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First off, Senator John McCain has changed his "Straight Talk Express" bus into the slightly more aggressive "No Surrender" bus. As a good buddy of the show, he called in to talk about this change. McCain is such a sport to still do goofy spots on Daily Show. I mean, I'm sure that, by now, he knows that it's pretty much a kiss of death to any campaign, but he doesn't seem to mind. Perhaps he just wanted to call in to talk about his "No Surrender" pussy wagon. Okay, he didn't call it that, but it'd be cool if he did. Give McCain some street cred with the younger crowd, yeah?

"Iraq Me: Dave Petraeus": Oh, god. I will never tire of that "Amadeus" song, even though TDS isn't the first to make that Petraeus/Amadeus connection. It doesn't matter; I still laugh out loud. Also, whenever I see footage of Senator Barbara Boxer, who really likes the talky-talk, I grow more and more impressed with Amy Poehler's impression of Boxer on Saturday Night Live.

"This Week In God: Back to School Edition": Gosh, it's been an awful long time since we've seen Samantha Bee. It's been even longer since we've seen the God Machine. I know it's probably never going to come back, but I miss that damn thing and all its "bee-boo-boop"-y goodness. Also, when Rob Corddry made his cameo on Monday, I briefly fantasized of the possibility of him coming back to TWiG. I was rather fond of that shit-eating grin he'd do every time he screwed up the Machine. Anywhoo... Arabic in Brooklyn schools? Tax-funded footbaths? A religious university started by the man behind Domino's? Whatever. I was distracted by Sam's wonderful Lutheran feet. Is it bad that the first thought that popped into my head was "A syringe and a used condom? Has she been walking through Baltimore?" Hey, hey, I kid because I love... and because I totally did see needles and used condoms around my neighborhood about a week ago.

The night's guest was Douglas Farah, author of Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible. The interview was a good balance of informative and funny, but nothing mind-blowing.

Jon/Stephen: Jon, Stephen, and Stephen's extra-support halter top prepare for the Emmys.Moment of Zen: ABC gets poetic with General Petraeus... and maybe a little creepy, too.

In some slightly related (but not really) news, I'm really excited that I'm going to be seeing Ralph Nader and Helen Thomas speak on Monday. When I'm struck with that inevitable wave of political awe, I will force both to sign my boobs. Or maybe I'll make them sign my friends' boobs. Either way, boobs will be signed, count on it. John Waters is also going to be there at the symposium, so he'll make sure of that.