Four Emmy Nods for "The Daily Show"

Hard on the heels of the post directly below, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central) picked up four nominations for the 57th annual prime-time Emmy Awards, twice as many as last year, including citations for outstanding individual performance in a variety or music program (for Jon Stewart) and outstanding variety, music, or comedy series. The winners will be announced in September.

And congrats to Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who has started writing for the show:

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, ending months of increasingly frenzied speculation about his retirement plans, declared on Thursday night that he would continue to serve "as long as my health permits." ...

My momma always warned me that when real life and professional comedy become indistinguishable, we're in The End Times.