Add To Watchlist

CAESAR

The Vine
Alwayswriteagain: The Fascist In Citizen Welles
Source: "Me And Orson Welles"

In a moment of dramatic brilliance, this week's new film, Me and Orson Welles encapsulates the artist's predicament: How to reveal the human condition while taking short respite from oneself.

Thief unwittingly steals circus lion
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A circus lion, called Caesar, is fighting fit again after an ordeal that saw the van he was being transported in stolen in Germany by an unwitting thief.

Comet Caesar - Dark Comet in 2012?
Source: survive2012.com

When considering what might cause us grief in 2012, few if any researchers consider the start of the Mayan Long Count calendar to have any importance. This is surprising, because the reason for the calendar beginning on August 11 3114BC might contain clues about 2012 itself.

Mark Steyn: Obama makes Bush his blame czar
Source: The Orange County Register

It's now Obama's war, his jobless rate, his debt, etc.

Mysterious Cleopatra has 21st-century defender
Source: CNN

Today, I met Cleopatra's lawyer. Well, not her lawyer but someone who is determined to defend the legendary queen against centuries of bad publicity.

Re-dating Caesar's invasion of Britain :
Source: txstate.edu

Julius Caesar landed an invasion fleet on the shores of Britain in 55 B.C., expanding the boundaries of the so-called "Known World" and inadvertently sparking a dispute between historians and scientists for centuries to come.

The Preachers and Candidates Wars of 2008

Pastors Wright, Hagee and Parsley have been thrown under the bus and Dr. Dobson is still under scrutiny as he continues to size up the presidential candidates. Who is a casualty and who is the victor in this war between pastors and presidential hopefuls?

Ancient bust of Caesar found in French river
Source: Guardian Unlimited

He was a military leader turned dictator who had such a complex about his receding hairline that he perfected the Roman comb-over and liked laurel crowns that disguised his bald patch.

Divers find Caesar bust that may date to 46 B.C.
Source: Associated Press - Google

Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known. The life-sized bust showing the Roman ruler with wrinkles and hollows in his face is tentatively dated to 46 B.C.

Giving Power and Strength to the Good Antichrist (Revelation 17)

Should you give to the Good Antichrist, and if so, who should give and what? The Bible answers in this passage:

Augustus home opens after 40 year restoration
Source: Telegraph

Exquisite frescoes in the house of Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, will go on show after a 40-year restoration project.

Huckabee Rewrite More Jeffersonian than Not

Liberal talk shows and bloggers are falling all over themselves ridiculing presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee for his recent remarks in Michigan. A closer look at Huck's controversial statement will prove that he wasn't the first one to come up with the ideas he has espoused.

Who Wins: Ancient China Vs. Ancient Rome

Tomes could be written predicting the outcome of such a battle. Myriad details and circumstances could yield triumph, or humiliation for either side.

Christiane Amanpour Reports - CNN Airs Controversial "Gods Warriors"

The three part series on Christianity, Islam and Judaism is an enormous six hour long undertaking presented by veteran reporter Christiane Amanpour who is known to millions of Americans for her stellar reporting during the early days of the Iraq war.

Neocon Think Tank: Make Bush President for Life
Source: Family Security Matters via Google Caching

As there appears to be no sensible result of the invasion of Iraq that will be popular with his countrymen other than retreat, President Bush is reviled; he has become another victim of Democracy.

GOP Movers and Shakers On The Advisory Board For Family Security Matters - "A Group That Wants Bush To Be President-For-Life"
Source: cliffschecter.blogspot.com

I heard about this on, where else, the Thom Hartmann show. He discussed Democratic Underground's look at Family Security Matters. This bunch of sickos (apologies to Michael Moore) advocates that Bush should be our permanent president and that there should be no more democracy.

Flipside of the Coin: Cleopatra no Beauty
Source: Bits of News

Cleopatra has gone down in the popular imagination as a beauty so radiant that she cast a spell on two of Rome's leaders, Mark Antony, and Julius Caesar himself. Well, she had to have been, wouldn't she? It stands to reason, doesn't it? Well, not really.

Cleopatra, Once World's Most Expensive Film, Being Remade
Source: Bits of News

Cleopatra, the 1963 Elizabeth Taylor vehicle, which set a world record in movie budgets, is to be remade.

Blood is the fuel for the neocon empire
Source: -

We no longer live under a constitutional republic. We have been subjected to a strict authoritarian government that requires absolute obedience to the state. It is a government that rules by fear.

Beware the Ides of March
Source: BBC News

Today is March 15th... and a full moon. Read the history behind the infamous Roman day of doom.

This area needs news. Click here to seed the vine