MN National Guard, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons I grew up in Wisconsin. One of my first childhood memories is sitting in the living room in front of an eighteen-inch television set watching the 1967 NFL Championship Game, better known as the Ice Bowl. I saw the final play of the game, Bart Starr’s winning …
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Category:Wisconsin
Kickass and October’s Bright Blue Weather
Warren’s — the firm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper emerged from his morning stupor with a memory fragment from his country school days that went “October’s Bright Blue Weather,” which he knew to be the title of an old poem; but then he had …
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Kickass and Governor’s Mansion For Sale
Lacrossewi, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be assisting the keeper in drafting a contract for Tim Michels, the eastern billionaire who wants to add the Wisconsin gubernatorial mansion to his collection of mansions elsewhere, in effect making Wisconsin residents his property as in “plantation.” The keeper is suggesting that instead of an …
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Kickass and Out-of-State Governor
Elkanah Tisdale (1771-1835) (often falsely attributed to Gilbert Stuart)[1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s ability to remain vigilant during trying times, has revealed to him the Tim Michael’s gubernatorial plan for deporting Madison liberals to Florida in exchange for demented Ron DeSantis followers who …
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Dialogues on the Elephant Graveyard: Letters to the Wisconsin GOP
Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter VIGNA christian, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Couldn’t help but think: Earlier this week, some “super smart” liberal cyclists I know…said they might vote Republican yesterday, in hopes of getting the candidate for governor–least likely to beat Evers elected …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Governorship
Svgalbertian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that political things build up for the keeper, and to avoid serious indigestion he must sort through the laxatives of truth: * Allowing an out-of-state billionaire who lives in East coast mansions to buy his way into the Wisconsin governor’s office …
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Kickass and the Sunrise
Yinan Chen, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper arose in time to observe a colorful sunrise over the distant state Capital Friday, Aug. 12, 2022; and as the sky went from black to red to pink to yellow to white to blue, the over-riding message …
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Kickass and Republican Governor Candidate
I. W. Taber, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting that the Wisconsin Repubs have chosen a millionaire candidate for governor who spent $12 million of his own money to get on the ballot and whose construction company has 8,000 employees, and who holds such narcissistic …
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Kickass and NYT Anti-Johnson Questions
Lisacheese at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the Monday edition of the NYT devoted the better part of an inside page to a column by Michelle Cottle headlined: “Why Is Ron Johnson Still a Competitive Candidate?” After a lengthy run-down of Johnson’s “MAGA-crazy” brand, …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Inventory
Richard Hurd from Green Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper in a partial Monday morning inventory of Wisconsin: *Minority-representative government firmly controlled by narcissistic, gerrymandered Repub Legislators who preach that there is a pony buried under all their horse—-! *An out-of-state bear hunters group …
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Kickass and Faulkner
Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cooperated with the keeper in researching William Faulkner’s “The Bear” short story, thinking that there might be some information helpful in pointing to the bear hound training travesty now occurring in the North woods of Wisconsin, and ONLY in Wisconsin, therefore attracting hounders …
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Kickass and Severe Weather
U. S. National Weather Service/National Ocean Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be joining the keeper and Phyllis in identifying themselves as “weather prisoners” in view of today’s forecast; and should they get caught out in a storm, it will not be their fault that they get …
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