Auditor Didn’t Do Everything During KRS Audit
While we’re on the topic of Kentucky Retirement Systems today, let’s address something. Several of Crit Luallen’s people are continuing to freak out every time we mention the audit conducted. We’ve...
View ArticleShocked That A Whistleblower Got Some Justice
American children, now struggling to adjust to life in Mexico. Jeffrey Isidoro sat near the door of his fifth-grade classroom here in central Mexico, staring outside through designer glasses that, like...
View ArticleWell, Now You Know Dubya Is Still A Teenager
You already know that Michele Beard Bachmann is delusional because of her “not gay” husband but goodness gracious this new mess is crazy. Something is severely wrong with her. [Wonkette] George W....
View ArticleWhy Was Mike Burnside Fired From KRS Last Year?
In May 2011, Forbes said this: In April the Kentucky board fired longtime director Michael Burnside amid concerns that he’d withheld information on placement agents from trustees. Today, Pensions &...
View ArticleFancy Farm Sucked Hard For Democrats This Year
Louisville environmental attorney Tom FitzGerald has turned down an award from a federal mining agency, saying “now is not a time of celebration of achievement, but rather a somber reminder … the...
View ArticleThe KRS Should Make You Absolutely Angry
How much of a mess is Kentucky Retirement Systems in? The agency spends every waking moment reading Page One and trying to unsuccessfully spin everything we present. Like this: As stated on September...
View ArticleWill Crit Luallen Finally Run For Something???
Standard & Poor’s said it expects to be the target of a U.S. Department of Justice civil lawsuit over its mortgage bond ratings, the first federal enforcement action against a credit rating agency...
View ArticlePee Alert: Ben Chandler Shopping His Name Around
Folks in a southern Kentucky town have formed a Neighborhood Watch after three suspicious fires occurred on one street. [H-L] The Supreme Court’s ruling on the federal Defense of Marriage Act won’t...
View ArticleIt’s Been A Major Week For Pension Scandals
You know how people at Kentucky Retirement Systems are always trying to give us crap? Interesting how that works. SAC Capital Advisors LP’s Michael Steinberg was arrested at his home today by agents of...
View ArticleRumor Mill: Edelen Conducting Another KRS Audit
We hear through the pension system rumor mill that State Auditor Adam Edelen is set to conduct another audit of Kentucky Retirement Systems. The biggest question among everyone chattering about it:...
View ArticleA Real Lady Wouldn’t Drink Regular Coke, Steve
A judge has been appointed to Kentucky’s longest-running death row case after an Associated Press inquiry into why it had been pending for 16 months without a judge. [H-L] Hillary Clinton clears the...
View ArticleNeither Crit Nor Greg Will Be Governator, Folks
A federal judge on Wednesday gave Gov. Steve Beshear an indefinite delay in a court order requiring Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed elsewhere. [John Cheves] This map and...
View ArticleRand Paul Loves To Dookie Where He Eats
The number of traffic deaths in Kentucky was lower last year than it had been since 1949. Probably because people are now broke as hell and can no longer afford to drive anywhere. [H-L] Rand Paul...
View ArticleMatt Bevin’s Week Has Officially Been Ruined
Registered nurses at two hospitals operated by Appalachian Regional Healthcare, one in Kentucky and one in West Virginia, will have a one-day strike May 1 over a bitter contract negotiation. [H-L]...
View ArticleThose Blackstone Lobbyists Aren’t Real Lobbyists
There seems to be quite a bit of confusion on the part of some in the mainstream media (beyond this nonsense) over the recent story David Sirota published about Kentucky Retirement Systems....
View ArticleNew Grimes Video Reveals What You Already Know
This video from that kid who constantly does crazy shit doesn’t change anything at all for Alison Daddy’s Name Grimes. Republicans can feign all the outrage they want. But everyone already knows Alison...
View ArticleBeshear-Abramson-Luallen Press Conference Video
If you missed it yesterday, here’s footage of Steve Beshear’s presser announcing Jerry Abramson’s new job and the appointment of Crit Luallen:
View ArticleProbably Not A Fun Week For Coal Executives
Newly elected as the leader of a new Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to Kentucky this weekend, enjoying a victory lap of sorts with some of the state’s top...
View Article2015 Races Are Ready To Eat Everyone Alive
Republican state Rep. Ryan Quarles of Georgetown said Tuesday he is “strongly considering” running next year for state agriculture commissioner. [H-L] Rand Paul, a leader of the libertarian wing of the...
View ArticlePeckrePointe & The Ark Park Are Still Failing
Patriot Coal Corp. is warning that substantial cutbacks at its two Union County mines could come in the next two months, affecting as many as 670 workers. [H-L] In what’s already being hailed as “a...
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