Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, helps the keeper note that in the tsunami of ignorance and absurdity prevailing as of July 1, 2022 in Wisconsin, count the following: *Roe-betraying men make it legal—even honorable in their view, for men …
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Category:Politics
Behind Closed Doors
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter We’ve all heard the famous quote that when one door closes, another one opens. Last week, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe -v- Wade, making abortion illegal in many parts of America, the sound of that door slamming shut in the faces of women’s reproductive rights could be …
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Dialogues on Supreme Injustice: Letters from the Majority
Elvert Barnes from Silver Spring MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave O., Mark O., Paul C., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Hello Bots, Had no idea just how adrift the ‘progressive’ state of fighting Bob is on this issue: Politico: Abortion Laws by State –Dave Time to …
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Kickass and Indecent Senators
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, would see the keeper’s memory bank in the form of a landfill, except that it predates such garbage-handling progress and goes back to the days of rat-infested dumps where anything could be deposited to …
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Prime Time
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter I’m old enough to remember when the Watergate hearings aired in May of 1973. The Senate had established the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities to uncover unlawful activities—including the Watergate break-in—during the 1972 presidential campaign. Of course, thanks to the incredible investigative reporting at the Washington Post, …
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Full Measure
Artwork by Michael DiMilo (Originally posted on May 31, 2019) By Geoff Carter Ah, Memorial Day: the harbinger of summer, the first family picnic, and the grill master’s opening day. Memorial Day also happens to be the holiday recognizing and honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending our nation and Constitution. It is …
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The Cost of Freedom
By Mark Mamerow Originally Published August 18, 2020 Artwork by Micheal DiMilo “Freedom Isn’t Free!” It’s a potent bumper sticker, conjuring up images of GIs slogging ashore through heavy machine gun fire at Normandy, saving our American freedoms from the fascists. Freedom sets America apart from other nations: freedom of thought and expression, freedom to assemble, freedom …
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Get off My Lawn!
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Once upon a time, Wisconsin used to a state known for its practicality, progressive politics, and good economic sense. It boasted one of the nation’s best public-school systems, one of the finest state university systems, and was known for its shrewd management of its abundant woodlands and waterways. …
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Dialogues on Gilead Rising : Letters to the Court
Legoktm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Next up on the agenda, after SCOTUS dumps Roe, is a federal level statute banning abortion. What, say you? I thought the most cherished hope of conservatives was to return abortion authority to the states. After …
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Kickass and Great Day in Madison
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the door stop dog, notes that Saturday was one of those days in Madison when the keeper and his ilk celebrated the sheer joy of being alive: proms, graduations, photo sessions beneath blossoming trees, strolls down State Street, uncles in wrinkled shirts, beautiful young women in long …
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Kickass and No More Fetch
Maulor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, informs the keeper that if the Earth were a tennis ball, no dog would fetch it, there being no fun in playing with what is coming to resemble a rotting meatball being picked over by opportunistic vultures and consumed by rich maggots. …
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Kickass and Mayday
Photo by Alex Martinez on Unsplash Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper as he shouts, “MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!” as loudly as possible in the hope that he will be rescued from his slovenly way of life and made productive again, perhaps in the mode of those reporters at the WH correspondents’ …
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