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 Deer Stand Thoughts

Attribution: Photo by Uta Scholl on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes, along with the keeper and Phyllis, a most unusual circumstance across Wisconsin this morning: thousands of people—mostly men, sit in remote wooded locations alone with their thoughts while holding a gun capable of killing a large animal at great distances. If this morning’s …
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Kickass and Day Before Hunt

Attribution: Marc St. Gil, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that in the keeper’s long life of excesses, nothing looms any more excessive than his involvement with Wisconsin’s traditional nine-day deer hunt which this year begins tomorrow morning at ——-a.m.  As a complete record would show—and the keeper …
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Kickass and Quiet Piggy

Attribution: Leonard Leslie Brooke (1862-1940), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have learned that under a “Quiet, Piggy!” executive order administered by Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi, “The Three Little Pigs” fairy tale has been scrubbed of the original account of the wolf’s …
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Kickass and Leghold Traps

Attribution: Accipiter (R. Altenkamp, Berlin), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, gives the podium to the keeper this morning to confess yet once again his unconscionable use of leghold traps during his predator youth of catch, kill, consume or market all lesser creatures. It is painful for him to …
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Kickass and Goodbye Penny

Attribution: cweyant from Syracuse, United States, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper lamenting the eventual elimination of the penny as announced recently by the official coin providers. Both the keeper and Phyllis have childhood memories of placing pennies on the railroad track; and they acknowledge that throughout …
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Kickass and Northern Lights

Attribution: Photo by Nelly Volkovich on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s inside dope that the color red showing up in the current spectacular northern lights is a result of Pete Hegseth spilling cherry-juice concentrate as he mixed up a batch of Kool-Aid for common-sense generals. Anyone doubting the ability of the …
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