The DSCC has spent about $20,000 in Kentucky over the past few months. Told ya so. [CQ Politics]

WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE OF THE POVERTY! Steve Beshear says the 2011-2012 budget shortfall is $1.5 billion. But he still refuses to address comprehensive tax reform and is thus ignoring the reality-based community in which the rest of Kentucky lives. [Press Release]

How… Um. Well. How did this become an AP story? Wow. [H-L]

This could quite possibly be the coolest old lady video ever. [YouTube]

Eight steps to understanding Kentucky’s budget crunch. [H-L]

Fairness did not care for the Archbishop’s thingy in the paper today. [C-J]

Nobama is just cold trying to kill old people now. Sarah Palin was right! [WHAS11]

Woah – the state rejected a coal ash permit. [AP]

Hrm. Wonder why this hasn’t been scheduled in Kentucky? [NLC]

I think the Office of the Attorney General is getting all of its cases from old Law & Order episodes. Some 18-year-old dude was just indicted for possession and distribution of kiddie porn, just like a dude on L&O the other day. [Press Release]