Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, turns it over to the keeper as he reports that tomorrow before the sun is up, Phyllis will be undergoing hip replacement surgery at a UW Health facility, thanks to the availability of a hospital bed in this day of abject Covid stupidity. That …
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Kickass and Repub Survival Advice
Original: Mintguy / Fredrik Derivative work: Archenzo at Italian Wikipedia – User Romanm, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is doing his best to help the keeper survive the edicts of Republican leaders as they advise the citizenry on dealing with various threats: *Vos, Johnson, Tiffany, and other deep …
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Kickass and 100,000 COVID Deaths
Amebrahtu1997, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says that while the keeper is not big on math, he does comprehend the official US estimate that another 100,000 Covid deaths is predicted unless more people wear masks, in which case only 50,000 people will die, most from the ranks of …
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Kickass and the Kool-Aid
Photo by Max Fischer from Pexels By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper’s observation that the Repubs’ use of the “Jim Jones” approach of using death to deal with life’s issues appears to be working for them. From ingesting horse worm medication to gathering in Sturgis to sneeze on each other to conducting crowded meetings …
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Kickass Does Van Gogh
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, stayed home as the keeper and Phyllis did the Vincent Van Gogh “immersion” in Milwaukee whereby unique technology and lighting produces the sensation of cavorting across the French countryside with Vincent on starlight nights and sunny flower-strewn days. Photo-artist Phyllis came away duly impressed …
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Kickass and Cowbird Junk Plan
Photo by Andrew Haimerl on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is adapting the “cow bird” technique for dealing with a lifetime collection of “stuff:” What he—the keeper does, is sneak an item of his saved junk into the living area of one of his kids, not unlike the cowbird laying its …
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Kickass and Reader Letter About Dog Killing Cats
Javier B, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes on the keeper’s behalf that two-way communications is not a recent Facebook thing, but was one of the delights of writing a newspaper column back in the keeper’s day. Letters from readers kept a columnist’s ego somewhat in check, and in …
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Kickass and the Filibuster
Krotz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, demands the mic from the keeper and says that if all humans had individual filibusters in their physiological life, they would all die of extreme constipation as their essential systems shut down By a dog’s reasoning, the filibuster which can virtually eliminate …
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Kickass Sells “Margaret’s War”
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, identifies the keeper as lazy onto motionless when it comes to promoting his novel “Margaret’s War,” published in 2020. There being no room for modesty in the book business, the keeper announces his availability to talk to groups of three or more on writing about …
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Kickass and McCoy Refugees
Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, indulges the keeper as the plans for using Camp McCoy in the Afghanistan refugee program prompts memories of 1980 when some 14,000 Cubans were housed at McCoy after escaping Fidel Castro’s regime. The keeper, a Milwaukee Journal columnist at the time, was also …
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Kickass and Multiple Choice
Photo by Mica Asato from Pexels By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has been assisting the keeper in accepting the body betrayal that befalls everyone from the moment they emerge from the womb as cute little, standard-sized bundles of joy until they no longer breathe the air. For some, the lifetime of body betrayal goes beyond annoyance to …
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Kickass and the Jerk Dentist
Ka-ho Chu uploaded by R-E-AL (talk | contribs | Gallery) (German Wikipedia) Ka-ho Chu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes on the keeper’s news of the failure of a Wisconsin trade with Minnesota in which Mindless My Pillow Mike would be exchanged for Painful “Jerk-‘em-out” Prehn, the Wausau dentist …
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