Attribution: Nhandler, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that what is going on now as the Repubs try to pick a POTUS candidate is akin to promoting dog adoption from a crooked pet shelter that is dominated by the constant loud whining of an unfixed …
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Category:Politics
Contempt of Court
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter “We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.” –Senator Marsha Blackburn The rule of law. Everyone is equal before the law. The law is the …
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Kickass and Human Stupidity
Attribution: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says it may be time to use the current bumper crop of human stupidity to revamp the game of fetch whereby it more resembles the cow chip throwing event honed each fall by …
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Dialogues on the Least Objectionable Candidate: Slim Pickings in Iowa
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Sienna poll today says it’ll be Trump vs Biden. A done deal. Don crushing Ron. I’d like to know (2) things: Politico: Iowa Caucus, 9/8/23 “He might say mean things and make all the …
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Kickass and Life Advice
Photo by redcharlie | @redcharlie1 on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, indulges the keeper as he inventories some of the annoying clutter in life and suggests means of tolerating them. Current domination of the media by the former orange POTUS is like having a former in-law from a previously failed marriage–one who does not bathe …
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Kickass and Dumb Legislators
Attribution: U.S. House of Representatives – Office of the Clerk, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in acknowledging the latest product of Wisconsin’s grand tradition of sending stupid jerks to Washington and Madison to do “minority representation” and make the state look like a …
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Kickass and UFOs
Attribution:derivative work: thumperward (talk) File:Supposed UFO, Passaic, New Jersey.jpg: –, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in asking what it says about the state of bipartisanship when both Dems and Repubs cooperated in holding a recent hearing on whether or not entities from outer space are …
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Kickass and Road Trip Learning
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s recent road trip, though it did not accomplish its original mission of meeting up with any bear, wolves hounds or hounders, was not without discovery, in part by learning of the existence of The Highground Veterans Park west of Neillsville. …
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Kickass and Mike Adventure
Attributon: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that Phyllis wisely chooses to stay home, as the keeper and his son Mike head north with a number of missions on their itinerary: *Find out just what it is that motivates grown men …
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Kickass and Walking on the Moon
Attribution: Illustration by w:en:William Wallace Denslow, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting that it has been 54 years since Neal Armstrong walked in the moon, one of those where-was-I-at-the-time remembering events: Phyllis was raising kids and working in a Wisconsin Rapids bank. The keeper was …
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Kickass and Off-Leash Comments
Dwayne Reilander, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is often uneasy about the keeper being “off leash” but cannot always prevent it. The following recent examples illustrate the risks of his “at large” status: *The outrageous summer bear hound training now being allowed ONLY in Wisconsin has no comparable …
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Faded Glory
Photo by Alex Martinez on Unsplash By Geoff Carter A couple of weeks ago, we went up to the family cabin in Northern Wisconsin for a short vacation. Our family has had the place there for years, since I was a boy. It’s an area that has been slowly changing, turning older and more politically conservative as more …
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