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Puppy Worried Over Debt Crisis and Partisan Gridlock

A puppy named Chalupa Batman expressed his concern about the economic impasse in Washington, D.C. on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday.

“Mr. Batman has many friends with government jobs who haven’t been to work in a week,” said Jeremy Tillman, the show’s senior producer. “He’s also very concerned about the U.S.’s credit rating. If Congress doesn’t raise the Debt Ceiling and we default on our loans, what then?”

But there may even be larger issues at play here.

“Will Democrats and Replubicans ever be productive in government with such partisan gridlock?” Tillman posed. “Mr. Batman is not too optimistic about the future of public policy.”

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Puppy Promoted Following Mail Sorting Triumph

Jonas the puppy was on the receiving end of a promotion at his place of work after a particularly impressive displace of sorting prowess last week. 

“We’d never seen anything like it,” said Anne Jackson, Chief Operations Officer. “Most days we get 30, maybe 40 pieces of mail, but on Wednesday we got 400.”

Jonas reportedly handled the 10x increase like a champ. 

“Most dogs we’ve had in the mail room end up chewing more mail than they deliver, and we have to let them go. But I’m glad I didn’t let that dissuade me from hiring Jonas,” explained Jackson. Rather than chew any of the mail, Jonas got all 400 items sorted and delivered to the companies 24 employees by the end of the day.

So impressed was Jackson by the display that she promoted the pup to associate office manager.

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PHOTO OP: Side by Side

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STUDY: Humans Vulnerable to Puppy Head Tilt

A new study from Duke University’s School of Animal Behavior indicates that humans have absolutely no immunity to the puppy head tilt. Further, the study finds that canine evolution has been selecting for this trait for generations.

“Our research indicates that when a dog tilts his head to the side, humans have little to no resistance and wind up doing whatever the pup wants,” said lead researcher Anson Wu. “It gets ‘em every time.”

Wu and his team aren’t sure whether puppies are even aware of their powerful evolutionary quirk. 

“I’d have to guess not, but you never know,” he said. “I really hope they’re not planning to use the tilt for evil. We’d be totally boned if they did.”

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Puppy Has Fun on Local Wine Tour

Ollii the pug spent this past weekend doing something he’d never done before: going on a wine tasting tour to a number of a local vineyards. And he loved it, according to friends.

The dog spent Saturday afternoon making his way through the Showangunk Wine Trail in New York’s Hudson Valley with friends Annie and Lisa.

“He didn’t actually drink any of the wine,” said companion Annie Williams, “but he devoured all the free cheese.”

Via olliithepug.