Badlands Journal
Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
Watching the Merced City Council’s first meeting of the year in 2020, we were bemused by the humorless, lengthy and, frankly, silly discussion about “quiet zones” along the BNSF railroad line through the northern part of Central Merced. They already have an underpass on G Street. But now they want more. Railroads are so loud, you know, that they disturb the tranquility of urban life. Oh, chicken feathers!
What is this comely young Wellesley-grad/ Koch-Industries stooge doing in our hometown newspaper on Jan. 5, 2020? Who is the managing editor of the Merced Sun-Star? Well, folks, our hometown newspaper doesn’t have a managing editor. Who knows, maybe some machine decided to include this technofascist’s New Year’s greeting.
1-3-20
San Diego Union-Tribune
Editorial: Why the impeachment trial will be a daunting challenge for Chief Justice John Roberts
If Roberts wants to demonstrate the importance of an independent judiciary, he’ll soon get his chance.
San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board
--L’Etat, c’est moi, said Louis XIV, Sun King, (1638-1715)
--La Peste, c’est moi, sez Donald J. Trump, King of the Mooks and Skells, (1946-)
Tom Paine
Yesterday, a 65-year-old neighbor, recently retired and a lifelong Republican, got on his computer and reregistered as a Democrat.
The House Democrats may or may not persuade the Trump Cult to abandon The Leader, but we bet a lot of Americans don't see a lot of future for their democracy at the hands of an oligarchy of billionaires.
--blj