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The org (BSECTOR, in its current iteration) was established sometime in the early 1990s by several Joes and Janes who were sitting around chatting and opining about where the world was heading. Some found it comforting that there were other kindred spirits with insane niche ideological takes and collections of stories (did you know the first man on the moon wasn't Buzzyboy, but a Polish POW that got shot out on a heavily modified V2 by the nazis?... I guess his frozen/scorched corpse hitting the rim of the crater Clavius counts); others realized there was money to be made (mostly selling half-truths, but when you string enough of those...bam! Moneyyy!), and a few realized their positions in the information and the intelligence sphere actually gave them a peek at the levers of power and were willing to share the gossip  (what did the "nanny" babysitting the Kissinger spawn see and most importantly, did she get it on tape?!). This turned into an intercontinental mailing list (of all things), a few IRC channels soon after, along with several sites and forums popping up here and there over the decades. Now, this %$#ing place!

That said, our current casting director Peter B has pointed out on several occasions that the organization predates him, and he is old—like really old, like remembers the 1950s clearly kind of old. His favorite TV show is Bonanza for fucks sake! Is this a membership‑type organization? Hmm, not really. It’s an invite‑only tree‑house club kinda place. You have candy?! Come on in! What about the numbers? How many invitees, you ask? Well, I am told that over the decades there were periods when there was only one or two torch carriers. Or tape carriers as it were... which evolved into floppies and USB sticks over the decades. The breakup of Soviet Union was turbulent and many associates simply didn’t “make it” over the wall in time, one of the few exceptions being Pete himself with his "last flight on Aeroflot with a box of Kurgerands", story. Speaking of bullion, can "we" have a raise Pete? No? Okay. Other times, dozens of contributors. As Pete will point out, there have been members both in the Oval Office (the actual place) and the Politburo Cabinet (the actual place), quite literally (although not at the same time), and at least one contributor made it to orbit in the 1970s (no, not related to the unlucky POW mentioned above). He won't say if NASA or some other agency (it was NASA).

The point of it all, you ask? Share information, have a laugh, and most of all, wildly prognosticate! You, the reader, might say, “Hey, are you guys and gals right or left, what is this all about, I need to know how to feel about the texts on this site?” Well, you see, it’s not so much left or right as… seen? If you know, you know. (Peter has promised to do a Q&A) — Edward N.

*Few have asked why no social media platform presence. To quote Pete, "If its online its online. Mosaic already has one pointer, they don't need more...". Who/what is Mosaic you ask? Oh, boyyy... we got a long wayyy to go... Pete thinks even this site is too much. He wants a .txt file on an FTP site like its 1993.