6/23 All efforts to use the reflecting pool disaster as an example of Trump's constant lying failed miserably

Summary

GARAGE LOGIC PODCAST SUMMARY
Episode: “6/23 All efforts to use the reflecting pool disaster as an example of Trump’s constant lying failed miserably”
Date: June 23, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of Garage Logic is anchored by host Joe Soucheray (“The Mayor”) and regular co-hosts Chris Reavers, Kenny Olson, John Haidt, and Matthew “The Rookie.” The main theme is framed by two signature Garage Logic topics: down-home storytelling, including Joe’s recent hospitalization, and a spirited but ultimately circular debate over Donald Trump’s recent comments about the Washington D.C. Reflecting Pool, truth in politics, and media culture. The team leavens Big Topics with their typical blend of sarcasm, mockery, and Minnesota common sense. The episode also meanders through local news, some classic GL banter, and a dash of media and financial commentary.

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Major Segments & Key Discussion Points

1. Joe’s Hospital Story & Health Update

(01:34–21:48)

• Joe details his recent medical emergency involving a severely swollen elbow, a brush with sepsis, and an unexpected hospital stay.
• The incident includes humorous exchanges about his coworkers “saving” his life, the chaos of the ER, and the exceptional care he received from an impressively diverse nursing staff.
• Discussion explores the challenges of hospital staffing, ER overcrowding, and recovery for older adults.

Quotes:

• “At my age, you don't want this if you're late to the party.” — Joe Soucheray (11:18)
• “For every day you spend in the hospital, you need five days to get back to where you were.” — Chris Reavers (18:14)

Memorable Moment:
Joe praises Somali and other minority nurses for their competence:
“I love every Somali woman I met there… God in heaven, do they go to some elite training?” (16:10)

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2. The Reflecting Pool, Trump, and the Liar Debate

(24:28–44:33)

This segment (with further echoes throughout) is the show’s core discussion:

• Joe, still convalescing, reflects on political reality while watching the news in the hospital.
• The team dives into Trump’s comments blaming “vandals” for the reflecting pool’s mishap, when, in their view, it was Trump’s own administration that botched the refurbishment.
• Joe contends Trump “creates false realities” and is unique among recent presidents for asking Americans to doubt their own eyes and ears.
• The co-hosts push back in typical GL fashion. Kenny expresses indifference to national politics, arguing all presidents lie and that obsessing over details like the reflecting pool debacle is not worth it. John Haidt and Matthew swing between both sides—acknowledging the frustration but noting the futility of political debate in contemporary America.
• The debate never resolves, but illustrates Garage Logic’s perennial theme: common sense versus tribal partisanship.

Notable Quotes:

• “No one in the history of the presidency has ever asked people to disbelieve their own eyes and ears more than [Trump].” — Joe (29:35)
• “He creates false realities that I think he believes.” — Joe (31:15)
• “We have accomplished further dividing the two tribes… it’s never gonna change.” — Kenny Olson (41:04)
• “If you’re comfortable disbelieving your own eyes and ears, God love you. Two plus two is five. And you’re right. Just go buy it.” — Joe (44:32)

Memorable Exchanges:

• John: “Here’s the problem. This is a useless conversation. It always will be until there’s a different president.” (35:04)
• Rookie: “I feel like I’m Switzerland here. I just want some chocolate and some good goal, I guess.” (43:19)

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3. News Roundup with John Haidt

(50:23–68:50)

• Highlights from local Minnesota news: A federal judge nullifies DOJ subpoenas regarding sanctuary jurisdictions; Anoka-Hennepin School District budget cuts and impasse over tax levies; Minneapolis faces a major budget shortfall.
• National stories: U.S.-Iran negotiations; closure of Florida's “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention facility; Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson abandon the GOP; lighthearted reporting of a “Definitely Not a Bag Full of Drugs” arrest.
• Sports: Record NBA and NHL playoff viewership, with a comic aside about the popularity gap.

Notable Quote:

• “Tax paying citizens are continually victimized by the failure of public entities to hire competent people to do budgeting.” — Chris Reavers (52:17)

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4. Ilhan Omar Financial Oddities

(74:14–78:30)

• Quick-fire update on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband allegedly only earning "$200" last year, despite companies previously valued at millions—raising serious questions about financial disclosure.
• Soucheray notes the lack of media scrutiny from local outlets.

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5. Minnesota History & Nostalgia

(78:30–83:00)

• The crew reflects on this day in Minnesota history—Svenskarnas Dag, adventures in nautical history, and the ephemeral glories of local sports management (“losing Cookie” as Twins manager).
• These bits reinforce GL’s love for local color and nostalgia.

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Additional Classic GL Banter & Product Shoutouts

Highlighted throughout the show with comedic digressions about hospital gowns, cigar humidors, e-bikes, and summer auctions.

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• “For every day you spend in the hospital, you need five days to get back to where you were.” — Chris Reavers (18:14)
• “No one in the history of the presidency has ever asked people to disbelieve their own eyes and ears more than him.” — Joe Soucheray on Trump (29:35)
• “He creates false realities that I think he believes.” — Joe Soucheray (31:15)
• “We have accomplished further dividing the two tribes… and it’s never gonna change.” — Kenny Olson (41:04)
• “If you’re comfortable disbelieving your own eyes and ears, God love you. Two plus two is five. And you’re right. Just go buy it.” — Joe Soucheray (44:32)

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Episode Flow & Tone

The show maintains its trademark sardonic, conversational style: part barbershop, part city council. Joe’s brush with sepsis sets a slightly more personal and reflective mood, but the main Trump/reflection pool debate quickly becomes characteristically combative and circular—with glib one-liners, interruptions, and comic exasperation. The team’s interplay is familiar, quick-witted, sometimes gleefully dismissive of national drama in favor of “Garage Logic,” i.e., practical, apolitical sensibility.

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Key Takeaways

• The team returns to form after Joe’s health scare, using the experience as a launch pad for their worldview.
• Attempts to use the reflecting pool fiasco as another example of “Trump’s constant lying” ultimately fail to persuade, underscoring the feeling of futility in bridging America’s partisan divides.
• While the reflecting pool story is theoretically a “slam dunk,” the GL crew’s debate mirrors the national impasse: a mix of outrage, apathy, and the resignation that truth is a casualty of tribal politics.
• Local Minnesota news, nostalgia, and humor remain the glue of Garage Logic, offering listeners a break from toxic national discourse.

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A good entry point for:

• GL Fans wanting an update on Joe’s health and a dose of classic banter.
• Listeners seeking a humorous, down-to-earth take on national and local events, especially those who are weary of hyper-partisan debate.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Joe's hospital saga: 01:34–21:48
• Trump/reflecting pool discussion: 24:28–44:33
• Local & National News w/ John Haidt: 50:23–68:50
• Ilhan Omar financial segment: 74:14–78:30
• Minnesota/miscellaneous history: 78:30–83:00

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Transcript

[Joe Sushere]

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[Kenny Olson]

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[Joe Sushere]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Sushere]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Sushere]

Hail the flashlight King.

[Chris Reavers]

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, fire commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Sushere. Okay, my voice probably doesn't sound perfect, but it hasn't been used for five or six days.

[Joe Sushere]

Why is that, Joe?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, I was, I was in, as the British would say, I was in hospital. They wouldn't put the, the in there. Like Kenny doesn't use it when he's driving a truck. I was in the hospital.

[Kenny Olson]

You were at hospital?

[Chris Reavers]

I was at hospital, yeah. And any story that was, that was

[Matthew]

interesting, you were not having a laugh.

[Chris Reavers]

No, I had. I.

[Kenny Olson]

Are you gonna go ahead and tell everybody that Chris saved your lives? Your life. And the other three of us wished you were dead.

[Frank]

Remember?

[Matthew]

We said. No, no, you're fine.

[Kenny Olson]

You're fine. Don't go to the hospital.

[Chris Reavers]

Kenny said no, no, you can do the show.

[Kenny Olson]

Stay here and do the show.

[Matthew]

Yeah, we need the money.

[Kenny Olson]

Lasting out of your eyes doesn't mean anything.

[Chris Reavers]

Come on.

[Matthew]

It looks a little red, but I think you're okay.

[Chris Reavers]

Where were we?

[Matthew]

As long as the blood.

[Chris Reavers]

No, I mean. I mean, really, where were we? I don't remember.

[Joe Sushere]

We were here.

[Matthew]

You were saying hi, you came in,

[Chris Reavers]

you were feeling well. Last Wednesday night at 6 o', clock, everything was perfectly normal in my physical world. At seven o', clock, my elbow was two to three times the size it should be.

[Frank]

That's right.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay. But nothing else.

[Joe Sushere]

We did get you a pillow.

[Chris Reavers]

Isn't that sweet? You think it's way too big?

[Kenny Olson]

Was it a fight?

[Chris Reavers]

Huh?

[Kenny Olson]

Do you think you were bitten by something?

[Chris Reavers]

No evidence of a bite. Perfect Rook. No evidence of a bite. No evidence of a scratch.

[Joe Sushere]

But once bitten, twice shy.

[Chris Reavers]

Let's. Can I tell the story? What are we trying to do this briefly and in order. Okay.

[Matthew]

It's gonna be a while.

[Chris Reavers]

You think you have some claim on me now because you think you saved my life?

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

He alone.

[Chris Reavers]

You guys didn't do a thing. According to him, were the boys going to college again?

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, I. Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

So. Seven o'.

[Frank]

Clock.

[Chris Reavers]

What the. Look at this. What the hell is this? Big elbow. Went to bed, woke up Thursday, had that big elbow still there. And I was feeling a little. Punky Woozy? No, just feeling a little achy and still didn't think much of it. But within an hour, I thought enough of it because I was feeling worse. On the way here, I stopped at urgent care, only to leave because it would have taken too long.

[Joe Sushere]

You're a bad waiter.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm a bad waiter.

[Matthew]

Half your health.

[Chris Reavers]

So I drive here. And I must admit, I knew something was wrong because I went over three curbs and my car died five times. And I said to myself, I forgot how to drive when I got here. And I came upstairs and you looked at me and you said, nope, nope, nope. And by that time, man, I was in. I didn't feel good. So went back to her. You got. Took me back to urgent care.

[Kenny Olson]

There was a big meeting and most of the meeting was you worrying about how to get your car home. Yes, that was your big concern, which

[Matthew]

we said it's in a. Oh, my God.

[Frank]

Stop it.

[Kenny Olson]

With the car.

[Chris Reavers]

Which I didn't worry about. As far as I know. It's. It's down there.

[Matthew]

One of the security guards check it out. Like, Ferris. Ferris. There's a couple of.

[Frank]

Marvin.

[Matthew]

It wasn't just you hit.

[Joe Sushere]

Marvin took it for a joy ride all weekend.

[Kenny Olson]

Marvin went to Chicago full of gas.

[Matthew]

Now it's full of gas.

[Joe Sushere]

It's got 2500 more miles on it.

[Chris Reavers]

You're determined to make this a long story? Oh, of course we are.

[Joe Sushere]

No, but we did. We all said no.

[Chris Reavers]

Left the car here. Gabe gave me a ride. So he gets some credit, too?

[Matthew]

Yep. Partial.

[Chris Reavers]

He gave me a ride back to Urgent Care. The CP joined me. We sat there. The guy goes in, he sees me, he sees the elbow, and he says, well, you gotta have that or you gotta have that. Drained. There was a different word they used. They didn't use drained. What the hell Word they expunged. No, whatever. You got to have that dream. And I said, well, let's do it. And he said, I don't do that. We don't do that.

[Joe Sushere]

We don't do that here.

[Chris Reavers]

You got to go to a hospital.

[Joe Sushere]

You got to go to Jiffy Lube.

[Chris Reavers]

You got to go to a hospital.

[Joe Sushere]

Sure.

[Chris Reavers]

So he recommended St. John's and then 30 minutes later called and said, don't go to St. John's it's too crowded. Go to Southdale. Not as crowded. I can't imagine what St. John's must have been like, because Southdale was. I'll tell you what, these nations emergency rooms are packed. So hours went by, but the minute they saw me, they started an IV antibiotic and they drained that sucker. And they said, you got to stay here. I said, why? What's going on? Well, you got a sepsis? Sepsis is set in.

[Matthew]

Do they need to aspirate? Is that the word?

[Chris Reavers]

No.

[Matthew]

Okay. Siphon. No, down there, Doc.

[Kenny Olson]

I think the aspiration is the actual word.

[Chris Reavers]

We were moving on.

[Matthew]

Okay.

[Joe Sushere]

Are we?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, I'm trying. So they drain it. And I'm still clothed. I'm in this gurney. And that's the way I stayed for the next 24 hours. They had no rooms.

[Kenny Olson]

Really?

[Joe Sushere]

No room at the end.

[Chris Reavers]

No room at the end.

[Kenny Olson]

So were you in the er?

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, wow.

[Chris Reavers]

So I stayed overnight in the er.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, ick. So noisy.

[Matthew]

In one of the. No, he means in one of the. The. The.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, there's a little.

[Matthew]

The curtained off rooms.

[Kenny Olson]

All right.

[Chris Reavers]

Wasn't out in the hall.

[Joe Sushere]

They didn't put you on the crosstown Boy.

[Chris Reavers]

I wasn't sitting outside. You would have got.

[Matthew]

You would have got a bunch of columns, though, had you been sitting out in the hallway watching.

[Chris Reavers]

One guy said, I need some money for some pop. This is while we're waiting to get in. And I just. I. He'd been a pain in the ass for about an hour. And I said.

[Kenny Olson]

I said.

[Chris Reavers]

I said. He said, I forgot my wallet. You know, usually I'm going to give a guy money for that. But this guy was bothered with that. So I said, I tell you. What you mean you came to the emergency room and you forgot your wallet and he didn't know what to say.

[Kenny Olson]

You got into it.

[Chris Reavers]

I did. I got in a little squash.

[Joe Sushere]

Oh, my God. Where was the video recording?

[Chris Reavers]

So where was I?

[Joe Sushere]

You're in the er.

[Matthew]

Late stay in the night.

[Chris Reavers]

Thursday night, late Friday afternoon, a room opened up.

[Frank]

All right.

[Chris Reavers]

And that. That improved my world considerably. So went up to the room and then.

[Kenny Olson]

Single bedroom.

[Chris Reavers]

That's right.

[Kenny Olson]

Nice.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah. Unlike my brother. One of my brothers in a parallel universe was at St. John's during the same exact period.

[Frank]

Oh.

[Chris Reavers]

Wow. And he had. He ended up with a roommate who stayed on the phone. And the phone was on the speaker.

[Frank]

Oh.

[Chris Reavers]

So there was nothing he could do about it. So anyway, he was there for completely different reason. He was worse off than I was. But he's better now, so I remember

[Matthew]

how dumb he was.

[Chris Reavers]

So thus began just the endless intravenous dripping and waiting. And sure enough, the fever broke. And then. They're not going to let you go till. Basically, I was held hostage to whatever the numbers were that came back from a lab. Sure. Cause they'd come in there about every five minutes and suck about three gallons of blood out of you. Take it to the lab and check it. And slowly but surely the numbers got better. To make a long story short, my average citizen understanding a. They couldn't tell me how this happened. They examined me for a bite, just like I did. I didn't even. And I normally have a good bleeding scratch on me somewhere, but I couldn't even find that. So no one knows why. And the reasonable assumption that I was to make is that I was lucky I got there when I did. At my age. You don't want this if you're late to the party.

[Joe Sushere]

Got it.

[Chris Reavers]

It might be way too late to mitigate it.

[Matthew]

What did you do? What? Change in your life from.

[Chris Reavers]

You don't think I thought. Nothing. I didn't even go outside last Wednesday. If you'll recall, it was raining. Right.

[Matthew]

That's what I mean. I don't know. That's weird.

[Joe Sushere]

Matthew, I have a question for you about the mayor's condition. Let's say Joe finally did get a room late Friday afternoon. How would Joe have handled the potential roommate situation?

[Matthew]

That phone would have been smashed. I don't care if he's walking on. If he could crawl over there, he would have thrown it out the window, smashed it or said, hey.

[Joe Sushere]

And he would have had the golf tournament on.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, get this.

[Kenny Olson]

Such concepts killed a nephew of mine in his 20s. What it's all about getting to the hospital before it's too late.

[Matthew]

Kyle Busch.

[Joe Sushere]

Wait, that's what got Bush?

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah. He ignored. Well, he had pneumonia.

[Matthew]

Yes.

[Chris Reavers]

And he. He was like that Jim Henson of the Muppets guy. He didn't follow up on it.

[Kenny Olson]

That's what got my nephew.

[Chris Reavers]

They stayed busy and I was prepared to do that until Reaver saved my life.

[John Haidt]

Oh, way to go, Chris.

[Matthew]

I would have preferred the Thursday show. Would have been a great show with him mumbling about,

[Chris Reavers]

so, you know, Friday the numbers got a little better. Saturday a little better, Sunday a little better, but they always want one more. So Monday, another drip and then they said, okay, you're gonna get discharged. Which I did at about 5:30 yesterday afternoon.

[Kenny Olson]

So are you back doing routine? Drinking a cup of coffee, reading the paper in the morning? What's your energy level like?

[Chris Reavers]

I don't think I'm in peak physical condition right now.

[Frank]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

It took a lot out of you.

[Matthew]

Yeah, probably not for maybe.

[Joe Sushere]

What about.

[Kenny Olson]

What about the brain stuff? Can you. Are you adding and deciphering and.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, I am.

[Matthew]

You know, President Trump is still in office.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah. I have some things to say about.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, before you move on,

[Frank]

I don't

[Chris Reavers]

want any grief today because I'm going to present it in such a way that G ellers, even our Trump defending G lers, might accept.

[Joe Sushere]

Before you move on to that, though, the only reason I asked about the roommate situation is when you mentioned your brother, all I could picture was you. The only thing you had all weekend was the ability to watch the US Open. And for some guy next, you separated by Kurt.

[Chris Reavers]

Who's that?

[Joe Sushere]

Does he have a handicap?

[Chris Reavers]

I don't think I missed one shot.

[Matthew]

You lucky you had that this weekend.

[Kenny Olson]

From staying in hospitals. I know it's impossible to get a good night's sleep. Were you able to with all, all the noise and distraction? No, no, it's a horrible place.

[Chris Reavers]

Plus, the next thing you Know somebody standing over you at 2 in the morning? I gotta take your vitals.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, well, it's 2:30 in the morning. Leave me alone. I'm still alive. Can it wait?

[Chris Reavers]

I got two. I was gonna finish the room thing. Yeah, I was on a. I was on an orthopedic floor.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, cool.

[John Haidt]

Oh, okay.

[Chris Reavers]

The elbow apparently being the center of this.

[Joe Sushere]

Okay.

[Chris Reavers]

And the reason they don't operate to flush it out is because they have little success in healing when you operate on something that's infected. So they use needles to withdraw and then they examine the fluid and it didn't concern them, so they weren't going to operate.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, wow.

[Chris Reavers]

I think everyone on that floor did not have. Well, I could be wrong, but I didn't see any roommates because I would go walking.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

You just find they let me go walking with a walker.

[Matthew]

You saw a lot of bad shoes.

[Kenny Olson]

I'd pay money to see that.

[Joe Sushere]

Did you have the, the gown on

[Kenny Olson]

with your butt with your ass hanging out? Tennis balls in the bottom of the walker and like a little UGA horn honking.

[Chris Reavers]

It was worse than the bottom. It was worse than the bottom sticking out. Are you ready?

[Frank]

Oh, God.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

[Joe Sushere]

I'm not listening.

[Chris Reavers]

Paper. Dia.

[Kenny Olson]

Nice humiliate photo.

[Matthew]

We can send a tmz.

[Joe Sushere]

Showering. Was showering an issue?

[Chris Reavers]

I had one.

[Joe Sushere]

Oh, that's nice.

[Kenny Olson]

With SpongeBob. Betty the Buxom.

[Joe Sushere]

There you go. We have the nice lady.

[Chris Reavers]

There was none of that.

[Matthew]

Oh, no, it was.

[Chris Reavers]

Every woman who waited on me would have failed the baby walk with their names. And I want to say I've never. I. What am I going to do about my Somali brothers and sisters now?

[Joe Sushere]

What do you mean?

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, well, I love what every Somali woman I met there.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

I have never met such competency.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

Now what the hell's this? Where's the dichotomy here?

[Matthew]

You met hard working Somalis.

[Chris Reavers]

God in heaven, do they go to some elite training knowing someone that. Same with the white nurses and the Asian nurses and the whatever.

[Matthew]

The Indian doctors and nurses.

[Frank]

Knowing someone.

[Joe Sushere]

Nurses very close to me in that ground zero stage. Those people know exactly, exactly what they're doing. They really do. And all of them, it doesn't matter what your background is, where you were raised.

[Chris Reavers]

We're talking beyond that. The attitude.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah. The bedside MANNER Was unbelievable. 100%.

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

Tell me you, you resisted any type of fraud talk.

[Chris Reavers]

I did bring it up.

[Matthew]

Little small talking, my blood, but can you believe that?

[Chris Reavers]

What the hell's going on Here. Are you getting paid by walls? No, I did not bring it up.

[Matthew]

I know you did. I know you did.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm not as dumb as you. When all these Special Olympians arrive, you ask somebody, what's your event? And they said, I'm a volunteer.

[Matthew]

Not my finest tower at the airport.

[Chris Reavers]

How chagrined were you?

[Matthew]

I ate both feet in about seven seconds.

[Kenny Olson]

Such. I have one friendly tip for you. The next time you have to go to the emergency room. I've actually tried to get served at South Fairview, Southdale. I put a drill all the way through my hand and I sat in that waiting room with my head and up in the air for three hours.

[John Haidt]

Hours.

[Kenny Olson]

When I had a heart attack. I walked into the ER or the. Yeah. Emergency room. I pointed at my chest and I said, I think I'm having a heart attack. They grabbed me by the neck and drugged me in there and had me hooked up to machines within two minutes.

[Chris Reavers]

Wow.

[Kenny Olson]

And then that's what you would say. By the way, could you check my elbow?

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, man. Oh, I. I heard a troubling statistic. At my age, for every day you spend in the hospital, you need five days to get back to where you were.

[Joe Sushere]

No kidding.

[Chris Reavers]

So I need 25 to 30 days.

[Matthew]

Boy, if you only had that much vacation, huh?

[Joe Sushere]

So, I mean, I know you're trying to wrap up to God.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm trying to make a point.

[Joe Sushere]

Oh, go. I'm sorry.

[Kenny Olson]

Go ahead.

[Chris Reavers]

To get back to where I was.

[Joe Sushere]

Yep.

[Chris Reavers]

Was no Olympic status whatsoever in terms of physical fitness, but I was in really decent shape.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, you're still golfing.

[Chris Reavers]

Really decent shape. And I could do a lot of stuff. And I attribute that to walking and. And weighing a reasonable weight, eating, really a pretty healthy diet, and in sleeping. Okay. Basic stuff. I don't think somebody my age would have survived Thursday if they weren't in decent shape.

[Joe Sushere]

That's a good point. You're right.

[Chris Reavers]

So I don't think being in decent shape will ever prevent anybody from getting anything. What it might help you do is survive whatever you get. Repair.

[Joe Sushere]

I feel the need to ask this question before you do your ad. Matthew, Gabe and I were just wondering, since we did, you know, quote, unquote, save your life. Where is our rank now in the will? I mean, are we. Are we at the top of the list? Are we in the middle part of the list?

[Matthew]

Care. Did you. You got a deductible again?

[Kenny Olson]

John and I just wanted you to do a show so we could watch you die live on the air. That's Jesus.

[Chris Reavers]

It would have been good casting, wouldn't it?

[John Haidt]

Yeah, I would have been millions of views.

[Matthew]

I mean, well, right, you would have got some hits.

[Joe Sushere]

And Kenny, I only said that because you're three hours away.

[Kenny Olson]

I was working behind the scenes and the new Garage Logic starring Kenny and Jay Coles was set to start tomorrow. Actually.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, Kenny actually sent me a note, said you want to do news when we start the new podcast.

[Matthew]

Oh, just so you know, Kenny, they did deliver the signs. They're behind the door when you come down here.

[Joe Sushere]

And I did. When I did call Patrick, I did say you have to ask him what's I know you're in the hospital. What's coming up on the ride?

[Kenny Olson]

How's the fluid?

[Matthew]

What kind of fluid did they take?

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[John Haidt]

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[Joe Sushere]

Trump, it's time to play.

[Chris Reavers]

Is that his cylinder index or his golf score? Either way, it's a big number.

[Joe Sushere]

Here's Joe Suger.

[Kenny Olson]

All right, speaking of cylinders, good liner there. Such something weird was happening with my old Polaris Ranger side by side. Now this thing gets a lot of year round use, so I was really surprised when it started, occasionally stumbling at lower Speeds. I checked the air cleaner right away, I couldn't believe it. It was fine, no problems there. But then I took one look at that carb and I could tell just by looking at it, nope, I'm not pulling that thing off there. I'm not digging that thing out. So out came the seafoam motor treatment. And I didn't even have the correct kind in the chem cabinet. All I had was a big can of this high mileage treatment meant for cars and trucks, I think over 75,000 miles. I just ignored all that nonsense, dumped about a half a can into a full tank on Saturday, and I have to say, so far so good. I drove it Sunday and Monday and probably today. Only time will tell if that carburetor is coming off. But for now, Seafoam saved me a trip to the mechanic shop. You know what? I should have been taking my own advice. What do I always say? Occasionally dump in a healthy shot just to keep things happy and that's preventive maintenance. But now I'm on the other end of that and using seafoam as a miracle cure. And that's what's great about Seafoam. It use it occasionally and reap the benefits of it or use it in a panic and keep the rig out of the shop. A wonderful product in the world of bad gas and in my case, neglected maintenance. Our friend C Foam.

[Chris Reavers]

I did a lot of thinking about why people still believe that Trump is a legitimate president. And I know many g lers are disappointed in me because I don't believe he is. I don't believe he's trustworthy in anything. But here's the way I would say

[Kenny Olson]

it,

[Chris Reavers]

because the media, I think, has become ridiculous. When you spend five days and you watch these Capitol reporters, you would think the reflecting pool is the biggest problem in the country. They, they are a gaggle of fairly non serious people, these White House correspondents. And I don't understand something basic. The, the conventional news gatherers have a reputation as being lefties. But none of them are calling Trump out the way Biden was called out. When Biden fell asleep or needed help leaving a stage or something, Biden was always ridiculed. Why isn't Trump? I don't know that. Just an aside. This reflecting pool, well, he's Fred Flintstone. He looked at that and all he saw was a swimming pool. So they went and they fixed something that essentially wasn't broken. So, you know, I got a lot of time on my hands. So I'm looking up the history of the pool and how it worked. It circulated water back and forth between the Washington D.C. treatment center and the reflecting pool. And it was built, it's 100 years old. It worked. And then in 09 it was refurbished. Refurbished, became a concrete bottom. But the same kind of water system still worked. But it became, it gained Trump's attention because it was part of the national symbols he wanted to reshape in his own fashion. He wants an arch, he wants a ballroom, he wants his name on things. And so he looks at that and he says, I'm gonna make that blue. That'd be different. And it turns out he hired a guy who couldn't make the extras cast in the Sopranos. Did you see a picture of that guy? Yes, yes. It was just unbelievable. Unbelievable. So this guy screw it up completely and he's, he's paid on a no bid contract a ridiculous amount of money. The problem is it didn't work. And then they began pouring. God knows how many ducks are now dying. And you know, the, I'm surprised, seriously, the zoo in Washington doesn't send a bunch of people there that don't let animals land there. You, you, you put a bird in there, they're going to last about two minutes because it's full of whatever they put in there.

[Kenny Olson]

How going to do that?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, I'm leading up to a point. What occurred to me is that the problem I have with Trump is no one in the history of the country, well, I'll just limit it to this. No one in the history of the presidency has ever asked people to disbelieve their own eyes and ears more than him. He is trying to sell you the idea that this has been vandalized by liberals. They got somebody took a sword and walked in there and cut the whole thing apart and lifted it up and tried to rip it apart. That did not happen. That's not true. There's no evidence of that. Now here's where it works for him. There are people, it's a dwindling number. I think in this country people are catching on. There are people who buy that because they too share his disdain for liberal people. I share disdain for liberals ideas. I really don't give a bleep if you're a liberal or not. Let's talk about your ideas. I don't think liberals went to the reflecting pool with a big knife, walked down the middle of it to cut the bottom out of it and tear it ap. That didn't happen. But he's selling that he creates false realities that I think he believes. And he sells that to people he knows will buy it, because there you can imagine some guy and his wife watching TV somewhere in America, and he's selling this vandalism story. And Fox News is reporting the vandalism as though it is an actual thing. And they're saying to each other, the man and woman, those damn liberals, they even wreck their.

[Frank]

The.

[Chris Reavers]

The reflecting pool. No one wrecked the reflecting Pool except Trump and this guy who worked for via Control. So the reflecting pool got wrecked. It needs to be fixed. Vandals did not wreck the Reflecting Pool. And I watch days of Trump saying, well, he had vandals in there.

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[Chris Reavers]

Does. Do you believe vandals wrecked the reflecting pool? Kenny? Kenny, do you.

[Kenny Olson]

I couldn't give a. About any of this. Seriously. I have real serious issues.

[Chris Reavers]

I preface that.

[Kenny Olson]

I preface that Trump in the reflecting pool.

[Chris Reavers]

I preface that by saying.

[Kenny Olson]

And all of that.

[Chris Reavers]

That there are serious problems.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. I don't care about any of them.

[Chris Reavers]

But it's a great. It's a great example of him creating a false reality and asking you to believe it. John, do you think vandals destroyed the Reflecting Pool?

[John Haidt]

No.

[Chris Reavers]

Reavers.

[Joe Sushere]

I do not.

[Chris Reavers]

Do you?

[Joe Sushere]

I also kind of. With Kenny, I don't really.

[Chris Reavers]

I get it. It's fun to be that way. It's fun to say, I'm above that. And I don't worry about it. I'm not worried about the Reflecting pool, I grant you. Everything about you saying it's not that important. What is important is you're being led by a congenital liar. He's making this stuff up as he goes. He creates these false realities and he sustains the very hatred people out there might have and believe that.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, I can see a liberal went in there with a sword. Cut that thing apart. It's governed by about 30 military cameras.

[Joe Sushere]

I know we don't do whataboutism, but they're all the same. It's the same thing as Walls blaming Trump for fraud in this state.

[Chris Reavers]

Boy, I really have lost the room.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, but I'm just saying, Joe, they all lie.

[Chris Reavers]

That. That's not the point I was making. Jesus Christ. I'm praying.

[Kenny Olson]

I think the point we're making is that you're focused on something that doesn't really matter. And once again, you're biting on the horse book that he's sending out. He's the biggest troll in the history of the universe. I mean, this is. We're going to take over Canada. We're going to buy Greenland Or Iceland or whatever. It's going to be. The Gulf of Trump and all this other that you've concerned yourself with over the last year. It. To me, it means absolutely nothing. And I don't think I'm above it. I just don't care.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, and I think it means everything because you're being led by a liar. There's not a word he says that you can believe. Not one word.

[Kenny Olson]

And I would attribute that to every president we've had since. I don't know if.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay, fdr.

[John Haidt]

If we think Trump and the other presidents are comparable. Kenny, I couldn't disagree with you more in concerns of lying and misleading the public.

[Kenny Olson]

So you would rather you like Biden, huh?

[John Haidt]

I don't know how we'd come to that conclusion. From what I said, it sounds like a very silly argument and dumb as hell.

[Chris Reavers]

There is no way in the world for a sane, intelligent human being to find anything to defend about Trump.

[John Haidt]

Here's the problem. This is a useless conversation.

[Kenny Olson]

Useless defending.

[John Haidt]

Useless conversation. Always will be. It'll be useless conversation until there's a different president.

[Matthew]

But who is at fault? Is it President Trump or is it the media that's covering this? And you can't blink without there being a reflective.

[Chris Reavers]

Can I try to. And I'll be glad to move on because this didn't work.

[John Haidt]

Never will.

[Chris Reavers]

I guess not. The point I make. And when you have to say that, that means you fail to make your point. So I fail to make my point. My point is that it's quite evident to me that he creates for himself a false reality for his position. He lies and he believes the lies, and he has people who also believe the lies. And I don't know that the country is not better off for that.

[John Haidt]

I agree with Kenny in that, you know, the reflecting pool don't care. But he does this with every issue. Whether. Whether it's important.

[Chris Reavers]

Easy to understand.

[John Haidt]

Yeah. Whether it's important or not. He does it with.

[Chris Reavers]

He's doing it with Iran.

[John Haidt]

I was just gonna say he does it with Iran. And that affects people's lives directly.

[Chris Reavers]

I mean, yeah, but like dying and being flown home in a casket with an American flag on it. For what? Oh, they're gonna not have the nuclear bomb. The hell they won't. If they want it, they'll have it.

[John Haidt]

It's. It's a conversation, you know, that's. It's gonna be around forever, but you can't have it.

[Chris Reavers]

It's. It's.

[Joe Sushere]

You know, when you say, until we get a new President. I guess the point, and I don't wanna speak for you, but my point, and I don't wanna speak for, For Kenny is I don't think it's ever gonna matter who holds office. We're never gonna be fed the truth as an American public.

[Chris Reavers]

I disagree. Pick a past president. Name me any of them. Who you think would create a false reality about something as simply something so simple for people to observe and catch you lying about it. Who would have lied about the reflecting point?

[Kenny Olson]

Biden and his kid in the laptop?

[Chris Reavers]

I don't think so.

[Kenny Olson]

Really.

[Chris Reavers]

I don't think so.

[Kenny Olson]

Really.

[Chris Reavers]

I don't. I don't think Biden would try to sell a story about conservatives got in there with a knife and destroyed the reflecting pool. Now, I didn't vote for Biden. I think he's a. He was a career mediocre failure as president. But he's not going to go to a podium and say. Or he's not going to gather his obsequious factotum around him and say, isn't that right, Mike? That was vandalism, wasn't it? Oh, yes, sir.

[Joe Sushere]

You're right. Because what he would do is just get his talking points from George Soros and then he would just go up.

[Chris Reavers]

I don't think. I don't think. See, we've reached a point in this country where if I say I don't think Biden would have lied about a reflecting pool, I'm seen as a completely liberal communist.

[John Haidt]

And that's why it's not ever going

[Chris Reavers]

to matter what's wrong with people.

[John Haidt]

It's just not going to matter for.

[Matthew]

And this was all after your weekend stuff.

[Chris Reavers]

No, I believe all presidents have selectively lied and will continue to. That's a given. But we've never experienced a president who lies about such. About things that are so obviously easy to disprove. The grass is ruined around where he had the fight. It's ruined what should have been. You put bleachers on there and all that bs. You got to regrow the grass. He's blaming that on vandalism. It's so obvious. To prove that it's not vandalism. Why would he lie about things? So easy to catch him in the act of lying. You know why he doesn't think he's lying? He, in his destroyed brain, which never developed past the age of seven, he thinks that's true. He thinks some. You know what he thinks some corrupt Navy SEAL got in there with a sword and walked down the entire length of the pool. And it could happen, couldn't it? And he tore all that bottom off and now they're arresting people who dare touch it.

[Kenny Olson]

Is that the liner like Roy always talks about? Yes.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, they cut the liner with a sword.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. Anybody drive a lawnmower?

[Chris Reavers]

No one did that, Don. No one.

[Kenny Olson]

So what have we accomplished here in the last 20 minutes, Joe?

[Joe Sushere]

Welcome back, everybody.

[Chris Reavers]

I, I look it, I For five days now, you could have said, well, watch something else. Well, I'm a news junkie. And again, I passed my test. I said, if you were locked in a hospital for five days and all you had on TV was cnn, you would think the world had come to an end.

[Kenny Olson]

I wouldn't have it on. That's the difference between you and me.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, you would have watched a nature show or something.

[Joe Sushere]

You had the US Open on all weekend.

[Matthew]

Naked, in a phrase.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, for two days I had to watch US Open on an iPad because this outfit didn't have the Golf Channel. And then for Saturday and Sunday, I had it from 9am until she wrapped up.

[Kenny Olson]

I asked you a legitimate question and I want to know the answer. What have we accomplished? I'll answer it for you. We have accomplished further dividing the two tribes.

[John Haidt]

And all we've done, and it's never gonna change. That's the point.

[Kenny Olson]

John's right. It's not gonna change.

[Matthew]

Change.

[John Haidt]

It's not going to change.

[Chris Reavers]

I guess what I was attempting to do was to say to the G L ers who, who are disappointed in me because I just can't get behind this guy.

[John Haidt]

Careful.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm trying to explain to you why, just so all my enemies who still love Trump, you and me.

[Kenny Olson]

Me.

[Chris Reavers]

Let's pretend we're going to get together on this. Just explain to me how you can allow yourself to believe lies about something as obviously disprovable as the reflecting pool. Just explain it to me. And I guess if your explanation is, well, I don't care about that. That's the problem. You don't care.

[Kenny Olson]

That's what keeps me healthy. That's what keeps me from obsessing about this like you are.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, you keep using the word obsessing. You wouldn't believe the number of things I think about. I'm not obsessed about a reflecting pool. I brought it up because I thought it was an easy to understand example of a guy who lies so much he'll lie to your face about something. He'll say, this is a black piece of paper and he'll believe it.

[Kenny Olson]

And I'll, I'll not give A damn. And you'll be enraged.

[Chris Reavers]

No. I'll say, no, sir. That's a white piece of paper.

[Kenny Olson]

I won't even engage.

[Joe Sushere]

That's because you're racist.

[Kenny Olson]

See, I don't. I don't engage in that nonsense.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, I do.

[Kenny Olson]

Except here on GL.

[Frank]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

I was gonna say somebody's got to.

[Joe Sushere]

131 don't give a damn.

[Kenny Olson]

I know you do.

[Chris Reavers]

Somebody.

[Kenny Olson]

I guess we love you for it.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

But I think all we've done here is to widen the gap.

[John Haidt]

Yeah. And I agree. And of course, everybody, you know, at some point in this conversation got angry. Including me, which I hated.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, including the listeners, John. I mean, they're angry at me or they're angry at you.

[John Haidt]

You know, so. Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

Or.

[John Haidt]

Joe. They're all angry.

[Chris Reavers]

Joe.

[Kenny Olson]

That's. Maybe that's what Jill has become. Hate listening.

[Joe Sushere]

No.

[John Haidt]

Everyone.

[Joe Sushere]

Everyone loves.

[Matthew]

I feel like I'm Switzerland here. Yeah. I just want some chocolate and some

[Chris Reavers]

good goal, I guess.

[Matthew]

Switzerland.

[Chris Reavers]

I guess I'll be eternally puzzled. Why me saying this fellow lies to your face. Why? That's hateful.

[John Haidt]

Here's what I'm going to tell you, Joe. This was explained to me by somebody. I won't tell you who. But it's somebody we all know. You just have to go buy it. You. You can't. You think what you think, and that's. And that's fine. But you're not going to convince the people that think the other way. That's no matter what.

[Kenny Olson]

Absolutely.

[Frank]

And.

[Chris Reavers]

And so there are people that I'm talking to who are perfectly comfortable with believing that vandals destroy.

[John Haidt]

Oh, yes.

[Chris Reavers]

His effort to restore the reflection.

[John Haidt]

Guaranteed. Guaranteed.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't believe him. I don't care what he says.

[Chris Reavers]

We know you don't care. Why don't you stay out of the conversation for a minute?

[Kenny Olson]

All right, I will. That's really good advice. Thank you.

[Matthew]

The January Sixers. They're storming the castle. Those are the people.

[Chris Reavers]

That was another lie.

[Matthew]

Because I don't. I. As a. I saw the film.

[Chris Reavers]

Here, let me just wrap it up with this.

[John Haidt]

Way to go, rook.

[Chris Reavers]

If you're comfortable disbelieving your own eyes and ears. God love you. Two plus two is five. And you're right. Just go buy it.

[Joe Sushere]

So all the people that storm that were hired by Pelosi. Got it.

[Kenny Olson]

Wait a minute.

[Chris Reavers]

Who won here?

[Kenny Olson]

I think Joe did. Are we gonna give this one a victory to Joe?

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Kenny Olson]

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[Chris Reavers]

Let's go to John Haidt.

[John Haidt]

Thank you, Joe. This news is brought to you by North American Banking Company. The chief Judge for Minnesota's Federal Court district has nullified six U.S. department of justice subpoenas targeting the state during Operation Metro Surge, calling the government's efforts in abuse of the grand jury process. U.S. district Court Judge Patrick Schiltz, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote in his order unsealed yesterday that there was, quote, overwhelming evidence. The subpoenas issued by DOJ were issued for unlawful reasons, including to coerce Minnesota into helping ICE agents and harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so, unquote. The subpoenas called for Governor Walls, Attorney General Keith Ellison and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the Hennepin and Ramsey county boards to produce records relating to immigration laws dating back to January 1, 2025, about a year before federal immigration agents came into the state. During Operation Metro surge, more than 3,000 Homeland Security agents arrived in Minnesota, making it the agency's largest single operation ever. In mid January, the DOJ filed the subpoenas, which Shiltz called extremely broad and seeking records related to federal immigration enforcement. Four days later, then Attorney General Pam Bondi sent the governor a letter demanding records and the repeal of sanctuary policies to end the ICE surge. Update to a story from yesterday the Anoka, Hennepin School Board approved its new budget with cuts as families continue to push for a tax levy vote. The board approved the 2026-27 budget last night. It includes program cuts and job losses. A grassroots group, including many school families has pushed for a vote of the public on whether to increase taxes to avoid those cuts. But the district says state law does not allow residents to initiate ballot referendums related to the school operating levy.

[Chris Reavers]

Tax paying citizens are continually victimized by the failure of public entities to hire competent people to do budgeting. Wow.

[John Haidt]

There you go.

[Chris Reavers]

Thank you. I just made it up.

[Frank]

Okay.

[John Haidt]

Community members said they collected more than 3,000 3,000 signatures in a petition aimed at forcing a November ballot referendum, stating their intention to file the petition with the school board last night, maintaining legal advice contradicts that of the school district. However, state law says citizens could force a vote if the school board had proposed the tax increase and residents wanted to challenge it, but that did not happen in this case, so citizens cannot force a vote on their own tax proposal under state law. A district spokesperson said it's unknown whether board members ever plan to consider the request, adding that in the event of a ballot referendum this November to approve additional funding for schools, those funds would not be available anyway until next school year. 2027, 2028 Hard decisions surrounding programs, services, workers and property taxes lie ahead for Minneapolis leaders as the city faces a substantial budget gap. And Mayor Jacob Fry told our friends down at 5 EyeWitness News it's his most significant budget that he'll set yet. As it sits now, the city's staffing and services far outweigh its expected revenue. The current budget gap between 28 and $33 million.

[Chris Reavers]

You mean he had a budget problem? Correct. We never see a competent budgeting process

[John Haidt]

with only a few days to address that. The mayor says residents and their own budgets are top of mind. He said we're undergoing a whole lot of work to keep down property taxes as much as we possibly can. If property taxes continue to rise every single year in dramatic form, he says people can get priced out of their homes.

[Chris Reavers]

Really.

[John Haidt]

So it's on us to do everything possible to provide efficiencies. He says that means going through with a fine tooth comb looking at every department. Where are there efficiencies that can be gained? Where are there programs that are duplicative?

[Chris Reavers]

Why don't you do that before you make the budget?

[John Haidt]

The mayor adds core functions addressing public safety, housing and economic development will be a focus as he shapes his budget. He'll present his budget to the City Council in August and from there they'll make final determinations that will include months of deliberations and public input opportunities.

[Chris Reavers]

There's never been a budgeting problem in the county of Gumption or the City of Garage Logic.

[John Haidt]

Three people injured after a shooting in north Minneapolis last night. Minneapolis police says that say. Says Minneapolis Police Department says that just before 8. 20 officers responding to the report of the shooting on the 1600 block block of Gerard Avenue North. Authorities found a man with non life threatening gunshot wounds outside a vehicle and a woman in the vehicle with at least one non life threatening gunshot wound. Both were brought to the hospital for their injuries. Police were notified a third person was injured. Found a man hiding in his shed on the 1500 block of Gerard Avenue north was also brought to the hospital with non life threatening gunshot wounds. MPD says they're working to try to figure out what led up to the shooting. How the three people are connected to each other and no arrests have been made at this.

[Chris Reavers]

To the woods or the shed.

[Kenny Olson]

Isn't it?

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

As. As a. As a person that had a lady living in my shed for a short amount of time. I. I can understand it's not a good hiding place.

[John Haidt]

Why don't we take a quick break here and we'll be back with more news after we hear from the mayor.

[Chris Reavers]

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[Matthew]

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[Chris Reavers]

The earth is not your mother. The Joe Sugiray show.

[Kenny Olson]

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[John Haidt]

kenny and national and international news. Vice President Vance said last night at RA Iran would allow nuclear inspectors to return to the country after what he called a very, very good first day of U. S Iran negotiations in Switzerland. However, Iran's Foreign Ministry said real negotiations on the nuclear issue haven't even started yet. Mediators said the two sides agreed to establish a line of communication to avoid incidents and miscommunication in the Strait of Hormuz to help ensure safe transit for commercial vessels. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has told senators it needs about $80 billion, mostly to cover the cost of the US war against Iran, adding to what is already a sizable military spending boost being sought by the President. The White House Office of Management and Budget has yet to make a formal request, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill, including last night big sell off again of tech stocks on Wall street today. Both the Nasdaq and the S and P down happened yesterday too. Among the tech that is being sold Space x the share see sawing in premarket trading today after a $400 billion sell off yesterday. The space and AI company saw huge gains after their record breaking IPO on June 12, briefly surpassing Amazon and Microsoft in market capitalization before falling back to below both as sentiment cooled. The companies hired by the state of Florida to operate the immigration facility there known as Alligator Alcatraz, were notified yesterday to begin full demobilization of the facility quietly, bringing an embarrassing close to a $1.2 billion experiment that had once been hailed by Governor DeSantis and President Trump as a model. Other states should pursue the final few detainees left the facility last week. Federal and state officials at the time said it was due to safety concerns, but now they've decided to close it. The closure will cost the state lots of money. Each vendor at Alligator Alcatraz has a demobilization clause built into their contract. By invoking that clause, the state has triggered two key components to those contracts. First, it allows the companies to charge the state a demobilization fee, and that will run into the tens of millions of dollars. According to the state, Two former stalwarts of the MAGA movement have decided to they're done. Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's done with the Republican Party, which she said has turned into the America Last party. Her comments came right after right wing commenter and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he's done with Republicans after voting Republican his whole life. Carlson called the GOP immoral and said it's not loyal to the United States. Greene agreed, saying Tucker's not the only one who's done supporting the Republican Party party. Like Carlson. Green said she won't be joining the Democratic Party though. It's happened again, this time in Kentucky. You guys will remember two people were arrested last week after a detective found a bag labeled Definitely not a bag full of drugs.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

What?

[John Haidt]

We had that last year also someplace in the South.

[Kenny Olson]

Really?

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

I don't remember that.

[John Haidt]

This was the new one as was the first time one definitely a bag full of drugs. What kind?

[Kenny Olson]

Good stuff.

[John Haidt]

Laurel County Sheriff's Office said a detective found a suspicious vehicle parked in an employee area of a local business. When the detective spoke with a man and woman inside the car, he noticed a plastic bag, just a normal bag that contained suspected narcotics. He then found the second bag that was labeled Definitely not a bag full of drugs inside the vehicle. And yes, there were more suspected narcotics inside that bag. Officials said 51 year old Tricia Crowley gave the detective a false ID card belonging to someone else. A check of Crowley's true identity showed she had an outstanding warrant. 48 year old Damone Bennett was also in the vehicle. The detective found that Bennett had outstanding warrants. Both were arrested, taken to the Laurel County Corrections Center.

[Kenny Olson]

I think our what is the university we have Joe for the criminally incompetent.

[Chris Reavers]

A Gumption County Institute for the Criminally incompetent.

[Kenny Olson]

Exactly. I think to get that off the ground and up and rolling we should have a TV commercial just like that insurance guy who tries to stop you from acting like your parents.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

And it'll be a guy kind of like that saying, now don't. Don't write that on your bag.

[Chris Reavers]

Exactly.

[Kenny Olson]

Don't keep your stash. Don't smoke while you're driving.

[Chris Reavers]

Right.

[Kenny Olson]

Go to speed limit.

[Chris Reavers]

Make sure your blinkers are off.

[Kenny Olson]

If you're gonna break into a building or a business via the roof, make sure you're actually on the roof and not the overhang.

[Chris Reavers]

That's my favorite. The kids in Iowa who said we got this one jumped through and ended up in the sidewalk out front.

[Kenny Olson]

Think of the commercials we could create. So much fun.

[John Haidt]

Great media news for the National Basketball Association. The final drew the biggest numbers in years for the league. According to Nielsen, the New York Knicks victory in Game 5 drew 24.5 million viewers. That game, which aired on June 13, peaked at 33 million viewers late in the telecast. That's the most watched NBA Finals game five since 1998 when Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz. The Knicks spurs finals averaged about 20.6 million viewers across all five games. That's double the average of last year's finals in which Oklahoma City defeated the Indiana Pacers playoffs. Also good news for the NHL Stanley cup playoffs this spring were the most watched on record in the United States with an average of 1.8 million viewers.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh my God, that's it. The NBA is 25 million and the NHL is 2 million.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, but that's always. Apparently that's always been the case because the previous record record 1996, 1.56 million.

[Chris Reavers]

Good Lord.

[John Haidt]

So it's always been. Although they haven't really had as many networks covering them as the end.

[Chris Reavers]

Of course not. No. Exactly.

[John Haidt]

Yeah. The biggest TV audience total in the finals for the NHL championship round since 2019. Pickleball rage. Who's picking unpickable yesterday? Oh, it's Patrick.

[Matthew]

Okay.

[John Haidt]

During a post game dispute between pickleball players, a Florida woman repeatedly hit a male victim in the head with her paddle, leaving, leaving him bloodied and with an injury to his face. According to Investigators, it happened May 31st at a pickleball court in Treaty park in St. Augustine, a city about 40 miles from Jacksonville. It's resulted in the filing of a felony case against Michelle Banister, a 47 year old nurse. According to court records, during one doubles game that Sunday, a dispute arose between players upon the retrieval of a ball. Upon completion of the match, 50 year old Ron Bennett went to speak with the defendant's son regarding critique of his playing style. Benat is a devoted pickleball player and a member of the St. Augustine Pickleball Group on Facebook. Police say that during the course of the beef between Bennett and her son, Bannister interjected herself into the argument, hit the victim in the head with the pickleball pass. When cops responded to the courts, Bannister alleged allegedly provided them with a fake name. She's a licensed nurse practitioner who lives two miles from Treaty Park. She said she was just protecting her son, but witnesses say there was no altercation happening to protect him from. Bannister has a master's degree from the University of Alabama. Prior to her nursing career, served in the Marine Corps as a helicopter mechanic. An online bio describes her as an active mom who participates in many sports reports. After being arrested, Bannister was named in a July 11th. June 11th. Excuse me. Felony information charging her with aggravated battery and providing cops with that false name. She has a hearing.

[Chris Reavers]

Let me guess. Pat's objection. The noise of the ball and racket.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh,

[Matthew]

he was. His main objection was them bringing different rackets. Like they need 4. The preciousness of it.

[Joe Sushere]

The preciousness of it.

[Chris Reavers]

It's a hell of a loud sport.

[Kenny Olson]

Do you guys. Are you familiar with the kind of a. It's a new sport called slap fighting where two contestants face each other.

[Matthew]

Why is this.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay, I disapprove.

[Kenny Olson]

Here's my idea. Pickleball, slap fight, slash. You put them together. Or corn. What is the cornhole thing?

[Frank]

Cornhole?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, Cornhole slap fight. Where Some. Some. If you miss a corn, you get. You have to be slapped.

[Matthew]

Oh, that's.

[Kenny Olson]

And somehow you have to figure slapping into the pickleball nonsense.

[Matthew]

That would increase the accuracy of the game, I think, make it interesting. Yes,

[Chris Reavers]

John, thank you.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, sure. Okay.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, I didn't know where John was, so.

[Matthew]

He's over there.

[Chris Reavers]

He's right here. I. I didn't mean that.

[Joe Sushere]

How many fingers is he holding up?

[Kenny Olson]

You're at work, Joe. Everything's fine.

[Chris Reavers]

Too many times I was asked that at. Over the past five days. You know where you're at? Where are you? I said, I have. You mean that existentially or.

[Matthew]

What year is it?

[Kenny Olson]

Well, I got in the pool.

[Chris Reavers]

I was playing golf one time with a kid who was pretty funny, and I said, do you know where you are? Meaning his ball. Do you know where you are? He said, give me a minute,

[Kenny Olson]

It'll come to me.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah. All right. Thank you.

[Joe Sushere]

The. The.

[Frank]

The.

[Chris Reavers]

The.

[Joe Sushere]

The shower situation, that was all good. At the. At the old hospital.

[Chris Reavers]

It was different. It's different.

[Matthew]

Did you get that white stool? That. That plain Jane white stool? You had to sit on or were

[Joe Sushere]

they the one they as seen on tv?

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

Or did they have. Didn't have enough faith in you because they had to have a back to it as well? Got the little hole in the middle. Love it there. You gotta.

[Kenny Olson]

And then. Doesn't it get sticky? Doesn't your skin kind of.

[Matthew]

You never really feel clean, do you?

[Chris Reavers]

A towel was laid on the bench. Sure. You know, just one.

[Joe Sushere]

One towel. Nice big beach towel.

[Kenny Olson]

And did she remain clothed in there with you or.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm your nurse, Linda. It was a guy. It was a guy.

[Matthew]

Oh, it's a fella. He requested a guy.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, I can see that.

[Frank]

That you've always.

[Kenny Olson]

He's always been liberal in that regard.

[Matthew]

Hey, Frank. How you doing? How about that pool?

[Kenny Olson]

You think they're liberal?

[Matthew]

Got the thing with the stone.

[Chris Reavers]

If I had to ride a bike today. Yeah, It'd have to be an electric bike.

[Matthew]

I'd go three wheels, too, because there's

[Chris Reavers]

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[Matthew]

Yep,

[Chris Reavers]

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

[Matthew]

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[Chris Reavers]

Here is your latest Ilhan Omar report on Garagelogic. Ilhan is now. She's our congressional representative representing the 5th congressional district. She now claims her husband earned 200 bucks last year.

[Matthew]

I saw that.

[Chris Reavers]

Hell, we're doing a podcast and we're doing better than that.

[Matthew]

Hey, what business Is he in?

[Chris Reavers]

200 bucks from his two worthless companies. This contradicts his own accountants who wrote that in 2025 the companies were worth millions of dollars. She can't keep her story straight, said Paul Kamenar of the National Legal and Policy center, which filed a formal complaint last year about Omar's financial reporting. There needs to be a full audit to straighten this out. Now, I presume we need the audit to establish legality of various claims. Right? I mean, in other words, does she owe anybody an audit or her? She does. She's a congresswoman. Yeah. So I looked up, you know me, I've been checking I looked up to see if the Sahan Journal, which I used to think more highly of, has done anything about Omar and her preposterous financial claims. And again, I looked it up today. The most recent mention of ILHAN Omar was May 16, when she was credited with some funding money she got through Congress to allow the local Afghan Cultural Society, which I didn't know we had one. The Afghan Cultural Society, which is. I'm getting one hell of a cartoon bubble.

[Matthew]

I've seen blankets.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah. The Afghan Cultural Society was able to purchase a new building as a result of funding that Ilhan had a hand in. In creating. So that's today's Ilhan Omar update. But, boy, she. I anticipate she gotta be dumping that guy at any minute.

[Matthew]

Yeah. That's not enough to live on, is it?

[Chris Reavers]

200 bucks. I'd say he failed.

[Matthew]

I'd say, hey, Reggie, are you going to work here today or.

[Chris Reavers]

What's going on? Why are you telling me this is worth millions? I just bought some shoes and a new bag, and you can't even cover 200 bucks.

[Matthew]

The winery is not doing as good as we thought. As well as we thought.

[Chris Reavers]

And I have this note.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, let's do the numbers here, because I. I went down further in the story in his time. Let me just get rid of this.

[Chris Reavers]

He's been all over the map.

[Kenny Olson]

Omar said in her latest disclosure that both firms were worth zero to her husband. We covered that in 2025, a claim that's incongruent with a 2025 email obtained by the Wall Street Journal in April, which shows Minet's accountant had valued rose Lake at 7.9 million and something called S Crew LLC at 1.5 million. He owns about a third of the firms. The Journal said so. Yeah, those are some.

[Chris Reavers]

Is he done with the wine business?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, evidently he's done with all of those.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, has Hilmar ever been at, like, Surdix or anything? Doing a wine tasting?

[Joe Sushere]

Here's the reason why it was so easy and convenient for him to get out of the wine business. The flipping wine business never existed.

[Matthew]

Oh, it's easier to leave.

[Kenny Olson]

Getting rid of inventory, not a problem.

[Joe Sushere]

Remember the story of the person that went. It was. I forget what city in California they went to.

[Frank]

Not.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, there's nothing here.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, that seems familiar, Chris.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Where else have we seen that?

[Joe Sushere]

It was just some storefront. They might have put. They might as well put Quality Leering center on the. On the front of it.

[John Haidt]

Exactly.

[Chris Reavers]

Quality Leering Center. Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

Only they Forgot the end.

[Chris Reavers]

Only because they come to us all the way from flipping Marlith park and South Africa. From the traveling lineman. You can follow them@worldwide waftage.com was on this day, June 23rd in 1870, Adolph O. Eberhardt was born in Sweden. He became Minnesota's 17th governor upon the death of John A. Johnson in 1909 and was elected to the office in 1910. During his tenure he signed a law to what now signed into law. Signed into law a direct primary bill. He died on December 6, 1844. So that would have made him 74 years old. I did that math right off. Pretty good. On this day, June 23rd in 1911, Duluth celebrated its first Svenskarnas Dag the

[Joe Sushere]

old Car Levin, meteorologist.

[Chris Reavers]

The Swedish Midsummer festival with a parade, music and speeches. St. Paul followed suit in 1933 to bring together its own residents of Swedish descent. You know, for ages I've remembered, doesn't that get covered every year at Minnehaha park svenskarnerstadt days? Or have we given that up because these people are waiting? Too white?

[Matthew]

No, I think. I think they still celebrate that

[Chris Reavers]

on this day.

[Joe Sushere]

Joe. Today is June 23rd.

[Chris Reavers]

In 1927, Captain Gerhard Fulgaro and his 42 foot Viking ship Leif Ericson sailed into Duluth, completing a voyage from Norway. The ship was later displayed in a Duluth park. Let's just back this up. In 1927, this guy sailed a 42 foot tub over here from Duluth. That's from Norway. Okay, that's pretty good. Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

And years later, didn't we go, someone went that way. They built a ship in Duluth. Maybe.

[Chris Reavers]

Maybe.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, that's where the ship goes.

[Matthew]

Like a rep. A replica.

[John Haidt]

Toodaloop.

[Chris Reavers]

On this day, June 23rd. On this June 23rd in 1975, the Discoverer, a Danish passenger ship, called it Duluth. No international passenger ships would return to Minnesota for 22 years. Really? That used to be common in the 20s and 30s. There were great liners that traversed the Great Lakes. And you put the kids in little sailor suits and mom and dad and go to the restaurant. Sure, you know the whole deal.

[Kenny Olson]

In 1982, a 76 foot replica named successfully sailed from Duluth to Norway.

[Chris Reavers]

I'll be damned. 1982, were we talking on the air about this state? Was it you, Kenny? You brought up this state? We don't make enough of what Jerry Spiess accomplished. I don't remember. We had.

[Matthew]

He came up two weeks ago. It was the anniversary of his voyage.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, this state has ignored Jerry speech. The Guy did what no other human has done.

[Matthew]

I think at the time, he got quite a bit.

[Chris Reavers]

I want more.

[Joe Sushere]

Oh, I think I'm not satisfied with that.

[Kenny Olson]

I've been mostly irritated with the treatment of Sibley by the uneducated.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, yeah, the uneducated. Your problem.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, exactly.

[Chris Reavers]

On this day in sports, Sports, disappointment history.

[Joe Sushere]

Joe, who did we lose to on June 23, 1961?

[Chris Reavers]

Related. That's right. On this day, June 23, the twins fired Cookie La and replaced him with. Who? What?

[Joe Sushere]

What year? I'm sorry?

[John Haidt]

Sam Mealy.

[Chris Reavers]

Sam Melee.

[Kenny Olson]

Wait a second. Second.

[Chris Reavers]

Cookie.

[Kenny Olson]

What?

[Chris Reavers]

Cookie Lava Jetto didn't.

[Kenny Olson]

I think Tony took him out on his boat one night.

[Matthew]

He did.

[Chris Reavers]

Wait a minute. When the twins arrived here, was Cookie the manager? Must have been.

[John Haidt]

He must have been.

[Chris Reavers]

I always thought it was Sam. No, no, it wasn't Sam.

[Matthew]

He would have been the senator's manager. And then they moved here, I guess.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, he was 57. He was made the senator's manager and he stayed until Melee replaced him. Replaced him with the twins there.

[Chris Reavers]

When did we lose Cookie?

[John Haidt]

Cookie died in his sleep in orinda, California in 1990 at the age of 77.

[Frank]

Wow.

[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Sushere]

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[Matthew]

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[Joe Sushere]

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[Matthew]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Sushere]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Sushere]

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Sushere]

And you can also see full segments. There's video shorts, there's behind the scenes footage. It's all there for you. Just search garagelogic. That's two words on YouTube along with all of our social channels, Facebook, Instagram and X. And sign up for the Daily Logician. It's an email comes right to your inbox every single day. And it includes the most recent episode of the podcast. Find out more and sign up [e-mail] it is time once again that we check in with our guy, Mr. Money Talk. Josh Arnold is with us once again right here in garagelogic. And now is the time for you to do the same. So do not delay. Do exactly what I 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 is there for you for that. Free. Yep, 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 Garage Logic. And boy Josh, was that another down day with the Nasdaq.

[Frank]

Another down day for the Nasdaq as a Nasdaq as we speak is down 405 points. Some of the market technicians will say oh we're approaching 25,000 on the NASDAQ and if it goes below that, look out below Nasdaq Check the chips and the memory chip makers which have been on a tear as demand exceeds supply. For the memory chip makers that includes Micron, Sandisk, Seagate, Western Digital, SK Hynix, which became the largest company by market capitalization on the Korean stock market have been on fuego up until the last few days. Micron does report their earnings tomorrow. So everybody is going to be watching those numbers and what the projections are going forward and that could cause a reversal in the stock on Thursday and Friday if the projections are way better than expected because expectations for Micron and some of the other storage and memory stocks are way out of line to where they traditionally have been. So if expectations are high and those expectations are not met, and that is some of the fear that's going on right now with these stocks as people who have bought these stocks significantly lower are reducing their positions and reducing their positions quite rapidly after some very big run. Who would have thought that Micron over the last two years would go from a hundred dollars a share to $1,000 a share? Certainly not me based on we'll say the fundamentals of the company and the company's business. But there it is. And when there's limited, not only limited supply, supply of product but also limited supply of stock, you've got more buyers and sellers. Not to mention somebody's always shorting the stock betting it's going to come down and those shorts have got the COVID plus option activity going on. There's a lot of movement both on the upside and on the downside with those, with those stock. The I'll say the sell off today and chip continues to sell off started yesterday, maybe even a little last week and then went around the world with Cosby. The Korean market which is dominated primarily by Samsung and SK Hynix coming down 8,8% as a market. So not only were the futures down but the opening was down but did say has since gotten a little, a little better in, in the Nasdaq favorite name names like Apple which continue to pound the table on and I can give you both the negative and the positive. Apple was positive we'll say right from the get go and is just hanging right around $300 a share still below it. It's high of a few weeks ago but has definitely bounced up after the worldwide development conference at the beginning of the month. Apple has got an awful lot of I'll say numerous catalysts going going forward and in my mind is still, is still we'll say undervalued based on I'll say based on, on products, cash flow and we'll say and projections going forward. Apple is still, we'll say still is authorized, you know, share buybacks which are beneficial of course to shareholders though many shareholders still like to have have dividends rather than share buybacks. Amazon has had a little bit of a rebound. Amazon, Microsoft and Meta all went down yesterday on Google set off, set off or to the Alphabet or Google's sell off. Google was still down significantly this morning though it has come back a little bit. Google's down on worries about losing some high priced talent in artificial intelligence to both open AI and anthropic as well as the amount of money that they're going to continue to spend. The fall off I'll say the fallout from Google has affected Amazon, Microsoft and Meta considering considered the big hyperscalers and the big spenders on artificial intelligence. Microsoft though today did get a or did get a boost up on the back of an upgrade for IBM which was one of the big win winners today in the Dow. Yesterday's big win, Caterpillar, which went up on Chevron's deal to provide natural gas to a Microsoft data center in Texas retreated almost as much as it went up. But the Dow is actually holding up much better we'll say on the backs of Microsoft jumping, IBM jumping and positive results from both Apple and Amazon. And speaking of Amazon, today starts prime day so for the next four days you can yet we'll say extra discounts on stuff at prime day and it's JP Morgan came out with a very interesting note on prime on the value of prime which I have always talked about as one of the bigger bargains in shopping. Prime membership right now costs $139 a year. JP Morgan estimates that the value of that prime membership, if you pick it apart for all the things that you get with that prime membership, you know, extra discounts on shopping, faster delivery times, movies, entertainment, sports, etc. Breaking that apart, JP Morgan estimates that the $139 a year that you pay for the prime membership is worth 10 times that amount? Well, my sentiments exactly. And as I've said before, each time that Amazon has raised the cost of Prime, I said, heck, I would pay up to $500 a year for this service on an annual basis. Heck of a deal.

[Joe Sushere]

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

[Frank]

Look forward to it. Thanks, Chris.