Occasionally, Frankfort does something in a bipartisan manner. Here’s hoping their bipartisanship on the prescription drug nightmare in Kentucky is genuine. [H-L] Health departments across Kentucky are facing cuts amid growing demand. Legislators just kind of roll their eyes at the situation. [Debby Yetter] The long-term unemployment situation in America just got a lot worse. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Health Care'
How Badly Will Frankfort Ruin Kentucky Today?
February 7th, 2012 · 3 Comments
Tags: Budget · Campaign Finance · Discrimination · Economy · Giving Back · Hal Rogers · Health Care · Humor · Jobs · KY-4 · Presidential Race · Stats · Steve Beshear · Taxes · Wasted Money
Miss Ruth Ann Palumbo Is Getting Off Scott-Free
February 6th, 2012 · 5 Comments
Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd said about an hour ago that he hopes to issue a ruling in the redistricting case sometime tomorrow. [Frankfort Hot Mess] Kentucky doesn’t discriminate against the gays who want to adopt children, thanks to David Williams and bitter coward Bob Stivers. But Virginia sure does. [HuffPo] Small pharmacies across Kentucky [...]
Tags: Corruption · David L. Williams · Discrimination · Eastern Kentucky · Greg Fischer · Health Care · Humor · The Gays · Wasted Money
We Don’t Much Buy The Positive Economic Hype
February 3rd, 2012 · No Comments
You should probably read the White House statement on the employment situation in January. But don’t forget that it’s not as puppies and rainbows as it looks. [White House] The hair of the dog. Does a bit more debt keep the economic recovery on track? [The Economist] The Indianapolis stadium deal is souring and you [...]
Tags: Economy · Greg Fischer · Health Care · Jobs · Journalism · Kentucky Business · Kentucky Tourism · Law Enforcement · Presidential Race · Richie Farmer · Stats
This Is Why Health Care Can’t Have Nice Things
February 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments
When you think of a committee of community leaders who should oversee a review at the University of Louisville Hospital, is this what comes to mind? University Hospital’s governing board announced Thursday that hospital operations will be reviewed to address questions about their “strengths and vulnerabilities” raised during debate over a proposed merger. A consultant [...]
Tags: Health Care · UofL · Wasted Money
Damon Thayer Is About To Pop A Forehead Vein
February 3rd, 2012 · No Comments
Openness is urgent in the push for gambling. This stacking the deck business should cease. Great to see a mainstream paper call out both the Governor and Princess Damon Thayer for their unethical shenanigans. This wouldn’t be an issue if Kentucky had real ethics regulations. [H-L] Another grocery store in the poorer end of Bowling [...]
Tags: Corruption · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Education · FEAR! · Flashback · Gambling · Health Care · Hypocrisy · Kentucky Business · Kentucky Tourism · Law Enforcement · Mainstream · Presidential Race · Steve Beshear
Papaw & Princess Damon Are Suddenly At Odds
February 2nd, 2012 · 2 Comments
No, you’re not shocked that an intelligence study links low IQ to prejudice, racism and conservatism. And by conservatism, they mean fearmongering. [HuffPo] A million dollar lottery ticket was sold in Frankfort. Probably to some dirtbag legislator who will use it to buy more hookers and coke. [H-L] Steve Beshear says the gambling amendment is [...]
Tags: Contest · Discrimination · Economy · Education · Gambling · Giving Back · Health Care · Jobs · Mainstream · Presidential Race · Stats · Steve Beshear
Nope, We Didn’t See Our Shadows This Morning
February 2nd, 2012 · 1 Comment
Okay, Richie Farmer applying for unemployment benefits is insane. Is he snorting oxy or what? What the hell is wrong with this guy? [Wow] Come on. What is he snorting? What the hell is wrong with this man? [WKYT] Steve Beshear says shutting down pill mills is a top legislative priority. But it most certainly [...]
Tags: Discrimination · Education · Health Care · Humor · Hypocrisy · Kentucky Business · Presidential Race · Richie Farmer · Steve Beshear · The Gays · Wasted Money
Who Will Fight The Poors On Lonnie’s Behalf?
February 1st, 2012 · 3 Comments
Lonnie Napier is just cold tired of the poors and the minorities getting their welfare checks without having to be tested for drugs. So he is retiring and taking up a full-time position of yelling at people to get off his lawn. [Ryan Alessi] Looks like Kentucky is going to get a No Child Left [...]
Tags: Congress · Discrimination · Education · Greg Fischer · Health Care · Humor · Journalism · Military · Poverty · Presidential Race · Steve Beshear · Wasted Money
It’s A Really Big Day For Flashbacks In Kentucky
January 31st, 2012 · 4 Comments
Bob Gunnell, who loves to tell people he “left” Peritus because they didn’t support Steve Beshear (they’re “close friends,” you know) enough, is focused on keeping a select few super-wealthy people in Louisville’s Mockingbird Valley from having to see any poor people using sidewalks. And he’s focused on trash talking the folks who support making [...]
Tags: Corruption · Eastern Kentucky · Election 2011 · Flashback · Greg Fischer · Health Care · Jack Conway · KY-4 · Mainstream Mistake · Mitch McConnell · Poverty · Steve Beshear · Taxes
Mainstream Ignores Significance Of Mongiardo Statement On Redistricting Flustercuck
January 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Today former Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo blasted the nasty redistricting process in Kentucky. He hit Steve Beshear, praised Kathy Stein and pointed out the shenanigans with Alice Forgy Kerr. [Page One] 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] [...]
Tags: Adam Edelen · Dan Mongiardo · Death Penalty · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Education · Health Care · Presidential Race · Rand Paul · Taxes · UofL







