Since there’s no compromise on congressional redistricting in and no one in Frankfort is mature enough to do what’s best for Kentucky? It’s likely going to be decided in court. [H-L]

The 9th Circuit Court says Proposition 8 in California is unconstitutional. So you know the mouth-breathers are crapping their pants. Even in Kentucky. [The Advocate]

In a new teevee interview, Daniel Mongiardo basically admits he didn’t like being lieutenant governor because he didn’t get to make decisions and didn’t get to make anything happen. [WYMT]

Ruth Ann Palumbo and the bullshiz brigade are on a mission to spin like crazy over her multiple types of voter fraud. It’s okay, though, because she’s a Democrat. [We Get Comments]

Is Kentucky saved now that Janie Miller has been sacrificed at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services? Of course not. But her ignorance and assholery sure won’t be missed. [Press Release]

Circuit Judge Thomas Gill is criticizing Steve Beshear for fighting the release of child abuse death records. [H-L]

Here’s how the Bowling Green Daily News is looking at Miller’s resignation. She’s merely moving on to seek other opportunities. Ha. [BGDN]

Meanwhile, the governor is working to strangle the judiciary in Kentucky. Which shouldn’t surprise a single person in Kentucky. [Debby Yetter]

Mitch McConnell is queening out like Princess Damon Thayer over the potential end of the electoral college. Because it’s just absurd to them that the popular vote may count for something. [Salon]

Here’s Mitch McConnell getting angry over birth control. I mean, can you imagine a world where birth control has to be provided to people under their health insurance plan? So silly that the U.S. would try to prevent the sex pervert catholics from discriminating, isn’t it? Mitch is all angry over birth control because he’s never had to worry about it. You can speculate about the reasons why. [CBS News]

What’s that? Huh? Oh, you mean the catholic big whigs are now saying they regret apologizing for the child sex abuse scandals? And trusting them is crazier than trusting Sylvia Lovely with a $5 bill? [HuffPo]

On a scale of 1 to a certain closet case Republican state senator mixed with a closet case Northern Kentucky Democrat who wishes he could run for office, how gay is Rick Santorum? [Wonkette]

Fresh on the heels of Rand Paul’s TSA encounter, this piece of legislation would require an independent study of x-ray body scanners. [Pro Publica]

You, the taxpayer, are spending $84,400 on a study to determine whether or not the University of Pikeville should become a state school. [C-J/AKN]

Earlier today Republican Erwin Roberts – who once wanted Anne Northup’s seat – filed to run in the 10th State House District. [SoS]

Redistricting may face court scrutiny but – again – here’s hoping the Republicans have a clue what they’re up against. [Ronnie Ellis]

Here’s more on Jeff Hoover being really made that he was duped by Greg Stumbo. [H-L]

Raise your head if you think Frankfort will do the right thing when it comes to halting executions. [WHAS11]

Madison County has been divided into four State House districts and locals don’t seem to be too happy about it. [Richmond Register]

Today Adam Edelen announced plans to audit the Quality and Charity Care Trust. [The 'Ville Voice]

We can’t wait until the press start to re-discuss Newt Gingrich’s role in an international arms and bribery or whatever plot. [Wonkette]

Phillip Bailey got the headline wrong: “Mongiardo Rips General Assembly, Williams Over Redistricting Plan” – the REAL story in that release today, as we told you, was that he called out Alice Forgy Kerr and Steve Beshear while supporting Kathy Stein. [WFPL]

Urbody so mad over redistricting that people are getting all sue-happy. Republicrats shoulda made this a federal issue, though, because Greg Stumbo has the state judges in his back pocket, for the most part. [Ryan Alessi]

Even Bill Gates says the mega rich should pay more taxes. Because it’s, you know, just. [HuffPo]

Two twists in the dragon’s tail? China’s consumption ration is no longer falling and its reserves are no longer rising. [The Economist]

Over the past couple days, Mongiardo has made it clear to me that he’s working on the effort. Today he issued a release that chaps some serious ass.

Take a look:

HAZARD – Former Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo publicly criticized the newly adopted House and Senate redistricting maps today saying, “While many will say redistricting is just politics as usual, it is much more than that. The redistricting plans recently passed by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor was an exercise in hyper-partisanship that disenfranchises hundreds of thousands of citizens and should be overturned. It is this type of unnecessarily divisive partisan politics that further weakens our political system’s ability to solve the difficult problems confronting our state and nation.”

Mongiardo announced his support for legislation creating an independent commission. Mongiardo said, “After such a raw display of rank partisanship, it is time the people of Kentucky assign the responsibility for redistricting to an independent commission that puts the interest of the citizens of this Commonwealth before the self-serving interests of the politicians or either political party.”

Mongiardo said he believes the House plan splits too many counties and precincts, while violating the notion that districts should be relatively compact to reflect shared community interests to the extent possible. He said the Senate plan was equally egregious, disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of citizens and potentially weakening minority representation in Jefferson County.

Mongiardo called the elimination of Fayette County’s 13th Senate District an ‘injustice,’ reserving his harshest criticism for Senate President David Williams and State Senator Alice Forgy-Kerr.

Mongiardo said, “I sympathize with what Senator Stein and the citizens of Fayette County are going through. In 2002, Senate Republicans led by David Williams tried to punish me by moving my senate district from Perry County in southeastern Kentucky to northern Kentucky simply because I, like Senator Stein, was outspoken and vigorous in my opposition to certain policies advocated by the Senate President and the Republican majority. Clearly, President Williams remains the same petty and vindictive politician today that he was then. What happened to Senator Stein and her constituents is an injustice, just as it is for Senator Ridley and his constituents.”

Read the rest of Mongiardo’s release after the jump… Alice Forgy Kerr gets called out…

“For Senator Alice Forgy Kerr to place her loyalty to David Williams above her loyalty to the people of Fayette County and vote to eliminate the only other state senator from Fayette County is shameful. The fact that she didn’t have the courage to publicly and openly cast her ‘yea’ vote at the time is even more shameful. Senator Kerr’s decision to eliminate the only state senator representing Lexington’s downtown core and the UK campus area is mystifying. Her constituents, those citizens living in Lexington’s suburbs, are inextricably linked to the success of Lexington’s downtown and the University of Kentucky. It is my hope that the citizens of Fayette will demand from Senator Kerr a public explanation as to why she voted to eliminate her fellow hometown senator and disenfranchise more than 100,000 citizens in our Commonwealth’s second largest city. An even bigger mystery is why she did not have the political courage to publicly and openly cast her vote at the time the vote was taken, instead waiting until the next day to quietly record her vote with the Senate Clerk’s office,” Mongiardo concluded.

According to the State Senate Clerk’s records, Senator Kerr was recorded as present in the Senate Chamber on Wednesday, January 18 but did not vote on HB-1 at the time it was debated and passed. The Clerk’s records indicate Senator Kerr waited until the next day to record her ‘yea’ vote (Warning: External PDF Link).

At least EIGHT child abuse deaths are missing from Kentucky’s recently released list. What a farce. HEADS NEED TO ROLL. [Debby Yetter]

Northern Kentucky Democrats say they’ll be fielding a candidate for congress. Unfortunately, we all know that candidate is going to lose like woah because there’s no way they can afford to run and win in that media market. It won’t be Nathan Smith and it won’t be Patrick Hughes. [Amanda Van Benschoten]

Pro-tip: When you break into a home in Kentucky, the resident can and will likely shoot you. [H-L]

Mitch McConnell is so worried that the White House might do exactly what he would do that he just can’t stand it. [Politico]

And now he’s admitting that President Barack Obama could pull off recess appointments that frighten him so much. [FDL]

Really, you have to roll your eyes at this state purchase of a mega amount of land for millions of dollars from a major political donor. [John Cheves]

70% of America is dreading the 2012 presidential campaign. Americans would rather pull out their eye teeth than suffer through another election. [Wonkette]

Are Republicans flirting with fratricide? A sudden departure from civility (what?) could damage them in 2012. [The Economist]

A survey of 29 cities shows hunger has risen in most of them in the last year and is largely expected to increase in 2012 as the United States faces a sluggish economy, the U.S. Conference of Mayors said on Thursday. [Reuters]

Nothing to see here, everything is puppies and rainbows! Fitch has downgraded its ratings of seven of the world’s largest banks, citing challenging financial markets. [BBC]

Go ahead and grab your ankles, though, because you know everybody is going to lurch to the far right. They’re all gonna claim – like Mittens Romney – that massing welfare cuts won’t hurt the poor. [HuffPo]

What the heck happened in Oldham County yesterday? Two dead and another shot? [WLEX18]

Joe Gerth wrote a three-page piece about governors and their lieutenants. It brought up a promise from Daniel Mongiardo that Steve Beshear would eventually experience a blow-up. We hear Mongiardo continues to claim that very thing. Who wants to bet he’ll eventually be responsible for causing it? [C-J/AKN]

The editorial board (Hi, Keith!) once again proves its disconnection from reality by alleging that Jack Conway actually campaigned. The reality: Jack sat on his hands until the last week or so. That means Todd P’Pool lost to a guy who didn’t even campaign. And what the hell is with the sexist focus on Alison Lundergan Grimes? These folks need to have the guts to use their names when making shit up. [C-J/AKN]

Today at 10:00 A.M. Central time, Lt. Governor Dan Mongiardo will attend the Lyon County Elementary Veterans Day Program. [Press Release]

It’s hilarious watching Mitch McConnell have his folks call up press outlets in Warshington to pretend he had anything to do with Jamie Comer’s win in Kentucky. The reality is Jamie won because of the Democrats who supported him and for no other reason. He likely would have had 100,000 more votes if he hadn’t pulled that teabagger girl onboard and lied about doing so. [Roll Call]

Northern Kentucky seems nonplussed that Jack Conway won reelection and folks are calling him out to do more than pretend to have his hand in cybercrime. [Amanda Van Benschoten's Replacement]

Subsidies for fossil fuels are six times greater than those for renewable energy. And you wonder why your kids have asthma and why we can’t have nice things. [Bloomberg]

Major Pee Alert: mouth-breathers now claiming Evil Secret Muslin President Barack Obama is waging a jihad on Christmas trees. [Wonkette]

Half of Americans think Republicans are intentionally obstructing economic recovery efforts. Probably because they are and Mitch McConnell admits as much. [Daily Kos]

The only person dumber than Sexytime Herman Cain (okay, Sarah The Quitter Palin and Michele Beard Bachmann aside) is Rick Perry. He doesn’t know the name of the current governor of Texas and doesn’t remember his own talking points. [HuffPo]

Here’s your morning moment of outrage: remains of war dead were dumped in a landfill. For years. [WaPo]

The federal government reopened public access to a database of malpractice claims and damages paid by doctors, with new restrictions that would prohibit using it in any way to identify the physicians. [Reuters]

Sexytime Herman Cain’s chief of staff is just as gross as he is. Maybe even more so. Now he’s under fire for just cold making shiz up. [The Hill]

David Williams does have enough support to remain Senate President. But he needs to start prepping Jimmy Higdon to take over in a couple years. Higdon’s the best they’ve got and he’s not going to cave when it comes to doing the right thing. [H-L]

Are your eyes rolling back in your head? It’s because of all of the out-of-staters trying to talk about Kentucky when they clearly haven’t a clue. The fact that they think Kentucky is in play in 2012 is earth-shatteringly hilarious. [Deep Outsider Failures]

We hear there were a whole lot of hookers who got paid handsomely last night by both Democrats and Republicans. [Deep Hooker Thoughts]

Miss last night’s election results? Check the final numbers out. [Page One]

Here’s how the out-of-state press is looking at Steve Beshear’s win over David Williams. [CNN, Chicago Tribune, Politico, LA Times, WaPo]

The outsiders apparently think Ben Chandler has a tough row to hoe in 2012 and they’re probably right. Candy Barr is going to give him a run for his money and will likely teabag him often. [USA Today]

First the gays came to redecorate. Then they came to make everybody vote. Might as well scare the bejeebers out of meemaw and poppop. [Wonkette]

Sexytime Herman Cain and his gross campaign manager are now just making shiz up about people. This is the dumbest thing we’ve heard in a week. [HuffPo]

Who will be the next federal judge from the Western District of Kentucky? The delegation to make the nomination is silent. It’s absolutely hilarious that Jennifer Moore is campaigning for the job. [C-J/AKN]

200 people are being laid off with a plant closure in Barbourville. Yet another instance of all those jobs Steve Beshear has “created.” [H-L]

Ohio rejected the right-wing ignorance of limiting the rights of organized labor. You can expect the same outcome here in the Commonwealth if any mouth-breathers try to pull that stunt. [NY Times]

President Barack Obama says his biggest task remaining is to “fix” U.S. politics. That’s just not possible at this stage of the game. [Reuters]

If Bill Clinton can admit when he’s wrong or doesn’t know something, why can’t people like Mitch McConnell and Ben Chandler? [Politico]

Louisville has bridge problems, Lexington has parking garage problems. The Phoenix garage in Lexington was closed yesterday after a safety consultation with structural engineers. [H-L]

Papaw Beshear is apparently erasing the god gap for Republican voters. Would that be because he has shilled 24/7 for crap like the Ark Park while pretending to be some churchgoing saint? [Peter Smith]

The White House dismissed Mitch McConnell’s move on jobs as disingenuous. No one in Kentucky is surprised by that, to say the least. [WaPo]

Lt. Dan says he’s taking time away from politics after his term in office ends. Primarily because there’s nothing else he could run for. And he wants more attention than he could get running for congress. [WKYT]

Alabama’s racist immigration law is working so well that its crops are just cold rotting. Now we’re all going to starve as a result of the mouth-breathers. [Wonkette]

Now psychjob Michele Bachmann says “bullying is wrong.” After all kinds of suicides and, you know, some serious sinking in the polls. [HuffPo]

President Barack Obama has waived penalties on countries employing child soldiers again. Because that will surely help him hold onto the Democratic vote. [Foreign Policy]

Nearly a ton of marijuana was found during a drug bust in Lexington yesterday. How many cops are still high today? [WLEX18]

The Obama Administration is slowly waking up to the threat posed by restrictive voter identification laws but there’s probably nothing it can do. [TPM]

Now the Department of Energy wants to allow states to control fracking? That means even more of Kentucky will be decimated because people like Steve Beshear don’t give a shit. [Politico]

With turd burglar Chris Christie out of the race, which crazy Republican will win the nomination? Will Sarah The Quitter Palin come out of hiding? [NY Times]

Cannon Patrick Mongiardo was born September 28 at 5:17 p.m. Both mom and baby boy are doing well.

“I have a son now,” said Lt. Governor Mongiardo. “Allison and big sister Kathryn are doing fine. I just feel so blessed again.”

The Lt. Governor says he plans to spend the next few days playing Mr. Mom as his wife recovers and the family gets acclimated to having two children in the home.

If they were smart, they’d pull a stunt or two like a certain former Lt. Governor and take advantage of the taxpayers for free childcare.

Here’s what Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo had to say about ziplining across the Red River Gorge yesterday: “We are excited to add another aspect of tourism excitement to Kentucky,” said Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo. “Adventure tourism is an economic plus for Eastern Kentucky and projects like this one will offer something unique and different that will bring people to a part of the Commonwealth not usually traveled.” [Press Release]

Here’s yet another take on the Medicaid manage care contracts pushed by Steve Beshear. Wonder how much campaign cash he pocketed from folks who work at those companies? [Ronnie Ellis]

The EPA has unveiled new standards for coal-fired power plants and the Kentucky Coal Association isn’t happy. The KCA is pushing anti-natural gas stories left and right. [HuffPo]

Really, everybody in Kentucky is just cold freaking the flip out over the new EPA pollution plan. [H-L]

Reforming the educational reformers? Uh? [NY Times]

Capital and companies from China are taking over Europe. It’s like the red invasion of worldwide business. [The Economist]

Some states still leave low-income students behind. Others are making surprising gains. [Pro Publica]

While this is probably a good idea, the fact that Greg Stumbo sent out a self-serving press release about the matter to friendly outlets totally ruins it. [C-J/AKN/Dying Rag]

Uh, really, University of Kentucky? What’s it cost to cremate someone? Probably less than the lawsuit you filed over an unclaimed body. Show some damn compassion, jesus h. [H-L]

Why can’t these folks just admit they’re afraid of a black guy being in the White House and be done with it? [The Hill]

Of course worries on the debt ceiling bubble beneath the surface. It’s why everyone is just cold freaking out. [Reuters]

A new school is about to be bid in Robertson County. So keep your eyes peeled for rigging and all kinds of taxpayer scandals involving folks who want to make a quick buck. [Ledger-Independent]

Guess which newspaper still hasn’t issued a retraction or made a correction. [Deep Newspaper Failures]

Some dude named Bill Johnson, desperate for attention, says he’s going to file an ethics complaint against Elaine Walker and the Board of Elections or file a case in court because homeless people shouldn’t be allowed to vote. [Press Release]

Mitch McConnell complains more than us. Goodness gracious. [ABC News]

To say the least, David Williams has expressed doubt about Steve Beshear’s handling of Medicaid. He expects papaw to do a fly-around over the whole ordeal. [Jack Brammer]

Coupling trade with worker aid. “Free trade” is yet another issue Barack Obama has flipped on. [The Economist]

California legislators passed a bill that requires teaching the historical accomplishments of gay men and women. Kentucky’s governor won’t even say the word “gay.” [Reuters]

Crazy Ron Paul wants to abolish the Transportation Security Administration. Because that makes so much sense. [The Hill]

At the same time the TSA is warning airlines of “human bombs” here in the United States. Perfect timing, Ron Paul! [Politico]

Teens killing teens because of homophobia and ignorance. Way to go, America. [BBC]

There’s a difference between President Barack Obama’s Libya policy and President George W. Bush’s torture policy. Different kinds of wrong. [Slate]

Today Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo will zipline across the Red River Gorge. We cannot wait for footage and photos of that. [Press Release]

Hearing Mitch McConnell decry government spending is like hearing Hal Rogers say he’s not a fan of pork. [Scott Wartman]

There’s no consensus emerging with Lexington’s council to override any of Mayor Jim Gray’s spending vetoes. So why the heck were they spending cash to begin with? [H-L]