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Good news for lazy parents.  Bad news for the rest of us. An iPhone application to translate a baby’s cries and tell parents instantly what they mean has been made available. [this is not a joke] The “John Edwards” version is still in development. Essentially that app will allow you …

If you’re having a hard time understanding what’s going on at NBC regarding the late-night wars, the Chinese are here to help.  [Ad Age]

If there’s a Salvation Army volunteer wearing a Santa hat and ringing a bell outside of CVS today, should we be suspicious?

In an attempt to continue world domination, the Lord of the Tubes just made this announcement: Breaking: Google says that YouTube will begin testing a movie rental option. Because they are well aware of their already slow load speed, YouTube says that a two hour movie will now take approximately …

Headline of the Day? Dem Talking Points: We’re Screwed! h/t Katie Favazza

According to MSNBC last night, the late Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, is trailing NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a recent poll. MediaBistro’s TVNewser discovered humorous error and as poster Kevin Allocca pointed out, Harold Ford Jr. has served as an MSNBC political analyst. [busting news] For …

Seen at Politico.com. Burger King had no comment.

Don’t be jealous, but we woke up to this email: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Balan Rathakrishnan  wrote: Your e-mail ID has won 1,000,000.00 GBP in the British Tobacco Promo. Our response below: Dearest Balan Rathakrishnan, When we woke up this morning on our neighbor’s lawn [don’t …

This would not have surprised us: Many predicted an historic upset in the Massachusetts special election to fill the Senate seat left open by the death of Ted Kennedy. But Republican Scott Brown was not able to defeat Democratic candidate Martha Coakley. The election instead went to Yankees Suck, which …

This won’t play well at all. The DCCC’s official response to losing Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat: “President George W. Bush and House Republicans drove our economy into a ditch and tried to run away from the accident.”  [was this edited?] Ummm….

If you need to be caught up to speed, click here. @pourmecoffee Don’t be fooled by early MA Senate results. A lot of the pro-Brown nudist districts report first. Classic.

For our friends in NYC looking for solutions:  [brilliant]

The NRSC took a bold, yet expected approach to their homepage today: The DSCC took a less subtle approach:

Admission of the Day: We would buy this single.  Brilliant.

It’s a brilliant move. Pollster John Zogby Predicts A Coakley Win If he’s right, he’ll be showered with gifts and fed the finest grapes. If he’s wrong he’ll fire up a new poll and 10 minutes later everyone will have forgotten.