History, tragedy, farce, armageddon...

Atrios goes over the basics again.

Also, I hope you got to see Colbert spit on the press corps and the president at the same time. It was awesome. A more recent Crooks and Liars post quotes Billmon: "Colbert's routine was designed to draw blood -- as good political satire should."

And, once again, ma, sorry about the tea kettle. I'll buy you a new one as soon as I have some dough. Which might be months from now. But it'll happen. You'll see a tea kettle the likes of which you've never seen before in your life.