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Wednesday Dept of Real Story Fun Times

February 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments

It’s time for the real story behind the Chris Thieneman-Mint Jubilee madness. This mess involving the University of Louisville and a, an, ah, ahem, interesting Republican mayoral candidate is a total mess. [The 'Ville Voice]

Is it really a big deal that Kentucky has 15 aircraft in the state fleet? Anybody who thinks so has apparently never tried to drive anywhere. [WAVE3]

Humana is cutting 2,500 jobs (then re-hiring 1,100 in different roles), despite significant growth. 750 jobs lost in Louisville. [WFPL]

I don’t think I’m alone in saying the current Toyota recall debacle wouldn’t stop me from buying a Toyota. [H-L]

More Americans are considering community banks and Kentucky’s got some great ones. Have you switched from the giants? [NPR]

How much has the Department of Homeland Security spent in Kentucky? Take a look at this interactive map. Download all the data. Lots of the costs are being questioned like woah. [Public Integrity]

The Courier-Journal wrote a story about Mitch McConnell crying on the floor of the U.S. Senate for 18 minutes. About his departing chief of staff. [Jim Carroll]

It’s new gays versus the old gays, kids. [Newsweek]

Ayn Rand Paul and Papa Bear were on Anderson Cooper last night. And Randy Rand Fun Times Teabagger got askeert when the Cooper asked him if he thought Quitter Sarah Palin would make a good president. Twice. [Barefoot & Progressive]

Part of the problem: being afraid to out (pun intended) a state legislator for saying there are no gay people in their district. [Twitter]

David Adams learned out to reach out to Jesus radio during his days shilling for the Bluegrass Institute. [AP via H-L, which forwards to Bluegrass Politics]

Tags: Chris Thieneman · Corruption · Economy · FEAR! · Flashback · Jobs · Kentucky Business · Mitch McConnell · Rand Paul · Senate · Stats · The Gays · Wasted Money

2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 gaga // Feb 17, 2010 at 6:31 pm

    who was the legislator? The twitter account has already been removed

  • 2 jake // Feb 17, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    Have no clue – they didn’t identify the legislator.

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