Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be cheering on Phyllis and all the “Silver Badgers” as they gather this afternoon—2 pm, at Gammon Road and Tree Lane for their weekly ICE and company protest. Joining the Silver Badger crowd, which is heavily weighted toward seniors, …
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Category:Activism
Tightening the Screws
Attribution: Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter I like to think of myself (perhaps generously) as something of a handyman. I’ve made a few repairs around the house. I’ve fixed leaky faucets, running toilets, and squeaky doors I’ve changed storm windows, tuned up our lawnmower, and preformed other sundry houselhold tasks. …
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Dialogues on Banana Republic North: White ICE
Attribution: Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Michael D., Dennis C., John K., and Geoff Carter Hot off the parent network texting here in SF last night. Friend of my DIL’s nanny was walking home with her charge last night from Moscone Park—1 block away. A woman followed her and began …
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Revolution Redux
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter There have been instances when the sometimes all-too-thin lines between art and reality have intersected, crossed, and become blurred. The China Syndrome, a film about safety violations at a nuclear power plant, was released only twelve days before the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant. Wag the …
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Kickass and Revolutionary War
Attribution: William Barnes Wollen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis saturated with war–the current absurd cruelties at a number of global locations and the amazing Ken Burns “The American Revolution” shown last week in a five-part series on PBS. Now as the US endures …
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Kickass and Demonstration for Hope
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in wondering if there are parallels in NATURE to the current trend of humans gathering to hold signs along the streets in an expression of opposition to a vicious predator perched on the mountain top while devouring beloved Alpha …
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Kickass and Underdog Book
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis listening to Tom Jacobson’s book program in which he told a crowd of seniors at Quarry Ridge Retirement about his long illustrious Madison lawyer life of resisting on behalf of minorities and disadvantaged people of all kinds including Jeffery …
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Enough is Enough
Attribution: Chad Davis., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter After the Proposition 50 referendum, in which voters resoundingly endorsed the California legislature’s plan to redistrict their voting districts in response to the Republican Party’s partisan gerrymandering of Texas, Governor Gavin Newsom said, “after poking the bear this bear roared.” (Instagram) Of course, the bear …
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Kickass and Thrown Sandwich
Attribution: פֿינצטערניש, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reminds the keeper and Phyllis that the most important thing to remember about throwing a sandwich is to throw it in the direction of the dog. Throwing a sandwich at an ICE agent is fraught with peril as the ICERS wear bulletproof …
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Dialogues on the Devils We Know: Tripping in the Twilight Zone
Attribution: IlNat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring The Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael D., and Geoff Carter A calculus max min term as we all know…🤓 …and No, I’m not referring to exactly when Ohtani’s 3rd jack started to fall. Before I begin, I want to …
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Who Cares?
Attribution: Chad Davis., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Last Saturday, the nationwide No Kings rally, composed of over 2600 separate demonstrations spread across all fifty states, took place. Over seven million people showed up to protest the Trump administration. Massive demonstrations in Boston, Chicago, New York City, and other major cities topped …
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Kickass and NO KINGS Women
Photos by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, as a “No Kings” observer, reports the keeper closeted in his sophisticated analytical lab trying to put meaning to the fact that there were many more women than men among the seven million “No Kings” participants. In the keeper’s personal case, Phyllis and her …
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