3/5 The Trump address Tuesday night rested the case that this country is irretrievably polarized

Summary

Garage Logic – March 5, 2025 Episode Summary

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Main Theme

The Garage Logic crew, led by Joe Soucheray (“The Mayor”), reflects on the aftermath of President Trump’s nationally televised address, framing it as proof of America’s deep and irreconcilable polarization. The episode weaves classic Garage Logic banter about local weather, high school hockey, city governance, and community controversies into a larger discussion about Trump, political tribalism, social change, and the “mystery” facing modern America. The hosts’ tone is irreverent, nostalgic, occasionally exasperated, but always rooted in their signature Minnesota-centric common sense.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Weather, Local Life & High School Hockey

• Opening banter (00:30–09:00): The team discusses a major Twin Cities snowstorm, the challenges of driveway clearing, snow emergencies, and city responses (“I was at the very top end of what a single stage snowblower can handle. Another inch and I might not have been able to do it.” – Joe, 02:31).
• State Boys’ Hockey Tournament (05:00–09:00): The hockey tournament remains a Minnesota cultural landmark, likened to Texas high school football. The hosts cheer for underdog teams and reminisce about past tournaments. “If you’re listening to us from around the country or world, the state boys’ high school hockey tournament in Minnesota has retained its status as a major league event.” – Joe, 07:01

2. Civic Life & Social Justice Tourism

• Minneapolis Tourism Strategies & George Floyd Square (09:06–12:41): The hosts read a listener email (from 2021) presciently predicting that George Floyd Square would become a focal point for “social justice tourism.” Joe marvels at how this forecast has become reality and wryly mourns the city’s identity shift.
  • “That’s my new prediction. Social justice tourism. He wrote this in March of 2021.” (– Joe, 11:40)
  • “He nailed it four years ago right on there. That’s really strange.” (– Joe, 12:18)

3. The Polarization of America – Trump’s Address

• Depths of Division (13:17–19:36): Two listener emails present polarized takes on Trump, Ukraine, and Zelensky—one deriding Trump’s “shakedown,” the other explaining Russia/Ukraine history and opining that Trump’s instincts mirror wary U.S. public opinion.
  • “The United States has never been more polarized. Never.” – Joe, 13:30
  • “No, I think Rick represents the dying effort to remain a rational human being trapped in the middle.” – Joe, 17:51
• Rationality in the Minority: Joe doubts the “silent majority” of centrists still exists: “I wish I thought that. I don’t.” (18:24). He estimates just 10% remain in the middle, with 45% left and 45% right.

4. Reactions to Trump’s Speech & Culture Wars

• Fact-checking and Fact Wars (21:08–22:25): The hosts debate Trump’s State of the Union claims—particularly accusations about fraudulent Social Security recipients—and reflect on partisan fact-checking (“I don’t think we have 130,000 people, 200 years old still receiving Social Security…” – Joe, 21:36)
• Media Polarization: “Trump is such a polarizing character... there’s half the country that’s never going to cut him any belief whatsoever about anything.” – Joe, 18:36
• Cancer Research Anecdote: Recalls how even moments meant for unity (highlighting a child cancer survivor) are instantly weaponized by media and political foes (20:52).

5. Kids, Education, and the “Mystery”

• Debate Over Children’s Exposure to Social Topics (28:34–37:33): The team discusses a New York school’s LGBTQ-themed book for kindergartners, questioning the wisdom and intent (“Why are the Democrats… not all Democrats could think this. I just refuse to believe that. But I was thinking last night, why…” – Joe, 31:12).
• “The Mystery”: Joe riffs on the concept of “the mystery”—a loose shorthand, in GL lore, for social, cultural, and ideological shifts upending tradition and identity. He attributes activism to a desire to “undo everything we see as conventional, going back again to the founding of the country... Mysterians... attempting to eradicate even the idea that such a thing as patriarchy could exist.” (– 32:51)
• Child Vulnerability: The team laments adults’ role in politicizing kids’ experiences and urges schools to “keep their hands off children.” (36:55–37:37)

6. Government, Identity, and Social Engineering

• Worker Training as Ideological Tool (39:17–39:56): The hosts share reports from a Minnesota state worker training labeling the Republican Party as “overtly white supremacist.”
• Self-assuredness of Insulated Communities: Joe expresses confidence his own kids/grandkids’ schools are safe from politicization. (40:09)
• Trump as the Ultimate ‘Patriarchal’ Symbol: Joe argues the left’s visceral reaction to Trump is rooted in their rejection of traditional white male authority. “He’s the ultimate, penultimate patriarchal white male, and they hate that.” (40:48)

7. Local Corruption & Cultural Change

• Feeding Our Future Fraud Update (51:05–54:01): Revelations continue in the huge Minnesota child nutrition program fraud, with colorful commentary on the schemes’ absurdity.
• Civic Grants and “Museum” Critique (66:15–67:47): New bill proposes $2 million towards a Somali cultural museum. The hosts criticize apparent repeated handouts, linking it to the earlier fraud theme.

8. Science, Technology, & “The Doom Loop”

• De-Extinction Projects (68:22–70:28): A biotech company’s efforts to revive extinct species (“de-extinct” the woolly mammoth) triggers the GL crew’s skepticism and dark humor about “Jurassic Park scenarios.”
• Apocalyptic Humor: Kenny launches into a comedic rant about wishing for an asteroid to “wipe out all life and give us about a thousand years of winter so the globe can start over.” (70:12–71:19)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Polarization:
  • “The United States has never been more polarized. Never.” (Joe, 13:30)
  • “No, I think Rick represents the dying effort to remain a rational human being trapped in the middle.” (Joe, 17:51)
• On Social Change:
  • “They are attempting to eradicate even the idea that such a thing as patriarchy could exist, that there should be no such thing as a male, much less male superiority…” (Joe, 32:51)
• On the Trump Era:
  • “He’s instinctive as hell. He’s got one shot at this to get through all the stuff he believes in, all of which is not believed in by his opponents.” (Joe, 42:20)
• On Apocalyptic Thinking:
  • “What the world needs is an asteroid to wipe out all life and give us about a thousand years of winter so the globe can start over.” (Kenny, 70:12)
• On the Feeding Our Future scandal:
  • “No, no, you know how to steal money. You didn’t make any money.” (Joe, 51:58)
• On science news:
  • “Didn’t any of these people watch Jurassic Park—exactly how that turned out?” (D, 68:56)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• 00:30 – Snowstorm, driveway clearing, foot-wagered snow measurements
• 05:00 – State Hockey Tournament and local traditions
• 09:06 – Minneapolis, George Floyd Square, social justice tourism
• 13:17 – Reader emails: Trump, Ukraine, and polarization
• 18:24 – Are centrists truly a majority? Joe's "45/45/10" theory
• 21:08 – Fact-checking Trump’s speech; media polarization
• 28:34 – School board chaos over LGBTQ-themed children's book
• 32:51 – Joe's "mystery" theory on social transformation
• 36:55 – Child development, vulnerability, and activism
• 39:17 – White supremacy in state worker training
• 40:48 – Trump as the “penultimate patriarchal white male”
• 51:05 – Feeding Our Future trial update and fraud details
• 66:15 – Somali Museum Minnesota grant critique
• 68:22 – “De-extinction” woolly mammoth science & Jurassic Park comparison
• 70:12 – Kenny’s comic, apocalyptic “nuke it all” rant

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Overall Tone & Flow

• Friendly, rambling, opinionated, and frequently self-effacing. The hosts trade sarcasm and nostalgia, drawing analogies from Minnesota life.
• Joe Soucheray steers the conversation with gruff skepticism and dry humor; Kenny brings morbid wit; the others chime in with news, trivia, and comic relief.

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Summary

For longtime fans and newcomers, this episode captures Garage Logic’s unique blend: local color, common sense conservatism, skepticism of elite trends, and an abiding weariness with political excess. Trump’s speech is less the subject than a springboard for GL’s running analysis of a country and culture “cut right down the middle.” The show features robust, sometimes curmudgeonly takes on education, social change, political tribalism, and local scandals, all delivered with signature wit and an eye for the idiosyncrasies of Minnesota life.

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Those seeking specifics on Trump’s address, local controversies, or cultural debates will find plenty of color, insight, and trademark Garage Logic perspective in this episode.

Transcript

[A]

Let's face it, more people are seeing UFOs and some of these sightings completely defy explanation.

[B]

You have things that going hundreds of knots under the water, anti gravity, but.

[A]

It has to be something like our own secret tech or maybe even adversarial, right?

[C]

So the claim that it's our tech or that it's an adversarial tech. No, it is not.

[A]

This is Steven Deaner from the hit podcast uap. And I have conversations like that every week as I keep up with all the latest relating to UFO topics. Just search UAP wherever you get your podcasts. As we continue to ask the question, are we alone in the cosmos?

[C]

Fratelloni's Hardware and Garden Stores brings you Garage lodging podcast number 1497. We would have taken cross country skis to get here if we had to. It was March. It's not was, it still is. It's March 5, 2025. 72 degrees on this day 25 years ago and 14 below on this day in 1960. And on this day on March 5, I like to point these out when they show up. In 1915, apparently a very similar event to what we have now. There was 11 inches of snow on the ground and I got a fighting chance to believe it was cleared more competently. I'm not ripping snowplow drivers, I'm talking just administrative wise. I bet the streets were cleared.

[D]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[C]

Hail you. And now from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's Garage Logic with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the crabby coffee shop, John Height in the newsroom, and of course the rookie here is your Flashlight King fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your man Joe Sushore. Well, so much for not having to engage in space management. St. Paul, where I am got, I would comfortably say a foot and probably more. And I can count on one hand the times I've had an absolutely virgin driveway. And not only was it a virgin driveway, it might as well have been a driveway in July. In terms of any snow on it. There was no snow on it, so I had a virgin run at it. And I was at the very top end of what a single stage snowblower can handle. I think another inch and I might not have been able to do it.

[E]

Did you happen to measure the amount? Do you know how much it was?

[C]

I used my foot, yeah. And I'm going to go with 13 inches above my foot.

[F]

Wow.

[C]

I put my foot up to it vertically. Don't worry about it. We had a lot of snow. And then what I did, just because I'm a hell of a nice guy.

[B]

Wait, wait, hold on.

[D]

Did you lay on the ground and like, kind of.

[C]

Yeah. Kind of the top of my boot. Exactly. And because you know what? There's a ruler in there somewhere. But I didn't know where to go in and find it, so I used it.

[E]

You don't have a shop yardstick, Joe?

[C]

Yeah, but I didn't know where it was. Okay.

[E]

You don't have a tape measure, Joe?

[C]

Yeah, I could use a tape measure. So in any event, what I did is I figured she'd have no shot backing out because even though I cleared the driveway, the street had one lonely set of tire tracks in it.

[D]

And you had the hump at the end of the driveway.

[C]

Not really. Not yet, because you hadn't plowed. But I thought her only shot if she needs to go anywhere is to leave driving forward and she could bust through it and get to the. Get to that set of tracks. So I. Jay turned that baby around in the driveway.

[E]

I think the smarter thing to do would have been to take the keys with you to work. So you knew she wasn't going to.

[C]

Be able to go anywhere. I don't care if she screws up her car. So then I backed mine out and Jay turned. Then I back mine out and turned it around in the driveway so I was able to go zoom out forward.

[E]

Tell me. That's all interesting. Tell me about your drive in. Do they hit the snow emergency routes or were you fighting snow drifts the whole way in?

[C]

No, it was no problem. No problem.

[E]

Because I noticed that both St. Paul and Minneapolis declared snow emergency.

[C]

It's a lovely snow.

[E]

It's a plowing. Will start this evening and then down in Lakeville. Hold on, let me find it. Oh, Farmington. I'm sorry. Farmington says every single street will be plowed today.

[B]

That's like South St. Paul. They are on it.

[E]

They get on it right away.

[D]

Well, Johnny was telling me that Freeborn county had to bring in the National Guard.

[C]

Yeah, well, I'm more worried about.

[B]

What about those La Verne people coming across 90 to get up to the.

[C]

Tourney at 90 was closed.

[B]

For real? If they were good.

[C]

And La Verne plays today.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

We don't have a remote and we can't turn on the tv.

[B]

This one does. I found it. But I went to 5.2, which is 45, and nothing comes up. So we can't get 45 in our own building.

[D]

In our own building.

[E]

Are they on right now?

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Yes.

[C]

Mahatma's playing my house. That's 45. Is channel 12.

[B]

This one. This one has the attorney. It has the right channel.

[E]

This is breaking your rule today. I am.

[B]

They're playing the Fish Eater. St. Cloud Cathedral.

[C]

No, the first game features my Zephyrs. Matam.

[B]

Yeah. St. Cloud's up one zip right now.

[C]

Really?

[B]

In the beginning of the second period.

[E]

St. Paul Cathedral, up one zero.

[C]

Well, there isn't a St. Paul. Well, there is a St. Paul Cathedral, but I think you're thinking of St. Cloud Cathedral.

[E]

I can't hear you. I'm watching TV. You say something, dummy.

[B]

I believe.

[D]

You know that always reminds me of one of my favorite sports talk memories. Rook. And when Royce and such had asked you for the Matamidai roster and you gave them one from three years previous only.

[B]

No, only to be bettered by. What is the current golf score? I went to the Colombian tournament or Colombia.

[F]

I didn't recognize that.

[C]

No, we wanted master score.

[B]

I don't recognize any of those guys.

[C]

I don't think you have the right tournament.

[E]

No offense to you, but I really hope Mon Amidai loses. You know, and apologies to your whole family while I'm at.

[C]

Why?

[E]

Because I root for anybody that's out of the Metro?

[B]

No.

[C]

Doesn't matter who it is. Okay, well, you know, I'm gonna take. I'm gonna take Billy Stein's advice. Okay. I've. I'm choosing a team to root for. Northern Lakes.

[B]

What is Northern Lakes?

[C]

It's Aiken, Pelican Rapids, Brainerd, whatever. I don't know. It's a bunch of schools.

[B]

I think I had them doing well in my poll. My bracket, we do a family bracket.

[C]

If you're listening to us from around the country or around the world, the state boys high school hockey tournament in Minnesota has retained its status as a major league event even though they went to two classes years ago, which I still regret. But here's Bill Klein. I understand. Stein, I'm sorry. I understand that you feel you have no hockey team to root for. May I suggest the Northern States Lightning, the little team that could, consisting of players from Aiken Crosby, Ironton, Pequot Lakes and Pine River Backus. They are fun to watch. And their leading scorer, Drew Paul Beck from Aiken, has scored over 60 goals this year.

[E]

Yikes.

[C]

Plus, they have a great goalie. Sam Sooja is their goalie. So I. When can anyone tell me when they play? Maybe they don't play till tonight.

[B]

I do have that here.

[C]

So I'm going to. I'm going with Steiner. I'm going with the Northern Lakes Club. I even like that term, Northern Lakes.

[E]

Northern Lakes Club, Joe, for the people around the country listening. My nephews were here from Texas last year and they didn't understand the interest I had in it either. And simply, it compares to high school football in Texas. It's the same slope.

[C]

Oh, absolutely.

[B]

Northern Lakes plays the late game this evening.

[C]

I'll be tuned in.

[B]

They go up against East grand forks, Northern Lakes 19, 8 and 1. East grand forks 13, 13 and 2.

[C]

I'm going with the Lakes.

[B]

All right.

[C]

I've told you this before, but I've earned my stripes as a hockey tournament veteran because there was a year this is going back to when they played it in the St. Paul auditorium that I stayed in a bathroom. Can't do that between sessions. It's not allowed. Didn't get caught. And then I was able to stay for the night session. How did you go with your feet?

[B]

How were you?

[C]

I did the Spider man thing on the st when somebody came in.

[E]

Oh, was this three years ago?

[C]

No, no, no, no. Long, long time ago. Long, long time ago. I have to get to this because if I was him, I'd be frightened. We have a wonderful note from Bert. Now, you'll recall yesterday we were talking about the Minneapolis has new efforts to attract tourism to town. And among their efforts efforts is they want to emphasize social justice and female sports. And we were teetering right on the edge of appropriateness with social justice. Right. You could foghorn me if you want, but we were saying that it's inevitable that George Floyd Square. If in fact you are attempting to bring people to Minneapolis under the guise of social justice tourism, it's inevitable that 38th and Chicago would play a role because the whole George Floyd week in May of 2020 was heard around the world. Well, Bert said, this is uncanny. He sent me an email. He wrote to us on March 14, 2021.

[B]

Oh, I bet his inbox is fun.

[C]

March 14, 2021.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Hi, Joe. On March 13, I took a little scooter trip over to Fred Fully ridiculous extortion district. Came in from the side and slowly tooled right on through. He's talking about 38th in Chicago. Last time I noted the malignant idleness. That's where the term came from, malignant idleness. This time I found a reasonable amount of activity. The just Turkey place seemed to be doing some business. This reminded me of the old SNL skit Where the only viable business left in a dying shopping center was the Scotch tape store. Anyway, many of the people in the area almost gave off a tourist vibe. Folks taking pictures, standing near the memorial, et cetera. As I puttered out of the zone, noting the sacred use of public property torn from the pavement for roadblocks, I got to thinking, Instead of fighting it, why not leave the place alone and let it become a. You ready? Social justice tourist site? Wow. That's my new prediction. Social justice tourism. He wrote this in March of 2021.

[B]

That's unreal.

[C]

That's.

[F]

What?

[C]

Sad. That's four years ago.

[F]

Four years ago.

[C]

I did that math very good. That's four years ago. Numbers will escalate. Vendors will shop. There will be George Floyd Days. Oh, my God, he's clairvoyant. Eventually, the current caretakers will tire of the influx of outsiders. In the progressive left's continuing effort to cut off their foot, to display virtue, it will be labeled white privilege to visit the area. Thus, it will be lumberjacked. Silly. Yes, but I like to play what if I don't think it's silly? He nailed it four years ago right on there. That's really strange. He had it nailed four years ago, even down to. I can see the backflip coming. That if it becomes a tourist area, the progressives will say, oh, this is just privileged white people. Let's change it. He's got it nailed right down to George Floyd Days.

[B]

Does he have any other predictions?

[C]

I hope not. Okay.

[B]

Good or bad? I'd like to see.

[E]

I was kind of. That's why my microphone was off.

[C]

Limited. I. You know, what else did I have?

[E]

Oh, oh, by the way, Joe.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders now leading 2. 0 over your M. Well, what are.

[C]

You, early in the first period or late in the second?

[E]

Four minutes left in the second.

[C]

Oh, good Lord. Started at 11, didn't it?

[B]

Your zephyrs aren't moving fast.

[D]

Did it always start on Wednesday when.

[C]

You went to two classes? It had to.

[D]

It did.

[C]

Okay. I believe they didn't have room. Yeah. You know, I don't know if I'm. I'm suggesting anything that we don't know, but the United States has never been more polarized. Never.

[B]

I do hate that I wish we weren't.

[C]

It's just ridiculous.

[B]

Yes or no?

[C]

Around and round the widening gyre, the falcon cannot hear the falconer. The center has not held.

[B]

Not holding.

[C]

Okay, here's two emails that illustrate the point, all right? Both involving Trump and Zelensky.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Oh, Boy.

[C]

All right, call me down. This one's from Jerry Kloss. Since the awful shakedown of Ukraine President Zelensky, I have heard the moron Trump his vice moron Vance and others tell the media that they are angry that Zelensky didn't wear a tie. A tie? Really? The guy's country is being torn apart by Trump's buddy Putin, and these doorknobs are griping because he didn't wear a tie? I think he and his country have more pressing things to deal with than wearing a tie to meet the biggest liar to ever hold office. Okay, that's one. That's one email.

[B]

Noted.

[C]

Noted. Now here's Rick McChesney. He's written this before. He's in Stillwater. Hello, Mayor. On Monday's podcast, you and my fellow dum dums discuss the Oval Office dust up between and Zelensky. I think I can offer a couple of basic guidelines for understanding the situation. My own failed academy experience got me a degree in international relations with a focus on what used to be the Soviet Bloc. Years ago, I traveled to Russia and got to live with five Russian families over the course of about seven months. I'm sure there are gl ers who know more about this stuff than I do, but probably not many. As an aside, I don't think we've heard from David Bliss lately. I bet he could offer some wisdom on this, too. David is our fellow who's back here now, but he's lived in Bulgaria. Here's what I think g ers ought to know. Number one, the history of Russia and all of Central Europe is messy. Those borders have changed constantly over the past thousand years. The various ethnic groups have lived and worked and fought together for centuries. The very name Ukraine essentially translates to at the border. I'm sure that Polish kid you have on the staff could have told you this. Number two, your typical Rusky is a fellow with a serious case of wounded pride. Russians believe their country has always been at the top of human civilization. They expect to be granted respect and deference. And they absolutely believe that all former Soviet republics sit on Russian soil. They will never stop their efforts to regain control. Three, you and I can agree that Putin is a horrible human being. But to the extent he can restore Russian glory and empire, he is a hero to most Russians. The citizens of Russia will endure grave losses in exchange for the hope Putin offers. 4. The Cold War policy of containment was the brainchild of a genius named George Kenan Keenan served as ambassador to the USSR and knew his subject well, Keenan recognized that the US has no national interest going to war with Russia. Russia. After the breakup of the Soviet Union. Kenan vociferously criticized any efforts to expand NATO to include Ukraine. 5. So to get Zelensky. So to get to Zelensky and Trump. It seems to me that Trump lacks any coherent governing philosophy or ideology, but he is instinctive as hell. He has an uncanny knack for feeling where voters are on issues just like immigration and gender. I think that on the instinctive level, Trump senses that Ukraine isn't something Americans are willing to pay for in dollars or in blood. Zelensky walked into a Buzzsaw with Trump. Trump was rude, uncharitable, and frankly, he and Vance sounded like Rodney Dangerfield complaining that they didn't get no respect. But Trump was right to tell Laszinski that Ukraine really doesn't have any good cards to play. And as much as it pains me to surrender Putin, Trump is right to refuse any Ukrainian demand for security guarantees. To guarantee their security is to go to war with Russia, which be stupid. Just my opinion, man. Keep pushing back Rick in Stillwater. Thank you. Rick was a little more, he thought through his email more than Jerry. But they represent the polarization. No, I think Rick represents the dying effort to remain a rational human being trapped in the middle. A rational human being trapped in the middle.

[B]

I think that's what the majority of Americans feel.

[C]

I don't. I don't think that. I wish I thought that. I don't. I think the point is that Trump is such a polarizing character.

[D]

How polarizing is he?

[C]

Well, he's so polarizing that there is half the country that's never going to cut him any belief whatsoever about anything.

[B]

Do you feel Biden was the same way on the left in the wiggle room?

[C]

I think Biden grew into a polarizing figure as it became more and more evident that he wasn't even the president. I think when his term started, he wasn't necessarily seen as a polarizing figure.

[B]

Do you still believe that it might be 25% far right, 25% far left, and 50% in the middle, or do you think those are greater? No percentages. Would you or you think it's 50?

[C]

I'd go for. I'd go 45% far left. 45% far right. Well, let's just put it this way. 45% left, 45% right. 10% morons like me trying to figure it out.

[E]

Did you see the piece a few days ago in Alpha about the ex Biden aide Admitting that they were gaslighting America on Israel.

[B]

Yeah, he won't ever work again. Huh?

[C]

Biden was way too benign and professional politically to be polarizing. He was just a sock puppet. He was just, he just said whatever his party told him to say and he didn't have any convictions. And no, the poor guy was suffering there the last two years, if not the entire four. And I don't think anybody lived and died on his words. I think people now, they take Trump's words and there's 45% of the country that's not going to accept a single word he says and 45% of the country that absolutely enjoys every word he says. He was ripped last night. Ripped. This is the country we live in. Rachel Maddow and others on MSNBC ripped the presence of the child who had survived cancer. Yeah, well, and their point was valid. Their point was Trump had nothing to do with curing that kid. And in fact, then they went on to say Trump is canceling all cancer research in the country. I don't believe that. I don't either. I believe there will be cancer research.

[D]

Just shows you the type of person that that is.

[C]

And I'm surprised today cuz I always look for it. John, have you seen any fact checking of Trump's remarks last night?

[F]

Yes, tons of it.

[C]

Oh, you did?

[F]

Yeah, tons of it.

[E]

Where?

[C]

I didn't see any.

[F]

At least three different networks had fact checked.

[C]

Were his remarks on Social Security recipients fact checked?

[F]

They were something that was proven a falsehood the day after Musk put it on Twitter.

[C]

I don't think we have 130,000 people, 200 years old still receiving Social Security. Well, go ahead and read those fact checks.

[F]

As I explained the day after, there's a fail safe that automatically turns off at 115, so nobody above 115 can get benefits. That's number one. So, you know, everybody that he's saying.

[C]

Is 150, 180, that they're not getting paid.

[F]

No, they can't be. It's impossible. There's a fail safe to stop.

[C]

But Trump also can be hilarious. And he used that as an example to turn to Kennedy in the audience and say, we're a hell of a lot healthier country than we thought. Anyway, that's where the country is. It's just cut right down the middle.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

Now, you might not think a Gl er of the week would factor into me talking about precision door, but you'll recall our very recent gler of the week was Lisa Perez, and she notes I was recently awarded the honor of being the G eler of the week. Thank you very much for the highlight of my week. The day I received the email was the day we had to put our dog down. So the honor gave me a boost to a tough day. Well, that's a tough way to start, huh? Yes, Your dog ain't worth some syrup, but that's the way, you know. Well, you know what I mean. I mean, it's tough. She had a tough day, right? Yeah.

[D]

But how about a beer?

[C]

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[C]

Then he can take me to this grocery store and I'll get the giant bag of dog food. I don't know what that has to do with anything, but yeah, sure, Kenny, how many?

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Let me add on to your story here with the great ad. There's nothing more entertaining than going to that show and jumping in an RV or a trailer and looking at people sit down on the couch and just pretend they're camping for about seven seconds. Yeah, this is a Good one. And then the trailer shakes and they go to the next. It's so entertaining.

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I love it.

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[C]

A school board meeting in New York descended into chaos during an argument over an LGBTQ Pride book that was made available to children in kindergarten. And I don't know why that piqued my curiosity. That was the Daily Mail. And on Daily Mail pieces, I always try to verify it because the Daily Mail could be a tad irresponsible. It's a bulletin board of just really odd stuff. But sure enough, Rochester, New York, newspapers covered this. It's the Penfield Central School District. And yeah, a book was given out to these little kids and it's called the Rainbow Parade. And it illustrates a young child and her two moms attending the Pride Parade together, where they see men in bondage holding hands and a near naked person walking the streets alone. So the parents at Penfield Central School in New York attended a board meeting in an effort to voice their concerns, but they were shut off by the super, apparently, who's Dr. Tasha Potter, and she's in the Rochester paper. She's confirming that parents disrupted the board of education meeting. It was a couple weeks ago, it turns out. That's fine. I still wanted to do this. In response to the disruption. The school board president, Dr. Emily Roberts. They're all doctors, aren't they? Ended the meeting and the board members walked out. The only reason I brought this up is, and I've expressed this before, my utter confusion at. We have to leave children alone.

[D]

You'd think so.

[C]

I don't understand this. That's not fair to a kindergartner or a first grader to proselytize this kind of thing. If they come to that choice in their life later, when they can think that's their. That's fine, that's their business. Why are the Democrats, for example? Well, not all Democrats could think this. I just refuse to believe that. But I was. I was thinking last night, why, why would Democrats in the Senate, the U.S. senate, not to mention here in the U.S. in the state House, every single one voted to allow biological males to compete in women's sports. What they're doing, of course, is contesting Trump's executive order forbidding such a thing, and they find that abhorrent. And so they're voting to. I suppose that'll end up in the courts, too. Fine, let the courts handle it. But that really doesn't have anything to do with these little children. But what. I don't get it. I don't get it. I mean, I get it, but my. My getting it might be preposterous. Okay, but if I look at it from the. If I look at this through the lens of the mystery, I can come up with an answer. Why adults are more than flirting with, tampering with the lives of children. I can come up with an answer. All right, but it's a mystery answer. It's not.

[E]

It seems pretty obvious and easy to me.

[C]

Okay, you take a shot at it.

[E]

Well, they're just brainwashing them early, you know, start early.

[C]

Okay, but I'm looking for manipulate. Yeah, but I'm looking for why. Why would. Why would you do that to a child?

[B]

How do you pick up on little Jimmy's vi?

[E]

Indoctrinated early.

[C]

For what reason? You're not. You're. I'm. I'm still focused. I'm looking right through my microscope into the mystery. Why would you do that?

[E]

So you're firmly on the left.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

You're on the team. It's the same thing with the failed academy logic that Kenny's saying. It's the exact same thing. It's control.

[C]

Okay, I'll take my shot at it. Control and all that might be a byproduct of what I think's happening. I think the mystery in its deepest recesses has at its heart the desire to undo everything we see as conventional, going back again to the founding of the country, which was inherently flawed through the lens of the mystery because it was just a bunch of white guys. And Mysterians don't think they got it right. And Mysterians further believe that there's been a male dominance in Western culture and that it has been injurious to many people in terms of feeling oppressed by a male dominance in culture, which is also called patriarchy. And through the lens of the mystery, Mysterians at their deepest recesses, not all mysterians, but most of them, are attempting to eradicate even the idea that such a thing as patriarchy could exist, that there should be no such thing as A male, much less male superiority. I guess they'd say there's such a thing as a male. But where they would draw the line is that males should not have made the rules, males should not have made the laws. Males should not have been the founding fathers. Males should not have created the laws and the courts that these are all predisposed.

[B]

Go start your own fricking country.

[C]

These are all feelings that are predisposed to fomenting the mystery that we're going to destroy this idea of Western civilization because it has become way too dependent on the idea of males playing too prominent a role. So it doesn't strike it. To me that's the reason an adult straight from the failed academy would go become a kindergarten teacher in Penfield School district in New York and think nothing of planting the seed into a little kid that they can be whatever they want, they don't have to. Which to me is what's injurious about it, is they're taking their maker out of it. They're saying that humans should be in control of who they are and what they want to be. And it has nothing to do with how you were born. And therefore, Jimmy, we think you can become a girl if you want. Well, Jimmy doesn't know what. He doesn't know how to tie his shoes, much less know what gender he wants to be. And I don't think this is happening a lot. I don't think you go to school every morning and come home as a different person. But it's happening. It's happening.

[D]

And it's been a recent thing. You know, this wasn't happening 10 years ago.

[C]

I think it is younger than 10 years. Yes. I think this is a younger phenomenon than being 10 years old.

[E]

That's just one chapter in fighting what they think is a white supremacy culture. You know, that's just one spoke in the wheel. I think what you're saying is absolutely true, but it's outward and overt and open and they brag about it.

[C]

Well, somebody's got to get to them to keep their hands off children. I'm not saying this is happening with great frequency. There are still enough reasonable people that would not allow this to happen.

[E]

The mission plan, Joe. I think it's part of the mission plan. As I've said before, subjecting kids before puberty to anything sexual is just, oh, my God, you're just doing so much damage to that developing brain. Like you said at the outset, let them make those decisions on their own when they're old enough to figure out the difference.

[C]

And because these people can't link the deeply corrupted Mysterians who can't link, they're all over the map with this. For example, Mary Moriality thinks you can't be a criminal until about 25, 18, 25, because your mind isn't developed. But I guarantee you, Mary Moriality, well, I shouldn't say that I don't know where she'd fall on this. But they're all over the map on what they think the right age is for something.

[E]

They are at odds with themselves.

[C]

And so it's beyond insidious. It's terribly, terribly saddening.

[D]

Well, especially because when you're talking about kids at that age, just how vulnerable.

[C]

They are, they don't know what they don't. They're waiting for the next episode of Peppa Pig.

[D]

We had it on earlier.

[C]

I know. I've seen that one. I love it. Is that where Papa Pig goes to town?

[D]

I think so.

[C]

She's pretty cool, Peppa. Yeah, I very happy, very happy.

[E]

Have an enemy anywhere.

[C]

No, she's a really sweetheart. Yeah. No.

[F]

What?

[E]

Don't John, don't you know Peppa Pig?

[F]

I don't know Peppa.

[C]

Oh, man, I know every character and every episode. Yeah.

[E]

You're missing out.

[D]

John's, John's wheelhouse has to be Barney because of Dill's age.

[F]

Yeah. And then spongebob.

[C]

And spongebob.

[B]

Yep.

[C]

Oh, there's a Peppa Pig airplane and a Peppa Pig car.

[E]

Who's that little whining kid that I want to smack up?

[C]

That's.

[E]

Yeah, with the funny spelled.

[C]

I don't think Peppa Pig has whiners.

[F]

No, no.

[D]

Thinking of a different one.

[C]

Don't change.

[E]

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

[C]

Don't change the subject on me.

[E]

Let me change it. Let me change it to this Joe, which backs you up, but it doesn't talk about kids. Is this training manager corps training that state workers had to attend a bit ago labeling the Republican Party as overtly white supremacists? This manager core training said.

[C]

I saw this. Yeah, go ahead.

[E]

Yeah, there's a 32 page document within this training called white supremacy culture still here. And they're basically talking about the Republican Party.

[C]

Right.

[E]

So it's, you know, it starts early and it continues through adulthood.

[C]

Well, I, I, I'm, I'm vigilant. I don't anticipate any kids I'm involved with having to endure this. I'll just leave it at that. Huh?

[E]

No, I think you shouldn't. I think you should Be on high alert.

[C]

Yeah, they. They attend the right schools.

[E]

Oh, I got you.

[C]

Well, they attend schools where this would not be part of it.

[B]

Resisted.

[C]

This would be. Wouldn't come up. This wouldn't come up. I think.

[F]

Can you piggyback this on what you said earlier, though? Because I think a lot of the pushback is from as polarized as we are right now, because the left sees Donald Trump as, you know, whatever. The Antichrist, whatever. And so as long as he brings it up and he talks about it, then the left is going to automatically jump.

[C]

Okay, I can piggyback on that. I think. I think in the polarized country, the left sees the Trump as the. The ultimate, penultimate patriarchal white male, and they can't. They hate that. They hate him. And he said last night something. I'm paraphrasing. He said, a child is how God made you be comfortable. And those remarks must just terrify Mysterians because it goes against the grain of everything they believe. Everything they believe. And so obviously, they don't believe Trump. He is evil incarnate, and he is an ugly, ugly human being. He's an ugly man, and he lacks a lot of skills to manipulate the land we find ourselves in now. But he's not a mysterian. He's not a mysterian. And I don't doubt him when he says he loves the country. Maybe I'm naive, but I don't doubt him. And love of country is also frowned upon by mysterians because it's the country they're trying to reinvent. This country can't be something to love because it's so wrong. We must fix it. And. That could be why he's working at a feverish pace. As the emailer Rick noted.

[E]

He.

[C]

He's instinctive as hell. He's instinctive as.

[B]

Strike.

[D]

Right.

[B]

The iron's hot.

[C]

Yes. And he knows I got one shot at this to get through all the stuff I believe in, all of which is not believed in by his opponents. Well.

[D]

And Musk has the timeline right. Is it 130 days or whatever it is?

[C]

I don't know. I'm in today. I'm. I'm anti Musk. Oh. You know, some days I'm pro. Some days you're pro, Some days I'm anti. I mean, what did he do? He's trying to do it. No, he's trying to get the contract for all the wi fi that's been in. I don't know. He. He gets way too much of my money. He just gets way Too much of my money. So does the government. So does the government.

[E]

Can I say something to you that was jealous? Hopefully make you feel worse?

[C]

Sure.

[E]

Wow. The Saint Cloud Cathedral Crusaders are now up 3, 0. Oh. Eleven minutes into the food mahomety.

[C]

What the hell's wrong with my zephyrs?

[D]

You had a bad week of high school hockey.

[C]

What a dreadful week I'm having.

[B]

They're skating like they got lead in their skates.

[C]

No, the term is they're skating like they've got a piano on their back.

[B]

Hey.

[C]

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[E]

The Joe Sugere Show G eller Bryce knows what's up. He sent a. Sent me an email. Hey, Kenny. Since this past July, I've been adding Seafoam to all of my engines. Primarily my Silverado Daily driver and my 65 Bel Air. Get a lot of questions about that Bel Air Bryce Four door. What's the engine? What's the color? A lot of questions.

[C]

Didn't you have a 65?

[E]

Yeah, but it wasn't a Bel Air it was the Impala 283. There's been a noticeable difference in both. According to Bryce. They start easier, they run better. When I put the Bel Air in storage for the winter this past fall, I made made sure to put in a healthy dose. He's also been putting extra cans of Seafoam in his daily during these cold spells, and they have definitely helped. And all of this, what Bryce says, is for a pretty reasonable price. Yeah, well, my line on that is it's easier to buy Seafoam than pay the mechanics bill. And that's Bryce from Rockville. Bryce, thank you very much. Thank you to Seafoam for keeping everything. Our hot rods, our daily drivers, our one lungers, the greasy triples, all the farm machinery. Thank you for keeping it running. Tip top. A local company, a global reach, and truly a wonderful product in a world of bad gas. Seafoam.

[C]

Do you have a favorite? I know we're going to get to John right now, but I just have to say this. Do you have a favorite year, anyone? For cars? Your favorite year for cars?

[F]

Yes.

[C]

What's yours, John?

[F]

I like 1953. 53 Chevys and the Fords.

[C]

All right.

[E]

Oh, there's so many, Joe. I like to try 5 Chevy's.55,67. I love the 65 Impala over all the other Impalas.

[B]

Rook, you're gonna laugh at me.

[C]

Yes, we are. Yes, we are. Totally 2002.

[B]

Because that's what I cut my teeth on. A 1979 Caprice Classic. That in the winter.

[C]

That's a. That's a. That's a donk. That's a donk.

[B]

It is.

[E]

That's cool.

[B]

That car my dad had, that's what I learned how to drive on and on. A day like today, whipping around with that rear wheel drive.

[D]

I do. You know what? I'll join you because I do have an affinity for the 87 Bonneville.

[C]

I'm not gonna mock you for that.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

My favorite year, 1967.

[D]

Why?

[C]

Every single car I like was at its Peak in 1967.

[D]

I'm surprised you didn't pick something from the 50s.

[C]

No. Every single car. I mean, the best version of every car I like was made in 1967.

[B]

Why the change then? Just, they were.

[C]

They just.

[E]

They went from being boxy to Sporty right in 67. Across the manufacturer line, all across the.

[C]

Line, the best cars in the world are 1967.

[B]

So there was some type of wake up call in 67 by the manufacturers to do something cool or better. Made better what was.

[E]

Joe, do you think it was the Ford Mustang that changed everybody's view on styling?

[C]

Boy, that didn't hurt. That was 64 and a half. And yet it took that much time to ramp up.

[D]

And is it Ford vs Ferrari? What year were those that we all.

[C]

That was in the 60s.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Did that have any.

[E]

Oh, maybe. Speaking of that, that. Joe, you were right about that Ferrari movie. I made it 30 minutes in. I had to turn it off.

[C]

Which one was this?

[E]

It's the one that. It's about Enzo Ferrari. And all we find out about are money issues and sex.

[B]

It's money and sex and you turned it off?

[C]

Yeah. It's garbage here.

[F]

Joe.

[E]

He was an ugly, ugly man.

[C]

Yeah, he had some issues.

[E]

And he's played by this beautiful actor.

[C]

Yeah. Here in his snowbound newsroom is John.

[B]

How was the commute, you two?

[F]

You two?

[E]

There's no snow up here.

[C]

You get a lot of snow, John?

[F]

Four to six inches.

[C]

We had over a foot.

[D]

How'd you measure it?

[C]

Right on me. I used my foot.

[F]

I just guessed. The news right now is being brought to you by North American Banking Company as we talked about snow leading the news. Schools closed or delayed snow emergencies in effect. Travel was difficult this morning and still is in a lot of areas. A lot of that has to do with the wind. Now, snow, as you just heard, depending on where you live, varying amounts around the Twin Cities. As of early this morning, Xcel Energy said about 8,000 homes had lost power in the Twin Cities. The company says everything should be back by 4 this afternoon. Around 9:30 this morning, Governor Walz announcing he had authorized the National Guard to help provide support for emergency storm operations. According to his office, members of the Freeborn County Sheriff's Office asked for help, including equipment and personnel to help rescue stranded motorists.

[C]

Okay. Laverne would be affected by that, but the hockey club would have come here yesterday. This is only going to affect the people trying to get here.

[D]

You know, we were watching the Wild Game last night.

[C]

I forgot it was on. Did they beat the Kraken? They did.

[B]

Yes, they did. Four, three.

[D]

And I got the text alert from school and the boys never watched the game.

[C]

And.

[D]

And boy, did they erupt in joy.

[C]

I can't even complain about closing schools today.

[D]

Not today.

[C]

I can't complain about it, really. It was just too tough for little kids to get around.

[F]

Okay, Star tribute reporting. The woman who allegedly tried to bribe a juror in the first Feeding Our Future trial last year with that bag full of cash. Remember the 120 grand.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[F]

Well, now we find out she also controlled a company that got at least $1.6 million. Come on. Other entities involved in the scheme.

[C]

John, I can build into your newscast. Today's Feeding our Future hilarity.

[F]

Oh, good.

[C]

And that is. We learned from the trial yesterday that Bock and her co defendant, they're accused of orchestrating the $250 million threat. And Bock was often the sole signatory. The amount of. And then she texted her boyfriend, the amount of money I'm going to make tomorrow. You should be bleeping happy. She wrote in a message to her then boyfriend, empress Malcolm Watson Jr. And then she goes on to say, I know how to make money. No, no, you know how to steal money. You didn't make any money. This is to her boyfriend. I guess I know how to make money. You say you do too, but have never once shown it. Why? Is there a reason you won't do what needs to get done to get ahead? Bach wrote to Watson. Bach was also listed as the organizer of a GoFundMe that raised nearly 74 grand for an entity associated with Feeding our Future. The donors were all participants in the program. Oh, my gosh.

[E]

Oh, that's a slick.

[C]

That's a side scam. They're just amazing.

[E]

That's a great laundering scheme.

[B]

That fraudster stuff. That's full time work, isn't it?

[C]

Well, she knows how to make money.

[B]

And don't think I don't.

[C]

Don't think I don't.

[F]

We found all this out about the woman who had the bag of cash yesterday when a judge unsealed a document. The woman, if you remember, was 31 year old laden. Mohammed Ali from Seattle.

[C]

Yeah, they flew her in.

[F]

Yeah, they flew her in. She had created a food vendor called afro produce in St. Paul in 2018, according to corporate filings with the Secretary of State's office in 20 and 21, Afro Produce showed up as a purported food supplier for several companies controlled by individuals who have now pleaded guilty for their roles in the $250 million fraud scheme. Prosecutors allege dozens of people stole money from a federally funded child nutrition program by submitting grossly inflated claims. Amy Bach, as you talked about, has been accused by prosecutors of organizing the pay for play scheme. In a search warrant unveiled Tuesday, FBI agent Kevin Kane said conspirators used Afro Produce to their tracks by submitting fake invoices documenting the purchase of food that was never delivered by the St. Paul company, which listed its business address as 2554 Como Ave. Similar invoices have been subject of testimony in the trial of Bach with FBI agents showing Afro produce invoices that claim to document the purchase of hundreds of thousands of dollars of food by companies accused in the program.

[C]

John, what was her name?

[F]

Her name was Ali Laden. Mohammed Ali.

[C]

All Ali had to do was put down the word Afro in the title of her business and walls army of the incompetent would have hand delivered the checks.

[F]

A mass shooting next door in North Dakota yesterday. Still not a lot of details available, but a suspect was arrested after three members of the Spirit Lake tribe were killed in a shooting in St. Michael in northeastern North Dakota. That shooting happened around 9:30 in the morning yesterday. A Bureau of Indian affairs law enforcement apprehended the suspect shortly after 1:30 about four hours later. According to a statement from tribal chairwoman Lana street officials did not immediately release the names of those killed or the suspect. No other details have been made available yet it did cause a shelter in place order to be issued to all residents within the reservation's boundaries, including the cities of St. Michael, Fort Totten, Crow Hill and Wood Lake after the shooting was later lifted. That was later lifted and all tribal employees were granted administrative leave. Grief counseling being offered to any tribal residents and tribal members. They are encouraged to prioritize, according to a statement, their mental health and well being during this difficult time.

[C]

Remember the other day I told you I'd love to live in that part of Mexico where the butterflies gather in the winter? I'm having second thoughts because nine college students, body parts of nine college students were just found on the side of the road in Mexico. Apparently they might have crossed the wrong person in a cartel situation. All nine of them were chopped. What area? Southern Mexico.

[F]

Oh, boy.

[D]

You don't want to go to southern Mexico.

[C]

I'm not going to Mexico.

[B]

Dominicans got some nice speeches.

[C]

Thank you.

[F]

If you'd like to read some fine cartel fiction. Don Winslow.

[C]

Oh, Don Winslow is the best trio.

[F]

Of Brooklyn about it that are wonderful.

[C]

Thank God he's still alive for what he revealed.

[F]

Update to a story we talked about last year. Remember this? St. Cloud inventor, Felicity John Peterson had a replica of the space shuttle moved from Florida to Minnesota. Had plans to use it as part of a museum. Well, now it's been learned. Apparently Peterson no longer owns the replica and it's been taken over by a new nonprofit. And where this shuttle will now end up is not known. Cassie Miles is with the future Great River Children's Museum in downtown St. Cloud. And she said I haven't heard anything about the next steps or where it might ultimately settle. I'm excited to see where the space shuttle ends up, though.

[D]

How do you move a shuttle?

[C]

I have. I have thought slowly. I have carefully. I have thoughts about this.

[F]

It came there in pieces, Chris. Remember we. When we talked about. I don't assemble it there. It was about, I don't know, a year, year and a half ago.

[C]

Well, here's the problem. You know, ding, ding. They know. They. They want a space shuttle. They got a fake one.

[F]

It's a replica.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. You know, it's not even the real deal. What's the museum.

[B]

What's.

[C]

Yeah, what's the museum in Chicago that has the. The submarine. The re. It. But it's a real submarine. You go in, it's real. It ain't. Ding, ding.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Not like you at Disney.

[C]

Where. Right. This one really works, Goose. No, this. What's the famous. It's Downtown Chicago. Chicago Museum.

[E]

Yeah, it's right on the water.

[C]

History Museum. Well, they got a real submarine in there, this space shuttle up in St. Cloud, you know, it might as well be an ice house, you know.

[B]

Is it on Navy? Navy Pier?

[C]

No.

[D]

Chicago History Museum, probably. That's what it looks like.

[B]

Your Crusader is the. Your Matamine is. Efforts lost. The Crusaders and.

[C]

Three Nothing.

[B]

Three nothing. Post game. They are all in a circle.

[E]

Why are you giving it away when there's 25 seconds left in the broadcast?

[C]

Both teams. Rucker.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

I wonder why did somebody die?

[B]

I'm not sure, but I think it's very. I think it's nice. And the St. Croix Crusader. Coach has got the ashes today.

[C]

There's no St. Croix Crusader.

[B]

I'm sorry. St. Cloud Crusaders.

[C]

We've called it three different names so.

[F]

Far now that we're very concerned about everything.

[B]

They're up by St.

[C]

Cloud.

[F]

Why don't we take a break here and hear from Mr. Revers?

[D]

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[C]

All right, sorry, you completely lost me there.

[D]

You mentioned that one person emailed you about Precision saying that they lost their dog.

[C]

No. Oh, that's right. That's Lisa Perez.

[D]

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[C]

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

[B]

That means we'll be selecting our next. Oh, wait. Hey. February is gone. March just started. That means we'll be selecting our next batch of superfan to be recognized as G. Ellers of the week for March next week.

[C]

No, it's a weekly test.

[B]

This is old copy.

[C]

So it's a weekly deal.

[E]

GL you're not getting paid for this, are you?

[B]

No, I'm not. If you want to be eligible to be highlighted on the show by the mayor himself, all you have to do is get an active annual town council membership this Friday night. You can also get that amazing 50 gift basket from our friends at Masters Maples. Why are you gonna wait? Don't wait. Join the town council now or upgrade your membership now and you could be the gler of the week. And it's not fixed. I can guarantee you. Go to garagelogic.com for all of the details in March.

[C]

Thank you.

[F]

That it's. Yep. Okay. In national and international news, President Trump, as we talked about, gave his first address of his second term to Congress last night. It was. It was interesting. Representative Al Green got things off quickly escorted out of the hall after standing and yelling in reply to President Trump. Greene yelling no mandate was wanted in the election after President Trump said it was a mandate. Greene wouldn't sit down after repeatedly being asked to so he was escorted out of the speech. That kind of set the tone for the evening. Democrats holding up cards in opposition to parts of the President's speech, hooting and hollering when they thought he wasn't telling the truth. The President spent a good deal of the speech heckling them back, calling Joe Biden the worst president ever, taunting the Dems, calling Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas, acting surprised that the Dems didn't cheer the Kennedy name when Health and Human Services had. Robert Kennedy Jr. Was introduced. It was the longest. And we're calling it a State of the Union, I guess, sort of. It's supposed to be, but he's only been president for six weeks, but 99 minutes. The longest one since Bill Clinton's, which was 88 back in.

[C]

Al Green is a longtime Texas congressman.

[F]

Yes.

[C]

Not the famous singer that we all love.

[B]

Good losers, are they?

[C]

No, no. But either Trump's a bad winner.

[B]

Okay, the.

[D]

The hilarious thing that surfaced last night as a result of this is all the Canadian liquor stores, you know, removing the American mates. I'm thinking, well, you already bought the stuff you dumbed up.

[B]

Yeah, you gotta sell it.

[D]

So what point are you proving?

[B]

It's like the Tesla bumper sticker. I know, I know, I know.

[C]

But I already own the car.

[F]

I saw Elvira sold hers. No, she gave it away to charity. Her Tesla.

[C]

Oh, Elvira. She's pretty famous.

[B]

Of the dark.

[F]

Yeah, Mistress of the dark.

[C]

You know, I met Elvira once.

[B]

Quite a set of cans.

[F]

Oh, golly.

[C]

Wait a minute, John.

[F]

Here we go.

[C]

What was this? A case? I don't remember talking to Jesse.

[D]

You gotta have the voice here.

[B]

It was a Halloween party. Was actually supposed to be a hemp party, but cannabis wasn't legal yet.

[C]

Was she dressed up in her vampire suit?

[B]

She had the vampire suit on.

[C]

Long black hair, lacy cleavage, you know.

[B]

And she came up to me and asked me if I wanted some punch. And I was kind of thirsty, so.

[C]

I said, yeah, I'll take. I'll take a punch.

[B]

And then she smacked me right in the gut.

[C]

Yeah, get it. Yeah, I do. That's like a double meaning.

[D]

Sounds like the beginning of a joke. I was at a Halloween party with Jesse Ventura and Elvira.

[B]

And Elvira and the Three Stooges showed up.

[C]

Thank you. Thank you.

[F]

You know, hello.

[C]

Thank you, John.

[F]

Another news. Sorry, John.

[B]

Sorry, John.

[F]

In other news, the Supreme Court this morning rejecting President Trump's emergency. Emergency requ. To freeze $2 billion in foreign aid. As part of those efforts to slash government spending, the court's brief order was unsigned, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications. It said only that the trial judge, who had ordered the government to resume payment, should clarify what obligations the government must fulfill. The ruling is one of the court's first moves in response to the flurry of litigation filed in response to President Trump's efforts to reshape government. The vote, 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. And Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the three liberal to form a majority. Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Mexico against U.S. gun manufacturers, alleging they're complicit in supplying firearms to drug cartels. The lawsuit says 70 to 90% of guns recovered in Mexico originate from the U.S. the justices appeared skeptical of Mexico's claims. They'll decide whether to dismiss an appeals court ruling that allowed Mexico to sue the companies. The Trump administration apparently backing off a little bit from some of the tariff plans this morning, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said there might be carve outs coming to the 25% tariffs placed on Canada and Mexico. In the interview with Bloomberg Television this morning, Lutnick said Trump would update his tariff plans with an afternoon announcement, possibly sparing sectors like auto US from the import taxes. More info on the measles outbreak in the US So far, it's hit nine states, the biggest outbreak in West Texas, where a total number of people diagnosed with measles grew to 146 on Friday. 20% of the reported cases have required hospitalization, according to the cdc. Most who have been infected are children. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The US health secretary, has caused some alarm among pediatricians, vaccine experts and lawmakers with an opinion piece this week that focused on vitamin A and nutrition as a treatment for measles and not necessarily vaccinations.

[C]

John Part of your news this is from our Mole. Let me interrupt you with breaking news. A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage appropriating money for Somali Museum of Minnesota $1 million in fiscal year 2026 and $1 million in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund to the Commissioner of Administration for a grant to the Somali Museum of Minnesota for the heritage Arts and cultural vitality programs to provide classes, exhibits and presentations. Semicolon for outreach about the Somali community and heritage in Minnesota. Semicolon to increase hours of operation Semicolon and to provide free and reduced free programming for schools and community events. The author is representative Samaq Khab Hussain, DFL District 65A. You already got $250 million of fraudulent money. You want $2 million more for a Somali museum?

[B]

Yeah, you gotta.

[C]

What the hell would go in it?

[B]

The fraud wing.

[D]

Yeah, you'd have the.

[C]

I think maybe some of the notes from Amy Bach.

[E]

Timeline.

[B]

The timeline. Somali fraud here. Autism Daycare.

[E]

Wonder if they'd have an instructional video wing where you could sit down with your family and watch a 20 minute how to video.

[D]

Yeah, some classroom or be a better right.

[C]

This used to be a hell of a stage.

[F]

I can give you an update actually on that last story I read. It just is coming across. The Trump administration now says it will pause tariffs on cars coming into the US From Canada and Mexico. They will do that for one month. So the other stuff will still have tariffs.

[B]

Are we going month to month then? We're choosing and picking.

[C]

Does he think it'd only take a month for car companies to promise to build new plants in the United States? That's a big deal for them to commit to that.

[F]

Does this seem like a good idea? De extinction company Colossal Biosciences genetically engineered a shaggy light brown mouse with fat deposits as part of its effort to revive the extinct woolly mammoth. The experiment.

[C]

My answer is no.

[B]

I wouldn't mind seeing a woolly mammoth.

[C]

Well, then you're wrong.

[F]

The experiment, published in a paper not yet peer reviewed, shows the company's ability to edit multiple genes in an attempt to achieve a single experiment.

[D]

Didn't any of these people watch Jurassic park exactly how that turned out?

[C]

It didn't turn out well.

[E]

No.

[F]

Scientists focused on mouse genes related to hair expression with links to the mammoth's genome. Each mouse received different combinations of edits, but some saw up to eight genes edited using three distinct techniques. In most cases, the gene was edited to shut off its typical expression, as with the hair regulating gene FGF5, which allowed the fur to grow long. Colossal, the company currently valued at $10 billion, was founded in 2021 by entrepreneur Ben Lamb and geneticist George Church. They want to develop a method to recreate extinct species, including the mammoth, dodo and Tasmanian tigers.

[C]

Well, here's what I would do if I were that Limit that to a sure fire hair growth treatment for humans. Now, forget about recreating some prehistoric beast, but you've proven that you can grow hair with this genome. So why don't you make that available to humans?

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Why don't they just talk to our own local woolly mammoth that we have on the show here?

[E]

Thank you for throwing it to me. What the world needs, needs Is an asteroid to wipe out all life and give us about a thousand years of winter so the globe can start over. None of us deserve to be living on this earth right now.

[F]

Wow.

[E]

The whole planet needs to go. That's my new campaign slogan. F this planet and all of you at the fair.

[B]

F this planet.

[F]

Yeah, I had a. You know, as long as you said that, Kenny. Last night a friend of mine from north Dakota, I thought this was very dark, but yours might be darker. He sent me a text in the middle of the speech that said, I hate to say this, but, you know, if we could continue to have our government, wouldn't it be better if this whole building just blew up and we started over? Oh, I thought. I thought that was a little dark.

[C]

You know what?

[E]

I would.

[B]

I would accept that that's not an option.

[E]

Along with all the state capitals at the same time.

[F]

So you're really starting out.

[C]

You want complete eradication about a thousand.

[E]

Years of winter where life is just not there. Not plant life, no amoebas, nothing. I want the oceans freeze right down to the floor. Let's start over.

[B]

What's that 70s video game where they're. You got the long bombs coming in and you have to stop them.

[D]

Them asteroids?

[B]

No, it's not asteroids. It's. There's bombers and you have little John.

[C]

Are you done?

[B]

Castles.

[F]

I have one more. I should get in.

[C]

Let's do it.

[F]

Yeah. Just for Joe. The highly. Excuse me. Anticipated UFO documentary the age of disclosure has its world premiere at south by southwest film festival Sunday and filmmaker Dan Farah is finally ready to talk about his years long secretive efforts to make the most credible non fiction movie ever about the topic?

[C]

I'll be.

[F]

What makes the age of disclosure stand out among the thousands of previous UFO film and TV documentary efforts over the last several decades is that Farah only included on record interviews with current and former senior members of the u. S. Government, military and intelligence community with direct knowledge of unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAPs. The result is a look at a subject that's being taken far more seriously in recent years as high level officials make statements, release videos, hold hearings and take legislative action.

[C]

Just a matter of time. Why don't we take a time out here?

[E]

It's the end of the world as.

[C]

We know it and he feels fine. Joe, sucere. Well, things are so bad.

[D]

How bad are they?

[C]

That Kenny has come to the conclusion that he would wish for eradication, global extinction and 1,000 years of winter. But if you think you got it bad, there's a woman in England who really has it bad. Her name is Emily Cockerham. Well, that's her name, you big babies. And she's got a hell of a disease that I'm not making fun of. I just don't know what I'm Just.

[F]

Just.

[C]

It's enough to make you grateful for what you. You have in life. Her brain is falling out.

[F]

What?

[C]

It's falling out of her head like mine.

[B]

But I had to be bandaged up last week.

[C]

Her brain is falling out. She first noticed some symptoms when she's a little kid, trampolining. And she'd get terrible headaches. And then as she grew, it got worse. She's 19. She has Chiari malformation.

[B]

Where does it go?

[C]

It's a disorder in which the lower part of the brain falls out of the skull and settles onto the spinal canal. It's not a good deal, she said. I didn't realize at this point there was no permanent cure. And it's. It's a chronic condition. She has to wear the head helmet.

[B]

The Gretzky helmet.

[C]

Yeah. And. Wow, what a. What an odd illness.

[B]

Thank you, God, for my life.

[C]

Well, see, I'm trying to tell you that just when you think things are so bad. This poor girl has suffered headaches all her life. Those headaches spread to her neck and shoulders. Well, it's no re. There's no wonder why her brain was suddenly sitting on her spinal canal. I complained about my pain, but my parents just believed these were growing pains from playing too many sports. She recalled, and then symptoms worsened as she got to be a teen.

[B]

I mean, five minutes ago, my big debate was I gonna keep kosher on Ash Wednesday?

[C]

And then she had repeated visits to the doctors, but they couldn't diagnose her. And finally an MRI confirmed that her brain was falling out of her head. Wow.

[E]

That is. I bet she would welcome along with me that comet that would. Yeah, maybe end all life on earth.

[C]

Now, she did have surgery in the.

[B]

Top part of her head. If there's brain falls, it's just empty cavity.

[C]

She did surgery where a piece of her skull in the top part of her spine was removed. And then something else happened, I guess.

[E]

And there's no way to. I don't know, for lack of a better word, dam it up so it doesn't sag.

[C]

Following the procedure, she saw an improvement because spinal fluid was able to flow around her brain and relieve the pressure in her skull. But within a year, the symptoms returned, and she's got a tough road ahead.

[E]

Painful headaches?

[C]

Yes. Okay. But, I mean, you know, if you're thinking, okay, woe is me.

[B]

No, I.

[C]

You could be thinking, well, I don't have this. You know, my brain ain't falling out.

[B]

Five minutes ago, you were wishing that Matamita would have beat St.

[C]

Cloud. But it's small potatoes, right? It really is small potatoes. Only because they come to us all the way from Marth Park, South Africa. Doesn't that sound great to say again?

[F]

It does.

[C]

From the traveling lineman.

[B]

Yes. It means it's the end of the show.

[C]

It was on this day in 1814, on March 5th, that Norman W. Kitson was born in Sorrel, Canada. When he arrived In Minnesota in 1834, Kitson made money by developing trade between St. Paul and the Red river and served as legislator and as mayor of St. Paul. Late in life, he built a mansion in St. Paul on a trail that led to town. To accommodate those accustomed to following the trail, Kitson left his front and back doors open for people to pass through. Wow. The Cathedral of St. Paul was built on that site. That.

[B]

On his mansion. Where? His mansion.

[C]

Yes. Isn't that. Isn't that fascinating?

[B]

Okay, that is interesting.

[C]

On this day, on March 5th in 1852, farmers in Benton county formed the state's first county agricultural Society. Oliver H. Kelly, who later found the National Grange, was one of 10 charter members. County Agricultural Society members share information about stock, seeds, fruit and farming practices.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

On this day, 3, 5. In 1853, Minnesota's territorial legislature incorporated the St. Paul Mutual Insurance Company, forerunner of the insurance giant St. Paul Companies, the state's oldest business corporation. And also in 1853, on this day, on March 5, seven counties were formed by Minnesota's territorial legislature. Blue Earth, Goodhue. I don't. You don't need to know who they were for. We've heard them all before. Le Sueur, Nicolette, Rice, Scott and Sibley. And on this day, what a note this was. On this. Finally, on this day in 2020, March 5th, everything changed.

[D]

Oh, sure.

[C]

The first confirmed case of COVID 19 virus was found in Minnesota.

[D]

You remember where?

[C]

No. Carver.

[D]

Coney.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

Boy, was that a big talking point in my home that day. It's coming, you know, the fear. And then. When do we shut down? About two weeks later.

[C]

After that, I think we shut down St. Patrick's Day of 2020.

[D]

Yeah, that sounds right.

[F]

Yep.

[C]

Well, let's crack the vault. The traveling linemen say, and see what happened in hockey on this day, but it's still a sports failure. State Tournament Related 1984 on this day, March 5th, the North Stars dispatched the Red Wings 5 to 1 at Met Center. But that defensive effort was far from the minds of those involved after the final horn. That's because 3 minutes 19 seconds before the game ended, Detroit's Eddie Johnstone lifted his stick to the face of Kurt Giles during a rush up ice. The move incited a bench clearing brawl and sent Giles to the dentist chair.

[F]

Wow.

[B]

Current Edina Girls or boys?

[D]

Men's. Sorry, Boys. Boys team. Yep.

[C]

What? What about him? Oh, Kurt. Yeah, yeah, yeah. For the late feeling. Taking the spot that the late great Willard Eichel. Willard Eichela held for so many years. Right.

[D]

When does he dine to end it? I missed. Are they.

[B]

Yes.

[F]

When do they play?

[B]

They play the evening game tomorrow.

[C]

East Grand Forest maybe or Morehead.

[B]

I'll tell you who it is.

[C]

While you're looking for that and a final note from Doug. Doug, My wife and I made our way back to Minnesota this past weekend from our three month stay on the Gulf Coast. Enjoyed the warmth and hospitality of the good people of Alabama. Saw the first ice on a small body of water near Iowa City. It looked to be melting pretty fast and I'm sure it's open by now. I started thinking and made the observation that ice outs are like the fall colors only moving in the opposite direction.

[D]

They'll come to you.

[C]

Fall colors start start north of us and they make their way south. And spring ice out start south of us and make their way north. And like you say, there's no need to travel to see colors as they come to you. The same can be said of ice outs. It won't be long and they will come to us from the south. The timing may vary by a few weeks from year to year depending on the weather prior to the events. But they come and go just as sure as the sun rises and sets. By the way, Kenny's observations that the Feb and March calendar are similar in that the dates are identical from the 1st to the 28th. I checked four different calendars and it was the same on each one. Fascinating. You can learn more by accident on GL and other places by design. You are very fortunate to have such a crack staff working for you. Thank you, Doug.

[B]

Thank you, Doug.

[C]

Thank you.

[E]

Comet.

[C]

Comet. Did he say?

[B]

Yeah, it Edina plays the late game on tomorrow night against Rogers.

[C]

Yeah, it's tomorrow night.

[B]

23 and 2. Rogers 26 and 2.

[C]

Edina, you know what that game will be.

[F]

Barn Burner.

[C]

Barn burner. Barn burner.

[E]

Thank you J. Right now.

[C]

Who's taking the ice right now?

[E]

Orono and Northfield.

[C]

Orono's Class 2A.

[B]

No, this is Class A only.

[C]

I mean, Class A. They're a giant white privilege high school.

[B]

Not a good Hockey Club this year. 15, 10 and 3.

[E]

Class 1A and Northfield will win this contest.

[B]

They're 22, 4 and 2.

[F]

Northfield.

[D]

I can't cheer for Hayden. Northfield. I just can't do it.

[E]

Hibbing. We're going to watch Hibbing later this evening.

[C]

I like the Hibbing Blues.

[E]

The Hibbings are going to win.

[B]

Blue Jackets.

[C]

The Blue Jackets, yeah. And Laverne.

[B]

The Laverne and Shirley.

[C]

Pat said that is revolutionary, that there's hockey in La Verne. They didn't even know what hockey was when he was a lad.

[D]

It was a concept.

[C]

Was a concept. Wasn't even in Slayton.

[B]

Laverne's got a bad nickname, though.

[C]

What are they?

[B]

The Shirley.

[E]

That's not funny.

[C]

That really is. It really is. See, that's where you add it here.

[B]

I got nothing left.

[E]

No, you got to stop before that happens, Matthew.

[C]

God Almighty. It's just.

[E]

But that proves Laverne having a team. Proves that every kid from Minnesota knows how to skate.

[D]

Just such a tough.

[C]

No, it's terrible.

[B]

And Squiggy, come out.

[C]

It's not Matt. No, Squiggy, shush.

[B]

You've got to love Squiggy and this nickname.

[C]

Take him off the air. Comment?

[D]

Take me home. Hi. You should hit subscribe on the garage lodging YouTube channel there, Shirley. And why would you. On that YouTube channel, you could watch Rookie Annoy Joe every day at noon. Every single day.

[C]

Every day.

[D]

And then you can also see behind the scenes footage, full segments. It's all there there for you. Just hit smash that like button on the Garage Logic YouTube channel. And also follow us along on all of our social media channels, which includes Facebook x Instagram. And you can sign up right now for, excuse me, the Daily Logician. It's an email comes right to your inbox each and every single day. And it includes the most recent episode of the podcast. Even more than two minutes like you.

[C]

Got yesterday, that got fixed.

[B]

Bonus today, House Money. Josh.

[D]

Time once again that we check in with our guy, Mr. Money Talk. Josh Arnold is with us once again right here in garagelogic. And now is the time for you to do the same. So do not delay, do exactly what I did and pick up that phone and dial 952-925-5608. That number once again is 9255608 when you call that number, you're going to get Josh and he is there for you for that 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 here in garagelogic. And Josh, I know you wanted to touch on shoes, but the mayor today brought up an interesting question about about Trump's speech last night and how that had an effect on the marketplace.

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Well, let's. We'll start with the president. The market initially today was up just a little bit after his speech. And when I say up just a little bit, there's still much, I'm not going to say confusion. But there's an awful lot of discernment on the impact and possible effect of tariffs. Right now the Federal Reserve is of the belief, as are many investment strategists and analysts, that the tariffs are going to have a negative impact on the economy and a negative impact on inflation, causing inflation to go up, which will depress bond prices and raise interest rates. And that on a macro level is a negative for stocks overall, in particular a negative to technology stocks. And you can see the effect on the market on any pronouncement that comes out of the administration. Or maybe it's not out of the administration, it's out of the president's mouth because he is one of the most transparent presidents and also most available to the media on just about any subject. But when it comes to anything related to tariffs, the market, if it's a positive announcement on the tariffs as the today they're going to delay putting tariffs on automobiles, well that helped to give the market a little bit of a boost and it definitely gave a boost to General Motors, Stellanis and Ford. So. Well, a lot of the tariff talk may be geared for negotiation, a lot of it and a lot of it may or may not happen or may happen a lot differently. I'm of the opinion the market really has got to more wait and see where these tariffs actually end up. I did did by chance talk today with a client and we discussed the impact of tariffs, particularly with our northern neighbor. She happened to run a small store that. That dealt in running running shoes and other athletic apparel, as it turned out. Any and she had a number of Canadian customers. Well, anything that they bought and was shipped up to Canada was subject to Canadian tariffs or duties. But even with that, the shoes being shipped from the United States into Canada were a lot cheaper than them buying the same shoe in Canada due to the import duties coming in from, from the United States. So while I did not realize that the tariff that Canada is currently applying to goods coming from the United States into Canada is a lot higher than the tariffs coming, the coming from Canada or the tariffs coming into the United States. So here, here it is, I thought, well, you've got the free trade Agreement that should eliminate a lot of those tariffs. And yet in this particular case having to do with shoes, well, that, that's really an unfair, an unfair situation. And here we're just talking about running shoes. We're not talking about other, other goods. So if I look really closely at, at some of these tariffs and I've been, and I believe I've gone over this, this I've been more of, I will say a free and fair trader. The, the tariff differentiation just between Canada and, and the United States, you know, Canada is collecting a lot more money than the United States is on these particular goods. And if, you know, in fairness it would be, which I think Trump wants to push through is, hey, if you're going to tariff us at this level, we're going to do the same with your goods. So how about if you drop your tariffs and then we can keep our tariffs at a lower level and maybe that becomes a positive. Additionally, one of the things with the tariff policy is actually to increase employment and increase manufacturing here in the United States. And that's one of the things that Trump has said in hey, if you start manufacturing here in the United States and you are an international company, you're not going to face those tariffs. So how about start building, building factories, warehouses, manufacturing plants, etc. Here in the United States so you can minimize that tariff. Indeed, in Trump's speech, he brought up several different companies that have been putting money into the United States. We've got Honda currently building a plant or starting to build a plant in Indiana. Taiwan Semiconductor making a new hundred billion dollar commitment to build plants for chip manufacture here in the United states. You have SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle committing to 300 billion to build data centers and the like here in the United States to expand generative artificial intelligence. And Apple has made a commitment over a lot of years to spend $500 billion to develop manufacturing plants here in the United States. So that becomes to me a long term, a long term positive.

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So.

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As the market starts realizing some of those things, I think it'll eventually be a positive to the market and not necessarily a negative as it is now. And a lot of the negative or a lot of the uncertainty comes about due to not knowing what the actual impact of these tariffs is going to be and when and where they are going to, you know, going to take place. But I think it's also also important to note that if these reciprocal tariffs actually we push other nations either to lower trade barriers, that that would also help US Exports and again be a boost to the economy. So how's that? That's not advice, just something to think about. The advice would be taking a look at companies that will stand to benefit on a longer term basis from this and or won't be necessarily hurt by the tariffs.

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It is a lot to think about, Josh, and that's why you're here with us each and every single Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. And that's what you're going to get jailers from. Mr. MoneyTalk. He's going to give you straight talk. He's never ever going to give you sugar coated advice and you need to touch base on them today by dialing 952-925-5608. Josh, once again, thank you so much for your time and the information. Enjoy the rest of your day and we'll talk to you again tomorrow.

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And just remind me because I want to talk about the shoes.

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You got it, Josh.

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So we'll talk about the shoes and more tomorrow.

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Sounds good. Talk to you then then.

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Bye.

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