Everybody is being so mean to poor Richie Farmer! Why can’t people just leave Mr. Forgettable alone so he can remain a basketball star in his own head? [Bluegrass Politics] Why did Thomas Massie allow this bank in Lewis County to be robbed? He hates America. [84WHAS] Please, hold your laughter. What? The Kentucky Transportation [...]

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Here’s a bunch of mouth-breathers freaking out over folks not hating the gays. [NPR] Will the Obama Campaign create a fancy website like this to hit Mittens Romney on his flip-floppy anti-gay ways? [Romney Economics] You should read this scathing op-ed about Steve Beshear’s road budget veto harming the residents of Clinton County. [H-L] For [...]

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It’s almost sad watching the Kentucky Democratic Republican Party “chairman” pretend Democrats are going to win two State Senate seats that, well, Republicans are probably going to win. Because, let’s get real, a convict doesn’t need to be elected to office and the other candidate can’t raise money to run a campaign. Note that he [...]

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Jack Conway’s failed U.S. Senate campaign is suing the Federal Elections Commission for fining him over a late campaign finance report. Conway says he sent the report but the FEC says it didn’t receive it. They’re completely melting down over the $4,950 fine. [FOX41] Aww, Michele Beard Bachmann decided to flip-flop and withdrew her Swiss [...]

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The Obama Campaign released this video yesterday and it’s quite relevant: No matter how you cut it, Obama wins this one.

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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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What the hell is wrong with people!? A city commissioner has resigned and a police investigation has begun since tires and other debris were unearthed in city-owned Spring Hill Cemetery. [H-L] Really, what was that, again, about racist rednecks not voting against President Barack Obama because he’s black? [Wonkette] That’s right – A Kentucky Newspaper’s [...]

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What’s that? Oh, yes, President Barack Obama announced his support for gay marriage this afternoon. [Freedom to Marry, The Advocate, NYT, HuffPo, BBC, WaPo, Yahoo] The president of a mail order bride company has been lobbying Republicans to water down protections for abused immigrants. [HuffPo] Lexington is still super-nervous about potential United States Postal Service [...]

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Poor Mittens Romney still can’t figure out where he stands on the issue of immigration. [HuffPo] Here’s the glowing mainstream media review of Jerry Abramson and his tax “reform” commission. Absolutely no mention of his attempt to stifle transparency and to keep proceedings secret. [C-J/AKN] Lexington got something else right: the council voted against discussing [...]

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In about ten seconds, the mouth-breathers of the world are going to freak completely out because the gays have money and they make political contributions. [Wonkette] Despite his 2008 call to “let Detroit go bankrupt,” presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that he would “take a lot of credit” for his impact on [...]

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