Here's a photo of something pretty amazing, but non-political.

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10. I met a wild opossum early the other morning.

I was out walking my old dog Samson. He's about 14 so we go slow and just mosey on down the road. One of my cats was tagging along since the sun wasn't even up yet and there wasn't much traffic. I have another small female cat that likes to join us sometimes too. She usually comes racing out of the shadows and then does figure eights between my legs. I thought it was her, because I saw this little shadow come tearing across the street towards us. It ran right up into my flashlight and sat there between my dog and cat. Everyone just stopped and looked at each other. The little opossum caught the scent of my dog after a few seconds and took off back across the street. It was a strange encounter to say the least. Opossums are quite common in south Florida.