With Election Day tomor--- SQUIRREL!! (11-04-2024--Hour1)

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[00:00:28] So, all right. So tomorrow is the most consequential election of our lifetime and... SQUIRREL! SQUIRREL! Hang on a second. Have you heard about Peanut? This thing's adorable. It wears cowboy hats and eats waffles. Oh, it's the most adorable squirrel. There is something actually kind of like on brand with America getting distracted by a squirrel moments before.

[00:00:59] The election. But this actually, the story of Peanut the squirrel is actually a really good illustration of the problem with GovCo. The people that populate its ranks, not all GovCo employees, hashtag not all GovCo employees, but too many. Too many. See, this is about the nature of human beings.

[00:01:27] Even though it's a story about a squirrel. The nature of human beings, you know, power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is what the founding fathers understood. And so that's why they wanted to limit the size and scope of GovCo.

[00:01:46] Because they recognized when people are given unbridled power, they will abuse it. It's kind of our jam.

[00:01:56] And so, if you limit the size and scope of government, then you limit bad actors' ability to negatively impact your life.

[00:02:11] To take your squirrel and kill it.

[00:02:15] Because that's what happened to Peanut.

[00:02:17] Yes, and Fred.

[00:02:19] So, okay. So, Fred is not getting a lot of attention, but Fred was also euthanized.

[00:02:25] In fact, Fred was the reason why Peanut got put down.

[00:02:31] Well, also, Peanut bit a guy.

[00:02:32] But it was really Fred.

[00:02:35] Fred, actually, no.

[00:02:36] It was the internet.

[00:02:38] The internet is the reason, apparently, why Fred and Peanut were killed by New York state authorities.

[00:02:47] Also GovCo.

[00:02:49] So, GovCo and the internet.

[00:02:50] But again, it's just about human nature.

[00:02:53] Because the internet has revealed these really dark pathologies that people have.

[00:02:59] And you can have a very small percentage of a society that engages in these dark pathologies, that have them, and exhibit them and display them.

[00:03:08] But even a very small percentage of the population destabilizes the society.

[00:03:15] And people with these types of pathologies, they find all sorts of ways to utilize them.

[00:03:24] And a lot of times, they are drawn to power.

[00:03:27] And media.

[00:03:30] For real.

[00:03:31] Lawyers, media, politicians.

[00:03:35] They have these types of psychologies, or psychopathies, if you will.

[00:03:41] Well, they display a lot of these sort of the dark triad tendencies.

[00:03:47] And I suspect that's, in large part, what occurred up in upstate New York.

[00:03:53] Which, being from Long Island, I'm going to do my best to not call it Canada.

[00:03:59] Because everything north of the Bronx, I consider to be Canada.

[00:04:03] But there actually is some portions of New York State.

[00:04:07] Okay, fine.

[00:04:08] Most of the state is actually north of the Bronx.

[00:04:12] Okay?

[00:04:12] And that's where this story occurred.

[00:04:14] And the owner of the squirrel was from Connecticut and relocated into New York State.

[00:04:24] So, this squirrel, in case you're wondering, like, why is Pete talking about this?

[00:04:31] And who is Peanut the Squirrel?

[00:04:34] Well, over the weekend, we found out.

[00:04:36] Actually, Friday, I guess it was late Friday afternoon.

[00:04:40] I started seeing this stuff on, I think, Saturday.

[00:04:45] Was Peanut the Squirrel, who's got like half a million followers on Instagram.

[00:04:52] I wasn't even aware that squirrels knew how to use the internet.

[00:04:55] But apparently, he had an Instagram account and a TikTok account.

[00:05:00] I think maybe a Facebook or something, too.

[00:05:03] He had all sorts of Twitter accounts or social media accounts.

[00:05:08] And he would have pictures and videos of himself up there.

[00:05:13] And people loved Peanut.

[00:05:16] He was an Instagram famous squirrel.

[00:05:20] And then he was murdered.

[00:05:22] He was killed by the state of New York.

[00:05:26] Or, as they call it, euthanized.

[00:05:30] He was seized in what can only be described as a squirrel napping from his home during a raid by New York State authorities.

[00:05:42] Think about the amount of resources required to send, I think it was like half a dozen agents to this house.

[00:05:55] And I'm not sure if they were.

[00:05:57] And they're not sure if the farm, because the people that own the house and the squirrel and the raccoon, they also have a sanctuary for rescue animals and stuff.

[00:06:06] And they've got a farm.

[00:06:08] So I'm not sure if their house is at the farm or if it's a separate location or whatever.

[00:06:12] But they raided this family's house.

[00:06:17] And they took Peanut.

[00:06:19] And they took Fred the raccoon.

[00:06:22] Now, Fred had not developed that large of a following yet.

[00:06:25] He was a recent addition.

[00:06:27] So he was just learning the social media landscape.

[00:06:30] I'm sure Peanut was helping him.

[00:06:32] But Fred was also seized in the raid.

[00:06:37] This is the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

[00:06:46] Really conserving the environmental stuff there, aren't you?

[00:06:52] Why would the environmental people come and take the animals?

[00:06:56] Shouldn't it be like an animal conservation department or something?

[00:06:59] See, when you create all of these agencies.

[00:07:02] Look, I'm going to tie this together because this is about fundamental rights.

[00:07:07] OK.

[00:07:08] And it's about government intrusion on those rights.

[00:07:11] You remember Eric Gardner or Garner?

[00:07:15] I think it was Gardner.

[00:07:18] He was the guy that died in New York after a cop put him in, quote unquote, a chokehold.

[00:07:26] And yes, I am aware that it's not technically a chokehold, Pete.

[00:07:30] I understand I've had people argue with me on all that.

[00:07:33] That is not the relevant part of this story.

[00:07:36] The relevant part of the story is that the interaction that was prompted between law enforcement and Eric Gardner in New York

[00:07:46] was a law that banned the selling of what are referred to on the street as loosies.

[00:07:56] Loose cigarettes.

[00:07:59] In other words, one at a time.

[00:08:01] You could buy a cigarette.

[00:08:05] And people do this.

[00:08:07] As a longtime smoker, I can tell you that when I, well, this was now, I guess, 25 years ago.

[00:08:14] When I was smoking cigarettes, when I first came down south, I remember going into a convenience store.

[00:08:21] It was the first time I'd ever seen it.

[00:08:22] But they've got them all over the place.

[00:08:23] And they would have a little jar on the countertop.

[00:08:26] And they would sell, I want to say it was like 10 cents a cigarette.

[00:08:30] Something like that.

[00:08:32] Lucy's.

[00:08:33] So you didn't have to buy the whole pack or if you couldn't afford the whole pack or whatever, you just needed one, you know.

[00:08:39] And so you could just buy an individual or a couple cigarettes without buying an entire pack.

[00:08:46] And that's what Eric Gardner was doing.

[00:08:48] And that's against the law in New York City.

[00:08:51] And so that's what prompted the interaction between Gardner and law enforcement.

[00:08:57] He wasn't supposed to be there.

[00:08:59] And he wasn't supposed to be selling cigarettes out on the street.

[00:09:03] And I think the shop owner got mad because Gardner was buying the pack out in the store and then going out front and selling them, if I recall correctly.

[00:09:11] But the whole point is when people promote more and more laws, you are promoting more interactions with law enforcement agents.

[00:09:24] So if you really want to reduce the lethal interactions that occur between law enforcement and civilians, then you're going to want to reduce some of the laws, eliminate them.

[00:09:38] And I would submit a pretty good place to start would be whether or not you're allowed to keep a squirrel as a pet.

[00:09:47] Why would the government care?

[00:09:51] That doesn't make any sense.

[00:09:54] It's a rodent with a fluffy tail.

[00:09:56] And that's why people feed it in the park.

[00:09:59] I mean, think about the rats, you know.

[00:10:00] Rats are thinking, man, if I just had a fluffy tail, I'd be getting free food.

[00:10:04] And people would think I'm adorable.

[00:10:06] I'd be working cardio all day, just running all around and nobody would care.

[00:10:11] But no, no, I don't have a fluffy tail.

[00:10:14] So I don't understand why the state of New York has some sort of compelling interest in preventing people from keeping squirrels as pets.

[00:10:25] It doesn't make any sense.

[00:10:27] So you got to get a license, which, by the way, the owners of Peanut and Fred, they were in process of doing that.

[00:10:36] They were literally doing the thing that the government required them to do.

[00:10:40] And the government came and took their pets.

[00:10:43] They had owned Peanut since it was a baby.

[00:10:48] They raised it seven years.

[00:10:51] And the government comes.

[00:10:53] Even though the people are going through the process that GovCo requires,

[00:10:59] they come anyway, and then they take the animals and kill them.

[00:11:04] And why?

[00:11:07] Because one of them got bitten.

[00:11:11] Government incompetence.

[00:11:12] How do you get bitten by a squirrel?

[00:11:15] That's on you, buddy.

[00:11:17] It's a squirrel.

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[00:12:21] So according to the Washington Times article by Jay LeBlanc,

[00:12:25] a person involved with the confiscation of Peanut and Fred from the house in upstate New York,

[00:12:34] one of the people involved was bitten by Peanut.

[00:12:38] And the squirrel and the raccoon, Fred, were both euthanized to test for rabies.

[00:12:47] Because the only way you can test for rabies is to kill the animal.

[00:12:51] Which is another thing.

[00:12:53] How is it that we have still not figured out a way to accurately test for rabies except to kill the animal?

[00:13:02] How is that the case?

[00:13:05] How come?

[00:13:06] I mean, this is like, you know, the Chinese fortune cookie.

[00:13:11] There's a culture that's been around for thousands of years and they haven't perfected a cookie.

[00:13:15] I mean, come on.

[00:13:16] There is something to be said, though.

[00:13:17] Actually, I remember watching some British show years ago and they said that the invention of paper actually held back the Chinese progress as a society.

[00:13:32] Because they figured out how to make paper.

[00:13:37] They did not then explore and figure out how to make glass for like a really long time.

[00:13:46] Because they used paper for a lot of stuff that other societies had developed glass.

[00:13:52] Like, you know, window coverings, for example.

[00:13:55] Anyway, a person involved with the confiscation was bitten by peanut.

[00:14:02] And according to a statement from GovCo, anyone who has been in contact with these animals is strongly encouraged to consult their physician.

[00:14:10] Where I guess they're going to have to kill the people and test them for rabies.

[00:14:14] Mark Longo, that's the guy's name, the New York man, who turned the rescued squirrel into a social media star, had pleaded with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it along with his raccoon.

[00:14:31] Quote, four departments and a judge signed off on a search warrant for a squirrel and a raccoon.

[00:14:37] And then they took them and killed them.

[00:14:40] An emotional Mr. Longo said Friday on TMZ Live.

[00:14:44] Longo said that he found out peanut had been euthanized from a news organization.

[00:14:50] The government didn't even tell Longo that they had euthanized his pets.

[00:15:00] Now, you may not like squirrels and raccoons and you may not want to keep them as pets because, you know, especially raccoons.

[00:15:07] They've got opposable thumbs and those guys will get into everything.

[00:15:10] But you may not want them as pets yourself.

[00:15:13] But why would it matter to you if somebody else keeps a squirrel as a pet?

[00:15:19] I understand you want to make an argument against like tigers and alligators.

[00:15:26] You know, I understand that argument.

[00:15:28] But a squirrel or like a chipmunk?

[00:15:31] Really?

[00:15:32] Is this really what we need to be spending our time on?

[00:15:35] And the answer when it comes to GovCo is yes.

[00:15:38] Yes, we're going to spend our time going after these types of petty offenses, these petty issues.

[00:15:47] That's what we'll excel at.

[00:15:49] And we'll penalize you.

[00:15:52] Right.

[00:15:52] If you want to march and burn down cities in the name of social justice, fine.

[00:15:58] But we'll shoot some paintballs at you if you're hanging out on your porch.

[00:16:03] There was a piece over at TheFederalist.com by Rich Cromwell.

[00:16:09] Headlined, under the boot of power hungry bureaucrats, we are all peanut the squirrel.

[00:16:16] He talks about Peanut, little peanut or medium-sized Fred, the raccoon, also euthanized.

[00:16:25] Their flames have forever been extinguished.

[00:16:28] In a just world, the perpetrators of this offense would lose their livelihoods and reputations

[00:16:33] before being sent to live in the wilderness with nothing but the hope that the woodland creatures

[00:16:37] would take care, take them in and care for them.

[00:16:39] But alas, they are union members.

[00:16:41] So at most, they'll get a short paid leave from work.

[00:16:44] Instead, then, let Peanut and Fred's tragic demise serve as a wake-up call to all sensible

[00:16:51] citizens of the United States as a rallying cry to rein in the wild creatures running too

[00:16:57] many of our public agencies.

[00:16:58] Kids get shaken down for trying to sell lemonade.

[00:17:01] Parents face arrest for letting their kids walk to get a donut.

[00:17:05] I can't shoot squirrels on my own property.

[00:17:10] Which is kind of like a bit at odds with the whole vibe of the story here.

[00:17:16] But he says, this is the future we must fight against, one in which the state cannot attend

[00:17:21] to its basic functions, but has time to harass citizens for opening their homes to woodland

[00:17:26] creatures.

[00:17:27] At this moment, we are all peanut the squirrel, facing a government that has forgotten who

[00:17:33] the boss is.

[00:17:34] But that doesn't mean we can't stand tall, grab a hold of our acorns, and say six

[00:17:40] Semper Tyrannus.

[00:17:42] I talk about this in various different ways.

[00:17:45] This is a really good example.

[00:17:48] When government loses sight of its core functions and starts doing all of these other things,

[00:17:57] it doesn't do the core functions well.

[00:18:00] And you end up with this.

[00:18:03] A New York state government that can't get control of its own human crime, right?

[00:18:10] Human on human, actual victim crimes.

[00:18:13] Human crimes.

[00:18:13] And yet you can send half a dozen agents to raid a house because they have a squirrel.

[00:18:22] How did the government even know about this, by the way?

[00:18:25] Oh, anonymous complaints.

[00:18:30] People on Twitter.

[00:18:31] This is the equivalent of a swatting.

[00:18:35] Where people call up 911.

[00:18:38] They pretend to be you or someone else.

[00:18:42] They pretend to be somebody else.

[00:18:44] They say that they are at this address.

[00:18:46] They just killed their spouse.

[00:18:48] And then the cops show up.

[00:18:49] The SWAT team show up.

[00:18:51] They kick the doors in.

[00:18:52] And in some cases, people have been shot and killed, even though they didn't make the phone

[00:18:59] call.

[00:19:02] Mark Longo said that the government didn't even have the heart to call me themselves to

[00:19:09] tell me what was going on.

[00:19:10] The state has more problems than a squirrel and a raccoon.

[00:19:16] New York.

[00:19:17] Sorry.

[00:19:17] This is the Washington Times goes on to quote a spokesperson for the state DEC that said

[00:19:22] the agency started an investigation after receiving multiple reports from the public about the

[00:19:28] potentially unsafe housing of wildlife that could carry rabies and the illegal keeping

[00:19:35] of wildlife as pets.

[00:19:37] Mr. Longo, who runs an animal refuge inspired by his squirrel buddy called Peanuts Freedom

[00:19:44] Farm Animal Sanctuary took to Instagram to mourn Peanuts' loss, saying, quote,

[00:19:52] Well, Internet, you won.

[00:19:54] You took one of the most amazing animals away from me because of your selfishness.

[00:19:59] To the group of people who called the state, there's a special place in hell for you.

[00:20:04] By the way, Longo saw Peanuts' mother get hit by a car in New York City seven years ago,

[00:20:13] and it left the tiny little squirrel an orphan.

[00:20:16] So he brought Peanuts home, cared for him for eight months before trying to release him

[00:20:21] into the wild.

[00:20:22] But a day and a half later, Peanuts returned to the porch, and he was missing half of his

[00:20:27] tail because he couldn't survive out in the wild.

[00:20:31] And so Longo took him in, set up an Instagram account, you know, as one does.

[00:20:39] This was no ordinary squirrel.

[00:20:42] Peanuts leaps onto Longo's shoulder.

[00:20:44] He wears miniature cowboy hats.

[00:20:46] He eats a waffle.

[00:20:48] He wears crocheted bunny ears.

[00:20:51] Over the years, his story has been featured on TV and in newspapers, including USA Today.

[00:20:57] Peanuts Freedom Farm and Animal Sanctuary opened in April of 2023.

[00:21:03] It houses about 300 animals, horses, goats, alpacas.

[00:21:11] He said he is aware that it's against state law to own a wild animal without a license,

[00:21:17] and he said he was in process of filing all the paperwork to get Peanuts certified as an

[00:21:22] educational animal.

[00:21:23] The DEC claims that Peanut, who was notably docile and friendly in his very public-facing

[00:21:32] life and all of the videos and stuff, that he apparently bit one of the investigators, according

[00:21:38] to the state.

[00:21:40] But he bit the state agent during the squirrel napping.

[00:21:47] In addition, a person involved with the investigation was bitten by the squirrel to test for rabies.

[00:21:53] Both animals were euthanized.

[00:21:54] The animals are being tested for rabies, and anybody who has been in contact with these

[00:21:58] animals is strongly encouraged to consult their physician.

[00:22:01] In a statement to the Post, the New York Post, the DEC said that it was responding to complaints

[00:22:08] of a rabies vector species that was in the home, namely Fred the raccoon.

[00:22:14] See, but Fred had been rescued months ago.

[00:22:19] If he had rabies, he probably would have already started exhibiting the symptoms.

[00:22:24] No, but he wasn't.

[00:22:28] There's a theory.

[00:22:30] Longo has a theory as to what prompted all of the complaints against him.

[00:22:35] I have no idea if it's true.

[00:22:38] Got a tweet here at Pete Callender.

[00:22:40] It's a Pete tweet from old guy get off my lawn, who says, my wife worked in public health

[00:22:48] and dealt with possible rabies situations.

[00:22:50] Another way to test for rabies is a simple 10 day quarantine.

[00:22:54] No need to kill the animal.

[00:22:56] Right.

[00:22:57] Just 15 days to flatten the curve.

[00:22:59] That's all we needed with peanut.

[00:23:02] According to KCO Days, the morning guy up in Raleigh and Greensboro, there have only been

[00:23:06] eight known cases of rabid squirrels ever in America.

[00:23:11] I do have some data on that.

[00:23:13] Let's get to Terry.

[00:23:14] Welcome to the program.

[00:23:15] Terry.

[00:23:17] Hi, my name is Harry.

[00:23:18] Oh, Harry.

[00:23:20] Yes.

[00:23:20] Sorry.

[00:23:21] Well, I enjoy your program.

[00:23:24] Thanks, sir.

[00:23:24] My wife was bitten by a squirrel trying to rescue it from my dog's mouth years ago.

[00:23:32] And after she was bitten, she called the health department in York County and they said squirrels

[00:23:42] were not carriers of rabies.

[00:23:46] And that may fit with the fact that there's only been a few cases known of squirrels carrying rabies.

[00:23:54] I don't know.

[00:23:55] Right.

[00:23:55] Of rabid squirrels.

[00:23:56] But transmission.

[00:23:57] Right.

[00:23:58] Right.

[00:23:58] Yeah.

[00:23:58] Transmission is a different data set.

[00:24:01] Yeah.

[00:24:01] You are correct, Terry.

[00:24:02] The advice you got from the health department then was correct.

[00:24:07] Let me get to Jeff real quick.

[00:24:10] Hey, Jeff.

[00:24:10] Welcome to the show.

[00:24:12] Hi, Pete.

[00:24:12] Thanks very much for taking my call.

[00:24:14] Sure.

[00:24:14] Happy Monday.

[00:24:15] Yes, sir.

[00:24:16] You too.

[00:24:16] Yeah.

[00:24:17] Yeah.

[00:24:17] Poor little peanut and Fred.

[00:24:19] You know, I'm afraid that they fell victim to the Marxist common denominator.

[00:24:28] And that is, you know, they always ask the question, no one needs a squirrel.

[00:24:35] No one needs a squirrel?

[00:24:37] Well, yeah.

[00:24:38] That's what they always say.

[00:24:39] No one needs an AR-15.

[00:24:40] Oh, I got you.

[00:24:41] Right.

[00:24:42] Who needs a squirrel?

[00:24:43] Yeah.

[00:24:44] Yeah.

[00:24:44] No one needs a 10-shot magazine.

[00:24:46] I got you.

[00:24:47] No one needs an internal combustion engine.

[00:24:49] Yeah.

[00:24:50] Well, they do.

[00:24:51] I mean, they'll use them.

[00:24:52] Like, if they want to have some squirrels, they can probably keep some.

[00:24:56] Jeff, I appreciate it.

[00:24:58] Amy Curtis, she's a writer, pundit.

[00:25:01] She says, we are not suddenly in love with a squirrel and a raccoon.

[00:25:07] What's going on here is that they represent the problems of a very broken and petty government.

[00:25:13] Correct.

[00:25:16] Correct.

[00:25:16] Selective application of the law.

[00:25:18] They can call it restorative justice or criminal justice reform or some other nifty euphemism,

[00:25:25] but what it is is lawfare.

[00:25:27] It's why violent repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat offenders can assault and rape and steal and get a slap on the wrist.

[00:25:36] Jordan Neely was arrested something like 40 times prior to his encounter with Daniel Penny,

[00:25:41] who is now on trial up in New York.

[00:25:46] Right.

[00:25:46] The left decided their crimes, which are still crimes, are somehow acceptable in this society.

[00:25:53] Fight back.

[00:25:55] Unacceptable.

[00:25:57] Right.

[00:25:58] Own a squirrel.

[00:26:00] Unacceptable.

[00:26:01] We're going to bring down the full force of GovCo on your little farm.

[00:26:06] During COVID, we watched as government shut down our schools and businesses and arrested people who had the nerve to fish alone on an empty beach.

[00:26:14] That was unsafe, you grandma killer.

[00:26:17] The UK actually considered whether to kill all pet cats.

[00:26:25] Yeah, they were contemplating that.

[00:26:29] So what about squirrels?

[00:26:31] Well, squirrels are not actually a risk factor for rabies.

[00:26:38] This is also true of most other small rodents like hamsters, guinea pigs, rats and mice.

[00:26:44] Also, most wild rabbits do not carry or transmit rabies.

[00:26:49] Now, this doesn't mean they can't get rabies.

[00:26:52] It just means that the rate of infection is low to none.

[00:26:56] There are no cases of squirrels transmitting rabies to humans.

[00:27:02] This is according to a website, AtoZanimals.com.

[00:27:08] And they cite a study from 1995 through 2010.

[00:27:12] So a 15-year study.

[00:27:16] And it observes rodents and lagomorphs that were submitted to state labs for rabies diagnosis during the times mentioned above.

[00:27:26] This was inclusive of 737 rabid animals, which accounts for only 1% of the total number of animals submitted for rabies testing.

[00:27:34] And of the 737, nine were rabid squirrels.

[00:27:39] You know what the most prevalent mammal in that group was?

[00:27:45] Groundhogs.

[00:27:46] Beavers and then European rabbits.

[00:27:50] Of the 70,682 animals submitted for rabies testing over the 15-year period, squirrels made up 31%.

[00:28:00] But 0.04% of the submitted squirrels were actually rabid.

[00:28:07] So can they have rabies?

[00:28:08] Yes.

[00:28:09] Do they often have rabies?

[00:28:11] No.

[00:28:11] Almost never.

[00:28:13] Also, there are no cases of the squirrels transmitting it to humans.

[00:28:17] In the United States, the most common rabies vectors are bats and raccoons.

[00:28:25] Worldwide, you know what the number one vector is?

[00:28:28] Dogs.

[00:28:29] They make up 99% of rabies transmissions to humans.

[00:28:34] That may seem high.

[00:28:38] But in the United States, there's only 1 to 3 reported cases of rabies annually.

[00:28:43] Most or all of the rabies cases in America are from wild animals.

[00:28:49] The primary concentration of rabies infections in humans is in India.

[00:28:56] They account for like a third of all the rabies deaths in the world, which is estimated to be about 59,000 people worldwide dying every single year from rabies.

[00:29:08] But not in America.

[00:29:10] So I don't buy their BS excuse for why they took these animals.

[00:29:13] Now, the Longos say that they had been cashing in on their furry internet sensation who helped steer followers to their OnlyFans page where the Longos would engage in porn.

[00:29:30] They had an OnlyFans page.

[00:29:32] They were doing porn.

[00:29:33] And they were using peanut to direct all of the followers to like, hey, if you like this, you should totally check out our OnlyFans porn stuff.

[00:29:43] And they think that's what got all of the anonymous complaints filed.

[00:29:49] I have no idea.

[00:29:51] All right.

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