"Now I know why Venice is sinking—it is under the weight of Silvio Berlusconi's giant balls." So said Jon Stewart at the beginning of tonight's Daily Show, wherein he detailed the shocking, unrepentant behavior of Italy's Prime Minister.

On tonight's Daily Show—after bemoaning IBM-created Watson's Jeopardy! domination—Jon Stewart took on the task of balancing President Obama's $3.7 trillion budget. Before his attempt, though, Stewart was sure to point out hypocrisy on both sides of the aisle.

Tonight, Jon Stewart spent a few minutes discussing last week's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC. According to Stewart, it was basically one big—and incredibly bad—roast/stand-up comedy special, with tons of so-unfunny-they're-funny jokes by conservative favorites.

Tonight, Jon Stewart confronted the conflicting view of many conservatives that America is both 1) the greatest country ever and 2) in deep trouble/not as good as many other countries. They're political hypochondriacs! (Glenn Beck is the worst of them.)

On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart began to respond to Sarah Palin's idiotic response to President Obama's State of the Union address. As he did, though, Stewart realized—and then explained with evidence—that Palin may be... a Russian spy?!

Last week, Jon Stewart exposed Fox News' hypocritical use of Nazi comparisons at the same time they condemn them. Bill O'Reilly was not happy with that! Tonight, Stewart responded to—and knocked the f*ck down—O'Reilly's explanation to/attack against him.

Tonight, Jon Stewart opened with his analysis of last night's State of the Union Address by President Obama—and he delivered. Inside, watch three highlights from Stewart's segment, about our "Sputnik moment," audience member Kathy Proctor, and Michele Bachmann.

Last week, Many Fox News commentators condemned Congressman Steve Cohen's GOP lawmakers/Nazi comparison. When Megyn Kelly was told that many on her own network have done the same thing, she denied it. Tonight, Jon Stewart proved Kelly wrong. Way wrong.

Tonight, Jon Stewart used Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) as an example of the propensity for lawmakers to refer to/suggest that those who disagree with them or lie about something are Nazis. Then, Stewart called for an end to the madness.

Glenn Beck appeared on Today this morning to defend his violent rhetoric, telling Meredith Vieira that he was only joking—just like Jon Stewart! Tonight, Stewart tried to make sense of the comparison before inviting Beck on his show.

Last night, Sarah Palin whined to Sean Hannity about how she still feels attacked/blamed for the Arizona shooting. Sigh. SIGH. Tonight, Jon Stewart picked apart Palin's interview and, once again, exposed her and her ridiculous, undying victim complex. Watch inside.

Well, Tunisia's got a new cabinet after mass protests threw out the country's president last week.

On Friday, Michael Steele was defeated in his effort to lead the Republican National Committee for another term. Worse, he lost to a guy named Reince Priebus! Tonight, Jon Stewart summarized the day's events—and mocked Steele—in farcical fashion.

Tonight, Jon Stewart continued to reflect on Saturday's deadly Arizona shooting by highlighting a couple of proposed (and reactionary) laws aimed at preventing it from happening again—though one is just "saying 'Fuck you!' to Sarah Palin." Watch inside.

On tonight's Late Show, David Letterman delivered a rare treat—the episode's "Top 10 List" was actually funny! The topic was "Little-Known Facts About John Boehner," though, so it was bound to be a stone groove smash hit wonder.

On Monday, news broke that Goldman Sachs had invested $500 million into Facebook, valuing Mark Zuckerberg's social network at $50 billion. Tonight, Jon Stewart laid bare the real—and hypocritical—reason for the investment: an avoidance of government-regulated transparency. Uh-oh.

On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart opened with a segment about the 108th Congress. Specifically, Stewart lambasted curmudgeonly bigot John McCain for his increasingly angry, insane rhetoric. Then, Stewart fought with a puppet version of McCain. The entertaining bit, inside.

Yesterday, the Republican National Committee held a debate between its prospective future chairpersons. As we pointed out, things didn't go too well! Tonight, Jon Stewart took the plethora of schadenfreude-filled content form the debacle and had at it. Watch inside.

Tonight, The Daily Show returned from hiatus with an opening segment about President Obama's recent legislative victories under fire. During it, Jon Stewart compared Obama to Star Wars' Luke Skywalker, before many subsequent—and equally awesome—trilogy-related references. Watch inside.

There's always something crazy happening in former Eastern Bloc states' houses of government. Ukraine's parliament is prone to rioting and today, a public television employee jumped from the balcony of Romania's parliament to protest austerity measures. He survived.