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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Category:Politics
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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Kickass and Higher Elevation
Attribution: Stefano Ferrario, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper and Phyllis listened to the flood warnings last night on TV they were comfortable, even smug in acknowledging that their 5th floor living quarters protects them from such natural things as floods, burrowing rodents and all but …
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Kickass and Infamy Redux
Attribution; Charles Levy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis trying to adjust to the latest “day that will live in infamy” as the outsized libidos of yet another collection of hopelessly narcissistic men have them acting like randy bulls to gain more herd dominance. …
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Kickass and ICE
Attribution: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says the keeper would like to inform the ICE gestapo goons that as a descendent of Norwegian immigrants on his mother’s side he will not be going peacefully when the loony- tune squads arrive all masked up …
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Little Tin God
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter When I was growing up, back in the sixties, we used to play war all the time. We’d grab our plastic carbines, helmets, fatigues, and run around the backyard pretending to shoot each other. Amidst cries of “Got you” and “Did not” and “Only grazed me”, we became—in …
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Kickass and Thelma and Louise
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s dream revision of the closing scene in Thelma and Louise as being appropriate for this day when an out-of-control ICE posse moves close enough to stink up the action. As the keeper dreams it, with everyone panicked in the backseat as …
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Dead to Me
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Republicans have not had very good luck talking to their constituents lately. Senators and House Representatives have been shouted down or booed at town hall meetings, mostly because of their refusal to challenge President Trump’s attack on everything from the Veterans Administration to the Department of Education to …
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Kickass and ICE
Attribution: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, naps through most of the keeper’s poetry excesses but not this one: WHEN ICE APPEARS “How do you act when ICE appears “Do you shake with dread and untold fears? “When did we cross that commenting line …
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