Photo by HH58, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Speaking of “canceling” and “wokeness”. It’s my observation that the most sensitive social group and the one most prone to outrage & condemnation of anyone who even remotely disagrees with …
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Kickass and the “Talker”
Joshua Sherurcij, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is supporting the keeper in his efforts to introduce the “talker,” a device designed to do for talking what the “walker” does for walking for members of his age group. As the “walker” prevents users from falling, the “talker” would prevent them …
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Kickass and “Treeson”
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to be helpful as the keeper and Phyllis go about proofing “Treeson,” the keepers “Apologia to the trees” that went to make the paper for printing his 35 or so years of newspaper drivel. The 275-page book, with a striking cover design by Phyllis, …
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Dialogues on Being a Stand-Up Guy: How to Color Outside the Lines
Attribution: Edward Kimmel from Takoma Park, MD, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Bots, Speaking of Mz. Kari…. I’m here to provide a few comedic relief YouTube recs: Dave Chappelle’s SNL 14 minute stand up—link to it below. He goes after …
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Kickass and River Rat Thanksgiving
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, witnessed the keeper’s clan gathered like the river rats that they are enjoying one last Thanksgiving event at Andy and Ohm’s riverbank camp, consuming not one but two turkeys cooked by Kim and Mike and dodging campfire smoke to update misdeeds and malarkey on …
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Kickass and Hitler for Dinner
Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will wait for table scraps as the keeper recalls the WWII Thanksgiving when Hitler came to dinner as the main course at Grandma and Grandpa Helgeland’s farm. Hitler was, or had been, a big dictatorial leghorn rooster who commanded all activity in …
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Dialogues on Gazing Into the Crystal Ball: The Morning After
Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Predict-o-Bots, I have to say, not a bad effort by this team of wizened political observers. To a man, we predicted that Tony Evers would squeak …
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Kickass and the Great Filter
Luke Hancock, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is at a loss to help the keeper deal with the “Great Filter” theory which has it that the reason we have not detected intelligent life on other planets is that civilizations out there in space evolve to get so smart that …
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Make-Believe
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter We live in strange times. In an era with nearly unlimited access to knowledge available anywhere or at any time, an era of fantastic leaps in science and technology, and an era of unparalleled artistic accomplishment; in this era, today, a significant portion of our population is still …
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Kickass and DST
Garonzi Stefania, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in resting up for tomorrow’s adjustment to DST, which is increasingly stressful for him–the keeper, since, at his age, he should not lose so much as a minute, never mind an entire hour. Time is too precious to be …
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Dialogues on the American Voter: Fear and Loathing on Election Day
Terri Sewell , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Bots, It’s time to revisit and refine our thoughts on the impact of the Dobbs decision (overturning Roe v Wade) and the impending November elections. When Dobbs was leaked in spring, I predicted that there’d be …
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The War on Terror 2.0
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter America knows how to deal with terrorists. Or we think we do. After the 9/11 attacks, President Bush declared a war on terror. He warned the government of Afghanistan that harboring terrorist groups would result in severe consequences, and then on October 7th, when they refused to act, …
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