Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter When presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris picked Minnesota governor Tim Walz to be her running mate, a collective sigh (a sigh that sounded suspiciously like the word “who?”) swept over the American landscape—a sigh that was followed by a series of questions. Who is this guy? Why …
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Category:Politics
Kickass and Political Animals
Attribution: Guido Gerding, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in noting that there has been a flurry of internet photos of Dem. veep candidate Tim Walz holding various animals—dogs, a cat and even a pig, all the while smiling and appearing comfortable in animal company. …
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Kickass and New Right Hip
Attribution: Smith & Nephew, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in reporting that Phyllis’s hip joint replacement surgery went well and she will likely return home today. Not intending to make trouble, but the keeper is a bit concerned that Phillis has a new “right” hip and …
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Witch Hunt
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Republican Vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance has just recently stepped (or rather stumbled) into the national spotlight—no small feat for a man whose foot is constantly in his mouth. Even though in many ways he is a mini-Trump, some of Vance’s views are much more extreme than the former …
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Dialogues on Women and the Demo-Cats: Welcome to Kamalot
Attribution: Lawrence Jackson , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Sharing my flip flop on Kamala: Though I still worry ‘bout systemic racism…the problem is it’s systemic…. The theory I had was our Joe/Jane middle class voter would opt for …
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Stranger than Fiction
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter When I was kid, we used to be able to order paperback books in school from The Arrow Book Club, a division of Scholastic Books. I remember eagerly looking through the order form at titles like 13 Spooky Stories, A Wonderful Trip to the Mushroom Planet, The Forgotten Door, or …
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Kickass Accepts Aging
Attribution: Andreas Bohnenstengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in suggesting one way to experience empathy for Joe as he decides to do a POTUS hand off is to compare it to the decision to sell the house and move to an independent living facility …
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Kickass and the GOP Convo
Attribution: DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that even as old as he is—Phyllis is much younger but still old enough to know better, anyway, the two of them watched the TV end of the Repub circus Thursday night as the head clown droned on with his …
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Kickass and Republican Milwaukee Convo
Attribution: Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s fond memories of the decade or so that he spent roaming Wisconsin as a columnist/reporter for the Milwaukee Journal back in the days—1970s– when it was still one helluva …
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Horrible, Wisconsin
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Imagine my surprise when I recently learned that I’ve lived nearly my entire life in a horrible city. I never knew that. I’ve always thought Milwaukee was a pretty decent place to live. I grew up, got married, and raised a daughter here, I worked in Milwaukee Public …
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Kickass and Dog at RNC Convo
Attribution: Governor Jim Justice, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, was excited along with the keeper and Phyllis to see a dog on the stage at the RNC Convo in Milwaukee as the Repubs passed around and praised their leader’s version of America as his kingdom. “Babydog” an English …
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Kickass and Reaction Statement
Attribution: Frederick Burr Opper, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in acknowledging the widespread use of the following totally meaningless statement in reacting to the Meridian, PA. shooting: “There is no place in our political system for violence.” Every politician says it, and not only is …
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