2/18 Tim Walz and anyone who works for him should not be allowed to touch any money

Summary

Garage Logic Podcast Episode #1719 Summary: "2/18 Tim Walz and anyone who works for him should not be allowed to touch any money"
Date: February 18, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray and the Garage Logic crew

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Episode Overview

This episode opens with Joe Soucheray’s trademark blend of Gumption County common sense, local anecdotes, and biting political commentary. The primary focus is on government accountability regarding public funds and infrastructure—especially in light of recent disasters and failures. The crew discusses a historic sewage spill in Washington, D.C., ongoing infrastructure neglect, Minneapolis and New York City budget proposals, and the questionable efficacy of politicians, particularly Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. A Ray of Hope in Local Youth Hockey

(00:54–06:34)

• The episode kicks off with an uplifting story: a U12 girls' hockey playoff game between Cottage Grove and St. Paul being played over three days due to a 1-1 tie after 13 periods.
  • Joe delights in old-fashioned community spirit and the perseverance of the young players.
  • The panel jokes about parental involvement and the game’s marathon length but ultimately sees it as a positive throwback in an increasingly overregulated world.
  • Notable Quote:
    "Do you know what amazes me about this? A ray of hope. No school sociologist showed up and said, oh, this is going to be dangerous to their health."
    — Joe Soucheray (03:13)
  • The segment contrasts wholesome community events with the dysfunction at government levels discussed later.

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2. The Potomac Sewage Spill—A Real Environmental Catastrophe

(07:00–19:09)

• Joe details the massive Potomac River sewage spill: 243 million gallons of untreated wastewater since January 19, 2026.
  • The EPA calls it “an ecological crisis of historic proportion.”
  • E. Coli levels are hundreds of times above safe limits, prompting severe warnings.
• The media’s lack of coverage is criticized, especially when compared to the usual alarmist headlines about less tangible climate issues.
  • Notable Quote:
    "This is the worst environmental disaster in American history... Can you let that sink in?"
    — Joe Soucheray (08:02)
• Political infighting between federal, state, and city officials (President Trump, Gov. Wes Moore, D.C. mayor) is highlighted as emblematic of the nation's inability to manage real problems.
  • Notable Quote:
    "You’ll have to go to the king and kiss his ass."
    — Joe Soucheray (11:55)
• Kenny’s point: Infrastructure neglect is a national crisis, not just localized to D.C.

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3. Infrastructure Negligence & Urban Political Failures

(19:09–31:58)

• The crew draws a through-line from the D.C. disaster to wider U.S. neglect of basic infrastructure (sewer, water, etc.).
• Personal experiences—like Kenny replacing century-old, root-invaded sewer pipes—underscore the real-life implications of political priorities.
  • Notable Quote:
    "We're governed by ideologues who don't care about sewage treatment... That would require them to work."
    — Joe Soucheray (22:16)
• Discussion shifts to New York City’s $127 billion proposed budget and its focus on tax hikes over addressing core urban needs.
  • The Minneapolis council seeks $5 million to cover damages from law enforcement operations, while Gov. Walz pushes for a $10 million business relief package.
  • Notable Quote:
    "Walz is not to be trusted. His administration should not be trusted with spending any more money. Money whatsoever."
    — Joe Soucheray (33:14)

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4. Frustration with Political Parties & Accountability

(33:47–37:52)

• The group questions why political allies don’t confront incompetence or corruption “in their own house”—whether it be Walz in Minnesota or Trump at the federal level.
• Kenny suggests that only insiders could challenge Walz, but both parties avoid real accountability.
  • Notable Quote:
    "The same way Republicans won't confront Trump. It's the same thing."
    — Joe Soucheray (35:55)
• The episode briefly lampoons both left and right ideologies as failing to meet their civic responsibilities, with no clear hero in sight.

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5. Conservative Environmentalism, Misplaced Priorities, and Satire

(37:52–42:54)

• Joe brands himself a "crunchy conservative," emphasizing concern for genuine environmental issues, not performative gestures or misplaced “green” priorities.
  • Notable Quote:
    “I’m as much for clean water as any euphorian. But unlike a Euphorian, I’m not blaming the sun or the air. I’m blaming faulty sewer pipes, which haven’t been tended to.”
    — Joe Soucheray (39:17)
• The crew jokes about turning “Poop River” (the Potomac) into a tongue-in-cheek tourist destination.
• Kenny offers a hopeful angle: "I'm hoping cities across the country are now examining their situation closely and taking steps to assure this won’t happen in their town." (41:28)

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6. Minneapolis and State Policy Cynicism

(42:18–45:28)

• Joe calls out Minneapolis’ mismanagement, property devaluation, and declining commercial real estate as directly linked to the priorities of current city and state leadership.
• The theme: voters are complicit in ongoing civic decline by ignoring consequences and re-electing ideologues.

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7. Quick Hits: Guns at the Capitol, Local News, and Culture

(52:21–66:13)

• News segment: New weapons screening at Minnesota’s Capitol (people can still carry guns with permits, which surprises some).
• Anecdotes on a trip to see Les Misérables in Minneapolis—empty city streets cited as evidence of urban decline.
• The value of old-fashioned, hardware-store-style wisdom (Kenny’s seafoam engine tip for cars).
• Ongoing concern for oversight and corruption in state disaster relief (particularly in small business COVID/ICE-related support).

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8. National and International Briefs

(66:13–69:58)

• Brief discussion of global issues (Strait of Hormuz, Iran–US negotiations, Russian aggression in Ukraine).
• Ford and Tesla electric vehicle technology innovations.

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9. Economics and The Markets with Josh Arnold

(88:56–102:49)

• Josh Arnold offers market analysis: focus on Fed minutes, volatility, Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio adjustments, Amazon’s undervaluation, New York City property tax hikes, and the potential MSG sports team spinoff.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Real Environmental Crises:
  "This is the worst environmental disaster in American history... Why this isn’t headlines in every news organization in the country is an interesting question.” (08:02)
• On Political Accountability:
  “We're governed by ideologues who don't care about sewage treatment plants, yet they want to tell you how the earth is being ruined by humankind.” (22:16)
• On Governor Walz:
  “Walz is not to be trusted. His administration should not be trusted with spending any more money. Money whatsoever.” (33:14)
• On Infrastructure:
  “You’re far more likely to die from stuff like this than you are from anything that you’re reading from mysterians.” (19:09)
• On the State of American Cities:
  “This country cannot survive this kind of governance. Minneapolis cannot survive. ...They just want more money to redistribute to people. They have no means of awareness or wisdom to care for the things that make a city successful.” (27:13–28:41)
• Kenny’s Ray of Hope:
  "I'm hoping cities across the country are now examining their situation closely and taking steps to assure this won't happen in their town." (41:28)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:54: Hockey marathon and GL's ray of hope
• 07:00: Introduction to Potomac sewage spill
• 11:55: Political finger-pointing over sewage crisis
• 19:00: Infrastructure and crumbling urban systems
• 22:16: Ideologues and neglected basic civic needs
• 33:14: Walz’s $10 million relief bid and trust issues
• 35:55: Lack of intra-party accountability
• 37:52: GL’s take on genuine environmentalism
• 41:28: Kenny's call for municipal vigilance
• 52:21: Minnesota Capitol weapons policy debate
• 66:13: Strat of Hormuz and global briefs
• 88:56: Market advice with Josh Arnold

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Garage Logic’s Signature Tone

• The episode retains the show’s distinct voice: dry Midwestern wit, skepticism of government, alignment with “common sense” values, and relentless satire of bureaucracy and political correctness.
• Interspersed are relatable, slice-of-life anecdotes contrasting the GL worldview (the “world that works”) with “the world that’s virtually destroyed.”

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In Conclusion:
This episode is a tour-de-force of Garage Logic’s classic themes—skepticism of political elites, distrust of government handling of money and infrastructure, a yearning for tangible civic priorities, and community-rooted hope. The mix of humor, indignation, and practical concern makes the episode an engaging listen for those concerned about the future of American cities (or simply nostalgic for youth hockey glory).

Transcript

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[Chris Reivers]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[Joe Soucheray]

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 Krabby coffee shop, John Height in the newsroom, and of course the rookie here is your Flashlight King fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Sucher. Before we go to the world it's virtually destroyed, let me take you to the world that still works. A Garage Logic world where things still make sense. A youth hockey game is entering its third day of continuous play today.

[Chris Reivers]

No way.

[Joe Soucheray]

The Cottage Grove and St. Paul U12 girls started playing Monday night, but the game was tied 1:1 after three regulation periods and six overtimes. Play was suspended at 10:45pm and resumed yesterday with the seventh overtime. Despite playing through the 10th overtime, the game remained tied leading to another suspension. Now the teams will convene again tonight for the 11th overtime and potentially more. The match will resume at South St. Paul's Doug Woog Arena.

[Chris Reivers]

What?

[John Haidt]

Sorry.

[Chris Reivers]

What time?

[Joe Soucheray]

Sorry doesn't give me a time.

[Chris Reivers]

You said they're gonna resume today.

[Joe Soucheray]

Tonight. Tonight.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, okay, I'm going.

[Joe Soucheray]

In total, the teams have played 13 periods equivalent to over four typical games. In nearly four and a half hours, the winner will advance in the District 8 playoffs. The game features 11 and 12 year old players at the 12 U. B level. KSTP Sports notes that St. Paul has taken 86 shots while Cottage Grove has 51 with a combined 135 saves by the goalies. Now, do you know what amazes me about this? A what A ray of hope.

[Chris Reivers]

That's so fickle.

[Joe Soucheray]

What a ray of hope. No school. Thank you. No school. Sociologist showed up and said, oh, this is going to be dangerous to their health. You must declare this a no.

[Chris Reivers]

They're gonna remember this Forever.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is fantastic.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is wonderful. Yes. You.

[Kenny Olson]

I hate to be this guy, but I have to ask because I'm curious. Are these players, you know, ding, ding. Are they real? I mean, are they shooting at the proper net? First of all, do they know the difference between the forward and defense?

[Joe Soucheray]

Kenny, they're 12 years old.

[Chris Reivers]

I mean, maybe Kenny's saying she gets the. She's slinging it towards the bench.

[Kenny Olson]

I mean, are they waving? Are they waving at their parents from the ice?

[Joe Soucheray]

That's.

[Kenny Olson]

That's.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can we not. Can we not ruin the vibe here?

[Kenny Olson]

This being Minnesota, I would assume that they're really good because, you know, hockey, Minnesota, 12 years old, they skate rings around you. I think that's what I'm hoping for.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[Kenny Olson]

But I have to ask the question.

[Chris Reivers]

Here's my question.

[Joe Soucheray]

But that doesn't diminish my gratitude.

[Chris Reivers]

No. This is phenomenal. I'm not joking. I love this. Here's my question. Yeah. As a guy that's coached youth sports.

[Joe Soucheray]

Question, because I'm not done with this.

[Chris Reivers]

Who's the dad that's done doing this one?

[John Haidt]

God.

[Josh Arnold]

Get out there.

[Rook]

Come on.

[Chris Reivers]

Get towards the blue line.

[Kenny Olson]

Can't the ref just accidentally kick the puck into one of the nets and.

[Joe Soucheray]

We can get this over with?

[Chris Reivers]

Kenny's the dad.

[John Haidt]

I'd say. Come on, let's. Let's.

[Chris Reivers]

Let's wrap her up.

[Joe Soucheray]

The ray of hope is. The ray of hope is no city council person showed up to say, this is not right. No school psychologists showed up, no guidance counselors. You're all sinners. Nobody showed up to. Everybody gets right. They're way past the point in this game now of saying, nice try, honey. No. This is blood on the ice right now. This is the real deal with the.

[Chris Reivers]

Girls that have the stop sign and.

[Joe Soucheray]

Congratulations to both Cottage Grove and to me. An additional ray of Hope is that St. Paul had enough U12 girls to even have a team. Because there's one high school team in St. Paul. One. Wow.

[Kenny Olson]

I know one thing. Either one of those teams right now could beat the Latvia hockey team.

[Chris Reivers]

So wait, is it going to get to the point where they keep playing so long the ice is literally going to melt?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, because they have a zamboni, Chris. It used to be called Wakota Arena. It's now called the Dug Woo Arena. It's an indoor facility. They have ice. You've all tried your best to ruin the vibe of this wonderful, wonderful event.

[Chris Reivers]

I love this. I think it's great.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm seeing this skates on the Wrong side.

[Joe Soucheray]

Where is this moron?

[Chris Reivers]

No idea.

[Joe Soucheray]

Because he could do this. We need the winning coach on tomorrow. If there is a winner. We need the winning coach.

[Chris Reivers]

Do you think he has a voice left after he's been screaming at the girls?

[Joe Soucheray]

Because he. He probably would know something about the U12 hockey program had. Having had kids in it. Rook, is he got. Is he doing an airport meeting?

[Kenny Olson]

There might be an Air Puerto thing. Let's just let him be. He's got a real job. He's not a slacker like us.

[Chris Reivers]

We don't know that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Got a question for you. There's no wrong answer. Give me the answer you gave me before the show. Gabe, I'll ask you. Have you heard about a sewage Spill in Washington, D.C. i have, but extensively. Not extensively. All right, Chris.

[Chris Reivers]

Same, same. I heard about it. I don't know much.

[Joe Soucheray]

John Haidt.

[John Haidt]

I keep seeing the headlines and don't read the story Yesterday.

[Kenny Olson]

I tried to get you to talk about it yesterday.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, you are a liar.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, my God.

[Joe Soucheray]

I will come over there.

[Kenny Olson]

Not only did I ask you, you got PO'd at me and started yelling.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why do I give a flying F.

[Kenny Olson]

About blah, blah, blah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, then I apologize, because now I know I. Now. Did he accept my apology?

[Kenny Olson]

I do.

[Joe Soucheray]

I apologize. If we become quick to apologize in my club. Sure.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, let's. I mean, you know, any of us could die before the end of the day, so let's try to be nice to each other our last day. Earth.

[Chris Reivers]

My blood is gravy.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, here's the deal. There has been a sewage spill in the Potomac River. And the reason I asked if anybody. Kenny, obviously read about it yesterday. Why this isn't headlines in every news organization in the country is an interesting question. This is the worst environmental disaster in American history. Yeah, can I. Can you let that sink in? This is the worst environmental disaster in American history.

[Rook]

Environmental statistics.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, but this one's real. Here. I've printed a number of things. I believe this is from. It's good of you to join us.

[Rook]

Rick and Joe, take the meat out of the chili downstairs.

[Kenny Olson]

The irony that it's coming from the nation's capital is just killing me.

[Joe Soucheray]

The EPA has called this an ecological crisis of historic proportion. And the difference is. That is correct because you can see it, smell it, and touch it. This isn't like the EPA claiming we're all going to die because we've declared that CO2 is no longer a pollutant, which it shouldn't be. It's what we breathe.

[Chris Reivers]

So the river.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is real. It's the.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, it's shit crazy.

[Joe Soucheray]

243 million gallons of poop. And I'm not None of this is. And you're not hearing about it. This is diseased wastewater polluting the major waterway that winds through the nation's capital, one of the largest sewage spills in US History, according to the University of Maryland. E. Coli bacteria levels in the Potomac are hundreds of times higher than the level the EPA considers safe. When the water was tested this week at the site of the spill, officials from utility company DC Water said yesterday it's 243.5 million gallons of raw sewage that have poured into the Potomac since January 19th mishap. The water near the capital city's Georgetown neighborhood fell within the EPA safety limits when tested Monday and weren't at risk for gastrointestinal illness and skin infections, largely because the river has been frozen for weeks. DC Water has told residents to avoid the untreated sewage. As if you'd need telling. They urge anyone who comes into contact with the water to leave the area immediately, wash exposed skin thoroughly with soap and seek medical attention. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue squad in Maryland is warning that their first responders to treat any emergency calls in or near the Potomac spill site use hazmat suits. NBC Washington reports. Responders should wear personal protective equipment during those calls due to the dangerous level of E. Coli and other contaminants and the politics and we that's what's so aggravating. We've reached such a toxic level of political problems in this country. The Potomac interceptor overflow is a sewage crisis of historic portion, the EPA said in their first statement. Never should any American family, community or waterway ever have to experience this level of extensive environmental damage. The EPA said it has the experience and track record to fulfill President Trump's strong desire to get this mess cleaned up as fast as humanly possible. But the EPA says neither officials in Maryland, where the sewage pipe bursts, nor in Washington, D.C. have sought the EPA's help. So what you have here is a fight about whose fault this is, and it started instantly. Right away, the state is saying it's a federal problem. The feds are saying it's Maryland problem. The EPA's claim on the same day that Trump posted on Truth Social that the spill is not at all handled by the federal government and that if the governors of Maryland, Virginia and the D.C. mayor, all three of whom are Democrats, want federal assistance, they will have to ask politely for help. You'll have to go to the King, you'll have to go to the king and kiss his ass.

[Kenny Olson]

So I just wonder what Heath, what. What can the feds do?

[Joe Soucheray]

Maryland's Governor Wes Moore rejected the President's claims and said this is a federal responsibility. I know this is breaking news to everyone, but the president is not telling the truth, wes Moore said. Moore said it's been the job of the federal government to maintain the pipe for the past century and thus far Maryland's Department of the Environment has been fixing the pipe and cleaning up the mess while the EPA has done nothing. Now that it's cont essentially contained more said the President of the United States is finally realizing that this was his job and he hasn't been doing it for the past month. The 54 mile Potomac Interceptor carries 60 million gallons of wastewater every day from as far away as Dulles Airport. I'm sure that'll soon be Trump Airport in Sterling, Virginia to the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment plant in Southwest D.C. by January 24, crews from DC Water were able to complete a bypass to reroute wastewater around the collapsed section of pipe and back into the sewer system. The remaining emergency repairs to the pipe will be complete by mid March. According to DC Water, the long term fixes to ensure that this pipe remains functional in the years to come come will take nine to 10 months. The next critical step is to install a steel bulkhead gate later this week to isolate the damaged pipe. D.C. waters said once the gate is in place, the crews will work to pump out any remaining wastewater at the collapse site and start excavation to remove the rock dam that has been blocking inspection and repair. Let me go to this page. Not living in that area and not having researched it thoroughly, I don't know who is responsible. DC Water continues to say there is no drinking water problem in Washington, D.C. the sewer system and the water system are separate. Here's another piece. Thank you.

[Kenny Olson]

Thankfully, drinking water in the question One question.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Is any of the involved parties saying I can handle this, let's get this done, let's start right now? Are they all just still pointing fingers, placing blame, saying the impossible, it's impossible, we can't. Is anybody stepping up to the plate and saying let's deal with this?

[Joe Soucheray]

It sounds like DC Water, which is the utility for the capital, is is taking action to remedy this.

[Kenny Olson]

Good.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

And do they need. The only thing I can see the feds doing is throwing some money at the problem. Right?

[Joe Soucheray]

Right. I don't know. It's so frustrating that this From USA Today, the city of Arlington Virginia is claiming its drinking water is safe. On January 19, a large section of the Potomac interceptor sewer line collapsed along Clara Barton Parkway. Experts say the spill is catastrophic and has contaminated the river with more than 10,000 times the safe limit for E. Coli. Arlington Department of Environmental Services said the water used in the county is taken from upstream of the sewage spill and therefore is not affected. But the department says it regularly is testing the drinking water and holding it to the highest. Holding it to the highest commonwealth and federal standards. Water in Arlington is treated at the Dale Carlia Water Treatment Plant, which is run by the Washington Aqueduct. However, the department does concur with Virginia Department of Health that residents should stay away from the water. The I've read additional pieces that say the Potomac will not be safe for recreation all through this year.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, I believe it.

[Joe Soucheray]

You don't want to go boating on it. You certainly don't want to swim in it. You don't want to fish from it. The Potomac is severely and catastrophically poisoned right now.

[John Haidt]

Cesspool.

[Kenny Olson]

Did you happen to mention the date that this happened, how long this has been going on? January 19th.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yep. And it happened within the boundaries of the state of Maryland.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now, there's much to be said about this. We have no shortage of headlines in this country to rhetorically scare the hell out of people in terms of the climate. Here's a real world problem that you can actually see and touch and smell and it's being worked on. But where is the national outpouring of concern by the environmental crowd? Where is it? Why hasn't this been headlines from the Star Tribune to the New York Times to whatever? This is one of this country's, if not the most, one of this country's most historically catastrophic environmental catastrophes. And it's breaking down into a fight between the governor of Maryland and the president of the United States as to who's responsible for it.

[Kenny Olson]

And could we also throw into the mix our crumbling infrastructure?

[Joe Soucheray]

Going to get to that. Oh, okay.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm sorry.

[Joe Soucheray]

I was going to get to that.

[Kenny Olson]

All right, all right.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think it's true. I have no evidence. Well, I do now. I have evidence in Washington, D.C. there is evidence in the Potomac river that we're not maintaining our infrastructure. Now, there was a key in there. The feds have been maintaining that pipe for 100 years, according to the governor of Maryland. Now, I'm sure over the past hundred years it's been looked at, but where is the concern for just the basics of a sound, clean environmental system? You've got Kids in the failed academy who are convinced they're all gonna die because of global warming, which doesn't exist. The climate has always changed and always will. Kids, you're far more likely to die from stuff like this than you are from anything that you're reading from mysterians. This is a real serious, serious problem. I predict deaths will result from this. I don't see how it can be avoided.

[Chris Reivers]

Bacterial infections and things like that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, the smell alone will kill you. That's a lot of poop floating down the river. You know who I'd call if I got this problem?

[Chris Reivers]

This is a hell of a transition.

[Joe Soucheray]

It really is. I'd call Bradshawn Bryant.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, hell yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have a lawyer on my team. Look at the river burst and I'm sick. I need. They know what to do. Who do I sue?

[Chris Reivers]

Where are you at? I'm at Poop River.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Rook]

Yuck.

[Joe Soucheray]

Bradshawn Bryant. Personal injury attorneys, insurance companies and adjusters can be tough to deal with. This is basically car accidents, right? I'm not talking about rivers.

[Chris Reivers]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

So you need a team. Let Mike Bryant put together that team. Bryant and his team will represent you, explain your rights, help you through a tough time. And Bradshaw and Bryant hopes you're never in an accident. But if you are, call. Call Bradshaw and Bryant at 800-770-7008 or go to MinnesotaTapersonAlinjury.com your case evaluation is free. And please don't be part of the problem. Don't text and drive. Or drive distracted. That's just common sense from Bradshaw and Bryant. I was thinking about this today. This terrible catastrophe in Washington and I went to high school. I gotta reach him. I couldn't find his number today. I went to a high school with a guy who's now retired, but I believe he spent his career with the St. Paul Water Utility. Yep, and I'd like to ask him a few things because I always brag about St. Paul's water. It's the best. How? What safeguards are taken through the decades.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, my God. You are lighting a fire under me. I've got a tirade coming.

[Joe Soucheray]

What safeguards are taken through the decades that the Mississippi between Minneapolis downstream right through St. Paul down through Hastings. What safeguards are taken that this doesn't happen here? I'm sure there are. I'm not suggesting that we've been lax. I'm merely suggesting that you're trying to get educated. Well, we are governed by ideologues who don't care about sewage treatment plants, yet they want to tell you how the earth is being ruined by humankind. We're governed by ideologues who don't care about highways and bridges and curbs and streets and water supplies. That's that. That would require them to work. Yeah. You can have your John height. You're not on the air. John. John, you're not. You're not. I can't hear you.

[John Haidt]

Chris. Hello?

[Chris Reivers]

I got you.

[John Haidt]

Yeah. Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. Okay.

[John Haidt]

This will make you feel better perhaps about the infrastructure conversation.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

That area had just in the last six months had a 625 million dollar ten year program starting to be put into place.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

But then the. The pipe broke.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, they. They kind of missed it, didn't they? It sounds to me like they might have been late.

[John Haidt]

Missed it by that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Missed it by that much.

[Kenny Olson]

You said, Joe. 100 year old sewage pipe. And then I went on the Internet and confirmed what Correct. With other sources. And I got to thinking and I googled what does a 100-year-old sewage pipe looks like? And this is when I ended up getting really angry. It consists of heavily corroded cast iron or brittle cracked clay, often featuring significant root intrusion. Remember those two words? Root intrusion, rust buildup and structural failures like crack cracks or collapse sections. Here's where my rage comes from. When I lived in south Minneapolis, 20th Avenue south, south of 38th, we had to replace our pipe, our sewage pipe, the main pipe that goes from our house out to the street.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[Kenny Olson]

Because it was. It was clay sections about a couple of feet long.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yep.

[Kenny Olson]

And they start getting separated and broken by tree roots.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right.

[Kenny Olson]

You know where these tree roots are? In the boulevard.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[Kenny Olson]

The city plants trees in the boulevard, the trees roots destroy the sewer pipes. What the hell is going on there? And that's why coincidentally, through no fault of my own, that when they planted that tree a couple of times in front of my house.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. Disappeared.

[Rook]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, there's bad weather that can happen.

[Rook]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, I'm married to someone, as you know. It's pretty tough to control.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right.

[Kenny Olson]

You know, the person you're married.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let me tell you something. What do you think?

[Chris Reivers]

Let me tell you something right now.

[Joe Soucheray]

What do you think? Do you think subterranean New York has a good chance in the long run?

[Kenny Olson]

Oh my God, I can't imagine with.

[Joe Soucheray]

The mayor they have in place now. Do you think infrastructure is a priority for Zorro? Mamdani. Yes, you in the back.

[Chris Reivers]

I have a question.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[Chris Reivers]

He announced his budget yesterday.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have that here.

[Chris Reivers]

What do you think? In the. You'll get to that figure in a moment. What do you think that amount has been allocated to treating depleting infrastructure in the great old city of New York.

[Kenny Olson]

You know what, Chris? You could take that question and apply it to every single city in the Union. Every single city in the Union right now should be looking into their own issues.

[Joe Soucheray]

Jackson, Mississippi, if I'm not mistaken, came up in the news sometime within the last two years because of a complete failure of their water system. And unfortunately, I know the Euphorians will dispute this, but I would say. And the Republicans have nothing to pat themselves on the back on. But I think a Republican, a normal Republican, not a MAGA Republican, a normal Republican would be aware of infrastructure. I don't think Democrats give a bleep about it.

[Chris Reivers]

A public health crisis in and around the city of J, Mississippi began in late August 2022 after the Pearl river flooded due to severe storms in the state. The flooding caused the OB Curtis Water Treatment Plant, the city's largest water treatment facility, which was already running on backup pumps due to failures the month prior to stop the treatment of drinking water. This resulted in approximately 150,000 residents of the city being left without water.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's the deal.

[Chris Reivers]

Check it out.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now, we've been discussing the past couple days about Mysterians, through their ideology, create financial messes that the people who still pay taxes have to pay for and clean up. We've been discussing how the mysterians create situations that do not help and in particular hurt the very people they claim to care about. We're now facing the probability, extremely likely, that cities all over the country, the closer you get to the tallest buildings, knowing who's the mayor of Seattle right now, knowing who's the mayor of New York, knowing who's the mayor of Portland, knowing who's the mayor of. Well, look at the way the fires were handled in la. Knowing who's the mayor of Minneapolis. It's inevitable that these are people who don't even have infrastructure on their agenda. It's not even on their yellow legal tablet of stuff they want to do. They just want more money to redistribute to people. They have no means of awareness or wisdom to care for. The things that make a city successful. Commerce, infrastructure, safety, crime. This isn't on their radar. That's why Minneapolis is ruinous, is being ruined.

[Chris Reivers]

You're listing things.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll go back to New York.

[Chris Reivers]

Water that should be well and right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now water's fine in the Twin Cities, but are there measures being taken on a regularly scheduled basis. There probably are. There probably are. Let's hope there are because there's still a water department. Those people have. No, they're not. Have you ever looked.

[Kenny Olson]

Have you ever looked down one of those open manhole covers?

[Joe Soucheray]

Sure.

[Kenny Olson]

It doesn't look promising. I see bricks, couple homeless guys.

[Joe Soucheray]

Mayor Zoran Mamdani has issued a warning to the governor of New York.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, no.

[Joe Soucheray]

Kathy Hochul gave her an ultimatum, saying, because I'm unveiling. Kathy Zoron says I'm unveiling my $127 billion budget proposal. And his ultimatum is tax the rich or I'm going to raise property taxes by 10%. The eye popping preliminary spending plan for 2027 would increase the city's budget by $11 billion from 2026 and contains few cuts. But the democratic socialist brazenly claimed he would be forced to hit the pocketbooks of everyday New Yorkers if Hochul and Albany don't comply with his push to raise income taxes on the wealthy. He cast the 9.5% property tax increases, which would affect about 3 million residential units and 100,000 commercial properties, characterizing it as a regrettable last resort to close the city's estimated 5.4 billion budget gap. New York, not unlike Minneapolis, is in serious, serious trouble because it's governed by an ideologue who has never in his life really worked, never in his life met a payroll. Never in his life has produced a damn thing for the public good. Nothing. Just like. Like here, just like Minneapolis. This country cannot survive this kind of governance. Minneapolis cannot survive. Commercial property interests going completely in the tank. Minnesota can't. Minneapolis can't survive it. Let's turn to Minneapolis for a moment.

[Chris Reivers]

Did you. I'm sorry, I thought I misheard you. You said the annual budget for New.

[Joe Soucheray]

York City was going to be 127 billion with a B. That's right. Now, we've discussed the City Council discussing withholding liquor licenses from hotels because they didn't like who the hotels rented rooms to. Well, now we learn that apparently the council's divided on this.

[Rook]

Interesting.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's. It's Robin Wansley's proposal to block the appointment of Michael Burke to the Stadium Village, whatever that is.

[John Haidt]

I'm reading.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let me turn to something else that's easier. Minneapolis City council wants a $5 million fund to redistribute the people who suffered losses during the surge, a surge that the Minneapolis City Council contributed to. They also said, let's close our businesses in a show of solidarity. And now they want to come to you and they want the money to pay for that. Now we learn that walz wants a $10 million relief package. This is from the American Experiment. Walls wants a $10 million relief package to bail out businesses negatively impacted by the ICE surge. I personally would pass a law, if I was in the legislature, I would try to drum up interest to pass a law that Walz is not allowed to advance any such request. He's not to be trusted with any money whatsoever. How would that 10 million, if he gets it, how would it be distributed? What checks would there be on it? Who's going to do the auditing? How are you going to find out if it's legitimate or not? Walz is not to be trusted. His administration should not be trusted with spending any more money. Money whatsoever. But yet that's what he wants. On top of what the Minneapolis City Council wants, Walls wants 10 million. No. No. Somebody's got to say no.

[Rook]

Are you saying no?

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm saying no and I'm powerless.

[Rook]

Got it?

[Joe Soucheray]

Now back to these liquor licenses.

[Kenny Olson]

Do you think they're afraid to? You think they do? Private license. That question right there baffles me to no end. How come nobody from within his party isn't stepping up? Even if it's off the record whispering in his ear, telling him, stop it, stop it.

[Joe Soucheray]

The greatest conundrum we face in the country right now is that's true on both sides. Why isn't anybody confronting Trump in trying to correct this obscene behavior where he's merely enriching himself?

[Kenny Olson]

It's local, it's federal, it's both parties.

[Chris Reivers]

What Kenny's saying is someone should tell.

[Joe Soucheray]

Him, is the power of the third rail that desirable? Can it be that? Is it that important for you to feel important that you get to walk around clutch to your breast a clipboard and look important?

[Kenny Olson]

Do you think he really thinks he's helping people? That's what he always says.

[Joe Soucheray]

Who?

[Kenny Olson]

The governor, you know, he. Whenever he's asked about money and spending, he all he always resorts back to, well, look at the families we're feeding, look at the people we're helping, blah, blah, blah, and on and on and on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Then what should be point agencies so they request the data and they don't go anywhere.

[John Haidt]

The people who are the attorneys that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Should actually be prosecuting on ice cases. The lead prosecutor quit yesterday. Fraud is a long forgotten thing for everybody except me. No, Tim. I remember Minnesota who know we need to prosecute. I remember what's right. I want to answer Kenny's question.

[Kenny Olson]

Good placement of that audio. That's exactly my point right there.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why doesn't someone. Well then what's need be said is someone, I don't care who, confronts Walls and said, sir, you haven't been feeding people, you haven't provided housing stabilization, you haven't provided autism care. It's all fraudulent.

[Kenny Olson]

It's got to be somebody within his party. He will not accept a Republican, remember.

[Joe Soucheray]

The same way Republicans won't confront Trump. It's the same thing.

[Chris Reivers]

But remember the, the thing I read yesterday? Walls knew exactly how much money ICE apparently caused Minneapolis to lose in 30 days, but didn't understand that we lost $9 billion year over year over year. It's all self serving is the problem.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's so frustrating because you can see it crumbling before your eyes. You can see this happening in real time. And it's just, it's just maddening how horrible Wall's administration is. It's maddening what Trump's doing to the Constitution. It's maddening that Trump's kids keep getting richer and richer and richer and you aren't.

[Chris Reivers]

No ass.

[Joe Soucheray]

The rhetorical, oh, Trump's now gonna trademark his name for use on airports, but for the time being, they're not gonna charge anybody to use his name. Okay, is that kinda like, what the hell is that? Fix the damn sewer pipe. I don't care who's responsible.

[Chris Reivers]

We have a question about that. So is that like when Cool108 plays Hotel California, they get a residual?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Kind of the same deal.

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Honest to God, the country's in very, very bad condition. And neither side, neither the Trump ideology and the Mom Donnie ideology cannot rescue what this country once was. Neither ideology works. It just doesn't work. And I don't know what hero we're anticipating. I don't know where that man or woman's gonna come from. But this country is in. This country's on the ropes big time. Just on the ropes.

[Chris Reivers]

On a dark desert highway.

[Joe Soucheray]

On a dark desert highway. Cool wind in my hand and go back to this sewage spill. My God, that should wake people up. This is horrible. This is the kind of danger an environmental problem presents to you kids. It's not the air, it's not the sun. It's what humans can control. You can't pick a time in history that you'd like to return nature to. We're not capable of that. Plus it doesn't make any sense. But you can control sewer pipes, and in this case, it wasn't controlled. And now we're in a Fight between a Democratic governor and a Republican president about who should have been responsible. I can't imagine how foul it must be. It must be just dreadful.

[John Haidt]

Just.

[Joe Soucheray]

And to think, no boating, no fishing, no nothing all summer long, if not longer. See, I'm what's known as a crunchy conservative. There you go. I'm as. I'm as much for clean water as any euphorian.

[Rook]

Yeah, hard to argue with that.

[Joe Soucheray]

But unlike a Euphorian in. I'm not blaming the sun or the air. I'm blaming faulty sewer pipes, which haven't been tended to.

[Rook]

Fair statement.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, we're going to all melt because CO2, which we breathe every day. Plants need it to grow. It's a real thing. We can. You know. We're going to melt because that's no longer illegal. Well, it should have never been illegal in the first place. It's not a pollutant. Yes.

[Chris Reivers]

Are we missing an opportunity for war? Well, we got a lot of freak shows in this country.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yep.

[Chris Reivers]

How about a tourist attraction? Come on down to Poop river, folks.

[Rook]

Grab the family floating chunks.

[Chris Reivers]

Grab the kids. Go water ski.

[Kenny Olson]

You could give them a canoe without a paddle to shove them out there.

[Joe Soucheray]

You could put a canoe in here and you wouldn't even be able to paddle. See?

[Chris Reivers]

Just float.

[Kenny Olson]

I wonder with. I wonder if I have a pair of snowshoes.

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[Chris Reivers]

Just walk right across it.

[Kenny Olson]

Bet George Washington wish he had these.

[Joe Soucheray]

The water in the Potomac was probably cleaner when George Washington crossed it.

[Chris Reivers]

That's because man made climate changes.

[Rook]

Made it all up and suffered.

[Joe Soucheray]

Honest to God, we're so screwed. We just. People keep saying to me, I want Garage Lodge to be what it used to be.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay. I was just.

[John Haidt]

What?

[Josh Arnold]

It did.

[Joe Soucheray]

It used to be such.

[Kenny Olson]

I was actually just gonna go there. I was gonna ask you to give me a ray of hope. Where is the ray of hope?

[Joe Soucheray]

I gave it to you at the start of the show and you had to poo that. And you poo.

[Chris Reivers]

Pooed the river.

[Kenny Olson]

No, I mean in the. With the sewage case. Not the. Not the kids.

[Joe Soucheray]

The ray of hope.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, there's a big project underway. They just missed it by that much. They just were a little late.

[Rook]

$600 million project.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Here's the ray of hope that I'm hoping, no pun intended, is happening. I'm hoping cities across the country are now examining their situation closely and taking steps, steps to make this. To assure that this won't happen in their town.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think that's very reasonable and sound of you once a year. Very adult of you. Very adult. In other words, what Kenny's done is he looked at it from a gl er perspective and he said, well, my. That is a terrible, terrible problem in Washington. But I certainly hope that awakens the people in authority in different cities to. To closely examine their own situation.

[Kenny Olson]

Except Minneapolis, where we're gonna throw money at businesses that we told to close during the ice surge.

[Chris Reivers]

Right?

[Joe Soucheray]

That's your fault, voters. You cannot survive this governance. None of us can. It just. It's real. It's happening. They're ruining the city. Property values are down. Commercial real estate guys are struggling. People responsible. Building owners are bailing out. Those owners are replaced by people who are not as responsible people will be living in substandard situations. You are letting this happen. You have turned a blind eye to who these people really are. They are not helpful people.

[Chris Reivers]

Joe, I just heard Governor Walz say the only one worried about fraud is him. Why would you lie to me like that?

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm sorry. I forgot.

[Kenny Olson]

He's hoping they don't trace it to him. Christopher.

[Joe Soucheray]

Walls at the Capitol right now. They're in session again. Please do something that prevents Walls from having anything to do with money. Let them go. Open a grocery store once in a while or pretend that he's hungry. Run groceries or something. But don't let them touch money the.

[Kenny Olson]

Way they did with Biden the last three years.

[Joe Soucheray]

You people are not qualified to administer $10 million. You don't know how you will lose it. It will be stolen. It will be fraudulent, and you should have never proposed it in the first place because much of that $10 million, if in fact it's missing for small businesses, was your fault. You've never done a damn thing to help small businesses going back to Covid when you closed them.

[Rook]

But you bought a big warehouse.

[Joe Soucheray]

But you bought a big warehouse that you pawned off on us as a mortuary that wasn't needed. You people are. Should not be allowed to handle any money, which is a hell of a problem in a state that's a hell of a problem. We keep sending in our taxes to people who shouldn't even be allowed near it.

[Chris Reivers]

Are we gonna say at least we're not 127 billion?

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, we're headed there. Oh, you know, mom, Donnie, it's 127 billion this year. He has no other mindset than to keep taking from people. It'll be 130 billion next year. He was a mistake for New York. Fry is a mistake here. I'M holding out hope for collie her because she had tremendous business experience. Some of that's got to have a role in her thing thinking. I mean she's got her wokeness issues but good lord, the woman worked in the private sector at a very high level for a long time. Please her show us something. Turn St. Paul around.

[Rook]

She might break the mold on remember the last mayors that you had. You wish that they came back right? She may break that mold.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm hoping for that. You want to take a time out? Chris I do.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

While I'm waiting, here's a man who spends hours in hardware stores sifting through the nuts and stuff. What are you planning? Keyhole music for Joe Sushir. Here's Mini Pearl got a tag on her hat.

[Kenny Olson]

Do you have a soul? I often.

[Joe Soucheray]

No I don't Kenny.

[Rook]

He sold it a long time ago when he was liberal challenging the irs.

[Chris Reivers]

Look at his necks and loving lefties.

[Kenny Olson]

I've got a tip for you Gallers. For an ill running small engine, go to the farm supply section, that Fleet farm or even housewares at other stores. Or maybe your local neck hardware store. Get your stuff a spray bottle. Bring that baby home. Fill it up with seafoam engine treatment.

[Chris Reivers]

Now.

[Kenny Olson]

You know my nephews, my fossil fuel fuel loving heroes, they taught me this a number of years ago. Assuming the engine has carb problems and assuming you can get it running while it's sitting there choking and puking, start spraying seafoam right down the app, right into the carburetor. Do it slowly, but keep doing it until the engine dies. And then fire it up, do it all over again. And by the way, it's going to give you. Your yard's going to look like a Pink Floyd concert.

[Joe Soucheray]

Kenny, I have a question.

[Kenny Olson]

It smokes so much. Go ahead, Joe.

[Joe Soucheray]

In doing that repeatedly, are you destroying the varnish that had built up in the carburetor?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. You're hopefully working everything out, loosening everything up, and you overwhelm the engine with this, it shuts down, you fire it back up and you keep doing it. So they get to about the fourth time where they have to refire it, and the next thing you know, that thing is sitting there idling and purring like it's brand new. It was absolutely amazing and fun to watch. Then they gave me another tip a few years later. I'm letting them drive the plow truck in the summer. And there they get on me about this carbon deposits in the crank and the damage it was doing. So they start. They dump a whole can of seafoam right into the crankcase where you fill the oil up, drive it a couple hundred miles, change the oil. They did that a bunch of times that summer and it really helped that thing perform a lot better. It made a huge difference. Just a couple of seafoam tips from a couple of teenage motorheads. They know you can find more tips like that actually on seafoamworks.com a wonderful product in a world of bad gas.

[Joe Soucheray]

Before we get to John, I have to say to something, Rook. You weren't in here and you missed this. It was a ray of hope to open the show.

[Rook]

I think I know what you're gonna say.

[Joe Soucheray]

Cottage grove.

[Rook]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

And St. Paul U12 girls will play. Resuming tonight for the third day in a row, overtime to determine a playoff victor. I want the winning coach on tomorrow in the event there's a win tonight. You probably still have some contacts in St. Paul. Yes, you gotta be in charge of that. I'm not kidding.

[Rook]

I can have handle that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, write it down. I got it up here. No, that's what. That's what bothers me.

[Rook]

I'm already working on it.

[Joe Soucheray]

I will. All right. Go ahead, Johnny.

[Chris Reivers]

He wants to know what time you'd like to.

[Rook]

But you remember I was having him pull the meat out of the chili for the.

[Joe Soucheray]

I know you were, but just take Care of that, would you, please? Yes, please.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes, it will.

[John Haidt]

Thanks, Joe. The news is brought to you by North American Banking Company. The State Patrol considers the first day of weapons screening at the Capitalist Success. As thousands of people entered for the legislative session with more than a dozen of them carrying guns. Three people were flagged for having a knife. They were told to leave the knife away, put the knife away before returning to be screened again. During the first day of the legislative session, more than 2400 people screened. Fourteen folks had guns, and the authorities say everyone with a gun had a permit to carry. The colonel of the State Patrol, Kristina Bogojevich, said, it allows us to know who is carrying the weapons in the Capitol and how many people are carrying weapons. It just gives us that knowledge that in years past, we didn't have. The new security measure began on one of the most somber days at the Capitol, honoring one lawmaker killed in a shooting and another who survived a similar attack from the same shooter. The first thing I'll say is the Capitol has always been safe and secure. According to Colonel Bogojevich, this is a layer she added about the Capitol's overall security. It doesn't work by itself. It works in conjunction with everything else that we have in the Capitol building.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let me ask you something, John. Maybe I missed this. So you can carry into the case capital.

[John Haidt]

Yes. With a permit.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, I'm going to sound terribly euphorian here. I don't think my life would be upended terribly if I wasn't allowed to bring my pistol into the Capitol. You know, the capital. Things get heated in there. You know. Okay. I know I'm alone. I know I'm alone in that. And that's my problem.

[Rook]

Up until this point, people have maintained their composure, especially law, by hiding, conceal and carry.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm just saying I don't think my constitutional rights would be violated if I couldn't bring the gun into a Capitol.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, I disagree with that. I do disagree with that. Here's what I'm. Here's why I'm disappointed that this is allowed. And you might remember this, Joe, about a year or so ago, you told me I had to go down to the Capitol and do some. It was a couple years ago now. Do some stupid thing. Look at something in the rotunda. Yeah. And I gave you two reasons why I can't.

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

My truck's too big to fit in the parking ramp.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

And I can't carry my firearm in the Capitol, so I'm not going in there.

[Joe Soucheray]

All right. And I do remember that and you.

[Kenny Olson]

Got mad at me and rode my case, and now I can't use that as a defense.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, you can't. But. Okay, well, you know, it's just me. I. It wouldn't have caused me to lose any sleep. It's nothing I would fret over.

[Rook]

So right now, do we have to go through metal detectors at.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, they're all AI. They're all AI.

[Kenny Olson]

Here's another problem I have with not being allowed to carry my firearm is safer on me than it is in my truck.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I won't doubt that.

[Josh Arnold]

John opened his mouth.

[Rook]

What?

[John Haidt]

I went, yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, like that.

[Rook]

Oh, I thought you're gonna say something. Sorry.

[Joe Soucheray]

I just like to add, maybe I should take it back. I see I'm being met with such negativity. No, no, no.

[Chris Reivers]

I was gonna.

[John Haidt]

I was gonna say.

[Joe Soucheray]

I mean, even heights agrees with Kenny.

[John Haidt]

Well, go ahead, Chris.

[Chris Reivers]

I was just gonna. Opinion.

[Joe Soucheray]

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

[Kenny Olson]

Here's my story. I had to go down to Chicago and Franklin and get a replacement Social Security card.

[John Haidt]

Oh, boy.

[Kenny Olson]

You know that neighborhood.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

So you know what I was doing? And I get to the door. Did you notice? I said, get. Git. I get to the door, and I'm faced with a metal detector.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

So I go back out to my truck, I stow it away, and there's guys across the street eyeballing me. Walk back to the door of the Social Security office. There's a couple of Minneapolis police officers. And I just told him, I said, look, I just stashed Betsy in the safe in my truck. Could you just keep an eye on the truck for me while I'm in here?

[Rook]

Be right back.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, it all worked out.

[John Haidt]

Minnesota and federal authorities are looking into the alleged beating of a Mexican citizen by immigration officers last month, seeking to identify what caused eight skull fractures that landed the man in the intensive care unit of a Minnesota hospital. Investigators from the St. Paul Police Department and FBI last week canvassed the shopping center parking lot where Alberto Castaneda Mondragon says Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulled him from a vehicle, threw him to the ground, and repeatedly hit him in the head with steel batons. ICE is blamed Moondragon for his own injuries, saying he tried to flee while handcuffed and fell and hit his head against a concrete wall. But hospital staff who treated him told the Associated Press that kind of fall could not plausibly account for the man's brain hemorrhaging and fragmented memory. A CT scan showed fractures to the front, back and both sides of his skull injuries, a doctor told the AP were inconsistent with a fall in separate visits to the shopping center last week, local and federal investigators requested surveillance footage from two businesses whose employees told the AP their cameras either did not capture the January 8th arrest or the images had been overwritten because more than a month passed before law enforcement asked for the video. The owner of the Tipo Market in Asian grocery store that faces the parking lot where the arrest occurred said St. Paul police twice sent investigators to the business in recent days. Also, the man says he was visited by FBI agents interested in the same footage. St. Paul Police Department did not respond to requests for comment, and the FBI declined.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think that's easily explained. He ran into the Wall eight times. Sometimes he did it forwards and sometimes he did it backwards.

[John Haidt]

Governor Walls has made it clear he is not interested in filling a U.S. senate seat. Some analysts had speculated Some analysts speculated that Walls could fill a Senate seat if Senator Amy Klobuchar, who would have.

[Joe Soucheray]

Speculated that.

[John Haidt]

Walls Good one, Joe Wall said during a news conference at the Capitol yesterday. The context was that Eric asked me. Eric being the Channel 5 reporter.

[Kenny Olson]

Damn, I knew it. Why did you have to say that, Joe?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know.

[John Haidt]

Context was Eric.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think Eric's an idiot for asking the question.

[John Haidt]

Oh, I thought you were talking about. I thought you were talking about us because we asked the question about three weeks ago.

[Joe Soucheray]

We're all idiots. We're all idiots. And I'm sure it's not gonna happen.

[John Haidt]

The contact was Eric asked me if I wanted to fill out Klobuchar's Senate term. I said I'd rather eat glass than do that.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think you should eat some glass.

[Kenny Olson]

What about setting your hair on fire? Would you like to do that too?

[John Haidt]

Worker at an auto parts store shot and critically hurt last night in Brooklyn park, leaving police and community looking for answers. Brooklyn park police say officers received a report of a shooting at the AutoZone along Brooklyn Boulevard around 9 in the the evening when they got there, officers found a man who works at the store suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition. According to police, officers brought in a K9 called for a Minnesota State Patrol helicopter. However, no arrests were announced. Investigators still working to figure out a motive for the shooting.

[Chris Reivers]

Do you know why autozone figures prominently into the lore of garagelogic?

[Joe Soucheray]

Slash I. I don't.

[Chris Reivers]

That was the sponsor. I was trying to get in when Patrick Royce had his f ridden tirade.

[Joe Soucheray]

About what hit it in the water.

[Rook]

When he's watching some ladies golf.

[Chris Reivers]

It was an auto zone.

[Kenny Olson]

You were trying to get in the zone.

[Chris Reivers]

Was trying to get in the.

[Joe Soucheray]

You were in the zone. All right.

[Chris Reivers]

Hit it in the water, you dumb.

[John Haidt]

And Main Street Sports Group, the owner of FanDuel Sports Network, announced yesterday it will close its Minneapolis operations and lay off about 20 employees there this spring. The notice filed with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says the layoffs are expected to take effect begin beginning on April 14th at the end of the NHL and NBA regular seasons. FanDuel Sports Network north is the regional broadcaster for the Wolves, Lynx and Wild. The network had previously aired Twins games until its contract lapsed going into the 2025 season. In a statement, Main Street Sports Group CEO David Preschoolak said Wild and Timberwolves broadcasts will go on as plan and final decisions have not been made regarding the future of FanDuel Sports Network North.

[Joe Soucheray]

John, I want to interrupt you for a moment.

[John Haidt]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

For a Minneapolis update, Rook, you are America's guest. You took 30 or 40 people that got free tickets, 40. To see Les Mis last night at the Orpheum.

[John Haidt]

Oh, boy.

[Rook]

We did.

[Joe Soucheray]

Tuesday night. Dead a winner. What was Minneapolis like?

[Rook]

There was no.

[Joe Soucheray]

Nobody, really.

[Rook]

The saloon was empty, which is across the street from the. The theater.

[Chris Reivers]

You know, saloon.

[Rook]

The saloon. As the crusher would say. The saloon.

[Kenny Olson]

I got hit on in the saloon. That was fun.

[Rook]

I would say, though, that arriving there.

[Kenny Olson]

Who did you think?

[Chris Reivers]

Jesus, who's buying that big bear a drink?

[Rook]

Couple observations, though.

[Kenny Olson]

When my wife said, yeah, go for it.

[Chris Reivers]

Get me one, too.

[Joe Soucheray]

When we went to.

[Rook]

We went to cr, it was empty. When we left, it was full. The only thing happening was Les Mis. It was a great production. And then when we're walking out of there, we're walking four people on a sidewalk. Some guy in a blue shirt comes behind us and says, well, can't we walk around this. These people here? My mom was walking. She walks pretty slow. And that's the wrong thing to say with Maria and McLaren in the crowd. I think Maria chimed in with, we are knocking off. She's 80, 86. And Judith, who was paying attention, said, I'm only 84. That dude was rude. But I will say that my mom also confessed.

[Joe Soucheray]

I didn't really want an hour.

[Rook]

My mom also confessed to going into the saloon with her friend Lisa. Yeah. Not knowing what the saloon was. And I said, mom, you went in there. Did they. Did they think you were lesbians? She said, no, I don't know if they did or not, but we Sat there and we. We clinked our glasses together. Oh, that is so gay. Of course they knew you clinked glasses. They thought you were lesbians as you went in there.

[Joe Soucheray]

Is that a lesbian bar?

[Rook]

It's a same sex orientation bar. Minneapolis was dead.

[Joe Soucheray]

All right, thank you. Yes.

[Chris Reivers]

No, I. I need to ask a question.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, but of the four of you.

[Chris Reivers]

Women that went to this show.

[Joe Soucheray]

Sorry.

[Chris Reivers]

Last night, who had the most critical review of the Les Mis performance?

[Rook]

That would be McLaren. Who is. If Pat Roisie was sitting next to her during that, he would say, do I need to call you an ambulance? She was crying at the.

[Chris Reivers]

Really?

[Rook]

She cries at the overture. Yes.

[Chris Reivers]

Hard.

[Kenny Olson]

No.

[Rook]

Yes. But it was a really good performance. I highly recommend.

[Joe Soucheray]

My fault.

[Rook]

You take your bride.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's my fault.

[Rook]

To Les Mis.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait, wait, wait.

[Joe Soucheray]

John.

[Chris Reivers]

How about a GL outing?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, John, John, go ahead. John, go ahead.

[John Haidt]

We do need to hear from Chris here in a minute, and I would like to do more news when we get back, but I think Rook probably just used all my time. I'm not sure.

[Rook]

Oh, thank you.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm going to carve you out some more.

[Kenny Olson]

Is it a musical, Matthew?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes, Kenny.

[Rook]

It's about the 12th time I've seen it, and I will go see it 15 more times.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you. Enough. I'm sorry I asked. Okay.

[Kenny Olson]

The Big Lebowski, Just for comparison, have you ever seen the Big Lebowski or Apocalypse now or.

[Rook]

Three of the four people that went last night have seen the Big Lebowski. Lebowski and enjoy it, and you weren't one of them. I was not one of them.

[Joe Soucheray]

My mom has.

[Rook]

She loved it. She loved it more than Ted.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay.

[Kenny Olson]

No further questions.

[Rook]

Thanks, your honor.

[John Haidt]

Chris.

[Chris Reivers]

Hi, Joe.

[John Haidt]

Are the waterworks whirring in your.

[Chris Reivers]

In your world?

[Joe Soucheray]

Uh huh.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay. Because you know why?

[Rook]

He's about to cry.

[Chris Reivers]

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[John Haidt]

Johnny Express national and international News Iran announced yesterday it is temporarily and partially closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil passes. An announcement came as the US And Iran held their second round of nuclear negotiations in Geneva, which ended without a date scheduled for any more talks. Iranian officials reportedly signaled they are willing to pause uranium enrichment for up to three years and move some of their stockpile offshore. Right now, most of Iran's uranium stockpile is believed to be buried under rubble after those strikes by the US And Israel last year. In exchange, Iran is seeking sanctions relief and access to $6 billion in blocked oil revenue. The negotiations ended to three and a half hours and took place against the backdrop of a US Military buildup in that area. Separately, the third round of Russia Ukraine negotiations also began yesterday in Geneva, with Russia pressing for control of the Donbas region.

[Rook]

What does the United Arab Emirates think of that?

[Joe Soucheray]

We don't know, Matt.

[Kenny Olson]

Isn't everything that Iran says a lie?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[John Haidt]

Conservation and historical organizations are suing the Trump administration, announcing yesterday suing over National Park Service policies that the group say erase history and science from America's national parks. The lawsuit filed in Boston says orders from President Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum forced Park Service staff to remove or censor exhibits that share factually accurate history. It came into response to a Trump executive order restoring, quote, truth and sanity to American history at the nation's museums, parks and land landmarks. Burgum directed removal of improper partisan ideology, their words, from museums, monuments, landmarks and other public exhibits under federal control. The groups behind the lawsuit said that a federal campaign to review interpretive materials escalated in recent weeks, leading to the removal of numerous exhibits that discuss the history of slavery, civil rights, treatment of indigenous peoples and other core elements of the American experience. The suit was filed by a coalition that includes The National Parks Conservation Association, American association for State and Local History, association of National Park Rangers, and the Union of Concerned Scientists. And it came the day after a federal judge ordered an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia. Ford Motors $5 billion bet on its next generation of all electric vehicles, while featuring a new technology. Technology that Tesla commercialized in the US on its cyber truck, according to the Detroit automaker.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait a minute, I thought we scrapped this.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, no.

[John Haidt]

The system, known as a 48 volt electrical architecture, had been discussed in the auto industry for decades. But Tesla was the first to bring it to consumers in 2023. The auto industry has historically used a 12 volt system with a lead acid battery for all vehicles to power the car's etc. Accessories. But that's been problematic and caused recalls for many EVs. The new architecture instead uses the EVs high voltage battery to power everything. The 48 volt system improves efficiency, allows for additional electrical bandwidth, and saves weight through the reduction of wiring, according to officials. The power can also be stepped down from the 48 to 12 volts when needed through the use of new electronic control units, or eclipse use. The new electrical system is one of many innovations Ford thinks will allow its next generation of EVs, starting with a $30,000 small electric pickup truck in 2027, to compete against Tesla, as well as rapidly expanding Chinese brands in global markets.

[Kenny Olson]

You know what? Give me a 1965 Chevrolet K20 four wheel drive truck.

[Joe Soucheray]

Good luck.

[Kenny Olson]

No technology at all.

[Chris Reivers]

Talking some real.

[Joe Soucheray]

And everything you looked at on the dashboard was intuitive.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

You knew exactly what that knob did.

[Kenny Olson]

Yep, yep.

[Rook]

Not like the old Teslas of today, huh?

[John Haidt]

You know what I've noticed though, because I have a youngster, maybe you've noticed this work with newer cars.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

Everything on there is intuitive immediately to them. I look at it and like, it looks, looks like, you know, computer gobbledygoop. Everything right away is known.

[Chris Reivers]

Johnny. Last summer I was in my old man Suburban. Sorry, Kenny hates that. I'm sorry. Ken, Ken, Ken. My dad's Suburban and I had the cell phone and he says, where's the screen? He said, buddy, this Suburban was built in 1995.

[Joe Soucheray]

I've had many push buttons start cars and I only learned this past week that the button is only to be used when it's ready to start the car. In other words, you can get in a car and press that button and nothing might happen. But if you get in the car and wait about one second it'll. That button will turn green. Then you hit it and the car starts. I didn't. I didn't know that.

[Kenny Olson]

This doesn't have anything to do with that.

[Rook]

What about on the brake?

[Kenny Olson]

I have to ask you.

[Chris Reivers]

Go ahead.

[Kenny Olson]

How long do you wait, how long do you let the engine idle before you put it in drive and take off?

[Joe Soucheray]

I almost immediately put it in reverse. But then when I'm sitting in the driveway, I plug in my phone, attach my seat belt and do all this other bs. Then I take off very slowly.

[Kenny Olson]

He gets the crap. Sometimes it scares me how much we're alike.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow.

[Rook]

But the reason he puts it in reverse right away to get out of the garage, it's so he doesn't suffocate himself.

[Kenny Olson]

That's the exact same reason I do, Matthew. That's the same reason I do. I pull it out and I sit there and I let the garage door close.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's what I do. Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

How much mail is typically run over inside the garage?

[Joe Soucheray]

We had one earlier this week with a big tire print on it.

[Rook]

You know.

[Kenny Olson]

One more question, Chris.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

One more.

[Kenny Olson]

What was the time and time?

[Joe Soucheray]

What do we got? What do we got? I love that.

[John Haidt]

U.S. capitol Police. Yes.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, John, you can't go anywhere. We gotta do time. We got it. We gotta do time. The temp.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I don't.

[Chris Reivers]

It was requested.

[Joe Soucheray]

We don't have.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, as long if I get the.

[Joe Soucheray]

Time in the temp.

[Chris Reivers]

All right.

[John Haidt]

U.S. capitol Police yesterday in Washington D.C. arrested an 18 year old man after he ran from his vehicle toward the west side of the Capitol building. He was wearing a tactical vest and gloves and armed with a loaded shotgun. No other information was released from the Capitol Police. A gunman has not yet been publicly identified. US government has released fresh intelligence on what it says when it was an illicit Chinese nuclear test conducted in 2020. On June 22 of that year, a remote seismic station in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan detected a tiny earthquake. The event registered at just 2.75 magnitude, but it registered from around 450 miles away at China's main nuclear test site known as Lop Noor. That according to Christopher Yaw, the Assistant Secretary of Arms Control and non Proliferation at the State Department. Not everyone agrees though that it may have been a nuclear explosion. Ben Dando is the head of seismology and verification at Northsar, a Norwegian organization that watches for responsible nuclear tests. He says the signal was weak and it was recorded at a single station. Based on those limitations and others, he thinks it's still possible this may have been some sort of natural event.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that'd be a bad place to live, wouldn't it? In China? No, thanks. A nuclear.

[John Haidt]

Jennifer Adler is a practicing therapist. She's been doing therapy for 25 years. A little over a decade ago, she started training for a marathon running with a group near her home in Montgomery County, Maryland. She said, I noticed people were more comfortable, less inhibited, opening up and talking during the group training runs. I started to wonder if there was a way to do a practice where people are moving. So she started doing therapy sessions, walking with people down in nature. Nature trail.

[Joe Soucheray]

Bfd.

[Rook]

Come on.

[Kenny Olson]

I've got a great idea.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let him finish.

[John Haidt]

Butler started with one of her young clients. She said, with the mom's permission, she said, we met at a park. We walked around, and he was a different kid. He was running around. He was showing me stuff in nature, and he talked about things.

[Joe Soucheray]

Then he fell in a Potomac and died from E. Coli.

[John Haidt]

She said they made more progress in one session outside than they had in two years. Meeting in her office, Adler started reading more about outdoor therapy, which is also known as Walk and Talk or Nature Informed.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is. We're acting as though this is something novel. Come on.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, well, when I read the story, I thought, wouldn't that be obvious?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[Kenny Olson]

Are you done?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

Well, I can't be sure.

[Kenny Olson]

Matthew.

[Rook]

Yes.

[Kenny Olson]

Royce is in. In dire need of therapy, but he ain't going for a walk.

[Joe Soucheray]

He'll do the Royce walk. How's that? Walk alongside his car and talk to him.

[Rook]

Hey, we're gonna run down to the. We're gonna run down to the den. I'm gonna hit the recliner, and we're gonna. We're gonna watch replays of MASH and figure out.

[Kenny Olson]

No, no, Mr. Royce, we. We have to go for a walk. Please join me on the parkway.

[Rook]

I gotta check that guy out.

[Joe Soucheray]

I got a bad knee. I gotta wrap.

[Rook]

Ice pack. Katie, can I get an ice pack? Perhaps downstairs.

[Kenny Olson]

Perhaps you could drive and I'll walk next.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Rook]

Yeah. I'm having trouble with that start button. I can't wait till it turns green. I gotta wait a half an hour.

[Joe Soucheray]

Till they turn green.

[Rook]

I hit the button and nothing happened.

[Joe Soucheray]

I tried. John, thank you.

[Rook]

Yes, you will.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you. Did you want something Here?

[Rook]

Let's take her to a break, John.

[John Haidt]

Thanks, Pat. Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Me.

[Chris Reivers]

I do.

[Joe Soucheray]

I want sushi. Precision group. No. Yes, sir. Precision Garage door hobby and therapy. I wish you would be.

[Rook]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Winter is here, man. It's not over. We get the winners Boy, are they getting nailed up on the northwest. No, no, lucky them. Northern Minnesota, along the lake, northeast, right.

[Rook]

Up by the big gitchigumi north of St.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Kenny Olson]

I want to help. I love helping. We have great news for you and your home security. And you know what, let's save you some money too. Maple Grove lock and safe. They are going to be at the Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic this weekend in the mini Minneapolis convention center. Runs Friday through Sunday. And here's the good news. Rich, the owner offering 10% off on all Liberty safes. Now usually he's got a Liberty safe, but going every month or a couple of times a month. But it's for specific models. This time it's everything that liberty makes. A 10% off sale, all models. And that's from the level one rated 40 minute fire protection models all the way up to the level 7 rated for 2 hour fire protection models. The Liberty safe, I mean, let's face it, it's the best in the business. They have the best fire protection. All Liberty safes made right here in the USA and all come with a fully transferable lifetime warranty. Better yet, you don't have to log that safe out of the Minneapolis Convention center. You can get professional delivery and installation. But that's not enough, according to Rich. Rich says he's going to do a drawing for an HD200 Quick Vault that's a value of $199 this weekend. So you got to get down there and get yourself signed up while you, while you're there, you know, 10% off all liberty Safes. You can't beat it. For the full lineup of Liberty Safes, go to maple grovelockandsafe.com Joe, if you.

[Chris Reivers]

Were to poll your staff, what percentage would be going to Pheasant Fest and what percentage would be going to another production of Les Mis?

[Joe Soucheray]

The There's a late night host, Stephen Colbert.

[Rook]

He has no opinion.

[Joe Soucheray]

And he was going to have a guest on last night, a Texas Democrat named James Tirrick Talarico, who's a Democrat, but he's on fire in Texas and might very well win in Texas. And that's apparently caused the Trumper a lot of problems. So he called CBS and arranged that Colbert could not have him as a guest.

[John Haidt]

Hmm.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I disappoint. I disapprove. I disapprove.

[Rook]

I'm with you.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, what Colbert did, of course, is he had a lot of fun with it and said, I'm not supposed to tell you that my guest today was going to be James Talarico. You know, he had a lot of fun with it.

[Rook]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And on and on and on. And then he said, but if you want to see me interview James Talarico, it'll be on our CBS YouTube channel following the show. At which point he interviewed him with just a normal interview. I was made aware of this. But the point is, do you really want to have a president who calls talk shows and okays or not okays? The guest.

[Rook]

Nope.

[Joe Soucheray]

Reavers.

[Chris Reivers]

I do not.

[Joe Soucheray]

And John.

[John Haidt]

I do not.

[Joe Soucheray]

And Kenny, this is.

[Kenny Olson]

Of course not. But this reminds me of the Tipper Gore rule. Do you know what that is?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I vaguely refresh my memory.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, she tried to ban certain bands and albums and whatnot from being vulgar or sexist.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

And all it did was more attention to those albums and sell more albums. So by doing this, Mr. Trump actually caused him to have good numbers and increase the viewership of this. That always backfires.

[Joe Soucheray]

In fact, didn't I read that he took in a big, a huge load of money today?

[John Haidt]

Of course.

[Kenny Olson]

Of course. Always backfires.

[John Haidt]

The Trump administration has done this with numerous, numerous people and issues where they go after and then it kind of backfires because everybody, you know, becomes aware of whatever they're trying to get rid of.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, they, they did Nakimi Levy sobbing. She's the last woman in the world to sob.

[Rook]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

What was the other one they did.

[Rook]

She did not return any of my texts or calls, by the way.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, the. By the way, the other part of that story that frightened me since I'm on a podcast and have worked in radio all my life. The FCC chairman who basically is the one who told the them not to have him on the show because it's an equal time thing. He said, yes, this could also relate to radio. So that part kind of scares me.

[Chris Reivers]

It's troubling, isn't it, John?

[John Haidt]

Equal time thing is.

[Rook]

Is that is not an equal time thing until after the primaries when they have their candidate. That's between September and November.

[Chris Reivers]

I was going to say.

[Kenny Olson]

What was the rule? Yeah, and there's nothing better than equal time.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't. We don't have that anymore, though.

[Kenny Olson]

I know, but it's a gift. I mean, you get to hear both sides of the argument. I love equal time.

[Chris Reivers]

Remember when people that disagree with us used to come on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, yeah.

[Rook]

Those are fun days.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, we always had that.

[Chris Reivers]

That's what I'm saying. But they won't come on with us anymore.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, I mean, when you call them.

[Joe Soucheray]

Cock womble, you ought to be glad I've limited to that. Whoa, whoa.

[John Haidt]

There still is equal time, which I'm finding, which surprises me.

[Kenny Olson]

I thought it was after the primary. Right. Like Matthew said.

[John Haidt]

Okay, I didn't get that.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, I don't watch Cool. I don't watch any of the late night talk shows. It's a long way from Johnny Carson, what they've become. They're just political skirmishes. They're all in the same boat there. Only because they come to us all the way from Penguin, Tasmania, Australia, and the traveling linemans who you can [e-mail] it was on this day. It's a big day, Joe.

[Chris Reivers]

Today is February 18th.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, on this day in 1868, the Minnesota legislature reorganized the University of Minnesota into a central college of Science, Literature and the Arts, with various associated colleges. Although the university had been incorporated on February 20, 1851, no classes had been held. In 1869, the Board of Regents elected William W. Falwell as the institution's first president, and classes began soon afterward. Haven't we found something bad about Falwell? Has he still got his name on buildings? Falwell Hall?

[Rook]

Yeah, that was.

[Joe Soucheray]

Didn't he own a slave or something? On this day, Fab 18. In 1870, Swift county was created, named in honor of Minnesota's third governor, Henry A. Swift. Oh, not after Taylor Scott Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stern, Steele, Stevens and Swift are your S counties.

[Chris Reivers]

Got it.

[Joe Soucheray]

On this day, Fab 18. In 1931, William R. Merriam. Merriam, the city's 11th governor, died in Washington, D.C. born on July 26, 1849 in New York. He served as governor in Minnesota from 1889 to 1993. And he was the director of the U.S. census of 1900. I believe Miriam park might have something to do with that. His name might have something to do with it.

[Chris Reivers]

What about Merriam Webster?

[Joe Soucheray]

On this day, February 18th. I'm sorry. In 1953, Governor Clyde Elmer Anderson. Wait a minute. We had an Elmer L. We had a lot of these Andersons as governor.

[Chris Reivers]

A lot of them.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is Clyde Elmer Anderson. Wow. In 1951, on this day, he signed a bill establishing the red pine, commonly known as the Norway pine, as the Minnesota State Tree. On this day, Minnesota sports disappointment, history.

[Chris Reivers]

Hoadway loves to.

[Joe Soucheray]

Unfortunately, in 1981, Philly's Marie Kusarek traded for making a critical comment. I don't know what. What that means or what that's about. On this day, February 18th, in 1996, Christian Laettner went off on the team after loss to Bullets.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't remember that.

[Chris Reivers]

That's what he said. Loser, loser, loser, loser. Winners. Pointed to himself.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, he's a dookie, so that doesn't surprise me. All right, well, thank you.

[John Haidt]

If I may add one thing to the conversation. I was confused. The Equal Time Doctrine. There was also a Fairness Doctrine. The one we got rid of was the Fairness Doctrine, not the Equal time.

[Joe Soucheray]

What did the Fairness Doctrine demand?

[John Haidt]

It had two basic elements. Required broadcasters to devote some of their air time to discuss controversial matters of public interest and to air contrasting views regarding. Regarding the matters.

[Kenny Olson]

They bury it at 5am on Saturday morning when nobody's listening.

[Chris Reivers]

And for those of you town council members, Rookie has a vital piece of information he will be giving to you. So stay tuned. If you're on the town council, which.

[Joe Soucheray]

Is what you should do, I wouldn't.

[Chris Reivers]

Go anywhere and upgrade to an annual town council membership. So that way you can become the gler of the week. And that's right, you can find out more information and it's not [e-mail] along with hitting that subscribe button on The Garage Logic YouTube channel, where you can. Where you can watch the show each and every single day starting right around noon. And all of our social media channels, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Yes, Melon.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can somebody look up a score for Me.

[Chris Reivers]

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. 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 use the word free. 48, 8 minute financial consultation again with 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, so much to get to Buffett. You're saying has no changes, there's some news on the Fed and what in God's name is going on with New York City.

[Josh Arnold]

How do you like that? Well, let's do with the easy thing. The market is, is up today ahead of the reading of the Fed minutes this afternoon. Of course, any time the Fed gets involved or the Fed minutes get involved, there could be, there could be some selling pressure involved. Many Fed watchers will say oh my goodness, the Fed vote to not touch interest rates seem to be pretty close where the Fed's move to cut interest rates even a quarter point seem to be very close. The Fed is still concerned about inflation and meeting their 2% target. They still see inflation as sticky given the fact that housing prices are still up, rents are still up. The Fed has not even considered how the, how inflation has impacted other costs as well. And bringing inflation down to 2% level going to be very difficult with insurance costs continuing to rise. And that's not just your first property taxes. Although in New York City the mayor proposed a 10% property tax increase across the board. Now I'm not so sure how that's going to affect but it could raise a lot of money again across the, the board. Renters in New York City and there are, I'll say more renters than owners in New York City will feel the pinch of a 10% property tax increase just as renters elsewhere in the country will feel that and that increases a lot more than the rate of incentive inflation. Back to New York City in a minute. So do pay attention to the, to the reading of the minutes. That could create some extra volatility, not that there isn't a lot of volatility right now in the, in the market. Something that we had said in December could well characterize market moves in 2024. Then the 13F filings have been released from many many hedge funds and large stockholders, hedge funds and investment advisors. SEC registered investment advisors like myself have to submit our portfolio holdings to the SEC at the end of each quarter. We have got 45 days to from the end of the quarter to submit those. Once those are submitted, they are available to for public disclosure at the SEC website. Every quarter, 45 days after the end of the quarter. Market watchers peruse very intently in many cases the holdings of top investors like Warren Buffett or Bill Ackerman of Pershing Square or others to see what they have added to their portfolios or sold off or left alone. Now bear in mind with these 13F filings, the reaction in the market can be very quick, but it's a reaction to something that took place in the previous quarter over a period of three months. So in Buffett's case or Berkshire Hathaway's case, the headline read that Berkshire had trimmed more Apple, they had sold more of bank of America, reduced significantly Amazon and initiated a position in the New York Times. From reading the headline, you would think that the New York Times edition would be a big, big, big ad. Yet it was only only a $351 million purchase, making the New York Times 29 out of 41 holdings that Berkshire has. On the other hand, Berkshire resides reduced by 80% their position in Amazon. But Amazon still is worth in Berkshire's portfolio $2.6 billion, still a very significant position and still after that reduction.

[Joe Soucheray]

Still.

[Josh Arnold]

Seven times greater than the position in the New York Times. What is very interesting however is that Amazon is paying the New York Times between 20 and $25 billion a year for access to New York Times content for AI. Now that could be one of the reasons that the New York Times is trading at an all time or 52 week high as its content is being paid for at a pretty significant rate. Not only by companies like Amazon, I'm guessing could be Google as well, but also people who have subscriptions to that new newspaper. The New York Times is one of the subscriptions that I have along with along with the Wall Street Journal.

[Joe Soucheray]

And.

[Josh Arnold]

I do find the New York Times business section and sports section will say among the top business and sports section in the country if you like or did like reading Sports Illustrated. Now reading the New York Times sports section on a daily is like getting the New York Sports Illustrated daily. And I've been a subscriber to Sports Illustrated Since I've been in fifth grade, which is just a few years ago. Berkshire also added positions to his existing Chevron and Chubb position. Something that is interesting is Berkshire initiated a position in Google which is currently worth five and a half billion dollars. Okay, a little more than twice amnesty, the Amazon position at Berkshire. But even though Berkshire did sell 10 million shares of Apple, Apple is still the largest position at I'll say at 12 times what Google's value in the portfolio is. Apple is still number one in Berkshire Hathaway at $62 billion. Still very significant then looking at Pershing. You know, while Berkshire was seller of Amazon, Bill Ackman's Pershing was a big buyer of Amazon saying it's very, very undervalued based on its potential going forward. Now Amazon is very much oversold on concerns about the amount of spending that they're going to do around AI and communication satellites. And that spending is feared to really cut into their margins. And worry is will Amazon be able to support the debt that they could incur for this spending? I think that will be the case. And Amazon remains in my book still still in the buy the buy camp. Although watching it drop from a recent $235 to just below $200 before a rebound today is hurting. And now on to New York and we're not talking just about the increase in the property taxes. Talking about another or two other New York institutions, the New York Knickerbockers at Basketball, New York Knicks to you and the New York Rangers owned by Madison Square Garden Sports. There has been talk recently and board approval to separate the two teams out in a tax free spinoff that could, I have to emphasize could potentially take place. This potential move has lifted MSGs Madison Square Garden sports up 15% on the, on the news and this news now values both teams at 8, $8 billion which is significantly under what the private market value is. The Knicks are considered to be by just valuation alone. I do believe they third most valuable NBA franchise after the warriors and the Lakers. The Lakers last year sold a portion of their team for close to $10 billion. Analysts looking at Ms. Madison square garden Sports estimate the value of.

[Joe Soucheray]

Of the.

[Josh Arnold]

Company at $14 billion. So say the ownership of the Dolan family alone has created a huge huge discount. And should this split apart, well that could increase evaluation and allow for potential new minority owners to come in for the Knicks and the Rangers. And speaking of sports, with baseball season underway, Chris, I know that you'd like to be an owner of a baseball team. You do have that chance by owning the Atlanta Braves with a majority ownership with under John Malone's Liberty Media Company. Market symbol is B A T R A. Not a lot of trading in this stock and it is hoped that at some point John Malone will sell and that could boost the value of the of the Atlanta Braves franchise and especially if they are very competitive in the NL East.

[Chris Reivers]

Excellent advice.

[Rook]

There you go.

[Chris Reivers]

Excellent advice as always, Mr. MoneyTalk. You heard him jailers. 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 95608 where you always get straight talk and never ever sugarcoated advice. Josh, once again, thank you so much for the time and the chat. Enjoy the rest of your day and we'll talk to you again tomorrow.

[Josh Arnold]

Look forward to it. Thanks.

[John Haidt]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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