Attribution: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that at the time his daily Kickass meandering is usually written, today the keeper will instead be on his way to the VA eye clinic for injections to treat the eye problems that dear old mom handed off to …
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Category:Social Commentary
Dialogues on Dumb and Dumber: The Donald Trump Amateur Hour
Attribution: White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael D., and Geoff Carter Hey bots, I am still reeling from the last episode of The Donald Trump Amateur Hour. Pam Bondi’s appearance in front of the House Judiciary Committee looked …
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Kickass and Tech Disaster
Attribution: Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis temporarily capturing what could be considered a substitute grandchild as measured by the ability to help with tech problems. His name is Colin and he and his employees are actually in the business of rescuing the inept from the …
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Kickass and Korean Letters
Attribution: Signal Corps Archive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, looks over the keeper’s shoulder as he sorts through a packet of “Bill’s letters from Korea” as it was labeled by the keeper’s dear mother who worried and “prayed” him home from a year of combat with an Infantry …
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Kickass and Planetary Lineup
Attribution: NASA and ESA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper and Phyllis’s disappointment in hearing the forecast for clouds that will prevent their seeing the rare eight-planet lineup on tap for tonight. They were heartened, however, to learn that the solar system will repeat an …
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Kickass and Eating Duckers
Attribution: Photo by Ross Sokolovski on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper immersed in yet one more significant inquiry into the quality of life: what will be the results of switching from chicken to duck eggs for his breakfast? The human and rat studies go on apace, and guidance is apparently not available …
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Kickass Envies the Trash Collectors
Attribution: Photo by James Day on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper observing that the measure of social value by the very young is largely influenced by the amount of noise made and how it is made, hence the awe and respect for the trash collectors banging around with their awesome over-the- top loader …
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Kickass and Earth’s Fate
Attribution: Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper tuning in to his Outer Space frequency to hear the following: “Attention all those millions out there observing the quaint space experiment on Earth whereby the most advanced …
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Our National Embarrassment
Attribution: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter She sat in front of the panel like an animatronic Barbie doll (Weird Barbie), glossy and blonde, but radiating an arrogant, overweening and disdainful vibe. She was there to testify to the House Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives about the status …
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Kickass and Jesse Jackson
Attribution: Leffler, Warren K., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s getting-acquainted-with-Chicago days with his old Army friend Bob Shepherd, a Black Southsider who was the keeper’s personal MLK and then some. As an essential experience the keeper and Bob were in the back row of a …
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Kickass and the One-Sentence Novel
Attribution: Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s lament that there is risk to a writer in the simple act of walking through a crowded restaurant to get to an empty table. While the keeper uses a walking stick and his pace is not speedy he does manage …
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Kickass and the Clippings
Photo by Samet Kurtkus on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper gratefully accepting the assistance of granddaughter Sarah in once again attempting to deal with the debris of a lifetime as an ink-stained wretch in the newspaper business. “Clippings” they are called. Thousands of them in drawers, files and boxes taking up space …
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