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I'm ashamed to admit this, but in the wake of Sen. Edward Kennedy's passing, a thought occurred to me: "I wonder what the late Senator and son of Camelot thought of The Simpsons' Mayor Quimby impression."

But what started as the nerdy thought of an overworked blogger also held a deep lesson in humility.

The late Sen. Kennedy, lampooned in the long-running Fox sitcom by actor Dan Castellaneta's voice-over caricature, actually embraced the animated politician as part of a contest held in conjunction with the theatrical release of The Simpsons Movie.

The White House staff shake-up continued when Emperor Palpatine Karl Rove was demoted. His replacement is going to be Joel Kaplan.

Chinese president Hu Jintao paid a visit to Washington... both the state and DC. Actually, he flew into Seattle first to speak to Bill Gates. Yup. Hu Jintao met Bill Gates before the president. Bill Gates had a few words to share regarding the similarities between China and Microsoft, when the little paper clip guy popped up: "You seem to be equivocating morally dubious circumstances. Would you like some help?"