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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Who regulates the regulators?

On his blog, To the moon, Mark Cole writes (about a year ago to the week) an interesting piece on the safety of the Airbus A380 – something we entertained also a long while ago.What particularly stands out is that the Federal Aviation Authority was still issuing "special conditions&quo...

Doctor Manhattan nackt

Im kommenden Watchmen-Film wird man Doctor Manhattan, gespielt von Billy Crudup, nackt sehen können. Skandal, mir schwant eine FSK 18 Wertung. Ich bin wohl der Einzige, der nicht so richtig scharf auf den Film ist. Den Trailer fand ich auch höchstens mittelmäßig. Na dann, au...

Maureen Dowd's column is in Latin

It's absolutely brilliant. One of the most wonderful pieces of writing I've seen in a long time. My head aches, however. (just found a quasi-translation, kind of.)Bellum GalliumManes Julii Caesaris paucis diebus aderant — “O, most bloody sight!” — cum Ioannes McCainus, m...

Are We Rome? Tu Betchus!

begin reading at:  Bellum Gallium http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/opinion/12dowd.html?_r=1&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin Op-Ed Columnist Are We Rome? Tu Betchus! By MAUREEN DOWD Published: October 11, 2008 With modernity crumbling, our thoughts turn to antiquity. ...

The Dugout: Tales Of The Instant Replay, or 'Who Re-Watches the Watchmen?'

Filed under: Pirates, NL Central, MLB Biz, The DugoutIt's the question that's been on every sports fan's mind: Quis re-custodiet ipsos custodes? Okay, it's the question that's been on the mind of every late 1st and early 2nd centuries CE Latin sports fan, and even though it probably had more to d...