President Barack Obama joins a toast with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and other technology executives at a dinner in Woodside, California, Feb. 17, 2011:
Via The Official White House flickr photostream here.
MacDailyNews Take: A toast! Good health for all and may Steve Ballmer remain Microsoft CEO for as long as it takes!
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he looks good there….
they are not showing his face. that is not good. he may very well have weeks to live. this is part of his final good bye
You’re an idiot
@ed
Shut up, you tasteless Fsck….
A lot of faces are not being shown, are they all going to die soon too?
his glass is lowest of the group, cause he is not lifting his elbow off the table. that means he has no strength.
This guy is terminally ill
The guy just above president Obama has his glass pretty low too, as does Mark Zuckerberg. Morticians must be circling.
Apple at the left hand facebook on the right. Oh how the paradigm has shifted!
It would appear that Mr. Obama is left handed. That put’s SJ on his strong side. 🙂
He’s left handed too? Between being half black, having the middle name Hussein, those big ears, and now being left handed, it’s a miracle he got elected.
A LOT of presidents were left handed.. the list includes:
Garfield
Hoover
Truman
Ford
Reagan
HW Bush
Clinton and
Omama
I’m guessing you voted for at least one of them..:)
Actually, Garfield was the first ambidextrous president and apparently very ambidextrous as this Wikipedia article details.
“Garfield was the first ambidextrous president. It was said that one could ask him a question in English and he could simultaneously write the answer in Latin with one hand, and Ancient Greek with the other, two languages he knew.”
That’s pretty darn impressive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield
Uh, no. I think Barack got the honored seat at Job’s right hand. Relativity.
That’s it, you got it!
Touche my friend!
My thoughts exactly
Favorably positioned next to a lefty.
But but the National Enquirer said he’s on his deathbed and has something wrong with his left hand and the experts started the countdown death clock. How can I possibly believe this picture? Oh who should I believe? (<_<)
Jobs sitting right next to the Prez.
Ballmer sitting in his sweaty chair… at home, I suppose.
right before he stood up and threw it
I need a like button here. 🙂
was anybody there from microsoft?
Is Mark Zuckerberg old enough to drink?
Well it looks like they are all drinking water so I think it is safe for him.
This just goes to prove that Steve Jobs’ place of honor next to the President means the White House is ditching Windows for Macs.
Zukerberg’s placement on the right of Obama means Facebook will be kicked to the curb because the Presidential fist of death will land on Zuckerberg’s head at any time signifying Facebook’s demise.
That’s how I read it anyway.
Steve Jobs’ arm and hand don’t look appreciably thinner than President Obama’s arm and hand.
Steve’s color also doesn’t appear gray, as the Enquirer photo appeared to show.
Also, I think it’s obvious that men on their deathbed don’t attend dinners with the president and a group of their peers.
The conclusion? The Enquirer photoshopped yet another picture yesterday of Steve Jobs to create a lie. Nothing new there.
That’s right. Obama is left-handed. Jobs is sitting in the favored position.
I’m glad someone caught that. 😉
Jobs has WAY more hair in this pic than the one from the Enquirer. Good.
That’s because Steve belongs to the MacBook “Air Club for Men!”
Honestly, why is Carol Bartz there? Yahoo hasn’t been innovative in years. Not trying to be rude / chauvinistic, but token female?
Looks like this photo has been doctored – someone removed the knife that Eric Schmidt put in Steve’s back!
It takes balls to dine with the president while wearing a black mock turtleneck, jeans and sneakers….
Excellent point!
If there were a caption bubble over Steve’s head it would say, “Oh great, a roomful of $(*&ing suits”.
Jobs next to the Pres. is appropriate. His attire is kick ass compared to the other ass kissers. lol
From this one little photo slice of an instant, the swine will claim he can’t hold his glass high.
Maybe he is that sick maybe he isn’t, but diagnosis by tabloid sensationalism is obscene.
Anyway, it isn’t that Jobs is sitting on the President’s left, but that the President is sitting on Jobs’ right.
Nothing miss with Steve, He looks good on this picture.
I’m almost certain the Enquirer photo wasn’t Steve Jobs. His hair looks better here and in the Enquirer photo the sweater was very atypical of something he’d wear.
I’m putting the Enquirer article in the hoax pile.
Just wonder if that photo was taken with the IPhone 4 . The diner table looks kind of cramp, why could they not take a proper group photo after diner. Speaking of diner wonder what they had and where the iPad. I almost always bring my to the diner table .
This will be the scene that makes Microsoft’s shareholders see Ballmar the way the rest of the world sees him. Insignificant with nothing to contribute. Chairs are flying
SJ is clearly not healthy enough to live another 300 – 400 years. AAPL stock holders should be worried!
Look look! There are several more ppl whose faces are ‘hidden.’ It’s a sign! The great Dr predicts only 2 weeks left for all those. Duh dah doom! *sigh*
Jobs, Zucherberg, Eric Schmidt, Carol Bartz, Dick Costolo, Reed Hastings, Arthur Levinson, John L. Hennessy, Steve Westly. . .
. . . and no one from Microsoft; oh, how sweet it is.
the mole looks like he’s left out and had to pull up a chair to sit at the corner of the table. I think the mole is sitting farthest away from the power.
No one seats at the head of the table.
Everybody’s dressed up but SJ.
Everybody’s glass is higher than SJ.
On the opposite side of the table there are 2x more guest crumpled up.
I would say: all the body language implies that SJ is the dominant most respected figure.
This photo looks odd. Couple things.
1. The photo is taken from Jobs’ backside.
2. His pattern of hair look different from his regular pattern. Namely, he looks like he has a lot more hair. Could be the lighting, but check this out:
You need to get a life. 😉
Just look at the high ISO noise in that photo. Someone get that White House photographer a Nikon D3s, quick!
Did you all miss it?
That was by far THE best MDN TAKE ever!
By far the best use EVER of “our” favorite quote!
LMAO!
Like they say in comedy, timing is everything.
Spot on MDN!
@ed : you have no class. And it’s not because it’s Steve Jobbs. Because that kind of comment is cruel towards any human being. Even you ed.
can we put a name to everyone in the pic? is that eric schmidt at the far left? hillary clinton in the distant red dress? which one is crazy larry?
@Swing Geezer : very astute observation. But I doubt that Steve has an ego that would make him care where he sits. As long as he’s involved with something he cares about and is allowed to express his thoughts.
Is that KPCB partner and dinner host John Doerr next to SJ? It is his house after all..
Okay, Steve’s is doing fine, let the stock price go back up now.
I have credible sources tha Ballmer is hiding under the table. Begging for scraps like a good dog. WOOF WOOF
LOL!
Note that Steve Jobs gets to sit next to the President.
Although I don’t like the “Puppet” President Obama I’m thrilled to see Steve Defying the Odds. I think the “Puppet” Must be HONORED sitting next to a great man of out times, Steve Jobs. Obama is just a “puppet” put there by the marketing propaganda of banksters but Steve is an innovator who keeps defying the odds and sets new standards on his industry and in the way we see and use technology.
Actually, there is no comparison between the 2, one was put there for serving banking cartels and the other EARNED the respect by redefining technology.
BTW I DO NOT support any political party, I think all are different sides of the same “coin”…
We’re told the GOP is in the pocket of big business. BP, Goldman, GE, Gaggle, Citi, BofA, and everybody at the table, are buying influence via donations. Let’s not even discuss the unions.
How come half of these posts are just plain stupid. I am probably also stupid for wasting my time writing this but for the select few intelligent readers, here are some relevant thoughts. First, the picture was provided by the official White House photographer, not some paparazzi loser. Second, his hairline is very different in these official photos than the one in the enquirer. Lastly, how come no one has commented on the fact that in the enquirer photos he is wearing a button down sweater when, even at the White House he is wearing the classic black turtleneck. I just don’t think those enquirer pictures are legit, they just don’t make sense. He looks better here than he did in July of 2009. I wish him all the best health (he already has all the wealth), and may he live long and prosper. It is too bad the uneducated masses cost us shareholders a small fortune over the last 2 days.
I would like to add to those good points: If there is one place where paparazzi would be certain to see a large number of similar-looking (emaciated, balding, 50-something, white) guys going in and out the door, it would be the Stanford Cancer Center.
If Ballmer were there, he’d be sitting at the little kids’ table. Can you picture that big doofus sitting at table that barely reaches his knees, leaning over staring at the big table with his dumb smile and tongue hanging out?
If Ballmer where there he be that irritating drunk guy, probably trying get people into a headlock, talking loudly, slapping people on the back while cradling a bottle of Thunderbird… up until the secret service turf him.