Tom Rowsell

Patriotism without nationalism is just state-worship. Praying to the government. Naked obeisance to power. Stockholm syndrome at scale. Modern version of deified Roman emperors, but with bureaucracies. I am vomit

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European Athletics have released new photography guidelines. It's a pity our sport our sport is going from celebrating the athletic physique to hiding it.

Help us identify this maggot antisemite and Israel-hater who stalked and attacked Rabbi Shmuley in NYC

Bush dogs from South America hunt in packs to take down much larger animals. They grow to just 60 centimetres in length! (Photos Stefan Koeder)

In Gripisspa, Sigurd visits his uncle, Gripir, who has the gift of second sight. Sigurd asks Gripir what his future holds. His uncle hesitates, then prophesies Sigurd’s entire career. It is all told in compressed form, though with a fair amount of detail. When he is finished telling his nephew the whole truth, including the circumstances of his death, Gripir consoles him with the promise that “A better man will never walk upon the earth beneath the sun than you.” In the Volsung Saga, we are told that Sigurd then returns to Regin, who reminds him of his promise to kill Fafnir. Sigurd affirms that he will keep this promise, but not before avenging his father and the kinsmen who fell with him in battle. The episode with Gripir is extremely interesting. Ask yourself if you would like to be told your entire fate, including when you are going to die and in what manner. Then ask yourself, if a tragic future were foretold for you, whether you would have difficulty going on with your life. If Sigurd has difficulty, he shows no signs of it. Then again, he is a hero. In Gripisspa, on parting company with his uncle, Sigurd says, “My fate will be what it will.” Sigurd then proceeds with his adventures – all of which turn out exactly as Gripir had prophesied. Quite obviously, the virtue exemplified here by Sigurd is amor fati, “love of fate.” Amor fati is basic to the pagan Germanic spirit. Few men had their entire lives foretold for them, but all believed that the Norns had determined their fate in advance, and that the only manly response to this was to embrace that destiny. Knowing his fate in detail also serves a special purpose for Sigurd: it allows him to achieve detachment. Thanks to his uncle, he is aware in advance of every significant event in his life, including his death, but, again, all he can do is to carry on and act out his fate. And he does so almost as if he is an actor playing a role. It would be useful to read this text in connection with the Bhagavad-Gita.

"I'm the pope, therefore I'm holy, therefore if I want to keep prostitutes in the Papal palace then I'm still as holy than I was before" "No" "Thanks for inventing transgenderism" "What's that?" "You'll see..."