Feeling patriotic? Stop drinking that sickening imported swill right now, and brew the most American beer of all time: George Washington's beer, made from a recipe he wrote in his Notebook as a Virginia Colonel.

On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart made his case for the release of the Osama bin Laden death photos. After pointing out that Americans see gruesome images every night on television, Stewart became more serious: "Maybe we should always show pictures... we can only make decisions about war if we see what war actually is."

Of all the slow motion videos we've seen lately, this one—a six foot water balloon at up to 2500fps—is up there with my favorites. Not because it's particularly well shot or creative. Or for any reason, really, other than that I'm just a hose and a slab of rubber away from making this happen in my own backyard. [Reddit via The High Definite]

On tonight's South Park, the kids held a comedy awards show that parodied the one Comedy Central recently debuted. The best thing about the episode, though, was a subplot involving the endlessly annoying—and even more endlessly present—Tyler Perry.

Claude Choules, the last living WWI combat veteran, died in Australia at 110. Choules volunteered at 14, but later in life became "increasingly pacifist." Britain's Florence Green—who did not see combat—is now the last living veteran of WWI.

A Kindle's one thing, but what about clear digital displays you could mash around like a plastic bag? Bendable screens have long been a tech prototype phantom, but E Ink's got the goods—and it could actually be useful!

Here's the first trailer for the big Conan the Barbarian reboot. It looks... well, it looks exactly like a Conan the Barbarian movie. So, that's probably a good thing.

Today, in news from Germany: A 24-year-old man looking for a shortcut somehow managed to trap himself in a women's prison, only to be rescued by a passing cyclist, and the town mayor, who was apparently taking a jail-side constitutional. The police, The Guardian reports, believed a jailbreak was taking place, until one of the guards recognized the mayor and quickly freed their errant prisoner. Apparently, the man had imprisoned himself by "entering a metal door on the outside of the prison, only for it to close behind him"; an examination revealed that the door "had not closed properly" thanks to a "wobbly" bolt. "We see this... as something to laugh about," said Ministry for Justice Spokesman Georg Wessling. Indeed. [Guardian]

It's that time again! Tonight—from 8:00 to 9:30 PM, live on FOX—this season's American Idol Top 5 will each perform two songs for the judges' critiques and our votes. Want in on the action? Your open thread is inside.

Huzzah! Apple fixed the iPhone's location tracking, even as it insists the iPhone has no location tracking. An iPhone software update reduces the log of your movements from "indefinite" to "one week" and keeps it off your computer. [Mashable]

Today we heard the frustrating story of a Texas public high school teacher who mocked a Muslim student in the wake of the bin Laden hoopla. Sigh, many said. Texas. This then got some folks angry. Let's take a look at the foofaraw.

Turns out that Bin Laden's guards didn't put up much of a fight—and that those helmet cams didn't work very well. Obama won't release Bin Laden's death pic, so a disappointed nation drowns their bloodlust in fakes. The SEALS that did the deed remain in hiding, and the crazy Bin Laden hunter wants his reward. It's day three of our post-Osama world, with updates.

"Oh no," I thought to looking at the picture at left. "Someone mixed up the Palin girls, and labeled this one 'Bristol Palin.'" But lo! The female at left really is Bristol Palin. And so is the female at right. Did our beloved Teen Mom 2: Republican Boogaloo star use some of that abstinence advocacy money on plastic surgery? Or is her new face the product of normal weight fluctuation? Update: Bristol admits she had surgery, is "thrilled" with new face.

Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist always wanted to be president, and was in the hunt to be John McCain's vice presidential candidate in 2008. Then the Tea Party emerged and threw his 2010 moderate-Republican campaign for Senate off the tracks. Now he's just another liberal plaintiffs' attorney plugging personal injury services, in Florida. Watch his TV ad and cry! [via RealClearPolitics]

Texas tourist pied piper, the Naked Cowboy, had an unexpected guest today in Times Square. It was Larry the Cable guy, who also donned the Naked Cowboy's trademarked diaper (no really, he has that thing trademarked) to film an episode of his reality show. This is just the worst.

It's been said of many a reality television show before, but might Celebrity Wife Swap finally destroy us? Also today: Snow White finds her prince, Project Runway brings back some old friends, and, what's this, NBC might actually have a popular show??

Derek Miller's public goodbye would properly be called an "auto-obituary," but the title affixed to his final blog entry is plainer and more effective. "The last post" is both a touching farewell and evidence that blogs can still surprise and move people.

Here's Sarah Palin, who has gone out of her way to avoid mentioning President Obama in her congratulations for the killing of Osama bin Laden, latching onto Obama's decision not to release the death photos for her latest drive-by Twitter hit.

Hope Brodie, 26, spent last Sunday cooking up a batch of PCP in a noodle pot in her New Haven, Connecticut apartment. She didn't bother to wash the pot very well. The next day, a relative used that same pot to cook a batch of noodles. These noodles were fed to Hope Brodie's five year-old daughter. Whoops.

Sure, Madonna created a whole (possibly shady) charity to raise money for schools in Malawi, but do you know how she raises money for daughter Lourdes Leon's schooling? By selling her old Chanel boots.