Of course Jimbo Jimmy Wales was busted doing this to his own Wikipedia entry, trying to get rid of the pornographic references in his business history. There is a list of various events. The Reese Jones situation might be another one that has managed to float below the radar so far. Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia
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Actually...it was obviously a SLAPP to try and censor Allan Steele and the SF Chronicle, which they lost. "Steele maintains that the lawsuit was designed to silence his public criticism. "It was nothing more than that," he said. "They wanted to shut me up." And he said he may sue the university to recoup his $300,000 in tuition fees and his $10,000 in legal bills.&
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A summary from Nymag, and they make the point that OneTaste and Daedone are "monetizing orgasms", and making people dependent on an external organization and external people, instead of themselves. (which of course is how they make money off it). Except that they say cult experts have linked Daedone to Baranco, which is false. OneTaste's own PR people stated... "...OneTa
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(EXCERPT for educational research) Quote: "The articles also reported the allegations of a former student, Alan Steele, who said that More coerced students into prostitution and provided them with LSD and other illegal drugs". Lafayette Morehouse, Inc. v. The Chronicle Publishing Co. (“Morehouse I”) Cite as: 37 Cal.App.4th 855, 44 Cal.Rptr.2d 46 LAFAYETTE MOREHOUSE, INC.,
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To see some photo's of Vic Baranco, search google images for: Victor Baranco to see a very apparent used-appliance salesman who decided instead of selling appliances, he's sell access to sex. WARNING: be aware that you will see disturbing images of a middle-aged man posing in Guru pajamas, tracksuits, and shirtless on pillows with young women.
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STATE v. BARANCO NO. 16911. 884 P.2d 729 (1994) 77 Hawai`i 351 STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor W. BARANCO and Cynthia A. Baranco, Defendants-Appellants. Supreme Court of Hawai`i. November 15, 1994. Peter C. Wolff, Jr. of Hart & Wolff, Honolulu, for defendants-appellants. Don Fudo, Deputy Prosecuting Atty., City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, for plaintiff-
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Google is quite useful...Using the Google date-specific advanced search, you can see that there seems to be only one mention of Nicole Daedone being a follower of Victor Baranco before October 2008 when it was posted in this thread. Re: One Taste, Nicole Daedone, Victor Baranco Date: October 23, 2008 08:24AM "She segued into the sensual realm in 1998 when she joined a community t
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In Google, if you start to type in the words... OneTaste San Francisco... Google then gives you the word... cult ...automatically. Because that is the top search, and the top word used in articles on OneTaste. Everyone suspects its a type of sex-cult. Again, which is why OneTaste are themselves using those terms to target their Marks, people who think that a "sex-cult"
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Notice this thread identified the Victor Baranco sex-cult roots of One Taste years before the media. And also identified the bald-faced lies by the leader of One Taste on that issue. Bald-faced brazen lying is generally a "clue" something is amiss...ya think? Its shocking and unbelievable the level of brazen propaganda being sold by One Taste to the credulous "media" in v
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Here is a post quoted from a former member of One Taste. ------------------ OneTaste Posted by: CuriosityKilledTheCat () Date: July 20, 2013 04:07AM As a former member a particular chapter of the OneTaste cult, my advice to anybody joining would be to steer clear of the faculty. If you want to try out the techniques then that's fine, but define your boundaries at the outset and
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All of the warning signs for the One Taste sex-sect were there in neon-lights. Here is a link to the main thread on Victor Baranco, Lafayette Morehouse,Nicole Daedone, One Taste - cults? Nicole Daedone, founder and CEO of OneTaste, San Francisco, Reese Jones
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Sounds like these alleged "writers" at whimsymedia.com are either totally naive, completely incompetent in "journalism", or simply work in advertising directly, (or through brown envelopes full of cash), and publish the press release of whoever pays. When cults use sex to manipulate people, that is very dangerous territory. Worse, when they use sex to lure vulnerable peopl
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Yelp SF has some very blunt but truthful reviews of the reality of OneTaste, that even with the wealth of Reese Jones and his connections, One Taste haven't been able to get removed. Yes, they can control and influence Wikipedia, but not Yelp, not yet anyway. And of course, One Taste members try to fill up Yelp with their nauseating shill advertising posts. Some truthful reviews ar
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Unfortunately, that always happens with Wikipedia with these cultish sects. Because members of the sect are assigned the task of cleansing Wikipedia by the Guru, or just take it upon themselves. They will spend months constantly trying to delete any criticism of their Guru. So Ching Hai most likely assigned a group of her people to monitor the Wikipedia entry. There is one way to deal wit
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Blech, what terrible "articles". Not a shred of insight in them. And full of deception about OneTaste is really about, all these things are talking about is the "bait" and not the "hook". They are misdirection and marketing. But that is what old fashioned bags of money for marketing buys. Looks like ole moneybags who is bankrolling OneTaste, is using OneTaste
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Walter Maksym and Werner Erhard -----------------quote------------------ Not to stray too far off track, but this is the University where Maksym got his masters degree. Walter, a long time advisor to More University, the late Dr. Victor Baranco, its founder and creator of the “More Philosophy,” the late Dr. Bob, and The Institute of Human Abilities is a Master of the “More Philo
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A few minutes research, exposes the deceptions and frankly, the outright lies of these folks. They are smart people, they know what is going on, they are doing it. That makes it far far worse, to "intentionally" mislead and deceive people. Posted on a blog recently, a soft-sell for One Taste with apparently boundless naivete, total ignorance or arrogance, trivializing the massive amo
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--------------quote excerpt for educational analysis------------ Rolling Stone #114, pp 14-16, Aug. 3, 1972. Beyond Shazam at Guru Gulch by Robin Green San Francisco — If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain. Mel Lyman and Victor Baranco, founders and father figures of two nationwide chains of communes, are currently engaged in a guru showdown over
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Google has scanned this book, so some of it can be read online. Mindfuckers: a source book on the rise of acid fascism in America, David Dalton, Robin Green - Medical - 1972 - 324 pages
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The out-of-print book Mindfuckers (Victor Baranco) has gone up in demand like crazy, over $150 for a used copy? If anyone finds a PDF scan of this out-of-print book, please post the link, as info on Victor Baranco is essential. Mindfuckers: A Source Book on the Rise of Acid Fascism in America, Including Material on Charles Manson, Mel Lyman, Victor Baranco, and Their Followers by David Fe
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The NYT says this about Nicole Daedone: Quote: "But at 27, her world came crashing down when she learned that her father, from whom she was largely estranged, was dying of cancer in prison, after being convicted of molesting two young girls." They don't say which year the sex crime conviction was, or give more details about it. But a person doesn't have to be Freud
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Quote: "Bottom line, it isn't the practice or any of the surface claims. It is the underneath stripping of your connection to yourself and plugging you into the group think that can be dangerous. If you are at all in doubt about your OneTaste experience, read the book Combating Cult Mind Control. Believe me, it opened my eyes. OneTaste techniques are on every page. "
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And in this case, anyone can see that photos of everyone were taken, but just the woman's faces were cropped out of that particular photo. But like any photo shoot, there would be countless other photos taken, which the photographer holds forever in their computer or website, and can do what they want with. So if the photographer has taken close-ups of the people, then they have that for
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And of course, to counter the negative reviews of One Taste, One Taste is shilling reviews on sites like Yelp with their own people, and people directed/suggested to write there. You can see the pattern. The so-called reviewer says something like: ...a friend invited me, I knew nothing about it, everyone was friendly not creepy, they are not a cult, there was no orgy, its all about women&
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A recent photo marketing the sex-LGAT seminar system, (which in that case is actually more of a group around the cultish personality of their leader) called One Taste led by Nicole Daedone. Thursday, March 3, 2011 Nicole Daedone / One Taste SF [4.bp.blogspot.com] You have Ms Daedone, smugly supervising 3 men all dressed in black (on purpose), with 3 women naked from the waist down, one as
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Check out this recent photo marketing the sex-LGAT seminar system, (which in that case is actually more of a group around the cultish personality of their leader) called One Taste led by Nicole Daedone, and explained at those other links above. [4.bp.blogspot.com] You have Ms Daedone, smugly supervising 3 men all dressed in black (on purpose), with 3 women naked from the waist down, one ass
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Always trying to play the "cult" word game. Misrepresenting and distorting. And trying to play the "benign cult" game as well, that is another standard comment. (a benign cult is really an oxymoron for this website). As well as the tired cliche about Church ____ is a cult. Why even talk about a Church, when HAI tries to market itself as group sexual psychotherapy? Read
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Its interesting to see some of the thoughts of an apparent former member of OneTaste. First off, this is not a personal criticism of a former member of OneTaste, who has their own view of what may or many not have happened to them. But it is very interesting to see those views, and to compare them to the objective known facts, and other knowledge about these kinds of groups and sects. People
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What's the deal with this? Is Desteni trying to create controversy to attract attention to themselves for marketing? There is a group called OneTaste in SF who also likes to market themselves in the underground as a "sex cult" for "viral" marketing. Victor Baranco, Lafayette Morehouse, Nicole Daedone, One Taste - cults? Having looked at many sects, this one is
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Anyone know who ACTUALLY owns that OneTaste building on Folsom Street? Where are they moving to? They had some health code violations ___________________________________ 024 (Ready-To-Eat-Food) Food Contact surfaces not cleaned/sanitized Violation descriptions: 024 Ready-To-Eat-Food - Exposed to Possible Contamination from Raw Meats/Poultry/Fish/Eggs All food shall be manufactured, pr
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