Attribution: Michelle Buntin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in all seriousness and outrageousness to point out how Wisconsin, once a national leader in conservation matters, has sunk to be THE ONLY state where bear hounders from all over the country come to “train” their hounds …
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Kickass and Off-Leash Comments
Dwayne Reilander, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is often uneasy about the keeper being “off leash” but cannot always prevent it. The following recent examples illustrate the risks of his “at large” status: *The outrageous summer bear hound training now being allowed ONLY in Wisconsin has no comparable …
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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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Kickass and Chickenless Chicken
Narek Avetisyan /Narek75/, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, ever anxious to contribute to the advance of the species, accepts news of lab-made chicken now on the market–expensive and “tastes like chicken”–by joining the chickens in celebrating the fact that they–the chickens, can not only …
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Kickass and Bear Hounding
kikiciao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in hanging his head in shame and extending deepest apologies to the state bear population–an estimated 24,000 individuals, as the summer-long bear hound training season approaches. ONLY IN WISCONSIN: thousands of bear hounders from all over the country will …
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Kickass Writes Ode to Trees
Attribution: Joshua Ganderson from Austin, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, steps back from his efforts to promote the keeper’s book “Treeson: an APOLOGIA to Trees,” and offers the following: ODE FROM A DOG TO THE TREES Now that you are all leafed out, You’re glorious things, no …
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Kickass and Hog Towers
Baileynorwoodrocks, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, guides the keeper in celebrating “The Day of Pigs,” by way of eating some of Phyllis’s typically delicious pork- based soup; and in reading about how the Chinese are building 27-story, hog-towers in an effort to meet the demand for pork from …
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Kickass Speaks for Chickens
Adriel anv00, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is cooperating with the keeper in responding to the following message from chickens: “To whom it may concern, and all of those who eat eggs, not to mention chicken soup and drumsticks. “Recent events–mainly food prices, have brought unexpected attention to …
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Kickass and Bear Hounding
Attribution: Wenzel Ignaz Brasch (1708-1761), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, goes along with the keeper on this coldest Wisconsin morning of the year to point out the dumbest circumstance prevailing in a state that was once a respected leader in conservation issues: narcissistic bear hunters, many from other …
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Kickass and Being a Beagle
Mariano Szklanny, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper was intrigued by the report of a Japanese man who paid $23,000 to have a costume made so he could realize his dream of being a wolf. In asking Phyllis what creature the keeper might costume-up as, …
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Kickass and Faulkner
Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cooperated with the keeper in researching William Faulkner’s “The Bear” short story, thinking that there might be some information helpful in pointing to the bear hound training travesty now occurring in the North woods of Wisconsin, and ONLY in Wisconsin, therefore attracting hounders …
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Kickass and Pigs and Chickens
Jdbunod at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper agrees with the heart-felt public pleas to be considerate of various wild creatures; but he wonders just where pigs and chickens fit into the human conscience of coexisting compassionately with the lesser-brained. First the pigs …
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