HAHA, okay, PEE ALERT. Read this: “As a gay,” you might ask, “how do you manage to enjoy your Thanksgiving so thoroughly?” “It’s simple,” I would say. “Just avoid all awkward situations at all times. And please don’t call me a gay.” -SNIP- If you catch yourself thinking about the origin of Thanksgiving, I suggest [...]

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Quality of Life in the United States varies wildly from state to state. So how does Kentucky rank? The Commonwealth is at 4.23. Not quite the bottom of the barrel. Just damn close. On the Human Development Index, the 3rd Congressional District ranks 5.10: While the 5th Congressional District ranks a mere 2.82: That’s well [...]

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So, if the Athletics Director job opens up at the University of Kentucky, will the Williams-Farmer ticket cease to exist? [H-L] Hopefully you’ll find our new social networking/sharing features to be useful. [Page One] Currency or trade nerd? Read this story about the currency fight with China and how it’s dividing American businesses. [NY Times] [...]

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Could the Democrats actually DO something by supporting an extension of the tax cuts for only the middle class? [HuffPo] Hahahahaha, the teabaggers are up in arms over us changing the URL for every comment David Adams leaves on this site. [Click the Clicky] Papaw Steve Beshear will appear at the Kentucky Association of Counties [...]

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Okay, let’s get with the dark ages. You’ll now see fancy sharing features at the bottom of each post for Twitter and Facebook, like this: The standard Facebook junk happens if you mash on that one. But if you choose to share on Twitter? We’ve implemented a cool new shortened URL (web address) service that [...]

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Attorney General Jack Conway’s office just announced the six counties to receive a post-election audit: Bell McCreary Union Powell Pendleton Carter “The post-election audits are one of numerous steps this office takes to ensure a fair and equitable election process,” Conway said. “The audits supplement the work our investigators did on the ground on election [...]

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Yesterday we discussed Jack Conway’s denial-filled email blast/petition ploy regarding President Barack Obama’s move to raise the Social Security retirement age to 69. Ignorantly, we thought discussing Jack Conway was, you know, taking a back seat for a while. Seriously, that was ignorant. Because we were instantly reminded of Jack’s 2002 bid against Anne Northup. [...]

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The special legislative session in Frankfort ended months ago with both House and Senate leadership blaming Governor Steve Beshear for everything that’s wrong with the Commonwealth. What’s gone missing since then, though, is the reality that Beshear’s share of the blame is much smaller than that of legislative “leaders” who said they’d get an earlier [...]

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Steve Beshear is all over Western Kentucky talking about how the Passport scandal could have been avoided with contractual language dictating how funds could be spent. It’s too bad “news” outlets in that neck of the woods didn’t bother mentioning that language like that already exists. But Beshear Administration and University of Louisville officials didn’t [...]

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Here’s your last chance to win tickets to Barefoot In The Park. Drawing winners this evening. [Page One] In politics, the facts really don’t matter. This does not come as news to any of you reading. [NPR] Teabaggers and the self-hating Republican gays wrote a letter to Mitch McConnell and John Boehner telling them to [...]

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