Quotes of Note: History of the People of Israel by Ernest Renan

Via: “Imperium” by Francis Parker Yockey

“Socialism may bring back by the complicity of Catholicism a new Middle Age.” And there are, indeed, some rather horrifying straws in the wind as regards the Church’s traditional hostility toward communism. March 7, 1963 witnessed the Pope grasping the hand of Alexi Adzheubi, an official representative of the same Bolshevism which so far has murdered at least 50 million patriots in Russia, China and elsewhere. What are millions to think — Catholic and non-Catholic — who have heretofore looked upon Rome as a bulwark against this unspeakably degenerate conspiracy? (Decent Catholics should not be too surprised or chagrined; Protestant sects by and large were captured by the Culture Distorter years ago.) But should the two equalitarian religions converge, compromise is required on the part of the Communist Party, too; being totally bankrupt intellectually, this is not too great a price. An anonymous letter supposedly written by a CP member was reprinted in the May, 1963 Truth Seeker, a strongly anti-communist free-thought periodical. It bears repetition:

“…The Party has soft-pedaled atheism for years and now we are dropping it completely. Atheism divides the masses and offends all the good religious people in the Party and who work closely with us. Fanatical atheists who insist on preaching their views are thrown out… confusing the political problems we have with religious matters is asinine. By far the most progress the Party is making today is being made through the churches. … I expect to see a complete convergence of the Catholic Church and the Party within the next fifty years. … The shadow of this is clearly foreshown in Poland. Perhaps you have heard of Pax? This is a Catholic lay organization run by communist priests … tolerated by both the Party and the Church. … You may yet live to see the day when the dictatorship of the proletariat will be proclaimed by the Pope!” [emphasis added]

Very prescient statement, considering the election of Pope Francis who has attracted controversy with his Marxist interpretation of the Bible and Catholicism. That he was elected 50 years after the embrace of Communism by the Catholic church is almost too rich to be a coincidence.

A person with a healthy dose of skepticism, of course, can rightly point out that the anonymous letter may have been faked to slander the Catholic Church. Or that the fifty years as claimed in the letter, if it was the real deal, may just be a hollow boast such as the “1000-year Reich”. But again, 2013 has been a groundbreaking year in that, most of the conspiracies that used to dwell in the fringes of society has moved into the front and center.  Things have changed and we can’t afford to dismiss outlandish claims with little analysis, to put it mildly.

Trust in the traditional institutions of western society; the State, education, media, business and religion, is at an all-time low. Distrust is in the air. People have realized that they were lied to. And now people have begun to question things.

Addendum: Do note that I have little personal interest in the shenanigans of the Catholic Church, since I have considered it thoroughly infiltrated by progressives and mostly unwilling to root them out and stand proudly on its traditions.

Source: http://www.vaidilute.com/books/imperium/imperium-intro.html

Books books books

2014 started with a whimper, a distinct uncertainty that everyone can sense but not taste. But not yet, for now this is nothing more than a list of books I have read from the start of the year, books I have acquired and books I am in the process of reading.

Read:
Autobiographies:

• “I am Zlatan” by Zlatan Ibrahimovic & David Lagercrantz
• “Red” by Gary Neville

Non-Fiction:

• “Four Ball One Tracer” by Roelf van Heerden – Depicting the exploits of the controversial Private Paramilitary Company “Executive Outcomes” in Angola and Sierra Leone – Highly-recommended for those interested in that period of time or in paramilitary groups in general.
• “The Return of the Great Depression” by Vox Day – Details the shenanigans that will continue to haunt our financial/economic system until we redress them, or they collapse around us. – Painful reading, more for the facts contained than any stylistic complaint.

Fiction:

• The Carrera series by Tom Kratman. Blazed through three books in a week. Enough said.

Currently Reading:

• “Traders, Guns & Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivative” by Satyajit Das – A  very compelling look into the murky world of Derivatives, and how it emerged from the obscure and mundane into a “Financial Weapon of Mass Destruction”.

Soon to Read:

• “Imperium” by Francis Parker Yockey – This is a book that is rightly banned for its subversive championing of a European Empire for White Europeans. It was little surprise that the author “committed suicide” under police custody years later.
• “Full Circle” by Ferdinand Mount – Recommended by Vault-Co, always worth a closer look.
• Works by Walker Percy, an eclectic American Writer who is massively under-appreciated. and now forgotten since he hailed from the South.
• “Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World” by Ian Bremmer. – Relevant in a Soon-to-be Post-American world
  
• “Collected Poems” by W.B Yeats

That’s all for now folks.

Cycling

Cycling is a rebellion.

Looking from the viewpoint of a man who drives, cycling is many things; at best a misapplication of energy, at worst a pain in the ass waiting to be run over.

I happened to participate in a cycling expedition last week, in one of the Capital city’s satellites. It was a leafier suburb that is often ruined by the passing of industrial trucks along wide roads more reminiscent of Western suburbs than a country in Asia. What set me off in this train of thought was a very specific moment: the moment when we had to make a turn in a very busy roundabout.

I was stumped. No way was I going to cut in front of speeding cars in an inadequate tin can powered by the pedaling of my legs. My moment of hesitation ended when the Team Leader steadily pedaled forward, arm raised towards the traffic and, like Moses in the Red Sea, the cars stopped and we crossed the road like a herd of sheep.

It was nothing short of an epiphany.

Are cyclists, that vermin of the road that are hated by everyone, consciously or unconsciously giving the finger to everything and everyone?

Consider the following:

When you ride a bike you are exposed to the outer environment.

When you ride a bike you don’t necessarily value the fact that you are increasing your risk of maiming

When you ride a bike you mostly ignore traffic rules (stop signs, traffic lights, etc)

When you ride a bike to work, your outfit, not to mention your body odor, will announce it louder than a bullhorn

When you ride a bike to work every day, you get the privilege to judge unfit people.

When you ride a bike you are a user of the road, but the laws don’t necessarily apply, since most people will do anything not to hit a guy on a bike.

In short, riding a bike is the most attention-seeking, passive-aggressive act you can do. People can’t ignore you; they will evade you and curse your very being but they can never ignore you.

It’s not just people that cyclists flip off. Cyclists challenge nature to do their worst. Cycling used to be a method of transportation for the poor, for whom using public transportation or a car was too expensive. Now cycling is a choice, a repudiation of the automobile as a method of transportation.

Gone are notions of comfort and safety in your metal cocoon, cyclists embrace the discomfort and inherent dangers of cycling as an act of war, a slap in the face of modern conformity.

The act of cycling fuels and feeds on the cyclist’ innate narcissism, he cycles because he is special; he is special because he cycles.  Every day a cyclist challenges his own nature, his innate behaviors and hard-coded genetics and every other driver and nature itself. The cyclist is special, he is his own breed, by no means is he a soulless sheep, but a free man striking back and conquering distance, nature and cultural norms.

A cyclist is a neutered adrenaline junkie, a narcissist who seeks to display his dominance of nature in a way most inconvenient for everyone he comes across. An act of supreme psychopathy.

Introductory

This is a test.

More than anything, this blog is about documenting the evolution of my thoughts and perspectives.

There will be a lot of navel-gazing.

There will be gnashing of teeth.

There will be truth and lies.

There will be growth and change.

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Thy will be done.