I saw an interesting photo with this story about Barack Obama’s plans to compaign with Hillary Clinton.
In the picture Obama, stand at a podium addressing democratic governors.
There is a logo on the podium that imitates the seal of the president.
On the imitation seal it says:
Obama for America
vero possumus
www.barackobama.com
I wondered what the — I assume Latin — motto meant.
vero means “in truth”
and
possumus means “we can”
So, it roughly means “It’s true. We can.” or Obama’s more common English slogan “Yes. We can.”
I recently had an e-mail conversation with a friend where he said:
It has always frustrated me that The Record required a subscription in order to access most articles online. I observe that recently The Globe & Mail unlocked much of their “premium” content. I think that the business model is moving away from the pay-to-view format and more to the model of engaging readers as commentators, and then, if they are engaged, they will return more often.
With which I agree, but at least TheRecord.com doesn’t have a subscription wall anymore. I replied:
Actually, TheRecord.com is totally open now, i.e. no subscription wall. You can read articles as far back as 23 July 2007 which is when they took the wall down. I don’t blame you for not knowing though. I didn’t know until months later. I just didn’t read the website.
It shows the lasting effects of a bad policy. How many other people don’t even think to look for content at TheRecord.com because of poor decisions years ago.
