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Obama walks a thin line, conscious that if America is seen to involve itself in the Mousavi movement, the existing Ahmadinejad government will use it to argue that foreign powers are behind the protests, not actual Iranians.

A much more impressive excuse than an appointment with her Dentist.

In advance of Obama's trip to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Colbert had some comments about the restrictions put on reporters in the Saudi Kingdom.

From the Onion, a reality show where autoworkers compete for jobs and benefits.

Clips of Glenn Beck discussing the Sotomayor nomination today. Aside from the expected accusations of "legislating from the bench" and being a "judicial activist", he's also labeled her, multiple times, a racist. Her comments about being a Latina women making better decisions than white men is undoubtedly regrettable. But taken in there context, including reading her judicial opinions, there is no reasonable way to conclude that she isn't a "fair and balanced" jurist.

An interesting video of Jorge Colombo drawing this week's New Yorker cover with an application for the iPhone called "Brushes"

as the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Anchorage, Alaska prove.

From The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, how President Obama is endangering our health by insisting on higher fuel mileage standards:

From National Geographic, video from the first successful summit of Mount Everest this season.

From the Huffington Post and the Rachel Maddow Show, an article and interview with Lieutenant Colonel Victor J. Fehrenbach, a fighter weapons systems officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, teaches other pilots and has won a medal for heroism. He is being fired for being gay. In the video below, he tells Rachel Maddow how he won his medal, at the 7:29 of the video. Turns out, he wiped out the Iraqi defens

Andy Borowitz is keeping up with our former Vice-President as he finally, and forcefully, comes out of hiding.

Colbert offers some helpful re-branding tips to the Republican party.

Nancy Pelosi was never briefed on our military's use of torture techniques, except when she was briefed on the our military's use of torture techniques.

Obama gives a solid stand-up performance at this weekend's White House Correspondent's Dinner.

The cease fire deal with the Taliban falls apart and leads to a growing humanitarian crisis.

DC moves to make gay marriage legal and former Mayor Marion Barry doesn't approve.

He's a "quiet woodsman who hates technology".

And you think getting up for work on Monday morning is tough.

Colbert interviews Ethan Nadelmann from NORML about legalization of marijuana.

Jon Stewart and the Daily Show satirize the hyperbolic response of some in the news media to the outbreak of the swine ful.