You’ll pee a little bit when you see this ‘Mitt Romney is a serial killer’ ad from Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC. It’s narrated by John Lithgow. Truly pee-worthy. [Wonkette]

Wondering why Greg Fischer gets away with nearly everything he bungles? Because 90% of people are likely as out-of-touch with reality as this individual who doesn’t think it’s a big deal to charge $20 to hear a mayor’s annual State of the City Address. [The 'Ville Voice]

Interesting to watch the Republican presidential candidates foam at the mouth about how wrong extended unemployment benefits are. [HuffPo]

How you gonna write a story about Justified and not mention that Kentuckian William Mapother is appearing in the show? And a pro-tip: the show isn’t filmed in California for financial reasons – because Kentucky has a tax credit program that more than makes up for any savings. It’s filmed in California because these folks are afraid to work in Eastern Kentucky. [H-L]

This isn’t just specific to the gays. Society doesn’t care as much about its seniors as it does its youth. [David Mixner]

The United States Department of Agriculture is considering closing 131 Farm Service Agency offices around the country, and five Kentucky counties could be affected. They are: Bullitt, Green, Jackson, Lee, Whitley. [WFPL]

Papaw Beshear’s budget address tonight and you can bet he’ll have to backtrack on everything he said during the campaign about Kentucky’s economy being puppies and rainbows. [WTVQ]

Folks in Bowling Green are paying close attention. Because you can also bet a lot’s going to have to be done in that part of the state over redistricting to make the budgetary changes feel like less of an eff you. [BGDN]

Any predictions on how many times casino gambling will be mentioned tonight? Because Tom Loftus paints a pretty bleak picture. [C-J/AKN]

Economists are right. Casinos are not a cure-all for state budget nightmares. They’re just a bit of a needed boost. [Bluegrass Politics]

The Ernie Fletcher pardoning that so rocked this Commonwealth just a few years ago has reared its ugly head again in this Haley Barbour story. [TIME]

It’s only a matter of time until sponsors of Kentucky’s welfare drug testing bill get arrested for DUI or for snorting coke off a prostitute’s butt. Right? Because we’re back in the good ole boy days again. Right? [HuffPo]

Remember Christine “I am not a witch” O’Donnell? She endorsed Mormon cultist Mitt Romney because, “He’s been consistent since he changed his mind.” Hahaha. [Wonkette]

Stan Lee isn’t just afraid of having a homo moment, he’s not just keep on defending people who kill babies (parking garage disaster), he’s not content with having Breck Girl hair and a creepy rat on his lip. He’s so afraid of Mexicans that he wants to force all employers to verify their status. [84WHAS]

It’s a shame newspapers have to sue the state for illegally withholding information from public records regarding child death investigations. Steve Beshear should be absolutely ashamed. Unfortunately, those same newspapers will let him shirk any and all responsibility. [H-L]

Steve Beshear has offered no details about proposed gambling legislation because he hasn’t yet created it. It’s also interesting to watch Greg Stumbo work with David Williams to trash the governor while pretending to support Beshear. [Joe Gerth]

Lexington’s fire chief finally gave up. He’s going to stop pushing for a disability pension from the city. [WKYT]

Yes, a Gingrich nomination will drive away voters. People aren’t going to support some gasbag who cheated on his wife as she was dying. [WaPo]

Don’t tell mouth-breathers like Stan Lee that Attorney General Eric Holder has signaled a tough review of racist state laws on voting. [NY Times]

Here come the pussy Democrats caving to Mitch McConnell on taxing millionaires fairly. You get what you vote for. [Reuters]

Ernie Fletcher regretted showing up to the inauguration the second Steve Beshear opened his mouth. [Joe Arnold]

This is apparently an important news headline: Lack of Coal References in Beshear Inauguration Speech Not Surprising. [WFPL]

Congressman John Yarmuth is speaking out about reckless spending and a lack of accountability: “It’s astonishing that we still can’t get a full accounting of the Pentagon,” Congressman Yarmuth said. “With automatic cuts to defense coming because of the super committee’s failure, we need to know how to responsibly eliminate wasteful spending.” [Press Release]

Indianapolis is freaking out that it’s Gannett beast newspaper is suffering death at the hands of the Gannett beast paper in Kentucky. [The 'Ville Voice]

Thought it’d be a good idea to take a look at all the crap Steve Beshear’s done in an attempt to get votes, primarily doling out checks and claiming credit for jobs the media proved he hasn’t created:

Yep, there were way more but we decided to limit it to 200 instances. Yep, we spent way too much time getting the transitions just right – tried hard to make you want to puke.

How bout that?

Isn’t it nearly mind-blowing to hear Beshear say all of those things about ethics and corruption? Only to know that he’s single-handedly done everything he accused Ernie of doing?

Political firings, illegal campaign contributions, questionable special interest funding, wasting state tax dollars, allowing staff to get away with illegal and corrupt behavior, running around the state trying to explain things away.

Just mind-boggling.

Greg Fischer is hyping his 2-minute conversation with the president but he doesn’t get to ride on Air Force One with him like John Yarmuth, someone who doesn’t embarrass Louisville: “The closure of this major transportation artery in Louisville has not only caused substantial hardship for commuters and local businesses, but has disrupted transportation and commerce for the entire region. I am eager to discuss its impact as well as the critical need for infrastructure investment in Kentucky,” said Congressman Yarmuth. [Press Release]

Oh, look who it is. Jacking around with yet another situation in Harlan that he has no business messing with. You’d think getting in trouble with the OAG would be enough to stop it but nope. At least Bill Estep knew better than to take him seriously. And you see that, folks? The prosecutor is already investigating it as a hate crime, despite what this guy claims. So quit acting like everybody in Eastern Kentucky is a giant homophobe. [H-L]

We hear Steve Beshear is spreading his campaign cash out to the other Democrats – primarily Jack Conway, who has completely given up. What are you kids hearing? That’s sure to piss some mega donors off. [Deep Campaign Thoughts]

Republicans always pull these hypocritical stunts. Complaining about green energy funds while begging to get them for their own districts. [HuffPo]

Here’s a story about catfeesh noodling that mentions Ernest Lee Fletcher. How embarrassing. [Cincinnasti.com]

This is a really great article about Matthew Barzun’s fundraising efforts for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. Republicans could learn a thing or two from him. Regardless of politics, Kentucky should be proud one of its own is doing this. [Bloomberg]

If Ben Chandler said there was no wrongdoing when he was Attorney General, we’re wondering why this is still an issue. We’re also wondering why it’s a bigger deal than Kentucky Central– which so many liberals and Democrats want swept under the rug and forgotten. [H-L]

Here’s how the state’s lesser and crumbling newspaper covered the ordeal. [C-J/AKN]

Wonder how many hours Mitch McConnell will spend complaining about Barack Obama being in his own backyard discussing jacked up bridges? [WaPo]

Republicans are why the economy cannot have nice things. Or, really, it’s the Democrats. Because Democrats never, ever fight back. Unless you count eating their own as fighting back. Or eating a giant coconut cake. [Wonkette]

A new dineysore was discovered that lived umpteen zillion years ago. Mouth-breathers still say the earth is only 5,000-years-old. [Plosone]

The discovery was made in Utah, where mouth-breathers still freak out over the Middle East. [HuffPo]

We thought Rand Paul was askeerd of our Kenyan Overlord? He’s taking a ride on Air Force one with him. [WKYT]

Let’s dig in…

Kentucky Democratic Republican Party

• $339,960.09 raised
• $105 in unitemized contributions officially reported – along with a strange entry for $10,586 in unitemized contribs from Dollars For Democrats
• $161,709.95 spent
• $489,392.16 on-hand at the close of reporting period
• $9,500 came from political organizations and PACs

Notable Contributions

• Dan Jones $2,500
• Larry Zielke $10,000
• Fletcher Indictee Keith Hall $12,500
• John Y. Brown III $1,000
• Tim Mulloy $6,000
• Frank Shoop $10,000
• Tom Conway $2,500
• Charlie Moore $10,000
• Danny Briscoe $1,000
• Edie Bingham $1,000
• Tracy Farmer $10,000

Surely we’re not the only folks who think it is beyond bizarre for Hall to give a giant wad of cash to the KDP.

Notable Disbursements

• $130,965.47 on staff
• $4,563.85 on telephone & internet
• $2,740.02 on travel – Including $120.99 for Steve Beshear to stay at Hampton Inn
• $14,064.87 on equipment, supplies, rent
• $4,149.54 on food & events
• $1,331.36 on printing
• $610.74 on postage
• $4,500 on advertising

The Commonwealth plans to seek more Race to the Top dollars. Need we even be cynical on that front? [WFPL]

Bill Clinton is spot on. There’s no reason for Barack Obama to blink at Republicans. [HuffPo]

That’s right – Steve Beshear is mum on plans to cut nearly $170 million from the state budget. What will he do? There was a $131 million shortfall in FY 2011 and he stiffed teachers and state workers. So what do you think he’ll do this time around? [H-L]

We hear Todd P’Pool raised $91,000 at a small Louisville event on Friday. Does this mean he really is stepping up the game against Jack Conway? [Deep AG Thoughts]

Independence Day weekend in Kentucky never disappoints. Wow. A guy stabbed his girlfriend with a pitchfork and used a jar of peanut butter to beat her. [H-L]

A Kentucky State University graduate is the new head of Thailand. [CBS]

What is it with Michele Bachmann and other teabaggers thinking non-whites can’t perform as well as them? The fact that this delusional woman thinks she can do a better job as President than, well, anyone else is bizarre. [HuffPo]

Todd P’Pool’s getting a ton of attention in Western Kentucky (and in Louisville, as noted above) and that can’t be solid news for Jack Conway. Unless he decides to actually campaign. [BGDN]

How much do states really spend on Medicaid? Ernie Fletcher makes an appearance in this story. [NPR]

Tell me this doesn’t make you laugh: “Inside the Boehner/McConnell Bromance.” [NY Magazine]

One has to wonder if Mitch McConnell is truly aware of his teabagger problems. [The Hill]

A commission in Bowling Green will vote today to determine whether or not the Bowling Green Terra-ists will be tried there. [WLEX18]

Even the Jewish press recognize that Steve Beshear/Jonathan Miller are dragging that horseshiz out. Otherwise they wouldn’t use David Williams’ quote without taking it out of context. [JTA]

Why not redact the personally identifying information in this David Williams investigation and release the documents? And which one of these “interested parties” is someone sought out by Jennifer Moore and the KDP? [H-L]

Laaaawd jesus Rod Blagojevich was convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat. [TPM]

Feeling sadistic? Read this story about Michele Bachmann being well-positioned for Iowa and maybe beyond. [CNN/Peter Hamby]

Police officers in Hazard fear criminals will know the laws better than they do. Maybe they should, you know, learn the law, then? [WKYT]

URGENT BREAKING IMPORTANT NEWS: Richie Farmer spent $40 on candy – as much as $19.57 in two days. Yes, I’m serious, KDP sent out an urgent press release to be published by the mainstream. Meanwhile, the KRDP conveniently ignores $85,000 in airplane expenses for which Steve Beshear is responsible. Woops. [Joe Gerth]

Lexington was ranked the most sedentary “city” in the United States. We’re shocked that it wasn’t Louisville. [Baltimore Sun]

How cute! Jeremy Horton got a $60,000 appointment from Steve Beshear as a “policy advisor.” Funny how that works – especially since Crit Luallen said the agency was jacked up and wasted boatloads of cash. Guess Jonathan Miller is still getting his pals jobs. [H-L]

Here’s what the RPK had to say about Jerry Abramson yesterday: There is no telling how high this number will climb. It is astonishing that Steve Behsear chose this man as his running mate when his record shows nothing but a black hole of reckless, disrespectful and arrogant spending. This $214,000 is merely a preview for the spending show we will endure if a Beshear-Abramson administration rules our commonwealth. Jerry Abramson fooled us once, so shame on him. He won’t get the chance to fool us twice,” said Steve Robertson. [Press Release]

The Pentagon confirmed yesterday that people are still getting kicked out of the military for being gay. And you wonder why the military can’t have nice things. [The Advocate]

Food bank shortages around the country are surprisingly leading to innovation. [NPR]

Businesses are learning to serve the growing number of hard-up Americans. Which basically means people are getting fatter and are buying crappier stuff. [The Economist]

Forgot to mention that Steve Beshear praised Ernie Fletcher for his initial action(s) to bring the World Equestrian Games to Kentucky. [H-L]

Coal pollution has gotten worse in Kentucky after an agreement with the state. That’s right – it’s gotten worse. [Ronnie Ellis]

Can President Barack Obama recapture the 2008 campaign energy? Of course not. [Politico]

Republican Party of Kentucky Chairman Steve Robertson questioned Jack Conway for the 15th Day: “Last night, Jack Conway took to a stage in Frankfort and delivered a bunch of the same old political rhetoric,” said Robertson. “What you didn’t hear from him were the answers to the questions that have been swirling around this controversy for months. Jack Conway had a perfect opportunity to come clean, and he blew it.” [Press Release]

Irrational exuberance has returned to the internet world. Should investors beware? [The Economist]

Yesterday’s primary in Kentucky got very little national play. But here’s a look from a Washington outlet that paid loose attention. [WaPo]

The U.S. Senate refuses to eliminate massive tax breaks for big oil. You can thank Mitch McConnell for continuing to ruin everything. [NY Times]

Obesity could be a big factor in kids’ daytime sleepiness. Yet another reason not to let your kids get fat. [NPR]

Gas drilling companies hold data needed by researchers to assess the risks to water quality. [Pro Publica]

Looks like Ernest Lee and Glenna are selling their fancy Franklin County home to move to Lexington. [State Journal]

Papaw and Jane Beshear are holding eleven million pressers this week to dole out checks. Gotta campaign on the state dime, see. [Press Release]

Wait. Now the teabagger gubernatorial candidate says he lost because he didn’t have any campaign cash. [Dave Catanese]

Hilda Legg still refuses to concede her loss to some dude named Bill Johnson. Guess it’s tougher to lose to some dude than it is to Alison Lundergan Grimes. [H-L]

DMD Data Systems, Inc. of Frankfort was honored by the Small Business Administration today as one of 2011′s Small Business Week State Winners. [Press Release]

Here’s a look at Elaine Nogay Walker’s hometown newspaper at her loss to Alison Lundergan Grimes. [BGDN]

What happens when you say rude things about the gays? The gays show up and throw a big ole thing of glitter all over you. [Wonkette]

Unfortunately, Senator Williams hasn’t stopped his false, misleading attacks on Kentucky’s schoolchildren, teachers and law enforcement. Instead, he has doubled down on his misleading rhetoric and cheap political stunts to court extremists prior to the Republican primary.

Bill Hyers

What was that, again, about cheap political stunts? *cough* Flying around the state for two days… *cough* ??

If that hypocrisy isn’t ripe enough for you, well, here’s a bit from a July 13, 2007 Associated Press story about Ernest Lee Fletcher calling a special session:

“Beshear accused Fletcher of failing to win consensus among lawmakers before calling the session, resulting in ‘wasted chaos’ at a cost to taxpayers.”

Mmmm hmmm. I know that’s right.