The quote of the year came today from David Williams regarding Richie Farmer’s ladyfriend: “She told me she worked for a gynecologist.” [BIGGEST AWARD EVER] God. John Boehner cries more than a drunken hooker at one of those parties thrown by Greg Stumbo and Kent Downey in the 1990s. [Wonkette] The Associated Press is having [...]

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This week Governor Steve Beshear spends 1:47 discussing prescription drug abuse:

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That sound you hear? It’s another University of Louisville employee being fired for embezzlement. We’re still wondering why the mainstream media refuses to cover the scandal. She worked in athletics. Prior to that, parking. We’ve mentioned it previously. And we’re still waiting. Just like we’re still waiting on the mainstream to unveil those other stories [...]

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Really. He pre-filed BR 37, a bill to deal with a federal program that targets “illegal immigrants” that have committed crimes. His protecting-our-white-women-from-the-Mexicans bill seeks to enroll law enforcement agencies in ICE’s Secure Communities program. “Our law enforcement agencies, from the Kentucky State Police to sheriff’s offices, airport security, and community police departments, to our [...]

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We told you it was bullshiz. Just like Jonathan Miller proclaiming state government would be transparent during his tenure. Ever since Crit Luallen’s pat-a-cake audit of Kentucky Retirement Systems, KRS officials have hopped around Frankfort talking about how they’re sooooo transparent. And they have taken at least one step toward transparency – email addresses of [...]

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This week the Transportation Lady discusses improving mobility and access in the Glasgow area:

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You already know Richie Farmer is dumber than the excrement Jim Gooch spews on an hourly basis. So it won’t come as a surprise that he hired his girlfriend on the state payroll during the campaign. What’s interesting, though, is that the paper sat on this story. Much like it sits on the story about [...]

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After more than a year of pressure from fellow legislators and more than a year of obfuscation and pat-a-cake, Tom Burch has finally decided to hold hearings about Kentucky’s child death records. [H-L] What the hell does Dennis Horlander DO in Frankfort to earn as much as Greg Stumbo when the legislature isn’t even in [...]

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Here’s Rand Paul foaming at the mouth at the Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing today: That’s right – your U.S. Senator working to kill the environment. Because he doesn’t like the definition of “stream.” Even though the guy says the definition is a work in progress. “Ridiculous notion” that 2,000 miles of streams have [...]

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Check this bit from a story about moving Owensboro to the 1st Congressional District in today’s Messenger-Inquirer: Thompson is rumored to be considering a run against U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, a Hopkinsville Republican, if Daviess goes into the 1st District. “I don’t know about that,” Thompson said, declining to comment on the rumor. But he [...]

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