Taxiarchos228, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is assisting the keeper in distributing instructions for using the Snow-Denial plan which, incidentally, is similar to how the Repubs embrace the “big lie.” Fact one: Though the ground is covered with something white, that could be god’s dandruff as these things are …
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Kickass and Christmas Dog Fight
Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that even including a brief but vicious dog fight in the middle of the living room, the Christmas Day gathering with the keeper and Phyllis will go into the records as another delightful memory maker. Phyllis’s production …
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Kickass Remembers Uncle Alvin
Joseph Morewood Staniforth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, indulges the keeper as he—the keeper, remembers Uncle Alvin and a host of others who once were essential to a complete Christmas Day. They may be gone but they will never be forgotten, and the memories of them come back with …
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Kickass and Believing
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has inside information that Santa accidentally touched the screen on his sleigh’s dashboard when it was in navigation mode, and the reindeer are now doing a U-turn over Butternut, Wisconsin, a small community that—like the rest of the state–believes. Earlier, …
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Kickass on Giving and Receiving
State Library of New South Wales collection, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is trying to communicate to the keeper just how to deal with giving and receiving in this season when the claim is promoted that “giving” produces greater satisfaction than “receiving.” That is hogwash, of course. Take …
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Kickass and the Republican Christmas
RAHurd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joined the keeper in absorbing the sad, sad story of how the narcissistic dishonesty of Wisconsin Republicans has turned the state into a political garbage dump, as it was told Tuesday by Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. That ten Wisconsin Repubs forged an …
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Kickass and the Shortest Day of the Year
Winter Solstice Sunrise 2010 by Sian Lindsey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listened as the keeper interviewed the shortest day of the year (SDOY): Keeper: “So how did you end up as the shortest day of the year?” SDOY: “Daylight started to leak out through a big hole in …
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Kickass and the Christmas Letter
Maasaak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has finally sent his letter off to Santa, and includes a copy here for the benefit of Phyllis and other Christmas elves: “Dear Santa: As you know, I have not been a ‘good little boy,’ but you have always managed to work …
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Kickass and Kraus Getting Old List
Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper to update a list of tips for dealing with getting old as it was originally drafted by Bill Kraus, one of the late, great Republicans in Wisconsin’s political history. In addition to Bill’s advice to …
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Kickass Does Book Promo
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be talking about his novel “Margaret’s War,” today before the residents of Vista West where he and Phyllis live. It promises to be a tough crowd, including such luminaries as Ted Tibbits who guided the UW project of growing potatoes …
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Kickass and the Ill Wind
Lyle Muller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis survived the fierce night winds of Dec. 15, 2021 by hanging onto each other tightly: and by trying to figure out how the once proud state governmental structure of Wisconsin is now being displayed on …
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Stupid is as Stupid Does
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Last week, State Representative Jonathon Carroll introduced a bill in the Illinois State Legislature that would require residents who have refused the Covid-19 vaccination—and who subsequently contract the virus—to cover the expenses of treating the disease on their own, even if they have health insurance. Rep. Carroll has …
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