Attribution: Richard Hurd from Leland, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis wonder on this Labor Day weekend how corporations, having been judged by the Supine Court to be “people” for political purposes, will be celebrating? Will the corporations gather their loved ones …
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Month:August 2024
Dialogues on the Saga of KamaTim: Good Times at the DNC
Attribution: SecretName101, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter Dialogues on the Saga of KamaTim: Good Times at the DNC The Harris campaign communications strategy is pretty simple, Orange Man Bad. Somebody counted (150) mentions of “Trump” in the campaign platform.People are rightly …
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Kickass and Ingle with One Arm
Attribution: Gail Leenstra, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in acknowledging the Paralympic Games now underway in Paris, with remembering life- long friend Ingle who lost an arm as a result of a boyhood accident. As a fishing/golfing companion Ingle bested the keeper on a regular …
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Kickass and Life-Saving Bra
Attribution: Saigon Soul, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, prompted by another writer’s account of a dangerously stupid swimming decision, vividly remembers after all this time the night he jumped into the closed and dark Barron swimming pool with friends, apparently forgetting that as a …
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Family Values
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter During campaign season, the term “family values” is thrown around like confetti at a ticker-tape parade. Depending on who is using it, the term can encompass anything from banning books, condemning same-sex marriage, or reviling immigrants to lowering middle-class taxes, installing universal healthcare to extolling reproductive rights. In …
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Kickass and Safe Conduct
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that it is not as if the keeper is looking for a life-changing means of improving his situation, but in pawing through the debris of his life he ran across several “Safe conduct Passes” he had picked up on the Korean front in …
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Dialogues on Wretched Refuse: Fear and Loathing in the Old Country
Attribution: Photo by Ggia, dust spots/scratches removed by Kim Hansen. Edges cropped due to scan. Further restoration improvements using masks by Ggia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter ICYMI: In the UK (3) kids were killed (stabbing), then an “SVB” bank …
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Kickass and Lost Watch
Attribution: Photo by Patrick Hawlik on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that as the keeper works at doing his part on the exciting world stage he is often distracted by personal issues that tend to take precedent and detract from his otherwise valuable cultural contributions. Most recently the keeper lost his watch, and though …
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Kickass and the Crane Hunt
Attribution: Kyletracysrs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says the keeper notes yet another push for a Wisconsin hunting season on sandhill cranes. As reported by Henry Redman in the “Wisconsin Examiner” the crane hunt is being touted as relief for farmers who claim losses of $900,000 from cranes …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “Hit Man”
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The Real Me: Review of Hit Man ★★★★1/2 Some film genres are easier to define than others. Comedies make you laugh, horror movies scare the hell out of you, and romantic comedies make you laugh and cry. Recognizing some film genres is sort of like Supreme Court Justice …
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Kickass and the Heatwave
Attribution: Geralt, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in preparing for the dangerous heat wave about to descend on the Midwest, their main strategy being the “Stationary Excessive Hydration Exercise Program”—SEHEP, whereby they occupy recliners in air conditioned quarters while taking in large amounts of liquid …
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Kickass and Sarah Visit
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis were a launch pad for the keeper’s granddaughter Sarah as she returned to her California digs and husband Jessie after a summer’s visit, mostly with her dad Mike on the Wisconsin River at Sauk. It was wonderful to …
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