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Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, Page 631
On John Locke:
“The civil compact which institutes government binds only those who made it; the son must consent afresh to a compact made by his father. (It is clear how this follows from Locke’s principles but it is not very realistic. A young American who, on attaining the age of 21, announces ‘I refuse to be bound by the contract which inaugurated the United States’ will find himself in difficulties.)” Read more »
One of the More Memorable Routines of one of the More Memorable Members of the Masthead of California’s Capitol Read more »
Serves CNN Right to Hire a Classics Major as a Graphics Technician
“Oedipus Wrecks”
Caption Beneath Ben Stein Talking about Greece’s Financial Woes Read more »
June Tax Collections Offer Some Good News for Budget Writers
With nine days left in the month, June income tax collections are running $400 million over the amount expected in Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget released in May.
Brown’s Department of Finance predicted the Franchise Tax Board would collect $3.2 billion for the month. Through June 21, the board has logged more than $3.6 billion. Read more »
Controller Finds Budget Passed June 15 Is Not Balanced
SACRAMENTO – State Controller John Chiang today announced that his analysis of the state budget vetoed last week shows the spending plan was incomplete and unbalanced. His analysis sought to determine whether the budget met the requirements of Proposition 25 and Proposition 58, which forfeit Legislative pay if a balanced budget is not passed by June 15. Read more »
Not to Buttress Republican Arguments About Over-Regulation But “Kafkaesque” Is an Understatement
(From the United State Print Edition of The Economist:)
Red tape in California
Beware of the yogurt: The authorities save Californians from a phantom menace
May 19th 2011 | LOS ANGELES | from the print edition
HOMA DASHTAKI and her family came to America from Iran in 1984 and settled in a neighbourhood of Orange County, California favoured by fellow Zoroastrians. Read more »
Even if There’s a Budget Vote Soon, There Still Might Not Be Enough Time to Extend the Sales Tax
An extension of a 1 percent sales tax rate past its June 30 expiration as part of a budget deal may be not be feasible, according to a letter to legislative leaders from the Board of equalization.
In a June 6 letter, the board told legislative leaders that the shortest time to change a tax rate in the past was 15 days. Read more »
Today’s Latin Lesson Is Inspired By Gov. Jerry Brown
Veto
“I forbid”
(The first person singular of the verb “vetare” — “to forbid.” Tribunes in ancient Rome, charged with protecting the interests of plebians, used the word to object to actions by the partricians of the Senate.) Read more »
Of San Fernando and San Luis Rey
Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana, the city of San Fernando and the valley of same are named after King Ferdinand III of Spain who was canonized by Pope Clement in 1671.
Ferdinand, a lay member of the Franciscans, permanently united Castile and Leon, partly through inheritance. He expanded Spanish control of the Southern Iberian Peninsula by capturing the Moorish strongholds of Cordoba and Seville. Read more »
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