FSHOD - Fearlessly Seeking Honest Open Disclosure

Attention All Hands

366 comments - Click for Blog Starting now, FSHOD is now a Members-Only Blog. Specifically, this means that to make comments to this blog, you need to be a registered Blogger and invited, via an email from Blogspot that I initiate, to become a Member.

If you haven't already received an email to become a Member, it may be due to my oversight or the fact I do not have your email address. If this is the case, I apologize.

To become a Member of FSHOD, simply send an email request to fshod@hotmail.com and I'll set you up.

The reason I'm doing this is to filter out some of the time, space and energy-wasting comments that are being made by what are, in essence, trolls.

All I expect is reasonable, civil, adult discourse. If you want to talk about your new grandbaby, or the newly-harvested crop of Sir Bob's Finest, that's OK, too. But let's all work towards an improved environment and society.

My thanks to all who have persevered the the 'bad times'.
My hopes are that some who have 'left', return.
My pleasure will be to invite new friends to FSHOD.

Thanks and Best Wishes to All,
Sunking

Alas, Babylon's Nightfall

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Over the past two weeks there has been some discussion about survival (be it post-natural disaster or post-apocalyptic) and threats from outer space such as the currently-popular comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 or the 'mythic' Planet Niburu. Perhaps synchronistically, I've just finished reading two selections from the public library that have a direct bearing on the topics under discussion.

The first book (which I consumed in one gulp last Friday and Saturday) was the classic Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. I've mentioned this book more than once and commend it as a quick, interesting and thought-provoking read. Written in 1959 it deals with the changes and challenges faced by a north-Central Florida man, his family and friends and town, in a post-nuclear war setting. Admittedly the book is dated and a product of it's era. Yet it contains references that are seemingly timeless: the propensity of 'the peepul' to elect to ofice the most greedy, corrupt and inneffectual person's possible; political in-fighting in Washington, DC; problematic foriegn relations; tensions in the Middle East...even riots in Paris! How little things change.



More importantly, Alas, Babylon is a practical sociological and psychological study of what can happen when people of our modern age are thrust back into the 19th century in the blink of an eye! As a side note, Wikipedia says "Alas, Babylon is considered by some to be an inspiration for John Titor's claim of time travel and description of nuclear war in the 2010s"

The 2nd book I bring to your attention is Nightfall by Issav Asimov and Robert Silverberg. An archealogical dig on a region of the planet Kalgash reveals that every 2049 years, a cataclysm of fire wipes out civilization, leaving only few survivors. This encourages and emboldens the followers of a religion whose Book of Revealation warns of just such a fate for non-believers. At the same time, a group of universtity astronomers discovers a problem with their Theory of Unified Gravitation, which leads to a further discovery that there is an unseen, due to the spectrum, planet (called Kalgash Two) that returns on a highly elliptical orbit...every 2049 years! (Sound familiar, anybody?)



The problem with this lies in the fact that Planet Kalgash has six suns and never knows total darkness. The astronomers determine that shows up during a time when 5 suns are one side of Kalgash and the smallest sun, alone on the other hemisphere, is eclipsed by Kalgash Two, resulting in a total 'nightfall'. No big deal, eh? Well, it so happens that the inhabitants of this planet, never having known 'nightfall' or total darkness except for brief periods, in general lose their minds either completely of for at least a short time, after it is reveled to them that there are 'stars' and other suns, in fact an entire universe they had no idea existed. The level of psychosis and panic is so widespread that fires are lit to bring light and, thus, the whole world destroyed by fire! Quite 'Brookings'-like, eh?

By now you're wondering "Why the book report, Sunking?". Well, we've discussed what supplies to buy, the best kind of knife to have handy, and what Army Field Manuals to commit to memory. But the one thing we haven't touched on is the post-disaster mind. And whilst these books are somewhat romantic fantasies, they both point out some basic facts we should all remember, just in case some of us go on an unexpected swim this week...

Some people, no matter their level of intelligence of standing in the community, will not be able to handle the abrupt change in the reality of a post-disaster/apocalyse world or some unexpected, universe-shattering disclosure. These people will go mad or commit suicide. Some people will attempt to gain riches that have no worth in the new reality, or try to usurp power over people and resources via sinister means and for sinister purposes. These people will have to be guarded against and fought and, perhaps, eliminated, preferably via what passes for a legal execution. There will be some people in between. But those of us, the Creator willing, that have open, enlightened minds and willing hearts and able-hands, will be required to stand forthrightly and work with others, with their consent and authority, to reestablish civil order and society, methods of sanitation and of providing food and medical care and schools and all the things that separate us, homo sapiens, from the animal and the common human brigand.

So, the weapons and supplies and foodstuffs we store may not make the difference. It will be the 'stuff' of our minds, out thoughts and ideals, that will grant us survival and restore humanity!

Will we be worthy to the task? Will we brave the storm?

Happy Mother's Day

213 comments - Click for Blog In lieu of the blog I'm writing and have yet to complete, and in consideration of the large size of the previous comments page, I will post this quick bit to give love and thanks to all our Moms, for the suffering care and love that's been devoted to most of us lucky enough to have such a Mother.

All my love to my grandmother, my mother and my dear wife mother of our 3 daughters!

Psy-Ops Modus Operandi

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Having seen and read a great deal about the techniques of Psy-Ops, I advise people on the Internet and in FSHOD to guard against the following:

1. Spin. The spin doctor and has an uncanny ability to spin statements so that they either favour him or present him in a good light or as being right. They accomplish that by using very ambiguous statements with open interpretations and lots of emotion. They often believe their own lies, deceit, and delusions, thereby enhancing their effectiveness. Think David Koresh of the Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, or Jim Jones & the Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana.

2. Attacks against the questioner/messenger. Statements like: "obviously you do not understand" and other belittling barbs. It is an attempt to abusively discredit the challenger. This is the equivalent to psyching-out your opponent in a boxing match.

3. Ambiguity. Nothing can be pinned down, use of broad generalizations and innuendo.

4. Fleeting thoughts. Persons writes numerous, confusing, sometimes disjointed and contradictory statements. Writes to the point of overkill.

5. Rapid-fire propaganda. Floods the audience with thought statements in rapid succession thereby overwhelming the audience until they shutdown and succumb. The statements come fast and furious. Think hyper-activity or trying to push the sell in
as short time as possible.

We've all seen this type of material. The only way to combat Psy-ops is to question the content, timing and source of suspect material. The following are some samples of what the US government has advocated for many years, describing psy-ops using all forms of media. I recommend you spend some time examining this and building a fortress of knowledge around yourself. Knowledge IS power!

http://www.psywarrior.com/links.html
http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm33-1/
http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm33-1/fm33-1m.htm
http://www.kimsoft.com/guerilla.htm