Monthly Archives: August 2011

Gatewood Galbraith courts conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Well this is rather unfortunate news. Yesterday, Gatewood Galbraith was a guest on the Alex Jones Show. After Jones gave him a glowing introduction, Gatewood expressed his mutual admiration: “I listen to you every chance I get on my computer. And I want to thank you on the great work that you’re doing in getting [...]

Yarmuth optimistic that Democrats can regain the House in 2012

LEO Weekly caught up with U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth this morning at the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Country Ham Breakfast at the state fair. We asked him if he thought there was a strategy that could lead the Democratic Party toward winning back the majority in the House next year. “Well, the Democrats need to switch [...]

And Justice For All

The ultimate in vanity Exploiting their supremacy I can’t believe the things you say I can’t believe I can’t believe the price you pay Oh, Metallica. Poet laureate of our pubescent angst, your words still ring true. Take the recent WAVE 3 television news investigation of Metal Fest 3 — Fuck Cancer, a three-day metal [...]

The Yarmuth Lousiville media blitz

Congressman John Yarmuth is in town this week, enjoying his brief hiatus away from the likes of John Boehner and Ben Chandler, and he’s making the media rounds. He was on Fox 41 this morning, and visited the new Shiny Happy WHAS morning show yesterday, which you can see below: He’ll be the guest on [...]

Last day for submissions to Park(ing) Day 2011

The good folks over at Broken Sidewalk are calling for submissions to Park(ing) Day 2011 in Louisville, and today is the last day to get your submissions in for this year. Details below: We need your help! Broken Sidewalk is teaming up with the Urban Design Studio to launch Park(ing) Day 2011 in Louisville in [...]

Todd P’Pool warns that mines are too safe for workers

GOP attorney general candidate Todd P’Pool (pronounced ‘pee pool’ and French, I think) made his first appearance on cn|2 yesterday, as he was interviewed by Ryan Alessi. In the interview, perhaps we learn that P’Pool is more of a “read the script to the Republican crowd that says Obama 50 times” kind of candidate. Alessi [...]

Doug Hawkins is back!

When we last saw Doug Hawkins in December, shortly after his narrow defeat in the 25th District Metro Council race to David Yates, he was snorting and sobbing his way through a goodbye address to the council — which sadly neglected to mention the hordes of Mexicans that were soon to annex Louisville in his [...]

Ken Ham is laying wood

For all of you folks who can’t wait to see the future Pride of Kentucky — the giant boat replica in Grant County that visitors will be told a 600-year old man herded T-Rexes onto a few thousand years ago — here is a video of job-creator Ken Ham cutting logs for the Ark, just [...]

Kentucky’s unemployment rate drops for fifth straight month

In the month of July, Kentucky’s unemployment rate dropped from an awful 9.6 percent to a slightly less awful 9.5 percent. High as it is, this marked the fifth straight month that the unemployment rate dropped — almost a full percent since the start of the year — and the 18th straight month that the [...]

KY State Fair purges bicycles to preserve its image

If there’s one thing that the Kentucky State Fair is known for, it’s very large people scooting their Rascal from food stand to food stand, stuffing their face with the most unhealthy food imaginable. Krispy Kreme burgers. Fried Kool-Aid. Deep-fried Derby Pies. Maple Bacon Sundaes (yes, that is exactly what it sounds like). Unfortunately, this [...]