2/6 President Trump sinks to a new low and the soul of the country takes a big hit

Summary

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Garage Logic – Episode Summary

Episode Title: 2/6 President Trump sinks to a new low and the soul of the country takes a big hit
Air Date: February 6, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray (The Mayor) with Chris Reavers, Kenny Olson, John Height, John Randall, Patrick
Produced by: Gamut Podcast Network

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Overview

This episode of Garage Logic kicks off with the panel grappling with the fallout from a new, racially offensive social media post shared by President Trump, which depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes—a moment the hosts call “a new low.” The group uses this incident as a springboard for a wider discussion on the degradation of common sense, political soul, and the overall health of American democracy. They offer both heated and disillusioned analysis, sprinkle in local Minnesota political critique, and, as always, provide a dose of humor and pop culture nostalgia.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Outrage Over Trump’s Offensive Post

• [02:00] The episode opens with Joe reading news about President Trump sharing a racist Lion King parody video.
  • “There’s no defending this. Don’t try. There is no defending this.” – Joe Soucheray [02:27]
• The panel rejects any attempts to excuse or contextualize Trump’s actions, denouncing the post as indefensible and symptomatic of the country’s moral erosion.
• Joe comments: “The soul of this country is so degraded by this guy… It's indefensible. The soul of this country is so wounded.” [02:27]

2. Social Media’s Toxic Influence

• [03:24] Kenny laments the landscape:
  • “Imagine what a great place this world would be right now without social media… The whole world behaves like that.” [03:24-03:45]
• The panel agrees that anonymous online behavior amplifies the worst instincts in people.

3. The Enabling of Trump by Republican Leadership

• [04:24] Joe expresses frustration at the lack of condemnation from Republicans.
  • “If every single Republican doesn’t condemn it, they’re no better than him.” [04:24]
  • “Minnesota contingent of Republicans don’t condemn it, they have the smallest balls of any male in America. Yes. They would be microscopic testicles.” [05:17-05:22]
• The group lists MN congressional delegates (Emmer, Finstad, Fischbach, Stauber) and notes the silence from all.
  • “When Trump looked at Emmer and said, I don’t want him to be speaker of the House, and Emmer put his tail between his legs and said, okay, I’ll just do whatever you want me to do.” [11:48]

4. Trump’s Character and the Future of the Country

• [07:32] The hosts discuss Trump’s admission about his bruised ego and inability to accept his 2020 election defeat.
  • “He admitted it, which is very odd because he never admits anything.” – Joe [07:32]
• Joe repeatedly highlights his political loneliness: "I warned you in two elections that I was not his guy… I’m politically lonely. This asshole is not the answer.” [06:03]
• Dire predictions about Trump’s capacity for self-preservation at the country’s expense:
  • “Trump would sacrifice this country to save himself… so long as he could somehow see that as a victory for himself, that’s what he would do. I’m convinced of it.” [13:01–13:58]

5. The Inertia (and Fear) of the GOP

• Discussion about the consequences for Republicans who stand up to Trump—pointing to Liz Cheney and Kinzinger.
  • “If someone were to stand up to him, what happens? They're out of there.” [10:52]
  • Joe: “Well, then they should get out of there, if that’s the price you can pay.” [10:59]
• The panelist’s lament that ambition and power have overtaken principles.

6. Public Disillusionment & The “Need for a Do-Over”

• Kenny: “What we need… We need a complete do-over. We need to start over.” [19:02]
• Joe warns it’s wishful thinking with entrenched interests and no realistic hope for term limits or a viable third party.

7. The State of Minnesota and State Politics

• [41:31] Transition to local matters—sharp criticism of MN’s new paid family leave program and Governor Walz’s administration.
  • “State will not be able to afford this scheme. It’s that simple… The Walz administration has been completely ruinous to the state of Minnesota.” [47:26]
• Kenny: “Like everything else Walz’s administration has been involved in, this is a failure and will bankrupt us.” [47:00]
• The group turns to topics like cannabis regulation and claims of government mismanagement.

8. Nostalgia & Comic Relief

• The crew transitions from tough politics to lighter fare: WWII-era Bugs Bunny propaganda, the role of cartoons in American resilience, and the Three Stooges skewering Hitler ([30:11]-[35:44]).
  • “See, the country had a soul. So, John, Bugs Bunny was part of it.” – Joe [32:46]
• Extended banter about Super Bowl food and commercials, and amusing stories from Minnesota sports and their own broadcasting past.

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

The Soul of the Country

• “The soul of this country is so wounded… There is absolutely nothing about this except complete degradation.” – Joe Soucheray [02:27-04:24]

Republican Accountability

• “If every single Republican doesn’t condemn it, they’re no better than him.” – Joe Soucheray [04:24]

Political Loneliness

• “I warned you in two elections that I was not his guy. In two elections, I told you that I had nobody to vote for. I’m politically lonely. This asshole is not the answer.” – Joe Soucheray [06:03]

On Term Limits & The Need for Reform

• “We need a complete do-over. We need to start over… That’s a fantasy because we know it’ll never happen.” – Kenny Olson & Joe Soucheray [19:02-19:31]

Dire Predictions

• “I think something very tragic is going to happen before the three years are up… I think this guy would sacrifice this entire country for himself.” – Joe Soucheray [23:37]

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Key Segments & Timestamps

• [02:00–09:32] – Reaction to Trump’s racist video, the bottomless degradation of the presidency, and disappointment in Republican silence.
• [10:03–13:58] – Discussion on Republican complicity, country’s “soul erosion,” and deep political loneliness.
• [19:02–21:54] – The (unattainable) “do-over” for American politics and assessment of failed third-party ventures.
• [41:31–48:29] – Shift to state politics: analysis of MN’s paid family leave debacle, state financial troubles, and critique of Gov. Walz.
• [30:11–35:44] – Comic relief: WWII cartoons as American resilience, meta-commentary on the show’s pivot from dark topics to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
• [49:00+] – Sports roundup (Super Bowl-related NFL Vikings alums, Hall of Fame news), Minnesota local news, curling club musings, and lighter banter.

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Tone & Style

The tone is blunt, frustrated, at times bleakly humorous—but largely nostalgic for lost American integrity and exasperated by the current state of politics. The hosts weave between serious condemnation and irreverent, self-deprecating humor. They use colloquialisms and local references (“Gumption County,” “Flashlight King”) to reinforce both their homespun mythos and the everyman perspective at the heart of Garage Logic.

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Conclusion

Episode Takeaway:
The Garage Logic crew delivers a blistering, at times despairing, diagnosis of American political decay and a uniquely local flavor of common sense. Through forceful, unsparing critique of Trump and state politics, leavened by humor and nostalgia, the show embodies both resignation and the enduring hope for decency, albeit with no illusions that change is coming soon.

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For listeners new and old, this episode serves as a raw, revealing snapshot of the show’s blend of real talk, sharp-tongued driveway wisdom, and ability to pivot from the dire to the delightfully mundane without missing a beat.

Transcript

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[John Randall]

No, 1710 was yesterday, brah.

[Joe Sush]

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[Kenny Olson]

I didn't take any notes yesterday.

[Joe Sush]

Apparently not. Kenny.

[Kenny Olson]

Was I even here?

[John Randall]

He was checked out. Checked out.

[Kenny Olson]

I am sorry for interrupting, Joe.

[Joe Sush]

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[John Randall]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[Joe Sush]

And now, from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's Garage Logic with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the Crabby coffee shop, John Height in the newsroom, and of course the rookie here is your Flashlight King, fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Sush. The White House today removed an election conspiracy video shared by Trump on social media that included racist footage depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. And it was taken from characters in the Lion King. Yeah, and there's nothing to be said about this.

[Kenny Olson]

It's.

[Joe Sush]

It's this. The soul of this country is so degraded by this guy and I. There's no defending this. Don't try. There is no defending this.

[Chris Reavers]

Let's just be done for the day.

[Joe Sush]

A White House said a White House staffer erroneously made the post. That's not true. Trump's up at 3 in the morning and he does it himself. And it's unacceptable. I thought the guy had a ground floor. I thought maybe the bottom had been reached after Rob Reiner's kid. There is no bottom. He has no. There isn't any. There's no filter. He's indefensible. And the soul of this country is so wounded.

[Chris Reavers]

This was.

[Joe Sush]

What? You know, there's nothing I can even say. There's nothing.

[Kenny Olson]

Imagine how he'd be. And I'm sorry. I preach this all the time. Imagine what a great place this world would be right now without social media.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah. Still be stuck with him.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. But I mean, not just him. It's everything.

[Joe Sush]

Oh, it's terrible.

[Kenny Olson]

The whole world behaves like that. On social media.

[Joe Sush]

By which people reveal their.

[Kenny Olson]

Their worst instincts anonymously, too. On social.

[John Height]

You.

[Kenny Olson]

It's just.

[John Randall]

Yeah, here's what I noticed.

[Joe Sush]

I've had it with this Caroline Levitt. She's a. Yeah, she's a destroyed soul herself.

[John Randall]

Here's what I understand. What did he. Meaning the President. What did he think he was standing to gain by. By doing that?

[Joe Sush]

I don't think we can analyze it anymore. I just. I think he's beyond understanding where. Where the soul of the country just keeps getting hit.

[John Randall]

Eroding.

[Joe Sush]

Eroding. And. And again, there. There is. This is absolutely indefensible. There is. It's not funny. There's no way you can put it in context. There's nothing about this except complete degradation, a continuing degradation of the soul of the country. Because if the guy in the White House is doing this, it's just. It's beyond the pale. And there's no use reading the news stories about it. I saw it for myself. I read what I needed to read. It's. And if. If every single Republican doesn't condemn it, they're no better than him. And if the Minnesota contingent of Republicans don't condemn it, they have the smallest balls of any male in America.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay, could you be a little more specific?

[Joe Sush]

Yes. They would be microscopic testicles.

[Chris Reavers]

We're going Hitler.

[Joe Sush]

Did he have any.

[Chris Reavers]

I think he had a. No, he added the small unit.

[Kenny Olson]

He was smooth down there.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[Joe Sush]

This is. Well, what.

[Chris Reavers]

What can we.

[Joe Sush]

You know, there's nothing to say. This is shocking. And it isn't because it's him. So it's not shocking. There's no bottom, there's no ground floor, so God only knows what will be next. You would think a guy would do something a year ago, two years ago, 20 years ago, and you'd think, well, that's it. It'll never be that bad again. Then he keeps topping himself.

[Chris Reavers]

What do you mean? By defending what?

[Joe Sush]

No, I'll get letters from the MAGA crowds. Who. They're. They're. They have sold their soul. If you're going to buy this, you can't. You're hopeless. You're Hopeless. And I keep getting emails from the mega crowd saying, whatever happened at gl, we can't listen again. Where did I ever promise you that I could be on board with somebody so soulless and idiotic is Trump? I've never promised that. I warned you in two elections that I was not his guy. In two elections, I told you that I had nobody to vote for. Nobody. I've told you a million times, I'm politically lonely. This asshole is not the answer. This is pathetic. It's beyond the pale. It's beyond comprehension.

[John Randall]

And the part that's disturbing is. It's Don. You're in the office.

[Joe Sush]

You're not running for the sorest winner who ever lives.

[John Randall]

You're right. You're there. You're in office.

[Joe Sush]

What are you doing? What he's doing is. Wringing the soul out of the country. He's just ringing it out.

[John Randall]

To what gain? Because you're getting me now. To what gain?

[John Height]

Ego. His ego.

[Joe Sush]

Which he admitted, oddly enough, at the prayer breakfast, he said, my ego has not been. I'm paraphrasing what he said. My ego has not been able to stand losing the 2020 election. He admitted it, which is very odd because he never admits anything.

[John Randall]

Is the timing curious to you at all?

[Joe Sush]

Well, I got a text from somebody today wondering, is there another Epstein file dump coming today? Is something. Do we. Or does this demented fellow. He gets up 15 times during the night, he doesn't sleep well, and he goes right to his posting and tweeting and what's he on? Truth Social. And then the world awakens to what this demented fellow thinks now. And there is no defending this.

[Chris Reavers]

You think he doesn't care or he just wants to keep pushing?

[Joe Sush]

You're asking questions that you should know the answer to by now. Does this surprise you? From him?

[Chris Reavers]

What I saw today?

[Joe Sush]

Yeah, I am.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm.

[Joe Sush]

Then you think you were surprised.

[Chris Reavers]

I was surprised that that got out into the public, yes.

[Joe Sush]

Well, then you must think he has a. He has a point at which he levels off. You must think that he doesn't. He's not a rational, fully developed adult human being. No one. Who is. Well, first of all, he's the President of the United States. Someone living in their mom's basement in Omaha would do this. But they're not the President of the United States.

[Chris Reavers]

I guess that's why I'm surprised.

[Joe Sush]

Well, then you're surprised because you still think that he's capable of humanity. He's not. It's evident. He is not.

[John Height]

Joe.

[Joe Sush]

It has nothing.

[John Height]

Yes, John, the part that surprises me, and you already hit on it, is, you know, some of us have felt for a while that there's no bottom.

[Joe Sush]

There is no.

[John Height]

But why isn't there somebody in the Republican Party who will step up and say, I mean, and more.

[Joe Sush]

Jim Scott did today, the only black senator in the country. He did.

[John Height]

But who else did in the past?

[Joe Sush]

I'm waiting to hear from Ammer, for.

[John Height]

Example, Liz, Cheney and Kinzinger, and they both got thrown out of the party because of it.

[Joe Sush]

Does that speak to the extremely unhealthy allure of the third rail? That you want to be on that third rail so bad, you want to lead a life that the rest of us don't. You don't want to. You don't want to lead the life the rest of us are leaving, living, leading. You. You find that allure so strong that you completely abandon your own instincts. That's amazing to me.

[John Randall]

Well, to answer your question, as John just alluded to, if someone were to stand up to him, what happens? They're out of there.

[Joe Sush]

Well, then they should get out of there, if that's the price you can pay.

[John Randall]

And some have made that choice. Right.

[Joe Sush]

Hardly anybody has made that choice.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay, fast.

[Joe Sush]

Liz. Cheney looks forward to when he's gone.

[Chris Reavers]

Are they going, the defenders, are they going to miraculously go back to a streamline mainstream Republican Party because he's gone. How can they apologize for that?

[John Randall]

I gotcha.

[Joe Sush]

I gotcha. You want Tom Emmer?

[Chris Reavers]

Think.

[Joe Sush]

John. Read to us the names of Minnesota's Republican delegation in the House and Senate.

[John Height]

Tom Emmer.

[Joe Sush]

Well, you gotta look it up, don't you? Well, maybe you know it by heart. Yeah.

[John Height]

Tom Emmer.

[Joe Sush]

Well, we haven't heard a peep from him, but Tom Emmer showed me all I needed to know. When Trump looked at Emmer and said, I don't want him to be speaker of the House, and Emmer put his tail between his legs and said, okay, okay, I'll just do whatever you want me to do. Go bleep. Keep yourself hammer. Yeah.

[John Height]

Next, Brad Finstad.

[Joe Sush]

Has he said anything?

[John Height]

Not that I've seen.

[Joe Sush]

All right. Michelle Fishbach, has she said anything?

[John Height]

Not that I'm aware.

[Joe Sush]

All right.

[John Randall]

And Pete Stauber.

[Joe Sush]

Pete Stauber, has he said anything?

[John Height]

No. And in fact, they all introduced a bill this week. You probably saw that about elections.

[Joe Sush]

Oh, yeah. They. They think that some of them should.

[John Height]

Be nationalized, which is basically, you know, just a. A bow to Trump, because that's, you know.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah. That's a shame. That's just a shame. It's a shame. Here's. If you want to take the long view of this, here's what I'd worry about. Oh, boy.

[Chris Reavers]

Are you going to need me for today or can I just go?

[Joe Sush]

Here's the long view of what I would worry about. Trump would, would sacrifice this country to save himself. He'd throw this country under the bus.

[Chris Reavers]

I would agree with that statement.

[Joe Sush]

So he could take us down in a variety of ways. Nuclear destruction, whatever. I've never trusted him. I can't trust him as far as I can throw him. He would destroy this country if somehow he thought that was saving himself. He would destroy this country. I mean, he's already destroying the soul of the country. Our soul is so wounded, so degraded, so hurt by this, that if he took this country down and we all had to die, so long as he could somehow see that as a victory for himself, that's what he would do. I'm convinced of it. Convinced. Because there's no bottom there. There's no bottom. There's no point at which he says to himself, don, you can't say this is too much. There's no point there.

[John Randall]

Let me ask you a question.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

I want to ask you an abbreviated version of the question I asked you maybe an hour ago. You're J.D. vance, and you see what he just said on social media and put it out to the ether. What do you say to yourself about.

[Joe Sush]

I'm sure, I'm sure Vance is astonished, but Vance showed an insatiable appetite for the third rail by merely allowing himself to become his VP candidate. Vance, you'll recall I was a big fan of Vance. I read Hillbilly Elegy. I thought this, this guy something. This guy's the real deal. He ripped the hell out of Trump. He hated him the minute he gets the call. I think Trump's a pretty good guy.

[John Randall]

Bs.

[Joe Sush]

Where's your, where are the balls on these people? There aren't any. That's my answer.

[John Height]

Okay.

[Joe Sush]

I, I, I don't doubt that, that Vance recoiled in horror at that. But what's he gonna do about it?

[Kenny Olson]

Do you think he'd make a good president?

[Joe Sush]

No.

[Kenny Olson]

Just on the grounds that he was Trump's vp.

[Joe Sush]

Just on the grounds that he's already demonstrated to me he's not a guy.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Sush]

It's that complicated. Let me get back to this. I don't doubt he's in Milan, by the way, Vance, for the opening of the game.

[John Randall]

Oh, sure.

[Joe Sush]

So, but he saw this and I have no doubt that he was appalled. But the real question is, is he going to do anything about it? No, not a thing. He'll take the company Carolyn Levitt line. He'll do whatever they, they want him to do. Is the, is the appeal for. See, maybe that's it. I don't understand that. I don't understand the, the, the depth of that willingness to have power. I don't understand how much you're willing to excuse, to hold onto it. I don't get that part.

[Chris Reavers]

Let me ask you this.

[Joe Sush]

What is it? A short question?

[Chris Reavers]

It is what do you want? And I'm not, I'm playing devil's advocate. What do you want him to do?

[Joe Sush]

Who?

[Chris Reavers]

Vance. Like Vance.

[Joe Sush]

Say what I'm saying or say something similar to what I'm saying. Say something that a rational human being would say.

[Chris Reavers]

That as a sitting Vice president. How, and I'm not defending any of this Trump stuff. How far can he go?

[Joe Sush]

Who cares? Who cares? Who cares if he had a sense of grace in humanity? I don't care how far he goes. But he won't go far. Because. Because what you're driving at is he'll go far enough that Trump would get rid of him tomorrow.

[Chris Reavers]

Can you do that?

[Joe Sush]

I'm sure a president can get rid of a vice president. I don't. But you're zeroing in on Vance, which is fine. What about the entire Republican Party?

[Patrick]

Where are they?

[Joe Sush]

Why have they put up with this? The Democratic Party in my estimation is not the Democratic Party I once knew. And the Republican Party is not the party I once knew. These are out of control people on both sides of the aisle.

[John Randall]

Do you think it's strictly about ego? Do you think it's a 99 point whatever percent on Trump? Yes.

[Joe Sush]

I don't, Chris. I don't know what it is. I told you, my only theory is that something dreadful happened to him at the age of seven. I'm serious. He is not a developed male. He is not a developed human. He has no, he has no humanity. You've been seeing it for 11 years. How this could be a shock to anybody is beyond me.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, none of us are shocked. You seem a little shocked.

[Joe Sush]

No, I'm not shocked.

[Kenny Olson]

You know what topic I love, Joe, is the crazy Republicans against the crazy Democrats, the Social Democrats. What kind of Republican is it going to take to, to beat the socialist Democratic movement?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, don't we have enough? Do you need power?

[Kenny Olson]

Hold on, Matthew, hold on. Do you need a Trump style Republican Party to Beat the socialists or do you need the quote unquote, rhino party to beat the socialist Democrat?

[Joe Sush]

Well, I'm going to try to interpret you. By Trump style, you mean the basics.

[Kenny Olson]

The current Republican Party in charge are these, Are these the folks that are going to deliver us from evil?

[John Height]

No.

[Kenny Olson]

Evil being the Social Democrat.

[Joe Sush]

No, no. Hell, they're socialists themselves. What are tariffs? They're just attacks.

[Kenny Olson]

So what we need, let's just go right to the end. We need a complete do over.

[Joe Sush]

We need to do over.

[Kenny Olson]

We need to start over.

[Joe Sush]

Absolutely. Ye. Yeah, I don't disagree with that at all. I've said that about this state. The only way to restore this state to its former glory, if that's not too strong a word, is a complete starting over, complete cleaning of the house.

[Kenny Olson]

And that's a fantasy because we know it'll never happen. I mean, we can't even get term limits in place. There's no way that anything's going to change. It's just going to get worse.

[Chris Reavers]

Before I'm stifled for the fourth time, might I just.

[Joe Sush]

Well, that's too bad that you were stifled for the fourth day.

[Chris Reavers]

What I'm saying though is don't we have enough firepower to have a third party middle of the rotor to jump in and.

[Joe Sush]

No, because it's been tried. The numbers aren't there. It's just. And it's also the financial backing, the strength of the parties.

[Kenny Olson]

The days of Jesse are over, unfortunately.

[Joe Sush]

Well, that was a one off fluke and that happened in a state, not the country. Right? Yeah. Although if Jesse wants to run for president, I'd support.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm in.

[Kenny Olson]

I see a lot of that on social.

[Joe Sush]

Except he too is now too old. He would deny that, but let's face it, he's too old.

[John Randall]

He's younger than Trump.

[Joe Sush]

He's about 74, I think. Right.

[Chris Reavers]

He graduated in 69.

[Kenny Olson]

Why would anybody want to do that to themselves at that age?

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah. Oh, hi, how are you?

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[Joe Sush]

Joe, ask yourself a question. And I've lived longer than all of you and I can honestly tell you I have never met anyone like Trump. I've met people like Clinton. I've met people like Carter. I've met people like Reagan. I've met people like w. H.W. i just loved him. I'm sure he's did all kinds of bad things. Who knows, he was head of CIA. I've met people like Nixon. I can't keep going that. I'm not that old. But I, I have never in my life met anybody like Trump. Have you?

[Chris Reavers]

Absolutely not.

[Joe Sush]

Have you Reavers?

[John Randall]

No.

[Joe Sush]

Johnny?

[John Height]

No.

[Joe Sush]

Kenny.

[Kenny Olson]

I had a general manager.

[Joe Sush]

One point I would compare. No, you did not.

[Kenny Olson]

Not at H.B.I.

[Joe Sush]

No, you've never. I'm going to speak for you. You've never met anybody like this.

[John Height]

Never.

[Joe Sush]

Well, don't you think you never have Unless you were in on, you know, at a twitch farm. You might, you know, the roommate might be like this.

[Kenny Olson]

39. 39.

[John Randall]

Yes, but let me ask you this question then. You had asked earlier in the week, you had. Okay, hold on.

[Patrick]

Oh, I have a question.

[Joe Sush]

All right.

[John Randall]

You had asked earlier this week, what's the country going to look like in three years? Based upon the entire first segment of this show, has your attitude towards that changed? And if so, where are we headed?

[Joe Sush]

I think something we joke around with tinfoil hats and black helicopters, both of which I've never really seized upon. Have fun with it. So this is not black helicopter or tinfoil hat. I think something very tragic is going to happen before the three years are up. I don't know what form it will take, but I will go back to what I told you to take the long view. I think this guy would sacrifice this entire country for himself. I think that could happen easily. I think he's that unfinished as a human being. It's not all there. The various components that make up all of humanity are not in his head. And it would not surprise me a bit if something tragic happens, whether it's financial or war or whatever form it could take, because I don't think it's hyperbole to say right now it feels like the country's spinning out of control. Would you, would you agree with that? I mean, you got a kid with a bunny hat that gets arrested and you got, then, then he's brought home and now they want to deport him again. And you've got, you've got the looming, looming war with possibly Iran. You got this Epstein bs, which we don't know anything about because they just toy with us. And then he is not physically. Well, I think that's pretty evident. So I think you say, what are we going to look like in three years? I don't know if we'll be here. I don't know if the country will look like the country in three years. I think it could be a completely different place. Maybe not. But the problem is, who do you have to guide you through a successful three years? Who was in place to guide this country, to keep this country on its moorings for three years? It can't be this guy.

[Chris Reavers]

It's gonna be a long three years.

[Joe Sush]

It can't be now. Kenny said I'm acting shocked. I, yeah, appalled would be more like it.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, just based on our conversation before the show, compared to how the show has turned out so far. You remember what you said? No. It's worth a mention.

[Joe Sush]

Well, what did I say?

[Kenny Olson]

You said, it's worth a mention.

[Joe Sush]

Oh. And I've kept going.

[Kenny Olson]

You mean it's 30 minutes now?

[Joe Sush]

No, we can stop. We can stop because you're right, it's. There's nothing to analyze.

[Kenny Olson]

I haven't. The reason I don't get shocked anymore. It's just further disappointment. And like I told you before the show, the thing with McCain is when I realized, okay, this is what we're in. So the, the social stuff and the commentary like that, it no longer shocks me. It just, it's just further disappointment. And the only relief I find from that is completely ignoring everything, which, you know, given the job, can't do that.

[John Randall]

It'll start at 1:30.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, unfortunately, that's the only relief I get.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Sush]

And I, you know, how long are we going to be able to get away with that? How long can you have the life you enjoy beginning at 1:30, long before that's gone?

[Kenny Olson]

Well, that's, that's an excellent point. Yep, you're right.

[Joe Sush]

It's beyond disappointment for me, it's. I really believe firmly, the country once had a soul. Very unique country, very unique experiment the founders had, and I see it so wounded and so degraded that.

[John Randall]

Let me try this.

[Joe Sush]

I don't know if you should.

[John Randall]

Well, I think. But you had said, where are we supposed to go?

[John Height]

Right.

[John Randall]

And I'm putting your words in your mouth, and I don't mean to do that, but picture, okay, us here in Minnesota. We have now had billions and billions and billions of dollars worth of fraud.

[Joe Sush]

It's gonna get worse. By the way. I got something for you, but that's coming up.

[John Randall]

I knew you did. Yeah. And you're saying to yourself, okay, where am I supposed to turn? Well, Trump was supposed to be the antidote that was supposed to get rid of everyone that is here, manipulating the system, stealing from us, making us blind, making the state basically unaffordable. So now where are we supposed to turn?

[Joe Sush]

Only to discover he has manipulated the enrich himself. The presidency is merely his own deal. He doesn't give a bleep about you and what you. You're asking me an impossible question. The only thing you can do is turn to your own family, try to keep it together, circle your wagons, try to get by the best you can. You'll have fun with that. What answer do you want from me? There is no magic answer. We just go about our lives, follow the rules, so long as they're still in place.

[John Randall]

And I guess that's. You just answered it.

[Joe Sush]

The rules apply to us because we're honest people. So we have to pay our taxes and follow the law and respect our brothers and sisters and go on and on and on. And it's just being degraded all around us wherever we look.

[John Randall]

By.

[Chris Reavers]

Both sides.

[Joe Sush]

Absolutely. Yeah. Okay.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah. And the real shame of it is we were kind of on a roll here on gl, taking apart this state. But now the two problems have become so intertwined that, well, here's something you might not have.

[John Randall]

So let me. Let me help you answer.

[Joe Sush]

I'm ready to move on.

[John Randall]

So what you're trying to say then is what we should have done is gone with rookie suggestion for topic. Best super bowl commercials Friday.

[Joe Sush]

I had something about that. Seriously, you got.

[John Randall]

You're the nugget master number four.

[Joe Sush]

You know, my nugget guy didn't come through this year.

[Kenny Olson]

Do you have any commentary at all on Bugs Bunny at the super bowl on Sunday?

[Joe Sush]

Can I tell you something about Bugs Bunny? Not Bunny Rabbit. Who's at the Super Bowl? Bad Bunny. No, the Real Bugs Bunny. The cartoon. Do you know that he was a. That During World War II, Bugs Bunny was considered a sign of American strength and power. Skip the wabbit.

[Kenny Olson]

Skip the wabbit.

[Joe Sush]

No, seriously. On the Movie Channel, the Turner Classic Movies, you know, they'll finish your movie, my favorite channel. Then they'll have 30 minutes of movie stuff, you know, and they had a.

[Kenny Olson]

And they were running Bugs Bunny cartoons.

[Joe Sush]

Over the weekend, which is where I heard it. And so here. Here comes some knowledgeable person that breaks down the whole invention and origin of Bugs Bunny. The guy who invented it was a guy named Bugs. And its initial. I can't remember his last name. John's probably looking it up as we speak.

[John Height]

I am, actually.

[Joe Sush]

And the original guy was Bug. Apostrophe. They called the original cartoon B U, G, apostrophe S. Bugs. Bugs is Bunny.

[Chris Reavers]

Like a plural form belonging to Bugs.

[Joe Sush]

And then it changed to Bugs. But Bugs was considered a symbol of American hope and power during World War II. Because he'd get himself into these terrible jams. But always triumph, huh? Always win. And that people would be flocked to this theater to see this.

[Kenny Olson]

So wait, Bugs was the USA and our friend Elmer Fudd was the Russians?

[Joe Sush]

Yes. We weren't fighting the Russians.

[Kenny Olson]

All right, we were.

[Patrick]

Right.

[Joe Sush]

Maybe he was the Germans. Yeah, but. But Bugs was triumphant all the time.

[Kenny Olson]

Yep.

[Chris Reavers]

Every time she put his finger in the gun and it would blow away.

[Joe Sush]

Yes.

[John Height]

He was named after Ben Bug. Bugs Hardaway.

[Joe Sush]

Yep.

[John Height]

One of the creators who developed him.

[Kenny Olson]

My favorite is Daphne.

[Joe Sush]

Does it say anything about World War II?

[John Height]

Actually, I was at another thing that said. Yes. During World War II, Bugs Bunny served as a potent symbol of American resilience, wit and power. Acting as a morale boosting propaganda icon. Sorry.

[Joe Sush]

Oh, no, no, you don't have to in this case.

[John Randall]

Why?

[Joe Sush]

He was an icon against the Axis powers.

[John Height]

He appeared in many war bond ads. Even was made an honorary Marine master sergeant after joining the Marine Corps.

[Joe Sush]

See, the country had a soul. So, John, Bugs Bunny was part of it.

[Chris Reavers]

He was an enlisted man, not an officer.

[Kenny Olson]

John, look up what Daffy represented. Because to me, Daffy's just here to F things up.

[Joe Sush]

Right, right.

[Kenny Olson]

Let's just make a mess, see what happens.

[Joe Sush]

Well, then had you know, we don't need to know what.

[John Height]

Yeah, we do.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, he's here to just mess things up.

[Joe Sush]

You're here for one reason. To bleep us for one reason. I'll never look at a Bugs Bunny cartoon the same way again. Yes, you in the back.

[John Randall]

How Many shows across the great nation that is the United States of America would have been able to transition from the offensive thing that the president tweeted to Bugs Bleeping Bunny and Daffy.

[Joe Sush]

Only one show.

[John Randall]

That's us. That's what we're here for.

[Joe Sush]

Only one show can do that.

[John Height]

Let me tell you some Daffy war news. Can I?

[Joe Sush]

Sure.

[John Height]

Daffy would also be featured in several war themed shorts. During World War II, remaining true to his unbridled nature, he battles a Nazi goat intent on eating Daffy's scrap metal. Happy Daffy. He hits Adolf Hitler's head with a giant mallet in Daffy the Commando. And he outwits hit gerbils and Goring in plain Daffy.

[Chris Reavers]

National hero.

[Joe Sush]

I rush my case.

[Kenny Olson]

But now. So now you got me thinking about other propaganda movies. What about the Three Stooges? They did a Hitler bit.

[Joe Sush]

Oh, that. But if they did, it was, you know.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, it was hilarious.

[Joe Sush]

Slapstick.

[Kenny Olson]

And I think. I think Mo was the one with the act. Like he got some ink or paint or something on his. On his lip.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, by accident.

[Joe Sush]

Brushed up against it. Let's put it this way, John, if you had any. Yeah, let's put it this way. I would imagine that. Well, it's a fact. All of Hollywood was geared up in American interest during the World War II. So anything that came along would have been the patriotic in nature.

[John Height]

The Three Stooges piece that Kenny's talking about was called you nasty spy. That's N, a Z, T, Y, Nazi.

[Joe Sush]

Something.

[John Height]

Yeah, and they actually went after Hitler in that one, like Kenny said. And it was before the US Entered the war. So they're considered the first artists to actually take off after the Nazis and Hitler.

[Joe Sush]

So you learn more here by accident than elsewhere by design.

[Kenny Olson]

More political.

[Joe Sush]

Yes, the Stooges helped the war effort. I'm trying to think, but nothing happens. And we weren't even in the war. So you could credit the Stooges with turning Roosevelt's mind around.

[John Height]

Hello.

[Joe Sush]

Hello.

[John Height]

Hello.

[Joe Sush]

Franklin, what caused you to get in World war? He said it's probably the Three Stooges.

[Chris Reavers]

I would.

[Joe Sush]

No, I would. I'm driving in my car.

[Kenny Olson]

I am sorry that I ever brought that up over a year ago.

[Joe Sush]

No, you're not.

[Kenny Olson]

No, I am. And I really am. And if this were the old days and we still had carts, I would smash it. Destroy that.

[Chris Reavers]

Smash the cart. I'd knock your brains out if you had any.

[Joe Sush]

Kenny, you should add that to your list. Yeah, and knock your brains out if.

[Patrick]

You had Any right.

[Joe Sush]

I told you this story a million times. I saw him in the airport in Milwaukee in 1965. Why do you paint this horrible picture? And it was the saddest thing, right?

[John Randall]

I don't want to.

[Chris Reavers]

I want them to be fun.

[John Randall]

What was?

[Joe Sush]

I think in 65 the only original guy was moving. I think Curly was gone. Okay. And that would have been after Larry.

[Kenny Olson]

After It's a mad, mad mad world. Which they were all in.

[Joe Sush]

So you know what they were doing? They were working the state fair circuit. Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

That just depresses me.

[John Randall]

What was sadder for you? Because I know how much of a fan you are of the grand old game. Seeing the three stooges decrepit and beat up at the Milwaukee airport or Pete Rose in his zubas at the hall of fame.

[Joe Sush]

That's a tie.

[Chris Reavers]

Is it really in the alley on the phone with someone?

[Joe Sush]

No, in fact, I'll put Pete Rose.

[Kenny Olson]

But Pete wasn't lovable.

[John Randall]

That's a good point. Kenny. No, Kenny makes a good point of magic.

[Chris Reavers]

In Cooper's town, just half a block away, it was Tony Oli or Harmon Killebrew and all these guys. And then an alley away he's on.

[Joe Sush]

The phone in his Zuba's working the alley.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Joe Sush]

Hoping somebody will ask him to sign something really sad.

[John Height]

Oh God.

[Joe Sush]

Take a time.

[Kenny Olson]

Hey Pete, before we do, I've been sitting on this email from Vic. We've got Vic Dorso, truck driver. The truck driver, long time g ele sent me an email a long time ago. I printed it out. I've been sitting on it meaning to tell everybody the story. It's pretty good because it involves a dum dum run, the CP and I bought a car at an auction in Florida. Now that's a g ler move.

[Joe Sush]

I love vic and his CP did.

[Kenny Olson]

Yep. Yeah, the old detectives car. 2016 Ford with 90k on it. He picked up the car, of course. Any car you buy at the auction, battery is going to be dead. So the first thing he had to do is put a battery and they replace it. They get it fired up and she is running rough, but it's got a full tank of gas. He gives it a generous like a whole bottle's worth of seafoam, lets it sit overnight, fires that thing up and not only does it run good, they drove it from Florida to St. Paul in 36 hours. The bad gas worked itself out and it has been running like a charm ever since. Another Seafoam success story. That's why the website is called seafoamworks.com because it really, truly works. And the great thing? It doesn't matter if you're in Florida, Minnesota or anywhere in between, you can find this stuff everywhere. Truly a wonderful product in a world of bad gas. Our best friend Seafoam.

[John Height]

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[Joe Sush]

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[Patrick]

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[Kenny Olson]

It's the end of the world as.

[Joe Sush]

We know it and he feels fine. Joe Sucere I got this from an emailer, but I can also corroborate it with a piece from the American Experiment. Todd writes, since the Family Leave act began just January 1st, the state has received more than 25,000 applications. A determination has been made on more than 10,000 of those applications, with approximately two thirds receiving approval. So that was approximately 6,600 approvals as of January 12, or 550 a day over a year. That comes to 200,750. CBS News also noted that the department expects it to approve around 130,000 claims from Minnesotans this year. So in mid January we were running at a rate 54% higher than expected. Here's from I think this is a Phelan piece from American Experiment. We are now a little over a month into the operation of Minnesota's new paid family and medical leave scheme. Since the program started, yes, it has received more than 25,000 applications. The department says it expects to approve around 130,000 claims this year. From October of 2023. After the program had been passed into.

[Patrick]

Law.

[Joe Sush]

Millman, a worldwide provider of actuarial and related products and services, conducted an actuarial analysis at the request of the state government. The key equation is expected benefit payments equals expected number of claims times expected claim duration times assumed average weekly benefit amount. Millman's analysis gives us two of these numbers, leaving us with 1,313,234,843 equals 200,750 times expected claim duration times assumed average weekly benefit amount. CBS News told us in mid January that the Department of Employment and Economic Development, which administers the scheme, and it is a scheme, there's no other way.

[Patrick]

To look at it.

[Joe Sush]

The average approval duration is just under nine weeks and that the average payment is $1,153 this week. If we plug these into the equation, we get $1,313,234. $234,843 equals 200,750 times 9 times 1,153. That doesn't add up with the numbers given by CBS News. The equation becomes 2,000,083. 2,000,083. No. 2,000,083.

[John Randall]

Can't get fooled again.

[Joe Sush]

We can't afford this. Exactly.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay, thanks.

[Joe Sush]

We can't. We can't afford this. I turned on expected expected benefit payments. The total amount of money paid out by Minnesota's scheme in 2026 rises by 56%, or 509 million, to over 2 billion so the money's not there to cover this because, like, this is typical. Seriously, like everything else Wall's administration has been involved in, this is a failure and will bankrupt us and is poorly planned and wasn't thoroughly thought out. This Walz administration has been completely ruinous to the state of Minnesota. I expected. Meaning Phelan writes this. I expected a surge of applications when the scheme launched and a higher daily rate of approvals because people can take time off in 2026 for events such as having a child, which occurred in 2025. As a result, I held off this until more information became available. If there had been the announcement reported by CBS News, surely there would be more. As far as I can tell, DEED's mid January update Department of Economic Employment. DEED's mid January update is the most recent we have and this matters. To come in at forecast, the daily rate of approvals after January 12th would have to drop by 37%. Is this likely? Well, we can only hope. Hopefully. DEED will sure share more light on this soon. If they do not, it is no doubt something our local newshounds will be all over. Sure they will. This plays right into progressive hands. They don't care. They're not paying for it. They don't pay tax. Most of those people don't pay tax.

[Kenny Olson]

But Joe, this is right on par with everything that they slammed through during that brief period when they had both sides, both the house. I mean, everything they did has been a failure.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah, I mean, cannabis, look at the weed thing. That's a disaster.

[Kenny Olson]

And they're hurting the people they were hoping to, you know, promote and people that they thought they would have success. No, they're doing the opposite.

[Joe Sush]

State will not be able to afford this scheme. It's that simple. And the state's answer, Rather than realize that they'll probably double down on higher taxes to pay for this, this having.

[Kenny Olson]

No end to it unless Lisa is elected. You saw some of her campaign promises, right?

[Joe Sush]

Only one way she can get elected. But I don't want to go into that again today.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, she's, I think she's taking your advice. I think that's the, the route she's taking.

[Joe Sush]

We need a competent, business savvy person who has moral and ethical integrity to be the governor of this state. We have not had that for eight years and the result is we are getting financially ruined. Walz has no legacy. His legacy is the ruining of this state. Here's John Haidt in his newsroom.

[John Height]

Thank you, Joe. This news is brought to you by North American Banking Company. One quick spot. Sports note. Football hall of Fame class for this year now official. It includes Twin Cities native Larry Fitzgerald. He makes it in his first year of eligibility. Also going in, in the first year of eligibility, Drew Brees. The other folks going in, Adam Vinia, Terry, Luke Kikley. And they're in their second seasons of eligibility, Roger Craig, the lone pick among seniors, coaches and contributors.

[Joe Sush]

I ain't got no complaint about that.

[John Randall]

Do you know the most impressive Larry Fitzgerald Jr. Is not the question of the day.

[Joe Sush]

Is he done playing, by the way?

[Chris Reavers]

Yes.

[Joe Sush]

He's smart then, because I think his brain still works.

[Chris Reavers]

He's also a really nice guy.

[John Randall]

You have to be out of the league for five years to play or to be voted in the hall of Fame.

[Joe Sush]

Oh, he hasn't played for quite a while.

[John Randall]

Correct.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

He has more tackles as a wide receiver than he does dropped passes.

[Patrick]

Wow.

[John Randall]

Which I thought was a very.

[Joe Sush]

That's a pretty good stat. That's a pretty good stat.

[Chris Reavers]

Now the Holy Angels kid that couldn't get into the academy, there was a.

[John Randall]

Cool photo that I don't know if he put it out or somebody else did that when he was the ball boy for the Vikings. And he's handing the football to Carter and Moss in Moss's rookie year. That's pretty cool.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah, that is cool.

[John Height]

One other sports note. It's not that important, but it just. The NBA is so weird with trades, et cetera. Right?

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Veteran point guard Mike Conley.

[John Randall]

He's back.

[John Height]

He's coming back.

[Joe Sush]

I think that's good.

[John Height]

To the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was traded a few days ago to Chicago. Then Chicago traded him to Charlotte. Charlotte waved him, making him a free agent. And the T. Wolves signed a bat.

[Joe Sush]

Good. And they didn't trade Jaden McDaniel.

[John Randall]

Correct.

[Joe Sush]

As little as I know about basketball, I would not have traded McDaniel, so I'm glad they didn't.

[John Randall]

He's a guy.

[Joe Sush]

He's one of the guy.

[John Height]

One traffic note for the weekend. That's just like the old days in radio, isn't it?

[Joe Sush]

It is like it. Traffic note.

[John Height]

Traffic notice for the weekend. A portion of I94 in September. St. Paul closed this weekend. The Department of Transportation closing Both directions of I94 between Highway 61 and Highway 52. That starts at 10 o' clock tonight and will remain in effect until 5 o' clock on Sunday.

[Chris Reavers]

61 to 52. Okay.

[John Height]

Correct.

[Kenny Olson]

They're laying bridge beams for the new Kellogg boulevard bridge over 94. That's in the Mounds Boulevard sweepers there.

[John Randall]

They really should reimagine 94, shouldn't they?

[Joe Sush]

I don't like to reimagine things.

[Kenny Olson]

That's a St. Paul project. Guess what the Guess what The detour is such.

[Joe Sush]

Oh. Oh God. I don't know. Through downtown Summit avenue.

[Kenny Olson]

No, it's 694 and 35E.

[Joe Sush]

Holy mackerel. That's about 30 miles worth.

[Kenny Olson]

Not even Highway 36. They want you to to take 694 the whole way.

[John Height]

Wow. In news, our friends at 5 Eyewitness News say they've confirmed with a source that the FBI and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are about to announce a joint investigation into the shooting of Alex Preddy. The BCA was blocked from the scene on the day pretty was shot by federal agents, but did return the next day on their own. It's not clear whether the same type of investigation might happen in the shooting of Renee Good. That announcement is expected soon, possibly as early as today. St. Paul mayor colleague her yesterday signed an ordinance prohibiting federal law enforcement from staging or conducting operational activity on any city owned property. The ordinance was written in collaboration with the city council. It also restricts federal law enforcement's access to non public areas and codifies the city's cease and desist order which directed the agents to leave city property. She said in her statement. When I was sworn into office one month ago, I pledged that St. Paul would set clear rules for federal immigration enforcement. No one could have predicted that less than a week later the surge would begin and masked agents would flood our city.

[Joe Sush]

I can tell Kaylee Kali her that there are areas in this town where I drive so slowly because of the corrupted roads. Yeah. And the people behind me, to their credit it aren't even getting angry at me.

[Chris Reavers]

They understand what you're saying.

[Joe Sush]

They realize, oh, this is a good idea. Let's do the slow.

[Kenny Olson]

Do you do the obstacle course? Do you weave? Bob and weave?

[Joe Sush]

If it calls for that, yeah. Sometimes the whole street I'm on is so bad you can't do the bob and weave. You just got to go one mile an hour.

[John Height]

Farmington Mayor Joshua Hoyt has resigned from office, effective immediately. In a letter submitted on Wednesday, Hoyt said his decision was to quote, focus on my mental health. All of this follows resignation comes after a confrontation. You've probably seen the video of this. It's been all over online. During Monday night's city council meeting, it arose from residents complaining about a strict five minute time limit placed on public comment. The policy was first instituted during the council's January 5 meeting a digital clock down a countdown clock was added on January 20. The argument on Monday night began when Farmington resident Nate Ryan was cut off and said the timer is, quote, taking our First Amendment rights away. Hoyt said, walk into an airport and yell bomb and see what happens. Nate, you're done. Ryan left the podium after a police officer approached, but then other citizens in the gallery got involved. Farmington City Council member David Pritzoff piped up, saying it's ridiculous to put a timer on people. Hoyt then banged his gavel, explained the timer was something the council agreed upon as a whole. He said it gets abused. We have to hold decorum. That's how rules work. Otherwise it's just a free for all and everybody does what they want when they want. And then what? Then it becomes an effing circus. At that point, a resident sitting in the front row went on an expletive laden tirade of his own. Another person in the room called Hoyt a racist son of a bitch before the mayor called for a recess. Council member Nick Leon will take Hoyt's place after acting mayor.

[Joe Sush]

This is Farmington.

[John Height]

Farmington.

[Kenny Olson]

This is why you move to the country and live on a gravel road right there.

[Joe Sush]

Well, that's Farmington. Yeah. Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Find yourself a gravel road, Joe.

[John Height]

Conservative activist and Florida Senate candidate arrested at the State Capitol yesterday after damaging an ice sculpture displaying the words Prosecute ice Jake language. Lang confirmed he kicked the ice sculpture so that it read Pearl Ice. The post was accompanied by video showing Lang kicking the display. Lange has a history. He was one of the January 6th rioters. He was arrested and indicted on January 29th, 2021. He sat in jail for nearly four years, waiting trial on an 11 count indictment for his actions at the Capitol, including charges of assaulting law enforcement with the deadly weapon. He was seen hitting Capitol officers with a baseball bat. Numerous he was released when President Trump pardoned all rioters for criminal actions and the attack on the Capitol. He's the same guy. You might remember this. He had to be rescued a couple weeks ago. He was in downtown Minneapolis. He was going to burn a Koran and he thought supporters would show up, but only about a dozen did and counter protesters showed up instead and started threatening him. He was rescued, ironically, by one of the counter protesters, hopped in a car and drove away. Lang was arrested, booked into Ramsey County Jail yesterday on suspicion of criminal damage to property. The veterans group behind the display, Common Defense, called Lang's actions an attack on the First Amendment. An investigation into the incident is active. Why don't we take a quick break here? Here from Mr. Reaver.

[John Randall]

Thank you, Johnny. The big game is coming up on Sunday and you should be stacking up. Big Game with all of the courtesy of wearenuts and wearenutsmn.com Boy oh boy, I had three silos at my disposal, just not that long ago. Well, they're all gone right now, so I have to stock up myself. So I'm going to be stopping at, let's see what's on the way home. Probably either Kowalski's or Fratelloni's, I guess. I don't know where I'm going to be stopping. But here's the thing. The jumbo cashews are a big hit. The snack mix is also a huge hit and so are the cinnamon toffee peanuts in my household. But you know what? You can see every single snack that they have to offer at their website, which is wearenutsmn.com Like I mentioned, Frattaloni's Hardware, Mac's Hardware, Kowalski's Markets, Luns and Barley's, Cub Foods County Market, Coburn's has the Hokey Pokey Popcorn right there on the end cap, aisle three. Joe, in case you were curious in Belle Plaine, Minnesota. But you can also see them in 700 different quick trip locations. It's a wonderful family owned operation that are making the best handmade snacks right here in the great state of Minnesota. Place your order and do it [e-mail] and let them know you heard about them here on the garagelogic podcast. Johnny.

[John Height]

Thanks Chris. Economic News Good news. Stocks rising today with this week's tech stock swoon fading out and the battered cryptocurrency market regaining some ground. I just checked a minute or two ago while Chris was doing his ad. The dow is up 1045 points, the NASDAQ 426 points, and the S&P 115 points for the day. At this point, the Trump administration asked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for the Washington region's Dulles International Airport and New York's Penn Station to be named after President Donald Trump in exchange for releasing the federal funds required to build a long delayed tunnel between New York, York and New Jersey. The administration halted funding for the $16 billion Gateway project at the start of the federal government shutdown last fall. Even though the shutdown ended in November and the full appropriations package passed this week, the administration has yet to release the money. The project includes a new railway tunnel under the Hudson river that would connect New Jersey and New York. The project underwent years of delays and other problems, but the Biden administration in 2024 agreed to provide an additional $6.9 billion. White House budget Director Russell Voight said at the time he was stopping funding for infrastructure projects to ensure that it wasn't used for, in his words, unconstitutional DEI principles. The states of New York and New Jersey have sued to force the administration to release the funds. The Gateway project warned it will be forced to halt construction soon if the money doesn't start flowing. The White House declined to comment on the report, and Schumer's office did not respond to a request for comment. A source close to Schumer told NBC News, there's nothing to trade here. The president stopped the funding. He can restart the funding with a snap of his fingers. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fired off some strong worded social media posts on Thursday calling for her testimony before the House Oversight Committee to be public. The former first lady and former President Bill Clinton agreed to testify later this month as part of the committee committee's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The agreement came just days before a potential vote to hold the Clintons in contempt for initially refusing to appear before the committee. Clinton said on Thursday they had been engaged with the committee in good faith, but the goalpost kept moving on what she called an exercise and distraction. We already told them what we know under oath and they ignored all of it. She challenged Chairman James Comey Comer, excuse me to allow the country to watch their testimony live. And while Comer has not responded, it appears President Trump is not a fan of the Clintons being forced to testify. He told an NBC reporter on Wednesday, it bothers me that someone is going after Bill Clinton. See, I like Bill Clinton. Trump acknowledged the precedent it does set. Those Democrats are already talking about subpoenaing him if they retake control of the House in the midterms.

[Kenny Olson]

Wait a second, wait a second, John. Leaving politics completely out of it? 100% out of it. What does those what do those two presidents talk about when they're sitting at the bar together?

[Joe Sush]

Well, Clinton and Trump.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Sush]

Well, undefeated.

[Kenny Olson]

Trick question. Defeated? Yep.

[John Height]

The owner of a tiny sketch sent a photo of it to an auction house's online valuation portal. They have had no idea of its significance. The drawing barely bigger than a hand, it depicts only a foot with its heel slightly raised off the ground in the outline of a shadow underneath. Yet yesterday it sold for $27.2 million, including fees, at a Christie's sale in New York. After the auction house identified Michelangelo as the artist responsible, the Renaissance master sketched out the foot using red chalk, trying to get ready for one of his frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling at the Vatican. If you peer closely at the Libyan Sybil on the chapter chapel ceiling, an enormous figure turning to place a book behind herself, you can see the corresponding foot looking exactly as the chalk drawing.

[Joe Sush]

I missed it. I've seen the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

[Chris Reavers]

What did you think?

[Joe Sush]

I didn't see the foot.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, you got a.

[Joe Sush]

By the foot.

[John Height]

Even though the sketch was previously unknown to scholars, there were some clues to its providence. Michelangelo's name appears at the bottom left of the drawing in the same handwriting as the inscription on the Mets. And after months of detective work by leading experts, they say, yes, it actually was one of Michelangelo's drawings.

[Joe Sush]

I missed a foot.

[Kenny Olson]

Joe, when you went through there, do you. Does it have to be a guided tour, or can you go in on your own?

[Joe Sush]

Going on your own.

[Kenny Olson]

Can you lay down?

[Joe Sush]

I think I did. Okay.

[John Height]

The same family had owned the drawing for more than 200 years after Armand Francois Louis Nemestral de Sanborn Saffron.

[John Randall]

Oh, yeah.

[John Height]

A Swiss diplomat working for the king of Denmark acquired it during his travels around Europe in the 18th century. He passed it on to his nephew and his descent was. Attendants kept the drawing until they decided to auction it. Christie's did not identify the buyer.

[John Randall]

They have, like, a sports bar in there making you stop by.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, it's a Catholic church, so obviously.

[John Height]

The back room, huh?

[Kenny Olson]

I've never been so shocked in my whole life. I got loaded in a Catholic church. Yeah, I. Well, I hope he forgives me.

[Chris Reavers]

Thank you. Heidi never worked at the tree lot.

[Joe Sush]

John, thank you.

[John Height]

Okay. Sure.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[Joe Sush]

Patrick.

[John Randall]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Sush]

Why do we do it? Hurry up.

[Chris Reavers]

How about a little seafoam on there?

[Patrick]

Fetch her item.

[Joe Sush]

Oh, God.

[John Randall]

Yes.

[Joe Sush]

Hey, pat.

[Patrick]

Yes, Joseph.

[Joe Sush]

11. Ex Vikings in the Super Bowl.

[Patrick]

Really? Holy cow.

[Joe Sush]

Four Seahawks. Quarterback Sam Darnold, linebacker Chaz Surratt, running back Cam Akers, cornerback Shaquille Griffin. Seven Patriots starting center, Gary Garrett. Bradbury, starting wide receiver Stefan Diggs, starting nose tackle, Kyrese's Tonga offensive lineman.

[Patrick]

I remember him.

[Joe Sush]

Offensive lineman Vederian Low, quarterback Joshua Dobbs, wide receiver Trent Sherfield, senior. And defensive tackle, Jacqueline Roy.

[Patrick]

Joshua Dobbs is a backup there. Good for him. He was our hero for about two weeks there, wasn't he?

[John Randall]

The pastronaut.

[Patrick]

Like he was running the past or not. Yeah, right. The passer. Not. Or whatever his name was. But good for him. I didn't know he still had a job, so he's probably the third teamer there, but that's okay.

[Joe Sush]

Seven former Vikings coaches in the Super Bowl. Five for Seattle, two for New England. Seattle offensive coordinator Clint Kubiak, assistant head coach Leslie Frazier, run game coordinator Rick Denison, quarterbacks coach Andrew Janako and safeties coach Jeff Howard. Two for New England, Downing and outside linebackers coach Mike Smith.

[Patrick]

Yes. And by the way, two former ninth grade coaches at assistant ninth grade coaches from Eden Prairie, Downing and Brian Ayers, who's the genius of the modern era of scouting for the other team, Todd Downing at New England. And then Ayres has got a good job out at Seattle.

[John Randall]

And doesn't Seattle also feature the only NFL personnel person to come from Fulda, Minnesota?

[Patrick]

Folda, Minnesota. Yes. Mr. Kirschner is from Fold. Trent Kirchner's from Folda.

[Joe Sush]

Men.

[Patrick]

Former Johnny went down, hung out outside the Indianapolis Stadium during the combine, harassing people until somebody finally talked to him. And he worked his way up from, you know, basically stapling together papers to being the vice president of player personnel for the Seahawks for about 10, 12 years.

[Joe Sush]

Remind me why Stefan Diggs was let go.

[John Randall]

He was traded to the Bills for.

[Patrick]

He was.

[John Randall]

Well, they got Jefferson as part of that package. They got a few picks and then Buffalo traded him to Houston. Houston caught him and then he signed with New England as a free agent.

[Patrick]

We got a little domestic situation going on with him right now, don't we?

[John Randall]

I believe so, yes.

[Patrick]

Did he make some headlines with.

[Joe Sush]

One.

[Patrick]

Of the girlfriends, you know, and him had a little dispute, but it's. It hasn't cost him a spot on the team as of yet.

[John Height]

It actually wasn't a girlfriend in this case, Patrick. It was his personal chef who was a female.

[John Randall]

Oh, that's right.

[Patrick]

Oh, that's right.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah.

[Patrick]

He didn't like the. Didn't like the cooking, I guess. What was it? What. What did he. The. The turnips were overdone or what the hell was going on?

[Joe Sush]

I don't know.

[John Randall]

All you need to know about Stefan is, is there's a Vikings video from years ago in which Brian Robinson went around the locker room and said, what teammate would you not want to date your sister? And every single player said, stefan Diggs, everybody.

[Patrick]

It was unanimous.

[John Randall]

Yes. Wasn't even close.

[Joe Sush]

What do you got on your mind, son?

[Patrick]

Well, let me say one thing. Wide receivers as an element are probably the one you don't want to date.

[Joe Sush]

You're just.

[Patrick]

What position does he play wide receiver? No, I don't want him to date.

[Chris Reavers]

See you later.

[Patrick]

Yes. Right. They're all crazy. So Nana now just doesn't. Justin hasn't having any of those problems, but you know.

[Joe Sush]

Oh, he seems to lead a quiet, modest life, doesn't he? He.

[Patrick]

But he's into fashion now, right?

[Joe Sush]

Isn't he?

[Patrick]

Like. Like you're producing fashion. I don't want to ride.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Patrick]

I want you to be out there and you know, war. War clothes.

[Joe Sush]

Not.

[Patrick]

Not fashion. But anyway, he's okay. What else is on my mind? I am not excited for this super bowl.

[Joe Sush]

Are you?

[Patrick]

I don't really care who wins.

[Joe Sush]

I don't either. But I suppose if I had to pick somebody, it'd be interesting to see Darnold win it.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Patrick]

Yes. Yeah. We could give the Vikings even more heat.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah.

[Patrick]

But you know. And he seemed like a decent fellow when he was here, so. The other way. But I expect Seattle, which has been very conservative and played against two great defenses. I expect them to come out and throw it around a lot more. And the Drake May is going to be asked to, you know, throw for. Throw for 300 yards instead of 150 or something like he's been doing. So I think that. I think that'll happen. But has this occurred before? That the super bowl is the same. Is basically kicking off at the same time as the Olympics? That's quite a clash of headlines, isn't it?

[Joe Sush]

Yeah. The opening ceremonies for the Olympics are underway if not completed. But we get them at 7 o' clock tonight or whatever.

[John Randall]

Prime time preview.

[Patrick]

But I wonder if they also can be seen live somewhere because.

[Joe Sush]

Well, I'm sure. Yeah, streaming. So.

[Patrick]

Yeah, I mean in the past they pretty much packaged the Olympic stuff and played it at night. And of course as Reavers knows, we did everything we could to break the surprise that people as they wanted to watch.

[John Randall]

Well, it wasn't even.

[Joe Sush]

Wouldn't.

[John Randall]

You wouldn't even set up the audience properly. You would say, oh God, yeah, the twins. Derek Falby is gonna say, oh, and.

[Joe Sush]

Hey, we won the gold.

[John Randall]

And Bob's letting.

[Patrick]

We tried to give them every excuse we could not to listen to us. They're watching you.

[John Randall]

It was.

[Patrick]

It was a strange. I gotta admit looking back now, it was a strange bit of a marketing, wasn't it?

[Joe Sush]

Really was.

[John Randall]

Pass.

[Kenny Olson]

You should write a book on how to get your ass fired. Wait a minute. I think I could contribute a few chapters to that.

[John Randall]

Kenny's got chapter four.

[Joe Sush]

I think the opening ceremonies are always interesting. To see if there's some sort of gothic, sexual. Sexual religious overtones to something.

[Patrick]

Yeah. Like they had. Of course, one way to get fired from a morning or get replaced from a morning show is have a.

[Joe Sush]

Has a.

[Patrick]

Have a traffic guy and a producer who hated each other standing there. That was always good chemistry.

[Joe Sush]

You can't beat chemistry. Real chemistry.

[Kenny Olson]

I think hate is a strong word.

[Patrick]

Well, seriously, dislike.

[Kenny Olson]

How about, yeah, he hated me and I was afraid of him.

[Joe Sush]

I don't even know who the hell you're talking about.

[Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Unless you were kidding. But I think, you know what, if he also had the. The advantage of being producer, who had the hosts afraid of him too.

[John Randall]

You know, though, I think that the last chapter for The Royce Co. Morning extravaganza was when the two hosts of the show would spend the last eight minutes. Minutes bitching about who booked the worst guest.

[Patrick]

There you go.

[Joe Sush]

What a recap.

[Patrick]

Way to go, Cole. You had by far the worst guest today. Yeah, it was fun. It was fun.

[Joe Sush]

Why?

[Patrick]

It didn't last very long, that's for sure. So I don't know what else is going on here. We got. So we got a hockey team that's fantastic. But they have to take three weeks off here and we have a basketball ball team that didn't make the idiotic Giantis trade.

[Joe Sush]

So I'm all, oh, I'm pleased. As little as I know. I did not want to see McDaniels get treated. No. Is it McDaniels or McDaniels?

[John Randall]

Jaden McDaniels.

[Joe Sush]

Yes, there is an S. And they.

[Patrick]

Got a six foot five guard coming in from the Bulls who can make a shot, I guess. And the, the great thing about the NBA is Mike Michael Connolly got traded twice and never left Minnesota. Now he's back, right?

[John Randall]

He was sitting at home.

[Joe Sush]

I wonder if he did physically leave Minnesota.

[Patrick]

Oh, no, no. They told him. I'm sure. Here's what's going to happen. You're going to get released and then we want you back.

[Joe Sush]

And.

[Patrick]

But they did. I didn't know that. I don't think they knew he was going to get released twice.

[John Randall]

Did you see the Bulls Twitter account post about him saying, we can't thank Mike Conley enough for his long 10 year stay with the Chicago Bulls?

[Joe Sush]

Why wouldn't Charlotte have wanted him?

[Patrick]

Because they, you know, they. They're younger than that and they got a future. And this is, this is about the only place that Mike get minutes. And now he's not going to get as many if that guy from Chicago can play.

[Joe Sush]

But my sources tell me the guy from Chicago is very good.

[Patrick]

Oh, okay.

[Joe Sush]

I have a young source who follows.

[John Randall]

Oh, I suppose, yeah. You got a Bulls correspondent?

[Patrick]

Hell yeah, we did. We do have one problem with him. He's got another guy with a hard to pronounce name here, so. Right, what's it, what's it, what is the. I think we gotta call him by the first name IO or something like that, so.

[Joe Sush]

Ayo Donanuso. Way to go.

[Patrick]

That's good. Well, he's supposed to be a player, that's for sure. You know where I spent last evening?

[Joe Sush]

I don't.

[Patrick]

Historic St. Paul Curling Club. What a great club.

[Joe Sush]

Isn't that neat?

[Patrick]

Yeah, over there on Selby. And I was talking to John Ordway. You know, the Ordways have been there since the beginning in 1912. One of their, you know, their great grandfather was one of the, one of the founders of the place. But John was telling me how they had like a big bond spiel coming to town, so they decided to add two rigs over on the side. And they basically did it by putting a lean to above, above the two lane, the two lanes or whatever they call them, but seven and eight. And it was temporary and it lasted from 1939 until 1982 when the city said, because the city condemned it, so they had to put a new thing in there and new two lanes there and. But they have, they have a Tuesday during the summer. They have a Tuesday night work club and it's all volunteer and these guys come in there and you know, they get dozen, 15, 20 people to show up and they work on everything for, you know, for the free Tuesday night to get it back in shape for the next season.

[Joe Sush]

So are you telling me that John Ordway is here in the winter?

[Josh Arnold]

No.

[Patrick]

Comes back.

[John Randall]

Okay.

[Patrick]

He goes, he goes to Arizona and then he does come back.

[Chris Reavers]

But you're saying six months in a day?

[Joe Sush]

No.

[Patrick]

Oh, no, I don't think he's where. I don't think he's tax dodgers like the Florida crew. You know, he's back more often than not.

[Joe Sush]

Got it.

[Patrick]

He's got grandkids now, so he's gotta, he's got to worry about those. But yeah, it's place and these, you know, it's become very. A lot of, a lot of gals now. The next president there is going to be a woman and the second time and they're. It's a, It's a wonderful old place, Pat.

[Joe Sush]

I'll talk to you on Monday.

[Patrick]

Did you ever curl, by the way?

[Joe Sush]

I never curled. I've been to that club you're talking about and I've watched it. I've never curled.

[Patrick]

Yes, it's. It's an interesting sport and invented by the Scots, who once the golf season was over, they still didn't want to spend time with their wives, so they invented curling so they could do. They could do something in the winter when the golf season.

[Joe Sush]

I think the stones come from a certain place in Scotland also.

[Kenny Olson]

One mine.

[Chris Reavers]

Yep.

[Patrick]

Yeah, it's. It. It's astounding. It's. You know, they. They ship those babies. It can't be. The shipping can't be cheap. It costs a lot of money for those. They're. They're heavy.

[Joe Sush]

That's right. They're heavy. Yeah. They got handles on them.

[Patrick]

Yes, they do. It's a very odd sport.

[Joe Sush]

It is. Say the least. It's made for smoking and drinking.

[Chris Reavers]

Yes, sir.

[Patrick]

Yes. Yes, it is. Just like golf.

[Joe Sush]

That's right. All right. Goodbye. All right. Why don't you take your time out if you want.

[Patrick]

See you later. I got it.

[Joe Sush]

No, no, no, no. Oh, what am I doing? I'm not thinking is what you're doing.

[John Randall]

Hang on, hang on.

[Kenny Olson]

I mean, plus, you could give some syrup away, don't you?

[Joe Sush]

Yes, I do.

[Chris Reavers]

We got to get this done. Yeah.

[Joe Sush]

The fun begins now. Reverse. What are you doing?

[John Randall]

I gotta wait for this to fade out, brah.

[Joe Sush]

Well, I can't find.

[John Randall]

You're looking for your copy.

[Joe Sush]

I got it. I got it. Get rid of that song.

[Chris Reavers]

Get rid of that song.

[Joe Sush]

Play the song you're supposed to play.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm listening to the song.

[John Randall]

That's why I was gonna wait for it to fade, but.

[Kenny Olson]

It'S your first day on the job.

[John Height]

It.

[John Randall]

It feels like it. Honestly.

[Joe Sush]

It's a scramble.

[Kenny Olson]

Get rid of all of that.

[John Height]

It's like.

[Kenny Olson]

Get rid of all of it.

[Chris Reavers]

So I was at the other.

[Joe Sush]

At Walmart. I went to the leather store. Sean Demulling. Are you listening?

[Chris Reavers]

To what?

[Joe Sush]

Not anymore. No. He was listening.

[John Randall]

I deserve that.

[Joe Sush]

Sean Demulling of New Richmond, Wisconsin, you are the Gler of the week. You win the Masters. Maples gift box, right?

[John Randall]

Yes.

[Joe Sush]

Sean Demulling. I hope I'm pronouncing that right. You are of New Richmond, Wisconsin. Congratulations, Sean. You are Gl er of the week.

[Chris Reavers]

Yes, you are.

[John Randall]

As long as we're promoting stuff right now, why don't you tell everybody where we're gonna be a week from today?

[Joe Sush]

Golf show.

[John Randall]

That's right.

[Joe Sush]

The 2026. Good. The 2026 North American Banking Company, Minnesota Golf Show. February 13th through Sunday, February 15th. Next weekend at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

[John Randall]

We're going to be there all weekend.

[Joe Sush]

No, just Friday. Oh, and you can try out equipment and get great clothing. It deals lessons. It's pebble beach weekend. That'll be on the big screen in the 19th hole. But here's a really good part. Well, it's all good, but here's what's interesting. Each ticket purchase comes with access to 15 free greens fee passes. Greens.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, you know, you play golf your entire life. How do you not not.

[Joe Sush]

Because this is written clumsily.

[Chris Reavers]

Greens fee.

[Joe Sush]

How about each ticket purchase comes with access to 15 free greens fee pass.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay.

[Joe Sush]

There.

[John Randall]

Wow.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay.

[Joe Sush]

To purchase tickets, visit Men Golf Show. That's one word. Mingolfshow.com.

[Patrick]

What'S up, Doc?

[Joe Sush]

All right. Thank you. Thank you. David Johnson writes Hail the Garage Wood King. I've heard better. I've been collecting vintage advertising since the 80s, and watching current prices is showing a problem in our economy. A sign I may have paid $800 for in 1995 just sold for $17,000.

[John Randall]

What?

[Joe Sush]

And not just that sign. Everything for the last three has gone insane. Investment grade advertising is now an alternative to gold. Question mark. And he sent me a picture. An old oil site. I can't remember the name of it.

[Kenny Olson]

Porcelain.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah. Porcelain.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Sush]

And it was a beautiful sign. Had some flaws in it, but I think they're looking for that. It's certain. Panache. Certain. What's the word I want? What's the word I'm looking for?

[Chris Reavers]

Genre.

[Joe Sush]

No, no.

[John Randall]

Panache.

[Kenny Olson]

No, no, no.

[Joe Sush]

Shoot.

[Kenny Olson]

It's got rust and shit on it.

[Chris Reavers]

On it.

[Joe Sush]

Oh.

[Chris Reavers]

Weathered.

[Joe Sush]

No.

[Kenny Olson]

Patina.

[Joe Sush]

Patina.

[John Randall]

Thank you.

[Kenny Olson]

Come on, brain. You can do it. Come on.

[Joe Sush]

Well, my question would be, why does he think this is a problem in the economy? This is great if you're a sign collector. He paid 800 bucks for a sign in the 80s. That sign's now worth 17 grand.

[Kenny Olson]

I find that disturbing. And I blame those two morons from Iowa for driving the price up.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah, the pickers.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, I can't wait till they turn.

[Chris Reavers]

Into my driveway trying to buy the Cirrhosis.

[Kenny Olson]

You're right. I don't have anything to offer. Why would they?

[Joe Sush]

Only because they come to us all the way from Kaiwaka, New Zealand, from the traveling Lymans. It was on this day.

[John Randall]

Joe, today is February.

[Joe Sush]

So it was on this day in Redwood county was established and named after the Redwood river. Previously part of Brown county, the territory would later become, in addition to Redwood, the counties of Locky, Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and Yellow Medicine. This is one of my favorite this days in history. Every year it's on this day.

[Chris Reavers]

Announces, will you be quiet?

[Joe Sush]

Counties on this date.

[Chris Reavers]

You be quiet the whole show. And you were doing serious shit. Now it's fun time. Hey, what's up with this drunk guy?

[Joe Sush]

On this day in 1967, Duluth's Accordionaires, a group of 24 accordion players, gave a triumphal concert in their Hometown. Organized in 1950, the group had performed around the world, including stops in Japan and the Soviet Union. Accordion players only two stops they went.

[Chris Reavers]

Around the world, Japan and the Soviet Union.

[Joe Sush]

That was included in the stops. On this day in sports disappointment history.

[John Randall]

Who'd we lose to on February 6th?

[Joe Sush]

Well, on this day in 1975, Fighting Saints, Mike Walton got a beer and a foreign object thrown at him in San Diego. And on this day, Feb.6 in 1975, in that same game, Mike Walton hit a fan in the nose with his stick and was charged with assault.

[Chris Reavers]

The Saints went as far west as San Diego to play.

[Joe Sush]

Yeah. On this day, the gulls.

[John Randall]

February 6th.

[Joe Sush]

In 2006, after threat of contraction and years of failed stadium bills, a Hennepin county district judge ruled Carl Polad could sell or relocate after the 2006 season. Neither. He sold? I think. He didn't move?

[John Randall]

No.

[Joe Sush]

What did they sell?

[John Randall]

Poland.

[Joe Sush]

Never sold it. Oh, they still own it. That's right. On this day? On this day, February 6th. Yeah. Well, I was thinking Carl, but Carl died. He didn't sell anything. Yeah. On this day, February in 2021, the Wolves gave up 83 points in the first half against OKC. That's amazing. That's a lot of points. I wonder if they won that game. I bet they didn't.

[Chris Reavers]

Why can't they do that every night?

[Joe Sush]

They did give up 83 points in one half. Good Lord, that's something. Well, you know, it's super bowl weekend. That's an American tradition.

[John Randall]

What time are we coming over for snacks?

[Joe Sush]

Oh, I'd say get. Get there about seven.

[Chris Reavers]

What dish are you making? Dish?

[Joe Sush]

I don't know if I'm going to make a dish. I'm on a campaign though. I think I'm going to get my way. Well, I. My argument would be, why have anything?

[Chris Reavers]

It's a day of gluttony.

[Joe Sush]

No, but it's a day of grazing. You don't need a sit down meal, just have regular junk Laying around.

[Chris Reavers]

I agree with you there.

[Joe Sush]

You don't need a meal.

[John Randall]

What is the process at the Mikulski house?

[Chris Reavers]

Provisions are being procured as we speak. I don't know what I'm doing yet. I might be some teriyaki chicken strips.

[Kenny Olson]

There's 100 chance I won't see one second of any of it.

[Chris Reavers]

What? Bad Bunny?

[Kenny Olson]

I don't even know who's playing.

[Chris Reavers]

Can I just give you a just a 10 second recap of not a you asked about Bad Bunny.

[John Randall]

This will take 10 seconds.

[Chris Reavers]

No, this was. This is from people in my family, Sophia. Chuck chimes in with Bad Bunny. Love Bad Bunny. His music is just vibey and you can feel his dedication. Heart.

[John Height]

Heart.

[Joe Sush]

You had to share that with.

[Chris Reavers]

His songs are very fun even if you don't know what he's saying. He's got a restaurant in Miami.

[Joe Sush]

Who sent you this?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, this was Haley. That was Sophia, the friend. First one. My daughter in law and my daughter.

[Kenny Olson]

For those not listening. Are they?

[Chris Reavers]

I have family members that watch on YouTube daily.

[John Randall]

Wow. Like you should be doing. By the way, those of you that had the over at 10 seconds you can cash your tickets.

[Kenny Olson]

That's not happening in my house.

[John Randall]

No, mine neither.

[Joe Sush]

Not quite there. Mine neither.

[John Randall]

Watch us on YouTube each and every.

[Joe Sush]

Single day or not.

[John Randall]

And hit subscribe yeah or no. And you can also follow us along on all of our social media channels which includes Facebook, Instagram and X. And you know what? If you were a town council member.

[John Height]

You would have been able to see.

[John Randall]

Rookie bringing in the busted toilet seat from stall number one.

[Joe Sush]

You have to get out of here.

[Chris Reavers]

I don't know if I can.

[John Randall]

Which is being sent home with sutury.

[Joe Sush]

You're getting it out of here.

[Chris Reavers]

Look behind you.

[John Randall]

Have a great week at gls. It is time once again that we check in with our guy, Mr. Money Talk. Josh Arnold is with us once again right here in garagelogic. And now is the time for you to do the same. So do not delay, do exactly what I did and pick up that phone and dial 952-925-5608. That number once again is 952-925-5608. When you call that number, you're going to get Josh and he is there for you for that. Free. Yes, I did use the word free. 48 minute financial consultation again with zero obligation. And he will always give you the straight talk. He will never give you the sugar coated advice. And he is on the line with us once again right here in garagelogic. And boy Josh, a couple of big rebounds right now. Basketball pun not intended.

[Kenny Olson]

And you know what?

[John Randall]

The betting line is changing and are we seeing more spending right now?

[Josh Arnold]

Spend, spend, spend, spend on artificial intelligence spend on the build out. Yes, the world has changed for certain types of software that would still be used in this new world. But the need for compute only seems to be increasing. And spending by Microsoft Meta Alphabet which only owns Google and now Amazon is a big big number spending on artificial intelligence and build out data centers to add on chip. For this year these four companies have upped their capital expenditures to about $660 billion. I've seen some comparisons even with Amazon Amazon an increase in spending to $200 billion which which when Amazon reported their earnings last night really surprised both investors large and small. I know the number did surprise me when it was announced and that bending number alone took Amazon stock down an additional. It was down yesterday almost 10% and it dropped another 7% last night on the earnings call. I had felt that the earnings call would be more focused not on the spending to which which was expected to come in around 150 billion. But I expected the focus to be Amazon Web Services and its growth. Indeed Amazon did beat analyst expectations of growth at 21%. For Amazon Web Services they came in at growth at 24% and now Amazon Web Services has seen accelerating growth for say the first time in a while. Amazon CEO said that growth of AWS would have been more had Amazon had enough capacity to deal with that. And I think that is one of the the reasons for the spend. Amazon advertising also increased by a significant amount and their revenue number did beat per share missed by a penny. But analysts said we're focused on the sheer size of the capital expenditure number. It wasn't 150 billion that was expected. The number was 200 billion. And now questions come I'll say additional questions. Questions come not only over Amazon but of Google, Meta, Microsoft and others who have been increasing their spending. And the question is will will these companies get a return on investment? My sense is yes they are going to get a return on investment as the need will say for is only going to increase particularly as we enter into what I call Internet 3.0 that being the use of artificial intelligence that that has really changed the dynamics say for a lot of both software and hardware. I am still of the belief that Amazon favorite Apple my those are my two largest buying my clients two largest positions continue to be beneficial beneficiaries both on the short and longer term of the artificial intelligence will say revolution as will companies like Google, which right now seems to hold a very strong lead. Microsoft from reports that I have seen seems to have some issues particularly around their Copilot subscription service for integrating AI. Users are said to like Google Gemini or OpenAI's ChatGPT Chat GPT over Copilot. So that has given Microsoft some issue. Microsoft stock is still significantly down from its its recent high but this AI revolution up pound the table on that is not in a bubble although there will be be plenty of issues around which companies large and small will end up being the benefit the longer term beneficiary of that. This will be I'll say very interesting and very very very exciting. Meantime, there has been a lot of lost value on Wall street and unless you were forced to sell or panic sold over the last last several days or weeks, just the values have gone down and yes they might stay down but you have yet to realize we'll say realize a loss the same time with the amount of leverage or investing on margin. Extremely speculative spaces. Those investors you know have really hurt them hurt themselves. Being on margin, not only at Martin, not for the faint of heart, may sound good on the way up, not so much on the way down. Meantime, the predictions markets and we'll say the the bookies have put a very tight thread that slightly favors at this point the Seattle Seahawks for the upcoming Super Bowl. That that spread of course could change as the as the game gets closer, but a very very tight spread that could of course provide some benefits to fanduel draftkings that MGM among others in the coming week. And then after the Super Bowl, I'll say the next big big thing of course is March Madness. Get ready. We'll say to place your place your bets, but I'm not so sure the prediction markets are the place to be.

[John Randall]

Excellent advice as always, Mr. Money Talk. You heard him G ers. 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 9 5K-925-5608 where you always get straight talk and never ever sugarcoated advice. Josh, as always, thank you so much for the time and the chat. Enjoy the rest of your day. Have a fantastic weekend and we'll talk to you again next week.

[Josh Arnold]

Look forward to it. Thanks Chris.

[Joe Sush]

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[John Randall]

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[Joe Sush]

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[John Randall]

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