Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Troubleshooter saves Louisville from “Redbox Robberies”

Our apologies for not alerting you to this grave danger sooner, but we wanted to highlight this very important story from our favorite Louisville journalist, Eric “The Troubleshooter” Flack of WAVE3 News, that may very well save your life. During the Super Bowl, WAVE3 ran an ad highlighting Flack’s story on the “Redbox Robberies,” which [...]

Sen. Lugar serving America in Beltway mansion, just like troops in Afghanistan

Just across the haunted Sherman Minton bridge in Indiana, 35-year Indiana Senator Richard Lugar is in the re-election fight of his life against Tea Party favorite and hunky ax man Richard Mourdock. Making matters even worse, Lugar is facing a wave of criticism for not even living in Indiana since… 1977. Yes, Lugar has lived [...]

Yarmuth lauds government investment, GE’s Appliance Park jobs

Here’s Rep. John Yarmuth on the House floor today, talking up the new jobs at GE’s Appliance Park in Louisville, and talking down the GOP meme that government investment is a communist plot to steal your Liberty and put you on food stamps:

Mitch McConnell looking like a political novice on birth control

We’re used to Sen. Mitch McConnell being the ruthless mastermind of political strategy, running circles around Harry Reid in the Senate or very quietly maneuvering to make sure the Tea Party doesn’t drive the Republican Party over an electoral cliff. But this week, McConnell seems more like a rabid social conservative with absolutely no grip [...]

New Santorum ad embraces his “Google problem”

If we told you that the star of Rick Santorum’s new ad was a brown, frothy, fecal-like substance, you’d obviously think we were joking, right? Nope. We assure you that this is real: You’ve got some Santorum on your shirt there, Mitt. And where exactly does one buy rounds of Santorum ammunition? And why doesn’t [...]

Yarmuth cosponsors DISCLOSE 2012 Act

Those people who enjoy American democracy being bought and sold by a couple hundred super-wealthy anonymous individuals and their Super PACs aren’t going to enjoy this new bill being co-sponsored by Rep. John Yarmuth. Here are the details of the DISCLOSE 2012 Act: · Require public reporting by corporations, unions, Super PACs and other outside [...]

GOP internal squabbling leads to congressional redistricting deal (UPDATE)

Though it looked like congressional redistricting would go to the courts, since the legislature couldn’t reach a compromise, that will no longer be the case. A wild morning full of emotions and accusations lead to the passage of House Bill 302, which will now go in the books and finalize the boundaries for congressional districts [...]

How much will raising the dropout age help?

Raising Kentucky’s dropout age from 16 to 18 sounds like a positive step in the right direction, no? The excerpt below from an editorial in the Lexington Herald-Leader seems to provide strong evidence in support of the idea that’s floating in Frankfort. A few years ago, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commissioned a study [...]

Mitch McConnell isn’t going to like this

The January job numbers came out today, and for the 23rd straight month, private sector employment increased. The economy gained 257,000 private sector jobs, with the unemployment rate falling 0.2 percent to 8.3 percent. In the past 12 months, 2.2 million private sector jobs have been added — which is the best 12 months of [...]

Tryangles owner thinks comparing Obama to a monkey is hilarious

Louisville rabble rouser (and 35th Senate district candidate) Curtis Morrison took this screengrab from the Facebook page of Mike Flatt, the owner of the Louisville gay bar Tryangles: Morrison further captured Flatt’s defense of posting the picture in the comments — and why it’s really, really funny, and if you don’t think it’s funny you [...]