12/10 Is there also school bus fraud in Minneapolis?

Summary

Garage Logic – Episode Summary

Podcast: Garage Logic
Host: Joe Soucheray (with Chris Reivers, Kenny Olson, John Height, Rook)
Date: December 10, 2025
Episode Title: Is there also school bus fraud in Minneapolis?
Episode Number: 1677

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Overview

This episode of Garage Logic blends the podcast’s trademark humor, Minnesota idiosyncrasies, and sharp-eyed complaint with a deep dive into allegations of school bus-related fraud and ongoing mismanagement at Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS). Along the way, hosts revisit bizarre city spending (like consultants for a Prince singalong), lively emails on local “chunk kicking” culture, classic car and truck rivalries, and the headaches of municipal governance in “Gumption County.” The tone is sarcastic, irreverent, and deeply invested in local news with a healthy side of skepticism toward bureaucracy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Minneapolis’s 'Prince Singalong' Spending & Bureaucracy

• [02:03–02:50] The show opens with hosts ribbing on the Minneapolis city government for spending $150,000 to hire a consultant to manage permitting—for their own event, the Prince singalong.
  • Quote: "The city of Minneapolis needs a permit from the city of Minneapolis to spend 150 grand of your money to have a Prince singalong?" (Joe Soucheray, 02:41)
  • The group jokes that Kenny could "do it for 75" and laments the redundancy of city bureaucracy.

2. 'Chunk Kicking' – Emails on Midwest Winter Traditions

• [05:30–12:27] Listener emails celebrate and debate the unique Minnesota winter ritual of kicking chunks of frozen slush/ice (accumulated behind car wheels).
  • Maya Fors shares an epic chunk-kicking/ice storm story from 2010, painting it as a moment of neighborly unity (“Highway Chunk hockey was born right there on 35E…” 08:20).
  • The GL crew debates what to call these: “chunks,” “Clergs,” “Fenderbergs,” and “wheel boogers.”
  • Quote: "You just can't walk up and boot a stranger's chunk anymore. Liability, cameras, feelings, Tim Walz. The world has changed ..." (Maya Fors, read by Joe Soucheray, 09:00)

3. AI in Songwriting, Listener-Generated Parodies

• [03:41–05:06] Discussion of a listener-generated parody song “It’s the Most Fraudulent Time of the Year,” created with AI (LLM/large language model), leads to jokes about the song not sounding Christmassy due to copyright avoidance by AI systems.

4. Minnesota Truck/Car Culture and Brand rivalries

• [15:09–16:24] Lively ribbing over GMC, Ford, and Ram “brand loyalty,” plus side tangents about Ski-Doo vs. Yamaha, and the inherent joy of these endless debates.
  • Quote: "There's nothing more fun than arguing brand loyalty arguments." (Rook, 15:09)

5. The Hardware Store as a Minnesota Cultural Icon

• [16:24–18:13] Nostalgic discussion about a GL-flag flying hardware store in St. Francis, MN, and memories of the WWII generation and local community anchors.

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Major Segment: Minneapolis School Bus Fraud / Frontier Transportation

Background

• [22:35–23:14] Revisiting previous coverage about Minneapolis Public Schools contracting Frontier Transportation, a company allegedly involved in fraudulent billing for bus services provided to “homeless and highly mobile students.”
  • Original reporting credited to Alpha News, rarely covered in legacy media.

Details and Commentary

• [23:34–28:56]

  • The listed office for Frontier was visited by reporter(s): found essentially vacant; no discernible business activity.
  • School district authorized $3.6 million through 2027, but over $7 million already paid by early 2025.
  • The fraud largely centers on the transportation of homeless/highly mobile students, allowing MPS to bill the state (i.e., not MPS’s “own” funds, but still taxpayer-funded).
  • Contracts and “first amendments” are confusing and opaque, with no clear annual versus cumulative limits.

• [29:28–32:07]

  • Frontier’s owner also received hundreds of thousands from a nonprofit (African Economic Development Solutions), itself state-funded.
  • The same owner appeared at the state legislature when additional funding was being pushed through.
  • Soucheray rails against the proliferation of “nonprofits” acting as conduits for public money without accountability.

Quotes & Notable Moments

• "So the schools are in on the fraud? I'm saying that with comfort. Not that I find it comfortable, but we're so immersed in fraud that it's everywhere. Including this fake bus company. Allegedly fake."
  — Joe Soucheray [24:00]

• "A surprising response for a taxpayer funded institute whose transparency should not hinge on changes in media coverage."
  — On MPS response to questions about the contract, [26:04]

• "In a functioning world, there would be a response. We are not functioning in this state."
  — Joe Soucheray [32:55]

Broader Themes

• Recurring frustration with state and municipal finances, fraud, and lack of transparency.
• Skepticism about the role and oversight of taxpayer-funded nonprofits.
• Distrust of mainstream media’s willingness to cover these stories in depth.
• Heavy sarcasm when describing city council behavior and political leadership.

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Other Notable Topics

Snow, City Maintenance, and Winter Life

• [41:43–44:41] Discussion of recent snowfall, snow emergencies, snow-clearing equipment innovations (flamethrower snowblowers, heated driveways/sidewalks), and nostalgic reflections on winter management.

Local News & City Governance Satire

• Property Tax Increases & Political Irony:

  • [46:16–47:47] Property tax spikes, city council hypocrisy (complaining about police overruns after years of anti-PD rhetoric), and musings on activist city councils with budget illiteracy.

• Ongoing George Floyd Square “Study” Exasperation:

  • [72:16–74:49] City has spent millions on studies, can’t resolve whether to make it a pedestrian mall or restore the intersection—derided as “idiots” by Soucheray.

Fun Sidebars & Callbacks

• Local festivals line-up (Yacht Club, Lollapalooza/Mr. Lifto).
• Minnesota's historic ironies, from first telephone company to Sinclair Lewis’s Nobel Prize.
• Minnesota gross domestic product as a fact check ([50:50]).
• Heated driveways as a luxury and hallmark of “heating the outside” nostalgia.
• Listeners’ emailed “miracle” snowstorm stories and classic winter dad-isms.
• Outlandish news stories, including Oregon town’s fundraising nude calendar ([66:08]) and a teleported car thief in Florida ([64:43]).

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Tone, Running Gags, & Memorable Quotes

• "I'm a victim. I'm a victim." — riffing on blame culture, [05:25]
• "If this happened in Texas, they'd call it a 'bless your heart' moment." — Maya Fors via Soucheray, [09:00]
• "I'm serious. What do I get for paying my taxes?" — repeated refrain, emphasizing voter frustration, [31:46]
• "This state is broken. It's completely broken. We have been led by the wrong people and they have ruined this state." — Soucheray, [36:15]
• “Community Visioning Council—are you kidding me?” — Soucheray on city’s endless committees, [74:00]

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Timestamps by Segment

| Segment | Description | Start – End | |---------|-------------|-------------| | Prince Singalong/Consultants | Mocking Minneapolis city spending | 02:03–02:50 | | AI/Listener Parody Song | “It’s the Most Fraudulent Time of the Year” | 03:41–05:06 & 10:42–11:11 | | Chunk Kicking | Minnesota winter email stories & terminology debate | 05:30–15:09 | | Truck and Car Brand Wars | Lively, joking rivalry | 15:09–16:24 | | Nostalgia: Hardware Stores & WWII Gen | Listener email, local color | 16:24–18:13 | | Main Topic: MPS/Frontier Fraud | Deep dive into contracts, fraud, systemic issues | 22:35–34:39 | | Heated Driveways/Snow Tools | Winter management & nostalgia | 41:43–44:41 | | Property Tax, Police Dept., and City Hall Satire | Civic frustration | 46:16–47:47 | | George Floyd Square study farce | Chronic city inaction, wasted money | 72:16–74:49 | | Wild news & listener emails | Assorted local color, riffs, digressions | Various | | Historic Notes | This Day in Minnesota History | 75:05–78:40 |

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Final Takeaways

Garage Logic’s December 10, 2025 episode is Minnesota comfort food at its sharpest: grousing at local governments, celebrating quirky local rituals, and tackling serious allegations of fraud with both biting sarcasm and a genuine plea for fiscal responsibility. Underlying the banter is marked disappointment with the system and the hope that listeners will remember these stories when it’s time to vote or engage civically.

For longtime Minnesotans and GL faithful, this episode is a cathartic blend of nostalgia, news, and righteous complaint—delivered in the show’s signature sardonic style.

Transcript

[Joe Soucheray]

Mishke here joining the GL world to pitch my new podcast, which now comes out twice a week, Wednesdays and Fridays. The show features an extraordinary array of exotic circus performers, forgotten Hollywood starlets, reclusive Fortune 500 CEOs, professional taxidermists. Oh, wait a minute. That's a different promo. Where's the promo for GL ers? Here it is. Let's try this again. Mishke here pitching my new podcast. We're out of time. Could I do it again? What can 160 years of experience teach you about the future when it comes.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Chris Reivers]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[Joe Soucheray]

And now, from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's Garage Logic, with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the Crabby coffee shop, John Height in the newsroom, and of course the rookie here is your Flashlight King, fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your.

[Chris Reivers]

May Joe Sushi waves when the camera's not on and I get a double.

[Kenny Olson]

One because I'm following me here. Here's.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let's remember yesterday. Let's just remember.

Just remind yourself.

We should have thought of this. We were talking about Prince's sing along and it's going to cost Minneapolis 150 grand. Kenny will do it for 75. Yep. We should have thought of this. Chris from Wisconsin weighs in. Check this out.

[John Height]

You mean to tell me.

[Joe Soucheray]

You mean to tell me that the city of Minneapolis needs to hire a consultant to complete event permitting that is required by the city of Minneapolis? That's a great point.

[Chris Reivers]

Wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

The city of Minneapolis needs a permit from the city of Minneapolis to spend 150 grand a year money to have a Prince sing along?

[Chris Reivers]

Rook, I'm gonna need help with this.

[Joe Soucheray]

So basically, I don't think it's a long topic. I just wanted to salute, but the.

[Chris Reivers]

City of Minneapolis is Saying under our direction.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, it's a rookie move.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes, I know this move.

[Rook]

Well, come. How come I can't hear him?

[Kenny Olson]

Check, one, two, check, check.

[Joe Soucheray]

Jesse. Jesse Valbrecht, who did our wonderful chunk kicking song. Yeah, he. He's the same guy that did the Marjorie Johnson song.

[Rook]

Yes. Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And he said, I did this one the same way I did the blue ribbon groove for Marjorie. Quick prompt in an LLM. What's that mean, Gabe? LLM.

[Chris Reivers]

It's some type of licensing, I believe.

[Joe Soucheray]

To generate the lyrics, dump it into a free AI song generator. It gave me two options. I like the one better that I sent you. Isn't that something?

[Chris Reivers]

Large language model.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

A type of artificial intelligence trained or massive text data sets.

[Joe Soucheray]

And then I don't know how this happened. Do you have the fraud song ready?

The fraudulent song that was put to lyrics? Just tell me. Just tell me when you have it ready.

Jordy. I think Jordi's responsible for this. It's the most wonderful time of year. Only it's the most fraudulent. It's the most fraudulent time of the year. With kids rapid shooting and everyone looting to get some free gear. It's the most fraudulent time of the year. But whoever fed this into an AI machine, it doesn't come out as a Christmas song.

If we could play it.

[Rook]

I thought it was Jesse that did that for us.

[Joe Soucheray]

Jesse didn't do the fraud song. He did Marjorie and the chunk kicking. But Jordy's the one who came up with. I believe Jordy's responsible for the lyrics. It's the most fraudulent time of the year. And then a song was sent to me. Now, maybe somebody other than Jordy did the song, but it. It wasn't. Whoever fed it to AI didn't bother to say make this similar to it's the most wonderful time of the year.

So a little heads up would have.

[Chris Reivers]

Been helpful on that one.

[Joe Soucheray]

Do we have God?

[Rook]

Well, we don't do show prep on this show.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, because you all had to talk about Kurt Pavaka. Yeah, well.

Never mind.

[Chris Reivers]

I'll have it for you momentarily.

[Joe Soucheray]

If you'd like to power from now, we'll get it.

[Rook]

Blame others.

[Joe Soucheray]

I am. I'm a victim. I'm a victim.

[Rook]

Yeah. Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

I will continue the chunk update so long as they are as good as the ones I'm about to give you. Oh, good.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay.

[Rook]

This has become my favorite part of the show.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, this is from Maya. Maya Fors.

She calls this the chunk kicking Miracle on ice.

[Kenny Olson]

People.

[Joe Soucheray]

Dear garagelogic friends, I hope I'M not too late to weigh in on the great Chunk Kicking dust up of 2025. My husband, one of your faithful daily listeners, told me the the tradition of chunk kicking had somehow become controversial. Naturally, I had to tune in, because if there's anything Minnesotans can argue about with passion, it's weather, snow, emergencies, and the underside of our cars. This brings me to the night Chunk kicking quite literally brought peace and order to a frozen corner of Interstate 35E. It was November of 2010 around 11pm and I was driving from the North Metro to the South Metro when freezing rain turned the highway into a glossy sheet of ice. About a dozen of us did the classic Minnesota Slide, pray and hope for the best maneuver, and by some miracle, nobody hit anything. We all just stopped dead still and stayed that way while confirming that we still had all of our body parts attached. Traffic backed up 25 miles for roughly five hours. You could have run a full marathon in the time we sat there contemplating the choice to live in Minnesota. For the first 30 minutes, everyone stayed in their car, staring blankly into the icy abyss like good stoic Minnesotans. Then slowly, doors started opening. People emerged, they checked on one another, and when it became clear that we were all fine, just stranded and bored, the men folk did what men folk naturally do when faced with adversity. They started kicking chunks. And not just casual chunks. Organized chunk kicking with teams, leagues and strategy. Highway Chunk hockey was born right there on 35e, complete with substitute chunks whenever one shattered on impact. I'm telling you, it was beautiful. Had KST be sure showing up with a camera crew, we'd still be watching that footage every winter storm season like it was the miracle on ice. Eventually, assault truck came barreling up the highway going the wrong direction like the Lone Ranger of road maintenance. He melted the ice, broke up the game, and sent us safely on our way. But that moment, those glorious chunk kicker heroes made what could have been a panic fest into a memory I'll never forget. And so GL Crew, I submit to you that Minnesota is made up of two types of people, Chunk kickers and chunk receivers. You either one or the other. There's no middle ground. I for one, am a lifelong chunk receiver, former resident of Minnesota, currently resident of the wimpy Minnesotans of Winter Club. I live in Texas. I hated the cold, never wore the right clothing, and treated winter car maintenance like a suggestion.

My car grew stalactites. My wheel wells looked like they were smuggling cinder blocks. And the chump kickers, they kept me going. Those noble Souls probably added years to my car by kicking off rust, causing salt I refused to address. They served a purpose. They restored the natural order. If this happened in Texas, they'd call it a bless your heart moment. Texas for you, Poor misguided fool. And some rancher at a gas station would give me a full gospel lesson on respecting the car God gave me. But here's the sad truth. In today's society, you just can't walk up and boot a stranger's chunk anymore. Liability, Cameras, Feelings. Tim Walls. The world has changed, which is why it's more important than ever to know your role. If you're a kicker, lovingly communicate your intentions. If you're a receiver, respectfully accept the assistance and don't flinch when someone aims a boot at your dangling ice stalactite. And know that you are bringing great joy to your kicker's day. We should probably start teaching kids the right after this. Right after potty training. Maybe slap it in a storybook. Good night, Moon. Good night, Chunks. Anyway, thank you for letting me defend the noble art of chunk kicking. The world needs more of it. Maya Fors from the great state of Texas. Can I get an amen?

[Kenny Olson]

Amen, brother.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can I get an amen? Oh, yeah. That's wonderful. Now we get. I had one guy from.

What's this? The fraud song.

[Chris Reivers]

It's the most fraudulent time of the year.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now, how could this be with the kids rapid shooting. This is not a Christmas. Everyone looting to get some freaky.

[Chris Reivers]

It's the most fraudulent time of the year. I. I told you that it wasn't set to a.

[Joe Soucheray]

Take it down. Take it down.

[John Height]

I wonder if there's. It won't take a familiar melody. AI. Because copyright reasons itself.

[Chris Reivers]

That's exact. That's exactly why it won't do it.

[John Height]

And you.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you could have said, make it sound like a Christmas song.

[John Height]

Sounds like a folky Christmas song kind of thing.

[Joe Soucheray]

Geez, John, what do you need?

[Rook]

Sleigh bells.

[John Height]

You need to listen to more.

[Rook]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

In the lane.

[Joe Soucheray]

I had one guy from Wisconsin and said, I don't mind kicking. Or Minnesota. Said, when I see a Wisconsin car with chunks, I don't mind kicking them because those chunks are invasive species.

Here's one. Here's one from Tom Martins or Mertens. Hail the flashlight king.

[Kenny Olson]

Hail.

[Joe Soucheray]

You.

See, this one puzzles me. Your discussion of chunk kicking is amusing, but you're not calling them by their proper name, Clergs, which is a combination of car and icebergs. Clergs. There's no L in car or iceberg. Where do you come up with the L? Clerg.

[Kenny Olson]

Clerg?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, Fenderburgs. Not clergs.

[Rook]

Wheel boogers.

This is a duck. Duck. Gray duck thing. You know, maybe it's just us.

[Joe Soucheray]

A Clerg is specific and also rolls off the tongue better. Please take this under investment, Tom, for advisement. Take this under investment. And I'm not. I'm not calling him a clerg. Where do you get the L?

And this is from the chief.

Good day, mayor and boathouse staff. In the true spirit of gl, I'm going to leverage an already stale bit to kill even more time this week. I might.

[John Height]

Wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't consider that, Chief. I find that uncharitable.

[Rook]

Don't say that out loud, Chief.

[Joe Soucheray]

Come on. I am irate with not only the boathouse nincompoops, but the entire GL citizenry. Words mean something, Joel. So how is it possible that fellow Gelers and our bleeping mare are still applying the term chunks to what has been formally decreed in GL as Fenderbergs years ago? I believe the year or two after transition to the podcast, you and the staff weighed various options, input from GL ers for how to reference the fossilized salty ice masses building up on vehicles here in gl. And I know for a scientific, quantifiable, standard, observable fact that Fenderburg's is not only the accepted vernacular, but the required terminology. I remember it in detail because the GF staff, the GL staff, voting arguments and mayoral decision took nearly the entire hour I was listening to while clearing our driveway that night after a large daily snowfall. Nothing has changed. And here we are over complicating and overanalyzing Fenderberg's while the world falls apart around us. Side note for the snow, Billy. Just because.

Just because he prefers his French roast with extra French and can't touch the pedals in a Ram truck.

Doesn't authorize him to degrade Ram drivers. I realize it's probably been years since he observed under his own hood in the shower to realize that he is, in fact still a man.

So I don't blame him for driving a gmc. I'll just add that to my list of people I know who prefer GMCs. Like high school girls with pink camo seat covers and guys from Wisconsin.

[Rook]

There's nothing more fun than arguing brand loyalty arguments.

[Joe Soucheray]

I gotta go. I'm gonna meet Mr. Woods for a Snickers and a Sprite. Side, Chief. So he was listening to the.

[Rook]

Thank you, Chief. My Head hurts from smiling.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wonderful.

[Rook]

Hey, one of our truck driving guys weighed in on Twitter this Morning. Josh Crooked J73 on Twitter. And he sends a picture of the front grill of his Ram truck and says my wife's panties are very comfortable. Thank you very much.

[Joe Soucheray]

I didn't know there was the big fight between the GMC guys and the.

[Rook]

Oh, it's gmc, Ford and Ram. And then of course Toyota. And then all of us gang up on Elon Musk and his ugly looking thing.

[Chris Reivers]

You know what Ford stands for?

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, we know that, Chris. And I don't find it funny.

[Chris Reivers]

Fix and repair daily.

[Kenny Olson]

You know what Chevy does?

[Joe Soucheray]

What's Fiat stand for? No again, Tony.

[Rook]

No, this is a truck thing. Don't try to. And also I love the arguments between Yamaha and Ski Doo and Articat and those brands.

[Chris Reivers]

That's all Kenny always makes fun of. My ditch pickle jacket.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, before I get Fiat mean, find investing another time.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right. Before I get back to the world crumbling around us, just one more email. This is a beautiful one from Johannes Aulert. Yesterday, while running errands to St. Francis. Haven't we been there to the hardware stores?

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

I noticed the GL flag proudly displayed outside the local hardware store on Bridge Street. I just had to take a photo. Take a photo and share it with you. Which he did. Great big GL flag flying out front. I'm uncertain if any of you have visited that store. We have.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

When I entered it the first time, I felt like I was entering my dad's workshop in the basement. Clutter everywhere. But somehow my dad always knew where everything was. He was part of that World War II generation that is quickly vanishing before our eyes. Didn't we have the stat the other day? Is it 40,000 World War II guys are left? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I miss him and those like him. I don't know about the store's current status because a while back I noticed a For Sale sign hanging out front.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah, I can confirm because Mike and.

[Joe Soucheray]

I talked about that it has been sold.

[Chris Reivers]

It was in the process, but I don't know if the sale has been complete.

[John Height]

Yeah, it's still for sale. I drove by about a month ago. There's still a For Sale sign there.

[Joe Soucheray]

Adjacent to the store is the Rum River Inn, a watering hole that's been vacant for years. It's a pity because it overlooks the Rum river and in his heyday was an okay spot to enjoy a drink while watching the river flow past. Enjoy your day. Oh, Dr. Johannes alert. Thank you St. Francis Hardware for flying the GL flag.

[John Height]

I don't know if you guys remember that was Tim. Tim was the owner.

[Kenny Olson]

Yep.

[John Height]

A really good guy.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know what I left it with that day as a gift from him? An unused new old stock 5 gallon gas can.

[Rook]

Nice deal.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes, it's now it's on display in my garage. I haven't used it yet.

[John Height]

He did have a. I did in a different trip there. After we were there, he and I went to the back room where there was a. Let's call it a stash when I still drank liquor, a stash of beer and Tim and I just Sat Precision.

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[John Height]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[John Height]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

John.

[Rook]

No, excuse me. Josh from Winnebago writes. Good morning, Kenny. It was another successful cylinder weekend thanks to another Seafoam grand slam. Listen to this, fellas. I woke up the senior cylinders, which is a 74 John Deere JDX6. I believe that's the John Deere. The black one. I have a lot of stories about that side. Anyway, back to the email. I woke it up with some motor treatment and top engine cleaner. That's two. Use deep creep to break loose the skid shoes on the snow plow. That's three. And finally added a little trans tune to the hydrostat on the utility tractor.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Rook]

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[Joe Soucheray]

You'll recall a few months ago this past summer, when the grass was green and it was warm and it was summery, we came upon the story of the fraudulent bus operation. The Minneapolis Public Schools booking a transportation company that ostensibly was delivering.

Kids who were considered to be living mobile. They might have been changing residences or whatever, only to discover that it was pretty much demonstrated to be a fraud. You all recall that story?

[Kenny Olson]

Yes, I do.

[Rook]

Minivans. I remember minivans.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. We've returned now to the world. It's falling apart. Minneapolis Public Schools has given that company a new multimillion dollar contract despite all the discrepancies.

[Chris Reivers]

Never mind that fraud.

[Rook]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Serious financial management questions continue as Minneapolis Public Schools refuses. This is from Alpha. Is it Alpha?

[Chris Reivers]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Because I won't read this in a Star Tribune. As Minneapolis Public Schools refused to discuss its contracts with Frontier Transportation.

Earlier this year, Alpha News reported on the school district's contract with Frontier Transportation Services, a passenger van company operated by the Falmada Battasso and Abduraham Kadur. Reporters visited Frontier's listed office building in Roseville. I, for example, went there myself.

[Kenny Olson]

Hmm.

[Joe Soucheray]

There isn't anything there.

[Kenny Olson]

I was gonna say.

[Chris Reivers]

You didn't find anything?

[Joe Soucheray]

I didn't find anything. An office appeared vacant. An individual at the location. Badasso. Not here.

The district's contract authorized Frontier to receive 3.6 million through 2027. Yet by early 2025, invoices showed the schools had already paid more than $7 million to the company. So the schools are in on the fraud? I'm saying that with comfort. Not that I find it comfortable, but we're so immersed in fraud that it's everywhere. Including this fake bus company. Allegedly fake. Most of Frontier's billing appeared to be tied to transporting homeless and highly mobile students in passenger vans. Under state laws, Minnesota school districts are fully reimbursed by state government for transportation services that assist homeless and highly mobile students. As such, Minneapolis Public Schools is paying Frontier with state.

Taxpayer dollars rather than its own funds. What difference does that make? They don't have any funds. All their funds are taxpayer funds. Following Alpha News reporting, the school district issued a statement claiming the contract with Frontier is valued at 3.6 million each year through 6-30-20, describing the figure as an annual amount rather than a cumulative total. MPS also said Frontier has not invoiced above. Has not invoiced above the agreed upon and authorized amount, which is tantamount to telling me they're happy with the 3.6 million in fraud. They haven't asked for more than. They haven't asked for more than.

[Kenny Olson]

They have a number.

[Joe Soucheray]

God almighty. Alpha News was unable to find language in the contracts indicating the 3.6 million figure was annual. MPS statement prompted Alpha to ask the district a follow up question. Can you show where in the contract or its amendments it states 3.6 million is an annual limit? Instead of providing the answer, the district replied with a question of its own. If that information is provided to Alpha News, will you issue a correction to or a redaction of the published article? A surprising response for a taxpayer funded institute whose transparency should not hinge on changes in meaning media coverage. To date, neither MPS Senior Financial Officer Ibrahima Diop.

Nor the district has provided documentation or explanation as to where in the contract it states at 3.6 million was meant to be an annual amount.

The first contract between MPS and Frontier was approved in June of 222022 and ran for the duration of the 202223 school year. That contract was not to exceed 1.5 million in total compensation to Frontier.

An addendum to that contract was approved in July of 2022 which extended the contract term through June of 2024 and allowed MPS to extend the contract through June of 2027.

In April of 2023, the contract was amended to add 500 grand to Frontiers Compensation. This amendment was secur titled First Amendment to the original Contract. Another amendment was approved just a few months later. This Amendment, also called First Amendment to the original contract. This one added 1.5 million to the total compensation that Frontier could receive. Finally, a third amendment was approved in May of 2024. This amendment, simply called amendment, says the contract runs through from July of 2022 through June of 2027. It also notes that Frontier's accumulative compensation for the contract is capped at 3.6 million.

In June of this year, MPS approved a new contract with Frontier. The new contract, which runs through the 202526 school year, requires Frontier to provide transportation services for general education, special education, homeless and highly mobile students.

Under the terms of this contract, Frontiers total compensation is capped at 2.7 million. The contracts and amendments only raise more questions. Does MPS have an explanation for the $7 million in payments? Why did the schools agree to another contract with Frontier? Are both contracts currently active? Why does MPS bookkeeping appear to be so mismanaged? Alpha News reached out to MPS seeking answers but have not received any response.

[Chris Reivers]

Shocking.

[Joe Soucheray]

Alpha News has also learned that Frontiers owner and operator Famada Badasso received a total of 325 grand from the African Economic Development Solutions, a non profit which is killing us in this state. The nonprofits are killing us. A nonprofit that distributes small business aid and has received millions in taxpayer dollars. During the 2025 legisl legislative session, Bedasso was at the State Capitol to support a bill that would give more state funding to the African Economic Development Solutions nonprofit.

Badasso, billed as an East African success story, testified before the Minnesota Senate's Jobs and Economic Development Committee in March. He spoke in favor of a bill introduced by DFL Senator Bobby Joe Champion that would send another 2 million to that group.

Without this I won't be able to employ 110 people and also provide transportation for These needy school districts, Badasso told lawmakers.

I'm not sure I believe him. He described how he scaled his company from 6 mans to more than 140.

Thanks in part to multiple rounds of grants from the African American Development Solutions.

Quite a story, one senator remarked after Bodasso's testimony. According to Bedasso's own testimony, he was awarded 25 grand, then 100 grand, then another 200 grand to expand his transportation business. During the 20s 2025 special session of the Minnesota legislature, a provision awarding the African economic development solutions $2 million was rolled into an omnibus bill and passed into law.

[Kenny Olson]

I know what you're going for.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't even find it.

[Kenny Olson]

I know what you're going. You're going to calm yourself down.

[John Height]

Home.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

I so sick again. I don't want to pay my taxes. I really don't. I'm not getting any. I don't get anything. What do I get for paying my taxes? I'm serious. What do I get? What do you get?

[Kenny Olson]

Stressed out.

[Joe Soucheray]

What do you get?

[Kenny Olson]

I get nothing.

Couple of them, in fact.

[Chris Reivers]

It's. It's such a crime you don't even ride the bus.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't. And if I did, I wouldn't drive. Ride. Frontier.

[Chris Reivers]

Right.

You know, you said something earlier.

[Joe Soucheray]

Schools are. Is intertwined in this fraud, apparently or allegedly, than any other entity in town.

[Chris Reivers]

And if the Star Tribune were to cover something like this, what would they say?

[Joe Soucheray]

They'd have to identify Walls first.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, a certain demographic is being targeted once again.

[Kenny Olson]

I mean, the one that's doing it.

[Chris Reivers]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Rook]

Is it legal to withhold information unless you print the article or retract something the way they want it? Is that even legal?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know.

Yeah.

In a functioning world, there would be a response. We are not functioning in this state.

[Rook]

I mean, that. That response from them is very greasy.

[Kenny Olson]

Malfunction.

[Joe Soucheray]

Frontier busing is very greasy. I went out to Roseville, supposedly where they had this lot.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

There was no. There's nothing there. There's a shack.

[Kenny Olson]

No Frontier bus. No school bus with Frontier hastily slapped.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't remember if I saw a sign that said Frontier.

[Chris Reivers]

Is it one of those bus companies where it's a minivan with the magnetic signs?

[John Height]

Exactly.

[Joe Soucheray]

I was in the sign business. I know you like the. The. Yeah, it's minivans. 140 they have all of a sudden. You think anybody from the schools ever went out and counted them?

[Kenny Olson]

No, they're too busy.

I like the minivan with the. It's Called transportation.

[Joe Soucheray]

Plus this state is really in very bad shape.

[Kenny Olson]

How are we going to right the ship?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you got to get a new administration in there. You got a clean house and you got to trim by half a minimum by half the non governmental organizations, which are really governmental organizations because they're all dependent on government money to run. And we're being. We're having money stolen from us every single day.

[Chris Reivers]

Not in favor of helping out the disadvantaged in this.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I'm just. I'm a really evil white guy. You're off of my lawn. Yeah. Am I just a terribly sour white guy?

I wouldn't help anybody. I wouldn't do that.

[Chris Reivers]

No.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hell no.

It's just. What's this?

[Kenny Olson]

It's depressing.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let's go get height. Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

Are you sure?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I'm about done with this one.

[Chris Reivers]

You look like you could use a glass of water. Hoffman Water and Connecticut.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's what I really would like.

[Chris Reivers]

They are here for you. And you know what? Now is a great time to get on that schedule. We're all gonna be entertaining family, friends, co workers.

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[Joe Soucheray]

No, before you take a break.

[Chris Reivers]

Before I take a break. Okay, gotcha. Thank you. But you gotta get on that schedule. That's your first step to have them come out for that analysis. You can do that one of two ways. Call them directly at 612-895-2440 or go to their website, hoffermanwater.com and as long as you're on that website, book your appointment. But then you can see every single different water treatment system that they have to offer. It doesn't matter if you're in the mood for a brand new water softener, an iron rust and odor filtration system, or a brand new drinking water system. They can help every single aspect. Because you know what? Bad water is terrible for you, your appliances and your. So go with the best. 612-895-2440 or visit hoffermanwater.com and that's because Hofferman Water has been proudly serving the state of Minnesota for over 50 years. Do me a favor, mention that you heard about him on the Garage Logic podcast.

[Joe Soucheray]

Joe, remember, you know, if you're a euphorian or you live in liberal lakes or Diversityville or whatever, and you think, oh, quit bitch. And this doesn't amount to that much money. It is. It's adding up in your taxes. The schools are constantly asking you for more money with a bookkeeping program. That is not understandable. The property taxes, the multi layered increases in hennepin county taxes, property taxes, school district. You'll begin to notice them. Maybe that's a ray of hope. Maybe you'll notice it so much that you'll be more careful who you vote for or help produce different candidates. Because this state is breaking. No, I'm sorry. This state is broken. It's completely broken. We have been led by the wrong people and they have ruined this state. You will notice it. You think you don't, you'll notice it. And remember this busing story when the schools ask you for more money.

Thank you for that. That was just the end.

And I'm not done.

[Chris Reivers]

The earth is not YOUR mother the Joe Sugiray show.

[Rook]

This is the equivalent of them standing outside your window and peeking under the drapes, looking in on you. We've all been compromised. But it's all come on the Internet by unregulated shysters. They're making money selling our info. The ad addresses the sensitive personal financial information, including our Social Security numbers. They collect it, they use it, they profit from it. And we need to make it stop. And we're going to do that within cogni. Think of them as a posse, a security posse for us. Give them the go ahead, sign them up, hire them, and they get to work right away fighting hundreds of data brokers. And it's not just once. They keep at it again and again every day because your data reappears every time you get get on the Internet. I mean, how many times are you on the Internet on your phone on a daily basis? You're there all day. And incogni guards against that sensitive information. They're like it's a high security vault. When you sign up now, and you're going to sign up, make sure you get the family unlimited plan because this one includes custom removals. That means if you find something a little sketchy, you give them the URL and they get to work right away. And take it down. Secure your digital life right now. Take your personal data back with incogni. Use code Garagelogic and get 60% off an annual plan. Go to incogni.comgaragelogic one more time. The code is garagelogic and that gets you 60% off an annual [e-mail] Garagelogic.

[Joe Soucheray]

John Height before you begin, Steven C, our garagelogic piano player will be in the studio Friday. I think he's bringing Pat. I hope he's bringing Jillian.

[John Height]

Good.

[Joe Soucheray]

And that means you'll be here as well.

[John Height]

I will be there.

[Joe Soucheray]

All right, that's this Friday Christmas live in the studio with Stephen C. And also Jeff Dayton is on our calendar Monday for Monday. And here is John Hyde in his newsroom.

[John Height]

Thank you, Joe. This news brought to you by North American Banking Company. One quick sports note. Remember Rocco Valdelli?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[John Height]

Former manager of the Twins. He has a new job. He was, of course, fired by the Twins. He has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers front office as a special assistant to president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman. That reunites him with his former Tampa Bay Rays colleague. The move brings the former manager of the Twins into the championship level Dodgers organization, filling a strategic front office role that they had talked about needing when the season ended.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll be damned.

[Chris Reivers]

And they got about every other free agent, too.

[Joe Soucheray]

So he landed on his feet, I'd say. Yeah. Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Let's see. Would you rather be with the. The Twins? They're going to win about 52 games this year. The Dodgers?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Dodgers signed another one yesterday. Chris. You saw that?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I sure did, John.

[Chris Reivers]

That's just great. No, that's great. It's. It's really good for baseball.

[Joe Soucheray]

Who'd they sign?

[Chris Reivers]

Edwin Diaz.

[Joe Soucheray]

There you go.

[John Height]

Very good.

[Kenny Olson]

The answer.

[John Height]

Very good. Closer news notes. We got some snow. You probably noticed, huh?

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, I haven't done any space. I've done space management up until this snowfall. I haven't touched it yet.

[John Height]

Oh, I was out yesterday and once this morning.

[Rook]

It's a shameful admission.

[Joe Soucheray]

When am I supposed to do it?

[John Height]

What'd you do last night?

[Joe Soucheray]

Why don't you drag your.

[Rook]

Your tired fanny out of bed, get up early and take care of it like a gl.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll do it today. I'll get it done. I'm just saying.

[Chris Reivers]

I do have a question. I left here a little before 7 last night. About an hour and 35, 45 minutes.

[Joe Soucheray]

You take the long way?

[Chris Reivers]

No, it was just slow.

[Kenny Olson]

Go.

[Chris Reivers]

Which is fine. I did not see one snowplow on the road.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, the freeways were good, weren't they?

[Rook]

The highways. The freeways weren't so bad. They were just icy. But some of the highways this morning were ridiculous.

[Chris Reivers]

Really bad.

[Kenny Olson]

494 was flawless. As early as 6, 10 in the morning.

[Joe Soucheray]

See something, say something.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, I do.

[John Height]

The snow that's leading to snow emergencies in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Both go into effect at 9 this evening along with applicable parking rules and restrictions. Some suburbs called snow emergencies before the storm hit, so they included Richfield, New Hope, Hopkins, eden, Prairie, West, St. Paul and Crystal. Meanwhile, there were hundreds of plows dispatched according to MnDOT, yesterday and they will remain out all day today. The snow amounts varied from up here in my region. We got about half a foot to only around maybe 2 inches of snow. Though around the chat hassle, I'm gonna.

[Joe Soucheray]

End up with a big hump.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh yeah. I didn't get much yesterday, to be honest with you. We got rain, but we didn't get. We didn't get a whole lot of snow.

[John Height]

We got a ton here. I had a huge hump this morning I had to take care of.

[Rook]

We've got a lot of snow up here.

[Chris Reivers]

Did you try setting it on fire, John?

[John Height]

No, I didn't pour any gas on it. Maybe should have thought of that.

[Joe Soucheray]

I wonder why that didn't work.

[Chris Reivers]

Although I. We have a guy. Guy that, that we all know very well. He owns a blowtorch and once in a while he'll take that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Put that to work.

[Rook]

You brought up something I was going to bring up, Chris. There's now a device that looks a lot like a two stage snowblower.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Rook]

Only it's got a giant like what is this two feet? A two foot flamethrower on the front.

[Joe Soucheray]

Shut up.

[Rook]

And it melts everything. My question is, doesn't it then turn to glare ice?

[Joe Soucheray]

Not if you keep going over it and make sure it's all dried.

[Chris Reivers]

Kenny, I'm asking for a friend. Where does a guy get his hands.

[Rook]

On something like that when we were kids?

[Joe Soucheray]

My dad will always say, in the winter, shut the door. I'm not heating the outside. I bet a lot of dads said that in America was a real country. There's a guy I know in my neighborhood who has a heated driveway. Yeah, he never shovels. He is literally. I know kitty doesn't like the word, but it's a good use for it. He is literally heating the outside.

[Rook]

They. It's the best thing in the world. I lived in a house where my parents did that, but it's extremely expensive.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh my God. Boy, it's gotta cost him a fortune.

[Rook]

It did. It did. So we would always wait until it was snowing to turn on. We called them heat tapes, but they were in the concrete.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, this guy heats the outside.

[Kenny Olson]

I know someone in St. Paul that used to live in St. Paul that had heated sidewalks.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, same thing you're heating the outside. You can't.

[Chris Reivers]

May I ask a really dumb question? Is that harmful if you have a vehicle parked in the driveway?

[Rook]

No, it's not that hot.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

You think the tires are gonna melt?

[Chris Reivers]

I don't know.

[Rook]

Don't treat them like. Like that. I did preface country bumpkin. He doesn't know what's going on in the real world.

[Chris Reivers]

I did preface it by saying dum dum. This might be a dumb question.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it was.

[John Height]

You know what though, Chris? You use that a lot when you ask questions.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I don't know. I. No, it was pretty dumb.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, fine. All right, sorry. I guess that's true because the drive would be pretty hot in July and a car would be parked up.

[Joe Soucheray]

There you go.

[Rook]

No, no, no. They're on a switch, Chris. So they're not on year round.

[Chris Reivers]

Gotcha.

[John Height]

I think Chris met from the sun though, right? Didn't you there?

[Joe Soucheray]

Mother of God in heaven.

[Chris Reivers]

It's like.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's like solar power.

[John Height]

Okay, anyway, let's move along here now. In other news, confrontation yesterday as a crowd surrounded U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis. Video showing masked law enforcement with vests identifying themselves as ICE pepper spraying people as the convoy trying to leave the area of Cedar and 6th Street South. As protesters yelled at the agents, blew whistles and honked car horns, agents could be seen spraying the chemical irritant from their unmarked vehicles and getting out to spray protesters. The five Eyewitness news reached out to ICE for information on any arrests stemming from the agency's presence in the area, but hasn't received a response.

[Joe Soucheray]

Look at it this way, maybe ICE would be gone by now if these prematurely gray haired, overweight, 42 year old women weren't out there blowing a whistle and causing more trouble than it's worth. I mean, they might be gone by now.

Thank you. All right.

[John Height]

Homeowners in Minneapolis are facing significant property tax increases as Hennepin county and the city get ready to finalize their tax levies.

[Joe Soucheray]

Listen up, liberal lakes euphoria and diversity ville. You're going to notice what's happened to this state when you start getting all these bills. Go ahead, John.

[John Height]

This week both Hennepin county and Minneapolis will unlock. Will lock in. Excuse me, their tax levies. The Minneapolis city council did so yesterday approving an 8% increase. Hennepin county points to rising prices as the reason for their increase, while Minneapolis leaders believe their investments will strengthen the city for decades. I did see a story where one couple said theirs in two years now have gone up 20%.

[Joe Soucheray]

And those increases are brought to you by an activist city council populated by people who have never done anything and much less operate with a budget.

[Rook]

How fun. Maybe you're going to cover this, John, and I shouldn't say anything. Are you going to cover the city of Minneapolis City Council being mad at the police department for cost overruns?

[John Height]

No, we did.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, we said that yesterday. Robin Wansley and Asia Chugtai and the rest of them. All you did is and moan about cops until a lot of them left. And now you're complaining about you need more money to hire cops and there.

[Rook]

Are massive cost overruns due to the hiring process.

And then on the other hand, they're thinking about giving themselves and the mayor a raise.

Yeah, okay.

[John Height]

The Brooklyn Park Police Department has been granted nearly 10 grand for technology to help process child exploitation and child sex trafficking evidence faster. The Brooklyn Park Police received an 8, $974,000 grant from Our Rescue, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to end child exploitation and sex trafficking across the US On Monday, the Brooklyn City Brooklyn Park City Council voted to approve a $1,000 match. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shows there are more than 200 Minnesota children who were victims of sexual assault or exploitation in the past year. In August, Brooklyn park school counselor Jason Paul Zean was charged after allegedly filming a student at school and photoshopping the image of into child sexual abuse material. Authorities said that was a case that took about a year to get prosecuted because of the outsourcing process.

[Joe Soucheray]

Seems to me that ending the harm of children is worth a lot more than ten grand. Or put another way, it's worth a lot more than a fake bus company.

[Chris Reivers]

Along the lines of that story. This from loyal listener Tiffany on the garagelogic Town council. You mentioned the Star Tribune. Why don't they cover stories like this? You won't read about this. 45 minutes ago, the Minnesota Star Tribune just posted this. A story from I don't know who.

[Joe Soucheray]

This particular about a dog or a turkey.

[Chris Reivers]

Somalis don't contribute anything. Question mark.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, God.

[Chris Reivers]

How about $8 billion to the Minnesota economy?

[Joe Soucheray]

Not plausible.

[Chris Reivers]

And I'm gonna say I know they're.

[Joe Soucheray]

Basing that on some failed academician.

[Chris Reivers]

We don't know that.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's not plausible.

[Chris Reivers]

8 billion.

[Joe Soucheray]

The guy had charts and graphs and all this and he figured it out. I don't know how he did it, but it's not plausible to me. It's plausible to him.

[Chris Reivers]

I don't even think would this would everyone that resides Here. Contribute that amount of money?

[Joe Soucheray]

That's a good question. Look it up. How much? What is Minnesota's domestic product? Domestic product?

[Chris Reivers]

Yes.

[Rook]

Do any of you have a way of looking up Star Tribune from. Hold on, let me get the date. 2000. The year 2000.

[Chris Reivers]

Johnny does.

[Joe Soucheray]

John Height does.

[Rook]

The reason I ask is I follow Katherine Brandt on my crabby account. Catherine is Tom Bernard's wife. They do a podcast together. Yesterday she retweeted somebody called east to west and this guy has published a photo of the Sunday Star Tribune from November 19, 2000. Headline Somalis Funnel millions to East Africa.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow.

[Rook]

And it's all about how the money has been going to Somalia. Now I wasn't able to fact check this and I couldn't go back to 2000 with the start Tribune to find out if this is phony or real.

[John Height]

But if it's real, I'll check it after the news on newspapers dot com.

[Joe Soucheray]

You got a number already, rook.

[Kenny Olson]

Minnesota's girl. Gross domestic product measures the total value of goods and services produced in the state reaching approximately 395.3 billion in 2024. So almost 400 billion.

[Joe Soucheray]

All right, well, 10 billion maybe becomes more plausible, but I still find it hard to believe.

[John Height]

A man is dead after a snowplow accident Tuesday night at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. An MSP spokesperson said that a 47 year old man was hit and killed by a Snowplow shortly after 7. It happened in the 3100 block of East 73rd street which is just south of Terminal 2. Airport police are investigating the incident. The Minnesota State Patrol is helping them, according to msp. No other details immediately available.

[Joe Soucheray]

I know we talked about this off the air. I still am puzzled as to why the. I know it sounds silly and I don't mean any disrespect to this poor fellow who died, but I'm with the plow, just kind of scooping up.

[Chris Reivers]

No.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm serious.

[Kenny Olson]

Your initial the hit by the plow would knock you silly.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it would upend you maybe. But then the plow just gets you with the rest of the snow and you wake up on a snow drift.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, they're probably major head trauma.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know. It's terrible.

[Chris Reivers]

Was he attempting to cross the street? Is that what.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's what it sounds like. That's what it sounds like. Sounds like.

[John Height]

And we hinted at this yesterday. Kenny, I know you want to know about the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival. Oh yeah, they did announce their lineup. The three headliners.

[Joe Soucheray]

Remember?

[John Height]

It's a three day event, July 17th through the 19th. The headliners are the Lumineers, first day, Matchbox 20 the second day, the Strokes, the third day. Other notable acts, Black Keys, Lucy Dacus, Cage the Elephant, Passion Pit, lots of local artists, Semisonic Atmosphere, Marcy Playground, Yamha and many, many others.

[Joe Soucheray]

The Black Keys would be worse for you.

[Chris Reivers]

That was a huge success last year, was it not?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know.

[John Height]

I think so. Yeah. It was a green day.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah, for sure.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Yeah. Why don't we take a quick.

[Joe Soucheray]

Remember they had a guy years ago. What was that called? It wasn't called the Yacht Club Festival. It's had a number of.

[Chris Reivers]

Rib fest.

[Joe Soucheray]

No iterations. It was Lollapalooza with Mr. Lifto. I had Mr. Lifto.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

And he would lift things with. With his. Yes, his swimsuit area. But they had to. They had to create a noise. I'm not. They had to create a noise ordinance because you can hear the guy screaming from about three miles away. Right?

[Rook]

Yeah. And now, ironically, he needs help lifting his.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, he's probably worn out from that Mr.

[John Height]

Lift.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, he could do. Boom. He was amazing.

[John Height]

Thanks for that intro for this spot I'm going to do here.

[Chris Reivers]

Hey, get that out of photographs.

[John Height]

Christmas time.

[Joe Soucheray]

Of course. Yeah. Hello, photograph. I put it on my aura.

[John Height]

You were trying to find Grandma.

[Chris Reivers]

We got you what you always wanted.

[John Height]

We're trying to find you the perfect gift. And we've already found it for Joe. Joe's already ordered one. It's the aura frame. A U R A. Our household got one, I don't know, maybe two, three months ago. And it's already filled with a lot of pictures and videos that we had on our phones and easy to add. In fact, I probably add about three, four new pictures every week. We're up to about 800 on the whole thing. You can do videos or pictures. Crystal clear, print quality photos and videos on the screen. Really easy to use. Just download the Aura app and connect it to your WI fi and then start adding the pics. Personalize your gift by adding a message before it gets here. And you can even preload photos before it ships. So, Joe, you could be preloading photos already. Don't wait. Do it now. For a limited time.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don't have it yet.

[John Height]

You don't have to have it. That's what I just said. For a limited time, save on the perfect gift by. By visiting auraframes.com to get $35 off Aura's best selling Carver Mat frames. They've been named number one by Wirecutter. You get that $35 off by using the promo code GL at checkout. That's a U R A frames dot com. Promo code GL. The deal is exclusive. Exclusive to listeners. And frames sell out fast. So orders. Your order yours now. To get it in time for the holidays. Support the show by mentioning us at checkout. Out terms and conditions apply. Aura frames.

[Joe Soucheray]

This guy wears many hats, just not indoors.

[Chris Reivers]

Joe. Sushiray. We are nuts.

And we are nuts. Mn dot com. Where's my new copy here, by the way, for we are Nuts.

[John Height]

By the way.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm eating those every single day.

I've become addicted to the cashews so.

[Chris Reivers]

Much like you walk every day, you eat nuts every day.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yep.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, here's the deal, ladies and gentlemen. You know, they're available at Fratelloni's hardware and garden stores, Mac's Hardware, Lund's and Byerly's, Kowalski's Markets, Cub Foods, Kwik Trip. Guess where you can now get we are Nuts.

[John Height]

Where?

[Chris Reivers]

Coburn's. And I am resident number one at the Belle Plain Co Brand.

[Joe Soucheray]

What's Colburn's?

[Chris Reivers]

It's a chain of grocery stores.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, wow.

[Chris Reivers]

For a million dollars.

[Joe Soucheray]

There's your point again. Wow.

[Chris Reivers]

Anyway, but. Oh, I have to share this with you guys. I already took down a couple of handfuls. Check this out. The caramel apple.

[John Height]

Hokey pokey.

[Chris Reivers]

Caramel corn. Is it caramel corn or caramel corn?

[Joe Soucheray]

Caramel. Caramel corn.

[Chris Reivers]

But I gotta tell you, with the caramel apple flavoring in this, that's good. It's pretty dang good. And I've already taken about half of this.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Was that a gift for us and you?

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah. I took the liberty of just helping myself.

[Kenny Olson]

Now, I know how you guys feel. Kenny and Johnny.

[Chris Reivers]

But you know what? Here's the thing. Here's the deal. You're gonna be entertaining so many people these next couple of weeks. Go with the best. And that's wearenuts. And wearenutsmn.com doesn't matter. The Hokey Pokey popcorn, the maple bourbon toffee almonds. Oh, I have it on good authority, by the way, that they did run out at Fratelloni's. They will be replenishing that stuff of the maple bourbon toffee almonds, the hot nuts, the original toffee peanuts, the cinnamon toffee peanuts. It's all there for you. If you're not able to make it in any one of those locations, just order it [e-mail]. let them know that you heard about them on the garagelogic podcast.

[Joe Soucheray]

We got a gift tin.

From a company at home and in it were the. We are not.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, you're kidding. That's really cool. What'd you get?

[Joe Soucheray]

Get cashews and chocolate covered almonds.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, that's the best thing. They. I love the nuts, but the chocolate covered almonds are the best thing.

[Rook]

That's really interesting, Joe. When am I gonna get my Christmas card?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know.

[John Height]

Yeah, we were talking about that yesterday at my house too, Kenny.

[Rook]

Yeah, I'm starting to think that I might be on the list.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm a little concerned.

[John Height]

I told my wife, perhaps I should start to worry yesterday.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know if she's made them yet. She's on it, though. Don't worry. I'm sure.

[Kenny Olson]

Is that the one where everybody in the picture looks good and then Joe was just kind of thrown in there and they just said, ah, just Joe.

[Joe Soucheray]

Go.

[Kenny Olson]

Just run with it.

[Chris Reivers]

Everybody else looks good.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rook]

And there's good things to report about every single person in the family. Except for old Scrooge over there.

This year.

[Kenny Olson]

Look at him.

[Chris Reivers]

You know, I hate to bring this.

[Kenny Olson]

Up, but why not?

[Chris Reivers]

The Christmas card with. With the bri. You know, with the explanation of the kids and whatnot is great. Who writes the 17 page Christmas letter?

[Joe Soucheray]

I. We don't.

[Chris Reivers]

We get one of those a year.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't want one of those.

[John Height]

Don't get any of those. Thankfully. Thankfully.

[Chris Reivers]

And then in March.

[John Height]

March.

[Joe Soucheray]

Broke his ankle in June. Right. He was so hammered he couldn't even make it down to the doctor.

[Rook]

Well, that.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's.

[Rook]

That's what Jennifer's cards used to look like.

Here's Scrooge, face first to the Elon. Those days are over.

[John Height]

In other news. Chris, I was going to tell you, by the way, we are nuts. Also available at the Andover county market if you're.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, cool.

[Joe Soucheray]

So very cool.

[John Height]

That's where I buy them much too often. In other news, President Trump dialed up pressure on Ukraine to swiftly accept a U. S. Designed peace plan, hardening his position toward the country and its European backers, who insist that US Security guarantees are vital to a peace deal. Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, said yesterday he wasn't willing to concede Ukrainian land to Russia despite US Pressure to do so. He echoed what European officials have been saying for days. Without clear security guarantees, including a U.S. commitment to backstop European forces, it's risky for Ukraine to make any significant concessions. And for Europe to follow through on the security guarantees they've worked on. Meanwhile, the leaked transcript of a phone call between European leaders Strategizing. Strategizing.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I think you read it right.

[John Height]

Strategizing about how to protest Ukraine shows that French President Emmanuel Macron warned the US could be about to these are his words now betray Ukraine. Details of the call, which took place Monday, involved Macron, German Chancellor Frederick Mears, NATO Secretary General Mark Ruddy, Finnish President Alexander Style dub and Ukrainian President of Vladimir Zelensky.

[Joe Soucheray]

What's 6 times 5? 30.

[John Height]

30.

[Chris Reivers]

30.

[Kenny Olson]

You should probably know that by I.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thought it was 40. What's.

[John Height]

No, it's 30.

[Joe Soucheray]

How many times five is 40? Eight?

[John Height]

Eight.

[Joe Soucheray]

Eight times five is four. Okay. Thank you.

[Chris Reivers]

You did take off your shoes.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, it didn't sound right to me. I just.

[Kenny Olson]

21.

[John Height]

Australia's nationwide ban on social media use for kids under 16 takes effect today, making it the first country to underage users from major platforms outright. Millions of accounts are expected to be affected as companies like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube and X face fines of up to $33 million for serious or repeated non compliance. Law places responsibility on companies rather than families, and platforms have to demonstrate that they have taken what are called by the law reasonable steps like age checks and the removal of suspected underage accounts. Some countries have taken similar steps, such as strict youth modes or time limits. The measure is cast as a child protection and mental health safeguard, citing research showing 96% of 10 to 15 year olds use social media, with many encountering harmful content grooming or cyberbullying. Critics say the law is difficult to enforce, might push teens into harder to monitor platforms and poses privacy risks.

CBS News has appointed Tony Ducopel as anchor of the CBS Evening News, charging him with taking on ABC's dominant David Muir on one of the flagship shows for broadcast television. Ducopel, who has been part of the CBS Mornings team since 2019, will start his new job January 5, 2026. He'll replace the anchor team of John Dickerson and Maurice dubois, who both left the network in recent months. Ducopel is the first major hire for Bari Weiss, the Free Press founder who was appointed CBS News ed this fall after the network's corporate takeover. Paramount by Paramount, he's got a challenge. CBS Evening News is long ranked third among the broadcast network evening news shows and this year only has about half the audience of ABC's World News Tonight.

[Joe Soucheray]

All he's got to do is find a bigger thunderstorm than Muir does to lead off the news.

[John Height]

A good night's sleep is more than a luxury, according to a new state study. New research from Oregon Health and Science University suggests that insufficient sleep might shorten your life. The study is in the journal Sleep Advances. Researchers tapped a vast nationwide database looking for survey trends associated with average life expectancy, county by county. They compared county level data about average life expectancy with comprehensive survey data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention between 2019 and 2025. As a behavioral driver for life expectancy, sleep stood out more than diet, more than exercise, more than loneliness. In fact, it stood out more than any other factor except smoking. The research was conducted primarily by graduate students in the Sleep Chronobiology and Health Laboratory of the OHSU School of Nursing. They say you should get at least between seven and eight hours of sleep per evening.

[Joe Soucheray]

I fall asleep so fast.

[Chris Reivers]

How fast do you fall asleep?

[Joe Soucheray]

My prayers aren't even done, but I say they still count because I was going to say them if I was a woman.

[Kenny Olson]

Intentions.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, intentions. They still count. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[Rook]

Now I lay me down to sleep.

[Kenny Olson]

Because when you go to bed, you're tired. That's why I go to bed. She says, how do you fall asleep?

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you very much for that. I had no idea.

[John Height]

Works well. A lot of people, though, go to bed when they're not tired. I. I'm with Rook on this. I don't go to bed until I'm tired. Then I go to sleep right away.

[Joe Soucheray]

I read until I'm tired.

[Kenny Olson]

Now the other night she went. She wanted to go read. I stayed up and watched a football game and said, I'm not tired yet.

[Chris Reivers]

I got you, Kenny.

[Rook]

Co. Thank you. Yeah.

You'Re inside my head, Chris.

[Kenny Olson]

Kenny, when do you go to bed?

[John Height]

Yeah, Kenny, how do you sleep?

[Kenny Olson]

Let us in, please.

[Chris Reivers]

Next when the Velveeta is complete and.

[Kenny Olson]

The salmon is gonna gone.

[John Height]

After crashing a stolen BMW yesterday, a man in Florida denied stealing the car, explaining to cops that he was, quote, teleported into the vehicle.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why not? Who hasn't? Why not?

[John Height]

Investigators allege 36 year old Calvin Johnson took the 2018 convertible while the car's owner was walking his dog at Ormond Beach's Centennial Park. Johnson, cops say, rummaged through the unlocked BMW and found the keys in a cup holder.

[Joe Soucheray]

Holder.

[John Height]

In short order, Johnson, driving over 100 miles an hour, crashed the car in a single VLAX. Single vehicle accident. Passing motorists extracted him from the total auto. When cops got there, Johnson Told of his purported teleportion, made a passing reference to the X Men, and told officers, you saved me from the aliens. Johnson was transported to a local hospital after that, where he was placed under guard. He's been charged with grand theft auto, a felony, and driving on a license that was suspended in 2019. Johnson has an extensive criminal record, which includes convictions this year for trespass, obstruction, loitering, resisting and grand theft after he stole a fifteen hundred dollar bicycle. Asked why he stole the bike, Johnson answered, I just felt like it.

From the Wall Street Journal. When a small town in Oregon couldn't afford to properly clear the snow from its streets, residents took the only natural step. They took off their clothes and took pictures.

[Joe Soucheray]

Pictures.

[John Height]

Group of mostly middle aged and elderly men and women volunteered to pose nude for a calendar to raise money for the city of Lakeview. The photos feature a 72 year old. 72 year old man picking berries. The 77 year old man, his own.

[Kenny Olson]

Gross. Yes, that's gross.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't want this calendar and a.

[John Height]

77 year old woman reclining in a metal bathtub.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, that's not good.

[Rook]

I'd look at that.

[Joe Soucheray]

That.

[John Height]

The inspiration came from Calendar Girls. You might remember this movie.

[Joe Soucheray]

I've never known anyone with lower standards.

[Rook]

It's my contention that all men want to see all women naked. And if you deny that, you're not a real man.

[Joe Soucheray]

I, I, not all, not all. For example, do you have that sheriff's video? Is that difficult to acquire?

[Chris Reivers]

I got it.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's a shell sheriff in Florida. He's talking about a terrible situation involving a prostitute.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And he's. This is the way I wish all police chiefs would talk. Or all sheriffs.

[Chris Reivers]

Hey, why don't have any volume. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on.

[Joe Soucheray]

You order up a prostitute, right? Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[John Height]

This prostitute, prostitute lives with his mother.

[Chris Reivers]

By the way, he's got a massive criminal history.

[John Height]

A 21 year criminal history with 31 criminal charges. So you order up a prostitute and.

[Joe Soucheray]

That'S what you think you're getting. Holding up a picture of supposedly.

[Chris Reivers]

Now when you look at that, you.

[Joe Soucheray]

Go, wow, that's pretty rough.

[John Height]

But you know, any port in the storm.

[Chris Reivers]

And then the next morning when you.

[Joe Soucheray]

You wake up, you find out this is who it really is. The guy. Yeah, we call that Coyote Ugly.

[John Height]

You see, he's laying on your arm in bed.

[Joe Soucheray]

You go, it was rough last night, but I've sobered up.

[John Height]

I think I'll just chew my arm.

[Joe Soucheray]

Off and ease away so I don't disturb him or wake him up.

All right, so you think you're buying this?

[Chris Reivers]

You're getting this.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's got 31 criminal charges, and heck.

[Chris Reivers]

If you're lucky, he doesn't kill you overnight.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you, Sheriff. Thank you, Johnny.

[Rook]

Order up the phrase.

[Joe Soucheray]

I love it. Yeah, because on account of you want to know why I ordered up one.

[Chris Reivers]

The.

[Joe Soucheray]

The.

[Chris Reivers]

The unflattering before photo that you thought was woman. Just so you know, jeelers ain't that good either.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, that was of. That was a very unattractive person.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And then it turns out it's a guy. And with about 30 criminal counts against.

[Chris Reivers]

She took my beer.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, that's all I got left.

[Kenny Olson]

Before we go to.

[John Height]

Before we go to break, Kenny, you asked about the November 19, 2000 Star Tribune.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, yeah.

[Rook]

What'd you find?

[John Height]

The front page. Indeed. The lead story is Somalis funneled millions to East Africa. Minnesota immigrants have supported relatives left behind. But US Agencies are investigating whether some money fueled Klan wars. Written by David Phelps, D. DePas and Joy Powell, staff Tribune staff writers. And there's a long story with graphs and everything.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, John.

[John Height]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why don't you print that for yourself?

[John Height]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Or can you.

And then read it thoroughly to see if there's any intimation of fraud at all. Okay. All right. Thank you, Matthew.

[Kenny Olson]

Folks, do me favor a favor. Sit back, find a comfortable chair.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm doing that right now.

[Kenny Olson]

Enjoy yourself. Maybe have a mocktail cocktail, cup of coffee, whatever the case may be, and just sit and listen to me read every single item that's going to be on the Garage Launcher.

[Rook]

Hold on, let me get. Let me get. I can put my feet up.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, Kenny, you can be on the couch. Doesn't matter.

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Shut the door, baby.

[Rook]

It's the end of the world as we know it.

[Joe Soucheray]

And he feels fine.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

Joe Another concern for Minneapolis taxpayers. Well, all of us really. You're aware that there's been ongoing controversy about what to do with George Floyd Square. So still it's been being planned for five years.

Minneapolis has already spent three and a half million because they have to always have to have studies. And now There's a new $380,000 study.

That shows most residents oppose converting the area into a full time pedestrian mall. In other words, the people that live around there actually pay for this. They don't want a full. They want just a functioning intersection. Let's go here.

But the city Council keeps balking at this week's Climate and Infrastructure Committee meeting. What?

[Rook]

What?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, they got that actually was last week at last week's Climate and Infrastructure Committee meeting. According to the Minneapolis Times, city staff presented the latest findings from that blown money that studied this prompting renewed disagreements among council members and community leaders. Councilmember Jason Chavez, who should not be a council member because he's incompetent, who initiated the second study, said he doesn't support rushing. Rushing. It's been five years rushing the mayor's flexible open plan plan but favors a compromise shaped by community input. The Community Visioning Council.

Are you kidding me?

[Rook]

The Community Visioning Council.

[Kenny Olson]

How do you get on there?

[Joe Soucheray]

You have to have a vision. The Community Visioning Council offered such an alternative blending aspects of both proposals. The full City Council will vote this will week on the flexible open plan which could begin construction in 2026. Or the pedestrian mall concept, which would push construction to 2028 and require reinstating a pedestrian mall ordinance. So if you live around 38th in Chicago, you're never going to get it resolved because these people are idiots. I'm sorry. They just are idiots.

Where are we on our travels? Where are we? Are we still on the traveling Lymans?

[Kenny Olson]

Are we still on the cesspool?

[Joe Soucheray]

We are cruising south in the Coral Sea with a port of call at Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay.

[John Height]

Wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

What a trip. You can follow the Traveling [e-mail] and it's only because they're so far away and on a boat. Boat that we do this. It was on this day, Joe. Today is December 10th in 1878, the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company of Minneapolis was organized with 53 subscribers. The exchange began operating in Feb. Of 1879, and a line was strung to St. Paul in 1818 79. So you're on the phone then. Okay. On this day, December 10th in 1930, Sauk Center Sinclair Lewis received the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first American so honored. His popular titles include Main Street Aerosmith, Elmer Gantry and Babbitt. On this day, December 10th in 1966, James Arness, a Minneapolis native famous for his role as Marshall Matt Dillon.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

In the television series Gunsmoke, appeared on the COVID of TV Guide. My dad. Wait a minute, wait a minute. Everything about him. Wait a minute, wait a minute. How did that make this day in history? Did people stop in their tracks that day and say, hey, have you seen the COVID my dad did? TV guys got Matt Dillon on the.

[Rook]

COVID I went to high school with him.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, right.

[Chris Reivers]

Where does rotation for Bob?

[Kenny Olson]

I don't know, but Bob was on the John Wayne marathon. It was a Thursday, and I talked to him and. What are you watching? A John Wayne Marathon.

[Chris Reivers]

Volume at about 47.

[Rook]

Why is. What's wrong with that? That sounds like something I do.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, that's because I asked. Because my. My dad loves Gunsmoke as well. So I figured that had to be in the rotation for Bob.

[Rook]

Miss Kitty kind of made prostitution look okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow. Yeah. You know, on this day in Minnesota.

[Rook]

Sports disappointment come for a slice.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah, right along. Who'd we lose to on December 10th?

[Joe Soucheray]

That. That. They had a gimp on that show, too. Chester.

[Kenny Olson]

Bring it out.

[Joe Soucheray]

The G, Chester.

[John Height]

Dennis Weaver.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

He had the bum leg before he was McLeod.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. On this day, December 10th. On this day in 1969, the twins traded Greg Nettle.

[John Height]

Greg Nettle.

[Kenny Olson]

Greg with a G. G, R, A I G. I said Greg.

[Joe Soucheray]

Greg.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I'm G. R, A, I G.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, you didn't spell it.

[John Height]

I spelled it.

[Rook]

When you're done here, you better throw it to me. I've got something startling to report to you.

[Joe Soucheray]

I am done. That was it for this day in history.

[Rook]

I went to Google Maps and I zoomed in on where did they say Cairn.

[Joe Soucheray]

Cairn, Australia. It's in Queensland.

[Rook]

There's a really neat river that runs into the city and it's turning, twisting, goes different ways.

[Joe Soucheray]

Called Yorkie's Neighborhood Knob.

[Rook]

No, it's called Chinaman Creek.

[Joe Soucheray]

Chinaman Creek, Really?

[Rook]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, Karen's a more of a knob than Cairns is also apparently known as Yorkie's Knob.

[Kenny Olson]

Thanks, Johnny.

[Rook]

It's pretty cool, Joe, that they're having some fun, aren't they?

[Joe Soucheray]

How would you like to kick chunks in a place called Yorkie's Knob? You'd have a. You'd have a good time.

[Rook]

I think I've got a place in the woods we call Al's Knob.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll be damned. Well, G.

Good luck in this broken state. Thank you. Yes, that's the wrong button. That's not the button with you.

[Chris Reivers]

We're not done yet.

[Joe Soucheray]

We're still going show what's going on here.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

Almost flawless throughout the entire show.

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It is time once again that we check in with our guy, Mr. Money Talk. Josh Arnold is with us once again right here in garagelogic. And now is the time for you to do the same. So do not delay, do exactly what I did and pick up that phone and dial 952924.

That number once again is 952-925-5608. When you call that number, you're going to get Josh and he is there for you for that free. Yes, I did use the word free. 48 minute financial consultation with absolutely zero obligation. And he will always give you the straight talk. He will never give you the sugar coated advice. And he is on the line with us once again right here in garagelogic. And today, Josh, it's all about the ice cream.

[Josh Arnold]

Ice cream. You're looking outside, Chris, and you're seeing some snow. It's white. And you might be thinking, oh, I'd much rather have a snow cone. Just like my dog's eating snow. They love to eat that snow. And I'm like, okay, well, you can put a little sugar flavored water in that and I'll make it a snow cone. It's something that I really like and if I have the opportunity to see a snow cone, I'd get one again, especially like the grape or cherry flavor. But that's just me. Other people like other flavors. Snow cone, the company that sells more than snow cones is actually the purveyor of four of the five largest ice cream brands worldwide, including the oldest brand, I think in the world, but definitely in the United States. My longtime favorite, Breyer's Ice. Coming from Philadelphia and growing up, if you could get some Breyers, not only were you in heaven, but you felt like a furry rich man. Now there are other flavors and brands that are a lot more expensive than fryers. Many local brands, including, you know, Sebastian Joe's around here. And another worldwide brand that is very expensive is Ben and Jerry Breyer. Ben and Jerry's are among the brands that are owned by Magnum Ice Cream, which has recently gone public in Amsterdam and London. And today in New York City, the ice cream brand was pulled off of Unilever does offer, we'll say, a special treat in the, we'll say food and beverage category. It's not trading very expensively. It's only 13 times earning. They make a product that appeals, I'll say has generational appeal and plenty of nutritional benefits. Benefits because they do not use anything artificial in their, in their ice cream. So that to me is another big, big plus calorie count. Well, depending on whether you eat the whole container of Ben and Jerry's or just a few, take just a few bites or just have a plain old fudge sicle, which probably has the lowest calorie count, about 30 calories, you do get a nutritional snack that's probably a lot better for you than having a bunch of chips or pretzels. The other we'll say cold weather treat today that does report after the, after the close is Vail Mountain Resorts. And since there's plenty of snow on the ground here, there's plenty of snow out west And I'm sure there'll be plenty of snow in the east.

As well. That could entice more people out on the slopes. Vail Mountain Resorts.

Is.

I'll say, an old, a very old favorite. And particularly for those of you who are skiers or want to take advantage of skiing, they make their money on.

Not only food and beverage.

But resort fees and of course, lift tickets. There has been some complaints in the past that the lift ticket prices have been out of this world. But I'm not a skier. But there are a lot of people who do ski and one of my good friends happens to, we'll say design or do the design work. For many ski companies.

Vail Mountain Resorts could be, we'll say, added to our sports theme.

[Joe Soucheray]

And.

[Josh Arnold]

For those of you who do ski, you might want to pay attention to that. They're locally, they own affton Alps and they have continued to expand around the world.

Vail Mountain and we'd even say Magnum Ice Cream would fit into the leisure category, which is one of the areas of focus that I have and have talked about before, which starts with companies involved in the Internet, leisure related businesses, China related businesses. Is that still a growing part of the world? And real assets, which would include real estate.

This, this has, I'll say this focus on these four areas has for the most part.

Proved.

Proved quite successful, at least for my clients and myself and my family over time. That's not to say everything goes up because markets will continue to be volatile. I would emphasize.

That 2026 could have a lot more volatility even than 2025. With an upcoming election.

Changes in the Fed and still no concerns about tariffs and international policies. Companies will find ways that they can profit. And the emphasis still next year is going to be around.

The development and build out of artificial intelligence intelligence. Meantime, today.

Market watchers will be paying attention. We'll take to the.

1 o' clock hour when Chairman Fed Chairman Powell starts speaking about the Fed's views on interest rates.

[Joe Soucheray]

They have.

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[Josh Arnold]

Look forward to it. Chr thank you.

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