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Picture taken on top of Eldfell "The Newest Mountain in the World" this summer. (Eldfell is on the island Heimaey which is part of the Vestmannaeyjar island group, Iceland.)
Eldfell was created in the volcanic eruption in 1973. The Name means Fire Mountain.
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Quisling's work on philosophy is going to be published.
Quisling was the traitor whose name became synonymous with treason. He was the head of Government of Norway during the Nazi occupation of Norway and was executed in 1945 after the war.
"The book will appear in October from the new publishing house Juritzen.Arve Juritzen and his editor Anne-Kristin Strøm have prepared the volume from the mass of papers and handwritten notes the notorious Norwegian left behind. The book will be organized according to the chapter headings Quisling intended.
"This book is not about war and treason, but about what Quisling really wanted to be, philosopher, author. He really wanted to write, to be know as a thinker rather than a politician," Juritzen said. "The book can also explain why he did what he did. This is also a snapshot from the 20s, 30s and 40s. The thoughts and attitudes are striking and it is not so long ago, yet one thought incredibly differently."
Juritzen said he did not believe there was much if anything to fuel right-wing extremists or neo-Nazis in the book, but also feels that such worries shouldn't prevent the book's publication.
Quisling biographer and professor at San Diego State University, Oddvar Høidal, does not believe the book will have much to offer.
"The material is completely disorganized. Juritzen's decision to organize the notes the way Quisling wanted will give the book an odd character," Høidal said. Historians would need to see the original documents in any case, but Høidal thought it might interest history buffs.
Netherlands-based professor Else M. Barth has scrutinized Quisling's notes and thoughts deeply for her 1996 book "God, it's me. Vidkun Quisling as a political philosopher" and she then said that what was most interesting was the light he threw on the way fascists thought.
"Otherwise he was not original in the least. Most of what he said he borrowed from here and there and repeated it in flowery terms. The title of the book, "God, it's me" is a quote," Barth told Aftenposten."
I don't see this book becoming much of a bestseller. The market has to be miniscule!!! Who want's to read some philosophical mishmash entitled "God, it's me" written by the traitor with delusions of grandeur who ran Norway on behalf of the German nazies during the war.
For More on Quisling read the excellent book by Oddvar Hoidal - Quisling: A study in Treason
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Aftenposten: Thieves felled by moose
"Police in Salten in northern Norway could thank an unlucky moose for helping them stop three men they believe were behind a major burglary.The owner of a cafe and fast food restaurant in Røkland called police after finding NOK 70,000 missing after a late night break-in. He arrived at the premises at 3:10 a.m. on Thursday, but the crooks were gone, newspaper Avisa Nordland reports.
About 20 minutes after police in Bodø received news of the break-in, an alert from the Medical Emergency Communication (AMK) Central reported three men needing assistance in a car that had collided with a moose. One of the men was injured and the car was no longer roadworthy.
An ambulance, wildlife authorities and local police hurried to the scene of the accident.
Police checked the names of the three men from southern Norway against their database and found that all had criminal records. At sunrise, a policeman and dog checked the area around the collision and found money and other objects from the burglary in Røkland.
The three men were placed under arrest, though the one in hospital after the collision remained in care. The moose died from its injuries."
Aaaahhh... poor moose.
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Middle East Forum has an informative article written by David Bukay entitled The Religious Foundations of Suicide Bombings: Islamist Ideology
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Me posing underneath a rainbow, Dettifoss, Iceland
Dettifoss is Europe’s mightiest waterfall. It is 44 m high and about 100 m wide.
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Noodlefood: The Ayn Rand Archieves
Diana Hsieh takes to task those who maliciously smear and spread lies about the Ayn Rand Archieves regarding their cooperation and willingness to open up their archieves for serious scholarship.
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Why abduct us? We cede our values for free
Excerpt:
... "for the Fox journalists and the Western media who reported their release, what's the big deal? Wear robes, change your name to Khaled, go on camera and drop Allah's name hither and yon: If that's your ticket out, seize it. Everyone'll know it's just a sham.But that's not how the al-Jazeera audience sees it. If you're a Muslim, the video is anything but meaningless. Not even the dumbest jihadist believes these infidels are suddenly true believers. Rather, it confirms the central truth Osama and the mullahs have been peddling -- that the West is weak, that there's nothing -- no core, no bedrock -- nothing it's not willing to trade."
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Police swoop on Britain's first Jihad training camp
"The school's prospectus says its aims are to 'provide a high standard of academic and Islamic education' and 'to develop real Islamic moral values'"....
"Anti-terror police raided what is believed to be Britain's first home-grown jihad training camp in the grounds of a former English ballet school.
They rounded up a network of alleged terrorist recruiters after spying on them at the secluded country mansion.
It is understood the group, which included several recent converts to Islam, were being schooled in fundamentalist ideals associated with Al Qaeda."
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Israel plans for war with Iran and Syria
THREATENED by a potentially nuclear-armed Tehran, Israel is preparing for a possible war with both Iran and Syria, according to Israeli political and military sources....The Israeli defence establishment believes that Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear programme means war is likely to become unavoidable.
...“In the past we prepared for a possible military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities,” said one insider, “but Iran’s growing confidence after the war in Lebanon means we have to prepare for a full-scale war, in which Syria will be an important player.”
While the EU is wavering, the Israelies seem to recognize that action needs to be taken before Iran becomes a nuclear power.
An in-depth article by Michael Rubin
Can Iran be trusted? puts the spot-light on Iran's duplicitous behaviour in the past.
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Martin Lindeskog has interviewed Ed Cline
Ed Cline, is the author of the Sparrowhawk series.
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I really enjoyed Essays on Ayn Rand's We the Living and Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem both edited by Robert Mayhew and I must say that I'm really looking forward to getting hold of a copy of Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead to be published by Lexingtoon Books (apparantly available from December 28, 2006).
Excerpt from Lexington Books:
Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is still remembered and enjoyed today as the philosopher's first best-selling novel and venture into romantic writing. In this unique study of The Fountainhead, Dr. Robert Mayhew brings together historical, literary, and philosophical essays that analyze the novel's style, its use of humor, and its virtues of productivity, independence, and integrity. The essays make extensive use of previously unpublished material from the Ayn Rand Archives, offering a new collection of material to explore and consider. This book leads through the creation, publication, and reception of the 1947 novel that made Rand famous. Mayhew's collection of essays offers an insightful and critical perspective on the much regarded novel, and is a necessary read for anyone interested in Ayn Rand and great American literature.List of Contributors
B. John Bayer, Michael S. Berliner, Andrew Bernstein, Tore Boeckmann, Jeff Britting, Onkar Ghate, Robert Mayhew, Shoshana Milgram, Amy Peikoff, Richard Ralston, Dina Schein, Tara SmithAbout the Author
Robert Mayhew is Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University.
Table of Contents for Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead The History of The FountainheadThe Composition of Ayn Rand's First Projection of the Ideal Man: From the Notebook to the Novel
Shoshana MilgramHoward Roark and Frank Lloyd Wright
Michael S. BerlinerPublishing The Fountainhead
Richard RalstonThe Fountainhead Reviews
Michael S. BerlinerAdapting The Fountainhead to Film
Jeff Britting
The Fountainhead as Literature and as PhilosophyThe Fountainhead as Romantic Novel
Tore BoeckmannWhat Might Be and Ought to Be: Aristotle's Poetics and The Fountainhead
Tore BoeckmannThree Inspirations for the Ideal Man: Cyrus Paltons, Enjolras, and Cyrano de Bergerac
Shoshana Milgram
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