Legoktm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Next up on the agenda, after SCOTUS dumps Roe, is a federal level statute banning abortion. What, say you? I thought the most cherished hope of conservatives was to return abortion authority to the states. After …
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Category:Politics
Kickass and Great Day in Madison
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the door stop dog, notes that Saturday was one of those days in Madison when the keeper and his ilk celebrated the sheer joy of being alive: proms, graduations, photo sessions beneath blossoming trees, strolls down State Street, uncles in wrinkled shirts, beautiful young women in long …
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Kickass and No More Fetch
Maulor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, informs the keeper that if the Earth were a tennis ball, no dog would fetch it, there being no fun in playing with what is coming to resemble a rotting meatball being picked over by opportunistic vultures and consumed by rich maggots. …
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Kickass and Mayday
Photo by Alex Martinez on Unsplash Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper as he shouts, “MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!” as loudly as possible in the hope that he will be rescued from his slovenly way of life and made productive again, perhaps in the mode of those reporters at the WH correspondents’ …
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Kickass and Elon Musk
Pablo Carlos Budassi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s confusion in noting the simultaneity of Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter’s BS megaphone, and the local PBS begathon’s pleas for a few dollars to keep disseminating the truth and consequences of daily …
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Kickass and Boating Woes
A.F. Bradley, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that based on the keeper’s life-long experience, he advises the Russian oligarchs who own the billion- dollar yachts, that killing themselves, as several have reportedly done, is an overreaction to a boating problem. From the …
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Kickass and Disney Characters
Photo by Guillermo GR on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, in his eagerness to be helpful, is pointing out Wisconsin job opportunities to the Disney characters who are losing their Florida jobs for saying certain words, like “stupid, dumb, outrageous, unbelievable, racist, homophobic and constipated.” GOOFY: You are …
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Kickass and Prosser Choking
Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, fresh from blaming the lousy spring weather on the cats, now sees the upside-down condition of the justice system, the prevalence of legislative gerrymandered minority rule, and the resulting paralysis of the executive branch, all due to application …
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The Good Fight
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter As awful and unfortunate as the last two years have been—a time that included the Covid epidemic and its economic fallout, the 2020 presidential election and the subsequent January 6th insurrection, and the George Floyd murder and BLM activism—the war in Ukraine is beyond horrible. In some ways, the …
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Kickass and Evolution of Putin
DonkeyHotey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, fresh from having a needle poked into his eye as a sight preservation measure, marvels at the medical world’s discovery of such treatment; but his astonishment takes a back seat to the euphoria produced by the likes of …
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Kickass and Moral Procrastination
President Biden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, hears the keeper comment that 157 years after the end of the Civil War there is great rejoicing that a Black women will become a member of the Supreme Court. At this rate of moral procrastination, the War …
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Kickass Votes for Phyllis
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has no plans to accompany the keeper to the polls today to vote in the municipal election, but he will be watching to make sure the keeper votes for those candidates who have proven that they are decent human beings and not egocentric jerks: …
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