Attribution: Courtesy of Orange County Archives, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares a quandary with the keeper and Phyllis and everyone else–trapped in a burning theatre of the absurd with only doubtful response to their shouts of “FIRE!” As flames eat through the roof and a madman stars …
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Category:Politics
States of the Union
Attribution: Paul Goyette from Chicago, USA, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter During the constitutional conventions that created the foundation of our democracy, the founders sought to balance the powers of a strong central government (like the one they had just gained independence from) and the rights and powers of regional, or state, …
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Kickass and WORRY Suggestions
Attribution: Photo by Niklas Hamann on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis searching for things to divert thinking away from the cruel absurdity of the government killing off the citizenry. It was after electric starters had replaced hand cranks in the automobile world and engine design was either V-8 or in-line, …
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Dialogues on the Religious Write: Ground Zero-Gate
Attribution: Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael M., and Geoff Carter Bots, I’m going to revisit the transgender culture war. I don’t really have anything new to say, but I’d like to draw your attention to a recent eruption in said war. Bots …
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Kickass and “Put Down” Decision
Attribution: Nhandler, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reminds the keeper and Phyllis of that time at the shelter when the “put down” decision is made for whatever reason—injury, old age, homelessness, friendlessness, contrary attitude, or etc. Such decision making came to mind Sunday as millions of people came …
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Kickass and NEW Commandments
Attribution: Donald Trump, AI-generated work, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis on this Sunday morning in a review of the ten commandments as written by the POTUS for use by the ICE recruits: 1. Worship only me or I will confiscate your donkey and kick …
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What, Me Worry?
Attribution: Bhernandez from miami, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be working with the keeper and Phyllis as they put the finishing touches on the revised charter of the “What, Me Worry?” club as membership applications pour in. Genesis for creating the WMW club comes, of course, from …
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Kickass and “Seeing is not Believing”
Attribution: oto by gaspar zaldo on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will try to help the keeper and Phyllis as they grapple with the “Global Sensory Collapse” whereby what you see, hear and smell is not real, and you need to wait for instructions from the Epstein file to put your life in order. The …
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Kickass and Nightmare Creation
Attribution: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper waking up at 3 am to fabricate his own nightmare about the lovely females who are such important parts of his life and who live in the Minneapolis area. They hold first-daughter-in-law, first grandchild and all the rest …
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The World at Risk
Atttribution: Photo by Dave Photoz on Unsplash By Geoff Carter When we were kids growing up in the 1970s, we had no gaming consoles, smartphones, or laptops. No Fortnite, no Minecraft, no Call of Duty and no Grand Theft Auto. We didn’t even have DVDs or videos. What did we do on rainy days? We had broadcast TV or the radio, but …
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Kickass and JANUARY 6th!
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, signs on with the keeper and Phyllis for yet one more day—JAN. 6, on the crazy spinning rock where the following conditions prevail: *Due to the publicized egos of three narcissistic, dictatorial old men—Putin, Netanyahu and Trump, more kids will be killed by remote …
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Kickass and Presidential “Lie Library”
By Bill Stokes Illustration by Michael DiMilo Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis running into a problem with the introduction of their Corrupt Presidential Kidnap Plan whereby corrupt presidents from around the world kidnap each other into oblivion. It seems that no other corrupt president is willing to kidnap the corrupt US …
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