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Secret Tapes: The History Of Xenu, As Explained By L. Ron Hubbard In 8 Minutes Click here to hear 8.03 min. audio Most of what we know about Scientology's "supreme ruler" we learned from South Park: 75 million years ago, the evil alien brought humans to earth in a spaceship and killed them; the psychic trauma of the event has affected us ever since. The Church of Scientology, embarrassed by the story, has always tried to hide its existence. Until now. The Church has been playing a cat-and-mouse game with YouTubers, getting it removed in many cases; we have the...

The technological and economical development of Scandinavia (including Finland) is today more groundbreking than anywhere else in the world. The investments being made in relation to population size is mind-boggling. Despite a mere population of 25 million inhabitants, the combined GDP of the Scandinavian countries today ridicules that of a Russia often viewed to be a "reborn" super power "on the go" (combined Scandinavian GDP is actually 125% that of of Russia - and the gap is widening!!) But, let's focus on telecommunications here; Five bidders have paid €226 million ($346 million) for fourth generation (4G), super-fast mobile telephony licences,...

Despite concerns of overstepping, Times photographer Luis Sinco feels compelled to help the Iraq vet he made famous.

Far fewer Vietnam veterans suffered from post-traumatic stress as a result of their wartime service than previously thought, researchers are reporting, in a finding that could have lasting consequences for the understanding of combat stress, as well as for the estimates of the mental health fallout from the Iraq war. snip The nightmares, flashbacks, and hair-trigger irritability that characterize post-traumatic reactions usually fade with time, the study found, but in 9.1 percent of the veterans — roughly a quarter million — the symptoms became chronic and disabling. Politicians have clashed over the Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget, including its $3...

eaching your children at home will continue to require dedication - but no longer a college sheepskin - under a change to state law awaiting the governor's signature. Two identical "high school diploma" bills that passed recently say it's OK for anyone to home-school a child in Virginia as long as that person has earned at least a high school diploma, not a bachelor's degree as currently required. The proposed change raised little ruckus in the General Assembly. But parents who home-school welcomed the elimination of what they called an arbitrary, unwarranted restriction. Virginia parents with neither college nor high...

<p>The World Health Organization and other relief agencies worry that "half a million" Iraqi children are now mentally scarred for life--damaged by the war in a way that calls for professional intervention. It is hard to predict exactly how many psychological casualties the recent war has caused, but one thing is fairly certain. We can expect to see a second army enter Iraq: the trauma therapists.</p>