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[30. http://www.libertylobby.org/election2000/aboutBuchanan/gangsters.html | https://archive.is/SQU71]:

John McCain's connection to the Jewish supremacist Bronfman family liquor empire

JANUARY 8, 2008

Big-Time Gangsters Set Up McCain’s Family Fortune

Bronfman family behind the organized crime empire in Arizona that spawned the political career of John McCain

^{By Michael Collins Piper}

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In 1976 a crusading Phoenix reporter, Don Bolles, was murdered by a car-bomb after writing a series of stories exposing the organized crime connections of well-known figures in Arizona, including one Jim Hensley.

Five years later “Honest John” McCain arrived in Arizona as the new husband of Hensley’s daughter, Cindy. “From the moment McCain landed in Phoenix,” according to Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity, “the Hensleys were key sponsors of his political career.”

The fact is, the people ultimately behind the Hensley fortune are even more interesting and controversial

While it is well-known McCain’s father-in-law is owner of the biggest Anheuser-Busch beer distributor in Arizona—one of the largest beer distributors in the nation—the media has had nothing to say about the origins of the Hensley fortune that financed McCain’s rise to power.

The Hensley fortune, in fact, is a regional offshoot of the big time bootlegging and rackets empire of the Bronfman dynasty of Canada, founded by Sam Bronfman, an early partner of Meyer Lansky, longtime “chairman of the board” of the international crime syndicate. (The Bronfmans cover all bases. Sam’s son, Edgar, today—at least publicly—supports George W. Bush.)

McCain’s father-in-law got his start as a top henchman of one Kemper Marley who, for some forty years until his death in 1990 at age 84, was the undisputed behind-the-scenes political boss of Arizona. But Marley was much more: he was also the protege of Lansky’s longtime lieutenant, Phoenix gambler Gus Greenbaum.

In 1941 Greenbaum had set up the Transamerica Publishing and News Service, which operated a national wire service for bookmakers. In 1946 Green baum turned over the day-to-day operations to Marley while Greenbaum focused on building up Lansky-run casinos in Las Vegas, commuting there from his home in Phoe nix. Greenbaum, in fact, was so integral to the Lansky empire that he was the one who took command of Lansky’s Las Vegas interests in 1947 after Lansky ordered the execution of his own longtime friend, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, for skimming profits from the new Flamingo Casino.

Greenbaum and his wife were murdered in a mob “hit” in 1948, their throats cut. The murder set off a series of gangland wars in Phoenix, but Marley survived and prospered

During this time Marley was building up a liquor distribution monopoly in Arizona. The truth is that it was the Bronfman family that set Marley up in business. However, in 1948, some 52 of Marley’s employees (including Jim Hensley) went to jail on federal liquor violations—but not Marley.

The story in Arizona is that Hensley took the fall for Marley. Upon Hensley’s release from prison, Marley paid Hensley back by setting him up in the beer business. That company today, said to be worth $200 million, financed McCain’s career. And without Marley’s political support McCain could have never even gotten elected dogcatcher.

But there’s more. McCain’s father-in-law had also dabbled in the dog racing business and he expanded his family fortune further by selling his dog racing track to an individual connected to the the Buffalo-based Jacobs family.

The Jacobs were the leading distributors for Bronfman liquor into the United States during Prohibition into the hands of local gangs that were part of the Lansky syndicate. Expanding over the years, the family’s enterprises were once described as being “probably the biggest quasi-legitimate cover for organized crime’s money-laundering in the United States.”

While John McCain himself can not be held personally responsible for the sins of his father-in-law, the fact is that this “reformer” owes his political and financial fortunes to the good graces of the biggest names in organized crime.

Jacobs family | Bronfman liquor | Meyer Lansky(Las Vegas casinos) | Gus Greenbaum | Kemper Marley | Samuel Bronfman(George W. Bush) | Bronfman dynasty of Canada | Hensley | McCain

Throwback:

[Jim Hensley] also dabbled in the dog racing business and he expanded his family fortune further by selling his dog racing track to an individual connected to the the Buffalo-based Jacobs family.[30]

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• Let's take a quick look north-east of where the bodies of Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers were found: Purple rooftops... "Follow the White Rabbit"

[31. wiki: Samuel Bronfman]:

Samuel Bronfman, CC (February 27, 1889 – July 10, 1971) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He founded Distillers Corporation Limited, and is a member of the Canadian Jewish Bronfman family.

Biography

~In 1903, the family bought a hotel business, and Samuel, noting that much of the profit was in alcoholic beverages, set up shop as a liquor distributor. He founded the Distillers Corporation in Montreal in 1924, specializing in cheap whisky, and concurrently taking advantage of the U.S. prohibition on alcoholic beverages. The Bronfmans sold liquor to the northern cities of the U.S. such as Boston, New York City and Chicago during the Prohibition era, while operating from the perimeters of Montreal, Quebec where alcohol production was legal.[4]~

Business career

Bronfman's Distillers Corporation acquired Joseph E. Seagram & Sons of Waterloo, Ontario, from the heirs of Joseph Seagram in 1928.[1] Bronfman eventually built an empire based on the appeal of brand names developed previously by Seagram—including Calvert, Dewars, and Seven Crown—to higher-level consumers. His sales were boosted during the United States' abortive experiment with prohibition, and he was apparently able to do so while staying within the confines of both Canadian law, where prohibition laws had been previously repealed, and American law.

His renamed company, Seagram Co. Ltd., became an international distributor of alcoholic beverages, and a diversified conglomerate which included an entertainment branch.

Because of changes to US tax law in the Lyndon Johnson administration, it became advantageous for Bronfman to purchase an oil company,[6] which he did with the purchase of Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company in 1963 for $50 million. In 1980, the Bronfman heirs sold the Texas Pacific Oil holdings to Sun Oil Co. for $2.3 billion.[7]

The Seagram assets have since been acquired by other companies, notably The Coca-Cola Company, Diageo, and Pernod Ricard.

[32. wiki: The Coca-Cola Company]:

The Coca-Cola Company is an American corporation, and manufacturer, retailer, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups.[2] The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia.[3] The Coca-Cola formula and brand were bought in 1889 by Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 – March 12, 1929), who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. The company—headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, but incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware[4]—has operated a franchised distribution system since 1889: the Company only produces syrup concentrate, which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold exclusive territories. The company owns its anchor bottler in North America, Coca-Cola Refreshments. The company's stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of DJIA, the S&P 500 index, the Russell 1000 Index, and the Russell 1000 Growth Stock Index. Muhtar Kent serves as chairman of the company with James Quincey as president and chief executive officer.

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Bottlers

Outside North America

The company's largest bottlers outside North America are:[32]

• Coca-Cola Amatil, based in Australia (Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, South Pacific nations) (Company owns a share)

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[33. wiki: Coca-Cola Amatil]:

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) is one of the largest bottlers of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the world's five major Coca-Cola bottlers. CCA operates in six countries – Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa.

"Think mirror"

Amatil backwards: Litama

[34. wiki: Beileguet Litama]:

Beileguet Litama is a village and rural commune in Mauritania.

[35. wiki: Mauritania]:

Mauritania (/ˌmɒrɪˈteɪniə, ˌmɔːrɪ-/ (About this sound listen);[7] Arabic: موريتانيا‎ Mūrītānyā; Wolof: Gànnaar; Soninke: Murutaane; Pulaar: Moritani; French: Mauritanie), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in Northwest Africa.[8][9][10] It is the eleventh largest country in Africa and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest.~

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Captain Hook - Voodoo Magic

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FUI Pedestrian Bridge Collapse

[26. https://therealdeal.com/miami/2018/03/15/heres-what-we-know-about-mcm-the-builder-of-the-fiu-bridge-that-collapsed/ | https://archive.is/324qO]:

Emphasis(bold-italics) my own.

Here’s what we know about MCM, the builder of the FIU bridge that collapsed

Bridge collapsed Thursday afternoon, killing several people

By Ina Cordle, Katherine Kallergis and Amanda Rabines | March 15, 2018

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^{From left to right: Raul Munilla, Juan Munilla, Jorge Munilla, Lou Munilla, Fernando Munilla and Pedro Munilla}

A prominent Cuban-American, family owned construction business headed by an FIU graduate built the ill-fated pedestrian bridge that collapsed in Miami on Thursday, killing several people.

Munilla Construction Management, founded more than three decades ago in Miami, had the contract for the $14.2 million bridge at Southwest 109th Avenue and Southwest Eighth Street. It collapsed just five days after crews lowered the 174-foot, 950-ton section of bridge into position. Reports show at least eight cars were trapped under the fallen debris. Identities of the victims have not yet been released.

The bridge was intended to create a safer passageway for students crossing Eighth Street’s seven lanes of traffic. It is part of a $124 million expansion of the campus.

photo

^{The bridge after it collapsed on Thursday afternoon (Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)}

An investigation into the collapse is ongoing. The National Transportation Safety Board said it would send a 15-person team to help investigate the accident.

MCM is led by Jorge Munilla, who graduated from FIU’s School of Business Administration in 1997 and has been president of the firm since 1983. He and his five brothers, who also work at MCM, are the sons of Fernando Munilla Sr., who had founded a major construction company in Cuba. Today, the firm has 1,200 employees, according to Jorge Munilla’s LinkedIn page.

MCM has worked on major government contracts in South Florida, Texas and Panama, including the $128 million expansion of Terminal 4 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, PortMiami’s Terminal F, and the widening and reconstruction of State Road 821. Other projects include the bridges of the Isles of Las Olas and Miami Beach’s South Pointe Park. MCM was involved in construction litigation tied to the 19-acre park that resulted in a $478,100 judgment against the firm in 2015.

MCM also has a history with President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. Manafort was helping China’s largest privately owned builder, Pacific Construction Group, identify U.S. construction firms it could acquire, including MCM, which has a multimillion-dollar Pentagon contract to develop a school for the U.S. Navy at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A photograph shows Manafort and Yan Jiehe, the billionaire who heads Pacific, with Jorge and Fernando Munilla of the Miami-based construction firm.

Records show MCM was sued earlier this month in Miami-Dade Circuit Court for alleged shoddy construction of a makeshift bridge it built at the Fort Lauderdale airport. Jose Perez sued the general contractor after he fell when the bridge “broke under the weight of the plaintiff, causing him to slip forward, fall to the floor, striking his elbow,” according to the suit, which was filed March 5.

In 2016, RJR Construction, a subcontractor, filed its second lawsuit against MCM, alleging that it breached its contractual obligations regarding work at Miami International Airport.

The company was also cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for at least three “serious” violations from 2014 to 2017, according to OSHA. More information on the violations is not available online.

Members of the Munilla family were not available for comment on Thursday, as crews remained focused on rescue and recovery efforts.

MCM said in a statement on Twitter that the company “will conduct a full investigation to determine exactly what went wrong and we will cooperate with investigators on scene in every way.”

Documents show MCM gave nearly $25,000 to the six candidates running for Miami-Dade County Commission over the past two years. The firm is currently trying to win an $800 million contract to build the new I-395 bridge in downtown Miami.

In addition to MCM, FIGG Bridge Engineers designed the bridge. Cemex provided the concrete. Barnhart Crane and Rigging operated the transporters that placed the bridge on its permanent supports.

FIGG Engineering, based in Tallahassee, has designed or built bridges valued at more than $10 billion in 39 states and six countries, according to its website.

Christian Bautista contributed reporting.

CEMEX

[27. https://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/29/alumnus-debuts-hbo-political-film/ | @ web.archive.org]:

Alumnus debuts HBO political film

^{By Ethan Kessinger}

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While reminding the audience that the film is not a “time machine,” Jay Roach ‘79 stated following a pre-screening Tuesday night in Cemex Auditorium that his upcoming HBO film “Game Change” is all “factually accurate.”

The film — which tracks Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s decision to choose Sarah Palin, then-governor of Alaska, as his running mate during the 2008 election — has recently been under attack by Palin’s aides as “manipulating history.” McCain told a group of Republican activists Saturday that he would not watch the film.~

[28. https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/experience/news-history/stanford-graduate-school-business-opens-its-new-home | unable to archive]:

Stanford Graduate School of Business Opens its New Home

The $345 million Knight Management Center will enable innovative curriculum in one of the world's most sustainable business school facilities.

^{April 15, 2011}

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Interdisciplinary Learning

~The 600-person CEMEX Auditorium in Zambrano Hall features university-wide programming to engage non-business students from across campus. "It's a virtual world, but it is face-to-face interactions-often that happen in serendipitous fashion-that are still critical to the way much of great innovation takes place," said Stanford University President John Hennessy. "The foresight and generosity of Phil Knight and our other valued donors make this possible. We can't predict the most interesting new ideas that will be born at the Graduate School of Business, but they will be created there."~

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Generous Alumni

More than 200 alumni of the school contributed to the project, which broke ground in September 2008. In addition to Phil Knight, lead donors include:

• Richard E. Rainwater, MBA '68
• Anne T. Bass, MLA '07 and Robert M. Bass, MBA '74
• Lorenzo H. Zambrano, MBA '68 and CEMEX
• Cynthia Fry Gunn, AB '70, and John A. Gunn, AB '65, MBA '72
• Stephanie Palmer McClelland, BS '70, MS '72, and W. Carter McClelland, BS '67, MBA '73

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Sidenote: A connection exists between Stanford, CEMEX & and a notable person associated with Oman; this likely relates to the death of Avicii. @AviciiKnewTooMuch has explored that angle in depth, but, due to a disagreement between us, I no longer have that research at hand and as such, I defer to them for more info on the matter.

CEMEX | McCain | NXIVM

The following information was brought to my attention, largely thanks to several people on twitter.

[29. wiki: Jim Hensley]:

James Willis Hensley (April 12,[2] 1920[3] – June 21, 2000) was an American businessman in the beer industry.

Hensley was born in Texas and moved to Arizona during his youth. He was a bombardier on B-17 Flying Fortresses during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war he was convicted of illegal distribution of liquor and was also involved in a racetrack operation that was investigated by authorities.

He founded Hensley & Co. in 1955. Headquartered in Phoenix, it grew to be one of the largest Anheuser-Busch beer distributorships in the nation. One of Arizona's richest men at the time of his death, Hensley was the father of Cindy Hensley McCain and the father-in-law of United States Senator and 2000 and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain.

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Hensley & Co.

~In 1981, Hensley hired his new son-in-law John McCain, recently married to his daughter Cindy, as Vice President of Public Relations for Hensley & Co.[23] McCain soon left to begin his Congressional career with a victory in the 1982 election for U.S. House of Representatives. Jim Hensley's past record with the law, as well as his past connection to Marley (who was suspected by the police in the 1976 car-bomb murder of Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles[5]), were raised by McCain's opponent in the 1986 general election campaign for the U.S. Senate.[14] McCain won that election handily.[14]~

~Hensley died in Phoenix on June 21, 2000.[19][25] His frequently-amended will[12] left his entire estate to Cindy Hensley McCain,[1] who became the controlling stockholder and chair of the board after his death.[23] His first daughter Kathleen, her husband and children had received substantial ongoing gifts, credit cards, and college tuition payments in the decade before his death, but were left only one modest lump sum from his estate.[1][5]

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[20. wiki: The Bridge]:

The Bridge may refer to:

Art, entertainment and media

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Film

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• The Bridge (2003 film), directed by Bobby Garabedian, written and produced by William Zabka
• The Bridge (2006 documentary film), a documentary about individuals who committed suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge in 2004
• The Bridge (2006 drama film), a fictional story of involvement and disillusionment with Scientology

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[21. wiki: The Bridge (2003 film)]:

Most (re-titled The Bridge in some countries) is a 2003 Czech film directed by Bobby Garabedian and written and produced by Garabedian and American actor William Zabka. The music score was created by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ).

[22. wiki: The Bridge (2006 drama film)]:

The Bridge is a 2006 drama film directed by filmmaker Brett Hanover.[2]

A fictional story of involvement and disillusionment with Scientology, the film explicitly uses Scientology terms throughout, as well as including clips from actual Scientology promotional and training videos. It was released as free use media to the Internet in September 2006 by the filmmaker.[3][4]

The brochure of the Indie Memphis film festival stated that The Bridge was the "first feature film" about the Church Of Scientology.[5] While it is set against the background of the Church of Scientology and the Sea Org, the characters and situations depicted are fictional.

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Production

The film was produced and directed by Brett Hanover,[2][6] a native of Memphis, Tennessee.[7] At the time of the film's release, Hanover was an 18-year-old student.[6] His studies in college focused on film.[6] Former Scientologists were involved in the production of the film;[1] in addition to critics of Scientology associated with Operation Clambake.[3][B] Hanover noted the film was an original script which he wrote along with his assistant director.[8][9] They wrote the script prior to eliciting input from others.[8][9] Prominent critics of Scientology later assisted with funding, input, and acting roles in the film.[8][9] The film production took place in Tennessee.[1] Hanover filmed The Bridge over a total period of six days, for a production budget of US$600.00.[10]

Distribution

The Bridge premiered at the Operation Clambake 10-year anniversary in Stavanger, Norway on September 2, 2006.[11] Operation Clambake stated of the premiere, "We are especially excited for the movie 'The Bridge' ... The world premiere in Stavanger is a great honor".[12] It was shown at the 9th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival in October 2006,[6] as a feature presentation.[13]

Hanover released copies of the film in 2006, to Google Video and Internet Archive.[3] The film credits stated: "The Bridge' is licensed as royalty–free digital media, and may be distributed online for personal viewing without permission. All offline distribution rights are reserved by Brett Hanover."[4][14]

Director requests removal of film from Internet

Jeannette Walls reported in an MSNBC entertainment column that the film had been removed from the Internet.[15] MSNBC quoted journalist and scientology critic Mark Bunker,[A][B] who stated, "It appears that Scientology has hired investigators to dig up dirt on Brett Hanover to shudder him into silence. They have succeeded."[15] In a case study on fair use, Jackson West of NewTeeVee cited the removal of the film from the Internet as an example of "a worst–case scenario of inappropriate behavior by a wealthy rightsholder toward work critical of that rightsholder".[14]

A few weeks after the film's release to the Internet, Hanover requested its removal, stating on his website, "due to copyright issues, I ask that this film be withdrawn from circulation ... Do not contact me concerning this film, I am no longer supporting it."[14][16][17] This statement itself by Hanover and all references to the film were subsequently removed from his website.[14] The Internet Archive removed the film from its site, stating there were rights issues involved;[14] YouTube and Google also removed copies of the film from their websites,[18] but the film has since been reposted by other users, and has not been removed again.

Reception

Cory Doctorow reviewed the film for Boing Boing, and commented, "It's not a bad movie — it moves a little slow, some of the dialog is stilted, but not bad for an indie feature shot in five days, and the information about the Church jibes with my own research into its practices."[3] Chris Davis of Memphis Flyer wrote, "This locally produced feature directed by Brett Hanover uses materials created by the Church of Scientology and stories told by former members of L. Ron Hubbard's controversial sci–fi religion to build a tragic narrative about misplaced faith and insidious fraud. Scientologists will hate it. People who hate Scientologists won't like it nearly as much as the Tom Cruise episode of South Park."[1] The Commercial Appeal characterized the film as a "fact–based dramatization of life inside the Church of Scientology".[7]

Journalist and Scientology critic Mark Bunker observed, "It took a lot of courage to make the movie and a lot of talent to make it a good movie."[19] Allmovie classified the production as a feature film "Religious Drama", involving themes of "Cons and Scams".[2] Jackson West of NewTeeVee commented, "the production value is minimal and the structure episodic, making for a somewhat wooden narrative. But the premise and script were helped by efforts from former Scientologists and anti-cultists to craft an allegorical critique of the Church of Scientology."[14] American skeptic and activist freethinker, Jim Lippard, recommended the film stating, "Watch it, it's pretty well done."[18]

See Also

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• The Profit
• The Bridge to Total Freedom
• Scientology in popular culture
• Scieno Sitter

[23. wiki: The Profit (film)]:

The Profit is a feature film written and directed by Peter N. Alexander. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France in 2001.[2] Distribution of the film was prohibited by an American court order which was a result of a lawsuit brought by the Church of Scientology, although the filmmaker says that the film is not about Scientology. As a result, The Disinformation Book Of Lists and The Times have characterized The Profit as a banned film in the United States.[3][4]

The film was described by its producers as a work of fiction, meant to educate the public about cults and con men. It was widely seen as a parody of the Church of Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. The main character L. Conrad Powers leads an organization called the "Church of Scientific Spiritualism", and many elements about both the Church and Powers' life portrayed in the film, have been compared to Scientology and Hubbard. The film was mainly produced and shot in the Tampa Bay Area, and the cast included actors from the area and cameos from a few Scientology critics.

The Church of Scientology did not think favorably of the piece. Representatives from a Scientology affiliated group,[5] the Foundation for Religious Tolerance of Florida came to protest against the film, and the film's producers asserted that they were harassed by Scientologists. Initially, representatives of the Church stated the film had no resemblance to Scientology, but later the Church initiated litigation to block the film's distribution. As a result of a 2002 court order from the Lisa McPherson case, a Pinellas County judge blocked further distribution of the film in the United States. According to the film's attorney the injunction was lifted in 2007, but distribution was blocked due to a conflict with one of the producers, Bob Minton. The film generally did not receive positive reviews from local press, and reviews in the St. Petersburg Times criticized over-the-top acting, and noted that the director should have instead produced a non-fiction documentary piece if he wanted to educate others about cults.

[24. wiki: The Bridge to Total Freedom]:

The Bridge to Total Freedom, or simply "The Bridge", is a metaphor used by the Church of Scientology to describe believers' advancement within the religion.

Scientology holds that believers advance to a state of Clear when they have freed themselves from the "reactive mind". This takes place in auditing, and is said to be a lifetime commitment.[1] According to the church, by reaching Clear status, followers are more self-confident, happy, and generally successful in careers and interpersonal relationships. Beyond the state of Clear, Scientologists move through several auditing steps called Operating Thetan (OT) levels. An OT is a state of spiritual awareness in which an individual is able to control self and the environment.[2] According to D. R. Christensen, Scientology is "an individualistic religion with a hierarchical organization of the soteriological system, called the Bridge". The Bridge is described by the church as a series of soteriological steps.[3]~

[25. wiki: Scieno Sitter]:

Scieno Sitter is content-control software that, when installed on a computer, blocks certain websites critical of Scientology from being viewed. The software was released by the Church of Scientology in 1998 for Church members using Windows 95.[1][2] The term "Scieno Sitter" was coined by critics of Scientology who assert that the program is a form of Internet censorship.[1][2]

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Scientology connection

[17. wiki: Isaac Hayes]:

Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and producer. Hayes was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes and Porter, along with Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper, and John Fogerty were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[2]~

~He voiced the character Chef from the animated Comedy Central series South Park from its debut in 1997 until 2005. His influences were Percy Mayfield, Big Joe Turner, James Brown, Jerry Butler, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, and psychedelic soul groups like The Chambers Brothers and Sly and the Family Stone.~

[18. wiki: James Brown]

[19. wiki: Otis Redding]

[17]:

South Park

Main article: Chef (South Park)

During the late 1990s, Hayes gained new popularity as the voice of Chef on the Comedy Central animated television series South Park. Chef was a soul-singing cafeteria worker for South Park Elementary. A song from the series performed by Chef, "Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)", received international radio airplay in 1999. It reached number one on the UK singles chart and also on the Irish singles chart. The track also appeared on the album Chef Aid: The South Park Album in 1998.[22]

Scientology episode

In the South Park episode "Trapped in the Closet", a satire of Scientology which aired on November 16, 2005, Hayes did not appear in his role as Chef. While appearing on the Opie and Anthony radio show about a month after the episode aired, Hayes was asked, "What did you think about when Matt and Trey did that episode on Scientology?", he replied, "One thing about Matt and Trey, they lampoon everybody, and if you take that serious, I'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge for two dollars. That's what they do."

In an interview for The A.V. Club on January 4, 2006, Hayes was again asked about the episode. He said that he told the creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, "Guys, you have it all wrong. We're not like that. I know that’s your thing, but get your information correct, because somebody might believe that shit, you know?" He then told them to take a couple of Scientology courses to understand what they do. In the interview, Hayes defended South Park's style of controversial humor, noting that he was not pleased with the show's treatment of Scientology, but saying that he "understands what Matt and Trey are doing."[23]

Departure from South Park

On March 13, 2006, a statement was issued in Hayes's name, indicating that he was asking to be released from his contract with Comedy Central, citing recent episodes which satirized religious beliefs as being intolerant. "There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," he was quoted in the press statement. However, the statement did not directly mention Scientology. A response from Matt Stone said that Hayes' complaints stemmed from the show's criticism of Scientology and that he "has no problem – and he's cashed plenty of checks – with our show making fun of Christians, Muslims, Mormons or Jews."[24][25] Stone adds, "[We] never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin." Stone and Parker agreed to release Hayes from his contract by his request. In 2007, Hayes said he had quit because "they [Parker and Stone] didn't pay me enough... They weren't that nice."[26]

The South Park season 10 premiere (aired March 22, 2006) featured "The Return of Chef", a thinly veiled telling of the affair from Parker and Stone's point of view. Using sound clips from past episodes, it depicts Chef as having been brainwashed and urges viewers (via Kyle talking to the town) to "remember Chef as the jolly old guy who always broke into song" and not to blame Chef for his defection, but rather, as Kyle states, "be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brains." In the episode, the cult that brainwashed Chef is named the "Super Adventure Club" and is depicted as a group of child molesters who travel the world to have sex with prepubescent children from exotic places. In the end, Chef is unable to break free from his brainwashing and dies an extremely gruesome death, falling off a cliff, being mutilated by wild animals and shot several times. At the end of the episode, he is shown as being resurrected as a cyborg in the style of the resurrection of Darth Vader at the end of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.

On March 20, 2006, two days before "The Return of Chef" aired, Roger Friedman of Fox News reported having been told that the March 13 statement was made in Hayes's name, but not by Hayes himself. He wrote: "Isaac Hayes did not quit South Park. My sources say that someone quit it for him. ... Friends in Memphis tell me that Hayes did not issue any statements on his own about South Park. They are mystified."[27] In a 2016 oral history of South Park in The Hollywood Reporter, Isaac Hayes III confirmed that the decision to leave the show was made by Hayes' entourage, all of whom were ardent Scientologists. The decision was made after Hayes suffered a stroke leaving him vulnerable to outside influence and unable to make such decisions on his own.[28]

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Isaac Hayes: "One thing about Matt and Trey, they lampoon everybody, and if you take that serious, I'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge for two dollars. That's what they do."

[17]:

Personal life

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Scientology activism

Hayes took his first Scientology course in 1993,[40] later contributing endorsement blurbs for many Scientology books over the ensuing years. In 1996, Hayes began hosting The Isaac Hayes and Friends Radio Show on WRKS in New York City. While there, Hayes became a client of young vegan raw food chef Elijah Joy and his company Organic Soul Inc. Hayes also appears in the Scientology film Orientation. In 1998, Hayes and fellow Scientologist entertainers Anne Archer, Chick Corea and Haywood Nelson attended the 30th anniversary of Freedom Magazine, the Church of Scientology's self-described investigative news journal, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, to honor eleven activists.[41] In 2001, Hayes and Doug E. Fresh, another Scientologist musician, recorded a Scientology-inspired album called The Joy Of Creating – The Golden Era Musicians And Friends Play L. Ron Hubbard.[42]

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Death

On March 20, 2006, Roger Friedman of Fox News reported that Hayes had suffered a minor stroke in January.[27] Hayes's spokeswoman, Amy Harnell, denied this,[44] but on October 26, 2006, Hayes himself confirmed that he had suffered a stroke.[45] Hayes was found unresponsive in his home located just east of Memphis on August 10, 2008, ten days before his 66th birthday, as reported by the Shelby County, Tennessee Sheriff's Department. A Shelby County Sheriff's deputy and an ambulance from Rural Metro responded to his home after three family members found him on the floor next to a still-operating treadmill. Hayes was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, where he was pronounced dead at 2:08 p.m.[1][46][47] The cause of death was not immediately clear,[48] though the area medical examiners later listed a recurrence of stroke as the cause of death.[47][49] He was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery.[50]

Legacy

The Tennessee General Assembly enacted legislation in 2010 to honor Hayes by naming a section of Interstate 40 the "Isaac Hayes Memorial Highway". The name was applied to the stretch of highway in Shelby County from Sam Cooper Boulevard in Memphis east to the Fayette County line. The naming was made official at a ceremony held on Hayes's birth anniversary in August 2010.[51]

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Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. ~ His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s. During his lifetime, his recordings were produced by Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee.~

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Death

By 1967, the band was traveling to performances in Redding's Beechcraft H18 airplane. On December 9, 1967, they appeared on the Upbeat television show produced in Cleveland. They played three concerts in two nights at a club called Leo's Casino.[56][62][63] After a phone call with his wife and children, Redding's next stop was Madison, Wisconsin; the next day, Sunday, December 10, they were to play at the Factory nightclub, near the University of Wisconsin.[62][64]

Although the weather was poor, with heavy rain and fog, and despite warnings, the plane took off.[65] Four miles (6.4 km) from their destination at Truax Field in Madison, the pilot radioed for permission to land. Shortly thereafter, the plane crashed into Lake Monona.~~The cause of the crash was never determined.[67] James Brown claimed in his autobiography The Godfather of Soul that he had warned Redding not to fly in the plane.[68]

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