Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The latest No Kings rally occurred this past weekend. It was a beautiful autumn day, (in the words of Tom Robbins in his novel Another Roadside Attraction) “…one of those mellow October days that seem concocted from a mixture of sage, polished brass and peach brandy.” Hundreds of people gathered …
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Kickass is Under the Bus
Attribution: Photo by Austin Pacheco on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, presents the following one-act play on behalf of the Keeper and Phylis. “Where are we?” “Under the bus!” “How the hell did we all get under the bus?” “We were thrown there by the driver, the one hired by the escaped billionaire inmates. He …
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American Watchdogs
Attribution: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter The framers of the Constitution realized that a well-informed electorate was so vital to a functioning democracy, they guaranteed freedom of the press in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Our founders were determined to give the American …
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Into the Light
Attribution: Photo by infinyd photo on Unsplash By Geoff Carter “Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” —Helen Keller She would know. Trapped in a world of silence and darkness as a child after being afflicted with an acute fever, fully aware that a world existed outside her perception must have …
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Tipping Point
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Last week, Florida Representative Maria Elvira Salazar broke ranks with the Republican ranks by airing a television ad critical of Trump’s deportation policies. Speaking directly to the camera, she said “Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” warning him that Hispanic voters who …
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Scorched Earth
Attribution: NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using GEOS data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC. Story by Adam Voiland., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter As malignant, cruel, narcissistic, greedy, criminal, vindictive, juvenile, misogynistic, incompetent, racist, destructive, deceitful, power-hungry, stupid, and un-American he is, Donald Trump is …
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His Natalie
Attribution: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Linus had his security blanket. Calvin had Hobbes. Radar had his teddy bear. Ernie had his rubber duckie. Milton had his red Swingline stapler. And the Dude had his living room rug (it tied the room together, man). Donald Trump has a blonde. …
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A Sinking Ship
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter A Sinking Ship Late last week, David Hearn, the former Olympic canoeist who was accused of vandalizing the newly painted deck of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, was exonerated. United States Attorney and Trump lackey Jeanine Pirro dropped all charges against him—because there was no case, no evidence, …
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Kickass Sues the POTUS
Attribution: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, overheard the keeper tell Phyllis that he is suing the POTUS. The keeper’s basic case will be based on the verity that while he accepts that he is frequently dumb, he is not consistently as dumb as the daily …
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Trump and a Political Fantasy
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s inside sources have learned that there are White House plans to knock down the Washington Monument obelisk and us the material to fill in the reflecting pool. Since the obelisk is only 555 feet tall and the reflecting pool is 2029 …
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Dialogues on Our National Embarrassment: The Presidential Brain Drain
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael D., and Geoff Carter Hey bots, I’m thinking we all must be kicking back in a major way this summer. Between the weather, the Brewers, and retirement, things seem good—if we ignore the news …
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Kickass and The Correspondents Dinner
Attribution: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, wonders at the keeper’s insistence that if he had been at the recent Correspondent’s Dinner, he would have led a mid-speech walkout that would have left the orange POTUS spouting his garbage to an empty house. There is something …
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