Fool's Mate

 
My desk is piled high with news today.
 
Were I a free journalist I would be putting out life-saving work all day and most of the night; but I am not a free journalist so I have to pick and choose between which disaster I will tell you about and which disasters I let be a surprise to you.
 
In olde timey journalism we put the best apples on top, and of all my news apples today the best is that I think I know who is the subject of what we are calling "The Scalding".  That is, I think I know who will be scalded.
 
I cannot say who I think it is, and I cannot say why that person will be scalded, because scalded or not I would be punished by psycho-fascist America for saying it.   So I have to dance around the subject a bit.
 
I have thought about this long and hard, because it is not my policy to let bad news happen if I can possibly prevent it.
 
This is the idea I have come up with.
 
The target for The Scalding works in the American movie industry, and apparently the reason this person has been targeted is because of the crimes committed against my by the American movie industry.  There are more layers to this development than just that, but that is a good starting point.
 
Understand, if I were to name the targeted person I would risk being arrested for being insane or for threatening the person.  The best I can legally do is document The Scalding before it takes place in a way that will identify the target after the fact.
 
Anyone is free to decipher the code; I do not think it that would be very difficult.
 
I know this is crazy, but the these are the ground rules psycho-fascist America has imposed on me.
 
Here is my suggestion:  the movie industry watches my work with some interest and is well into planning some grotesque version of my life's story if I should at some time kick the bucket.  That way the movie industry can distort my story and steal it in one fell swoop.
 
I would suggest if the movie industry would confess to just one of the many crimes it has committed against me, and offer me safe haven from American abuse for six months, I would openly name the target; and thus, like Mighty Mouse, save the day.
 
In the mean time, I will identify the target in the following encoded form.
 
There can be found in almost any book on chess, a four-move gambit called "Fool's Mate"; that is, check mate in four moves.
 
When I was in college I used to play chess frequently, but when I used the Fool's Mate gambit my opponents invariably became angry at me.
 
The gambit suited me fine because I didn't really like chess and Fool's Mate got the game over quickly.
 
Soon no one would play chess with me, and I was glad of it.
 
Within that anecdote is encoded the identity of the target of The Scalding.