Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

After roe, women are no longer free.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

No one could have predicted…

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

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Favorite Dogs & Cats – Day 6

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More favorite pics!  No one took me up on this yesterday, but I think we need to suggest captions for some of these!

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Is the dogs and cats a hard rule?  I have the most adorable picture of my pet rabbit.  Basil was curious about our christmas tree and was exploring.  (chbnna)

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It’s a joy to see the beloved friends, especially at this time of year.  Our dear Boots is attached.  She passed away in January, so it would be so nice to share her sweetness with the crew.  (daize)

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This is Snickers who we got at 8 months and was instantly my husband’s soul mate.  He lived a charmed life until age 13.  One of the best photos I’ve ever taken.  (MrsCoach B)

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This is Fuzzy who came to us about 9 months ago. He met a sad ending last week, but was a total sweetheart and chill kitty cat.  (MrsCoach B)

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Pearl looking her usual gorgeous self with her green space-laser eyes.  (Mike in Oly)

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My first kitty, Tuck, posing majestically in the garden.  (Mike in Oly)

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Oliver, our beloved departed chonk, being his usual silly self.  (Mike in Oly)

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Miss Gracie in the sunshine. She was quite the character. I miss her so much.  (Mike in Oly)

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Orville and Wilbur. RIP  (Jenny H)

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Bailey (the Aussie) and Rocco (the tough guy city cat) plot their escapes.  (Jackmac)

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This is Rocco, a fox terrier we had from 2009-2018.  He had several homes before us.  He was rescued by Animal Control and he was so skinny they thought he was a Chihuahua.  He was adopted but then his family lost their home in the 2008 housing crash so they surrendered him back to the rescue group.  We met him at a pet store when his foster mom had taken him for an outing.  He was the friendliest dog we ever had.  He loved EVERYBODY. He was also a good older brother to our Sonia (2009-2019) who was twice Rocco’s size but very, very timid.  (Cliosfanboy)

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Here’s a pet pic of my long late dog, a coyote/chow mix named Wiley.  My screen name is a tribute to him.  He’s about 9 or ten weeks old.  Pic taken in late ’87, this is a scan of the original photo. Hope you can use it! (Wileybud)

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Bigo, enjoying a sunny spot.  (Virginia)

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Here’s a couple of Tigger Too, the rescue cat who loves everybody.  (oklahoma)

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Reader Interactions

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    I have several crushes in this batch!

    And hey, we have crossed into Tuesday territory with one picture from Tuesday!  So more Tuesday submissions are coming up tomorrow.

  2. 2.

    Ken

    Caption for Bigo: “Yes, right in the middle of the floor, you got a problem with that?”

    BTW did my On The Road submission (Morton Arboretum) go through?

  6. 6.

    dexwood

    Great group of pictures. Basil under the tree put a big smile on my face. Beautiful picture of Snickers. Merry Christmas everyone.

  7. 7.

    Ken

    @WaterGirl: Thanks!

    Now if I can just figure out what “butter, at room temperature” means under these conditions, I’ll be able to finish my Christmas preparations.

  9. 9.

    Scout211

    Wonderful fur babies, all.

    The pic of Bailey and Rocco is, wow. I thought at first it was a painting.

    Bailey is one expressive pup.

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    jackmac

    Love the pix of Basil the bunny!  Tigger Too is a dead ringer for our late tabby, Minxie.

    Thanks for including my guys (Bailey and Rocco) today and all the other great photos of dogs, cats and other creatures this week. What a treat!

    Happy Holidays to all!

  14. 14.

    MagdaInBlack

    I do love these! Thank you all for sending to them Watergirl to post. And thank YOU, Watergirl  ❤️

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    Another Scott

    One for the birders… Science.org:

    In the clear light of day, the Eurasian woodcock doesn’t stand out. Reddish brown feathers help the bird blend in with forest underbrush to avoid predators. But at dawn and dusk, when males of the species swoop and dart in the pale luminance to attract a mate, they really shine. Now, researchers say their stark white tail feathers are the brightest plumage ever measured on a bird.

    The backends of the small birds (Scolopax rusticola) sport highly reflective white tips that are only visible from beneath during flight (pictured above) or when males fan their tail feathers on the ground as part of mating displays. When researchers used a spectrometer to measure how much light these feathers reflected, they found the white tips reflect up to 55% of light—far more than any other feathers ever recorded, the scientists report in a preprint posted on bioRxiv on 11 December.

    […]

    Neato.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  21. 21.

    MomSense

    These photos are so sweet.  Just watched a wonderful short film by Vermont Public Tv called The Mountain Dogs.  I guarantee you will all love it.

  26. 26.

    Jager

    @WaterGirl:  I have a picture of Anze the Dog with my wife on the day we adopted him…they are both so happy the picture vibrates.

    I tried to send it to you but got a notice of being unable to deliver.

  27. 27.

    Mel

    Thank you, WaterGirl, for this. Seeing all of these beautiful furbabies and hearing some of their stories has been a lovely bright spot each day.

  32. 32.

    Anotherlurker

    Water Girl rocks! Thanks so much for the pictures of these wonderful fur babies.

    Even during my darkest holiday moods, you and your pet posts drag me back to smiles and treasured memories.

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    mrmoshpotato

    Bailey (the Aussie) and Rocco (the tough guy city cat) plot their escapes. (Jackmac)

    Oh, plotting their escape.  Also, looking at some jackass acting a fool.

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    Jess

    I love them all, especially the bunbun! Anybody have a ferret to share? Cody made friends with the ferret at the local pet shop, and now I want one. Would name it Twizel (after the town in New Zealand).

    Wileybud, if you’re around, I would love to hear more about your coy-dog. How was he different from other dogs? Any interesting quirks? As I mentioned in Favorites Part 4, Cody is an indigenous landrace dog, the original primitive dog, and a lot of his behaviors remind me of coyotes. I’m curious about the other primitive dogs out there.

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    Wileybud

    @Jess: Hi Jess, Wiley was a coyote/chow mix, at least that’s what I was told when I got him.  He had coyote skittishness and liked to howl along with them (I’m in Tucson).  When someone came to the door he would hide under the table and bravely bark.

    Kept him on a dried dog food diet with a can mixed in every Sunday.  He would go frantically crazy while I was preparing it.  When ready I would tell him to “say grace” to which he would enthusiastically go “WOOF!”  Then not go for it until I told him “OK”.

    As the picture shows a pup is not happy until he has his Budweiser and his sock.

     

    @Jess:

  41. 41.

    Joy in FL

    I love seeing these photos of such dear and dearly loved animals. Thanks to everyone who shared : )

  42. 42.

    raven

    I posted this in the last thread but it didn’t get any traction so. . .

    “It’s 12 here and I just got through searching for an old pup that wandered out my neighbor’s dog door sometime during the night. She is a really old pitty mix named “Cookie” and I was pretty pessimistic about her. I came home to warm up for a minute and they posted on FB that they found her in the kudzu field behind out house!!!! Yay for Cookie!”

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    FelonyGovt

    I have loved seeing all these photos and sharing my own. WaterGirl, you are a treasure ❤️❤️❤️

  46. 46.

    Jude

    This series and people’s comments have made it abundantly clear that I’m never going to stop missing my sweet India. He was the best cat who died at an old age almost 6 years ago. Three more cats since can’t take up that space.

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    jackmac

    @Ken: Hogfather is a fun read (like anything by Pratchett) and the movie is available on Amazon Prime. Michelle Dockery played a great Susan before going on to bigger things like Downton Abbey.

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    joel hanes

    Merry Christmas to all the jackals that celebrate the Christian or secular holiday.

    My very best wishes to those of other traditions, or no tradition.

    And may 2023 be a better year for all of us.

  55. 55.

    CatRadio

    This has been great fun, WaterGirl, and a wonderful antidote to years of grim news.

    Every photo and every story shared brings a moment of shared remembrance.

    How was I to know I needed a bunny under a Christmas tree? :)

    Yay.

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    raven

    @WaterGirl: These folks were on the early morning trek to the school where they would pet Artie. The young lady moved on to middle school this year and I never get to see them. I had never met Cookie but was happy to help try to find her. I had just told the young lady to be careful of the cold and she found the pup just a minute later. Good thing she’s a tough Cookie!

  59. 59.

    Redshift

    @joel hanes: Hear, hear!

    I wasn’t around for the Jewish Christmas thread earlier, but wanted to mention that my family tradition was entirely non-religious, and we celebrated what I like to call the secular American holidays – the quarter days (in proper pagan tradition) of Easter, the 4th of July, Halloween, and Christmas, plus Thanksgiving.

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    SpaceUnit

    Apropos of nothing, I’ve always wanted to set up an outdoor Christmas nativity scene in which Baby Jesus’ head rotates 360 degrees and shoots lasers from his eyes while The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy blasts from a speaker.  My HOA would shit itself.

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    Mike in Oly

    @indycat32: Miss Pearl is SUCH a princess. She demands I sit next to her multiple times a day while she eats her kibble and pet her. She is quite insistent that this is the only acceptable time and place for petting.

    Oliver was the BEST cat. He was just such a loverboy and has so much personality. Those Bombay types are always wonderful. This photo is bittersweet for me as we lost him the night I took it.

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    WaterGirl

    @Mike in Oly:

    She demands I sit next to her multiple times a day while she eats her kibble and pet her. She is quite insistent that this is the only acceptable time and place for petting.

    I see that Pearl won the battle of wills.

  74. 74.

    J R in WV

    These photos fill me with emotions of all kinds. Thanks, everyone, for sharing all the love these critters have to share. Bunny is esp wonderful surprise!

  76. 76.

    CliosFanBoy

    @WaterGirl: my wife knit it.  :)    Rocco was terrified of thunderstorms.  So when we had one come through I’d take him into our basement and he’d sleep curled up next to me under a light blanket.

  78. 78.

    NotoriousJRT

    Another round of lovely pet pictures and tributes. This is a fine community.  Thanks again, WG!

  79. 79.

    Jess

    @Wileybud: Thanks! Cody is also skittish/cautious, and must check out every new thing. But once he’s figured it out, he’s fine with it. He’s incredibly alert, always taking notes and mapping out his world. Has the best sense of navigation I’ve ever seen in a dog. Quiet and still most of the time, but with very quick reflexes. He’s extremely intense about whatever he does. I’ve seen videos of tame coyotes and foxes, and they have very similar ways of moving and being.

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    Wileybud

    @Jess: Cody sounds like a great pup!  After Wiley was gone I was on the road too much to get another one.  Until October 2021 when I got a seven week old Rottweiler pup.  He’s sixteen months old, his name is Rascal which he lives up to.  He’s in last year’s calendar sitting inside a mail bin.  And in this year’s Calendar A in September.  Can’t miss him with his tongue is hanging out.

  81. 81.

    daize

    Oh my gosh, Basil bunny! And Snickers!  And all of the lovely friends!

    Thank you, WaterGirl for these lovely posts. And for including our dearest Boots in this list. Listening to The Night Before and wishing  for the best for all in the coming year. 

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