Saw this in the paper today. Not sure if it's related to the power outages, but it could be.

Never heard of such a thing, but I guess a lot of kids got to stay home today because of the wind!

The annual police blotter for Wal-Marts around the country gets longer and crazier every year. This year, it was "competitive shopping" where a shopper armed with pepper spray used chemical warfare to force her fellow shoppers out of her way.

Funny picture accompanying this LA Times article, of a thief or vandal (my money is on metal scavengers, the same type that stole all the tree planter grates on Valley Blvd last year):
Reagan Statue.

Wal-Mart and its development partner in El Monte are making tens of thousands dollars in contributions to several El Monte council members. In exchange, they're going to get millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to build a store. The proposed site is at Valley and Santa Anita.

I hate picking on Rick Perry, because he's such a pinhead that I can't imagine him beating Obama in November, so I would really like to see him get the nomination. But watch this video and see if he does not, in fact, appear to be drunk as he delivers this speech.

I'm not sure how one can spin a loss as a win,

Rick Perry is chickening out of most future debates, after acknowledging he just plain isn't very good at them. He said participating in the debates so far was "a mistake."