Food stamps are fast becoming a flash point for the House farm bill this week — but also an increasingly partisan, even racially tinged debate in Congress over the future of the social safety net in these hard economic times. [Politico]

HAHAHA! Ruh ro. The owner of WROC, the CBS affiliate in Rochester, N.Y., says Time Warner Cable is rebroadcasting its station in Louisville “on an unauthorized basis in an illegal manner.” [C-J/AKN]

Breck Girl Stan Lee got an independent opponent in his 45th District State House race. This means Stan Lee will likely win re-election with ease. People just wouldn’t feel right not having a full-on bigot in that seat. [H-L]

If you’re a history nerd or enjoy learning about civilization? Then you’ll want to read this interesting story about a settlement discovered in Canada. [HuffPo]

The thought-free muppets who host Fox News’ illiterate dementia variety hour Fox and Friends briefly mentioned the actual news nugget about the unveiled U.S. Olympic Team outfits yesterday. [Wonkette]

Here’s your best girlfriend, Mitch McConnell, working hard to make sure your kid with a pre-existing condition can’t obtain health care. [The Hill]

Clark County switched from a magistrate form of government to a county commission about a year and a half ago, but some residents want to turn back the clock. [H-L]

You can’t even sleep in your home in Lexington these days without a terrifying invasion that’s followed by being robbed at gunpoint. [WKYT]

You probably need to puke this morning. So here you go. An Arkansas man known as the “Toe Suck Fairy” for a series of assaults directed at woman’s feet over more than two decades was sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday. [Reuters]

The Federal Reserve is open to taking further action to support the struggling U.S. economy. But minutes of the Fed’s June meeting show policymakers at odds over whether the economy needs more help now. [HuffPo]

At a time of soaring health care bills, experts say that doctors, middlemen and drug distributors are adding hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the costs borne by taxpayers, insurance companies and employers through the practice of physician dispensing. [NYT]

Greg Fischer, along with the ignorant help of Jim Gray, isn’t just pushing to raise taxes on people who already can’t afford it. He’s also allowing a handful of asshats to sink his entire administration with nastiness. [The 'Ville Voice]