Attribution: National Archives and Records Administration , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper as he reviews how his life was given meaning by the women in it– to this very day as Phyllis assumes the burden of getting him through the day with a minimum of stumbling …
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Category:Politics
Dialogues on a Tooth for a Tooth: Riding the Downward Spiral
Attribution: Kobi Gideon / Government Press Office of Israel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring The Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Mark O., Dave S., Dennis C., Paul C, and Geoff Carter “The Democratic Party’s years long unity behind President Biden is beginning to erode over his steadfast support of Israel in its escalating war with …
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Kickass and the Unacceptable
Attribution: Al Jazeera, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper’s dilemma of waking up each day to a growing list of things that he and Phyllis must accept as members of the human race: Here it is for Nov. 13, 2023! *Dead kids under the rubble …
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Kickass and Gerrymandered Geese
Attribution: Jocelyn Anderson, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s observation that during the close-to-a-century that he has been alive his relationship with the Canada geese has gone from farm-boy fascination with the high-flying V formations that signaled distant other-worlds of romantic wildness and mystery, to …
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Kickass and Defining Scum
Attribution: Scum on Lake near Palm House, Kew Gardens, London by Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper considers the aspiring POTUS Repub candidates comparable to the line waiting in front of a port-a-potty at the country fair—their need is not for relief but for …
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They All Fall Down
Artwork by Michael DiMIlo By Geoff Carter The dominoes are beginning to fall. Who will be next? Nineteen people were indicted in the Fani Willis RICO case against those conspiring to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. And, as we’ve seen so often in TV police dramas like Law and Order, Breaking Bad, or The Wire, prosecutors are …
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Kickass and No Speaker of the House
Attribution: C-SPAN, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, aware of the keeper’s irresistible compulsion to do good, passes along a few reassuring remarks concerning the Repub’s inability to find a speaker of the house who believes in the house and the democracy it represents: *Think of the dilemma in …
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Kickass and Squeaker of the House
Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the following real-life drama: SCENE: Front stoop of average home. Doorbell rings. Home-owner answers to find a mouse on the front step. HOMEOWNER: “What can I do for you?” MOUSE: “I hear you need a squeaker of the house.” HOMEOWNER: “That would be …
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Kickass Builds an Ark
Attribution: Simon de Myle , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, aware of the keeper’s frequent misguided missions, has some doubt about his current project of building an ark as being the only possible solution to world circumstances. While it is only in the planning stage, the keeper would use …
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The Brat Pack
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter When the toy store Toys “R” Us was still around, I popped into one nearby on a Saturday afternoon to look for a present for a nephew, who was about to celebrate his ninth birthday. I went by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle stuff, the Nintendo stuff, and …
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Kickass and House on the Bus
Attribution: 3atbulletz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, accepts the keeper’s image of the House of Reps as passengers on a runaway bus careening through switchbacks as it hurtles down the side of a steep mountain. “Who’s driving?” “Nobody.” “What about the orange man, wasn’t he driving?” “He still …
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Kickass Interviews Gerry Mander
Artwork: “Money Badger” by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in incredulity that no member of the press has interviewed GerryMander, considering that after he was put in place by big money, places like Wisconsin became brothels for narcissistic “Johns” with perverted ideas about how to have their way …
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