Illustration by Michel DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in his curiosity regarding the messages from thousands of pulpits this Sunday morning on how to behave in a manner that gives the best chance of going to heaven; and then he notes a message from the POTUS “commander in thief” …
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Category:Social Commentary
Kickass and MLB Game
Attribution: Bowman Gum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, in an annual effort to shore up his shaky standing as a sports fan, realizes that the annual All-Star game was played weeks ago and he failed to display the image of Satchell Page signing the …
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Kickass and Silver Badgers on the Move
Illustration by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper as a support element for the “Silver Badgers” as they gear up for Saturday’s “Rage Against the Regime,” a nationwide expression of outrage over the narcissistic indecency spewing forth from the POTUS. Put together by Phyllis and friends, the Silver Badgers …
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Project 2005
Attribution: Win Henderson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Recently, my wife and I have taken to going over to my mom’s place and watching TV with her. We watched—and she loved—the harrowing Zone of Interest, the fascinating Queen’s Gambit, and even some episodes of The Sopranos. She didn’t care much for Janet Planet or Ted Lasso, but that’s …
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Kickass and Bear Hounds
Attribution: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Midwest Region, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper feels a responsibility to remind Wisconsin residents that in addition to starving children, bombed hospitals and demented shooters their list of concerns should include the fact that now in the …
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Kickass and The Silver Badgers
Illustration by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper proudly considers himself a member of the “Silver Badgers” the “Defend Democracy” group recently put together by Phyllis and friends to give people of all ages the opportunity to participate in the national resistance to devastating narcissistic POTUS outrageousness. With record …
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Kickass and Canada Ostriches
Attribution: Oleksiy.golubov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting how the keeper likes to stay informed about issues involving Canada since it is Phyllis’s birthplace, he was intrigued by the news that RFK Jr, the US Sec. of HHS sent a letter to Canada’s prime minister asking that 400 …
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Kickass and H. L. Mencken
Attribution: Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins Phyllis in indulging the keeper yet again as he swings on the big memory vine back to his early newspaper column writing days when the job had a glorious history with the likes of Mark Twain, Ring Lardner, …
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Kickass and Rosie O’Donnell
Attribution: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, does not often step aside for guest voices, but makes an exception for Rosie Odonnell who sent the following from her home in Ireland to the rabid POTUS after he threatened to revoke her citizenship: “You are everything that is wrong with …
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Kickass and ICE Pets
Attribution: Nhandler, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, seeks the keeper and Phyllis’s help in dealing with the impact of the shameless ICE invasion on pets. This is a serious matter particularly in California where pet shelters are increasingly over-loaded with the pets of children and berry-picking grandmothers identified …
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Dialogues on California Girls: Winning with Elegance
Attribution: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., and Geoff Carter CA State HS Track Meet, Clovis, CA Been sometime since, if memory serves representative Curley, (D-Mequon/Costa Rica), shared a bunch of psychology links/takes pointing out the complexity of this issue, …
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Kickass and No Sunrise
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, points out that yesterday the keeper recorded the sunrise as an indication that despite personal and political travails the appearance of the sun peaking over the horizon was really all that counted. Well, this morning it didn’t happen. There was no peaking red ball …
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