Attribution: Free Public Domain Illustrations by rawpixel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, along with the keeper and Phyllis proudly announce their association with “Bad Ass Badger.” The story of “Bad Ass Badger” has its beginning when he was denied membership in the Silver Badgers, a Madison west-side group …
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Category:Politics
Founding Fathers, Lost Sons
Attribution: John Trumbull, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter About a month ago, my brother, a historian himself, gave me a copy of Rick Atkinson’s The British are Coming, the first volume in his American Revolution trilogy. Mr. Atkinson is a renowned historian, having penned another series, The Liberation Trilogy, about the Allied Victory in …
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Kickass and Numbers
Attribution: Lara Robinson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, using only those numbers approved for use by the current Washington cult-that-couldn’t-shoot-straight, changes his official birthdate from 9/11/31 to TBM which translates to “TRILLIONS/BILLIONS/ MILLIONS” the language most often used by the clueless cult crowd as …
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Project 2005
Attribution: Win Henderson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Recently, my wife and I have taken to going over to my mom’s place and watching TV with her. We watched—and she loved—the harrowing Zone of Interest, the fascinating Queen’s Gambit, and even some episodes of The Sopranos. She didn’t care much for Janet Planet or Ted Lasso, but that’s …
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Chinese Finger Trap
Attribution: carol, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Let’s try a reality check: These are only a few—the greatest hits—of the latest conspiracy theories. Of course, we have the golden oldies like the earth is flat, contrails are poisoning people, Area 51 was an alien landing site being concealed by the government, and …
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Kickass and Conspiracy
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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