ODD POLITICAL NOTE; EXTRAORDINARY DELIVERY; ASSORTED CONTEMPLATIONS...

EDITION OF THURSDAY PM/FRIDAY AM JANUARY 5-6, 2023 [PetPowellPress] We are preparing the campaign to run my dog Porche Noel for Speaker of the U.S. House. This is all being readied just in case the House goes through another spell of disagreement on the Speaker vote — as this is being written, the 9th unsuccessful vote is headed into history.
Porche’s campaign slogan is “THIS ONE’S HOUSE- TRAINED.” She’s diplomatic at feeding time and she knows how to work with cats from the other side of the house. 
Also, she believes that what’s good for America is, indeed, a working, thoughtful Legislature. She’s also never seen a unicorn.

Porche is intellectually non-partisan, enjoys revitalizing naps and is spayed — and that puts her at least one step ahead of anyone else in the U.S. Congress -- both Houses. 
She also has no bank account on any continent or island.

As you may suspect, Porche, burning the midnight oil in that photo to the right, studied political responsibility under our late cat, The Senator.
Urge your U.S. Representative to embrace Porche Noel as the next Speaker of the U.S. House. As Porche gleefully barks to the other dogs when dashing out the back door and into the yard: “Let’s start a movement!”
[LARRY ASIDE: If you can submit a more dependable personality for the position of speaker, let us know. If someone should actually win the speakership after this is posted, please continue to support Porche for her next campaign. We’re shopping for that. She’s not interested in Secretary of Airplanes. Pretty sure there isn’t one. Yet. Eleven months ’til Christmas — anything can happen.]
PUPPY SEASON CLEARLY
ARRIVES IN NORTH TEXAS
We got the astonishing news on this amazing multiple-birth story from our tipster Tami Kukla, the veteran rescuer and advocate. She cited the work of Danielle Marni Stewart and Apollo Support & Rescue for Abandoned Dogs. Yep, the photos are hints of what got Apollo involved. 
Tami;s report is the organization “saved a momma Pit out of Tri City Animal Shelter and she delivered ...." Well, read on!
Danielle wrote that there is a wishlist on the organization’s Facebook page HERE.
And the story there reads, “On December 30, Tri-City Shelter reached out to us saying they had a pregnant mom about to give birth, and they were closed with minimum help through New Years. So, we found a foster, and when we picked her up… MAN WAS SHE HUGE!!!
“We joked that there must be 20 puppies, but never did we think there were almost 20 puppies for real! This sweet pittie gave birth yesterday [Jan. 4] to 17 puppies. YES, 17. One puppy passed away soon after it was born. Please help us shower this new little family with the supplies they need!” Here is that LINK
That’ll show you some stuff to help the organization help the animals. 

The contact points for Apollo are phone 817-658-9738, email [email protected] or click on apollosupportandrescue.org.
Quite possibly the next big challenge is helping Momma name her babies. Probably no traditional dog name is ruled out. Maybe they’ll go with a theme. Might take use of two or three themes to give monikers to 17 puppies. Momma, I guess, might just keep her name.
[LARRY ASIDE: And while this is a story of staggering success, it also is a vivid lesson in what can happen if people don’t spay and neuter their animals. That Momma dodged total tragedy: She is blessed to have found her way into Tri-City Shelter. This is a multiple-birth family that was fortunate enough to encounter life-savers. These were not the people who’d just dump Mom in the woods or roll her out of the car in the middle of an interstate highway. Some people are a disgusting combination of stupid and mean.]
CONTEMPLATIONS
THE MOON, THE FAHR, AND HISTORY
Thanks to the folks at The Old Farmers Almanac, we can learn that the big moon overhead about 5:09 p.m. CST Friday is known as the Wolf Moon. The Almanac’s experts write that this is not a “Supermoon” but a “micromoon.” To borrow from a Sesame Street skit I once saw, I’ll report that “it is not NEAR, it is FAR.” This full moon, unlike a giant Supermoon, is at its “farthest point from Earth (not the nearest point),” the Almanac says. My limited astronomical education does not allow me to tell you when you can next view the Fox Moon, Coyote Moon or Batmoon. …

In Wednesday’s edition of my favorite Northeast Texas newspaper, The Texarkana Gazette, I saw a headline about a “Tar fire” at a business and, recalling my childhood familiarity with the pronunciations of the region, I thought, at first, “Tar fire? Oh, tahr fahr!” and imagined a bunch of blazing radials. But, no, it was actually “tar,” the kind that put on a rough. I do like to imagine the firefighters getting a radio instructions about a “tahr fahr” and wondering what they were up against. Texan — sometimes it’s a dad-blamed inexact language. …
I’m always looking for ways to make a buck writing. So, I’m wondering, based on news reports, is there now a robust market in writing fake resumes for corporate positions and Congress? It may not be against the law if your plainly label it “A Personal Work of Fiction & Dreams for America.” Something not quite as fancy as Curriculum Vitae — last time I checked my Curriculum Vitae it was listed as “Expired. Lack of Interest. Do not mail post-grad paperwork.” That’s OK, I’ve got an honorary degree in a frame in a box of beloved paperwork either in the garage or in storage. 2023 is the year I’m organizing. I swear.
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