November 20, 2009 – 5:08 pm
All this talk of H1N1 deadliness has obscured one important at-risk demographic. They’re not children. They’re not pregnant women. And no, they’re not the elderly.
Ye, they be mall Santas.
Many of the nation’s Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids. There’s also the not-so-little matter of [...]
November 20, 2009 – 4:19 pm
Remember that Northpoint prison riot back in August that was supposedly caused by bad prison-food? And how people were talking about those damn inmates and how nicely they’re treated? A new report released by the Department of Corrections says that rationale is bullshit, for that matter, and that measures taken by the warden played a [...]
November 20, 2009 – 3:07 pm
Yes friends, it appears as though your favorite alleged cat torturer, Dr. Gilles Meloche, will not be getting a new job in Florida after all. The former Louisville Metro Animal Services director has been turned down by Brevard County’s animal services, which WLKY’s Andy Alcock reports in hilarious fashion:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Metro Animal Services embattled director’s [...]
November 19, 2009 – 5:04 pm
Last week’s LEO cover story sparked something of a controversy, wherein preservationist group River Fields allegedly stole a bunch of copies of the notorious article-containing issue so that people wouldn’t read it. (Be sure to check out River Field’s full page ad in this week’s edition, if you’re into laughing at silly things) Here’s a [...]
November 19, 2009 – 3:36 pm
Attention naysayers: Senate Democrats have unveiled a health care reform bill, dubbed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will expand coverage to the 31 million uninsured, reduce the deficit and make unicorns a reality. Essentially written by that socialist albatross, Harry Reid, D-NV, the details of the senate bill so far portray a document [...]
November 18, 2009 – 2:20 pm
In this week’s LEO, reporter Farrah Johnson journeyed to Louisville’s only abortion clinic to observe the ongoing battle over a woman’s right to choose. Here’s an excerpt:
Although the scene outside the surgical center in Louisville is typically rowdy, the clash between activists on the front lines has intensified recently given the current political fight over [...]
November 18, 2009 – 1:18 pm
Since that much ballyhooed “confrontation” between Louisville Metro’s Board of Zoning Adjustments and JBS/Swift never happened (Sorry, Chase Cain), and the facts themselves have become a tad bit convoluted, here’s a link to BrokenSidewalk.com, which has been covering the ongoing struggle between the Butchertown neighborhood and their stinkiest resident better than any other local media.
Although [...]
November 18, 2009 – 12:49 pm
Starting today, and for two days only, Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson will be educating some of America’s newly elected mayors on the finer points of municipal management at Harvard Community & Technical College University. Because of his renown as “Mayor for Life” in these parts, Abramson — himself a former president of the U.S. Conference [...]
November 17, 2009 – 5:29 pm
In what can only be the work of a dastardly, malfunctioning algorithm lurking about The Courier-Journal’s search indexing software, their website now includes results that direct you to their heathen rivals — us! We are now so validated in our existence that we must dance:
November 17, 2009 – 4:22 pm
Attention all ye red-eyed “outdoorsy types” — Portland, Oregon is now home to the United States’ very first marijuana cafe. Imagine: You complain to your doctor about how you’re just not sleeping all that well, how you’ve got this chronic pain in your neck and that you haven’t been eating enough, either, in which case [...]
