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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 9
A look at life in the surveillance state, left vs. right politics and how we can all make a difference: Some of the things we discussed: And some of the videos we referred to. Josh Turek’s U.S. Senate campaign in Iowa: While Mike Flood pisses off Nebraska constituents: And a scene, in which AI highlights…
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Thanks, RFK: Disease that is avoidable is back in Kentucky
MAGAts and antivaxxers are responsible for this. From Kentucky Lantern: Louisville has confirmed a second case of the highly contagious measles, bringing the total cases in Kentucky to 14. Dr. Kris Bryant, the associate medical director at the Louisville health department and a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Norton Children’s Hospital, said the latest patient…
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Mosquito alert for Louisville neighborhoods
For those of us who hate mosquitoes (which means everybody), this is troubling news: The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness says more mosquitoes are testing positive for West Nile virus around Jefferson County. The infected mosquitoes have been located in several city neighborhoods, including Old Louisville, Irish Hill, California, Iroquois and Churchill Downs, officials…
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This is your life (and the GOP is planning to take it away)
From ActionNetwork.org: All across Kentucky, families are doing what it takes to care for loved ones and keep food on the table. But even as our communities take on new challenges to keep up with the high cost of living, many lawmakers in Washington are pushing dangerous policies that take direct aim at our wallets.…
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History repeats itself. Rerun is worse than the original.
Years ago, in another life, I referred to the attached cartoon to make this point about the Republican Party: I once asked if the worst case scenario was “Will they charge ahead full speed and drive that bus off the cliff and into a river of hungry crocodiles.” Then I modified that to: “Will they…
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Mice sure love local Krogers
Do Louisville area Krogers have a great cheese selection? Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness officials said they found evidence of a mouse infestation at Kroger’s Holiday Manor Shopping Center location June 18, just days after two other stores were found to have evidence of mice or mice droppings. The findings were shared with reporters during a…
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Here’s a supermarket to avoid
Ewww! City officials say a Kroger in Germantown has passed inspection after taking the necessary steps to eliminate the source of a mouse infestation that closed the store all day June 15. The Kroger, located at 1265 Goss Ave., reopened June 16 after an early-morning inspection from the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness. Shelves…
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Let them eat cake? Don’t let them eat at all!
The Herald Leader has a story with this headline: One in five Kentucky kids faces hunger. Congress should not make that worse. A complaint about the headline will follow soon, but the top of the opinion piece by Melissa McDonald, Executive Director of Feeding Kentucky, says: In Kentucky more than 753,000 residents, or one-in-six, face…
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Since Ky.’s GOP has no compassion
This public service announcement from our neighbors to the north: We are failing at kindness and empathy because ignorant people vote for grifters and con men who’ve convinced them that the GOP cares about them. The Space Nazi and his orange cretin Chia Pet want to make Canada the 51st state. If things keep going…
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Pro-life crowd voted to kill children
A large block of voters for the Space Nazi’s Orange Chia Pet made their choice because of their “pro-life” stance. So imagine their embarrassment over this (from the Courier Journal): As a pediatric cardiologist, my specialty is treating children’s hearts, but as a pediatrician, I also recognize that surrounding each heart is a child. My…
