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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 29
The richest get richer, legislators don’t legislate, and representatives don’t represent. But at least there are diversions! The Richest People In The World A week after announcing budget cuts, Kentucky gov moves millions to offset them 37 municipalities request Beshear’s gas tax reduction after KY lawmakers question the move KY gov blasts GOP leader over…
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The UPS jet crash in Louisville: an update
We check out Captain Steeeve’s YouTube channel pretty frequently to find out what horrors are going on in the sky. This video, on the United Parcel Service jet crash in Louisville last Nov. 4 that left 15 people dead, including a 3-year-old girl, is a horrifying example of corporate and government incompetence (and perhaps greed):…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 26
The Kentucky Derby is at our throats, primary elections are just around the corner and finding relaxation in the countryside and the cityscape. Our discussion includes: Your first time at the Derby? Here’s what to expect Attica Scott: Run Every Race: How Democrats Can Win in Kentucky As governor’s race begins, Senate race has new…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 25
Self-care in trying times, the villainy of the ultrarich, Kentucky elections, national politics and why developers shouldn’t hold public office. In the podcast, we refer to: 1: Pete Hegseth, a moron, reads from the book of Samuel L. Jackson: The King James version of Ezekiel 25:17: And I will execute great vengeance upon them with…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 23
“No Kings” rallies coming as Iran War continues; higher oil prices in the Bluegrass state; MAGA muddies state legislature; Chumps for Trump debate; why are we so unhealthy; disrespect for women’s sports on the local level and a new bridge from Kentucky to Ohio. Some of the things we discuss: Find your nearest March 28…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 19
A discussion on the health, education and human-services failures we’re seeing in Kentucky. How our Democratic politicians are failing us, and a little sports talk at the end! Some of the topics we discuss: Lexington neighborhood littered with KKK fliers ahead of MLK Jr. downtown march Far fewer people buy Obamacare coverage as insurance premiums…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 18
Thoughts for the New Year, what we did for the holidays, how to join the resistance in the Bluegrass and how war, abortion and healthcare affect Kentuckians. Our discussion included: This Kentucky General Assembly is going to be very different for the public Ky.’s draconian abortion law leads to murder charge Kentucky politicians discuss U.S. strike…
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An outsider has some choice words for Kentucky MAGAts
This brutal assessment of why our bourbon industry has been screwed by MAGA comes from William A. Finnegan at Substack: This states the obvious, but it’s stating the obvious to the oblivious. MAGAts will take gallons of gasoline and pour it through their homes, then ask if anyone has any matches because … FREEDOM!!!
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A perspective on billionaires, America’s true parasites
Do you want to know how off base the above image is? It’s only short by $150 billion. According to Forbes’s Real Time listing of billionaires, Elon Musk, the illegal immigrant South African ketamine addict is today worth $752 billion. That means that if you add the net worth of the two richest people in…
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No bourbon? Thanks, MAGAts
The photo at the top from the U.K.’s Independent says it all. What does another British publication say? The maker of Jim Beam bourbon whiskey will halt production at its main site in Kentucky for all of 2026. The company said in a statement it would close its distillery in Clermont until it took the “opportunity to…
