Stephen Colbert has it all figured out!

On Monday night's episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen broke down Kanye's HOrrendous interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech to the bare bones!

And Colbert thinks it may have something to do with his hand in Operation: Humble Kanye.

Was the outburst actually directed towards Colbert?????

See for yourself!

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Exciting news for Colbert and music fans!

Starting Wednesday (tonight!), The Colbert Report, will be streaming FULL ALBUMS of the show's musical guests on ColbertNation.com

Following tonight's performance by the Flaming Lips, their new album "Embryonic" set to release October 13th, will be available to stream until Monday.

This is the first time the band has ever pre-leased an entire album digitally.

Sounds like a great idea to us!

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Former commander-in-chief George W. Bush surprised troops with a pre-recorded message of support during a taping of the Colbert Report's USO tour in Iraq.

We can't believe he had the nerve to do it!

"Laura and I send our greetings to our servicemen and women. Your achievements in Iraq have earned you a special place in American history," said Bush. "You are men and women of great courage and endurance, and that's gonna come in handy. I've sat through some of Stephen's stuff before."

It's sad W. has to rely on schtick to address the troops!!!

"I've gotta say, I miss that guy," replied Colbert after the video message.

Supposedly, Bush's message garnered less applause than President Obama's shout-out last week.

Bush is the reason the troops are there!

Figures!!!

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During the first episode of filming The Colbert Report in Iraq, titled Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando, Stephen Colbert sacrificed his hair for the troops.

The host wore a camouflage suit and tie as his first guest, Gen. Ray Odierno, accepted a video message from President Obama to shave Colbert's head.

The purpose of this show was to bring attention to the six year war which has been overshadowed by economic news.

Colbert even poked fun of the troops by saying, "It must be nice here in Iraq because I understand some of you keep coming back again and again. You've earned so many frequent flyer miles, you've earned a free ticket to Afghanistan."

The Colbert Report's trip to Iraq marks the first time anyone has broadcast a taped show from a tour in order to entertain U.S. troops.

Congrats, Stephen!

Mission accomplished!

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As Stephen Colbert puts it, he will be "Bob Hoping" for the troops in Iraq.

The first time anyone has ever broadcast from Iraq for a USO tour, Colbert will tape a series of shows next week in front of a live audience of about 450 soldiers dubbed "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando."

Both Colbert and his right wing character believe in supporting the troops, and said he feels a certain responsibility to remind the public about the "people [who] are struggling through the things that I sometimes make jokes about."

We think that's pretty honorable of Colbert to do!

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So even though Stephen Colbert won fair and square, NASA said it's not going to name the new room of the international space station after him.

But they will name a treadmill after him, which we think is an even more appropriate honor.

NASA - which always reserved the right to ultimately decide the new "node's" name - said that they will instead dub the new room Tranquility after Apollo 11's moon landing site, Sea of Tranquility.

Yet NASA will still honor Colbert's victory with a treadmill. The treadmill is an integral part of space travel, allowing astronauts to maintain strength and bone structure during their weightless explorations.

And as NASA is obviously fond of acronyms, COLBERT will stand for Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill.

NASA's associate administrator for space operations, Bill Gerstenmaier, said, "We don't typically name U.S. space station hardware after living people and this is no exception," and added, "We have invited Stephen to Florida for the launch of COLBERT and to Houston to try out a version of the treadmill that astronauts train on."

We hope he attends!

What an honor!

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And the new room at NASA's international space station shall be dubbed…Colbert?

Was NASA not aware of the influence of comedian Stephen Colbert?

When the space agency asked the public to write-in suggestions for the new room, Colbert urged Colbert Report audiences to nominate his name.

"Colbert" beat NASA's pick of "Serenity" with 230,539 votes.

NASA, however, ultimately reserves the right to veto the public. NASA will decide in April and spokesman John Yembrick says they will give top vote-getters "the most consideration."

We want Colbert!

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Stephen Colbert Bales out - and Steve Martin is the unlucky recipient!

Ha ha hee hee ha ha hee.

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Stephen Colbert is already a Comedy Central and college cable hero, but now he's going to be a comic book hero as well.

The Conservative parodist will appear in issue No. 573 of The Amazing Spider-Man. In a preview of the comic book, Colbert is seen swinging from rooftop to rooftop alongside the super hero.

This isn't the first of Colbert's cameos in the Marvel world, which has traditionally lent itself to gimmicky television tie-ins. The company's editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada, hints at a Colbert-for-President campaign, making The Colbert Report's fake presidential dream a reality.

Gimmicky indeed!

Colbert follows in the footsteps of other television hosts who have cropped up in Marvel panels. From a 1978 issue featuring the cast of SNL to a David Letterman countdown, the crossovers are indulgently cheesy.

The Colbert issue, however, attempts to reconnect with classic issue No. 50, which also blurred the lines between the comic book and the television world. In No. 50, Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon of The Tonight Show are integrated seamlessly into the storyline. The issue also features the unforgettable image of a defeated Spider-Man discarding his super hero suit, which will recur in Colbert's issue.

While we really love Colbert, why do they have to mess with a classic?

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