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.

01 Jun

Liars and Storytellers (4): Reason to Believe

Denial and Deception / Disinformation
If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find...
15 May

Liars & Storytellers (3) (Background)

Denial and Deception / Disinformation
"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
Minus ten this Wisconsin morning Relatives visit the farm. Outside, the temperature was -25F. High winds swirled snow devils NW>SW across the south field. We had...
29 Mar

liars and dupes: Deception and working truth (6)

Denial and Deception / Principals of Deception
 Facebook vs. the public toilet Broadcasting one's impassioned message was harder back in the old days. For most of us, the public restroom was enough. One found a pen, composed an impassioned plea, then...
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 / Publishing
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...

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