If Alaska never became a state ... Jan 4, 2009
"Things have drastically changed since 1980. The passage of new programs. All kinds of regulations. Stuff that's got big business taint in it -- and cheap, easy buys on senators and representatives. If I was Roman, I would say, 'It's Caligula time.' ". Stepovich, now 89, still has fond memories of the way Alaska was. (Anchorage Daily News)
Denounce and Desist Jan 1, 2009
After we see another 9/11, the messiah-elect will turn from his Herod Antipas persona (the one who doesn't know if 2 year olds are actually living beings) into a modern Caligula. Location: LA Reply # 2 Date: Jan 1, 2009 - 4:49 AM EST Get A Real Job, KP. (Townhall.com)
Bush among 'worst in history' ? Dec 30, 2008
Common sense conservativism. Commenting is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. M-F. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Books for the cruise buff on your list Nov 30, 2008
If nothing else, Bruns' book offers passengers a few lessons, including: Being sleep-deprived for a year isn't a good idea; tip well, but also urge cruise lines to pay a living wage; expect good service, but don't be the person who thinks his ticket entitles him to act like Emperor Caligula. -- Fodor's cruise-related guides: Unlike the travel guide companies that don't categorize cruises as "serious travel," Fodor's offers a series of books that are handy for anyone planning a voyage in Europe,... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
America has always had mixed economy Nov 28, 2008
You are like Caligula in your ideology, always right and self serving. Now all you need is a statue. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Detroit Lions are turkeys in foul NFL game, Plain Dealer columnist Bill Livingston writes Nov 27, 2008
Any day now, "Bizarro" Al might try to put livestock on his coaching staff, the way the mad Roman Emperor Caligula tried to make his horse a consul. But Oakland did go to the Super Bowl in this century, a feat that has eluded the Browns and Lions for, well, I believe the word is "ever.". (Cleveland.com -- Sports)
Does this mean we’re getting better or worse? Nov 24, 2008
Willie wrote on Nov 22, 2008 12:14 PM:" The partisanship that runs this country is so busy with their tit for tat lawmaking that they have created a condition that while trying to enforce tolerance has left us without the freedom to exercise tolerance. Hollywood seems above this as do professional athletes. Do to their wealth and extravagance, are mad with power (very much like Emporer Caligula) that they think they are above the law (and often appear to BE succesfully above the law). Will those... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
What will media be like under Obama presidency? Nov 20, 2008
You have grandeurs Caligula would be proud of as he built his empire. We all know what happened to Rome. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Clayson's 'nanny state' is nonsense Nov 14, 2008
think wrote on Nov 13, 2008 8:29 AM:" Mr. Cross wants to use the power of his elected Government to take my money through taxes as does Joe. You are no different than a loan shark or mafia thug who sends an enforcer out to terrorize unwilling patrons in to forced robbery. You stand behind the Government to do your dirty work. I would suggest you look up robbery. You Mr. Cross are using a proxy weapon pointed at my head to enforce your socialistic ideology. How dare you speak about your Christian... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Do you brown bag it more?Dating: Any regrets? Nov 7, 2008
His nephew Caligula, who became em peror in A.D. 37, made it a sport to torture him, making him run around the palace at top speed as penance for his stupidity, having soiled sandals tied to his hands at supper, and so on ... So it came as a great surprise to everyone, including Claudius himself, that when, in A.D. 41, a cabal of soldiers assassinated Caligula, they also proclaimed Claudius em peror. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'One of us' to lead? Sep 21, 2008
For starters, we could go back to ancient Rome and select the following: Caligula, Nero or Attila the Hun. Then, rounding out the 20th century political landscape, there would be Adolf (Hitler), Benito (Mussolini), Idi (Amin), Press) and Vladimir (Lenin). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
It's a compelling cocktail: cleavage and authority Sep 6, 2008
Francois Mitterand described Thatcher as having "the eyes of Caligula and the voice of Marilyn Monroe". Silvio Berlusconi only last year called her "una bella gnoccha" - roughly translated, it means "a nice piece of pussy". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Ratto: Matchup of rival QBs just business Aug 13, 2008
(08-12) 18:48 PDT -- In the immortal words of one of the world's great political operators and football fans (either Tip O'Neill or Caligula), "All politics are local." Thus, Saturday's semi-contrived matchup between Aaron Charles Rodgers and John Thomas O'Sullivan matches two proud figures in University of California system history. 08. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
The Lighter Side Aug 7, 2008
Meanwhile Deputy Minister of Defence Caligula Mshenge has reassured panicked family members, saying that a rescue operation is being planned. "As soon as we train another crew, and find the immobiliser clicker for the SS Queen Modjadji, we're on our way," he told a media briefing in Pretoria. (iAfrica.com)
Religious Truths Debatable Jul 28, 2008
What wrote on Jul 27, 2008 7:24 PM:" I'm not a historian, but Rome DID NOT fall because there were too many Christian Sects! There was only one Christianity. Rome fell because of their co-co emperors (Nero, Caligula, etc) and because of government mismanagement and their total excesses. Christians and other human beings were thrown to the lions, burned at the stake, and the like. Regarding the Dark Ages, the Christian (Catholic) Church ushered in the Renaissance, promoting art,... (New Iberia, LA)
Hadrian, British Museum, London Jul 27, 2008
Cynics might want to question just how wise and virtuous one had to be to qualify as a "good" emperor, when the competition includes mass-murdering headcases such as Caligula and Nero. Nonetheless, Hadrian has had many more admirers than detractors, especially since Marguerite Yourcenar's beautiful novel Memoirs of Hadrian (1951) helped extend his fan base well beyond the world of classicists. (Independent)
Bush critics get an unimpeachable forum Jul 26, 2008
"You should all remind yourselves that the rest of the country is not necessarily in this same bubble in which people think it is reasonable to describe the president as if he were Caligula.". . (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
A very modern emperor Jul 19, 2008
In contrast to the sheer madness of Nero or Caligula, or to the disconcerting and implausible probity of the first emperor Augustus, Hadrian is the kind of political leader whose behaviour seems distinctly recognisable, whose ambitions and conflicts we can almost share. That feeling of familiarity has been boosted by Marguerite Yourcenar's fictional, pseudo-autobiography of the emperor, Memoirs of Hadrian. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Off the wall Jun 14, 2008
Even today, in a modern world that has produced its fair share of despots, the Roman emperors Tiberius, Caligula and Nero endure as icons of tyranny - largely because of the explicit way in which Suetonius chronicled their crimes. A modern historian might, say, delve into the childhood of Adolf Hitler to understand the roots of tyranny. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Big Brown was far from the only loser in this race Jun 9, 2008
If that section of the crowd is emotionally indentured to the "sport of kings," then the king or emperor in question must be named Caligula. But for the rest of the world that really cared, they will remember the impact of Big Brown's descent into the realm of a four-legged army that, like Moses, could see the Promised Land but could never cross the river. (NJ.com -- Sports)
Cellular Seduction Jun 7, 2008
The second half of the novel oozes with enough violence and sexual perversity to make Caligula blush. Sena was a pharmacology Ph. (Time.com)
What can Boris learn from the classics? May 14, 2008
Instead of keeping quiet about his stupidity, Claudius explained that it had been a mere mask assumed for the benefit of Caligula, and that he owed both his life and throne to it ... One of his many failings was his withdrawal from affairs of state, leaving these in the hands of the murderous Praetorian Guards commander Sejanus, and later his soon-to-be-successor, the insane Gaius Caligula ... Caligula was murdered by his own guards after a reign characterised by murders. (BBC News -- UK)
The Temple of Zeus at Olympia Mar 30, 2008
It was beloved enough to survive much over the years (being refurbished as it began to show its age over the years), including an attempt by the Roman emperor Caligula to transport the statue to Rome in the first century A.D. (he failed to do so). Finally, when the Olympics were banned in A.D. 391 by Emperor Theodosius I, the Temple of Zeus was closed for good. (Suite101.com)
Don't Outsource U.S. National Security to the French Mar 25, 2008
The malice of the wicked is reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous, warned Winston Churchill leading up to World War II. While Churchill spoke of Western vacillation in the face of Nazi tyranny, he could have easily been referring to the state of affairs in the U.S. leading up to the attacks of September 11, 2001, a mindset that appears to be returning as the memory of those attacks fades. Consider the Pentagons decision to award a lucrative contract to build a new generation of Air... (Townhall.com)
Escape from Mexico Mar 16, 2008
The magazine publisher, who had produced other movies including Caligula, Chinatown and Shampoo, was courting Wilson to turn his personal history into a film. It was always going to be a movie first, Wilson said about his book. (The Daily Reflector)
Whither Shakespeare? He's backeth, baby! Mar 6, 2008
Cicero: Odysseus, Roman Emperors Caligula and Domitian, Cookie Monster. Albert Einstein: Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare, Plato, Mister Rogers. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Quintilian: Roman Orator Feb 28, 2008
While the first half of the century saw the rise and fall of only four Emperors (making their average reigns more than ten years, which is actually quite remarkable) Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius the empire was truly never at peace. Rulers in Rome had always had a tendency to die off rather frequently and often violently ever since the highest points of the Roman Republic, whether killed by a man desiring to become the successor (as may have been the case with Claudius, being killed... (Suite101.com)
Democrats Pay High Price for Clinton Support Jan 30, 2008
The Democratic Party has paid a terrible price for its embrace of Bill and Hillary Clinton, a duo of egomaniacs who will go down in history alongside the crazed Emperors Caligula and Nero of the late Roman Empire. The latest such price is Bill Clintons use of racial polarization in the current race for president. (Newsmax)
S Dasgupta: Break from the past Jan 27, 2008
In 60 years, Britain has moved from Caesar to Caligula. The decline has rubbed off in strange ways. (India Times, India)
'Gods in Color' puts painted sculptures in new light Jan 7, 2008
The despotic Roman emperor Caligula appears appropriately young and almost fey, with gold eyes and brown hair, in a reconstruction of a statue (39-41 AD) made late in his reign. Harvard has supplemented the exhibit with works from its own collection, including prehistoric sculptures (2500-2400 BC) from the Greek Cycladic islands, which still bear patterns of red dots. (Boston Globe)
William Dalrymple: Flawed princess Dec 30, 2007
The whole painted vision reminded me of one of those aristocratic Roman princesses in Caligula. This Benazir was a very different figure from that remembered by her Oxford contemporaries. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Pompeii: A dead city alive with history Nov 25, 2007
The must-see places in Pompeii are the Forum, the Basilica, the temples of Apollo, Jupiter, the Arch of Caligula, the Forum Baths, the Brothel, the Villa of Mysteries, the House of the Faun, the Large and Small Theaters the Garden of the Fugitives and the Amphitheater. After the eruption, Pompeii was forgotten for 1,700 years until it was rediscovered. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
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BALDY, SOUTH DAKOTANov 16, 2007 @ 05:00 PMPelosi and Reid are Caligula reincarnates. Nothing less than debauchery on their daily menu - a menu contrived to poison the masses. (Human Events Online)
There are many posts about Bush, religion, the war, illegal aliens, all with differing opinions. We can take some simple facts and leave out the hateful rhetoric. 1--Bush is the most ignorant President in our history. 2--Religion should keep out of the state. It is a private personal belief. 3--The illegal alien invasion is real. It is against the law to sneak across the border. Illegals should be deported. More... Nov 8, 2007
The content being spewed forth by Hollywood and the American news media would give Caligula and Nero pause. There is something quite disturbing at work in the popular culture. (North County Times)
A night in Sin City Nov 8, 2007
Cuisines collide in obscenely decadent fashion at this Caligula of Sin City buffets. Lobster with drawn butter, waffles and whipped cream, sliced pork roast, fresh sushi and Champagne. (Los Angeles Times)
Your say: Howard calls a November 24 election Oct 15, 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: News Blog. Welcome to Sydney Morning Herald Online. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Post a comment Oct 15, 2007
The most outrageous award since Caligula appointed his horse, lncitatus, a Consul of Rome. What phony science; the Earth has been warming and cooling since the beginning of time. (International Herald Tribune)
Caligula, 1408 and More Oct 3, 2007
Caligula (1979) - DVD and Conquer - TIME ... Caligula starring Malcolm McDowell Courtesy Everett Collection Article Tools ... What was the HBO series Rome but Caligula without the hard-core sex. (Time.com)
New DVDs: Fantastic Four, 1408 Oct 2, 2007
CaligulaThe 1979 shocker featured a top-name cast led by Malcolm McDowell in the title role, Peter OToole, Helen Mirren and John Gielgud in a bloody, sexually explicit portrait of Rome under the debased rule of the notorious emperor, Caligula. The three-disc set has the unrated theatrical release and an alternate version with added footage. (MSNBC -- News)
Munson wasn't the only one out. Sep 23, 2007
A beat writer's perspective. The entry titled "Seeing game from different angle," and any of the comments about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
All Is Forgiven Aug 1, 2007
August 1, 2007 -- MANY legitimate actors who appeared in "Caligula" disowned it after producer Bob Guccione turned the 1979 historical epic into a sleazy porn flick by adding hardcore lesbian scenes with Penthouse Pets. But time heals. (New York Post -- Gossip)
E3 2007: Clive Barker's Jericho Hands-on Jul 13, 2007
The boss of the Roman baths was named Vicus, who was an actual Roman governor who was exiled by Caligula for being too extreme (which seems a bit like the pot calling the kettle black). Suspended from large meat hooks and spraying some viscous fluid from his entrails, the governor was attempting to eliminate the Jericho squad in a coliseum environment, complete with gladiators and other warriors. (IGN PC Games)
PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Frost/Nixon David and His Zingshot Apr 24, 2007
Real-life characters are something of a specialty with Sheen, who made his Broadway debut in '99 as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and spent last year as Morgan's Tony Blair in "The Queen" and in Donmar's Caligula. "I've done a lot more real-life characters than that, but they're just people that American audiences would not be familiar with. There's a British comic actor called Kenneth Williams, who was in the 'Carry On' series. I did a TV film on him called 'Fantabuloso.'" [It got him a BAFTA... (Playbill.com)
The Met Opens New Greek & Roman Galleries Apr 21, 2007
Statues and sculptures in the court range from mythological figures like the three Graces and Hercules to historical images of rulers like Caligula and Hadrian. Around the main court are smaller galleries, covering South Italian art and Hellenistic and later Roman Empire artifacts. (CBS New York, NY)
Met Museum finally opens Greek, Roman galleries Apr 21, 2007
Statues and sculptures in the court range from mythological figures such as Hercules to historical images of rulers such as Caligula. Daily Travel Blog. (MSNBC -- Travel)
House Republicans Have Votes To Sustain Bush Veto... Apr 3, 2007
Caligula, to say such a thing just goes to show how brainwashed you are. Go to Iraq and "save the Iraqis" if you really support this president that much. (The Drudge Report)
Iron Lady set to follow the Queen on screen Mar 23, 2007
Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, er, June Whitfield. " She performed the part so well that I would wholeheartedly suggest that she be cast as Mrs. Thatcher in the biopic.Kathryn N. Allan, Nantwich, CheshireMaxine Peak would be able to play both the young and older Thatcher.david rayfield, london, england No one has been better than Patricia Hodge in "The Falklands" She was Lady Thatcher. I love Meryl Streep what ever she does. BUT.donald a_ bagley, dublin county, IrelandStephen FryKen Tuohy,... (Times Online)
Dems' Unconstitutional Plot to Invent New Congressmen Mar 21, 2007
Not since the Roman Emperor Caligula tried to make his horse a Consul, has an Imperial City seen such an insulting power grab. The horse, however, was less of a threat to Rome than the current jackasses in Congress are to America. (Human Events Online)
Mussolini and the history he tried to erase Mar 20, 2007
"Not even Nero or Caligula would have done what you have done," she once wrote to him. The story has considerable relevance because of efforts by the Italian right to rehabilitate the dictator and portray him as a good family man and an essentially harmless, if occasionally misguided, authoritarian. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Today in History - March 16 Mar 16, 2007
In A.D. 37, Roman emperor Tiberius died; he was succeeded by Caligula. Advertisement. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Mertens: Bush in Uruguay Mar 14, 2007
He learnt by heart oderint dum metuant of his twin, the Emperor Caligula: Let them hate us so long as they fear us. . (Zmag.org)
Oscars: Mini-biographies of contenders for best actress Feb 27, 2007
Other notable early movies included Caligula (1979), The Long Good Friday (1980) and Cal (1984). Her lack of inhibition about appearing nude on screen has given her a sexy image, without detracting from respect for her acting skills. (Playfuls.com)
Holocaust Denial Crime or Free Speech? Feb 16, 2007
Should we imprison a historian who trivializes the crimes of Caligula or Attila the Hun. Why should we not pass similar laws allowing us to jail fundamentalist Christians for Evolution denial, or Scientologists for Psychiatry denial. (New York Times)
Chvez makes a monkey of Bush Feb 3, 2007
Former French president Fran;ois Mitterrand said: "She has the mouth of Marilyn Monroe and the eyes of Caligula.". Special report. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
