Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper’s getting-ready-for-winter preparations are particularly challenging in this time of high political drama that reveals how the trickle-down theory of economics is patterned after the dogs’ method of marking territory. As an early October morning temperature reading dances around 50, the …
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Category:Social Commentary
The Fascist Cookbook
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter I grew up during the late sixties and early seventies when youth counterculture was king. Rock and roll, pot, LSD, free love, and political activism were all part of the scene. The country was sharply divided along political lines—just as it is now. Protests and clashes, sometimes violent, …
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Kickass and Divisiveness
Attribution: DrunkDriver, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper and Phyllis do their best to heed advice to associate with those who might hold contrary political views, all in the interest of reducing divisiveness, they experience times when such activity becomes more of a challenge …
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Kickass and Roundy
Attribution: Marjory Collins , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper’s efforts to do something for the sports fans by resurrecting parts of a “Roundy Says” Wis, State Journal column from Aug. 1, 1968: “I see Coach Bengtson of Packers will use the short pass to Travis Williams …
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Fraying Around the Edges
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The 2024 presidential cycle has been a season of heady highs and abysmal lows. To call it an emotional roller coaster is like saying Tom Brady was an okay quarterback. From the lingering despair surrounding Joe Biden’s horrible debate performance, his subsequent withdrawal, Kamala Harris’ dizzying rise in …
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Dialogues on the Saga of KamaTim: Good Times at the DNC
Attribution: SecretName101, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter Dialogues on the Saga of KamaTim: Good Times at the DNC The Harris campaign communications strategy is pretty simple, Orange Man Bad. Somebody counted (150) mentions of “Trump” in the campaign platform.People are rightly …
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Kickass and Safe Conduct
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that it is not as if the keeper is looking for a life-changing means of improving his situation, but in pawing through the debris of his life he ran across several “Safe conduct Passes” he had picked up on the Korean front in …
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Dialogues on Wretched Refuse: Fear and Loathing in the Old Country
Attribution: Photo by Ggia, dust spots/scratches removed by Kim Hansen. Edges cropped due to scan. Further restoration improvements using masks by Ggia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter ICYMI: In the UK (3) kids were killed (stabbing), then an “SVB” bank …
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Kickass and Speeding Ticket
Attribution: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listened, along with Phyllis, to the keeper plead his case as the red lights flashed in his rearview mirror: “We had just come off miles of stop and go beltline traffic, officer, and I was in the process of …
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Kickass and Spilled Berries
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sometimes puzzles over the keeper’s technique for getting the day started, such as his scattering blueberries all over the kitchen floor as he pulls out the bacon and eggs. It turns out that spilling the berries—as opposed to “spilling the beans” has no hidden …
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Too Good to Be True
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter When presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris picked Minnesota governor Tim Walz to be her running mate, a collective sigh (a sigh that sounded suspiciously like the word “who?”) swept over the American landscape—a sigh that was followed by a series of questions. Who is this guy? Why …
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Kickass and Loud Mufflers
Attribution: National Archives at College Park , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper is on yet one more of his “do good” efforts, this one being the control of those young idiots who modify their vehicle exhaust systems to make them sound like WWII bombing raids complete …
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