I love this video of a free-diving retriever. She tries, fails, tries again — and succeeds. What a good girl!
retrievers are gonna retrieve pic.twitter.com/mIU03rfNOp
— puppybowl (@puppybol) August 22, 2018
Speaking of dogs (a non-swimmer this time), our Badger successfully completed puppy class yesterday evening. As I mentioned in the overnight thread, he was a bit wobbly on his skills during the final exam, but since he was the only pupil who didn’t crap on the floor during the last session, he graduated at the top of his class, IMO.
So much stuff happening in the news. Pecker flipped. Reality Winner got a harsh sentence. There’s a prison strike across North America. A monster storm is bearing down on Hawaii.
Trump is flailing like a drunken, furious orangutan trying to charge up a greased garbage chute — lying, bragging incoherently and incriminating himself on Fox & Friends; shrieking “NO COLLUSION” on Twitter in the middle of the night; using Tucker Carlson’s “White Power Hour” to steer foreign policy.
It’s all too bizarre. I’d rather watch graceful mer-dogs. Stay safe, Hawaiians.
Open thread!
Roger Moore
This is the one that’s going to get Trump to flip out more than usual.
VeniceRiley
Yes, why was the Pecker post deleted? I was looking forward to Pecker for the first time in my life!
NotMax
Report from the (no pun intended) storm front.
Overcast sky to the south has taken on a distinctly dull and dirty yellow hue, never a good sign. However, even in the stiff breezes and intermittent light showers, birds are outside making bird noises at the moment.
Hurricane now shambling along at a mere 7 mph, main part of storm now about 12 hours away from closest approach to Maui.
zhena gogolia
@NotMax:
Fingers crossed! I hate that period of waiting.
Jerzy Russian
It is a pity that Mr. Pecker’s first name is not Richard or Peter.
I don’t know what is more upsetting: 1. The Republicans are not going after Trump for his affairs with the zeal that they went after Clinton. 2. Apparently the number of women who have engaged in sex acts with Trump (not counting the three wives) is more than zero. Eww!
HeleninEire
Love that doggo. Was holding my breath for her. So glad she knew to go back up, take a breath, and then go down again.
And YAY Badger. I kinda bullshitted my way through Grad school, but I did not shit on the floor. Prolly why I got my degree!
The Moar You Know
My Golden retriever won’t and can’t swim. Like the water just fine; puts his head under and blows bubbles – but he’s gotta have something solid under his feet or he panics.
Kinda the least of his problems. He’s an odd dog, strangest I’ve ever met. Not big on exercise. One of the most beautiful doggies I’ve ever seen. Not cuddly, but loves us fiercely. Extremely well behaved under most circumstances, but can’t be let off leash unless it’s in an enclosed space because he is very iffy on coming when called. He’s had two years of obedience and rally (show ring) training. Fucker’s just stubborn as hell. He understands he’s not the alpha. He just refuses to accept that this is the way things are.
Doesn’t retrieve, either. Doesn’t mind chasing, but WILL NOT bring it back.
Love him like nothing else.
The Moar You Know
@Jerzy Russian: Oh, #2. Number 1 I fully expected, and yeah, that includes the evangelicals, who, in a just world, would never be allowed to appear in the media again to morally scold anyone. That they will continue to do so I also fully expect.
But banging Trump – that’s gotta be like having sex with a chunk of those fatbergs they keep finding in the London sewers. He’s physically revolting, can’t possibly care about what the woman gets out of it, and YOU KNOW he is hung like a cashew. That more than one person has willingly done this is beyond my comprehension, truly.
Elizabelle
Love the diving retriever. And she’s retrieving a …… strange. Very strange.
Elizabelle
@The Moar You Know:
LOL.
ant
her is a video of my boxer puppy swimming in my hot tub.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_OPOpyE5u8
NotMax
@zhena gogolia
Just hoping the USPS is up to the job, as am expecting a needed restock of cigars today or tomorrow!
germy
That was Cohen’s experience at Cooley.
CarolDuhart2
@The Moar You Know: Promise of money or fame or introductions to those others who do? Plenty of trolls out there who offer both. Not to mention that sometimes if you don’t do it, they have a way of being, shall we say, “difficult”.
jacy
Congrats to Badger! May he soon get his Puppy PhD. Which is probably not a thing, but definitely should be.
Betty Cracker
@NotMax: Best of luck to you and the birds!
trollhattan
@Elizabelle:
Brick as doggy toy is very odd, but sometimes it’s the dog picking the toy so who can know.
Betty Cracker
@ant: Awww!
Roger Moore
trollhattan
@jacy:
Proper hound Dog?
rikyrah
Bravo to Badger, who is so cute :)
ant
here she is at the beach at lake superior.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRKGMKZMjpQ&feature=youtu.be
that water was too cold in her opinion.
Calouste
@The Moar You Know: Obviously they did it willingly, but if you think pron stars and playmates have sex with 60-something millionaires for pleasure rather than for cash or expensive gifts, I have a bridge to sell to you.
Of course they have to keep the facade that it is not about the money for legal reasons.
NotMax
@Roger Moore
Added to the ever expanding list of possible garage band names.
:)
trollhattan
@NotMax:
If it isn’t already it otter be.
NotMax
As it’s open thread –
Discovered: can prepare baked apples in Instant Pot!
(My own recipe differs somewhat, but the principle is the same.)
Mnemosyne
@Calouste:
I LOL’d at the Stormy Daniels interview when she described coming out of the hotel room bathroom to see Trump sitting on her bed and thinking, “Well, I got myself into this mess, so I can’t back out now.”
She’s a pro, so it’s not like he was the first unappealing guy she had sex with to advance her career.
trollhattan
@Mnemosyne:
She’s advertising an October appearance in my metroplex and since the club is outside the city boundary (because reasons) and our county sheriff is a grade A, Trump -endorsing prick, I hope she has Avenetti or someone with her in case he pulls some shenanigans.
wkwv
@NotMax: Thank you, hadn’t thought of that, and it is apple season.
Roger Moore
@trollhattan:
I think the key for her is to read the local laws on adult entertainment in detail, follow them scrupulously, and have somebody record her whole appearance. Being persecuted by Trump-supporting assholes is good PR for her as long as she can prove she did nothing wrong.
MisterForkbeard
@NotMax: Ooooh. My daughters have recently gotten into apples (2 and 4 years old). I should try this.
Mnemosyne
@trollhattan:
Hopefully the county DA has had a stern conversation with the sheriff pointing out how much money the Cincinnati PD is going to have to pay out for false arrest.
Betty Cracker
@ant: She’s right! I’ve stuck a toe in two of the Great Lakes and swiftly came to the same conclusion. She’s a gorgeous boxer — I don’t know if I’ve ever seen one that dark. Our late great boxer Bart was a a very dark brindle, but your girl looks as dark as our Badger, who appears pitch-black indoors but has a brindle pattern in sunlight (a “seal” coat, I’m told).
@NotMax: I am loving my Instant Pot! Made some braised short ribs in it recently that were TO DIE FOR!
NotMax
@MisterForkbeard
For palates that young, might suggest keeping it uncomplicated by putting brown sugar and cinnamon mix (possibly also raisins) into each apple, partially filling them with root beer (or cola) and topping with butter
NotMax
@Betty Cracker
(excessive salivating commenced)
Yum!
spudgun
@ant: That. was. TOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!
burnspbesq
In all likelihood, Winner will do less time than Manning—and hopefully Greenwald will someday get justice for hanging her out to dry.
Joyce Harmon
I take Jazzy to two classes a week. We have Competition Obedience on Tuesday and Agility on Thursday. We don’t intend to compete, Jazzy just likes going to class.
evodevo
@Calouste: Even if that were my profession, it would have to be a million dollars before I go for fat, ugly and abusive…EWWWWWWWWW …
SoupCatcher
@Elizabelle:
You know what else comes in bricks.
And might be on the ocean floor after the plane heads back south.
Just waiting to be retrieved.
It would be irresponsible not to speculate…
karen marie
@MisterForkbeard: Even faster, and easier, and less cleanup, to do it in the microwave. I peel/core the apple, put it in an appropriate size bowl, fill the center hole where the core was with brown sugar and raisins, sometimes sprinkle it with a little lemon juice, and pop it into the microwave for two minutes – voila, instant “baked” apple. It’s great with plain yogurt.
karen marie
@karen marie: If I’m feeling fancy, I sprinkle it with a little “pumpkin spice.”
RedDirtGirl
I’m heading to the outdoor pool right now. Only another week or two until it shuts for the summer and no more sunset swims until next year.
Lee
@burnspbesq: I hope so as well. But it seems too many people refuse to see the obvious of him burning her.
HumboldtBlue
Wow!
Here’s honor to the passing of an extraordinary woman from an extraordinary family. Jamie Wolfe spent her 52 years telling motherfuckers to pay attention.