In the raccoon’s defense, he was just trying to give the man CPR.
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Is the raccoon ok?
Waiting to see, but they should be checked for diseases. We don't know of kegsbreath bit them.
Aren't raccoons generally too small for rabies (like, if something with rabies got them they're small enough they'd just die instead of briefly recovering and becoming infected) or am I thinking of wombats
Probably oppossum, they aren't viable carriers. Size doesn't matter so much AFAIK, even tinier bats can be carriers.
wait, so why aren't oppossum viable carriers? i'm so confused i thought it was because they got et.
IIRC, opossums aren't viable carriers because their natural body temperature is too low for the virus to thrive
Is that why he's sleeping all the time?
Who would have thought hiring one of Fox News' drunkard jesters into a prominent government position would have backfired this badly!
So far it has only gone well for them. If they sentence Hegseth to death... Then I could say it may have went wrong
Best case scenario really.
It's almost like his decision to appoint loyalists and psychophants instead of qualified personnel was a bad decision.
The Venn diagram between competent and sycophant is two separate circles.
Yeah, that was his problem last time. He churned through mildly qualified people
Hegseth is so, so much worse than Benedict Arnold.
Literally the Benedict Arnold name should fade to obscurity and be replaced with Pete Hegseth.
Sorry to all the Pete's out there.
Trump is so much worse than Hegseth, now what?
We're gonna have to find a new name for Donald Ducking it (poohing bear?)
He always chickens out.
He's only tired of controversies he's not directly responsible for. 'Pay attention to MEEEE!'
Trump tired of controversy? Are we finally getting out of the bad timeline?
And then suddenly, surprising absolutely everyone, Trump shifted gears, turned 180 degrees, undid ALL the EOs, and started fiercely governing for the greatest good for All The People.
Oh, I thought you were going to say he started fiercely defending Pete again after Pete named the death star prototype after him.
I thought they were going to say "Krasnov finally delivers on his promise of taco trucks on every corner"