3/11 New bill in Mn proposes that wild rice has the right to exist and flourish

Summary

Garage Logic – March 11, 2026 Episode Summary

Overview This episode of Garage Logic, hosted by Joe Soucheray ("The Mayor") along with Chris Reivers, Kenny Olson, John Height, and Matthew Mikulski (the Rookie), delivers its trademark blend of Minnesota common sense, skepticism, and humor. The main focus is a proposed Minnesota Senate bill to grant wild rice "the right to exist and flourish"—but the crew also tackles government spending absurdities, tangles with spiritual prophecies, and ventures into local sports and lighter banter.

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Main Topics & Insights

1. Restoration Videos Are Fake! (Rust-On Bit)

• [03:00] Joe admits his disappointment after discovering that many so-called "machinery restoration" videos are staged with fake rust.
• Matthew launches into an impromptu ad for a fictitious "Rust-On" product, satirizing Minnesota's affinity for car realism.
  • Notable exchange:
    • Joe: "Can't I get a little pleasure watching this guy bring a vice back to life and then not be told at the end this is fake?" [03:04]
    • Matthew: "Nobody's gonna believe you're driving around in a Triumph that's in pristine condition in Minnesota...You wanna just, you know, on the wheel well. Maybe on a keyhole in the trunk." [04:28]

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2. DOOMSPIRACY HOUR: The Antichrist and Acid Geysers

• The crew riff on recent global drama and spiritual warnings, including geysers at Yellowstone and online claims about the Antichrist.
  • Joe: "There's been an implosion where people just aren't following the laws of God and the natural law in any sense of the term... agreeing that the stage is set for the rise of the Antichrist." [05:27]
  • The discussion pivots on whether the Antichrist is a person, an economic system, or a metaphor.
  • Kenny: "If it is a person, some of the traits we are to look for are excessive pride, boasting, a tendency to be divisive, and a mouth of a lion..." [07:32]
  • Joe and Kenny humorously admit, "I can't think of anybody like that." [08:35]

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3. Defense Department Spending Insanity

• [12:24–22:15] John and Kenny walk through an Open the Books analysis: the Department of Defense spent $93.4 billion in September 2025—half in the last five days—to avoid losing the funds. Absurd purchases included millions in lavish foods and luxury items.
  • Joe: "Rather than do the right thing and have it returned to the taxpayers or put the general fund or whatever, they're buying pianos and lobsters." [16:48]
  • John: "$2 million in Alaskan crab, $15.1 million on ribeye steak, $6.9 million on lobster tail, a million in salmon, $26,000 for sushi tables..." [18:59]
  • The team questions budget policies—why surpluses can’t roll over, how similar inefficiencies persist at the local level, and why government doesn’t emulate common-sense practice.

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4. Minneapolis Eviction Notice Veto

• [17:32] Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed an ordinance to extend tenant eviction notices to 60 days—Soucheray commends him for the rare act of "doing the right thing."
  • Joe: "So Fry did veto that. Thank you... All of that would've done is ruin their life even worse than it is." [17:34]

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5. Main Event: Minnesota Wild Rice "Rights" Bill

[30:11—43:45]

• Joe introduces the key story: A Minnesota Senate bill proposes that wild rice be granted inherent rights "to exist and thrive," citing environmental and indigenous protection.
  • Joe: "She believes wild rice should have rights, which I can only conclude would mean there would be, I suppose, increased regulation on how it would be harvested." [32:12]
• The group examines Senator Mary Kunisch’s background and connects the bill to broader legal strategies (potentially impacting pipelines, mining, etc.).
• Joe contrasts Kunisch’s pro-wild rice stance with her record as a pro-choice legislator, expressing frustration at the "inconsistency" of protecting plants over human life, according to his viewpoint.
  • Joe: "You would think such a person would feel at least the same way about a human." [34:27]
• The potential regulatory impacts are debated, including bans on motorized access to wild rice beds.
  • Kenny: "This is just more government intrusion, and I see what they're doing here. They're going to use it in future court cases against roads and pipelines and you name it." [42:41]
  • Cultural respect for wild rice among Native communities is acknowledged, though the hosts are more fixated on governmental overreach.

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6. Local News and Legislative Updates

• Review of property tax extension initiatives in Ramsey County, fallout from "Operation Metro Surge," and the effects on local revenue.
• Regional news includes the Monticello nuclear plant oil leak, Minnesota State Fair auctioning off memorabilia, and notable local anniversaries.

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7. Sports and Side Banter

• The news segment includes a digression into the World Baseball Classic, a classic Garage Logic rabbit hole—frequented even as Joe laments, "I can't think of anything less interesting." [45:48]
• banter about carpet installation mishaps, the scarcity of fun in baseball vs. hockey, and other classic Garage Logic minutiae.

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8. “Space Management” and Civic Wisdom

• [77:14] Joe dispenses end-of-winter advice on “space management” for snow equipment: "I'm not maintaining space management anymore, but I'm not putting any equipment away or treating it with seafoam yet...you’re going to get a blizzard in April."
• The crew jokes about Amazon delivery routines and the little absurdities of suburban Minnesota life.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Matthew (Satire): "Nobody's gonna believe you're driving around in a Triumph that's in pristine condition in Minnesota." [04:28]
• Joe (on government budgeting): "Rather than do the right thing and have it returned to the taxpayers or put the general fund or whatever, they're buying pianos and lobsters." [16:48]
• Joe (on wild rice rights): "She believes wild rice should have a right to exist and flourish. So I got curious—wonder where she stands on abortion..." [34:27]
• Kenny (on new regulation): "This is just more government intrusion, and I see what they're doing here. They're going to use it in future court cases..." [42:41]
• Chris (on sports): "Baseball is the duck, duck, gray duck of sports." [46:15]

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Key Timestamps

• [03:00] – Restoration videos and "Rust-On" satire
• [05:26] – Antichrist talk, spiritual crisis in society
• [12:24–22:15] – Pentagon spending spree, government "use it or lose it"
• [17:32] – Minneapolis eviction ordinance vetoed
• [30:11–43:45] – Wild Rice Rights bill: background, implications, debate
• [45:44] – Sports banter: World Baseball Classic, Czech electrician pitcher
• [50:17] – Property tax relief, local economics
• [53:04] – State Fair auction, vintage memorabilia
• [77:14] – Space Management ruling: don’t put away snow gear yet

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Tone & Style

• The show maintains its classic mix of biting skepticism, homespun logic, and playful banter.
• Political critique is present but filtered through the GL “common sense” worldview.
• Humor and sarcasm pepper most segments; personal stories interweave with local and national news.

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In Summary:
Garage Logic's March 11 episode is a quick-witted, occasionally exasperated journey through Minnesota’s latest legislative oddities, government follies, local color, and the small pleasures (and headaches) of everyday life in Gumption County. Wild rice gets its day in the sun—but so do two-cent opinions on budgets, bureaucracy, snow management, and the vital question of whether wild rice soup is truly the state’s greatest dish.

Transcript

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[Kenny Olson]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Chris Reivers]

Hail the flashlight, King.

[Joe Soucheray]

And now, from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of SP Spoon Lake, it's Garage Logic with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the Krabby Coffee shop, John Height in the newsroom, and of course, the rookie. Here is your flashlight king, fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Susher. Galers will appreciate this. I'm. I'm crestfallen. Oh, I learned yesterday Kenny does he might bring it on. I have fallen for these videos where guys ostensibly restore old pieces of machinery that are so covered in rust that you can't even tell what the piece of machinery was for or dust. Well, this one's the steel stuff they restore is machinery like an old type of vise or something?

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, oh, yeah, that guy.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, okay.

[Kenny Olson]

I know that guy.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay. Well, it turns out. It turns out those are fake. Yeah, they put fake rust on them. I just think you Know the world's got enough. Can't I get a little pleasure watching this guy bring a vice back to life and then not be told at the end this is fake.

[Kenny Olson]

Fake patina.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, yeah, I got it. Same with some cars. They're.

[John Height]

They're.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, watch. I'll bring this $500,000 Ferrari back to life. Who left a Ferrari in a swamp? Nobody. Nobody.

[Chris Reivers]

Matthew, your impromptu skills will be required shortly. Are you ready?

[Matthew Mikulski]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

I think we're missing a big opportunity here. Here at Hubbard Broadcasting, we welcome any and all endorsement products. Here is garagelogic's Matthew Mikulski for Fake Rust.

[Matthew Mikulski]

You know, if that car's got a little polish on it that needs a little bit of, you know, work done, if you know what I mean, to make it look a little realistic. Because no car can drive around in pristine condition, especially in Minnesota. Then you want Rust on. Rust on is a product made solely here in Monticello, Minnesota. Comes right out of the plant and right into the bottle. If you. Rustaunt is the product for you.

[Joe Soucheray]

But I have a question. For what purpose would you want Rustau?

[Matthew Mikulski]

Nobody's gonna believe you're driving around in a Triumph that's in pristine condition in Minnesota. They're gonna think it's fake or AI somehow. So you wanna just. On the wheel well, it doesn't have to be the entire car, but on the wheel well. Maybe on a keyhole in the trunk.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Just enough to be believable.

[Joe Soucheray]

And I can buy this product, Rustom,

[Matthew Mikulski]

a wonderful product in the world of beautiful cars.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you. That's very good.

[Chris Reivers]

God damn it, you're brilliant.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, no, I'm through with that little speech. But I was just heartbroken. I wanna. That wasn't real.

[Chris Reivers]

I knew you would not now.

[Joe Soucheray]

You got acid. You got your acid geysers spewing.

[Chris Reivers]

Are we spewing?

[Joe Soucheray]

We're spewing.

[Kenny Olson]

Are they acid or alkaline?

[Joe Soucheray]

It's acid. Acidic.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Oh, it's called acidic.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Gushers in Yellowstone. So that means any minute now that's going to blow up.

[Kenny Olson]

Kaboom.

[Joe Soucheray]

And then you got a Catholic priest warning us that the stage is set for the rise of the Antichrist. Because apparently we're in the right part of the world for this to happen. The Antichrist is a figure in Christian theology believed to be a powerful deceiver who will oppose Jesus and lead many people away from faith before the end of the world. Speaking on the Sean Ryan Show, Father Chad Ripperger said the Antichrist has to be able to Rule the world. He's not going to rule through governance. He's going to rule through economies. Oh, really? He explained that several conditions described by early church leaders appear to be unfolding in modern society. Early Christian theologians taught that the Antichrist would emerge during a period of widespread moral collapse. Well, we're certainly seeing that here and other places. Something he believes has already been underway for decades. That's happening since the 50s. There's been an implosion where people just aren't following the laws of God and the natural law in any sense of the term. Ripper Gur said, agreeing that the stage is set for the rise of the Antichrist. Okay, well, that's just something to think about. Cut that one away.

[Kenny Olson]

Is the Antichrist. This is the one I wrestle with. Is it a person or is it a thing or is it a concept?

[Joe Soucheray]

I've always thought of it as an individual.

[Kenny Olson]

Me too, but recently I've been questioning myself.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, this fellow says we're almost there, where you could literally just decide, look, unless you're going to sign off on certain things, you're not going to have access to digital currency that we're going to enact worldwide. Well, this. It sounds like this guy thinks it's not a person. It's the economy. Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

If it is a person, some of the traits we are to look for is excessive pride, boasting, a tendency to be divisive, and a mouth of a lion, which means aggressive speech as aligning with biblical descriptions.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't think of anybody like that.

[Kenny Olson]

Neither can I. The Antichrist as a metaphor, have interpreted as a metaphor for leaders or individuals whose actions and words are seen as fundamentally opposed to the teachings of Jesus.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, in Christian prophecy, the Antichrist is described as an end times figure. That brings us back to a person who will rise to global power as a charismatic but deceptive leader. They say the Antichrist will be so charismatic and at least a person has specific graces of God. You're going to easily get sucked into what he teaches and what he professors. But he professes. I can't think of anybody like that.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't know if we have anybody like that.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't think of anybody like that. Yeah. He added that the figure will reject Christ while presenting himself as humanity's savior. I can't think of anything like that either. Going further, according to these interpretations, the Antichrist will be empowered by Satan. I prefer Beelzebub. I just think it's a better word to prosecute. Let's see. According to these Interpretations. The Antichrist will be empowered by Satan, persecute believers and demand loyalty or worship again. I just wish we had. I can't put my finger on it.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Yeah, that's too bad.

[Kenny Olson]

But the talk of a war, a religious war among nations, of the world. It seems like we're closer than ever.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think so. There's a picture of this Father, Chad Ripperger. He's an older sort. He looks very wisened. He's not. Maybe he's not a crackpot.

[Kenny Olson]

Does he look like he plays golf?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. Maybe not as often as some people. Well, Larry Hannah.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Casper, Wyoming. He's 61. San. University of San Francisco. University of San Francisco. B.A. u.S. University of St. Thomas, Massachusetts.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right here.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Well, I always forget if that's the one here or the one over in Rome. Holy Apostles College and Seminary and Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.

[Joe Soucheray]

So an educated guy.

[Matthew Mikulski]

A very educated. University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm sorry, what's he drive, Matthew?

[Matthew Mikulski]

Volkswagen Tiguan.

[Kenny Olson]

Really?

[Matthew Mikulski]

Why did you look at me like you. Really? That's in here. Why did you?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, because you said Volkswagen.

[Matthew Mikulski]

I know.

[Joe Soucheray]

He was so full of.

[Kenny Olson]

That's part of doing the job.

[Matthew Mikulski]

He stopped.

[Kenny Olson]

He looked right.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Like, whoa. Do you know what color

[Kenny Olson]

wheel I gave him? Two points for that quick reaction. It was really good. You can tell he's been on the job.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, here's the problem. The reaction was so quick, I thought he was reading. I know.

[Kenny Olson]

That was brilliant, but it's not in there.

[Joe Soucheray]

Correct.

[Kenny Olson]

Joe, you have to know he would never drive a Tiguan. I mean, come on. Not that.

[Chris Reivers]

That he knows how to do it to you every time.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, just. We don't have to dwell on that.

[Kenny Olson]

All right? I think, Chris. I think it's more Joe than it is Matthew.

[Chris Reivers]

100%.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, speaking of Reavers.

[Kenny Olson]

Although Matthew did good there.

[Joe Soucheray]

Speaking of Reavers, I got a great note today from Daniel Kilberg. He's up in Big Lake.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay, that's by St. Cloud somewhere.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's up that way. And he wants Reivers to stop with the Kristi Gnome nonsense. She looks like the love child of James Edward Olmos and Ray Liotta. Okay, I happen to agree.

[John Height]

Yeah, I do, too.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Everybody has their number, huh?

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, that's a whole red line right there.

[Joe Soucheray]

And then he concludes, she's just nasty. Maybe Vision World could sponsor the show and help Chris's failing eyesight.

[Chris Reivers]

It's not even eyesight.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's more like a child of Raymond Edward Ol Motion, Ray Liata.

[Chris Reivers]

It's one of those things, too, where it's like, boy, this weekend's gonna be awesome.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can the antichrist be female? Wow.

[Chris Reivers]

1500 ESPN.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why can't. That's balls.

[Kenny Olson]

She's not well, liked enough. Yeah, she's almost universally hated.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, how about the defense secretary of our country?

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, I.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don't worry. I'm getting to the shocker of the day, but I'm kind of taking my time getting to it.

[Chris Reivers]

You're building up, aren't you?

[Joe Soucheray]

That's one way to look at it. John, you'll have to join me in this.

[John Height]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's been floating around that Pete Hegseth, he heads up the Department of War.

[Chris Reivers]

What is it good for?

[Joe Soucheray]

He blew 22 million on steak and lobster in a single month. But I have also read Hegseth. Department of defense spent $93.4 billion. Let me repeat that. $93.4 billion on grants and contracts in September 25th, nearly 50% of which was expended in the last five business days of the month.

[Kenny Olson]

Tell us why, though. I think the policy in place is the big evil thing here.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, and now I turn to John, because I was telling John before the show, I find it. I don't find it plausible. If he was buying tanks and helicopters, it's plausible.

[Kenny Olson]

But, Joe, what I'm seeing here is there's a policy that we have, and I hope, John, you have this, of use it or lose it with this money, the budgets and that they have to spend at the end of their budgetary year.

[John Height]

That's correct, yes.

[Kenny Olson]

Or lose it. And that whole policy is absolutely ridiculous.

[John Height]

Leftover funds could be removed from the budget the following year. So they don't spend it. At that point, they go out and they spend it all.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, John, what have you found? This is a real story, apparently. This is not tweet.

[John Height]

It's an analysis by a nonprofit watchdog, Open the Books. And that is run by American Transparency charity, founded in 2011. It collects and publishes. This is where this came from. Government spending data, including expenditures and all the expenditures we heard about. There's a lot of food on the stuff that they listed yesterday.

[Joe Soucheray]

Did he buy some weapons?

[John Height]

No, I did. What a grand piano. I saw for 198 grand or something like that.

[Joe Soucheray]

John, we're talking billion. It's hard to spend a billion dollars, much less 94 billion.

[John Height]

Well, they said. Okay, they said 20. 20 or 2 million on Alaska king crab. This is just in September.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. This was all. John. It all was in September. They had to spend it in September

[Joe Soucheray]

in the last five days, Kenny.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, that's not what I'm seeing.

[John Height]

Yeah, the last five days of September.

[Kenny Olson]

Just, you know, September.

[Chris Reivers]

The thing is, I'm not disputing this because even Grok affirmed. Is that the right word, all of these numbers, But I think the 94 billion is the total amount.

[Kenny Olson]

That is the total amount. September for September.

[Chris Reivers]

No, well, I'm saying. Well, okay. All right, go ahead.

[John Height]

93.4 billion, September.

[Joe Soucheray]

And I just came for my tax

[Chris Reivers]

guy this morning because, Johnny, this says fiscal year end again. I'm not. I'm saying this is ridiculous.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, we need to change this. This is.

[Chris Reivers]

I think it'.

[John Height]

This.

[Chris Reivers]

According to USASpending.gov, it says in September, fiscal year end. Again. This isn't right.

[Kenny Olson]

We brought that up.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[John Height]

So that's the end of the fiscal year. So that month they have to go spend all this money or lose it.

[Chris Reivers]

But to answer Joel's question, they didn't spend 94 billion just in the month.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes, yes, yes.

[John Height]

That's your financial end.

[Kenny Olson]

That's, that's the. That's. Oh, my God.

[Joe Soucheray]

Could.

[Kenny Olson]

Why is this even in place? Why is this a thing?

[John Height]

My goodness, 15.1 million on rib eyes.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, because. I guess the reason I mention it that way is because when I go to USA spending.gov and again, this is embarrassing if this is the case. But this is for the fiscal year, in other words.

[Joe Soucheray]

Chris. Yes, Joe. I think one thing that might help you is look up the annual Defense Department budget. I'm sure it's more than 94 billion.

[Kenny Olson]

It was a 93.4 is what was left, Chris. They still had that money in the coffers. They had to spend it before the end of September or have it taken away.

[Joe Soucheray]

And rather than do the right thing and have it returned to the taxpayers or put the general fund or whatever,

[Kenny Olson]

how can that not be the number one thing? Anything left over goes right back to the tax.

[Joe Soucheray]

Instead, they're buying. They're buying stuff, you know, they're buying pianos and lobsters. But again, for 94 billion, obviously there has to be some ordinance in there that you can't spend 94 billion on pianos and lobster. You just can't. Doesn't. It doesn't work.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, well, Joe, they went to the Apple store. They bought stickers for kids.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I saw they went to the Apple store.

[Kenny Olson]

Steinway wasn't cheap.

[Chris Reivers]

That was 98k, 225mil on furniture.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, timeout. Rookie just handed me this. It's now breaking.

[Matthew Mikulski]

It's sent to us from a mall.

[Joe Soucheray]

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry has vetoed an ordinance that would have extended eviction notices to 60 days. So he did the right thing. We talked about it all day yesterday. You had Ari, Chard, Hari, or whatever the hell her name is. She doesn't want people to even pay rents. She came up with this harebrained idea to extend. To extend out to 60 days before they had to pay. And all of that would have done is ruin their life even worse than it is. So Fry did veto that. Thank you. Now, I don't know if that can be over. Can his vetoes be overturned by a council vote?

[Chris Reivers]

You know what they're going to have now in that Minneapolis public office dissension?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. Back to Pete Hagsheff.

[John Height]

Here's the deal. Okay. 93.4 billion in September of 2025 alone. The most any agency has spent in a single month. Over half that amount. Of the 93.4 spent in the one month, 50.1 billion was spent in the last five days of September. The goal is to spend the remainder of the Pentagon's fiscal year budget of $849.8 billion.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hear that, Chris? Their annual budget's $850 billion.

[Chris Reivers]

That's a lot of money.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Much of the money was spent on food. In September alone. Excuse me. The Pentagon bought over $2 million in Alaskan crab, 15.1 million on ribeye steak, 6.9 million on lobster tail, a million in salmon, 26 grand for sushi preparation tables, and let's see.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, but even that, that's, that's just. You're walking around money when you're talking about a billion. So again, again, I'm. I'm. I have to assume that they bought some tanks and helicopters.

[John Height]

Some of these stranger buys include 98 grand on a Steinway grand piano for chief of staff of the Air force's residence, and 22,000 for a custom flute. Fomoromats.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Well, I can understand.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you gotta have the right.

[Matthew Mikulski]

It's gotta be a good one. Customer, you got a good fluid?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[John Height]

$225.6 million during the month of September.

[Joe Soucheray]

How much, John?

[John Height]

225.6 million.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I'm sure that's fuel and airplanes and bullets and lobster car wax.

[Kenny Olson]

It's stickers for kids, Joe.

[John Height]

Stickers.

[Joe Soucheray]

New Apple watches they probably bought a

[Chris Reivers]

lot of rust on based upon that last endorsement.

[John Height]

Now, this has gone on before. Too. In 2024, the Pentagon spent 79 billion in September as an end of fiscal year thing.

[Kenny Olson]

So what's 79 plus 84?

[Joe Soucheray]

That's how much surplus Then their budget's too big.

[Kenny Olson]

Either that or we need to change things. So if there's a. If there's a surplus, it either rolls over or you're right, it goes back to the taxpayers.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let's bring it to the local environs. I could be wrong, but I believe that the Department of Public Works, for example, in St. Paul or Minneapolis, they have a budget for salt and sand. If there's a bunch of salt and sand left over at the end of the year, they write it off and they get new salt and sand the next year. Why don't you keep the salt and sand? What am I saying? Is it wrong or are you kidding me?

[Kenny Olson]

What do you mean by get rid of?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, the next year will contain the same amount in the budget for sand and salt, even though they got piles of it left from the previous year.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, well, as long as it's still there.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't think they take it and throw in the river. I mean, I think they keep it in a warehouse or something. Yeah, Gee whiz. You know what?

[Chris Reivers]

Let's see our I. C. Krek.

[Kenny Olson]

This is what. What are we doing here? What are Schumer. Of course. Schumer gets on board and he starts ripping them and everything like. Like he knows what's going on here. But any chance to kick the right. Well, I guess that goes for both sides. Never mind. I'll just withdraw that last table.

[John Height]

You know, we're all screwed. Kenny, it doesn't.

[Kenny Olson]

Be quiet now.

[John Height]

Right, left, middle.

[Kenny Olson]

It really doesn't. Yeah.

[John Height]

All right. Have a good show. Thanks.

[Matthew Mikulski]

And that's a good looking sports.

[Kenny Olson]

And the fact that they've been arguing and bitching and moaning about this for years and not changing anything, it just shows you how much they really, truly care about Kenny and his family at Jackass Ranch.

[Joe Soucheray]

They don't.

[Kenny Olson]

They don't. I don't care. Thanks a lot for that look into sports, Brian.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Thank you, Brian.

[John Height]

Why not just roll it over? I don't understand that.

[Joe Soucheray]

I just got done telling you. They do it in St. Paul. You don't roll it over. You get a new hunk of money and you buy more sand and salt.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, yeah, in the case. I think that's a bad example because you need the sand and salt. And wouldn't the goal be to have some left at the end of the year?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I'm not saying they're going out and buying lo.

[Kenny Olson]

But just because we. Just because we use, you know, say, 10,000 tons of salt in 20, 25, 26, doesn't mean we're going to use that much or less next year.

[John Height]

You know what?

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's what I do, Kenny.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's what I do.

[Kenny Olson]

All right, I'm listening.

[Joe Soucheray]

I would. If I was the king of St. Paul.

[Kenny Olson]

Of St. Paul.

[Joe Soucheray]

I would.

[Chris Reivers]

Is that a new position?

[Joe Soucheray]

I would say, how much sand and salt we have left? And they'd say, I don't know, 48 cubic yards or whatever. And I'd say, well, dumb that down for me. Is that a month's worth? Is that two months worth? That's two months worth, sir. See, because they'd call me sir, right?

[Matthew Mikulski]

You're excellent.

[Joe Soucheray]

Because I'm the king.

[Matthew Mikulski]

You're eminent.

[Joe Soucheray]

And I'd say. Two months, huh? Well, then this year you get enough money for three more months. That's how I would do it.

[Kenny Olson]

You know how the county highways up here handle ice and snow? They hope it goes away the sun. Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Hashtag, it'll melt.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

See, I just don't think our money is well taken care of.

[Chris Reivers]

You don't say.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. Wait to hear what's coming up, though.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, boy.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's. We might doozy. We might leave after I do the next.

[John Height]

Okay.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Doozy.

[Joe Soucheray]

Folks.

[Chris Reivers]

John, you're on your own for the news.

[Joe Soucheray]

Is that carpet guy still there? Hammered?

[John Height]

No, they're gone. They just took off. Everything looks good. Smells awful, though. I mean, just.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't like the smell of new carpeting. I'm sure it's full of carcinogens and you'll all be dying within a month.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, I think the real question in here, John, is why have you had new carpet installed three times in the last three months?

[Chris Reivers]

What.

[Kenny Olson]

What kind of crime scene are you living at?

[John Height]

9 months?

[Chris Reivers]

We blame Larry, but, yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Larry have explosive diarrhea?

[John Height]

No, his paws kept getting caught in the last one. They weren't supposed to. Was guaranteed that that wouldn't happen. And so the rug basically fell apart.

[Matthew Mikulski]

There's really no guarantee.

[Joe Soucheray]

Did they replace it for free?

[John Height]

They replaced it, yeah. Every replacement we've had has been free because the carpet wasn't up to par.

[Chris Reivers]

You know, there's a joke there, and I'm going to refrain for that, but if you're a town council member, just buckle up.

[Joe Soucheray]

You want your.

[Kenny Olson]

Something about the drapes? Matching the drapes, yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Height]

Sure.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Matthew Mikulski]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[Matthew Mikulski]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Joe Soucheray]

Chris Reivers is a paid endorser.

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[Kenny Olson]

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[Kenny Olson]

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[Joe Soucheray]

You ready?

[Matthew Mikulski]

Let's hear it. This has been build up man.

[Joe Soucheray]

A proposed bill in the Minnesota Senate would amend the definition of wild rice to include the words, it is the policy of this state to recognize the inherent right of wild rice to exist and thrive in Minnesota. Opponents asked what inherent right means and how it would be enforced, arguing that the language opens up the state to potential litigation. Indigenous rights and environmental advocates say there are great risks to wild rice. Wild rice is viewed by Native Americans as a living being and relative. So your relative would be the wild rice. In certain Native American ideologies, they call it mannomen. But the proponents of this believe wild rice is threatened by pollution and climate extremes. Well, there's always been climate extremes. Let me get this straight.

[Chris Reivers]

Check this.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Back it on up.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is proposed by somebody named Senator Mary Kunisch. She represents all parts of Ramsey County. For example, New Brighton, New Brighton, dfl. New Brighton. And she. She's the advocate for this. She believes wild rice should have rights, which I can only conclude would mean that there would be, I suppose, increased regulation on how it would be harvested.

[Kenny Olson]

It also means you can't upset that wild rice bed.

[Joe Soucheray]

You can't scare it, for example, you can't. You couldn't paddle over there and go, boo.

[Matthew Mikulski]

That would be right.

[Joe Soucheray]

So we're going to give wild rice rights. So I got curious about this Cornish. She. She claims to have. I'm not claims. That's unfair of me. She says she has Native American heritage in her life, so that wild rice might be more particularly important to her. For example, some other. Sure, that's not her. So I looked her up. I started by looking her up. Who do we have among us that's representing us that wants to give Wildra a plant? It wants to give plant.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, Joe, everybody deserves the right to live.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let me give the right term again. No. It has a right to exist and thrive. Wild rice has a right to exist and thrive. She is an American politician, as we now know. District 39. She was nine of 13 kids in St. Paul, raised in Sartel. Her grandma and mother were enrolled citizens of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, and her dad was a St. Cloud city attorney and later an Assistant Stearns County Attorney. Her sister Patrice is Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans. She went to Cathedral High School in St. Cloud, St. Catherine University in St. Paul. She's a librarian by trade.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay, that.

[Matthew Mikulski]

That's a red flag.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait a minute.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, she's been in office since. Well, she's been in the Senate since 2021. I think she was a House member and then upgraded herself to Senate. But She's. She believes wild rice should have a right to exist and flourish. So I got curious. I got curious. Wonder where she stands on abortion.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh boy.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, Chris, I mean you're giving wild right wild rice the right to exist and thrive. You would think such a person would feel at least the same way about a human.

[Chris Reivers]

Would you like to hear from Mary?

[Joe Soucheray]

Sure.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Any discussion on the A2amendment? Senator Drakowski? No, that's. I don't want to hear he.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

I only wanted to hear her.

[Kenny Olson]

I can give you a little hint before we go any further.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I got it.

[Kenny Olson]

But I do want to hear what you have to say. In 2018, they adopted the rights of manoomin the wild rice and made the wild rice the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit over that Line 3 pipeline. So I think they're positioning themselves legally for future action. But I really. I'm maybe stop mining to mining for roads for. You name it, whatever it is. But I want to know what she says about abortion. You really.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well. Well, I can guess. Here is from April 10, 2023. Written in her own hand. On Friday, federal judges in Texas and Washington issued separate contradictory decisions on the future of medication abortion country. A Texas judge suspended the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs commonly used to end a pregnancy, while a separate case in Washington state ordered the FDI to refrain from making any changes to the availability of mifepristone, if I'm pronouncing it correctly. Minnesota legislative leaders and Republicans, reproductive rights advocates, including Senator Mary Kunisch, held a press conference. And Mary Kunisch said the following Friday's conflicting federal court decisions to underscore the urgency of the Minnesota legislature's work to protect Minnesota's fundamental right to the full spectrum reproduction health care. The rulings demonstrate that we cannot rely on courts stacked with anti choice judges to apply the rule of law fairly for the sake of all Minnesotans and the people in surrounding states who look to us for safe access to healthcare. That means abortion. We must protect our healthcare providers and any patients who come to Minnesota because we're a welcome state for that. You deal with abortion, you get your ass in Minnesota. We'll take care of you. Coming to Minnesota to seek reproductive care, we must strike any antiquated medically unsound laws on reproductive health care. For Minnesota's legal code, we must pass the Reproductive Freedom Defense act and Reproductive Freedom Codification act so that Minnesota remains a state that treats reproductive healthcare patients with dignity. Despite these attempts to Confuse providers and deny patients the care they need. All right, and then I have another one from September 4th. I'm sorry, September 24th, 2021. So her. Kunisch's. Her track record as a pro choice legislator is well established. She was a charter member of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus in Minnesota. There's quite a few of the gang is in that caucus. She was a staunch early candidate for that. And she wants to give wild rice the right to exist and thrive. Does that make sense? I know they're two different topics, but this is.

[Matthew Mikulski]

It really doesn't make sense to have a plant have rights.

[Joe Soucheray]

I mean, she goes out of her way to make Minnesota. I think I'm on safe ground to say she goes out of her way to establish herself as having her arms open to any woman in the country who wants to make it to Minnesota. We'll take care of you and get rid of that kid. But by the way, when you're here, don't mess with the wild rush.

[Chris Reivers]

Don't pull off on the side of the road.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don't pull off on the side of the road or get a canoe and go out there and screw around with that wild rice.

[Kenny Olson]

I believe you have to have a. I think it's actually a $2 license.

[Joe Soucheray]

You probably have to have a permit.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, you do. To harvest wild rice if you're not a native. But yeah, it's. It's a real.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now you might wonder, well, can a guy really draw an analogy between a child and wild rice?

[Kenny Olson]

That's what I'm thinking.

[Chris Reivers]

That's why you're the mayor.

[Joe Soucheray]

It sure would be nice to hear a legislator once in a while say, we sure encourage the right of children to thrive and exist. You know, you're not going to hear that from her. You're gonna hear that about wild rice.

[Kenny Olson]

I have more of us. I'm sorry, Chris. I wanna hear that. Go ahead.

[Joe Soucheray]

Who is this?

[Chris Reivers]

This is Jessica Intermill on the House floor yesterday talking About Senate File 3749, the amending description, Joe and crew. Of wild rice as a state green.

[Joe Soucheray]

First, this bill applies the legal inherent rights doctrine to a plant that has been in Minnesota since long before there was a Minnesota. That doctrine does not grant any right to wild rice. Rather, it recognizes that the plant's inherent

[Chris Reivers]

right to live exists because it is alive.

[Joe Soucheray]

First, this. Oh, it exists because it's alive. Sure, I'll be there.

[Kenny Olson]

Do we have the same thing about the lady slipper, the official plant or flower?

[Joe Soucheray]

I doubt. I doubt that there's a Specific piece of legislation that says the lady slipper gets to exist. It's state flower.

[Kenny Olson]

I think I'm supposed to be driving around them when they grow on the little roads we have through our woods. I don't know, but I don't know

[Chris Reivers]

if I have wild rice. Is that one of our staples in this state?

[Kenny Olson]

Well, we're known for it. Minnesota grows more wild rice than any other state in the union. The funny thing is about wild rice, you can. Not only can you plant it yourself, but a lot of these little potholes and sloughs are planted by ducks and birds that drop it in and then it sinks down into the muck and it grows from there. And I don't like the thought of, you know, we have a couple potholes that we've planted with wild rice and one that the birds planted. I don't like the thought of the state or somebody coming in and saying I can't take a boat through there with a three horse motor or I can't do whatever I want on this body of water that's surrounded by my land.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's part of the legislation that you couldn't have a motorized vehicle.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, that's just more interference because they don't.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wild rice doesn't like noise.

[Chris Reivers]

No, it wants to be called.

[Kenny Olson]

It's more interference from the state. What are they going to say about all the swans? That if a swan decides to make your pothole its home, it will tear up all the wild rice from the roots and they won't have any more wild rice.

[Chris Reivers]

Then you can put the swan down,

[Kenny Olson]

which is also a protected species.

[John Height]

The lady slipper is protected by law. Does that mean it has rights? I don't know.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, there's probably a law that you can't hack down a lady slipper.

[John Height]

There's a law since 1925 in Minnesota. It's illegal to pick the lady slipper or uproot or unearth any of the plants.

[Kenny Olson]

What about drive over it in a side by side?

[John Height]

No mention of that.

[Chris Reivers]

It's tough to beat a bowl of wild rice soup in the winter.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, I. I think wild rice is a nice treat.

[Chris Reivers]

Chicken wild rice, I love it.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Chicken or turkey. You know, it really doesn't have here after Thanksgiving.

[Kenny Olson]

But this is just more government intrusion and I see what they're doing here. They're going to use it in future court cases against roads and pipelines and you name it, that's true. Against. Thanks, Matt.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Trying to stay Switzerland here with the Ojibwe side.

[Chris Reivers]

Matthew's trying to stay ne. Are you pro or anti wild rice?

[Kenny Olson]

You know, and they mentioned they one of the reasons in the story, they mentioned that the harvest has been down in recent years and natives have been looking for places to harvest. We've had them approach us and we let them go. Go ahead. We tell them where it's at and they go down there and they beat all that rice into the bottom of their canoe and haul it away and see you later, pal. No big deal.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yep.

[Kenny Olson]

But when we eat wild rice, we just go to the store and buy it.

[Joe Soucheray]

I believe it's still available.

[Kenny Olson]

It is. It's very available.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's your that's your legislative update for the.

[Chris Reivers]

Here's today's legislative update.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why don't you do what you got to do?

[Kenny Olson]

Less laws, more freedom. Come on.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

No. It's the end of the world as we know it and he feels fine. Joe Sucerey, Here's John Height.

[John Height]

Why, thank you, Joe. This news is brought to you by North American Banking Company. We should I'm just going to mention briefly, I know nobody here cares but me and Chris, but the USA lost last night in the wbc. And there's now a chance they might not make the the finals.

[Chris Reivers]

If Mexico beats Italy, we are screwed.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't think of anything less interested.

[Kenny Olson]

This, this is baseball, right? It's not hockey, a sport that matters. Right. It's just baseball.

[John Height]

This, Mexico wins.

[Kenny Olson]

You know, baseball.

[John Height]

You know, if Mexico wins, the US can still make it, but it has to be a low scoring game or a high scoring game. I'm sorry.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, that's Rick as a red rover.

[Kenny Olson]

Red rover and Johnny right over.

[John Height]

If Mexico beats Italy 12 to 11, then the US will go.

[Kenny Olson]

Baseball is the duck, duck, gray duck of sports.

[Joe Soucheray]

I just don't associate baseball with Italy.

[Josh Arnold]

Italy.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, here's why I was.

[John Height]

Beat the U.S. i mean, you know,

[Chris Reivers]

here's what I was going to mention though. It's funny to watch. You know, the USA has got a very good team. Japan obviously has a very good team with Ohtani and such. But Italy's got guys that. Yeah, my great grandfather once slept with a gal that was In Italy, you know, 50,000 years ago.

[Joe Soucheray]

They have a pet from Italy, right?

[Chris Reivers]

That's their attachment to the country spaghetti. Yes, exactly. My mom bought Prego.

[John Height]

The electrician on the Czechia team.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, have you. Do you know this story?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't.

[Chris Reivers]

This is straight gl. No, this is straight gl.

[John Height]

Oh, it's wonderful.

[Chris Reivers]

Johnny, go ahead.

[John Height]

Electrician. That's what he does for a living. Was on the Czechia team, which is apparently the old Czechoslovakia.

[Joe Soucheray]

I didn't know this.

[John Height]

And he pitched what, three and two thirds, Chris? Yeah, four Japan. Who has a very fine lineup.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[John Height]

And he got a standing ovation going off the field.

[Chris Reivers]

And here's what he did. He said, he talked to the reporter. He said, yeah, I had to take PTO to come pitch in this game, but this is pretty great. My boss is going to be pissed if I'm not back in the morning.

[Joe Soucheray]

He spoke English. Shot well.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, yeah.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Well, is that good English?

[Chris Reivers]

Basically. I don't know. I just saw the.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Where's this being played?

[John Height]

Everywhere, all over.

[Chris Reivers]

USA is in Houston.

[John Height]

That's great. Another good story the other night. USA, a 17 year old pitched against USA and he was decent.

[Matthew Mikulski]

That was the young kid.

[Joe Soucheray]

What country was that?

[Kenny Olson]

I gotta get back to my job at Subway.

[John Height]

No, he actually was.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, actually his child. Child labor violations.

[John Height]

He's Jose Contreras's kid. Jose Contreras was a pitcher for the Yankees and White Sox.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm aware of. Who was Jose Contreras.

[John Height]

Anyway, let's, let's move well, good luck to the land. Since Chris and I are the only two here that like fun, let's move.

[Chris Reivers]

I love it, John. I think it's. I think it's a fun.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm with Joe. I hate fun. Me and Joe.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't mind fun, but this is. This is all pretend excitement. This is a bunch of bs.

[John Height]

You know what?

[Matthew Mikulski]

This isn't hockey.

[Chris Reivers]

If there was hockey. The only thing that is doing this a disservice is the fact that you had one of the most exciting Olympics in recent memory.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, who are you kidding? This is just an extended spring training game. It's just.

[John Height]

Well, but it's.

[Chris Reivers]

But would you rather watch that, or would you rather watch the Twins send a C squad up to Deep Haven and play the Braves?

[Kenny Olson]

Serious question. How are you going to feel if your favorite player for your favorite team gets injured?

[Chris Reivers]

That's happened.

[Kenny Olson]

Hijinks.

[Joe Soucheray]

This non question. If I was the Dodgers, there's no way I'm letting Ohtani play in this thing.

[Kenny Olson]

No way.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, he is. I know, I know.

[Chris Reivers]

He would have said, okay, well, then I'll go retire. Yeah, because he cares about Japan more than he cares about the Dodgers.

[John Height]

I don't care about Tommy getting hurt. I do care about Judge getting hurt, though. He better not. In news. Am I done already? No, I guess not.

[Joe Soucheray]

No. You haven't started. In news.

[John Height]

I don't think I said this yet. Maybe I did. But the news is brought to you by North American Banking Company As Minnesota residents continue to feel financial fallout from Operation Metro Surge, Ramsey county is offering some relief in the form of a short term property tax extension. Yesterday, Ramsey County Manager Ling Becker announced the county treasurer will waive late fees for two months on the first half of 2026 property taxes for eligible taxpayers. Becker said while Operation Metro Surge may be winding down, its impacts have not our most vulnerable residents continue to feel the greatest impact. Applications for the tax extension are open through July 15th. The program applies to the following property types. Types? Excuse me. Non escrowed homestead properties, non escrowed small businesses with an annual property tax bill of 50 grand or less and rental properties of one to three units with an annual property tax bill of 20 grand or less.

[Joe Soucheray]

Am I escrowed?

[John Height]

I wonder.

[Kenny Olson]

You probably are.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. Shoot.

[Kenny Olson]

If you're smart, you are. Then you don't have to deal with it. Missing the deadline in St. Paul can lead to penalties of 5 to 25%, depending on the payment type and the interest accrued on delinquent taxes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, and says the federal government. Never mind the $2 million we just bought for a Saturday night lobster deal.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, those two don't.

[Joe Soucheray]

I know I said federal government. Never mind. I'm just, I'm just.

[Kenny Olson]

That's a link. My brain isn't capable.

[Joe Soucheray]

I know.

[Kenny Olson]

Up.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Meanwhile, a preliminary impact assessment released by the city of Minneapolis estimates at least $203.1 million in losses in just one month. Spending, wages, business revenue, housing needs, food access, mental health support and direct city ops due to Operation Metro Surge.

[Joe Soucheray]

You idiots told businesses to close.

[John Height]

The report warns that impacts will last in our community for years, if not decades or generations, and notes that at least 76,000 residents now need urgent relief assistance. Council President Elliot Payne said the council is working to address the community needs. An economist who reviewed the city's early numbers said the impact will unfold in two phases. The first includes immediate costs. King Bannon is from St. Cloud University. He's an economist. He said you're going to get overtime and emergency spending going up because you need more of your own peace officers working right away. He said the more significant pressure will come later. He said you're going to see the second impact, which is softer revenues, sales taxes will go down, income tax flows. Other tax flows will shrink as well, which means that next year's budget is the one that's going to have to get tighter. Xcel Energy says a mechanical issue caused an oil leak at the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant. Company said the plant has been shut down for maintenance since February 20, and on Tuesday morning, while testing equipment equipment operators found a problem with low oil levels in one of the motors that circulates water through the plant for cooling. The operators investigated and found that the component that keeps the motors lubricating oil separate from the cooling water had failed. That allowed the water and oil to mix. Excel said its teams isolated the equipment immediately from the water supply and notified federal, state and local governments. The company estimates about 200 gallons of oil left the cooling equipment before it was shut down, with a portion of the oil making its way to the discharge canal. The discharge canal leads to the Mississippi river, but plant personnel said no oil reached the river.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Any word on whether rust on the executives are on site to scoop up some of the this top stuff is the best.

[John Height]

For the next week, bids are open for a treasure trove of antique equipment and memorabilia from the Minnesota State Fair. Highlights include a collection of horse drawn water wagons.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Joe, that would look good in the living room, wouldn't it?

[Joe Soucheray]

You're a fair guy, you know this isn't the first time they've had an auction. I'm sensing trouble.

[Chris Reivers]

What do you mean? Really?

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm sensing they're so desperate for money they just keep finding crap to auction off.

[Chris Reivers]

How can they possibly.

[Matthew Mikulski]

You mean because of donations? Like for the foundation?

[Kenny Olson]

I don't know.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm just telling you they've had a number of auctions.

[John Height]

I'm with Chris. There's no way out here.

[Chris Reivers]

So what you're saying is $20 tickets ain't enough per day.

[John Height]

Also, you can pick up a pair of bronze moose statues.

[Joe Soucheray]

Boy, that'd be cool. Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Here.

[John Height]

This is kind of funny.

[Matthew Mikulski]

You got to work with me on these bronze statues here.

[John Height]

Miniature John Deere pedal tractors. Does that mean the toy kind? You know, a towable seven horse carousel.

[Chris Reivers]

Wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

Be nice to tow that around. Cool.

[Chris Reivers]

I actually have a video of the. The moose statue Johnny was talking about. Sorry folks, we're closed for two weeks

[Kenny Olson]

to clean and repair America's favorite family fun park.

[Chris Reivers]

Sorry.

[John Height]

A vintage film projector, an old fashioned phone booth. A gently use.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Oh, wait a minute. An old fashioned phone.

[Chris Reivers]

That would cool. That would be kind of cool.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Chris Reivers]

I can get on board with that. That'd be cool.

[John Height]

How about a circus tent stake driver. Wouldn't that just be a big hammer?

[Joe Soucheray]

Big sledgehammer?

[John Height]

Yes.

[Kenny Olson]

Huge mall.

[John Height]

Some items are available in bulk, like 62 pairs of the original seats from Lee and Rose Warner Coliseum. An assortment of signs, posters and pictures capturing decades of state fair history are also on offer. The Auction closes Monday, March 16, 1:00pm Bids start at a buck for everything and all items will be sold to the highest bidder.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, where is this located?

[Chris Reivers]

Falcon Heights.

[John Height]

Yeah, it's. From what I saw the pictures, it looked like it was all lined up in one of the fair buildings.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

But I think if you just go online, I see you can probably find.

[Kenny Olson]

I want one of those old pickups from the 60s with the logo on it.

[Joe Soucheray]

That'd be cool.

[Matthew Mikulski]

John, they didn't mention the. Some of the other items that I've heard. I know that you can purchase some slightly used wax hands equipment. There's a cabin a cash call so wax hands had to go.

[Kenny Olson]

So now when you sell that, do the proceeds for that sale go right to your one and only investor or does that that person also.

[Chris Reivers]

He knocks it off the tab?

[Matthew Mikulski]

Well, the fair takes 75%, so there's

[Kenny Olson]

really not much after the 75% of nothing.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know what, you got to create some paperwork for me so I can take that to My Tash guy and write that off as a loss.

[Matthew Mikulski]

That's depreciation over the years, you know what I'm saying?

[Kenny Olson]

Fifteen years ago.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Concert series announcement at Surly. They made their first announcement of the season. Apparently it's a good venue. I have not been to it.

[Chris Reivers]

It is very cool. Yeah, I've heard it's very cool. Yeah.

[John Height]

I went to the Armory last week. I thought that was very cool. That's the first time I've been there.

[Joe Soucheray]

Do you have a seat or do you have to stand?

[John Height]

There are no seats except there's. There's balconies where you can stand. The balcony would be incredible. That's what I will do. If anybody else comes, I would like

[Matthew Mikulski]

to go to see the Armory. I just, just to see anything there I think would be cool.

[Chris Reivers]

It's a neat place to watch a show.

[John Height]

It's very cool. Very cool. At Surly later this year, Britney Howard and the Alabama Shakes, newly reunited after nearly decades of being apart, will perform Aug. 28th and 29th. Tickets for both the Alabama Shake show go on sale March 13th, which is this Friday at 10 in the morning with pre sale options beginning tomorrow. San Francisco singer songwriter Hannah Cohen will open both.

[Matthew Mikulski]

What's the big song we played? Didn't we play the Alabama Shakes and Bumps?

[John Height]

Probably.

[Matthew Mikulski]

It was a slow start. It was a great tune. Yeah, it was going on or something.

[John Height]

We didn't play single. We played something else.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Oh, okay.

[Chris Reivers]

Hang on loose. Which one?

[Joe Soucheray]

Hold on, hang on, hold on. Whatever. Go ahead, John.

[John Height]

That's time to take a break is what that is.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, okay.

[Matthew Mikulski]

They sing that too?

[John Height]

Yep.

[Chris Reivers]

Mr. Reivers, I'm not going to be doing any type of Alabama Shakes rendition, but I am going to talk about our friend Linda Keller. Speaking of taxes. Kellertaxservice.com Joe Sucre, get your wax hand documents in your hand and call Linda right now at 320-352-00130. Or also don't forget, book your appointment [e-mail] what do we got here? March 11, 2026. You've got about a month to go here before your deadline of tax filing season.

[Joe Soucheray]

Go ahead.

[Kenny Olson]

She is done with mine. I once again am getting a nice check from the feds and I owe the state about a grand.

[Chris Reivers]

And that's why Linda is the best, telling everybody he's gonna take his fed money and give it right to the state.

[Joe Soucheray]

State.

[Chris Reivers]

But you know what? It doesn't matter where you live. Let's say you're in the state of Minnesota. Linda's got you covered. You want to live in Phoenix, Linda's got you covered. Doesn't matter. All types of returns, all types of people. If you're a business owner, by the way, especially a small business owner, Linda Keller is going to be able to help you out big time. Like I said, she's been handling my taxes for years. Johnny and Kenny have been going to Linda for a couple of years now. She's the absolute best. If you go on that website, website, all sorts of updated tax information and she handles all of it. And by the way, she's going to send you that packet every year to remind you, hey, sign this, do that. Don't forget to do this. She's the best. Linda Keller. And kellertaxservice.com, book your appointment and please do me a favor and let her know that you heard about her here on the garagelogic podcast. Johnny.

[John Height]

Thanks, Chris. In other news, the International Energy Agency said its member countries would release 400 million barrels of oil, oil, the largest reserve distribution in history, in a bid to bring down crude prices that have soared during the war with Iran. Release of oil would more than double the agency's biggest prior release when IEA member countries in 2022 put 182 million barrels on the market after Russia invaded Ukraine. The IEA proposal is intended to counter the disruption caused by the near total closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to global market. About one fifth of the world's oil supply moves through that strait and the threat of attacks on takers by Iran has brought shipments to a near standstill.

[Chris Reivers]

You know, Johnny started the newscast, Joe, by mentioning the World Baseball Classic. Did you hear about the Iran team? No, they just had bombs.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Isn't the Baseball Classic just like that?

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, it's just dreadful. I mean, it wasn't funny and it's horrible.

[Matthew Mikulski]

The Instagram AI I saw was with an Iranian.

[Joe Soucheray]

We're down with this.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Shooting down a fighter on a flying carpet was pretty funny, though.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, like an Aladdin.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Yes.

[John Height]

Roughly 700,000 people in Lebanon, including about 200, 200,000 children, have been displaced as air strikes continue on Beirut today. Many are sheltering in stadiums and schools. Lebanese officials say the death toll is rising by about 100 people a day with at least 570 people killed as of yesterday. Israel began bombing Lebanon last week after Hezbollah, the Iran backed militant group, attacked Israel in retaliation for the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khomeini Lebanon's government has called for talks with Israel aimed at disarming Hezbollah and postponed parliamentary elections for two years.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can we go back to the Straits of Hormuz? How exactly are they being blocked? According to Trump, we've destroyed all of Iran equipment. Is the fear that they would bomb a ship with a drone if it moved?

[John Height]

They also put some mines, all mines.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Well, we shot some of those landmine droppers, didn't we? Those little boats that are dropping the mines, But I wouldn't have a brass pair enough to go through there.

[John Height]

Annual inflation held steady last month, but economists say the new numbers are pretty much obsolete already because of the conflict anyway. Iran consumer prices rose 2.4% in February from a year earlier, according to the Labor Department this morning. That compared with 2.4% in January and was even with what economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal had expected. Core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy items, rose 2.5% from a year ago, in line with expectations before the launch of the US Israeli war with Iran on February 28. The inflation report would have been a key reading, shaping expectations for Federal Reserve policy in the months ahead. It's been transformed by this conflict, though, into something more than a baseline, according to economists. Economists say they will measure whatever the war does to prices in the months ahead. Joseph Brusales is the chief economist at rsm. He said this morning, shortly before the report was released, the February data is already pretty much inconsequential.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm sorry, I can't get the Straits of Hormuz out of my head. Those wouldn't be mines, would they? They'd be depth charges. Isn't that what mines are called in. In water warfare?

[Kenny Olson]

I thought they were floating. Floating mines, they float just under the surface, don't they?

[Joe Soucheray]

But in the old submarine movies, they always feared a depth charge.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, that was ships dropping charges. Okay, I've been looking at the map. Can any of you guys name one city in Iran other than Tesla? Iran. Just give me one city.

[Joe Soucheray]

Raleigh.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Santiago.

[Kenny Olson]

Raleigh.

[Joe Soucheray]

Ish. Ish. Ish for Shell or something like that. Water.

[Chris Reivers]

Close.

[Kenny Olson]

You're kind of close. It is Fahan. Yeah, it's Fahan.

[Joe Soucheray]

Isfahan. Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Matthew, you got one?

[Matthew Mikulski]

I sent some with Santiago, but no,

[Joe Soucheray]

that's not a little too far.

[Kenny Olson]

Spain. Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can you name me the countries on the streets of Hormuz? Wouldn't it be Iran? Yemen?

[Matthew Mikulski]

Oman?

[Kenny Olson]

Dubai? Dubai, uae.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Sean Harris advanced yesterday from a crowded field to a runoff in the special election to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia. Fuller, a district attorney, benefited from President Trump's endorsement in the solidly GOP district in the northwest quarter of the state. Harris is a Democrat, a retired army brigadier general and cattle rancher, lost a green in the 2024 general election. In the 14th district, neither candidate was projected to win the majority needed to avoid a runoff with 99% of the vote expected or with 99% of the vote in. Democrat Harris surprisingly led at 37%. Fuller was at 35%. Fuller, though, remains the April 7 runoff favorite. President Trump carried that district by 37 percentage points in the 2024 presidential presidential race. President Trump says he won't sign any other legislation into law until Congress passes a strict proof of citizenship voting bill that he says also must end Americans ability to vote by mail, something that the president himself has done multiple times in the past few years. Trump told the House Republicans during their annual retreat at his golf club in Florida he doesn't think they'll win elections unless voting laws are toughened up to prevent fraud, even though mail ballots are popular in many states and federal law already requires voters in national elections be U.S. citizens with scant evidence that non citizens even try to vote. President wants to bolster the so called Save America act, which the House has already approved, and he pressed the Senate to push past its filibuster rules to send it to his desk. Voting experts said the bill could disenfranchise about 20 million American voters who don't have birth certificates or other documents readily available. The bill, as approved by the House, would require voters to present proof of citizenship with a passport or birth certificate when they register to vote and then show a photo ID when you cast ballots.

[Chris Reivers]

I asked Johnny before the news if this was going to be coming up and he said yes. Here's a couple of pieces of audio I think are worth playing. Let's go to your guy, Joe Chuck Schumer on the Save America act, shall we? Sure.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes, but their bill isn't voter ID number one on it is about voter registration. It makes it. It allows ICE to kick tens of billions of people off the rolls.

[Chris Reivers]

Off the rolls. And they don't tell them until election day.

[Joe Soucheray]

And you show up and you say you're not registered anymore, you're not registered here, you're not on the rolls. Stop that. I can't hear his voice. It's like scratching a blackboard.

[Chris Reivers]

Gotcha.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't. I can't hear his voice.

[Chris Reivers]

But if they're saying that there Are tens of millions on the voter rolls? Isn't that in and of itself a problem?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, who's.

[John Height]

Who's saying that?

[Chris Reivers]

That's Chuck Schumer.

[Joe Soucheray]

Chuck.

[John Height]

Okay.

[Kenny Olson]

Anything, Chris, Joe, Anything the Democrats want. All they have to do is mention ice. I'm surprised ICE didn't come into the wild rice conversation.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, that's a good point. Trump hates wild rice. You're right, Kenny.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think he has a poor diet.

[Kenny Olson]

Who?

[Joe Soucheray]

Trump?

[Matthew Mikulski]

He likes the big.

[Kenny Olson]

I thought you were talking about me. And I'm like, yeah, so it's pretty obvious.

[Chris Reivers]

But I guess that's the quote that bothered me when he said tens of millions.

[Kenny Olson]

What do you think that's bad by a poor diet?

[John Height]

But he's not saying. They're not non voters. That's what I don't understand. Why you.

[Kenny Olson]

I would rather argue about what Trump eats for.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't think he eats fruits and vegetables. Vegetables?

[Kenny Olson]

You think he's eaten ripple chips for breakfast?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, stuff like that.

[Kenny Olson]

Maybe a cold hot dog.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can you imagine the meals you could have with that chef there?

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, an uncooked.

[Joe Soucheray]

I hang out in the kitchen. I'd hang out in the kitchen. Make me a cheeseburger.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can you imagine how good those would be?

[Matthew Mikulski]

Give me a nice little steaks thin.

[Kenny Olson]

See, now you think he's ordering from the top shelf. I think he's probably having Velveeta grilled cheese sandwiches.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, geez. Kind of.

[Chris Reivers]

You're missing President Mikulski. We have a international crisis. We have war in the Middle East. Yeah, I know. I'll get to that.

[Matthew Mikulski]

I got a brisket. That's got an hour and a half. I gotta flip it over. Put the mustard sauce on. I'll send it down to the war room. But hang on. Put me on Zoom. Put me on Zoom

[John Height]

from New Mexico. Tin fat. Tin foil Joe.

[Chris Reivers]

President Mikulski, does that not terrify you enough?

[Matthew Mikulski]

Tell sewage to quit calling me and tell me. Get the hell out of the kitchen. We ain't got no butter.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's bad enough that he runs an airport.

[Matthew Mikulski]

No butter, no. But no gravy.

[Joe Soucheray]

John, you have a tinfoil hat story.

[John Height]

Oh, you noticed?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I did. I'm trying to pay attention. Jesus.

[John Height]

Tinfoil hat time, fellas. Even though we got a little bit of that in the last five minutes. But let's move on to a different tinfoil hat.

[Chris Reivers]

It's not tinfoil hat. When a Democratic.

[John Height]

He's talking about registered voters, Chris. Yes, that. Oh, Jesus.

[Joe Soucheray]

What's the current story you're going to do.

[John Height]

Over 600 New Mexico residents have been alerted. This is. See, this is. This is what's ruined election Joe. Not the stuff you say. This is what's ruined elections.

[Chris Reivers]

What has bs What? What?

[John Height]

Pretending that there's this huge issue, that there's millions and millions of voters.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm not arguing with you.

[John Height]

I know.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm wondering what your current story is. I've been waiting patiently. Bought a tinfoil hat.

[John Height]

Yeah. You'll like this one.

[Joe Soucheray]

All right.

[John Height]

600 New Mexico residents have been alerted by authorities to hand over their home security footage after the bizarre disappearance of a retired Air force general and UFO expert enters its 11th day.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. He was taken by a ship.

[John Height]

Investigators contacted the Albuquerque homeowners to gather the home camera footage and information in an effort to track down 68 year old Williams William McCasland, who vanished without a trace from his home Feb. 28, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office. A police spokesperson said investigators have contacted more than 600 homeowners to request security footage and information because to date no sightings have been reported. Local authorities working alongside the FBI said they've received dozens of tips in the missing person's case, although none have yet to bear any fruit. Cops said McCasler left his phone behind when he mysteriously disappeared on foot from his home. Authorities did issue a silver alert for the retired general, but an investigative journalist warned the case amounts to much more than a missing senior citizen, calling it a grave national security crisis. Ross Coltheart is a journalist. He said in the latest edition of his Reality Check podcast. This is a. With some of the most sensitive secrets of the United States in his head.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let me tell you something. With this war in Iran and with each passing day of the Trump presidency, UFO news is going to continue to grow exponentially.

[Kenny Olson]

You guys, come on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, it's going to happen. You watch. It'll be more and more UFO news.

[Kenny Olson]

As somebody who.

[Joe Soucheray]

We always get them in times of crisis.

[Kenny Olson]

As somebody who obsesses over this on a daily basis, he does. Did what a lot of us want to do.

[Joe Soucheray]

He just left.

[Kenny Olson]

He went out for a pack of smokes.

[John Height]

Not a bad idea.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, yeah.

[John Height]

The cold heart said the timing is, and this is an odd adjective, screechingly relevant.

[Joe Soucheray]

Screeching.

[Matthew Mikulski]

What is screechingly real?

[John Height]

The fact that General McCasland has disappeared off the face of the earth's earth is a grave national security crisis for the United States. All of this comes just days after President Trump announced in a truth social post that he was directing the Department of DEF prepare the release of files related to UFOs and extraterrestrial life. During his military career, McCasland headed up research at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, a role in which he oversaw classified space weapons programs.

[Kenny Olson]

In all seriousness, though, guys, this is an inside job, right?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

This is from somebody else in the government that snatched him.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Taking them out so he can't tell us.

[Kenny Olson]

Absolutely.

[John Height]

Yep.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, they're probably next.

[Kenny Olson]

Such I hear from them sometimes you're probably next.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't care if that got me out of Minnesota, I'll take it.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, do you want me to help that? I can make that happen. I know some guys. We could make that happen.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay.

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[Chris Reivers]

how are ya?

[John Height]

Nice to see.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's a man who spends hours in hardware stores sifting through the nuts and bolts of life. That's Mike Holt.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm gonna read you an email from

[Kenny Olson]

him in a moment.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right now, my eyes are on a Moto Guzzi motorcycle on sale at EcoFund for 71.99. It's the Moto Guzzi V7 preseason sale up at Ecofund in Forest Lake. And down in Burnsville, electric bikes starting at 899. 400 electric bikes in stock. The snow's gonna be gone permanently pretty quick, and you want to be riding an electric bike. You want water equipment, waverunners and jet skis. They'll throw in the trailer for 1500. It's a $1500 trailer beautiful truck trailer. It's going to be the most fun store you'll ever spend time in. Eco Fun Motorsports in Forest Lake, Columbus. I consider it for. Oh, look at what I'm looking at on the screen. Just have so much great stuff.

[Kenny Olson]

It's wonderful.

[Joe Soucheray]

And there are. It's right on Highway 97, immediately west. That's what I'm looking at right there.

[Matthew Mikulski]

That's what I'm talking about.

[Kenny Olson]

The Moto Guzzi Kawasaki.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow. Immediately west of the interstate on Highway 97 and down in Burnsville on the service road of life. And there's no excuse to leave there without the perfect fit because Kaylin Bloom, Tim's daughter, is the expert on electric bikes in this country, if not the entire world population. Ecofunmotorsports.com There's Mike Hokenson.

[Chris Reivers]

Hail the fireworks commissioner.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's done some wonderful music for us. He has a note here. He was contemplating the 250th anniversary of the country the other day and he had one of those moments where he realized just what a short time span that actually is. To put it in perspective, a 50 year old person has been alive for 20% of the existence of the United States. Uh oh.

[John Height]

We're doing math.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Wait, what was that? Ready? That again. So I can.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's not that complicated.

[Matthew Mikulski]

It is.

[Joe Soucheray]

A 50 year old person has been alive for 20% of the existence of the country. An 84 year old person has been alive for one third of the existence of the United States

[Kenny Olson]

is 100%.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's right. If you were 250 years old, you would have been here for the entire country.

[John Height]

Country.

[Kenny Olson]

Then another quarter is.

[Joe Soucheray]

And then he is. He's all saying. That's right.

[John Height]

What?

[Joe Soucheray]

God help me. Really?

[Kenny Olson]

Really.

[Joe Soucheray]

There's nothing wrong with his math.

[John Height]

The 50 and 250s. Correct. It's 21 5th. Just reduce it. It's a fraction. Reduce. Reduce.

[Joe Soucheray]

Honest to God.

[Matthew Mikulski]

I mean.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you know what the ultimate point is for Mike? 100 years ain't what it used to be.

[Kenny Olson]

That he's not very good at math either. That's okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Anyway, 50 is 20% of 250.

[Kenny Olson]

If you say so.

[Matthew Mikulski]

It is.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it is. I mean, that's a fact.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay, if that's what your calculator says.

[Chris Reivers]

Since we've had great fun at his expense. Six years ago would have been the 244th anniversary of this country when we lost the great man. Meaning he was alive for basically half of this country's existence.

[Kenny Olson]

No, that would be 50%.

[Chris Reivers]

What did I say so?

[Joe Soucheray]

Half is 50% now.

[Matthew Mikulski]

It'd have to be 125 of 250.

[Kenny Olson]

Would have to be. It would have to be 120.

[Joe Soucheray]

He said almost. He was being close to all come.

[Chris Reivers]

Almost.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Over the line.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have a space management ruling to issue.

[Matthew Mikulski]

You were over the line.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think it'll melt. I think this is the way I'm handling it from here on end. Given that it's March 11, I'm not maintaining space management anymore, but I'm not putting any equipment away or treating it with seafoam yet. You can't do that because sure enough, if you button that baby up and put her in the back shed, you're going to get a blizzard in April.

[Kenny Olson]

I have to issue a caveat to that, though. Sidewalks and stuff, steps.

[Joe Soucheray]

Get them done, they melt.

[Kenny Olson]

Get the steps done.

[Joe Soucheray]

We got a lot of urban heat down here.

[Kenny Olson]

I will sue you into next year.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't have any steps, so I'm good.

[Chris Reivers]

Do you need any steps?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't.

[Chris Reivers]

But the thing is, though, Kenny's right. You got the. The Amazon guy showing up at your house basically every hour.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I have to clear it for him.

[Matthew Mikulski]

He's got his own belt. He's got his own belt to get the stuff out.

[Chris Reivers]

He's got his own personal parking spot at the Suture Greyhouse in the summer.

[Joe Soucheray]

She puts food and water out there like she's feeding animals.

[Chris Reivers]

She might be thirsty. Yeah, I'm not kidding. You want to come in for some lunch?

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, is he over there? When you're at work?

[Joe Soucheray]

I think so.

[Kenny Olson]

You can only hope, huh?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. You know. What the hell?

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, my God.

[Kenny Olson]

When she has days off, I leave. I try to give her her pr.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's right. She might have something going on.

[Chris Reivers]

You have to work on Sunday again? Yeah, it's just the podcast. I mean, geez, what are you gonna do?

[Kenny Olson]

You enjoy the day. I'll be home at about 6, so, you know, wrap it up by 5:30.

[Joe Soucheray]

In fact, I'll call first, tell you

[Chris Reivers]

I'm on the way.

[Kenny Olson]

I'll give you a warning. It's the codes clear. I come home.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hey, are you okay? Here I am. I'm here now. Yeah. Oh, my God. Well, it's only because they come to us.

[Kenny Olson]

Hold on there already.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow. Do you remember?

[Kenny Olson]

Tell us something on Monday, Chris. You played a bit of audio. A DHS employee whistleblower.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes.

[Kenny Olson]

Who is testifying at Congress. I think it was last month, Right?

[Chris Reivers]

Jeddah No. Oh, sorry. Say, Bernstein, Faye Bernstein.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Sorry.

[Kenny Olson]

Thank you.

[Joe Soucheray]

We just played her the other day.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. As soon as we had her on, I called Jay Coles. J. Coles found her and that's who we're. We're talking to her today on the Crabby Coffee Shop.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wonderful.

[Kenny Olson]

That'll be fun.

[Joe Soucheray]

Only because they come to us all the way from Penguin Tasmania, the home of the traveling lymans@worldwide waftage.com. it was on this day, Joe.

[Chris Reivers]

Today is March 11th.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it was on this day in 1862, the troops of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment occupied the town of Berryville, Virginia where they found a print run of the local paper. Half completed. Members of the company printed their own four page edition which contained humorous news about the army and the war. Copies of this paper are rare and valued. Civil War memorabilia. Boy, I could bet that would be neat to have that.

[Matthew Mikulski]

I bet the funny section was pretty good.

[Kenny Olson]

You're not gonna believe this. Beetle Bailey and my ancestors started that town.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, I don't believe it.

[Kenny Olson]

So, Berryville.

[John Height]

Berryville, Virginia?

[Kenny Olson]

Yep.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wouldn't it be Olsenville?

[Kenny Olson]

No, it's on my mom's side. And then on my grandpa, her dad's side.

[Joe Soucheray]

I wonder if they have a copy of this. Civil War.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Do you have any proof of that?

[Kenny Olson]

I do. And not only that, but they. One of them made archenemies with George Washington. I guess Washington was a real prick. And my Irish family had no problems telling them that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Really?

[Kenny Olson]

So. So if you think I'm disgruntled, it goes a long way back.

[Matthew Mikulski]

I mean, the guy started a country on this day. Okay, okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

In 1863, the Mississippi Pillager and Lake Winnipeg Ashish bands of Ojibwe signed a treaty with the government that consolidated and expanded The Cass Lake WinnipegAshish and Leech Lake reservations into the Leech Lake Indian reservations in north central Minnesota. The treaty, which was renegotiated in 1864, required numerous Ojibwe living elsewhere in the state to move to Leech Lake.

[Matthew Mikulski]

That's not a positive, that's a negative.

[Joe Soucheray]

I bet they didn't like that, did they?

[Matthew Mikulski]

They got screwed over.

[Kenny Olson]

By the way, Berryville was established in 1798 by Ben Barry and his wife Sarah.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know. Is your kid named after Ben? Ben Barry? Ben?

[Kenny Olson]

No. I didn't know this when I named my son Ben.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh yeah, you should have said yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

You weren't thinking like rookie.

[Kenny Olson]

As a matter of fact, he is.

[Joe Soucheray]

Joe. Yeah.

[Matthew Mikulski]

What does he drive?

[Kenny Olson]

He's got. He's Got only two trucks. Okay, the kid's got one.

[Joe Soucheray]

Really?

[John Height]

Really.

[Joe Soucheray]

I. I remember this one from last year. On the date it happened again. March 11, 1893. Wanda Gag was born

[Matthew Mikulski]

in living color.

[Joe Soucheray]

An author and artist. She wrote and illustrated the children's classic Millions of Cats.

[John Height]

Didn't we find out that there is a building named after her?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, the Gag Building or something. Didn't we talk to some guy who ran it?

[John Height]

I think somebody sent us a note.

[Chris Reivers]

Where's your dad work? At the Gag Building.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wanda Gag. Now, there's a little thing above the A or something.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Yeah, but the warehouse. The warehouse was split because they made sports equipment. It was the Ball and Gag Building.

[Joe Soucheray]

Gag. Rhonda Gag, born in New Almond. She was very famous as the author of Millions of cats.

[Kenny Olson]

What else did she do? Must have had a fun hug, huh?

[John Height]

Wanda Gag House does exist in New Ulm.

[Joe Soucheray]

It does? Well. Well, Matt, she read that she was born in new album.

[Chris Reivers]

You said it wrong.

[Matthew Mikulski]

It's new alum.

[Joe Soucheray]

On this day in Minnesota, sports disappointment history.

[Chris Reivers]

Who'd we lose to on March 11th?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, on this day in 1999, Stephan Marbury was trained. Traded.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, yeah, that was a good trade to the net.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's long out of the league, isn't he?

[Chris Reivers]

He was a huge superstar in China for years.

[Joe Soucheray]

Really?

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Is he out of that league?

[Chris Reivers]

No.

[Matthew Mikulski]

In fact, he sold more than the

[Joe Soucheray]

Beatles in Zimbabwe 37 years ago.

[Chris Reivers]

27 what? 27 years ago.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Was he the one that had to put food on his.

[Chris Reivers]

That's the Trail Spree.

[Joe Soucheray]

26 years ago. 27 years ago.

[Chris Reivers]

Attaboy.

[Joe Soucheray]

So he'd still be 47. Yeah. Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

He's got a statue in China. Yes, sir.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll be dead.

[Chris Reivers]

We have breaking news out of the White House. And this is not an effort to make the newsman outraged by any means. Caroline Levitt, Johnny's favorite, the White House press secretary issued the following statement.

[Grocery Outlet Announcer]

Let me be very clear. The Save America act does not prohibit anyone from voting with the exception of illegal aliens. And the greatest way to disenfranchise American citizens from voting in American elections is to allow illegal aliens to vote, which is what Democrats want to do. We see it taking place in Democrat jurisdictions at the state and local level across this country. So this.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I don't want illegals to vote either.

[John Height]

I don't either.

[Chris Reivers]

I don't think anybody does.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Stefan, in his career, made $151 million dollars from 96.97 to 0809.

[Chris Reivers]

I bet he's Got a lot? No, because he owns the shoe company that ended up endorsing him.

[Matthew Mikulski]

He's 49.

[Chris Reivers]

I bet he's got a lot of money left.

[Joe Soucheray]

So he was like a character, a

[John Height]

twenty dollar shoe or something.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah, he made shoes very reasonable for young kids to buy.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, good for him. Yes.

[John Height]

14.98. The Starberry.

[Joe Soucheray]

The Starberry.

[Chris Reivers]

You want me to buy you a pair?

[Joe Soucheray]

No.

[Matthew Mikulski]

Born and raised in Coney island. Went to P.S. 329. The elementary school. No, I'm just saying that's a bad school name.

[Chris Reivers]

Is that a Jesuit school?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't think so. Yeah, you know. No, it wasn't. It's a PS means public school. Yeah, public school 329.

[John Height]

Anyway, played many years with the Beijing Ducks.

[Kenny Olson]

G elers.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you. G l ers.

[Chris Reivers]

Please do us a. Please do us a favor. And you, if. If you haven't done so already, join the over 20,000 subscribers to the Garagelogic YouTube channel. Yeah, that's right. Garagelogic has a YouTube channel where you can watch the show each and every single day, starting right around noon. And you can also see full segments, video shorts and behind the scenes footage. And you can also search for us on all of our social media channels that includes Facebook, Instagram and X. And also don't forget to sign up for the Daily Logician. That's an email that comes right to your inbox each and every single day. And it includes the most recent episode of the podcast. Find out more and set up today [e-mail] Matthew Fun fact.

[Matthew Mikulski]

On April 25, he married Chinese singer and former Voice of China contestant Wang Yuling.

[Joe Soucheray]

Really?

[Matthew Mikulski]

Yeah, I bet you.

[Chris Reivers]

Philadelphia wedding night. 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 use the word free. 48 financial consultation with absolutely zero obligation. And he will always give you the straight talk. He will never give you the sugar coated advice. And he is on the line with us once again right here in garagelogic. And boy, Josh, a lot to get to today. The CPI number came out. Boy, oh boy, the bears are out in full force. And here's what I want to know with the oil price rising does that mean that the rates are going to go up? Talk to me Josh. Talk me off the ledge.

[Josh Arnold]

I'll talk to you. I'll talk to you. The bears are out in force every time. Bearish arguments sound a lot more intelligent than bullish arguments. Bulls think that the market is going to tend to go up. Bears are looking for reasons to send the stock market down. Bears are also looking I'll say to send bond prices down and yield up. The inflation report that came out today, oh my goodness it was only annualized at 2.4% which hit which hit SX excluding volatile food and energy inflation was still at 2.5% year over year basically flat month to month. Yet no sooner was there than this report was released. Bears were out in force. Oh this is old news. This is old news. We knew that inflation was not going to go much higher than the estimate but next month when that report comes out because the price of oil has moved from $60 to barrel to $85 a barrel. Why watch out. Inflation is going to skyrocket and when the Fed meet next week they're going to have to take that into consideration and not only are they not going to be cutting a quarter point next week when they meet they're going to start giving indications that because energy prices are up, because gasoline prices are up they're going to consider even raising interest rates. Well that's a enough to put put a little bit of fear in trader traders heart as again yield up a little bit. Bond prices came down in addition with some of the fear interest rates now starting to come up and there is underlying the concerns about oil prices rising because of the conflict in the in the Middle east and difficulty right now moving oil through the Strait of Fort Mose. Concerns still about credit and we've touched on this numerous times so some of the leaders on the downside in the in the Dow today still related to financial stocks whether it be Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan or Visa. And with the fear of interest rates going up now that that hurt companies like Home Depot, Caterpillar as as well and then we can throw in again fears that prices are rising. You may not Chris be going to McDonald's. The McDonald's stock is here it was McDonald's just introduced a brand new sandwich which from the pictures in the advertisement look mighty mighty taste now talked I think last week you know that Burger King also has a has a new sandwich and we're back at the at the Burger burger wars between McDonald's and Burger King. But I think the real question is whose french fries do you like better? So with the market, the market is down today, still on the, still on the concerns about the price of oil credit question then becomes well, where do I put my money? Same places that I've been suggesting for a long time. Look for, look for those companies that are still growing, growing their sales or have potential to grow their sales and, or involved in and around the Internet or in leisure related business. So I'm still, we'll say still liking very much Apple and Amazon. Though Amazon is down today. They did report that they completed a $37 37 billion bond offering with bond due from 2 years out, 50 years the year bond. And they're using that on their expansion in data center centers and also in communication satellites. So I do believe Amazon is going to have a pretty big payback from that. Take a look in other areas surrounding still artificial intelligence. There was Oracle, which is the knockdown that is one of the leading companies will say in software and part of the IGV that has been under fire. Software stocks have been under fire for the last several months because of artificial intelligence. Call it chatbot. But Oracle last night beat and raised and their stock was up significantly today. But it is still down almost 50% from its high last year when it cut a deal with OpenAI on data center. Probably the biggie in artificial intelligence. Still no chip maker Nvidia and they have a big conference next week which should be interesting. Interesting and definitely market moving. So in some aspects I would always, you know, I can say ignore some of the noise and focus in on companies that over time are going to provide you with very strong rewards.

[Chris Reivers]

Excellent advice as always, Mr. MoneyTalk. 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 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]

We'll look forward to that, Chris. And Chris, you forgot to ask me about concert tickets.

[Chris Reivers]

Dang it.

[Josh Arnold]

We'll have to talk about that tomorrow,

[Chris Reivers]

I can guarantee you. I will talk to you again about that tomorrow.

[Josh Arnold]

Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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