Denial and Deception

Denial and Deception, sometimes called Camouflage, Concealment and Deception, tends to address military deception, whereas disinformation, propaganda, misinformation , etc address political objectives.

Soviet-era illustration with a happy family reading Pravda and a worried yellow figure.

Liars & Storytellers (3) (Background)

"Life's becoming better, sweeter," the poster announces.  Deception begins with truth, however thin,  The Great Famine, 1931-32, witnessed 6-8 million Soviet deaths by starvation. Indeed, in 1934, when this poster appeared,...
A t-shirt with a provocative political statement and Che Guevara's image.

Liars and Storytellers: The Project

Liars and Storytellers is a non-fiction book project, which examines…here we go… liars and storytellers. I know a great deal about them. Our generation as did our brothers', uncles' and...

The liar speaks truth: Deception and working truth (7)

Wisconsin Deershiners Drive Relatives visit the farm. Outside, the temperature was -25F. High winds swirled snow devils NW>SW across the south field. We had returned from X-C skiing. He picked...
Vintage movie poster featuring close-up romantic couple

liars and dupes: Deception and working truth (6)

 Facebook vs. the public toilet Texans! You can’t shit  here!  Your asshole  is in Washington…. Wisconsin Union Rathskeller crapper, circa 1968 Broadcasting one's impassioned message was harder back in the old days....
A weathered tree trunk carved into a humanoid figure outdoors.

Nobel Lies: Deception and working truth (5)

Noble lie, big lie and the 'cause' P.T. Barnum, were he our contemporary, might now say, There's a true believer born every minute. Nice people these true believers, our cousins, brothers,...
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Believers and fools: Deception and working truth (4)

 Believers and fools, liars and dupes  The Executioner's Son The Great Famine of 1932-33 has always be recognized as one of the darkest periods in Soviet...
Two wind turbines on grassy hilltop

Moscow: Deception and working truth [3]

  Deception in Moscow, 1961 A 1900 Russian short story, The Beacon, by Korolenko, comes to mind (Russian version here, English translation here). It is late Fall. A young man...
Three colorful hot air balloons float over a calm lake at sunset.

Deception and working truth (1)

There are so many ways to lie, so few ways to hold a working truth. Then, It takes but a moment to create another lie; it...
A red combine harvester working in a golden field near a colorful forest.

Camouflage, Concealment and Deception

...and Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming Atonement Cross:       God Protect and Preserve our Nature. I have been taking long walks in the Upper Swabian countryside...
Cover of 'The Serpentine Code' showing two figures under a large tree in a mystical setting.

Codes, Ciphers and Cryptanalysis

The Centerville Code Justin A. Day (pseudonym) with  Jan Weeks published The Centerville Code forty-two years too late for me.   It is a 10-13 year-old boy...