That thing you’re all waiting for me to address involving the former Lt. Governor? I’ll talk about it later today. Cramming seven days of work into three has made things interesting. But I’ll have something later. Pay close attention to him today. You know he’ll try to blame everything on a woman, like always, because he still can’t believe he’s responsible for his own actions.

The Consensus Forecasting Group says Kentucky has an additional $100 million revenue shortfall in the current year. That’s just under $1billion for the next two years. The upcoming biennial budget will likely kill us all dead of the poverty. Gas Station Governor Steve Beshear says he’s working on a plan. Because he’s been so successful with his other plans int he past. [Press Release]

Ambassador Matthew Barzun hosted a luncheon to honor Nobel laureates. [Spotted]

What is it with these coal people getting violent? [AP via C-J]

Former State Auditor Ed Hatchett is moving on up to be the next KACo director. [H-L]

You skeered yet? Even Mexico City is letting the gays get gay married. [HuffPo]

Jim “Anonymous Crap” Ramsey is about to have his contract at the University of Louisville extended to 2014. [Nancy Rodriguez]

40 states, but mainly Kentucky, is about to just cold drown in poverty because no one can afford to pay for unemployment benefits. Yay Kentucky! And America! We’re all broke. [Washington Post]

Teabagger nearly has stroke scrawling a four-page threat, which he faxed upside down. PEE ALERT. [Wonkette]

Mitch McConnell still can’t stop criticizing people for doing the same things he does. And he’s yet to offer a health care solution. So maybe it’s time for the corrupt old guy from Kentucky should just shut his thin lips? [National Review]

Is it just me or is anyone else slightly amused that the revised budget forecast makes it difficult Steve Beshear to say the sky is falling? Every time headlines say things are a “little brighter,” a reader will be less afraid of the coming econopocalypse. [Beth Musgrave]