Several women have criticized Keith Raniere. Kristen Keeffe was Keith Raniere’s top assistant, a member of his inner circle, strategist for his legal quests to punish women he declared war on and is the mother of his child, a child he never acknowledged, a child he told Keeffe to lieRead More

Hacking into people’s emails, phone records, bank accounts, bribing Mexican judges and politicians, massive tax evasion, secreting $http://southbuffalonews.com0 million into the US in cash from Mexico, bringing illegal aliens across the border at Niagara Falls, then imprisoning them, allegations from victims of statutory rape, at least two suicides, engaging inRead More

  So what should we make of the constant criticism of Keith Raniere? He has said that “the brighter the light, the more the bugs” in reference to his many critics. Is it possible that the gentle Raniere is misunderstood? Are the teachings of love and ethics that dominate hisRead More

New York is one of http://southbuffalonews.com6 states increasing minimum wages for 20http://southbuffalonews.com6. New York state’s base minimum wage will rise from $8.75 an hour to $9. Fast-food workers minimum wage rises to $http://southbuffalonews.com0.50 in New York City and $9.75 elsewhere in the state. The base hourly rate for restaurant serversRead More

A reader asked me if I despised Keith Raniere. No, of course I don’t. Candidly – and it is just my opinion – I have come to see Raniere as a tormented soul. Asked to share my opinion, it is this (and I hope the reader will not be offendedRead More

We received this note from a reader: The Working Families Party (WFP) is the conduit that Sarah and Clare Bronfman have used to funnel money to Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares.  It is also the conduit that several members of their family have used to funnel money toRead More

The March 24, 20http://southbuffalonews.com5 recorded conversation between Kristin Keeffe and Barbara Bouchey, two inner circle members of Keith Raniere’s love cult, has many candid observations. Two otherwise intelligent women who lost years of their lives under the thralldom of Raniere, make some fascinating statements when they in essence compare notes.Read More

  (This essay contains major spoilers about Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy” of science-fiction novels.  So if you want to fully enjoy these classics, read them first before reading further.  For the rest of you, we continue below.) A little bit of light reading for Christmas. Keith Raniere’s whole enterprise isRead More

A reader sent the following advice along. And while it gives a good primer on how to deal with sources – it also gives us a chilling view of how NXIVM leader Keith Raniere uses his “wealth” and (mis)uses the tools of the law to intimidate and attack his enemies…. OurRead More

Every December more than a billion people celebrate the birth of Christ, a child born of immaculate conception who would change the world – whose true father was said to be God, and whose earthly father was an Israeli carpenter named Joseph. Cult of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere’s former partnerRead More

While some NXIVM -watchers have read Susan Dones five year old deposition (http://southbuffalonews.comhttp://southbuffalonews.com/23/20http://southbuffalonews.com0), the mention of it by a reader prompted me to take a good look at it. It bears study for those considering following in her footsteps. Dones was the owner of the Tacoma NXIVM center; a fieldRead More

They believe in neutro-linguistic programming (NLP), which in this case would be Ericksonian covert-hypnosis.  The first steps are for the controller to converse with you, preferably seated side by side, and subtly match your body language, which apparently goes a long way toward making most people trust the controller.  ThenRead More

Having evidently read several of my posts on NXIVM, a reader asks: How did they try to control your mind? It sounds like you were allowed close enough to the inner circle to be able to see at least the sex-charged nature of NXIVM, if not the criminality. Were thereRead More

In NXIVM’s effort to destroy Barbara Bouchey – making a criminal computer trespass case out of a molehill  visit to a social media website – while ignoring a mountain of potential evidence against NXIVM founder Keith Raniere – certain facts have come to light. Perhaps the time has come –Read More