Two big reasons why Rand Paul’s ideas about addressing the drug problem in Eastern Kentucky are completely bogus and not based in reality. [Here & Here]
July food stamp participation in Kentucky jumped another one percent. Up 7,500 since June for a total of 794,818. 794,848! [Ugh]
Things aren’t looking too swell for Jack Conway in [...]

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Today Governor Steve Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear joined the Commission on Women in celebration of Women’s Equality Day.
Here’s the proclamation the governor signed:
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“Although we have made great strides in becoming the fair and just society the suffragists once envisioned, gender and ethnic inequalities persist,” said Gov. Beshear. “We must continue their [...]

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Jim Newberry wants his problems to go away. Unfortunately for him, that’s not going to happen. [H-L]
Jerry Abramson accidentally told the truth about the World Equestrian Games’ impact on Louisville. He says estimates are inflated. [The 'Ville Voice]
How does health care reform impact Kentucky? A new fact sheet has been released by [...]

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Aren’t you proud of the folks who hate brown people, Kentucky?
Cause they were on national television last night:

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A new 500-acre strip mine in Harlan County sounds like a good idea, right? It’s not like Eastern Kentuckians care about their surroundings. [KFTC]
Welcome to Mayfield where brown people aren’t welcome. FEAR! TERRA! PROTECT OUR WHITE WOMEN! [B&P]
Jack Conway finally released his personal financial disclosure. $263,500 from Kinder Morgan Energy. [...]

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I’ll be the first person to tell you mountaintop removal is a fucking disaster and will ruin Kentucky. And we should, indeed, move away from coal when we can. But pulling out of the WEG because of king coal sponsorship? How bout pulling out because it’s too expensive for the common folk to [...]

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I’m pretty sure you want to win tickets to see the Actors Theatre production of The Kite Runner. So you should enter to win. [Page One]
Haha, Jim Newberry’s city hall is a tower of irony and confusion. Lexington’s never-ending nightmare reigns supreme. [H-L]
Are Americans really this ignorant? 43% don’t know what religion the [...]

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Maybe some day Kentucky Farm Bureau will wake up and quit it with the silly discrimination. [Page One]
What do you mean Jack Conway suddenly wants to be the prince of cable teevee? Maybe they should try debating exclusively in Kentucky instead of outside the state. Just a thought. [Bluegrass Politics]
Okay, you should never [...]

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Tomorrow at 10:15 A.M., the Fairness Campaign – along with several supporting organizations – will launch an awareness campaign focused on Kentucky Farm Bureau’s discriminatory and unjust policies.
For a quick refresher:

KY Farm Bureau Admits Discrimination, Media Ignores It [September 18, 2007]
Todd Eklof & Kentucky Farm Bureau: Vindication [September 19, 2007]
Reminder: Media Ignoring Discrimination by Kentucky [...]

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Will the state furlough plan get canned? No one I speak with seems to have a solid feel for how this will go. But come on – there’s no way they’re gonna get nixed, right? [Bluegrass Politics]
Doesn’t Nobama know? Muslin is not in the constitution! [Wonkette]
Jack Conway loves him some Elizabeth Warren. [...]

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