Tag Archives: politics

EXCLUSIVE: LEO interviews Watson

February 24, 2011 – 11:46 am

In the current issue of LEO Weekly, columnist Joe Manning recently conducted a face-to-monitor interview with IBM Supercomputer and Jeopardy! champion Watson. In it, man and machine touch upon some timeless (and timely) topics, such as political disenchantment, the obsolescence of people and the buildings they have erected. A glimpse of the singularity, after the jump.

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Davison for ULTIMATE WARRIOR

September 10, 2010 – 4:57 pm

You probably didn’t know and don’t care that the Republican Party in Stark County, Ohio picked its nominee for treasurer last night. But the meeting was highlighted by candidate Phil Davison screaming and pacing in a stump speech that is more similar to the beginning of an Ultimate Warrior wrestling match. Check it out: He [...]

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Yarmuth raises over $1 million for re-election

July 13, 2010 – 12:34 pm

Less than four months until the general election, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-3rd, announced that he has raised more than $1 million for his 2010 re-election campaign. The Louisville representative has raised more than $200,000 since April, and has a hefty $600,000 in his coffers. “Thanks to the support of the Louisville community, I am [...]

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Stemle On GOP “Unity” Rally

May 25, 2010 – 4:44 pm

Yeah yeah, we’re a little late posting this, but I hope former LEO Editor Cary Stemle can find it in his heart to forgive us. Writing for TIME Magazine (yeah, that TIME), Stemle went to last Saturday’s GOP Unity Rally held in The Bowels of Southern Fried Hell Frankfort. Here’s a taste: Whatever discomfort party [...]

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Yet Another Reason To Love Kentucky

April 13, 2010 – 4:08 pm

This story just kind of speaks for itself, so I won’t get in the way beyond saying this: The guy’s only mistake was robbing the bank before he got elected. Via The C-J, courtesy of the Associated Press: DRY RIDGE, Ky. — A northern Kentucky man who had been convicted of bank robbery has ended [...]

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Bizarro Paultard Astroturfers Gobble Coal, Visit Kentucky

March 18, 2010 – 1:42 pm

Because I was home alphabetizing my collection of German snuff pornography, I missed this morning’s pro-coal/GOP rally, which was held at downtown’s Jefferson Square Park to the probable dismay of bystanders, onlookers and anyone with a set of functioning eyes. WFPL’s Stephanie Crosby — via The Edit — has a fantastic (and thankfully brief) summary [...]

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A Teabagger’s Shopping Blacklist

December 30, 2009 – 5:11 pm

Since you have been paying attention to more important things, a boycott of “liberal” businesses to be conducted by the tea party movement has probably evaded your radar. Allow the Christian Coalition-approved website to fill in the necessary blanks: On January 20, 2010 we will demonstrate our power and reach to those companies who employ [...]

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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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