NASA update: Shuttle Discovery landing postponed one day

Discovery in orbit. Photo credit: NASA

For those of you following the STS-128 mission, the news from NASA is that the scheduled landing for today had to be postponed due to unstable weather conditions around the Kennedy Space Center landing site in Florida. They’ll have four opportunities to try again tomorrow: two at Kennedy, and two at Edwards Air Force Base [...]

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Six Degrees: Jon Stewart performing in Norfolk, VA

Jon Stewart

Here’s one for you folks down in the southern part of the “Old Dominion”: Jon is going to be doing a stand-up show next month at Chrysler Hall. From Seven Venues: Jon Stewart One of the top comedic and social voices, Jon Stewart has redefined political satire in American culture as the host of Comedy [...]

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Better Know A Completist: Jennie

This post series profiles the wonderful Colbert Completists who work to keep this site the absolute best Stephen Colbert fan site on the internet. Blogging handle: Jennie – Senior International Correspondent Age: If I live to be 100, I’m middle aged How long have you been a Completist?: Since December 2006!! [Ed. Note: Jennie was [...]

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The Most Obnoxious Way To Vote For Stephen Colbert Ever.

Okay, so getting online and voting for Stephen Colbert in online contests is the Nation’s “thing”. That’s what we do. And we’re very good at it. So when I got an e-mail from Zoner Katt yesterday talking about a contest to vote for Stephen, I had to go check it out. However, do you remember [...]

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Eye Candy: Get Schooled (Redux)

Get Schooled - Stephen Colbert

Here’s a bit more information about the Get Schooled initiative, in case you haven’t heard much about the cause that is being supported by Viacom and the Bill and Melinda Gates Corporation: Every 26 seconds a student drops out of high school. Every school day seven thousand students walk out on their education. One-third of [...]

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CONTEST WEEK: Win IAVA swag!

Prizes today courtesy of IAVA.org

First, let me announce the winners of yesterday’s Movits! contest: Vivanne (Comment 1) Wren (Comment 8) Next, today we’re going to be getting the word out about another great organization, and offering a huge pile of swag to the lucky winners. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America organization, with Executive Director and Founder Paul [...]

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The Top 10 Best ‘Colbert Report’ episodes EVER! – #2

We’re almost there, folks! The end of the break approacheth, as does the end of our Top 10 list. The penultimate entry to our No Fact Zone Top 10 best ‘Colbert Report’ episodes ever is: #2 – The Colbert Report: Doritos Spicy Sweet Pennsylvania Primary Coverage from Chili-Delphia — The City of Brotherly Crunch! (Episode [...]

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Better Know A Completist: verbaltypo

This post series profiles the wonderful Colbert Completists who work to keep this site the absolute best Stephen Colbert fan site on the internet. Blogging handle: VerbalTypo Age: 16 How long have you been a Completist?: I signed up to be a completist when the site was remodeled, so since around January? What’s your No [...]

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Better Know a Completist: Val

This post series profiles the wonderful Colbert Completists who work to keep this site the absolute best Stephen Colbert fan site on the internet. Blogging handle: Val Age: 21 How long have you been a Completist?: Since January 2009 What’s your No Fact Zone news beat?: I worked on the Book Clubs, and I also [...]

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Eye Candy: Get Schooled

Stephen Colbert and Philippe Dauman -- Photo by Frank Micelotta for Getty Images

We’re still looking for more details of this event, but here’s a quick glimpse of our friend Stephen Colbert with Viacom President and CEO, Philippe Dauman, from yesterday’s “Get Schooled” event at the Paramount Pictures lot: There’s also a photo over at PopSugar for you to check out. I like how nicely Stephen’s hair is [...]

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