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Bluegrass philosopher Wendell Berry died last weekend
This Aug. 31 death was a huge blow to Kentucky arts and culture (from the Courier Journal): Wendell Berry, the prolific novelist, poet, essayist, philosopher, agrarian, activist, pacifist and farmer, who was one of Kentucky’s greatest writers and helped inspire the farm-to-table and modern American food movement, has died. He was 92. Berry’s death, on…
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Ky. MAGA Trump fluffer wants us not to notice this
Here’s a screenshot from the campaign site for the racist Garland Hale Barr IV, who’s running for the currently vacated seat of Schroedinger’s senator, Mitch McConnell: Hmmm? Something (or someone) is missing from the site. I wonder who? Let’s have a look at who was the cover perv on the site not that long ago.…
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When your MAGA friends say how cheap things are
The deluded MAGA fantasy, when they elected the Orange Menace as president, was that things would be so much better under a pedophile, conman, rapist swindler. You remember: My cost of living is too high. Let’s get rid of immigrants and attack racial and sexual minorities. The chart at the top shows what prices were…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 31
Where our hiatuses took us; Kentucky politicians making national news; the state’s economy worsens (while MAGA politicians focus on the irrelevant); the Commonwealth ranks at the top in bottom-feeding statistics, and updates on Louisville’s Community Defense Network. NOTE: The street holding the political fundraiser reopened after an earlier closure. Our statistical references are:
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Charts on political reality
Sad to say, but most people don’t read full newspaper stories. They might look at the headline. They might even read the first few paragraphs until they get bored. As a result, charts are important. So here are a few (some already used in past posts) to give people who won’t read in depth something…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 17
A month-by-month look at the year in review (and it was a bad one for Kentucky). Among the topics discussed: WalletHub lists the best states for retirement. Kentucky is the worst. Looking back at the No Kings demonstrations across America. The Democrats who backed Republican shutdown deal – and why How the White House and…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 16
Our Thanksgiving holiday tempered by ICE appeasement (the reason we can’t trust our elected officials), political candidates don’t understand what offices they should seek, dealing with wealth and affordability, a pitch for college sports and how to show support for mutual aid. Information sources for this week’s podcast include: Paul Krugman explains the affordability crisis…
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Water you talking about?
Data centers are in the news in Kentucky. Here’s one that didn’t go through, from WLKY: The Meade County Planning and Zoning Commission voted not to recommend a rezoning application that would pave the way for a potential data center. Hundreds of residents attended a special Planning and Zoning Commission meeting at the Meade County…
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Ky. farmers get what they didn’t know they were voting for
The Orange TACO has pissed off trading partners throughout the world. American farmers overwhelmingly voted for him this past presidential election. Here’s the result in Kentucky: In the spring, Kentucky farmers planted millions of acres with soybeans, corn and other crops, and hoped a heated trade war with the top importers of American agricultural goods would not…
