Kentucky Politics News

This is a very good post about yesterday's tragic shooting at Ft. Hood. It was first thought that there were multiple shooters or that perhaps the lone suspect suffered from PTSD, which is now seeming unlikely. My thoughts go out to the family and friends of the victims and of the assailant, and to the military community at large. Very sad.

I can't figure out if this is hilarious, evil, or hilariously evil.

She feels the same way about cotton balls as Dan Mongiardo feels about being seen in public with Steve Beshear, me thinks...

Just got this in my inbox from the students responsible for the guerrilla sign shenanigans against Lee Todd and his Wildcat Coal buddies.
Midnight Activists Strike Against Wildcat Coal Lodge

In response to the naming of the new “Wildcat Coal Lodge” students staged a multi-banner drop for campus. This drop was intended to illustrate the corporatization of campus. For example, a banner reading “Your Ad Here” was hung at Memorial Hall.

Overall there were 6 banners and one poster throughout campus. These banners were hung at 4am and were removed by 5:30am.

The fact that they are no longer there illustrates that Student voices have been stifled yet again. Goodbye institute of higher learning, hello UK: corporate billboard.Here are the pics:

Guerrilla activism, FTW.
Someone unhappy with the newly approved Wildcat Coal Lodge hung banners on the University of Kentucky campus early Wednesday, but few saw them because they were quickly taken down.

The theme: UK is for sale.

A banner across the pillars of Memorial Hall said, “YOUR AD HERE! Call: 257-1701.”

That’s UK President Lee Todd’s office number.

Another sign, over the Main Building, proclaimed it to be the “Ball Homes Building.” Mira Ball, who is the chairwoman of the school’s Board of Trustees, also is the chief financial officer of Ball Homes Inc.More signs, to come...