Comment on Kentucky will likely be a bit boring tonight on KET at 8:00 P.M. Eastern. But you should consider watching it anyway. Scheduled guests: Joe Gerth, Donna Groves, Amanda Van Benschoten’s replacement. [KET]

Can you imagine Steve Beshear – a man who can’t even say the word “gay” – doing this? Kansas Governor Sam Brownback apologized on Thursday to blacks for segregation in his state in the last century as he marked the anniversary of a ruling that struck down segregation in schools. [Reuters]

This is what you have to look forward to in the Fourth District, Kentucky! A candidate whois so embarrassingly ill-informed that a KET host has to school him and a candidate who wouldn’t know what hypocrisy was if it slammed into her special interest-driven face. [Page One]

The renewed focus on President Barack Obama’s controversial pastor is reviving the issue that neither presidential campaign wants to discuss directly: race. But the differing reactions Thursday from Obama aides and Romney officials to revelations about a planned ad campaign linking Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright shows that Obama has more to gain than Romney if race enters the 2012 campaign. [Politico]

Could this be the counter revolution? Fusty old retail banking faces its biggest shake-up in 200 years. [The Economist]

While you’re spending thousands of dollars on vacation this summer? Don’t forget those in Kentucky – especially children – who need your immediate help to avoid hunger. Yes, this is a real and serious problem in the Commonwealth. [FOX41]

This is the first story the Herald-Leader has run, really, about the 4th District Congressional race. And you wonder why voter turnout is going to be abysmal. [H-L]

Some obese white guys are freaking out over where President Barack Obama was born. Again. Because why not? [Wonkette]

Louisville makes this list of the most religious cities in America. Northern Kentucky also makes the list, kinda. [HuffPo]

One of Greg Fischer’s legacies will be the failure of Louisville Metro Animal Services. The latest embarrassing move (out of thousands – literally) only solidifies that. [The 'Ville Voice]

Let’s pretend this isn’t a complete waste of time and taxpayer dollars. Starsky, from Starsky & Hutch, was busted for having gross weed in Bowling Green. [WKYT]

Don’t miss Comment on Kentucky tonight at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on KET. Scheduled guests: Russ Cassady, Bill Estep, Tom Loftus. Sure to be a great show with Cassady – the editor of the Appalachian News-Express. [KET]

Steve Nunn’s attorney, Warren Scoville, finally ditched him. Could it be the recent national media attention? Or the lack of cash? [H-L]

This bootlegger story is one of the dumbest things we’ve read in a long time. Locking people up for having alcohol in a dry county. It’s 2012! [WKYT]

This foreigner maybe stole all of Jim Higdon’s Cornbread. This is why America can’t have nice things. [Daily Herald]

The legacy of unemployment will haunt the United States’ economy for years to come. [NYT]

Gay-hater Vernie McGaha endorsed Republican mark Polston to be his replacement in Frankfort. [WKYT]

You can’t even let your kid ride a bike in Richmond these days without it getting hit by a car. [Richmond Register]

Afghan commanders have refused more than a dozen times within the past two months to act on U.S. intelligence regarding high-level insurgents, arguing that night-time operations to target the men would result in civilian casualties, Afghan officials say. [WaPo]

KSP Commissioner shares a touching story about fallen trooper Mack Brady in honor of National Police Memorial Week. You should probably give this a read. [Rodney Brewer]

What the hell are these teabaggers going on about these days? Something about killing each other? The Paul Family and their pals sure are wonky. [Wonkette]

Yep, Linda Breathitt was appointed to the Public Service Commission to replace Charlie Borders. [Press Release & H-L]

What doesn’t smell right about Steve Beshear “promoting” the bourbon industry in Taiwan? [C-J/AKN]

Former Congresscritter Ron Lewis endorsed Gary Moore in the 4th District race for the U.S. Congress today. [Releases & Such]

Yeah, there’s absolutely no problem in America with bullying. Nothing to see here. Move along. [HuffPo]

Don’t miss Comment on Kentucky tonight at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on KET. Scheduled guests: Tom Loftus, Janet Patton, Amanda Van Benschoten. [KET]

Are you ready for this fancy Ben Sollee documentary? Get ready because it’s on its way. [Wooden Box]

Maybe some day the real reason for Reeeechie Farmer’s divorce will come out. A southeastern Kentucky bank has filed a foreclosure suit against former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer and his wife seeking more than $300,000 due on their mortgage loan of 2004. [WLEX18]

Once a woman beater, always a woman beater? Robby Albarado was arrested – again – for alleged domestic violence. [C-J/AKN]

Noted American humorist Dave Barry once remarked that the main jobs of a lieutenant governor are to wear a tie and call up the governor once a day to make sure he or she isn’t dead. [Wonkette]

Will this year’s presidential election determine whether a nasty dose of austerity can be avoided? [The Economist]

The gays in Lexington are getting their fancy t-shirts for free. From a company in Cincinnasti. [H-L]

Slowest internet speeds in the country? Kentucky isn’t even in the top ten for a change! [Click the Clicky]

Ever wondered what it’s like for a famous gay to take down Rush Limbaugh? Consider this your pee alert. [HuffPo]

Lawwwd, you can’t even go to Lexington these days without getting your purse snatched. You better warn your meemaw! [WKYT]

Hiring in the United States slows as more and more people are giving up their search for work. So don’t believe those unemployment numbers – people are just dropping from the rolls. [Reuters]

Here’s a damning story about the Ohio River Bridges Debacle in Louisville that you will never see in A Kentucky Newspaper. [News & Tribune]

Handing open-government advocates a partial victory in a better than decade-long battle, the Federal Communications Commission voted Friday to require major network affiliates in the top 50 TV markets to post information about their political ads online. [Sunlight Foundation]

Don’t miss Comment on Kentucky tonight at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on KET. Scheduled gusts: Ryan Alessi, Joe Gerth, Greg Stotelmyer. [KET]

A Senate investigation reveals that there is little evidence that torture produced anti-terror breakthroughs. [HuffPo]

Here’s your chance to win a copy of The Kentucky Derby. It’s all about the Run for the Roses becoming America’s premier sporting event. [Page One]

A southern Kentucky town is up in arms over a request by a local tavern to allow pole dancers to be paid for entertaining patrons at a bar straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee line. [WLEX18]

Can you imagine suing your dentist because he dropped a small screwdriver down your throat? Lawwwwd. Talk about an awesome surgery. [H-L]

Remember the Clay County magistrate who stabbed his wife earlier this week and then killed himself? The 911 tape has been released. This is one of the most shocking and tragic stories we’ve seen in months. [WKYT]

The Kentucky Supreme Court says universities can’t ban guns in staff and student vehicles on campus. [C-J/AKN]

The esteemed KARL ROVE & CO. firm is out with its first electoral map of the season, and whoo boy does it show some kinda landslide for Barack Obama, giving him approximately 700 electoral votes. All in a push to skeer meemaw and your racist poppop into throwing cash at him. [Wonkette]

Just like that, the White House caved an scrapped child labor farm rules. So you can get back to enslaving your children. [HuffPo]

You know you want to win a fancy copy of Jim Higdon’s Cornbread Mafia! Go enter ASAP and consider supporting his Kickstarter project to take the book on tour. Sunday’s the deadline! [Page One]

Of course some folks near Paducah plan to fly the confederate flag. Because that’s a really good idear and all. [WHAS11]

Steve Beshear is reading this story about whistleblower retaliation and taking notes. So his misadministration can continue to attach and demean people who blow the whistle on corruption. [HuffPo]

Thank goodness the Creation Museum got some fancy Facebook trolling captured. This is nice stuff. [CLICK THE CLICKY]

Best Tom Loftus headline ever: Angry Steve Beshear calls legislative special session for Monday. [C-J/AKN]

Don’t miss Comment on Kentucky tonight at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on KET. Scheduled guests: Jack Brammer, Greg Stotelmyer, Debby Yetter. [KET]

It’s official. There is a Muslim exemption to the First Amendment. If you’re a hatemonger and plan to kill people, you’re absolutely safe, though. [Boston.com]

Binack Nobama hates your mom and hopes she chokes on a Snickers as she hides in the bathroom to eat it. [Wonkette]

Whattya mean nearly everybody at Faux News is a racist twit? Get a lot of this latest tripe. [HuffPo]

Some Americans spend their tax refunds on high-tech gadgets and long-awaited vacations. Others use the cash to file for bankruptcy. Only in America. [USA Today]

Jack Conway is feigning upset over a prescription drug bill. At lease one media outlet used a quote from his press releases on the matter. [WFPL]

Steve Beshear has $323,000 remaining in his inaugural fund and he has to decide what to do with it. If he doesn’t give it all to tornado/disaster relief, something is horribly wrong with him. Though, most seem to think it’ll all roll to the KDRP so friends and supporters can be paid back. [C-J/AKN]

This 108-year-old Holocaust survivor discusses conquering hate. You should listen to her. Go watch the video. [HuffPo]

Sorry, Bill Bissett, there is no “balanced perspective” on coal here. Primarily because you’re paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to shill for coal, ignore facts and reality and act as if all media are out to get you. Nice that you didn’t disclose that a PR agency is on retainer to help you write pieces like this. [H-L]

President Barack Obama’s state re-election campaign headquarters opened in Louisville this weekend. Let’s just say a LOT fewer people showed up this year than in 2008. Primarily because the campaign absolutely does not matter in Kentucky. [FOX41]

Here’s a rare look inside the world’s biggest military expansion. That Chinese dragon has a lot of new teeth. [The Economist]

You’ll never fully know how many of your tax dollars are being spent on a massive vacation for those affiliated with Operation UNITE. The organization still refuses to disclose its detailed expenditures. [C-J/AKN]

Some homeowners are getting stuck with relatively high interest rates even after they participate in the government’s program to help them refinance their mortgages. The biggest banks are not lowering rates as much as they could be — and homeowners have few options to go elsewhere. [Pro Publica]

Oh, cute, it’s a teabagger claiming that President Barack Obama is responsible for the war on women. A war that, you know, has been waged by fat, white Republican men and Democrats in Kentucky for one hundred years. [HuffPo]

The charter schools folks say they’re continuing their fight. But they’ll never have progressives on board until they ditch people like Frank Simon’s cronies and actually bother trying to work with someone other than Republicans. [WFPL]

Only meemaws and people who wear long denim skirts love Thomas Kinkade. So let’s please stop talking about his Walmart art. [Wonkette]

One of the more extreme government abuses of the post-9/11 era targets U.S. citizens re-entering their own country, and it has received far too little attention. [Salon]

Aww, the mayor of Owensboro has his panties in a bunch over skateboarders and people who ride bikes. [WHAS11]

Before you get too excited about jobs recovery? Don’t forget how many of them are in the fast food industry which is currently suffering from massive wage declines. [HuffPocic]

Has the tea party become a Republican liability? Probably. At least, the teabaggers are a huge liability. [WaPo]

The amount of money coal industries poured into federal lobbying has increased since the fatal explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. [WFPL]

Don’t miss Comment on Kentucky tonight at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on KET. Scheduled guests: Bill Bryant, Al Cross, Tom Loftus. [KET]

Take a look at the Congressional art winners from John Yarmuth’s office. These youth really put a lot of effort into the contest. [The 'Ville Voice]

Here’s what President Barack Obama had to say about Easter today: This Sunday, Michelle and I will join Christians across the country and around the world to celebrate Easter and give thanks for the all-important gift of grace. Easter is a time to reflect on both Christ’s suffering and ultimate triumph, as the anguish of the cross continues to give way to the victory of resurrection. So to all those celebrating with us, we extend our warmest Easter greetings and best wishes in the days ahead. [Press Release]

What? Yet another big drug round-up in Eastern Kentucky? Way to make Kentucky look nice, folks. [WKYT]

This is how the foreigns look at the United States’ embarrassingly bad health care system. [The Economist]

Greg Fischer’s embarrassing handling of the Occupy Louisville shenanigans (which are equally embarrassing) made the AP wire and has spread like crazy. [H-L]

Another crazy teabagger legislator has flown off the handle yammering on about the New World Order and the Amero. Get your adult undergarment ready. You’re gonna pee. [Wonkette]

A new Bush-era torture memo that was released is raising questions about what has and hasn’t changed in Warshington. [HuffPo]

How do ordinary Americans spend their money? And how has spending changed over time? [NPR]

Dang. Turns out Ronnie Ellis is in the middle of some health stuff. Keep him in your thoughts! He’s a Kentucky original. [Support Ronnie Ellis]

Binack Nobama called John Calipari to congratulate him for a sports thing. The mouth-breathers will go crazy over that. [H-L]

Aw, the House GOP is feeling so lonely for its old boyfriend Earmarks that it is going around Congress quietly surveying friends to see how mad everyone would be if it got back together with Earmarks. [Wonkette]

Reeeeechie Farmer, proof that someone shouldn’t be elected because they played basketball, reaped 55,000 hotel rewards points after an agriculture convention. He went out of his way – and had his staff assist – to make sure he received the rewards points. How wonderful. [C-J/AKN]

Dear Republicans: Quit pretending that the Paul Ryan “budget” is better than a field of cow poop. Not many Americans think it’s the equivalent of a turd blossom, according to the latest polling data. [Daily Kos]

Who wants to bet Louisville media will pay more attention to the tornado damage in Dallas, Texas than they have the disaster that hit Eastern Kentucky? [HuffPo]

New rules look set to speed the move from coal to natural gas. So you know King Coal is going to go crazy during this year’s presidential election. [The Economist]

Stories like this one – involving an alleged meth head who died during a drug raid – lead meemaw and poppop to believe there’s some epidemic because you can still buy Claritin D without a doctor’s prescription. It’s called fear-mongering. [WKYT]

Rockcastle County voted to reject alcohol sales yesterday. It’s almost as if the people in that county don’t believe people will just drive 15 minutes to buy booze in another county? Way to screw yourself out of a mountain of tax revenue, Rockcastle County. [H-L]

Here’s how we think of Mittens Romney: mormon cultist, sister wives, car elevator in a fancy house, massive flip-flopping that his staff admits, ROMNEYCARE. It’s going to be fun talking about all of that in November. [White Salamander Fun Times]

Remember a year or two ago when we told you about the horsey lady at the University of Louisville thieving money? Now UofL is on a mission to try to recover the $460,000 she admits to stealing. They’ll never get it. Just like they never got all the cash back from Robert Felner. [C-J/AKN]

The Commonwealth of Kentucky can be thankful for at least two other states for making it seem somewhat intelligent. Pennsylvania is kicking tons of kids off the Medicaid rolls and the mouth-breathing governor or Tennessee is going to sign a bill allowing teachers to tell students that evolution is the devil’s work or something. [HuffPo & More HuffPo]

Remember how Rick Perry was insane during debates? Then you’ll probably pee a little bit when you read this story about him, well, peeing. [Wonkette]

Campaign finance on a federal level is about to get a lot more dicey after this fancy ruling. [HuffPo]

Did Lexington maybe burn to the ground last night? Because local media there is 100% focused on how crazy people behaved. [WKYT]

Ronnie Ellis must have completely disappeared from CNHI papers. Was he abducted? He’s been MIA since February 24. [Missing Journalist Alert]

Maybe Louisvillians would be less angry at their embarrassingly bad mayor if he was winning awards for something other than his use of FACEBOOK AND TWITTER? Jesus H. [FOX41]

What do you do when you’re the mayor of the state’s largest city and have egg all over your face for sinking that city’s animal services agency into the ground while covering it up? Promote a different story like crazy and pretend to love animals. That’s what. [The 'Ville Voice]

Now Rand Paul wants to tour tornado-ravaged areas of Eastern Kentucky. Pro-tip: It’s now April. [H-L]

Oh, here you go, the national press is laughing at Kentucky as it goes insane over a basketball game. [HuffPo]

Remember when Rand Paul was queening out about energy efficient light bulbs? Turns out efficiency is a huge deal in the rest of the world. [The Economist]

The Robert Felner culture of corruption continues at the University of Louisville. No one bats an eyelash. [Page One]

You know you have a serious problem in your state when your governor tells the press that a basketball victory will “help with economic development” and puts the state on an “international stage.” [Twitter]

Mitch McConnell is queening out yet again. This time? It’s bad for President Barack Obama to speak out about the Supreme Court but it’s okay for Mitch to do so. [Politico]

Don’t miss Comment on Kentucky tonight at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on KET. Scheduled guests: Bill Estep, Joe Gerth, Greg Stotelmyer. It’ll likely be boring this week but you don’t have anything else to do. Just drink bourbon and watch it. [KET]

Here’s a shocker: Kentucky made the Final Four in debt. That’s something else you can be proud of. [Business Week]

What was that, again, about forcing a prescription for Claritin D? Bob Stivers probably cried a little when he realized he couldn’t participate in the Hal Rogers Circlejerk with those shenanigans. You can still lawfully buy medications containing pseudoephedrine without a prescription in Kentucky. Thank goodness some common sense folks realized the gram limit should be lowered. [Bluegrass Politics]

Osama bin Forgotten’s widow is revealing new details about the al Qaeda leader’s life on the run. [HuffPo]

Who cares the most? Check out this graph of voter turnout rates in the most recent election in several countries. You won’t be happy with what you see. [Click the Clicky]

While this Earth Hour thing is a fancy idear? Steve Beshear’s decision to participate will end up costing taxpayers extra cash. Turning the lights off and back on actually costs more money than it does to leave them running. [WLEX18]

Sorry, Greg Fischer, there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell your “Cardinal Red Day” set a world record. You’re the damn laughingstock of the national mayoral scene and this doesn’t help matters. [WFPL]

Republicans have retreated on gay marriage because they’ve discovered they can’t profit from hating the gays politically. Pure and simple. And it doesn’t help that there are so many closet cases in Warshington. [Politico]

Eric Crawford wrote a special column for CNN about the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. It’s worth a read. [CNN]

You already know Michele Beard Bachmann is dumb as hell because it takes a special brand of stupid not to know that man is a screaming queen. But now she’s saying people without health insurance should be free to “roll the dice” of life. [Wonkette]

Mormon cultists just can’t help but throw millions of dollars at hating the gays (and non-whites, still?). You should expect much more from a cult that believes in some white salamander and in a human prophet or something. Sister wives, also. In 2008, Mitt Romney’s political action committee made a $10,000 donation to the National Organization of Marriage at a time when the anti-gay rights organization was seeking repeal of a California law legalizing marriage equality. [HuffPo]

A grand jury will review the murder case of an EKU student and Iraq war veteran. [H-L]