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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 33
Money makes the world go round: Buying “free speech” in religion, politics and sports, and paying for silence. The corpse of Schrödinger’s senator wheels through the U.S. Capitol, while MAGA policies kill Kentucky kids. And finding refuge in bugs, sports and art. This podcast includes: My synagogue’s rabbi began Yom Kippur with a sermon apologizing…
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The cat’s out of the box
Well, Schrödinger’s senator, Mitch McConnell, showed up at Capitol Hill yesterday after going missing for more than three months. According to the New Republic: What would you think if your senator went nearly 100 days without speaking publicly? It’s been over three months since we have heard Senator Mitch McConnell’s voice, after he was found…
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Schroedinger’s senator is still dead/alive?
For anyone keeping track: We all know the “deadline” has passed to call a special election to fill out the remainder of the current term of “Weekend at Bernie’s” understudy, Mitch McConnell. The general consensus seems to be, “who cares if he’s dead or alive? At least he ain’t voting.” Anyway, you can read the…
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Two messages to Rand Paul
This one at the top is from Facebook. The one below is also from Facebook: “You were vaccinated. Multiple times.” A Pittsburgh chef fired that at Rand Paul this week, in reply to the senator’s post claiming “we all knew infection was the best protection.” Paul’s post went up Tuesday, the day before he chaired…
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A message to Schrödinger’s senator
Kentucky’s Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, wants the state’s senior senator to prove he’s not the star of “Weekend at Bernie’s.“ Meanwhile, here’s Mitch McConnell’s staff in action: (And the bad-taste jokes will stop when Mitch makes a public appearance.)
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 30
Visiting our neighbor to the North. Where is our senior senator, and what are our government officials doing while we have limited representation? Was our MAGA U.S. Senate candidate behind a controversial billboard? The curse of Louisville’s “Can Opener.” The rise against data centers. And superheroes are just as depressed as the rest of us. …
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Schrödinger’s senator
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky’s senior U.S. senator, is dead and alive at the same time, but: Our presidential wannabe governor, who has been told by government insiders that Mitch is dead, is missing his best opportunity to take the national spotlight. He should force the issue saying we need someone in Washington (preferably alive) to represent…
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Generalissimo Franco dumps Mitch, greets Lindsey Graham
Looks like Generalissimo Francisco Franco has cancelled his meetings with Mitch McConnell and is now on a first name basis with Lindsey Graham. By now, you know this happened (from The Washington Post): Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) died suddenly on Saturday night at age 71, his office said, prompting tributes from President Donald Trump and lawmakers…
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In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” first came on the air a half century ago, and one of the recurring bits was in the “Weekend Update” segment, where Chevy Chase would read this announcement: The joke, of course, was based on the fact that before Francisco Franco’s death, the three major news networks were running the same…
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I guess this is a diss on Kentucky doctors?
The image above appears in a Facebook post that includes this message: The dispute is between the medical doctors (MDs) and an osteopath. Trump’s physician has a degree in osteopathy from some place in Kentucky. So, of course, I had to look up who the doctor is and what school he went to (I use…
