Image by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter It rose from the murky depths of ignorance, hatred, and fear and has reigned supreme on the political landscape for eight years now, ravaging our democratic institutions, trampling voter rights, and terrifying all mainstream Republicans. It is an aggressive, ruthless, and voracious creature that consumes everything in its …
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Kickass Salutes Shirley
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, endorses the keeper’s assessment that all in-laws should be treated with respect, but when you have only one sister-in-law there are special demands, so Shirley’s birthday party at Elizabeth and Huck’s was of the highest priority. Brother Orv saw fit to include the keeper …
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Kickass on Being a Woman
National Museum of American History , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper in one of those far-ranging discussions with Phyllis, admitted that he does not have the character attributes to make it in life as a woman. Far from it, in fact, as he considers what …
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Kickass Advises Bear
National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in advising the black bear that has been roaming the west Madison area: for god’s sake go back to your den and get back to sleep, it is still winter in all of Wisconsin and if your …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “Gods of Mexico”
Photo by Geoff Carter In Gods’ Country: Film Review of Gods of Mexico The term documentary is defined, according to Encyclopedia Britannica, as a “…motion picture that shapes and interprets factual material for purposes of education or entertainment.” For myself, the term “documentary” brings up images from An Inconvenient Truth, Gimme Shelter, Woodstock, Night and Fog, Harlan County, U.S.A., Nanook of …
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Kickass and the Gathering of the Clan
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in observing that some very basic things don’t change all that much, for example clan gatherings in cave-like settings to chew the meat off the bone of an animal, consume plant products, drink various concoctions, tenderly tend the little ones and …
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Kickass and Arbor Day
D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in celebrating Arbor Day, the inclusion of trees in their respective lives being different in some ways but similar in others, namely a lack of respect. The keeper has attempted to make amends with publication of his …
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Kickass and the Toilet Seat
Attribution: Jeuwre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper tries not to get too excited about the Senate Republicans voting down the Equal Rights Amendment since it could conceivably be used by women to demand regulations that men sit down to pee, ending once and for …
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Kickass and Dumb Senator
Attribution:Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper’s inclination to look at the bright side of things, was at first gratified by Sen. Ron Johnson’s contention that global warming is a good thing because fewer people in Wisconsin …
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter On a recent trip to New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, and as it turns out, the Land of Enlightenment (as a state which recently offered tuition-free college and legalized recreational marijuana), I was invited by my brother to accompany him on a visit to a local marijuana …
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Kickass and Biden Being Too Young
Adam Schultz , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and those with concerns about Joe Biden’s age as he announces a run for reelection, not because he is too old, but because at 80 he may be too young. The keeper’s reasoning is based on his own …
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Kickass and Tucker as Dog
U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Military_dog_barking.JPG By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’ s observation that If Tucker Carlson were a dog and had been returned to the shelter for snarling and biting and barking at pizza deliverers, his adoption promo might include “Big, …
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