1/30 We take a much needed break from the world of ICE today

Summary

Garage Logic — Episode Summary

Podcast: Garage Logic
Host: Joe Soucheray (with Chris Reavers, John Hines, John Randall, Matthew Erickson, Patrick Reusse, others)
Date: January 30, 2026
Episode: "We take a much needed break from the world of ICE today"

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Episode Overview

On this episode of Minnesota’s long-running and whimsical "Garage Logic," host Joe Soucheray (“The Mayor”) is joined by the regular crew for an engaging detour from recent heavy topics around ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) events. Instead, the focus shifts to Minnesota sports, peculiar historical theories, comedy cancellations, a spirited listener critique, and the usual blend of irreverent, common sense banter that defines Garage Logic.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Disputed Shakespeare Authorship (04:22–08:19)

• Premise: The cast discusses a recently resurfaced claim that William Shakespeare’s works were authored by Emilia Bassano, a black Jewish Tudor poet, as proposed by feminist historian Irene Costlet.
• Skepticism: Joe Soucheray and the crew remain highly skeptical, referencing a 2015 Snopes article debunking the theory.
  • Quote: “This is an old theory... Snopes did a thing on it.” — Joe Soucheray [06:02]
• The group lampoons the perpetually evolving Shakespeare authorship conspiracies (Francis Bacon, etc.).

2. Cabinet Meeting Pep Rallies and Trump/Putin Photo (08:42–13:41)

• Discussion of perceived surreal Cabinet meetings under Trump, described as “pep rallies,” and the controversial framed photo of Trump with Putin now hung in the White House's Palm Room.
  • Quote: “It’s not his house. It’s our house. And now we got Putin hanging in the Palm Room. What the hell?” — John Hines [13:31]
• Tongue-in-cheek speculation on White House decor and joking asides about Trump’s supposed taste for gold interiors.

3. IndyCar Race in D.C. and Trump’s Lamborghini (14:13–18:29)

• News break: An IndyCar race is planned around the National Mall, with the White House involved in the route designation per executive order.
• Crew debates Trump’s car guy credentials; confirms he once owned a 1997 Lamborghini Diablo.
  • Quote: “Trump showed me something by owning a Lambo. He didn’t fall for the Ferrari cult.” — John Hines [16:42]
• Affectionate ribbing on car culture, Ferrari vs. Lamborghini, and car auction trivia.

4. Road America and Racing Memories (20:23–23:22)

• Praise for Wisconsin’s Road America track and the town of Elkhart Lake.
  • Quote: “It’s an amazing facility... a great gathering of cars in the town when there’s a big race weekend.” — John Hines [21:01]
• Amusing observations about the challenges and benefits of living near a racetrack.

5. Listener Letter: Comedy, Free Speech, and Cancel Culture (24:04–34:41)

• Listener Tom Bonnet’s Letter: Critiques the GL hosts for prematurely judging comedian Ben Bankus after his St. Paul show was canceled due to controversial ICE-related jokes.
  • Quote: “Nine minutes of your time is not too much to ask before assassinating the character of a comedian.” — Tom Bonnet (read by John Hines) [31:24]
• The crew responds: Both John and Joe did listen to more of Bankus’s material and stand by their lukewarm appraisal—"potential, but not funny (yet)."
  • General contemplation on the state of stand-up comedy, politics, and social media outrage cycles.

6. ICE, Protest, and Law Enforcement (49:26–53:38)

• Updates on the deaths of Alex Preddy and Renee Goode during ICE actions in Minnesota.
• Mixed feelings about law enforcement behavior, protester conduct, and press coverage.
  • Quote: “Nothing is what it seems anymore.” — John Hines [51:52]
• Discussion on how legal rulings are affecting ICE actions—now, detainees must have attorneys contacted prior to release.

7. Minnesota Sports Shakeups (10:56, 45:04, 66:12–74:26)

• Major Management Firings:
  • Minnesota Twins' GM Derek Falvi and Vikings' GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah both let go.
  • Speculation on the dysfunctional timing of these changes.
    • Quote: “They have become the absolute definition of dysfunction over there.” — John Randall [46:17]
  • Patrick Reusse joins to react with his signature dry wit, and the crew jokes about quirky sports history and gossip (Matt Kalil lawsuit, legendary locker room rumor).
• Twins and Vikings upcoming moves, plus playful debate about the teams’ fortunes and leadership decisions.
• Brief reverence for the Timberwolves’ unpredictability and Gophers hockey.

8. News Roundup: National and Local (Swift Clips, 45:04–64:51)

• Fed Chair Powell replaced by Kevin Warsh.
• Trump family sues IRS for alleged leaks.
• Catherine O’Hara (actress) passes away, crew reminisces about her best roles.
  • Quote: “Best in Show—oh my God, she was so good.” — Chris Reavers [63:54]

9. Road Design Rants (80:05–83:52)

• Chris Reavers vents about the infamous design of I-35E into St. Paul ("the Practice Freeway"), reading outlandish social media responses to his proposal to overhaul it.
  • Quote: “How am I supposed to get jacked for hockey when I’m rocking out but only moving at the speed of smell?” — Listener, via Chris Reavers [82:06]

10. Historical On-This-Day Notes (85:27–87:57)

• Joe delivers quirky Minnesota historical trivia—Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 1867 lecture, tax agreements with North Dakota, radio legend Charlie Boone’s retirement.

11. Classic GL Banter and Humor Throughout

• Lampooning various conspiracy theories, riffing about the quirks of local government and street design, and constant playful ribbing among the hosts.
• Running gags about ticket-buying habits, aging, and musical nostalgia.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the Trump/Putin Photograph:
  “It’s not his house. It’s our house. And now we got Putin hanging in the Palm Room. What the hell?” — John Hines [13:31]
• Listener Critique on Comedy Callouts:
  “Nine minutes of your time is not too much to ask before assassinating the character of a comedian.” — Tom Bonnet (read by John Hines) [31:24]
• Sports Dysfunction:
  “They have become the absolute definition of dysfunction over there.” — John Randall [46:17]
• On State of Modern Comedy:
  “Comedy falls along tribal lines, like everything else.” — John Hines [32:12]
• On Trying to Navigate Outrage and News:
  “Nothing is what it seems anymore.” — John Hines [51:52]
• Racing Riff:
  “It’s an amazing facility... a great gathering of cars in the town when there’s a big race weekend.” — John Hines [21:01]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [04:22–08:19] Shakespeare authorship conspiracies
• [08:42–13:41] Cabinet "pep rallies", Trump/Putin photo
• [14:13–18:29] White House IndyCar race, Trump’s Lamborghini
• [20:23–23:22] Road America & Elkhart Lake nostalgia
• [24:04–34:41] Listener letter, comedy cancellations, state of stand-up
• [49:26–53:38] ICE, law enforcement, Minnesota protest updates
• [66:12–74:26] Sports shakeups, Patrick Reusse joins
• [80:05–83:52] Design of practice freeway, Twitter reactions
• [85:27–87:57] "On this day" Minnesota trivia

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Tone & Style

All discussions are conducted in the show's signature tone—a blend of Midwestern common sense, sarcasm, playfulness, and cranky humor—with each host bouncing off the others’ digressions and idiosyncrasies. Banter and irreverence are constant, but local news, listener feedback, and sports are given sincere attention when warranted.

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For New Listeners: Should You Listen?

This episode exemplifies the Garage Logic formula: topical rabbit holes, sharp comic timing, and a love/hate relationship with Minnesota’s evolving identity. If you enjoy sports, news, common sense rants, and sardonic local color, you’ll feel right at home.

Transcript

[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Hines]

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[John Hines]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Hines]

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[John Randall]

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[John Hines]

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[John Randall]

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[John Hines]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Hines]

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[Matthew Erickson]

I got a sound.

[John Hines]

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[Patrick Reusse]

Oh, do I enjoy it?

[John Hines]

Oh, sure.

[Patrick Reusse]

I stretch my legs, my hands, my toes.

[John Randall]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[John Hines]

And now, from the boat above the boathouse on the east shore, toe curling, it's Garage Logic with Chris Reavers manning technology Corps. Shut out Kenny O coffee shop. John Height in the news.

[Joe Soucheray]

Rookie. Hi, ro.

[John Hines]

Here is your Flashlight King. Love you, fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Sushi. You are looking at him.

[John Randall]

You are looking live. Your attention to these.

[Chris Reavers]

Chris, I gave you a message off the air to deliver to Joe. Did you in fact deliver that message?

[John Hines]

Well, in between, probably not.

[John Randall]

In between him cursing at all of us.

[John Hines]

I did not.

[John Randall]

No, I'm just kidding. I did not.

[John Hines]

Kenny, is it something I should know.

[John Randall]

About the YouTube video?

[Chris Reavers]

No, no, it was. I. I've got a friend in town and he's heard your name.

[John Randall]

Oh.

[Chris Reavers]

And I just wanted to make sure that that message was delivered.

[John Hines]

Who?

[Matthew Erickson]

Springsteen.

[John Hines]

You know that Shakespeare was actually a black Jewish woman we did know about. I didn't know that.

[Chris Reavers]

Yes, well documented. There's even pictures.

[Matthew Erickson]

What is the name?

[John Hines]

A feminist historian has identified a Tudor T U D O R Tudor Tudor poet Emilia Bassano as the true author whose identity has been hidden by the literary establishment. You can get a. William Shakespeare was a black Jewish woman whose work was stolen by a semi literate businessman. A controversial new book has claimed. So Shakespeare apparently was just a, you know, a guy who ran the Acme general store in town.

[Matthew Erickson]

Who's writing the book?

[John Hines]

Well, a feminist historian named Irene Costlet.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yeah.

[John Hines]

And she argues that the real genius behind the world's most famous plays was Emilia Bassano, a Tudor court poet who used Shakespeare as a pen name.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, what about the rumor of Francis Bacon? Because we've been Hearing that one for a while.

[John Hines]

Rook, I want you to look up Irene I R E N E causelet cos let. Could you just give me a little bio information on this feminist author who's claiming that Shakespeare was actually a black Jewish woman, which. Which kind of turns the world on its ear, doesn't it?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, this is an old theory. I had heard it when you brought it up, so I went and looked it up.

[John Hines]

You're kidding me. I, I. This is all new to me.

[Joe Soucheray]

2015, actually. Snopes did a thing on it.

[John Hines]

Did they say that's true?

[Joe Soucheray]

They said, no, it was not. And they talked about the woman and scholars saying, blah, blah, blah, you know, what about Bacon?

[Chris Reavers]

Francis Bacon?

[John Hines]

I don't want to talk about him. I don't know anything about him.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, well, he was one of the people rumored to be Shakespeare.

[John Randall]

Oh.

[John Hines]

What did you find?

[Joe Soucheray]

I heard that.

[Matthew Erickson]

Oh, yeah, when I Googled this, it says, Amelia Lanier theory of Shakespeare authorship.

[John Hines]

I asked you to look up.

[Matthew Erickson]

Well, this is what came up on the Wikipedia page from her. When I clicked on it, it said that Amelia Bassano is the actual author of the least part of the plays and poems attributed to Shakespeare. As is the case with dozens of other candidates suggested to be the Oxford.

[John Hines]

The author is Irene Coslet. Did you find anything on her?

[Matthew Erickson]

She was also ran.

[John Hines]

Matt. She wrote the book that's contending this.

[Joe Soucheray]

You're talking about Amelia Lanier. I thought no.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, yeah, that's who comes up when you search that name, Amelia Lanier.

[Matthew Erickson]

Well, so I'm trying to find her.

[Chris Reavers]

Seems like something that should have been, you know, sussed out maybe 45 minutes ago.

[John Hines]

She does have no. And I'll tell you why. Everything I see today.

[Matthew Erickson]

Hang on. Rude, maybe hit the refresh.

[Chris Reavers]

Wouldn't be a bad idea.

[John Hines]

Every. Everything I see today makes no sense.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, well, okay, now we're. Now we're playing ball. Okay, because that me Right. Same here, Joe. I'm here.

[Matthew Erickson]

For example, Irene Coslid comes to Shakespeare as an expert in feminism. She has studied feminism for 20 years, has been involved in the promotion of gender equality in multiple organizations and countries around the world. She holds several degrees, including a master's degree in media at the London School of Economics.

[John Hines]

Well, that's. That's fine. And mom and dad, meet Linda.

[John Randall]

She's been studying feminism for 40 years.

[John Hines]

You know, as I said, nothing.

[Chris Reavers]

I don't think that would be a.

[John Hines]

As I say, nothing makes sense in a cabinet meeting. The Secretary of War. Because we don't Say defense anymore.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yeah, I like defense better than war.

[John Hines]

Pete Higseth, he said the raid on Venezuela was the greatest sneak attack in the history of the world.

[Chris Reavers]

Of the world.

[John Hines]

I'm not making this up. Oh, boy. And that kind of wipes out D day, doesn't it? You know, I mean, that was kind of sneaky.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, Pearl harbor was kind of Pearl Harbor Trojan horse.

[John Hines]

I'm sure we can think of a few.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right.

[John Randall]

Germans bomb Pearl Harbor.

[John Hines]

Here's what he actually said.

[John Randall]

Oh, boy.

[John Hines]

He said the Trump's administration's dead of night raid in Caracas and abduction of former president Nicolas Maduro was the most sophisticated power raid in world history.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, okay. Sophisticated. That's. There's a big difference there.

[John Hines]

Not to me.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, really?

[John Hines]

No, Not a bit, no. I got a lot of other raids that I'd place above sneaking into Venezuela at 2 in the morning.

[Chris Reavers]

You just said sophisticated.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

So I'm thinking technology and stuff.

[Joe Soucheray]

Stuff.

[Matthew Erickson]

You know, maybe not necessarily the greatest, but I would say if you're slipping into a country with some choppers, you nab the guy and there's a level of sophistication.

[Chris Reavers]

But continue, because I want to hear what you've got to say in this. I'll stop interrupting, Ken, is allowing you.

[John Hines]

To continue to say. I just. I'm. I'm gobsmacked.

[Chris Reavers]

No other military in the world could have executed the most sophisticated power for raid. Not just in American history. I would say in world history, what those men did going downtown in another country is the most secure base in the middle of the night and without anybody knowing until those. Here's a big word, Matt. Simultaneous bombs dropped three minutes before the helicopter dropped. No other country could coordinate that. No other president would have been willing to empower those warriors that way. I think you know what a contact high is, Joe. You go to a concert and you walk out of there feeling kind of. Hey, how you doing? I think he's might have a little contact high from hanging out with the Vikings.

[John Hines]

Just fired Gustav Adelphus Kwesi.

[John Randall]

Adolfo Mensah has been relieved of his duties. Rob Brzezinski will lead all operations through the 2026 NFL Draft.

[John Hines]

Football GMs are pretty important, aren't they?

[John Randall]

I would say.

[John Hines]

Aren't they the ones that control the purse string?

[John Randall]

I think what happened was they decided to do that because the twins also fired their president of operations, Derek Falvier, early this morning.

[John Hines]

So I didn't know that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[John Hines]

Boy, a lot of firing going on, Joe.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm reading this speech. It's a pep rally speech.

[John Hines]

Right?

[Chris Reavers]

The whole thing. I mean, he goes on and on and on. It's. It's a pep rally.

[Joe Soucheray]

Have you ever watched any of the Cabinet meetings?

[John Randall]

No.

[Joe Soucheray]

Everybody in the Cabinet goes around and tells how great they think President Trump is.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, really? Really?

[John Hines]

That's a Cabinet meeting?

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[Matthew Erickson]

Well, do they stand as they do?

[Chris Reavers]

It's coming up on Friday.

[John Hines]

Let's make sure. Has come up a few times.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

That's another word for it. But. Yeah. Yeah.

[John Hines]

Huh. Doesn't make sense. A lot of things don't make sense to me. Do you know that in the White House, Donald Trump has added a framed photo of himself with Vladimir Putin?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. I had that in the news. I was gonna have.

[John Hines]

It's in the Palm Room. Which is probably going to be bathed in gold.

[Chris Reavers]

Who's taller in the photo?

[John Hines]

Trump.

[Matthew Erickson]

We didn't spend any time in the Palm Room. In the White House.

[John Hines]

No. Which connects the. Connects the West Wing to the executive resident. Shows a framed image of the US President and the Russian president. Their summit in Alaska. Okay. He's the biggest mass murderer of the 21st century. I guess you could have his. I'm surprised. I wonder if he's got one with the guy who runs North Korea. The Kim Jong, Willie Nelson or whatever the hell his name is. Well. And that. But on the same day we learned that Putin is thumbing his nose at the ceasefire that Trump engineered and is just lobbing whatever he wants into Ukraine again. But we got his picture up in the house. I own. I own the house. It's not Trump's house.

[Matthew Erickson]

It's your house.

[John Hines]

My house?

[Matthew Erickson]

Yes.

[John Hines]

It's your house.

[Matthew Erickson]

Look here.

[Joe Soucheray]

Did you okay all that gold?

[John Hines]

I don't. I don't like the gold. Where do we import that from? Las Vegas funeral parlor.

[Chris Reavers]

I love your new ballroom.

[John Hines]

It's not his house. It's our house. It's our house. And now we got Putin hanging in the Palm Room. What the hell? Huh?

[Matthew Erickson]

I thought I locked that. It's like closing up the holy door.

[Chris Reavers]

You have to go through. You have to go through a closet to get in there.

[Matthew Erickson]

And it's a little half door. One of those Dutch doors.

[John Randall]

A little. The lower portion.

[John Hines]

I don't know. You know, it's just me. I'm sure the cult believes that. That's fine. I'm not in any cult. I. I personally find it distasteful to have a picture of Trump and Putin together in the Palm Room. That's just me.

[Chris Reavers]

This is how we're gonna go into the weekend.

[John Hines]

It's just me. I just don't like. I don't like Putin.

[Matthew Erickson]

Well, I don't trust him.

[John Randall]

Maybe it was. Oh, sorry.

[John Hines]

I mean, you don't like him because when he plays in those media hockey games, they always let him score about 9 goals.

[Matthew Erickson]

More goals than Gretzky combined with Wayne Gretzky.

[John Hines]

John Eels, an old man who shot 18 on a golf course.

[John Randall]

Do you think it was a part of a promotional campaign?

[John Hines]

For what?

[John Randall]

Well, because we announced the first ever IndyCar race around the nation's capital this morning.

[John Hines]

What had to do with Putin?

[John Randall]

No, I'm just thinking maybe that was part of the deal, you know.

[Chris Reavers]

Let me ask you.

[John Randall]

We're gonna have a racetrack around the White House.

[John Hines]

I used to ask Rookie how his brain works and I gave up doing that cuz it doesn't work. So what I'm asking you is, sure, how does your brain work that I'm sitting here talking about a frame photograph of Putin in the Palm Room and suddenly you're bringing up an Indy 500 race.

[John Randall]

Oh, right around the White House.

[John Hines]

How does it work?

[John Randall]

By the ballroom, the brand new ball.

[Chris Reavers]

What happened? It's the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington D.C. it's coming in August, right.

[John Randall]

Around the Lincoln Memorial.

[John Hines]

Somebody help me. What does it have to do with what we've been talking about?

[John Randall]

Fun Friday.

[Chris Reavers]

An executive order signed today by your president. Donald J. Trump directed the White House Task force on celebrating America's 250th birthday to designate a race route through Washington D.C. and the National Mall.

[John Hines]

That's cool.

[John Randall]

That's going to be America.

[John Hines]

I love that.

[Chris Reavers]

For the purpose of conducting an NTT IndyCar Series race August 21, would they.

[Matthew Erickson]

Zip by the White House? That would be cool.

[Josh Arnold]

Sure.

[John Hines]

That he would arrange that and then we would be cool.

[John Randall]

A post game beverage at the brand new ballroom.

[John Hines]

I don't think it'll be done yet, Chris.

[Matthew Erickson]

Well, he's pretty demanding. He's a New Yorker.

[John Hines]

It'll be the greatest indie style race ever held.

[Chris Reavers]

I. You're absolutely right.

[Matthew Erickson]

It's gonna be. Kenny, serious question, is he a car guy, a race guy or no?

[Chris Reavers]

No, he's not. But this would put no Indy car in a league with F1 and all the historic tracks that they run. This is amazing. This is really.

[John Hines]

He owned a Lamborghini when he was allowed to drive.

[Chris Reavers]

Although he's been to a couple of NASCAR race but races. But I always thought that was just for photo.

[Matthew Erickson]

But remember.

[John Randall]

Yeah. Remember the tank? Is that what we call the. The limo? Isn't it called the tank?

[Matthew Erickson]

The beast.

[John Randall]

The beast. I'm sorry.

[John Hines]

Trump showed me something by owning a Lambo. He didn't fall for the Ferrari cult, but he. I saw a picture of the distinction.

[Matthew Erickson]

What's the difference?

[John Hines]

Well, I just think the Ferrari people have lost their minds. Okay.

[Chris Reavers]

Ferraris are for guys that do their nails.

[Matthew Erickson]

Oh, so that's. I would get a Ferrari.

[John Hines]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay.

[Matthew Erickson]

I got it. I got you now. Thank you.

[John Hines]

Yeah, you would. If you were a billionaire, you'd be.

[Patrick Reusse]

A Ferrari guy, you know?

[John Hines]

But I saw a picture of Trump at a gas station and he was filling up. I believe it was a Lamborghini. John, could you check that? I believe he owned a Lamborghini.

[John Randall]

Unloaded 88.

[Matthew Erickson]

Why in New York, would you.

[Chris Reavers]

I don't think so, Chris.

[John Hines]

Okay. He lives. He's got a win Mar a lago.

[Joe Soucheray]

You're right.

[John Hines]

Got a summer place.

[Joe Soucheray]

Donald Trump previously owned a 1997 Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster which he special ordered.

[John Hines]

Oh, boy.

[John Randall]

What color?

[John Hines]

I think it was blue.

[John Randall]

Gold.

[John Hines]

It was some shade blue.

[Joe Soucheray]

Le mons was the color.

[John Randall]

Red was his color.

[John Hines]

Well, he likes a red tie.

[John Randall]

That's true.

[John Hines]

But you can have a blue Lamborghini.

[John Randall]

Oh, I mean, I'm not gonna get.

[John Hines]

Sweet car. My hat's off to him.

[Chris Reavers]

95 to 2000.

[Joe Soucheray]

It was sold at auction by Barrett Jackson in 2024.

[John Hines]

Oh, really?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yep, for $1.1 million.

[John Randall]

Jerry Seinfeld bought it. I believe.

[John Hines]

Seinfeld is a Porsche guy. He's ruined the Porsche market.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's not a little easy to bring that up.

[Chris Reavers]

The Average price for one is 400. 1,000.

[John Hines]

A new one, you mean?

[Chris Reavers]

No, they didn't. They stopped make. Didn't you hear what I just said? They stopped making them. 25 years.

[John Hines]

That particular model they shipped.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[John Hines]

You could still get a Lambo. A new Lambo.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm talking about a Lamborghini Diablo.

[John Randall]

Did you hear the dude story?

[Chris Reavers]

Roadster? Donnie, you have no.

[Matthew Erickson]

No.

[Chris Reavers]

Nevermind.

[John Randall]

Joe, do you want one of these? Why don't we do. Yeah, regather ourselves.

[John Hines]

I'm fine. Okay. It's the rest of you morons. You were upset.

[John Randall]

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[Matthew Erickson]

And he throws down the cans.

[John Randall]

Please do me a favor and mention that you heard about him here on the garagelogic podcast.

[Chris Reavers]

What just happened?

[John Randall]

I think Joe had to go potty. I'm not exactly sure. Okay. He had to come back in. So about that race, Ken, is that gonna be a ticketed deal? Howdy. Is it gonna be set up like the Las Vegas race?

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, it's gonna be a pain in the ass to get to because all the beautiful people are gonna be going.

[John Randall]

And they'll blacken out all the windows.

[Chris Reavers]

Like they did in Texas. I'll tell you what, if you want to see an IndyCar race on a road course, go up to Wisconsin.

[John Hines]

It's.

[Chris Reavers]

They've got one of the best road courses. Well, it probably is the best road course in the country Road America, Joe. You've been up there.

[John Hines]

I've driven the track. Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

It's an amazing facility.

[John Hines]

They let us go about 50 miles an hour. I drove the track.

[Matthew Erickson]

Felt like you were going 80.

[John Hines]

I didn't pay a fee. And then you got in line. We went around the whole track.

[John Randall]

What did you drive?

[John Hines]

What, a car? Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

And it's a big stretch out in the countryside, so you can. There's a million viewing points. The crowd never gets too big. It's perfect. A great facility.

[John Hines]

I'm glad you brought that up. I had never been to Elkhart, Wisconsin, prior to visiting the track for the races.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[John Hines]

Now, there's a little town there called Elkhart Lake, and there Is in. Is a lake, Elkhart Lake. Really charming as hell. In the town are the old signposts for the original race.

[Chris Reavers]

Neat.

[John Hines]

The original race started in the town of Elkhart Lake.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[John Hines]

And so you. You know, this was bend number one, and then you go to Main street was bend number two. And. And great gathering of cars in the town when there's a big race weekend at Road America. But. And then there's this lake, Elkhart Lake, which is a lake similar to lakes people go to in Minnesota. They got the pontoon boat and the whole deal. And. And I don't know how they lived there because all summer long Elkhart Lake is holding races on weekends and you can hear everything now. I happen to like it, but I also happen to know. Well, I don't have to live here and I'm leaving in two days.

[Matthew Erickson]

You like the tranquility of the cocktail crews with the pontoon?

[John Hines]

Really a neat place. Really a neat place.

[Chris Reavers]

So you're one of the people that would move in and then complain about the noise. Yeah, that's the way they do in Alexandria with biking speed speedway and the way they do in south Minneapolis with the airport. Are you one of those guys, Joe? Is that what you're saying? Is that what we just discovered here on Garage Logic?

[John Hines]

No, I was saying that you've got.

[Chris Reavers]

No fight in you today.

[John Hines]

Golly, don't.

[Chris Reavers]

All right, I'll stop them.

[John Hines]

What I was saying is.

[Chris Reavers]

I think they relished. They relished the dollars, Joe. I think that's the trade out the money.

[John Hines]

Yeah. What I'm saying is, now that I know that it probably would be unlikely that I would want to live on that lake.

[Chris Reavers]

I guess I went off half cock.

[John Hines]

Yeah, I think so.

[Chris Reavers]

Anyway, it's June 19th through the 21st. Gallers. If you want to see a dandy road race, get your tickets, go up to Road America.

[John Hines]

Actually, you'd be going down to Road America.

[John Randall]

Jesus.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, no, no, he's. I'm a stickler about that. He's right.

[John Hines]

Well, from this part of country. Yeah, you'd be going down to it. I almost sound like height there, didn't I, Mr. FYI. Actually, Tom Bonnet's a good friend of the show, great emailer, longtime g ler, and I've been taken to task by Mr. Bonnet, which is kind of like it is, which is fine. He's. And you'll recall yesterday we were noting that there's a new comedy club in St. Paul, Laugh Camp.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yes.

[John Hines]

And they had Booked a comedian named Ben Bankus who I had not previously heard of. Same for six shows. It was supposed to, I suppose, starting today and tomorrow and Sunday, but it was canceled. And we were praising the owner as making a wise business decision because according to the news reports of the cancellation, Ben Bankus was saying terribly provocative things. For example, about the shooting of Renee Good and Bonnet. A number of reasons I like his email. Well, I'll read it to you, Joe. I'm writing to. In regard to your discussion of Ben bank as a comedian whose six show run at Laugh Camp Comedy Club was cancelled because of his comments about Renee Good, the woman killed by Ice. As you're aware, I've listened since nearly day one, so I'm not going to say I'll never listen again. But I'll concede that your discussion of Bankus was representative of what sometimes frustrates me about your show. Mainly a failure to get all the facts before weighing in. And that's really been coming up a lot lately because you can't assemble the facts fast enough to please the various tribes.

[Matthew Erickson]

48 hours 72.

[John Hines]

But if I lived, if we adhered with utter discipline to the 48 hour 72 hour rule, there'd be no show. I grant you that's important and it should be done, but holy mackerel, sometimes you gotta go with the material you got.

[Chris Reavers]

Can I talk about the technical aspects of doing a show like Garage Logic? No matter how much you prep before you go on the air, if you only follow your prep and talk about what's on your list of topics, you won't have a good show. The great thing about GL is we get on the highway and then we hit the ditch and then we get back on the highway, then we hit a gravel, then we go through a field and then we're back on the highway.

[John Hines]

That.

[Chris Reavers]

That's the beauty of this show.

[John Hines]

Well, I can corroborate that because yesterday the commentary about Ben Bankus was not even figured into my planning. It just came up during the show.

[Chris Reavers]

It was. Yeah, absolutely.

[John Hines]

Okay, let's continue with his letter for context. I'm aware of Ben Bankus because I subscribe to his YouTube channel and because I'm active in the local comedy scene. And I love Tom. He didn't say community, he said seen. Okay. I was excited to learn Bankus was coming to St. Paul and dismayed to learn he'd been canceled. I had already watched his video about Renee Goode a couple of times and did so again. Based on your conversation here's a link, and he linked me to it. What frustrated me wasn't that you took a stand about the comedian, but rather because you and your staff formed an opinion based on a handful of sentences quoted by John Haidt, largely inaccurately. Well, let me pause there and defend height only to the extent to say you were reading from a news report, weren't you, John?

[Joe Soucheray]

I was actually reading from a St. Paul pioneer.

[John Hines]

St. Paul Pioneer Press, yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

And while that was going on, I was listening to him on his YouTube page, so I heard what was being referenced.

[John Hines]

Okay, we'll get to that. Based on a handful of sentences by John Haidt, rather than invest nine minutes of your time actually hearing what he said. Note that I'm not saying you wouldn't have found his comments offensive after watching the video, but it's akin to the 24 hour rule rule. Shouldn't all the facts come in before you declare Bankus to be worse than Andrew Dice Clay? Investing 9 minutes of your time seems to be a small trade off before making a judgment call about a person's character. You mentioned that you don't fault Laugh Camp comedy for making a business decision. If you reread the club owner's statement, you'll find it wasn't a business decision. A business decision would have been allowing a sold out six show run to proceed. What the owner was saying was if this show occurred as planned, our business might be burned down. The owner of Laugh Camp knows if Ben Bankus had been allowed to perform there, thousands of people would likely have showed up to destroy his business. Not just figuratively, but literally. It's ironic that the side of the aisle protesting supposed fascism is passively threatening businesses with brown shirt tactics. By that reasoning, jews in pre World War II Germany shuttering their shops and fleeing the country were making a business decision? It's a stretch. There's irony, by the way, that Laugh Camp is still largely seen as a gay bar. I didn't know that that they were willing to let a conservative comic like Ben Bankus perform. There was a testament to their willingness to cross party lines in support of free expression and yes, business over ideology. Yet they even yet they ultimately caved to the mob I mentioned. I'm active in the local comedy scene. I attend a weekly workshop and as you can imagine, the past few weeks have been a parade of local comics virtue signaling about the ICE situation. In some cases, I find the material hilarious, even though it differs from my political perspective. In other cases, it's nothing more than F Trump and F ICE to Applause, cheers. Which brings me back to Ben Barkus material about Renee Goode. Yes, it straddles the line between respectful comedy and poor taste. Yes, it might be too soon. Yes, good status as a private versus public figure might come into play, though one could argue she put herself in that position by her actions that day. But Bankus reaction to the situation illustrates what people used to seek and many of us still do in comedy. Someone to publicly say what we all might be thinking, but afraid to express the willingness to slaughter sacred cows, to quote Rush Limbaugh, to illustrate absurdity by being absurd, which I believe Bankus did in his material about Renee Goode. My sympathy for Goode and her family is not diminished one iota by my opinion that Bankus takes Bankus take was funny and even poignant in his patented clumsy redneck way. One more paragraph. This was all a gentle admonition, Mr. Mayor, to not fall into the hysterical social media trap you regularly decry. Nine minutes of your time is not too much to ask before assassinating the character of a comedian. If after watching this video you stand by your opinion and I respect that. But making a judgment call based on a 10 second incorrect transcript only adds to the division. That's just my two cents and worth every penny. Good luck. Tom Ford, St. Paul. Well, I did, I took his challenge. I listened to the nine minutes.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, I spent a bunch of time with him too yesterday. You go ahead.

[John Hines]

He has potential as a comedian, I'll say that.

[Chris Reavers]

Do you have to take your glasses off and wipe your eyes?

[John Hines]

Nope.

[Chris Reavers]

Did you have to pause it to catch your breath?

[John Hines]

Know did you really do on many.

[Chris Reavers]

Did you get a good gut laugh at least one surprised loud guffaw?

[John Hines]

No.

[Chris Reavers]

Neither did I.

[John Randall]

Would you did you rank him above or below puke and snot?

[Chris Reavers]

I love every kind of comedy, Joe, from tasteless vulgar to Tony, almost religion. I, I love, love comedy and Ben didn't do it for me.

[John Hines]

Why I said he has potential.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, I'm not going to rip him.

[John Hines]

It's just he has potential. But it really doesn't change what I said yesterday. I, I and I don't even know if it's worth getting into the discussion of what's happened to comedy. Comedy is fault falls along tribal lines like everything else.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, no it doesn't.

[John Hines]

Yeah, it does.

[Chris Reavers]

No it doesn't. There's.

[John Hines]

What does it do?

[Chris Reavers]

There's a lot of really good comics that don't talk politics. All well and they're usually Joe, the very successful ones that are in theaters and Arenas. The ones that. It's that old Johnny Carson theory thing.

[John Hines]

Well, how. Who's this kid that everybody loves from Tennessee? He was just Nate Bargass.

[Chris Reavers]

He is not a kid from Tennessee. He's selling out arenas. Right.

[John Hines]

And he's staying away from politics, isn't he? Right. Pretty much.

[Chris Reavers]

He doesn't do politics, more lifestyle. He's clean.

[John Hines]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John Randall]

All right.

[John Hines]

Right.

[John Randall]

He's very funny. I think he's pretty funny.

[Chris Reavers]

Hilarious.

[Joe Soucheray]

There's ton of good young comedians, though, that are political and they don't be left. They don't be left. They don't necessarily. They aren't necessarily left. They're necessarily right. They'll call out everybody on everything. Sam Morel is one that comes to mind immediately. Who's.

[Chris Reavers]

I know Sam. Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think he's funny as hell. And he. He'll call out whoever needs it, be it, you know, a conservative, a liberal, whatever. And there's other guy. Schultz. Schultz who? I can't think of his first name.

[John Hines]

This very well could. Just the accumulation over life of what? Of your taste, your tastes.

[Chris Reavers]

Right.

[John Hines]

And so I definitely. I gave this guy my nine minutes, and had I given him the nine minutes yesterday, I can't really think I would have said much different than we said yesterday about him.

[Chris Reavers]

And I spent about an hour with him yesterday.

[John Hines]

I'm not going to spend an hour.

[Chris Reavers]

I just came away thinking he should home it. He. He's still working it out.

[John Hines]

Yeah. I said there's potential and he. He had. So he. There's some angles he can explore that.

[Chris Reavers]

Absolutely.

[John Hines]

Yeah. He. He could. He could really do a pretty funny bit on just the nature of the people who protest, for example, who they are and what they. What they believe. And, and. And if he did that in a funny way, it'd be pretty funny money. But he's not there yet. I don't think he's there. I don't know his history. For all I know, he's a veteran. I didn't. Tom. I didn't go to look him up. I don't know how long he's been on the road.

[Chris Reavers]

I mean, he sold out, what, six shows there. That's. That's good. But it's, you know, it's a small venue. I know, but, you know, that's something to hang your hat on.

[John Hines]

Well, and he was going to make some money because the other part of the story I read is that the owner is. Is being contested for the money that was. Had to be paid, which was 18 grand.

[Chris Reavers]

Right. That was part of his bit that I saw yesterday.

[John Hines]

And he's managed by caa, which is Creative Artist Agency, which is a big, big, big deal in the management world. So for all I know, this guy's going places.

[Chris Reavers]

He's a name to watch.

[John Hines]

Could be.

[Chris Reavers]

Yep.

[John Hines]

Yeah. He was drinking a Coors Light on stage.

[Matthew Erickson]

There's no accounting for taste.

[John Hines]

A lot of guys have a bottle of water on the stool. He's got the Coors Light. I can't excuse that. A big guy. So maybe he's watching his weight.

[Chris Reavers]

You know, Dave Chappelle still smokes on stage.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yeah. Who's the guy that has a scotch and a cigarette?

[Chris Reavers]

What's his name from Texas? Ron White. I think, I think he took the cure.

[John Hines]

I think he probably had to take the cure because I think that was real scotch. Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

No.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yeah. Tough to do a two hour show if you're.

[Chris Reavers]

No, he wasn't faking it.

[John Hines]

Oh, got it. I don't know. We used to live in a world where this wouldn't even come up, up, you know, to each his own. But everything is politicized. Everything. Are you sure?

[Matthew Erickson]

Do we have, do we have an out? The people that were shot are, I.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don'T think are ever.

[Matthew Erickson]

That's never gonna be part of a routine.

[John Hines]

But as far it was part of his routine.

[Matthew Erickson]

It was, but there is that backlash. But what I'm saying is when you're talking about the protesters, where is the line? Where do we, we. Who decides and, and how much time needs to pass?

[Chris Reavers]

The ticket buying public decides.

[Joe Soucheray]

Exactly.

[Matthew Erickson]

Okay. He was sold out for six shows.

[Chris Reavers]

And in the case of him, the ticket buying public had decided.

[John Hines]

Well, let's, let's look at it another way. I, I'm fairly well read. I'm fairly aware of what's happening. A, I never heard of this club and B, I didn't know, I did not know that he was appearing at this club. And even if I had known, if I read that, I wouldn't have thought two seconds about it. Oh, there's a comedy guy at the Laugh Club. Okay. So would there really. I gotta think a lot of people feel the way I did. They would not have known about this club. Maybe as Tom says, the comedy scene knows about. But would there really have been thousands of people there to burn the place down?

[Chris Reavers]

Yes, I think probably.

[Joe Soucheray]

Really?

[Matthew Erickson]

Maybe not thousands, but I think you'd get, I think you'd for sure get hundreds.

[John Randall]

He made a business decision according to Tom. I, I, and I respect the heck out of Tom. I think he's one of the best contributors to the show. The owner of the club made a business decision.

[Chris Reavers]

You know who comes out of here being a bit big winner no matter what happens is the comedian.

[John Hines]

Bankish.

[John Randall]

Yeah, he got more attention in the last couple of days.

[Chris Reavers]

If he would have go and done the show would have been big headlines. He would have won. So the show got canceled. He's still getting headlines and winning.

[John Hines]

Well, along those same lines, it's akin to altering the photograph of Nakima to have her sobbing. That was the best thing you could have done for her. The best thing that's happened to Don Lemon in the last year was getting arrested yesterday. He couldn't have been happier. There's no reason for him to even be in the public eye. And now he's going, hey, I got arrested. I'm at the Grammys. I got arrested. He's three thrilled.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, that's. That would be a really good bit. That'd be a good comedy.

[Matthew Erickson]

Do you think the people that bought that sold out those tickets did? Solely on the joke about Rebecca Good or solely on.

[Chris Reavers]

Excuse me, Matthew, we're talking about people. You know, Joe's not in the circle. The comedy circle. He's not foul. Yeah, I am actually.

[Matthew Erickson]

But here's the deal.

[Chris Reavers]

You like watching tv. It's as simple as just following people or seeing stuff on Facebook. And you're not.

[John Hines]

I'm not on Facebook, No.

[Chris Reavers]

And that's. That's how easy it is to be in the loop.

[Matthew Erickson]

Would you go see a comedian?

[John Hines]

Of course.

[Matthew Erickson]

I know you watch him on tv, Chappelle and those guys when they do their specials.

[John Randall]

But he'd go if the show was at 4:45.

[John Hines]

True.

[John Randall]

If he could be home by 6:30.

[Chris Reavers]

Right by the exit.

[John Randall]

Exactly. Then he'd go, go.

[Matthew Erickson]

Do they make and not in the basement? No basement.

[John Hines]

More no sellers than all. Well, maybe not height, but I've been to more concerts than the rest of you combined.

[Chris Reavers]

That is so funny.

[John Hines]

Often had. I have often not had an aisle seat.

[Chris Reavers]

I have forgotten about more concerts than you've ever been to.

[John Hines]

Let me say rookie and reers then. Okay, all right.

[Chris Reavers]

I will accept not saying much for me.

[John Hines]

And because I'm 150 years old, I've seen all kinds of firsts. I saw Joe Cocker probably at the first show ever done at First Avenue, which at the time wasn't called First Avenue. It was called. What the hell was it?

[Chris Reavers]

It was Sam's.

[John Hines]

Sam's Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam's Mad Dogs in Englishman. I Saw Spirit play at the labor table Temple.

[Matthew Erickson]

Al Jolson.

[John Hines]

I saw the doors at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

[Chris Reavers]

Are we gonna play this game?

[John Randall]

I fought Bob Blackman at the Philadelphia Spectrum.

[Matthew Erickson]

I had a polar bear femur in the Spectrum.

[John Randall]

That's all I could think of when.

[Josh Arnold]

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[John Hines]

I've seen Wilson Pickett in the Hollies. I've seen. I. You're right, Kenny. We can't go down this road. I can't remember.

[John Randall]

Tell me.

[John Hines]

Yeah, you can't. I mean, it was just, you know, whatever. We're losing track.

[John Randall]

Rookie, who have you seen it can.

[John Hines]

Let's stick to the time. Enough. Let's. Let's. Whoever's distributing the media tickets, whoever's got.

[Matthew Erickson]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Matthew Erickson]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Randall]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Hines]

Chris Reavers is a paid endorser. The Earth is not your mother. The Joe Sugiray Show Let that run a second. Here's John Height.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thanks Joel. That's really nice. It's my son. I know, but that's a nice solo.

[Matthew Erickson]

And you can brag.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's okay.

[John Hines]

Who's playing the rhythm guitar?

[Joe Soucheray]

He is playing every instrument on North American Banking Company as usual. Brings you this update Sports Notes we already hinted at him. Well, we more than hinted. We already said it. After almost a decade running Twins baseball ops and a year of managing the business side, the Twins and Derek Falvi announced they have agreed to a quote, mutual parting of the waves.

[Matthew Erickson]

That's been the problem and a.

[Joe Soucheray]

It sounds like the Twins, Falvi and owner Tom Pollad all release statements. In the meantime, GM Jeremy Zol will take over the baseball ops side of the Twins, while Tom Pollad himself will run the business side while they look for a new leader for that portion of the organization because you know what.

[John Hines]

Need to be led that's not going to be led by this new guy.

[John Randall]

Well, when you're operating a functioning organization, what you typically decide to do is fire the guy that's running the operation five months after the baseball season ends. And, you know, two months before, not even two months, about a month and a half before you're supposed to.

[Matthew Erickson]

Maybe they can hire the GM from the Vikes.

[John Hines]

The pitchers and catchers are, oh, two weeks from yesterday.

[John Randall]

They have become the absolute definition of.

[John Hines]

Dysfunction over there at here's John Height in the newsroom.

[Joe Soucheray]

One other sports note, the Vikings have fired GM Quezzi Adolfo Mensa, available after four seasons. Vikings owner Mark and Ziggy Wilf put out a statement this morning saying it was in the best interest of the team to move on from Adolfo Mens and that executive vice president of football ops Rob Brzezinski will lead the operations group through the 2026 NFL Draft. After the draft is over, there will be a search for a new general manager.

[John Hines]

Can we speak just for a moment on the Sam Darnold situation? The jets are probably more despondent than the Vikings, but what why didn't. Let's just review. Why was Darnold let go to give.

[John Randall]

The kid a chance?

[John Hines]

It wasn't a money thing. They could have, they could have given him franchise money.

[John Randall]

They did offer him a contract to stay and he wanted another opportunity because he knew the kid was going to get the shot to be the quarterback.

[John Hines]

But at the time he didn't know the kid would be injured. So suspect. Correct. Okay.

[John Randall]

What if we, like, trade Ziggy and Kwesi for Falvi?

[John Hines]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

In news Minnesota governor Tim Walls and Attorney General Keith Ellison will testify before Congress amid federal investigations into widespread fraud allegations in state programs. Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the chairman of the U.S. house Oversight Committee, confirmed this morning that Walls and Ellison have set time to testify before the committee on March 4th. That will be part of the panel's second hearing in its oversight of fraud and misuse of federal funds in Minnesota investigation. Last week in the committee's first hearing on Minnesota fraud, former fraud investigator Scott Dexter said the spotlight on daycare fraud in the state isn't new. New and said some former recommendations to improve security were never implemented. Justice Department this morning said they are opening a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Preddy, according to the press release. Todd Blanch, deputy attorney general, said, we're looking at everything that would shed light on that day. The Department of Homeland Security also said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation will lead the probe. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem first disclosed the shift in which the agency was the probe during a Fox News interview last night. Her department said earlier this week that Homeland Security Investigations, a unit within the department, would be heading the investigation. In the same interview, Noem appeared to distance herself from statements she made right after the shooting where she said pretty had brandished a handgun and aggressively approached officers. The change comes after two other videos. Excuse me. Emerged Wednesday of an earlier altercation between Preddy and federal immigration officers 11 days before his death. The January 13th videos show Preddy in a winter coat yelling at federal vehicles, at one point spitting before kicking out the taillight of one vehicle. The struggle ensues between Preddy and several officers. When he turns his back to the camera, what appears to be a handgun is visible in his waistband. But at no point do the video show him reaching for the gun. And it's not clear whether the agents actually saw it at the time. Steve Schleicher, Minneapolis based attorney who represents Preddy's parents, said the earlier altercation no way justifies officers fatally shooting Preddy on his Truth social platform. Early Friday, President Trump suggested the videos of the earlier incident undercut the narrative that Preddy was a peaceful protester. The president saying, quote, agitator and perhaps insurrectionist, Alex Preddy's stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and spitting.

[Matthew Erickson]

Not that that changes anything, but it does paint a picture that he wasn't just a nurse at the VA that was directing traffic that day. Correct?

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Matthew Erickson]

Okay.

[John Hines]

I have breaking news, but I can't access it because I don't have Instagram. Springsteen apparently has arrived at First Avenue.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. Yeah. I read earlier somebody who was there heard the sound check and that he was doing a sound check. They were in line waiting.

[John Hines]

All right.

[Joe Soucheray]

To get in.

[Chris Reavers]

Can I just say one thing about the pretty thing that I neglected to say earlier in the week and I really should have when you asked me about it, since I have a permit to carry and I told you about my training, which is to don't seek out trouble, retreat if possible, get away, do whatever it takes to avoid it. What I neglected to say is we have a law in Minnesota called duty to retreat. And if you're carrying your firearm in public and there's some sort of issue, you, your first duty, according to the law, is to retreat and get away from that skirmish, robbery, whatever it is. If you're carrying, you have to retreat in this state.

[John Hines]

It looked to me like on the video that's now emerged of his initial dust up with ice 11 days ago. He was furious and he kicked their car and he spit and he did not seem to retreat at all.

[Chris Reavers]

We don't know. Or maybe we do know and I don't know if he was carrying at that.

[John Hines]

Well, unless it's AI, a portion of that video showed his gun into his waist. All right. Now, on the one where he was shot to death, I didn't see him putting up a fight. He was leaving. He was getting off to the side of the street. So you know what? Nothing is what it seems anymore.

[Chris Reavers]

I was mostly just covering my ass by saying what I said and I screwed up. I should have said that earlier in the week.

[Joe Soucheray]

A moment of silence for Preddy and Renee Good was one of the few moments of agreement between Democrats and Republicans. At a state Senate hearing yesterday, lawmakers heard from constitutional legal experts about what they call repeated violations of constitutional rights. Republicans say Democratic state and county leaders could help reduce the tension. Democrats said problems could be solved by ICE leaving the state. There were dozens of lawmakers from 15 states at the hearing afterwards. Several said they were inspired by what they witnessed in Minnesot. No action taken at the informational meeting, but some lawmakers say they're considering legislation that could impact future immigration enforcement in Minnesota.

[John Randall]

John, I have a question about that. I saw a stat earlier today and again it's from FOX News. So whatever. But here's the arrests by numbers in other states in. Okay, Texas has 88,000 arrests from ICE. Florida has 34,000, California 30,000, New York 13,000 and Georgia 12,000. But I don't. Are there this amount of protests and fighting and everything going on in those other states like there is here in Minnesota?

[John Hines]

I don't know what is the time.

[Chris Reavers]

Period of those arrests?

[John Randall]

Well, this.

[John Hines]

What are you reading this from?

[John Randall]

From FOX News.

[Joe Soucheray]

So.

[John Randall]

But basically the point is the violence in Minnesota, the way that they surmised it is the violence that's happening in Minnesota. Minnesota is to kind of get everybody's eyes off of the fraud. That's how they framed it. That's not what I'm saying. Fox News. So I was just curious, but I don't know of protests and whatnot going on in those other states even though they've had seemingly more arrests.

[John Hines]

The other thing you gotta do is the math. You know, maybe 88,000 is nothing in relation to the number of illegals in the state because of how close they.

[John Randall]

Are to the border. Sure.

[Joe Soucheray]

Texas has what we read this the other day. Two zero point million.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And Minnesota has. I don't. I don't remember the numbers.

[Chris Reavers]

And are any of those states self declared or cities, I should say. Sanctuary cities.

[John Randall]

Sure.

[Chris Reavers]

What is the behavior of the mayor, the mayors and the governors?

[John Randall]

The governors.

[John Hines]

We're not a sanctuary city. We are a city with a separation ordinance. There's a big difference. Sanctuary. Right.

[Chris Reavers]

But you know what everybody calls it. You're right, though.

[John Hines]

Yeah. By law, this has never been declared a sanctuary state.

[Chris Reavers]

Right. And. Right. Yep.

[Joe Soucheray]

A legal victory for lawful refugees detained by federal agents. Jessica West, a professor at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, said the victory is twofold. The conditions under which they are now being released has been changed. The court was presented with evidence that ICE is releasing people without shoes, in their underwear and in the colds, sometimes just dropping them off in the street outside of the Whipple Center. Well, now federal authorities, because of this court decision, must contact a detainees attorney to arrange for someone to pick them up. In the ruling handed down Wednesday, federal judge John Tunheim ordered the immediate release of lawful refugees detained by immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Madeline Lowman, Advocates for Human Rights, a nonprofit that provides legal help to refugees. She said the judge was very clear. He said there's supposed to be an immediate release. There's. There's no waiting period. The ruling is in response to a class action lawsuit filed by the group against the Department of Homeland Security's Operation Paris.

[John Hines]

This just in.

[Matthew Erickson]

What were you. Breaking news.

[John Hines]

Abraham Lincoln said that watching Melania was the worst experience he's ever had in a theater.

[John Randall]

That's pretty good.

[John Hines]

Whoa. Wow. I think that's funny.

[John Randall]

Wait, are you serious, Clark?

[John Hines]

I am. He came back to life just to go to the debut craziness.

[John Randall]

What time are you gonna go watch that?

[John Hines]

I don't think I'm gonna make it.

[Joe Soucheray]

As you alluded to earlier, Joe, Don Lemon and local journalist Georgia Fort were arrested in connection with that anti immigration protest. Hang on, I'll get to that. That disrupted a service at the Minnesota church Lemon arrested by federal agents in la, where he'd been covering the Grammy Awards. According to his attorney, Abby. It's unclear what charge or charges Lemon will be facing in the January 18 protest. The arrest came after a magistrate judge, you'll remember this last week rejected prosecutors bid to charge the journalist Lemon interviewed. Witnesses at the church reported what was going on, saying repeatedly he was there to report, not to protest. His lawyer said Don's been a journalist for 30 years. His constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he's always done done. The First Amendment exists to protect journalists, whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable. Fort posted a Facebook Live video detailing her arrest. She said, as a member of the press, I filmed the church protest a few weeks ago and now I'm being arrested for that. It's hard to understand how we have a Constitution, constitutional rights when we can just be arrested for being a member of the press. For it is a Twin Cities based independent journalist, founder of Black Press and the center for Broadcast Journalism, a Nonprofit founded in 2022. The CBJ aims to amplify stories from underserved communities. Recently launched Weqy FM in St. Paul. Previously charges against two women activist Nakima Levy Armstrong and Chantelle Allen over civil rights charges. No word on what the new charges will be. Why don't we take a quick break here. I think we have to hear from Mr. Olson.

[John Randall]

Yeah, we are.

[Chris Reavers]

A lot of lies floating around out there in the Internet, as we all know. Don't believe the lies that the Internet Internet trolls spew. And I have to admit I bit on the hook. Even though I've been using seafoam motor treatment successfully for years, I've recorded video evidence. I decided to take the bait. I went to the Internet and typed in is seafoam snake oil. The Internet answered right away. It's not considered snake oil. It's legitimate, effective solvent. Blend of petroleum, naphtha, pale oil and alcohol used for cleaning engines, carbon deposits and stabilizing fuel, dissolving sludge. It does all of that. It's been used for decades and it's safe for gasoline and diesel engines. Just what I've been talking about here with seafoam for years on Garage Logic. I've done it way down for you and call it a miracle in a can if you have a gunky carb. Try this on like say a lawnmower snowblower. I witnessed it. My nephews using it on a riding lawnmower. They had that thing running. Was barely alive. They had a spray bottle filled with seafoam motor treatment while the engine is running. They sprayed it right into the carb. The car. The engine would bog down and it would pick up. They do it again. They kept doing it until finally that engine was purring like a kitty. Don't believe the Internet trolls and these loudmouths that sit in the legion all day who never let evidence interfere with Their opinions. It's a true warrior.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

True warrior. In a world of bad gas. It's our best friend. Friend.

[Joe Soucheray]

C fo in other news, Minnesota, you know, kind of some bad press lately. And, well, now a Minnesota. A Minnesota man has been arrested after he tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in Brooklyn on Thursday.

[Chris Reavers]

Come on.

[John Hines]

Come on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Sources say Mark Anderson, 36 years old, has been charged with impersonating a federal agent. Anderson traveled from Minnesota to the Metropolitan Detention center in Brooklyn claiming to be an FBI agent with a court order to release man has been kept at the detention center in Brooklyn as he awaits trial for the alleged murder of Brian Thompson, the former CEO of United Healthcare. After claiming he was an FBI agent, Anderson reportedly claimed to have paperwork signed by a judge authorizing the release of a specific inmate. While the complaint does not state the inmate's identity, ABC News reported that law enforcement sources said it was Luigi. When members of the Bureau of Prisons asked to see his credentials, Anderson showed them a Minnesota driver's license license and threw numerous documents at the officers. Anderson then claimed to have weapons in his bag. In his bag, A barbecue fork and a pizza cutter.

[John Hines]

That'll get him out.

[Matthew Erickson]

It looked like one of those old Devani's pizza cutters.

[John Hines]

Yeah, the round pizza cutter. Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Some other Luigi news this morning. Mangione will not face a possible death penalty sentence in the New York federal criminal case where he's charged in the killing of Thompson. Manhattan US District Court Judge Margaret Garnett, in an order, dismissed two of the four criminal counts that he faced in the case. The potential maximum sentence for the remaining two counts for causing the death of Thompson is life in prison without parole. The third count, which the judge tossed out, accused Mangione of the murder of Thompson through the use of a firearm during the alleged stalking is a capital eligible offense. The fourth count, which was also dismissed, accused Mangione of using a firearm equipped with a silencer during the stock.

[John Hines]

Wonder why those counts were dismissed. That's. They're true, you know, I don't know.

[Joe Soucheray]

President Trump this morning naming Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, ending a prolonged odyssey that's seen unprecedented turmoil around the central bank. That decision culminates a process that officially began last summer, but started much earlier than that, with Trump launching a fusillade of criticism against the Powell led by Fed. Almost since Powell took the job in 2018, Trump said, I have known Kevin a long period of time. Have no doubt he will go down as one of the Great Fed chairman. Maybe the best ever. The pick of wash likely won't ripple markets because of his past Fed experience and Wall Street's view that he won't always do President Trump's bidding. David Bonson is the chief investment officer of the Bonson Group. He said he has the respect and credibility of the financial markets.

[Chris Reavers]

Say his name again. His last name.

[Joe Soucheray]

I knew you were gonna do this. Kevin Warsh.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah. I need to wash the truck.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I knew it.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm sorry, I couldn't. Listen, I just. That's all that I thought of that whole story.

[John Randall]

John said that I thought of grandma saying, do you want me to wash your clothes?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Hines]

I knew a guy in grade school that said wash. Yeah, yeah. How do you get. How do you get war shots?

[John Randall]

It's like a silent R. No.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it's not there.

[John Hines]

No, I heard.

[John Randall]

Not exist.

[Chris Reavers]

It's an invisible R. Invisible, yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

President Trump, his two sons and the family business are suing the US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service for alleged leaks of their confidential tax information. The Trumps are seeking at least 10 billion with a B dollars in damages, according to the lawsuit in Miami federal court. The civil complaint alleges the IRS and Treasury failed in their obligation to prevent the leak of those tax records by former IRS employee Charles Linda Little John in 2019 and 2020. In addition to Trump, the plaintiffs are his sons, Donald Trump Jr. And Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization, which the suns run. The 40 year old Little John right now is serving a five year prison sentence after having pleaded guilty to one count of disclosure of tax returns information. He admitted to leaking Trump's tax records to the New York Times. Also admitted to leaking records about wealthy individuals to the news outlet ProPublica. The new lawsuit says that Little John, in a 2024 deposition admitted he disclosed the information that included all businesses that Trump owned to the investigative news outlet ProPublica.

[John Hines]

John, that's fantastic.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let me, let me do Catherine, please.

[Patrick Reusse]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

So people know Catherine o', Hara, famous for a lot of stuff. Home Alone, Schitt's Creek. Best in show. SCTV has died. Legendary Hollywood actress died. Two sources with direct knowledge this morning.

[Chris Reavers]

Best in show. Oh, my God.

[John Hines]

Oh, my God.

[Chris Reavers]

God, she was so good.

[Joe Soucheray]

She was the mom.

[Matthew Erickson]

Oh, she's had many lovers.

[John Hines]

Oh, hundreds of lovers.

[Chris Reavers]

He's like, well, who is it? Eugene Levy sitting there looking like a cuckold.

[Matthew Erickson]

The guy with two left feet?

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, no, I really have to. She was Macaulay Culkin's mom in the Home Alone movies. She appeared as moira rose in 80 episodes of Schitt's Creek. Other notable movie credits, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind and Beetlejuice. Catherine's most recent work came opposite Seth Rogen in the Apple TV plus series the Studio. She earned an Emmy nomination for her work there. She did win Emmy awards for her work in Schitt's Creek in 2020. Followed her first Emmy win way back in 1982.

[John Hines]

Wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

Contributions to the sketch comedy TV series SCTV Network 90. She was 71 years old.

[John Randall]

Young woman.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Hines]

Let's go get Patrick.

[Patrick Reusse]

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[John Hines]

16.

[Patrick Reusse]

And behind the scenes, they've got 50 licensed elves. Okay, they're agents, but this time of year, let's call them elves, making sure you always have the best coverage at the best price. So this holiday season, don't settle for fruitcake. Get options. Visit the Canopy Group and see what they can do for you. The Canopy Group dot com.

[Matthew Erickson]

Hey, Pat.

[Patrick Reusse]

Yes, Joseph.

[John Hines]

Busy day in sports firings?

[Patrick Reusse]

Yes, it's a busy day at Minnesota Sports. But first, before I forget it, I'd like to say the story of the day to me.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Patrick Reusse]

Is Matt Khalil suing his wife.

[John Randall]

Ex wife.

[Patrick Reusse]

For suggesting his manhead manhood was too large? That has to be a.

[John Hines]

Our theory is that he begged her to say that.

[Patrick Reusse]

He's actually, he's. Whatever the settlement is, he's going to double it and send it back.

[John Hines]

Yeah. You say this, I'll pretend to sue you and I'll give you some gold.

[Chris Reavers]

So I have to ask, any chance you've ever seen said appendage?

[Patrick Reusse]

I haven't. But, you know, he started off real well, but he kind of faded as a player. He's probably worn down, you know.

[John Hines]

Well, you know, I got to ask ask you something about a lot of.

[Patrick Reusse]

Baggage to carry around there.

[John Hines]

Well, you think that other than that, were they. Were they a lovely couple? It's kind of a sad story.

[Patrick Reusse]

Yes, it is.

[John Hines]

Yeah. I got to get rid of this guy.

[Patrick Reusse]

He's a hell of a guy. She Loves them.

[John Hines]

But.

[Chris Reavers]

If she's looking for something a lot smaller, I would suggest her call Joe Sushere. I'm sure he can be loaned out. I'm sure his owner doesn't give a rant.

[John Randall]

You know Pat, I'm glad you brought that up because the thought that occurred to me was remember the big victory celebration we had and Fox 9 goes live to the locker room and there stood Vasante Shanko in all of his glory on live TV.

[Chris Reavers]

With the thermos.

[Patrick Reusse]

Vasante then was our guest on the show as our Viking guy one day a week on the, on the show and every time we talked to him he was getting a massage someplace, you know.

[John Hines]

Well, this, this Khalil apparently has a paint can hanging there.

[Patrick Reusse]

No, she said it was like 3D Coke cans.

[John Hines]

Well, that, that would equal a paint can. That's big.

[Patrick Reusse]

That's something else.

[Matthew Erickson]

Regular decaf.

[Chris Reavers]

Hey, is that next to each other or stacked on top of each other?

[John Hines]

Quasi moral got fired. Quasi.

[Patrick Reusse]

Well, Falby gets fired and we find that out at I think 8 o' clock in the morning and the Vikings.

[John Hines]

Then.

[Patrick Reusse]

Falby and Kwesi barely knew each other and were kind of friends and Valvey texted Kwesi in the morning and said I just got let go. And Kwesi send his sympathy and five hours later Kwesi got let go.

[John Randall]

So is there any chance, Pat, that be like the Yankees pitchers back in the day that swapped wives? Maybe the Vikings and twins just trade GMs.

[Patrick Reusse]

Trade GMs. I don't know. I still think the Quasi thing is BS that it's oconnell's had way more influence out there, but they want o' Connell to be their golden boy. So they fired, they let Quasi take the fall for this season and you know he spent a lot of money on offensive linemen but you think he did that without the approval of Kevin o' Connell and everybody? EL they wanted to, you know, they wanted to build on their big run last year. It wasn't crazy. Who said boy, we really want this J.J. mcCarthy to be our quarterback. That was o'.

[John Hines]

Connell. Pat, I still think a story, maybe it's been written, I haven't seen it. It would really be interesting to do a very detailed story on the, on the one hour it took during the decision making process to let. Darn. I think that'd be an interesting story. What were they gambling? What were they risking? What were the dynamics involved? Because now you got the jets are beating themselves up because they let him go. Now the Vikings let him go and he's going to the super bowl with Seattle. It'd be interesting to know what was going on in the room when they decided to let him go.

[Patrick Reusse]

And the other thing, Joe, was why did they spend all that money on offensive line lineman if they weren't going to have Darnold back and they were going to have an unproven quarterback? Was that. That seemed to be a little premature that, that they would get. Spend those, you know, get a garden, two guards in the center for big money. Somebody also should have said the center you're getting has had four or five concussions. You know that, you know, you know what it's hard for centers to do, Joe? Avoid contact. That's right, because there's middle there and somebody's leaning into him and pounding the crap out of my every play.

[John Hines]

So anyway, reverse theory is that Darnold looked at the tea leaves and figured that he wasn't going to get a shot here. They're going to what they were putting all their eggs in McCarthy's basket.

[Patrick Reusse]

They, and they might not have been willing to certainly give him. He got three years, 100 million in Seattle. They weren't going to give him that kind of money here. They weren't going to. They were. They wanted him to come back for.

[John Hines]

A year maybe and well, it worked out for Seattle. Sure did. Yeah.

[Patrick Reusse]

Yes, it did. But the, but the twins thing was much more shocking to me. But you know, today that Falby, only a year ago, it was only what, December of 2024 that St. Pete was stepping down and they were making Falby all powerful. Now that was a different poll. Ad was in sharp charge. Joel was in charge, not Tom. But this is. I was told that the, that when they got the 1.75 billion from these minority partners, you know, they're not just a bunch of lackeys sitting on the sidelines that Tom Pollad, Tom Poll had basically recruited these guys or found these guys and made them some, you know, that they, they have some influence there. We're going to change the organization type of deal. So I don't know how long he's going to running the business operation. But this, this guy that, that is now going to be the general manager, Jeremy Zol might be a very fine baseball guy, but he's not exactly an ace communicator. So it'll be. You're going to get some, you're going to get some cliches. The only thing I will want, you know, I like Gary Good guy, Falvi Nice guy.

[John Hines]

Guy.

[Patrick Reusse]

But I won't miss him saying group. He says everything's a group. Everything in our group. I love our group. Everything's our group.

[Chris Reavers]

Fine.

[John Hines]

I'm.

[Patrick Reusse]

I'm. I won't have to hear group quite as often.

[John Hines]

Let me turn to hockey, and I will not use the C word. I think Hughes, with each passing game, I'm more convinced he will lead that team into a very deep playoff run.

[Patrick Reusse]

Oh, yes. And if I, I think. I think he, he alone can save West 7th from the economic disaster it is. Certainly it is facing at the moment.

[John Hines]

The one, the one thing about them, they work hard. They work harder than they should for their victories. They're either in overtime or they're down three. Nothing. And they finish it up. And they're working really hard for that record, which is fine, but nothing's coming easy to them.

[Patrick Reusse]

Well, they wanted a regulation.

[John Hines]

Yes.

[Patrick Reusse]

Yesterday.

[John Hines]

Yes.

[Patrick Reusse]

But there was a stat that the Winnipeg jets, who are in 28th place, and the Wild, who are in third place, had the same number of regulation victory.

[John Hines]

That's something.

[Patrick Reusse]

Yeah. They won, like, I think almost as many games until last night, almost as many games in overtime or the shootout as they had regulation.

[John Hines]

So I believe they've had nine overtime games. Yes. And.

[Patrick Reusse]

And then we also had the Timberwolves playing last night. And I've decided that the Timberwolves are very predictable.

[John Hines]

Well, they beat the hell out of the Thunder.

[Patrick Reusse]

Yes, they're very predictable because when we decide they stink, they play good. And then when they decide there, we decide they're good, they stink. So they're very. They're predictable.

[Chris Reavers]

Just.

[Patrick Reusse]

They do the opposite.

[John Hines]

They're controlling. Contrarians.

[Patrick Reusse]

Yes, they are. They're very contrarian. They are very contrarians.

[John Hines]

So you're gonna pound the keyboard right now?

[Patrick Reusse]

Well, we got other. I had already penned something and I'm waiting to see what our other worthies are writing about. The twins and the Vikings. And then I gotta write something out and I, you know, with the, with the deadlines we have now, with the papers coming in in from the suburb of Des Moines, you. You never really know what it's going to get in or when you're writing for you just kind of, you know, it'll show up.

[Matthew Erickson]

You working on that Turkey of the year?

[John Hines]

My deadline's gone from 10am on Fridays to 5pm on Thursdays.

[Patrick Reusse]

Oh, well, that's not too bad.

[John Randall]

Well, for a Sunday column.

[John Hines]

Forget being tired. Timely.

[Patrick Reusse]

Ours was allegedly 11am and I tell them start. I'd start at 11am I hope to be done by 2:30.

[John Randall]

Pat, yesterday. I don't know why it came up, but I called you during a break because we couldn't remember.

[John Hines]

Oh yeah.

[John Randall]

Which Twins player you had to borrow ten bucks to. To watch a movie.

[John Hines]

Lent them ten.

[John Randall]

Sorry.

[Patrick Reusse]

No, it ended up. I never got it back. But that was fast.

[Josh Arnold]

Victory.

[Patrick Reusse]

A great guy from Victor. Who Great guy. Vic Alberry Milk Albert.

[John Hines]

That's right.

[Patrick Reusse]

Big Albert. He was fast Victor. I always call him fast. Victor was the one who came up nine runs in relief in Kansas City. Ten runs in relief. And called up the comprehensive press box to complain. Only nine of them should have been earned.

[Matthew Erickson]

We did lose him in 2017. He died 69 years of age.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Patrick Reusse]

Yeah.

[John Hines]

Easy.

[Patrick Reusse]

Was he. He was. They got. That was the year that. Their second game in Kansas City of the season. They gave up 23 and then they got Raid out the next day. And we went back there in August. That was Brett and Willie, you know, Willie Wilson and all those guys. They just hit doubles and triples. And the next game they were. Gave up 18. So they gave up 41 runs in two games today.

[John Hines]

Kansas.

[John Randall]

Wow.

[Matthew Erickson]

Well, in. In doing a little research on him, not only did he look like he needed the $10 from you, he needed some relaxation in the theater, I think is what the picture is saying to me.

[Patrick Reusse]

He was a good guy. He was just. He was. Bert Blyman had a great comment about him once. I were on the bus coming into the super bowl dome for playing exhibition game and the Super Bowl. You know, the Superdome at night as it looks white, it just. It looks white down there. And you see, we come down this hill and we see the roof of the Superdome and. And Bly Lemon says, my God, it looks like Alberry's fastball. I remember that one all the time.

[John Hines]

I'll talk to you. See you Monday. All righty.

[Patrick Reusse]

We'll see how the. Oh, I wanted to mention one more thing. First place in the CCHA hockey standings with a 10 game winning streak. Your St. Thomas Tommies who are home this weekend for two games with once mighty Michigan Tech.

[John Hines]

Cool. All right. Thank you. All right, you want to take it? Timeout.

[John Randall]

Let's do that.

[Patrick Reusse]

This is Ricey. You've been hearing my friend Josh Arnold, Mr. Money Talk for years on the radio and the Garage Logic podcast with summer coming on. I strongly recommend you sit down with Josh for your no cost, no obligation, 48 minute consultation on your investments, including your IRA and 401. You can benefit from Josh's years of experience, navigate navigating different market and economic conditions and he'll always give you straight talk, not sugar coated advice. Give Josh a call now at 952-925-5608 and book your no cost, no obligation 48 minute consultation consultation, 952-925-5608. You'll be glad that you did meet with Josh and tell him that Ricey sent you.

[John Hines]

Finally. Thank God.

[Joe Soucheray]

Today is Friday.

[John Hines]

T giant t I.

[John Randall]

It's the scramble.

[John Hines]

What do you have there from your country estate?

[Chris Reavers]

Just one more thing before we go. I tried to call. I tried to call 35E between West 7th and Downtown. The design flaw freeway that you know, that didn't have a chance because you. Your name stuck and evidently the practice freeway. And were you. What's the history with you in the practice freeway? Were you again it from the beginning?

[John Hines]

No, no. But it amused me. Okay. It was similar to a freeway, only it was for practice. You could get on and off. Right. And then when you got to either end of it, you could actually go a real speed.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

So every morning when I'm doing traffic, I watch Northbound 35 stack up for no reason at all. And it kind of bugs me. I kind of feel sorry for them. So earlier this week, January 29th, that.

[John Hines]

Would have been yesterday.

[Chris Reavers]

That's only yesterday. I sent out this tweet, little video of traffic moving slow. And I wrote, we should rethink 35E between West 7th and downtown St. Paul. Pulled out the median, add a couple lanes each way and knock that speed limit up to 70. Who's with me? I didn't think it would get the reaction. Oh, no, it did. It's already. It's up to 458 likes and people. People have responded, Joe. And it's the responses that I wanted to read to you 17 hours ago. A guy named Seek45 through there is ridiculous. Build a sound barrier for the folks that live up the hill and set a better speed limit. The practice freeway is a joke. How am I supposed to get jacked for hockey when I'm rocking out but only moving at the speed of smell. Carl chimed in with, I'm not going to read his word. It's a very mentally disabled. If you know what I'm saying.

[John Hines]

Yes.

[Chris Reavers]

Now, here's resistance from Snow bunting.

[John Hines]

Nope.

[Chris Reavers]

MnDOT is already utterly failing to uphold the RIP35E settlement terms in which this stretch was supposed to be a parkway.

[John Hines]

It's a parkway.

[Chris Reavers]

It needs further lane and speed reductions and more trees. This is A neighborhood sorry for your suburban inconvenience. Never forget it. St. Paul. They want 20 in the neighborhoods and love bike lanes even now. Another one. Where would people practice driving?

[John Hines]

That's it.

[Chris Reavers]

Another one would love to. But it's technically a parkway because the rich folks on Summit Avenue don't want semi trucks making their neighborhood noisy.

[John Hines]

Avenue had nothing to do with it.

[Chris Reavers]

And just the final one, which this guy saw through my tweet right away. His name is Ken Roberts. Poking the St. Paul bears, sir.

[John Hines]

I guess Summit Avenue would have had something to do with it. It's below a good hunk of Silver Summit. Yeah, but mostly Crocus Hill.

[Chris Reavers]

But I just feel for them, Joe. Every morning they're stacked and back between West 7th and downtown.

[John Hines]

Well, I can't help you. It's a. It's wonderful, wonderful entertainment. To drive it the exact speed limit and just to watch the reaction of people.

[Matthew Erickson]

Subarus flying by trying to honk at you.

[Chris Reavers]

You know what's wonderful is when I left town, I was there on Wednesday when I left.

[Joe Soucheray]

Left.

[Chris Reavers]

You get out in traffic when it's free flowing.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

You're doing 75 and trying to keep up.

[John Hines]

Y.

[Chris Reavers]

And then when you get to a stretch of like westbound 94 approaching Rogers and the speed limit is 70, everybody's doing 85. It's so awesome.

[John Hines]

The trick is make sure somebody's going faster than you.

[Chris Reavers]

Always. Always. And I. I rode that all the way up through St. Cloud. It was a great drive home.

[John Hines]

Only because they come to us. Wait a minute. Do I have that? You bet I do. This is the.

[Chris Reavers]

Is it.

[John Hines]

This is the syrup.

[John Randall]

That's right.

[John Hines]

This is the Maples Masters.

[John Randall]

Masters.

[Patrick Reusse]

Maple Masters.

[John Randall]

Maple syrup Gler of the week.

[John Hines]

Gler of the week. This week's G eler of the week week is. Why did I give that Clue yesterday about TK?

[John Randall]

I have no idea.

[John Hines]

It's RB. It's Ruth Burnett of North Fort Myers, Florida.

[Matthew Erickson]

Oh, wasn't that last week, TK's cousin?

[John Hines]

Wait a minute. Was that.

[Chris Reavers]

That was last week. That was last week.

[John Hines]

Yeah, that was last week.

[Chris Reavers]

She wins again.

[John Hines]

I was right. Congratulations.

[Joe Soucheray]

Exactly.

[John Hines]

I remember we went through that whole Fort Myers thing last week.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yeah, because we were thinking about South.

[John Hines]

I'm sorry. This is Tyson Koffler of Chicago City is this case. We call him G eler of the week. That's right. And he wins the Masters Maples gift pack.

[John Randall]

That's right. And you can become a giller of the week by upgrading to an annual town council membership.

[John Hines]

Thank You. Thank you. Tyson Coffler of Chicago. Right up there. Right up here by St. Cloud. All right. No, it's nowhere.

[Chris Reavers]

Highway 8th.

[Matthew Erickson]

Right out there.

[Joe Soucheray]

Close.

[John Hines]

Only because they come to us all the way from Kaiwaka, New Zealand. From the traveling Lymans. It was on this day, January 30th. Well, on this day in 1867, Ralph Waldo and Emerson lectured in Winona at the courthouse sponsored by local library associations. Emerson's tour of the Midwest included stops in Farewell, St. Paul and Minneapolis. He was on the road. They probably sold T shirts in the lobby.

[Matthew Erickson]

Any sponsorship from Marigold Dairy?

[John Hines]

Nope. Okay. On this day, Jan.30th in 1958, the states of Minnesota and North Dakota agreed that Minnesotans who worked in North Dakota and North Dakotans who worked in Minnesota would not be required to pay income taxes in both states.

[Matthew Erickson]

That's common sense.

[John Hines]

That's a pretty good deal.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yeah, that's smart.

[John Randall]

On this day, Jan. 30th.

[John Hines]

And they've been trying to recover ever since. On this day in 1992, Charlie Boone reached an agreement with WCCO AM radio on his impending retirement from full time time. Announcing his retirement ended the 30 year Boone and Erickson partnership. One of the station's most popular features that happened on this.

[Patrick Reusse]

He made a bunch of money.

[John Hines]

They did.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yeah.

[John Hines]

Boy, nobody had any.

[Matthew Erickson]

Isn't it true, Senator?

[Patrick Reusse]

Point of law this day.

[John Hines]

I think that was Boone.

[Chris Reavers]

Only we finally decided to stop competing with them when Ginny came on board.

[John Hines]

Well, there was no reason to this.

[Chris Reavers]

This station struggled to try to be some kind of alternative to CCO until Jenny came on and said, forget that nonsense. Go have some fun, boys.

[John Hines]

On this day in Minnesota, sports disappointment history.

[John Randall]

Jan 30.

[John Hines]

Usually you say something else.

[John Randall]

I know, but we're running way behind schedule.

[John Hines]

On this day in 1980, Williams arena was deemed unsafe. Safe. Well, it's still there. What the hell they do?

[John Randall]

Well, they renovated it.

[John Hines]

On this day, Jan.30 in 1990, the Gun brothers moved to California. Unless 15 million improvements were made to the Met Sports center, apparently. And they must have made the improvements because I don't think they moved in 1990. I don't know.

[Matthew Erickson]

Did the Gun brothers, do they take. Are they San Jose Shark originally?

[John Hines]

No, I think they had the Seals. The Oakland Seals. I don't know.

[Matthew Erickson]

I don't know.

[John Hines]

I don't know. I don't know.

[Chris Reavers]

Just a little whipped cream.

[John Hines]

Hey, getting warmer this weekend. Thank you.

[John Randall]

G. Ellers, do us a favor, if you haven't done so already and hit the subscribe button on the Garage Logic YouTube channel where you can watch the show each and every single day starting right around noon. You can also see full segments, video shorts, behind the scenes footage. It's all there for you. Just search garage logic on YouTube along with all of our social media channels. That includes Facebook, Instagram and X.

[John Hines]

And also I forgot to tell you something. Flesh eating flies are now developing in Texas. The larvae.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, it's great news.

[John Hines]

Flesh eating flies.

[Matthew Erickson]

The sharks began with the San Francisco seals of the whl. And yes, Gordon and George were minority owners of the golden seals which became the San Jose Sharks.

[John Hines]

One of those, Gordon, one of them was blind. I don't know which one.

[Matthew Erickson]

Yes, the other one could see.

[Patrick Reusse]

Oh, do I enjoy it.

[Matthew Erickson]

Thanks John for catching.

[Josh Arnold]

Time.

[John Randall]

Time once again to 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 used 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, a lot to discuss with the impending government shutdown, the silver trade implementation implodes, your company Apple absolutely crushes and a new Fed chief is nominated.

[Josh Arnold]

That's a lot of stuff. That's a lot of stuff. And it's all happening before the weekend and it's a weekend where things could, we'll say unwind even further or there could be some, some resolution that the market opened on a downward note right away. Cerns initially about president of Fed Fed chief nomination. What has been discussed that new Fed chief would be a toady for the President and push for not only lowering interest rates but being a toady for the President would take away the Fed's dependent and yes the President did somebody who has been a critic of the Fed policy, Kevin Warsh. But he is extremely independent thinker and while he has been critical of Fed policies in the past, he is still very much for Fed independent and bear in mind he still has one vote and has to convince these nine others who are on the voting committee which way to go. The Market initially recovered with his nomination from extreme lows. But there still is going to be a lot of trepidation about what the what his powers could well be. My sense is the Fed stays on hold in terms of interest rates at least least until May. But the Fed does cut back quantitative tightening that is selling bonds into the market. This action not cutting rates would reasonably hold unless for unemployment spike or the economy falls out. And I don't think at this point the economy is going to stall out but unemployment could continue up at least judging from the number of layoff announcements that have been coming from major major and minor minor companies. The next we'll say macro event that is getting on the market has been will the government remain open next week or will there be a partial more than partial shutdown as senators do not vote the continuing resolution that there seems to be you know some issues in the Senate about passing the resolution side of the aisle wants to pull out funding for the Department of Homeland Security from the package and there are actually five or excuse me six separate bills in terms of funding but the DHS funding could be pulled out voted on on a I would say a partial funding gap until a better decision is made. But there is worry that nothing is going to be done or voted on and that could create a situation as we had last fall but that is still a wait a wait and see. And then of course we have the price of oil moving moving up years of I'll say an attack in the Middle east and that has pushed up oil oil stock and the price of oil over the course of this week the price of oil is up $10 a barrel just on this fear that could be again alleviated either over the weekend or early next next week got the these macro events that short are impacting impacting the mark plus all of this is happening on a weekend and that does give traders a lot of I'll say reason not only pause but reason to go to the sideline and increase cash position but indicated many many that having up to 30% in cash as part of your asset allocation mix does give you the opportunity to take advantage of shorter term pullback on that hit not only the market in general but many companies specific especially when they report better vector news. So before I hit better than expected news we also have tremendous amounts of selling going on today in both gold and in silver. Both trades have been on fuego over the last few months. One one trader that I know has indicated that money was flowing out of bitcoin and bitcoin has Taken it into shorts, going from a high last last year of $125,000 per bitcoin down to 85,000 at the low. And that may have corresponded with the prices of gold and silver now starting to move up. That silver definitely had gone parabolic. And anything that goes parabolic very quickly tends not to stay parabolic for long and is wise to take some money off the table today. I think with the appointment of Kevin Warsh and I'll say money going into these trades kind of running out. Profit takers came in and pushed down both gold and silver. Silver being down 25% as we speak. I am not an investor in gold or silver or definitely not in bitcoin. On the other hand, I am a big investor in Apple and Apple crushed, and I say crushed the estimates. It was literally their best quarter ever in terms of revenue, terms of earnings, in terms of iPhone sales being up, in terms of China sales being up, in terms of services sales being up. The only thing that was not up as much as estimates was sales of what I'll call peripherals or wearables, so headphones, earbuds and watches. And part of that not being up was Apple ran out of supply. Demand was such that they couldn't meet, couldn't meet the demand for that. Apple also, they crushed on or beat the margins and for the next quarter they increased their guidance both for revenue and for margins. And yet the stock is down today as some analysts are concerned with the sustainability of Apple's sales. Oh, you did great this quarter. Now nobody's going to buy any of your product in the next quarter or the next year. Sorry Charlie, you guys missed the mention that Apple now has not 2.4 billion users, but 2.0 billion users. You missed the point that in China, Apple now is the number one, two and three leading phone seller in China. That is not necessarily going to slow up. You also, analysts also came after Apple. Oh well, yes, you increased your margins for the next quarter even though memory prices are going up. What about the second half of the year? Geez, you guys forgot to listen.

[John Hines]

To.

[Josh Arnold]

Other comments that, that the CFO and CEO made about Apple's relationship with Micron and even Samsung. Do you not think that Apple has long term contracts and certain prices for memory? Do you not think that they've got, we'll say a cost advantage or size advantage over everybody else? And do you not remember that the last time memory prices rose in 2019 it did not adversely affect Apple's margins? You know more, I'll say more than 1/2 of 1%. So sustainability or memory? Memory cost worries. You're kind of making stuff, not going to say making stuff up. The memory stuff is real sustainability that's almost made up, particularly when too many things or too many potential catalysts are on the table. You've got the new Siri product that's being integrated with Google's Gemini as part of a foundation product. You've got Apple's worldwide Developers conference coming to introduce how Apple how this can be integrated with applications going forward. You have a foldable phone coming. And you do have to remember that even without AI, currently Apple sales have increased. People love their products. So loyalty is very strong. Is Apple going to zoom up like it has in the past?

[John Hines]

Probably not.

[Josh Arnold]

Is it going to be a very steady performance? Former where you see over the next several years the stock go up 40 or 50%, I'd say that's a very, very strong probability. The discount in price today in my estimation, gives new buyers a chance to get in or start to get in on a phenomenal company that I believe should be an anchor to portfolios.

[John Randall]

Excellent advice as always, Mr. MoneyTalk. You heard him G hers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation again with 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, as always, thank you so much for and the chat. Enjoy the rest of your day. Have a fantastic weekend and we'll talk to you again next week.

[Josh Arnold]

I will look forward to it. Thanks.

[John Hines]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Randall]

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[John Hines]

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