2/9 Bad Bunny was merely a business decision by the NFL

Summary

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Garage Logic – Episode Summary

Episode Title: "Bad Bunny was merely a business decision by the NFL"
Date: February 9, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray ("The Mayor") with Chris Reavers, John Height, Gabe, John Randall, Kenny Olson
Produced By: Gamut Podcast Network

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Overview

This episode of Garage Logic finds Joe Soucheray and the cast in their usual seat of Gumption County, dissecting everything from the Minnesota winter and state bureaucracy to the Super Bowl halftime show. The central discussion revolves around government accountability, rampant welfare fraud in Minnesota, the DMV’s quasi-private model as a possible solution, and the cultural kerfuffle over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime appearance, which Joe argues is simply a rational business move by the NFL—not a political statement. The tone is witty, skeptical, and often irreverent, with plenty of classic Minnesota regional references and back-and-forth banter.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Super Bowl Fallout & Halftime Show Debates

• The episode opens with chatter about the post-Super Bowl “should it be a holiday” tradition and segues into the halftime show—a major theme.
• The cast discusses the online backlash to Bad Bunny's halftime performance, highlighting that the outrage from both sides is overblown.
• Joe quotes a piece from Colby Hall (Mediaite) that mocks America’s over-politicization of pop culture events and supports the take that the halftime show is simply a business decision for the NFL, looking to reach new demographics, not a cultural revolution.
• The hosts ridicule both the conservative uproar at the “cultural displacement” and the progressive deification of Bad Bunny’s appearance.
• Quote (Joe Soucheray, 39:23): “It was never meant to unify the nation, heal divides, or signal the moral direction of the republic. Treating it as any of these things requires a level of seriousness that borders on parody. It’s like getting mad at someone else’s screensaver.”

Timestamps:

• [35:20] Halftime show as emblematic of today’s politics.
• [39:23] Colby Hall’s editorial quoted at length.
• [43:32] Discussion of the President’s response on Truth Social.

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2. Minnesota Bureaucracy & Welfare Fraud

DMV Model as Government Reform

• Joe relays a listener letter about a 17-year-old unpaid DMV fine that had to be settled to get a license, marveling at the DMV’s ability to enforce compliance compared to the rest of state government.
• Debate ensues about the structure of the DMV in Minnesota: quasi-private satellite offices operate as contractors, incentivizing performance and accountability.
• Joe proposes this as a model to be applied to problematic state agencies, especially the Department of Human Services (DHS), arguing that outsourcing and privatized competition could reduce fraud and boost accountability.
• Gabe is skeptical, suggesting the people in power don’t actually want savings passed to taxpayers.
• Quote (Joe Soucheray, 19:27): "Certain of those programs could follow the DMV model. Have you ever heard of fraud in the DMV? It's really hard to commit it."

Minnesota DHS Scandals

• Coverage of the latest audit on DHS, revealing grants issued without process or documentation, staffers backdating and fabricating documents, and a manager who paid out $672,000 to a grantee then left to consult for them.
• Discussion on auditor Judy Randall’s damning report and whether criminal charges might follow.
• Soucheray laments that ballooning state budgets and lack of oversight have bred this environment and calls for radical new ways to run such agencies (e.g., more contractor-run, DMV-style competitive offices).
• Quote (Judy Randall, 27:31): “She called it a systemic problem within DHS.”

Timestamps:

• [07:59] Listener’s DMV story.
• [12:23] Mechanisms and structure of DMV satellite offices.
• [22:13] John Height on 13 Medicaid services and 5,800 providers to validate.
• [26:27] Judy Randall’s audit findings and criminal investigation prospects.

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3. Minnesota Politics and Leadership Vacuum

• Disillusionment with both major parties and state leadership ensues, with Amy Klobuchar and Governor Walz singled out for presiding over a broken system (though Soucheray still hedges on labeling Klobuchar as corrupt, while openly accusing Ilhan Omar).
• Discussion of the impossibility of reforming Minnesota’s problems with someone steeped in the current system—calls for a bipartisan, “strong, independent” outsider.
• Chris Mattle dropping out of the gubernatorial race gets referenced as a rare act of integrity.
• Quote (Joe Soucheray, 32:05): “Nothing would surprise me. No, nothing would surprise me. And I don't know how Amy, as steeped as she is in DFL ideology, DFL dynamics... she's not the first one I would turn to to fix this state.”

Timestamps:

• [30:19] Riffing on the intractability of statehouse politics.
• [32:39] Who could actually reform Minnesota politics?

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4. Lightheartedness & Classic GL Banter

• Regular jabs about Minnesota weather, hockey, Lindsey Vonn’s skiing exploits, and the everyday absurdities of bureaucratic life (from garage doors to ring cameras).
• Satiric detours: e.g., an extended (satirical) Trump impression by Sean Farosh lampooning both Bad Bunny and Trump’s own image with rabbit jokes (see [51:46]).
• Tech paranoia segment on Ring cameras, with Gabe warning of privacy invasions and others laughing off the risks.
• Ongoing “Day in Minnesota History” trivia, including obscure sports and agricultural facts.

Timestamps:

• [51:46] Faux ‘Trump’ rant against Bad Bunny
• [63:13] Ring camera privacy debate and Alexa jokes
• [76:19] Minnesota history trivia

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5. Halftime Show—Business, Not ‘Woke’

• Repeatedly, Joe and crew insist the NFL selected Bad Bunny for his global popularity and potential to grow the Latin American market—a rational, demographic-driven move.
• Halftime performers no longer get paid, making it a massive marketing opportunity for already-huge artists.
• Joe argues the political backlash and manufactured social meaning ascribed to the act is misplaced; it “was just a halftime show.”
• Quote (Joe Soucheray, 42:33): "This had nothing to do with anything except the NFL cleverly marketing itself to ever new audiences...it was your president who decided to make this political.”

Timestamps:

• [41:32] Halftime act selection as pure business calculus.
• [43:33] Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ post and making halftime political.

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Notable Quotes

• Joe Soucheray [39:23]: "Treating [the halftime show] as any of these things requires a level of seriousness that borders on parody. It’s like getting mad at someone else’s screensaver."
• Judy Randall [27:31]: “She called it a systemic problem within DHS.”
• Gabe, skeptical about government savings [25:02]: "You're making the assumption, though, that the people in places of power are interested in putting more money into the taxpayer's wallet, and I don't think that's the case..."
• Joe Soucheray [19:27]: "Certain of those programs could follow the DMV model. Have you ever heard of fraud in the DMV? It's really hard to commit it."
• Joe Soucheray [33:03]: “Male or female, Black, white, red, blue, I don't care. With a background in business and a background in some public service to step forward. We haven't heard from this person yet.”
• Joe Soucheray [42:02]: “The NFL’s not looking for the older crowd. They’re shrewd.”
• John Height [46:49]: “CBS reporting it's the most ever watched halftime show with 135 million views.”

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Memorable Moments

• Faux-Trump "Bad Bunny" Rant: A spot-on impersonation lampooning both the former president and the culture war over the halftime show ([51:46]).
• Ring Camera Paranoia: Gabe’s privacy paranoia vs. the crew’s tech-acceptance—classic GL mix of skepticism and ribbing ([63:13]).
• Minnesota DMV vs. DHS Analogy: The recurring analogy of giving blind people licenses, drawing laughs while making a serious point about accountability ([19:37]).
• Banter on Minnesota History: Playful, irreverent dives into local trivia ([76:19]).

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Conclusion

This episode of Garage Logic is a quintessential blend of local politics, cultural commentary, and Minnesota common sense. Joe Soucheray’s defense of the DMV model—and his skewering of both party-line corruption and culture-war nonsense—anchors a fast-paced, irreverent discussion. The Bad Bunny/NFL halftime show saga is presented as a case study in manufactured outrage, with Joe returning repeatedly to the theme: it’s all business, not a culture war. The cast’s comedic chemistry and Minnesota-rooted skepticism pervade every topic, whether it’s fraud in government programs or the cultural resonance of a Super Bowl performance.

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Quick Reference Timestamps

• [04:18] – Discussion of extreme ski racing and Lindsey Vonn
• [07:59] – Listener’s DMV fine story, accountability in agencies
• [12:23] – Explanation: How MN DMV contracting works
• [22:13] – John Height on Medicaid/Provider overload
• [26:27] – DHS audit, fraudulent grant example
• [35:20] – Super Bowl halftime and culture war introduction
• [39:23] – Quoting and dissecting Colby Hall’s column
• [41:32] – Marketing logic of NFL halftime shows
• [43:33] – Politicization by the president, social media reactions
• [51:46] – Satirical Trump “bad bunny” rant
• [63:13] – Ring cameras, privacy, and Alexa
• [76:19] – Minnesota history trivia rundown

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For loyal GL listeners and newcomers alike, this episode delivers a classic blend of common sense, cultural skepticism, and regional wit—anchored by the pragmatic wisdom of Gumption County.

Transcript

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[John Randall]

Including my daughter Sophia, who helped those words today.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Gabe]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[Joe Soucheray]

And now from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's garage lodging with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the Krabby Coffee Shop, John Hight in the newsroom, and of course, the RO Here is your Flashlight King fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Suchuer. The mink writes. He got me thinking about Lindsey Vonn. The mink writes that he's a lifelong skier and a fan of Lindsey Vaughn. You have noted that you have the opportunity to view professional ski races in person, as have I. It's astonishing. And he goes on to say, her crash was astonishing. You might as well be skiing down the side of the Sears Tower in Chicago. I don't think it's called that anymore. I don't know what it's called. TV cannot do justice to what downhill skiers are facing in those mountains. In Cortina, I was unaware it was.

[John Randall]

109 miles an hour. I learned that yesterday.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't think they hit 109 miles an hour.

[John Randall]

They did two days ago. Yesterday it was only 69, but the timer was set. 100 miles an hour. My wife and I both said, I can't believe it.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's just. Who isn't gonna die is what it's come to.

[John Randall]

And it beats the hell out of your body.

[Joe Soucheray]

And I love sports that aren't officiated. If that was the NFL, she would have had to stop halfway down, and a referee would have come out and said, I think you nicked the flag back there. It's fantastic. She's done, though. I don't think she can come back from this. But she's the female tiger. She's always banged up and getting sewed up and stitched up and repaired, and maybe she'll try to come back. But that sport is so gripping that I find myself just exhaling when. Breezy Johnson. Is that her name? Breezy? Yes. Breezy finally got to the bottom. I thought, whoo.

[Gabe]

Whew.

[Joe Soucheray]

They're skiing on ice, for one thing. Yes. It's not even snow. It's ice.

[John Randall]

But do you feel that Lindsay might be taking someone else's spot?

[Joe Soucheray]

She qualified. She qualified. Okay, but she. I think she's done now. Good Lord. That's just amazing. And she spent more time on a helicopter in these Olympics than an ice agent. Hey. Hey. Hey. I should have warned you. Hey. Hey.

[John Randall]

Frozen water. You meant frozen water.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hey.

[Judy Randall]

Hey.

[John Height]

Don't think you're getting it.

[John Randall]

I don't think you thought it was.

[Joe Soucheray]

Funny because I'm trying to queue up.

[Gabe]

The question you asked her about Tiger in that interview.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, yeah. She didn't like that. That's all right. She went with Tiger for a while. I think they satisfied each other and parted ways.

[John Randall]

Hey, now, we'll get right to the Chiefs.

[Gabe]

Here we go. Cue the talent. Stand by in three, 2pm free at.

[Joe Soucheray]

The Orpheum Theater tomorrow. May I ask you a Tiger woods question? Oh, boy. No, no, no.

[Gabe]

Not.

[Joe Soucheray]

Not a personal one, just one. If you had to guess, is he. If I had to guess, I would hope so. I'm sure he's doing everything he can to come back. He's such a hard worker and I really hope to see him back. I can't say whether he will be, but if anyone can do it, it's him. All right. Thank you. What is your. I'll see.

[Gabe]

Lindsey, you can just hear.

[Joe Soucheray]

What if Pat. Ask her. Pat.

[John Randall]

Lindsey, how about that last slalom you. You took left? You hit the flag, the. They slowing you down there, huh? He goes right to the sports stuff.

[Gabe]

As opposed to Bigger of a hill than Buck Hill.

[John Randall]

The stuff you'd really want to ask Lindsay about her life. Rather than you hit the 220 on the shelf over there.

[Gabe]

She would hear her just go, oh.

[Joe Soucheray]

God, listen to this. Rule's gonna ask me about this now.

[Gabe]

Jeez.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why was she even on? I don't remember.

[Gabe]

She was promoting a brand, wasn't she?

[John Randall]

Maybe. I'm glad, though, that you didn't say, hey, do you know if Tiger went through the same routine each and every day? And wherever he was at Pinehurst or at.

[Gabe]

What was this guy doing? I gotta watch golf this weekend. Thanks for coming on. Thanks for joining us.

[John Randall]

Let me know if you're.

[Gabe]

Is Tiger gonna play? By the way, that was 10 years ago.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow.

[Gabe]

June of 2016.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's probably about 10 surgeries ago. Chris writes. Just thought I would pass on a humorous tidbit and this gave me an idea. I have a bright idea to help save the state of Minnesota. Just thought I would pass on a humorous tidbit. I recently got a letter from the Minnesota dmv. That's Department of Motor Vehicles.

[Gabe]

Thank you.

[Joe Soucheray]

After going through multiple visits to get real ID that there was an issue with my license and if I did not come in within 15 days, my license would be suspended. I went in last Friday and got out quickly and asked the 16 year old behind the counterthat might be hyperbole what the situation was. Well, they have been auditing old files Lately. And they found an outstanding fine on your license. I asked what that was. I have only gotten a speeding or a ticket in the last couple of years. Shameful indeed on my part. It was an outstanding twenty dollar fine from 2009. The IRS only goes back seven years. They can take your home and your life, but they give up after seven years. And what is 20 bucks nowadays? Seatbelt violation. I can say proudly, I'm working on the $9 billion backlog. I can send in the documents if you want them. I'm going to frame them for my outhouse. In other words, we cannot control fraud in this state. New revelations about autism fraud in the news today. But this, the DMV was able to nail this guy for. What is that? How long ago is 2009?

[John Randall]

That was 17. 17 years ago.

[Joe Soucheray]

17 years ago, he apparently got a notice or a ticket for failure to use his seat belt. And somehow the world went by and he never paid the 20 bucks. And now they're nailing it for him and he's got to clear that up before he can get his real license. And I thought, why can't the rest of the government work like the dmv? I think. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the kind of thing rookie you might know.

[John Height]

Okay?

[Joe Soucheray]

Isn't the DMV kind of a quasi public organization? Aren't they for profit? For example, when I go to the, to the dmv, those people have a stake in the business, I think. John, will you please look this up?

[John Randall]

If you go to a saddle, if you go to the one on Lexington.

[Joe Soucheray]

In Roseville, I tend to go to the one either in White bear or South St. Paul. Okay, you see the same people. Yep. And I think, yes, you are correct. I think they get a piece of.

[John Randall]

The action because they're, they're, they work for the dmv, but they're a satellite office. It's a privately owned building.

[Joe Soucheray]

I guess that's what I'm seeing. These contractors, these satellite places are contractors. And they have to have their I's dotted and their T's crossed. And then I'm sure they have to provide their, what would I call it, their auditing or whatever to the DMV. We did 4200 driver's license renewals in the month of November. All right? And here's the, here's the, here's the evidence. Here's the evidence of that. Here's your cut. And here's. Here's our cut. Why can't we do that? With the rest of these people to make them held more responsible. Because there's still. If you stop and look at what's happened in Minnesota, one of the problems is no one's suffering any consequences. They just keep shuffling the, the shell around that has the marble under it. And then they say, well, if you help us create new laws, then we'll get better and this and that and the other thing. They don't suffer any consequences. It seems to me if I'm on the right track, somebody really lousy at their job at a satellite DMV office would lose their job. Hey, you're not working fast enough. You're not hustling, you're not helping us make money. You're too slow or whatever. Whatever I can see that you'd get can. That doesn't happen at the state. John, what are you finding in Minnesota?

[John Height]

While some DMV locations are state run, many are authorized privately owned deputy registrar offices acting as agents for the state, which may use independent contractors or private employees to operate. They are not directly managed by state employees, but rather contracted by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. And they do have legal standards they have to meet to get there. Workers are generally presumed to be employees and they have to pass a 14 point test to classify individuals as independent contractors, focusing on whether they operate as a separate self employed business entity.

[Joe Soucheray]

That 14 point test is 14 more points than a food fraudster had to answer. Good point. Okay, we're on to something here. Rather than have this monolith, this Department of Human Services, in which no one's accountable for anything, why don't you break that up and farm it out to private contractors? In other words, I'm going to open an autism center. And you walk into the autism version of the DMV and you say, I want to open an autism center. Oh, you do, huh? Well, the fee is such and such. And then we stamp this and this.

[Gabe]

But first.

[Joe Soucheray]

But first, bunga bunga, take this sheet into the other room and come back with these 14 questions filled out. Then we'll be taking a look at it and you'll be notified as to whether you're eligible for any of this money. Because if I grant you some money now and learn that you're fraudulent, that's my right, but in a sling, I'm going to be in trouble and I don't want to lose my job. So here's the deal. You come and you have to be fully accountable here. Why are you doubting this?

[John Randall]

Because what you're doing, and by you don't even know you're doing this.

[Joe Soucheray]

You're.

[John Randall]

You're basically giving up, saying, our DMV employees are not capable of doing this. We've got to go hire outside. I mean, shouldn't it be.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I'm not saying that about.

[John Randall]

No, no, but that's what this. That's what having a satellite place says.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, you're wrong. Well, I'm not telling you you're wrong. I'm just not gonna argue with you.

[John Randall]

No, but what I'm saying is the DMV should be able to handle it without outside help.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, because licenses are so common and so many people need to renew their licenses, renew their plates. They just sold a car. The guy's got to go. Title transferred. What do you want, a line around 14 blocks in downtown St. Paul waiting to get into the one and only DMV. No, they've satellited this out to expedite. Yes. So what I'm saying is expedite this other stuff. Because the Department of Human Services, once you get inside that womb, you have no motivation to excel. You have no motivation to be competitive. For all I know, these satellite DMVs, they compete with each other. Well, we had 1400 license applications. You did. We only had 700. Damn it.

[John Randall]

Well, okay, but the flaw is they weren't being audited. How do we know that the who's not being audited? The autism, the daycare, the food fraud.

[Joe Soucheray]

They weren't being audited.

[Gabe]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you're resting my case, but we're.

[John Randall]

Leaving the DMV to chance. I'm playing devil's adversary.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now, you have to stop. Now you have to stop because you're missing an important point. I'm not indicting the Department of Motor Vehicles.

[John Randall]

Agreed.

[Joe Soucheray]

The Department of Motor Vehicles. Because the demand on what they do is so widespread, so universal across the whole state, it behooves them to have a place where somebody in International Falls can go and complete their transactions without dealing with the Central DMV in St. Paul.

[John Randall]

Supply and demand.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, I'll accept that. That's not what's taking place with the Department of Human Services. If you wanted money because you're pretending to open an autism center, they're just writing you a check. But if you had to go into, you know, Bob's autism satellite place on University Avenue and get grilled and have your paperwork verified and checked out before you got your money, that's better than this fraud.

[John Randall]

Total 100% agreement.

[Joe Soucheray]

So I've talked you into it.

[John Randall]

Well, I was still on your side, but I was just.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is nothing against the dmv. The DMV is farming out their work because they realize they're helping more people that way legitimately.

[Gabe]

Can I add one thing?

[Joe Soucheray]

You may.

[Gabe]

Because for the last I don't know how many years, instead of actually going to a dmv, they have these kiosks.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right, whatever. I'm unfamiliar with the kiosks.

[Gabe]

No, they're great. So there's one in Bloomington at the Cub Foods that I use all the time.

[Joe Soucheray]

What do you do there?

[Gabe]

You literally have to have either your paperwork or your VIN number and your insurance card and you can get it done in about 30 seconds.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, that's great.

[Gabe]

But here's my point. I completely agree with what you're saying. Why can't more of this be an extension of government? Instead of having to house an entire staff of people, this computer does it in less than two minutes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. I'm not suggesting a growth of government. I'm suggesting a new way technically to perform the duties of government.

[Gabe]

I think that's what I would speak.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's fine. Because right now the duties of government suffer from a malaise. These people who go to work every day. I'm not indicting you either. But these people who go to work every day and then dis. Disappear into the cubicle in the Department of Human Services. They face no consequences for poor work. They face nothing. So get rid of these. The Department of Human Services, John, could look this up too. It probably has under its Wing 50 programs. Certain. Certain numbers of those programs could follow the DMV model.

[Gabe]

The model.

[Joe Soucheray]

There you are. Okay. Certain of those programs could follow the d. What is it? DMV model.

[Gabe]

It stands for Department of Motor Vehicles.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes. Have you ever heard of fraud in the dmv? It's really hard to commit it.

[Gabe]

Not yet.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I'm telling you it's a brilliant idea. Even if I do say so myself. But what it's going to take is a forward thinking governor, for example, who is willing to acknowledge that private competition is far superior to. Than to what the Walz administration has delivered this state. Because the Walz administration, more than any other in the history of the state, has delivered nothing but failure. Nothing but ruin. So I want money to open Bob's Autism Clinic. The way it stands now is they're just cutting you a check. But if I'm opening Bob's Autism Clinic and I gotta check in with the White Bear Autism Licensing Bureau, I'm gonna be grilled. I'm gonna. They're gonna get to the bottom of me before a check is cut. When I go into a DMV to renew my license, they're not gonna give me one if there's something screwed up in my application. If I can't see, they're not going to give a blind person a license. Correct. But the Department of Human Services. That's the equivalent. They're giving blind people driver's licenses. There's the analogy. They're giving blind people driver's licenses. I've solved it. We can pack it up now. I've solved it.

[John Randall]

Done for the day. What about the demand, though? The DMV has a great demand. You're right. International Falls, Umbrota, everywhere.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you. Where you don't think there's enough demand for autism clinics to set up a satellite office. That's a reasonable worry.

[Gabe]

Well, because they increase their, what, their Demand by about 17,000% or whatever it was.

[Joe Soucheray]

So combine them. Maybe. Maybe only the most fraud prone agencies could combine. And in that satellite office, there would be a couple of different agencies you could apply to. Okay. All right.

[John Height]

There's. If I may.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

There are. This is just an example in the Department of Human Services in Minnesota.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yep.

[John Height]

They. There are 13 Medicaid services.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's ridiculous.

[John Height]

Well, and listen to this. If you think that's ridicul.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

In those 13 Medicaid services, they have to validate and revalidate 5,800 providers.

[Gabe]

Wow.

[John Height]

So, I mean, that seems like a task that.

[Gabe]

So everyone's getting rich.

[John Height]

I mean, how do you do that?

[Joe Soucheray]

But John.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And thank you for that. And that's not working.

[John Height]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

That doesn't work. Why can't we get somebody that just says, look, this stuff, the way we're doing it doesn't work. I'm trying to put more money into the pockets of Minnesota citizens. All of my taxes. All of your taxes are paying? Almost half are paying. Start over. All the income taxes paid in Minnesota will be swallowed up by paying half the fraud money that's been paid. Wouldn't you rather have the money?

[John Height]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

Yeah, I could. I could spend it more wisely.

[Joe Soucheray]

What do you want? You want about a door? You want to hear about a door?

[Gabe]

I do.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Gabe]

Fraud.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I just solved it.

[Gabe]

Paying the piper.

[Joe Soucheray]

I just solved it. Put more responsibility in the hands of private contractors.

[Gabe]

Can I help you answer that question, though?

[Joe Soucheray]

Sure.

[Gabe]

You're making the assumption, though, that the people in places of power are interested in putting more money into the taxpayer's wallet, and I don't think that's the case, especially in the great state of Minnesota.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it should be the case.

[Gabe]

Well, no.

[John Randall]

S. He's an idea man. Don't worry about those.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don't. Don't interrupt me with facts.

[Gabe]

Because I.

[Joe Soucheray]

Think you're here for one reason.

[Gabe]

Well, but I think there's a lot of people out there that are in on the take, and that's the problem.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I don't. I don't dispute that. Well, here's a guy. Here's a guy.

[Gabe]

I think that's the first time you've ever said that to me.

[Joe Soucheray]

What?

[Gabe]

I don't dispute that.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't dispute that.

[John Randall]

Don't get used to it, okay? It wears off pretty quick.

[Joe Soucheray]

Matt writes, hail the Flashlight.

[Gabe]

K. Hail you.

[Joe Soucheray]

That was pretty good. Joe and crew. I've only lived in this once great state for about six years, of which I have been a loyal listener. My first summer here included the activation of my unit in the National Guard. I was an intel guy, so I never had to gear up and sit on the street corners. That being said, I saw welcome to Minnesota over the years. I do want to talk about what a serious issue this is and how it is, frankly, unacceptable.

[Judy Randall]

Another sobering report by the Office of the Legislative Auditor, this one concerning the Behavioral Health Administration within the Department of Human Services, which issues grants to providers treating mental Health and drug and alcohol addiction. Hundreds of millions of dollars each year. The audit found them issuing grants to applicants without a bidding process.

[Joe Soucheray]

So what we saw is that there was multiple entities that could have been eligible, and they chose not to provide a justification for why they were picking those.

[John Randall]

This report is quite stunning.

[Judy Randall]

One outrageous example, the auditors found a grantee that was paid $672,000 for one month of work without any info on what they do. And the audit says the grant manager who paid it then left DHS a couple days later and became a paid consultant for that company.

[Joe Soucheray]

To me, that's criminal.

[Judy Randall]

Auditor Judy Randall says she was most shocked that during the audit, multiple DHS managers backdated or created new documents to try to cover their tracks.

[Joe Soucheray]

Frankly, in the 27 plus years I've been with Ola, I have never seen this before. I will say we have had suspicions periodically, but we have never been able to prove it, to document it, and we did in this case, and it's very troubling.

[Judy Randall]

Temporary DHS Commissioner Shereen Gandhi's response.

[Joe Soucheray]

I was shocked to hear this information in the exit conference, and it is absolutely unacceptable that any staff would provide anything other than accurate representation of the work done to an auditor. Now, there were a lot of questions.

[Judy Randall]

From lawmakers about whether this audit should result in criminal investigations. So we'll see what comes from that. The Office of the Legislative Auditor provides recommendations both to the department and to lawmakers in case law changes are needed. Just one more time of what the auditor said regarding this fabrication of documents. She called it a systemic problem within dhs.

[Joe Soucheray]

I mean, it just seems like every time you. Thank you. Here's the deal. When this state worked and we all liked it here, we were generating fortunes of money for the state of Minnesota. Much of that money, it got to be so much money.

[Gabe]

How much money was it?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, the. The budgets kept doubling and more and more supposedly caring entitlement programs were developed to be accommodated by this growing influx of money coming to the state. And maybe it was inevitable that it would all go south at some point. So much money with so little accountability, and they got away with it for a long time. They're no longer getting away with it. Well, they are getting away with it, but what's going towhat is required now is a completely new way to look at this. Whether it's my idea of satellite offices for these various agencies to put them in the hands of private contractors or what, I don't know what the answer is, but this can't continue. And a new governor has to make sure this doesn't continue. It can't. We're running out of money. People are leaving the state. It's not enticing right now for a business to move here.

[Gabe]

A tweet I had submitted over the weekend gained a little bit of attention, and I said, replacing Amy Klobuchar for Tim Walls is like crapping your pants and changing your shirt. Because they're all on the take, and you will not convince me otherwise. They need to keep the plate spinning, because if something disrupts the plate spinning, they all know they're in real, real trouble. And how can you dispute it?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I'm thinking there's no other way.

[Gabe]

To explain this, but nothing's happening.

[Joe Soucheray]

I tried to think, but nothing happened. Boy, it's just hard for me to think that Amy's a crook. Okay, it's not hard for me to think that Walls is Ilhan, but he's a lot dumber than Amy. Ilhan I do believe is a crook. However, allegedly, I believe that I do believe she is.

[John Randall]

You're going to use the line you don't believe Amy Klobuchar got up one day and said, I'm going to try to defraud the people of Minnesota.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's hard for me to believe that.

[John Randall]

I would have to agree with you, too. But then what would that mean? Kickbacks, votes. She doesn't have a problem getting votes. Everybody loves her.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think she's done a great deal to ingratiate herself with the Somali community.

[Gabe]

No, you're not above the rules.

[Joe Soucheray]

I know. And you know that's what a smart politician would do to get their votes. That doesn't necessarily follow that. She'd be getting the envelope once a month.

[John Height]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know what, though? I will grant you this. Nothing would surprise me. No, nothing would surprise me. And I don't know how Amy, as steeped as she is in DFL ideology, DFL dynamics, DFL ways of doing things, she's not the first one I would turn to to fix this state. Who.

[John Randall]

Who is who. Who would be capable or who would do you need to bring a consultant or an outsider? You can't depend on your own government to do it because they. They're not capable. They've already shown us that.

[Joe Soucheray]

A strong, independent. Male.

[Gabe]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Everybody male, male or female, Black, white, red, blue, I don't care. With a background in business and a background in some public service to step forward that would require. We haven't heard from this person yet. Is how I'd answered That. Okay, we have.

[Gabe]

Who.

[Joe Soucheray]

Who is willing to make that sacrifice.

[John Randall]

I don't have anybody in mind this.

[Joe Soucheray]

Was it Chris Medell who dropped out of the race? Was that his first name? Chris? Well, he showed me something by essentially saying, I can't be party to this bs. Okay. I don't know what made him think why he didn't know that before he threw his hat in the ring. I don't know. I don't think that person has stepped forward yet.

[John Randall]

Well, and then to get that person, you would need. It's gotta be bipartisan or whatever because they'll bicker left and right. That they're just trying to get at us because we're Democrats or.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, we're in a pickle because these candidates have to pass litmus tests. So do podcast hosts. If you discover. Now I'm blocking emails now. I've never done that before really, but I started today.

[John Randall]

Oh, the negative ones are more fun.

[Joe Soucheray]

Does that mean. Does that mean somebody is notified that they're blocked?

[Gabe]

No.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, they just. I just won't be able. They, they'll keep sending them, but I won't see them.

[Gabe]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, great. Because I, I. It's nothing. It's nothing against any individual. It's just. I don't have time for the insanity anymore.

[Gabe]

It's your. With all due respect.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. I can't put up with the BS.

[John Randall]

Reply and go blocked.

[Joe Soucheray]

If you excuse the whole. I don't want anything to do with you. You're. You're not. You're not a rational human being.

[John Randall]

Send them to me. I'll read them.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, they'll still come in, but I just won't. They won't know that. No, they won't come in, but the emailer won't know that. There, I got it. It's blocked.

[John Randall]

Noted.

[John Height]

Noted.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now let's. Let's give a moment or two to the halftime show as further proof that everything's politics. Used to be, you know, five girls that come out in a reindeer costume and prance around and that was it. One year it was a guy on a snowmobile did of Loop de Loo.

[Gabe]

How many did you cover?

[Joe Soucheray]

10.

[Gabe]

10 of them.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Gabe]

What was your favorite one in person?

[Joe Soucheray]

That's an interest. Anything at the Rose bowl just to be in California because he's in Cal.

[John Randall]

I knew it.

[Joe Soucheray]

Or Miami. Or Miami.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Silver Dome. You can have that.

[Gabe]

That's where the computer took flight.

[Joe Soucheray]

It. No, I. It was an accident. Right. Where was I before you interrupted me?

[Gabe]

The halftime show.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, well, to show you to show you about halftime shows. I don't really recall any of them. They were just. I don't care that Bad Bunny performed yesterday.

[Gabe]

Sure, who cares? Right? Right.

[John Randall]

What was ours here in the. In 85 or whenever we had. We had a big Snowball Estefan or something like that.

[Joe Soucheray]

85 or whenever we had 91.

[John Randall]

92 or 91.

[Gabe]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

I found a piece by a guy I've never heard of and have never read before. His name is Colby hall, and apparently he's employed by Mediaite, which is a media and gossip website. I don't know. I don't care what he is politically. I just thought he nailed it when he wrote this piece. The headline is, it was just a Halftime Show. The Meltdown Reveals how Dumb we've Become. And he said the most revealing thing about the super bowl halftime show was not Bad Bunny, Kid Rock, or even Donald Trump. Deciding that this was a useful place to weigh in, it was how quickly millions of people volunteered to be furious on cue, as if anger were a civic duty rather than an emotional habit that has gotten wildly out of hand. This was a halftime show. Thirteen minutes of loud, glossy distraction designed to give people time to refresh drinks and argue about guacamole. It was never meant to unify the nation, heal divides, or signal the moral direction of the republic. Treating it as any of these things requires a level of seriousness that borders on parody. It's like getting mad at someone else's screensaver. Isn't that a great line? That's exactly what it's like. And yet here we are. Conservatives decided the show was an insult, a provocation, a proof that America is slipping away. It was framed as cultural displacement dressed up as criticism of taste, with Spanish lyrics treated less as a stylistic choice than a grievance. The outrage was immediate, familiar, and deeply incurious, the kind that confuses personal discomfort with national emergency. This would be easier to take seriously if it weren't aimed at a league that has spent decades booking halftime acts based on audience math rather than cultural loyalty. Let me pause. Isn't it interesting that a corporate entity as big as the NFL, which has always flaunted its patriotism. This was a business decision. The NFL has a growing Latin American audience. They play games, people in Mexico. This was a business decision to go on. At the same time, social media filled up with progressive voices eager to sanctify the performance as a transcendent cultural moment. Not just good or enjoyable, but historic, brave, deeply moving. Bad Bunnies fans undoubtedly loved it. And that's Fine. But the rush to deify a Latin club music superstar as if he had delivered a once in a generation artistic statement was its own kind of performative excess. The set itself was slick and competent, heavy on choreography and spectacle, light on surprise. With the camera doing more work than the music. It was built to look impressive in clips and travel well across platforms. Not to rewire anyone's understanding of pop music or American culture. Calling that revolutionary felt less like appreciation and more like. And then the printer cut out on me. Anyway, I won't read the whole thing.

[John Height]

More like anxiety about saying the wrong thing.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, it's a great piece. Easy, right, people? We can't live anymore in this country, though. Everything's gotta be passing a litmus test.

[John Randall]

You're Roger Goodell. Who is your next year's halftime? What would you.

[Joe Soucheray]

Seriously, how the hell do I know? First of all, I don't even know where it is next year. Where is it next year?

[Gabe]

It is in Los Angeles.

[John Randall]

Gabe, where is it next year?

[Gabe]

At Sofi?

[John Randall]

I don't know either, Gabe.

[Joe Soucheray]

So didn't we just have one at Sofi? Didn't the Rams win theirs at Sofi?

[Gabe]

I don't know.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hello, staff? Anyone? What? Didn't the Rams just win a Super.

[Gabe]

Bowl of SoFi five years ago?

[Joe Soucheray]

It's already back there.

[Gabe]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

When do we get our next one?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, Los Angeles, that opens it up to, you know, that's the capital of the entertainment world. That opens it up to anybody. You know what they'll pick? They'll pick it based on a business decision.

[John Randall]

Of course.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, those performers at halftime don't get paid. They used to. They no longer do. Because the NFL is such a big corporate entity. They're saying to the artists, you ought to thank us for having you on. You're not getting paid. And they all announce it and they all say, thank you. We'll play. Because the publicity and the streaming will more than make up for the fact they didn't get a paycheck for that night.

[John Randall]

But the irony is, they only. Well, except for Bad Bunny, book people. That are already huge.

[Joe Soucheray]

We ain't gonna control that.

[John Height]

Y' all need y'.

[Gabe]

All. Roger Cadeus.

[John Height]

They wanna make us play. What?

[John Randall]

They want to make us play, so.

[John Height]

We gotta just play.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's right. That's right.

[Gabe]

Yeah.

[John Height]

You're saying Bad Bunny's not huge?

[Joe Soucheray]

He is huge. No, no, no.

[John Randall]

He is. I was correct here. Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

He's gigantic. 20 number one hits. That's.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's okay.

[John Randall]

And he doesn't Appeal to the older crowd though.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, so what? The NFL's not looking for the older crowd.

[John Height]

They don't care if a 68 year.

[John Randall]

Old guy age has money.

[Judy Randall]

They don't.

[Joe Soucheray]

They don't care about me. They're, they're, they're shrewd.

[John Randall]

What jerseys do you buy?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't buy any jerseys. I didn't think that guy was that good, to tell you the truth. I didn't. I mean, he talks, he doesn't really sing and he's not a very good dancer. Perhaps he was encumbered by the giant bulletproof vest he had to wear.

[John Randall]

He was good on Saturday Night Live.

[Gabe]

A couple of weeks ago.

[Joe Soucheray]

I didn't see him. Here, here. The point is.

[Gabe]

Check it out.

[Joe Soucheray]

The point is this was. No, this was not significant culturally. It was not significant for race relations. Puerto Ricans since 1917 are citizens of the United States of America. This had nothing to do with anything except the NFL cleverly marketing itself to ever new audiences. And in this case a complete bow to a Latin American audience which they are coveting and husbanding and nurturing and building. Pretty soon there'll be an NFL team in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, wherever. They'll put one in Cuba if they thought they could make a buck. So it has nothing to do with anything except this happened to be the halftime choice this year. It was your president who decided to make this political.

[John Height]

I was just going to ask you the question, Joe, if it's not a big deal. Political. Did you see the President's truth social post after.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes. Because he can't help himself.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

And.

[John Height]

And he certainly made it about America.

[Joe Soucheray]

At that point, which it had nothing to do with anything. It was the halftime.

[John Randall]

We got a good updated look at Ricky Martin. Yeah, he still looks pretty good.

[Joe Soucheray]

And my gal came out Lady Lady Gaga.

[John Randall]

She did well.

[John Height]

A lot of actors in the house too.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, those trees, those palm trees, grass, those trees. Those were people. Did you know that?

[John Height]

I did not know that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I saw a move like they had feet or something. How big is it anyway? Pretty big tree.

[John Randall]

Are you hinting my apples ain't what they ought to be?

[Joe Soucheray]

So I think the country survived it. We're all here. The sun came up.

[Gabe]

Why is the TA Good Bunny? Why does it have to be bad?

[John Randall]

Why is he bad?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know why he's called Bad Bunny. I don't know.

[John Randall]

I was on. I was under.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm not going to rush out and buy a Bad Bunny CD is clearly.

[Gabe]

The demographic for Bad Bunny.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. John own a lot of Bad Bunny CDs.

[John Height]

I don't own any Bad Bunny CDs. Again, I like the music part.

[Joe Soucheray]

But you like Latin music because you believe it has you. You believe you're hearing a lot of jazz in there?

[John Height]

No. Well, God, you can just take statements and define it into something.

[Joe Soucheray]

Just throw sticks to the wall, tell them what stick.

[John Height]

Do that beautifully.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay. What? What, what, what? What did I misinterpret?

[John Height]

Well, nothing, I just. I like Latin music.

[Joe Soucheray]

You do?

[John Height]

And it's a big part of jazz. Yes, but like the salsa, the thing, the song that was playing when he and LA dancing, that's a salsa. I love stuff. I have no idea what he said. And I'll give you the remark at my house when all this happened was.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Well, it's a great production and I love the music. As long as he wasn't singing about killing somebody or, you know, having sex with minors, I'm fine with everything.

[Joe Soucheray]

I did think though, that Puerto Ricans came off as really horny.

[Gabe]

I just looked up our bunnies. Native to Puerto Rico.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. He's a citizen.

[Gabe]

They are not.

[John Randall]

You know what?

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, bunnies, bunnies.

[John Height]

Oh, honeys.

[John Randall]

You know what Governor Schwarzenegger said about the Puerto Ricans?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't. They're all hot. Yeah. Well, they didn't hire any of those dancers over the phone.

[Gabe]

Former Governor Schwarzenegger looked at you and said, jesse, he does you very well.

[John Randall]

He's got you down, Jesse.

[John Height]

Oh, he does it all the time, Arnold.

[John Randall]

Once in my life I thought I would die if I impersonated him. He does it all the time, Arnold.

[Gabe]

He's really funny.

[Joe Soucheray]

Bunny.

[John Randall]

Does Dylan have any of Bad Bunny or.

[Joe Soucheray]

No.

[John Randall]

Does he?

[John Height]

No. He's aware of all his music and he. And a couple of songs. He knew one of them because it was by a big Puerto Rican artist back in 2008 or nine or something. So he knew some of the songs and he was fine.

[Joe Soucheray]

If you had to attach a political significance to that, one way or the other, your life has narrowed terribly. Your life is just narrowed terribly.

[Gabe]

What about like the Energizer Bunny? Do you think they're related?

[Joe Soucheray]

Or.

[Gabe]

Like he bangs the drum cuz like you're out of juice?

[John Height]

The numbers, by the way, CBS reporting it's the most ever watched halftime show with 135 million views. Wait, wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well. And the irony of that.

[John Randall]

CBS reported that.

[John Height]

CBS reported that. That's what they're reporting.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, the irony of that would have been that those numbers were probably driven by the controversy which shouldn't have existed in the first place. Sure.

[John Height]

Yeah. I don't disagree at all at that point. Last year's 133 and a half million was the most Kendrick global.

[Joe Soucheray]

How many did the Rock get? The kid?

[John Height]

6.1 million views as of about 10 this morning. And it had streamed about 20 million times. The bad bunny one had streamed about 14 million times as of then. So 147 to 26. I guess basically, if you're keeping a.

[Joe Soucheray]

Count like a scoreboard, I'm not going to.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm not going to take a time out. And let's come back with John.

[Gabe]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Gabe]

Here's a man who spends hours in.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Randall]

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[Sean Farosh]

This is your favorite president and this message is for bad bunny, or as I call him, the nasty rat rabbit. El conejo desa gradable. He's A nasty rabbit and a stupid rabbit. Anytime you see a guy in a dress, that's a very stupid person. So he's a nasty guy, a horrible guy. They call him Bad Bunny. I call him the worst bunny. Think about it. And nobody knows bunnies quite like I do. I get along very well with many of the highly respected bunnies all around the world. I have a tremendous relationship with Bugs Bunny. Bunny, he said to me, what's up, Doc? He said, sir, what's up, Doc? Sir, I said, you don't have to call me Doc. You could call me Donald. But Bugs Bunny is a tremendous bunny. He does a fantastic job on the baseball field. He plays every position. Look at him. But he does a fantastic job. I get along very well with Roger Rabbit. And what happened to him was horrible. You know, they say, sir, who framed Roger Rabbit? Sir? I said, it was probably the fake news of the Democrats. They frame everybody. But he got a raw deal. And so we gave him a pardon. Because what happened to Roger Rabbit was horrible. It was a complete and total witch hut. So we gave him a pardon. I got along very well with the Easter Bunny who used to lead Crooked Joe Biden around like a lost puppy. But the Easter Bunny said to me, sir, you have the biggest Easter eggs the world has ever seen. They're much bigger than cried Chuck Schumer or Peso Store Obama. You look at Hakeem Jeffries. They have very small Easter eggs. But I have the biggest eggs the world has ever seen. Nobody's ever seen anything like it. I also got along well with Little Bunny Foo Foo. And I ended the war between Little Bunny Foo Foo and the field mice. He was bopping him on the head. I said, you can't do that. You have to stop doing that or we're going to hit you with tariffs. And we ended that war. You know, you look at it, the peace presidents, we get along well with a lot of bunnies, but not the nasty rabbit known as Bad Bunny. He's a horrible person and a stupid person. El conejo desa grandabele. Bad Bunny, Nasty Rabbit. He hates our country and he has no talents. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's John Height. Thanks, Joe.

[John Height]

Yes.

[Gabe]

For those of you wondering, his name is Sean Farosh. Is that how you pronounce his name? His Trump impersonation is pretty good.

[Joe Soucheray]

Little high pitched, but he nails like Kavin. He gets inside his head.

[Gabe]

Isn't he better than. I think he's better than Calvin.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, Calvin's had a long run at it. Now there's other people taking a crack at it. A lot of people.

[John Height]

This news brought to you by North America, except one.

[Joe Soucheray]

We have a guy here that does voices, but he hasn't bothered yet with that.

[John Randall]

A lot of people like Trump.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, here's John.

[John Height]

I got one line North American Banking Co. The sponsor of this newscast. The Minnesota Republican nominee for governor in 2022 has ended his bid for the 2026 nomination and instead is entering a new race. Scott Jensen announcing this morning he's withdrawing from the governor's race. He will launch a bid to become the next state auditor, jensen said in a video announcing his decision. Our state's problems cannot be fixed by simply replacing a leader. We need to declare war on waste, fraud and abuse. The sudden switch comes less than a month after he revealed his running mate in the governor race and just a week after he finished a distant fourth in the Republican caucus gubernatorial straw poll. His exit from the gubernatorial race is two weeks after Chris Mattle dropped out over objections to how federal immigration enforcement ops were being conducted in the Twin Cities. Campaign filings as of this morning didn't yet show Jensen as officially joining the race race, but he would join a field of seven that already includes a pair of state lawmakers and some local leaders. Current Auditor Julie Blaha announcing in the fall that she does not plan to seek reelection. Another gubernatorial candidate has left the race. A horrible story from the St. Cloud area. Jeff Johnson has dropped out of the governor's race after his daughter was killed Saturday night in St. Cloud, according to an announcement from the Republican Party of Minnesota. St. Cloud police say officers responded to a home on the 3100 block of 40th Avenue south on a report of a medical emergency around 8:20 Saturday night. At the scene, investigators found 22 year old Hallie Marie Tobler deceased with multiple stab wounds. They also found her husband, 23 year old Dylan Tobler, with stab wounds that are believed to be self inflicted. As of Sunday night, Dylan Todler was in the hospital, but he will eventually be booked into Stearns County Jail. The Republican Party of Minnesota identified Hallie Tobler as Johnson's daughter. US Borders are Tom Holman says he was sent to Minnesota by President Trump to reduce the tension in Minnesota and oversee an orderly transition of immigration enforcement to more standard enforcement. After 10 days on the job here, Holman says he's on track to end the surge based on certain conditions. He spoke yesterday when with Tom Hauser on at issue at 5 Eyewitness News. He said I want to get it done quickly, but again, I need some help from the governor and the mayor to get the message out to the public. I'm not going to draw down if I think our officers are at further risk. He also said he pushed for the plan announced by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to put body cameras on all agents in Minnesota. When asked if he's seen the body cams from the Alex Preddy shooting, he would only say investigators have seen the them based on videos of the fatal shootings of Pretty and Renee Good. He was also asked if, based on what he's seen, whether he would have pulled the trigger in those incidents. He said, I won't comment on that again. I want the investigation to play out. That's the way we should do it. Hoban also said he toured the Whipple Federal Building where ICE detainees are being held, and he was asked if he's addressing allegations that people are sleeping on floors in crowded cells with little medical care. He said, absolutely. I walked through there yesterday. I can't compare what I saw yesterday to two weeks ago, but there were a lot of people being arrested back then. Now that we've targeted, there's less people. So the conditions looked fine to me yesterday. A woman has been sentenced for reportedly defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition assistance program, or SNAP, of more than $325,000. According to the U.S. department of Justice. 39 year old Latasha Thomas was sentenced to one year in prison followed by year of supervised release for one count of mail fraud. She's also ordered to repay $325,159 in restitution to the U.S. department of Agriculture. U.S. attorney's office says Latasha, along with her daughter Ambrosia Thomas and another relative, Cynthia Thomas, created temporary driver's licenses using fake names and then submitted them to Hennepin county to apply for EBT cards.

[Joe Soucheray]

See that never would have got past my my idea at the dmv said this doesn't look real.

[John Randall]

Yeah, yep.

[Joe Soucheray]

Boom.

[John Height]

Put the kabash the women said their applications they were experiencing high risk pregnancy and created fake doctor's notes. Many of the applications officials said the Thomas has directed the state to send the cards to Cynthia's apartment in Roseville where she lived under a fake name. When law enforcement searched the apartment, they found several pieces of mail addressed to pseudonyms used in the scheme. The case was investigated by the FBI and the Hennepin County Fraud Unit and as so often happens, the Minnesota State Fair, the concert announcements keep trickling out.

[Joe Soucheray]

Tell me it Isn't so, John?

[John Height]

Keep them in the news, you know.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, they do.

[John Height]

Fair in the news. They now have announced that Americana musician Sierra Farrell will be playing the grandstand on the first Sunday of the fair on August 30th. The show is put on by NPR's the Current as their Music on a Stick concert, which.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, then she's a leave. A lefty.

[John Height]

Well, she is a lefty. If you know anything about.

[Gabe]

Shoot.

[John Height]

She is a lefty.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

She's very good, though.

[Joe Soucheray]

Never heard of her.

[John Height]

She's very good. Tickets for the show, which is part of the Artist Heavy Pedal Tour. Get it? Heavy Pedal spelled P E, T A, L, like flower.

[Joe Soucheray]

I see. Yeah.

[John Height]

Go on sale. Let's see, February 12th. That would be this Thursday at 10 in the morning. Reserve seating and main stand. Tickets range from 46 to 81 25. It's the fourth grandstand show announced so far. The other concerts are Bonnie Raitt, Weird. El Yankovic with the special Guest and the very weird but fascinating Puddles Pity Party and Rod Stewart with special guest Richard Marks.

[Joe Soucheray]

Roger. What's his name? Rod Stewart is gonna be at the fair.

[John Height]

Yeah, we had that one in the news.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, I'll be danged. He's a knight, you know.

[John Randall]

You want me to try to book him or.

[Joe Soucheray]

What do you call those people names? Is he a sir?

[John Height]

Yeah, that's a knight, right?

[Joe Soucheray]

He's a knight.

[John Height]

I think if you're a sir, isn't that.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's been knighted.

[John Height]

Knight who?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, knighthood.

[John Randall]

Knighted. He's been knighted.

[John Height]

There you have. Knighted. Are you guys familiar with Puddles Pity Party?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I don't know what that means.

[John Height]

Puddles is a. He dresses as a clown, he has an amazing voice and he'll do like, oh, heavy metal tunes, ballads and cries as he's doing them. It's. It's a very weird act, but it's fascinating to watch.

[Gabe]

Surprised I missed that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Puddles the Pity Party.

[John Height]

He's all over the Internet.

[John Randall]

Yeah, Puddles Internets.

[John Height]

Why don't we.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm sure there's something political we can attach to that.

[Gabe]

Puddles the clown.

[John Height]

Puddles Pity Party. Why don't we take a quick break here and contemplate Puddles Pity Party and hear from Mr. Reivers.

[Gabe]

Let's do that, Johnny. But first I want to talk to you about Hoffman Water and Connecticut. Man, oh, man. Right now, Joe. February Spring is right around the Corner.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's the 9th today.

[John Randall]

Thank you.

[Gabe]

Yeah, it's time to get on that schedule and have them come out for that free water analysis. That's your first step. I did this years ago and I'm so happy that I did. And I know that you will be as well. But you have to get on that schedule. So call them directly. 612-895-2440 or you can also book your appointment online at hoffermanwater.com either way, just get on the schedule and have them come up for that free water analysis. And when they get to your home, they will give you this thing that's called a free water analysis. And then you know what's going to happen, Joe? They're going to give you this thing that's called a water score. And then based upon that water score, you have amazing water. You claim? I do in the city of St. Paul.

[Joe Soucheray]

How? Well, you gotta let it run a while though, after they fix it.

[Gabe]

Sure. Because if it's brown, it goes down.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll see.

[Gabe]

Or haframwater.com and when you go on that website, you can see every single different water treatment system that they have to offer. Because maybe you are in the market for a brand new water softener, an iron rust and odor filtration system or a brand new drinking water system. Either way, they're going to help you out. And then when you get that new system, your showers are so much better. So was your laundry, so was your drinking water, so was your cooking, your ice. Everything is better with hofferman Water. And 612-895-2440 or visit hoffermanwater.com and that's because Hofferman Water has been proudly serving the state of Minnesota for over 50 years. Please do me a favor and mention that you heard about him here on the Garage Logic podcast. John.

[John Height]

Thanks, Chris. In national news, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer was pressed by reporters this morning. Shortly after Jeffrey Epstein conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell pleaded the Fifth at her closed door congressional hearing. Comer met with reporters in a congressional corridor. A reporter asking, we know from the Epstein files that she didn't tell the truth. She got moved to an open prison and now she's asking for clemency to speak at all. Was it a mistake to move her to that prison and should she be moved back? Comer answered, I don't know the rationale for removing her from one prison to the other. But look, initially she had asked that the oversight committee grant immunity. And when we met with survivors of Epstein, it was pretty clear, according to the survivors that Maxwell was a very bad person and committed a Lot of crimes. Colbert continued. It was the intent, in my opinion, when we left that meeting in a bipartisan manner, that we would not grant immunity. Now, what she said today, she's asking the president for clemency. So I personally, from the reason you just stated, don't think she should be granted any type of immunity or clemency, but will obviously, as more documents are read and understood, go from there.

[Joe Soucheray]

What time is her suicide scheduled?

[John Randall]

Yeah, right, that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Tomorrow night.

[John Randall]

As soon as the camera clicks off or moves away.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Meanwhile, Epstein survivors came together for a video that ran during the Super Bowl. The survivors directly addressed Attorney General Pam Bondi in the ad. They also asked the public to back the release of files. 40 second video showed various survivors saying, after years of being kept apart, we're standing together. The women held pictures of Epstein victims and announced, because this girl deserves the truth. And because she deserves the truth. All documents linked to Epstein, including emails, images and videos, were supposed to be released by December 19th of last year. That deadline set under the Epstein Files Transparency act passed by Congress. The DOJ released the first batch of files December 19, followed with 3 million more. On January 30 of this year, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch announced the review was over. However, the DOJ had previously. DOJ, excuse me. Had previously acknowledged there were about 6 million files in total.

[Joe Soucheray]

None of the commercials stood out for me. I think that might be more a function of just probably not paying that much attention.

[Gabe]

I'm surprised you did not mention the ring camera commercial. Did you guys see that one?

[Joe Soucheray]

I did not. If I did, I don't even remember it.

[Gabe]

It, I thought was one of the most troubling commercials of all time.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why don't you help us? What was it about?

[Gabe]

Well, basically, the family loses their pet dog.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, no.

[Gabe]

He wanders off and some guy is able to not only locate where the dog is, but based upon ring technology, was able to then relocate where the dog actually lived.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's fantastic.

[John Height]

Well, but Chris, it's a program you.

[Gabe]

Sign into no s. John, My point is it's incredibly invasive and anyone signing up for that is a moron.

[John Height]

If you don't sign up, it's not invasive. See that, that would be the point.

[Gabe]

But you don't think that the ring camera technology is spying on your everywhere abouts? Chuck, on.

[Joe Soucheray]

For what purpose? Plus, are you telling me that if I don't sign up, I'm not getting my dog back?

[Gabe]

When you guys all talk about this, are your heads firmly in the sand or do you just have your.

[John Randall]

You're not going to sign up, you communist.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I guess I'm never going to see my dog again.

[John Height]

I have a ring camera at my front door. Yeah, it's got nothing to do with me.

[Joe Soucheray]

They can't get any information about me.

[Gabe]

I'm sure it doesn't.

[John Randall]

So what you're saying, Chris, is this.

[Joe Soucheray]

Won'T be one of your top little Adjust your habit you got.

[Gabe]

Fine. I mean, go ahead, guys. That's.

[Joe Soucheray]

Go ahead.

[Gabe]

I'm sure none of these devices are listening on every single aspect of your life.

[John Height]

I guarantee you all the Amazon ones are.

[Gabe]

Well, of course they are.

[Joe Soucheray]

I unplugged that. That hockey puck thing in the house. What is that thing, Alexa?

[John Height]

The dot?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I unplugged that. I don't trust that.

[Gabe]

Do you know what people really like that? We do on the podcast. Hey, Alexa. Yeah?

[John Randall]

They love that. So you're saying it's not going to be one of your top 20 commercials of all time? Super Bowl.

[Gabe]

What are your favorite? Super Bowl.

[Joe Soucheray]

God. Continue, please.

[John Height]

Okay, good. Yeah, I was thinking, I. Hang on. I got to write a note to sign up for that ring thing.

[John Randall]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

And you get your dog back.

[John Height]

Get my dog? If Larry runs out the door, somebody.

[Joe Soucheray]

Get Larry back on their ring.

[Gabe]

So. I saw your dog.

[John Height]

That's not how it works.

[Gabe]

Your dog kind of took off on you, but don't worry, I. Chris. I found him.

[John Height]

I mean, this. Chris, I mean this only in the nicest way. So you watch commercials much like you read news stories.

[Gabe]

You guys just keep. You guys just keep on believing it. That's cool. Yeah, the machine's not working against you at all. You guys just keep on keeping on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Rage against a machine.

[John Height]

How can a rage work against you? I don't understand how that could happen, having had one for five years.

[Gabe]

I'm sure it's not selling your information at all, John.

[Joe Soucheray]

What's it gonna sell?

[Gabe]

Oh, cute, guys. That's. That's cute. It's adorable.

[John Randall]

Pat, do you have the ring?

[John Height]

Chris, I got about three more minutes if you have to go make yourself a new hat.

[Gabe]

I'm good.

[John Randall]

There's some tinfoil right in the. Right below my desk.

[Gabe]

Good.

[John Height]

Wall Street Journal reporting that immigration enforcement is causing some economic problems in Texas at Monciello, a new housing development in that region in South Texas. From her ring camera showed a bobcat driving through the alley in parking lots around 7pm pushing snow into a large pile near her home.

[Joe Soucheray]

That ring camera knows who she voted for.

[John Randall]

Follows her to.

[John Height]

Rick says I Don't have anywhere to park. I'm afraid I'll get a ticket. I'm afraid of my car being towed. Rick said she and others in the community have spent time helping neighbors shovel snow after recent winter weather. So seeing this pile in front of her house was very frustrating. She said the blocked parking forced her to leave her home and stay elsewhere. She contacted the city's 311 service shortly after the incident but said she has not received a response. W USA9 was unable to confirm who was operating Bobcat or whether it was connected to a city agency. The D.C. department of Public Works said it's looking into the situation. Rick said the snow and ice are too solid for her to remove on her own. She hopes the city will help her and will act quickly. She said it was nothing I could do because it's all now ice. Please come and remove this mountain of snow.

[Gabe]

According to Google AI, yes, Ring cameras have had signature significant privacy issues with past incidents involving employees spying on customers and hackers exploiting vulnerabilities to access live feeds, leading to harassment and unauthorized recording. While Ring has implemented new security measures, users still need strong passwords and awareness of data sharing with law enforcement to prevent unauthorized access and misuse of their private footage.

[John Height]

So what that said, Chris, is the private video footage is being stolen by hackers. Right.

[Gabe]

Which is my entire effing point, John.

[John Height]

In front of my house. What are they going to get from me that I care about?

[John Randall]

They're watching you, John. They're watching you poop.

[John Height]

It only tapes the outside. It doesn't tape the inside.

[John Randall]

Really?

[John Height]

Yes.

[John Randall]

Thank God.

[Joe Soucheray]

Do you want to do this?

[Gabe]

I want to hear about the golf show. We're not going to spy on your private information. That's what I want to.

[Joe Soucheray]

I've been hitting.

[Gabe]

We're going to be there Friday.

[Joe Soucheray]

I've been swinging a club on some cardboard.

[John Randall]

Fun. Sounds like a really fun time.

[Gabe]

If you want private video of that.

[John Height]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Take that, Rain. And can I ask you a question? Yeah.

[Gabe]

Why cardboard?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you think I want to tear up the rug? She might get a little angry.

[John Randall]

Look at my little carpet square.

[Gabe]

You're working on your chipping game?

[Joe Soucheray]

No. Run over to Abbott trying to figure something out.

[John Height]

How's the season looking so far, Joe?

[Joe Soucheray]

Pretty rough. Oh, well, no, I mean, I'm a cardboard. I'm win the masters on cardboard.

[Gabe]

You know, it's a nice piece of cardboard.

[Joe Soucheray]

You get and you get to the course and it's just what happened kind of goes downhill. But I, you know, as we Say in the golf world. Yeah, I think I found something.

[Gabe]

Really?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

Now we're finally turning the Titanic around.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now I think we found something.

[John Randall]

Go ahead, Cap.

[Joe Soucheray]

Maybe I'll check it out at the golf show. We're there. Friday, the Golf show. The North American Banking Company Minnesota Golf Show. This Friday through Sunday at the Convention center in Minneapolis. You got the long putt contest. You can win 100 grand. Latest equipment, great deals on clothes, free lessons from PGA professionals. The Pebble Beach. It's pebble beach weekend. That'll be on the TV in the 19th lounge. But here, each ticket purchased comes with access to 15 free greens fee passes.

[John Randall]

Wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

I mean that. That's amazing.

[Gabe]

That's a steal.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's a hell of a deal. Deal. And we'll see John Randall out there. Former Viking hall of Famer. He's got a great swing. To purchase tickets, visit MN Golf Show. One word. Mngolfshow.com. The Earth is not your mother.

[John Randall]

The Joe Suger Show. Who was the journalist? Priest.

[Joe Soucheray]

Whalen. Whalen. Is this fair? Well, first of all, we're learning that less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in Trump's first year are the so called worst of the worst. Less than 14%.

[John Randall]

Wait, now is that good? Good? What is your stat? We got rid of the worst of the worst.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, you're not. That. This means you're not getting. Fewer than 14% of 400,000 are the rapists and murderers.

[John Randall]

Okay?

[Joe Soucheray]

You're not getting them.

[John Randall]

I want those guys gone.

[Joe Soucheray]

But there's something else in here. Is it fair that these guys are now using civilian vehicles with signs on them like say, Ace Electric Company? Is that.

[John Randall]

Oh, to throw off the scent of the dogs.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

People.

[John Randall]

Oh, that's just asylum.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's not fair, is it?

[John Randall]

I think if you're a federal employee, you need to identify yourself. Unless you're army Ranger or something like that.

[Joe Soucheray]

I mean, I. I think it's fair game if you're illegal. You get to at least know that they're law. Is that fair? They get to hide in a, in a minivan with, you know, Bob Jobs, refrigeration on the side.

[John Randall]

As they're bringing you to the van though, for a split second. You think you're going to the warehouse?

[Joe Soucheray]

You think you're going to electric warehouse? Yeah, I don't think that's fair.

[John Randall]

No, I don't like that.

[Joe Soucheray]

I mean, if you're gonna, you know, if we're gonna have war on the streets, make it fair, you gotta you gotta know who they are.

[John Randall]

Identify yourself.

[Joe Soucheray]

You gotta know who they are. I don't think that's fair.

[Gabe]

No, I.

[John Randall]

Like, I'm a. I'm a person of fair earnest.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it's like deer hunting. I've often thought it would be a lot fairer if the deer was armed, too.

[John Randall]

It'd be a better fight, more equal fight.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, but these are illegals. Deers aren't illegal.

[John Randall]

Bummer of a birthmark, Harry.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, it is.

[John Randall]

Far side.

[Joe Soucheray]

Pat.

[John Randall]

Thanks, Johnny.

[Joe Soucheray]

Is he coming in today?

[Gabe]

I think so.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hey. Hey, Pat.

[Gabe]

He's not here yet.

[Joe Soucheray]

He ain't here.

[John Randall]

How do you do?

[Joe Soucheray]

Usually by now he's wandering in here.

[Gabe]

Well, the lights.

[Joe Soucheray]

Completely ignoring the fact that we're on the air.

[John Randall]

Are you guys still on?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes, only because they come.

[Gabe]

Don't we have a breaking news item?

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, Johnny, go ahead.

[John Height]

Yeah. Channel 5 reporting a shelter in place has been ordered at the University of St. Thomas over reports of a possibly armed individual. University sharing lockdown shortly after 12:30. Citing what they called an active threat, the alert urging students and staff to remain inside the building. With both the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses impacted. A large police presentation has been reported around the campus.

[Joe Soucheray]

Only because they come to us all the way from Kaiwaka, New Zealand, the temporary home of the traveling Lymans who can be followed@worldwide waftage.com was on this day, Joe.

[Gabe]

Today is February 9th.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, on this day, back in 1820, Peter M. Gideon was born near Woodstock, Ohio. A self educated horticulturist, he developed the wealthy apple named for his wife. She must have been independently wealthy and other varieties hardy enough to endure the Minnesota climate. Gideon Memorial park marks his farm on the shore of Lake Minnetonka. I'm unfamiliar with that. Oh, there's a Gideon Bay, though.

[Gabe]

Yes, there is.

[John Randall]

Yes, there is.

[Joe Soucheray]

He died in 1899. I bet you that land he was apple farming on was near. Was. Was on Gideon Bay. Gideon Bay.

[John Randall]

Pretty close, I bet. Stone's throw, as I always say. Yeah.

[Gabe]

On this day, just to the west of Tonka Bay.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's still a south park.

[Gabe]

No, you were asking about Gideon Bay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I know where.

[John Randall]

Southwest of St. Cloud.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. On this day.

[Gabe]

Feb 9th.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, speaking of agriculture, the University of Minnesota School of agriculture defeated Hamlin 9 to 3 in the world's first intercollegiate basketball game. The world's first.

[Gabe]

Wait, who. Who's suiting her up for the.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know.

[John Randall]

Lay it down, brother.

[Joe Soucheray]

It was played on the Hamlin campus by nine man teams who Shot the ball into peach basketball that had no backboards. Wow. It hasn't really changed that much kind of shorts did they wear on this day?

[Gabe]

Fab nine.

[Joe Soucheray]

On this day in 1899, Peter Gideon died. But that's not what we're doing. One of Minnesota's coldest scientifically recorded temperatures was measured at Leech lake. A low of 59 below. Wow.

[Gabe]

Sorry. What year?

[Joe Soucheray]

1899. Wowzers that that record stood as the minimum extreme until 1996. I know where I was up in Embarrass.

[Gabe]

Embarrass Minnesota or somewhere up there. I still have that newspaper, that Star Tribune newspaper cover.

[Joe Soucheray]

On this day in sports disappointment history.

[Gabe]

What would we lose to on February?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, this isn't a disappointment. This was very exciting news sports related. On this day, February 9th in 1966, what happened happen North Stars. Oh, you're right, you're right. The NHL was granted. The NHL granted Minnesota a franchise on condition of a new arena being built. And isn't that interesting now that I think about it. From game one, the North Stars were in that new building. They didn't have to play into Minneapolis Auditorium around they went right to the Met Sports center and they played out.

[John Randall]

There and they hey, we need a new stadium. We need that.

[Gabe]

Well, that's why they've moved.

[John Height]

Oh yeah.

[John Randall]

Dang it.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, true. That's it for that day in history.

[Gabe]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you. G. Ellers.

[Gabe]

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[Josh Arnold]

Illogical, Chris. Illogical. There's a lot of illogical in the market and that's the term that Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, shared at a conference recently. Illogical when it comes to the sell off in many of the leading companies involved in artificial intelligence. After Anthropic Quad 3 chatbot was able to do coding, the belief was you no longer need companies like Salesforce.com, microsoft, ServiceNow, CrowdStrike, Cyber Art or even favorite Palantir. Don't need them. They're all going to be replaced. Plus your employees are going to be replaced by the artificial intelligence chat box of Anthropic or OpenAI chatgpt. Whoa Nelly. Oh that's a, that's a sportscasters term. Whoa Nelly. Well Jensen Wildom said that's illogical. These chat bots, whether it's Chat GPT or Anthropics Corporation or Google's Gemini, which is a favored product, are trained on all the tools that come from these companies. These companies, as I have said before, are not going out of business. Yes, some of these companies, companies last year, the year before did get up to astronomical levels and in the last month or so they have come down and come down significantly in such that they are all in a bear market despite in many cases, especially in the case of talenteers who reported their numbers last week, phenomenal, phenomenal numbers in terms of increasing revenues, increasing margins, increasing earnings and increased, increased guidance going forward. Now admittedly, as I have stated, I'm not going to say forever, but pretty close to forever. On Palantir, the stock is expensive on both a price to sales and a price to earnings basis. And at some point the growth rate is going to slow down. But not yet, not yet. And the sell off has provided an opportunity to buy these companies at a pretty significant reduced price, though many of them are still expensive both on a price, sales and price to earnings basis. And you do have to be of course course, very selective when you're doing this. But the words from Jensen Wong and I'll say Mr. AI, Mr. Mr. Chip are we'll say, encouraging to say the least. The need for chips, the need for the software or the use cases from AI becomes very significant and it is not just going to be limited to these. These companies like Palantir or Nvidia, but it's going to be used to help increase productivity across the board, whether it's in, whether it's in banking, whether it's in pharmaceuticals, or even whether it's in stock. Picking all of these tools from AI will increase productivity. Now you still need the data centers. The data centers are going to need chips, they're going to need servers, they're going to need power. The people using these, using the information or massaging the information are going to have to access it either online or on or I'll say or through the air. And that is going to benefit even companies like Apple. Google is definitely going to be a winner here as my estimation Amazon. But these moves are not going to be on a straight line. So do prepare for more volatility going forward. Lastly, Chris, I hope you won your bet and I hope you bet on DraftKings and not in the predictions market.

[Gabe]

Likewise, Josh, you absolutely hit the nail on the head right there. You heard him, jailers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation again with zero obligation. And you do that just like I did by dialing 952-925-5608, 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 and we'll talk to you again tomorrow.

[Josh Arnold]

Yes, we will. Thank you very much.

[Gabe]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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