By now, everybody realizes what a literal flustercuck Kentucky is in when it comes to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. It’s easy to heap blame on the Cabinet for keeping child death statistics as secret as humanly possible. It’s easy to complain. We’re lucky that our mainstream media is finally carrying that torch [...]

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What happens when a Glenn Beck-loving teabagger lady produces a sensible piece of legislation? Here it is, from the House Republican Caucus: Rep. Kim King, R-Harrodsburg (55th District) has pre-filed a resolution for the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly that if passed would require legislators to vote via roll call, i.e. electronic vote, [...]

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Mitch McConnell has spent the past week screaming about the Keystone XL Pipeline, rather than focus on the real problems this country faces. Here he is three days ago: And tooting the same horn two days ago: So don’t act surprised as the economy continues to fall apart.

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Some anti-mountaintop removal folks took a bunch of coal to Steve Beshear. He then gave it to his coal buddies, to sell, because why not. [WFPL] This is an actual headline: “Barney Frank’s Nipples Steal The Show During House Address”. [HuffPo] Julie Denton says Janie Miller should resign. Tom Burch says there’s nothing to see [...]

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Sorry, pushing your discriminatory catholic beliefs on the public at large just isn’t going to cut it. UofL should be completely ashamed. [C-J/AKN] President Barack Obama is getting ready to pitch to gay voters. Will they catch? [Politico] Will Katie Stine run for Geoff Davis’ seat in the KY-04 Congressional district? That’d further divide the [...]

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With the legislative session rolling up into Frankfort soon, it’s probably a good idea to remind state legislators of the following: GO TO YOUR FLIPPING ETHICS TRAINING SESSIONS!! They will take place on Wednesday, January 4 and Thursday, January 5 from 9:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. in Room 154 of the Capitol Annex. You are [...]

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We’ve given you one teaser from Jim Higdon’s The Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate’s Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History and it’s really gotten Frankfort’s panties in a twist. Because you know we love causing heart attacks in Frankfort, here’s another taste: Four months later, on Saturday, May 12, seven [...]

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Wondering what Crit Luallen’s audit of Louisville’s Metro Sewer District doesn’t tell you? It doesn’t tell you that Patricia Poprick/First American Municipals was the “Investment Management Firm” that was paid $7.1 million. See page 68 (Warning: External PDF Link) of the audit. The audit also doesn’t tell you that the firm is just a one [...]

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The Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board met today at 10:00 A.M. in Frankfort to consider eight nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. Thought it’d be a good idea for all the history nerds (come on – it’s a holiday week) to take a look at those eight properties under consideration: Boone County John [...]

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This week President Barack Obama discussed the end of the Iraq War (but don’t forget the thousands of Americans who remain):

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