Today’s a holiday so I’m only going to post four or five times. Gotta use the rest of the day to get about a dozen meetings out of the way. This is what normal people commonly refer to as “vacation.” Dear gays who read me sometimes: Have you seen the movie The Conrad Boys? What [...]

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Daniel Mongiardo’s wild Afghanistan conspiracy theory is, uh, wild. [Barefoot & Progressive] The seven biggest lies about the alleged global warming hoax. [HuffPo] A celebrity chef dinner series will feature Kentucky Proud products at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. ['Ville Voice Eats] Ed Whitfield is now an Afghan war expert. [Jim Carroll] Kentucky [...]

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Ed “I Live In Florida” Whitfield’s votes on Cuba changed as tens of thousands of dollars in contributions rolled in. [Bluegrass Politics] That old man who filed to run for the U.S. Senate yesterday is batshiz insane, apparently. CHECK THIS MESS OUT! He published a copy of his birth certificate but I demand to see [...]

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Kentucky Republicans seem to be revolting against an anti-gambling mentality. [Paulick Report] You know they’re not gonna be happy with the proposed legislative session in December. [Page One] Poor women have no health care rights. Not before reform. Not after reform. Mitch McConnell’s worst nightmare totally gets it. [Marc Murphy Cartoon] Sorry, L.K. Williamson, but [...]

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Couldn’t say it better myself: Many of the House members in both parties who are most opposed to the health care reform legislation moving toward a historic vote represent districts where the share of residents without insurance exceeds the national average, often by substantial amounts. Kentucky’s uninsured are represented by people who stand squarely against [...]

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Todd Hollenbach has had 40 days to respond to an open records request. Unfortunately, he has gone out of his way to hide information he knows will make him the laughingstock of the country. Thankfully, the national watchdogs are paying attention. [Here & Here] The Commonwealth doesn’t track domestic violence data. Told you there was [...]

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Funny how Insight Communications will leave you nine voicemails in a row after you complain a little bit on the internet, isn’t it? It’d be a little less funny if they’d strive to make their services function as advertised. Maybe a little less funny if the hundreds of people I’ve heard from the past two [...]

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Tuesday we questioned whether or not Ed Whitfield was pretending to test the waters for a potential U.S. Senate bid. And we had some questions for his congressional staffer, who has taken a leave of absence: Couple notes: Jason Hasert is the guy who allegedly operates his toy train business/website from Whitfield’s congressional office computers. [...]

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What? Really? Check it: While much attention this spring has focused on next year’s U.S. Senate race and state legislative elections, it appears as though one Kentucky congressman may have his eye on the governor’s race that follows in 2011. An aide to U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Hopkinsville, recently purchased two Internet domain names – [...]

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Happy inaugural day, folks! We’re about to head to our fancy party for a bit so we thought we’d drop this final post for you to enjoy. The luncheon was a huge success with about 200 guests. Tonight at the Henry Clay should be even more fun. See ya there! In other news, the new [...]

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