Kickass and Wolf In Grandma Wisconsin’s Bed

Attribution: Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 – 1935), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in noting that it would not be fair to wolves to use them as symbols to represent the devious Vos Repub gang that has been occupying Grandma Wisconsin’s gerrymandered political bed …
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Dialogues on Trans Continental: Taking a Hard Right

Attribution: Possibleuseful, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Bots, We had a decent discussion on transgender controversies a while ago. Since then, the anti-trans movement has been ginned up to a fever pitch. This has mostly been expressed via a …
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Kickass and Reprimanding Republicans

Attribution: Channel 3000, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis and their ilk, recognizing that they are living in a gerrymandered state litterbox of the Repub’s design that denies them representative government, hereby serve notice that if the Voss Repub dictator group moves ahead …
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Something Rotten in the State of Wisconsin

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Something doesn’t smell right in Wisconsin, and it hasn’t for a long time. Something’s gone sour—rotten, and the odor seems to be emanating from the State Capitol Building. It’s the smell of greed, corruption, and mendacity, and it stems from the insatiable lust for power displayed by the …
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A Thousand Words

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter A photograph can record many things—a fond memory, a milestone, a precious moment, or an historical record. Weddings, graduations, reunions, class pictures, and births are some of the momentous occasions traditionally preserved on film. Even casual Polaroids of kids playing or friends hanging out can carry special significance, …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Government

Attribution: Ander107, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in updating the political sideshow that prevails in the gerrymandered, minority-representation Wisconsin government. 1.   The Republicans on the state Supreme Court, suddenly finding themselves in the minority, threaten–through their whining leader Ziegler to bring back their vaudeville tactics whereby …
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Kickass and Human Stupidity

Attribution: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says it may be time to use the current bumper crop of human stupidity to revamp the game of fetch whereby it more resembles the cow chip throwing event honed each fall by …
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Kickass and Life Advice

Photo by redcharlie | @redcharlie1 on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, indulges the keeper as he inventories some of the annoying clutter in life and suggests means of tolerating them. Current domination of the media by the former orange POTUS is like having a former in-law from a previously failed marriage–one who does not bathe …
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