Attribution: Marcin n® ☼, recreated from scratch by Quibik, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper on this 4th of July listening to the echoes of explosives out of Philadelphia as four people die in the 29th mass shooting of the year to bring the total US dead to 2,900 …
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Month:July 2023
Kickass and Inane Fireworks
Photo by Arthur Chauvineau on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be joining the dogs under the porch or the bed or any other place that shields him from the inanity of 4th of July fireworks. From backyard boom freaks to soaring commercial rocket excesses, the keeper sees the use of explosives …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “Asteroid City”
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “Living in Another World”: Film Review of Asteroid City By Geoff Carter There are only a few filmmakers working today whose style can be recognized within the first few frames of a film. This was possible with past artists like Stanley Kubrick, Jacques Tati, or …
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Kickass and Rules to Live By
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, worked with the keeper in formulating the following rules to live by: *Being a billionaire is immoral: turn yourself in. *Millionaires require permits to be issued by the homeless and the hungry. *Those running for POTUS on the Repub ticket need to join the scarecrow …
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Kickass and SCOTUS Dog Decision
Adelaidasofia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has been advised by the keeper that the recent rampage-against-reason by the Supine Court of the US includes the long-standing right of dogs to stand on three legs while peeing on trees and fire hydrants. Under the six/three SCOTUS decision, with the …
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