What do Democrats do when they have a candidate in a special election they don’t want to be tied to Barack Obama? Have Obama’s CAMPAIGN MANAGER serve as a consultant on the race so the candidate is tied directly to the president. Smooth move. [Bluegrass Politics] Just how bizarre-o crazy is the NRCC? It published [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Military'
Lesson In Distancing Yourself From Barack Obama
May 17th, 2013 · No Comments
Tags: Barack Obama · Congress · Discrimination · Flashback · Hal Rogers · Health Care · Immigration · KDP · Military · Special Election · Steve Beshear
Is Hope For A Grimes Senate Candidacy Fading?
May 16th, 2013 · No Comments
What the hell is going on in Scott County These days? A chocolate lab named Darcy ended up at the Scott County Animal Shelter after her owner says she escaped from the yard. [WKYT] With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration [...]
Tags: Alison Grimes · Barack Obama · Economy · Environment · Gambling · Kentucky Tourism · Military · Mitch McConnell · Poverty · Senate · Steve Beshear
Papaw Beshear Still Loves Payday Loan Sharks
May 16th, 2013 · No Comments
Kentucky’s change to a managed care system of delivering Medicaid services continues to rile lawmakers, although they’re the ones who demanded cost-savings measures for the health care system for the poor and disabled. [Ronnie Ellis] Huxley Sommerville, group managing director at Fitch Ratings, increasingly fears another massive financial crisis. Ask him why and he tells [...]
Tags: Corruption · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Education · Environment · Humor · Investigation · Kentucky Business · Military · Steve Beshear
Rand Paul Says He Doesn’t Mind Saving Money
April 19th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Rand Paul was 2:48 worth of concerned with the Department of Homeland Security budget and arming pilots: Because he is an expert on national security, military, race relations and whatever other delusion from which he’s suffering at the moment.
Tags: Budget · Military · Rand Paul · Takin yer guns!
Drop-Out Age Grants Kinda Turning Scandalous?
April 16th, 2013 · No Comments
An Alaska-based military policeman will serve 16 years in prison and will be dishonorably discharged for selling secrets to an FBI undercover agent who he believed was a Russian spy, a panel of eight military members has decided. Spec. William Colton Millay, of Owensboro, Ky., pleaded guilty last month to attempted espionage and other counts. [...]
Tags: Corruption · Economy · Education · Health Care · Humor · Military · Steve Beshear · Takin yer guns! · Wasted Money
McConnell Scandal Still Dominates National Press
April 15th, 2013 · 8 Comments
About the only thing this McConnell audio scandal is missing is ominous banjo music humming in the background. Or maybe banjo with a gay escort electronica beat. [Deep Thoughts] Curtis Morrison launched a legal defense fund plea. Go take a look for yourself. [Click the Clicky] “The so-called super PAC is two basic amateurs ” [...]
Tags: Barack Obama · Budget · Eastern Kentucky · Education · George W. Bush · Health Care · Humor · Investigation · John Yarmuth · Military · Mitch McConnell · Rand Paul · Takin yer guns!
Go To Bed Fine, Wake Up With Your Throat Slit
April 8th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Police said a shooting in downtown Lexington Saturday night appeared to be the result of a robbery victim fighting back. [H-L] Opponents and supporters of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline are intensifying their PR campaigns as the White House decision on the project inches closer. [The Hill] The U.S. drone war remains cloaked [...]
Tags: Corruption · Discrimination · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Education · Environment · Humor · Military · Takin yer guns! · Wasted Money
Shocker: Did You Know Lobbyists Spend Money?!
April 8th, 2013 · No Comments
Sounds like the late 70s and early 80s when elected officials were operating a drug ring. A Lexington attorney has been charged with investing $100,000 in an alleged drug ring while his brother and fiancée have been charged with trying to obstruct an investigation into the lawyer’s financial doings. [H-L] Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy (D) [...]
Tags: Corruption · Education · Investigation · Mainstream · Military · Rand Paul · Takin yer guns! · Wasted Money
State Must Follow Louisville’s Lead On Dumping
April 5th, 2013 · No Comments
Goodness gracious, what’s going on in Frankfort these days? An internal investigation led to felony charges against a Franklin County Regional Jail officer accused of bringing contraband into the facility and illegally using another person’s food stamps. [H-L] Only a few senators are planning to forfeit a portion of their salaries to charity or the [...]
Tags: Barack Obama · Budget · Corruption · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Education · Environment · FEAR! · Flashback · Health Care · Immigration · KDP · Military · Wasted Money
Pension Oversight? Not Really A Thing In Frankfort
April 3rd, 2013 · No Comments
Two key bills that supporters say would help protect nursing home residents and other vulnerable adults failed to pass again this legislative session — even though there was money in the budget to implement both measures. [H-L] The Supreme Court has declined to take up a lawsuit filed by a trio of U.S. airlines against [...]
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