An Eagle's Eye

Culture signifies man. Norwegian is not English. A lady from Bodø thinks a bit differently from a lady from Trondheim. Even within Trondheim, we will think a bit differently from one part of the city to another, dependent upon raising.

Let me remind you of the fact Karl Marx (1818 - 83) was German. Max Weber (1864-1920) was too. Marx fled Germany. Why? He was a Jude. Sigmund Freud fled Austria in 1938. He was a Jude. In the original constitution of Norway, from 1814, Paragraph 2 states “Judes are still exempt from entering the nation.”

In “The Communist Manifesto”, which Marx wrote before he fled, he coined what in English has become “alienation”. Without knowing for sure, I think the term in German must be “Entfremdung”. Perhaps the English translation does not really pay justice to Marx. In English one says “estranged”. Is that it?

In Sociology the writings of Marx and Weber might be compared, and one will label Marxist thought “materialistic” and Weber’s view “idealistic”. It is rather difficult not to admit this notion. Though, in “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” Weber is clear on value’s determination of production. In the conclusion of his discussion, he calls the “protestant ethic” an iron cage. And what are values, other than modes of production?

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Future

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Embarrasing

I assume this woman, Jessica Furseth, is a citizen in the United Kingdom despite her Norwegian last name.

| Her article in Aljazeera |.

Anyway, her journalism is worth noticing. Her article in BBC, today, about Norwegian culture, spendidly marked by the BBC, is not good news.

| The controversial sweet that fuels Norwegians |.

Of course, a chocolate bar is not fueling Norwegians. I wonder what is.

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What Is The Army

SEMPER FIDELIS

Sovereign and independent
Every time and everywhere
Men could fall to be expedient,
Pushed to passage here and there,
Entering the golden passage,
Royal is the soldier’s vantage!

Faithful always to Lord Jesus,
Independent joyfully,
Death for him is no absurdness,
Eminent as he will be.
Life is not served incognito.
Indu libitum: Obbligato.
Semper Fi! That is the motto!

ACRONYM

They say an acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of the successive lines together form a word. Acronym is the name of the acrostic poem.

Song on Suno: | Semper Fidelis |

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Satan

Jesus once adressed Peter, it is written in St. Mattew 16:20-23:

"Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, that how he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priest and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men."

And it is written in St. Matthew 4:10:

"Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written: Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

To look up passages in the Bible I most often use two books of mine written by Gunnar Johnstad, published by Det Norske Bibelselskap. Translated to English by Google Translate, Johnstad writes this about Satan:

SATAN
is a Hebrew word that means "adversary, accuser" and corresponds to the Greek diabolos, the devil. In the Old Testament, Satan is perceived as the evil power that seduces people into sin. Satan later came to be perceived as an independent opponent of God, as the evil enemy of people and as the origin of all evil in the world. This is how he also appears in the New Testament, and Satan then functions as a name.

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الحقيقة البسيطة

لقد فكرت في الأمر، وتوصلت إلى استنتاج مفاده أن السبب وراء أنكم في اللغة العربية تبدؤون الكتابة من ما يبدو لمعظم الناس من الخلف هو أن المنطق يحدد موضوع النص. بنظرة خاطفة تفهمه قبل أن تبدأ القراءة. هل من العدل قول ذلك؟ حقاً، هذا من نتاج المسيح.

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挪威之心

你知道，有了谷歌翻译和人工智能，我们现在可以轻松地用彼此的母语交流。我们不需要知道词义。这很可怕吗？（我在想……）不。为什么不可怕呢？……挪威语中的“face”（英语中的“face”）使词语不至于含糊不清。而语境（上下文）则决定了我们为什么会认为某个词义是那样的。当我在我的英文博客上写下这些时，每个人都知道其中的原因。

I wrote this text in Norwegian. In English, it says:

You know, with Google Translate and AI, we can now easily communicate in each other's native languages. We don't even need to know the meaning of the words. Is that scary? (I'm thinking...) No. Why isn't it scary?... The Norwegian word for 'face' (like the English 'face') keeps the words from being ambiguous. And the context determines why we perceive a certain meaning. When I write this on my English-language blog, everyone understands the reason why.
😊

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To The American People

Kissing Bejing? What is Chinese Porcelaine?

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Norwegian Fairy Tales

Norwegians are fond of fairy tales. Snow White and Cindarella are favourites at Christmas, to us. In Norway, though, fairy tales are understood differently than in English. We call such "Eventyr". Such were gathered by two excellent prominences at the beginning of the 18th century. "Eventyr" means such are inheritance from our fathers. Wisdom. Even Danish creativity cannot compete with that tradition. And the ever returning hero in "eventyr" is Askeladden.

I would like to make a note of the fact Her Royal Highness Princess Martha Louise even made an effort to be a reminder of those "eventyr", at one point. She did so by appearing in the Norwegian Bradcasting Company, reading such.

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Incredible

Reportedly, Wednesday 26th of November 2025, that is two days ago, there was a shooting in Washington D.C. in which two soldiers of the National Guard were attacked. They were subjected to gunfire. Reportedly the soldiers were on patrol. The scene of the crime lies in the surroundings of the White House.

According to New York Times around 08:00 Norwegian time, this is the case:

• The two victims were an Air Force Staff Sergeant, a male, and an U.S. Army Specialist, a female, aged 20. The female has passed away.
  
  This gives no sense. What is an Air Force Sergeant doing in the National Guard? What is an Army Specialist? She is even aged 20? What is an infantry patrol? A pair of soldiers? A man and a woman? Sigh. What were their orders? Who was their commander? What were they doing there?


• The U.S. President has publicly condemned the shooting. He calls the alleged criminal “nuts”. Referring to the victims, the President have stated: ““It’s just happened,” Mr. Trump said. “She was savagely attacked. She’s dead. Not with us.” The other victim, he said, was “fighting for his life.” The President might be referring to their wounds, though, what?

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