Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes on a story from the keeper: Johnson, Vos and Gableman walk into a bar, and the bartender asks for their order. Johnson requests an “old fashioned with muddled tax breaks for the rich.” Vos asks for “beer in a securely covered stein to …
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Kickass and Repub Survival Advice
Original: Mintguy / Fredrik Derivative work: Archenzo at Italian Wikipedia – User Romanm, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is doing his best to help the keeper survive the edicts of Republican leaders as they advise the citizenry on dealing with various threats: *Vos, Johnson, Tiffany, and other deep …
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Pulling Off the Band-Aid
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter In chaotic news footage reminiscent of the (to say the least) undignified and disorganized American exit from Saigon in 1975, the U.S. military, diplomatic corps, and translators have been attempting to flee Afghanistan after the seemingly unexpected and lightning-fast Taliban military takeover of the Afghan government. Fearful for …
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Kickass and the Filibuster
Krotz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, demands the mic from the keeper and says that if all humans had individual filibusters in their physiological life, they would all die of extreme constipation as their essential systems shut down By a dog’s reasoning, the filibuster which can virtually eliminate …
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Kickass and Getting Out of War
Photo by Ian Hutchinson on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper has some experience in participating in exits from foreign conflicts, having lost friends while helping take the kinks out of Korea’s 38th parallel 70 years ago. That the parallel has stood the test of time as a barrier against the spread of totalitarianism …
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Lost in the Funhouse
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Why can’t we get off this merry-go-round? Despite the availability of safe and effective Covid19 vaccines, the nation is experiencing a new spike in cases—the worse since last winter—especially among children and young adults, in populations that refuse to get vaccinated. Despite seemingly overwhelming evidence that he sought …
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That Sinking Feeling
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Article by Geoff Carter “The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.” — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote de La Mancha (Modern Library (Hardcover)) Shit floats. —Popular adage We’re treading water in a cesspool of information. Flooded with theories, …
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Kickass and Brain Exercise
TapTheForwardAssist, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis opted to pass up their daily exercise class Tuesday in favor of watching the four Capital cops testify at the legislative hearing for the Jan. 6 Capitol insanity. Just what this says about them—the keeper and …
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Kickass and Little Brother
Yellowstone National Park from Yellowstone NP, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is trying to help the keeper as he—the keeper, works through the role of older brother as his younger brother Orv and his wife Shirley make the transition from the home farm up in the northwestern …
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Kickass and Republican’s Covid Embrace
Lowenburg at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, attempts to help the keeper as he offers to assist the Repubs in their embrace of the Covid pandemic as a symbol of patriotism and independence. Led by the likes of the idiot Florida governor, the Repubs resistance to …
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Independence Day
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Article by Geoff Carter Our nation just celebrated The Fourth of July. Any American can—hopefully—tell you what this holiday is all about. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, severing all American ties with Great Britain. The founding fathers were sick of being taxed and …
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Kickass Takes a River Break
TheUnseen011101, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis will be taking their show on the road with a brief tour of Mississippi River environs in the Lacrosse area, with no more serious purpose than to check out the incredible Mayfly hatch, take a river …
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