We Live in a World of Deception, Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News, False Flags and Intensifying Propaganda
It's Becoming Increasingly Difficult to Distinguish Fabrications from Reality.
Psychological Operations
A military officer trained in using psychological tactics to influence the emotions and actions of enemy troops told CNN Thursday her unit was ordered to used those skills to manipulate visiting lawmakers into securing more troops and funding for the war in Afghanistan.
After a fellow officer questioned the legality of using "psychological operations" on elected U.S. officers, both received reprimands that could threaten their military careers, she said.
"We're not allowed to do that against any U.S. citizen, whether it is a congressman or my neighbor three doors down," said Texas National Guard Maj. Laural Levine. "That is the first thing you are taught -- never target Americans, ever."
"My job in psy-ops is to play with people's heads, to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to behave," Holmes, the head of the "information operations" unit.
"I'm prohibited from doing that to our own people," he said. "When you ask me to try to use these skills on senators and congressmen, you're crossing a line."
YouTube - Democracy Now Interview with Michael Hastings
Operation Northwoods
Operation Northwoods was a proposed false flag operation against the Cuban government that originated within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of the United States government in 1962. The proposals called for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or other U.S. government operatives to commit acts of terrorism against American civilians and military targets, blaming it on the Cuban government, and using it to justify a war against Cuba.
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//news/20010430/northwoods.pdf
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Ultimate Psy-Op Contest
For this installment of the Conspiracy Creative Writing Contest, I'd like you to attempt to detail the most convincing Psy-Op.
Of course, this can be either fiction or non-fiction, just make us BELIEVE!
Rules
Must resteem this post
Must keep submission to 1500 words or less.
Limited to 1 contest entry per account
Submissions must be made in a separate post (not in comments please)
Submissions have to include the lead tag: “psyop-contest”
Winners
The winning submission will meet the rules criteria
Winners will be announced 7 days from the time of this posting (7-day payout)
Prizes and Categories
Overall Best / Most Convincing (First Prize - 50)
Biggest Mind Fuck (20)
Most Humorous/ Funny As Hell (10)
Best Style / Tone (10)
Best Line (10)
Bonus @v4vapid upvotes/resteems also in the mix
All Kinds of Entries are welcome - Just be sure to include some conspiracy elements!
*Note: Due to volatility of SBD at the moment, the prizes may be given out in STEEM or SBD or in Combination
Previous Winners
Be sure to check out previous Conspiracy Creative Writing Contest winners
@jordan.lesich - Dance into the Devine
@pulpworx - Flight of the Wrong Chords
Extra Special Thanks to @fortified / @animate for making another original thumbnail for this contest on short notice and in less than an hour!
PSY-OP???
Images:
Activist Post
Globalelite.tv
sofrep.com
omnisense.org
The Yebo.com
YouTube - Richard Hall
YouTube - Watchleaks TV
giphy.com
zerohedge.com
beforeitsnews.com
olivier.hamm.free.fr
express.co.uk
newslogue.com
merriam-webster.com
Must keep submission to 1500 words or less.
Limited to 1 contest entry per account
Submissions must be made in a separate post (not in comments please)
Submissions have to include the lead tag: “psyop-contest”
Winners
The winning submission will meet the rules criteria
Winners will be announced 7 days from the time of this posting (7-day payout)
Prizes and Categories
Overall Best / Most Convincing (First Prize - 50)
Biggest Mind Fuck (20)
Most Humorous/ Funny As Hell (10)
Best Style / Tone (10)
Best Line (10)
Bonus @v4vapid upvotes/resteems also in the mix
All Kinds of Entries are welcome - Just be sure to include some conspiracy elements!
*Note: Due to volatility of SBD at the moment, the prizes may be given out in STEEM or SBD or in Combination
Previous Winners
Be sure to check out previous Conspiracy Creative Writing Contest winners
@jordan.lesich - Dance into the Devine
@pulpworx - Flight of the Wrong Chords
Extra Special Thanks to @fortified / @animate for making another original thumbnail for this contest on short notice and in less than an hour!
Images:
Activist Post
Globalelite.tv
sofrep.com
omnisense.org
The Yebo.com
YouTube - Richard Hall
YouTube - Watchleaks TV
giphy.com
zerohedge.com
beforeitsnews.com
olivier.hamm.free.fr
express.co.uk
newslogue.com
merriam-webster.com
I'm Game, I'll get cracking, Resteemed and 100% upvoted for the good of the platform. Also because your cool.
Awesome! I look forward to it.
Nice to get at least a couple comments from people who realize it's a contest, lol!
Wait wait wait.... It's a CONTEST? Nu uh! It's a way of life for sum...
Imma gonna store this here for posterity;
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@frankbacon/is-frank-bacon-a-psychic-operative-a-con-a-test-how-are-you-tuning-in
How could people not realize its a contest? lmao
Yah bro.
Cracking idea mate, You may well bring me out of semi-retirement 😀
I'll have a think about it and see if I can win the 'mind fuck' prize.
Good on ya V, great contest.
Exxxcellent...you've fallen for the bait and my diabolical plan to force you to enjoy writing again is working.
Mwuahahahahaaa
Damn! I walked straight into that trap.
DanG IT !!! - )))
Eco-ALEX .. has "lured" me in TOO !!! !!! - ))
.. thanks @v4vapid - ))
Who knew that being "tRAPPEd" .. would be so FUN ?? - ))
lovelovelove )))
greb'Z )
.. the BAIT in my post - ))
= nothing like a roll of PapeR ...
.. when t'HERE is so much S'HIT .. on the ass of HumanitY - )))
My post - ))
https://steemit.com/conspiracy/@fun-along-theway/tulip-mania-dot-com-buble-a-need-for-regulation-s-the-mantra-of-criminal-bank-sters-for-the-weak-minded
this is a GREAT challenge.. i really like it!! i will be writing.. and i LOVE that you say:
now how to choose the biggest Psy op! there are so many to choose from!
Oh can't wait to read your entry!
Resteemed and Upvoted! Here's my entry - The Darkest Wizard.
Cool gif bro. :)
I might actually give this one a go this time.
Thought you might like that ;)
Awesome GIF, thanks so much for lending your talent to the contest once again!
Give it a Go!
Cool contest!
My Account... All of it... Is my submission.
My
Sub
Mission.
Ya Dig?
lol. Nice
Mmmm... challenge accepted. :)
Awww I hope I had better writing skills! But can't wait to read all the entries :)
Btw, your thumbnail is so COOL!!!!
You should try!
Yes, @animate is a wizard :)
Challenge completed. :)
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@techslut/personas-of-interest-original-fiction-for-the-ultimate-psy-op-conspiracy-writing-contest-iii
Looking forward to sitting down and reading your entry!
You missed the bonus round where commenters guessed which were facts in the fiction. Go read. It's a shorty. Can be read standing.
A contest within a contest, that was cool I accidentally read the answers before i could guess, oh well. As a political junkie that was a fun read, were you a journo before?
Yup. Worked as a tech journalist for half a decade. And I am the opposite of a politics junkie. Politics makes me itch. I sat in on enough committees and session in the Israeli Knesset to develop a thorough dislike of anything political.
Here is my entry
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@tarazkp/the-stream-network
Awesome, thanks for getting it in early!
Hopefully it brings something different to the competition :)
Here is my submission:
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@gmuxx/false-flag-my-entry-for-v4vapid-s-conspiracy-writing-contest-3
Wow, really enjoyed this Muxxy, excellent submission!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Phew. I just made it in time!
Great topic @v4vapid thank you.
I wrote a short, but meaningful post!
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@eco-alex/ultimate-psy-op-contest-v4vapid-contest-the-removal-of-our-inherent-power
Shew! Didn't know if I'd make the deadline or not. Huge thanks to the night shift over at @TheWritersBlock for getting to this so quickly. Here's my submission:
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@rhondak/postcards-from-rio-v4vapid-s-conspiracy-writing-contest-3
Rhonda, that one there is a masterpiece! It flows just so perfectly.. wow. Exceptional, really.
YEESSS! It wouldn't be the same without you! Of course, there's still time :)
Thank you, @josie2214! :-)
Sorry I could not let it go earlier.
That was such a blast, thank you @v4vapid for this amazing contest idea.
Great to see some fellow conspiracy analysts on steemit.
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@paradigmprospect/no-biz-like-show-biz-or-entry-for-the-ultimate-psy-op-conspiracy-writing-contest-iii
Much love
Glad to have caught this. I missed the last one and wasn't sure there'd be another. I have a theory that is pretty outthere and wasn't sure how to present it, but this has provided me with the perfect medium to so.
I like the sounds of that, glad you caught it this time round :)
Hey, I stumbled upon this just today, took me a while to shorten the story to the maximum word count, I didn't count the caption in word count and without it, it is 1,494 words, too bad my imagination has no limits and I could write this into a movie script, here you go my submission: https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@positivity420/my-life-the-lie-psy-op-conspiracy-original-story
Hoping I've arrived on time, I'll once more throw my hat into the ring with this tale:
Thanks again, friend @v4vapid, for running your stimulating contests. ;)
😄😇😄
I have entered with my first article on Steemit so I hope that I have got the rules and tags right!
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@conciousthinker/scientology-the-psyop-to-indoctrinate-the-alternative-ufo-and-conspiracy-communities
I nearly forgot to resteem the post! I hope that is clicking the button next to the comment button?
Awesome, your first article on Steemit and you found my contest? This is cool, thanks and Welcome to Steemit!
@v4vapid, hopefully, I'm not too late. Here is my post for your contest. Love the genre.
https://busy.org/psyop-contest/@jasonbu/hyperopic-dissidence-entry-for-v4vapid-s-conspiracy-writing-contest-3
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@jasonbu/hyperopic-dissidence-entry-for-v4vapid-s-conspiracy-writing-contest-3
You definitely still have time! Thanks for joining!
Certainly this is amazing, im joining
Hello guys i declared this officially opened with the first entry by me
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@josediccus/the-ultimate-psy-op-conspiracy-writing-contest-iii-a-bloody-august-in-nigeria-a-mild-infringement-says-the-government
Thanks for getting this started, can't wait to read all the great entries :)
If i did not participate on this i. Will forever regret the fact i didn't wrote this shill. 💪
Hi friend, thanks for sharing such a valuable opportunity, here is my entry for the contest https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@maya7/the-ultimate-psy-op-conspiracy-writing-contest-the-application-of-conspiracy-theories-by-us-government-to-a-innocent-heart.Thanks
It is time to sharpen my writing tools and reshape my writing skills because it is contest time.
yes, everyone is welcome. Take your time you have 7 days ;)
I will take all the time i have
Great idea for a contest @v4vapid. If I was any good at writing I'd have a go but it's a very ingenious way of getting your information out there and to those who might otherwise overlook it.
Good job mate. :)
Thanks @tonyr, appreciate this comment. I think this is a great way to spread some awareness and have some fun in the process.
https://steemit.com/fiction/@schattenjaeger/black-conspiracy-entry-for-v4vapid-s-conspiracy-writing-contest-3
Well, I made this. It's not exactly what was asked for, but I did that as a sort of advertisement for my ongoing story, since it has a lot do with psy-ops in general.
If people are interested, I invite them to check it out. :)
Fun idea, count me in.
My entry:
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@mindhawk/the-real-stakes-of-living-on-the-west-coast-in-2017
It is meant as an actual warning, it is an obvious truth wrapped in fairly obvious fiction. But I haven't read the warning elsewhere.
However, if you read a lot of what I am writing about in non-fiction, I am witness to more than a few real world conspiracies and police-state developments in the USA you have not heard about anywhere else, plus my first steemit post regarding Arizona.
In the case of Arizona, I would not be capable of writing something more twisted and conspiratorial than the true story of #devani.
btw @v4vapid would you be up for an interview on my mspwaves show?
This is awesome @v4vapid! 25% upvote and resteem! Here is my entry:
https://steemit.com/vaccines/@dakini5d/president-trump-fires-satan-the-temple-of-solomon-to-be-the-real-estate-king-s-crowning-achievement
Here's my entry, a fun little take on this contest: https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@cizzo/hillbilly-3001-a-good-ol-psyops-short-story
My entry;
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@btcnoodle/the-ultimate-psy-op-conspiracy-writing-contest-iii-my-entry
wtf is up with the link being truncated? Some kind of conspiracy to suppress the truth???
Let's try it again...
My Entry
Hello Ive got this theory here you need to see :0
This is my entry
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@godo/psy-infinity-op-infinity-sky
@godo
My Entry https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@steveconnor/ultimate-psy-op-contest-the-response
Here's my entry.
I actually enjoyed writing this so thanks for the inspiration.
This was super fun. Going to put my submission...right...here.
Constructing the Invisible
This is my entry into psyop-contest. Thanks @v4vapid for the opportunity.
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@petoz/propaganda-in-the-highest-order-the-mess-of-the-long-awaited-messiah-2017125t13634550z
Here is my post:
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@dlina-v-metrah/conspiracy-writing-contest-iii-who-killed-schoolchildren
WOWW! That first gif had me staring for a good minute!
I love the premise of this contest. Thanks for the opportunity.
How strict is the word count?
It's a general guideline give or take 500 words. Glad you like it, I'll drop by the wirter's block to remind folks as well :)
game on @v4vapid. An excellent opportunity to drop the Motherlode on Psy-ops all over steemit. Apologies in advance for the mindnumbing truthbomb. 1288 words including formatting
HERE'S MY ENTRY
100% upvoted and resteemed
Ok everyone. Here's my entry. It's called 'The Proxima Genes' and plays on a number of different conspiracies. It was really a joy participating in this contest. There are some great ideas here and I'd hate being the person who had to choose which one wins in some of these categories because there's a lot of great work here.
I went back and forth about which conspiracy I'd cover because there are honestly so many to choose from. This is my first contest and I look forward to participating in more down the road. This is great for community-building.
Check it out and tell me what you guys think!
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@brianlewis/the-proxima-genes
This seems like fun! I'm not sure if I'll have the time, but I'll definitely consider this. :)
I gave this one my absolute best! I had been waiting for the next Conspiracy Creative Writing Contest for a looooong while now, haha! Many thanks @v4vapid - It's a great idea, and a very fun prompt to write about.
Please, do read my entry and share your thoughts:
The Truth Will Set Us Free
In the meantime, I'll check out the competition. Steem on!
Here is my entry!
Thank you for hosting such a great contest, reading the other entries is better than any curation digest I have found anywhere else on this platform. Blessings to All.
Thanks, I'm glad you're taking the time to read other entries. There really are some excellent submissions and it ain't over yet!
Loving this initiative @v4vapid! It's great to read through the comments and see a genuine buzz and excitement around this competition! Loving the mind fuck prize!! Great stuff my friend.
Thanks @perceptualflwas just doing my thing trying to stir things up a little :)
Came in close to 1500 words, and made it around 1465 words. Here is ABN's entry!
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@abn/history-manipulated-to-control-and-cover-up-humanities-origins-and-destiny
Conspiracy is such a vast domain. As for psy-ops - probably countless. I went for a fiction piece... although I do think it's no fiction..
Here's my entry:
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@ladyrebecca/give-me-your-children-the-ultimate-psy-op-contest
Hey, this is a fantastic and creative idea! I definitely dig the imagery you have going on. Thanks for the opportunity. Here is my submission:
https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@belovebelight/the-greater-conspiracy-to-vax-or-not-to-vax
Count me in.