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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Counting Coup
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Some of us may remember Rod Serling’s classic 1964 political thriller Seven Days in May, a movie about a military plot to take over the United States government. Burt Lancaster stars as General James Mattoon Scott, a megalomaniac convinced that a new peace treaty between the USSR and the US …
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Kickass and Windshield Relevance
Attribution: GREGHERRON, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, supports the keeper’s contention that injecting relevance into memories is something he should spend more time at, considering his inclination to loiter in memory lane. So, there is the memory of the keeper’s first off-farm job at Cliff Horstman’s service station …
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Dialogues on Second Fiddle: Don’t Keep us Hanging
Attribution: Illustration by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Informal, gentlebot’s wager: Who will he pick? I won’t prejudice your insights with my pick, rather just put a list below. The list is by no means complete. Please add to it. …
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Independence Day
(Originally published July 8th, 2021, but–unfortunately, and with the addition of the new SCOTUS, still as timely now as it was then) Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Our nation is celebrating The Fourth of July today. Any American can—hopefully—tell you what this holiday is all about. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental …
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Talking Points
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter “The sky is falling!” “We’re doomed!!” “It’s the end of the world as we know it!!” And so forth and so on. Such was the fallout from the Democratic Party after the first presidential debate last week. First, former president Donald Trump sauntered out from stage left, smirking …
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Kickass and Jimmy Fish Debate
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that while the keeper has not really participated in a presidential debate, he did at one point get into a gentlemanly discussion with a POTUS over who had caught the biggest trout while fishing in Yellowstone the previous year. It was on the …
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Kickass and the Debate
Attribution: Joe Biden: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America (source: Joe Biden); User:TDKR Chicago 101 (clipping) Donald Trump: Shealah Craighead (source: White House) Сombination: krassotkin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has the feeling he and Phyllis spent last evening sitting in …
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Local Anesthetic
Attribution: Melvinmazel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Traditional print and broadcast media are under fire from political forces seeking to create—and disseminate—their own separate realities. Masters of disinformation and proponents of downright lies, including the myth of the stolen 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and his MAGA Republican followers regard traditional journalists …
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