From Grok:

Yes, the core assessment in the post is largely accurate on the geography, meteorology, oceanography, and regional vulnerabilities, and it aligns with peer-reviewed scientific modeling. It is not exaggerated fearmongering but draws from established facts and studies—though the phrasing (“end life in GCC capitals”) is dramatic, and actual outcomes would depend on the scale of any release, weather at the time, and containment effectiveness. No radiation has been released in the recent strikes (per IAEA), so this remains a hypothetical risk scenario.

“Everything ugly weakens and afflicts man. It recalls decay, danger, impotence; he actually suffers a loss of energy in its presence. The effect of the ugly can be measured with a dynamometer. Whenever man feels in any way depressed, he senses the proximity of something ‘ugly’. His feeling of power, his will to power, his courage, his pride – they decline with the ugly, they increase with the beautiful.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche [Artemis pictured, deity of the hunt]

Be it architecture, attire, grooming, behavior, we have lost the beauty of our ancestors and replaced it with the ugly and profane of Modernity.

We can change … if we will. Change happens a little at a time and by one persons actions at a time.

National average IQ vs. lifetime net fiscal contribution per migrant. (Dutch data):

The only significant net-positive contributors were Northern Europeans, North Americans, and the Japanese.

Every non-White ethnic group made a net-negative contribution, excluding the Israelis and “Four Asian Tigers” (Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore), who made a minor net-positive contribution, and the aforementioned Japanese.

h/t Anthas Gate (Telegram)

… but diversity is our strength. Race doesn’t matter. We’re all the same.

Discussion of the downed aircraft, a captured US pilot and the reasons for the generals being dismissed.

I take anything from Scott Ritter with a grain of salt. He is not the only one stating this but no one is verifying this loss.

From Hüter der Irminsul on Telegram

If you really look deeper, it (the Easter celebration) becomes clear: What is taken for granted today is the result of a conscious reinterpretation – and in many cases also of repression.

The pre-Christian spring festivals of the Germanic and other European cultures were not a marginal phenomenon, but rather a central part of their lives. These people did not live apart from nature, they were part of it. The cycle of the year determined their thinking, their actions and their celebrations. The transition from winter to spring was therefore not a symbolic act, but rather existential: survival was assured, light and warmth returned, new life began.

Archaeological finds, traditional customs and comparative religious research show that these festivals were characterized by fertility symbolism, fire, community and gratitude towards the forces of nature. It wasn’t about guilt or redemption, but about cycles, about becoming and passing away as a natural order. Man was involved in it – not as sinners, but as part of a larger whole.

With the spread of Christianity from late antiquity and especially in the course of the missionization of Germanic areas by forces like Boniface, this world view was systematically transformed. Holy places were rededicated, festivals were reinterpreted, and existing customs were often consciously integrated – albeit under completely different circumstances.

Today’s Easter is an example of this overlap: the timing remained closely aligned with the old spring festival, but the meaning was shifted. Direct experience of nature was replaced by a theological interpretation. This becomes particularly clear on Good Friday: a day that is placed in a phase that has stood for new beginnings and vitality for thousands of years becomes the central symbol of suffering, sacrifice and death.

This shift is not neutral. It draws attention away from life in the here and now towards a system of interpretation that is strongly influenced by guilt, atonement and the need for redemption. While ancient cultures celebrated life itself, the focus was placed on suffering – and the need to accept that suffering as meaningful.

More is lost than just “old customs”. An attitude is lost: the immediate connection to the world, the trust in natural cycles, the experience of joy without justification. Instead, there is a mediated worldview that dictates how this time should be interpreted and felt.

Historically, this was not a random process but part of a broader cultural transformation. The old traditions were not simply forgotten – they were overlaid, adapted, and sometimes deliberately pushed back to make room for a new order.

And yet the original has never completely disappeared. It can be seen in symbols, in customs, in the feeling of many people that this time “actually” carries something different: lightness, new beginnings, liveliness.

A real reflection therefore means getting to the bottom of these layers again. Not to romanticize history, but to recognize that, alongside the traditional interpretation, there is also an older, deeply rooted perspective.

Nature itself has never changed. It follows no dogma, no penitential order, no mourning ritual. It returns – year after year, powerful and unstoppable.

And perhaps that is exactly the most uncomfortable realization: that this original truth never disappeared – it was just covered up.

It has been said that the Crusades were “the first unifying event in Europe.” The crusades “so stirred and united Europe that we may count them as the beginning of modern history,” wrote Halford Mackinder in his seminal 1904 article on “The Geographical Pivot of History.” He was not puzzled by the utter absurdity of aiming to unite Europe around Jerusalem. The popes convinced Europeans that the cradle of their civilization was a city at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, already coveted by two other civilizations (the Byzantine and the Islamic) and asked them to fight for it as if the salvation of Europe depended on it. There could not be a project more contrary to the interests of Europe.

Ultimately, the Crusades, with their inherent hypocrisy, harmed the West by corrupting its very soul, and harmed the rest of the world by making the West a dangerous, unrestrained predator.

And now we have the author of a book titled American Crusade as the warmonger in chief.

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From Vox Popoli

• June 16, 2025: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stated, “We will provide support if Iran needs it,” while the Israel-Iran war continues. Following this statement, claims emerged that North Korea could send its strategic weapon, the Hwasong-16B missile, to Iran. As the Israel-Iran war becomes a crisis closely monitored by the entire world, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has openly supported the Tehran administration. Kim indicated a new geopolitical balance with his statement, “We will provide the necessary support if Iran needs it.” Following Kim’s remarks, all eyes turned to the Hwasong-16B missile, which North Korea describes as a “symbol of absolute superiority.” In recent months, Kim Jong Un personally supervised the test launch of the missile, which he had defined as “the pinnacle of defense technology.”
• April 2, 2026: multiple reports that North Korea has delivered 500 Hwasong-18 missiles to the IRGC.

This isn’t confirmed yet, but we’ll know if one of them is used. And given how the US, the UK, and the EU have been supplying Ukraine, they can hardly complain that China, North Korea, and Russia are supplying weapons and satellite intelligence to Iran, which has been their ally for a long time.

In the meantime, Iran’s missile launchers continue to undestroy themselves. Six weeks in, what was 90 percent destroyed in the first 48 hours is now only 50 percent destroyed.

‘Around half of Iran’s missile launchers and kamikaze drones remain intact despite a month of US-Israeli strikes, CNN reports, citing a military intelligence assessment.’

This isn’t a surprise to anyone who knows military history. The utility of air power has been wildly exaggerated by its advocates since Giulio Douhet and those exaggerations have been exposed in every military conflict from WWII to Desert Storm.

The overwrought threats of Donald Trump to Iran’s civilian infrastructure may be in response to Iran’s reported destruction of a significant part of the Israeli air force. If it’s true that a 300-missile barrage took out 40 planes on the ground yesterday, this will change the situation in the Middle East considerably in that Israel will no longer be able to hit back against Iran by itself.

Could these reports, which appear to be Chinese-generated, be fake? Absolutely. Are they unreliable? Definitely. And yet, they are less likely to be fake than the relentless US and Israeli insistence that a) all of Iran’s offensive capabilities were destroyed five weeks ago and b) none of Iran’s attacks have accomplished anything more than scratch the paint on a minor Israeli government official’s car.

It’s fascinating how Iranian missiles never hit anything, but so many targets keep getting “damaged by falling debris”.