"Powell Advice": In a recent interview with Britain's Jonathan Dimbleby (the man with the most Dickensian last name ever), Colin Powell said that he had urged President Bush to send in more troops for the Iraq War. Condi Rice jumped to Bush's defense, repeatedly saying crap about getting advice from advisors (the way you would get personal training from a personal trainer and food from a fooder).

Speaking of troops, the first all-Sunni group of Iraqi army trainees finished their basic training (by Americans). This "basic training" included marching around and saying things like, "I don't know but I've been told: Eskimo vagina is forbidden by Allah." However, things quickly turned ugly once these soldiers were informed that they would be stationed in a Shiite area. They started taking off their uniforms and resigning on the spot. "Said American troops watching, 'You can do that?'"

The GOP has a section on its website devoted to good stuff that has been happening in Iraq. One of the latest? Baghdad is on its way to getting a wave machine and waterpark. Um... Yay.

Nate Corddry filed a report about a dispute over a golf course. I was slightly disappointed in this segment. Nate's been pretty spot-on with all of his other pieces, but this one lacked the Corddry razzmatazz. I liked the reference he made to Rob, though (he looks like... Lex Luthor Kojak Rob That guy from The Shield). That was rather cute.

The night's guest was Secretary Madeleine Albright. She and Jon spoke shortly about the subject of her book, The Mighty and the Almighty (the influence of God and religion in our nation's past presidents and George W. Bush), but the conversation slowly morphed into a discussion about what Clinton did better than Bush. For example, there is no snacking in Bush meetings, whereas Clinton always had chocolate chip cookies on hand ("I finally lost weight because I am no longer eating for my country," Albright joked). This interview was pretty good... The audience really liked Albright.

Jon/Stephen: No Stephen Colbert check-in because there were difficulties with the satellite feed between The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Of course, the audience let out a collective groan of disappointment, prompting Jon to admit, "He's been captured by the Chinese" (and by "the Chinese", he meant me, I'm sure). Moment of Zen: A South Korean beekeeper protested Japanese policy by covering himself in bees. I immediately thought of Eddie Izzard ("I'm covered in BEES!").