Whenever I hear a politician harp on about how much he favors education, I just roll my eyes, because every politician that's ever lived has harped on education, and very few have done anything to improve it.

- Statler N Waldorf, on fivethirtyeight.com

You're looking forward to finishing you degree in Mechanical Engineering? Then there's a strong probability that you're not German.

We Germans have lots of traditions pertaining to New Year's Eve (which over here is called Silvester) and the beginning of each new year. Just from the top of my head: Of course, there is food, in many families traditionally Fondue, there's the firecrackers, and there's drinking in moderation, of course! And then there's the weirder traditions, like watching the same, English-language (!) skit every year.

Remember my piece on the "Swine Flu" hysteria? I wrote it on November 12, that means week 46. The next day, the German Ministry of Health changed the notification rules for suspected and confirmed cases of "Swine Flu" infections

And I can't help but wonder, no Willie McBride,
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you "The Cause?"
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?

- Eric Bogle: The Green Fields of France (Dropkick Murphys Version)

Apart from “The Great War of 2077” that brought about the collapse of the (fictional) Fallout-universe, there is only one War that is called “Great”.