12/9 Another chunk kicking ruling along with a chunk kicking generated song

Summary

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Garage Logic — 12/9: "Another Chunk Kicking Ruling Along with a Chunk Kicking Generated Song"

Date: December 9, 2025
Episode: #1676
Host: Joe Soucheray (“The Mayor”)
Co-hosts: Chris Reivers, Kenny Olson, John Hight, John Richelieu, Rookie
Podcast Network: Gamut

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Episode Overview

This Garage Logic episode is a winter-season masterclass in Minnesota sensibility, revolving around the increasingly participatory phenomenon of "chunk kicking"—the stomping off of snow and ice accumulations from vehicle wheel wells. The hosts expand on this uniquely northern ritual with audience emails, rulemaking, and even a musical tribute. Interspersed are lively riffs on local news, city government boondoggles, and always, the slightly cranky but loving spirit of Gumption County.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. 1939’s Record December Warmth – Then & Now

• [02:52] Joe opens with historical weather trivia: December 6-9, 1939 saw record highs (up to 63°F), which were greeted at the time by a population "just enjoying it" instead of panicking about climate change.
• There was no "hysteria," just amusement at out-of-season warmth (04:21).
• "People really took life as it came, didn’t they?" — Joe Soucheray [04:21]

2. The Ongoing ‘Chunk Report’ – Tales and Tribulations

• [06:07] - [10:26]
  The show’s listeners are sending in photos, stories, and requests for rulings on proper chunk-kicking etiquette:

a) Listener Emails Highlight the Ritual’s Emotional Range

• Howard: Addiction confessional, but what he kicks turns out to be just snow, not a “true chunk.” He pledges to pray to St. Michael for strength next time. [07:50]
• Sue: Asks about the disappointment when a chunk is too rigid (“fenderite”) to budge—a known hazard of the ritual.

b) Rules and Rulings – Family Chunks & Preemptive Kicks

• Lisa’s Dilemma: Can she kick chunks from her daughter’s car? Joe: “You certainly have my permission. It’s in the family.” [09:25]
• “If I see another one, I’ll pray to St. Michael for strength and courage.” — Howard via Joe Soucheray [07:53]
• TJ (26-foot truck): Waiting 250 more miles before it’s ready—spring can’t come soon enough.

c) Space Management PSA

• Listeners remind everyone: keep wheel wells clear (“space management”) before it all accumulates and makes driving dangerous. [10:03]

d) The Slush Buster: Entrepreneurship & Community

• David Pounds writes in as the inventor of the “Slush Buster,” a tool for chunk removal. He shares the story of how Garage Logic led to local hardware store sales and reflects on Amazon’s punishing fees, suggesting a Garage Logic listener might have a shipping solution. [11:29]
• “Minnesota mud flaps” suggested as a technical term for slush chunks.

3. The Chunk Kicking Song – AI Meets Minnesota Culture

• [13:28–16:17]
  • Jesse Valbrecht submits a country-style ballad, “The Lonesome Ballad of a Stolen Chunk.” The lyrics strike a resonant chord about the heartbreak of finding your prized chunk has already been kicked.
  • The panel debates if the song is Jesse’s craft or AI-generated, noting how AI is disrupting music (with some good-natured critique: “That’s not a good song, but maybe people like you will lap that stuff up.” — Kenny Olson [17:36]).
  • Notable lyric: “Oh, who stole my chunk? My winter joy, my claim, I was riding high, ‘til someone played that game...” — Jesse Valbrecht [13:41–15:41]
  • Suggestion: 48-hour “claim rule”—if a chunk isn’t kicked by the original driver, it’s fair game. [16:32]

4. Local News, Government Waste, and Civic Snark

a) UK 'Gun Photo' Arrest Story — Censorship and ‘The Mystery’

• [25:33–30:34]
  • Joe covers the surreal tale of a British man arrested after posting a photo online holding a gun during a US trip. The group laments the lack of free speech protections in the UK, with Joe declaring, “It really doesn’t [exist]. People are getting locked up for tweets, for memes. It’s embarrassing. It’s George Orwell. It’s 1984. That wasn’t an instruction manual.” [28:18]
  • Kenny signals: “Everything that happens there usually ends up happening here.” [30:37]

b) Minneapolis’ $150K Prince Sing-Along Boondoggle

• [31:00–39:44]
  • The city plans to spend $150,000—via a “consultant”—for the “largest Prince sing-along in the world.”
  • The team rips the city’s process for waste and redundancy, noting the Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs should be able to handle it internally.
  • Kenny: “I’ll do it for 75. I know a concert promoter… I think I can get it all done for 75.” [32:27]
  • Joe: “The consultant will provide project planning and event production services…to support the city of Minneapolis Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs. Okay, stop right there…Why do they need to hire somebody to do this?” [33:06]

5. Quick Hits, Local Flavor & Banter

• Weather & Ads: Customroasting.net coffee endorsement (Sumatra, Christmas Cookie Blend) [24:26]
• Minneapolis PD Overtime: “Council Member Robin Wansley voiced concern about overspending,” Joe responds: “Wansley, you were a leading voice in demonizing police and many of them have left.” [44:41–44:46]
• Farm Aid: Over $1.3 million raised for family farmers. [46:04]
• Concert News: Rod Stewart (possibly last tour), Goo Goo Dolls, Weird Al. Panel gently roasts the aged-out acts and inflated ticket prices vs. diminished performance. [47:45–49:46]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Chunk Kicking Addicts:
  “I felt like an addict espying his favorite vice in the warm, extended hand of a friend…” – Howard via Joe Soucheray [07:18]

• On Disappointment:
  “Any comments on the dejection you feel if you kick a big frozen chunk and it’s so hard it doesn’t fall?” – Email from Sue [07:58]

• On AI & Music:
  “Jesse should be the AI music director of GL. Anytime we need some AI phony baloney music…” – Kenny Olson [18:09]

• On Minneapolis & Big Ideas:
  “You mean to tell me Minneapolis has a Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs? Why do they need to hire somebody to do this?” – Joe Soucheray [33:06]

• On Bureaucratic Waste:
  “The people we elect have nothing to do with us. They exist in their own world and spend your money like you’re an ATM.” – Joe Soucheray [36:51]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:52: Minneapolis’ historic 1939 December warm spell and press reaction
• 06:07–10:26: Introduction and escalation of the “chunk report” segment
• 11:29: Letter from David Pounds, inventor of “Slush Buster”
• 13:28–16:17: Debut and analysis of "The Lonesome Ballad of a Stolen Chunk"
• 25:33–30:34: UK man arrested for gun photo; free speech in UK vs. US
• 31:00–39:44: $150,000 Prince sing-along discussion and city government critique
• 44:41–44:46: Minneapolis Police overtime and staffing news
• 47:45–49:46: Concert news, state fair banter, and the aging of classic rockers

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Tone & Style Notes

• Classic Garage Logic: Wry, midwestern self-effacement, side tangents, and community involvement.
• Language is casual, sometimes irreverent with sharp barbs, but always rooted in affection for local quirks.

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For Listeners Who Missed It

• This episode is a full course in Minnesota winter culture—chunk kicking as both a practical art and running joke.
• The panel’s blend of personal stories, listener engagement, and local news scrutiny delivers warmth and wit.
• Don’t skip the AI-generated country song about a stolen chunk—a microcosm of how even the smallest rituals get mythologized and debated in Gumption County.
• The episode is bookended with skepticism about government priorities, a love for old hardware stores, and plenty of ribbing about music, news, and nostalgia.

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For the full flavor of the show, the chunk report and the Prince sing-along segments are not to be missed!

Transcript

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[Joe Sucherer]

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Not only was 12-06-1939.

The last recorded 60 of a calendar year was 63 degrees on December 6, 1939. But the record highs for December 6, December 7, December 8 and December 9 are all 1939. John, what did you find when you went into your history of the of the newspaper.

[John Richelieu]

There? Just not a lot of mentions. Dec. 6, the Minneapolis Times Tribune had a small blurb on the front page, just said continuation of April in December weather predicted for city. The nothing Actually, in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune until you got to page 13 there, just a very tiny story said more mild weather.

[Joe Sucherer]

Predicted. No hysteria or.

[John Richelieu]

Anything. No, no. As it continue. Dec. 7, the Star Tribune had a story about how nice the weather was outside and had the very nifty headline for the story telling how nice it was out that said, april Breeze, SAP in trees, bad for.

[Joe Sucherer]

Skis. See, I get.

[John Richelieu]

It. SAP. You get it. Golf courses were overrun that day. That story said. Really? It talked about how nice it was. Yep. And then nothing on December 8th in any Twin Cities paper I could find. And December 9th said, well, where is winter? Yeah, it's not here and not in Canada. And then just talked about the mild temps.

[Joe Sucherer]

Again. Gee, that's interesting. People really took life as it came, didn't they? Yes, there was. No, they just enjoyed.

[John Richelieu]

It. To be fair, most of those days were. The front pages were covered with stories leading up to World War II, of.

[Joe Sucherer]

Course.

[John Richelieu]

Yeah. And then on the 9th of December, Mad Killer slays five near Eau.

[Joe Sucherer]

Claire on the night of December.

[John Richelieu]

What? December? The Saturday, December 9th paper. So it would have been on December 8th. Apparently the guy killed everybody, put him in a cottage, burned down the cottage, and then committed suicide there.

[Joe Sucherer]

Too. That's a. That was a. That's. I didn't need to know that. But that's.

[John Richelieu]

Good. Front.

[Joe Sucherer]

Page. Yeah. Headline story. Well, anyway, when it came to four straight days of warm weather in 1939, I think Twin Cities just embraced it, enjoyed it. And. And there was nobody on TV because I don't think TV was in a home yet in 1939. So we didn't have the weatherman. Do you recall yesterday I talked about the dogs are turning blue in Chernobyl.

There's a little error.

[Kenny Olson]

There.

[Joe Sucherer]

Whoopsies. Yeah. Apparently some dogs in Chernobyl tipped over a porta Potty and got the blue fluid all over.

[Kenny Olson]

Them. That's a big, big difference, Joe. Big.

[Joe Sucherer]

Difference. Got a number of. Number of emails about.

[Kenny Olson]

That. Isn't that. That's a story in the Great Shark.

[Joe Sucherer]

Hunt.

[Kenny Olson]

Right. Hunter Thompson was on an airplane and was trying to retrieve drugs out of a toilet and came out of the bathroom with a blue.

[Joe Sucherer]

Arm. That sounds like.

[Kenny Olson]

Him. That sounds.

[Joe Sucherer]

Familiar.

I wasn't going to, but as long as you gl ers are responding and you're responding in such fascinating ways, we have to continue the chunk report. And let me tell you, I'm now starting to get pictures of chunks. I'm being asked for continued rulings. We have a song coming up about.

[Kenny Olson]

Chunks. We should have a jingle. Here's today's Chunk.

[Joe Sucherer]

Report. All I ever see are chunks. Now, Howard writes. Now that the subject of ice chunks has been raised, that's all I can see. Walking through a public parking lot this morning, I noticed a wonderful accumulation in back of a front wheel well on an Audi A6. The make and model are important. More later. I felt like an addict espying his favorite vice in the warm, extended hand of a friend, just waiting for the invitation I didn't want. I didn't wait for one. I just did it. Oh, the savory succulence of indulgence. But like so many temptations, the experience was empty. It wasn't a chunk after all, only a fresh accumulation of this morning's snowfall. It was still soft and pliable and my foot didn't do anything other than sink right into it and malform the formation further. This particular Audi A6 had low profile tires and tight fender clearance. Well, if it had low profile tires on it, it was probably still the summer tires. I drove the snow further into the wheel well and under the tire when I attempted the de chunking, potentially serving up hindrance to my fellow motorist. As I write this, the owner and her son got in the vehicle and pulled away. No harm, no good can come from kicking off chunks that aren't mine. And I've sworn it off. If I see another one, I'll pray to St. Michael for strength and.

[Kenny Olson]

Courage. That was.

[Joe Sucherer]

Howard. That was.

[Kenny Olson]

Howard. Clarity. Looking for a place to tie off and tap a vein, sue.

[Joe Sucherer]

Writes. Joe, any comments on the dejection you feel if you kick a big frozen chunk and it's so hard it doesn't fall? Well, that would be fenderite. That's a mineral known only to winter. These are often found on bigger vehicles than those that obviously park outside. Maybe it doesn't happen to men very much as I park inside. Kicking chunks is getting to be rare. A lister from the beginning. Sue. Sue, don't break your foot there. Kicking hat. Fenderite.

Ruling request. I need a preemptive ruling. This is Lisa. I need a preemptive ruling regarding chunk kicking. My daughter is 17 and a relatively new driver. On Sunday I was out running errands and decided to stop into her place of employment to say hi. Since she left the house before I could say good morning, I parked next to her car and noticed a beautiful, slushy, perfectly shaped chunk behind the passenger front tire. Since the last few winters have been very light on snow, I gave her the benefit of the doubt that she hasn't had the opportunity to experience the joy of chump kicking yet. I sent her a picture and said, if you don't kick this, I will. Am I now free to kick any chunks I find on her vehicle? I believe you've laid down the gauntlet, Lisa. I would think you certainly have my permission. It's in the family. It's in the.

[Kenny Olson]

Family. Yeah. And I'll bet you anything she or her husband or both of them paid for Lisa's. Her daughter's.

[Joe Sucherer]

Car. Well, you never know, Kenny. That's.

[Kenny Olson]

True. You're.

[Joe Sucherer]

Right. You don't, Joe. You just never.

[Kenny Olson]

Know. Okay.

[Joe Sucherer]

Ken.

And here's a guy, TJ began, who sent me a chunk from his 26 foot box truck. I'd say I've got another 250 miles before I kick. That spring is starting to look pretty good. Cheers. Chunk.

[Kenny Olson]

Pouring.

We're now texting each other chunks. Yeah.

[Joe Sucherer]

Nice. And this one says.

From Dale. Have we discussed space management yet? This feels like a winner. Where we get two inches every. And if you're not practicing space management now, the driving is going to be about four feet wide by the first of the year. I have been practicing my space management.

But I think that's highly recommended to pray because he's right. If you don't keep up on this, it'll just add up on.

[Kenny Olson]

You. We've had snow the last three days in a row.

[Joe Sucherer]

Here. Now we get a note from David Pounds. That name should ring a bell. I was listening to your show last week and you guys had some in depth discussions about kicking ice chunks. I should start by informing you that I am the inventor of the slush buster Nave Pounds, and I need to put in my 2 cents worth. I've heard them called clods and turds, but the technical term is Minnesota mud flaps. My wife Nina and I met with Chris, Ron and Chris Reivers in October of 2022 to inquire about advertising on glass. While we were there talking about our slush buster, Mike Fratelloni and Joe the Mayor overheard us and a dream came true. Mike agreed to add our device to the Fratelloni Hardware and Garden stores and they are still selling to this day. At Fratelloni's, we also sold almost 500 of them through Amazon from January of 22 to April of 23. But we had to remove all remaining slush busters from Amazon due to their high fees. As of now, the only stores that are selling them is Fratelloni's and the Robbinsdale Ace Hardware. So it goes on. During the third snowiest winter, from 2022 to 2023, Nina and I spent a dozen mornings of various Fratelloni stores greeting customers and showing them our video of how well they.

[Chris Reivers]

Work. Okay, can I add to that.

[Joe Sucherer]

Story?

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah. So when Dave came in, it was Dave and his lovely wife. They came in here, Nina, and they were talking about. And it was great. And Mike is in the other room because we were about to prepare to do the program, the weekly scramble podcast. And Dave goes, yeah, we wanted to get into Fratelloni's, but we can't.

[Joe Sucherer]

Find a way to get in there. And Mike goes, oh, that's what I said. The guy happened to be right.

[Chris Reivers]

Here. Mike was sitting right there. It was.

[Joe Sucherer]

Fantastic. Dave writes, I've always loved cars, motorcycles and garages, and that inspired me to invent the Slush Buster. We became members of the GL Town Council in Feb. Of 2023. I listen to nearly every show and your recent comments about Chunks have renewed interest in our product and had me laughing. We really appreciate that the Slush Buster was mentioned, and we are also very grateful to Mike Fratelloni for giving us the opportunity to sell them in his stores. Every Fratelloni employee that we have worked with was very happy to work there. That says a lot about their business. Your podcast has made us laugh hundreds of times. And I appreciate the fact that you were the first to report that our governor, Elmer Fraud, and his Elmer Fraud, his cronies have allowed to continue for years. Thank you. Sincerely, Dave.

[Kenny Olson]

Pounds. Joe, there's got to be a Gl er listening right now. That could work with Dave on the shipping thing so they wouldn't have to go to Amazon. Yeah, there's gotta be. There's gotta be a garage logic.

[Joe Sucherer]

Way around that Chunk kicking.

[Chris Reivers]

Time. Are you ready for the chunk kicking.

[Joe Sucherer]

Song? I think I.

[Chris Reivers]

Am. Here we.

[Jesse Valbrecht]

Go.

I saddled up at sunrise Boots crunching in the snow Dreaming of that frozen prize Hanging by my wheel well low but when I reached my faithful steed My heart sank like a stone that chunk was gone Kicked clean away and I was left alone oh, who stole my chunk? My winner enjoyed my claim I was riding high Till someone played that game they kicked it free Now I'm out of luck Singing the lonesome ballad of a stolen chunk.

I pictured that sweet moment the crack, the icy fall the sound that warms a cowboy's soul the greatest thrill of all but now it's just a muddy scar where glory used to be and I'm Humming tunes of heartbreak Neath the old pine tree maybe it was a stranger maybe it was a friend but they took my frozen treasure and it cut me to the end I'll ride these snowy highways Searching every truck for justice in the saga of the stolen chunk.

Oh, who stole my chump? My winner joined my claim I was riding high Till someone played that game they kicked it free Now I'm out of luck Singing the lonesome ballad of the stolen.

Next time I've got my wheel well Like a cowboy Dodge sell it to me. Cause a chunk in winners Worth more than silver ever sold.

Oh, who stole my chunk? My winner joy my claim I was riding high Till someone played that game they kicked it free Now I'm out of luck Singing the lonesome ballad of a stolen.

[Joe Sucherer]

Char.

That's from Jesse Valbrecht. And I don't know if he wrote those lyrics or if he. How do you do it? You just feed AI some.

[Kenny Olson]

Lines. And I know one thing, that was Bakersfield sound. Didn't that sound like Dwight and.

[John Richelieu]

Buck?

[Joe Sucherer]

Yes. Yeah. He also notes that he would like to add a 48 hour chunk addendum, which I think is very wise. If she fails to kick her side of the car after 48 hours, in fact, I think we should negotiate this time frame down to maybe 48 minutes. He writes, I get to kick those chunks and claim I did it a long time ago. I like that. There should be a 48 hour rule on.

[Chris Reivers]

Chunks.

And for those of you keeping score at home, that was Joe asking me how long the song was. When Joe's the one that sent me the.

[Joe Sucherer]

Song. Well, I didn't. I only listened to the beginning and knew instantly that I loved it. And that's why I sent it to you. I didn't listen to the whole.

[Chris Reivers]

Thing. I said this to you guys earlier. Boy, the music industry is just absolutely.

[Joe Sucherer]

Screwed. Well, but that. No offense to Jesse, that's. This is a. Jesse's problem. But those. That isn't a good song. Maybe people.

[Kenny Olson]

Like. Maybe people like you, Chris, will laugh that shit up. But the rest of us who have taste, we won't buy.

[Chris Reivers]

That. You just did an entire show about how AI has the number one song on Billboard.

[Kenny Olson]

In. Yeah, well, we weren't celebrating.

[Chris Reivers]

It. I know, but I guess that's my point is once this becomes even more refined, good luck to all the artists out.

[Joe Sucherer]

There. Could Jesse have said, fed the AI all the words and the lines and then said, do it in the style of the Mavericks? I think we should do stuff.

[Kenny Olson]

Like that Jesse should be the AI music director of gl. Anytime we need some AI phony baloney.

[Joe Sucherer]

Music. Another AI song coming up.

[Kenny Olson]

Today. We should call on.

[John Richelieu]

Jesse. It's easy to put together. I had, I asked Dylan about it about two weeks ago in when we did that show three minutes he had a song for me. Yeah, that he, he just entered all what he said I'll put in some stupid stuff. Mostly it was the stuff on country hits. Right now he put in there and had a song within three.

[Kenny Olson]

Minutes. We had him on Crabby John and I think he told us the same.

[Joe Sucherer]

Thing. Yeah, yeah.

I.

[Kenny Olson]

I.

John Joe, did we hear from the guy driving the Ram truck wearing his wife's.

[Joe Sucherer]

Underpants? I think that was one of.

[Kenny Olson]

He he enjoyed your Because I was ready for a rousing comeback from him. Maybe. Maybe a little verbal slap.

[Unknown Guest]

Fight. You wanted to see if he was gonna.

[Kenny Olson]

Bite. Yeah, yeah, exactly. I was throwing treble hooks at him.

[Joe Sucherer]

Too. I don't know what I did with.

[Kenny Olson]

It. No, that's okay. As long as he took it.

As it was.

[Unknown Guest]

Meant. Did he respond or was it his.

[Kenny Olson]

Wife?

Yeah, she's sick of him putting on her underpants to drive that big.

[Unknown Guest]

Truck. He only has a couple more.

[Joe Sucherer]

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Here's a man who spends hours in hardware stores sifting through the nuts and bolts of.

[Kenny Olson]

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[Joe Sucherer]

Back to the World outside of Gumption County. I've been sitting on this for a few days. It's very off putting. A British IT consultant says he has lived through a dystopian nightmare after being arrested.

For posting photos of himself holding a firearm during a trip to the United States. Chris, do you want to fix the screen?

John Richelieu Dash booth owner and director of Phoenix Evolution Consulting told Fox News Digital. The trouble began after he visited friends in Florida over the Fourth of July to celebrate the Hollywood and his 50th birthday. During the visit, he said he was invited to shoot a gun for the first time. They were shooting and they offered me the opportunity to, as a Brit who'd never handled guns, to handle a gun, he said after returning, I saw the pictures. You're just holding it. After returning home to the uk, he posted a series of photos from his trip to LinkedIn. A day or two after sharing the post, the police showed up at his house to tell him someone had made a complaint.

They warned him to be careful about what he posts online. About 10 days later, Richelieu Booth said the police returned, forced their way into his home at 10:30pm and arrested.

[Chris Reivers]

Him.

[Joe Sucherer]

No. He was told the arrest stemmed from the firearm photos in a separate post authorities claimed amounted to stalking and harassment. He was held overnight before being released. About seven weeks later, he said he was arrested again on an allegation that he breached bail, which he says was based on a false complaint. The complaints were tied to a dispute with the former client. He said. I'd contracted to this gentleman's business to deliver works for the government, and those works were still unpaid two years later, he said. He explained that a business partner had taken a photo outside the man's home while delivering a final demand notice, a step he said was lawful because the photo was taken from a public area.

Where are we here?

So somehow that photo got tied in with the gun photos. I used the photo my business partner took on his premises as a header photo on LinkedIn with the intention he would look at that and go, why is this guy posting that? I better call him rather than find out. Okay, I'm sorry. This got too confusing, but it makes.

[Kenny Olson]

Sense. It's just I'm so floored by the fact that you can get arrested.

[Joe Sucherer]

For posting a picture he is considering taking. He's considering whether to take legal action against West Yorkshire Police. Free speech in the uk. That doesn't exist, he said. It really doesn't. People are getting locked up for tweets, for memes. It's embarrassing. It's George Orwell. It's 1984. That wasn't an instruction manual. Richelieu Booth says he no longer feels safe in the UK and has been thinking more seriously about relocating to the U.S. i lost my parents in 2023, he said. In one awful day, my entire family was gone in a car crash. My adoptive American family has been very welcoming and it's made me think more seriously about America. You've got the First Amendment and the Second Amendment. It's the land of opportunity. And I don't feel safe in the UK anymore. Let me stop right there.

The UK is so bad that this guy still thinks America's.

[Kenny Olson]

Great.

Most of them don't like it so.

[Joe Sucherer]

Far.

He doesn't understand the mystery. He doesn't understand that the mystery is afoot. If I move to America, and if that's God's plan for me, I would welcome. Neddy's said his story gained international attention after the Yorkshire Post first reported it.

Holy mackerel.

And the cops in West Yorkshire admit that he was charged with a public order offense after somebody complained about the LinkedIn post. So somebody complained that the guy had a rifle and.

Next thing you know, the guy was in the Huskow.

I. I don't like that. That's. That's too. I think this is too close to.

[Kenny Olson]

Home. How come. How come the authorities didn't tell the person complaining. Shut up. Go to.

[Joe Sucherer]

Hell.

[Kenny Olson]

Because. Knock it off. You're wasting our.

[Joe Sucherer]

Time. Because the UK is. Is. They've gone down the road. They're deep into the mystery. They're deep into the.

[Kenny Olson]

Mystery.

And everything that happens there usually ends up happening.

[Joe Sucherer]

Here. Well, Elmer Fraud instituted a snitch line during COVID Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Right. Wait, is that a new.

[Joe Sucherer]

Thing? I like.

[Chris Reivers]

It. Elmer.

[Joe Sucherer]

Fraud. Elmer Fraud, our.

[Chris Reivers]

Governor. That's pretty good.

[Joe Sucherer]

Cock.

[Kenny Olson]

Wombo.

He's a bell end, isn't.

[Joe Sucherer]

He?

Your tax dollars at work, Minneapolis.

You're gonna pay a hundred and fifty grand.

For the city to come up with a prince sing along.

Sing along to a prince.

[Kenny Olson]

Song. Now, not just any Prince sing along. Right. The biggest one in the whole wide.

[John Richelieu]

World.

[Kenny Olson]

World. We're going to make.

[Joe Sucherer]

History. They're going to do it June in June on the 10th. To honor the 10th anniversary of his death.

In Minneapolis. Of course, they can't do this themselves. They're seeking a consultant.

To produce what they hope is the largest Prince sing along in downtown Minneapolis.

The event coincides with the Chorus America conference and the National Independent Venue association conference happening concurrently. I got an idea for Minneapolis that might save them 150 grand. You've already got the Chorus of America conference coming to town and the venue convention. And you've got the venue conference coming to.

[Kenny Olson]

Town.

[Joe Sucherer]

Yeah. You mean to tell me between those two, you couldn't ask them? Could you guys go outside for 10 minutes and do a Prince sing.

[Kenny Olson]

Along? You're stealing my idea. Here's the deal. You give this contract to me and I will get this done. What's half of 150? About.

[Joe Sucherer]

75.

[Kenny Olson]

75?

[Joe Sucherer]

Yeah. I'll do it for.

[Kenny Olson]

15. I'll get it done for 75. I know a concert promoter who is really good at finding spaces, putting in all the necessary things it takes to promote a show. Barriers, fences, vendors, bathrooms, food, drink. And I think I can get it all done for.

[Joe Sucherer]

75. It's one.

[Kenny Olson]

Song. It's the one of the. I love this idea. I think it's the fantastic idea. It's just 150. Are you kidding.

[Joe Sucherer]

Me? The consultant will provide project planning and event production services to support the city of Minneapolis Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs. Okay, stop right.

[Kenny Olson]

There. That's everything I just.

[Joe Sucherer]

Mentioned. Okay, you're right. You mean to tell me. Check this out, check this out. You mean to tell me Minneapolis has a Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs. Why do they need to hire somebody to do.

[Kenny Olson]

This? And they really. I don't know what the phrase. They really blew it by announcing they had 150 to spend, number one. Who? You don't have 150. The taxpayers do. Yeah, but when you do this, you, you. You throw it out there, and then you take bids from various.

[Unknown Guest]

Promoters. This guy could do it at 15 grand.

[Joe Sucherer]

You're. I'm at 15. I'm.

[Kenny Olson]

At. I'm throwing my hat in for.

[Joe Sucherer]

75. Okay, I'm in for 15.

[Kenny Olson]

Grand. Yeah, but yours is going to be ding.

[Joe Sucherer]

Ding. So what? This all it's going to be.

[Chris Reivers]

Anyway? All I can hear is you saying, someone call the arts and.

[Kenny Olson]

Crafts.

We got to shut down streets here. We got to have a place for all the people. We've got to have drones and.

[Joe Sucherer]

Microphones. Fine, but you already have a department that apparently could manage that. Why do you have to have a consultant and layer on.

[Kenny Olson]

Another? You think the town that can't settle on something as simple as George Floyd.

[Joe Sucherer]

Square? Thank you. I wanted to get to that. Yes, you were in the.

[Chris Reivers]

Back. Well, I was just gonna ask. Haven't we already shut down Holidazzle? Cause we can't manage.

[Joe Sucherer]

That. Right, right. Well, let me finish. This.

Consultant will provide project planning and event production services to support the city of Minneapolis Department of Arts and Cultural affairs, because apparently they can't do it with a major downtown outdoor music based project designed to activate vibrancy efforts in downtown Minneapolis. You know, would activate vibrancy efforts in downtown Minneapolis. A, not getting shot at, and B, having some jobs there that would have some vibrancy through music, art and community Celebration consultant will lead project coordination. Vendor and partner management permitting artist approvals and contracting, marketing, collaboration and communication. Large event permitting technical production and on site execution support. Follow up and evaluation projects will operate with an allocated budget budget of 150.

[Unknown Guest]

Grand. All right, I'm.

[Joe Sucherer]

Up. The city. The city. The city has people that are supposed to do stuff like this, but they're not going to do it. They're going to hire.

[Kenny Olson]

Somebody. I think that you need to remove your hat from the ring because I know secretly that you being against anything that's.

[Joe Sucherer]

Fun. This has nothing to do with.

[Kenny Olson]

Fun. No, this has.

[Joe Sucherer]

Everything. Have all the fun you want. I'm not paying for.

[Kenny Olson]

It. This has everything to do with.

[Joe Sucherer]

Fun. No, it.

[Kenny Olson]

Doesn'T. And I've already picked the location. You know where the location is? The middle of the intersection between Target center and First.

[Joe Sucherer]

Avenue. Okay, I. I'll be glad to take my hat out of the ring and leave it to.

[Kenny Olson]

You. We got 7th street, we got 1st Avenue. We've got that little short little block that used to go by that blues bar. We're gonna do it right.

[Joe Sucherer]

There. Well, hold the presses. Hold the presses.

This story appeared in the Minneapolis Times last.

[Kenny Olson]

Week.

[Joe Sucherer]

Yeah. Oh, I should have gotten to it.

[Unknown Guest]

Sooner. They already voted on.

[Joe Sucherer]

It. If you wanted a bid, that had to be done by the 5th of.

[Unknown Guest]

December. But you're right, Joe. Why do cities always do that when they have people that they say it's gonna add an extra.

[Joe Sucherer]

Cost? Because the people. Because the people we elect have nothing to do with us. They exist in their own world and they spend your money like you're an.

[Kenny Olson]

Atm. You know, it would be fun, Joe. I know a pretty big promoter in town, concert promoter. It'd be fun to have him on just so he could pick holes through their entire plan. We could sit here for 30 minutes telling you everything that's wrong with Minneapolis's plan here. Well, why wouldn't you do this where you already have a show going on? You know what I mean? It's like when nascar, when they shot one of these NASCAR movies, where did they do it? They did it at a NASCAR race that was already going on. That's how you would do something like this. You just piggyback on a different event.

[Joe Sucherer]

Right? Wait a.

[Kenny Olson]

Minute. Taste of a Taste of Minnesota. Don't we do that in downtown.

[Joe Sucherer]

Minneapolis? This coincides with the world premiere of Purple Rain at the State.

[Kenny Olson]

Theater. Oh, okay.

[Joe Sucherer]

That'S. That's a play.

[Unknown Guest]

Right. Yeah, but that's already.

[Joe Sucherer]

Been. Yeah, why? But, but come next June 7, couldn't you round up the cast of Purple Rain and throw them a free lunch and say, would you go out there and sing a couple Prince.

[Chris Reivers]

Songs? How was Media Night for.

[Kenny Olson]

That? You do it at Taste of Minnesota. That's where you do.

[Unknown Guest]

It. It's not ready for Broadway.

It's not ready for.

[Joe Sucherer]

Broadway. And you went to.

[Unknown Guest]

It? I. I did. I stayed the entire time.

[Chris Reivers]

Too. Are you kidding.

[Unknown Guest]

Me?

[Chris Reivers]

What? Our guy right here. You think he's going to pass.

[Unknown Guest]

Up? I mean, it was full of celebrities. Shilletta was there. Jordana Green, who you lost to on the best podcast of the.

[Chris Reivers]

World. Frank and.

[Kenny Olson]

Amelia. You're going to have to do a lot better than those.

[Joe Sucherer]

People.

Barrero, was he.

[Unknown Guest]

There? Sat in front of Dan Cena. The glitterati. Yes, it was the boy. That's a Minneapolis glitterati. The only person missing was Denny.

[Kenny Olson]

Hecker.

[Unknown Guest]

Golly. Unless he was cross dressing down in the street, I don't.

[John Richelieu]

Know.

[Kenny Olson]

Maybe.

The key details for the 2026 Taste of Minnesota, Washington and Hennepin, Marquette and Washington, Nicolet and Third. Third Street. That whole area. That's where we're going to do this. We're just going to piggyback on another event. We just hire a bunch of drones to film the thing. Bing, bang.

[Joe Sucherer]

Boom. Well, you. You have my blessing to throw some purple in there. Certainly have my blessing and my hopes for you to pursue this because you'd save Minneapolis 75.

[Kenny Olson]

Grand. And I think we should do a really, really dirty Prince song too. I don't want to hear Purple Rain or.

[Joe Sucherer]

Anything. You want to.

[Kenny Olson]

Grind? He wants darling Nikki, our lady cab driver. Yeah, Any of those songs where there's grunting and.

[Joe Sucherer]

Panting. Cream.

[Unknown Guest]

Cream. Yes. Get on.

[John Richelieu]

Top. Should.

[Unknown Guest]

Do. Be w.

[Joe Sucherer]

Dmsr.

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[John Hight]

Bryant.

Several homes in the suburb of Northwood had the most beautiful.

[John Richelieu]

Landscape. Such.

[John Hight]

Perfection. The neighbor, responsible retiree, Arvin.

[Arvin Shreve]

Shreve. It reminded me of Mr.

[John Hight]

Rogers. But Arvin hit a dark secret. My mom took me to this.

[John Richelieu]

House, and then I never lived with her.

[Joe Sucherer]

Again. Arvin's message was, I have a key to get you into.

[John Hight]

Heaven. Gardens of Evil is the unbelievable story of the Zion Society cult told by those who lived it. Find Gardens of Evil inside the Zion Society cult wherever you listen to.

[Joe Sucherer]

Podcasts.

Oh, my.

[Chris Reivers]

Lord. The earth is not your.

[John Richelieu]

Mother. Oh.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

Best of.

[Kenny Olson]

Luck. Turn off Vogel's mic. And Jimmy's mic and Patrick's mic and President Bush's.

[Joe Sucherer]

Mic. I'm not gonna be silent. Yes, you.

[Unknown Guest]

Are. Be.

[Kenny Olson]

Quiet.

By the way, the price of the council membership is now $300 a month.

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[Joe Sucherer]

Garagelogsic here's John Height in his.

[John Richelieu]

Newsroom. Thank you, Joe. This news brought to you by North American Banking Co. Minneapolis Police Department is expected to overspend by more than $19 million this year, 31 million of which was spent on overtime and that's up from 12%. MPD Chief Brian O' Hara says the city needs more cops. It's one of the most understaffed departments, but help, he said, is on the way. The department has made 174new hires, which is costly due to the schooling and training required and can take up to two years. These new hires are not yet active on the streets. The rapid growth was unexpected. Council Member Robin Wansley voiced concerns about the overspending, saying it will inevitably affect other priorities. Wansley said, we have other critical issues like homelessness we're responding to to learn at the midnight hour. We are $20 million over budget. That's something to be frustrated about. The budget is set for approval.

[Joe Sucherer]

Tomorrow. Well, Wansley, you were a leading voice in demonizing police and many of them have.

[John Richelieu]

Left.

The man accused of bludgeoning a co worker to death with a sledgehammer is facing life in prison if convicted. 40 year old David Bruce DeLong was indicted last week on one count of first degree murder and the death of 20 year old Amber Check. Law enforcement was called to Advance Technologies in code on November 11 after it was reported that Check was found at her workstation with severe head injuries. According to the criminal complaint, a bloody sledgehammer was found near Check, who was pronounced dead at the scene. In a statement to investigators, DeLong confessed to the murder, saying he intended to kill the victim and had been planning to do it for some time. He added he didn't like her. Footage from the crime scene shows delong leave his workstation, walk up to Check and grab a sledgehammer hammer before swinging it out of view of the camera. The long swing of the hammer is consistent where Check was standing. The video showed the log hitting her four additional times. A first degree murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Delong is also charged with one count of second degree.

[Joe Sucherer]

Murder. We don't have the death sentence, do we in.

[John Richelieu]

Minnesota?

[Kenny Olson]

No. Life in prison isn't enough. He should be forced to die the same way he killed.

[Joe Sucherer]

Her.

[Kenny Olson]

Yep. Except there's no human on earth that will do that to to.

[Joe Sucherer]

Him. Her dad.

[Kenny Olson]

Might. Yeah, there you.

[John Richelieu]

Go. The numbers are in. The first Farm Aid held here in Minnesota raised more than $1.3 million. That'll go to family farmers, organizer and organizers announced yesterday. Farm AIDS end of year grant program advances the on the ground work of farm and food organizations. This year's grant making focused on several issues. Farmer led solutions to climate change, stopping the growth of industrial agriculture and providing support for farmers experiencing crisis and farm stress. Grant programs include $60,000 in emergency and disaster grants to individual farmers, $66,500 in disaster grants related to extreme weather events, 40 grand in farmer leadership grants and 20 grand in scholarship funds to support students majoring in agriculture and related fields. We've been talking about and anxiously awaiting for Yacht Club festival lineup that's supposed to be announced today. They're not in yet, but some concert announcements for the new Mystic Lake Amphitheater in Shakopee are in. These are August concerts, two of them anyway. August 4th, the Goo Goo Dolls will play there with neon trees.

August 26, Toto, Christopher Cross and the Romantics will play there. And July 27, avenged sevenfold and Good Charlotte will play there. Tickets for all three shows go on sale at 10 o' clock Friday morning through.

[Kenny Olson]

Ticketmaster. Wait a minute. You don't like the Goo Goo.

[Joe Sucherer]

Dolls? No, I really don't. Oh, I don't. You know what, Let me, let me just be more honest. I don't know enough to have an.

[Kenny Olson]

Opinion. Oh.

[Joe Sucherer]

Okay. Yeah, all right, Fair.

[John Richelieu]

Enough. That's never stopped you before. I had to say that.

[Joe Sucherer]

Joe. I had to say it. I had.

[Chris Reivers]

To.

So if this was an online Star Tribune poll, you would say. I'm not.

[Joe Sucherer]

Sure. I'm not sure. I'm not.

[Kenny Olson]

Sure. This is where I would segue into something about the Mavericks. But we just lost a guy and that would be. That would be ugly if I did.

[John Richelieu]

That. Rod Stewart has confirmed a September 1 gig at the state.

[Joe Sucherer]

Fair. I'm thinking that might be worth going to. I've never seen him.

[John Richelieu]

Live. Well, the other, the other thing that might make it worth going to is it'll probably be his last.

[Chris Reivers]

Tour. I was just gonna ask, isn't his deteriorating.

[John Richelieu]

Johnny. No, his health is fine. But he's 80 and he says years old. He says he's not planning to fully retire from the stage, but he won't do any more large scale tours. So in other words, he'll have a residency in Las Vegas for two.

[Kenny Olson]

Weeks. That kind, I mean, so he's gonna slam into Maggie Mae. Do you think it's gonna have the same bite, the same energy, the same blood dripping angst as it did when, you know, in the 70s. No, it's gonna be polished with horns and an orchestra and a conductor.

[Joe Sucherer]

And.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay. It won't be the.

[Joe Sucherer]

Same. Yeah, okay.

[Unknown Guest]

Kidding. That's what my theory is for those groups, the Stones and those guys. They shouldn't be charging 2,000. They should be charging 75 bucks because they've slipped over the last five decades. Yeah, you're not getting the. The real.

[Chris Reivers]

Deal. Just give me, just give me Sweet Caroline. Right.

[Unknown Guest]

Right. You can't even sing that.

[John Richelieu]

Anymore. You know, if somebody's going to give them, you know, a grand rook for a ticket guest, guess what? That's what they're going to.

[Unknown Guest]

Charge. So yeah, I.

[John Richelieu]

Suppose. Tickets, speaking of that, for the twice inducted Rock and Roll hall of Famer Rod Stewart will go on sale Friday at 10 o'. Clock. Stewart is the second concert so far confirmed for the State Fair's 2026 Grandstand Series. August 28th. Weird L will be.

[Joe Sucherer]

There.

[Chris Reivers]

Weird. It's December. We're talking about state.

[Joe Sucherer]

Fair. Shared.

[Unknown Guest]

Al. How is.

[Kenny Olson]

He? Still.

[Unknown Guest]

Getting. Has anybody seen Weird Alf in. In concert? For.

[Joe Sucherer]

Real? I.

[Kenny Olson]

Have. No, I was.

[John Richelieu]

Not. Well, I. I do know people that have loved it. I see. I don't have a hatred for Weird Al like Kenny obviously does, but he seems to have a hatred for everyone.

[Kenny Olson]

Today. I do.

[Joe Sucherer]

Yes.

That's not healthy to be so full of.

[Kenny Olson]

Hate. You know who I don't have a hate for is I know a guy who has seen the Rolling Stones, I'm going to say, say 100.

[Joe Sucherer]

Times.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. Lives in Chicago and I am currently working to book him on the Crabby Coffee Shop so we can break down each and every Rolling Stones show that he's ever been to. Should be.

[Joe Sucherer]

Fun. I know. Interesting. I do. I know the same type of guy. Is that who we're talking about? It'd be.

[Unknown Guest]

Fun. You'd have to figure that out yourself, sir. I think you'd have.

[Kenny Olson]

To. You being against fun would never.

[Joe Sucherer]

Consider booking idea that I'm against fun is got.

[Kenny Olson]

To. You would never book him on the show. So we always book the people that are fun on Crabby Coffee.

[Chris Reivers]

Incognito. Well, the current host of Garage Logic come up in that said.

[Kenny Olson]

Conversation. Well, I doubt it. I mean why would.

[Unknown Guest]

He? Because he's not related at.

[Joe Sucherer]

All. It's the. It's the weirdest combination of all. This pin down accountant is a Rolling Stones.

[John Richelieu]

Expert.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. And I all over the globe.

[Joe Sucherer]

Right yeah, yeah, he was in the movie. One of the James Bond movies. Well, that has nothing to do with the Stones. He's also in a James Bond movie, but as an.

[Kenny Olson]

Extra.

[John Richelieu]

Wow.

[Unknown Guest]

Really? Was he trying to take over.

[Joe Sucherer]

The world in Monte Carlo? In Monte.

[Chris Reivers]

Carlo?

[Joe Sucherer]

Really? Well, he was doing business.

[Kenny Olson]

There. I don't know, but that's the kind of guest we.

[Unknown Guest]

Love. Escalator going down as they're.

[Kenny Olson]

Filming. We love having those kind of folks on cruise. Crabby. I love those.

[Joe Sucherer]

Stories. No, he was just in a crowd scene from a mile away. You couldn't.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay. Well, I mean, I.

[Unknown Guest]

Don'T. That's my.

[Chris Reivers]

Arm. I don't. I don't want to brag, but I also was an extra in The Mighty Ducks.

[Joe Sucherer]

2. Were you.

[Chris Reivers]

Really? Which was shot at Shadock St. Mary's Were you skinny?

[Kenny Olson]

Terrible. You know, if you're going to bring up the ducks, we could talk about the day I was tripping balls and I watched them film a scene in South Minneapolis. That was.

[John Richelieu]

Fun. Why don't we. We'll have a break.

[Chris Reivers]

Here. Come look at Uncle.

[John Richelieu]

Ken.

[Kenny Olson]

But. Hi.

[John Richelieu]

Joe. But first, let me tell you about something that can help your Christmas shopping. You know we're only, what, two weeks and two days away.

[Chris Reivers]

Right? Oh, my God, you're.

[Joe Sucherer]

Right. I'm just picturing Kenny sitting on a snowbank with his legs over the boards, just kind of head slumped down a little. I'm sorry.

[John Richelieu]

John. It's all right. Don't wait till the last.

[Joe Sucherer]

Day. And I haven't waited. John, my order's.

[John Richelieu]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Sucherer]

Button.

It's.

[John Richelieu]

The end of the world as we know.

[Joe Sucherer]

It. And he feels.

[Kenny Olson]

Fine. Joe Sushere well, should we acknowledge the fact that we realize there's issues so they're not screaming and yelling at us?

[Chris Reivers]

Chris.

[Joe Sucherer]

Sure. Or.

[Kenny Olson]

Gabe. Yeah, just tell them what we.

[Chris Reivers]

Know.

We are attempting to rectify the issues that are plaguing the podcast slash YouTube.

[Joe Sucherer]

Connection. Maybe it's because it's.

[Kenny Olson]

Snowing. No, it started over the weekend with when they did something involving what? Electricity or something in the.

[Unknown Guest]

Building. A reboot or a.

[Joe Sucherer]

Re. They are taking out old equipment and putting new equipment in. It's my.

[Unknown Guest]

Understanding. How about let's leave the old equipment.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Unknown Guest]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[Unknown Guest]

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[Kenny Olson]

Outfit. Is that a drive through.

[Unknown Guest]

Situation? You drive right through and they take care of.

[Joe Sucherer]

You. Take a tube.

[Unknown Guest]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Sucherer]

See. I can't read all of.

[Unknown Guest]

Them. I includes one night self parking which is key. Two night double queen room stays.

[Joe Sucherer]

With water park pass parking is separate from the.

[Unknown Guest]

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[Joe Sucherer]

Auction. Wonderful.

[John Richelieu]

Johnny. The National International News if if we still have.

[Joe Sucherer]

Time. Oh, we got time. We're not going.

[Chris Reivers]

Anywhere. What's coming up on the.

[Joe Sucherer]

Ride? We're not.

[John Richelieu]

Leaving. Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against.

[Joe Sucherer]

God it's all easily yes, Maxwell Nothing.

[John Richelieu]

Will ever come of this long time confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, according to a federal judge. Judge Paul Engelmeier ruled after the Justice Department in Novemb asked two judges New York to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits for Maxwell and Epstein's cases, along with investigative materials that could amount to hundreds or thousands of previously unreleased documents. The ruling in the wake of the passage last month of the Epstein Files Transparency act means the records could be made public within 10 days. The law requires the Justice Department provide Epstein related records to the public in a searchable form format by December 19th. Engelmeier is the second judge to allow the Justice Department to publicly disclose previously secret Epstein court records. Last week, a judge in Florida granted the department's request to release transcripts from an abandoned federal jury grand jury investigation into Epstein in the.

[Joe Sucherer]

2000S. Not that she's already living in a on a beach, supposedly in prison. One of them, Casitas or cassette, is one of those things called, you know, the little. It's a little restaurant, a cottage or something. What do you call.

[Kenny Olson]

It? Cabin?

[Joe Sucherer]

Cabana. Cabana. She already knew that. What the.

[John Richelieu]

Hell. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reaffirmed his refusal to cede any territory, resisting US pressure for concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more European support for his country. Zelensky meeting today with Pope Leo the 14th at the Papal residence outside Rome and with Italian Premier Giorgio Meloni, the Vatican said the Pope reiterated the need for the continuation of dialogue and expressed his urgent desire that the current diplomatic initiatives bring about a just and lasting peace. Powerful seven and a half magnitude earthquake hit off northern Japan late yesterday, injuring 23 people, torgaring a tsunami in Pacific coast communities. Authorities warned of possible aftershocks and an increased risk of a megaquake. The Japanese government was still assessing damage from the tsunami and late evening quake, which hit at about 11:15 in the evening in the Pacific Ocean, about 50 miles off the coast of Omori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main Honshu Island. A tsunami of about 2ft 4 inches was measured in Kuji Port in Aiwait Prefecture, just south of A Mori. And tsunami levels of up to about 2ft hit other coastal.

[Joe Sucherer]

Communities. You know, I think a tsunami does its damage because of its power, not because of its height. Would that be an accurate statement? In other words, when you're standing on the beach and a tsunami's coming, it's not a giant wall of water that's coming towards you. It's just fiercely energized water. It's only like this report said, about 2ft high. And you look at it and you think, big.

[Unknown Guest]

Deal. So you're saying it's power more than it's.

[Joe Sucherer]

Height. That's what I'm saying. I.

[John Richelieu]

Understand.

Entertainment news, Sad entertainment news. Everyone knew it was coming, but it still hurts. Raul Malo, lead singer and songwriter of the Mavericks, has died at the age of 60. Malo was diagnosed with colon cancer in June of 2024. In September 2025, the singer announced he was fighting LMD, or leptomeningeal disease, a cancer that affects the brain and spinal cord. Born in 1965 in Miami, Mala was the son of Cuban parents who had fled their country for the United states states. In 1989, Mallow and friends founded the Mavericks, a group born out of many musical influences of its members and multicultural vibes of Miami. The band mixed rock, country and Latin rhythms of South Florida. Malo often wrote and sang about heartbreak, even though the music sounded, well, very fun. The Mavericks released their self titled debut album in 1990, followed by 1992's From Hell to Paradise. But it was 1994's what a Cry and Shame that earned them the most acclaim to date due to the title track and several other singles. Malo and the group built on that success with 1995's Music for All Occasions, which gave them their biggest US hit, all you ever do is bring me down, written by Malo and Al Anderson and featuring Flaco Jimenez on the accordion. The band broke up 1999 due to the normal reasons, but reunited 12 years later and went full steam ahead. Through this past summer, when Mallow became too sick to perform, he also did a couple of solo albums showcasing his incredible voice, fine guitar playing. He also did solo concerts featuring just him and his guitar. Raul Malo, 60 years.

[Joe Sucherer]

Old. He was.

[Chris Reivers]

Fantastic. Johnny. So did we see one of their last.

[John Richelieu]

Shows? Yeah, I think they. They only had three or four more shows after.

[Chris Reivers]

That. Holy cow. I did not know.

[John Richelieu]

That. Yeah, they did. This past weekend they did. There was a. Two shows at the Ryman in Nashville as a tribute to the Mavericks that he was supposed to be.

[Chris Reivers]

At. And he.

[John Richelieu]

Was. Unfortunately, though Thursday he was. He had to go to the hospital for obvious reasons. They proceeded with the concerts. Many, many country stars performing stars performing.

[Chris Reivers]

There. But yeah, one of the coolest things about that show, Joe, was they were on the stage at the. Is it called the Midwest Wireless center or whatever it's called in Mankato where I've seen. Seen about 10 million hockey games. He said, sure glad that y' all named your hockey team after my band. Oh, yeah, the Mankato.

[Joe Sucherer]

Mavericks. Oh.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah. Yeah, that was pretty cool. And the place went nuts when he did that. That was pretty cool. That was a great show. Even though it was an abbreviated version of.

[Unknown Guest]

It. Who'd you go.

[Chris Reivers]

With?

[John Richelieu]

Myself.

I met Chris there in the middle of the concert. I have a picture.

[Chris Reivers]

Somewhere. We ran into a couple of gl ers that were at the show we.

[John Richelieu]

Did. Yeah, I don't remember his name, but Mike. Dave, something like that.

[Chris Reivers]

Anyway.

[Unknown Guest]

Rick. Hey.

[John Richelieu]

Rick. Anyway, a couple of stories from the what in the Wide Wide World of sports is going on here file. You've probably seen this online. A viral image of San Jose students forming a human swastika while lying on their high school's football field is causing some issues in the Silicon Valley community and prompting an outcry from the Jewish community. The picture of 8 Branham High School students posted Wednesday on social media a couple of by an Anti Semitic 1939 quote from Adolf Hitler. The post has since been deleted and denounced by local leaders. The students who took part in the incident have not been identified or have been identified. Excuse me. But their names will not be made public because of federal law. However, the matter has been referred to the San Jose Police Department and the district plans to work with the Anti Defamation League, the Bay Area Jewish Coalition, and the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Bay Area to address any fear caused by the event. Jewish students at the school and their parents expressed disbelief. I was really scared. My identity feels threatened right now. A Jewish senior at the school told the Jewish News of Northern California. There are people at my school who think they can get away with this. And for me, that was just really, really scary to.

[Joe Sucherer]

Know. You know, what's behind this idiocy. The failed academy. Do you think these kids know anything about World War.

[Unknown Guest]

II? No. You were reading My mind, because I was going to say, say, the Jewish people that are there have nothing to fear from these.

[Joe Sucherer]

Kids. They're too.

[Unknown Guest]

Dumb. They're just too.

[Joe Sucherer]

Stupid. Stupid. They're literally.

[John Richelieu]

Stupid.

And in Wisconsin, a Cinnabon worker has been fired after a racist outburst directed at two customers went viral. Cinnabon posted a statement on social media that the worker, who it did not identify, although she has been identified since, was immediately terminated by the franchise owner over the video. The video was posted on TikTok showed a white female employee cursing at and taunting customers from behind the counter as one of them recorded the encounter. At one point, she is seen on the video uttering a racial slur and saying, yes, I am racist and I'll say it to the whole world. The employee also was recorded giving an obscene hand gesture at customers and exchanging expletives with one of the persons in the store. The TikTok user who posted video said the incident happened while she and her husband were taking a break from shopping Friday at a mall in.

[Joe Sucherer]

Ashwaubenon. So they said, sounds good to.

[Unknown Guest]

Me. Whenever you go shopping with the CP at the mall, do you guys stop off at Cinnabon and I do. Lift your feet for 20.

[Joe Sucherer]

Minutes.

There was some context there. I. Not to defend. I know you. But she was given a lot of grief by these.

[John Richelieu]

Customers. She. Well, no, actually, they asked. They ordered a caramel pecan cinnamon roll and asked the worker to add more caramel. And that's when she kind of went.

[Joe Sucherer]

Craz. Yeah, you don't want to do.

[Chris Reivers]

That. You know, you kind of did.

[Joe Sucherer]

There.

[Chris Reivers]

What? Well, hold on a minute. Preeps, let's hear her.

[Joe Sucherer]

Out. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah. There's two sides to every.

[Joe Sucherer]

Story. I said I'm not defending.

[John Richelieu]

Her. A campaign to.

[Chris Reivers]

Benefit.

Let's hear your side of the.

[Joe Sucherer]

Story. Hear me out. No, I mean, it's not over here. Joe, I got an.

[Chris Reivers]

Idea. You take the side of.

[Joe Sucherer]

The. I'm not taking sides. I'm just saying, you know, she probably had a long. Never mind. Who.

[Unknown Guest]

Cares? A.

[Joe Sucherer]

Swastika. I know somebody probably kicked her.

[John Richelieu]

Chunks. The first thing when I. You guys piss me off, I just, you know, start throwing out racial slurs at.

[Kenny Olson]

You.

[Joe Sucherer]

Right. Right.

[Unknown Guest]

Away. Come on, John. What's wrong with.

[Kenny Olson]

You? You white bread eat.

[Chris Reivers]

Crackers. Joel, I'll be against child predators.

[Joe Sucherer]

And you can be.

[Chris Reivers]

It.

Was that the.

[John Richelieu]

Guy?

[Joe Sucherer]

Yeah. They practice.

I'll be for better feeling. You'll be against.

[Kenny Olson]

It?

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah.

[Joe Sucherer]

Again?

[John Richelieu]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah. Oh, it's my turn to be.

[Joe Sucherer]

My.

[John Richelieu]

Turn.

A campaign to benefit the fired worker has raised tens of thousands of dollars. Come on. Well, it's the same crowd rated crowdfunding platform where the woman down in Minnesota, in Rochester, that area. Yeah, same. Same.

[Joe Sucherer]

Fundraising. She was out on the.

[Kenny Olson]

Playground. So if I want to get rich, I go stand on the corner and scream out the N word and then money just starts.

[Chris Reivers]

Rolling. But the difference is, Kenny, you've got to be a female and decent looking. That's the.

[Unknown Guest]

Key. You got only half a.

[John Richelieu]

Shot. She was identified in a New York Post story. I didn't use any of the New York Post story, but she was asking how much money do you think I can make from this on.

[Chris Reivers]

TikTok? So you know there's a special spot for.

[Joe Sucherer]

Her.

Well, you know, there's another way to.

[Chris Reivers]

Look. No, she's not a good.

[Joe Sucherer]

Person. Isn't there another way to look at.

[Chris Reivers]

It? Well, come.

[Joe Sucherer]

On. I have no idea. I have no idea. Doesn't sound very sporting though, does it? Why don't we take a time.

[Chris Reivers]

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We are going to do this delightful.

[John Richelieu]

Tune. Are you gonna break the rules.

[Unknown Guest]

Chris?

You cannot stop.

[Joe Sucherer]

Him. He'll just make a.

[Jesse Valbrecht]

Move. Joel Sud Another year is almost.

[Joe Sucherer]

Near the.

[Jesse Valbrecht]

End.

Everything I made is.

[Arvin Shreve]

Christmas.

[Jesse Valbrecht]

Wish.

For every toy that's written on his.

[Joe Sucherer]

Land.

Santa Claus and all.

[Jesse Valbrecht]

The elders are working overtime Mama dad are helping so he doesn't fall behind Christmas time is coming round again.

Uh.

[Joe Sucherer]

Oh. Whoa.

Thank you very.

[Chris Reivers]

Much. I'm going down the Mavericks rabbit hole.

[Joe Sucherer]

Today. Thank you. This is troubling. Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered a 1-4-year-old. A 1,400-year-old skull that is in the shape of a cube. It's a skull, square head. People are walking around with square heads. It's unlike anything they've ever.

[Chris Reivers]

Seen. Was he on top of a tractor like, let's say in the late.

[Joe Sucherer]

90S? The find came from Belcon de Montezuma in.

Tamaulapas. And it really stood.

[Kenny Olson]

Out. Swinging a.

[Joe Sucherer]

Mess. It really stood out because she's a.

[Unknown Guest]

Square. Was there anything else found with it? Just the one. Is there a. Because if there's a family of square.

[Chris Reivers]

Heads. Family of square heads. That was my father, by the.

[Joe Sucherer]

Way. That was not my square head. My head's as round as the.

[Unknown Guest]

Ball, if you know what I'm.

[Joe Sucherer]

Saying. According to a translated statement for Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, the skull belonged to a middle aged man who lived in a village. Of course it has to be a.

[Unknown Guest]

Village. It's a.

[Joe Sucherer]

Village. It's always got to be a village. That flourished around A.D. 400. Dozens of circular houses filled the sediment. Oh great. Their houses were circular, but their heads were square. Cranial modification was not unusual, but this shape was. Biological anthropologist Jesus Ernesto Velasco.

[Chris Reivers]

Gonzalez. Can you hold.

[Joe Sucherer]

Please? Said modified skulls from the area usually point toward an erect shape created by soft.

[Unknown Guest]

Padding. You think there's any bears in this.

[Joe Sucherer]

Cave?

This one though. A square head off your club foot. You know, I'm trying to be serious here about humanity. So am I. This Mexican mystery is crazy. This one though, keeps me up at night. This one though was flattened across the top giving it a block like structure. It was. It's that her father own a liquor store.

[Kenny Olson]

In. Are you doing a commercial.

[Joe Sucherer]

Joe? Is this an endorsement in anthropological. Anthropological terms, it was called a parallel lepid. Lepepid square head. You got the square head. You've seen the cone.

[Unknown Guest]

Heads. Yeah, but those are cones. A square head I've got seen. You'd have to have like the.

[Joe Sucherer]

Box. You know how you got a cone shaped skull in the Mesoamerican culture.

You wrap the baby's head with fabric to make it stretch longer over time. God, I wouldn't do that to a.

[Kenny Olson]

Kid. Funnel on the.

[Unknown Guest]

Head. I had a child that came out a little cone.

[Joe Sucherer]

Head. Yeah, this is squares though. These are square.

[Unknown Guest]

Heads. She doesn't like to be.

[Chris Reivers]

Reminded. I was gonna ask if he was sitting between.

[Unknown Guest]

Us. No, no, not this.

[Joe Sucherer]

Guy. The experts are struggling with what the shape is meant to be. We're puzzled across Mesoamerica. Distinct head forms marked cultural identity, social rank or group affiliation. Velasco Gonzalez said his team suspect this case signals a cultural exchange or influence that has not been mapped.

[Unknown Guest]

Yet.

We don't really have round heads. We have.

[Joe Sucherer]

What? Oval shaped heads. But these are. Course, these are.

[Kenny Olson]

Cubes. No, they found one.

[Joe Sucherer]

Right? Oh, yeah, there's some more.

[Unknown Guest]

One. Maybe they had.

[Joe Sucherer]

The. Well.

[Kenny Olson]

There'S. We're making a big deal about.

[Unknown Guest]

One. The bone blacksmith. He's working on these, trying to square it.

[Kenny Olson]

Off. Or somebody shoved the kid's head in a box and forgot to take it off. And now we're thousands of years later, we're making a big deal about.

[Joe Sucherer]

Wine. He couldn't be the only cube head there. There had to be.

[Kenny Olson]

More. Show me.

[Joe Sucherer]

More. Well, they're going to dig them up. They.

[Kenny Olson]

Got. You know what's a bigger mystery is this underground complex under the Giza.

[Joe Sucherer]

Plateau. I've been reading about.

[Kenny Olson]

That. Yeah, that's.

[Joe Sucherer]

Fascinating. That was full of cube heads.

[Kenny Olson]

Too. Something's going on.

[Chris Reivers]

Down. Like ice.

[Unknown Guest]

Cube. The cube heads aren't alive.

[Kenny Olson]

Anymore. What's he building in.

[Joe Sucherer]

There? That was 1400 years.

[Unknown Guest]

Ago. Yeah, that was a long time.

[Joe Sucherer]

Ago.

I'm saying. I think so. Well, let's see where we are as we continue our trip with the traveling.

[Unknown Guest]

Lyman. That time.

[Joe Sucherer]

Already. Well, I hope they're not anywhere near that tsunami, but I don't think they are. The traveling Lymans are in a new.

[Chris Reivers]

Location. What was your question about tsunamis, by the way? Because I did look it.

[Joe Sucherer]

Up.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes. If you're at sea, you just.

[Joe Sucherer]

Rise up a little bit, Right?

[Kenny Olson]

Right. You don't even really.

[Joe Sucherer]

Notice. I don't think you see a three story wall of water washing. No, it's not like it's going to wave coming. But the point is it just keeps.

[Unknown Guest]

Coming. But it's going to be powerful. Even if you're out at.

[Kenny Olson]

Sea. It's just a.

[Joe Sucherer]

Swell. Bummy. Ride it.

[Chris Reivers]

Out. A series of powerful ocean waves generated by large scale underwater.

[Joe Sucherer]

Disturbances. I understand how they're.

[Kenny Olson]

Formed. I'll be in the bathroom. Call me when it's.

[Joe Sucherer]

Over. This. The Lymans have.

[Chris Reivers]

Departed. This one.

[Joe Sucherer]

Out. The Lymans have departed Darwin, Australia, and they're cruising east in the Arafura Sea off the south coast of Papua New.

[Unknown Guest]

Guinea. Papua New guinea.

[Joe Sucherer]

Wow. And the north coast of the Northern Territory of Australia. So I can picture that in my mind's eye. They're off the south coast of New guinea and just north of Australia. You can picture that in your.

[Chris Reivers]

Mind. Swings.

[Joe Sucherer]

Down. Well, this is an amazing trip. Check it out at Worldwide Waftage. One word. Worldwide.

[Chris Reivers]

Waftage.com. can I ask a question? How many days at sea would you guys be able to tolerate? Because I don't think I'd be able.

[Joe Sucherer]

To. The traveling lineman's. This is day.

[Chris Reivers]

44. That's what I mean. I don't think I could do.

[Kenny Olson]

That. I'm thinking about 20 minutes or.

[Chris Reivers]

So. Yeah, I'm with.

[Joe Sucherer]

Ken. I don't bother me in the least 44 days water, you know, I'm not doing that in one of these flu ridden cruise ships, you know, I don't know what they're on. Charters are still healthy. They're still, still.

[Unknown Guest]

Healthy. Cruise.

[Joe Sucherer]

City. Yeah, I don't do that. Cruise World. It was on this day.

[Chris Reivers]

Joe. Today is December 9th in.

[Joe Sucherer]

1890. On this day, the University Avenue streetcar line for Minneapolis to St. Paul began operating. You know what I stumbled across yesterday, completely by accident on YouTube was a 15 minute 15 film of the streetcar going from Minneapolis to St. Paul in the.

[Chris Reivers]

Mid-50S.

[Joe Sucherer]

Really?

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah. On.

[Joe Sucherer]

YouTube. On YouTube. It was really.

[Chris Reivers]

Cool. I gotta look that up.

On this day, December.

[Joe Sucherer]

9Th. Boy, there were a lot of neat cars, I'll tell you that. On this day, December 9th in 1935, tabloid editor Walter W. Ligget was killed by machine gun fire at his Minneapolis home. A crusading reporter, Liggett had ties with right and left wingers, was accused of blackmail and was an opponent of Governor Floyd B. Olson. Gangster Kid can, who was Isadore Blumenfeld, was tried for the crime but found not guilty. We only had two items today. Is that what you find, John? Only two.

[John Richelieu]

Items? That's all I.

[Joe Sucherer]

Have. We don't do much in December in this part of the world. It's cold. Yeah. On this day in sports disappointment.

[Chris Reivers]

History. Who'd we lose to on December.

[Joe Sucherer]

9Th? Well, we didn't necessarily lose this one. December 9th, 1941, two days after Pearl Harbor, Bruce Smith for the U of M won the Heisman Trophy from. Is he from.

[Chris Reivers]

Faribault? Faribault.

[Joe Sucherer]

Minnesota. Oh, my God.

I.

[Chris Reivers]

Don'T. One of us has played at Bruce Smith High school football.

[Joe Sucherer]

Field. Boy, if this happened, I forgot completely about it. On this day, December 9th in 1993, the Dallas Stars returned and played Ottawa at the Target.

[Chris Reivers]

Center. Are you kidding.

[Joe Sucherer]

Me? I don't remember.

[Chris Reivers]

This. I don't.

[Unknown Guest]

Either. I don't.

[Chris Reivers]

Either. Did we boo the crap out of.

[Joe Sucherer]

Them? I would imagine.

[Chris Reivers]

So. Well, wait a minute. You're the host of Northstar Confidential. How did you not chronicle.

[Joe Sucherer]

This? That was in the 80s. 80s. I didn't know about this. Target Center. Yeah, they have a nice.

[Chris Reivers]

Ring. It's in.

[Unknown Guest]

Minneapolis. Hockey related. I will say that on January 30th, Mike Madonna will be the keynote guest at the Nativity Sports Shirts.

[Joe Sucherer]

Day. How did you lure him in? Does he live in the Twin.

[Unknown Guest]

Cities? He married one of the Micheletti's. So I don't know if they live here currently.

[Joe Sucherer]

Or. I thought he was married to Lita.

[Unknown Guest]

Ford. They.

[Joe Sucherer]

Will. Of.

[Unknown Guest]

Course. They went out and they. I think they got married. But the marriage didn't last long. The Ford probably won't come up when I interview. Wait, I'll probably so Madonna.

[Chris Reivers]

Runaways. Thank.

[John Richelieu]

You. I was wondering the same.

[Joe Sucherer]

Thing. Wasn't it Lita.

[Chris Reivers]

Ford? Madonna married Willa.

[Kenny Olson]

Ford. Oh, well, she's a good looking.

[Joe Sucherer]

Forward, I'll tell you.

[Unknown Guest]

That. She wasn't hard on the.

[Chris Reivers]

Ice. Do you think those kids play hockey? Madonna married a m. Oh my.

[Unknown Guest]

God. They got five.

[Joe Sucherer]

Kids. They're already on the Olympic.

[Unknown Guest]

Team. Five.

[Joe Sucherer]

Kids. I'm going to ask you again. Do they live in the Twin.

[Unknown Guest]

Cities? That I don't.

[Chris Reivers]

Know. Well, he works for the.

[Joe Sucherer]

Wild. He's up there on Maine on this day, December 9th. In 2010, the Twins traded J.J. hardy to the Orioles. Is that a big.

[Chris Reivers]

Deal? That was a bad.

[Joe Sucherer]

Trade. Why? Was J.J. hardy.

[Chris Reivers]

Good? Yeah, he was an all star.

[Joe Sucherer]

Shortstop. I'll be. Damn. I didn't know that. Why is there. What are you gonna do? That's it. That's all I.

[Chris Reivers]

Got. Okay, that's gonna do.

[Joe Sucherer]

Her. Oh, I still didn't get to this. I'll wait till.

[Chris Reivers]

Tomorrow. Stay tuned.

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[Unknown Guest]

Just I was just checking out Instagram right now and and the latest is the best text you can receive on Thanksgiving morning. Here's dad. Hey, I crapped my pants at mile two of the Turkey Trot. Pick me up at the Applebee's parking.

[Chris Reivers]

Lot. 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 952-925-5608. 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 boy Josh, I know you were as big a sports fan as I am. Giraffe Kings is making a lot of news right now, aren't.

[Arvin Shreve]

They? I don't know whether Giraffe Kings is making a lot of news, but they are making some news. Flutter is making some news. Fanatics is making making news as each one of them is entering in the to the predictions market as a way to we'll say get more customers or keep some of their customers happy. The predictions markets which have been popularized by private companies like Poly Poly Market and Kelsey and I say private markets because they're not publicly traded have been on a rol this year attracting a lot of investor dollar. The predictions markets will cover everything from when the sun will come up tomorrow or whether the sun will come up tomorrow to will the Vikings beat the packers in the last game of game of the year two and this is a big one with the prediction market to the direction of the Federal Reserve which starts their meeting today and concludes concludes it tomorrow.

The prediction market right now show an 89% probability that the Fed will cut interest rates at least 25 basis points after their meeting but will be somewhat hawkish in their commentary going forward. The Fed.

Has indicated, or at least some Fed members have indicated, that there is really no need to cut interest rates at this point in time as inflation is still significantly above their 2% target rate. And recent figures have shown that components in we'll say the CPI or even the Personal Consumption Expenditure Index have continued to go up Indicating of course that inflation is still with us. We have talked.

Numerous times that it is difficult to bring down inflation particularly given that.

35% plus of the CPI indicator.

Consumer price index is housing related costs. And the last time I looked rents have not been going down because home mortgages are up.

I will say home.

Home payments are also up. If we add to that taxes and insurance very difficult to get to an inflation level of 2%. Taxes arising at least property taxes arising in most areas at a rate greater than inflation or greater than definitely greater than inflation.

And the cost of insurance, whether it's property and property insurance, other casualty insurance, your car insurance and definitely health insurance is rising at rates two to three times that of inflation. So if I add just the insurance portion to the housing portion of the CPI or even what you or I spend personally.

That inflation number is going to be well above that 2% target that the Fed has now. They're raising interest rates of course is not going to bring down.

My insurance cost. It's not going to bring down my health insurance cost, my property insurance cost or my car insurance cost. Particularly given the amount of spending that has taken place to replace.

I'll say for replacement costs. They definitely have not, not come down. And the amount of.

The amount of spending on health care continues, you know, to, continues to explode. So.

The Fed looking at that those numbers alone would conclude oh my goodness, we, we've got to actually raise interest rates to stall these economy. Well quite frankly through the years I have yet to see raising interest rates cut the cost of my, of my insurance. Quite, quite the contrary. And I think that's, that's true for me. It's probably also true to true with you. The Fed's other mandate will say employment.

And here the Fed does face a little bit of a quandary as.

Numbers still indicate that. Well, I'll say the jobs numbers still indicate that the companies are hiring and not or I'll say hiring more than firing. So here we'll come back to the predictions markets and they are making money on people's bets on outcomes whether it be the direction of interest rates or the direction of sports.

We'll say sports scores Companies like public publicly traded companies like Flutter.

And draftkings have been adding predictions markets to their array of offerings and that could help both of these stocks recover a little bit from recent lows. Others involved in the predictions market as we said is privately held fanatics, privately held Kelsey and Pottery market. And then we can look at publicly traded companies like.

Interactive Brokers and of course, Robinhood and Robinhood. Wow. That that stock. Stock is extremely volatile.

Given their.

I'll say, not only their client base but given how the market perceives them. Not only part of the predictions market but also trading in options and especially in Bitcoin which is not doing.

[Chris Reivers]

Well. Excellent advice as always, Mr. MoneyTalk. You heard him jailers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the the call for that free. Yes, I use the word free 48 minute financial consultation with absolutely zero obligation. And you do that just like I did by dialing 952-925-5608 where you always get straight talk and never ever sugarcoated advice. Josh, once again, thank you so much for the time and the chat. Enjoy the rest of your day and we'll talk to you again.

[John Richelieu]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Sucherer]

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