5/4 Muslim only day at a waterpark in Texas. Is that a good idea?

Summary

Garage Logic Podcast: Episode Summary
Date: May 4, 2026
Episode Title: 5/4 Muslim Only Day at a Waterpark in Texas. Is that a good idea?
Host: Joe Soucheray ("The Mayor")
Panel: Chris Reivers, Dave Lee, John Height, Josh Arnold ("Mr. Money Talk"), Kenny Olson

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Episode Overview

This episode of Garage Logic, Minnesota’s stalwart common sense podcast, centers its main discussion on the planned “Muslim Only Day” at a taxpayer-funded waterpark in Grand Prairie, Texas. The panel questions whether such an exclusionary event aligns with American values and public policy, with an extended, critical conversation about assimilation, inclusiveness, and tribalism. The episode also features its usual updates on Minnesota’s “true state flag” movement, state politics (including Tim Walz’s rumored move to Montana and Amy Klobuchar’s gubernatorial ambitions), and classic GL banter on everything from gasoline prices to local hockey.

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Key Segments, Topics & Insights

Rumor: Gov. Tim Walz Moving to Montana (03:00–05:00)

• Listener email claims that outgoing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is building a new house in Bozeman, Montana, possibly to avoid high Minnesota taxes.
• Panel jokes about Walz’s various public pensions, the “Minnesota fraud playbook,” and general dissatisfaction with state leadership.

Amy Klobuchar, Gubernatorial Hopes & Distance from Walz (05:10–07:00)

• Joe mentions running into Senator Amy Klobuchar at an airport. She promises to come on the podcast.
• Discussion: Klobuchar is “trying to distance herself from the Walz fraud.”
  • [06:13, John Height, paraphrased] "Did she say 'Walz fraud?'… She also voted on all this stuff."
  • [06:41, Joe:] "Amy, you’ve got to convince us that you’re not part of this machine."

Political Prognosis in MN: Tribalism and Trump (07:10–09:00)

• Debate on whether a Republican could win in Minnesota with/without courting Trump.
  • [07:27, Joe:] "Any Republican gubernatorial candidate in this state who courts a Trump endorsement… has no chance. We don’t need Trump life in Minnesota, we need Minnesota that works."
• Questioning both parties’ lack of appealing candidates and increased political “tribalism.”

Democratic Policies: Taxes & ‘Penalization’ (09:00–11:30)

• Joe critiques Democrats for “trafficking in penalties” (e.g., taxes on gym memberships and dog grooming).
  • [10:02, Joe:] "Democrats don’t traffic in ideas, they traffic in penalization."
• Panel riffs on historic pop culture references about taxation (Beatles’ “Taxman,” “Popeye” movie, etc.).

Minnesota’s State Flag: Tradition vs. Change (12:00–30:00+, recurring)

• Updates and reader emails on which Minnesota towns, government centers, and even out-of-state garages are flying the “true” (old) flag versus the new state flag.
• Panel rebuffs claims this is a “Trump thing,” arguing their nostalgia and resistance are about tradition, not partisanship.
  • [14:20, Joe:] “I would never vote for Trump if my life depended on it… The country has divided itself into two tribes.”
• Fun moments: The YouTube crawl of cities flying the “true flag,” citizen reports, and playful banter about flag display policies.

ROLE PLAY—Main Topic: Muslim-Only Waterpark Day in Texas (34:00–48:00) Background: Epic Waters, a public waterpark in Grand Prairie, TX, is hosting a “Muslim Only Day” with modest dress codes, halal food, and exclusion of non-Muslims (tickets $55+).

Critical Discussion:

• The panel stages a role play to try to sincerely present arguments in favor of the event, mimicking the reasoning of “mysterians/liberals,” then tearing down the rationale:
  • [35:59, Dave (role-playing):] "It is inclusive and allows them to experience the park without outside judgment…"
  • [36:23, Joe:] “What’s inclusive about only one group of people? It’s nothing. It’s not inclusive, it’s exclusive.”
• Arguments debunked: If everyone is allowed at public facilities, why make it exclusive? “Assimilation” is an American tradition; this divides rather than unites.
• Joe frames this trend as “balkanizing” and “empathetic suicide” for the West:
  • [48:17, Joe:] “The West is committing empathetic suicide… We’re just giving the whole thing away.”
• Note: Event turns out to be an annual, privately-organized, ticketed event—though still hosted in a taxpayer-supported venue, which muddies the issue.
• Closing thoughts: Panel cannot square the event with inclusive American values, arguing public amenities should serve all, not cater to specific religious exclusivity.
  • [43:06, Joe:] “This will only stir bad blood. The taxpayers in Texas sit around and say, well, God dang it, I had to pay for that thing. Why are they having their own day?”

Sports Segment & Minnesota Life Updates (54:00–58:00)

• Wild’s hockey playoff game recap—high-scoring, “anomaly” game
• Anthony Edwards’ injury status for Timberwolves
• Panel reminisces about Metrodome “roof ball” incidents and sports minutiae

News Highlights & Local Issues (58:00–65:00)

• Amy Klobuchar’s anti-fraud state plan: [44:44, John Height:] "On day one, I'll begin a top to bottom audit of our state government."
• State trooper severely injured in car crash by repeat juvenile offender with prior arrests—panel approaches with dark humor about leniency.
• Auto thefts and vandalism on the rise in Minneapolis; panel blames social media, juvenile recidivism.

Miscellaneous & Listener Interaction (72:00–80:00+)

• Requests for “name rulings” on listeners’ newborn twins (“Clyde Alvin” and “Callum George,” both enthusiastically approved)
• On-this-day Minnesota history
• Banter about news mistakes and “reprint of the day” as a newspaper idea
• Sponsor reads and humorous riffs

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Democrats do not traffic in ideas. They traffic in penalties.” – Joe Soucheray [07:47, 10:02]
• “If you favor anything the mystery is brought, if you are opposed to anything the mystery has brought about, it must be because you're a Trump supporter. I would never vote for Trump if my life depended on it...” – Joe [14:20]
• “What’s inclusive about only one group of people? … It’s exclusive.” – Joe [36:23]
• “This makes no sense. Unless you envision an American experience that is completely different from the one most people know and understand.” – Joe [39:13]
• “The West is committing empathetic suicide.” – Joe [48:17]
• “This will only stir bad blood. The taxpayers...say, well, God dang it, I had to pay for that thing. Why are they having their own day?” – Joe [43:06]
• "Amy, you’ve got to convince us that you’re not part of this machine." – Joe [06:41]
• "We’ve slipped into tribalism...I deeply regret on behalf of the country." – Joe [27:26]
• “Here's a governor…dreaming up things to tax. How about you stop spending?” – Joe [11:29]

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Timestamps for Core Segments

• 03:00 – 05:00: Tim Walz’s Montana move rumor and pensions
• 05:10 – 07:00: Amy Klobuchar’s run for governor and “distancing from Walz”
• 07:10 – 09:00: Tribalism and Minnesota politics; anti-Trump sentiment
• 09:00 – 11:30: Democrats, taxation, “penalization”
• 12:00 – 30:00+: Minnesota flag updates, local pride and heritage
• 34:00 – 48:00: Main Topic—Muslim Only Waterpark Day in Texas (Roleplay + critique)
• 54:00 – 58:00: Sports roundup (Wild, Timberwolves, Metrodome)
• 58:00 – 65:00: MN political news, crime, vandalism, state fraud initiatives
• 72:00 – 80:00+: Listener engagement; “name ruling”, history, banter

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Summary & Takeaways

• The episode’s heart is a thorough exploration of the “Muslim Only Day” at a public waterpark in Texas—critiqued from a traditionally assimilationist, “Garage Logic” perspective as exclusionary, divisive, and symptomatic of larger Western “tribalism.”
• Broader themes: concern about the erosion of shared tradition, resentment of bureaucratic expansion (taxes), and a wariness of political machines of both parties.
• The “true state flag” movement remains a lighthearted proxy for state pride versus imposed change, and panel banter keeps the tone personable, folksy, and barbed.
• The show closes with local updates, historic trivia, and a reflection on how American public space ought to serve all, not any segment exclusively.

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For Listeners:
This summary delivers the full sweep and distinctive tone of Garage Logic—irreverent, nostalgic, skeptical, and engaged in the culture war without succumbing to anger or gloom. The show’s blend of neighborhood news, state pride, and pointed commentary makes for both entertainment and thought-provoking listening. If you want the deep dive into the “Muslim Only Day” debate, start at 34:00. If you’re in it for Minnesota pride, tradition, and fun, don’t miss the flag updates and local color.

Transcript

[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Height]

Officially calling it the largest natural disaster in American history.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Dave Lee]

the 4th be with you.

[Joe Soucheray]

20, 2691 degrees is record high on this day in 1952, and it was as chilly as 22 degrees on this day in 1967. We have ice outs. Minnetonka went out on this day in 1859. White Bear Lake went out on this day in 1950 and again in 2018. Call Josh Arnold at 952-925-5608 for a free 48 minute consultation.

[Dave Lee]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[Joe Soucheray]

And now from the Mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's Garage Lod, with Chris Reavers manning Technology Corner, Kenny Olson from the Crabby Coffee Shop, John Height in the newsroom, and of course the rookie here is your Flashlight King, fireworks Commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Sushore. Urgent note from the state of Montana, Scott Matura. Congratulations. Minnesota reports are you will successfully expunge Tim Walls at the end of his term. But social media and another of your local program podcasts is reporting that he is building his new house here in Bozeman.

[Dave Lee]

Shut up.

[Joe Soucheray]

And Gwen has been spotted. Not by me, he says. Shopping here already. Thanks a lot. Even Minnesota never had to deal with Tim and his daughter Hope. But Hope lives in Bozeman and of course works for hrdc, Human Resources Development Council. Well, that means she doesn't work. This, of course, is a nonprofit that has been wrought with its own list of criticisms and accusations of fraud, not the least of which local citizens wondering where all the money goes, because many whistleblowers are reporting many of our citizens who are in need of help are all singing the same song. There's little to none of these folks ever actually receiving assistance from hrdc. Almost sounds like Minnesota fraud playbook coming soon to Montana. I don't know if this is true or not. Scott is claiming what he has heard and it could be that Tim's. He's got six or seven public pensions.

Right?

[Dave Lee]

I thought we did. We do in fact know, because I thought we talked about it on the show, that Hope does live in Boston.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you know, Hope lives there. Isn't she a ski trainer or what do you call him? Ski coach or something? Well, anyway, Tim might be moving to Montana.

[Dave Lee]

Do you know what his number one reason for relocating was?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't.

[Dave Lee]

Taxes were just too high.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's probably true. No one would stay here if they didn't have to.

[Dave Lee]

What an absolute slap in the face and an insult to every tax here in the state that this buffoon can't even stick around. Because he can't.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't want him to. Good riddance. Goodbye, Tim. I hope you enjoy it. It sounds like a lovely situation. Now, you said taxes before you move on.

Hold on just one second. Let me play a little inside airport radio.

Sure.

Today I ran into, at the south checkpoint, Senator Amy Klobuchar.

Yes.

And she was more than happy to come on this show.

She's going to have to.

She is more than happy. She said, I promise I will. I said, now, Wallace has told us four times. No, she said, I don't mind. I would love to talk to Joe. I know it's gonna be fine.

Well, maybe not, but. Well, it's going to be polite and civil.

It will be civil. And I expressed that. And she said, I know that already. But I did say, how did your press conference go yesterday when she revealed her gubernatorial thoughts? And she said, well, I am trying to distance myself from the walls fraud. So somehow she's already getting that.

Walls.

Governor Walls is someone to be separated from. I just found that interesting. Wait a minute.

[Dave Lee]

Did she. I don't wanna put you on the spot, man.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I'm not. I'm good.

[Dave Lee]

Did she say the walls fraud? Because the only reason I'm asking is she also voted on all this stuff.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know her specific words, so I can't.

[Dave Lee]

That's why I wanted to make sure.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's what. We all love, Amy. She's, you know, she's Paul Bunyan. She's Babe. You know, she's a Minnesota. She's.

[Dave Lee]

She's one of us.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, we. And. But here. Here's the problem, Amy. You've got to convince us that you're not part of this machine.

Well, I guess that's one of your first questions.

Yeah.

[Dave Lee]

And I guess that's what I was asking when she said that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Because why should we go through this? We've been through it for eight straight 10 years, whatever it is. Why should we do another four of this?

[Dave Lee]

Because I guess. Joe, I'll help answer that. Because whoever becomes the Republican nominee. Damith whoever, they've got as much chance of being elected governor in this state as I do of being in the Twins bullpen. You know what I'm saying?

[Joe Soucheray]

Are you trying not.

No, I disagree. I think a Republican has a chance. But I've said this and I will continue to say it. I think any Republican goober, notorial candidate in this state who courts a Trump endorsement.

[Dave Lee]

True.

[Joe Soucheray]

Has no chance. And I could not support a Republican courting Trump. We don't need Trump life in Minnesota. We need Minnesota. That works.

[Dave Lee]

We need sanity.

[Joe Soucheray]

We need sanity. Yeah.

[Dave Lee]

And after this weekend, I guess I do have a shot at the Twins bullpen.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

Okay.

Where were we? Oh, you were mentioning taxes. I thought of something. A little phrase. Democrats, whether it's locally or nationally, they do not traffic in innovative ideas. They traffic in penalties. Democrats do not traffic in ideas. They traffic in penalties. Here's what motivated me. I was reading about the Virginia governor, Abigail Spanberger. Boy, apparently she's a Democrat. Yeah. And she's opening the door. Or she's leaving the door open to imposing taxes on things like gym memberships, digital subscriptions, and dog grooming. When asked about the possibility of raising those taxes in a recent interview. I think every idea, as long as it's reasonable. Well, let me stop right there. None of those ideas are reasonable and make some amount of sense. I don't think they make any sense should be discussed. Spanberger told a local ABC affiliate. I think there are worthy conversations to be had about what revenue generation looks like into the future as our economy changes in so many ways. The comment comes as Spanberger has tried to leave the door open to exploring new sources of revenue for Virginia while also fending off accusations from the White House that have painted her as a tax happy Democrat. Well, it sounds like she is. Democrats don't traffic in ideas. They traffic in penalization.

Penal penalties.

[Dave Lee]

Penalization.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't think that's a word.

[John Height]

Penalization.

[Joe Soucheray]

Penalization. I don't think it's a word. I just. That's terrible. So I know nothing about Spamberger. I'm not here to condemn Spanberger, but it just struck me as lady, really, what right do you have to tax a gym membership?

[John Height]

Penalization is a word, Joe. It is the act of imposing a penalty. Punishment of sanctions.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's good then. Penalization. The Democrats don't traffic in ideas, they traffic in penalization. But why should you be taxed for dog grooming? Okay, where does it end? Yep.

What won't you tax? Is that what you're asking?

What the Beatles did, tax man in 1965? They. They were ahead of the curve there. You tax everything. What. What's the point? What?

The movie Popeye with Robin Williams. They taxed everything. That's. That was the. The purpose of the. Him being so upset. And there was a breathing tax, I think. Attacks on hamburgers.

[John Height]

And since you brought up Popeye, I'm gonna have to point out that taxman was 66.

[Joe Soucheray]

FYI.

Oh, crime.

I was more 82.

Were you well liked in school, Jeff?

[John Height]

I was actually a lot of friends.

[Joe Soucheray]

He got his ass kicked on the playground quite a bit almost every day.

[John Height]

It was on Revolver.

[Joe Soucheray]

Were you the kid that raised his hand and said, jimmy's wrong. His answer's wrong.

[Dave Lee]

Someone's smoking outside.

[Joe Soucheray]

Remember we were supposed to do assignment for homework? Okay. Oh, you would have.

Oh, yeah, John. I was going to say 64. So at least I inch closer.

[John Height]

If you guys want to continue and, you know, spreading falsehoods, you go right ahead.

[Dave Lee]

You really don't embrace the mantra of close enough falsehood?

[Joe Soucheray]

People walking around like drones going, was it 65 or 60?

Anyway. Anyway, here's a governor. I don't find her any different from a lot of governors. She's. She's dreaming up things to tax. How about you stop spending in this

economy with fuel prices rising like that? That would be fresh. We're Going to stop spending. We're not going to slap a new tax.

I will now hold up evidence that the true Minnesota flag.

Okay.

Is flying everywhere.

Oh, I don't have any.

Or do I Hold this right there.

Wow.

That's on the moon, ladies and gentlemen.

[Dave Lee]

And this was sent to you by an emailer?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[Dave Lee]

Oh, we should get this posted.

[Joe Soucheray]

I. I probably deleted it, and I apologize for. Thank you. Email.

[Dave Lee]

Do you remember who it came from?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, the emailer knows who he. Isn't that something? We're on the move.

That came from Apollo 33 after 33 years on the air.

Was it.

[Dave Lee]

Was it Peter Donahue? Yes, because I'm seeing an attachment. Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, why don't you just say yes?

[Dave Lee]

Because it wasn't the same.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I would have just said yes for purposes. Yeah, I think it's.

[Josh Arnold]

Pete.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can I. Freddie's bringing the trouble.

Can I talk now?

[Dave Lee]

Can I offer up one thing?

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, God.

[Dave Lee]

When you have a photo like this that plays into the topic that's going to be on the show, maybe forward it to the staff so we can show it to people that are listening to our podcast.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's a very good point, and I take your admonishment seriously, and I will do so.

[Dave Lee]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you.

Wow.

How'd you do that?

Let's go through our flag roundup. Ladies and gentlemen, I must preface this.

[Dave Lee]

Just sit on a podcast.

[John Height]

Everyone see this.

[Joe Soucheray]

You guys all get this. We were live.

Well, I keep thinking of the YouTube.

[Dave Lee]

We got 20,000 subscribers on the YouTubes.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm afraid the flag will fall along the tribal lines like everything else in this country. I wrote about it for Sunday. This past Sunday, yesterday.

What kind of feedback?

And had a lot of. I only had two poor feedbacks, but they were from angry, angry mysterians who accused me of belonging to MAGA and all the rest of this stuff. Because this is. People cannot hold two things to be true at the same time. They're just not capable. We're having fun with this. And by the turnout of today's email, the whole state is having fun with it. I'm failing to see why preferring the old Minnesota flag, the true flag, has anything to do with Trump. Seriously, Help me, John. Help me.

[John Height]

I don't think it does.

[Joe Soucheray]

It has nothing to do with Trump, but the country has divided itself into two tribes. If you favor anything that the mystery is brought, if you are opposed to anything the mystery has brought about, it must be because you're a Trump supporter. I would never vote for Trump if my life depended on it and have

not easy for me to say. No, I won't either.

[Dave Lee]

For President.

[Joe Soucheray]

Dammit. I'll tell you once more is enough.

[Dave Lee]

I apologize that I didn't introduce this. If you are watching us on YouTube, check out the screen. Look what we just installed.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, the crawl. Look at the crawl of the cities in Minnesota now. Can YouTubers see that?

[Dave Lee]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

So YouTubers are seeing exactly that screen.

[Dave Lee]

Either if you're watching this show, look at this crawl on YouTube or later today. Because I'll make this the featured segment on the Garagelogic YouTube channel. You can see the list of all of the cities that have been updated that are flying the true Minnesota state flag.

[Joe Soucheray]

None of this has to do with Trump.

[Dave Lee]

Nothing.

[Joe Soucheray]

Does that mean I don't have to put these up anymore?

Yeah, you don't have.

We could use that for quality advertising space.

Let's go through today's roundup.

Okay.

Hail the flashlight kick.

[Dave Lee]

We're gonna add.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow.

[Dave Lee]

Are we adding to the cities?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Dave Lee]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

But I'll just be giving. I will give to Gabe as has been the custom. I'll give him the emails with the names of the new cities on it and then he can do whatever he does with this crawl, which I think is fantastic. It's just. It started over after Zumbrota, Babbitt, Baldwin, Big Lake, Brewster, Brownsville, Byron Caledonia. Oh, this is wonderful. Driving along US 14 yesterday, I detoured by the city halls to see what flags are being flown. I was surprised. From Sleepy Eye to Tracy, not a single city hall was flying any state flag. However, at other state. However, at other city properties, I'm happy to report these were flying the true flag. Tracy Ambulance Service, Walnut Grove City Park, Sleepy Eye Veterans Memorial along the park path on the shore of Sleepy Eye Lake. Along that route, only Springfield flew the fraud flag through today. I saw Marshall and Ivanhoe flying the fraud flag as well. Surely there are g ellers in those towns who can put some pressure on local government to fly the true flag. Well, maybe they have already had their meetings in city hall and they've decided to fly the fraud flag. That's. I mean that you can fly whatever flag you want.

Anything you want.

All right, so we got nothing new to add from this one. All right, that was from. I'm sorry, that was from David Schoenhart. And this is from David Hunter. Joe. I was born and raised in Minneapolis. Lived my entire life in Minnesota. I retired and moved to Arkansas in 2023 and the flag went with me. It is now on display in my garage. So you may add the township of Marble Falls, Arkansas to your list. Well, we can't because it's not a government entity, but he sent me a picture of his garage. It's cool. He's got the screen up showing the podcast. He's got the Minnesota flag in there. Marble Falls, Arkansas.

Copy that. All right, but we're not doing Arkansas. We're just doing the counties.

Dana Cities Dana Carlson writes, I don't say this lightly, but I do like the new state flag because it represents what we are as a state, even if grumblers and whiners like you think otherwise. My take on the state flag has nothing to do with historical accuracy, et cetera, but rather that the old flag looked too similar to other state flags. The issue has already been settled and that it must be a slow news day for you and others. All right, have a nice day. She writes.

Or he well, that was pleasant. We can take, you know, people that don't agree, just be pleasant.

I would take issue with the idea that. What did she say? Slow news day now we never have a slow news day. I would take issue with the fact that the old flag looked too similar to other flags. Does it? I don't know. I would also take issue with the idea that the new flag is representing anything.

It's blue and does nothing for me.

Tim Pluggett he made a trip and kept track. Hail the Flashlight King.

[Dave Lee]

Hail you.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now that the ice out. Now that now that ice out has occurred on our lakes, it is only fitting that your loyal listeners have something else to report to you. Cities and communities that are still flying the true Minnesota state flag. I was surprised last week when you read the list of cities still flying the old flag. I had no idea the list was so long. Drive yesterday to our cabin in the Longville Reamer area. I thought I would do my own research. Here's what I observed. The new state flag is flying at the Rogers, Minnesota I94 rest area. It is flying at the Princeton North Memorial Hospital on 169 and it is flying at the Highway 169 rest area, mile marker number 203. The true flag is flying in Zimmerman at Nemi Engineering, Princeton at Old Log Liquor, Onamia, Onamia Vets Club, Garrison Many homes along Highway 218 Deerwood Magnum Machining Emily Flag Plaza, Outing Flag Plaza, Longville Flag Plaza, Lake Cabins. Practically every lake had the old the true flag displayed on their docks or cabins home. He also noted powder flags. Crosby, Minnesota. The most patriotic of patriotic of our northern cities has to be Crosby. They have American flags flying from every flagpole along Main Street. Highway 6 is a beautiful sight to see. Keep up the good work. I look forward to hearing the ever growing list of cities that still fly the 1983 Minnesota flag. Actually, it predates 83, but in 83 it was updated to have the Native American heading south instead of west apparently.

Got it.

This is. This is from Doug Thompson. Hail the Flashlight King.

[Dave Lee]

Hail.

[Joe Soucheray]

You made the annual trip to the neighborhood where I grew up in rural Meeker county to help rake the cemetery where my parents, grandparents and other family members now reside. There is always a good crew of neighbors and friends from that area, so it doesn't take long to get the job done. I can't think of a more Gl thing that I do in the course of a year than gathering with all those friends and relatives to clean up the cemetery. I took a roundabout way to go to and from the cemetery, going from the southern route on the way there and the more northern route home. I passed through a number of small central Minnesota towns and decided to see how many are flying the true flag and how many are flying the fraud flag. Results are as follows. Flag Edenville, Eden Valley, Paynesville, Richmond, Cold Spring, Rockville. Sometimes did not fly a state flag, only the US flag. They are Watkins, Kimball, St Joseph, Waite park, the fraud flag. My home, St. Cloud. Not many tall buildings here, but we do have a good number of euphorians, liberals and those who are feeling oppressed. So they're flying the. The current flag. Also saw a good number of residents and businesses flying the true flag. Did not see one fraud flag until I got to St. Cloud. If I do any traveling around the area, I will keep you posted as to what I find. Doug the barber from St. Cloud, this one goes to you. And now we have. Anna writes, I live in the wonderful town of Lee Center. Our justice center flies the true flag.

[Dave Lee]

I can verify it was there yesterday.

[Joe Soucheray]

It is on Highway 99, so it was very prominently seen every day. And I was pleased to see our high school has actually taken the fraud flag down and now only flies the American flag. God bless America and good luck. Here, that's for you. Gary Josart writes, Hanover, just south of St. Michael is proudly flying the real flag. You're here. Hail the Flashlight King.

[Dave Lee]

Hail you.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hail the morons. The great city of St. Mary's Point sent a letter to the governor back when the new flag was imposed, respectfully making its position known. We do not recognize the new flag. While that Flag does not fly over city hall. Owing only to the undeniable engineering limitations of our very modest flagpole. The true flag hangs proudly in the city council chamber, where it remains in its rightful place of honor, quietly reminding all who enter that some traditions are worth keeping. I have to go now. I have a thing. Good luck, Dale Pearson. Let's see what this says. Okay. That's wonderful. That goes to you, Kelly in Virginia. Cross Junction, Virginia. Remember he created a website the other day to keep track of the new. Just like our crawl, you see. Our crawl. Isn't that fantastic? That crawl will only get longer.

It's really nice.

Yeah. Usually you expect a weather warning, wouldn't you?

I expect something. Some type of news, sports scores.

[Dave Lee]

You know, like when you're watching.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right.

Good evening, mayor. In allegiance to you and the residents of Gumption County, I wish to provide measurable proof of success. Between Friday and Sunday, 410 people from 30 US states visited TheTrueFlag.com to see the updated list of now 71 cities and counties flying the One and True Minnesota flag. International visits were made as well, from Italy, the Netherlands, Laos, Mexico, Austria, Switzerland and Poland. Many thanks to various glers who submitted additions, corrections and suggestions. I will keep this page updated as long as I can, reporting back as often as the mayor wishes. Good luck, Kelly in Cross Junction, Virginia. I would love. P.S. i would love if you could connect me with Krista in western Maryland. As we surely live close to each other, perhaps we could start an Apple appellation GL group. Well, Kelly, I'll hang on to your. To your email and then the next time I hear from Krista, I'll pass that on. How's that? Mike writes, I'm a proud Minnesotan with the original flag hanging in my garage in Indianapolis, Indiana. What do you got? That's Mike Sanford. Thank you. Pages are stuck together. Yeah. You ever have that?

Yeah, it's been a while. It's been a while.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Dawn Cornwell writes Mantraville, the county seat of Dodge county in southeastern Minnesota, is flying the true flag. Kyle writes, the city of Cold Spring is flying the true flag at city Hall. I believe we all cold spring up.

[Dave Lee]

No, we don't.

[Joe Soucheray]

We do not. There goes Cold Spring.

Okay.

And Corey Halverson writes Proctor, Minnesota. Do we have Proctor?

[Dave Lee]

I do not believe so.

[Joe Soucheray]

Is still is flying the original flag. So that goes to that. Today is can wraps up our update. We have many listeners who require constant clarification. If you go back to the presidential race of 2020 and you can you can research our shows. I said both parties delivered the worst possible candidates. I had no one to vote for,

[Dave Lee]

only to be outdone.

[Joe Soucheray]

And I deeply regret on behalf of the country that we've slipped into tribalism. As a g ler, what I want in a candidate is honesty, ethics, some morality, not trying to enrich your own family energy, goodness.

Good one Dave.

We don't have that with this character. What am I hearing?

[Dave Lee]

Good one Dave. Like

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Dave Lee]

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[Joe Soucheray]

Joe, I'm so thrilled with this crawl. I find myself looking at it. Lonsdale, Managa, Moose Lake, North Branch, Osakis, Pine Island.

[Dave Lee]

You're not going to go Royce on us, are you?

[Joe Soucheray]

What?

[Dave Lee]

Well, remember when a Twins game would be on doing sports talk?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. So Joe boxed it, caught it. How did he do it there?

How did he do it?

Serious lesson for everyone here. We're going to role play. Oh, God.

Hey, now, I haven't done that for a while.

We are going to be mysterious and we're going to come up. I'm being very serious. We're going to come. No, I am. We're don't. I don't want you to screw this up with your. With your smirking to him.

What is a smirking? I'm trying not to look at him. Joe just let you all.

A taxpayer funded Texas water park is organizing a Muslim only day to celebrate I epic waters in Grand Prairie, Texas. Release flyers for the June 1 event, which will demand a modest dress code and serve only halal slaughtered meat.

Okay.

Posters for the event say it will be for Muslims only to create a family friendly environment with tickets at 55 bucks a pop.

[Josh Arnold]

Stop.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's a water park. It notes that men and women will not be separated during the event, but attendees are art are told to uphold Islamic etiquette by lowering the gaze throughout the day. Wait, so the man should be G, A Z, E to lower now.

Or maybe the other one.

I didn't ask. It's a taxpayer funded water park. It's going to have a Muslim only day. Why is this a good idea?

[Dave Lee]

It's not.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's your answer. It's not. Okay. I'm trying to come up with reasons why this is a good idea.

Okay? If you want us to play Democrats,

I want you to be sincere.

If you want me to play their side, it is inclusive and allows them to experience the park without outside judgment. So they get to experience what every fellow American gets to experience.

Well, I think you were wrong right off the top. What's inclusive about only one group of people?

[John Height]

Exactly.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm saying this.

Well, I know what you're saying, but stop to think you're making the mistake they make. What's inclusive about only one Group of people. It's nothing. It's not inclusive. It's exclusive.

[Dave Lee]

That's why that entire notion is nonsense. Because that's exactly.

[Joe Soucheray]

I know, but I'm not giving up yet on the lesson.

Then I misspoke with the inclusive. I guess what I'm saying is they're allowed to experience what normal children and adults experience when they bring their children to the water parks without judgment.

Why does that have to be on an exclusionary basis?

Because as a lifelong Democrat and liberal, I think that everybody should experience what we have experienced.

Well, who's preventing anyone from going to the water park?

[Dave Lee]

That's what I was gonna say. It's not like they don't have the chance to go any other way.

[Joe Soucheray]

Go to the water.

Own rules and regulations not only don't allow them to shake hands with members of the opposite sex, but they don't want to be ogled. Yeah.

[Dave Lee]

What's ogled?

[Joe Soucheray]

When you look at someone ogled.

Well, you're.

[Dave Lee]

You're.

[Joe Soucheray]

You're. You are fulfilling the. The assignment.

That's what they.

You've come up with. Your answer that to accommodate the various particulars demanded by the faith, you would set aside a day.

Now, on the other hand.

I'm not asking for the other hand.

Just back to normal. You say, give them a day, and then they're going to say, how about another day?

No, you're not. That's not the lesson we're in. The lesson we're in is, why is this a good idea?

That's why. I think.

[Josh Arnold]

Think.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, John, do you have any answers?

[John Height]

I. I don't think it's a good idea, but I guess if I have to look at it that way, I would go with the kind of. The same route Rook took to make them feel more accepted, perhaps, you know, get the halal slaughtered meat, etc. Etc. And. And not be gawked at.

[Joe Soucheray]

Like halal. You can get anywhere, though. I mean, there's restaurants all everywhere.

But see, if we keep playing this, if we keep exercising this lesson, we'll come up with why it's so absurd. Because your answers, as heartfelt as they might have been, they're absurd. They erase from the American experience any notion of intermingling with each other.

I will agree with that.

Right, but that. But that's why mysterians are absurd people. This makes no sense. Unless. Unless you envision an American experience that is completely different from the one most people know and understand. Because if you're going to set aside a strictly Muslim only day at A public taxpayer paid for water park, then what's to stop the same city council or whatever in Prairie View, Texas to come up with anything else? Let's have a Texas Rangers game where only Muslims can attend.

[Dave Lee]

We had that happen here. We had. Was it a graduation party like a year ago or graduation ceremony where it was only minorities were welcome? We talked about it at length on this show.

[Joe Soucheray]

The very idea of assimilation is frowned upon by mysterians.

[Dave Lee]

That's exactly right. This is such a bad idea.

[Joe Soucheray]

Mysterians recognize all cultures as being equal. And therefore to make sure that the Muslims are getting their slice of that equality, they get a day of their own at the water park. Why not just go with everybody and have fun?

Now, if I was a private owner and you wanted to rent it out and say, I've got my private party coming. Yeah, that's a different story.

I think so too.

But the. Well, maybe even as a tax.

[Dave Lee]

But why is it. At least. Why does it seem that we continue and constantly.

[Joe Soucheray]

Because constantly. Stop, stop. I'm sorry. Stop. I gotta go. All my. The thoughts are still in my frontal lobe.

Hurry up, he's getting old.

The mysterious listening will knee jerk. Because this is tribal. This is tribal. People will say, well, Sushira, you're opposed to it because you're a pro Trumper. Which again, Trump has nothing to do with this. So if I'm opposed to it, you must be Maga. No. You don't even know where I am on this because I haven't said yet. Well, yes, I have. I think it's absurd, but go ahead. I'm sorry.

[Dave Lee]

No, I was just gonna say. But it does constantly feel like we continue to cater to this ideology, meaning the Muslim demographic. It's almost as if there's too many people afraid to stand up and say, well, no, no one's saying, you guys can't come here.

[Joe Soucheray]

What's to prevent a Muslim family from taking their kids the water park?

[Dave Lee]

Nothing.

[Joe Soucheray]

Nothing. I don't give a bleep. If you're not supposed to be looked at, that's too bad. Live with it.

[Dave Lee]

That's what you do when you go to the water park.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, actually. What. And I'm not being facetious. I don't. Do Muslim women have to wear the costume if they go to the water park?

[Dave Lee]

I don't know.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think they're. They're.

I suppose they can't show up in a bathing suit.

They're not going into a bikini.

[Dave Lee]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Not that I would know. And I'm.

Well, I Doubt if anybody goes to a water park in a bikini.

[Dave Lee]

But you brought that line of thinking here. That doesn't mean that everyone else needs to cooperate with your line of thinking. This is supposed to be a public space where everyone gets to use it.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's even more complicated because my understanding of the faith is that the faith is everything. It's lifestyle, it's government, it's law and order. So here we have a completely different way of looking at things. But we're subjugating our way of looking at things to accommodate this. And I don't.

[Dave Lee]

You disagree?

[Joe Soucheray]

I couldn't disagree more. This kind of. This will only stir bad blood. The taxpayers in Texas sit around and say, well, God dang it, I had to pay for that thing. Why are they having their own day?

[Dave Lee]

Yeah, because like Ricky mentioned a few minutes ago, it's not like this is a privately owned. This is funded by the taxpayers.

[Joe Soucheray]

Grand Prairie. I might have said something else. It's Grand Prairie and they the waters. John?

[John Height]

Yes?

[Joe Soucheray]

Will you look up the website for Epic Waters?

[John Height]

I will, and while I'm doing that, I will let you know there are burkinis, full coverage swimsuits.

[Joe Soucheray]

Really?

[John Height]

That they wear? Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, again, I'm not being facetious, like with quick drying material or something. I wonder.

[John Height]

All it says is that it's non revealing and pants down to the ankle.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm hearing an ad for the. What is it? Burkini. Yeah.

[John Height]

Epic water park. What do you want?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, see if this is posted on their website.

[John Height]

Grand Prairie's top three ranked indoor water park.

[Joe Soucheray]

Show me the burtini.

Epic Waters in Grand Prairie, Texas. I believe it's in June. Maybe they don't have it on their website.

[Dave Lee]

It's Monday, June 1st.

[Joe Soucheray]

Monday, June 1st, 3 to 8pm I'm

[Dave Lee]

looking at the flyer right now. It's at like Joe mentioned. Grand Prairie. 65 with food, 55 without food. Those are your two ticket options. As Joe mentioned, closed to the public, private prayer area, modest dress code, Halal food will be served with your ticket.

[Joe Soucheray]

How do you spell burkin or.

I'm not worried about that right now.

I gotta check it out, bro.

Yeah, it's.

[Dave Lee]

By the way, did you see this part? Maybe you mentioned so. Forgive me, this is the third annual one they've done. Oh, that's what? That's according to this flyer that I'm reading.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, well, I guess we failed our own experiment because I can't come up with any good ideas to do this.

It looks like you're ready for deep

sea Diving with the Burkina? Yeah, the Burkina.

With the Burkina. Yeah.

Well, I mean, if that's part of the religion, that's fine. I'm not gonna tell you what to wear to the beach. That's your deal. Go ahead. But let's just go to the. I'll be sitting next to you at the beach. I don't care what you're wearing.

[Dave Lee]

Playing the role of Kenny Olsen. Matthew, all of us would like you to wear one of those while you're at the beach.

[Joe Soucheray]

I mean, you see this pop out

of the pool, you know, be scary.

Loch Ness monster.

Geez,

that's got the full mask.

I just think the hood's okay.

The full mask is not.

This is. I'm sure this is that the Euphorians are thinking this is an overreaction on the part of G. If I might speak for Gilers, that we find this absurd. I hope you understand the reasons we find it absurd. The American experience is being chopped up. It's being diced apart. It's being nibbled to death. It's being Balkanized. And I, for the life of me, don't understand why this would be a good idea. Rookie.

[Dave Lee]

Balkanized refers to the fragmentation of a larger region.

[Joe Soucheray]

Is that what it is?

[John Height]

Thanks, Chris.

[Dave Lee]

Well, he gave me that bleep.

[Joe Soucheray]

That word, look, you know.

Has it come to that. That you. You have to interpret for him?

Yes.

[Dave Lee]

I am rookie's interpreter. Often group into a smaller, often hostile and less cohesive units. Joe Balkan.

[John Height]

I see something I'm seeing now. This. This is. I know, don't.

[Dave Lee]

I don't.

[John Height]

The epic waters thing.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

They rent out their space when. To private parties.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

And this says it's a privately organized, ticketed event. In which case I. I guess I don't have as many problems with it, because any organization could do that. Well, it doesn't say who's sponsoring it or anything.

[Joe Soucheray]

Maybe the local Muslim crowd or.

[Dave Lee]

Or burkinis.com. maybe they rented it out trying to sell some apparel.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that is entirely different.

[John Height]

But if attendees are paying.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm confused, but it's still open to the public.

Not between three and eight.

[John Height]

Okay, here we go. Tickets are sold exclusively through the private organizer's website. DFW, Dallas Fort Worth. I'm assuming epicide.com.

[Joe Soucheray]

okay, so idea is a religious celebration.

[John Height]

Yeah, I'm.

[Joe Soucheray]

So.

[John Height]

I'm gonna look up dfw. Epic eyed.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can I just cut to the chase?

Sure.

The west is committing empathetic suicide.

Yes, that's.

That's all the west is doing. We're committing empathetic suicide. We're doing it here, we're doing it in Europe. Grand Prairie, Texas. We're doing it in London, we're doing it in Madrid, we're doing it in Paris. And we're allowing it to happen. We're. We're just giving the whole thing away. Because from a mysterious view, this should never have happened in the first place. It's all unfair, it's oppressive. Let's just. We're going to systematically take it apart and we'll create a better American experiment. By that time, there won't. You won't even be able to call it an American experiment.

[Dave Lee]

Well, that's racist.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Dave Lee]

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[John Height]

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[Dave Lee]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Dave Lee]

I put it over definitely on the right.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Dave Lee]

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[Joe Soucheray]

Rick, what have you found?

I have found that the 1949 Buick. It's a 49 Roadmaster convertible, finished with a Sequoia cream and red leather interior. The one they had in Rain Man. It was nicknamed the third star of the film because so many people like you paid attention to the car.

It's a hell of a car. Yeah.

Features a 5.24 liter straight eight engine. Engine Dynaflow automatic tranny.

[John Height]

That's.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's 1949.

Yeah. It's got that long.

I know what it looks like.

Tan, soft top. And those. Those chrome fender vents are.

It's a beautiful car.

That's what made it, I think.

Here's John Height in his newsroom. Yeah.

[Dave Lee]

Oh, sorry. Sorry, Johnny.

[John Height]

Thank you, Joe. This news is brought to you by North American banking company Sports News. To kick things off Wild lose game one of their playoff series to Colorado. The avalanche with a 9 to 6 win. Game 2 is tomorrow night in Colorado. In Timberwolves news, Anthony Edwards might be back for game one of the Timberwolves against the spurs, barely a week after appearing to suffer a serious knee injury. Edwards listed as questionable for tonight's series opener. According to the Timberwolves, Edwards was hurt in game four of Minnesota's first round series against Denver. Diagnosed with a left knee, hyperextension, and a bone.

[Dave Lee]

I need to ask a question for the experts. The former host of North Star Confidential, a hockey question. At what point do you pull the goalie? Nine goals is a lot of goals.

[Joe Soucheray]

They did. They pulled them with more than two minutes left.

[Dave Lee]

No, no, no, no, no. I mean, hey, bud, ain't your night.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, I'm not blaming that night on the goaltenders.

[Dave Lee]

Okay, so if a Twins pitcher is out there giving.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I think both balls. I think both goaltenders got poor help. I really do. So you're blaming them for some reason. The boys got caught in some fire barn hockey and they just were flying and scoring. And good luck to you if you're between the pipes.

[Dave Lee]

I will say this. When it was three nil, I thought, oh, boy. But they came back and took a lead.

[Joe Soucheray]

They got six goals, which is enough to win virtually any playoff game ever played. Okay, 15 goals were scored last night, 14 of them by different. Different players. Bacarga 2. And that's the first time in history that's happened. This was a. This was an anomaly. This was. Yeah, it was a one off. This. This won't happen.

Again.

I don't know why sometimes you see that, but that won't happen again.

[John Height]

As a guy who doesn't watch a lot of hockey, I turned it on when it was four to three. Yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed watching.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, it was, it was, yeah, it was, it was thrilling, but it was, was crazy. It was also crazy because that's not normal. Who's going to score goals?

[Dave Lee]

Who's going to score goals?

[John Height]

In news, Senator and now gubernatorial candidate Amy Klobishar isn't mincing words about the fraud issue in Minnesota. She said yesterday, telling reporters, you were right to be angry about the fraud. It's unacceptable and it must end. Klobuchar for the first time laid out her plan on Sunday morning to root out fraud in state government and hold accountable the people accused of stealing taxpayer dollars. She said, quote, on day one, I'll begin a top to bottom audit of our state government. That audit will look at state agencies to identify waste, fraud and abuse. The senator says she would establish anti fraud units to conduct those audits, create a do not pay database that would automatically block anyone with a proven history of fraud from getting state grants and contracts, establish a permanent ban on anyone convicted of fraud and strengthen criminal penalties. State troopers suffered serious injuries after a stolen vehicle crashed into their squad car at 80 miles an hour on Friday night. Ramsey County Sheriff's Office said that at about 10:30 in the evening, a deputy saw a stolen Hyundai sedan and tried to stop it in traffic in the Highland neighborhood. The car drove across the Ford Parkway bridge into Minneapolis, was briefly followed by the deputy who then terminated the pursuit after losing sight of the vehicle. Shortly after, the car was seen driving recklessly with its lights off in south Minneapolis. Driver ran a stop sign at West 46th and Aldrich, gliding into the side of a state patrol car at 80 miles an hour. State trooper was extricated from the squad car, brought to the hospital with what are being called significant injuries. Authorities say the 19 year old driver tried to run but was arrested by law enforcement and two passengers in the stolen vehicle suffered serious injuries. The sheriff's office said the driver has two prior arrests for fleeing police and now is being held in the Ramsey County Jail awaiting charges. According to police reports, the same vehicle was involved in a pursuit the night before in the West Metro where it reportedly swerved at emergency vehicles but did not hit them.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't think the kid should suffer any consequences. I mean, you're young.

I bet he's sad.

You know, he feels terrible. I, I don't think he should do anything, I think. I mean, he's already been released twice. I don't see why there's a need to crack the law down on him. Let the kid, let the kid have some, you know, let him clean a park or something for a day or two.

[John Height]

From the Star Tribune Another round of car break ins being investigated by Minneapolis police. This latest spree evandalism happened early in the morning of April 27th along 27th Avenue south near Lake Nokomis. About 30 damage to vehicle incidents occurred in the city early that morning. According to Minneapolis police spokesperson Sergeant Garrett Parton, there have been about 2,000 reported car thefts in Minneapolis so far this year. That's about a 25% increase from this time last year. Vandalism and property damage cases, including vehicle damage, are up about 6% this year. In response, the police department's annual summer safety plan is taking steps to try and address the trend. Police Chief Brian o' Hara listed some of the new initiatives during a presentation at the end of April, also laid out what he says are ongoing challenges. One new effort is a partnership with the Auto Theft Task Force of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. By working with multiple agencies to better focus on solving auto thefts, the chief said police can also reduce vehicle damage sprees, which often overlap. He also noted, it's largely a problem we have with a small number of juveniles who are known to police police and are encouraged on social media to commit the crimes. However, this year there's a new group of young people getting involved in crime who are not known to police. That's made it more challenging, he says, to respond quickly at a museum with rotating exhibits of obscure manuscripts, Revolutionary War era letters written by Benjamin Franklin and King George iii, sheet music, a Wagner's wedding march and a certificate of clean clearance from the Titanic will soon disappear from Duluth. For decades, the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum has quietly hosted the documents from a vast collection of the late David Karpeles, who grew up in Duluth. He made his millions in California real estate in the 60s and 70s, then turned his attention to acquiring rare archives when he saw how they delighted his children. When he died in 2022, his accumulation of more than a million manuscripts was believed to be the worst world's largest private collection. He put them all on display in several free to the public museums scattered around the country, including the one in Duluth, and now his children who own the collection are consolidating his acquisitions in a single museum. Everything will now be in St. Augustine, Florida.

[Dave Lee]

So this guy spends his whole life accumulating this. Now the family. Nah, we're gonna sell this crap.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, let's move it. No, let's move it.

[John Height]

Yeah, they're not selling it.

[Dave Lee]

I know, I just. That's what it sounded like. You were going. The kid's like, ah, we don't want to hang on to this crap anymore.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think it sounds like a wonderful story.

[John Height]

Oh, I did too. But what are you going to do? Why don't we take a quick break here? We're going to hear from the Rookster.

[Joe Soucheray]

A lot of times you don't think about your roof until you need it. Maybe a hail storm, maybe there's some damage. Well, why don't you put this number in your roof docket in your bureau. You need it when you really need it. And that's Walker Roofing. It's a local company. They've been around over 88 years and three generations. What's the reputation? Honesty, integrity. Yeah, a lot of people claim that, but you know what? They can back it up because they were awarded the 50 year milestone anniversary by the Better Business Bureau. And the BBB does not mess around. Neither does Walker Roofing. If you need a new roof roof or maybe there's some siding damage for your home, maybe your business even reach out to Walker Roofing. They are garage logicians. They've been around for quite some time. I have their phone number, but easier to go to walker roofing.com whether it's a new roof, a new siding system, storm damage, make sure you remember the name. Tell your insurance people we want to work with Walker Roofing. 651-251-0910 they have excellent 24. 7 emergency service. So they're going to be there when they're local. And I want you to tell them, I want you to tell them that you heard it on the Garage Logic podcast so they know that these spots are working here. They've been around for quite some time. 88 years, three generations. And they are second to none. Trust the best in the business. Walker roofing online at walkerroofing.com 65125 Walker Roofing.

[Dave Lee]

John.

[John Height]

Thanks, Rick. In national international news, confusion and military tensions flaring in the Strait of Hormuz today as several vessels were struck amid Iranian threats while the US sent in destroyers and fought off other attacks. The skirmishing came hours after President Trump announced a new initiative to get ships that have been bottled up in the Persian Gulf out through the crucial waterways. Iran's chokehold on the Strait and an American blockade of Iranian ports have deprived global markets of millions of barrels of oil and are putting increasing pressure on Iran's economy. US military forces, including warships and aircraft, actively protecting several commercial vessels from Iranian attacks. Sailors reported witnessing a drone strike on the JV Innovation tanker and military jets buzzing overhead. Meanwhile, Iran has fired four missiles and at the UAE for the first time since the US and Tehran agreed on the ceasefire. After Dubai issued an emergency alert, three missiles were intercepted. A fourth fell into the sea with reports of a blaze in the engine room of a cargo ship just north of Dubai.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wish they'd let those boats get going.

[Dave Lee]

I know a guy over the weekend, I don't know what part of the state he was in. He filled up his semi with diesel and it was over 700 to fill up his table.

[Joe Soucheray]

I paid a price per gallon, the highest I've ever paid in my life. 509.

[Dave Lee]

Even in California?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, the highest I've ever paid in my life personally. 509 for premium?

[John Height]

Yeah, I broke the four dollar barrier for regular this weekend. I hadn't paid that before.

[Dave Lee]

I guess what I meant is one time out in California, I think I spent almost six bucks a gallon for gas.

[Joe Soucheray]

Gas right now in California is probably approaching 7.

[John Height]

Supreme Court this morning reinstated mail order access to the widely used abortion drug. I knew I'd have to practice this and I practiced it too much, you

[Dave Lee]

know what I mean? Lakeisha

[John Height]

Pristone. Mephapristone. There we go. Mepha Pristone. Temporary decision to give the justices more time to consider the issue, the court intervened after the Food and Drug Administration was ordered on May 1 to revive a requirement the doctors prescribed the drug only after an in person exam. It was the first time access to that drug had been significantly curtailed during the years of litigation over the drug, which was first approved in 2000. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, still in critical condition this morning as he recovers from pneumonia in a Florida hospital. Spokesman Ted Goodman said the lung infection had overwhelmed Giuliani, that he had required a ventilator to breathe. As of this morning, though, Goodman said Giuliani was breathing on his own with his family and primary medical provider at his side. Giuliani's eight year tenure as the mayor of the nation's largest city was punctuated by the 911 attack. In his final months as mayor, he became celebrated as America's mayor for his leadership in that time. Juliander later made an unsuccessful run for the presidency and was an advisor to President Trump, spearheading his efforts efforts to stay in office after his 2020 election loss. As Trump's personal attorney and adviser, Giuliani became a vocal proponent of the president's false allegations of fraud in the 2020 election. Trump and his backers losing dozens of lawsuits claiming fraud and numerous recounts, reviews and audits. Evil election results turning up no signs of significant wrongdoing or error. Authorities in Oklahoma looking for suspects today and is shooting at a local lakeside party that left at least 13 people hurt, according to police. Police said no arrests had been made as of late Sunday night. The shooting broke out Sunday night during a gathering of young people near Arcadia Lake, a popular swimming and boating spot in Edmond, just outside of Oklahoma City. Spirit Airlines shut down over the weekend after failing to secure $500 million rescue package, officially ceasing ops around three in the morning. Weekend travelers were told not to go to the airport and the decision left about 1700 employees out of work. Launched as a commercial passenger service in 1992, Spirit grew into the seventh largest airline in the U.S. shuttling 44 million travel travelers annually. Known for pioneering ultra low fare pricing with numerous added fees in the US including becoming the first carrier in the country to charge for carry on bags. Spirit. Spirit experienced a series of failed and blocked mergers. They also said soaring jet fuel costs, which account for close to 30% of airline costs, caused them to be unable to continue on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Rook, did Spirit land here?

Spirit had already shut down operations.

But were they. Yes, they were one of their destinations.

They were out of terminal.

That's the main terminal.

Correct. So they shut down last year, I think in November, December.

[Dave Lee]

This might be a dumb question. What happens to all the aircraft they've been.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, what I know of, and I don't speak for Spirit Airlines, but someone had leased Spirit airline the aircraft in order to drum up some cash for them. So whoever's leasing those aircraft right now, they end up holding the bag right now. So my guess is somebody Is Elon Musk ever going to start an airline? Gabe? No.

[Dave Lee]

He's too smart.

[Joe Soucheray]

Somebody's going to get pennies on the dollar on these planes and they'll either go out to a different that's some quality craftsmanship, right? Exactly. But they. But Spirit doesn't own the planes, they lease them. So whoever owns those planes right now has got to find a spot for them. Gotcha is what I understand understand before

[John Height]

I wrap up my news and I have a spot I need to do here, I need to talk about a story I did Friday. Do you guys remember the story about the window peeper oh yeah?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[John Height]

Well, I got an email from a fellow who said, why did you read a 10 year old story?

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh my God.

[Dave Lee]

Well, that's Joe's job.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's my job.

I got it from Joe.

[John Height]

I actually got it from Joe's paper, the Pioneer Press.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

And it was on their cover page on Friday and I didn't look at the date so I thought, well, this guy must be wrong. I went and searched the story and there are no stories since 2016 about this fellow being arrested for peeping. So I read a 10 year old story.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why did the Pioneer Press have it?

[John Height]

I have no idea. And they don't have it now because they don't have an office.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes, you in the back.

[Dave Lee]

I have a brilliant idea for your newspaper. Oh, you know how start running old. How? Like channel 45 will run reruns of Friends and Everybody Loves Raymond. The Pioneer Press running 10 year old stories as current news.

[Joe Soucheray]

Just the way you had it. Just the way you had it.

[John Height]

The reprint of the day. Reprint of the day. I like it.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, you throw in rip, it's actually not a bad idea. I want 10%.

[Dave Lee]

My idea.

[Joe Soucheray]

Good luck. I mean there is 10% of what

[Dave Lee]

do I get a workspace with like maybe an outlet.

[Joe Soucheray]

One outlet.

Angel. 10% of nothing is still.

I got 50 of 10% of nothing. All right, all right.

[Dave Lee]

Johnny, where's Patrick for that story?

[Joe Soucheray]

How do we do there?

[John Height]

Before I let you go here, let me tell you about aura frames. You know Mother's Day, less than a week now.

[Joe Soucheray]

She ain't my mother, Ain't my mother. She already got her aura. Aura.

[John Height]

It's a good way for you to capture and relive mom's magic. The aura frame. I told you in the past how great this frame is. Right here in the Height household, we've got over a thousand pictures and videos in our aura frame. You can put in as many as you like. There's a significant number that feature great memories. My wife with our son on vacations. Especially ones in Florida to Disney and University.

[Dave Lee]

I saw that photo on Facebook. What a cool, cool shot. Johnny. That photo you're talking about.

[John Height]

Yep. And then there's other ones we have from when we used to go to Dead Lake. Or as Joe likes to call it, what do you call it?

[Joe Soucheray]

Mud.

[John Height]

Yeah, there you go. Mud Lake. But it's Dead Lake near Per. Minnesota. And we also have taken pictures of pictures with my mother and her mother and we put them on the aura. And that of course keeps those memories alive. For us. So Aura frames have unlimited storage and as many pictures and videos you want want. So easy to use. All you got to do, pick up your phone, go to the free Aura app and add photos or just text photos right to the frame. It's been named number one by wire cutter. You can save on the gifts moms love by visiting auraframes.com for a limited time. Listeners can get 25 off their best selling Carver mat frame with code GL. That's a U R A frames.com promo code GL. Support the show by mentioning us a check. Terms and conditions apply.

[Joe Soucheray]

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Tool belt, Check. Attitude, Check.

He's going in.

Joe Sucere.

[Dave Lee]

Let's talk about our friends at masters, maples and mastersmaples.com. dad was a hero over the weekend, by the way. I'll have you know I. I made chocolate chip pancakes with Masters maples.

[Joe Soucheray]

Damn, baby bacon.

[Dave Lee]

Little Masters maples drizzle on there. And you do it the correct way. You bake it. You don't fry it with the Masters maples. Don't. Come on, let's be an adult here. It's Sunday morning. We got time.

[Joe Soucheray]

Bake the bacon.

[Dave Lee]

You take out the big cookie sheet. You spread the Master's maples over the top. Well, I didn't go. Do I need to do parchment paper?

[Joe Soucheray]

It's so much easier to clean.

[Dave Lee]

Oh, that's a good point. Anyway, it's the best Minnesota made maple syrup. It's our buddy Ben, a loyal, true gl er. And this is his brainchild, mastersmaples.com. you can place your order, but they also carry all of those products at Fratelloni's hardware and garden stores. And as long as you're picking up some syrup, get the maple sugar. Give mom the gift of 100% pure maple sugar.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don't burn it. Don't burn it.

[Dave Lee]

Don't burn that stuff. Also the sweet and savory seasonings and rubs because you're gonna be grilling for Mother's Day, right, Joe?

[Joe Soucheray]

She ain't my Mother ain't my Mother.

[Dave Lee]

Also available at Fratelloni's hardware and garden stores. But you can also place an order [e-mail] and you too can taste the difference.

[Joe Soucheray]

We haven't had a request for a name ruling in ages, but I'll be glad to accommodate Mr. Brennan Cross, who writes, I am looking for a ruling for my wife and mine newborn twin boys names.

[Dave Lee]

I got the foghorn ready.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, don't foghorn it unless you receive instructions.

[Dave Lee]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Soucheray]

The names are Clyde, Alvin Cross. Well, I think that's pretty cool.

[Dave Lee]

That is a cool name.

[Joe Soucheray]

I like the name. Clyde.

Clyde, and then Alvin, Alvin Cross.

And the other name is Callum George. Callum can't possibly be a real name, can it? Callum.

Callum.

How do you spell it?

Callum is. Yeah, it's Callum. Scottish or. It's Irish or Scottish or Gaelic. It means Callum George. It symbolizes, like, pure.

But it's a real name. It's a real name.

Yeah, it's off. It's associated with the Holy Spirit in early Christianity.

[Dave Lee]

How?

[Joe Soucheray]

In the religion class. You went to religion class for 12 years.

I never heard of the name King Callum.

Yeah, it's sc. It's either Scottish or Irish. It's Gaelic, so it's from the island.

[John Height]

How do you spell C?

[Joe Soucheray]

A, L, L, U, M?

[Dave Lee]

Colum.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think it's well in that on those.

I mean, it's old school. It's not yesterday's.

Clyde is old school.

[Dave Lee]

So highly approved.

[Joe Soucheray]

Colum is older than Clyde.

I tell you that right now, apparently. Yeah. I'm approving both names.

[John Height]

Rook had every detail correct.

[Joe Soucheray]

You're kidding me.

[John Height]

Scottish Gaelic name for boys meeting.

[Joe Soucheray]

What? I've never heard this. This is not you. This is not you.

Then when you're going to confirmation. When you go to confirmation, you gotta find a. A religious name. I don't know why Callum sticks in my head. I thought it was a weird name.

[John Height]

It's often associated with the Holy Spirit in early Christianity.

[Joe Soucheray]

Look at him.

Yeah, well, dove.

Doesn't it mean Dove to the Crosh family?

[Dave Lee]

You just missed another astounding revelation.

[John Height]

What?

[Dave Lee]

He knows the meaning of it.

[John Height]

Dove.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's easy. But Holy Spirit, Dove, that's more one and the same.

[John Height]

Peace, pur, purity and tranquility represent.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that means this kid won't be a hellraiser then.

Well, you can't bank on that. You got to get them through.

Give a little fanfare to Clyde, Alvin and Callum George here, I had the foghorn. No, they're not. These are not Getting Foghorn.

[Dave Lee]

They were going to get the.

[Joe Soucheray]

These are very interesting names. That's ceased to amaze me. You never cease to amaze me.

[Dave Lee]

Hey, speaking of that, I'm trying to

[Joe Soucheray]

see if there's a Saint Callum, though. That's what I'm.

[John Height]

Well, I can answer that.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know. Go ahead, John.

[John Height]

He's associated with Saint Columbia, so perhaps it became Callum somehow. Columbia.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, I will not take credit for

[John Height]

that because I didn't know that 6th century Irish missionary.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll take credit for everything else. Gee, I won't take credit for that.

[Dave Lee]

Hey, speaking of that, what day at the fair are you guys doing? The baby walk?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, super Saturday we're gonna bring it back. Bring back the baby walk? Yeah, I'd love to be there.

Say, let's see where the Traveling Linemans are.

Where are we?

Let's go. Over the weekend, we had a port of call day in Kona, Hawaii. All right.

[Dave Lee]

Home of Kona Brewing.

[Joe Soucheray]

We're now cruising north eastward in the Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian Islands remain the closest land to our ship's location. Boy, they're heading. They're steaming towards Seattle. Yeah, and it's only because they come to us all the way from a boat on the Pacific. From the Traveling Linemans, you can follow their adventures at Worldwide Waft. It was on this day, Joe.

[Dave Lee]

Today is May 4th, be with you.

[Joe Soucheray]

In 1863, in a response to a federal law mandating that all Dakota be removed from the state as punishment for the U.S. dakota War of 1862, 13, 10 captives at Fort Snelling, mostly women and children, were loaded onto two steamboats to be transported to a reservation on Crow Creek in San Southeastern Dakota territory. Soon after arriving at the reservation, many died of disease and hunger. Not terribly proud of that, are we? No. On this day, May 4th in 1888, the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul was established. On this day, May 4th in 1925, St. Paul's Ford Motor Company plant assembled its first car, which St. Paul Mayor Arthur E. Nelson, Minneapolis Mayor George E. Leach and Ford executives A.W. bendick and V. E Nystrom rode in during a ceremony. The plant soon produced 500 cars each day. Those would have been Model Ts, all black. Yep. On this day, May 4th. Sports related, 1975.

[Dave Lee]

In 1975, the Saints sold the Minnesota Twins.

[Joe Soucheray]

Retired number three. Oh, sure. In honor of the bashful basher from Power Alley, Harmon Killiper.

Well, I just saw my autographed baseball by him and that his autograph is so perfect. Perfect.

On this day May 4th in 1984, during a twins game at the Dump, Dave Kingman hit a ball into the roof of the Metrodrome where it lodged. He was awarded a ground rule double.

[Dave Lee]

You were not a fan of that facility, Correct?

[Joe Soucheray]

I was not.

Okay.

[John Height]

What?

[Joe Soucheray]

And then on this day in sports disappointment history, who'd we lose to on mafia? The same thing. On this day in 1984, King Pop fly into a drainage hole in the dump roof and the ball never came down.

Did we ever find it? Did somebody ever go up.

I think.

I think a great column, huh?

[Dave Lee]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think on one of the many occasions when the Dump's roof collapsed, didn't somebody find the ball?

[Dave Lee]

I believe it. Yeah. Because I remember watching a news story about the ball coming out or something like that. So I think you're right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Or did they just claim like they scuffed it up a bit, like, hey, I think I found the ball.

[Dave Lee]

Well, the guy was out there, you know, driving the, the car around and it hit him in the head.

[Joe Soucheray]

That'd be an interesting bit of minutia to own the ball that got caught in the dump.

[Dave Lee]

Good point. Yeah, you're right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Or, well, somebody has it.

It'd be A great updated 10 year old column that somebody could write.

Huh?

[Dave Lee]

That'll feature tomorrow's Pioneer Press, right?

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't believe that. John. What? Why did they put that old story on the front page of the.

You know the newspaper ain't what it used to be, Joe. You got that one right.

[John Height]

The aftermath. An employee retrieved the ball the next day.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, that's not a big.

How in the hell did they get up?

That story stinks.

[John Height]

Must have had catwalks.

[Dave Lee]

The ladder.

[Joe Soucheray]

Assuming there were no cat. Hey, Pat. There were no catwalks in the roof of the Metrodome. Get up there yet?

[Dave Lee]

Yeah, he could get up there.

[Joe Soucheray]

The day after the ball stuck and dropped one down to Mickey Hatcher. And they were going to call him out, but it hit Mickey in the leg.

Call the ladder department.

[John Height]

Big traction.

[Joe Soucheray]

They were all looking. Yeah. Supposed to catch it.

[Josh Arnold]

He missed about a week because he

[Joe Soucheray]

got hit with a ball. Yeah, there we go.

[Dave Lee]

Mickey Hatcher.

[Joe Soucheray]

Way to go. He's ours and we ain't trace them.

[Josh Arnold]

Hey,

[Dave Lee]

do us a favor, okay, Papa?

[Josh Arnold]

Up.

[Dave Lee]

If you haven't done so already, and hit the subscribe button on the Garage Logic YouTube channel where you can see the rolling. What do you call it? The rolling scroll of all of the cities flying the true Minnesota state flag that is featured on the Garage Logic YouTube channel. And you can also search all the of our social media channels. That includes Facebook, Instagram and X. And you can also sign up for the Daily Logician. That email comes right to your inbox each and every single day. And it includes the most recent episode of the podcast. Find out more and sign up today

[Joe Soucheray]

[e-mail] check us out in Windham, Minnesota. How you doing window?

[Dave Lee]

Almost the Pirates.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

St. Francis, Steuartville, Uppsala. We're done.

Joe.

[Dave Lee]

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 Garage Logic. And now is the time for you to do the same. So do not delay, do exactly what Ida didn't pick up that phone and dial 952-925-5608. That number once again is 952-925-5608. When you call that number, you're going to get Josh and he there for you for that. Free. Yep, 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, you know what, what a fantastic weekend. The Derby, Golden Temple winning. I'm sure the sports bettors either were happy or somewhat disappointed. But how about that horse coming from behind the way that they did.

[Josh Arnold]

Who would, who, who would have thought, Chris, that a 321 long shot running from the back of the field would win the race. First off, watching the race, then watching several different replays of the race. I mean this is just astonishing and we'll say outstanding. I mean unreal. This, this falls in the same category as decades ago in the 10,000 meter Olympic, Olympic final unknown at that time. Billy Mill coming from behind to win the gold medal in the 10,000. For those of you who are into track, you know it's heavy into high school track, track and field season with the state meet coming up in a month and we've got true team and sectionals and conference meets coming up in the next several weeks. Watching the derby with a long shot win, win and then going back re watching Billy Mills come from behind. Very, very exciting now coming from behind. Now there are an awful lot of stocks some might say came from behind, you know companies that had been over overlooked and we'll just take two biggie that had been overlooked for a good part of the year and indeed had been knocked down. That's my two leading companies are two large largest Positions for myself and for my clients Apple and Amazon. To me they came from behind when they reported earnings last week with Amazon reporting on Wednesday and showing increases across the board. Top line, bottom line, their advertising business, transportation business and especially Amazon Web Services. Though Amazon Wisps web services growth rate was below the whisper number and a 28% increase and running right now at a annualized run rate of $150 billion of revenue. That to me is huge. Margins especially were inching up on Amazon. I'd have to raise my price target on Amazon on up to $350 a share over the over the course of the next year. Plus they are definitely firing on all cylinders and are market share takers, not market share losers. Big, big come from behind particularly as we'll say a couple months ago analysts were knocking Amazon for the amount of money that they were spending to boost up their data center and AI and satellite capabilities. This particular quarter and conference call showed that they were getting a pretty significant return on their investment. Apple another one that analysts might say they like but just kind of go yeah, it's Apple. What do they have? They don't have a I, they don't have their own large language model. They've got nothing. There's no innovation, yada yada yada or the talking head. Apple's too expensive. Yet Apple another beat and raised quarter increased the margins to the surprise of many analysts and their guidance even showed increased margins above analyst estimates. Yes, Apple is going to find like other other companies, memory, memory issues in terms of getting the memory chips and they'll probably have to pay up for that. But their supply chain management to me is outstanding. Not to mention of course Apple's China business again accelerated and some of their new products such as the Neo or the Mac Neo are selling like like hotcakes. Apple stock jumped up, although it is there's some profit taking today. My price Target there is $400 a share. Apple's next big catalyst other than, you know, continuing to buy back shares and an increased dividend is their worldwide developers conference in early June. And I think we'll see a positive rollout of the new series with the integration of Google's Gemini product. In terms of AI, well, Apple, Apple last year made over a billion dollars in revenues from downloads of the large language models from the likes of of Google Xai which has Drop Anthropics, Claude and OpenAI AI chat GPT and we won't even talk about some of the downloads that happen in other countries. Apple's users with over 1.5 billion iPhone users especially and 2 1/2 billion iOS users offers plenty of opportunities for Apple to take advantage of. Apple's the platform that all these companies want to be on. And speaking of being on, well, Apple. Apple's Tim Cook got a nice kudos from Warren Buffett at Berkshire Athletes annual meeting this past Saturday. Berkshire and Warren Buffett acknowledged the contributions that Apple has made Berkshire's bottom line and that does not account for the amount of money that Berkshire left on the table by selling Apple early over the past several several years. This week still more earnings coming from the likes of Palantir tonight, Pfizer and Advanced Micro Devices tomorrow, Wednesday Uber and Disney and Thursday McDonald's. Plus there's a big Jobs number on Friday. A lot to look forward to but and I say here's the big bucks but they'll have to worry about what goes on in the streets of Hormuz as the price of oil continues to rock the markets.

[Dave Lee]

Excellent advice as always Mr. MoneyTalk. You heard him G ers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation again with zero obligation. And you do that just like I did by dialing 952-925-5608 where you always get straight talk and never ever sugar coated 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 tomorrow.

[Josh Arnold]

Look forward to it.

[John Height]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Dave Lee]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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