In its attempt to be exactly like Louisville, Lexington has decided it’s time to try playing chess with take-home police cars. [H-L]

NATO’s risky Afghan endgame? A timetable for winding down the war leaves more questions than answers. [The Economist]

Feeling excited about eating all kinds of seafood? Pacific Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California have been found to have radioactive contamination from last year’s Fukushima nuclear accident. [BBC]

There are growing warnings on Capitol Hill that the nation could be rolling toward an end-of-the-year fiscal train wreck. [NPR]

Democrats and Republicans are trying to stir up votes for November by locking horns over the coming fiscal cliff, but they’re stirring up just as much anxiety among economists who fear that the rhetoric upsets consumer confidence and squashes the stock market. [Politico]

House lawmakers will consider an international proposal next week to give the United Nations more control over the Internet. And that means the conspiracy nuts are freaking the eff out. [The Hill]

Whaaaaat? Mittens Romney is a giant hypocrite? Just like teabaggers Rand Paul and Thomas Massie? It’s a lot of do as he says but not as he does. [Reuters Here & Here]

You can’t even trust that meemaw and poppop will be safe in their retirement community these days. [WKYT]

Wanna rehash the Kentucky Kingdom mess? Because the Commonwealth of Kentucky still owes Ed Hart several million dollars that the mainstream is ignoring. [The 'Ville Voice]

Indiana is really good at making Kentucky look absolutely, you know, sane. So watch this video of some little kid singing about how the homos are going to hell. In a church. Really awesome because Jesus. [Wonkette]

You’ll probably want to read this story featuring Rocky Adkins and his fearmongering about King Coal. The part about the “conspiracy by environmentalists and the Obama administration to destroy the way of life here” is especially ripe. And the bit where Rocky pretends to be but a poor man of the people. [NYT]

What was that, again, about religious freedom being a thing in states where mouth-breathers are prevalent? [HuffPo]