Albrecht DĂĽrer , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is with the keeper as he—the keeper “rides” through unfamiliar Biblical “Revelations” territory with the four horsemen of the apocalypse, and a formulates a Wisconsin version to be known as the Four Horses Asses of Wisconsin’s Demise: Arrogance, Ignorance, Narcissism and …
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Kickass and the Park Purchase
Yinan Chen, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper barely remembers how to rant about positive things, so there was some verbal fumbling with the good news this week that the Wisconsin DNR Board approved the $1.64 million purchase of 220 acres to be added to …
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Kickass and Official State Stink
Rawpixel Ltd, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, aware of various “official” state symbols—the badger, robin, etc.–is suggesting that the stench of cow manure become the official state odor and that it be pumped into Wisconsin’s  legislative chambers where there is apparent approval for poisoning the …
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“Tis But a Scratch!”(Or how to Pass Infrastructure Reform in the US Senate)
United States Senate photography studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Mark Mamerow With the failure of Democrats’ election reform legislation in the US Senate, attention turns to infrastructure. As a bipartisan group of Senators prepare a compromise $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, their self-congratulatory backslapping is becoming hard to swallow. Morning Joe and The Situation Room are featuring a …
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Kickass Up in the Clouds
Photo by Naldo Mesquita from Pexels By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, turns it over to the keeper as he and Phyllis fly over the country in returning from their Colorado visit with Rick and Becky on a magnificent day of endless cumulous clouds that–as the summer solstice is marked–make it appear that the earth has blossomed …
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Connecting the Dots: The Rise of ALEC
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Article by Geoff Carter You can’t say we weren’t warned. During his farewell address of 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of unfettered economic forces controlling the government, focusing particularly on what he termed “the military-industrial complex”. “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition …
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Kickass and Bagging the Poop
Photo by Matthew LeJune on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has an angle view of a sidewalk frequently used by dog walkers, and in recently watching a walker do the plastic bag pickup, the keeper saw an opportunity to do good, specifically to reframe an obvious thought process from one of …
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Kickass and Sports Story Trade
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, suggests that the keeper try to control his—the keeper’s, excitement over the rumored trade between Minnesota and Wisconsin in which foul-ball hitter and debase runner Ron Johnson is to be exchanged for the My-Pillow …
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Step Right Up: A Primer in Sidestepping Taxes
Photo by Pixabay from Pexels By Mark Mamerow Them that’s got shall get Them that’s not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news —“God Bless the Child”, Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. The muckraking site ProPublica recently published an expose on the ridiculously low levels of income taxes paid by the superrich. Using data …
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Kickass and the Cicada Interview
Photo by Michael Kropiewnicki from Pexels By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be using his extraordinary communication powers to help the keeper interview the Maryland cicada that recently landed on Joe Biden’s shirt collar. Kickass: “The QAnon idiots say you may be a sign of something. What might that be?” Cicada: “That I am the premature reincarnation …
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Kickass and Fear of Hair
“Boris Johnson 2016” Foreign and Commonwealth Office, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is trying to assist the keeper in dealing with his—the keeper’s Chaetophobia,  which, everyone knows, is the extreme fear of hair. After undergoing four years of shock treatment during the Trump hair carnival, the keeper was approaching some …
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Swamp Things
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Politically, the past five years have been—to say the least—turbulent. An ruthless grifter was somehow elected to the highest office in the land; he brazenly tried to steal us blind (and was more than a little successful). He was also sublimely incompetent. His administration either badly bungled and/or …
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