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Entries from January 2009

TGIF! Cold Will Return Way Too Soon

January 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments

The weekend is finally here and we couldn’t be happier. We’ll be in meetings for most of the morning, so enjoy the few posts we’ve got scheduled. In other news, Jennifer Moore attacked poor old Jim Bunning for attending the very Bluegrass Ball she attended. Quite the hypocrisy, really, considering she told people she only [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Bruce Lunsford · Dan Mongiardo · David L. Williams · Eastern Kentucky · Environment · FEAR! · Gambling · Giving Back · Greg Stumbo · Health Care · Humor · Hypocrisy · Jim Bunning · KDP · Labor · Mainstream Mistake · Veterans

RUH RO: We Can’t Even Deal!

January 22nd, 2009 · 12 Comments

OH GOD! We pray for the strength not to laugh ourselves to death over this mess:

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Tags: FEAR! · Humor · Mainstream Mistake

Inaugural Celebration Giveaway Thanks

January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

We owe a special debt of gratitude to the great folks at Sustain for their generosity. The green lifestyle store (3724 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville) provided us with awesome t-shirts and water bottles as a giveaway for our readership that couldn’t make it to Tuesday night’s celebration. We stopped by the store recently and want to [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Contest · Environment · Giving Back · Kentucky Business

Obama Inaugural Party Update & Thanks

January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Once again, thanks to all who came out to our inaugural luncheon and party on Tuesday. Over 50 people recorded videos about the inauguration, like Secretary Grayson: And Congressman Yarmuth: View more after the jump…

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Tags: Barack Obama · John Yarmuth · Spotted · Trey Grayson

Hillary Clinton Arrives at State Dept

January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

It’s insane watching U.S. Diplomats go crazy over Hillary Clinton as she arrives at the State Department:

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Tags: Mainstream

Jack Found a Bad Guy in Pilot

January 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

When you think about these evil corporations jacking up gas prices during emergencies, there’s a part of all of us that wishes we could just catch them in the act and expose them. It’s like wishing you could catch the kid who took a baseball bat to your mailbox, or the guy who keyed the [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Flashback · Investigation · Jack Conway · Kentucky Business · Law Enforcement · Mainstream Mistake · Wasted Money

More on Robert Felner’s Alleged Detainment

January 22nd, 2009 · 58 Comments

Federal prosecutors say Robert Felner wasn’t held against his will and also say he didn’t ask for an attorney during the day the University of Louisville scandal broke. Former University of Louisville education dean Robert Felner was not held against his will, nor did he ask for an attorney during a seven-hour interview with federal [...]

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Tags: Education · Investigation · Law Enforcement · Robert Felner · UofL · Wasted Money

Conway & Beshear On Gas Price-Gouging Results

January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Attorney General Jack Conway and Governor Steve Beshear have announced the results of the gasoline price-gouging investigation launched in the way of Hurricane Ike. The investigation resulted in settlements totaling $107,500 (ha) with eight gas stations in seven different communities in Kentucky. “Many of us were shocked and outraged by the scope of the price [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Investigation · Jack Conway · Steve Beshear · Wasted Money

Interesting Gambling Tidbit We All Overlooked

January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Throughout the Adam Edelen snafu last week, something important went basically overlooked. Bob Babbage has a huge client that manufactures slot machines, International Game Technology: Babbage’s clients include major contractors, including Palmer Engineering, which has received more than $1.2 million in state payments since Beshear took office in 2007. (A state contracts data base does [...]

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Tags: Adam Edelen · Flashback · Gambling · Kentucky Business

Thursday Morning Dept of Warming Up

January 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Beshear administration must not have a clue about that fancy thing called the internets. Protecting Kentucky citizens from illegal internet gambling operations? Hahaha. Beshear plans to appeal the online gambling ruling, further proving just how disconnected from reality he wants to appear to the general public. Adam? You reading? WAKE UP! Realize it’s 2009 [...]

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Tags: Adam Edelen · Dan Mongiardo · Embarrassing · Gambling · Geoff Davis · Greg Stumbo · Hypocrisy · Jack Conway · Jim Bunning · Mitch McConnell · Senate · Steve Beshear · Trey Grayson