Attribution: Photo by Brandon Morgan on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper is suspicious that the conspiracy theorists have more fun, particularly if they get appointed to the current administration from hell which happens to many of them. With this in mind, the keeper joins the conspiracy theorist ranks with the following: A “rapture” …
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Kickass and Good Trouble
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, congratulates Phyllis, the committee, and the several hundred people who showed up Thursday afternoon at Gammon Road and Tree Lane to send a “good trouble” message that “they are not willing to abide a leader who treats them as inconvenient garbage”. Passing that “good …
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Depraved Indifference
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter According to The New York Unified Court System, “DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN LIFE refers to a person’s state of mind in recklessly engaging in conduct which creates a grave risk of death. A person has a depraved indifference to human life when that person has an utter disregard for …
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Kickass and H. L. Mencken
Attribution: Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins Phyllis in indulging the keeper yet again as he swings on the big memory vine back to his early newspaper column writing days when the job had a glorious history with the likes of Mark Twain, Ring Lardner, …
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Kickass and Rosie O’Donnell
Attribution: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, does not often step aside for guest voices, but makes an exception for Rosie Odonnell who sent the following from her home in Ireland to the rabid POTUS after he threatened to revoke her citizenship: “You are everything that is wrong with …
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Wake-up Call
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The second Trump presidency has been an unnatural disaster—as damaging as a Category 5 hurricane. And like a hurricane, this administration has wrought extensive and irreparable damage, damage to our government, our people, and our country—and to the people of the world who have depended on American aid. …
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Kickass and Note to IRS
Attribution: Matthew G. Bisanz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis feeling left out in that they did not receive personal letters from the IRS boss thanking them for their support of the billionaire narcissistic class. Friends have shared copies of …
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Kickass and Dog Shunning
Attribution: humboldthead, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, believes the keeper when he reports that in the big bulls— bill being forced by narcissistic nabobs down the throats of a slack-jawed populace, two of the one thousand plus pages got stuck together and effectively hide the provision that allocated …
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A Fourth of July Memorial
Attribution: Photo by Alex Martinez on Unsplash By Geoff Carter Every Fourth of July, we celebrate and honor an idea, a hope, and a dream which has survived more than two hundred and forty years. It seemed to be an impossible dream, that a nation could function as a free democracy, with lawmakers elected by the people to …
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Kickass Stays in Bed
Attribution: Photo by S L on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, with the audacity to join the legions of Sunday morning advice givers, recommends going back to bed and pulling the covers over your head. The alternative would be to rise and shine in an absolute Land of Oz world where …
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Kickass and Canada Friend
Attribution: PinchyCC, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, with Canadian- born wife Phyllis as a constant reminder of basic decency, and his own memories of many wonderful Canadian visits, finds himself uncharacteristically speechless in the foul wake of the Trump Titanic. To try to make light …
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Police State
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Much has been said and written about President Trump’s desire to transform our American republic into an autocracy, and it is indisputable—even to his propagandists at Fox News and OAN—that this is where he is leading the country. And we’re letting him do it. When the Supreme Court …
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