Attribution: Photo by Luke Jones on Unsplash Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael D., and Geoff Carter Sundry sharing. My love/hate with ai took a step in the hate direction after getting taken for a ride. Once bitten twice shy…, fool me once… Both leap to mind. So first that …
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Category:Social Commentary
The Longest Day
Attribution: UA_Flight_175_hits_WTC_south_tower_9-11.jpeg: Flickr user TheMachineStops (Robert J. Fisch) derivative work: upstateNYer, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter We all remember where we were that day twenty-five years ago. I was just getting to work. It was a normal day, a beautiful day. The school year was just beginning, and an air of optimism …
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Kickass and Nearby Shots
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper commenting to Phyllis that he probably would have heard the gunshots if the balcony door had been open. As it was, he watched as the fire department vehicles parked over on Tree Lane to wait for the police squads to deal with …
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Kickass Goes Beyond Howling
Attribution: Henry Edward Knobel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, still working to teach the keeper how to howl effectively, tries to ignore the brutal truth that the required reaction to the POTUS narcissistic cruelty has progressed beyond howling to demand snarling, mad-dog attacks complete with abject resistance and …
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Kickass and the Body Camera Fiasco
Attribution: Photo by Junior REIS on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper ready with an explanation as to why such an enlightened city as Madison has yet to provide its police force with body cameras. The keeper has learned that it is all due to an early misunderstanding regarding the true function of …
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Kickass and Awareness of Trouble
Attribution: Walter Crane, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that Phyllis boiled a dozen eggs in preparation of making potato salad, one of the keeper’s favorite dishes. Kickass warns the keeper and Phyllis about going on about their business as if they were not living like incarcerated strays …
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Kickass and Other Species
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis still immersed in yesterday’s post about the cougar cut in half on the railroad tracks in Adams County. Kickass responders speculated that the reason the heart and lungs had been removed was to prevent the identification of bullet fragments, …
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Kickass and the Railroad Cougar
Attribution: Photo by Michael Jerrard on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, with a special feeling for cats, passes along to the keeper and Phyllis the news of a cougar found cut in half on the railroad tracks near Friendship in Adams County. The big cat was an adult male wearing a Michigan tracking collar from …
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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 and Dementia Talk
Attribution: Andreas Bohnenstengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listened as the keeper and Phyllis hosted Phyllis’s granddaughter Taylor and friends Ann and Jason in an afternoon of conversation that covered the typical medical/insurance/response issues and then lingered over the mixed-age group on the obligatory subject of dementia. …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Best 21st Century Drive-In Double Features
Attribution: RoyBuchanan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter A former cultural mainstay of my youth, the drive-in movie theater, is dying a slow death. Once one of the most ubiquitous entertainment institutions in the country—and what could possibly be more American? A venue that combines cars, movies, and parties. Of course. I, and millions …
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Dialogues on Primary Schooling: Anatomy of an Upset
Attribution: WisPolitics.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael D., and Geoff Carter Plugged-in bots may have noticed that there’s been something of a seismic event in the Democratic primary race for Wisconsin Governor. Yeah, David Crowley and Missy Hughes withdrew. Yawn. …
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