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Macworld Expo Begins, Jobless
Now that the doctors from an all new episode of House apparently have solved the medical mystery of Steve Jobs, we can enjoy the wonders of Macworld Expo without worry. Liveblogs took us right inside the Moscone Center as the crowd eargerly the keynote speech from Jobs understudy Phil Schiller while "that damn Coldplay song from the MacBook video" played over the PA, Crunchgear alerted. "Schiller clearly doesn't bring the same Houdini-esque gravitas that seems to surround Steve Jobs," blips Digital Daily. He says 9.7 million sold last year, grew 2 x faster than rest of industry, according to Apple 2.0. Okay fine--what's NEW?
Continue Reading Story »Senate Circus: Burris Blocked, Franken Delayed
Roland Burris, the Blago-appointed senator from Illinois, was denied entry to the Senate floor (via CNN). Vowing legal action, Burris "averted a showdown at the door to the Senate Chambers," according to The Swamp. Michelle Malkin has "schadenfreude overload." American Prospect says if the GOP tried to bar the only African-American senator from the floor, they would instantly be compared to "George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door." Lynn Sweet says that Burris has a better chance if he pledges a "caretaker role" for Obama's vacated seat. Figuring one senate shenanigan at a time was enough, Majority Leader Harry Reid has put off plans to seat Al Franken from Minnesota, despite his assurances that Norm Coleman will "never serve in the Senate [again]" (via DailyKos). Red State, in an offering of snark, assembled a music video of Harry Reid, "Clumsy" to the tune of Willie Nelson's "Crazy."
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