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There's a lot of controversy about Stephen Colbert's performance at the White House Correspondent's Dinner last weekend. Personally, I don't get all the hubbub. I mean, didn't they know who he was, what he did, before they called him up and said, "hey, wanna come speak?"

If you'd like to support Colbert, you can always watch his show, but now you can also get one of these T-shirts. They have a pic of Colbert on it and it says "Colbert Has Stones." Wear it proudly.

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[via TV Tattle]

Jon started off by commenting on how huge Exxon (still) is, pulling in a huge $10.7 billion a year. They're so rich now, they've actually started buying tankers of oil for the sole purpose of crashing into Alaska. Plus, their tiger looks pimpin'.

"The Great Firewall of China": Google has agreed to censor their Chinese websearches. That's a little... strange. Jon tested out the new censored Google by running a search for "underage Asian beaver" and clicking "I'm feeling undying obedience to our fearless leader". Up came a Beijing Online article about the high birth rate of beavers.

If you caught The Colbert Report last night, you heard Stephen tooting his own horn over the fact that "truthiness," a word/phrase he claims to have coined, was chosen as the Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society (ADA). I assumed, like probably many others, that Stephen was completely and utterly full of crap, having a bit of fun with all of us. The folks over at BC Beat dug a bit deeper, however, and found that yes, there is in fact an American Dialect Society, and yes, "truthiness" is indeed the 2005 Word of the Year. I doff my hat to you, old timer. You are indeed a wordsmith to be reckoned with, and I am humbled in your presence.