1/9 Does anybody really even like this state anymore?

Summary

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Garage Logic – Episode Summary

Episode Title: 1/9 Does anybody really even like this state anymore?
Date: January 9, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray (“The Mayor”)
Co-hosts: Chris Reuvers, Kenny Olson, John Haidt, and guests

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Overview of the Episode’s Theme

This episode grapples with rising frustration and cynicism about the current state of Minnesota, contrasting the panel’s nostalgia for “the good old days” with recent political, social, and cultural developments that have left many, including the hosts, feeling disillusioned. The show uses recent news—most notably, a controversial ICE-related shooting and subsequent protests—as a springboard to debate the political climate, the nation's polarization, and the cultural evolution of Minnesota. The hosts weave in wider observations on American discourse, government, activism, and changing social norms.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. “Does Anybody Really Like Minnesota Anymore?”

• The show opens with a tongue-in-cheek lament about losing 36–48 listeners after a previous episode’s controversy, setting a confessional and cranky tone.
• Joe Soucheray voices exasperation at political polarization, noting how every incident—even natural disasters—is now filtered through partisan ideology.
  • Quote: “Nothing can happen in this country again without it being burdened by political ideology. If a volcano erupted, it would be interpreted through political ideology.” (02:05)
• The hosts riff on a National Review essay satirically suggesting Minnesota be "traded to Canada" for being a perennial source of national embarrassment.
  • Quote (reading Bleehar/Blahar): “It keeps resurfacing in national news like a bad penny. ... It feels like every time I turn my head, yet another national disaster is tumbling forth from what we now know to be one of the worst run states in the Union.” (03:36)
• Nostalgia emerges as a running theme, with Joe and others reminiscing about Minnesota's past—its sports, characters like Bob Dylan, and a time when the state was less in the national glare.
• The tone is both mournful and sardonic, as frustration at change and “failure after failure” gives way to playful ribbing about dog parks, public schools, and stadium mishaps.

2. ICE Shooting, Protests & Local Government Critique

• Focus shifts to the fallout from a recent ICE-related shooting in Minneapolis, community protests, and increasing distrust of both local and federal government.
• The panel debates who can be trusted to judge such incidents, expressing skepticism toward both political leaders and mainstream narratives.
  • Joe: “We have the worst run government in the country. We have the worst governor in the country. The worst lieutenant governor in the country. God help us all...” (15:23)
• Spirited exchanges cover media coverage, the reliability of video footage, and the polarized responses to incidents depending on political alignment.
  • Quote: “If you think she should be shot, then you’re a Trump supporter. If you think she shouldn’t have been shot, then you’re a Marxist.” (14:34)
• Discussion of contradictory statements by politicians (notably Gov. Kristi Noem) points to widespread confusion and “loss of the middle ground.”

3. Local Culture, Schools & Changing Social Norms

• The topic turns to the closing of Minneapolis schools for protests and broader shifts in Minnesota culture (less family, more focus on pets, casual dress codes).
  • Joe: “People in Minnesota don't have children anymore. They have dogs. And we've elected legislators who have dogs and not children and they have dog parks. Now it's a dog park.” (14:22)
  • Discussion about students wearing pajamas to school, school renaming debates (Teddy Roosevelt), and generational shifts.

4. Broader Political & Ideological Shifts

• Joe recounts the story of a Nebraska state senator removing portraits of America’s founders—framing it as indicative of anti-American sentiment from activists shaped by “the failed academy.”
  • Quote: “A lot of people who have ascended to a political stature have been really, really corrupted by the failed academy. ... They develop a contempt for this country.” (25:39)
• The hosts dissect the senator’s actions, the broader controversy about historical displays, the role of PragerU, and the increasing tendency to rewrite or dispute history.
  • John Haidt: “It blurs the line between reality and fiction. It has apparently clips of, like, John Adams talking A.I. ... using comments that apparently come from Ben Shapiro.” (37:11)
• Concern surfaces about political extremism, polarization, and the conspiracy that the public is being manipulated—referencing both Hitler’s Germany and modern America.
  • Kenny Olson (on Brett Weinstein): “He believes that what's happening in the US now is all part of a controlled manipulation... that there's something afoot and we don't really know what it is.” (52:45)

5. Sports, Local Stories & Minnesota Trivia

• Classic Garage Logic: gentle debates and reminiscence about Minnesota’s sports culture, including All-Star games, stadiums, and the Vikings’ Super Bowl drought.
• Notable local tidbits (“On this day” trivia) about Minnesota’s history, weather, and notable oddities.
• Clips of sportswriter Patrick Reusse and others discussing current leagues, team histories, and quirky bits like wearing new socks every day.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Joe (on nostalgia): “What the hell happened to us? It's a shit show. Oh, boy. It's over.” (07:43)
• Kenny Olson: “Not only that, I’m sick of whatever I have to say about it.” (06:42)
• Joe: “The only good thing about the airport is it’s a means to get the hell out of here.” (08:18)
• Joe (on polarization): “There’s no middle ground. ... About 36 to 48 of you did and kindly email me and said you're done. Many of you. I emailed back and said you’ll listen every day and you know it.” (15:02)
• On changing Minnesota:
  • “Now Minneapolis has become, despite all expectation, an open sore upon the Midwest that even my own hometown can’t top.” (05:52)
• On dogs & family: “Because people in Minnesota don’t have children anymore. They have dogs. And we’ve elected legislators who have dogs and not children and they have dog parks. Now it’s a dog park.” (14:22)
• On politicians & the ‘failed academy’:
  • “They develop a contempt for this country because they had the inconvenience of being white males. ... And they come out of the failed academy ready to take care of things for us...” (25:39)
• On “never listening again” emails:
  • “All I'd get is ‘I'm never listening again.’” (52:54)
• Joe (on international law): “Is there such a thing? There’s no international policeman. Is there really an international law?” (58:35)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Political ideology and polarization: 02:05 – 03:09
• National Review essay on Minnesota: 03:15 – 06:14
• Nostalgia for 80s Minnesota, stadium stories: 08:18 – 11:38
• ICE shooting discussion and video evidence: 14:34 – 20:12, 44:04 – 45:16
• Public schools, protests, dog parks: 14:30 – 15:57
• Sen. Michaela Kavanaugh takes down founders’ portraits, “failed academy” talk: 25:39 – 37:06
• AI, Ben Shapiro, and history distortion: 37:11 – 39:09
• Discussion on American manipulation (Brett Weinstein): 52:45 – 53:19
• Despair at current Minnesota governance: 15:23 – 16:00
• Pat Reusse sports segment: 67:15 – 77:52
• On this day in Minnesota (Vikings Super Bowl history): 80:29 – 82:57

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Tone, Style, and Flow

The episode is a classic Garage Logic blend: a foundation of sardonic humor and exasperation, seasoned with authentic nostalgia, cranky ruminations, and the signature banter of local radio veterans. Listeners unfamiliar with Minnesota will still relate to the broader lament over political polarization, changing local identity, and generational divides. The panel reflects on their sense of loss, not just for “old Minnesota,” but for a type of civic common sense they feel is disappearing nationwide.

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For Listeners New to the Episode

This episode is an extended gripe about Minnesota’s trajectory, sharing both affectionate and exasperated memories, filtered through the lens of contemporary culture wars. It provides a microcosm of broader American tensions: nostalgia against disruptors, the suspicion of activists and government, and a pervasive feeling that one’s state—and by proxy, country—just isn’t working like it used to. Expectations of straight talk and humor are met, especially for those who appreciate cantankerous, local wisdom and skepticism aimed at authority and change.

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Transcript

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Hail the flashlight, King.

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Hail you. And now from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's Garage Logic with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the Crabby coffee shop, John Height in the news, and of course the rookie here is your Flashlight King fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe. Well, we're short about 36 to 48 listeners, all of whom will never listen again. They signed off yesterday based on the emails and I don't know why you wouldn't.

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It's okay if you don't agree with them, but you're going to get a shot of.

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I got it. I got it. Oh, you want me to defend you.

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The official publicist of Joe.

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Whatever. What a great time to be a. I got. We're good.

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Top drawer.

[A]

Sick of how to handle these things.

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We're good. We're. I continue to believe that nothing can happen in this country again without it being burdened by political ideology.

[D]

Agreed.

[B]

So you're you no matter what. If a volcano erupted, it would be interpreted through political ideology. I'm not making this up. This is the way this country is.

[A]

Which based upon where we're headed. She's about time, right? For that volcano.

[B]

My friend, Jesse Ventura. My friend Jesse Ventura said we're a third world country. And I know what he meant. But the way I would interpret that is we're a third world country because we're trapped by political ideology and not facts or reality. Everything that now happens in this country that's how polarizing Trump is. It's just amazing. It's just you either see it the way Trump does or you see it the way a Marxist does. This country is.

[D]

I'm glad you said that last part. You're right. Yeah, yeah. And those hearings in Washington this week is a prime example of that.

[B]

Oh, they were just ridiculous. They were symptomatic of the breakdown of the political process. It's just. It's just. It's just. There's a piece in the National Review. I was just alerted to it late. Where is it? It's right here. Written by Jeffrey Bleehar Blahar, who I've never heard of, but. But any wrote this on January 7th at 8:28pm at night. It's late and I'm tired. Specifically, I am tired of Minnesota. And then for some reason the printer disappointed me and oh no, I don't have what I need to have. I'm simply done with Minnesota. It keeps resurfacing in the national news like a bad penny. Trump just banned pennies. Can he ban Min Minnesota? I'm not a superstitious man, but I suspect it's time to write their experiment in statehood. Write their experiment in statehood off as a loss and revert it to a non voting territorial status. Or maybe trade it to Canada for Alberti, plus a province to be named later. Between the bookends of the Floyd riots and Tim Walls sudden implosion, it feels like every time I turn my head, yet another national disaster is tumbling forth from what we now know to be one of the worst on states in the Union. And to speak selfishly, if nothing else, that means they're stealing Illinois's limelight. I've had it up to here with the third tier Minnesota state dominating national news when we deserve to. Illinois once cornered the regional market on headline grabbing criminal political behavior, but we earned it the honest way after over a century of hard work. Meanwhile, these guys are just stumbling into one national civic disaster after another with no plan. I know that so far readers may hail from the land of 10,000 lakes, so I want to say this as gently as possible. To hell with your state. We gave your weird Scandi hoovy and hinterland a shot and it looks like it just didn't work out. Despite being anonymously ensconced in the iciest and least hospitable regions of the far north, you have completely bungled it by repeatedly showing up in national news with negative headlines. Granted, Minnesota once had its good moments, particularly, particularly back in the 80s. I used to like it back then, and I knew of it only as the birthplace of Prince, the Replacements, and my favorite television show of all time. But that's over now. Now Minneapolis has become, despite all expectation, an open soar upon the Midwest that even my own hometown can't top. He must be from Illinois.

[E]

He's from Chicago.

[B]

He's from Chicago. Wow. Boy, I wish I would have thought to write this. I'm gonna figure out a way to write the same thing. Different, obviously. This is fantastic. This is fantastic. I am sick of Minnesota, too. It's a good way to put it. I'm tired of us. We're failure after failure after failure, aren't we? We really are.

[D]

Not only that, I'm sick of whatever I have to say about it.

[A]

May I?

[B]

I am, too.

[A]

Kenny, when you say us, are you. Are you sick of the five of us as well, or are you just saying the collective us?

[B]

Well, there's warmth in collectivism, Chris.

[E]

Maybe.

[B]

I mean, the lot of us. As the Brits would say, the entire lot of us.

[A]

Noted.

[B]

I'm tired of Minnesota. We used to. We used to. I don't know what we used to be, but we weren't this. What the hell were we?

[D]

We were left alone.

[B]

Nobody paid any debt. Yeah, yeah, we were.

[D]

I was. I was proudly a part of flyover country.

[B]

Yes.

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Yeah.

[B]

We could get away with anything. We're from Minnesota.

[D]

Exactly.

[B]

We didn't. Nobody cared about us.

[A]

Well, you make a great point. Remember how excited we always used to get?

[B]

Where.

[A]

Oh, gee, look at. They put the Metrodome on national tv.

[B]

Yeah, we were rooms to the first degree.

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We like it here.

[B]

We love it here. We had that painted horrible on that bleeping dump of a Metrodome. We like it here. What the hell happened? What the hell happened to us? It's a shit show. Oh, boy. It's over.

[E]

Yep.

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And I'm tired of it. I'm tired of. I'm. Brooke.

[A]

You guys hiring at the airport?

[D]

Yep.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

Hurry, before that's gone, too. They're picking up uber Somalis left and right.

[B]

Only good thing about the airport is it's a means to get the hell out of here.

[A]

True.

[B]

Oh, my God. We had. Let me tell you something. Back in the early 80s, we had an All Star game in Minneapolis. I remember. In which Pat and I worked hard to get Bob Dylan to sing the anthem.

[C]

What a great idea.

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He didn't, which is understandable. Bob has left Minnesota. He might keep a farm here for investment purposes, but I think his brother runs it he doesn't hang around.

[C]

Got it.

[B]

I think I understand better now why Bob doesn't have fond thoughts about having. But back to the All Star Game. They played it in the worst dump ever built for professional sports called the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. It was pathetic. It was cheap. It fell apart every time it snowed. It was dreadful. Had to be done though. Oh yeah. Had to be done to keep the teams. So Mike Lynn told Calvin, you're going downtown whether you like it or not. And Calvin, he had no options.

[C]

None.

[B]

So he went downtown and you got a ballpark while you have a ball team now playing in a football stadium. So when you watched a baseball game, either your left or right cheek went numb on you because you had to turn a certain way in those shitty chairs to sit there in that dump. But during the All Star Game, I'm getting to my point, it's taking me a bit of time.

[C]

By the way, the lone twin was Tom Brunanski.

[B]

During the, during the All Star Game, the very colorful, up to date modern scoreboard out in center field showed outdoor pictures. Remember, we're sitting inside on one of the most beautiful summer nights of that particular summer. It was gorgeous and lovely and they showed the lakes and people were sailing little craft on what was then called Lake Calhoun. And they showed sailboats sailing around what is still called Lake Harriet because we haven't found enough yet to indict her for anything. She was the wife of somebody who apparently didn't own a slave. It's now called Bday Maca Maca Maca Maca. And then they showed Lake Minnetonka and then they showed up north and I don't know, somebody crop dusting or whatever, and it was all green and blue and beautiful. And then we kept chanting, we like it here even though we're trapped in this dump. If it rains hard tonight, this dump will collapse. But it didn't rain. It was one of the loveliest nights of the summer. And I don't know where I'm going with this, except. Except back then we were still stupid and we didn't know what was happening to us. And then I don't know what happened. I. I don't know what happened to it.

[D]

I don't care what you're saying, just keep doing it in this tone because it's really calming me down.

[B]

Then, then in 2010, we got the outdoor stadium. I was fired for saying we should have an outdoor stadium, but I'll be damned if I wasn't. Proven correct, isn't that something. And they built the. They built the target field and we had another All Star game and it was another beautiful night. But there was a clue, there was a clue offered that evening to what was happening to us. I'm not sure any of you might remember this, but there was a clue offered. I believe it was a wonderful All Star game, another beautiful summer evening in Minnesota when it was able to be shown to the nation what a lovely, lovely summer evenings we have. You know, because they think we're wearing mukluks in July. You know what a mukluk is?

[C]

I do know what a mukluk is.

[B]

We had mukluks in them. But there's something happened that evening that we should have taken more careful note of. Fireworks were shot off after the game. And the newly entrenched downtown residents of really expensive converted warehouses and they loved to convert them. So the pipes shown he had bare brick walls and it was very funk. They complained about the fireworks. They complained about the fireworks in a state that will never. That once had an out. Well, that was the second outdoor All Star game. We also had the all star game in 1965.

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85.

[B]

Then we also had it in 65, Chris.

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Yes, sir.

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And then it was a great year. 65. Minnesota had a great year. Great year. And then we had it again in, I think it was 85.

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85.

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85.

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And then back outdoors in 2014. And by then enough rottenness must have happened that people complained about the fireworks because it was past their bedtime, you know, and. And suddenly that became a hullabaloo.

[A]

One of the highlights of that story was you reading the quote from the young lady that said, it scared my dog.

[B]

Yeah, they had a Star Tribune story. Yeah, I remember that. It scared my dog. Because. Because people in Minnesota don't have children anymore. They have dogs. And we've elected legislators who have dogs and not children and they have dog parks. Now it's a dog park.

[D]

And Fast forward to 2025 and what are we now?

[B]

Right now we're fraud ridden. We're surrounded by immigration control enforcement that's scaring the hell out of people. We have one person dead. I know that you weigh that with your political identity. If you think she should be shot, and that's Trump. If you think she shouldn't have been shot, then you're a Marxist communist.

[D]

And there's no middle ground.

[B]

There's no middle ground. Which I tried to point out yesterday. You know, there still is a middle ground. But no. About 36 to 48 of you did and kindly email me and said you're done. Many of you. I emailed back and said you'll listen every day and you know it. But that's neither here nor there.

[D]

Joel.

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Joel. We have the worst run government in the country. We have the worst governor in the country. The worst lieutenant governor in the country. God help us all if that, that lieutenant governor who has a knife dripping with blood on her shirt which I think suggests cutting genitalia so people can become different genders because the language was.

[A]

Protect trans lives or kids because she's.

[B]

A beauty, she's just a sweetheart. And God help us if that person gets any foothold in the state. But something happened to us and we're all tired of it. Something happened in Minnesota. It doesn't work anymore. It's not a pleasant place to be. The government cannot be trusted. The federal government can't be trusted. I think that's enough show for today.

[C]

All right, we'll wrap her up here. Those of you that want to go.

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To garagelogic.com Cal Frohlich reminds me of one of the great lines that George Orwell had in the, in the book 1984, the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. I, I, I've been asked by Kristi Noem Wednesday. I was asked by Christy and Christie's tough to say no to, but I was asked by Christy to reject the evidence of my own eyes. I and I will not. And because I won't, I've lost as many as 48 million listeners. I will not reject the evidence of my own eyes. Although as things change now we're at 48 hours. 48 hours. Can I trade you the first shot he fired through the windshield, which suggests he was in the front of the car. Can I trade you that for the two? He didn't, he didn't need to fire through the driver's side window. Can I trade you those two?

[C]

He didn't.

[B]

He doesn't balance out anything. She's still dead. But after 48 hours, the initial shot becomes debatable. Whereas yesterday I said that wasn't even debatable. The other two are not debatable. And I will not reject the evidence of my own eyes. That's after 48 hours. I don't anticipate much changing. How much more video evidence can be discovered.

[A]

Well, we do have a new one from courtesy of Alpha News that surfaced.

[D]

This morning, which is obviously a body worn camera.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

From some sort of Law officer. What I have a hard time doing, Joe, is putting myself in the position of the shooter and the driver. I don't know what was in either one of their minds, and I just can't make a decision or make an assumption based on that. All I am is an observer of videotape, and I don't trust my own instincts to come out on either side.

[B]

Who are you going to? Who. Who do you choose then to make that decision for you?

[D]

You know, that's a good point, and I don't know that I have an answer, but you're.

[B]

Because if you choose. If you choose Kristi Noem to make that decision for you, there is the inconvenient truth that during her press conference Wednesday afternoon, she started by saying, clearly, this woman was impeding ICE events and blocking traffic. She was impeding what was happening. And then the mayor, five sentences later, Kristi Noemus saying, we don't have any facts. We're waiting for all of. Well, Kristi, were you waiting to have your. I imagine that Christie would have been. Had her facts corroborated by her superiors. She gave facts and then wanted to tell me she didn't have any, so.

[D]

But then on the other hand, Joe, on the other side of that coin, the mayor was also making wild assumptions.

[B]

Absolutely, absolutely.

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Use the f word.

[B]

But I don't trust the mayor of Minneapolis and I don't trust the city councils in St. Paul. The jury's out on Keoli.

[F]

Her.

[B]

Although plowing is a bad sign.

[C]

But wasn't it a good idea to shut down Minneapolis public schools, specifically Roosevelt, so those kids could be outside protesting versus be inside a secure building while they were learning?

[D]

Look, protesting kids is meaningless, Matthew.

[B]

I agree.

[D]

Protecting their lives at all costs is what's important.

[C]

So keep minsing.

[B]

Well, then I think. I think rookie accidentally has a point.

[D]

I don't think we need to say accidentally.

[C]

I think he was okay.

[B]

No, you're right. They're safer inside.

[E]

Right?

[B]

Plus a lot of kids. I noticed this. This is something. This is something I noticed about Minnesota as we've continued to devolve into nothingness. A lot of kids go to school wearing pajamas, and I don't like that. I'm sorry. I just. I'm old fashioned, I guess. I think you should wear trous trousers. In fact, I'd even pulled them up and cinched them with a belt. But no, I saw a lot of kids yesterday, and these unmistakably to me, of course, I'm trusting my own eyes again. So I'm probably wrong. They were wearing pajama bottoms, these checkered loose fitting pajama bottoms.

[A]

Maybe it was PJ Day. Sometimes my kids have PJ Day.

[D]

I'm wearing a pair of sweatpants right now.

[B]

But you're not in school and we don't see you.

[C]

Can I do, speaking of Roosevelt, can I do a shout out to someone? I just want to do a shout out.

[B]

No matter what I said, it wouldn't.

[C]

Have mattered what he had said to a, I don't know, a former head of state here that doesn't listen to the podcast and that may or may not have been a graduate of Roosevelt. We'd love to have you on Monday. And even though you don't listen to.

[B]

The show, he never listens to me.

[C]

Never.

[A]

In fact, how many times has he written Joe saying I'm never listening again?

[C]

He always knows what he's talking about when I call him. Love to have him on the show. He's got a whole bunch of stuff to say. But he's sometimes just a child and I love him.

[D]

I love Roosevelt. That was my son's alma mater and he lives very close to Roosevelt right now.

[B]

I wonder how long before they scrubbed the name Teddy. Teddy Roosevelt had to do something wrong, didn't he?

[C]

When he was in the deep in the thick forest.

[B]

He must have done something. He must have harmed the environment, pushed.

[C]

A native or something like that.

[F]

Yeah, yeah, I have.

[B]

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[B]

See, I found something that might surprise you. I always check on these stories because it kind of reinforces my belief that a lot of the people who have ascended to a political stature have been really, really corrupted by the failed academy. Seriously, they develop a contempt for this country. They develop a contempt for the founders of this country because they had the inconvenience of being white males. They just, they think we were an imperialistic group of thugs who just pillaged our way across the universe. And they come out of the failed academy ready to take care of things for us because they become professional activists and then run for office and get elected because we haven't been paying attention. You with me so far?

[C]

So far, boss.

[B]

A Nebraska state senator caught on video removing portraits of America's founders from a hallway in the state capitol is defending her actions. Democratic state Senator Michaela Kavanaugh right there was shown on Capitol security footage taking down portraits from an exhibit celebrating the 250th anniversary of America, his founding. The exhibit was provided by nonprofit PragerU, that's Dennis Prager, and included images of signers of the Declaration of Independence and prominent women in American history, according to Governor Jim Pillin, who criticized the lawmaker for taking it down. Celebrating America during our 250th year should be a moment of unity and patriotism, not divisiveness and destructive partisanship, pillin wrote. I am disappointed in this shameful and selfish bad example. Kavanaugh told KETV 7 Omaha that she removed the portraits because she believed they violated the rules and regulations of the State Capitol. It did not believe they had been approved. She cited Rule 4.07, which limits displays to the first floor rotunda for a one week period in most cases and prohibits leafleting within the state Capitol or its grounds. You want to bet she would have approved a satanic Christmas tree or whatever?

[C]

Probably. Yep.

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The surprise part is coming up. Oh, I don't even know what the pictures were. I wasn't really paying attention as I was taking them down. I just took them down. Kavanaugh said, denying her actions were political. Well, you're lying. I will say that I know that the picture that he tweeted is not one of the ones that I took down because I saw it in a different hallway. The progressive lawmaker, no, she's a far left crackpot. Later told the Lincoln Journal Star that she tried not to damage the artwork and contacted the Nebraska State Patrol to let them know where the portraits could be found. The portraits were returned by 3pm Wednesday. The state Patrol said Wednesday that no citation was issued and no apparent damage was done to the art, according to the report, and returned the posters to the Capitol Commission. Prager, you published a video of the incident. I saw the video. I saw this buffoon taking the pictures down. An elected servant violating freedom of speech, civil discourse, and most importantly, a unified attempt to celebrate our shared history. Shameful, disappointing and dangerous. Prageru host Jill Simone and wrote what else do I have here on her. I'm getting to the surprise part. That's about it. Just another typical legislator of the kind. We have her. So I, I looked her up just.

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For fun, just for the hell of very kicks and giggles.

[B]

She was born in 1979. What's that? Maker? 46? Yep. Well, she'll be 46 on January 17th.

[E]

Oh, my birthday.

[B]

Yeah, she was born in Washington DC. She's the daughter of former Nebraska state legislator and US Rep. John Joseph Kavanaugh III. She attended Marion High School in Omaha, Nebraska, and our own, the University of St. Thomas. Hoorah roll. Tommy's graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. I'm sorry, and no disrespect to all of you who got bachelor's of arts and sociology, but who are you kidding? She went on to graduate school at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and obtained her master's in public administration. All right, she's married. They got three kids. That's a point in her favor.

[D]

They have college classes to teach you how to be a politician?

[B]

I guess so. Gee whiz, She's a state senator for Nebraska's 9th Legislative District. That's really all I know about her. But I was terribly interested to see that she's a graduate of our own failed University of St. Thomas. She's a big family leave proponent. In fact, she introduced a bill that would provide up to six weeks of paid leave to care for a relative and up to 12 weeks of paid personal medical leave and paid maternity paternity leave.

[A]

Has she used any yet?

[B]

I wonder.

[D]

Isn't Nebraska a very strong Republican state?

[B]

Is it not?

[D]

Pretty sure it is.

[B]

Not as strong as you think.

[D]

Well, I thought it was.

[B]

The maximum benefit would be 66% of the state's average weekly wage. The bill was stalled as a result of opposition from other senators who were concerned about the bill's cost. Up to 172 million a year, according to the Legislative Fiscal Office, and described the bill as progressive soil socialism at its worst. Well, that's exactly what it is. But I got news for you. In Nebraska, you're getting off cheap at 172 billion. Kavanaugh became the first senator to breastfeed on the Capitol floor. That's a first big deal. That's a no.

[C]

That's natural.

[A]

Do you get a plaque for that?

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I think there's a plaque up in the hallway for her. Upon discovering that there were no designated private spaces for women to breastfeed or pump in the Capitol building. And again, one of my favorite memories of GL when GL was being broadcast in a real state was the gal who called and told us about her husband going out to the garage, and he had assembled a bunch of. Bunch of parts. He went to Axeman. He built her a breast pump. Okay, that's gl. That's when Minnesota wasn't. That's when we weren't tired of it.

[C]

That's when I think Jeremy was Filling in for me that day and talking about. About painting, like, the shark teeth on.

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It.

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And it made a noise.

[C]

Turn it on high.

[B]

Okay, well, she did something about this absence of a breastfeeding location, and she got a little room. All 14 female senators in the Nebraska legislature signed on. Although the bill languished in the government military and Veterans affairs committee, the Nebraska Capitol Commission purchased a lactation station and set up space near the south entrance of the building. All right, she. She also was very active in the LGBTQB. 2134 ZFW, a 33 + rights movement. There's a bill called Let Them Grow act which would prohibit it. Let's see. In February of 23, State Senator Kathleen Koth introduced LB574, known as the Let Them Grow act, which would prohibit transgender health care for individuals under the age of 19. Kavanaugh, our gal, our St. Thomas gal Itami, a staunch supporter of transgender rights, pledged to prevent any bill from passing by filibustering all the bills. She said, if this legislature collectively decides that legislating hate against children is our priority, then I'm going to make it painful for everyone. And that she would burn this session to the ground. Boy, she'd make a great legislator in Minnesota. Bring her on.

[C]

Let's go.

[B]

Fit right in. She would fit right in. Her filibuster lasted more than three weeks. Oh, wow.

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Wow.

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Yikes.

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During which he spoke about numerous topics unrelated to legislation, including girl Scout cookies, Omaha's best donuts, and the plot of the film Madagascar. On March 16, Kavanaugh and the speaker of the Legislature, John Arch, reached a deal in which the bill would be debated on the floor. The bill reached cloture. What's cloture mean, John? C L O T U R E Cloture.

[E]

Cloture.

[B]

Cloture. On March 23, which allowed it to advance to the second of three rounds of debate, the legislature adopted the rule changes on March 28th in order to limit the filibustering ability. Yet Kavanaugh and State Senator Megan Hunt had said they would continue to use all their abilities to prevent bills from passing. The bill was signed into law on May 22, 2023. The provisions relating to transgender health care took effect October 1. Following the bill's passage, Kavanaugh, Hunt, and John Frederickson founded a political action committee called Don't Legislate Hate. I don't think hate has anything to do with it, but there's no getting through to the likes of Kavanaugh. The political action committee said they will support Lawmakers who oppose legislation which negatively targets the LGBTQ community. Okay. Anyway, she's taken down pictures of the founders. Now, I love. I don't love. I loathe stumbling across these stories, but generally speaking, I'm going to place the blame on the failed academy. Okay. I'm going to place them. She didn't study anything that I would consider terribly meaningful. I'm sorry. That's just the way I feel about it. And she really must have absorbed a great deal of vitriol from professors or fellow students or whatever, thinking that this is just a really lousy country. And so she's walking in the halls of her capitol there in Lincoln, and she sees these old white guys with their powdered wigs who founded the country, and she took it upon herself to take those down, and she managed to find a. A rule that she thought that violated.

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So the cloture. Yeah. To end debate and lead to a vote.

[B]

Yeah, that's what.

[E]

There's also some background on this story.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

That maybe tells why she was doing it. This apparently was very controversial in Nebraska for a while because the Founders Museums is not popular with historians and. Etc.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

And apparently so I'm guessing that's how she found out about it. And, you know, she's saying she's lying if she didn't know what she took down because it already had been a controversy before she ever took anything off the walls, so.

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Plus, Prager's name is attached to it.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah, I bet that's a big reason.

[E]

Why American Historical association has come out against the display.

[B]

Oh, I wonder why.

[E]

It says it blurs the line between reality and fiction. It has apparently clips of, like, John Adams talking A.I.

[B]

Well, so what?

[E]

I mean, but it's using comments that apparently come from Ben Shapiro.

[B]

Well, then, you know, Disneyland's got talking animals. Wait a minute.

[D]

Wait, wait.

[B]

What are you gonna do?

[D]

Wait, you talked over John on. It's got clips of John Adams saying. Whose words?

[E]

Ben Shapiro. Oh, well, come on.

[B]

Do have trouble with that. It should have been my words. I don't.

[D]

Unless you're Quentin Tarantino. I'm not down with rewriting history. Okay.

[B]

Is that akin to if John Adams was AI speaking his own words? I think that'd be cool.

[D]

That'd be fun.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

That'd be like the wax museum show at Disney World.

[B]

Well, they got talking alligators and stuff there at Swampland or whatever. How are you doing?

[A]

Because they have that at Keystone by the Mount Rushmore. They have the president one.

[D]

Right.

[A]

It's really cool.

[D]

The President's Hall.

[B]

Are you hearing their voices?

[A]

Yeah. In fact, we were there. This is Georgia 2023. They did have one of Trump.

[B]

Well, you get Trump, you can get his voice. But I think it would be tough to get Lincoln.

[C]

Would you like to see my wooden teeth trick?

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Tell me the Christmas blend is still around, Kenny.

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Joe Sushere how much of those cashews are left by the way?

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Not many and the almonds are going fast.

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Brooks woofing them down as the show is going.

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God, I got a present from my.

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Can we do this and get going here?

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Rookie's looking for an excuse. We arenutsmn.com place your order and let them know you heard about them on the Garage Logic podcast.

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I keep forgetting the mention County Market.

[E]

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[A]

Thank you Johnny.

[E]

Let's talk local news. First, the City of Minneapolis removed street barriers to keep emergency routes open near where Renee Goode was shot. A community memorial had grown at 34th street and Portland Avenue where she was killed by US immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer. The community has held several vigils at the site over the past few days. The city says they will Keep a memorial in place and continue to clean around it. But they intend to keep the street clear to make sure fire and medical crews can still reach people quickly. Streets in the area had been blocked by members of the community and no vehicles could get through.

[A]

I have a question. We watched the video courtesy of Alpha News. Gave alerted Stewart earlier. My opinion has changed slightly after watching that video for two reasons. And we'll link it to the GL page. By the way, when she attempts to leave, the girlfriend is not in the vehicle with her.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

She's filming this incident. So when you see the officer's body cam footage, she's attempting to leave without the girlfriend in it. Thus, it looks. In my estimation, it looks like she hits this officer. Doesn't justify the shooting. Doesn't justify her death. What I'm saying is that to me suggests she wasn't trying to leave. If the girlfriend's not in the car with her.

[B]

Yeah, I don't want to get into it. I'm tired.

[C]

I see what you're saying, though. Yes.

[B]

I have a question. Oh. When ICE agents show up on Main Street. Serious question. They show up on Main street where there's a series of apartment buildings and they wish to go in there. How do they. Who's tipping them off? How do they know that there might be an illegal in those apartment buildings?

[C]

That's the million dollar.

[B]

Where's that coming from?

[A]

One would suggest either the landlord and. Or law enforcement, local law enforcement, I don't know. I have no idea.

[C]

But if they're working at an establishment, ICE would have no reason to know unless they knew that Phil Johnson is an illegal alien and he's working at McDonald's on Payne Avenue and lives at 1, 2, 3.

[A]

Well, I told you guys yesterday, I watched an ICE agent pull a vehicle over on a highway I travel every day. And I'm going to guess because he pulled up next to them, must have ran my plate and their plate and he cut right in between both of us and pulled that down.

[B]

They want to get into schools, too. Who's blowing the whistle on fourth grader McGinnis?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Who's setting that up?

[A]

I don't know.

[D]

I've seen a number of traffic stops in the morning by federal. They just say federal agents. So I just always jump to the conclusion that it's ice, But I never tweet anything about it or mention it.

[E]

A lot of store ones, too. I've noticed up here in our area, the Walmart, there's been several ICE stops where they just. They check people are going in or out of a store.

[C]

And Facebook has completely changed. That's all it is, is ice left and right, both sides just going back and forth. I can't stand it. I need more recipes.

[E]

I. Yeah, I have 20 people that let me know where ice is every.

[D]

You guys, you gotta train your algorithms. I have the best face. I love my Facebook. It's all Kitty videos and puppy videos and horse videos.

[C]

Pomeranian.

[E]

These are all friends. Kitty. And they post it.

[D]

I don't have any friends either, John.

[B]

John.

[D]

I don't have any friends. That's the secret to happiness.

[E]

No friends. Have friends.

[B]

Have friends.

[E]

In other news, Minnesota state and city leaders are calling for the FBI to allow the Minnesota bsc, bsc, BCA to coordinate with its investigation involving that shooting. Drew Evans, superintendent, said his agency had initially sought to investigate the shooting. On Thursday, Evans said the U.S. attorney's office had reversed course. Now local leaders are requesting the BCA be brought back into the fold and be allowed to collaborate with the FBI on the investigation. Governor Tim Wall said that barring state agencies from the investigation would make it harder for Minnesotans to trust the FBI's findings when the investigation concludes. During a news conference on Thursday, Kristi Noem said the BCA does not have the jurisdiction to investigate the shooting. Meanwhile, an erroneous comment about the whole case From Vice President J.D. vance is under scrutiny today. Vance said at a White House press conference yesterday that the agent has absolute immunity in the shooting. Multiple legal experts and reports say that is not legally accurate. Apparently, his absolute immunity framing does not match how immunity for federal officials works in state law cases. And ICE officer does not have absolute immunity from any charges. Those accounts pointed instead to a narrower defense sometimes invoked by federal officers known as the Supremacy Clause immunity when a federal official is acting within lawful federal duties and the conduct is necessary and proper. Even then, the reporting said the protection is not absolute immunity and it's not automatically available just because an officer is a federal employee.

[A]

And that's, I think, part of what is getting lost here because there are some in town that want him to be prosecuted on the state level. Well, that can't happen. Right? Because this was a federal operation.

[B]

I don't know. I don't care anymore.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

I'll answer for you. I think you're correct.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Okay.

[E]

Thank you. From the Star Tribune. We talked about this on and off air already a lot today. Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura applauding students and staff at Roosevelt High School for standing up for freedom and America, in his words. And suddenly Hinted he may once again be interested in running for governor.

[B]

Go, Jesse. America has a stupidity problem. It does. That's what I told Rook today.

[E]

Jesse said I was leading Jesse. I was leading a nice, quiet life. You've injected me back into this and will probably make me the governor of Minnesota.

[B]

He absolutely looks like a homeless. I have my white beard. I'd had a couple of Santa rolls.

[C]

Down at Brookdale and Burnsville.

[B]

He just doesn't look good. He's looking old.

[C]

I haven't shaved.

[B]

Yeah, he'll shave.

[D]

Have you.

[B]

Have you passed over, if you know what I mean. No, you look like you're Santa Claus too, if you grew a beard.

[D]

I myself try to avoid mirrors at all costs.

[A]

Governor, would you have to re. Establish residency in the great state of Minnesota?

[C]

I'm off the grid. I'm on the.

[B]

You have a residence here six months equal. So I'm a resident of both.

[A]

Okay, so Royce would not call you a tax dodger.

[C]

If Royce.

[B]

If Royce does.

[C]

Because that's what I call him, Royce.

[B]

I would come after him in his.

[C]

Little fat ass with his busted up.

[B]

Knee trying to climb up the stairs like a little baby crying for his mama.

[D]

Anyway, you were at Roosevelt, the former governor.

[C]

I was just checking.

[B]

Checking out what was for lunch.

[E]

A 69 graduate of Roosevelt says he paid a visit to the South Minneapolis High School to show his support. He said, I'm proud of what they did in keeping ICE off the campus. We don't need federal troops coming in here without warrants. Good for these people that stood up. They're teaching students that we have to be a country of law and a country of the Constitution. Go teddies.

[B]

You know, I made another observation. I did.

[C]

I made another observation and I. I.

[B]

Don'T listen to the podcast Mirage Logic.

[C]

Because I've been offended twice by the company that you work for. However, I do want to make an observation that like such, always says people are wearing pajamas. The attire has changed over the years since 69.

[B]

Yes, it has.

[A]

You know, you still have your letterman's jacket.

[C]

Do what now?

[E]

Tura said the killing was a tragedy and he warned the United States, in his words, is fast becoming a third World war world country where the military does police work in cities. He said, this is what happens in a dictatorship. He said, wake up, read your history of Germany and start comparing tactics to what happened in the 1930s Germany to what is happening now.

[B]

Brett Weinstein, who I. We talked about before he was Brett Weinstein, before he Evergreen College days, he was a professor at Evergreen in state of Washington. And he stubbornly decided to hold his classes even though the day on campus had been proclaimed black only or something.

[D]

And it's. We should bring up the fact that he too was a former progressive far left.

[B]

Really a smart guy, very smart. And I read something yesterday to the effect where he believes that what is happening in the United States now is all part of a controlled manipulation. And he's not a black helicopter guy. He seems like a sound human being, but he believes that there's something afoot and we really don't know what it is.

[D]

And he's a guy that's firmly now these days, the last few years, I guess, since COVID firmly ensconced in the middle, the very middle of the political.

[B]

Argument where I'm trying to be. And that's worthless because all I'd get.

[E]

Is of I'm never listening again.

[B]

Never listening again.

[C]

But what do you mean something is afoot with.

[B]

He thinks that somehow the American public is going to be manipulated into a, an obedience. What I I, he wasn't clear. I think we should try to get him on the air. Just like Hitler. Yep.

[E]

You know, martial law and stop elections.

[B]

Right. Is that what maybe he was going in that direction? I don't know.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

The US never went to war with.

[C]

The governor did tell me that he was in the Philippines when Marcos declared martial law and put federal agents on each corner. And that is the. What are we doing right now? We don't have martial law, but we're one step closer.

[E]

I did see that clip of him yesterday in front of the school saying that.

[C]

Yeah, I think he just repeated on my phone call everything he said yesterday.

[A]

He did get his talking points displayed.

[C]

This went.

[B]

He had to flip the Flip the.

[A]

It's like when those celebrities do those round robin radio interviews.

[C]

Can't take enough of the time.

[E]

Why don't we take a quick break here from this.

[D]

Wait a minute. Before we break away, I need a show of hands from you clowns. How many of you right this moment have a can of Deep Creep inside your home and or attached garage?

[E]

That would be me.

[G]

I do.

[B]

I do. I do. I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do.

[D]

Or a five of us.

[B]

I do, I do, I do, I do.

[A]

I have seafoam. I don't have Deep Creep. I'm sorry.

[B]

So, man, you have no knack.

[C]

I was cleaning out underneath the sink, just doing some quick cleaning and I found a can of Deep Creep and.

[D]

That you obviously put there yourself years ago. Just in case to have it at the ready. Correct?

[C]

No, I think my wife put it down there.

[B]

Of course she did.

[C]

I knew the answer to the damn it before, but it was there.

[D]

Thank you. At least there's one brilliant mind in your house. Thank you, Mick.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Keep a can at the ready everywhere in your property, including in the house. Deep creep. It works on everything. And I know I've brought this up before, I'm going to say it again. It works great on zippers. I just dug out a vintage, a very old, I think from 1975. A snow jet two piece snowmobile suit. Steel zippers on that thing, they were not moving.

[B]

Does it feel?

[D]

Huh?

[A]

Are you kidding me?

[C]

That zipper was working. Deep Creek was working overtime.

[B]

You crawl into that baby? Oh well, a little bit of deep.

[D]

Creep solved the zipper problem. But yeah, it's not going to fit. That's just another thing that seafoam works on. Key Use it on hinges of your tractor, your car, your truck, your mg, your Triumph automobile, go kart, whatever. Keep it in the shop. It prevents moisture, removes rust. It does everything. It's another miracle product from seafood foam. Deep Creep, you know, an amazing product in a world of rust and corrosion. Our best friends from seafoam and deep Creep.

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The earth is not your mother.

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Water conditioning.

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Water water. Why would you put in salt? But it will cut down your salt usage. And that's the case with me with Hofferman Water and Kinetico. It's made an amazing difference in the quality of the water inside of my home. It will do that for you. And you know what, whether it's a brand new drinking water system, a water softener, an iron rust and odor filt system, it's all there for you. You can see it on their website. Hoffermanwater.com Every single water treatment system that they have to offer is available on their website. So get on that schedule, book your appointment online or call them directly at 612-895-2440 or again visit hoffermanwater.com Hofferman Water has been proudly serving the state of Minnesota for over 50 years. Do me a favor and mention that you heard about them on the garagelogic podcast. Johnny.

[E]

Thanks, Chris. Hiring dropped slightly in December, defying the Federal Reserve's effort to boost hiring with the recent series of interest rate cuts. According to today's jobs report, the reading fell short of economists expectations, the US adding 50,000 jobs in December, which marked a slight drop from the 64,000 jobs added the previous month. The fresh data comes two weeks after a blockbuster report on economic growth appeared to rebuke any worries about the wider economy. Hiring slowed sharply over the latter half of 2025. Stok concern among some economists about a possible economic slowdown. President Trump declared Wednesday night that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by, quote, his own morality. Brushing aside international law and other checks and other checks on his ability to use military might to coerce nations around the world, he held a wide ranging interview with the New York Times. He was asked if there were any limits on his global powers. And he said, yeah, there is one thing. My own morality, my own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me. I don't need international law. I'm not looking to hurt people. When pressed further about whether his administration needed to abide by international law, the President said, I do. But he made clear he would be the arbiter of when such constraints applied, saying, quote, it depends on what your definition of international law is.

[B]

Well, is there such a thing? There's no international policeman. Is there really an international law?

[A]

Not yet.

[E]

President Trump meeting with oil execs at the White House today in hopes of securing $100 billion in investment to revive Venezuela's ability to fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum, a plan that rides on their comfort in making commitments in a country plagued by instability, inflation and uncertainty. Since the US Military raid to capture former leaders of Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, the President has quickly pivoted to portraying the move as a newfound economic opportunity for the US seizing three tankers carrying Venezuelan oil, saying the US is taking over the sales of 30 to 50 million barrels of previously sanctioned oil and will be controlling sales worldwide indefinitely.

[B]

They must add a lot of dinosaurs where Venezuela is.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Because that's what oil is. Dead dinosaurs and stuff that like, like that, you know, leaves and you got my.

[A]

Sure it is.

[C]

You got my tidbit of information. Was it last week or the week before that? George Washington lived and died not knowing there were dinosaurs that roamed the earth.

[B]

Huh.

[C]

Because they hadn't discovered dinosaur bones yet.

[B]

That's pretty good.

[E]

New York parents would have access to free child care.

[A]

Wait, what else, what else did you.

[B]

Where did you see this? In a comic strip? I Got to tell you something. Today you know that George Washington lived and died.

[E]

New York City parents would have access to free child care for their two year olds under a plan unveiled yesterday by Governor Kathy Hochul.

[B]

And why the hell not?

[E]

And Mayor Zoran Mamdani. The first step for the mayor in delivering on a signature campaign promise. Two Democrats announcing the proposal at a celebratory event in Brooklyn a week after Mamdani was sworn in. Marking an early political victory for Memdani, who has faced questions over whether he'll have the state support needed to enact his ambitious affordability focused agenda. He said, to those who think that the promises of a campaign cannot survive once confronted with realities, today is your answer.

[B]

I want free socks. I think that would be nice. I would like to wear a new pair of socks. Just something simple, you know, you come up with your worthless trivia, I'll give you one. Jerry Lewis always wore a new pair of socks every. Every day. I want free socks.

[E]

He can afford it.

[D]

I don't have free socks. Money.

[C]

It's Friday.

[B]

Look at he's got Friday socks.

[C]

Happy Friday. There's a Friday.

[B]

Get it. I think Mom Donnie should make sure that everybody in New York gets free socks.

[C]

All right, let's do it.

[D]

Peggy Joseph took her daughter out of school early Wednesday for this. Her emotions ran high following Obama's speech.

[B]

It was the most memorable time of my life. It was a touching moment because I never thought this day would ever happen. I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know, if I help him, he's gonna help me. That's right, Peggy. You were way ahead of the curve.

[A]

So keep this in mind. It's the same BS that that side of the aisle has been running on. That was o.

[B]

I think it was all true. Except for the socks.

[E]

The proposed program will begin slowly, focusing first on high need areas selected by the city, then expanding gradually over years until it becomes available across the city. Mayor says he expects it to cover around 2,000 children this fall, although he said it was not yet clear where the first seats could open up. Update to a story we had yesterday. For the first time in the International Space Station's history, NASA said it was will cut short that crew mission after an astronaut experienced a medical situation. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said it's in the best interests of our astronauts to return Crew 11 ahead of their planned departure. They'll return to Earth in the coming days, he said, adding that the Health and well being of our astronauts is always and will be our highest priority. US astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Finke, alongside Japan's Kimiyah U and Russia's Oleg Platinov make up the SpaceX Crew 11 mission mission. Together they've spent about five months aboard the ISS and had planned to stay until mid February. The four crew members were conducting scientific research and were due to undertake a spacewalk this past Wednesday, the same day the crew member fell sick aboard the orbital complex. NASA initially said it was postponing the spacewalk while teams monitored the medical concern. The agency has not named the astronaut, nor detailed the nature of the medical matter, but said it involved a single crew member.

[D]

It'd be fun to know how much birth control they have at that place. I mean, they must just have it in five gallon pails, right? Just tons of it.

[B]

Yes, Kenny, I'm sure. Okay, Kenny, I'm sure that's it.

[D]

While we're pausing, I, I, we are fact based, right? Correct?

[E]

Yes, sir.

[B]

Sometimes he wouldn't know it from the email.

[E]

Not all the time.

[D]

And am I allowed to disagree with you, the host originate?

[B]

I really think you should be allowed to.

[E]

No.

[D]

Oil does not come from dead dinosaurs.

[B]

Oh.

[D]

It's a common myth as fossil fuels originate from ancient microscopic marine life like algae and plankton buried under sediment in low oxygen environments, transformed by heat and pressure over millions of years. Long before most dinosaurs exist.

[B]

Well, there were ocean versions of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs.

[D]

So he's gonna stick with your story.

[B]

I'm not gonna change, I'm not gonna change my story.

[E]

Rook, you'll know this. What was the TV show years ago where the dine. They were dinosaurs. It was a family of dinosaurs. Remember? It was.

[C]

I'd be shocked if you not Land of the Lost.

[A]

No, no, this was, it was, I think it was just called Dinosaurs.

[C]

Dinosaurs, where it was a family where there was just like a sitcom. Correct. Dad would come home and be reading the newspaper.

[E]

Yes. And the, the, the best part of that show to me, I saw maybe two episodes, but all the kids and everybody had names of oil companies.

[B]

That's supposed to be where I got it.

[D]

How high do you have to be to watch that?

[A]

Oh, that show was great. In fact, the best part about that show.

[B]

Dinosaur costume.

[A]

No, they were dinosaurs.

[C]

They were just the ABC dinosaur show. You think of as dinosaurs. A popular 90s sitcom by Jim Henson Productions.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Featuring the Sinclair family.

[E]

Yeah, Sinclair Family.

[A]

Yeah. That's the best part was the baby would sit in his high chair and every time dad walked in, he'd say, not the mama.

[B]

Not the mama. Oh, my God.

[C]

Hey, what the hell were you doing? What were you doing on the Wednesday nights when that was on?

[B]

I wasn't watching that.

[C]

Tiddly Winks, putzing around with your mg.

[A]

Do you have the run from that show, Rook? What yours? Was it. As long as you have it on your screen right there, I'm gonna guess late 80s.

[C]

Final episode was 95. 91 to 95.

[A]

91 to 95.

[B]

My God.

[E]

I always associate that with about the same time as Elf. I don't know why.

[C]

Yeah, those two shows.

[A]

What'd you think of Elf Joe?

[B]

I loved Elf Joe.

[D]

I apologize for bringing it up, John.

[B]

Thank you.

[D]

I'm sorry.

[B]

You can do this if you want.

[A]

You know what I'd like to mention, though?

[C]

Oh, I'm going down the rabbit hole.

[B]

No, not now.

[C]

No.

[A]

You know what else you can do, Joe?

[B]

What?

[A]

Let's talk About Masters Maples. Mastersmaples.com Rick, you already know.

[B]

Hey, I got a question for you. Talk to me about maple syrup. Does it improve with age? In other words, if you bought a bottle of Master's Maples and left it in the cupboard for 20 years, would it be better than it is today?

[A]

You know what? I will ask Ben that. But I do know if you leave it in the. If you've opened it and leave it in the fridge. I mean, I've got a couple bottles that have been there forever.

[C]

I don't know if it's like, honey. Honey is what you're thinking of. You can leave it forever.

[B]

And I really wasn't thinking of honey.

[C]

But I don't know if it's thinking of syrup. Good question. For pure maple syrup.

[A]

100% pure Minnesota Maple syrup. And you can see it for yourself [e-mail], a product that is also available at all of your Fratelloni's hardware and garden stores, locations. So I'm gonna get the big thick cut bacon this weekend. It's a big basketball weekend in the Reavers household.

[C]

Oh, do you do the sugar powder or do you do the.

[A]

I go straight syrup? I go straight syrup over the bacon.

[C]

Don't take it too long, then.

[A]

No. Sweet and savory seasonings and rubs are also a fan favorite. And the 100% pure maple sugar for all of those bakers in your life. But again, see it for yourself. And place your order online [e-mail] and you can taste the difference.

[B]

God, stop it. I had a talk With a friend of mine who got a new knee about eight weeks ago. Okay.

[F]

How's he doing?

[B]

And he said the first two or three weeks were pretty bad.

[F]

Yes, I would go along with that. But guess what? I'm mobile. I'm covering a Gopher game tonight. I'm driving around.

[B]

I. All right.

[F]

I was over at the U yesterday. Walked four or five blocks.

[B]

You gotta watch the ice, though, man. Don't fall down on the ice.

[F]

Oh, I'm taking those little teeny baby steps out to get the garbage in back today. The driveway is a little slick here, but here's the.

[B]

Here's the kicker, which it sounds like you're gonna avoid. He said if you don't move, then they put you under again and they manipulate the knee and you don't want that. It sounds to me like you've avoided that.

[F]

I believe I have. You know, when you're not lifelong athlete.

[B]

I think.

[F]

And I. I've observed a lot of athletes.

[C]

You know, that c squad at St Gabriel puts you, set you up for success.

[F]

That's right. That's right. It was, you know, noted base dealer.

[B]

And Pat, here's what we can hope for. That Indiana, Oregon is as good as last night's game. Miami and yeah, Ole Miss.

[F]

That was pretty good.

[B]

Pretty good.

[F]

I do like the fact, the way they brushed off the mugging in the end. So as play. Yeah, I mean, well, there was a little contact here. Well, he did have his hand in his face mask dragging him to the ground.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

I mean, and then college, you don't have to put the ball at the one. You know, it's only a 15 yard penalty, so they would have still had to make a play.

[B]

But.

[F]

But that Miami coach is a little wired up.

[B]

Is he ever.

[A]

I forgot that he used to play for the. The Hurricanes back in the day. I forgot that he was a player.

[F]

You know, he got fired at like Florida International or something a few years ago. Was some. Some little nothing school that he. They brought him in because he wanted the Miami job and he didn't get it and he became kind of a martyr down there and they hired him and then I think they fired him. He only lasted about four years there and. But the other guy I think is a great guy. The guy who's replacing.

[B]

I do too, man.

[F]

Kevin Kiffin. Yeah, he's just an old. He's just an old football coach. And you know that he is going to continue to coach the defense next year while he's the head coach of that team. Really easy. I Guess he doesn't trust anybody else or something.

[B]

Tonight's called the Peach bowl, which means it's in Atlanta, I imagine. Indoors, unfortunately. Do you like Indiana?

[F]

I think I do because Oregon, you know, really did not look good offensively at all in the.

[B]

In the.

[F]

In the first. Texas Tech is a hell of a defense, I guess, but they didn't really do much. Their quarterbacks great. But I do, I do kind of like it.

[B]

You know.

[F]

I got a thing though. If you're going to. If you got the semi finals.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

And you know where you're gonna go.

[B]

You got.

[F]

You got the Phoenix and then you got yourself the Peach Bowl. Right. So why don't they say wait till what the semifinal matchups are before they decide what teams to send there. Right. So if you got an Oregon. If you got Oregon playing Indiana, that should be the Fiesta Bowl. Right. And the Peach bowl should have been Miami. And the other team, you know, right there next to the. Next to Miami.

[B]

What was, what was Miami's victory? A. A. A semi semifinal.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

But they're in the final.

[A]

That's their third win of the playoffs.

[B]

They're in the final.

[A]

Yes.

[F]

Yes. Yeah, they. They. They were the one. Here's what selection.

[B]

How many more semifinal games are there tonight? One.

[F]

Dude. Semifinals is two, Joe. That's two. I know math is never.

[C]

Yes.

[F]

Never.

[B]

You're straight.

[F]

No wonder you. No wonder you got out of sport rights.

[B]

So. So tonight's winner plays Miami. Miami for the national title.

[A]

In Miami.

[B]

In Miami.

[F]

Now I was. I have been in the national championship game in Miami. Miami. When it turned out it was just the Orange bowl between Nebraska and Miami. But that was way back in 84. That might be the best football game I ever saw in my life when. When Miami upset that fantastic Nebraska team that had edged our golfs 84 to 13. You know, so that, that team that was.

[A]

Those were a couple of honest programs back in the day, right, Pat? Nebraska and Miami and 80s.

[F]

Yeah. I think they knew about nil before it was fash.

[B]

Early. Early weather excitement. Green Bay at Chicago tomorrow night and snow is in the forecast.

[F]

Oh, really?

[B]

I don't know if it'll come bare bear out, but that's what they're calling it now.

[F]

I was talking to the Purple Daily Crew today and supposedly lafleur's in a little trouble. He might get fired if they get beat. Is that true?

[B]

I have no idea.

[F]

The Green Bay coach, supposedly that's. They're a little down on him down there because. Because this season you know it's not his fault. Micah.

[A]

I was just going to say everyone's hurt.

[C]

Yeah.

[F]

He got half his team. That has something to do with it, so. But anyway, that's. I'll say one thing. I'm not the world's biggest college football fan, but these, starting with the quarterfinals, it's been pretty good.

[B]

Oh, they've been great games. Yeah.

[F]

Last week you had all the right win all the teams you wanted to see, when. Now you know who had mixed emotions last night.

[B]

Language.

[F]

Kiffin Lane. Kiffin, you know, left for lsu, so he certainly doesn't want to see Ole Miss win the championship without him. Right. But he got 250,000 from LSU and Ole Miss won the first game. And he got 500,000 from LSU when Ole Miss won the second game because part of his contract was they'd pay him the bonus bonuses that he was gonna get at LSU. I think last night would have been worth 750,000.

[C]

Nice.

[F]

Did he want 750,000 or did he want the humiliation of seeing Ole Miss continue on to the national championship?

[C]

I'll take the 750.

[B]

I like that Trinidad Tobago guy.

[F]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Quarterback.

[F]

You know where he played College football, sir?

[B]

D2.

[F]

Yeah, Ferris State, Division 2. And he won a couple of championships there. Mankato. Your Reavers.

[G]

Your boys.

[F]

Mankato. I've had to play them a couple, three times.

[A]

Yeah. I don't. I went to a couple Mavs games, but I don't think I went when they played Ferris State.

[F]

I remember when Ferris State beat one of the real good teams. I covered it down there. And that was kind of like when Ferris State was starting to pop up and be a power. And now the. Now there's a big power.

[B]

But, yeah, he's.

[F]

He's from there. And how about. Isn't it nice to see young Carson Beck win the championship in his seventh college season? Young Carson, you know, Sandy Stevens and still be playing for the Gophers.

[B]

Rules. Hey, you're wild. Beat the hated Kraken last night in overtime.

[F]

What happened? I fell asleep in the second period. We had a nice, comfortable 20 lead. How do we end up in overtime?

[B]

I forgot it was on.

[F]

Okay, I was watching it, but I was snoozing on the couch. So, anyway.

[B]

Well, lad, I'm. I'm excited that you'll be here Monday, driving yourself. Yourself in.

[F]

I. Well, it's been fantastic. It said the last Sunday. A week ago, I went to. There was a young man who did the rehab on me, and he damn near killed Me?

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

And I thought I would, you know, rather have the leg amputated and do that again.

[B]

And then.

[F]

And then by Sunday or Monday, I was feel. I was driving and feeling pretty good. So I'm, I'm, I'm walking around. But as you say, the, the, the next step could always be your last with ice.

[B]

Right. It's terrible. All right, I'll see you Monday.

[A]

Yeah. Make sure you watch out for that ice all weekend.

[F]

Yeah, well, there's. There's varieties of ice, and some of them more dangerous than others. I have been warned. I have been warned by my other employees to. I had a very funny Christy Gnome tweet that some people didn't quite agree with that. I've been told. That's enough of that.

[C]

Let me just. Let me also just tell you, with your. With your darker complexion, I'd be. I'd be carrying your papers with you.

[D]

Okay. Keep those papers at the ready.

[F]

It's the wearer. So I'm putting Bernie White winter. But, you know, if it's tool season, I could be in trouble.

[B]

Was it the cowboy Christy Gnome you treated about or the winterized Christine?

[F]

I said, okay, I'll say it. I said, chris, you know, would have to get a lot smarter to be a yes. Yeah.

[A]

So what's wrong with that knock on the door?

[C]

Probably no reaction to that at all. In 20.

[D]

That's what people say after my traffic reports.

[F]

Well, I did get some responses on that, suggesting that perhaps I like men better than women. Go.

[B]

Either way.

[F]

I'm slightly overweight and, you know. Yeah. Then. Then my. My heterosexual urges aren't as strong as I thought.

[E]

So.

[B]

Anyway, thank you very much. Bye. Bye. Goodbye. Did you know that Wallace is threatening a civil war? I didn't know that.

[C]

North and south, east or west, what are we?

[B]

So dated?

[A]

Metro and outstate.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

What are we?

[B]

This was dated Wednesday. He called a press conference in which he threatened civil war. War. It was one of the most extraordinary performances by an American political leader since the Confederacy. The confederates seceded in 1861. Walsh said that he had put the Minnesota National Guard on official notice of potential deployment to fight ice. Federal law enforcement.

[C]

Geez, you'd think he'd just tell people, stay. Don't. Unfortunately, we lost a life already. Stayed away.

[B]

This is from John Hinderaker in the American Experiment. We've never seen anything like it. Not just in Minnesota, but anywhere since the Civil War. A governor threatening to call out the National Guard to forcibly resist federal authority and prevent the enforcement of our national laws. George Wallace didn't do that. Ross Barnett didn't do that. Wallace cannot seriously think that the Minnesota National Guard can militarily restore. Resist federal authority. I suppose Walls would. Would backtrack and say. What he meant was that the National Guard would. He would call them to establish order in the streets if rioting broke out. But he certainly found their phone number real quick this time, didn't he?

[D]

We had a long conversation about that. Coles. Jay Coles and I did. On Wednesday's edition of the Crabby Coffee Coffee Shop on the Garage Logic Network.

[B]

I had a dream about Kohl's. I called him because I had a great big bucket of used golf balls that I wanted to know if he wanted them. But he said he was sick and couldn't do anything about it.

[C]

Yeah, he's not feeling well right now.

[B]

I mean, that might. I don't understand any more of the dreams I have. I. I don't. I don't. I can't even put that one together.

[C]

Where does he play?

[B]

I don't even know if he does. He doesn't.

[C]

That's the perfect crown crime.

[B]

Only because they come to us all the way from the traveling lineman's in Kiowaka, New Zealand. Kaiwaka, New Zealand.

[A]

On this day, Joe, today is January 9th.

[B]

Well, on this day in 1840, Wisconsin Territory forms St. Croix county in the area between the Mississippi and St. Croix river rivers. Dakota, a town platted by Joseph R. Brown and now part of Stillwater, was the county seat. Well, this is sports related. On this day, Jan.9, 1977, what happened?

[A]

Oh, is this when our last appearance in the Super Bowl.

[B]

Yep. And fourth super bowl appearance in eight years. I was there.

[E]

I think won that one, right?

[B]

No.

[C]

Oh, I was in a roller rink. That was the Raiders, right?

[B]

I think we were in Pasadena.

[C]

Yeah, that was with the Raiders.

[B]

The Vikings lost to the Raiders 32 to 14.

[A]

You know, I am not a young man.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Keep this in mind. I haven't been alive to see the Vikings at a Super Bowl. That was before I was.

[B]

Isn't that something? Holy cow. Wow. On this day in sports disappointment history.

[A]

Gabe was born then either yet.

[B]

January 9, 1977. We just did it. They lost the Super Bowl. That was Super bowl number 11 in 77. It was so in the first 11, the Vikings were in four of them.

[A]

Holy cow. That's a great point. And you're right, John. They did not win any of those.

[E]

Oh, they did. I was just gonna say. Which one did they win?

[C]

I've been alive for all of them, 70, 74, 75 and 77.

[A]

What year did we get screwed? When Drew Pearson pushed off and we didn't go to the super bowl, what year was that? 75.

[B]

Yeah, I believe that was 75.

[A]

So we could have been in five of the 11 Super Bowls on this day. Probably would have lost that one too.

[B]

On this day in 1994, the Vikings lost a wild card game to the Giants 17 to 10. On this day, Jan 9, while you.

[C]

Type in Drew Pearson. And the second one that comes up, Drew Pearson pushed off.

[A]

Damn right he did.

[B]

On this day, Jan. 9, in 2005, Randy Moss mooned.

[C]

That is disgusting.

[B]

Was that in Green Bay? Yes.

[E]

Yes in Green Bay.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Now, what was that? That had to be a playoff game.

[A]

It was. It was a wild card.

[B]

Did the Vikings win it?

[A]

They did.

[B]

Mm. But the only thing in in sports history is the. Is the moon.

[A]

Well, didn't he get fined a pretty significant amount?

[B]

I think he did. Yeah. He's a character.

[A]

He's actually extremely good on tv.

[B]

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

[C]

Oh, that thing would be so called today, that Pierce call. Okay, I'm just watching the video right now. That would have taken them to the 76 Super Bowl.

[D]

You.

[B]

You.

[A]

And we would have lost.

[C]

We should have given them four consecutive.

[B]

Wasn't that the army in Terzian game too? The throwing of the bottle?

[A]

Yeah, that's what caused the fan.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, gl.

[A]

Hey, do us a favor. Smash that like button and hit subscribe on the Garage Logic YouTube channel. Man, oh man, that YouTube channel is on fire right now. And 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 Garagelogic on YouTube along with all of our social media channels, which includes Facebook, Instagram and X. And also, what am I forgetting? Sign up for the daily Logician. That email comes to your inbox, go to garagelogic.com and upgrade to a town council membership where you could be the GL of the week, brought to us by our friends at Masters Maples and Masters Maples dot com. It is time once again that we check in with our guy, Mr. Money Talk. Josh Arnold is with us once again right here in garagelogic. And now is the time for you to do the same. So do not delay, do exactly what I did and pick up that phone and dial 952. 9255-6-0,8. 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 use the word free. 48 minute financial consultation with absolutely zero obligations. 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, you were just telling me that consumer confidence, it's up a little bit right now.

[G]

It's very interesting with consumer confidence numbers because they come out, Chris, at the University of Michigan and usually we'll say during football season when these numbers come out, if the University of Michigan Wolverines are doing well, the confidence numbers are up. And if the Michigan Wolverines are not doing so well, well, the confidence numbers are down. I'm being somewhat facetious here, but just one of those asides that I have found based on how somebody's or a state's sports teams are doing and we've talked a lot about sports and their impact not only on the market but also on one of the.

[F]

One of.

[G]

My areas of focus which are leisure related businesses. Businesses. And with consumer confidence numbers up, you can possibly see consumer spending moving up which would be a big boost for the, for the economy. Now why would consumer spending be up? Well, it's not across all we'll say.

[F]

Income.

[G]

Income demographics but it is, we'll say broadening, broadening out. You can see that when Walmart had reported their, their earnings, you could see that even with Costco reporting their earnings, even though subscriptions to Costco hadn't risen enough, you could definitely see that with Amazon's retail sales moving, moving up. Just a quick aside on Amazon, they have a deal with Novo Norse which was announced to sell the GOBO Norris new WeGovy weight loss bill. Now that's another reason we'll say to go to Amazon, Amazon Pharmacy. But consumers have been, we'll say have been spending and maybe spending on spending in places that you might not necessarily think of. But still, you know, spending nonetheless could be on spending on experiences such as going to concerts, which would be a benefit to a company like Live Nation. Live Nation does have some issues because of their ownership stake in Ticketmaster. You could see that from attendance recently at Ultimate Fighting or Worldwide Worldwide Entertainment that's owned by TKO to some extent. You could even see that in attendance even though it's very, very, very, very expensive at Disney Parks or participation in the, in the cruise lines. So as well as increases we've seen.

[B]

In.

[G]

Hotel stays which have benefited companies like Hilton and Marriott, not to mention of course, benefiting companies, companies like booking.com and Expedia. So having a strong is definitely a plus. And the other plus, of course is going to be in terms of consumer behavior is the fact that the price of oil is down and and could continue to go down as well going forward. I would, however, still be a little bit cautious on investing in oil companies right now because if the price of oil stays down and with the president encouraging drilling, their spending is definitely going to go up and that could hurt their margins and bottom bottom line. But fact remains, consumers are still consuming. That is a plus for the economy and could be a nice plus for the market. We'll talk more about that next week. In the meantime, Chris, good luck to your your son with his upcoming survey surgery and have a good weekend.

[A]

Thank you so much for the kind words and also the straight talk and Never sugarcoated advice. Mr. MoneyTalk. You heard him, Gl ers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation with absolutely zero obligation. And you do that just like I did by dialing 952-925-5608. Josh, once again, thank you so much for the time and the chat. Enjoy your time in the warm weather and we'll talk to you again next week.

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We will do. Sounds good, Chris.

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See you, Josh.

[B]

Investment services offered by Josh Arnold Investment Consultant, llc.

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And do not constitute investment advice. Chris Reavers is a paid endorser.