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Somewhere in Blizzard HQ, a janitor is presumably sweeping up shards of glass after someone ... slam the big red button in a case labeled "in case of emergency, break glass." ...

According to a report from CNN, there is a consideration of an "emergency break glass option" on the table designed to go around the lack of a speaker if one is not voted in on Friday. As it ...