Dialogues on LA Noir: Ashes to Ashes

Attribution: Pacific Southwest Forest Service, USDA from USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter What do the ‘bots think about Hotel California blazing away? Let’s be honest.  Human casualty has been minimal. I reckon, in terms of the ratio of $$$$ …
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Kickass and Groundhog Day 2025

Attribution: EleetCanoe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, using his rare ability to know almost everything before it happens, reports on the latest executive order from the current POTUS:             “Executive Order # 365: Starting right now–this very minute, all groundhogs are hereby notified to turn …
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Kickass and Dumbest Politico

Attribution: U.S. Department of Transportation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper to reassign the title of dumbest Wisconsin politician from long term champion MAGA-loving Sen. Johnson to former Rep. Sean Duffy who is the new secretary of transportation and made the following statement about …
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Kickass and Blame

Attribution: Vector Portal, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is admittedly slow to catch on, but is finally recognizing the importance of “blame” in maintaining relevance in today’s Land of Oz. Under the precepts of the “blame” culture when something bad happens, such as an …
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Registered Offenders

Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter They are living amongst us. They might be your co-worker, your neighbor, your teammate in the volleyball league, or the housewife standing in line at the grocery store staring at the tabloid headlines. Hundreds—more than a thousand—of them were just released from their prisons and are once again …
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Kickass and Eight-Year-Old Repeat

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Incredibly, Kickass gets the morning off by using a post from eight years ago exactly as it appeared then: Kickass, the doorstop dog, with his fathomless array of information sources recently hacked into an exchange between Russia and the Trump Camp.RUSS: We’re thinking of decriminalizing domestic abuse, do …
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Kickass and Billionaires

Attribution: StanCoFair, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the keeper’s efforts to identify with the billionaires who recently bought the universe and reinstalled the formerly discredited Pluto at its center. In terms of relating to such things as Elon’s big space rocket exploding and falling into the …
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Kickass and Oligarch Kennels

Attribution: Maarten Honnebier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, gives the keeper and Phyllis the morning off and files his personal report on activities at OLIGARCH KENNELS following the recent change in ownership from private to corporate.             *Under the provisions of the “Citizen-Mutts Sold Out” act, OLIGARCH KENNELS will …
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