religion" which is run by an SP(DM) where one puts his heart and soul there and gets punished instead is pretty horrible. I personally appreciate your courage and high integrity. I am glad you are finally out. Thank you for being true to yourself. Yes, DM will be removed and jailed soon.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>TRUTH</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:16:40 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Theo Sismanides says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2034</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oh Misha, Misha, hello, hello. Misha has been my recruiter for uplines, extracted me from AOSHEU for the U.S. Anyway, Misha, so glad you wrote this. I had posted my story on the net, would like you to read it when you have time since it has to do with translations. [censored]://www.scientologie.de/en glish/reports/theo_01.htm There are 3 parts. Anyway, I mean Misha this is so... the way you write is the way you speak, is the way you live as far as I know you. I am you are a hilarious guy. This is so eloquently written and so humorous that I am tempted to ask you to write articles for our magazine. You know me and Olga publish a fashion magazine in Athens (have a look [censored]://www.fashionthetamag.bl ogspot.com) I mean you are amazing writer but as Fidelio said you are a huge Russian soul!!! Well, write to me if you want thetamag@yahoo.gr You are in the U.S right? I will talk to you via FB also. This was a great story Misha, you put that non chalence in it and it became so theta. I mean you can make a career writing jokes about Int Base. So see you soon and have a look at my write up posted since 2000 on the net. Then I got declared for posting it on a freezone site. take care!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Theo Sismanides</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:17:49 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>COLWELL says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2030</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks you Misah for your amazing account. I remember much of it, especially the body odor festival. What a joke. So glad I found many of my lost TU friends on facebook -- amazingly all are flourishing as you are; out from under the thumb of suppression. My best to you. ML, Colwell]]></description>
			<dc:creator>COLWELL</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:47:46 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Karen says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2033</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Misha, What a great story! I remember when Russian dissemination was hot and wondered what happened to it. Now I know, the rat got into it. Did you ever work with Ingrid from Fremont? She was working on projects with WISE. She was a fantasic speaker and had wonderful things to say about her trip to Russia. She especially loved the people who were open arms for Scientology.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:17:06 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Alena Priv</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2031</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Priviet Misha, what's your relation to Alena Priv? Is she out of Co$ too? I'm working on Czech independent translations, that's why I'm asking. Vítek]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Vítek Profant</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:14:03 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>I have such a soft spot on Russians</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2027</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Misha, having almost every day some kind of contact with Russians and people from the former USSR, I just can so much relate to the very specific humour and non-chalence these people must have developped under that specific type of suppressive management. Hours long story in short: Since hours - just remembering a single bit of your story in between my work cycles, I burst out in fits of loud laughter and blow line charge I would not recall when it would have occurred for the last time... Your story is hilarious in all its unbearability, it's so grotesque and narrated nevertheless so up-tone... I am in awe of you and your spirit and admire your strength and love very, very much!! What a huge Russian soul you are!! ML, Fidelio]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Fidelio</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:38:29 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>WOW!</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2026</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Misha, I can't believe how much you went through. And like Steve said above, you can just substitute "marketing" or "management" or any other function on that base and tell the same story. I'm so glad that you are out, healthy and doing well. I remember you as a great, fun guy who made me laugh on many occasions, and to know that you were able to be that high-toned with the amount of suppression you were experiencing just shows what a truly special person you are. Never stop fighting the good fight!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Scarlet Pumpernickel</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:56:55 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Ronald says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thanks for taking the time to write this! This article brought some memories. I was training at Flag as an Outer-Org trainee in the mid 90's. I remember giving checkouts and coaching a Vladimir (I think that was his name) around the time Russia was booming. The other thing I remembered, unfortunately, was the sniffing. At various times I was I/C of a small group of OOTs and I had to sniff armpits and shoes on a couple of occasions. This had been conveniently occluded till today...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ronald</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:39:18 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>The Daily Grind</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your story Misha. I was Class V org staff for 10 yrs and initially had the fairy tale idea that as you went uplines in Scientology it would be more and more theta with more ethical and enlightened beings. The more I tasted of uplines the less I thought this. Your story (and others) are helping put the 'reality' in for me on what was actually going on in those ten years and how the actually stupidity was coming DOWN the lines from Management a lot of the time. Not always, but plenty. Thank you.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:59:03 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>War and Peace says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2021</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you Michael. Great write up. There is this catch [censored]rase "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" well..... it seems like "What happens at INT BASE will never stay in INT BASE. It will be told on the Internet" TRUTH WILL OUT. Each story tells more and more of the destruction and the insanities. Thanks for revealing it from another angle. Good job.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>War and Peace</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:32:25 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Lise says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2019</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hmmm...DM has his own private pack of sniffer dogs. The plot thickens.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lise</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:34:04 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Marta says:</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/the-daily-grind.html#comment-2020</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Misha - the visuals your words gave are vivid. Both ugly and cartoonish, just as the CoS scenario has become. Sniff-sniff-sniff, this organization smells like crap! If they'd just kept sniffing, their noses would have led them to DM, no doubt. Good on you for GTF out of there!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Marta</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:31:35 -0600</pubDate>
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