Caveat: This post is not intended as an attack on anyone’s religion. It is simply an historical reality and alternative viewpoint for those to whom it may resonate.

In the ancient way of the pagans, there was no submission to the divine. No kneeling out of guilt. No supplication from a broken person. The ancients knew no sin in the sense of an eternal stain. Rather, they knew balance.

For nature itself teaches no condemnation—it teaches cause and effect, change and responsibility.

Our ancestors knew: Man is not born guilty. He comes into this world free, carried by the breath of the earth and the fire of the stars.

Only later powers made free people guilty. They planted fear in hearts, labeled natural man sinful, and declared his instincts, his desires, his wildness, and his free spirit to be something that had to be broken. For whoever convinces a person that he is inherently impure can control him more easily.

Thus, guilt became a chain, and penance a tool of control. People were taught to lower their gaze, to make themselves small, to kneel, to obey, and to seek salvation only through external authority.

But our pagan ancestors took a different path. They stood upright. With firm feet on the soil of their ancestors. With heads held high beneath the stars. For they did not see themselves as separate from the forces of the world. They were part of the great tapestry of earth, sky, fire, and spirit.

When they called upon the Gods, it was not as servants—but as children of creation, raising their voices to the wind. Their arms were stretched toward the heavens, like the rune Algiz—the symbol of protection, of the connection between humankind and cosmic order.

Thus, humankind stood between the worlds: feet deep in Midgard’s earth, hands open to the cosmos, spirit like a flame in the night forest. This was not a prayer in the sense of later religions. It was a call. A remembering. A conscious merging with the ancient forces.

One spoke to the ancestors in the smoke of the fire. To the Gods in the thunder of the mountains. To the spirits in the rustling of the forests. Not with downcast eyes—but with open eyes. For the free person does not kneel before creation. They recognize themselves as part of it.

And perhaps therein lies the fear of those systems that sought power over souls: A person who recognizes themselves as holy is difficult to control. A person who carries the voice of the ancestors within needs no mediator between themselves and the divine. A person who is in harmony with earth and sky cannot be broken by guilt.

And when the wind rustled through the treetops, when the runes glowed in the fire and the moon hung over the ancient stones,
then the ancients knew: The Gods demand no submission. No self-abasement. No fear. They demand truthfulness. Courage. Honor. Personal responsibility.

And the remembrance of who we truly are.

From Huter der Irminsul

Opinions are easy. We all have them. Too many of us, however, rarely test those opinions and remain reluctant to even consider opinions that conflict with our own.

I’ve come to identify what I believe are the reasons for this reluctance and, often, absolute refusal to accept that our opinion could be wrong.

#1 Pride. We can’t accept that we could be wrong. We’d have to admit it, and that’s just too much for most people. Admitting error requires humility that most folks just don’t possess.

#2 Requirement to change. Most often admitting one is in error requires one to do something about it. Not just admit error, but actually take concrete action to correct/change course. Most folks don’t want to expend the effort.

#3 Sloth. Most people are not willing to commit to the time and effort required to study in order to form correct conclusions. We’re born into a country or family with a particular religion or political leaning and the easy thing is to just adopt it and carry on. Unfortunately, that’s similar to being a sheep or a lemming. Sheep get sheared and slaughtered and lemmings go off a cliff. No thought required.

#4 Lack of curiosity/skepticism. We’ve all (OK, most) realized by now that ‘conspiracy theories’ tend to be conspiracy facts. Those among us that are skeptical of authority or curious about a particular topic tend to recognize these ‘facts’ before the vast majority. This is because we inquire, examine evidence and data, think outside the box, employ critical thinking skills, and connect the dots. Reason and logic play a key role.

One’s opinion is not necessarily truth or reality. Failure to admit this simply demonstrates ignorance, not stupidity, ignorance. Even one possessing a high IQ can be ignorant. It just means one doesn’t ‘know.’

Few of us, today, take the time to go to some quiet place and examine our opinions. That requires thinking and thinking requires effort.

The point of legitimacy came in 2020 when the Presidential election was stolen. Both parties have been complicit in the overthrow of the Republic and the suppression of the people.

Does accepting the loss of legitimacy make a difference when living under tyranny?

UAE Ministry of Defence:

3 drones entered from the western border (Saudi Arabia side) today. Air defenses neutralized 2, but one struck an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah nuclear power plant in Al Dhafra.

No injuries. No radiation release. All reactors still operating normally.Investigation ongoing.

Notable: Iran is northeast across the Gulf — not west.

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It appears that the decision to invade Iran has been made by Trump. All he needs is the correct false flag and Israel’s permission.

From Grok:

Official U.S. Treasury TIC data confirms China’s mainland holdings fell to approximately $693 billion by February 2026, down from over $1.3 trillion at the 2013 peak and reflecting a multi-year decline of hundreds of billions.

From Grok:

The Trump administration has indeed been feeding Axios multiple exclusives and direct briefings on Iran negotiations throughout April and May 2026. Recent examples include reports on a potential one-page MOU to end the war, Trump rejecting Iranian proposals on the blockade, Iranian responses to U.S. drafts, and internal admin discussions on ceasefires and nuclear talks. These pieces routinely cite “U.S. officials,” “White House officials,” or even Trump himself speaking to Axios.

The Cuba drone story follows the exact same template: classified U.S. intelligence shared exclusively with Axios, plus a senior U.S. official comment framing the intel as showing how the Trump administration views Cuba as a growing threat (drones from Russia/Iran, Iranian advisers in Havana, contingency planning).

U.S. officials (per Axios) explicitly say this is contingency talk if hostilities erupt, not an imminent threat. The piece itself notes the intel “could become a pretext for U.S. military action.”

From: Vox Popoli

Andrei Martyanov, whose track record has been very good for more than a decade, believes Russia is going to strike Europe, specifically Germany, soon in retaliation for manufacturing the drones used by Ukraine to attack Russian territory.

Now, per strikes–all indicators are that Russia will strike Europe. Russia doesn’t need to use nukes because she has more than enough conventional means for both destruction of a critical industrial infrastructure involved in support of 404 and, if it comes down to it, decapitating governments of hostile countries.

Russia has enough conventional means to strike at any facility in Europe and the US IS NOT coming for a simple reason–it has no resources. Demilitarizing NATO was one of the key strategic aims of the Special Military Operation once it became clear that the US sabotaged Istanbul talks and Iran has demonstrated it fully. Who will be hit first? Yeah, I am inclined to see Germany “getting the message”–it is long overdue.

And Russia will be perfectly justified in attacking any of the belligerent parties. It would be very difficult for the leaders of the EU, the UK, Germany, and even Switzerland to have more incompetently mishandled their various relations with Russia in futile attempts to appease Clown World and keep the US military in Europe. All they had to do was stay neutral and keep out of what was never any of their business in the first place.

Their collective lunacy is only exceeded by that of Finland and Sweden, who were perfectly safe as neutral parties, but have now unnecessarily painted targets on their national chests by joining NATO and declaring themselves enemy of the Russian Federation.

And now, ironically, they all find themselves falling afoul of both the USA and China as well. The last four years have been marked by some of the most incompetent national diplomacy in the history of international relations.

With Waymo robotaxis now operating in 11 major U.S. markets, these fully autonomous Jaguar I-PACE SUVs are becoming increasingly visible to everyday folks. This wider rollout means more public encounters and more viral footage capturing robotaxis in the wild.

One such incident occurred in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood this week, where residents told local media outlet WSB-TV that more than 50 empty Waymo SUVs flooded their tiny street.

Expect more stories like this as robotaxi deployment ramps up nationwide. We have provided readers with enough context about robotaxi deployments (see here and here).

Just wait until local resistance movements, similar to data centers, begin …

Zerohedge …

So my question. Going forward, what purpose will human beings serve? AI, self-driving cars, robots. We used to grow our own food, build things, drive our own cars, think our own thoughts, work out our own problems, write our own books, create our own art …

People need a purpose. I’m just wondering what it will be in a technocratic society. Better, I think, to lose the grid and return to the 19th Century, but that’s just me …

The video is AI. It went viral this morning so I did not check its authenticity. My apologies.

Grok:

PressTV (Iranian state media) presents it with a heroic, propagandistic spin—which is expected—but the underlying incident is corroborated by U.S. officials, military analysts, and outlets like NBC News, Military Watch Magazine, and The Aviationist.

It’s not fabricated propaganda; it’s a real (and embarrassing for U.S. defenses) event turned into cinematic propaganda.