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Entries from April 2010

MoveOn Hits Mitch McConnell on Television

April 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments

Why is MoveOn being so mean to Mitch McConnell with facts? Ouch. Unfortunately for Daddy Mitch, he’s about to get his unfit to lead rear end handed to him by the teabaggers.

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Tags: Corruption · Hypocrisy · Mitch McConnell

471 UK Faculty Stick It To President Lee Todd

April 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments

Ah, the sound of 471 University of Kentucky faculty sticking it to President Lee Todd. Last friday the UK faculty Senate announced that Dr. Joe Peek (check out his campaign website and watch the videos) was elected overwhelmingly (nearly 3-to-1 over the incumbent, 471 to 174) to one of the two faculty seats on the [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Education · Frustration · Rumor · Spotted

More Agricultural Development Funds Awarded

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments

Last week the Agricultural Development Board announced an additional $774,480 investment in diversification projects across the Commonwealth. Let’s take a look at where those Kentucky Agricultural Development Funds went: $50,000 – Agriculture Storage Facility – The Garrard County Board of Education was approved for $50,000 in Garrard County funds to construct a hay storage facility [...]

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Tags: Giving Back · Kentucky Business

Lexington Art League: It’s a Total Drag

April 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments

Live in Lexington? Askeerd of the gays? You should probably move ASAP. Cause the Lexington Art League’s new show opens Friday and it’s called Passing: Fashioning Drag. Which means the gays are taking over. Amen. The exhibit illuminates the art of drag costuming through photos by Kremena Todorova and Kurt Gohde and gowns by Lexington [...]

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Tags: FEAR! · The Gays

Wednesday Morning Dept of Mayoral Endorsements

April 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment

This is the kind of obscene crap Rand Paul solicits and supports. [Barefoot & Progressive] Yesterday Steelworkers 14581 of Elkhorn City endorsed Jack Conway. [Press Release] An astute reader found David Williams’ cat on the internet. [Ruh Ro] The teabaggers in Northern Kentucky are trying to change the board of elections. [Amanda Van Benschoten] Endorsed [...]

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Tags: Dan Mongiardo · David L. Williams · Discrimination · Flashback · Humor · Jack Conway · Kentucky Tourism · Labor · Mainstream Mistake · Mitch McConnell · Rand Paul · Senate · Trey Grayson

Why Is That Nobama So Mean To Poor Mitch?

April 20th, 2010 · 11 Comments

Oh, wait, Papaw says he’s gonna include charter schools, the dropout bill and unemployment in the call for a special legislative session. Three more giant messes for David Williams to use when holding the budget hostage. [Bluegrass Politics] Jack Conway and Daniel Mongiardo apparently “mined” Hillbilly Days for votes. And they spread the coal rhetoric [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Budget · Campaign Finance · Congress · Corruption · Dan Mongiardo · Eastern Kentucky · Humor · Jack Conway · John Yarmuth · Mitch McConnell · Rand Paul · Senate · Steve Beshear · Youth

The Gooch vs. Dr. Suess (No, This Isn’t A Joke!)

April 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments

I’d almost forgotten about our state’s most amazing legislator. Yesterday the Messenger-Inquirer (Subscription Only) wrote about Jim Gooch and his opponent, Dr. Larry Suess. Yes, really. Dr. Suess. Here’s an excerpt: “There was no use considering it when it wasn’t going to pass the Senate,” Gooch said. ” … We tried (an expanded gambling bill) [...]

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Tags: Embarrassing · Flashback · Spotted

Lt. Dan Isn’t Real. He’s A Manufactured Character.

April 20th, 2010 · 7 Comments

In Lt. Dan’s latest teevee ad, there’s a photo of him he tries to pass off as studying while in medical school. You can see a medical journal on a shelf behind him– Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. Here’s a screenshot: The cover of the journal uses the publication’s logo of ‘JOSPT,’ as [...]

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Tags: Dan Mongiardo · Hypocrisy · Senate · Spotted

Beshear-Abramson Campaign Finance Highlights

April 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments

With all the news lately of Steve Beshear and Jerry Abramson raising $31,761.76 for the quarter – with $1,934,437.01 cash on hand, I thought it’d be a good idea to take a look at some highlights of the report on file with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. There were $177,836.04 in disbursements for the [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · KDP · Spotted · Steve Beshear

Kentucky’s Most Famous YouTube Celebrity!

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments

SKOALREBEL! Remember him? He’s back and he has found God. His new name is “mudjugsforlife21.” Courtesy Wonkette. I thought Nobama was gonna ban flavored dips or whatever? Guess not. Dang.

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Tags: FEAR! · Flashback · Humor