Gwenllian Rees, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter It’s that time of year. Autumn. I took my dog for a walk along the river trail yesterday. It was about fifty degrees with a cool north wind blowing, but the sun was out, warm and inviting when it was able to peek through the …
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Category:Reproductive Rights
Kickass Cows Over Women
Rawpixel Ltd, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in observing that two occurrences in Madison this week make it plain that in Wisconsin, cows are much more respected than women: one event is the World Dairy Expo which is a week-long celebration honoring cows from around the world; the other …
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Dialogues on Busting the Filibuster: Letters from Across the State Line
formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Mark O., Dave S., Paul C., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Bots, An additional political note on Roe -v- Wade if you can stomach it. Our President Biker-in-chief has declared that he’s willing to support an exception to the …
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Kickass and Wine-Tasting Tea Parties
Lou Stejskal, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in observing that while the taverns, and their predominantly male occupants, have historically been the main places of both outrageousness and mayhem in the area of social imbibing, there has been a shift from taverns to wineries, with …
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Helping Hands
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Since the recent—but not unexpected—Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe -v- Wade, American citizens have been scrambling to come to terms with the consequences and implications of this new and deeply disturbing ruling. The nation is reeling in shock. After all, it’s the first time that the highest …
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Kickass and EDNAs
Judgefloro, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, supports the keeper’s efforts to help dedicate this 4th of July to the women of the country by adding another gender designation to those already existing; that being “EDNAS” or “Erectile Disfunction in the Narcissistic Application of Stupidity.” With the Supreme Court promoting the …
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Behind Closed Doors
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter We’ve all heard the famous quote that when one door closes, another one opens. Last week, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe -v- Wade, making abortion illegal in many parts of America, the sound of that door slamming shut in the faces of women’s reproductive rights could be …
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Dialogues on Supreme Injustice: Letters from the Majority
Elvert Barnes from Silver Spring MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave O., Mark O., Paul C., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Hello Bots, Had no idea just how adrift the ‘progressive’ state of fighting Bob is on this issue: Politico: Abortion Laws by State –Dave Time to …
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Kickass and Evolution Reversal
Baccharus, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s contention that as the Supreme Court leads the evolutionary U-turn back to the dark ages, it will only be a matter of time until all women are forced to have long hair for the convenience of men who …
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Kickass and The Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper to try to find something workable in recent Supreme Court decisions; and suggests that having made corporations into people with all of the attendant socially-destructive rights therein, funding religious schools with public …
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Dialogues on Gilead Rising : Letters to the Court
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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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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