Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Disney World, the mother of all family theme parks, is based just outside of Orlando, Florida. Its component pieces, EPCOT, The Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, span over 27,000 acres—about 43 square miles—and rake in huge profits—over twenty-seven billion dollars in 2022 alone. It is …
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Category:Politics
A Man for All Seasons
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Last week, Jimmy Carter’s family announced that, per his wishes, he will be placed in hospice care at his home, a fitting end for a man who cherished his roots above all else. The ex-president has been battling cancer for years, and, at ninety-five years old, he has …
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Kickass Thinks of Jimmy Carter
Commonwealth Club from San Francisco, San Jose, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper and the rest of the world takes a lesson from Jimmy Carter on how to die–with acceptance and dignity; there is this time to dwell on how the peanut …
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Kickass and Farewell to Tony Earl
Photo by Dawid Zawiła on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes with the keeper that the flag in front of Vista West and those elsewhere across the state are at half-mast today in honor of Tony Earl who died this week at the age of 86, leaving in the wake of his life more friends …
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Unidentified F…ing Objects
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Since the sighting, tracking, and downing of the Chinese weather balloon/surveillance device off the coast of South Carolina a week or so ago, three more airborne objects have been observed and subsequently downed over or near American airspace. Nobody knows exactly where they’re from or who sent them. …
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Kickass and Dogs as Voters
Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be working with the keeper on this primary election day to allow dogs to vote, the thinking being that any species smart enough to cut the deals that dogs have with humans is smart enough to choose those who write the dog-walking rules. There …
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Kickass and Planetary Comment
Antonino Vara, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper’s special communications powers intercepted an outer space transmission from an advanced planet that his been observing Earth since the human species came down out of the trees: “Your Earth Observation Authority (EOA) is happy to report that …
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Bursting the Balloon
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The story was all over the headlines—”Pentagon Says It Detected a Chinese Spy Balloon Hovering Over Montana”, NY Times, 2/2/2023, or “Chinese Spy Balloon flying over U.S. ‘right now,’ Pentagon says”, Washington Post, 2/3/2023. And on and on. The story dominated the news cycle for the entire week, culminating on February …
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Kickass and ED in the Congressional Chambers
President Joe Biden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biden_delivering_the_2023_State_of_the_Union_address_2.jpg Kickass, the doorstop dog, naps as the keeper rants about the obvious epidemic of ED–“Elect the Dumb” as it was displayed Tuesday night in the congressional chambers during the state of the union speech. The juvenile antics by shouting know-nothings was handled skillfully by the President, …
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Dialogues on D.C. Disconnect and Scorpio Rising: Fear and Loathing in the Freedom Caucus
Crglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Capitol_Building_01.jpg Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Hey Bots, (3) news items from today At the risk of being redundant, I think the culprit for this is chiefly the orange ex prez, potentiated by Bannon, FB-etc… and others. …
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Kickass and Chinese Balloon
Attribution: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, US Forest Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is often unable to do anything about the keeper’s excesses. This is one of those mornings: Oh, big Chinese balloon up in the sky Please come to earth before I die. I want to see what …
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The Little Things
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Last week was bad. Really bad. Three mass shootings in California shocked the nation. Over the course of forty-four hours nineteen people were killed and dozens of others wounded. In all, over forty mass shootings have taken place in our country this January—a new monthly record. Of course, …
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