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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 28
Our primary election “autopsy” (GOP is evil, Dems are incompetent); a medical emergency portends sad future for Kentucky; get out and visit the state, and Shakespeare is back in Louisville (to like or not to like, with a dramatic reading from a galaxy far, far away). Attica Scott: Kentucky democrats need to reckon with a…
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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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Kentucky is No. 1, and that’s bad if you’re sick
Once again, Kentucky manages to lead the nation in ways to kill its citizens. Here’s the latest on rural hospitals: Look at all the states losing rural hospitals, and look where Kentucky is on the list. Why does this happen. Because a state that’s predominantly poor is full of people who vote for Republicans who…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 24
Who attended the No Kings Rally? Why are more people showing up at protests? ICE continues to terrorize locals. What’s with the homosocial atmosphere in the White House (since women are being kicked out)? And our take on recent documentaries and the NCAA Fan Fest in Indianapolis. President Trump’s approval rating by state entering April…
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CPR saves drowning raccoon passed out on moonshine
You don’t get more Bluegrass than this! (From The Washington Post): Kentucky nurse rescues raccoon reeking of booze, revives it with CPR Misty Combs and her colleagues knew something was wrong when they saw a large raccoon pacing in a parking lot near their office one morning. They looked into a dumpster full of rainwater…
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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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Ky.’s draconian abortion law leads to murder charge
A woman ended her pregnancy in Kentucky. The aftermath was inevitable, because MAGAts say women have no rights (from the Guardian): A Kentucky woman is facing multiple criminal charges after she allegedly induced her own abortion using medication. Kentucky state police arrested the woman, Melinda S Spencer, 35, on charges of fetal homicide in the first degree,…
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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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GOP health care bill is great for billionaires, bad for sick people
After the Republicans in the Senate blocked Democratic efforts to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, ensuring an increase of thousands of dollars a year for all of those who rely on Obamacare to stay alive, House GOP members have decided to do the MAGAts in the upper chamber one better by introducing a bill…
