The wife of DeWayne Bunch will replace her husband in the December 20 special election. Democrats say they’re not picking a candidate because they can’t beat Bunch. [H-L]

Arresting anti-Wall Street protesters is just going to send this country further into turmoil. Eventually, people will get a grip. Silencing legitimate concerns will get this country nowhere. [Reuters]

Students at the University of Louisville are protesting rising tuition costs. A 77% increase from 2004 is insane. Meanwhile, Jim Ramsey continues to make ten billion dollars a year. [C-J/AKN]

Of course the government subsidizes the lifestyles of the mega-wealthy. That’s how this country works. [HuffPo]

Sexytime Herman Cain apparently has no clue what Barack Obama has done with Libya. Further proves that he may, indeed, be one of those gross pizzas he was responsible for. [Wonkette]

Northern Kentucky leaders probably shouldn’t be listening much to what Greg Fischer has to say about Louisville’s Waterfront Park. [Amanda Van Benschoten's Replacement]

Jerry Abramson promises to be an “active” lieutenant governor. Which is 99% of the problem in Louisville: his actions. Until he tries to run for the U.S. Senate, of course. [FOX41]

The Personnel Board is holding off on the expansion of an investigation against adult baby Richie Farmer. Why? Because it was all politically motivated. Just like everything the Beshear crew has done for the past few years. [H-L]

A recession in Europe could hit Appalachian states the hardest. While Kentucky isn’t mentioned, West Virginia certain is. And you know what that means. [HuffPo]

Lexington should learn from Louisville’s history of trying to mess around with take-home police cruisers. [WKYT]

Wondering what Anne Northup is up to these days? She’s involved in the partisan gridlock threatening the Consumer Product Safety Commission, that’s what. [WaPo]

We told you Bill Johnson’s ignorant push for voter ID legislation was part of a broader mouth-breather effort to institute poll taxes and stifle the democratic process. [The Hill]

Activists are calling for stronger enforcement of the Clean Water Act in Kentucky but that’s never going to happen. [H-L]

Today at 10:00 A.M. Papaw Beshear, Meemaw, Lexington’s own Uncle Jimmy and some other dudes and a lady will make a fancy and “important tourism and economic development announcement” at the Kentucky Horse Park. [Press Release]

New York state doesn’t hate the gays. So why are Kentucky Democrats – including Steve Beshear – so afraid of them? Check out all the front pages in New York from Saturday. [NY Times & Poynter]

Passage of gay marriage in New York marks the first time a Republican-controlled chamber has approved such a measure. And before you say New York Republicans are really liberal, uh, think again. [WaPo]

Check out what the experts believe could be the national impact of gay marriage in New York. [Reuters]

You bet your rear end Republicans are trying to kill the entire economy again. [San Francisco Chronicle]

And here’s a fancy question and answer session with one of those people working hard to kill the entire economy – Mitch McConnell. [Christian Science Monitor]

Habitat for Humanity donated its first “green” home in Lexington recently. [WKYT]

Wait, are we still supposed to pretend this “organization” matters, despite the female leaders with brains and sense ditching it long ago? [H-L]

Anybody wanna bet Anne Northup has something to do with this decision to gut a safe products database operated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission? [Consumerist]

The City of Carrollton violated Kentucky’s Open Records Act and Jack Conway actually admitted it. Can you believe he’s actually doing the right thing for open records issues? Tough to believe. [Madison Courier]

Will the Sprint Cup at the Kentucky Speedway really have a $150 million impact on the area? [Kentucky Enquirer]

Is a bipartisan vote to end ethanol subsidies a small but heartening sign? Is it really fiscal sobriety? [The Economist]

U.S. Economic growth has been revised up. Our economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.9% during the first quarter of the year, which was slightly faster than previously thought. [BBC]

HAHAHA, oh, my. “Phil Harmon” got an endorsement instead of Phil Moffett. Guess those Take Back Kentucky folks really know a lot about what they’re doing. Getting their candidate’s name incorrect and all at a press conference they billed as “major.” [John Cheves]

The Herald-Leader editorial IS sorely lacking. Because no real audit of the Kentucky Retirement Systems has been conducted in decades. [Ralph Long]

Glad to see the meth bill effectively dead in the water. What wasteful, though originally well-intentioned, legislation. [Bluegrass Politics]

Watching the teabagger complain about Rand Paul is hilarity. Watching him get fewer votes than Bobbie Holsclaw is even more hilarity. Particularly now that he’s attacking Rand Paul. You know what they say about glass teabagger houses. [Joe Arnold]

Foreigner Ken Ham and the Creation Museum lunatics don’t just hate gay people – they hate heterosexuals who don’t hate gay people. [FOX 41]

Watching the mormon cult hypocrite wing of the teabaggers turn on Rand Paul is highly entertaining. Further proof that the real Tea Party is not behind Phil Moffett. [B&P]

The House Education Committee yesterday passed a bill that would ban the bullying of gay students. Naturally, it’s going to die in two or three seconds flat. [Deep Frustration]

According to the U.S. Census, one in four counties are dying. A record number of communities are experiencing more deaths than births in the United States. [Salon]

In Frankfort yesterday, U.S. Senator Rand Paul urged the passes of a balanced budget amendment. And you know how that turned out. [Bluegrass Politics]

How will Anne Northup handle this mess with child-product makers trying to soften rules? Will she and the Consumer Product Safety Commission stand up for kids? [NY Times]

Aww, curbstomper Tim Proffitt wants the charges against him dismissed. Cute how he’s still blaming the waif of a girl he stomped. [Joe Arnold]

Tom Loftus had a great story about it all. Unfortunately, I’m hearing that Loftus hasn’t heard the full story from the money launderers and their attorneys.

Turns out – according to sources in both state and federal government – Greer and crew did, indeed, have to do an interview or two over this mess. I hear that as a result of another corruption and campaign finance investigation (*wink, wink*) that they had to sit down with the feds as part of an investigation that may or may not be ongoing.

So that bit about investigators not doing their part? That’s not exactly the full story.

The Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands received $37.6 million in federal funding. The mega cash will be used to finance abandoned mine land reclamation. [Press Release]

Will the big tent of the Kentucky Democratic Party collapse onto the circus below? Hell yes it will. Unfortunately, Meador must be mistaken thinking the KDP is responsible for the ambitions of Steve Beshear and gambling to retake the state senate. [LEO Weekly]

Listen, dudes and ladydudes, could you maybe stop stealing money and credit cards from people while you’re IN CHURCH? Please? [WKYT]

That Rand Paul sure is tough. No “sissification” for him. No, none at all. [Bluegrass Bulletin]

Kentucky’s teabagging former “entertainer” came off looking, well, dumb as a box of Jim Gooch’s used bunion pads. She was so excited about how she was going to get a balanced report. She begged everyone to show up to make her look legit. Hahaha. What a shame. She couldn’t even hold her own against an actual tea expert. Miss Thing still hasn’t been able to prove to the world that Joe (or me) ever threatened her daughter. [WSJ]

The teabagger movement really did get punked by the Wall Street Journal. Why would I eat my heart out over something this hilarious? These people are obsessed. [Barefoot & Progressive]

LG&E & KU are passing along the environmental costs of those fancy coal slurry/ash ponds. Pretty exciting news. Get ready to grow a third arm if you live in the vicinity. [Jim Bruggers]

Tom Riner must be running scared. He pre-filed BR 449 prohibiting sex-based wage discrimination comparable worth jobs. [Spotted]

The Courier-Journal’s editorial board gets it right about Steve Henry. [C-J]

Big surprise: the pearl clutcher contingency is supporting woman-hating Rand Paul. Because of his “biblical” values and his “financial support.” [AP via H-L]

Remember devil lady Anne Northup? The hag is back. And now she’s writing op-eds in the Wall Street Journal about how child-safety laws are killing American jobs and businesses. What she really means is child safety laws are killing child labor in China. She needs to go back to KT’s and Old Fashioneds. Stat. Can’t wait til she uses her position to help her family business. [WSJ]

Thought we’d share:

“Over the past 3 years, I have become increasingly concerned with the leadership of our country, including our Congressional Representative in the 3 District. After long discussions with family and friends over the issues facing our community, I made the decision to run for Congress. As such, I filed paperwork last week with the Federal Election Commission establishing a campaign committee to run for the 3 Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.”

-SNIP-

“As a husband, father and grandfather, I am running to leave our children with a brighter future. For the first time in my life, I am concerned that their future is in doubt as a result of the bitter partisanship that permeates Washington and the same-old big government approach taken by too many in Congress. There have been too many empty promises and poor decisions made by our representative. Some of these decisions have resulted in benefits being shared by folks representing their own self interests and not the fine people of Louisville.”

Click here for the rest.

Not quite sure which empty promises and poor decisions John Yarmuth has made. Maybe he’s confusing John with our former congresscritter, Anne Northup?

Matthew Barzun was confirmed by the full U.S. Senate as Ambassador to Sweden. Congratulations, Matthew!  Anne Northup also confirmed. [WFPL]

Lt. Dan just got his rear-end handed to him by Richard Becker. Great flashback. [Barefoot & Progressive]

Republicans are so afraid of Jack Conway that they’re promoting Daniel Mongiardo’s attack homophobe’s talking point. They suggest the use of “bitch” is as bad as George Allen’s racist and bigoted usage of “macaca” to describe a non-white young man. Like one commenter suggests, referring to oneself with colorful language is hardly the equivalent of using racist attack language to demean another person. The attack homophobe, of course, is known for his usage of profanity and closed-minded attacks. Daily Kos commenters aren’t buying it. [EITB & Daily Kos]

What? Even MORE evidence that the faux health care “town halls” are pure Republican propaganda? As if the Republican Party in Kentucky is pushing them all over the place – Like Louisville – wasn’t enough. [HuffPo]

Wait, wait – here’s even more proof. The Jefferson County Republican Party, chaired by Brad Cummings, sent out an email blast promoting a protest sponsored by the American Small Business Partnership to promote the faux health care “town hall” designed as a front to attack John Yarmuth. Takes place on Monday, August 4, 11:45 A.M. @ Yarmuth’s office on 600 Martin Luther King Junior Place. The email closes with, “You pay his salary and the salaries of his staff. The least he can do is show up and let you be heard.” Nevermind

The Democratic Kentucky Senate race has made it to the Number 5 spot from the previous rank of 7 with The Fix. [Washington Post]

Joe Gerth says that Stephen Colbert “took aim” at Jack Conway but neglects to mention that Colbert hit Daniel Mongiardo for being ridiculous. [C-J]

Are you ready for this? The big announcement Steve Beshear and Jerry Abramson made today: church conventions are coming ot the arena. Millions of Pentacostals will be flooding downtown Louisville.  Did Jeebus send the rains on Tuesday to wash the original presser out?  The strip joints and liquor wholesalers are no doubt wetting themselves as we speak.  [The 'Ville Voice]

Like I said earlier, this story is way too hyped up and the Mongiardo Campaign most certainly is responsible. [Joe Arnold]

HAHAHA! The Paultards called me a troll. We’re apparently upset that Ro… Rand Paul announced his candidacy on Faux News. And we only have 12 readers. Cute how the Paultard boss lost his shiz over direct links to this site. [When Paultards Attack]

It’s official. Rand Paul thinks the U.S. Senate race is a joke and he’s named a blogger as his campaign manager. Cannot. Breathe. From. Laughter. Adams even said he needed help promoting the press release on the Twitter machine. Guess they fired the guy who said Rand would vote for people in New York and California. Hahahahha. [Trey Grayson Just Won]

The Herald-Leader staff have archived all the speeches from Fancy Farm 2009. [Bluegrass Politics]

Coal appreciation day was held Saturday. Did anyone go? What went down? [WKYT]

Good on Greg Stumbo for hosting a golf tournament to benefit the new Highlands Center for Autism in eastern Kentucky. [H-L]

Anne Northup’s hearing before the Senate will take place Wednesday. Can’t wait to hear all the questions she won’t be asked about whether she’s qualified to be a part of the Consumer Production Safety Commission. Wonder if this in some way could help her husband’s fancy radio business? [C-J]

Who wants to tear down this ridiculous editorial published in Maysville’s Ledger-Independent attacking John Yarmuth and Ben Chandler? [Ledger-Independent]

Daniel Mongiardo went to Balitmore to talk about e-health. Despite the fact that his own governor removed him from the e-health committee. Ha. [KY Post]

It’s official. Trey Grayson has decided to pretend he dislikes the gays. And with that comes us working against him 24/7. The transformation to McConnell-lite has begun. And, really, Rand Paul? “Announcing” your candidacy on Glenn Beck? HAHAHA. [H-L]

Western Kentuckians are ticked at Jim Bunning for killing the Delta Queen. [Henderson Gleaner]

Who needs this silly health care reform, anyway? [Newsweek]

Mike Pence, the guy Brad Cummings and other Louisville Republicans touted as the second coming, just cold makes crap up. [HuffPo]

Aww, Rand Paul got played off the stage at Fancy Farm. [Scott Jennings]

Don’t forget the Golden B.S. Awards. Make your nominations for each category today! [Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 & Day 4]

How cute. Now Mitch McConnell is accusing Democrats of trying to kill old people. [AP]

Nope, David Tandy will not be Louisville’s next mayor. [WFPL]

Hal Rogers’ fancy National Bio Agro Defense Facility isn’t coming to southeastern Kentucky after all. It’s going to Kansas. [Jim Bruggers]

Even the fancy radio people recognize that Rand Paul’s supporters aren’t Kentuckians. [Gabe Bullard]

That Barack Obama put Anne Northup on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, thanks to Mitch McConnell. Someone should ask Northup if she’s still consuming and operating vehicles. Like John Yarmuth said, hopefully she will “fulfill her responsbilities to protect the public health and safety.” [Jim Carroll]

Gay-hating Republicans in Kentucky don’t have much to cheer in the 2010 Senate primary. Nor do gay-hating Kentucky Democrats, which are just as plentiful. [Barefoot & Progressive]

Tom Wills will no longer be on the teevee because he is just way too old for people to understand him. Naturally, a young lady will replace him. That’s how teevee works. [The 'Ville Voice]

No?

Well, it’s that time again!

Literally tens of people will show up to drink Ensure and eat delicious ambrosia salad and cream of wheat this Saturday at 2:00 at Christian Academy of Louisville.

This year Trey Grayson, Cathy Bailey and Rand Paul will all be on-hand. It’s sure to be a flustercuck of epic proportions. You can ask Rand why he’s pretending to be in exploratory mode (ask Trey the same thing, duh) and you can tell Cathy Bailey she’d be insane to run for the U.S. Senate. Oh, and you can play cornhole while talking about your teabagging parties.

Somebody better furnish photographs of the shenanigans.