Morning Indigenous Peoples Day Celebrators,

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Trixie
Trixie: Peeps are off today, what’s up?
KD: President Biden declared it Indigenous Peoples Day.
KD: Celebrations remind us of our cultural heritages.
T: We need to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ contributions to US culture.
KD: They have one of the highest group rates of Military Service, they honor security.
T: And They value a reverence for life.
KD: Perhaps, we should have more of these days.

PROTECTION AIN'T THE SAME FOR EVERYONE

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Ken-Dogger: What do you want Cato?
Cato: Oh snap, I forgot that’s a signal to you…
KD: Well yeah, I worked in schools.
C: Okay, so how’s the robbing going?
KD: Robbing?
C: Well, every time you go into a store, you are masking up…just thought it was a stick up
KD: Oh, no, just masking to protect others…
C: I think Jesse James said the same thing…
KD: That was different…
C: Guess protection isn’t the same to everyone
KD: Apparently not.

ALTERING

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Fabio, what you got there?
Fabio: Uh…A Box…I’m playin’ in it.
KD: Oh, but I mean, what came in it?
F: Not sure, it said LT-Meter on the side…
KD: Oh, that’s my new Lie-Truth Meter, I was looking for that.
F: Cool, so you can tell what is true and what is a lie?
KD: Naw, sold exclusively in America, the meter doesn’t sort anything, half believe it’s a lie, half believe it’s the truth, it’s altering the toy world.
F: And it’s altering the real world too.

TOPICAL

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Hoot
Hoot: Did you see that story on climate change yesterday? Kinda said we’re not really doomed.
KD: Saw that, but it did say we need action now.
H: Oh Crap, you mean legislators have our fate?
KD: Yep, and they will wait for the 11th hour for someone/something to save ‘em.
H: Like some technological improvement?
KD: Yes, a tech breakthrough, but it needs to be a real one.
H: IKR, the breakthroughs we’ve been having are ‘Give Me a Break, I’m Through.’

TOO BUSY TO PHILOSOPHIZE

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Jake
Jake: Hey KD, what are we headed for today?
KD: Not sure Jake, I’m gonna spread some more stone.
J: You go Dawg, I’m diggin’ the improvements.
KD: So what are you going to do?
J: Not sure, think I might sit a spell and just ponder…
KD: You are quite the philosopher.
J: Someone’s gotta be, you Humans aren’t showing much capability lately…
KD: Too busy just eking out a living Jake…

WHEN ALL OF US MEAN MORE

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Theodore, that’s a look…
Theodore: Hey Bro, just wondering about the climate.
KD: What exactly?
T: Well, we don’t seem to want to do anything about it.
KD: Mostly due to costs, the elite like their money.
T: Do they think they will avoid the devastation?
KD: I think so, mostly because they’ve avoided other devastation.
T: Will we turn things around?
KD: When ALL of us mean more than ANY of us, only then.

WHEN MORALS MATTER

Morning Peeps,

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Dutch, you’re looking down.
Dutch: I am Bro, it’s Monica…
KD: Oh, you mean Lewinsky, she’s back at it.
D: Must be a down news day, the scandal returns after 23 years.
KD: So, they made a show about the affair, and it’s Breaking News.
D: When you let scandal define you, it’s all you’ve got.
KD: Truly USA right there, your history might suck, but you can still make money off it.
D: Morals only matter when profit no longer works.

IF THE THUNDER DON'T GET YOU, THEN THE LIGHTNING WILL...

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Roxie
Roxie: Morning Dogger, a question…
KD: Okay…
R: Am I an individual or am I a group?
KD: You’re always an individual, but sometimes part of a group. Why do you ask?
R: Well, when I’m an individual, peeps take to me; when I’m in a group, trouble starts.
KD: The personal becomes impersonal…
R: So, we need more personal touch?
KD: Yes, the Hammer doesn’t seem to be working to bring peeps together.

CAMPER'S CODE

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Ken-Dogger: Dixiee, we're going camping...
Dixiee: I'm tryin' to contain my excitement
KD: You enjoying the ride Baby Girl?
D: I sure am dude, but ya know what I'm enjoying more?
KD: No, what pray tell...
D: It's the camper's code
KD: The what?
D: Camper's code--What you carry in, you carry out...Happy Trails to You until we camp again

IN SPITE OF FORCES WORKING AGAINST US, WE ARE FAMILY

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Ken-Dogger: Hey guys, you look so cute there...One of you looks a little different.
Chief: Oh, the one in the middle, she's our sister.
KD: Sister from another mother?
Chief: Naw, sometimes the same mother can produce oddly different kids.
KD: Go on...
Chief: Siouxee may look different, but she's our sister, we're family, that's all that matters.

FIGURING THE FIGURIN'

Morning Cyclers,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Dash, you gonna catch ‘em all?
Dash: If I can…
KD: Next to impossible Dasher…
D: What’s goin’ on?
KD: It’s Fall, leaves fall, it’s the tree’s cycle.
D: Do I have a cycle?
KD: We all do, we’re all tryin’ to figure out where we are in it.
D: Well, let’s get to figurin’…

CHECK THE ATTITUDE AT THE DOOR

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Bowser: Christian, you all ready for your job interview?
Christian: Yep, got my practice all down.
B: Christian, what practice is that?
C: Well, last week I saw this dude on the telly and in his job interview, he was yelling and calling peeps out, thought it was the new interview strategy.
B: Dude, are you white and privileged?
C: Nope...
B: Lose the attitude...

SOME OF US DO CUTE ALL DAY LONG!

Good morning, Peeps,

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Ken-Dogger: Okay, right there Bella
Bella: Sheesh
KD: Hold that pose
B: Alright, already
KD: Almost there
B: That’s it, I’m done…
KD: Aww, that was such a cute pose.
B: Dude, stick around, I’m doing cute all day long.

LET'S STAY TOGETHER, COME ON, COME ON, LET'S STAY TOGETHER...NOW, NOW PEOPLE

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Ken-Dogger: Look at these pups, I don't know which one to choose.
Kennel Owner: It's really not a hard choice, take both.
KD: Dude, not sure I want or can handle two.
KO: Well, if you want pups from me, you take both or none at all. These pups are family to me, they're not AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS.
KD: I'll take 'em, I support families staying together.

I BEWEAVE I CAN FWY

Morning Nauts,

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Guys
Lady: Shhh, I’m at a critical point with Floofy.
KD: Huh?
L: She’s worried about her dreams, they’re slippin’ away.
KD: Langston Hughes once said “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”
L: With all this extinction, I’m worried about my ability to fly.
KD: We all need to rekindle those dreams, and let the slippin’ stop.
L: Well then, I believe I can fly…I'm touchin' the sky.

TRUE FRIENDSHIP KNOWS NO BOUNDS

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Ken-Dogger: Chuckles, who's your buddy?
Chuckles: People let me tell you 'bout my best friend, he's a warm hearted person who'll love me till the end.
KDr: Chuck, you DO realize he's a cat.
Chuckles: People let me tell you bout my best friend, he's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy.
KD: Friendship knows no bounds does it buddy?
Chuckles: Just need to be real, just need to be real, dude...

(Homage to Nilsson)

PIECING TOGETHER RESPONSIBLE LIBERATION

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Ken-Dogger: Morning…Fifi would you leave Jirrard alone.
Jirrard: I beg your pardon
KD: Well, I just thought she was being a little aggressive.
J: Did I look like I needed help?
Fifi: Oui, did he look like he needed help?
KD: Whoa, you two…So you’re gonna do what you’re gonna do?
J&F: Heck yes…Liberated.
KD: Liberated? There’s more to it than just doing what you want. Guess you’re more human than I thought.

JUST FOR THE ACCEPTANCE

Morning Lovers and Dogs,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Mooch
Mooch: Did you see? Did you see who moved in?
KD: No, I didn’t.
M: Well, young couple with the cutest little white poodle.
KD: Wow
M: Would you help me spruce up a little, got some courting to do.
KD: But she’s white, and she’s a different breed, won’t that be a problem?
M: Nope, Dogs don’t do color, we aren’t parochial on breeds, we just LOVE.
KD: Oh, to live in a Dog’s World.

IT'S ABOUT THE GRIND

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Ken-Dogger: Why the look, Smalls?
Smalls: Dude, what’s a daily challenge?
KD: Depends, if it’s a card game, you try to win; if a task, you try to accomplish it.
S: Wow, I see you do your solitaire challenge…just wondering.
KD: Oh, are you going to set yourself up for challenges?
S: Yep, I’m motivated…Today’s challenge is only sleeping 20 hours of the day.
KD: Getting ready to take it on?
S: Boy, I’m gonna keep grinding.

Morning,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Chilly
Chilly: Pray tell, what is this, with the hand?
KD: We’re learning hand signals, this means stop.
C: Oh, it does, how cute, and what is supposed to happen?
KD: When I raise my hand, you stop.
C: REALLY, how cute, and are there examples where this works?
KD: Not currently, nobody stops anymore, they just drive forward.
C: Works for me…But if we all drive forward, won’t there be crashes?
KD: They will come, Chilly, trust me, they will come.