Attribution: Peter C. Asbjørnsen (1812-1885), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the information that in his never-ending efforts to be helpful, the keeper acknowledges the statement from one of the major political players that in the interests of informing voters it is not only okay but laudable …
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Category:Politics
What’s New, Pussycat?
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter They are mysterious and elegant creatures who only pretend to be domesticated by humans. They are not unquestioningly compliant like cattle or sloppily subservient like dogs. They are independent. Cats relate to people—tolerate them really—on their own terms. A cat will do as it pleases, when it pleases, …
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Kickass and Taylor Swift
Attribution: Cosmopolitan UK, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper’s less than stellar record of relating to female singers beginning with Dale Evans, including Kate Smith and moving on from the Andrews Sisters to Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughn. Somewhere when the pop musical focus went from …
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The Most Horrible Terrible Thing Anyone Has Ever Seen…
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Written September 7, 2024 Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris will be meeting on the debate stage this Tuesday, September 10th, an event sponsored by ABC News. It is being billed as the verbal match of the century. Ms. Harris is a former attorney general, US Senator, and …
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Kickass Takes Day Off
Attribution: VOA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper in pawing through possible subject matter on this day of Sept. 5, 2024 noted the following: Two teachers and two students dead in Georgia school shooting. Four shot to death while sleeping on the Chicago El. Fresh …
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Fraying Around the Edges
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The 2024 presidential cycle has been a season of heady highs and abysmal lows. To call it an emotional roller coaster is like saying Tom Brady was an okay quarterback. From the lingering despair surrounding Joe Biden’s horrible debate performance, his subsequent withdrawal, Kamala Harris’ dizzying rise in …
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Happy Labor Day from The Pen in Hand Blog: Union Strong
There is Strength in Solidarity…
Dialogues on the Saga of KamaTim: Good Times at the DNC
Attribution: SecretName101, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter Dialogues on the Saga of KamaTim: Good Times at the DNC The Harris campaign communications strategy is pretty simple, Orange Man Bad. Somebody counted (150) mentions of “Trump” in the campaign platform.People are rightly …
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Family Values
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter During campaign season, the term “family values” is thrown around like confetti at a ticker-tape parade. Depending on who is using it, the term can encompass anything from banning books, condemning same-sex marriage, or reviling immigrants to lowering middle-class taxes, installing universal healthcare to extolling reproductive rights. In …
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Kickass and Sleep Deprivation
Attributon: SecretName101, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s observation that within his and Phyllis’s time zone and age group there is serious fallout from three days of sleep deprivation caused by the DNC Chicago celebration. To hear the major speakers of the evening, it was necessary …
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Crybaby
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Who doesn’t remember playing sandlot football, baseball, or soccer during childhood? Enjoying those long afternoons of playing a game or two without the encumbrances of adult supervision? And who doesn’t remember that one kid getting upset and taking his bat or the ball and storming off the field? The …
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Kickass and DUI
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper shares a common experience with Dem Veep candidate Tim Walz in that both were arrested for DUI earlier in life, were fined and temporarily lost driving privileges. Tim, as a 30-year-old teacher at the time, responded by doing a life-time …
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