Attribution: Takashi Hososhima from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is mulling over the keeper’s most recent theory that the Earth is a dog and humans are on this Earth Dog as fleas where they suck enough blood to reproduce briefly before they are scratched off by …
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Category:Social Commentary
Dialogues on Second Fiddle: Don’t Keep us Hanging
Attribution: Illustration by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Informal, gentlebot’s wager: Who will he pick? I won’t prejudice your insights with my pick, rather just put a list below. The list is by no means complete. Please add to it. …
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Independence Day
(Originally published July 8th, 2021, but–unfortunately, and with the addition of the new SCOTUS, still as timely now as it was then) Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Our nation is celebrating The Fourth of July today. Any American can—hopefully—tell you what this holiday is all about. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental …
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Kickass and Money in Politics
Attribution: Revised by Reworked, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in wondering how a democracy can possibly continue to function when $50 million donations are as much a part of the election scene as standing in line to vote? With unlimited donations welcomed into the political …
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The Birds and the Bees
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Earlier this spring, we were heartened to see our old friend the mother robin return to her nest tucked above the heater on our front porch. Last year, she hatched three broods throughout the spring and summer, and so we were able to watch the hatchlings grow until …
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Anticipation
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter There was a time not so long ago when the only mail was snail mail, telephones were attached to the wall, and mail order deliveries took weeks instead of days—or hours. Computers took up entire rooms instead of fitting in your backpack or sitting in your pocket. If …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “Kim’s Video”
Illustration by Michael DiMilo Digital Killed the Video Store: Review of Kim’s Video By Geoff Carter The documentary is one of the few cinematic genres that consistently defies expectations. It covers a huge range of content from the journalistic to the sublime, reconstructing history, muckraking corruption, exposing social ills, documenting human experience, or—as in the …
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Shameless
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The world I grew up in has been turned on its head. Donald Trump, the presumed Republican presidential candidate has posted a video exalting a “unified Reich” in America. When I was a kid, Nazis used to be the bad guys. Joseph Alito, one of our Supreme Court …
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Full Measure
Artwork by Michael DiMilo (Originally posted on May 31, 2019 in Honor of our Veterans) By Geoff Carter Ah, Memorial Day: the harbinger of summer, the first family picnic, and the grill master’s opening day. Memorial Day also happens to be the holiday recognizing and honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending our …
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Dialogues on Artificial Unintelligence: Surfing the Technology Spiral
Attribution: Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Fellow pundits, You cannot call me any kind of expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI). But is that going to stop me from writing about it? Hell no! I just listened to an episode of …
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Attack of the Brain Worm Zombies
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Last week, I wrote a column about a possible brain worm epidemic in Washington, D.C. Lately, ever since Robert Kennedy, Jr. revealed that this particular parasite had eaten a part of his brain, I have been wondering if he was the only politico who is suffering from this …
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Kickass Lets Phyllis Do the Work, Again!!
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in standing aside as Phyllis does most of the work, as usual. Photo by Bill Stokes See more at… The Bill Stokes Author Page