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Moffett equates abortion with “murder,” Williams “100 percent pro-life”

April 27, 2011 – 1:07 pm

(File under “Obvious.”) In an effort to move to the right of already-right wing Kentucky Senate President and GOP gubernatorial front-runner David Williams, likely-to-lose Kentucky Tea Party gubernatorial candidate and Louisville businessman Phil Moffett exhibited a characteristic nuance and appreciation of women’s rights and the difficulty of terminating a pregnancy by equating abortion with murder [...]

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Frankfort sit-in continues for fourth day

February 14, 2011 – 10:46 am

The Kentucky Rising protesters are still at it today (aka I ♥ Mountains Day), having remained in Gov. Steve Beshear’s office over the weekend after bum rushing him on Friday in an effort to end mountaintop removal mining in Kentucky. From a press release: FRANKFORT – Fourteen protesters, including internationally-known writer Wendell Berry, remain in [...]

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“I’m about to pull an Egypt,” anti-MTR protester tells Mother Jones

February 11, 2011 – 2:32 pm

Led by Kentucky author and poet Wendell Berry, a group of environmentalists opposed to mountain top removal have staged a sit-in in Frankfort that has gained a bit of national attention. From Mother Jones: The fight over MTR has been heating up at the national level since last month, when the Environmental Protection Agency vetoed a [...]

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UPDATED: Anti-MTR Kentuckians stage Frankfort sit-in, force meeting with Gov. Beshear despite possibility of arrest

February 11, 2011 – 10:37 am

What will Gov. Steve Beshear do? Sick the KSP on Wendell Berry? UPDATE: Although he’s not pulling a Mubarak, Gov. Steve Beshear has dropped his oh-so-busy schedule to meet with Kentucky Rising protesters who want him to end mountaintop removal mining in Kentucky. “We can surface mine in a responsible way,” the governor told the [...]

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Topless Judd jeered by pro-coal golfers

July 9, 2010 – 1:05 pm

Yes, this headline is accurate. A poster featuring the Kentucky native sans shirt was displayed at a Prestonburg golf course with the dual intentions of (1) ridiculing her staunch environmentalism and (2) getting more people to buy memberships at the gold course because, hey, look: boobs! Via HuffPost: “Ashley Judd makes a living removing her [...]

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Disturbing Scene From Appalachia

July 9, 2009 – 2:20 pm

As we approach that barbecue soaked, bile duct-loosening event known, colloquially, as the Fancy Farm Picnic & Oratory Thunderdome, one issue that will certainly be out in full force is mountaintop removal (MTR) mining. To postulate an obvious political equation: The current landscape in Democratic Primaryland dictates that supporters of the practice will likely be [...]

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Obama: Saving Our Streams

April 27, 2009 – 4:39 pm

Looks like that feisty liberal President of ours has seen fit to reverse yet another Bush-era practice: Incompetence fraud corruption idiocy dumping mountaintop-removal mining wastes into nearby tributaries.  [The Courier-Journal] We know that many of you will hate him for this because you somehow believe coal is integral to the commonwealth’s “economic success,” but we [...]

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Winning ❤’s & Minds (Plus A Judd, Too)

February 18, 2009 – 3:59 am

I. We’re well into our interview when Governor Steve Beshear entered the room. “Hope I’m not interrupting,” he said, his smile bright. Everyone in the stuffy conference room stood to attention but me; given the logistics of where I’d been seated, my chair would’ve blocked his Governorship’s access to Ashley Judd (a big no-no).  Handshakes [...]

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I Love Mountains Day — today!

February 17, 2009 – 9:15 am

Hey folks,  Today is I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort. Go show your support for coalfield families and ecosystems that have been hurt, damaged or destroyed entirely by mountaintop removal coal mining. Or just get a peek at Ashley Judd.  Here’s today’s schedule:    11 a.m.   KFTC members and supporters will gather at the Kentucky [...]

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