Carter County is a corrupt poop hole of awful. The County Attorney and the Journal-Times are reporting open meetings violations. [Journal-Times] 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] [...]

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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China gets the nod to take over a US bank, the first such US approval for a Chinese firm. [BBC] Makers of flame retardants manipulate research findings to back their products and downplay health risks. [Chicago Tribune] Colin Powell says that Dubya didn’t bother consulting his national security council on [...]

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A Floriduh judge denied a new trial to a lady standing her ground but totally not because she’s black. [Wonkette] The burden of air pollution and asthma is not evenly shared among U.S. children. [HuffPo] Folks love to hate David Williams and some of that hate is well-deserved. But he helped make this thing in [...]

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Greg Stumbo is calling for an investigation of Coventry Cares. Now that it’s politically safe for him to do so. [H-L] Defense spending trumps poverty in the Republican Congress. That’s how it always works with people like Hal Rogers and Ben Chandler. [Politico] Whattya mean the white supremacists aren’t crazy as hell? Another instance of [...]

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This candidate in Texas says you shouldn’t pee on an electric fence. Or something like that. [Wonkette] How dare Mittens Romney hire a known homosexual to do campaign work! The shame! Horror! [HuffPo] Calumet Farm finally sold for $36 million. Guess the claims that it wasn’t being sold were flat-out lies. [H-L] Have you ever [...]

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Steve Beshear says state government has been single-minded about getting the Eggners Ferry Bridge reopened since the crash. But – as we told you a couple weeks ago – that’s not based in reality. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has been spending thousands of dollars to try to deflect blame and responsibility. [H-L] You’ll probably want [...]

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New data from the federal government shows the amount of coal transported by rail has declined sharply this year: its’s at the lowest level since 1994. [WFPL] The Lundergan Family brought President Bill Clinton back to Kentucky today and everyone in Lexington is still freaking out. [H-L] That welfare recipient drug testing law in Georgia? [...]

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We absolutely told you so. Money for roads in David Williams’ State Senate district pales in comparison to House leaders. [John Cheves] Of course uninsured Americans tend to stay uninsured. Can’t be discussing things like this, though, because it might upset some delicate mouth-breather. [HuffPo] Can you imagine if this Iraqi oil pipeline situation happened [...]

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We’re not going to shut up about you giving to the Red Cross for tornado relief efforts. This will take a long time. [Click Here To Give] Quick, let’s pretend Newt Gingrich isn’t a fat, white, racist blob of a man saying racist things every chance he gets. [Wonkette] Oh, wait, here comes Michele Beard [...]

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If you have lost income and live or work in the following Kentucky counties, here’s how you can apply for emergency food benefits: Bath County: 47 Cedar Creek, P.O. Box 7, Owingsville, Ky. 40360. Phone: (606) 674-6344 Campbell County: Watertower Square, Fourth Floor, 601 Washington Ave. Newport, Ky. 41071. Phone: (859) 292-6700 Carroll County: 1720 [...]

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