Jon “Hotwheels” Draud Struck Again Last Week. Just in case you missed it. [Page One]

Mining corruption update: Here’s your emailed proof. Alliance Coal knew Ron Mills would be fired before Mills actually knew. I’m betting Kerri Richardson wishes she’d never gone to work for the Beshear Misadministration. [John Cheves]

Amanda Van Benschoten has a story about online political attacks in the U.S. Senate race. She is in the tank for the internets! [Enquirer]

Why is Jack Ditty trying to run against Robin Webb again? Is he suffering from Anne Northup Syndrome? [Bluegrass Politics]

If Steve Nunn’s attorney can’t get that sweet dough? He’s gonna bail, dudes. [Stephenie Steitzer]

Rand Paul’s early lead is a sign of Republican Party division. Scott Jennings is smoking crack if he thinks Mitch McConnell is hugely popular in Kentucky, though. And Rand Paul is brain dead if he thinks attaching Trey Grayson to Bill Clinton is a bad thing in Kentucky. Because Bill Clinton is hugely popular in the Bluegrass. [Jack Brammer & Ryan Alessi]

A pipe plant is moving to E-town. I should win many awards for avoiding obvious jokes. [WHAS11]

Sounds like something that would happen in Kentucky. A Senator nominating his secret girlfriend/mistress to be U.S. Attorney. But it didn’t. Thanks to Max Baucus, it happened in Montana. [Roll Call]

David Adams, who has morphed into a cyborg of ignorance lately, should take note. Even the Washington Post says (re: the climate change emails he has a you-know-what over), “They don’t provide proof that human-caused climate change is a lie or a swindle.” So maybe it’s time for David to stop spreading his horse dung around as 100% solid on behalf of a U.S. Senate candidate. [WaPo]

Commerce Lexington should promote the future, not coal’s past. [Tom Eblen]

Keep Our Jobs In Kentucky / Kentucky Equine Education Project is spending eleventy billion dollars to elect slots-supporting candidates. [Tom Loftus]

Naturally, people think sports is the most important thing in the Commonwealth. [H-L Poll]

Remember the Pearl Harbor raid on December 7, 1941. [Navy History]

Sometimes you have to wonder whether or not Jim Bunning knows if he’s coming or going. [Jim Carroll]

What the crap is this mess? Daniel Mongiardo’s Kids? Really? [Scary Hot Mess]