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• Well, well, this is interesting. Dana Rohrabacher voted to admonish Joe Wilson for his little “You Lie” stunt. Something about decorum.

• Warren Buffett isn’t particularly impressed with the economy. The Wizard of Ohama/Newport Beach resident thinks that “It’s sort of plateaued at the – at the bottom right now.”

• Some protesters showed up at the UC Regents meeting, angry at recent fee hikes that the Regents have approved.

• NPR News takes a look at the Healthy San Francisco Program, which includes the usual hue and cry from the Golden Gate Restaurant Association about cost.  Some businesses have found ways around that, however.  With health care on everyone’s minds at the national level, Healthy SF is getting more scrutiny.

• The USGS is going to do some studies on subsidence in the Central Valley. Part of the subsidence is due to pumping, and some to the natural settling of what used to be part of an ocean. That being said, it is clear that the subsidence has greatly increased since groundwater pumping has been accelerated. There is now concern that the California Aqueduct might be affected.

• Trying to reach the Secretary of State? You may get a busy signal, as they cut some phone service. Well, sort of anyway. Catch a full list of the cuts from the non-Governor Constitutional offices here.

• Where were you one year ago? Well, Carly Fiorina was telling the press (YouTube) that pretty much all of the candidates for Prez and VP were entirely unqualified to run HP.  And that ended her political experience, well, the following day.

• Possible trouble for LA Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, though the evidence looks a little thin.