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The holiday weekend passed without Vice President Dick Cheney shooting anyone else. Hurrah! However, the injured man popped up in the news again... this time to apologize to the Vice President. Yeah, you read that right. What an awesome position Dick Cheney is in, to be able to shoot a guy in the face and then have the victim come to you and say, "My bad". For this, Mr. Cheney, I am in awe.Senior Correspondent Jason Jones joined in to elaborate on the situation, saying that although Whittington said sorry, there's been no word on whether or not Cheney will accept the apology. They kept Jones way short this time around... There was barely any applause when he came on (few scattered claps here and there). Poor Jonesy. He tries so hard.

And just when you thought it was all in the past, more Abu Ghraib photographs have surfaced (you can see them here... graphic stuff). Donald Rumsfeld said that these photographs are nothing new (like, "It's old news... You won't believe the shit we're doing now"). The translated clip about the level of rage measured by the number of microphones made me laugh for about ten minutes straight. What can I say? It was late. Scott McClellan had to comment on the issue and told reporters that no one could speak to the prisoners about it because they are trained to provide false information. Jon couldn't help but smirk about this comment because McClellan, on the other hand, is a natural.

"Brother vs. Brother": This was a new segment with the Corddry brothers, Rob and Nate. It was kind of like that old segment "Even Stevphen" with Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert... if Steve had less hair and Stephen looked about ten years younger. Anyway, this was a remarkably cute segment where Rob and Nate started arguing opposing sides of wiretapping and ended with a brotherly brawl (complete with Rob grabbing Nate's hair and Nate sprawling himself on the table). Jon had to step in and play daddy, breaking up the fight. I love how they end up slapping each other around every time they're onscreen together.

"Fuel Me Once": Some news about Bush working with a new alternative energy initiative. Nothing much here.

The night's guest was Sarah Vowell, author of Assassination Vacation (now in paperback). She and Jon looked really buddy-buddy, punching each other's arms instead of shaking hands or hugging. Vowell was pretty funny, talking about Bush and what it feels like to live in an abyss of soul-crushing sadness. Proper interview material indeed. To round up the friendly interview, they ended by bumping fists instead of shaking hands.

Jon checked in with Stephen Colbert, who came back from a break. Colbert said that the reruns were useful because it allowed viewers to exlpore the "layers of meaning" (for example, did you know that the eagle in the background of the set represents freedom?). Moment of Zen: Larry King busts a move.