Got questions for Louisville’s mayoral candidates? Chime in. [The 'Ville Voice]

Kentucky’s jobless rate jumped to 10.7% in January. That’s up from 9.1% in January 2009. Isn’t that just lovely? [Press Release]

This week Fairdale Bigfoot’s got some advice for a single mother. [Consuming Louisville]

Jim Bunning did a great job costing everybody money. As usual. That’s what senility does. [WaPo]

One has to wonder if Jim Bunning is suffering from dementia. Really. He apparently thinks Kentucky is still a tobacco state and is using his decades-old delusions to hold up the World Trade Organization. [Reuters]

The budget cat fight is just beginning. It’s Democrats’ fault for trashing Republicans. Meanwhile, the rest of the state is going to pot. [Tom Loftus]

This horse shit is exactly what Morgan County needs: more teen pregnancy. John Will Stacy and crew must be mentally retarded. [Marion County Line]

Why is everybody so mean to Bill Johnson, because he is a quitter, just like Sarah Palin? So mean. [Barefoot & Progressive]

Ain’t nobody happy with mean old Greg Stumbo, shoo. How mean. When will these WATBs realize that politics are just nasty and dirty and mean? They should have known that before first running for office. [Danville Advocate-Messenger]

What’s that? Payday loan sharks will remain unregulated? That’s great news for Steve Beshear’s re-election campaign. Hopefully Jeff Greer can sleep at night. [WaPo]