Kickass and Bigmouth

Gnashes30, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in replacing the ubiquitous “Bigfoot” stream of nonsense with one called “Bigmouth” which will be headquartered in Wisconsin with unlimited expansion possibilities to other states …
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Kickass and Steel Pan Band

Photo: The original uploader was Andrewa at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis considered the history of it, and then did their own interpretation of the Toco Beach Steel Pan performance at the East Side Club grounds on the Lake Monona …
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Turning Tail

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The Trump era has not been the Republican Party’s shining hour. Perhaps the most emblematic instance of Republican shamelessness occurred during last week’s January 6th hearings. At a key point during testimony, Representative Elaine Luria began describing the dangers faced by members of Congress and Vice-President Pence from rioters—as …
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Kickass and Aging Gracefully

Nicolas Perriault, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have totally rejected the concept of “aging gracefully,” and henceforth will be using balance devices such as hiking staffs and walking canes to whack over the head those who exhibit abject stupidity in such areas …
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Crime and Punishment

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter When Bernie Madoff, the notorious architect of one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in American history, was found guilty and sentenced to over one hundred and fifty years in prison for swindling his clients out of billions of dollars, Americans breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed as …
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Kickass and Outrageous Poetry

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has again reached that outrage level whereby all forms of expression fail him, except what he outrageously claims to be poetry: I think that I shall never see          How the Secret Service works for me.          A Service that loses its …
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Dialogues on a Bad Hair Day: Letters of Quiet Desperation

The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Paul C., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Half full: Ahem: History will tell that the tenure of these narcissistic, isolationist, populism puppeteers was brutal, but thankfully short. The 2nd brick in the wall falls, is the wall next? …
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Kickass and Moving to Canada

Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, wonders if the visit of Phyllis’s Canadian sister Joan and husband Bill has recruiting connotations: Are they trying to entice Phyllis back to her Saskatchewan birthplace to save her from the ravages of a collapsing, money-driven US government? If that is …
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Kickass and The Carters

National Archives and Records Administration , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass gets lazy and uses last year’s post, remembering his privileged moments with the Carters and wanting to be that young again!  Kickass, the doorstop dog, says the keeper is undecided about just where to direct his attention: the space race between …
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Blind Spot

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The January 6th Congressional Hearing has been a study in contrasts, a showcase of the best and the worst of the American psyche. At times, the hearings have been inspirational and heart-rending, but they’ve also been horrifying and embarrassing (but only in the sense that those being investigated embarrass—and …
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Kickass and Ignorance Day

Photo by Infrogmation, Mardi Gras morning, 1998, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is supportive of the keeper’s creation of “Ignorance Day” to be celebrated following “Independence Day,” when the masses beat themselves about the head with explosive sticks provided by narcissistic, money-driven dictators. “Ignorance Day” is yesterday and …
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