Interesting… it doesn’t appear to be an albino since the eyes don’t look red. I saw a white squirrel once (on the mall in Washington D.C.) and it had distinctive red eyes, so I’m assuming an albino. In any case, great picture!
4.
TenguPhule
Look, a squirrel!
/someone had to say it.
5.
Corner Stone
Little bastards. I almost ran one over today on the way back from dropping my son off at school. Came out of nowhere and was at full speed in two jumps headed into the damn street. I slammed on the brakes and moved over a foot or so (this was a wide street or I would not have had a choice). All the while I am yelling at him, “DAMMIT SQUIRRELLY!! DON’TFUCKINGDOIT!”
1. That time a novice chief executive made a foolhardy promise, his erstwhile allies rushed to get it done—and it all fell apart in the end.— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 24, 2017
arrested development reference in that tweet thread
8.
TenguPhule
@Thoroughly Pizzled: Fried in a pan, they make a good source of protein.
Sorry, but squirrels — except Rocky — fall in the same category as deer: nice to look at in pictures but a damned nuisance in real life. They are rats with a good wardrobe.
10.
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
Salt is adorable. And with those dark eyes, not an albino.
@debit: You are an angel walking the earth. Much like this guy does for kids.
No such thing as a cute squirrel. We love our birds and have 4 feeders. Finally got some the squirrels can’t get into. So they hang around at the base of the trees eating up all the scraps and chasing away those birds that are ground feeders.
17.
chris
@Corner Stone: They do that here too. They wait until they see the whites of your eyes before running out in front of the vehicle. I think it’s some kind of game that they often lose. “Here, hold my acorn…”
At the tourist gift shop I worked in a couple years ago, we had a squirrel get into the hat room who stayed there an entire day and couldn’t be gotten out, which made for an interesting day as many clients helpfully informed us that we had a squirrel in the hat room.
Thankfully, gone the next morning.
23.
germy
The Associated PressVerified account @AP 1h1 hour ago
The Latest: White House is no longer expressing confidence upcoming House vote on health care will be successful.
24.
dollared
hoo boy. In Crackerland, even the squirrels are white.
@glory b: Old news glory. He’s been there, done that, left, and Sean Spicer basically did the epitaph. That thing is in flames and hurtling towards the canyon floor.
29.
Corner Stone
BOOOOMMM!!! ROASTED!!
30.
germy
@efgoldman: I always suspected the waterskiing squirrel had no choice in the matter. They basically strapped him in and said “Call the media!”
31.
chris
I know we’re all focused on AHCA but this is kind of important too. State has issued a Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline aka The Death Funnel (h/t CP Pierce.)
FWIW, Salt is what is technically knows as “leucistic” rather than albino. The genetic causes of leucism and albinism are different, so they have different detailed effects, one of which is the difference in eye color most people notice.
33.
Elizabelle
CNN reporting: Trump asked Speaker to pull the bill.
And leave it alone, you morons.
34.
Yarrow
Trump asked them to pull the bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
35.
bystander
They’re pulling the Tryancare bill. Sad.
We have a red squirrel eating all the bird seed today.
ETA. The reps Trump tried to pressure all refused to vote Yes. The Russian taint is starting to waft over Capitol Hill.
36.
p.a.
Ackbar voice: It’s a trap!
MSM full of Repub ‘sources’ saying it’s DOA. They’re just playing the media to lower its credibility (such as it is anyway…)
If it does go down, I have a nice Belgian ale I’ll pop open.
ETA: Where’s my Chimay glass?!
37.
Another Scott
@japa21: I’ve been very happy with this “hot meats” seed – it’s expensive (you might be able to find it substantially cheaper at your local mom-and-pop HW store), but it last for weeks (rather than being gone in a couple of days for the non-hot version). Lots of mammals don’t like the hot peppers, but birds either don’t mind or love it.
The lack of hulls means there’s no mountains of waste to clean up, either.
Cheers,
Scott.
38.
Keith P.
@Yarrow: That ultimatum must have been one of the times Trump was joking.
The decision means the Affordable Care Act remains in place, at least for now, and a major GOP campaign promise goes unfulfilled. It also casts doubt on the GOP’s ability to govern and to advance other high-stakes agenda items, including tax reform and infrastructure spending. Ryan is still without a signature achievement as speaker — and the defeat undermines Trump’s image as a skilled dealmaker willing to strike compromises to push his agenda forward.
“I don’t blame Paul,” Trump said, referring to Ryan.
WaPo
59.
germy
@Brachiator: You got the reference.
I thought I was being too obscure.
@Betty: The next battle. In a war where evil only has to win once.
63.
Weasel Tracks
There’s a number of black squirrels among the gray squirrel population near a Buddhist retreat center here in the Hudson Valley. Does that condition have a name, also?
They will want to try again before the Easter adjournment, April 7.
65.
chris
@Betty Cracker: You’re welcome. I live in squirrel country 6 miles from town on a paved road. In the spring there’s a flat squirrel every mile or so. Maybe they have there own Darwin Awards?
the defeat undermines Trump’s image as a skilled dealmaker willing to strike compromises to push his agenda forward
What the what? Since when does Trump have an image as someone “willing to strike compromises”? His rep as “dealmaker” comes from the idea that he says “take it or leave it” and the other guy caves because he doesn’t have the balls. That’s the only way he talks about deals: that he has the unique ability to get everything he wants because he’s Trump.
72.
D58826
@chris: the car is the new apex predator since foxes, etc are in a bit of a short supply in urban areas
73.
laura
@debit: Whoo, that’s a tear maker. For some reason, I thought the link would be about the guy who made a tractor pulled train for his many, many rescue dogs.
Evwryday saints walk among us.
There’s a number of black squirrels among the gray squirrel population near a Buddhist retreat center here in the Hudson Valley. Does that condition have a name, also?
Being all black in a population that’s otherwise a different color is known as melanism. It’s most famous among felines, where you get things like black leopards (aka panthers), jaguars, and, of course, house cats.
75.
moops
@chris: no, best news would have been Trump forcing a vote and Ryan caving in to force it, then having it get crushed by his own Party. The GOP managed not to shoot their own toe off today (which was looking like a possibility).
Now we will see how our media handle things. Several narratives could flow from this point. Ryan might have told Trump “we’re pulling it” and Trump then contacted his media contacts to tell them that He, Trump, decided to pull it. It still is a blow to the Trump image of forcing people to decide on the deals he offers them. Trump and Ryan are both unqualified for their positions. The factions springing up in the GOP would not be this bold if either was powerful right now.
76.
StringOnAStick
@D58826: Our fox population, plus the coyotes, got severely reduced by some disease a few years ago; what was once common isn’t common at all. I do occasionally see a black fox in the foothills above our home and it is gorgeous!
77.
Geeno
We had Black Squirrels at Kent State when I went there. They are bigger and do tend to crowd out the local grays wherever they go.
78.
Geeno
The ones at Kent were docile, but they were mooching off the students so they had to play nice.
79.
Miss Bianca
GHOST SQUIRREL!!
80.
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
@Elizabelle: Exactly what I thought at the time, and continue to believe. Funny name the guy has, so the story doesn’t get the national recognition it deserves.
81.
Elizabelle
I love that little squirrel face.
It’s so much more appealing than the Orange Furor, or Baby Blue Eyes Lyin’ Ryan.
I think Mr. Bzeek did not seek the acclamation, just the chance to be of service.
I have absolutely no doubt that is correct.
84.
Skepticat
@chris: I think it’s some kind of game that they often lose. “Here, hold my acorn…”
For the win.
After I finished my taxes this morning, I had someone I otherwise consider a dear and intelligent friend tell me that Trump is going to take care of lower- and middle-income people, the forgotten people. He’s still a dear friend; my opinion of his intelligence has deteriorated considerably.
schrodingers_cat
She is pretty. Where is her Romeo?
debit
What a cutie!!
evap
Interesting… it doesn’t appear to be an albino since the eyes don’t look red. I saw a white squirrel once (on the mall in Washington D.C.) and it had distinctive red eyes, so I’m assuming an albino. In any case, great picture!
TenguPhule
Look, a squirrel!
/someone had to say it.
Corner Stone
Little bastards. I almost ran one over today on the way back from dropping my son off at school. Came out of nowhere and was at full speed in two jumps headed into the damn street. I slammed on the brakes and moved over a foot or so (this was a wide street or I would not have had a choice). All the while I am yelling at him, “DAMMIT SQUIRRELLY!! DON’TFUCKINGDOIT!”
Thoroughly Pizzled
Death to all tree rats, even if they’re albino.
amk
arrested development reference in that tweet thread
TenguPhule
@Thoroughly Pizzled: Fried in a pan, they make a good source of protein.
Mustang Bobby
Sorry, but squirrels — except Rocky — fall in the same category as deer: nice to look at in pictures but a damned nuisance in real life. They are rats with a good wardrobe.
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
Salt is adorable. And with those dark eyes, not an albino.
@debit: You are an angel walking the earth. Much like this guy does for kids.
efgoldman
@debit:
Squirrels are vermin
Elizabelle
I like squirrels. Thank you, Betty.
Balm indeed.
Mike J
Corner Stone
@TenguPhule: Bullshit. Not enough meat on them to be efficient and too lean (and stringy) to make those nuggets worth the time.
rikyrah
Don’t like squirrels, but this one is cute.
japa21
No such thing as a cute squirrel. We love our birds and have 4 feeders. Finally got some the squirrels can’t get into. So they hang around at the base of the trees eating up all the scraps and chasing away those birds that are ground feeders.
chris
@Corner Stone: They do that here too. They wait until they see the whites of your eyes before running out in front of the vehicle. I think it’s some kind of game that they often lose. “Here, hold my acorn…”
Major Major Major Major
@amk: I’ve made a huge mistake.
ETA: trump really is such a Gob, even if Gob is named after Jeb!. I can just see him yelling about his FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR PANTS!
glory b
Saw this as breaking in the NYT, Ryan leaving for the White House to tell Trump there’s not enough votes to pass the health care bill.
germy
@efgoldman: What about the waterskiing squirrel?
efgoldman
OT But important:
Chris
@Mustang Bobby:
At the tourist gift shop I worked in a couple years ago, we had a squirrel get into the hat room who stayed there an entire day and couldn’t be gotten out, which made for an interesting day as many clients helpfully informed us that we had a squirrel in the hat room.
Thankfully, gone the next morning.
germy
dollared
hoo boy. In Crackerland, even the squirrels are white.
Corner Stone
@chris:
They’re fucking nuts! Nuts, I tells ya!
efgoldman
@germy:
Wet vermin
debit
@Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho: And now I’m sobbing. That guy is an actual saint.
bupalos
@glory b: Old news glory. He’s been there, done that, left, and Sean Spicer basically did the epitaph. That thing is in flames and hurtling towards the canyon floor.
Corner Stone
BOOOOMMM!!! ROASTED!!
germy
@efgoldman: I always suspected the waterskiing squirrel had no choice in the matter. They basically strapped him in and said “Call the media!”
chris
I know we’re all focused on AHCA but this is kind of important too. State has issued a Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline aka The Death Funnel (h/t CP Pierce.)
Roger Moore
FWIW, Salt is what is technically knows as “leucistic” rather than albino. The genetic causes of leucism and albinism are different, so they have different detailed effects, one of which is the difference in eye color most people notice.
Elizabelle
CNN reporting: Trump asked Speaker to pull the bill.
And leave it alone, you morons.
Yarrow
Trump asked them to pull the bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
bystander
They’re pulling the Tryancare bill. Sad.
We have a red squirrel eating all the bird seed today.
ETA. The reps Trump tried to pressure all refused to vote Yes. The Russian taint is starting to waft over Capitol Hill.
p.a.
Ackbar voice: It’s a trap!
MSM full of Repub ‘sources’ saying it’s DOA. They’re just playing the media to lower its credibility (such as it is anyway…)
If it does go down, I have a nice Belgian ale I’ll pop open.
ETA: Where’s my Chimay glass?!
Another Scott
@japa21: I’ve been very happy with this “hot meats” seed – it’s expensive (you might be able to find it substantially cheaper at your local mom-and-pop HW store), but it last for weeks (rather than being gone in a couple of days for the non-hot version). Lots of mammals don’t like the hot peppers, but birds either don’t mind or love it.
The lack of hulls means there’s no mountains of waste to clean up, either.
Cheers,
Scott.
Keith P.
@Yarrow: That ultimatum must have been one of the times Trump was joking.
Corner Stone
I fucking hate Donald Trump so fucking much.
Elizabelle
@Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho: Saw that article when it appeared. Man who cares for foster children in hospice.
Did not get much play. Because:
Foreign born Muslim doing good. Not airworthy.
Ohio Mom
I admit I am following the vote this afternoon in order to avoid housework.
I was watching the House live via the NYT. All of a sudden, a recess was declared. Lots of groans. No restart time given.
looks like I’m out of excuses, time to plug in the vacuum cleaner.
P.S. When we lived in Dayton, Ohio, there was a clan of white squirrels a couple of blocks from us.
Roger Moore
@bupalos:
FTFY.
Yukoner
What to do with all of your dead squirrels? Make art!
http://www.yukon-news.com/arts/going-squirrelly-a-new-exhibit-presents-gord-downie-and-slash-in-furry-form/
joel hanes
Humiliating squirrels can be great entertainment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A-7g-fl3g8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-d3rZZ-_M
TenguPhule
@Corner Stone: There a nut famine in your region? A plump squirrel pan fried with brown gravy is awesome.
D58826
just now on cnn
Betty Cracker
@chris:
Literal LOL!
Ohio Mom
@Yarrow: Hooray! The bill is pulled. Living room rug, here I come. I didn’t realize how frozen with anxiety I was.
germy
@D58826:
doing my Mutley laugh.
EBT
If you think you like squirrels, get ferrets instead.
Elizabelle
Thank Dog. And we have to keep doing this, over and over.
Ĺadyraxterinok
Anyone here remember that Mike? Doonesbury is from Tulsa? See the very first strip online.
Shell
Isn’t there a town in New England that takes great pride in their white squirrel population? I think they even have an annual festival.
Fester Addams
@Keith P.:
Perhaps he’ll explain that he was being “sarcastic.”
Brachiator
They pulled the bill.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
D58826
more on huffington – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-leaders-cancel-vote-obamacare-repeal_us_58d54cdde4b03692bea5563e?
Brachiator
@germy:
You mean, this one?
germy
WaPo
germy
@Brachiator: You got the reference.
I thought I was being too obscure.
chris
@D58826:
Woohoo! That’s the best news.
Betty
And it’s over for now, but what comes next?
TenguPhule
@Betty: The next battle. In a war where evil only has to win once.
Weasel Tracks
There’s a number of black squirrels among the gray squirrel population near a Buddhist retreat center here in the Hudson Valley. Does that condition have a name, also?
Brachiator
@Betty:
They will want to try again before the Easter adjournment, April 7.
chris
@Betty Cracker: You’re welcome. I live in squirrel country 6 miles from town on a paved road. In the spring there’s a flat squirrel every mile or so. Maybe they have there own Darwin Awards?
schrodingers_cat
@Weasel Tracks: Those black squirrels are from Canada, they are bigger and meaner.
Corner Stone
@TenguPhule: I’ve eaten more than a few. And I don’t care for them and hope to not be hunting them for sustenance any time soon.
JCJ
@germy:
Not at all. I had that wheezy laugh in my mind as soon as I read your comment
debit
@schrodingers_cat: Huh. I thought black squirrels came from Mirkwood.
chris
@chris: “Their” Dammit!
FlipYrWhig
@germy:
What the what? Since when does Trump have an image as someone “willing to strike compromises”? His rep as “dealmaker” comes from the idea that he says “take it or leave it” and the other guy caves because he doesn’t have the balls. That’s the only way he talks about deals: that he has the unique ability to get everything he wants because he’s Trump.
D58826
@chris: the car is the new apex predator since foxes, etc are in a bit of a short supply in urban areas
laura
@debit: Whoo, that’s a tear maker. For some reason, I thought the link would be about the guy who made a tractor pulled train for his many, many rescue dogs.
Evwryday saints walk among us.
Roger Moore
@Weasel Tracks:
Being all black in a population that’s otherwise a different color is known as melanism. It’s most famous among felines, where you get things like black leopards (aka panthers), jaguars, and, of course, house cats.
moops
@chris: no, best news would have been Trump forcing a vote and Ryan caving in to force it, then having it get crushed by his own Party. The GOP managed not to shoot their own toe off today (which was looking like a possibility).
Now we will see how our media handle things. Several narratives could flow from this point. Ryan might have told Trump “we’re pulling it” and Trump then contacted his media contacts to tell them that He, Trump, decided to pull it. It still is a blow to the Trump image of forcing people to decide on the deals he offers them. Trump and Ryan are both unqualified for their positions. The factions springing up in the GOP would not be this bold if either was powerful right now.
StringOnAStick
@D58826: Our fox population, plus the coyotes, got severely reduced by some disease a few years ago; what was once common isn’t common at all. I do occasionally see a black fox in the foothills above our home and it is gorgeous!
Geeno
We had Black Squirrels at Kent State when I went there. They are bigger and do tend to crowd out the local grays wherever they go.
Geeno
The ones at Kent were docile, but they were mooching off the students so they had to play nice.
Miss Bianca
GHOST SQUIRREL!!
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
@Elizabelle: Exactly what I thought at the time, and continue to believe. Funny name the guy has, so the story doesn’t get the national recognition it deserves.
Elizabelle
I love that little squirrel face.
It’s so much more appealing than the Orange Furor, or Baby Blue Eyes Lyin’ Ryan.
Bring on the squirrels.
Elizabelle
@Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho: Do you know, I think Mr. Bzeek did not seek the acclamation, just the chance to be of service.
But damn right more people should know about people like him.
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
@Elizabelle:
I have absolutely no doubt that is correct.
Skepticat
@chris: I think it’s some kind of game that they often lose. “Here, hold my acorn…”
For the win.
After I finished my taxes this morning, I had someone I otherwise consider a dear and intelligent friend tell me that Trump is going to take care of lower- and middle-income people, the forgotten people. He’s still a dear friend; my opinion of his intelligence has deteriorated considerably.
Hunter
We have a strain of black squirrels in Chicago, although I haven’t seen any lately.
Someone once asked me why I kept cats. “Because they’re almost as funny as squirrels and easier to keep.”