Peanut the Squirrel is back . . . at least in court.
The rodent has achieved fame in the last couple of months, which few animals short of Rin Tin Tin have reached. He is certainly the most famous of his genus since Rocket “Rocky” J. Squirrel. After Mark Longo and Daniela Bittner posted cute pictures of Peanut on social media as their companion and friend, New York officials from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) raided their home on Oct. 30 and seized both Peanut and a raccoon pet named Fred. They proceeded to euthanize both animals. Now the family is lawyering up.
Peanut’s killing outraged the nation and even became part of the presidential campaign as an example of out-of-control bureaucrats and thoughtless enforcement actions. Some defended the action. Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor Jen Rubin even posted that “The Maga squirrel deserved to die.”
Many even joked that Peanut’s ghost taunted Vice President Kamala Harris at her concession speech at Howard University. To protect such families in the future, a new law called the P’Nut Law has been introduced.
Many in the public saw the state’s action as unnecessary and excessive. Longo said he had taken the squirrel in after witnessing Peanut’s mother being hit by a car. When the squirrel refused to return to the wild, they adopted him as a pet in their home in rural Pine City, near the Pennsylvania border.
Peanut then became an internet sensation. Later, an Instagram page dedicated to him gained more than one million followers.
Longo and his wife established the animal sanctuary, called “P’Nut’s Freedom Farm,” last year, inspired by the squirrel.
Peanut even appeared in my torts class this term, posthumously, of course. He was part of a lesson on the classification of wild versus domestic animals for the purpose of animal liability. Domesticated animals like dogs are generally subject to a negligence standard absent a known vicious propensity. Wild animals are subject to a strict liability standard for any bites or injuries.
Even though Peanut was a pet, he was still considered a wild animal in New York, both by statute and common law.
The family, however, still believes that killing Peanut and Fred was unnecessary. They have now filed a notice of claim against the state for violating the couple’s rights by taking the animals, invasion of privacy, and trespass, among other claims.
The state will have the advantage on all of these claims despite the general condemnation for its actions or methods. The state insists that Peanut was killed to test it for rabies after it bit an officer, according to the New York Post. It has also previously stated the policy against such pet ownership on the website of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation:
“Inappropriate care given to young wildlife often results in abnormal attachment to humans. After release, some return to places where people live, only to be attacked by domestic animals or to be hit by cars. Some become nuisances getting into stored food, trash cans or dwellings. And some may be thrust as unwelcome intruders into the home range of another member of their species.”
Under Section 11-0512 of New York’s Environmental Conservation Law,
1. It shall be prohibited for any person to:
a. knowingly possess, harbor, sell, barter, transfer, exchange or import any wild animal for use as a pet in New York state, except as provided in subdivision three of this section; or
b. intentionally release or set at-large any wild animal, authorized by this section for use as a pet, from the location where the animal is permitted to be possessed or harbored.
Section 2 does have exceptions for zoos, research centers, and other categories, but none would fit this family. They would not qualify as a “wildlife sanctuary” under subdivision thirty-two of section 11-0103.
The family is expressing doubts over that account and accusing the government of the “fabrication of evidence.” They note that trained officers should have been able to handle such animals safely and that none of this was necessary in the first place. Nora Constance Marino told Fox
“[i]t appears as though there were multiple constitutional law violations here — or at the very least, there are many questions as to why the government chose the actions that they chose. Entering someone’s house and searching it is such an extreme violation of that person’s right to privacy, and that’s why we have a Fourth Amendment, to protect us from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Likewise, there are many questions as to why Peanut and Fred were killed. There was no reason, whatsoever, to believe that either animal had rabies, and killing the animals was outside the scope of the warrant. My clients have suffered greatly and continue to suffer, from what appears to be egregious government conduct. Government wields great power, and if left unchecked, can have disastrous results for citizens. That’s what makes our United States Constitution so precious, and it needs to be honored.”
I appreciate the effort, but Marino has what Peanut would call a tough nut to crack legally. The state will argue that the housing of wild animals presents a threat to not just the family but any visitors of bites and even disease. The courts will be reluctant to make an exception for individual pets like Peanut.
Marino, however, is wisely focusing on more technical issues on the scope of the warrant and the means used for the seizure. Again, however, there is an ample level of discretion afforded to public officials in carrying out such tasks if the warrant is valid. One question is whether the family can make any proprietary or personal claim to ownership of the squirrel. Most states prohibit the possession of wild animals as pets absent a permit or special status.
Of course, if they can make it through a motion to dismiss, the family might be able to get discovery on what occurred behind the scenes that led up to the killing of both animals. It is not clear why Fred was also euthanized, but the state may claim that it was precautionary given the fear of rabies in Peanut. However, Peanut did not appear to have rabies, and the state law allows for quarantine and observation as an alternative to euthanasia in some circumstances.
Obviously, the cost of litigation is unlikely to be small peanuts. However, there is a GoFundMe site in the memory of Peanut and Fred.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
OT– Putin on Trump … interesting and more accurate than anything in our msm.
https://x.com/BRICSinfo/status/1862167844135329806
Notice that Putin believes that after two attempts made on Trump’s life, he doesn’t think Trump is safe even yet. Many of us worry about that. The Secret Service’s best explanation for the two attempts is that they, the SS, are clownishly incompetent…that’s their excuse….but it is hard to believe. A Boy Scout troop could have done better.
Because he thinks Trump might help end the war, there is a chance Putin might be able to restrain the war dogs in and out of Russia until the inauguration. He seems saner than people in the West who are preparing for nuclear war.
Once every five or ten years all the significant world leaders should gather together on cushioned bleachers to watch an above ground thermonuclear bomb go off to remind them what horrible possibilities they are risking.
The laws to protect wild animals are designed to keep wild animals wild. This includes allowing them to die of starvation. They are a solution to a non-existent problem
Rabies is rare and comes from a rabid animal. The laws are ludicrous and simply make money for veterinarians.
The US Constitution does not apply to this State issue. As long as ignorant attorneys, and pompous Judges continue this charade we lose the freedoms of our Republic
Leave New York
“Rabies is rare and comes from a rabid animal. The laws are ludicrous and simply make money for veterinarians.”
I’m pretty sure that those laws, or at least the widespread public support for them, originate from a 1956 kid’s book titled “Old Yeller”, by Fred Gipson, that became a popular Disney movie the following year. Ironically, author Gipson appeared to have some serious mental issues regarding pets. In 1962, his son Mike made a visit home from college, to find the family dog (that had been the apparent inspiration for at least one subsequent F. Gipson book) chained and beaten to death in a shed behind their home. A disturbed Mike Gipson committed suicide the following weekend after returning to college.
Odd thought about squirrels– this Thanksgiving holiday it is eady to forget that Biden is still the President and Kamala is still the Vice President.
Strange.
Doesn’t seem like.
Haven’t you folk anything more important to think about? Involving lawyers and making a case out of this shows how sick society has become.
Would you feel that way if the government came to your house, broke in, and murdered your favorite pet?
And harassed, bullied and intimated your family for FIVE hours.
John you are sick if you can’t see the outrageous overreach by government. Guess why Trump won?
@John: “Haven’t you folk anything more important to think about?”
And you’re here because you have absolutely nothing more important to not only think about, but to take the extra time to also post?
Now that the November 5th election is almost over and more than 3 weeks later, some states still haven’t figured out how to run an election.
But we’ve learned a few things.
Billionaire Oprah got paid 2.5 million to endorse Kamala Harris.
Al Sharpton of Tawana Brawley fame got paid a half a million dollars to endorse Kamala Harris.
I wonder how much Taylor Swift was asking.
Knowing this raises a few questions that I wish I knew before I voted.
How much money did Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, General Mark Milley, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Robert DeNiro, George Clooney and the rest of the Hollywood tools receive to endorse Kamala Harris?
Did they get more or less than Al Sharpton?
* Joe and Harris had a billion dollars to launder. It’s the reason they ran Harris or the money would have been tied up.
It’s just sbout money from the top-down. The only people getting nothing are the homeless and starving. It’s stolen on the way down.
If anybody here does the binge and purge thingy after over-eating, this may help you with the purge part. Old Baldy, the Race-Baiter, chiming in with some more blathering bile:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/joy-reid-has-thanksgiving-meltdown-over-trump-supporters-suffering-consequences-their
All of the ignored, tolerated and excused lawlessness in New York and THIS is the law the Democrats choose to enforce??
With a SWAT team?
Against a pet squirrel!!??
The pet wasn’t rabid but evidently many Democrat bureaucrats are.
That is why Longo should run for Governor as a Republican. His lawsuit can be a publicity platform.
Andrew,
Great idea!
Squirrels are so very unlikely to carry rabies that the NY authorities were simply using the public’s ignorance of the chance as an excuse. “However, only 9 of 21,977 (0.04%) squirrels tested were rabid.” (Fitzpatrick JL, Dyer JL, Blanton JD, Kuzmin IV, Rupprecht CE. Rabies in rodents and lagomorphs in the United States, 1995-2010. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2014 Aug 1;245(3):333-7. doi: 10.2460/javma.245.3.333. PMID: 25029313; PMCID: PMC5763497.)
So Elon Musk bans a guy that tracks his plane, legally, with public information. Then Elon Musk publishes home addresses of Federal Employees he doesn’t like.
What an absolute A hole. But I expect nothing less from someone so close to the Grifter in charge.
Cry harder.
What an absolute A hole. But I expect nothing less from someone so close to the Grifter in charge.
It would appear to most normal human beings that when they bring up grifting, President Daddy-Daughter Inappropriate Incest Showers and his junior partner in Biden White House Crime LLC The First Felon Son formerly known as The Crackhead Kid have provided the baseline for grifting.
Bribery Biden and The Bagman Formerly Known As The Crackhead Kid ran up a record 170+ Suspicious Activity Reports filed by banks reporting their grift to the Obama DoJ in the form of bribes, influence peddling, and money laundering. No Mexican drug cartel has topped that!
The product they were grifting? Selling America to the ChiComs and Putin for a cool $30+ million dollars.
Any Anonymous commies have a bigger grifter in mind with a record and product that can top that of their Dear Leader, Bribery Biden, The Grifter In Chief?
If one has spent any time reading her garbage, it becomes clear that Jenny Rubin is the true peanut brain. Bezos should euthanize her columns
Peanut will be lovingly remembered long after Kamala is relegated to a sad, sobriety-challenged footnote of history.
Karl Denniger has an excellent short essay on Thanksgiving, and a very timely and relevant tale for those silly Democrats calling for socialism, and for the large part of the country that just told Kamala to go jump in the lake:
“And thus it was with Plymouth Colony. The pilgrims had hoped to take two ships but complications meant only one actually went. Aboard were 101 passengers; of them 41 signed The Mayflower Compact. They voyage had originally intended to reach Virginia Colony but wound up at Cape Cod, battered by storms.
The Wikipedia page is rather sparse on some of the details, as are many other Internet resources. But William Bradford’s diary, the Governor, was not sparse in detail at all. The original bargain in the Compact was that the land was all to be in trust of the Colony, owned in common, and every person was accorded a share of common production of the colony. All were expected to participate in improving and producing upon it. If this sounds like socialism that’s because it is; one is entitled merely by being, rather than only by doing, and the two are not coupled together in that if one produces less — or nothing at all — they are still entitled to their “fair share.”
As it turns out men did not wish to work to pay for another man’s family when the other refused or was slower, whether intentionally or not, or simply had more mouths in his home than the other. The outcome was that those who were most-industrious and capable had no reason to excel as they received no additional reward for it. Fully half of the colonists died during the first winter from starvation and disease as a direct result of flagging productivity and the inability of the colony to feed itself.
Facing near-certain extinction if another year went by under this scheme Bradford tore up that deal and instead accorded each remaining colonist an equal slice of the land to do with as they wished, and deemed that the production from said land and each Colonist’s effort was their property rather than being owned collectively by the whole. Productivity wildly increased, the colony stabilized and grew, the colonists were rapidly able to retire their debt to the merchants across the ocean who had financed the crossing and soon attracted more immigrants forming a great migration from England.
In fact the colonists became so prosperous that they had extra food in the late fall which they shared with those they were trading with in a large feast, mostly native Americans, as doing so would in no way endanger their survival where to have done so previously would have sealed their extinction.
Indeed of those at the feast the majority were native Americans; the best estimate is around 90 of them, and since more than half of the 102 who landed at Plymouth perished in the first winter its clear that the Pilgrims were rather-roundly outnumbered.
But they were not saved by that feast, they in fact threw it themselves, with Edward Winslow, one of the colonists, recording that they were “quite excited” to be out hunting geese and docks for said dinner and he bragged that the bay was full of lobster, so it is likely they were on the menu as well.
History is not an exact science, and of course many people record the same event and in doing so often have differences of interpretation. Nonetheless it is a fact that the Pilgrims originally constructed a socialist society believing it would be a superior form of social and economic organization, it killed half of them and threatened to kill the rest, they decided to reject that path and by adopting instead the principles of capitalism and private property rights rescued themselves from all-but-certain extinction — and instead found and maintained prosperity.
America exists, all the way back to 150ish years before the Declaration of Independence, in no small part as a result of that decision and that is why today is called “Thanksgiving.”
Complete essay at this link:
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?blog=Market-Ticker
As my old torts professor used to quip; every dog gets one free bite, but with a cat you have to start from scratch.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias a todos.
Thanksgiving Proclamation
[New York, 3 October 1789]
By the President of the United States of America. a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”
Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be—That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks—for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation—for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war—for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed—for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted—for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.
and also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions—to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually—to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed—to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord—To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us—and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand at the City of New-York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.
Go: Washington
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-04-02-0091
The pernicious democrats are surprisingly stupid at times, even for them. That political party needs to die ASAP.
Jonathan: DJT is not even out of the gate and is already claiming victory over his proposed trade wars with our neighbors to the south and north. Canada and Mexico are two of our largest trading partners. We do over $900 billion in trade with Canada alone. In a post DJT said this: “On January 20th, as one of my first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States…”.
In Canada the reaction was swift. Canada’s parliament called on PM Trudeau to establish a “war room” to fight back against the bully from the south. So it appears Canada is ready and willing for a destructive trade war with DJT. Not a good sign.
Then we have Mexico. DJT made this bizarre claim on Truth Social: “Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border…”.
In a statement Sheinbaum said Mexico doesn’t plan to close its border with the US: “Mexico’s position is not to close borders, but to build bridges between governments and communities…”. Doesn’t seem DJT and Sheinbaum are on the same page. One of them is lying. And we know it’s not the President of Mexico.
So its looks like we are facing some very destructive trade wars with our neighbors. Will there be any winners? Nope. DJT doesn’t want to build “bridges” but to destroy the goodwill we had under Joe Biden. And there will be definite losers as a result of DHT’s trade wars. It will be US consumers who will have to pay a lot more for everything we get from Canada and Mexico. For those who voted for DJT you better load up now because everything will be more expensive after Jan. 20th, 2025!
Jonathan: DJT is not even out of the gate and is already claiming victory over his proposed trade wars
Dennis McIntyre, you didn’t get sufficient sexual gratification from your first Dennis Drops A Deuce this morning to troll your host Professor Turley? It’s tiring being an unwilling party to your proclaimed bizarre perverted sexual proclivities you proudly confess to.
But here we are. This time it’s Dennis redux: a re-post of what Dennis was was predicting about eight years ago. TRUMP TARIFFS WILL RUIN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY!!!!
We all know how that prediction by Dennis worked out.
Dennis, do you have any more BBBBBUUUUTTTTTT….. MUH TRUMP!!!! for today?
Well Thank God then, that we have had Biden and the Democrats in power for the last four years, because, if they have done anything, they have taught us all how to survive with skyrocketing prices, particularly grocery prices! 🙂
Too much meth, put the pipe down bro.
A lot of the outrage associated with this case is the overwhelming heavy-handedness of the government. Multiple officers stage a SWAT – style raid, tore up the couple’s home, and left them to stand outside their own home for hours and forbid them from even feeding their other animals. How long does it take to collect a tame squirrel and raccoon, the subjects of the warrant? If the purpose was to “protect wildlife,” why kill them? I’d say P’nut and Fred were more “protected” in the custody of the couple than the monsters working for the state. Let us not forget that state officials are our employees, not our masters. If it takes a lawsuit to remind them of that, so be it. Put me on that jury.
Why would you want to be on the jury when you’ve already made up your mind? Wouldn’t it be more ethical to contribute toward the litigation via the link at the end of the column?
Dude, this is New York, remember! In New York, you can legally be on a jury when your mind is already made up! And even the judges can already have their minds made up! The persecutions of Trump proved that!
“If the purpose was to “protect wildlife,” why kill them?”
What the State really wants is to protect you and me the same way it protected P’nut and Fred.
“They have now filed a notice of claim against the state . . .” (JT)
Hopefully, they’ll draw Judge Engoron.
He’s good at “novel” valuations: Peanut’s lifetime earnings — $20 million.
And at “creative” fines: Tripled to $60 million.
Engoron is a rabid Democrat. He will protect the Party.
Wild animals living in the house do not magically “get” rabies. They have to be outside and be bitten by a rabid animal. The actual chances of that are exceedingly low, even if the pet squirrel did occasionally go outside.
No animals get rabies. It doesn’t exist.
The towering intellects within the New York Animal Bylaw bureaucracy didn’t know that? Wildlife experts that they were?
Who knew!
Jonathan: In our neighborhood squirrels are ubiquitous. We live in a wooded sanctuary. We and our neighbors tolerate the critters because they are a nuisance and many carry the rabies virus. It’s live and let live.
But in your discussion of “Peanut” you neglected to wish everyone on this blog a Happy Thanksgiving. Big omission from your past tradition. So let me be the first–although half the country doesn’t think there is much to celebrate. Rex Huppke had an opinion piece in USA Today yesterday with the lead: “Today I am calling on President Joe Biden to do the right thing for America and formerly cancel this year’s Thanksgiving”. Huppke thinks the country is still so full of rage that maybe “let’s all just stay home with our immediate family and friends and see if we can go a day without getting apoplectically angry”. Huppke has a tongue in cheek point.
One of our neighbors has a “Grandpa Joe” who refuses to attend their Thanksgiving dinner this year. First time that has happened. My neighbor says Grandpa voted for DJT and doesn’t want “to spend one minute with ‘liberal/Marxist family members who voted for Kamala Harris'”. As Huppke points out in his column: “It’s almost as if an entire swath of the population has grown addicted to the dopamine rush of anger, to the point they can’t even celebrate the success of the guy who keeps feeding them things to feel angry about”.
Families are so divided these days the divorce rate has gone through the roof. You no doubt have seen the posts by wives who have had it. One posted this: “I won’t live with anyone who voted for a convicted felon and adjudicated a rapist!” A friend of mine is a divorce lawyer and tells me his business is booming. Wives are breaking down his doors. He says he can’t handle the case load so he is referring many potential clients to other attorneys.
So maybe Huppke is on to something. Half the country is mad a the other half. But I would go one step further than Huppke. I would urge Joe Biden to issue an executive order cancelling the election and declaring DJT, as a convicted felon and adjudicated an “insurrectionist”, is unqualified under the Constitution to take office on Jan. 20th. That would get everyone’s attention–especially the the right-wing cabal on the SC that thinks executive orders are part of a president’s official duties and can’t be questioned. Of course, that won’t happen. Biden is too much of an “institutionalist” and will peacefully transfer power to the new president. But why not. If DJT were in Joe’s shoes does anyone doubt he would declare martial law and cancel the election to stay in power?
Jonathan: In our neighborhood squirrels are ubiquitous.
Dennis, you’re trolling our host Professor Turley early this morning in search of sexual gratification. The tunes you played on the skin flute last night didn’t quite satisfy you?
Your theme today trolling our host is to brag how your lies didn’t get Harris elected to serve Obama’s Fourth Term, but you certainly can take credit for being an incredibly divisive force in America, tearing families apart in disagreement somewhat like you Democrats did with your Civil War where you lost your slaves.
As long as you come here to mock our host to achieve sexual gratification, we’ll be here to mock you and every deuce you drop here as you cower in hiding, covered with a protective layer of commie slime.
* Reason for the emotion and rage? The government has intruded into the personal business of people. Sure, a neighbor could put a fence two feet into my property and I can point that out and tell him to fix it. If not I go to court. The documents show the property line. Lots of wasted time and the neighbor better be fined when I win it. Life is too short to waste, Dennis.
DMac,
Your first paragraph makes little sense and is indicative of the nature of your political statements. Let’s dig in to this trivial subject🤣
RE squirrels: “We and our neighbors tolerate the critters because they are a nuisance and many carry the rabies virus. It’s live and let live.”
Huh? If “many” of them carried rabies they would be dangerous and it would be foolish to tolerate them.
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/can-squirrels-have-rabies-what-to-do-after-a-squirrel-bite/
“the rate of infection is low to none and there are no cases of squirrels transmitting rabies to humans”
Oh, that’s good news👍
I learned a similar thing when researching opossums after my 4 year old son rescued from the pool and befriended a half-grown possum in our back yard in CA. It grew to be a nice big ole mild-mannered ‘possum and would wait on the patio with the cats for kibble.
We have acres with many oaks, hickories, walnuts, and pecans. And zillions of squirrels that reproduce faster than the poodles can catch and eat them.
Two years ago we got 50lbs of pecans from just two trees. This year they cleaned out 7 loaded, mature pecan trees before we got any. That makes them a nuisance.
I have pleasant memories of cajun-style, pan-fried squirrel cooked by a guest chef at my college dining hall. My .22 will secure many tasty entrées right from the front porch🤣. Goodbye nuisance.
So, Dennis, stating as fact things that are not in evidence is dull. Nonsensical reasoning is dull. I recommend a little more diverse reading, more observation, and more listening for a better grounding in reality as you seem disconnected from the real world on at least several fronts.
Y’all have a good one!
Thanks Dennis and Happy Thanksgiving. My family is fractured today because one of them is a MAGA, and he doesn’t want to be around the rest of us and we feel the same way about him–but I’m not sad about it because he is a true MAGA disciple and can’t even watch mainstream news without negative comments—just like the MAGAs on this blog whose lives revolve around hate. Just look at the negativity on today’s blog–it’s truly sad and so unnecessary, but it is pathogonomic of Trumpism–hate and divisiveness. Trump actually enjoys pitting his fans against the rest of us instead of trying to bring us together. He’s even starting some crap with Canada and Mexico–our two closest neighbors. It’s all about the ego–“I’m boss, I call the shots”. We’re all going to suffer because of Trump’s ego.
I found joy today in using my mother’s wedding china and ruby glassware to eat the fine turkey my daughter prepared that was the best I’ve ever had– in slicing the turkey with the carving knife that came from my father’s hardware store that he opened in 1947–it does a better job than those electric knives. We also found joy in the companionship of the rest of the family, plus looking forward to the future–there’s a wedding in the works. We don’t have time to listen to the hate and negativity spewed by a MAGA.
About the squirrel–at one time, pet stores sold baby squirrels, and in the film “It’s a Wonderful Life”, Uncle Billy had a pet squirrel. I have wild squirrels that we feed–there are 2 females that challege each other for peanuts–but I wouldn’t try to domesticate a wild squirrel. If they are bred in captivity and immunized against rabies, they’re safe, but if they came from the wild, you can’t be sure of what parasites or diseases they could harbor. This one bit someone, so it had to be euthanized–which is a shame but it was, after all, a wild animal. I don’t know why Turley would bring up this topic on Thanksgiving of all days.
Gigenius spews hate here on this blog every day.
From the sound of it, Donald Trump was the guest of honor at her little family gathering.
“they are a nuisance and many carry the rabies virus.”
Squirels are not natural carriers of rabies and it is rare to find a rabid squirrel. Dennis, I would worry more about you and your close associates.
One of our neighbors has a “Grandpa Joe” who refuses to attend their Thanksgiving dinner this year.
Now we know the name of the guy who told Dennis McIntyre “An AR-15 used for hunting will TOTALLY destroy a deer”!