9-2-17
Stockton Record
Harvey a sober reminder for Stockton

Westlands Water District floats like a tumescent turd through the sewers of the Trump administration. -- blj
 

 9-8-17
Mercury News
Opinion: Delta twin tunnel ‘WaterFix’ bad for Santa Clara County, won’t fix anything
Helen Hutchison 
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/08/opinion-delta-twin-tunnel-waterfix...
 

 In these curious times, let us all take a moment to laugh out loud at Oakdale, home of one of the oldest, most corrupt irrigation districts in California^1.; Oakdale, which sat back and watched a juvenile delinquent hedge fund steal its groundwater for miles around, replacing some of the richest seasonal pasture in the country for more nuts^2.; Oakdale, once the Ladino Clover Capital of World, once the Cowboy Capitol of the World, now just another nut-case town without identity, with water problems, and represented by a passel of Republicans at the state and federal lev

 9-10-17
McClatchy DC.com
Death toll now at 90 as aftershocks rattle southern Mexico
Christopher Sherman Associated Press
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/ar...
JUCHITAN, MEXICO 
Life for many has moved outdoors in the quake-shocked city of Juchitan, where a third of the homes are reported uninhabitable and repeated aftershocks have scared people away from many structures still standing.

 From President Trump's UN speech, Sept. 19, 2017:

“They’ve put two conditions [on the project] that can’t possibly be met,” said Patricia Schifferle of Pacific Advocates, an environmental group.
“They're saying, we’ll participate if you make others pay and give us a free ride on environmental protections. That is a nonstarter.” -- Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 19, 2017

 Black and Blue
 
Fats Waller, lyrics by Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, from Broadway musical Hot Chocolates, 1929
 

Out in the street, shufflin' feet
Couples passin' two by two
While here am I, left high and dry
Black, and 'cause I'm black I'm blue

Browns and yellers, all have fellers
Gentlemen prefer them light
Wish I could fade, can't make the grade
Nothing but dark days in sight

Cold, empty bed, springs hard as lead
Pains in my head, feel like old Ned
What did I do to be so black and blue?

 
But, even though the man, apparently an illegal immigrant (though from what country is one mystery) with more than 40 alias, apparently conned the local McClatchy Co. outlet into believing he at least recently came from a place called Stenton, another mystery. We never heard of it and either has Google. But the Sun-Star may have its zip code.
Who knows?
At least the suspect is calling himself Alvarez and not Alvernaz, and he has not apparently claimed any relationship to Sweet Potato Joe. 
--blj
 
9-23-17

 “We just haven’t been building enough housing – not just low-income or affordable housing, but housing of any kind,” Uhler said  Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee, Sept. 21, 2017