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.
15 May

Liars & Storytellers (3) (Background)

Denial and Deception / Disinformation / ROBERT TOWNSEND
"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.
01 May

Liars and Storytellers: The Project

Denial and Deception
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...
11 Apr

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

Denial and Deception / Principals of Deception
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...
Bette Davis, Deception
29 Mar

liars and dupes: Deception and working truth (6)

Denial and Deception / Principals of Deception
 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.
21 Mar

Nobel Lies: Deception and working truth (5)

Denial and Deception / Principals of Deception
Noble lie, big lie and the 'cause' "There's a sucker born every minute." P.T. Barnum, were he our contemporary, might now say, There's a true believer born...
14 Mar

Believers and fools: Deception and working truth (4)

Denial and Deception / Principals of Deception
 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...
Banner calls for volunteers in palliative care training and assistance.
16 Dec

Moscow: Deception and working truth [3]

Denial and Deception / Principals of Deception
Deception in Moscow, 1961 The 'middle morass' of The Executioner's Son, that miserable time when, between the sparkling first scenes and a dramatic conclusion, you sit in that writing swamp struggling to "The End." A...
Three colorful hot air balloons float over a calm lake at sunset.
02 Oct

Deception and working truth (1)

Denial and Deception / Principals of Deception
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.
24 May

Camouflage, Concealment and Deception

Denial and Deception / Maskirovka
...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.
01 Apr

Codes, Ciphers and Cryptanalysis

Denial and Deception
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...

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