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Sen. Thayer On Felon Voting Rights: “If It Ain’t Broke…”

October 14, 2009 – 4:53 pm

So State Senator Damon Thayer, R-17, wrote an editorial in the Georgetown News-Graphic expressing exasperation over why some people believe that Kentucky’s current system of felon voter rights restoration is outmoded and inefficient. Yet his argument — that the system is fine as it is — is rife with enough oversimplifications and inaccuracies to warrant [...]

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Straight Outta London

September 24, 2009 – 2:44 pm

[UPDATE: The AP now reports that Sparkman's body was found in what could potentially be "drug country," aka in the general vicinity of serious marijuana cultivation sites (which, to give an idea of their magnitude, account for the lion's share of the so-called southeastern U.S. "pot belt.") and general methamphetamine trafficking. Nevertheless, an ugly, brutal [...]

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NCCA Brackets as Political Tarot

March 19, 2009 – 2:23 pm

By now you’re probably aware that our traitor-president originally picked the Cards to win it all, then flip-flopped for the Tarheels at the last second. If your rancor toward the Obama Administration’s tactical misstep isn’t too clouded with shades of Old Style, however, then you might be able to appreciate our Commander-in-Chief’s nuanced and cautious [...]

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GOP Death Watch: Day 1,678

March 4, 2009 – 5:22 pm

I’ll try to keep this as brief as possible, but because it will (hopefully) mark the last time I write anything ever again about multi-millionaire Rush Hudson Jabba Limbaugh, III, this may prove too cathartic for a twitter-length treatment…)

If your brain is one of few the lucky models that sports long-term memory retention (i.e. you [...]

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