Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Something doesn’t smell right in Wisconsin, and it hasn’t for a long time. Something’s gone sour—rotten, and the odor seems to be emanating from the State Capitol Building. It’s the smell of greed, corruption, and mendacity, and it stems from the insatiable lust for power displayed by the …
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A Thousand Words
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter A photograph can record many things—a fond memory, a milestone, a precious moment, or an historical record. Weddings, graduations, reunions, class pictures, and births are some of the momentous occasions traditionally preserved on film. Even casual Polaroids of kids playing or friends hanging out can carry special significance, …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Government
Attribution: Ander107, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in updating the political sideshow that prevails in the gerrymandered, minority-representation Wisconsin government. 1. The Republicans on the state Supreme Court, suddenly finding themselves in the minority, threaten–through their whining leader Ziegler to bring back their vaudeville tactics whereby …
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Kickass and Repub Weight Loss Program
Attribution: Tiraspolsky, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper finally got something out of the Repub unreality show currently dominating the media, and that is a weight loss program that he can live with. Demonstrated through the Thursday booking of the mob boss, the plan simply …
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Kickass and Repub Dog Adoption
Attribution: Nhandler, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that what is going on now as the Repubs try to pick a POTUS candidate is akin to promoting dog adoption from a crooked pet shelter that is dominated by the constant loud whining of an unfixed …
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Contempt of Court
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter “We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.” –Senator Marsha Blackburn The rule of law. Everyone is equal before the law. The law is the …
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Kickass and Human Stupidity
Attribution: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says it may be time to use the current bumper crop of human stupidity to revamp the game of fetch whereby it more resembles the cow chip throwing event honed each fall by …
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Dialogues on the Least Objectionable Candidate: Slim Pickings in Iowa
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Sienna poll today says it’ll be Trump vs Biden. A done deal. Don crushing Ron. I’d like to know (2) things: Politico: Iowa Caucus, 9/8/23 “He might say mean things and make all the …
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Kickass and Life Advice
Photo by redcharlie | @redcharlie1 on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, indulges the keeper as he inventories some of the annoying clutter in life and suggests means of tolerating them. Current domination of the media by the former orange POTUS is like having a former in-law from a previously failed marriage–one who does not bathe …
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Kickass and Dumb Legislators
Attribution: U.S. House of Representatives – Office of the Clerk, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in acknowledging the latest product of Wisconsin’s grand tradition of sending stupid jerks to Washington and Madison to do “minority representation” and make the state look like a …
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Kickass and UFOs
Attribution:derivative work: thumperward (talk) File:Supposed UFO, Passaic, New Jersey.jpg: –, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in asking what it says about the state of bipartisanship when both Dems and Repubs cooperated in holding a recent hearing on whether or not entities from outer space are …
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Kickass and Road Trip Learning
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s recent road trip, though it did not accomplish its original mission of meeting up with any bear, wolves hounds or hounders, was not without discovery, in part by learning of the existence of The Highground Veterans Park west of Neillsville. …
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