Blowback for Novak

Not such a great day for the cast-off Conservatives from the thankfully cancelled "Crossfire." Tucker Carlson's new talker on MSNBC gets SAVAGED in a review in the NYTimes (he's called "surprisingly churlish" which ain't so surprising for anyone that's suffered through his shtick in the past). And Bob "Douchebag for Liberty" Novak sees his head kicked a bit further down the road after yesterday's ugly little interview on "Inside Politics." Who knew that Ed Henry had such mucho cajones before yesterday's questioning? Novak continues to protest that he shouldn't comment on the Valerie Plame affair's Grand Jury investigation for legal reasons. But as two of his colleagues (Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper) face prison time for not disclosing what they know about which Bushie leaked the goods, Novak should be feeling more heat than he already has for this despicable saga. For anyone that has felt the right-wing wrath of Novak's hatchet jobs in the past, this must be pretty sweet to watch unfold. As of this morning, it looks like TIME is going to cave and give up Cooper's notes. I expect the NYTimes will follow suit. Eventually Novak's going to be forced to finger the Bushie - he said so himself yesterday, except not using the double entendre. The Grand Jury's mandate runs through October. Stay tuned on this one.

Also in DC yesterday, yet another hapless lawmaker tried to make the long-ago refuted connection between Saddam and al Queda stick. Apparently, the rest of us are still wrong. Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC) - a man so shamelessly American that he features both military AND NASCAR imagery in his website masthead.

Outside of the seldomly inspiring world of politics, did you realize that NASA's got a craft speeding toward a comet that will use an "impactor probe" to collide with it over this upcoming weekend? I sure didn't. They've named it Deep Impact, hopefully not after the less-than inspiring disaster flick of the same cliche`.

Wimbledon women's semis today, included the hotly anticipated match between Maria Sharapova (the thinking man's Kournikova) and Venus Williams (the thinking man's Williams sister). A rain delay may derail the oogling for a few hours. Regardless, I'd love to see Venus reach the finals, but I expect that Sharapova-mania will continue to build with a victory for the young Rooskie hottie. Either way, I've got a Brewers-Cubs game set to TiVo on WGN so there's gonna be some high quality sportiness in our crib this evening. Hope the same's the case in yours. Rock on.