Kickass and Hot Court

Attribution: Lorie Shaull from Washington, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper accepts the irrefutable evidence that the world has already gone to hell in a handbasket and the temperature will continue to increase until the MAGA cult dingbats and the SCOTUS members melt …
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Common Sense and Sensibility

Attribution: Carol M. Highsmith , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter At face value, it seems naive to think that twelve randomly selected citizens can put aside their beliefs and prejudices long enough to logically assess the evidence, facts, and arguments in a court of law to determine the guilt or innocence of a …
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Kickass Goes to Work

Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, does not think there is any connection between the gratifying court events of May 30 and Phyllis’s decision to move Kickass off the entry shelf where he has been idling for years and stationing him down on the floor where he can assume …
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Kickass and Lawyer Talk

Attribution: howtostartablogonline.net, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, advises the keeper that he has obviously been over exposed by TV to the methodology of the legal profession as terms like “the defense rests” and “objection sustained” are not useful in furtherance of a personal relationship. It isn’t that Phyllis …
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Kickass and Parking Justice

Attribution: howtostartablogonline.net, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, with current attention concentrated on the courts, remembers a court incident back in his student days when he got a ticket for parking too close to a crosswalk. The ticket was for $10, not an insignificant sum …
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