The word IQLUSION is a portmanteau of ILLUSION and OCCLUSION with the prefix IQ which stands for intelligence. It is on the Kryptos Sculpture outside the US Central Intelligence Agency at Langley Virginia.
In Recent Issues:
We looked at early radio monitoring and secret inks.
The British Secret Service, MI5, began in 1909 as a joint venture between the Admiralty and the War Office. Then, in 1919, The Government Codes and Cyphers School formed to examine diplomatic traffic. This period saw the end of Classical hand ciphers and the rise of machine encryption.
Here are some background BLOGS: click on the pictures …
gaslighting
Merriam-Webster has chosen gaslighting in their Words of the Year 2022. It refers to manipulating a person or a group of people and it is also the title of an MGM movie Gaslight (1943/1944).
Can you recognise the teenage Angela Lansbury? She and her brother-in-law Peter Ustinov received official gaslighting to disguise their backgrounds. Click on the Pic to read more.
More to say
I do have more to tell you but receive little or no feedback from members; so I wonder if anyone bothers to read what I write? If you don’t - I won’t.
The British Mensa Website is changing. SIGs and whatnots are being reformed or abolished. The Mensa Magazine will be publlished online only. I would like to go entirely online as well. Your thoughts and comments are noted and appreciated. Please get in touch.
Steve in Siam
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