Category:Wisconsin

Kickass and Old Cousin Photo

Posted on February 8, 2025Updated on February 8, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in appreciating cousins, the keeper being motivated by a wonderful old family photo sent along from Barron, WI. by his cousin Pat Turgeson. The photo, taken at Vermillion Lake where the clan frequently gathered for Sunday picnics, produced such …
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Kickass and Dumbest Politico

Posted on February 1, 2025Updated on February 1, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Politics, Wisconsin

Attribution: U.S. Department of Transportation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper to reassign the title of dumbest Wisconsin politician from long term champion MAGA-loving Sen. Johnson to former Rep. Sean Duffy who is the new secretary of transportation and made the following statement about …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Name

Posted on January 29, 2025Updated on January 29, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Politics, Wisconsin

Attribution: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cautions the keeper to remain calm in the face of rumors that the MEGA efforts to rename things includes an attempt to rename WISCONSIN to eliminate the last three letters “sin” in its name. A POTUS staffer told the Fox …
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Kickass and Cold Weather Tips

Posted on January 19, 2025Updated on January 19, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Weather, Wisconsin

Attribution: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along cold weather survival tips from the keeper and Phyllis: *Though authenticated cases of someone actually “freezing their ass off” are not all that common, do not take unnecessary chances by venturing out. *In responding to the question “Is …
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Kickass and Isabella POWS

Posted on January 13, 2025Updated on January 13, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Books, History, Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis were honored to host Isabella Lyste and her parents Lacy and Dave from the keeper’s hometown of Barron as part of Isabella’s UW Superior project of researching the history of German POWs in Wisconsin toward the end of …
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Kickass and Fresh Snow

Posted on January 11, 2025Updated on January 11, 2025by Geoff CarterCategories:Humor, Kickass, Social Commentary, Weather, Wisconsin

Attribution: –Stöhrfall (talk) 11:31, 6 May 2010 (UTC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog notes the keeper’s evolving lifetime reaction of waking up to a fresh snow cover: *Oh Boy! Let’s get out there and make snow angels and a snowman! *There will be a skating party somewhere tonight. …
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Kickass and Christmas Memories

Posted on December 25, 2024Updated on December 25, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Holidays, Humor, Kickass, Memories, Social Commentary, Wisconsin

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, pauses on this Christmas Day to paw through a few memories with the keeper. The keeper goes first: A cold backseat ride in a rattling old Model A Ford through a brittle, star-lite night from Grandma and Grandma Helgeland’s farmhouse, after lutefisk and lefse …
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Dialogues on Rebuilding the Canadian Pipeline: Enbridge Too Far

Posted on December 22, 2024Updated on December 22, 2024by Mark MamerowCategories:Economy, Environment, Wisconsin

Attribution: USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring The Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter Bots, You may have heard of the controversy over Enbridge Line 5. Or not. You may not even be interested! But here goes. Sorry, this is lengthy and the payoff is not …
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Kickass and Norma’s Birthday

Posted on December 16, 2024Updated on December 16, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper would wish his younger sister a happy 92nd birthday today but he knows she would bring up the occasion of his telling her that if she held the tennis racket in front of her face it would protect her from the …
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Kickass Talks to Deer Hunters

Posted on November 23, 2024Updated on November 23, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Hunting, Kickass, Wisconsin

Attribution: English: NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, endorses the keeper’s message to Wisconsin deer hunters at 6:45 am on this opening morning of Nov. 23, 2024: “Deer hunters: “Good morning to one and all out there in the blaze orange brigade. It looks to be an overcast …
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Kickass Gets Ready for the Hunt

Posted on November 22, 2024Updated on November 22, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Hunting, Kickass, Wisconsin

Attribution: National Archives at College Park , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s dilemma in waking up with the strong sensation that he must spend the day preparing for something, but it was not clear just what that was. Finally, it dawned on him that this was …
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