Another bad weekend for Downstat Davey!

FOOTBULLET MAN STRIKES!

Someone on Enturbulation, who appears to be just as curious as I about Youtube’s new secretive Account Restoration Fee, seems to have figured it out.

How much does it cost to advertise on Youtube.com?

• YouTube General: $50K or greater spend on YouTube within 90 days.
• YouTube Brand Channels: $200K or greater spend on YouTube only.
• YouTube Contests: $500K or greater spend on YouTube only.
• YouTube Homepage Roadblock: $175K/day flat fee plus a $50K incremental spend on Google and YouTube over 90 days ($225K or greater total spend). Premium flight dates may require a higher initial flat fee.

According to my calculations, the Church of Scientology is spending, about US$6.97 million PER MONTH to win the hearts and minds of Youtube subscribers and viewers.

And an update on page two:

According to the link, rates are billable every 90 days.
Therefore, Church of Scientology, come July, will be getting a very nice bill of at least:
US$20,300,000.00 plus taxes

You too can ignore a Terms of Service agreement for $20.3m!

…sort of. A post I made on Enturbulation was used in a cover shot. I’ll take it where I can get it.

From the April 30th edtion of Soir|3 (at 12:44 in).  Thanks to MONCTONFGT for pointing it out.

QFT from ARS:

The month of April, 2008 is going down in history as the singular month in which so many important, crucial crimes of the cult of Scientology have been divulged.

Perhaps it is the active youth of Anonymous, perhaps it is simply coincidence, but the number of recent revelations of cult criminal activities are simply too many to ‘digest’.  Something is causing ex-Scientologist staff, celebrities, and other critics to add significant content to the effort against Scientology and its fuhrer, David Miscavige.

If this continues into May, 2008, it is evidence of a continuing exponential increase in tearing the curtain that hides the crimes of Scientology’s management. Maybe it is a cusp in the thread of life, a cosmic combination of events, an example of Catastrophe Theory with Scientology as its focus.

Let the Orgs remain empty, the Freewinds remain sealed and sequestered, the Kids continue their efforts for contact with Scientology friends and family, the celebrities and ex-staff post their memoirs, and things I might have left from the list.

Damn! This is almost too much to handle!

Davie started the month defecating his pants, by mid-month he was defecating bricks, and at month end he is obviously defecating blood.

Image courtesy OSA|Jenny over at Enturbulation.

I also can’t get over how fixed the “donation” rate is - right down to the penny.

Not at all.

Saw this posted on ARS.  It’d be awesome if Elton John recorded this as a tribute to the soon-to-be-gone cult.

Blue Suit laddie, Hemet baddie, Poodle on the chase
5′3, crooked smile, you’ll marry the actor man
Tom and Nicole, they were dancing on the plants.
And now hes near me, after me, tiny dancer in my base

Xenu freaks out in the street
Routin’ that raw meat
Turning back Tommy D just laughs
The RPF is not that bad

OT man he takes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on, he shows new books
The cash they gives, but more they want

But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with thetans near
Only you and they can hear me
When I cry, softly… slowly

Please dont hit me tiny leader
and the RFPers by the highway
Lay me down under the desk
I had a busy day today