"Tax the Cult!"

This is awesome. The group "Anonymous" staged a world-wide day of protest against Scientology yesterday, speaking out against the church's tax-exempt status, and other issues concerning the extreme shadiness of the "religion". Moxie is very happy to see somebody really taking a stand against Scientology. Everybody seems to agree that they're ridiculous, but the group consistently squashes anyone who speaks out against them, which they can doubtless afford to do because the organization is swimming in cash, which only makes their tax-exempt status all the more whack.

Speaking of which, check out this totally bizarre story of two friends who were duped into a scientology pitch by a girl scout, with promises of free eco-friendly lightbulbs. SO ODD. Hmm, makes one wonder about the accusations of child labor.

We were walking back to BART from a gallery show when a cute little girl... asked us if we wanted a free CFL from, among other sources, the Sierra Club. All we had to do was pick it up inside the building behind us. "Sure," we said.

It got a little strange when she surreptiously pulled a phone out of her pocket and made a call. "I've got two!" she whispered.

Read the whole strange story here.

[hat tip: gothamist, re-nest]