2/23 1980 Gold medal winner Rob McClalanhan sharing excitement about the 2026 gold medal winners

Summary

Garage Logic Podcast Summary
Episode Date: February 23, 2026
Main Guest: Rob McClanahan (1980 Olympic Hockey Gold Medalist)
Main Theme: Reflections on Team USA’s 2026 Olympic Hockey Gold, National Pride, and the State of Sportsmanship

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Episode Overview

This lively episode celebrates the U.S. Men's Hockey Team’s thrilling overtime victory over Canada in the 2026 Olympic Games. The hosts, primarily Joe Soucheray ("The Mayor") and his usual Garage Logic cast, welcome 1980 hockey gold medalist Rob McClanahan. Together, they draw connections between the "Miracle on Ice" team and today’s gold medalists, discuss what made both squads special, and examine contemporary issues surrounding patriotism, sportsmanship, and cultural commentary in America.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Comparing 1980 and 2026 U.S. Olympic Hockey Teams

• Team-building and Selflessness:
  McClanahan emphasizes the 2026 team’s selfless play, reminiscent of 1980. Team GM Billy Guerin picked role-players over big names to foster genuine teamwork.
• Crucial Moments in the Gold Medal Game
  • Jack Hughes scores the overtime winner following extra effort by Zach Werenski.
    "That extra effort he made was amazing to me for that assist." – Joe Soucheray (05:29)
• Patriotism and Pride
  • Despite recent political and cultural currents, the team exudes visible pride in representing the USA.
  • “Everybody they talk to...Jack Hughes, they’re all saying they’re so proud to wear the USA sweater.” – Rob McClanahan (04:46)
• Notable Parallel:
  • Both Canadian and American teams displayed humility and left egos aside, something McClanahan and hosts find admirable.
• Village Experience:
  • Both 1980 and 2026 teams chose to stay in the Olympic Village, mingling and connecting with other athletes to embrace the spirit of the games.

2. Memorable and Humorous Moments

• Tooth Loss Tales:
  • Jack Hughes’ lost teeth during the final, returning to the bench without missing a shift ("That’s a hockey player!")
  • McClanahan recounts his own story from the NHL:

    "I asked him, Fitzy, is my tooth chipped? He said, 'No, it's gone.' I went back out on the ice, found my tooth, put it on ice, and put it back in after the game..." (07:22)

• Voodoo Connections & Gold Medal ‘Magic’:
  • Strange and fun coincidences with gold medalists’ jersey numbers spanning 1960, 1980, and 2026 tie together Team USA's hockey lineage. (08:41)
• Medals Returned for Engraving:
  • Both 1980 & 2026 squads had to give up new medals overnight for engraving, to everyone’s discomfort.
  • “We didn’t want to give ours back. We did. We didn’t trust anybody taking them…” – R. McClanahan (13:12)
• Stuffed Mascots:
  • McKinnon’s hilarious reaction to a stuffed mascot at the medal ceremony:

    “He looked at that thing like, 'What the bleep is this?'” – John Hines (12:49)

3. Sportsmanship & ‘Team-First’ Mentality

• Not About Stars—About Roles:
  • Team construction focused on role acceptance rather than star power; Americans prioritized team success over individual stats.
  • “He had guys that recognized their roles and accepted their roles...” – McClanahan (06:09)
• Canadian ‘Skill vs. Team’ Debate:
  • Canadians may have had more pure skill, but Americans meshed better as a unit.

4. Contemporary Criticism of Patriotism

• Pushback Against Celebrating USA:
  • The episode takes issue with cultural critiques (notably a viral piece in HuffPost) suggesting discomfort with American flag-waving and chanting “USA.”
  • “Well, number one, you’re not very bright. And number two, your mind has gone so dark and corroded that you can’t see the truth...” – John Hines (14:30)
• Social Media’s Response:
  • Example: Jimmy’s Famous Seafood’s viral patriotic defense, resulting in boosted business visibility (16:12)

5. Broader Social and Political Observations

• New York Snow Shoveler Bureaucracy & Voter ID Satire (16:36–21:09):
  The hosts highlight the irony of strict documentation to shovel snow versus voter ID requirements, using it as a vehicle for political humor.
• Gavin Newsom’s SAT Speech Critique (23:48–31:16):
  • Hosts dissect California governor’s attempt at relatability with a majority-black audience, framing it as tone-deaf and unnecessarily self-deprecating.
  • "His way of bonding with black people is to tell them how stupid he is and that he can't read..." – John Hines (28:03)
• Political Satire with Trump Impersonator (Sean Farage) and C-SPAN Call (31:36–36:26):
  • Lighthearted comedic break with spot-on impressions, including satirical congratulatory messages for the U.S. hockey team.

6. Olympic Closing Reflections

• Final Medal Standings:
  • USA’s men’s and women’s hockey both beat Canada for gold—a point of pride and unity for the hosts.
• Olympic Camaraderie:
  • Both men’s and women’s teams’ selflessness recognized as key factors contributing to the Olympic golds.
• Enduring Nostalgia:
  • Soucheray admits to repeatedly rewatching the overtime goal:
  • “Even when I know it’s coming, I’m surprised.” (20:12)

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• McClanahan on Team-building:

  “One of the reasons they won ... they were selfless. And that's the team that Billy Guerin put together.” (05:47)

• On Team Pride:

  “Everybody that they talk to ... they're so proud to wear the USA sweater.” – McClanahan (04:46)

• On Lost Teeth:

  “If that was an NBA player, he'd be out for the year, and the league would have stopped.” – John Hines (07:07)

• On Contemporary Critiques of Patriotism:

  “Corrosive minds ... they can't see the truth of what took place.” – John Hines (14:30)

• On Rewatching the Golden Goal:

  “Even when I know it's coming, I'm surprised.” – Joe Soucheray (20:12)

• On “Stuffed Mascot” Tradition:

  “They didn't give us stuffed animals back in the '80s.” – Rob McClanahan (13:01)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Rob McClanahan Joins & Overtime Recap: 02:23–07:00
• Comparing 1980 and 2026 Teams: 03:12–09:51
• Hockey Teeth & War Stories: 07:12–08:13
• Family & Olympic Village Culture: 09:51–11:57
• ‘Best Out of Seven’ & Rink Size Discussion: 10:15–10:58
• Gold Medal 'Voodoo' Stories & Legacy: 08:22–09:43
• Patriotism & Criticism Segment: 14:03–16:00
• Political Commentary (Newsom Speech): 23:48–31:16
• Trump Impersonator Satire: 31:39–33:25
• Game-Watching Rituals & Anxiety: 20:03–20:19
• Olympic Closing Recap: 46:34–48:29

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Tone & Style

The Garage Logic team delivers an irreverent and conversational blend of nostalgia, humor, and cultural commentary. Bouncing between deep sports discussions, biting political satire, and classic Minnesota sensibilities, the episode is marked by inside jokes, goodwill, and a constant theme of “common sense” values.

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For First-Time Listeners

This episode is a must-listen for fans of hockey and American Olympic lore. It offers valuable insights into what makes teams truly great—more heart and humility than headlines. Newcomers will also get a quintessential taste of Garage Logic’s unique blend of everyday wisdom, political banter, and good-natured ribbing.

Transcript

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[Joe Soucheray]

Why?

[John Hines]

There it is. We got a whole.

[Joe Soucheray]

That sounds weird.

[John Hines]

That isn't our song, is it?

[Chris Reuvers]

No, but this computer that we need to be on 500 different places is not working right now, which is always fantastic.

[John Hines]

Rob McClanahan joining us.

[Chris Reuvers]

Can I play this first, please?

[John Hines]

Yeah. What up behind the net and it's Morenski.

[Chris Reuvers]

Now Jack Hughes puts it around the car.

[John Lydon]

United States with numbers

[Chris Reuvers]

block across it comes.

[John Hines]

Jack Hughes wins it. The golden goal for the United States. Hey, Robbie.

[Rob McClanahan]

Yeah.

[John Hines]

You know what kills me? Just tells me. Just tells me how old I'm getting. 1960 to 1980 was 20 years. That was nothing. This was 46 years. 46 years. How much did you enjoy it?

[Rob McClanahan]

Oh, I thought it was great. But I tell you what, they were lucky to get into overtime.

[John Hines]

Yeah, they were outplayed, weren't they?

[Joe Soucheray]

Introduce them.

[John Hines]

Joe, this is Rob McClanahan, of course, who was one of the stars of the 1980 A team. There really is no comparison between 80 and today.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, goalies, but goalies.

[John Hines]

Rob, it was just. It was just fun. It was just wonderful. It delivered all the excitement you could ever want.

[Rob McClanahan]

For sure. Totally.

[John Lydon]

Yeah.

[Rob McClanahan]

And, you know, you think about it, Joe, the stage that Hellebuck made and the things and the shots that just went by the net Yesterday, or Charlie McAvoy behind Hellebuck, the puck hits him, It's. It's kind of similar. The Soviets had chances and they missed stuff like that that they never missed either.

[John Hines]

Right.

[Rob McClanahan]

And the Canadians were pulling their hair out, just thinking, what the heck is going on? With that said, you know, I heard that John Cooper was, I'm not going to say complaining, but he had made a comment that, you know, Stanley Cup Finals is five on five and, you know, in overtime, three on three. Well, they had to come from behind against Checha, down two goals and win in overtime to make it to the next round. So they also have three of the best players in the world in McKinnon, Makar and McDavid to start the overtime. And yet the US phone, the way to persevere.

[John Hines]

I think anything can happen when it's three on three.

[Rob McClanahan]

I'll tell you what else I love. I love the fact that everybody that they talk to, Jack Keichel, Jack Hughes, they're all saying they're so proud to wear the usage sweater.

[John Hines]

Well, I was gonna talk about that later in the show because sure enough, there is a progressive movement that thinks it's shameful that we displayed patriotism because it's an unfair country and blah, blah, bl. You know, what the hell? People have corrosive minds. And they're thinking darkly. This was. I was talking to a guy, one of our sales guys, and he said if those guys saw lights on a rink on the way to the airport last night, they would have got out and played. That's the kind of vibe they gave off. It was really a fun vibe.

[Joe Soucheray]

The extra effort you guys that Zach Warinski made with that assist, he chased down that puck. I bet he's never skated that hard in his life. Turns around, centers it out to Jack, and Jack knocks it in. That extra effort he made was amazing to me for that assist.

[Rob McClanahan]

So one of the reasons they won and one of the reasons they found success is that they were selfless. And that's the team that Billy Guerin put together. So everybody's. Everybody's complaining about, you know, where's Robertson? Or where's Cole Caulfield? Great players. But Billy wanted a team.

[John Hines]

He had.

[Rob McClanahan]

He had guys that recognized their roles and accepted their roles. J.T. miller, Vince Trotchet, I mean, those guys understood what their roles were and they accepted them.

[Matthew]

It was explained to me that the Canadiens had a better skilled squad, but the Americans were a better team. So I have heard that, that they. They understood what the taking face offs, then getting off the ice right away. So he was. Can come out.

[Rob McClanahan]

That's that. And Billy didn't shy away from that.

[John Hines]

Do you think Billy might have had a party last night? Oh, yeah. Those guys were half in the bag during the press conference. I never laughed so hard in my life. They were so.

[Rob McClanahan]

They should be.

[John Hines]

I know they were. How about this? The kid Jack loses three and a half teeth and he. If that was an NBA player, he'd be out for the year and the league would have stopped.

[Joe Soucheray]

He didn't miss a shift?

[John Hines]

No, of course not.

[Rob McClanahan]

That. That's a hockey player.

[John Hines]

He didn't miss a shift. And he picked up his teeth and took him to the bench. They weren't any good to him anymore.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hold on to these. Send them all the.

[John Hines]

Mom.

[Rob McClanahan]

Joe, I got a story for you.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Rob McClanahan]

So I'm playing in New York with the Rangers. We're in Philadelphia playing against the Flyers. I'm in front of their net and Paul Holmgren is right next to me. Next thing I knew, I got drilled in the chopper, went back to the bench. Robbie Fatoric was sitting next to me. I asked him, fitzy, is my tooth chipped? He said, no, it's gone. I went back out on the ice, found my tooth, we put it on ice and I put it back in after the game. It was dead. But it stayed in there for probably two years until I had it replace.

[Chris Reuvers]

Joe Sucre can relate because a while ago he also lost a tooth in the studio. And he and Rookie were on the floor looking for it. And when Rookie found it, Joe said, are you sure that's my tooth?

[John Hines]

Robbie, tell us about that voodoo from Dave Christian, which was incredible. That's incredible.

[Rob McClanahan]

So Davy Christian was over there because his nephew, Brock Nelson, third generation gold medalist war road. Yeah, yeah. So he was sitting in. I believe it was section 10, right? Road 6.

[John Hines]

Yep.

[Rob McClanahan]

Street 23.

[John Hines]

Yep.

[Rob McClanahan]

So Billy's uncle and father were numbered 10 and 6 in 1980. David Davy Davies, father and uncle, were 10 and 6 in 1960. In 1960, and in 1980, Davey was number 23.

[John Lydon]

Wow.

[John Hines]

That's incredible. There was just a vibe. The whole thing was a vibe. And that's when sports gets fun, when there's a. When there's this aura of something else going on. It was really fun. Now, I say 1980 and 19 and 2026 cannot be compared. But there's one thing that can be compared, and that's how. How you guys felt and how they must have felt.

[Rob McClanahan]

Totally. There wasn't a player on our team that didn't want to see the US Win. Not just yesterday, but in every other Olympic game. We've always pulled for him. And the fact that, you know, it's a small club. Joe, the hockey gold medalist from the USA, it's, you know, we just expanded it by what, 24?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yep.

[Rob McClanahan]

So it's. It's a fun club, I have to be honest. Really. And it's just going to get more fun with these guys.

[John Hines]

In 1980, did you guys stay in the village? Yes. The current team did, too. And apparently a lot of the teams didn't.

[Rob McClanahan]

No, but. So Canada stayed in the village for one night.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Rob McClanahan]

Then they left. The US Made it. They all agreed they wanted to stay in the village. They interacted with all the other athletes, with the speed skaters, the figure skaters, and they embraced the Olympic feel.

[John Hines]

Yeah, they really got a lot out of it. They weren't a bunch of prima donnas. They just got into the whole thing. And that's why I say the aura of the event had a special feeling to it, just like it did in 1980. It just was a different feeling. I wish they would have played best out of seven because I'd just soon keep watching them out of stomach.

[Rob McClanahan]

And how fast is that game?

[John Hines]

Oh, it was really fast. And the Italian screwed up. The rink was three feet shorter than an NHL rink. Yep. It looked like they were playing on a big rink.

[Rob McClanahan]

They found a way. And how about, you know, you see.

[John Hines]

Where are you, at a gas station or something?

[Rob McClanahan]

No, I'm up at a lodge in. On the top of the mountain at Sun Valley.

[John Hines]

You're gonna. You're gonna go skiing again, aren't you? We are.

[Rob McClanahan]

We're gonna go out. I got my daughter here with a boyfriend. My wife is here, by the way. My wife. You know, my wife loves your show.

[John Hines]

Yes, she does.

[Rob McClanahan]

She listens to it every day.

[John Hines]

Wasn't she a US Ranked skier?

[Rob McClanahan]

She was nationally ranked ski racer and she Went to Middlebury and raced for Middlebury.

[John Hines]

Well, how in the hell can you keep up? You don't know how to ski.

[Rob McClanahan]

It's fun watching from behind.

[John Hines]

Yeah, I bet.

[Chris Reuvers]

Good man.

[John Hines]

You said the right thing, didn't you?

[Matthew]

Isn't it true, though, that at your age, skiing is an unnecessary risk?

[Rob McClanahan]

No, it's the best. To have my daughter and her boyfriend here is fantastic. It's so great. And the view on top, from on top of this mountain is unmatched. It's just great.

[John Hines]

Well, man, it was fun. It was really fun. I thought of you and all the guys in 1980. There is no comparison in terms of. You know what? Another thing that was extraordinary to me during that Olympics, there was probably $1 billion worth of talent on the ice. Oh, yeah. You would not have known that. That. That didn't enter into it. You're right.

[Rob McClanahan]

Which is the beauty. That's the beauty of that again. And the Canadian players were the same. They were selfless.

[John Hines]

Yep.

[Rob McClanahan]

Right. The Primadon. They left the eagles at the door. They played for each other. That's the beauty of that. And it just resonates with us when you see something like that. And the girls, the women the same way, right?

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Rob McClanahan]

I mean, both gold medal games were fabulous to watch.

[John Hines]

One lasting memory I'll have is when McKinnon was handed that little stuffed toy and he looked at that thing like, what the bleep is this thing?

[Rob McClanahan]

Isn't that true?

[John Hines]

I don't even know what it was.

[Rob McClanahan]

They didn't give us stuffed animals back in 80s.

[John Hines]

It was just the symbol of the Olympics, of some unicorn or some damn thing. I don't know what it was, but McKinnon said, Are you kidding me?

[Rob McClanahan]

One last quick story, Joe. One last quick story. So, you know, we received our medals, and just like yesterday, they received their medals. Well, they had to give them back because they have to get their names engraved on those medals. And we didn't want to give ours back. We did. We didn't trust anybody taking them, but we did, in fact, get them back the next day.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Rob McClanahan]

And I guess the rest is history.

[John Hines]

Well, you'll have fun talking to those guys when you get back. Oh, yeah.

[John Lydon]

All right.

[John Hines]

I'll see you. I'll see you again.

[Rob McClanahan]

Golf game next summer with Davey Christian.

[John Hines]

All right. All right. Very good. Thank you, sir.

[Rob McClanahan]

Talk to you.

[John Hines]

All right.

[Chris Reuvers]

Wow.

[John Hines]

McKinnon looked at that stuff toy like he wanted to shove it down that guy's throat. That was wonderful. That was wonderful. Yeah. There really was the Huffington Post.

[Chris Reuvers]

Oh, my God. I cannot. I mean, honestly, I can't believe they actually put this out there.

[John Hines]

Doesn't surprise me. They said there's a name for the discomfort you're feeling watching the Olympics right now. The outlet posted the piece on social media with the caption, if waving the American flag or chanting USA turns you off right now, you're not alone.

[Chris Reuvers]

Oh, my God.

[John Hines]

And then they went after Trump and deportation, and American athletes are winning medals on behalf of the nation. The piece said, whiplash between pride for the US and national shame for the federal government is common. You know, to write that. Well, number one, you're not very bright. And number two, your mind has gone so dark and corroded that you can't see the truth of what took place, because what took place has nothing to do with the federal government. Zero.

[Chris Reuvers]

Right.

[John Hines]

Nothing. So I'm not even gonna dwell on it, but it was impossible not to note that there are. I'm sure there were people in the progressive movement who found this a dull situation. I thought it was fantastic.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I wonder if they'd accept a gold medal and happiness for another sport besides hockey, you know, but the good

[Chris Reuvers]

thing about social media, Joe, they got ripped to shreds yesterday. And including. There's a place called Jimmy's Famous Seafood.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

That responded.

[John Hines]

Where is it? Where is it? I'll.

[Chris Reuvers]

I'll tell you this second. That said, go f yourself.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

And everyone said, well, I'm going there. I'm making a reservation for Jimmy's. So they got the. And they just did it, you know? Absolutely. Just because they were reacting. But Jimmy's Famous Seafood got a lot of attention yesterday.

[John Hines]

Is that on the East Coast?

[Chris Reuvers]

I'm going to look it up, Joe,

[John Hines]

just for you, because how are those people in New York going to get out to get their free groceries with this kind of snowfall? Wouldn't that be fun?

[John Lydon]

Crab cakes. It's in Baltimore.

[Chris Reuvers]

It's in Baltimore.

[John Hines]

Oh, Baltimore's got the best crab cakes in the American League.

[Chris Reuvers]

Yeah, but Rookie and John don't like seafood.

[John Lydon]

Yeah, that's right.

[Matthew]

Is it West Maryland or East Maryland?

[John Hines]

East.

[Chris Reuvers]

They have 335,000 followers now on social media.

[John Hines]

Really?

[Chris Reuvers]

Because of what happened yesterday,

[John Hines]

New York's getting hit with a pretty good snowfall, and this is being treated by the news as something extraordinary. It's winter, and you can get some big snowfalls, but under the mayor of New York. Mom. Donnie, I'm so glad you're bringing this up. You can get hired as an emergency snow shoveler. I'M reading this. This is not an evil right wing podcast host making this up. This is the news release from the New York City Department of Sanitation. You ready?

[Matthew]

Yep.

[Chris Reuvers]

I gotcha. I'm ready for you.

[John Hines]

Emergency snow shovelers get paid to help keep New Yorkers safe. Emergency snow shovelers are called on after heavy snowfalls to remove snow and ice citywide from public areas like bus stops, crosswalks and fire hydrants, and stepped streets. We recruit temporary per diem and then in parentheses, that's by day in case you appreciate that. Shovelers as needed, Pay starts at $19.14 per hour and increases to doll $0.71 per hour after the first 48 hours worked in a week. Eligibility. Okay, eligibility. What are my qualifications needed to be eligible? Applicants must be at least 18 years old, eligible to work in the United States, able to perform heavy physical labor. All right, registration. To register for an appointment, workers must have two small photos, one and a half inch square, two original forms of ID, plus copies, and a Social Security card. But they don't want a thing if you go to vote.

[Matthew]

Right.

[John Hines]

If you vote, you don't need any of that stuff. Does this make sense?

[Chris Reuvers]

It's harder to shovel.

[John Hines]

They want nothing. If you show up. If you fog a mirror, you're voting. But to snubble. To snubble. To shovel snow. Two photos, two forms of ID, plus copies, and your Social Security card.

[Matthew]

Like America, then you can get it.

[Joe Soucheray]

I couldn't help wondering when I was reading this this morning, if this was in Minnesota, how could I fraud the

[John Hines]

hell out of that?

[Joe Soucheray]

I want to jump right to that

[John Hines]

40 hour pay rate. Yeah. You know, you got to rig the 40 hours.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Hines]

So you can start at $28 an hour.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think I want to hire about 10 guys that don't exist, obviously, and get 10 guys on the 40 per hour rate.

[Matthew]

And you state, you say that you're still shoveling in May.

[John Hines]

Anyone who opposes voter ID should. Should use this document as evidence of why it's so ridiculous to not have voter id. Just have your id. It's. It's to shovel snow in New York.

[Matthew]

Unbelievable.

[John Hines]

You need three forms of id.

[Chris Reuvers]

Some of the reaction was pretty good because there was African Americans and women saying, well, this is racist. I can't shovel snow now.

[John Hines]

Right. By the way.

[Chris Reuvers]

Oh, God.

[John Hines]

I mean, I could revel in the gold medal victory all day, but also Monday night sports.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm still watching the last 20 years of that year.

[John Hines]

You watched the final play. Seven thousand. It's on my change.

[Joe Soucheray]

Warinsky Just passed it to Zach, and Zach just knocked it in.

[John Hines]

I got news for you. That ain't going to change. It's going to happen every time you watch it.

[Joe Soucheray]

It gets better every. Even when I know it's coming, I'm surprised.

[Chris Reuvers]

And do you still have the same anxiety watching it each time?

[Joe Soucheray]

A little bit.

[Chris Reuvers]

Even though he knows the outcome.

[John Hines]

The shot wasn't. That wasn't a Superman shot. It was a shot who went under the goalie's left pad.

[Joe Soucheray]

The assist was a Superman afterwards.

[John Hines]

Oh, yeah, yeah. It was all fun, man. It was all fun.

[Chris Reuvers]

How about Boldy? Oh, that maneuver he made, what was that? To lose the puck twice.

[John Hines]

That was voodoo. He thought, let me see here. Maybe if I throw the puck ahead and I can go try to catch up to it. Yeah, that's what he did.

[John Lydon]

That's exactly what he did.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don't you think that those guys.

[Chris Reuvers]

That.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's all just muscle memory and he did that without thinking?

[John Hines]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's the level they're playing.

[Chris Reuvers]

Please tell me you guys saw the video of the bar in his hometown where his mom is still a bartender.

[John Hines]

Where's Baldy from? Oh, he's an east guy. Yeah, he went to bu, didn't he? Boston.

[Chris Reuvers]

He was a Bruins fan.

[John Hines]

Girl.

[Chris Reuvers]

But his mom is still a bartender. I can't remember the name. It's something. Cats, something or other, whatever. But it was packed and they all went nuts when he scored the goal. It was fantastic.

[John Hines]

Speaking of, I can't shovel snow. That'd be racist. This Gavin Newsom would be the.

[Chris Reuvers]

Oh, boy.

[John Hines]

The second biggest mistake this country could ever make. He.

[Chris Reuvers]

Can you do this for me? Because I have the audio of it. If you want me to pull that

[John Hines]

up, you know what I'm going to talk about?

[Chris Reuvers]

Yes. The reading and stuff.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

Yep. I have it if you want.

[John Hines]

But if you do want to just be silent for two minutes or do an ad.

[Chris Reuvers]

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[John Hines]

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[Matthew]

Throw her in there.

[John Hines]

And they'll tell you, yeah, you're all right. You got life left in this thing. Or they might tell you, you know, you don't have life left in this thing. Let's fix this and this and this. Whatever way you want to go. A new door or tune up your current door. Precision Door has the answer book online at precision door mn1word precisiondoormn.com or call 612-263-6985 to schedule your free on site new door estimate or book a noisy Door Tune up special with Precision door. Let me set this up for you. Newsom, who doesn't really spend a lot of time being the governor of California like ours was. Where was he? He was in Atlanta. Atlanta. Yesterday. Speaking before. Who was he speaking before? A group of black mares. And he was pandering and. And condescending. And

[John Lydon]

he.

[John Hines]

He was telling black people, I'm like you. I got a lousy SAT score. Let's hear this.

[John Lydon]

I'm not, you know, I'm not trying to impress you.

[John Hines]

I'm just trying to impress upon you. I'm like you. No, you're not. I'm no better than you. That's true.

[John Lydon]

You know, I'm a 960sat guy.

[Chris Reuvers]

Yeah.

[John Lydon]

And, you know, and I'm not trying to offend anyone.

[John Hines]

You know, trying to act all there. If you got 940.

[John Lydon]

But literally a 960sat guy.

[John Hines]

I cannot. You.

[John Lydon]

You've never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech. This may be the wrong business to be in.

[John Hines]

That is. That is. That is more pathetic or. It's the equal to anything stupid Trump has ever said, and it's. So that's the equal of anything Trump's ever done in terms of offensiveness. He is the champion at making you less than in this moron. On his good looks alone. He wants to be president. That is pathetic, by the way. 960 on Sat. What? I don't. I don't know the SAT scoring system.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have no idea.

[John Hines]

Is that. Is that 1600? 1600 is perfect.

[Joe Soucheray]

Then I got about a 300.

[John Hines]

I mean, I'm a traffic guy and I can't read a speech. He wanted to say I can't read.

[Chris Reuvers]

Right.

[John Hines]

But he caught himself and made it a speech.

[Chris Reuvers]

Or temper it a little bit.

[John Hines]

This is. This is sick. It's as sick as anything Trump has

[Chris Reuvers]

Said it's total pandering.

[John Hines]

It's just pathetic.

[Chris Reuvers]

It really is. You know what, I'll go ahead.

[Matthew]

Sorry, I was just going to say 1050 is the average. That's right in the middle.

[John Hines]

He's a 9 6.

[Matthew]

So he's trying to be.

[John Hines]

And so he's implying that all black people are lousy at the sat. How does he know that? That is that. And this, this country is so screwed up that he'll get the Democratic nomination. And he's pathetic. He's. That's mean spirited. That is. That is so dark. Oh, I'm going into a room full of black mirrors. I know what I'll do.

[Matthew]

I got it.

[John Hines]

I. I'll tell him I can't read.

[Chris Reuvers]

When you get. When I heard that bunch of bs, when I heard that for the first time yesterday, do you know what it reminded me of?

[John Hines]

What?

[Josh Arnold]

Hey, excuse me, Holmes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Aha.

[John Hines]

What it is, bro. That's what he was doing through South St. Louis.

[Chris Reuvers]

That's what he was doing. What it is, bro.

[John Hines]

That's a shame. Because this, this idiot, because he isn't Trump, he's already loved. But I got news for you all you people, you euphorians and prematurely gray haired 42 year old gals who think Newsom's the answer, that's as bad, if not worse, than anything Trump's ever said about black people.

[Chris Reuvers]

How's that eight dollar a gallon gas in California working out for you?

[John Hines]

How about Pacific Palisades? Not one house has been rebuilt yet. The permitting process is too difficult.

[Chris Reuvers]

And you see it's being acquired for subsidized housing.

[John Hines]

It's a shame.

[John Lydon]

It's working out great.

[John Hines]

How close to Riviera Country Club was the fire? Because the Genesis Open was all weekend. Beautiful scenery. You can see the ocean from the course that's in the heart of Pacific Palisades. And I looked at my maps and

[Matthew]

I, as is your norm.

[John Hines]

Yeah, I looked at my Google Maps. This was a clip posted by Ann Wokness, the the Newsom one. It's been viewed over 20 million times with many conservatives suggesting that Newsom's comment was racist. Well, you don't have to be a conservative to determine that it was racist. You just have to be a rational, thinking human being.

[Matthew]

Liberals think they can get away with saying stuff like that though.

[John Hines]

His way of bonding with black people is to tell them how stupid he is and that he can't read Nicki Minaj of all people. Posted on X Do you want to know the craziest Part of this footage that will haunt him forever. He's literally slowing his speech down and taking in a sporadic. And talking in a sporadic cadence. Well, didn't Hillary do that, too? Didn't Hillary Hot Sauce and Kamala? They would adjust their accents depending. And you think people aren't desperate to be on the third rail? That's our problem. We need somebody. Well, that's true. I suppose you could say that was Trump who claims, I didn't need the job. Yeah, you did. You. You're relishing it. But, but Trump, I'm, I'm, I'm going to say this on your behalf. This is as bad, if not worse, than anything you've said.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't think of anything to compare it to.

[John Hines]

He said, well, to put Michelle and Obama on the. On the ape bodies was not.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, that wasn't wise.

[John Hines]

That wasn't too bad. That's up there. But this is just as bad. This is just as bad.

[Matthew]

Yes.

[John Hines]

I can't believe this is real. People said, where's BLM and Democrats denouncing this racism? Isn't that interesting? Where's Nekima Nikima? Do you like this?

[Matthew]

Where's the march?

[John Hines]

Play it again. I didn't catch the slowing down of the speech. Here we go. This is disqualifying, said Fox News contributor Joe Concha. Run this ad over and over. I would.

[John Lydon]

I would.

[John Hines]

He told a black audience that he's just like them. He's a dummy.

[John Lydon]

I'm not, you know, I'm not trying to impress you.

[John Hines]

I'm just trying to impress upon you. I'm like you. I'm no better than you. We know that.

[John Lydon]

You know, I'm a 960sat guy. And, you know, and I'm not trying to offend anyone.

[John Hines]

You know, trying to act all there. If you got 960, 40, but literally

[John Lydon]

a 960 SAT guy, I cannot. You. You've never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech. Maybe the wrong business to be in.

[John Hines]

Hear more of that.

[Matthew]

I cannot read a speech.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know what's weird is listening to that and watching this winning goal go. Zach to Jack, back to Zach. Zach chases it down.

[John Hines]

Kenny, the goal's not going to change.

[Joe Soucheray]

Jack dumps it in. We win. Usa. Usa. Usa.

[John Hines]

If Trump said that, he'd be vilified as he should be. But not even Trump. Of course, Trump's never going to tell you he's dumb. There's no comparison to this in Trump. This is. This is as bad as it gets. This is going to Atlanta and Georgia in a room full of black people and saying, I'm just like you. I can't pass a sat. I can't even read. This is sick. These people are sick.

[Matthew]

It's one thing to say it. It's one thing to let him get a pass on it because he's a.

[John Hines]

Well, he's going to get a pass from the progressive socialist Marxist evildoers.

[Chris Reuvers]

You know, I. I didn't know he was going to come up. But the president did offer his congratulations yesterday to Team usa. I don't know if you guys saw this or not.

[John Hines]

I didn't. I didn't see it.

[Chris Reuvers]

Okay, here we go.

[Sean Farage]

This is your favorite president. And I just wanted to congratulate Team USA Hockey on their gold medal victory over Canada, or as I like to call them, snow Mexico. But I got off the phone with Prime Minister Carney and she's very upset about it. She's not happy about it, but she'll get over it. I told her, quiet, piggy, shut the Tachuk up and be quiet, because the winners are here. You look at the Tkachuk brothers, they did a fantastic job. You look at. I get along very well with him, Connor Hellebuck, and he did a tremendous job. You know, he's. They call him a net minder, I call him a goalie, but he did a fantastic job in net. The only thing more secure than Conor Hellebuk is southern border. It's a tremendous border. Nothing gets through. And Conor Ellebukh was fantastic. Jack Hughes. Jack Hughes. They say you don't know Jack. I know Jack very well. And he scored the game winning goal. It was a beautiful shot. Nobody's ever seen a better shot before. It was a tremendous shot, but our team won. You know, you look at it, Canada's French came out at the wrong time. You never want to go full French because once you do, it means you're going to lose. And that's what happened to Canada. Poor snow, Mexico. And they're all very upset about it. But congratulations to Team USA on the gold. We love gold. Nobody loves gold as much as I do. We're going to tariff Canada's silver medals at 25%. The Supreme Court to chew on that. And to Canada. First, we took your sport. Next we may take your country if we want to do that. Congratulations, Team usa. God bless America and thank you for your attention to this matter.

[Chris Reuvers]

For those of you wondering, his name is Sean Farage and his Trump impersonation, you think Sean.

[John Hines]

Now, over the weekend There was audio. Mexico. Yeah. Over the weekend, there was audio of supposedly Trump calling a podcast. And it was played for me. And of course, I had to.

[Chris Reuvers]

It had to have been him.

[John Hines]

Talk people off the ledge. I don't think it was really him, but other people are saying, no, it's verified. It was him. I think it was just Ferrari.

[Chris Reuvers]

It has to be. Yeah, well, because he did call.

[John Hines]

Look for it.

[Chris Reuvers]

Cash Patel was in the locker room with the fellas.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

If I could do that impersonation, I would never be myself again. I would just. That would be my new permanent voice.

[Chris Reuvers]

Oh, God.

[John Hines]

Over the weekend, Reeves. There was a call. It was all over the Twitter.

[John Lydon]

To C Span.

[John Hines]

To C Span. That's it. It was a call. Trump called to C Span. See if you can find that O. Listen to it with my trained ear as a radio professional. And I'm saying it's not Trump. You guys. You guys see what you think other people are saying. That was him. That was really him.

[Matthew]

I'll listen.

[John Hines]

I don't think it was him.

[Matthew]

I'll listen with my eyes closed.

[John Hines]

But Reed's got to find it first.

[Chris Reuvers]

All right, so this is from C Span. You said it was over the weekend. Is that.

[John Hines]

I believe it was. All right.

[John Lydon]

It was Friday, I think Friday. Because it was about the Supreme Court.

[John Hines]

Oh, yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

Okay.

[John Hines]

This is.

[Chris Reuvers]

Just give me a second.

[John Hines]

I know. That's fine, Chris. All right. That's fine.

[John Lydon]

He did use the name that.

[John Hines]

Remember, he called into Jack Bannon or Jack.

[John Lydon]

John Baron.

[John Hines]

John Baron. He said, this is John Baron. Apparently, Trump has used that name before.

[Rob McClanahan]

Well, this is John Barron.

[Joe Soucheray]

And you have. Look, you have.

[Rob McClanahan]

This is the worst decision you ever have in your life, practically. Jack. And Jack's going to agree with me, right? But this is a terrible decision. And you have Hakeem Jeffries, who. He's a dope. And you have Chuck Schumer, who can't cook a cheeseburger. Of course these people are happy. Of course these people are happy. But true Americans will not be happy. And you have the woman earlier. I assume she's a woman. She's a Democrat. But she said she's this. She's disgraced.

[Joe Soucheray]

She.

[Rob McClanahan]

She's devastated.

[John Hines]

All right, that is not true. That is even as good as Ferrara.

[Josh Arnold]

No.

[John Hines]

Can't cook a cheeseburger. Yeah, that's not true.

[Chris Reuvers]

You know why? It was way too fast.

[John Hines]

Well, not only that. It was just. It wasn't him. I can tell.

[Chris Reuvers]

The wrong timber.

[John Hines]

It was. The tincture was cadence.

[Chris Reuvers]

It was like when Frank Caliendo and Rookie both tried to do Morgan somebody.

[John Hines]

We just don't know who was.

[John Lydon]

Yeah.

[John Hines]

That was not Trump.

[Chris Reuvers]

No.

[John Hines]

Are you guys in agreement? Was that Trump?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, that wasn't Trump. Chris, look at yourself.

[John Hines]

I'm sorry, Ken. I didn't think it was either. So there you have it. I think if G ellers can be united in that belief.

[Chris Reuvers]

I'll kill you again.

[John Hines]

That it wasn't Trump, then. It wasn't Trump. That wasn't all right.

[Chris Reuvers]

Neither was this, by the way, she's.

[Sean Farage]

This is your.

[Chris Reuvers]

Oh, damn it. The other C SPAN1 was still playing. I just wanted to hear Snow Mexico again. That was.

[John Hines]

So we call it Snow Mexico.

[Chris Reuvers]

I'm going to place a tariff on Thursday silver medals.

[John Hines]

Having been to Puerto Vallarta.

[Chris Reuvers]

Oh, boy.

[John Hines]

Not that long ago.

[Joe Soucheray]

I was thinking about you over the weekend, my friend.

[John Hines]

Boy, I'm glad I'm not there now.

[Joe Soucheray]

I was wondering, what would the real Joe Succeure do in the event this happened when he was there?

[John Hines]

Completely take charge. Control the situation and keep everyone under control.

[Chris Reuvers]

I guarantee that's exactly what you would do.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

No, I'm serious. Because I thought of you yesterday when I saw that story.

[John Hines]

Tell you what I wouldn't do. And some people I heard are trying this. I'm not renting a car and trying to drive back. I'm staying in the luxury resort and trust that they got security if you attempt. I'm staying down there another month if

[Chris Reuvers]

I have to, to drive back. You wouldn't make it 30 minutes.

[John Hines]

And if I was gonna drive back, what I'd do is buy a boat.

[Josh Arnold]

Huh?

[John Hines]

I'd go back by boat.

[Matthew]

I'd just take the old Boston Whaler going.

[John Hines]

No, I'd get some kind of craft and hug the shoreline, zip around there, go.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let's see.

[Matthew]

The voyage from Alberta.

[Joe Soucheray]

Sounds like a great idea there, Captain Ahab.

[Matthew]

Magellan's gonna go around the tip

[Chris Reuvers]

the

[John Hines]

U.S. you have to cross the sea at Cortez. You go by it, stop in Cabo. It's great. I like Cabo.

[Matthew]

Have a couple drinks, see what's going on, catch the vibe. How about that cartel stuff?

[John Hines]

Just crawl up the shoreline to going right into San Diego Bay. Big bang boom. No, I would not go back in a. That's foolhardy. Those fellows with the drugs, they're not to be trusted.

[Matthew]

There's a death toll of around 50 to 60 so far. 35 cartel members and 25 military or police killed.

[John Hines]

Yeah. So just tourists. Stay put. Stay in your rooms. You know, just stay on the ground, stay on the property.

[Joe Soucheray]

You gotta get to the Baja and you gotta get a dirt bike.

[John Hines]

You gotta get yourself a dirt bike.

[Joe Soucheray]

Get a dirt bike, you're home free.

[John Hines]

The Baja is full. Would you accept tourists if they made it to your place with open arms? Well, you would. That surprises me.

[Matthew]

The USA is a third world country now.

[Joe Soucheray]

How are you gonna feed them, Governor?

[Matthew]

I got a bunch of tortillas in my silo and beans.

[Chris Reuvers]

A boat trip from Puerto Vallarta to the US specifically San Diego, California typically takes about three weeks for a sailing vessel covering roughly 1500 nautical miles with stops faster. Direct or motor powered vessels may cover the distance in five to seven days while commercial cruises may vary.

[John Hines]

Five to seven days doesn't seem. Well, it's a thousand miles from Cabo to the California border.

[Chris Reuvers]

You're not driving across White Bear.

[John Hines]

I guess not. You're not going out there in your little Sea Ray and try to get out of here.

[Chris Reuvers]

Any cirrhosis of the river making it about two and a half months.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm telling you, it's a dirt bike. You get on a dirt bike, get an old CR500.

[John Hines]

Let's take a time out.

[Chris Reuvers]

Speaking of boats, Kenny, where could I get one?

[Joe Soucheray]

That boat that you've been bugging me about such for the last six months. What the hell is it you've been looking for?

[John Hines]

You can't sink them.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Hines]

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[Chris Reuvers]

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[Chris Reuvers]

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[John Hines]

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[Chris Reuvers]

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[John Hines]

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[Matthew]

It's held together.

[John Hines]

I'll take Braunschweiger and summer sausage. Yeah, yeah. This guy wears many hats, just not indoors.

[Joe Soucheray]

Joe Sushere, while you guys try to recover, I gotta doff my hat to the. Oh, you're doing an ad here. Give me one second. Chris. Okay, Gabe, the job that you did over the weekend on the Twitter account Crabby Coffee Shop is blown away. Geologist. You got to start following Krabby Coffee Shop or whatever the hell the address is because Gabe taking control of it and it is awesome. Right?

[John Hines]

What's on there?

[Joe Soucheray]

Stuff from the Krabby Coffee Shop he's doing for the Krabby what he's been doing for GL the last few months. It's amazing. Chris, I'm sorry.

[Chris Reuvers]

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[John Hines]

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[John Lydon]

Thanks, Joe. This news brought to you by North American Banking Company Before I do the news we were Talking. And sometimes if you have the town council, you know, all of us talk at once so we can't get stuff in. So I decided I'm just going to do this during the show to continue the conversation. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, then you should sign up for the town council.

[Chris Reuvers]

Attaboy, Johnny.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Lydon]

See what I did there?

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[John Lydon]

The movie I was talking about is called the battered Bastards of baseball. Oh. It's a 2014 documentary about the Portland Mavericks. And it's wonderful. The Mavericks from 73 to 77 were owned by Bing Russell. Bing is the father of Kurt Russell, the actor. That's how all this conversation started back during the break.

[John Hines]

No kidding.

[John Lydon]

And Kurt played for the Mavericks and worked as a vice president. And the movies. It's great. I watched it, I don't know, four or five years ago. But the Battered Bastards of Baseball, I

[Chris Reuvers]

have to see that. Is it on Netflix, Johnny, or what did you watch it on?

[John Lydon]

Let's see if it says here.

[John Hines]

I'll find it when I'm streaming things.

[John Lydon]

It's on Netflix. Okay, Netflix. So.

[Chris Reuvers]

Boy, their stock is hurting.

[Matthew]

I wonder how often Kurt Russell is confused with Patrick Swayze. Not being funny, just those two seem very similar.

[Chris Reuvers]

Well, one's dead.

[Matthew]

Well, I know, but I'm just saying, in their. In their prime they were.

[John Hines]

Never occurred to me.

[John Lydon]

This is the first time I've ever heard anybody never occurred in comparison.

[Matthew]

Ever.

[Chris Reuvers]

No one puts baby in a corner.

[Matthew]

Exactly. You should know that.

[John Lydon]

Let's go to sports news here. Sports we already talked about. The U. S. Men's hockey team captured the gold medal, beating rival Canada 2 to 1 on a 3 on 3 overtime period. Forward Jack Hughes scoring the golden goal less than two minutes into extra play. The match was the final gold medal competition of Olympics. With the closing ceremonies held in the 2000 year old arena de Verona, Norway finished the games.

[John Hines]

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

[John Lydon]

Hello? Yes. Huh.

[John Hines]

Read the last sentence again about the 2000 year old.

[John Lydon]

The closing ceremonies were held in the 2000.

[John Hines]

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you said the game was in there. No, I'm sorry, I. I misheard you.

[Matthew]

And here with the play by play of the winning goal is Kenny Olson.

[Joe Soucheray]

Jack to Zach, back to Jack, up the ice. Zach chases it down, centers it to Jack. Jack puts it in.

[John Hines]

Nice.

[Joe Soucheray]

We win. I don't even have to look at the screen anymore.

[Matthew]

No, he's right up here.

[John Lydon]

Memorized. Yeah. Norway finished the games atop the medal count. They had 18 golds and 42 total, followed by the U.S. netherlands and the host Italy.

[Chris Reuvers]

I would like to know the exact number of beverages consumed between the entire men's hockey team and the entire front office of the men's hockey team.

[John Hines]

It was significant.

[Matthew]

I think you're at a 5050 percentage there.

[Chris Reuvers]

Garrett knocked down 50 himself. Right.

[John Hines]

Significant.

[John Lydon]

In News after more than a year of leading the Minnesota Department of Human Services on an interim basis, Commissioner Shereen Gandhi has now been permanently appointed to the role. In announcing the appointment on Monday, Governor Walls praised Gandhi's work on combating fraud in government programs.

[John Hines]

Hasn't done a damn thing.

[John Lydon]

In February 2025, Gandhi rose from Deputy Commissioner to replace Jody Harpstead. By then, cracks of mismanagement were beginning to show in Minnesota's taxpayer funded programs. In the two months before Harpstead's resignation, federal law enforcement rated two autism centers as part of a fraud investigation and many questions arose about the payment of child care assistance program dollars to facilities with numerous safety violations. Since taking down since taking over. Excuse me. Gotti's agency has taken steps to clamp down on fraudulent providers, opting to end the Housing Stabilization Services program entirely and implementing a third party audit of all payments for more than a dozen high risk Medicaid based programs. DHS has also brought on an Inspector General, James Clark to investigate allegations of fraud. Maplewood Mall opened today after a shooting there yesterday. Investigators say a fight broke out in the lower level of the mall before the shooting. Witnesses say they saw large groups group young people in the area and that they all ran away after shots were fired. A man was brought to the hospital with a non life threatening gunshot wound to the hip. Two juveniles arrested shortly after the shooting, but the suspected shooter is still at large. Described as a small billed Asian man who was wearing a black stocking hat, a black jacket and black pants. The two juveniles were booked into the Ramsey County Jail on suspicion of third degree riot. Anyone with info on the shooting is asked to call Lieutenant Michael Hemker at the Maplewood Police Department.

[John Hines]

Whenever I see young people interviewed after something like the Maplewood Mall shooting, my heart sinks for the future.

[Matthew]

Just for the future. Yeah, Isn't the Maplewood Mall wasn't that purchased or they were going to make that into an Asian city or something like that?

[John Hines]

That is unknown to me. Okay.

[Matthew]

I thought so.

[John Lydon]

From the Star Tribune A little more than a month after the last North Star commuter train carried passengers from Minneapolis through the northern suburbs, property that served the defunct rail line is already slated for reinvention in Anoka. That could potentially include repurposing the suburbs North Star Station into a new Amtrak stop. The city is also selling a plot of land that had been a North Star Station parking lot to a developer for more than $1 million to build a four story apartment building. It's the first sale of property that's no longer needed for the rail line. Anoka officials are hopeful they can keep advancing a years long effort to redevelop the area around the train stop as an extension of its downtown. Other cities, from Fridley to Ramsey and Coon Rapids, are also continuing to pursue development around their stations, noting that their suburbs are now being served by a more frequent bus route. Express bus service started Jan 5 from downtown Minneapolis to Big Lake and Elk River.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm gonna have to check my YouTube channel Steel Highway Rail Cams to see if they have a live cam there so I can watch.

[Matthew]

So what happens to the North Star Line if that if that train is no longer running from St.

[Joe Soucheray]

Cloud or Big Lake, Where'd those cars go?

[Matthew]

Where those cars go and who what's on that rail line?

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, it's a heavy rail line, so it's used by other trains.

[Matthew]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Including the Empire Builder.

[Matthew]

Got it.

[John Lydon]

A Media Note Carol Evans Chief meteorologist Belinda Jensen will sign off this spring as she plans to retire.

[Chris Reuvers]

Really?

[John Lydon]

57 year old Jensen announced this morning. She will deliver her last weather forecast from the station's backyard on May 2, ending a career at Channel 11 that spanned more than three decades. She joined Care Full Time in September 1993 after working at the National Weather Service and at an ABC station in Salt Lake City. Jensen was a host of the popular gardening feature Grow With Care and the station Saturday morning Show. She appeared on Minnesota Bound, wrote a series of books called Belva Weather Girl and became the station's Chief Meteorologist in 2005. Though she is retiring, Jensen says she'll appear from time to time on Saturday as a contributor after taking the summer off.

[John Hines]

According to the station, you're 57 and you retire. What the hell do you do?

[Joe Soucheray]

This should depress Joe. It does depress me. It should depress you and Matthew and probably you. John93 she started I was working in radio when she started and we interviewed her to be a part of our show. Didn't work out.

[John Lydon]

Out.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm still working and she's retired.

[John Hines]

What's her last name? Bill what?

[Chris Reuvers]

Belinda Jensen.

[John Hines]

Belinda Jensen.

[Chris Reuvers]

Kenny I did work with her for a couple years. One of the nicest human beings on the planet.

[Matthew]

She's got this thing Going. Got the hammer toe.

[John Hines]

Well, you don't know her feet.

[Matthew]

Yeah, I do. She had it on TV one time and she was embarrassed about it. I'm speaking out of school. It was on the garden show.

[Chris Reuvers]

What are you talking about?

[John Hines]

Why the hell would she show her feet?

[John Lydon]

Kind of weird.

[Matthew]

Goes over the.

[John Hines]

I know how they work. Yeah, yeah.

[Matthew]

You got some history.

[John Hines]

I got you.

[Joe Soucheray]

You got a foot thing there, Matthew.

[Chris Reuvers]

I don't.

[Matthew]

I just remembered that about her.

[Chris Reuvers]

Kenny, we might have discovered something. You're right.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

Toenail polish with the bride.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

Foot massages during survival.

[John Hines]

Oh, yeah.

[Matthew]

That came up as a topic of discussion. I said, how would I. I. If you had hammer toe? How would I paint your nails and get your cuticles back?

[Chris Reuvers]

How did the bachelorette party go over the weekend?

[John Lydon]

Yikes.

[John Hines]

We don't have time for that. And you're not supposed to ask this. Reavers. You're supposed to shut up.

[Joe Soucheray]

The next time you need some of those toenails ground down, why don't you just go over to man Ground down.

[Matthew]

Get out the. The chisel, the belt sander.

[John Hines]

Like a mill. Right. Wheel, you know, Just get it in there. Grind it down. Let's go, John. Next.

[John Lydon]

Okay, sure. Brittney Carlisle said her Saturday concert at Target center raised more than 600 grand with its live stream benefiting families affected by ICE operations in Minnesota. Carlisle posted on social media after the sold out show, which also raised tens of thousands more for the Advocates for Human Rights via Special Edition tour T shirts. The video live stream of the concert is still available for viewing until midnight tonight on veeps.com. it'll cost you 30 bucks. And the T shirts are 40 bucks. You can get those via brandycarlisle.com.

[Joe Soucheray]

is she a happy person?

[John Hines]

I have no idea.

[John Lydon]

Seems like it, yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

She seems grumpy to me.

[John Lydon]

Really?

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And I'm just wondering. Maybe I'm just reading her wrong.

[Chris Reuvers]

She can belt a tune, man.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, there's no doubt about that.

[John Lydon]

I. Yeah. I always see interviews with her where she seems.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay.

[John Lydon]

Effervescent, shall we say?

[John Hines]

Oh,

[John Lydon]

thank you. That's a good word. I barely know.

[Matthew]

I don't know what that is.

[John Lydon]

So why don't we take a quick break here and hear from Mr. Kenny Olson.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, I was looking at Brandy Carlisle. I'm not ready for this. You know what I can talk about? I want to talk about Rich, the owner of Maple Grove Lock and Safe up in Maple Grove. So, the Pheasant Fest. The Quail Classic. That was last week. That's over. What's not over is the 10% off on all Liberty safe sale that's going to continue all this week up at Maple Grove Log and Safe there at 6901 East Fish Lake Road right there in the grove. And like I was saying last week, the sale, yeah. Is over and above the usual sale that Rich always has going on. Liberty safes. It seems like there's always a sale there, but it's for specific models. This time we're talking 10% off on all safes that Liberty makes. And it's a huge selection. Everything from the lower price level, 1 rated 40 minute fire protection models up to the 7 level 7 rated 2 hour fire protection models. We're talking the best fire protection available in the business. All Liberty safes made right here in the usa and they all come with a fully transferable lifetime warranty. And don't worry about dragging that thing home. Rich can always set you up with professional delivery and installation. Come on now. Protect your cash, your firearms, family, valuables and I don't know, in my case, canned pickles. Put them all in there. Get 10% off Liberty Safe models this week only. Maple grove lock and safe 6901 easy east fish lake road in Maple Grove. And for the full lineup, if you want to see everything and get the knowledge before you go in there, go to maple grovelockandsafe.com John.

[John Lydon]

Thanks, Kenny. In national and international stuff, President Trump escalating his push to raise tariffs without the Supreme Court's backing. Announcing he'd raise the 10% worldwide tariff he announced after the nation's highest court ruled against him up to 15%. Trump invoking Section 122 of the Trade act of 1974 that allows him to impose a maximum tariff of 15%. It can only remain in effect for 150 days, after which it would need authorization from Congress. At a news conference after the Supreme Court ruling, the president said he was ashamed of some Supreme Court justices for, quote, not having the courage to do what's right for our country. He said, I think their decision was terrible and I think it's an embarrassment to their families. If you want to know the truth. Truth. The president suggesting without evidence that foreign interests have undue influence on the court. Despite the talk from the president, constitutional scholars pretty much align with the Supreme Court's decision.

[John Hines]

I figured out something about Trump based on that, that belief of his that the, the court must have been influenced by foreign interests. He has no. What's the word?

[Chris Reuvers]

Filter.

[John Hines]

No, he has no regard for institutions. For example, if he was a prize fighter and he got knocked to the canvas and the referee counted 10, he would say no, the referee was influenced by gamblers. He didn't hit 10. He, he cannot abide by the normal rules and regulations of life. So the Supreme Court couldn't possibly make a ruling. They were influenced against him. But the prize fight judge couldn't possibly have counted a 10. He would have been trying to rob me of this victory. He doesn't have any knowledge or appreciation for institutions.

[Joe Soucheray]

Isn't that part of the reason why he got elected? Isn't that part of that drain the swamp attitude challenge? Every little thing about government, isn't that part of that?

[John Hines]

The Supreme Court isn't every little thing about government.

[Joe Soucheray]

I know, I acknowledge that. But isn't it part of that way of thinking?

[John Hines]

I guess, but it's, I mean, would you rather have Trump or the Constitution?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, if you're going to put them up against each other.

[John Hines]

But, but it's, it's, it's a weird dynamic that he has that no matter what happens, he, he doesn't acknowledge it. Supreme Court rulings. I just, I never heard anybody rip the Supreme Court like that.

[Matthew]

You gotta, you gotta go with what they say.

[Joe Soucheray]

Haven't we all grip the Supreme Court at one time or the other?

[John Hines]

I know, I've never heard of the Supreme Court being influenced by foreign interests.

[Joe Soucheray]

But you have questioned their decisions in the past and the fact that they are politically appointed.

[John Hines]

Well, I can't come up with a decision off the top of my head.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, neither can I. I'm just speaking in general.

[John Hines]

Probably. I don't know.

[Joe Soucheray]

General.

[John Lydon]

Easy for you.

[John Hines]

Anyway, that's what I was thinking.

[Chris Reuvers]

Generalities.

[Joe Soucheray]

There you go. Thank you, Matthew.

[John Lydon]

A man armed with a shotgun shot and killed early Sunday morning after making an unauthorized entry into the secure perimeter of President Trump's Mar A Lago estate. According to the U.S. secret Service. He was identified as 21 year old Austin T. Martin of Cameron, North Carolina. Speaking at a news conference Sunday morning, Palm Beach County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw said the security detail detected an individual had made his way into the inner perimeter around 1:30 in the morning. Bradshaw said a deputy and two Secret Service agents on the detail went to that area. They confronted a white male who was carrying a gas can and a shotgun. Bradshaw said the individual was ordered to drop the gas can and shotgun, at which point he put down the gas can and raised the shotgun into a shooting position. The deputy and Secret Service agents then fired their weapons and neutralized the threat. Bradshaw said said the man was declared dead at the scene, TMZ reported. Martin's friends said he regularly expressed support for President Trump but was fixated on the files tied to Jeffrey Epstein and believed there was a government cover up protecting his accomplices.

[Matthew]

I'm gonna break in at 1:30 in the morning and straighten it all out.

[John Lydon]

In a recent text message, Martin said, I don't know if you read up on the Epstein files, but evil is real and unmistakable. The best people like you and I can do is use what little influence we have, tell other people what you hear about the Epstein files and what the government is doing about it, and raise awareness. Mexico's most wanted cartel boss and head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Missio El Mencho Osiguera Cervantes, was killed in a Mexican military operation yesterday. The US Provided intelligence support for the operation. The killing sparked widespread unrest with suspected gang members torching buses and businesses clashing with security forces. More than 250 blockades were reported across 20 Mexican states. At one point yesterday, 25 Mexican National Guard members were killed during fighting. The U.S. state Department urged American nationals in parts of Mexico to seek shelter and remain in residences or hotels. Other tourists were stranded after several US Carriers suspended flights to Puerto Vallarta. Airlines flying between the twin cities in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico have scrapped flights for today amid all that unrest.

[John Hines]

I say stay in your hotels. I suppose that would mean they'd have to renegotiate the rooms.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh my God. They don't charge you double.

[John Hines]

But. But no one new is coming in, so your room should all should be available because planes aren't going to be checking in.

[Chris Reuvers]

You know who could figure it out? The Lymans.

[John Hines]

Yeah, John, good.

[Joe Soucheray]

Give me that name again that you did so well on. Say that one again.

[John Lydon]

Which one? The guy. Yeah, the bad guy killed the Manchester place.

[Joe Soucheray]

Where was the killing done?

[John Hines]

I don't know. John.

[Chris Reuvers]

I know where you're going.

[Matthew]

Out.

[John Lydon]

Is that what you're saying?

[John Hines]

On Highway

[John Lydon]

61? Sorry.

[Joe Soucheray]

Was he killed by a drone strike or did someone look him in the eye and pop him in the head?

[John Hines]

I don't know.

[Chris Reuvers]

Or was it a lady there.

[John Lydon]

There was a picture of a car with the. All the stories and the car looked crushed, so I don't know.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, okay.

[John Lydon]

I don't know. I can't answer you, but that's what it looked like.

[John Hines]

All right. John, can I make this email part of your news?

[John Lydon]

Joe, it's your show.

[John Hines]

Well, but it's your newscast. So would we all agree that we've had our fun with Ingy over the years?

[John Lydon]

Sure.

[John Hines]

He's called the Experience and self named, by the way. Well, Ruck, I hate to do this to you.

[Matthew]

Do it.

[Chris Reuvers]

You snubbed him at the airport.

[John Hines]

Well, and that plays a big role in this. Oh, no.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's not down there, is he, Joe?

[John Hines]

On this past Thursday's podcast, Matthew reported he'd seen me going through security at MSP main terminal and felt the urge to inform G Ellers that he'd successfully hidden from my view.

[Chris Reuvers]

Wow.

[John Hines]

What he didn't know and why, Woody, that the purpose of my trip was to escort my mother's ashes to join dad at Riverside National Cemetery. Make me feel really good in Southern California. It would have been nice and even courteous to have had the decency to say hi. You all have enjoyed making sport with me for many years. I've encouraged it. It's an honor. Ridicule is, in my opinion, one of GL's highest praises. However, there is a time and place for it for Rookie and to some extent, his fellow Booger Reavers.

[Chris Reuvers]

What did I do?

[John Hines]

The ability to not be able to turn off the bit is getting old. You, John and Kenny are able to carry yourselves as adults in the proper setting. Thank you, Ingy.

[Matthew]

Yeah, I've changed my opinion. I'm glad I missed him.

[John Hines]

Now to end on a wonderful ray of hope at the car rental counter, the lady assisting me when hearing I was headed to a national cemetery asked for the plot number of my mom and dad. She goes there on Memorial Day, Veterans Day and Christmas to lay wreaths. She will be adding them to her list. Seeing friends, including longtime friend Ms. California and spending an afternoon at Newport Beach Watching boats sail past and the waves crashing on the shore have been among the highlights of this trip. Signed, the experience. Thank you, sir. Just a minute. Just a minute. Oh, yeah, yeah. Riverside National Cemetery. And then at the car counter, the lady said she goes to that cemetery.

[Matthew]

So, okay, two points then from me.

[John Hines]

Number one, I don't think you should dig yourself a hole.

[Matthew]

No, no. Deepest condolences about your mother. I'm sure your mother was wonderful, and I hope that you're laying her ashes to rest. But the second point is I'm kind of glad I still didn't see him because I would have had 20 minutes on that story. And I'm at work, you know, Ingy doesn't do anything real fast, so I'm glad he got passed without my distraction. That's the way I'm gonna. I'm gonna twist it. I didn't distract him. He was on task.

[John Hines]

And you left him alone.

[Matthew]

I left him alone. To peace and to mourn.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

To mourn.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

Thank you. Rest in peace.

[John Lydon]

Speaking of ingy ingy keeps. And I don't know what this means because I, you know, I use Facebook, but not, you know, every day or anything.

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[John Lydon]

But on occasion he pokes me. What does that mean? Lucky? What am I, am I supposed to do anything? Poke him back or.

[John Hines]

I have another wrinkle to have?

[Joe Soucheray]

I mean, it's. Isn't that the polite thing to do?

[John Lydon]

Is it just a high return?

[Joe Soucheray]

The sort of reach around situation, you do them a favor?

[John Hines]

I have another wrinkle about this. Okay, well, on the same day.

[Matthew]

Don't make me feel more good.

[John Hines]

No, this might get you off the hook.

[Matthew]

Okay.

[John Hines]

On the same day that I received this email from Mr. Experience, I received in an under separate coverage a mailing from him where he was in Indiana. And he sent me a catalog from Auburn regarding Auburn automobiles and a calendar that he was at a museum. So he either was in California or in Indiana. And I don't know how he can get that much travel in. Is he retired?

[John Lydon]

I can perhaps help here. He has a family member who lives in Indiana, and I know that only because Sweetwater, the guitar, big guitar company is based there and he sends me pictures from there.

[John Hines]

Okay. So it's all legit. He was in California and Indiana.

[Matthew]

Does he poke you too?

[John Hines]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

Was the calendar you received, did that arrive via mail?

[John Hines]

Yes.

[Chris Reuvers]

Well, I'm gonna guess. I mean, I'm no expert on the US Postal Service. That. That probably took a couple of days.

[John Hines]

Probably. Sure, sure.

[Matthew]

Did he use the employee discount?

[John Lydon]

He had time to get there, Chris. Is that what you're saying?

[John Hines]

Is he retired years?

[Chris Reuvers]

I. I don't know the answer to that. Would have been able to find out, but yeah.

[Matthew]

Not to disengage John.

[John Lydon]

Well, if he's retired, we could do seven shows at the fair and he could show up for all of them.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, no, I'd be done with that, John. Indiana wants me.

[John Lydon]

Lord, I can't go back there.

[Matthew]

Another person.

[John Hines]

These children are having a little fun with some song lyrics, you know, another

[Matthew]

person returns tired, Joe, you know, oh,

[Joe Soucheray]

you need to get to Indianapolis when it's not the Indianapolis 500 just to see what they've done in the museum there. It is amazing, the cylinders in that museum.

[John Hines]

Does it?

[Matthew]

I got a quick weather question, Johnny. Does it still not rain in Indianapolis in the summertime or is that a myth?

[John Lydon]

Well, God didn't make little green apples. I know that.

[John Hines]

Well, that's enough. Thank you very much to everybody.

[Chris Reuvers]

When you go to Indiana, you know, you can see now the Chicago Bears play football.

[John Hines]

No, they're going to be in Hammond in Indiana. Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

Right.

[John Hines]

Well, that's not Indianapolis.

[Chris Reuvers]

I said Indiana.

[John Lydon]

He said Indiana.

[John Hines]

Yeah. Anyway, Indianapolis is in Indiana.

[Chris Reuvers]

There you go.

[Matthew]

Named after Reggie Hammond.

[Chris Reuvers]

You know what, what a segue into

[Matthew]

we are not us. During the. The weekend festivities of me being a bachelor wiped out the malted milk balls and the chocolate almonds.

[Chris Reuvers]

You're kidding me.

[Matthew]

They weren't the giant ones. They were small.

[Chris Reuvers]

Hey, you know what you seriously need to get. You'll love it. They.

[Joe Soucheray]

The.

[Chris Reuvers]

The cherry trail mix they had.

[Matthew]

Yes, that's fantastic.

[Chris Reuvers]

With the original toffee peanuts.

[John Hines]

So their mixing isn't good enough. You're going to do your own.

[Matthew]

Your own.

[John Lydon]

It's custom. I'm.

[John Hines]

You're gonna add more.

[Chris Reuvers]

It's the. The new cherry trail mix is phenomenal. Cherry trail mix and Johnny, they come in the silos, the big silos. I know.

[John Lydon]

Sounds so good.

[Chris Reuvers]

Fratelloni's carries those. I don't know if you're. Because I know you go to County Market. I don't. I don't know if they carry them or not.

[Matthew]

And just one logistics question. The Vandalia store is closed on Mondays as I found out I was drooling and it was closed on Monday. Yes. So don't go there on Monday.

[Chris Reuvers]

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[John Hines]

This is ricey for the Canopy Group. You know, the insurance industry's been running the same tired play for oh, about a century, I'd guess. One agent, one company. And you're Supposed to believe that gives you options. Most folks have an agent can only offer exactly one thing, whatever their one company feels like selling. The Canopy Group has more to offer. They have a team of 50 insurance specialists working with 16 different insurance companies. You're not doing the shopping, they are. That's the whole idea of the Canopy Group. The Canopy Group matches your insurance to your life. Add a teen driver, buy a cabin, start a business. The Canopy Group moves you to the company that fits your insurance needs right now, not five years ago. So let me ask you this. Are you still stuck with one insurance agent and one insurance company? Are you confident you're covered the way you should be? Head to the canopy group.com and get a full roster working for you.

[Joe Soucheray]

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

[John Hines]

And he feels fine.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Hines]

zoos over the years has been well established.

[Matthew]

Yes.

[John Hines]

No animal has to be captured. For my behalf, I. I don't like zoos. So I was saddened to read that the Como Park Zoo has announced that its male Sumatran orangutan, Jambu died last Thursday at the age of 40. I did see that Jambu was humanely euthanized after the veterinary team discovered he had multiple liver masses consistent with cancer. Because Zamboo was known to drink.

[Matthew]

Yeah, yeah. He'd snick. Somebody would sneak in a fifth every once in a while.

[John Hines]

Jamboo. I don't know that to be true. Jamboo had been a staple of Como since arriving three decades ago. This poor thing spent 30 years at the Como Zoo. He was born April 28, 1985 at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. Now, during his time in St. Paul, Jamboo lived with his longtime companion Markissa. Did you know that?

[Matthew]

In the primate house.

[John Hines]

And was the father of Kamala, Jaya and Willie. He also participated in cardiac ultrasound training for the Great Ape Heart project.

[Matthew]

They would bring out defibrillators.

[John Hines]

Megan Elder, who took care of Jamboo for 23 years, described him as a strong, handsome, silly and sweet nature. Kind of like you.

[Matthew]

Good poop thrower. I do remember him. He's a good poop thrower.

[John Hines]

He was my rock. Elder, Sid. He helped build Merkis confidence and encouraged Kamala's curiosity. He always wanted to engage with his babies, but waited for mom to tell him it was okay. He was gentle, tolerant, and a wonderful playmate. Komo Zoo says Jambu far exceeded the typical lifespan for male Sumatran orangutans. Just under 30 years. Years. Thanks to his caretaker.

[Matthew]

A beautiful creature. I do remember seeing this specimen.

[John Hines]

They had no life, Matt.

[Matthew]

Yeah. I don't.

[Joe Soucheray]

He was born in captivity.

[John Hines]

I know, but he had no life. He lived in a bleeping zoo.

[Joe Soucheray]

Probably had it better than those out in the wild. He was retired and he had all the cigarettes and booze he ever needed. Sounds like he was laid on a daily basis, right?

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

Was he related to Bronco?

[Matthew]

Bronco was like, what was Bronco?

[Chris Reuvers]

Bronco could bring it.

[Matthew]

Yeah. But I forget what kind of Bronco was.

[John Hines]

I think of a gorilla. I think so. This is an orangutan. Completely different animal.

[Chris Reuvers]

Gotcha.

[Matthew]

Very beautiful. Very beautiful.

[Joe Soucheray]

But is that the one Clint Eastwood had in the pickup Truck with him.

[John Hines]

I think that was a chimp. That was a chip. That'd be the kind of movie rookie would know something about.

[Matthew]

You want to try that? Yeah, but you don't have to hit me.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right turn, Clyde.

[John Hines]

Poor thing.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

Eastwood sign off.

[Matthew]

But I will say that I don't know what commission. Como has upped their game.

[John Hines]

I'm sure they took care of them. I'm not saying that.

[Matthew]

It used to be. Remember way back. It was just that. The lion cage.

[John Hines]

No, it was iron bars.

[Matthew]

Yes, it was.

[John Hines]

It was.

[Matthew]

Was prison.

[John Lydon]

Did you ever.

[John Hines]

Jail cell.

[Chris Reuvers]

Did you ever enjoy zoos? Even as a. As a.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, no.

[John Hines]

I like. As a kid, I like to go to Como for the rides. Okay.

[Matthew]

But also, you'd walk into that building and had that.

[John Hines]

The zoo smell.

[Joe Soucheray]

You could ride the animals.

[John Hines]

Oh, they had little, like, motorboat rides around in a circle and stuff like that.

[Matthew]

No, but there was a time you could ride. No, you could ride the tortoise. They had that big giant turtle or tortoise or whatever it was. And as a kid, you could. It just wandered around the zoo.

[John Lydon]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

Hey, put him on there for a little bit.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Chris Reuvers]

Rook, help me out here. I know I'm not supposed to ask you questions on this show.

[John Hines]

You really aren't. And you've just violated it all day.

[Chris Reuvers]

Walk me through Joe as a youth and what Como looked like back in the day.

[Matthew]

Well, it had those. It had the.

[John Hines]

Really had the railroad locomotive.

[Matthew]

It had the locomotive, but the rock rides. It had the really primitive, you know, boat rides where it was a. You know, the silver aluminum boats that just went around. Yeah, they're like eight boats. And they just went around and didn't do anything.

[John Hines]

But it was fun.

[Matthew]

And you had the. The silver steering wheel that didn't connect to anything. So you would just keep turning and turning and nothing would happen.

[Joe Soucheray]

And then I'm seeing animals like buffalo bills. Wild west show. They had a couple of cows, maybe a lamb and a dog.

[John Hines]

They had Sparky, couple of ducks.

[Matthew]

Sparky the seal, who was a listener to the show.

[John Hines]

Well, not Sparky. I don't think Sparky gave a damn about it.

[Chris Reuvers]

I knew how to turn on the radio.

[John Lydon]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

But the komo zoo rides were very primitive at best.

[John Hines]

Do they still have them, I wonder?

[Matthew]

They do. And again, they've upped their game. They're nicer.

[John Hines]

I've been to the zoo in ages. Because you're anti. I don't like zoos.

[Matthew]

Papa Joe should take the kids to the rides.

[John Hines]

Believe that they got Parents.

[Chris Reuvers]

That'd be fun, huh?

[Matthew]

The mad house, the cheat, the. What was it? The mad rails or something they got.

[John Hines]

They have polar bear there.

[Matthew]

Yes.

[John Hines]

You're acting like you're. You're there frequently. Is that.

[Matthew]

I haven't been. This guy's been there. His mom has taken him there countless times. I maybe went once or twice.

[Chris Reuvers]

That is the, the best part for me. When the. When the young ones of your family come to the state fair and you get hit up for a 20 about

[Matthew]

every 30 seconds, it's like the wheel. It's like the wheel of fortune line. They just line up right behind. I need 20.

[Joe Soucheray]

That little future CIA agent, the young one, she just came up and took his whole wallet.

[Chris Reuvers]

Give me the whole thing. I'll just save you.

[Matthew]

He took a 20 out. She said, keep it and grab the wallet. I'll be back tomorrow.

[John Hines]

It's only because they come to us all the way from Penguin, Tasmania, Australia, from the traveling Lymans who can be followed@worldwide waftage.com was. On this day, February 23rd, in 1854, Winona county was established.

[Matthew]

Let's go.

[John Hines]

It was named for a Dakota woman, a relative of the Mdawamctan leader Wabasho. Winona means firstborn daughter in the Dakota language.

[Matthew]

Did not know that.

[Chris Reuvers]

I didn't either.

[John Hines]

Same year, on this day, February 23, 1854, Houston county was created honoring Sam Houston of Texas, a popular presidential candidate. And up in Houston and Hubbard. Why did we honor him for that? That's what I thought, too. Matt got it.

[Chris Reuvers]

On this day, February 23rd.

[John Hines]

What the hell is this? It's county day. Meeker county was created. It was named for Bradley B. Meeker, one of the first three judges to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court. On this day, Feb.2,3. Well, on this day in 1892, Watson's Colored Chorus, an African American musical group with 250 singers for Minneapolis and St. Paul, gave a concert featuring choruses, glees, banjo, guitar and vocal solos, jubilees and plantation songs. At Minneapolis Lyceum Theater. The best reserved seats cost 50 cents. I don't know if that's put in there because that's considered to be a lot or it was considered a bargain.

[Chris Reuvers]

Yeah, maybe for a time. I don't know. Expensive.

[John Hines]

On this day, February 23rd. Oh, God rest his soul. On this day in 1983, Mark Pavlich became the first US born National Hockey League player to score five goals in a game. The Evoleth native and member of the gold winning miracle on ice, 1980 US team led the New York Rangers to an 113 victory over the Hartford Whalers in New York City. McClanahan was probably on that team when Pav got five goals. Either that or McClanahan had already gone to Buffalo to play. Pavlich is no longer with us.

[Matthew]

That's too bad.

[John Hines]

It was on this day in sports disappointment history.

[Chris Reuvers]

Joe, who did we lose to on February?

[John Hines]

Well, you're going to have to explain this one to us on this day in 2019.

[Chris Reuvers]

Okay.

[John Hines]

Ja rule curse. Ja Rule curse. What the hell does that mean? And curse. Is that his name? Ja Rule curse. And curse is capitalized. Was there somebody named Ja Rule who had a curse on him or is

[Chris Reuvers]

that the end of the story?

[John Hines]

That's it? Three words. Ja Rule curse.

[Chris Reuvers]

That. I don't know. I'm unfamiliar. Ja Rule is a. A rap artist. I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

[John Hines]

Well, maybe they played a song by him and the team lost or something.

[Chris Reuvers]

I have no idea.

[John Hines]

What do you think, John? I know he's looking it up.

[John Lydon]

I'm looking. I can find nothing. There's Jermaine Curse. We all know him.

[John Hines]

Jermaine Jackson.

[John Lydon]

No. Jermaine Curse was his name in February

[Matthew]

of 1983 was indeed a member of the New York Rangers.

[John Hines]

Well, then Robbie was there when his buddy Pav got five gold.

[Matthew]

Yes.

[John Hines]

Hey, Fitz. My teeth. Is my tooth chipped? Oh, it's gone.

[Chris Reuvers]

It ain't there no more.

[John Hines]

It ain't there.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you.

[John Hines]

Thank you, G, very much.

[Chris Reuvers]

Hey, and hey.

[John Hines]

Wow.

[John Lydon]

Great.

[Chris Reuvers]

I'm glad that's not working either. That's just fantastic. You know what? I love this addition to all these video components on YouTube where you can subscribe to the Garage Logic podcast and you can also watch the show live each and every single day, starting right around noon. You can also see full segments, video shorts, there's even behind the scenes footage. It's all there for you. So search for Garagelogic on YouTube along with all of our social media channels. That includes Facebook, Instagram. I like this new wrap up music and X.

[Matthew]

It's just too low though. Chris.

[Chris Reuvers]

Turn it up. And you know what? We'll do it again tomorrow. See ya.

[Matthew]

Ciao.

[Chris Reuvers]

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 in 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 minute financial consultation with absolutely zero obligation. And he will always give you the straight talk, he will never give you the sugar coated advice. And he is on the line with us once again right here in garagelogic. And boy Josh, a busy day to start the week because we do have the good, the bad and of course

[Josh Arnold]

the ugly, horrible, horrible start. Chris to the week, just a horrible start to the week with a lot of call it extraneous events or macro events hitting the mark. We can start with the terror Supreme Court last week struck down a bunch of terror presidents, responded, ha ha, you guys are unpatriotic, you're un American. I'm going to utilize the existing laws and we're going to hit everybody across across the board. 10% tariff a day later that wasn't good enough. I read the law. It said I can oppose a 15% tariff across the board for 150 days. It's going to be worse than those tariffs are going to be worse than anything else that could have been. Oh my gosh, somebody thin skinned. As you all know, I am not a tariff guy. I find a tariff are a negative, not a positive. And the reason that most tariffs are imposed to protect certain industries within, within a country. The the countries that are said to be ripping us off or having trade surpluses and China has a trade surplus with the US as does does Europe. But part of that is countries want to invest in the United States. They're putting money into the United States. The money is not being repelled from those places as is true in Europe and to some extent in in China. The US Is still the place to be and countries and companies do want to invest here. So the lower the tariff is in with goods coming into the United States, the better it is for America, better it is for US Companies and definitely the better is for US consumer. Now tariffs that Trump wants to impose under a different section of law, even at 15% would still bring down the overall rate of tariffs by at least 2% and the impact on inflation would be a lot less at least going forward. But there is tremendous amount of confusion in terms of how these are going to applied and the impact that they might have on trade deals that were agreed upon in the last year. Now with the change from the Supreme Court, the European Union is delaying signing their trade deal with the US but you know their trade deal is still at lower rates than had initially been set. But it's still around the 15% level. You know that Trump is currently and I have to say proposing this has not yet been enacted. But that's one issue in the market. Second issue is what is going to happen happen with the US And Iraq so negotiating on nukes and nuclear development. And the US still has several strike forces we'll say ready in, in the Indian Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. Ready, ready to go. So that creates another potential though the price of oil is currently down a little bit today. But just an aside on the price of oil, Goldman Sachs over the weekend that there is a dirt of oil stockpiled and they're seeing the price of oil whether it's Brent or West Texas Intermediate going up. If that's the case, that could be that oil stocks could be beneficiaries of those. So today that is not necessarily the case. Third, third concern with the market is weather, particularly weather in the Northeast with a major snowstorm hitting there that has shut down air travel in the Northeast corridor, say from Washington D.C. up to Boston. And that could be that impact could be felt for not only days but certainly weeks. And that has had an adverse effect on travel related stocks, especially American Express whose stock is down. Stock is down 8% today, down $28 a share. And of the Dow's number is down 700 plus. American Express's contribution to that is about 170 points. Visa is also down 3%. And both of those could also be hit by travel being cut into Mexico because of drug cartel activity we'll say flaring up significantly. And tourist spots whether it's Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco, Guadalajara, Cancun and Tulum among other cities that with trouble by the cartels and tourist spots. That is not going to be good for we'll say the Mexican economy and definitely is going to hurt at least short term some travel stock. And lastly we had continued worries about bank credit or private credit that might be held by the private credit firms whether it's Blackstone, KKR Blue, Al or Carlyle and their holdings in software firms. As software continues to come under fire after Anthropic's Quad program showed a lot of SaaS programming, several of the software names name. Maybe the narrative gets changed this week as Salesforce Service, Salesforce, Snowflake and Workday, all software names do report their numbers. This software sell off has also hit Microsoft which is trading down again. Microsoft is definitely in A bear market as are most of the other software names. And then favorite Amazon as well as Google are hit with as, as is Mark Microsoft. They are hurt negatively by the same trade and questions of course whether the spending they're doing around AI is going to pay off. Last year it was you gotta spend and that pushed the stocks up. This year is, well, maybe it's too much spending and there won't be a payoff. Now in the case of Amazon and Google, I think there's going to be a pretty significant payoff and these could be opportunities with the stocks trading down for for you to pick up shares at a lower price. But this week going to be very interesting. Make sure you maintain what I have suggested having a cash available and our asset allocation model calls for up to 30% in cash to take advantage of these pullbacks. The balance invested for longer term growth.

[Chris Reuvers]

Excellent advice as always, Mr. Money Talk. You heard him G E Lears. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation again with zero obligation. And you do that just like I did by dialing 952-925-5608 where you always get straight talk and never ever sugarcoated advice. Josh, 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]

Yes, we will and I'm glad you enjoy. Exciting, we'll say closing closing days to the Olympics.

[Chris Reuvers]

Oh man.

[Josh Arnold]

And you know, not only with the US hockey victories, both the women and the men over Canada in both very, very exciting games, but also the long distance cross country race. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

[Chris Reuvers]

You got that right. Talk to you tomorrow, Josh.

[Josh Arnold]

Look forward to it. Thanks, Chris.

[John Hines]

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[Chris Reuvers]

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[John Hines]

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