Haha, so, funny story… Rand Paul says we should build an underground electric border fence to keep the Mexicans out. Republican Senatorial candidate Rand Paul wants to build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. It’s a rather ho-hum proposition in the larger context of conservative ideas — except that Paul wants that fence to be [...]

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Wow! Los Angeles Unified School District hired John Deasy to be the #2 man. Wow. Click here for the story on Deasy from Monday. To summarize: the man who got a faux degree in a year from Robert Felner at UofL, the man who was forced to resign from a school district and the man [...]

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The Public Service Commission will review East Kentucky Power Cooperative’s need for a new plant in Clark County. [Press Release & H-L] Even though I have written about Robert Felner reporting to prison, it’s surreal to see it in the headlines. [WFPL] Just a reminder that neither the Associated Press Stenography Service nor the Conway [...]

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Woah – you’ve gotta check the latest on the Jim Newberry corruption scandal in Lexington. The council there is crazier than just about any other political body in the Commonwealth. [Barefoot & Progressive] Friends of the Earth are blasting Mitch McConnell for receiving big oil money. Particularly $8,500 from BP. Jack Conway has received oil [...]

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Been saving this because it would have gotten lost in Friday’s evening news dump. Last week, more than $1.9 million in agricultural diversification investments were made by the Agricultural Development Board. You already know the drill, so let’s look at the highlights: $75,000 — Breckinridge County Farmers’ Market Facility — The Breckinridge County Extension District [...]

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Yesterday we told you Ed Martin would run for U.S. Congress in the 3rd District as a Libertarian. Here’s a fancy interview of Martin in Frankfort yesterday: Meanwhile, the Lally campaign is busily commenting on Page One and The ‘Ville Voice about what a terrible, awful person Martin is for deciding to run for office.

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Like I said on the 14th, the event being pushed by Kentucky Youth Advocates (and other groups like GLI) and AmericaSpeaks. is silly. And, it turns out, it’s more silly than I could have imagined: This Saturday an organization called AmericaSpeaks is sponsoring a “National Town Meeting” on the budget deficit in twenty cities. Although [...]

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It’s true. Robert Felner is headed to prison: The Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery, Alabama, located on Maxwell Air Force Base. Here’s hoping he’ll put us on his visitor list. It’d do him swell to, you know, give me a tell-all interview. Could go a long way toward restoring his reputation for when he’s released [...]

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Daddy Liberty, father of Liberty Christ, is the only member of the U.S. Congress shilling for BP. [Barefoot & Progressive] Not only will the World Equestrian Games be super-expensive to attend at $25 per day? You’ll now have to pay a minimum of $20 per day to park. No more free parking and shuttle. That’ll [...]

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In March I told you that State Senate Republicans were paying Bill Nighbert for political advice. Today a Kentucky Newspaper reports that same information as fresh and new. [A Kentucky Newspaper] Does anyone else find it hilarious that Mitch McConnell is commenting on matters of the military? [Rolling Stone] An obese and awful individual in [...]

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