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Courier-Journal: Interview with Heather Curtis, independent candidate for KY Lt. Gov.

Heather Curtis is the official candidate for lieutenant governor on the ticket with her husband, Drew Curtis. But mentioned nowhere on the ballot is a second, de facto entrant with a brash brand of humor –Fark.com.

For the past 16 years, the couple has worked together building Fark, a web community that aggregates news articles with a humorous spin and likely boasts more name recognition than either candidate thanks to its inroads into popular culture.

Its first content item was a photo of a squirrel with giant testicles. Just this week, a headline on the site read: “Bloody hell, the UK may finally eliminate the tampon tax.”

Read the rest at the Courier-Journal.