Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, with his unique lines of communication, has intercepted the following press message: “In a major trade prior to the annual All-Stupid Washington DC Allstar game–next Tuesday, the Dem Wokes will …
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Category:Politics
Kickass and Dash Veto
Lisacheese, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in celebrating the “dash” that Gov. Evers vetoed in the state budget to save public school funding for the next 400 years. By changing “2024-25” to “2425” the former educator did something decent for Wisconsin kids on into an uncertain …
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All Too Real
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter I’ve never had the experience of attending a Comic-Con, and I’ve never—except maybe for Halloween—engaged in cosplay, dressing up like a character from a movie or novel, but it is amazing to see the detail and craftmanship that goes into some of the cosplay costumes and accessories at …
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Independence Day
(Originally published July 8th, 2021, but–unfortunately, still as timely now as it was then) Artwork by Michael DiMilo Article by Geoff Carter Our nation just celebrated The Fourth of July. Any American can—hopefully—tell you what this holiday is all about. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, severing all …
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Kickass and Unnatural Selection
Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in noting the anniversary of one of the more egregious indications that the human species is destined to do itself in by unnatural selection whereby tribal decisions are made by the …
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Kickass and Talk Replacement
Attribution: Eric Afyouni, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, delights in engaging the keeper in “what-if” situations and has posed the question of “what-if” the keeper and his ilk were denied the ability to talk–since so much talk does not rise above the sheer BS level–and were limited to …
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Fool Me Once….
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The United States has an impressive legacy of leadership, boasting war leaders like Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and FDR, and nation builders like Jack Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower. We have also elected notable scholars like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, ferocious defenders of democracy like John Adams …
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Dialogues on the Redder the Better: The Ron and Don Show
The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Bots, Now that perfect weather is secure here in the upper Midwest…and… Mark M. is busy doing field work–his longitudinal cross-section study of Americana, I thought I’d …
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Kickass and Storage Boxes
United States Department of Justice, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that most people in the keeper and Phyllis’s crowd readily identify with storage boxes, having made recent moves to places like Vista West; and more than a few of those “movers” would be pleased to have the …
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Kickass and Greening Wisconsin
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, fresh from a windshield survey with Phyllis up into the central portions of the state, reports that the gerrymandered, screw-the-public legislature in Madison and a GOP congressional contingent in Washington with the brainpower and ambitions of an NRA stink tank, …
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Kickass and Pinocchio Day Fallout
Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper in handling the fallout from his establishment of “Pinocchio Day” to mark the indictment last Tuesday of the former pretender to the throne. As Pinocchio Day gets on the calendar with other noteworthy days–Father’s Day and April Fools Day come to mind, …
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Kickass and Pinocchio Day
Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting that some political pundits have opined that this day is one of the most important in American history, involving as it does efforts to instill respect for rules in a former obedience school …
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