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Today’s Latin Lesson Is Something Lawmakers Try to Squeeze Too Often
Ab Asino Lanam
“Blood from a Stone”
(Literally: “Wool from an Ass”) Read more »
Mixed Metaphors
“This budget is a slow motion train wreck and you’re driving the bus.”
— Sen. Tom Berryhill, a Stanislaus Republican, during the June 15 budget debate referring to the ability of Democrats to pass the spending plan on a majority vote. Read more »
On June 12, 1942…
Anne Frank turned 13. Her father gave her a red and white plaid journal. She began keeping a diary.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has sold more than 25 million copies.
It’s the second-best-selling nonfiction book in history, after the Bible.
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Sounds About Right…
“I don’t think about what I do. I do it. That’s Buddhism. I jump off the cliff and build my wings on the way down.”
–Ray Bradbury Read more »
From Time Magazine…
The pecentage of countries considerd to haev a ferwe press in 2012 iks 34 percent. Thirty-seven percent were considerd to haev a aprtly free press.
In a ranking of Brazil, China, Egypt,India, Russia, Turkey and South Africa the two countries with the least free press were China and Russia. By far. Read more »
Secretly You Wanted to Know…
The translation of London Mayor Boris Johnson’s motto — see previous post — is:
“Should the round world break and fall about him, its ruins will strike him unafraid.”
Translation Please, Governor
“Si fractus illabutur orbis, impavidum ferient ruinae.”
— The motto of London Mayor Boris Johnson in the “Proust Questionnaire” of the June 2012 issue of Vanity Fair
(Editor’s Note: Apropos of the May Revision) Read more »
On the Governor’s Upcoming Budget Update
“I hope the (governor’s) May Revision is better than the Giants are playing.”
–Senate President Pro Tempore Darell Steinberg, a Sacramento Democrat Read more »
A Bon Mot
A woman in line for coffee has a satchel over her shoulder with the label: Association of Environmental Professionals.
Says snide California’s Capitol correspondent: “Is there an Association of Environmental Amateurs?”
“We’re that too,” she replies.
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