The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Geoff Carter
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Category:Politics
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 Eating Epstein Files
Attribuion: Photo by Ayla Verschueren on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is sharing with the keeper and Phyllis the top-secret dog intelligence that a desperate attempt was made by the White House staff to put in place a “First Dog” so the POTUS could claim that his dog ate all existing copies of the Epstein …
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Kickass and the Credit World
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in observing the slave-like hold the money lenders have on the populace as it is now routine for the “slaves” to borrow money to do everything from attend college, use the remodeled bathroom or go visit grandma. There are …
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Kickass and Underdog Book
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis listening to Tom Jacobson’s book program in which he told a crowd of seniors at Quarry Ridge Retirement about his long illustrious Madison lawyer life of resisting on behalf of minorities and disadvantaged people of all kinds including Jeffery …
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Enough is Enough
Attribution: Chad Davis., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter After the Proposition 50 referendum, in which voters resoundingly endorsed the California legislature’s plan to redistrict their voting districts in response to the Republican Party’s partisan gerrymandering of Texas, Governor Gavin Newsom said, “after poking the bear this bear roared.” (Instagram) Of course, the bear …
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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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Kickass and Evers Saying NO!
Attribution: SecretName101, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, endorses the keeper and Phyllis’s nomination of Wisconsin governor Tony Ever’s for a Pulitzer for his response to the narcissistic POTUS demanding that state efforts to keep emergency food coming for those who need it be stopped immediately. In the Republican …
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Kickass Writes a Note
Attribution: United Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, intercepted the following note written by the keeper and Phyllis as they attempt to survive life as it becomes ever more absurd and impossible. “To the POTUS who obviously has no concern: “At long last, sir, have you no sense …
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Kickass and Thrown Sandwich
Attribution: פֿינצטערניש, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reminds the keeper and Phyllis that the most important thing to remember about throwing a sandwich is to throw it in the direction of the dog. Throwing a sandwich at an ICE agent is fraught with peril as the ICERS wear bulletproof …
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Dialogues on the Devils We Know: Tripping in the Twilight Zone
Attribution: IlNat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring The Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael D., and Geoff Carter A calculus max min term as we all know…🤓 …and No, I’m not referring to exactly when Ohtani’s 3rd jack started to fall. Before I begin, I want to …
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Princes of Darkness
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter We’ve survived another Halloween season, which, regrettably (to me at least), is becoming more and more of a Hallmark holiday. Increasingly elaborate costumes, extravagant home decorations, and a growing cornucopia of movies and limited series have inundated us for weeks—if not months, but the psychopathic killers, monsters, aliens, …
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