Soviet Union | Working Truth

Time of peace, Time of troubles

by Robert | Sep 16, 2024 | Croatia, Deception, Germany, Soviet Union

Мирное время, но Смутное время, какое же? [Time of peace….time of troubles] Patrice and I are living a near idyllic life in France. However, in late of this my seventh decade, I am concerned . Is much that I value in my western world is under threat or is it my...

Collegiale de Notre Dame

by Robert | Dec 15, 2022 | Family, Resurrection, Russia, Soviet Union

Semur-en-Auxios, France The weather in France has turned cold, between 30-34F. I hear guffaws all the way from Northern Wisconsin. A blizzard sweeps across the northern plains and into the Northwoods as I type. Today is an anniversary of sorts. Patrice and I arrived...

Golden Rain, Fake New, and Dezinformatsiya

by Robert | Jan 23, 2017 | Deception, Russia, Soviet Union | 2 comments

‘Fake news’ in the US 2016 Presidential election. I have Facebook friends and relatives who repost without respite their unfiltered political or doomer or climate or religious mania. Used to be one encountered Uncle Frank once a year on Thanksgiving or at the 4th of...

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

by Robert | Apr 11, 2015 | Deception, Liar, Soviet Union, Wisconsin

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 up a book on Soviet intelligence operations in mid-twentieth century America. “That proves Joe...

Believers and fools: Deception and working truth (4)

by Robert | Mar 14, 2015 | Deception, Russia, Soviet Union

Believers and fools, liars and dupes The Executioner’s Son It is 1960. Two brothers, Russian Jews, meet in an abandoned warehouse in the Baumanskaya District of Moscow. It had been two decades since they had last seen one another. Blood under the bridge, my...

The Slavs, Tragically

by Robert | Apr 14, 2014 | Croatia, Germany, Publishing, Soviet Union

It seems idyllic We are in Ljubljana today and tomorrow, 14 & 15 April 2014, passing through Slovenia on our way to six-months in Germany; it will be research, more or less, for me, a pilgrimage, more or less, for Patrice. Patrice’s mother lived her...