By Howie Katz
News And Unusual Events That May Not Be Widely Circulated By The Media Plus An Occasional Bit Of Humor. A BarkGrowlBite Publication Which Refuses To Be Politically Correct. (Copyrighted articles are reproduced in accordance with the copyright laws of the U.S. Code, Title 17, Section 107.)
By Howie Katz
In this photo provided by Samantha Martin, broken bottles are seen after a raccoon enters a liquor store on November 29, 2025, in Ashland, Virginia.
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf, where the scotch and whisky were stored.
The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed, a ceiling tile collapsed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
On Saturday morning, an employee at the Ashland, Virginia, liquor store found the small animal passed out on the bathroom floor at the end of his drunken escapade.
Photos taken of the furry creature showed it lying on its front between a toilet and a bin, with its limbs splayed out.
'I personally like raccoons,' said Samantha Martin, an officer who works at the local animal control.
'They are funny little critters. He fell through one of the ceiling tiles and went on a full-blown rampage, drinking everything.'
Martin said she took the raccoon back to the animal shelter, though she had her fair share of giggles along the way.
The racoon is seen drinking shortly before he passed out in a liquor store bathroom on November 29, 2025, in Ashland, Virginia
The drunk raccoon is seen passed out in a liquor store bathroom on November 29, 2025, in Ashland, Virginia
'Another day in the life of an animal control officer, I guess,' she said.
The Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter commended Martin for handling the break-in, and confirmed the raccoon had sobered up.
'After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer,' the agency said.
By Howie Katz
President Trump granted pardons for 77 individuals tied to a plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election — including his close allies Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, a Justice Department attorney announced late Sunday.

Chauvin was the victim of a political lynching due to the BLM riots and a media out for his blood. Had Floyd been white, there would have been no protests or media coverage and neither the State of Minnesota nor the federal government would have charged Chauvin with any crime.
A whole bunch of scumbags have been released from prison, not because they served their time or deserved to be pardoned, but solely because they were Trump supporters. Meanwhile Chauvin, who should never have been charged in the death of Floyd, continues to rot in prison because Trump won't pardon him. That is really disgusting.
President Biden was condemned for the pardons he gave, including one for his scumbag son Hunter. But when it comes to sorry pardons, President Trump is far ahead of any other president.
Trump clearly has no shame.
By Howie Katz

By Howie Katz
Nick Fuentes
Can you believe that more than 750,000 Americans have bought into the conspiracy theory that Hitler was the victim of Jews who pressured Winston Churchill into refusing to compromise with the peace-loving Nazi leader. They are the followers of Nick Fuentes, a rabid Jew-hater and strong supporter of President Trump, who feeds this sort of garbage to his gullible admirers.
By Howie Katz

In Tuesday's elections candidates that Trump backed in Virginia and New Jersey lost and a proposition in California passed that will likely give the Democrats control of the House.
Voters in Virginia and New Jersey elected the Democratic candidates for governor. And in Virginia, Jay Jones, who Bob Walsh called a "hate-filled borderline psychopath" for texting that the state's Republican House Speaker "gets two bullets to the head," defeated the Republican candidate for Attorney General.
In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom's congressional redistricting plan was approved by the voters. That will probably give the Democrats control of the House in next year's election. Newsom proposed the redistricting as a response to the redistricting by Gov. Greg Abbott in Texas.
Polls taken of voters showed that the main issue was the economy. Trump's tariff wars have increased the cost of living for Americans.
Trump was clearly the big loser on Tuesday.
By Howie Katz
My sister at the Taj Mahal
Like most tourists, my sister went to the Taj Mahal. She also saw a Bengal tiger in the wild.
My sister's tiger
She said it was a really great trip.