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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Category:Politics
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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Kickass at the Winery with Trumper
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis at Bailey’s Winery in the beautiful New Glarus hills sharing the music, the scenery, the wine and food and a table with Jeff and Dena from Idaho who are in the state for Dena’s traveling medical work. It was …
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Kickass and DOGE Fights
Attribution: – Credit to Gopal Aggarwal with link http://gopal1035.blogspot.com (thanks!), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, under the mistaken impression that “DOGE” was “Dogs Out Going Everywhere,” mistakenly agreed to serve as the local DOGE enforcer at Vista West where the keeper and Phyllis reside, the primary DOGE duty being …
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Taco Taco Man
Attribution: Grok, prompted by @tRumpnado2016 on X, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter The Teflon is wearing thin. Donald Trump is no longer impervious to the slings and arrows of satirical barbs and jabs. Somehow his rudeness, crudeness, criminality, corruption, incompetence, arrogance, narcissism, and macho posturing have gone largely uncriticized (or at least …
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Dialogues on Busting the Bench: Walking on thin ICE
Attribution: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark O., Mark M., Dave S., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter Awaiting our boots on the ground bots to shine light on this one. Some thought starters: Now…about that 2 year old, future drug dealer…rapist…serial killer… But that’s a pretty …
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Kickass Milks the Cows
Attribution: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, as a former farm boy who knew the experience of hand-milking cows, laments the progression of the twice daily task to “milking parlors” and rotating stalls and the hand-over to immigrant farm workers. With that last …
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