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HAHA! BRAVE PATRIOT Marilyn Parker Wins!

May 22nd, 2012 · No Comments

Best pee alert EVER! BRAVE PATRIOT Marilyn Parker won her race for Metro Council. It’s a dream come true for writers like us who, you know, love batshiz crazy birthers. COMEDY GOLD! UPDATE!!!1! Let’s take a trip down the BRAVE PATRIOT Marilyn Parker memory hole of craziness: Crazy Teabagger Running for Congress [September 2, 2009] [...]

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Tags: Metro Council · Politics

Just How Fat IS Compassionate Possibility City?

May 22nd, 2012 · 4 Comments

Here’s how the paper in Lexington started out about West End murders yesterday: A woman was charged Monday with murder in one shooting death and police are seeking information into the unrelated deaths of two other people who were shot the same day just a block away in a crime-riddled west Louisville neighborhood. [H-L] The [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Business · Health Care · Homeless · Hype · Indiana · Lexington · Newspaper · Politics · Possibility City · Scandal · State Government · West End

Sadly, Part Of The Reason Cunningham Will Lose

May 21st, 2012 · 7 Comments

We’ve been thinking about the many reasons Sarah Lynn Cunningham will lose. Nope, it’s not just because Morgan McGarvey is the establishment pick and not because Amy Shoemaker ignorantly decided to run in a race she had no business jumping into (articulate, sure, though still mostly unaware of her district). It’s not because A Kentucky [...]

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Tags: Democrats · Politics · State Government

President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

May 21st, 2012 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discusses Wall Street reforms:

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Tags: Banking · Economy · Politics · Video

How Many People Will Louisville Kill This Week?

May 21st, 2012 · No Comments

On Sunday, Local 619M of GCC/IBT (the union the C-J press people belong to) unanimously rejected the contract offered by Gannett and unanimously voted to seek a strike sanction. [Deep Kentucky Newspaper Thoughts] Louisville makes this list of the most religious cities in America. Northern Kentucky also makes the list, kinda. [HuffPo] Metro police are [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Crime · Death · Gays · Horse Industry · Lexington · LMPD · Newspaper · Police · Politics · Religion · Youth

King Coal Spends $ Attacking Those With Concerns

May 18th, 2012 · No Comments

The Kentucky Coal Association freaks out and goes crazy on anybody who dares question mountaintop removal. So what’s the latest? A super-expensive “white paper” attacking the Sierra Club. Take a look: CLICK FOR PDF Bill Bissett wishes desperately that he could be accepted by everybody as a non-spinster. But. Uh. As long as the KCA [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Hype · Politics

Nope, Definitely Not Most Compassionate Or Safest

May 18th, 2012 · 6 Comments

What was that, Greg, about Louisville being the most compassionate city in the country? What was that, again, about Louisville being the safest city in the nation? Quit with the damn buzz words. You looked and sounded like an imbecile while 95% of the city was stressed and saddened over yesterday’s tragic mess of death. [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Bikes · Butchertown · Death · Economy · Greg Fischer · Guns · Hype · Metro Government · Politics · West End · WLKY

Update: Reggie Removed Illegally Placed Signs

May 17th, 2012 · 2 Comments

After all those shenanigans yesterday, guess who went around collecting his yard signs this morning: CLICK HERE to see the rest of the photos and get more information about his teabagger opponent…

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Democrats · Oops · Politics

How Much Hype Can Local TV Produce This Week?

May 17th, 2012 · 3 Comments

Here’s what police can’t tell you about this case: they believe Gregory Holt’s murder was in retaliation for an attempted murder the previous evening – by his mother. And drugs are allegedly involved. A lot of drugs. Seems the prosecutor’s office has threatened some officers for trying to conduct a deeper investigation, so, uh, it’s [...]

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Tags: Charity · Education · Horse Industry · Indiana · Insight Comm. · Metro Council · Politics · Reporters · WLKY · Youth

President Barack Obama’s Weekly Video Address

May 14th, 2012 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discussed a Congressional to-do list:

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Tags: Congress · Politics · Video

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