Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, stayed home as the keeper and Phyllis did the Vincent Van Gogh “immersion” in Milwaukee whereby unique technology and lighting produces the sensation of cavorting across the French countryside with Vincent on starlight nights and sunny flower-strewn days. Photo-artist Phyllis came away duly impressed …
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Category:Wisconsin
More Than Rain
Kristian Pikner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Southeastern Wisconsin had a relatively quiet and dry summer—up until last week. On Saturday, torrential downpours dumped up to four inches of rain in some areas, causing flash floods. Then, on Tuesday evening, a strong line of severe thunderstorms crossed into the area, ushering in …
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Kickass and the Jerk Dentist
Ka-ho Chu uploaded by R-E-AL (talk | contribs | Gallery) (German Wikipedia) Ka-ho Chu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes on the keeper’s news of the failure of a Wisconsin trade with Minnesota in which Mindless My Pillow Mike would be exchanged for Painful “Jerk-‘em-out” Prehn, the Wausau dentist …
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Kickass and Dentist Demonstration
JackintheBox, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, naps as the keeper, suggests that the office and waiting room of Fred Prehn, the Wausau dentist who inflicts statewide pain by refusing to step down from his expired term on the DNR Board, be occupied by moaning and groaning citizens who …
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Kickass and the Dyke Road
Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have returned from their search of the Central Wisconsin potato fields and wildland for an appropriate site for a Mr. Potato Head monument; and are happy to be home after another …
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Kickass and Walking and Chewing Gum
Annalyn Gallego/Province of Camarines Sur, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, motivated by the fact that only slightly over 50 percent of Wisconsin residents have had both Covid19 shots, is assisting the keeper in formulating a Covid vaccine mandate based on stupidity as measured by the ability or inability to simultaneously walk …
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Kickass and Missing Children
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in wondering what happened to the children: In one of their meandering forays on a recent flawless summer afternoon across many miles of those wonderful winding driftless-area roads, past hundreds of interesting farms, and through dozens of communities of …
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Kickass Says Goodbye
Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes on the keeper’s appreciation for his very brief contact with Bob Wills, the Milwaukee journalism giant who spent much of his long life fighting for the public’s right to know what its government is up to. Bob was instrumental in …
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Kickass and a Call for Action
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is assisting the keeper in mounting an “insurrection” against the infuriating arrogance of the Wausau dentist and cranberry company owner who refuses to step down from his expired term on the DNR Board, thus keeping in place Walker DNR policies …
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Kickass Chases His Tail
Lil Shepherd, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is with the keeper in noting that the home planet is either burning up, flooded, or poisoned to become generally unlivable; and vast numbers of residents are refusing life-saving vaccination; and others are insisting that votes do not count unless they …
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Kickass and the Minimum Dumbness Plan
Robin Vos Lehnmat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is trying to assist the keeper in formulating a “Minimum Dumbness Program” (MDP) whereby individuals are prevented by law from reaching a level of dumbness in which they think they are getting a fair shake in a government owned by …
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Kickass and Dumb Bear Hounders
Jim Bowen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper hates it when he must admit being wrong—as infrequently as it happens, but after naming the election of Ron Johnson and the temporary establishment of dog racing tracks as the dumbest things to happen in Wisconsin, he …
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