3/25 Who is the dirtbag that invented a fob that allows you to steal someone else's fob?

Summary

Garage Logic Podcast — Episode Summary Episode Title: “3/25 Who is the dirtbag that invented a fob that allows you to steal someone else's fob?”
Date: March 25, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray (“The Mayor”) with Chris Reavers, Kenny Olson, John Height, Matthew, and others
Podcast Network: Gamut Podcast Network

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Overview

In this episode, the Garage Logic crew dives into an eclectic mix of topics with their signature blend of humor, skepticism, and Midwestern common sense. The main theme centers around the nationwide rise in car thefts involving key fob cloning devices, prompting a spirited debate about technology, crime, and personal responsibility. The hosts also wade into local politics, urban decline, law enforcement challenges, and cultural quirks—delivering a fast-paced, rambling, and highly entertaining slice of “Gumption County” logic.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Crow Stories, Omens, and Migration

Starts ~04:04

• Joe shares a listener email about befriending crows, segues into news from Tel Aviv of thousands of crows over the city—interpreted by some as an end-times omen.
• The team discusses the history of augury—interpreting bird patterns as messages or warnings, both in ancient Rome and British legend (the ravens of the Tower of London).
• Scientific explanation: experts say the crows are just part of Israel’s migration flyway.
• Quote (Joe Soucheray, 05:03): “Many viewers linked the eerie scene to Israel's ongoing tensions with Iran, claiming the spectacle signaled a looming disaster... but scientists say it's just migration.”
• Running gag about "choosing to believe" in omens versus science.

2. Death, Undertakers & Personal Losses

Starts ~09:03

• The show pivots to a more somber note about the hard realities of undertaker work, tied to recent local tragedies.
• Quote (Joe Soucheray, 09:23): “What's the only business in the world where it must be dreadful to be busy? Undertaker. Kenny nailed it.”
• Reflection on those who serve families in grief, and the emotional toll for professionals in funeral services.
• Quick return to humor: “I choose to believe,” as a philosophical refrain.

3. Rash of Car Thefts: Fob Cloners & Modern Auto Crime

Deep Dive Starts ~15:20

• Joe highlights that 66 cars were stolen in Minneapolis in five days—sparking debate on who’s to blame: lenient prosecutors, naive owners, or ethical lapses by inventors of hacking tools.
• Discussion of “key programming devices” that can create new fobs, bypassing push-button start systems.
• John explains “relay attacks” and the role of Faraday boxes/pouches for security.
• Hosts decry how “morons” can buy devices online to steal expensive cars for less than $10.
• Kenny and Matthew make self-deprecating jokes about their aging vehicles and manual keys.
• Suggestions for “the club” and other old-school theft prevention.
• Quotes:
  • Joe (16:37): “What kind of ethics do you have to make a device? ...What would be the point?”
  • Chris (18:11): “There's a market for it. Well, the market is illicit.”

4. Urban Crime & Political Response: Chicago Shooting

Starts ~30:03

• The crew discusses the fatal shooting of a college student in Chicago, and the controversial comment by Alderwoman Maria Haddon who said the victim was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
• Joe lambasts the “non-apology apology” and the tendency of some officials to show more empathy for criminals than victims.
• Quote (Joe Soucheray, 33:44): “It’s just ridiculous that the first words out of this idiot’s mouth were, ‘well, boy, she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.’ That’s not how it works, Alderwoman.”
• Matthew: “There shouldn’t be a wrong place in a wrong time. Of course, not before. Unfortunately, in Chicago, the wrong place is the entire city. And the Wrong time is 24 hours a day.” (34:15)

5. Minnesota’s Decline: Taxes, Migration, and Political Gaffes

Starts ~37:48 and 51:18

• The hosts bemoan “wealth migration”: $1.5 billion leaving Minnesota as high taxes, declining city life, and government mismanagement take their toll.
• Discussion on property tax burden shifting from commercial to residential, including the sale of iconic downtown buildings for $1.
• Political anecdotes: gripes about Governor Walz refusing to allow federal tax credits for education donations, and stories of local politicians’ entitlement (Delta Airlines ending TSA bypass for Congress, etc).
• Quotes:
  • Joe (74:41): “Walz says he has absolutely no plans to opt in [to the education tax credit] ... That’s how beholden he is to Education Minnesota.”
  • “You preside over a failed state and a failed academy and a lot of it is your fault, Tim.” (75:42)
  • Matthew: “Do you think Walls, by not opting in, is moving our state forward? ...Every week at least three times he does something that's the opposite of that.” (75:00)

6. Classics: Baseball, Sports Memes & Carrot Trivia

Sprinkled throughout, with key section at ~46:10

• Opening day baseball talk—Twins expectations, stadiums, baseball memorabilia, and a running joke where questions and answers are relayed as if through intermediaries.
• John Height shares news about a game-worn Shohei Otani jersey selling for $1.5 million and asks: what one sports artifact would each host treasure?
• Digression into carrot health benefits, with a silly argument over cooked vs. raw carrots.
• Jokes about “GL phrase of the day” and the Pee-wee’s Playhouse “word of the day” skit.

7. Odds & Ends:

• News roundups: international stories, exercise and sleep science, crime blotter, and oddities like the woman who tried to hire a hitman online.
• Minnesota history snippets delivered at the end—famous local figures, significant dates.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On car theft gadgets:
  "What kind of ethics do you have to figure out how to make a device and then sell it to the public that can reprogram a car key? What would be the point?" — Joe Soucheray (16:37)

• On political privilege:
  "Delta is saying, the hell with you. Get in line with everybody else. Which is fantastic." — Joe Soucheray on airlines ending the TSA bypass for Congress (38:30)

• On city decay:
  "Marxism, progressivism, Democratic socialism is ruining the city." — Joe (52:25)

• Phrase of the episode:
  "I choose to believe..." (recurring, ~12:50 and onwards)

• On being off the grid:
  “The smartest guy I know lives in an old 8 by 8 wood fish house on land where he's staying there for free. No power, no toilet. No taxes. That sounds brilliant to me.” — Matthew (53:21)

• On education policy:
  "This guy is more pathetic with each passing day. There is a 2027 deadline for states to opt in...many Republican and some Democratic led states have adopted the provision, but not here." — Joe Soucheray (78:38)

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Important Timestamps

• 04:04 — Crow stories, omens, and the Tel Aviv “apocalypse birds”
• 09:03 — Undertaker talk on grief and death professions
• 15:20 — Minneapolis car theft spike, fob hacking explained
• 30:03 — Chicago lakefront shooting, elected officials' blame-the-victim rhetoric
• 37:48 — Wealth and population outflow from Minnesota, property tax burdens
• 46:10 — Opening day baseball, stadium nostalgia, memorabilia chat
• 51:18 — Fall in commercial property values shifts tax burden to homeowners
• 74:41 — Governor Walz refuses federal tax credit for education donations
• 80:47 — Minnesota historical notes

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Tone & Style

Garage Logic maintains a conversational, tart, and occasionally curmudgeonly style, blending news and ranting, everyday anecdotes, and inside jokes. The hosts riff off each other, alternating between gripes about politics and society and witty banter about sports, technology, and rural living. Their voice is salty, skeptical, and distinctly Minnesotan.

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Useful for Listeners Who Missed the Show

This episode is a prime example of Garage Logic’s mix: the everyday (car thefts, crows, lawn care), politics (Minneapolis decline, tax policy), nostalgia (sports stories), and humor (grumpy old man routines, lexicon riffs). For longtime listeners, the inside jokes and continuity are strong; for new listeners, this episode covers hallmark themes—decline of common sense, skepticism about technology and political elites, and the virtues of Midwestern stubbornness.

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Note:
Ads, sponsorships, and standard introductions/outros have been omitted from this summary.

Transcript

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[Joe Soucher]

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[Kenny Olson]

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[Joe Soucher]

Hey, for what?

[Chris Reavers]

You know what we're rolling for right now. I'm gonna tell you, bro. We're rolling for this.

[Kenny Olson]

It's time for author's corner.

[Joe Soucher]

Now here's Joe Sucere. Josh Arnold, investment consultant, brings you Garagelogic podcast number 1744. March 25, 2026. 81 degrees on this day in 2007. 5 below on this day in 1940. And much to my regret, no ice house to report to.

[Kenny Olson]

Sorry, that's too bad.

[Joe Soucher]

Call Josh Arnold is 952-925-5608 for a free 48 minute consultation.

[Chris Reavers]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[Josh Arnold]

Hail you.

[Joe Soucher]

And now, from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's Garage Logic with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the crabby coffee Shop, John Hight in the newsroom, and of course the rookie here is your flashlight King fireworks commissioner and the keeper of Common, your mayor, Joe Susherer. Two matters not necessarily unrelated.

[Kenny Olson]

Two matters that are not unnecessary related.

[Joe Soucher]

No, not.

[Kenny Olson]

I was looking at mine. Here's the rookie again. I like the intro.

[Josh Arnold]

I got it twice.

[Kenny Olson]

Corner.

[Joe Soucher]

Two matters not unnecessarily. No, I can't do.

[Kenny Olson]

That's pretty long.

[Joe Soucher]

You want to start over?

[Kenny Olson]

Two matters that are not unnecessarily related.

[Joe Soucher]

No, never mind. I'm not doing Author's Corner.

[Matthew]

Not necessarily.

[Joe Soucher]

Not necessarily unrelated.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, my God, there's a lot of negatives.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, never mind.

[Kenny Olson]

Two matters that are not unnecessarily related.

[Joe Soucher]

Relationships. I've been saying this for a long time.

[Kenny Olson]

The gray man, you say.

[Matthew]

How's that, Kenny?

[Joe Soucher]

I'm gonna read an email that Kenny forwarded to me that he received from Gary who wrote my grant. And this is. And then I have a second matter that's not necessarily unrelated.

[Chris Reavers]

Whoa, that's.

[John Height]

There we go.

[Joe Soucher]

Gary wrote, my grandparents lived in town in Painesville. When we would go out to play catch or wiffle ball, a crow would come by and yell, hector. Hector. When we went inside, he left. We named him Hector. My grandma said he only came over when kids were outside or someone was mowing or raking the lawn. I absolutely believe that 100%.

[Matthew]

I desperately want to make a crow, my friend.

[Joe Soucher]

Oh, me too. Because then they bring you stuff. Yeah, they bring you shiny bits.

[Matthew]

I've heard that their brains are as developed as a seven or eight year old child.

[Joe Soucher]

Well then, get ready to make a run to the liquor store.

[Matthew]

Oh.

[Joe Soucher]

The skies over Tel Aviv were flooded with crows last night. In what many people are saying is a harbinger of doom. Thousands of crows were filmed circling high rise buildings, including the ruddy Reavers, the iconic. Including the iconic Israeli towers. In dramatic footage, it quickly went viral. Many viewers linked the eerie scene to Israel's ongoing tensions with Iran, claiming the spectacle signaled a looming disaster. This is considered by many to be a harbinger of doomsday, as it is often followed by total catastrophe. While others linked it to a biblical prophecy. They cited the book of Revelation 19:17, which describes an angel standing in the sun, shouting to birds, flying in midair to Gather for the great supper of God.

[Matthew]

Oh.

[Joe Soucher]

The swirling flock created a dark, shifting cloud over the skyline, leaving residents and viewers stunned by the sheer scale of the migration. Scientists who study birds said the phenomenon is not supernatural, but part of a routine seasonal migration along one of the world's busiest flyways. Experts noted that roughly 500 million birds pass through Israel each year during spring migration, with hooded crows frequently gathering in urban areas.

[Matthew]

Well, I would love to know where they go, what the migration route is from where to where.

[Joe Soucher]

And I did not know this. Crows are very common in Israel and I must say, I must say there's been a dearth of crows in my neighborhood. I have not. I've heard maybe a crow, a singular crow all winter long. That's not a crow.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, yeah. You're the one that sent us the video.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, remember you said you were amazed because he said hello.

[Joe Soucher]

Oh, yeah, okay.

[Kenny Olson]

And the other guy said, hector, hello.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, he was talking to you.

[Joe Soucher]

That's right.

[Chris Reavers]

What's up, boss?

[Kenny Olson]

Hey, Hector.

[Chris Reavers]

Got any bread?

[Joe Soucher]

You know, going back to ancient Rome, priests known as augurs always watch the sky, interpreting flight patterns and the calls of birds as messages from the gods that could influence decisions about war and leadership. Large or unusual gatherings of birds were often viewed as ominous warnings of trouble ahead. Others pointed to the famous ravens kept at the Tower of London, which are tied to a centuries old legend claiming the British Kingdom will fall if the birds ever leave the fortress. At least six ravens are permanently housed at the tower and cared for by a dedicated raven master.

[Kenny Olson]

Are they free to go if they want?

[Joe Soucher]

I've got a job for you.

[Kenny Olson]

I would love to be the raven master. In a tower. Circular tower, little turret.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

Did you say they were breadcrumbs tied?

[Kenny Olson]

I think that was metaphorically.

[Joe Soucher]

Well, they're tied to. As in they're connected to a long story.

[Matthew]

Okay, right. Thank you.

[Joe Soucher]

Well, now Tel Aviv is inundated with a murder of crows.

[Matthew]

It's just a migration thing. Let's not get any panties in a bunch.

[Joe Soucher]

Kenny Joe, why don't you be quiet and let me just crow about it? Why don't you just let me enjoy my apocalypse? Apocalyptic.

[Matthew]

Yes.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, doom and gloom. I thought of something today. What's the only business in the world where it's very dreadful to be busy?

[Kenny Olson]

The airport.

[Chris Reavers]

Tsa.

[Matthew]

Yeah, the airport.

[Joe Soucher]

No serious question. Undertaker. Kenny. Nailed it. Kenny. Nailed it.

[Kenny Olson]

Ask it again, please.

[Joe Soucher]

What's the only business in the world where it must be dreadful to be busy? Undertaker. Matthew.

[Kenny Olson]

Undertaker.

[Joe Soucher]

I was talking to a Fellow connected with the business ceremonies. For what. What is the white. What is the White Bear Woman? We lost Jesse Pierce. No, that's coming up. What is the White Bear Woman we cost in Iraq? First casual Nicole.

[Kenny Olson]

I forget her last name.

[Joe Soucher]

We shouldn't forget it that quickly.

[Kenny Olson]

No, you're right. I would look it up. She's a first Sergeant Nicole.

[Joe Soucher]

Very simple last name. Well, I talked to a fellow who has. He has provided services for both Nicole and the Jesse Pierce. The Jesse Pierce family. And he texted me and he said, this is a hell of a way to make a living.

[Josh Arnold]

A More.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, yeah. Nicola Moore. So last week he had Nicole Amore, and this week he has the Pierce family, a mom and three children. When he said this is a hell of a way to make a living, he was. He was lamenting their losses. He wasn't complaining about his. What he does. He just said, this is. It's been an unbelievable weak.

[Chris Reavers]

Honestly, I don't know, because, you know, Royce told us the stories, too, of his father. I don't know how you could make a living that way. You would just be filled with devastation all the time, wouldn't you?

[Joe Soucher]

Well, then you have to look at it this way. Somebody's got to do it, and the people who do it are very good at it.

[Chris Reavers]

That's a good point. No, that's a very good point. You're right.

[John Height]

And they supply condolence, et cetera, to the family, so I'm sure they look at that.

[Matthew]

I can't even do an open door, open coffin funeral. I can't. I can't even do that.

[Kenny Olson]

Sergeant First Class Nicole.

[Joe Soucher]

Nicole Moore. Well, that's a. That's a sour note, isn't it? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to introduce doom and gloom. Oh, the crows. I firmly believe that the crows assembling now in Israel ports hand catastrophe. I just. That's what I'm choosing to believe.

[Chris Reavers]

Are you looking at this in the same vein as a couple of years ago when you saw the photo of the cows eating in the field in the form of the cross?

[Joe Soucher]

Yes. I was convinced that that Armageddon baby that signaled an extraterrestrial invasion.

[Chris Reavers]

But what you found out was only

[Joe Soucher]

to learn that apparently it's not that difficult to get to do that because you lay the food out in a cross shape.

[Chris Reavers]

The farmer did it to honor a family member.

[Joe Soucher]

Oh, yeah. But it. But it turns out it's not that hard to do. You just string the food down one way and across, and then the next thing you know, These dumb. They stand there and just eat it the way it's lined up for them.

[Kenny Olson]

Kind of like lunch with us here at the staff here.

[Matthew]

You used a phrase there that I love and that I think I'm gonna. I'm gonna make it a part of my lexicon every day. I choose to believe.

[Joe Soucher]

Yes. Thank you.

[Matthew]

I love that. I choose to believe that evolution is bunk.

[Joe Soucher]

I choose to believe that the crows portend real problems.

[Chris Reavers]

So I choose to believe in the same vein as. Do you know what I love about you?

[Matthew]

I think so. We should get a GL list going. A GL lexicon list.

[Chris Reavers]

The reason I asked that is, you know much how. I think we were all fans of Peewee's big adventure.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Chris Reavers]

When Peewee would have the word of the day. Maybe we have a phrase with cherry.

[Kenny Olson]

Cherry.

[Matthew]

Whoa, here comes Mr. Fun.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, you're right. That got old after five minutes.

[Chris Reavers]

But if we.

[Joe Soucher]

That bit was old after five minutes.

[Matthew]

Was it, though?

[Chris Reavers]

But if we had a GL phrase of the day.

[Kenny Olson]

No.

[Joe Soucher]

Meaning in five minutes. Wait a minute.

[Matthew]

We've got a peewee fan here. A closeted peewee fan.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

He's seen it. And he kept watching it.

[Chris Reavers]

What was the.

[Kenny Olson]

He's seen it.

[Chris Reavers]

Can I ask. Let me in. Let. Let all of us in. What was the turning point with you and Pee Wee?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[John Height]

What?

[Joe Soucher]

Five minutes.

[Chris Reavers]

But was there a specific action? Was there a phrase.

[Joe Soucher]

I did like the scene in the bar and then he comes out and ruins all the motorcycles.

[Kenny Olson]

You're referring to the movie now?

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, we're talking about the show.

[John Height]

The TV show.

[Joe Soucher]

Oh, I don't watch a TV show.

[Kenny Olson]

You never saw Cherry. You never saw.

[Matthew]

Who was the guy. Look what John's gonna bring us. Look what John's doing.

[Joe Soucher]

Everything.

[Matthew]

Ever done.

[Joe Soucher]

Got everyone. Good job.

[Kenny Olson]

Who was the cowboy?

[Joe Soucher]

Lawrence Fishburne.

[Kenny Olson]

He was on. He was the cowboy.

[John Height]

Fishburne was the cowboy. There was the king of cartoons.

[Joe Soucher]

What was his name? Paul Rubens.

[John Height]

Yes.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Great documentary about him on Netflix. HBO somewhere.

[Joe Soucher]

I don't know how that could possibly be true. To use the term great.

[John Height]

No, it was. It was wonderful.

[Chris Reavers]

He was a genius.

[John Height]

Of course, there was the things that happened to him. And you gotta watch it.

[Matthew]

You know, I really love you, buddy,

[Chris Reavers]

but you know what I love about you?

[Kenny Olson]

I mean, you get James Brolin and Morgan Fairchild in a movie, and then you.

[John Height]

Paging Mr. Herman. Paging Mr. Herman.

[Kenny Olson]

He said he was a wonderful actor.

[Joe Soucher]

What can we. What can.

[Matthew]

What?

[Josh Arnold]

What?

[John Height]

He can recite.

[Joe Soucher]

What can we do? This is amazing. 66 cars have been stolen in Minneapolis since March 20th. That's five days.

[Matthew]

I choose to believe that that's Mary Moriarty's fault. They know they won't be punish plus a day.

[Joe Soucher]

No. I choose to believe.

[Kenny Olson]

Gotcha.

[Joe Soucher]

That. How much of this should be placed on the shoulders of moronic automobile owners? There's gotta be a way to keep your car from being stolen where you

[Josh Arnold]

park

[Matthew]

one of those steering wheel lock deals. Club. Yeah. The club.

[John Height]

The club.

[Joe Soucher]

That's amazing.

[John Height]

I. I have a question about this story though.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[John Height]

This. This device they're talking about.

[Joe Soucher]

I didn't even get to that in the story yet. But yeah. Oh.

[John Height]

Do you guys know what that is? Because I'm confused as to how you can reprogram a car and just steal.

[Joe Soucher]

Well let's. Let me get there. 66 cars.

[Kenny Olson]

Kenny. I am very jealous about your cup by the way.

[Matthew]

I know. Thank you.

[Joe Soucher]

Okay.

[John Height]

Paragraph. MPD said the city is.

[Joe Soucher]

MPD said the city is also seeing signs of a nationwide trend involving key programming devices. These are tools that can reprogram a car to start without the owner's key. Officers have recovered these devices during recent arrests including one case involving a 13 year old. Let me stop right there. What kind of ethics do you have to figure out how to make a device and then sell it to the public that can reprogram a car key. What would be the point of doing that?

[John Height]

I'm glad you asked that because I asked that question of my significant other who brought this story up to me yesterday.

[Matthew]

My. My initial guess would be lock. What are they called? Key. Lock.

[Joe Soucher]

Master.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucher]

Lock.

[Matthew]

Yeah. Those guys. Well.

[Joe Soucher]

No. You wouldn't.

[Kenny Olson]

That mechanics that'd break the code. If you're a locksmith.

[Joe Soucher]

Isn't there? The department says a relatively small group of individuals is responsible for a share of auto thefts. MPD also said it does not have a dedicated auto theft unit and that there are fewer property crime investigators now than in 2020. So I want to know more about this device that should not be available.

[Kenny Olson]

Do we know what kind of.

[Joe Soucher]

Why are you making a device that thugs can use to steal your car?

[Kenny Olson]

Do we know what vehicle types though?

[Joe Soucher]

They're not.

[Kenny Olson]

These aren't BMWs.

[Joe Soucher]

Well. It sounds to me like this could be any kind of car you want to take.

[Chris Reavers]

Can I help you answer that question?

[Joe Soucher]

Sure.

[Chris Reavers]

Because there's a market for it. Well.

[Joe Soucher]

But the market is illicit.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay.

[Kenny Olson]

But are they joyriding or are they selling off parts of the car?

[Chris Reavers]

So are many other things where materials are Created. I'm not. I'm not.

[Joe Soucher]

Weapons. Okay.

[Chris Reavers]

Sorry for trying to help you understand.

[John Height]

I did find a story here from Philadelphia. They say it's called key fob cloning. It targets cars with push to start. Suspects use a key fob programming device and connect to that car's computer. But how do they do that?

[Joe Soucher]

Because some moron invented this and all the kids are buying it. They probably cost seven bucks and you can steal $100,000 car.

[Chris Reavers]

Is your question merely why are devices being created that are illegal? Or is your question.

[John Height]

They're not illegal, they're just normal key fobs that you can go buy for your car. Say if you need a replacement fob. Okay.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[John Height]

And then it says in what investigators are calling a relay attack, thieves can target the key fob inside the home, taking an antenna near your front door. They will then extend the antenna to get the signal to open your car door, push start your car and drive off. So somehow they can get that fob set up to open your car. And then they just sit down and press.

[Joe Soucher]

So here's what it is. The fob you buy can talk to the fob for your key for your car. And that fob of yours is hanging in the house. The fob you bought can communicate with that fob and take its signal.

[John Height]

Yes, that's what I'm getting.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, well, I disagree.

[Matthew]

You need a lead box for your fob or you need a garage.

[John Height]

That's exactly what this story says, Kenny. Use a Faraday box or van pouch.

[Joe Soucher]

Keep your keys in a Faraday pouch.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay, but wait a minute. If you're using it properly so that the Jetta. My key fob doesn't work anymore. I dropped it in water, doesn't work. So I can't do the beep beep. This is serious. So I could go to a place and have them reprogram it and then it would work. So that's what, that's the reason that it was invented, so you could fix your own key fobs. This guy's just using it for ill gotten gains.

[Chris Reavers]

Correct.

[Joe Soucher]

I don't know why it would be able to communicate with virtually any other fob. I don't understand that. But here's how you keep your car from being stolen. You can get the steering wheel, bar the club, or obviously park in a garage or, well, iron box, I guess. Or, and keep your. Keep your fob in a Faraday pouch in your house or don't live in Minneapolis or move out of this godforsaken state. Right. Huh. I had a car stolen once. It's not fun because all my guys I was living with, they watched it being stolen. They didn't do anything.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

I mean, yeah.

[Joe Soucher]

This is way pre fall.

[John Height]

Okay.

[Matthew]

That car thief did you a favor.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, yeah, he really?

[John Height]

Pretty sure.

[Joe Soucher]

I mean, admitted 60 mga. He didn't do me a favor.

[Matthew]

No crap. It was one of those cars you had to park on a hill because the starter, you'd have to lay down on the ground with a hammer and tap the starter to get it to work.

[Joe Soucher]

And these fruitcakes I'm living with, they're staring out the window going, hey, man, looks like.

[Matthew]

Anyway, that's the bong, dude.

[Chris Reavers]

I do have a follow up question.

[Joe Soucher]

Then they ate a whole loaf of Wonder Bread.

[Chris Reavers]

May I ask a follow up to a previous matter?

[Joe Soucher]

You may.

[Chris Reavers]

We dropped it into what liquid, Matthew? The key fob.

[Kenny Olson]

It fell into water or something like that and it never worked again. So I have to do the manual. It doesn't do.

[John Height]

Why don't you. Why don't you go get a new fob?

[Kenny Olson]

I didn't know I could do that.

[Matthew]

You guys realize that keys. You can still open a door with a key, right? That's how I get into my.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, if you go to a dealership.

[Kenny Olson]

That's too expensive.

[Joe Soucher]

It's horribly expensive. But it sounds like you need to get one of these auto theft deals.

[Kenny Olson]

All right, I'm gonna become a thief. Let's go.

[Joe Soucher]

Where do I find him?

[John Height]

My warranty covered mine. I had. I needed two fobs when I purchased my latest car.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, the dink I bought from didn't give me any warranty.

[Matthew]

Matthew, though, admit it though, if you buy a new key fob, it's going to be worth more than the vehicle itself, most likely at this point.

[Joe Soucher]

When the CP got carjacked, they took. They took her keys. Since then, we've only had one key for that car, one fob. Because I asked the dealer about replacing it and I thought the cost was ridiculous. So I said, oh, never mind.

[Matthew]

We are so soft as a nation.

[Joe Soucher]

We can't relate to softness.

[Matthew]

Oh, God.

[Joe Soucher]

I can't.

[Matthew]

Key fob. Woe is me.

[Joe Soucher]

You gotta use a key on my door. No seat warmer. I can't start my car up before I go outside. My butt gets cold. None of this is germane to the whatsoever. It's you being this grumpy old man who lives in the woods. Are you talking to me? Yes.

[Chris Reavers]

Start over again. You rephrase that incorrectly. You should have said, Kenny, do you know what I love about you?

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, you know what I love about you? You're a grumpy old man who lives in the woods.

[Matthew]

Well, you're my. And you're my best friend.

[Joe Soucher]

So some of these Ecofund prices should be redacted. The way they are. They're. It's amazing. Electric bikes on sale for 8.99. You could be riding today. You could be riding today. Spring is here. They've got 400 bikes in stock at EcoFun Motorsports. Over 130 motorcycles on display. Jet skis and waverunners in stock. Quite a few of them. I was there Saturday. And when you buy one, you're getting the fifteen hundred dollar trailer that goes with it and you are not paying for the $1,500 trailer. And it's a good. I mean it's. Well, it's the damnedest tremendous. It's the trailer you need. They've got the youth recreational equipment. They've got all kinds of outdoor equipment for increasing your cylinder index. It's absolutely fantastic. Great big parking lot. Don't leave there until Caitlin Bloom, that's Tim's daughter, she's going to make sure everything's perfect. The right size tires, the right handlebar height, the right seat, everything. You'll enjoy a long season of electric bike riding. Ecofun motorsports on Highway 97 just west of the interstate in Forest Lake and down in Burnsville on the service road of life. And check everything out [e-mail].

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Soucher]

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[Joe Soucher]

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[Matthew]

Here's a man who spends hours in

[Joe Soucher]

hardware stores sifting through the nuts and bolts of life.

[Matthew]

Joe Soucher well, my information says it's only 57 degrees in the Twin Cities to do right now, but we're looking for a high of 71. Can you see any crab grass popping out of your yard yet? It won't be long and you'll see it all over crabgrass. Weeds already plotting their revenge on you. The best Lawn in the block. It's just a click away. Professional turf.com I'm talking about pro turf here. They've been working around the twin cities since 82. Somebody do the map on that, the math on that.

[Chris Reavers]

44 years.

[Matthew]

44 years. Gallers. That means you've been in. How long have they been with GL? I'm going to say since, I don't know, 2010. A long damn time. That means you've been hearing us, hearing us talking about pro tour for years and years and years. And you shouldn't have a contract with another company. But if you do and they did a lousy job on your place again last year, don't renew. Go with the best company in the Twin Cities. Long term lawn care techs. They've been treating lawns around our area for 20 years or more. Log on to professionalturf.com Schedule a free in person lawn care estimate and one of those techs is going to come out, walk your lawn and then set up a custom slow release fertilizer and weed control program that is environmentally safe and guaranteed for superior results. I'm talking the best lawn on the block. Beautiful, lush, free of dandelions, crabgrass and broadleaf weeds. You'll have the best track on the block. All you have to do is click

[Joe Soucher]

on professionalturf.com Last Thursday, Sheridan Gorman, 18 years old of Westchester County, New York was gunned down while taking a walk with friends around 1:30am along Chicago's lakefront. Alder woman Maria Haddon, a mysterian, sparked outrage on social media after she suggested to a Chicago station that the Loyola University student was in the wrong place at the wrong time and that she shared in being a she may have startled the individual who shot and killed her. Mysterion means. I mean she's a progressive. Excuse me, a progressive. But progressive means mysterious. Could you get more insensitive than that? You lose your daughter and you hear from a Chicago alder woman that, well, she was probably in the wrong place at the wrong time, which presupposes that the shooter wasn't. That the shooter was in the right place at the right time. What do you expect, lady? That's where shooters are. What a bunch of bs. Where else to go with this? In an effort to make sense of this, I said things that landed wrong with some people. She said that's a non apology apology. My comments were never intended to blame the victim. Well, that's what you did. Or to imply that Sheridan should not have been out enjoying the park and that it was her fault that she was shot. That's exactly what you did, you moron. In the interviews, I tried my best to share what limited information I had with our community as fast as possible while helping to address the fears people had about the shooting. Haddon said, I sincerely apologize for my. For. Here's the non apology for any additional pain that my comments may have caused. Yeah, that's a non apology apology because she's a moron. It's just. It's terrible. What happened to Sheridan cannot be reduced to the idea of someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This isn't an abstraction. This is the loss of a daughter, the loss of a sister, the loss of a future filled with milestones that now will never come about. This is from Gorman's family. But the mysterious ideology always seems to lean towards the side of the criminal. And then they always get caught and they have to backtrack and issue the non apology apology. The family added, we cannot accept a world where moments like this become something people grow used to. We can't allow ourselves to become desensitized. When we begin to accept these tragedies as inevitable, we all become vulnerable to them. Apathy is not harmless. It allows these moments to repeat. Well, you got a guy named Jose Medina. Dash Medina. He was arrested and charged with Gorman's murder. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Medina is an illegal immigrant who entered the US during the Biden administration before being apprehended and released into the country. DHS said the 25 year old Venezuelan national was previously arrested for shoplifting in Chicago. But I think what this woman said would probably be something similar to whatever the local Marxist would say. I hope not. But it's just ridiculous that the first words out of this idiot's mouth were, well, boy, she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. That's not how it works. Alder woman, older woman named. What the hell's her name? Maria Haddon. I'm sure she'll be reelected because Chicago is running very smoothly.

[Matthew]

There shouldn't be a wrong place in a wrong time. Of course, not before. Unfortunately, in Chicago, the wrong place is the entire city. And the Wrong time is 24 hours a day.

[Joe Soucher]

And I don't care that she wanted. She was with friends at 1:30am Maybe it was a nice night. Lakefront, I always thought was kind of a safe area. Okay, there are areas in Chicago where I ain't walking at 1:30 in the afternoon, much less 1:30 in the morning.

[Kenny Olson]

Leroy Brown.

[Joe Soucher]

Well, south. And west have areas that are troubled. It's another sign of character lost in this country. I mean, there's shootings every day, but

[Matthew]

they don't give the exact address in the story I'm reading. I'm just assuming it's right by Grant Park.

[Joe Soucher]

I would think so. Maybe by Navy Pier. I don't know.

[Matthew]

Yeah, Navy Pierce.

[Joe Soucher]

Fun plus. Why would she be shot? I mean, would. That's just. Never mind. I'm more interested in the reaction of the elected official who's an idiot.

[Kenny Olson]

A cold hearted B word. Yeah.

[Joe Soucher]

A B otch bad. A B otch bad. Bad. What is biatch? Is that just another way to say that word?

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Chris Reavers]

You know what I love about you?

[Joe Soucher]

What's that?

[John Height]

Welcome to 1990, Joe.

[Chris Reavers]

Right.

[Joe Soucher]

You mean that's how old that word is? Well, she's a biatch. Okay.

[Matthew]

Joe discovered a new word today.

[Joe Soucher]

You know what?

[Chris Reavers]

Instead of Pee Wee Playhouse's phrase of the day, it's Joe's new word of the day.

[Kenny Olson]

What do you got, Jerry?

[Joe Soucher]

Can I tell you something?

[Chris Reavers]

Here we go.

[Joe Soucher]

I'm very aware that the word's been around. I just used it instead of using the less charitable word.

[Matthew]

How about that haberdashery bag you were talking about? Or whatever the hell term you use.

[Kenny Olson]

You threw me for a loop there.

[Matthew]

Another bag. You put your remote gray box or something.

[Joe Soucher]

Faraday pouch.

[Kenny Olson]

The hell is that?

[Joe Soucher]

They're lined with the lead.

[Matthew]

I'm more interested in knowing I have a couple. Okay. That's why.

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Yeah, good one, Dave.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, right.

[Matthew]

I was wondering how you knew about those.

[Joe Soucher]

Well, who was our longtime emailer who's now moving up to northern Wisconsin?

[Matthew]

Oh, Jeff.

[Joe Soucher]

No, from.

[Matthew]

Jeff from over North.

[Joe Soucher]

From Egan or Inver Grove. He always wrote us all the time. He met him at our remotes. I apologize. His name's escaping me. He sent me a couple of Faraday.

[Kenny Olson]

Scott.

[Matthew]

Oh, Scott from Invert.

[Joe Soucher]

Scott from Invert. Me a couple of Faraday pouches.

[Matthew]

He moved out of town.

[Joe Soucher]

He's building a place.

[Chris Reavers]

He's going up over north.

[Joe Soucher]

He's putting his money where his mouth is. He's leaving the state. He's done.

[Kenny Olson]

So you can put key fobs in it. You can put knives in it.

[John Height]

Phones.

[Kenny Olson]

These are all brand new. I saw more of an old weathered.

[Joe Soucher]

No, they're. They're. The ones I have are the perfect size to put a key fob in. Okay. I think a phone would fit in too. I can't picture it on my mind's eye right now.

[Matthew]

I'VE got a creel. Will that work?

[Joe Soucher]

That's for trout.

[Kenny Olson]

Just for fish. You show them the creel, they'll jump right in it.

[Chris Reavers]

A hook.

[Matthew]

Wow.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

Speaking of people leaving.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. Where are we going?

[Matthew]

We.

[Chris Reavers]

We may need to connect with our friend Pat Garofalo, who text me the other day.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

About the latest statistic with wealth migration.

[Joe Soucher]

1 1/2 billion leaving the state of Minnesota. Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

It's a lot more dire than we originally anticipated.

[Joe Soucher]

We were talking about it before the show. I don't even feel like bringing it up. It's. It's inevitable and it's depressing. I've got something coming up after John's news about another reason people should be angry with Air Commandant Walls.

[Kenny Olson]

But first, what do you think of the Delta move to not allow members of Congress to bypass tsa?

[Joe Soucher]

Love it.

[Kenny Olson]

Isn't that a great move? Isn't it?

[Joe Soucher]

I love it.

[Kenny Olson]

I love that move.

[Joe Soucher]

And it's probably. They're just probably in complete shock that they're third rail privileges have been taken from them. If you don't know what we're talking about. Congresspeople apparently have some means of avoiding TSA lines. Probably have a special laminated card or something saying I'm important and then they don't have to.

[Kenny Olson]

The last guy I saw go through there was Mayor Fry.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah. So now Delta is saying, the hell with you. Get in line with everybody else. Which is fantastic.

[Chris Reavers]

Was Fry jogging through the airport?

[Kenny Olson]

He was walking at a fast pace and I did talk to him while he was walking.

[Matthew]

Did he have his mom?

[Joe Soucher]

Fry's not on his game lately. He is. He's complaining to Trump now that Trump should hire more TSA agents. Jacob, the problem is you could do that, but they're not going to get paid.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucher]

So it's a little.

[Chris Reavers]

What's going to happen when a Democratic. Did you say legislator? Who? Whatever you said the politician Congressman has to go through the TSA line now. And it's now being structured with ICE agents. How's that going to work out?

[Joe Soucher]

I think it's wonderful.

[Chris Reavers]

I do, too.

[John Height]

I think it's wonderful.

[Matthew]

Wait a minute. I didn't put two and two together yesterday with Fry. What kind of aristocratic move is that? While you bypass TSA and you say out loud, well, Trump really ought to hire more of a TSA so these plebes can get in. They're playing faster

[Joe Soucher]

and completely forgetting that that's idiot because the ones you hire would also not get paid.

[Kenny Olson]

Full disclosure, though, I do feel I should Mention this. Oh, Amy Klobuchar, Senator Tina Smith and Angie Craig do go through the regular lines.

[Matthew]

When they do go through the airport here at Ms.

[Joe Soucher]

Probably put on a good show.

[Matthew]

Yeah. What do they do out at. What is it? Reagan?

[Chris Reavers]

Dulles or.

[Kenny Olson]

Reagan.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

Don't you know who I am?

[Joe Soucher]

Minion. You know what Amy did to me once?

[Kenny Olson]

I'd love to know.

[Joe Soucher]

At Vince Flynn's funeral.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucher]

She got ahead of me, found saw me in line way up towards the front.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucher]

Stormed up there and got in line because she was in a hurry, so she got in front of me.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, that's. You know what? That's not kosher.

[Joe Soucher]

No.

[Kenny Olson]

And she's not even Jewish.

[Matthew]

Well, she is more important than you.

[Joe Soucher]

Well, I don't doubt that.

[Matthew]

More important than all of us.

[Chris Reavers]

Was this the thing at St. Thomas?

[Joe Soucher]

No. Vince's funeral was at the cathedral.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, Vince's funeral. I'm sorry, I thought you said event. I apologize.

[Joe Soucher]

That's already. You know how long ago that is? 13 years.

[Chris Reavers]

I was gonna say. I bet it was 2012, right?

[Joe Soucher]

2013. 2013 years. Wow.

[Kenny Olson]

I sat in front of Barrero in the mass.

[Joe Soucher]

Thank you.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm just. Celebrity sighting, you know?

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

I mean, he stole. He stole every material from you. He stole. Vince, did Amy.

[Chris Reavers]

Did Amy stay for the whole thing or did she just go for the photo?

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, and track of her.

[Matthew]

What was on the menu downstairs afterwards?

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, they had good sandwiches.

[Matthew]

Open face.

[Joe Soucher]

I'm trying to remember. I was there.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't remember sandwiches down there.

[Joe Soucher]

I don't think we went downstairs, did we?

[Kenny Olson]

I did.

[Chris Reavers]

I gotta know how our guy was operating. Was Rook work in the room? Hey, I discovered Vince.

[Kenny Olson]

I just told him the story about Mitch Rap. The inside story. Everybody agreed with it.

[Joe Soucher]

I told you guys this story before that Wellstone showed me something one night when Tiger Jack died.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Joe Soucher]

Tiger Jack was a famous St. Paul character. Had a little show.

[Chris Reavers]

True icon.

[Joe Soucher]

He had a shack still there, the Shack on Dale in 94. And he sold charcoal and all this other big deal. And he was just one of the old timers, just a character. And he died. And there was a bunch of us gathered there, impromptu. Wellstone and his wife walked down. They were living in Cathedral Hill. He walked down. No cameras, no nothing. But he knew Tiger. So I had showed me something.

[Kenny Olson]

It did. And then, you know what? Unfortunately, when Tiger was alive, a la Larry Vogel, you had no idea what he was saying. So I spoke with Tiger.

[Joe Soucher]

I spoke.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes, sir, Mr. Jack. And then you just.

[Joe Soucher]

No, no, No, I spoke. Tiger.

[Kenny Olson]

I did not speak.

[Joe Soucher]

I could understand. I didn't. I could not.

[Kenny Olson]

Lucky Rosenbloom has that place now.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, you can get a gun permit there. Yes, Minnesota has always been a place where we build things. Steel, equipment, technology. But you can't build anything without affordable electricity. And thanks to old Wallsey, we gotta have 100% wind and solar by 2040. We're gonna pay more than you've ever imagined. And we're doing this on purpose. We're throwing away our competitive edge. This is the American experiment weighing in. We're throwing away our competitive edge. Cheap, dependable power provides a competitive edge. And we're going to pretend that wind and solar can carry the load. It can't. You know what you get? Sometimes you get a cloudy day.

[Kenny Olson]

Cloudy day.

[Joe Soucher]

What does work is nuclear energy. It's clean, reliable, no carbon emissions. The technology is safe. It's well advanced. But we can't do it. Minnesota doesn't have to make this mistake. Go to americanexperiment.org that's one word for American experiment. Americanexperiment.org and click on the take action button. And that'll put you in position to tell your lawmaker to lift the moratorium. Free the nukes, protect Minnesota's energy future. You should be reminded of this every time you open your utility bill. They're outrageous. They're absolutely outrageous. Americanexperiment.org.

[Matthew]

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

[Joe Soucher]

And he feels fine. Joe Sushere. Hey, what do you got for me?

[Chris Reavers]

It is now springtime, ladies and gentlemen. Now is the perfect time to get on the schedule and have Hoffman water and Kineto chokes me up because it gets so emotional thinking about it.

[Joe Soucher]

It is. It, isn't it?

[Chris Reavers]

It really is. And great water is even better.

[Kenny Olson]

I would love it.

[Chris Reavers]

So have them come up for that free water analysis. Do that one of two ways. Call them directly at 612-895-2440 or just book your appointment [e-mail] either way, you're going to get on that schedule. They'll come out, they'll give you this free water analysis. Then they will give you what's called a water score that depends on the hardness level of your water depending upon where you live here in the great state of Minnesota. And then based upon that water score, they will give you recomm recommendations on how they can upgrade the quality of the water inside of your home. They have done that for me in two different locations. And they will do that for you as well. But like I said, you've got to get on that schedule first and foremost. 612-895-2440 or visit hoffermanwater.com and that's because Hofferman Water has been proudly serving the state of Minnesota for over 50 years. Please do me a favor and mention that you heard about them here on the Garage Logic podcast.

[Joe Soucher]

Here is John Height.

[John Height]

Thank you, Joe. This news brought to you by North Americ American Banking Company. We start the news with a sports update because today is, of course, opening day for Major League Baseball.

[Joe Soucher]

2020 San Francisco.

[John Height]

That's correct.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Giants starts at 7:05 our time, Joe. And for those of you interested in watching, that ball game is on Netflix. Just so you know, that's the future.

[Joe Soucher]

We're gonna win. Twins.

[Chris Reavers]

Watch that baseball scene.

[Joe Soucher]

That should be that. Maybe you could play that when the Twins actually open.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, so I can play it again tomorrow?

[John Height]

Thank you for leading into that. The Twins actually open their season tomorrow with a 205 game against the Orioles in Baltimore. First home game for the Twins is a week from Friday. Tampa Bay here to play the Twins AT target field. A 310 start.

[Matthew]

I bet I'm the only person here that's been to Camden Yards.

[Chris Reavers]

I was just going to ask if anyone's been there.

[Joe Soucher]

Of course I have. Yes.

[John Height]

I have not.

[Chris Reavers]

What year were you there, Ken?

[Matthew]

Why would you ask me?

[Chris Reavers]

I'm sorry.

[Kenny Olson]

Number one, not even Kenny is interested in what year he was there.

[Joe Soucher]

So.

[Matthew]

Yeah, Matthew's right.

[Chris Reavers]

The only reason I ask is that was the ballpark that changed everybody's outlook on how they should build a baseball ballpark. I've never been and I really want to go.

[Kenny Olson]

It started the trend of we need to pay more attention, and Target Field was the end.

[Matthew]

We went from there to, I believe it was called Vet Stadium in Philly.

[Chris Reavers]

Yep.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

Very cool.

[Matthew]

Big difference between those two stadiums, by the way.

[Chris Reavers]

The stadium was a dump.

[Matthew]

Oh, it was a toilet bowl.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

It was a serious question about the Twins. What are we to expect this year? Nothing.

[Chris Reavers]

We're going to be lucky to win 75 games.

[Joe Soucher]

The country went through a period of just these round multipurpose stadiums. They did Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland. Where else? Oh, whatever. Anyway, go ahead.

[Chris Reavers]

Philadelphia.

[Joe Soucher]

Philadelphia?

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[John Height]

That stadium is the ballpark where they believe the stuff that used for the artificial turf caused cancer in some ball players.

[Joe Soucher]

Right.

[Matthew]

I wouldn't doubt it.

[John Height]

What's his name?

[Chris Reavers]

Darren Dalton.

[John Height]

Darren Dalton, yeah. And several others that ended up with cancer.

[Joe Soucher]

Isn't that where Tug McGraw said, if cows can't eat it, I'm not playing on it?

[Chris Reavers]

Yes, you're right. That is same same facility.

[Kenny Olson]

Is that the place where the dude got attacked by the tarp machine?

[Joe Soucher]

I don't know.

[Kenny Olson]

Vince Coleman.

[John Height]

Vince Coleman? No, he was with St. Louis. That was in the World Series, I believe in Kansas City, wasn't it? I think.

[Kenny Olson]

Got it.

[John Height]

I believe anyway. I remember toads called that one in news. The state of Minnesota has taken the rare step of suing the federal government for refusing to cooperate in three shootings involving immigration agents in January. A lawsuit includes Attorney General Keith Ellison, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans as named plaintiffs. It challenges the US justice and Homeland Security Department's authority to withhold evidence related to the shootings of Renee Good, Alex Preddy and Julio Salis. Federal agents have cooperated with state and local officials in criminal investigations for decades, a point the state notes in its lawsuit. However, in the wake of the shooting that kill Good, the BCA said its agents were blocked from accessing the scene or collecting evidence. And that continued following the Salus and Preddy shootings. The state took some quick legal action to prevent federal officials from destroying any evidence in the Preddy case. But a federal judge dissolved that ruling that the feds, quote, are not likely to destroy or improperly alter evidence. Minnesota's lawsuit cites laws giving state officials jurisdiction and adds that Minnesota courts have found probable cause to issue search warrants. The investigations, including for Renee Good', which they believe is located in an FBI storage facility and has never been examined or processed. However, the FBI told local officials last week that only the DHS Office of Inspector General is allowed access, not the bca. It'll be up to the judge to determine whether or not Minnesota can conduct its own investigations into the shootings.

[Joe Soucher]

Well, I don't often agree with Mary, but I don't blame them for filing suit. Did you ever run in with her recently?

[Chris Reavers]

I can't remember.

[Joe Soucher]

Okay. Well, I don't know why you wouldn't want to sit.

[Chris Reavers]

I was. I was driving into. I'm thoroughly convinced I was cut off by Mary Moriarty and traffic on the freeway.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

Do you think it's a unique look? It's less of her business, and it should be more of Keith's business. That's where I'm at.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

I'm wondering why is she. Why she's poking her stupid nose into it when it's obviously an Ellison issue.

[Joe Soucher]

Well, they've come together on it. They're both.

[Chris Reavers]

But if you remove the litigation involved with Ellison and the federal government, what in the f has he done for the state of Minnesota?

[Matthew]

He gave that money back, Chris.

[Joe Soucher]

He finally gave back some campaign donations.

[Matthew]

Took him five years. Chris.

[Chris Reavers]

Very bold of him for working for the people.

[Joe Soucher]

You fraud.

[John Height]

The estimated market value of commercial buildings in Minneapolis has fallen to a 10 year long. And city data shows more of the property tax burden probably will shift to homeowners next year.

[Kenny Olson]

What will the poll ads do?

[John Height]

Minneapolis assessor's Office reported a 20% drop in commercial building values citywide. And city assessor Rebecca Molmquist said 2% more of the city's overall tax burden shifted from commercial to residential in 2026. In Minnesota, one year's assessed property values are part of determining the following year's tax rates. That means this year's shift could impact 2027 property tax bills for residents in Minneapolis. Asked how much of a property tax increase Minneapolis homeowners could see in 2027, Momquist said we will not know until the city comes up with their proposed levy. And that's expected sometime in late summer. The commercial to residential tax burden also shifted 2% from 24 to 25. Cities said the average Minneapolis homeowner owes to $240 more in property taxes for the tax year 2026.

[Joe Soucher]

Marxism, progressivism, Democratic socialism is ruining the city.

[Matthew]

I just thought it was interesting the juxtaposition where how many billions are we not earning these days? Didn't I told you before the show? 1.5 or something.

[Joe Soucher]

That's income that has left the state no longer available.

[Matthew]

Yet our legislators are now looking for ways to tax us evermore on every little thing, including like we talked earlier in the week, the license plate tabs

[Chris Reavers]

and those that are in outstate metro. You can laugh right now. It's coming to you. Very shortly this will become a statewide issue. I mean for God's sake people. The Lumber Exchange building, one of the most gorgeous. Sold for a dollar.

[Joe Soucher]

I bought it.

[Chris Reavers]

You should have.

[Kenny Olson]

We'd be doing the show down there.

[Chris Reavers]

Sold for a dollar.

[Matthew]

The smartest guy I know lives in an old 8 by 8 wood fish house on land where he's staying there for free.

[Joe Soucher]

No.

[Matthew]

No power, no toilet.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, that's fun.

[Matthew]

No taxes. No.

[John Height]

It doesn't sound like fun.

[Matthew]

No, that to me.

[Kenny Olson]

No thank you.

[Matthew]

That sounds brilliant to me. Your dad the one that's living in Maui during the winter? I don't think so. Suchi boy Kenny, aren't you glad you

[Kenny Olson]

moved out of Minneapolis, though, for real?

[Matthew]

Oh, yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

I mean, they would have priced you out of your house and home.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John Height]

Everybody else, Chris, I want you to know I won't come to Andover because as Joe's pointed out, we don't have any buildings or downtown.

[Chris Reavers]

There's no migration to leave.

[Joe Soucher]

It's just a conc.

[Matthew]

I'm telling you, the place to be is off the grid and forgotten about somewhere far, far away.

[John Height]

I'm off the grid, says the guy right now on a podcast being seen

[Matthew]

on YouTube with two bleeping mortgages and a huge electricity bill and God, and I got pickups.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

And I'm looking to buy a fourth.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucher]

Being off the grid ain't all cracking to be, you know. Are you off the grid? Do you look like it?

[Kenny Olson]

When's the last time you were off the grid?

[Joe Soucher]

I haven't been.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't know.

[Joe Soucher]

You have to continue.

[John Height]

I'm trying, but they say I need

[Joe Soucher]

a spot because this story, but it's also a measurement. Come on. That's. That's. Stop that. Let's get back to what we're saying here.

[John Height]

Thank you. Many thanks to GL or Jesse who sent this story to me. Brown county commissioners heard an update on the return home of Congressional Medal of honor recipient Captain Willibald billed Charles Bianchi this week. On Friday, April 24, an ad hoc planning committee of Brown County, City of New Ulm and other officials and family members will greet a commercial airline flight at Minneapolis St. Paul to observe the dignified transfer of Bianchi's casket to a Minnesota Valley funeral home.

[Joe Soucher]

Hurris.

[John Height]

On Saturday, May 2, a procession of law enforcement and legion riders will escort Bianchi to new home for formal funeral and cemetery events. His background During a fierce battle in 1942, World War II, Bianchi volunteered to clear out Japanese machine gun nests. Even after being wounded four times, he kept leading the attack. For his bravery, he received the Medal of Honor. He was later captured, forced to be part of the Bataan Death March, where he survived for nearly three years as a prisoner of war. Bianchi was killed while being transported in an unmarked Japanese cargo ship with hundreds of other prisoners. That ship ended up being bombed. His remains were buried with other prisoners of war in Taiwan and later at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Last August, the Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency announced that Bianchi's remains were positively identified. Through advances in forensic science and DNA analysis of his family members, Brown County Veterans Service officer Greg Peterson said this is a really wear really rare. He's the only Brown county native to receive the Medal of Honor. I believe his gravestone will draw people here to visit and pay respect. Peterson Zarabianchi's military honors and his life of courage, service and quiet humility. Very cool story and Jesse sent that to me. It was at a local paper down to the New Ulm area. So thanks, Jesse. Why don't we take a quick break here and we'll hear from Mr. Olson and Seafoam Boy.

[Matthew]

That's. That's a hell of a story, John.

[John Height]

It. Yeah.

[Joe Soucher]

Wow.

[Matthew]

I could talk about that for another hour. We recently learned from a GL or I think it was last week actually I received the email that Bugs Be Gone works great on clothing stains. He was given that tip by a Seafoam master representative at the outdoor show at the convention center that was, I don't know, a couple, two, three weeks ago now. So now you're gonna have to keep a spray bottle right there in the laundry room. I don't know about you, but I love the fact that the same product that we use to melt bugs off our windshields and boats and motorbikes also works on clothing stains. But when you think about it, it really shouldn't be a surprise because the advertising says that it's effective on all organic material from horse hockey to spaghetti stains. I guess it's a, it's an excellent tip and definitely worth trying. The big question is why would I bring up Bugs Be Gone in March? Well, I'll tell you why. Because if it gets any hotter out, the Skeeters and June bugs will start attacking us anyway. It's also part of the big three. The big three that every g l er should have from Seafoam, the Bugs Be Gone, the deep creep penetrating oil, and of course, the OG the motor treatment. The best on the shelf wonderful products from our friends at Seafoam.

[Joe Soucher]

John.

[John Height]

Thanks, Kenny. In national and international stories, Iran said it rejected a U.S. cease fire proposal and maintained attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab states, delivering a blow to Washington's efforts to end the war that's wreaking havoc across the Middle east and global markets. A move by President Trump to start indirect talks is, according to Iran, illogical and not viable at this stage of the conflict. That came from Iran's semi official Fars News Agency. Agency added, Iran is focused on achieving its objectives and only if those are met with an end to the war, not a ceasefire, if that would be possible. Another not so good election night last night as two Democrats flipped seats in reliably red Florida and the North Carolina Senate leader the president had endorsed conceded defeat in his primary race. In Florida, Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election to represent the state's 87th House district. She flipped a seat that includes Trump's Mar a Lago estate. The president carried that district by double digits in the 2024 election. It also endorsed his her opponent in the election. Also in Florida, Democrat Brian Nathan declared victory in a tight race to replace Republican Jay Collins in Senate District 14. That win a major upset in the Tampa area district that Collins won by 10 percentage points in 2022. And in North Carolina, Phil Berger, who served as the state Senate leader since 2011, conceded the primary seat race for his seat to Sam Page, the Rockingham county sheriff. Berger trailed page in their March 30 Republican primary by just 23 votes.

[Joe Soucher]

Has Trump responded yet to that upset in his own backyard?

[John Height]

I haven't seen anything as of this morning either of 10 or so health news tidbits today. Exercise can strengthen a leaky blood brain barrier, which may improve brain health and potentially fight dementia. This according to a new, ambitious study of mouse exercise in rodents and people. The blood brain barrier, a narrow layer of cells that protects the brain from toxins and pathogens, typically weakens with age and that contributes to neuroinflammation and other problems, including heightened brain risks for dementia. But the study's authors found that during and after exercise, at least in the mice, the liver releases a specialized protein that travels to the brain and helps repair the protective cellular barrier there. The effects of the exercise protein were especially striking in older mice with a form of Alzheimer's disease. Their memory and learning abilities improved substantially when levels of the protein rose in their brain.

[Kenny Olson]

So we should be they recommend that we eat more cheese. Just be careful how we grab it. So it's not a trap.

[Joe Soucher]

No, they recommend that you exercise, exercise.

[John Height]

And they also think they can perhaps develop that protein as a medication.

[Joe Soucher]

And then you can buy it from Big Pharma.

[John Height]

Exactly.

[Matthew]

I like Matthew's plan better.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Careful grabbing that cheese, though.

[John Height]

To heart health now. Sleeping for 11 minutes minutes more each night, doing four and a half additional minutes of brisk walking and eating an extra 50 grams or so of vegetables each day can significantly reduce your risk of heart attack, according to another new study. The academics found that these small changes can lead to people avoiding major cardiovascular events, including heart attacks and strokes, by about 10%. The research team said small behavior changes were more achievable and sustainable. The study, published in the European Journal of Prevented Cardiology, conducted by experts from Australia, Chile and Brazil who examined data of more than 53,000 middle aged UK adults taking part in a Biobank study. Researchers looked at sleep habits and levels of exercise through data from wearable technology. People also self reported on their dietary habits for the study.

[Joe Soucher]

You know what I love? I love waking up at 6am and realizing I don't have to get up.

[Chris Reavers]

You know what I love?

[Kenny Olson]

You know what I don't love?

[Chris Reavers]

Kenny?

[Kenny Olson]

Gets up at 1, waking up at 6am and realizing I should have got up at 4. Is there a difference between you say eat more vegetables, a cooked carrot and a raw carrot is one more healthier or if you cook it, is it less healthy?

[Joe Soucher]

How in the hell do you think he knows?

[Kenny Olson]

I don't know.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, as long as I get the

[Chris Reavers]

time in the town, call me now.

[John Height]

I have no idea, Rook. I'm sorry.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay?

[John Height]

I wish I could help.

[Kenny Olson]

Kenny, do you have any input?

[Matthew]

No, I'm fuming at Joe right now. I am. I'm not speaking to Joe for the rest of the show.

[Kenny Olson]

If you need me to ask him something, let me know, okay?

[Joe Soucher]

Okay.

[John Height]

Got unsigned. Since it's opening day, let's do a baseball story. An unsigned Shohei otani game use 2026 World Baseball Classic jersey sold Sunday night for just more than a little bit more than $1.5 million. Unsigned, that is. That shatters the previous high public sale of an Ohtani jersey. While Sunday sale did not come close to matching the price of other jerseys. Babe Ruth's called shot Jersey from the 1932 World Series sold for 24 million in 2024.

[Joe Soucher]

Wow.

[John Height]

And a Jackie Robinson jersey and a Mickey Mantle jersey both sold for a little more than 4 million in the last 10 years. Just last Thursday, a one of a kind. 2025 tops. MVP gold logo, man patch, autographed baseball card of Otani and Aaron judge. Sold for 2.16 million. Just. Just reporting.

[Matthew]

Wow.

[Chris Reavers]

They're viewed as investments. Because I know what your question is going to be. They're going to be worth more in five or ten years.

[Joe Soucher]

Not if you paid 24 at the outset.

[Matthew]

Matthew, I have a question for Joe. Ask Joe what piece of sports memorabilia would he own if money was not an object?

[Kenny Olson]

I will do that, Kenny. I was gonna ask that same question. Joe, Kenny has a question for you. What piece of sports memorabilia object would you like to own if money was not an object?

[Joe Soucher]

One of Maurice Richard's Hockey sticks.

[Chris Reavers]

Actually you're supposed to say tell Kenny

[Joe Soucher]

one of Maurice Richard's hockey sticks.

[Kenny Olson]

He would like to have one of Maurice the Rocket Richard's hockey sticks. Kenny.

[Matthew]

Matthew, tell Joe that that is an acceptable answer and I endorse that answer.

[Kenny Olson]

I will, thank you, Kenny. Kenny says that is an acceptable answer and he fully endorses that item for. For you.

[Joe Soucher]

Well, I'll tell him thank you.

[Kenny Olson]

I will, Joe. I'll tell him thank you, Kenny.

[Matthew]

He says thank you, Matthew. Tell Joe you're welcome.

[Kenny Olson]

And I will, Kenny. I'll tell him right now. Know Kenny says you're welcome.

[Joe Soucher]

Thank you.

[John Height]

Yeah, thank you. Will you tell Kenny he's cutting into my news time?

[Kenny Olson]

Kenny, you're cutting into John's news time.

[Matthew]

So Joe, we're John, we're still on speaking terms.

[Kenny Olson]

We can talk to each.

[John Height]

Oh, I can talk to you.

[Joe Soucher]

It's just suchi boy like my crack about 6 in the morning.

[Kenny Olson]

Correct?

[Joe Soucher]

Tell him I know what he's angry about.

[Kenny Olson]

Kenny, Joe understands that you're upset with him because of his wise crack about

[Joe Soucher]

being up at 6am and then realizing I don't have to get up.

[Matthew]

That was a personal affront to me.

[Chris Reavers]

Joe, will you tell me that was

[Kenny Olson]

a personal affront to you?

[Chris Reavers]

Joe, will you tell Rookie that cooked carrots offer superior beta carotene absorption, improved digestibility as opposed to raw carrots?

[Kenny Olson]

Carrots.

[John Height]

Interesting.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, I would have thought the other way around.

[Chris Reavers]

Lightly cooking with healthy fats is what's best for carrots.

[Joe Soucher]

They're very good for your eyes. Carrots.

[Chris Reavers]

You ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses?

[John Height]

Nope.

[Kenny Olson]

You ever seen the glasses wearing a rabbit?

[Joe Soucher]

That' right opposite P. Wonder if John's going to ever do any more news.

[John Height]

I'll do another story or two. Share these stories. Well, they're a bit ridiculous. Like this one. A Florida woman is accused of trying to hire a hitman.

[Kenny Olson]

Never works.

[John Height]

From what turned out to be a satirical website.

[Matthew]

Oh, no.

[Joe Soucher]

Come on.

[John Height]

20 year old Jasmine Paez pleaded guilty to solicitation of first degree murder, unlawful use of a communications device and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. Paez was accused in July 2023 of trying to hire a hitman from a parody website called Rent a Hitman and put in a. Put in a request. This is, this is the icky part of the story. She wanted her young son to be murdered.

[Joe Soucher]

Oh no, come on, she's only 20. So that means a child.

[John Height]

The child was three years old.

[Joe Soucher]

Oh God, help. Sorry, guys.

[John Height]

So luckily website owner Robert you know what? Mad you know, website owner Robert Ennis, the fellow with the rent a hitman website, obviously parody flagged police immediately in Miami. Her plea agreement, by the way, allows her to avoid prison time in exchange for more than a decade of probation.

[Joe Soucher]

I'm sure she'll be a wonderful candidate for that.

[John Height]

Her parental parental rights were terminated for the minor child and she's not allowed to have any contact with that child. She now lives with her biological father. The child has been legally adopted by Paez's mother.

[Matthew]

We can't legally spay people, can we? We can't just fix them, can we?

[John Height]

Think so.

[Matthew]

That's too bad because she should be fixed.

[John Height]

And in Pennsylvania, authorities in Blair County, St. Altoona man is facing arson charges accused of setting fire to a home early Sunday morning with three people inside. According to witnesses, police say 43 year old Martin High allegedly set fire to a 15th Avenue residence while walking around singing Burning down the House by the Talking Heads. I found it amusing too, Kitty. Investigators say hi is then accused of standing in the doorway of the home trying to prevent firefighters from responding. According to the affidavit, police say hi was reportedly the only one awake at the time. The three residents were able to wake up, get out of the home. Nobody was hurt luckily in the fire, investigators say firefighters reported significant damage to a living room area. When questioned by police, authorities say hi claimed he was, quote, having a bad day and had reportedly attempted to put the chair in the living room inside the fireplace. Police say hi later admitted to setting the chair on fire because it was dirty. According to online court records. He's jailed on multiple arson related charges as well as felony for risking catastrophe and child endangerment.

[Kenny Olson]

Was he wearing a large oversized white

[John Height]

coat and suit, dancing oddly?

[Joe Soucher]

Perhaps. John, thank you.

[John Height]

You're welcome.

[Joe Soucher]

Take a time out, Chris.

[Chris Reavers]

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[Kenny Olson]

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[Chris Reavers]

How about the cashews You a big cashew fan, Joe?

[Joe Soucher]

I am.

[Chris Reavers]

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[Matthew]

Huh?

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, the dill pickle. Peanuts are pretty good.

[Joe Soucher]

Dill pickle.

[Chris Reavers]

But find out for yourself. Just go to weearnutsmn.com, place your order today and please let them know you heard about them here on the Garage Logic podcast.

[Kenny Olson]

I still would like to go.

[Joe Soucher]

Not your mother. The Joe Sugiray Show.

[Chris Reavers]

Who are you kidding? Hey, Mary, I know you don't work here anywhere. We need free tickets for the fair.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, right.

[Kenny Olson]

Now who am I going to go to?

[Chris Reavers]

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[Kenny Olson]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Soucher]

Joe, I discovered something today that was very disappointing for me to discover. I did not know this about one of us. No. Governor Walz says he has absolutely no plans to operate the state of Minnesota into a federal policy that would create a $1700 tax break for donations to scholarship granting organizations. Apparently this was part of Trump's big bill. I was unaware of it. Trump is talking. Walz is talking very tough now. He rebuked Republican lawmakers who threatened to hold up other education policies until Walz moves to change the tax code to enable scholarships that could help pay school tuition and other add on costs like tutoring. See, I. For all you euphorians who think this is a great idea, anyone who does this in Minnesota also does pay for public schools. This would just be a chance where if you wanted to donate some money to the high school or grade school your kid went to, Trump had created a plan where you could get up to a 7, $1,700 tax credit for that. And Walsh says, absolutely not. Absolutely not. That's how beholden he is to Education Minnesota. And he said to the Republicans, well, you can go home, then you can shut the whole session down. This is never going to happen. Since I've been here in seven years, I've never said it about anything more forcefully than that. We're not doing it. We're. Well, I don't know what harm it would come because I'm still contributing to the public schools. This would cut me some very minor slack in my taxes or. Oh God. A provision of the federal tax and spending plan that Republicans dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill makes taxpayers in states that opt in eligible to get a tax credit for up to 1,700 bucks for donations they make to authorize scholarship granting organizations. You know, they're third rail people. They're getting deals now on oil. Those are the ones paying attention to Trump. We better get our taxes in on time. And God forbid you get a $1,700 break because you contribute some money to your kids. Former school nonprofit groups that offer 10 or more scholarships to eligible students that don't all attend the same schools will be able to receive and send out the funds. The bulk of Those groups spending 90% needs to fund tuition, scholarship and educational expenses. And apparently you can go to another state and donate money, but I don't think that you would get the tax break.

[Kenny Olson]

What do you mean donate it to the school?

[Joe Soucher]

So what? What would the point be? So you know what people will do is still donate to their schools and they just won't get the break because Wallsey is being a real, real tough guy on this.

[Matthew]

Do you think Walls, by not opting in, is moving our state forward? And I have a reason for this question.

[Joe Soucher]

I do not believe he is doing so.

[Matthew]

It's keeping us flat or actually moving us backwards.

[Joe Soucher]

Backwards.

[Matthew]

It's about three times a week that I refer to this tweet before I blocked him. Tim Walls, that is from October 27, 2022. Minnesota cannot become a test lab for extreme agendas. Peggy Flanagan and I will not let that happen. Happen. Help us fight back against extremism and hold our Minnesota values and move our state forward. Every week at least three times he does something that's the opposite of that where he moves our state backwards with his extreme agenda.

[Joe Soucher]

Tim, you preside over a failed state and a failed academy and a lot

[Matthew]

of it is your fault. Tim,

[Joe Soucher]

That's, it's my money. I'm always, I'm still paying for your school's walls. I might want to throw a few bucks to a different school and it would be nice if I get a tax break for that. But in this state I can't.

[Matthew]

What I thought when I read that and then you talking about it, I thought so. Okay, say a guy donates five grand a year just no matter what. What. And if he could get a tax break, he might be tempted to donate 10 grand. Right.

[Joe Soucher]

But the tax rate, the tax.

[Matthew]

Oh, 17. That's right.

[Joe Soucher]

1700 bucks.

[Matthew]

17.

[Joe Soucher]

And it's has to pass an income test. You'd have to be at about $397,200.

[Matthew]

I got you.

[Joe Soucher]

Okay.

[Matthew]

All right. Thank you.

[Joe Soucher]

So basically he's telling wealthy people, people, the hell with you. I don't buy what you want to do. I'm not going to allow you to get a tax break. But that's what it is. I'm not going to allow this. I'm not opting into this evil Trump program where you could get a seventeen hundred dollar tax break.

[Matthew]

That's doing the opposite of doing the business of the people is what that is. That's the opposite of fighting for our rights and helping us move forward.

[Joe Soucher]

Representative Ron Kresha, the House co chair of the Education Finance Committee, said he'd put a hold on other educated and related issues until Walz agreed to opt in. Unless the governor is willing to opt in, I'm not willing to work with him on any of his budget items which would be special education compensatory aid. Do all funding things, Crescia Republican Little Falls said. Crescia told NPR News that he'll continue urging Walz to change his mind and opt into the tax credit program. He raised concerns about proposed cuts to special education funding in Wall's supplemental budget plan. Wall's plan also proposes to repeal the non public pupil and non public transportation aid if the state opts into the tax credit program. So he's stomping his foot like a child and says if you're allowed to get a tax deduction for helping those Rich white kids get into a private school. I'm cutting off all non public pupil aid and non public transportation, which right now if a kid goes to a local Catholic grade school, they can hop on a school bus. Apparently he'd take that away. Cresca says, what I would say to the governor is why don't you revise your budget, opt in. You can take that off the table, allow parents educational generosity to go to public and non public schools and then we can solve some of the other issues, Crescius said. But simply cutting another 50 million in special ed and not letting people use their own funds, that seems disingenuous. Walz would have to agree to opt in. And as he said, as I said, he's speaking very hard on this. He won't. And the Democrats of course are reacting in horror to the idea that you might throw a few bucks at a private school. That's pathetic. This guy is more pathetic with ease. Each passing day There is a 2027 deadline for states to opt in. So far many Republican and some Democratic led states have adopted the provision, but not here. And in the meantime, the current figure is $1.5 billion of income has left the state. There will be more to follow. Walls is a ruinous, tiny, tiny man. A very small, small guy. And he proves it every day.

[Kenny Olson]

I hope positive. Thursday's a little more upbeat tomorrow.

[Matthew]

Meanwhile, the achievement gap keeps widening every year with at least Minneapolis public schools. Anyway, that's what I.

[Joe Soucher]

And let me remind you what I've said and I will not change my mind. I think a great education can be received at a public school in this state, but it will require great family work to achieve that.

[Chris Reavers]

I was trying to find those statistics, Kenny, because there was a. I think it was either Alpha News or a specific journalist, I don't recall, but basically the budget went up by $200 million for Minneapolis Public Schools and enrollment fell by over 23%.

[Joe Soucher]

And they can't budget because they're incompetent and they know they can always count on their hand being out, especially with morons like walls in charge.

[Matthew]

Interesting story in the today's Minneapolis Times, the online newspaper headline Minneapolis Public Schools Institutional Collapse in plain sight. Yep, interesting read.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah, only because they come to us all the way from the traveling Lymans who are in Penguin, Tasmania, Australia. It was on this day in Minnesota history, March 25th. Well, it was on this day in 1854 that John Lind was born in Kena or Kana, Switzerland. No, I'm sorry, Khana Smaland Sweden. It's got a mark above the A. Oh, like a. So that means Smland. Kona. Smoland, Sweden. That O means the A is an O sound. I only know that from the golfer Ludwig Oberg, whose name is spelled A, B, E, R, G. But there's an A over it. There's a little thing above his A in the name. So his name's Oberg.

[Kenny Olson]

Got it, those Swedes.

[Joe Soucher]

In 1899, he was the first Swede elected governor of Minnesota and the first Democrat to hold the office since Henry Smith Sibley. He was also the first Swede elected to Congress, where he served four terms. And in 1913, he acted as President Woodrow Wilson's envoy to Mexico. He died in Minneapolis on September 18, 1930. See, we were doing the first even back then, the first Swede. On this day, March 25, in 1886, the inaugural issue of the Progress was published at the White Earth Indian Reservation, the first English language paper to be published on an Indian reservation. The Progress was edited by missionaries Gus H. And Theodore H. Belew. Whatever. The second issue was not published until October 8, 1887, because of interference by an Indian agent who was concerned about the intentions of the paper in which the Office of Indian affairs was often criticized. Criticized.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, we got some turmoil.

[Joe Soucher]

On this day, March 25, in 1888, the St. Paul Globe published Eva McDonald Valesch's article recounting her observations as a worker in the Minneapolis garment industry. Using the pen named Eva Gay, Valesh Vallesh authored a series of articles revealing women's lives in the Twin Cities of workforce. And her work for the Globe launched her career as a journalist.

[Kenny Olson]

A star is born.

[Joe Soucher]

That's right, man. On this day, March 25, in 1963, Carl F. Rolvog was sworn in as governor, having beaten Elmer l. Anderson by 91 votes in the state's closest gubernatorial election. The recount of the election had taken four months. On this day in Minnesota, sports disappointment, history.

[Chris Reavers]

Joe, who'd we lose to on March 25th?

[Joe Soucher]

Well, in 1959, Gopher basketball coach Ozzie Cowles was forced to resign. I have no idea why. 1959, in my life, I heard the name. I don't know why he was forced to resign. On this day, March 25, in 1990, the Gophers lost to Georgia Tech 93 to 90 and missed a trip to the Final Four.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucher]

And on this day, March 25, in 2015. Yeah. Minnesota. Minnesota United was announced as a Major League Soccer franchise.

[Kenny Olson]

And look at how far they've come.

[Joe Soucher]

They have arena now and everything

[Kenny Olson]

revitalized the midway area.

[Joe Soucher]

Not really. Oh, no, really? I hope they do, but it hasn't happened yet.

[Matthew]

Yes, I have an announcement.

[Joe Soucher]

Yes.

[Matthew]

What happens on Wednesdays in the GL studios after GL Krabby Coffee.

[Joe Soucher]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

Today, what do we got on news from the Krabby Coffee Shop? Liz and Bob sitting in a tree.

[Joe Soucher]

K I S S I N G. Liz and Bob.

[Matthew]

Yeah, we had them both booked.

[Joe Soucher]

And now Colin and Bob Kroll and now Bob.

[Matthew]

He must be afraid of me. That's all I can.

[Kenny Olson]

Bob is a nicest guy.

[Matthew]

He's a great guy, but I think he's afraid of me because now he can't make it in.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, I'm sure he's afraid.

[Matthew]

Yeah. So I'm sure he didn't want to face the former soul man, the pudgy Kenny Olson from Garage Logic podcast.

[Kenny Olson]

He confided in me a couple times ago. I saw him at the airport and he confided in me. He's like, how do you work with that guy?

[Matthew]

Yeah, I can't, I can't. I can't face him.

[Kenny Olson]

Something similar.

[Matthew]

So anyway, Liz is going to come on and we're probably going to compare fraud notes and other stuff. So that'll be fun.

[Kenny Olson]

That's exciting.

[Chris Reavers]

I hope she rips KSTP in front of Jay. That'd be fun.

[Joe Soucher]

No, she was a Channel 4 type. She.

[Chris Reavers]

I know, but she. Remember the last time she was out with us, she said that and I thought it was really funny. No, Liz is awesome. I think that'll be great.

[Matthew]

Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.

[Joe Soucher]

Hey, all right. Thank you.

[Chris Reavers]

Thank you, Joe. You know what I like about you?

[Joe Soucher]

What's that?

[Chris Reavers]

You're always out on time.

[Joe Soucher]

Yes, I am.

[Chris Reavers]

And you know what? You can be on time.

[Matthew]

Huh?

[Chris Reavers]

You see that segue I did by subscribing to the Garage Logic YouTube channel? Yes, that is correct. GarageLogic has a YouTube channel where you can join. Gabe, what are we at? 22,000 subscribers right now, huh? 28 and a half thousand subscribers on the Garage Logic YouTube channel where you can watch the show each and every single day, starting right at noon. And you can also see full segments, video shorts, there's even behind the scenes footage. Just search Garagelogic on YouTube along with all of our social media channels. That includes Facebook, Instagram and X. And also sign up for the Daily Logician. That email comes right to your inbox each and every single day and includes the most recent episode of the podcast. Find out more Inside of [e-mail] 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 right. I didn't pick up that phone and dial 952-9255. That number once again is 952-925-5608. When you call that number, you're going to get Josh and he is there for you for that. Free. Yes, I use the word free. 48 minute financial consultation with absolutely zero obligation. And he will always give you the straight talk. He will never give you the sugar coated advice. And he is on the line with us once again right here in garagelogic. And boy, Josh, it's that magical time of the year once again. Take me out to the ball game.

[Josh Arnold]

That's right, Chris. Take me out to the ball game. Take me out to the crowd. I'm buying some peanuts. I'm buying some Cracker Jacks. I'm ordering a nice cold one. And after I counted those three things I probably spent 50 bucks. Nonetheless, no doubt, nonetheless, I am looking forward to baseball season and of course hope rings eternal. Bear in mind that I grew up outside Camden, New Jersey. My grandfather said you can't be a Yankees fan, you've got to be a Phillies fan. And if you're a Phillies fan back back then in the late 50s and early 60s now even through today there's always a little bit of disappointment. Though recently the Phillies have been finishing at the top of the standing. Now being a Twins fan for several decades now, I still face the same same thing. Hope does bring spring eternal. Could be a very interesting season for the Twins this afternoon. San Francisco Giants take on the New York Yankee San Francisco you probably can catch the action on the MLB Network but very exciting season we'll say to start this spring. Today the markets are quite excited. Something different could be happening in in the Middle Middle east as talks we'll say continue over a longer cease fire. Reports were that the president issued a 15 point proposal and the Iranians count. I think their big thing is they want sovereignty over the streets of Hormu. Well that could be a sticking point but that's something for the negotiators to deal with. In the meantime the price of oil has come down again significantly as we'll say the Iranian public guard is allowing the pass non military ship through the through the strait and that could could start seeing the flow of ships which are carrying cargo including first fertilizer oil. It'll probably take a few months to say stabilize some of those commodity markets. But fertilizer prices have come down a little bit and fertilizer stock have also come down on this news as have as had price of oil. In the meantime we've seen moves up artificial intelligence related names some defense related names. We'll say names around satellites very interesting on that particularly those companies that are affiliated in some way shape or form with SpaceX that is Elon Musk company that sends rockets into the air catches them and they fall back back to Earth. SpaceX also is the owner of Starlink has thrown up communications satellite and Starlink Net has been a big help not only in the Middle east but in the Ukraine other areas where there could be be some some connection issues. One one of the satellite companies does own a pspace X also has seen its shares jump that is Echo Star as they all a as I said they own a piece of base X which currently is private company and has been contemplating coming coming up I'm guessing that that could be a hot IPO probably going to be few shares available to the public and that will push the price up. That would be one I'd probably want to wait a little bit on. There's a likelihood of you getting the initial shares in the IPO prior to it going public slim and none so your we'll say opportunities to participate right now might be those funds that already own own shares of Space X which would include Echo Star. The Baron Barron Capital mutual funds run by Ron Baron S V A R O N and Cathie Woods Ark Investment own some of those shares. Now with baseball season you know starting got to talk about ownership stakes and the only publicly available fund or company that you can own a baseball team and these shares are difficult to get they'll say trade infrequently so that you could be bidding up if you want to buy and get bid down if you want to sell and that's the Atlanta Brave stock so you're not you do own a piece of the Braves and their stadium and concessions. The majority owner is still Liberty Media run by John Malone and the belief is that sometimes they will or he will be a seller and the valuation currently of the Atlanta Brave and the stock is under the private market value of the of the Brave other ways just Peyton baseball season I'll take a look some of the big sponsors which could include old favorite Knight which is the trading at a low many people think it's going to take a lot longer for the company to turn around for their their business. Now I'm one of those people and I'm happy when if I sit down with you to explain my relationship dating back with even the predecessor company to Nike Blue Ribbon Sport selling shoes out of the trunk of my car. But Nike is very low and for somebody that has a lot of patience might be a place to look at least at the start of baseball. And as we say, hope springs.

[Chris Reavers]

Excellent advice as always, Mr. Money Talk. You heard him gl ers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation with absolutely zero obligation. And you do that just like I did by dialing 952-925-5608 where you always get straight talk and never ever sugarcoated advice. Josh, once again, thank you so much for the time and the chat. Enjoy the rest of your day. We'll talk to you again tomor.

[Josh Arnold]

Got plenty to talk about. Thanks, Chris.

[Chris Reavers]

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[John Height]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Soucher]

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[Chris Reavers]

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