SCRAMBLE: So many aspects of the gold medal winning hockey game help us believe that we might not be doomed after all........

Summary

Garage Logic: “SCRAMBLE: So many aspects of the gold medal winning hockey game help us believe that we might not be doomed after all...” (Feb 25, 2026)

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Episode Overview

This lively episode of the Weekly Scramble, hosted by Chris Reivers with sidekick Mike Fratelloni and frequent voice Sean Farage, revolves around a renewed sense of hope in America, sparked by the U.S. men’s and women’s hockey teams both capturing Olympic gold—particularly with a dramatic win over Canada. Through humor, storytelling, and classic ‘Garage Logic’ common sense, the crew breaks down why this sporting event felt so meaningful, and how these rare moments unite and uplift. The conversation segues into personal anecdotes, social observations, and some political satire, sticking true to the Garage Logic ethos of blending sports, community, and grumpy realism.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Good: USA Olympic Hockey Gold (01:35–27:40)

• Dramatic Gold Medal Game Recap ([01:49–16:39])

  • Chris and Mike recount watching the men’s gold medal game—a 7am U.S.-Canada matchup, described as a “script you couldn’t write better” going into overtime.
  • Chris admits skipping his son’s basketball game to watch hockey, emphasizing the rare, can’t-miss nature: “I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.” (03:33)
  • Parallel is drawn to the historic “Miracle on Ice,” noting this felt like “what the Miracle on Ice did for hockey back in 80.” (04:00, Mike)
  • Mike describes catching the action at a packed breakfast bar: “The vibe was electric.” (06:22), and highlights gracious strangers inviting him to join their table.

• Iconic Moments & Symbolism

  • The conversation zeroes in on Jack Hughes’ gritty display—playing through broken, bloodied teeth, draped in the flag. Chris calls it “one of the most iconic photos in sports history.” ([07:08])
  • Discussion covers the strong performance of Canadian and American teams, the NHL “brotherhood,” and surprise at how Canada doesn’t always win:
    • Mike: “We should be winning more gold medals in hockey. Is that weird to say?” (07:49)
    • Chris: “Canada has such a longer and deeper rooted history in the sport...That’s why it made it such a historic win, is the fact we beat them at their own game. It’s the only thing Canada’s good at.” (08:31)

• USA Hockey’s Youth Surge

  • A prescient 2011 tweet is surfaced (by Craig Custance) predicting U.S. hockey’s future success thanks to growing youth participation numbers—“USA Hockey’s eight and under membership has reached 100,000 for the first time ever.” (09:43)
  • Chris: “The fact that this guy freaking called it.” (09:55)

• Social Media & National Pride

  • Mike and Chris revel in memes, Twitter commentary (“inject everything—this is so great”), and the cement-head Tkachuk brothers [10:19].
  • Emotional highlights: the players celebrating with the late Johnny Goudreau’s widow and kids on the ice. Chris admits: “I lost it. I was sobbing.” (11:15)

• The Women’s Win

  • Mike notes the women’s overtime win over Canada was “really, really special,” paralleling the men’s triumph. (11:57)
  • Both teams’ efforts are hailed as a bright spot in tough times.

• Political Satire: The “Trump” Call

  • Sean Farage delivers a pitch-perfect Trump impersonation congratulating Team USA, blending mock bravado with biting jokes (“We’re going to tariff Canada's silver medals at 25%...First we took your sport, next we may take your country.”) ([13:41–15:28])
  • Chris: “If you were to not see the video and just hear it...I 100% believe that is a speech Donald Trump will give tonight.” (15:35–15:57)

• Postgame Antics & Symbolism ([19:09–24:06])

  • Praise for Hellebuyck’s goaltending (“What a great game…unbelievable save”), and the sense of joy, unity, and nostalgia the victory offered.
  • Mike puzzles over why the winning team was drinking Corona (leading to a sidebar about Jewish dietary laws and Corona being kosher—“How cool is that?” [20:55])
  • Fun back-and-forth about the legendary Hughes hockey family and their genetics: “Mama Hughes, what’s up?” (22:05)

• Bittersweet Silver: Canada’s Reaction

  • Mike: “If you would’ve said to any team besides Canada, you’re gonna leave with the silver medal…Canada, USA, those are the only two teams that would’ve been pissed, right?” (23:34)
  • Jokes about trying to buy an Olympic gold medal online—“I too have a gold medal!” (24:26)

2. Rays of Hope in Daily Life ([27:43–30:30])

• Pride in Family Values

  • Mike shares a personal story about his daughter confidently wearing her Ash Wednesday cross at work, undaunted by confusion or judgment, marking it as another “ray of hope.” (28:48–29:28)

• Travel Anxiety

  • The pair debate whether Mike’s family should stick to their Puerto Vallarta spring break plans amid safety concerns. Chris is adamant: “Mike, the answer is no.” (30:13, 30:56)
  • Alternatives proposed, like a Florida road trip, segueing into a comedic tangent about driving “downhill all the way” given the Mississippi’s elevation. (34:40–37:00)

3. The Bad & The Ugly: Social & Political Rants ([37:11–44:41])

• Rant on “Nonsense Land”

  • Chris and Mike unload on current U.S. political controversies—New York’s snow shoveling job requiring multiple IDs vs. relaxed voting requirements, controversy over free pre-K for undocumented immigrants, and Virginia’s head-scratching gun legislation.
  • Mike: “Why did we get here? What led us down this path to get to nonsense land? Because that’s where we’re at.” (44:09)
  • They mock politicians' patronizing attitudes, especially toward minorities, and lament “utter nonsense hypocrisy.” (44:21)

• Notable Satirical Moment

  • In response to hearing a Spanish-language ad for NYC free childcare, Mike says: “I understood the word gratis. It means no charge.” (41:56)
  • Discussion about systems being gamed, political pandering, and government overreach.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the hockey win’s emotional power:

  • Chris: “Everything about [the men’s final]...was almost as if, Michael, we just got to have a moment of brevity. Just one moment where we didn’t have to worry about who hates who, who's mad at who. We just got to be a country for free two and a half freaking hours.” (19:37)

• On Jack Hughes:

  • Chris: “The photo of him smiling with blood dripping off of his gums, a tooth and a half missing and a third one chipped and the American flag draped over his shoulders…I think that will become one of the most iconic photos in sports history.” (07:08)

• Satirical “Trump” call:

  • Sean Farage (as Trump): “But our team won. You look at it, Canada's French came out at the wrong time. You never want to go full French because once you do it means you're going to lose. And that's what happened to Canada. Poor snow, Mexico...First we took your sport. Next we may take your country if we want to do that.” (13:41–15:28)

• On family pride:

  • Mike: “She was confident enough in herself to say, nope, I’m Catholic. It’s Ash Wednesday. They put this on my head for a reason, and I’m gonna represent for the whole day. And I thought that was pretty damn special.” (29:28)

• On “nonsense land”:

  • Chris: “What led us down this path to get to nonsense land? Because that’s where we’re at.” (44:09)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:49–16:39]: Deep-dive into the gold medal hockey game, postgame celebrations, social media culture
• [13:41–15:28]: Sean Farage’s Trump congratulatory call parody
• [16:39–19:09]: Postgame bar stories, vibes, and discussion of hockey’s deeper meaning
• [20:24–21:44]: Jewish heritage of Hughes family & kosher beer tangent
• [22:05–23:16]: Hughes family, Olympic genetic “dynasties”
• [27:43–30:30]: “Rays of hope” in family, faith, and everyday life
• [37:11–44:41]: Political rant: hypocrisy, NYC policies, and absurd policies across the country

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Tone & Language

• True to Garage Logic’s down-to-earth, neighborly Minnesotan tone—lots of playful ribbing, incredulous common sense, and spontaneous humor
• Language is casual, witty (“snow Mexico!”), and loaded with asides, self-deprecating stories, and on-the-fly rants
• The episode easily blends sports nostalgia with everyday life and satire, making it engaging for listeners whether or not they watched the hockey game

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Conclusion

If you missed this episode, you missed a cathartic celebration of American resilience and togetherness—delivered with classic GL irreverence—and a reminder that, now and then, sports can transcend the “bad and the ugly” to give us all a reason to cheer.

Transcript

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[Chris Reivers]

And here we go.

[Mike Fratelloni]

This is the weekly scramble, a place where we chat about life over a

[Sean Farage]

cold one or two. It's time to belly up to the

[Mike Fratelloni]

pod with Mike Fratelloni and your host, Chris. Chris Reavers.

[Chris Reivers]

That's right. It's time for the weekly scramble podcast. My name is Chris Reivers. With me as always, his name is Mike Fratelloni. Hello, Michael.

[Mike Fratelloni]

How you doing, Reivers?

[Chris Reivers]

I'm doing well. I think what we're gonna do for this particular episode, I'm gonna steal a phrase from my good friend, Mr. Money Talk, Josh Arnold. Today's episode is gonna be titled the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Nice.

[Chris Reivers]

I wanna start with the good, though. I assume you, like most of America, took in the 7am puck drop of the United States over Canada, winning their first gold medal in 46 years. Correct.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That was so cool.

[Chris Reivers]

Here's so many facets of this game I absolutely loved. First of all, 7:00am let's go. Yeah.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Let's get it done.

[Chris Reivers]

Championship game at 7 in the morning. Oh, my God. Bring it on.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It was cool.

[Chris Reivers]

And so, in fact, what was funny is I was telling you this before the show started. So my oldest son had a basketball tournament this week on Sunday at Lakeville South High School, and their first game was 8 in the morning. And he got a ride to the game and I said, I'm not going to that one.

[Sean Farage]

No, skip it.

[Chris Reivers]

I have been to. And this is. No, he does. You make every game, travel ball and school ball. And I had not missed a game all year. No, I take that back.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You're not coaching. You're just a spectator.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm just a dad. I take that back. I missed one school and that's because there it was a snow day and they were way down in like St. Peter.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You can't do anything.

[Chris Reivers]

And it was at 4 o'.

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[Chris Reivers]

There was no way I was going to.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You were deep inside of Garage Logic at that point.

[Chris Reivers]

In fact, it was when we were doing our show. I just said, buddy, I'm not going to make it tonight. And he's like, I get it, dad, but I go to almost every single game and I do it because you love it. I do. I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoy watching my kids play sports.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And then you can share the notes of what they did wrong.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, so let's go over the first play because remember when he threw that

[Mike Fratelloni]

ball to Timmy and he missed it. Idiot.

[Chris Reivers]

So I made the executive decision to say, you know what? Today the Jordan 14 UB squad game goes at 8, 10 and noon. I'll be there at 10 o' clock for the second one. So I got up, made myself some coffee. I. And I do like hockey. I enjoy it. I'm more of a casual hockey fan. I couldn't take my eyes off of it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It was a great. It did more for hockey. It's probably the equivalent of what the Miracle on Ice did for hockey back in 80.

[Chris Reivers]

Mike. It was one of those where you didn't want to miss what you might have perceived as the significant moment of the entire game. You just didn't want to miss it. Yeah, I remember because I was watching Via. Because I don't. I have Fubo. So I don't have channel 11 right now. I don't get care 11, which.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So you didn't even know that Belinda Jensen retired.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, I want to get to that in a second, but I watch it through peacock on my tv so that again, it was fine. But the only thing I realized is I can't pause. Oh, no.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So if you have to pee. Oh, what if you would have missed it?

[Chris Reivers]

No, I'm telling you I was. Because I had at least three cups of coffee, which anyone that's around me when I have caffeine, you know how that goes. But I just said, okay, if I time it right now, they're going to go to Mike Tirico. And then I'm going to come right back, and I won't miss a second. Right? So I would do that. But so many things that lined up for that game. First of all, going to overtime against Canada. Against Canada in the gold medal game. You could not possibly have wrote a better script.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So cool.

[Chris Reivers]

Everything about it, it was.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It was so amazing. It.

[Chris Reivers]

Our guy, Boldy, scores the first goal of the game.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I mean, that was funny that you said that. I walk into my bar because I'm going to a bar to watch this. Early in the. My buddy says Boldy scored the first shot and he scored the first goal for the United States. And I thought, I don't know how bold he is. Like, do you think I. Do you think I give two craps about who plays hockey for the Wild?

[Chris Reivers]

Right?

[Mike Fratelloni]

I did. No. I just happened to know who he. Who he was. But I thought that was kind of funny. I was like, how dare he think that I would know who Bowley was? Then he's throwing around the Hughes brothers. Like, everybody knows who the Hughes brothers are.

[Chris Reivers]

Was the place. The place he went to was Bayside Burger Dive.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Went down to the Burger Dive.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, nice.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Because they breakfast. They start early there anyway, so they're already open. Packed solid.

[Chris Reivers]

I bet.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I had to. We were walking around, I finally told my buddy, I said, hey, my buddy Tyson. I said, tyson, we're gonna leave because I'm not gonna just stand here in the crowd. And as we were walking, we were looking around, and this couple said, Harry and Marissa said, do you just want to join us? They had a little four table.

[Chris Reivers]

Shut up.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So we sat down with them. They could not have been sweeter. And they left after, like, the end of the first quarter.

[Chris Reivers]

End up paying our bill.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I ended up paying their bill because it was just too hard. So I said, I got your stuff because I'm a gentleman.

[Chris Reivers]

No, I absolutely believe you.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And it was totally nice. And they did me a big favor. We sat there, had a delicious breakfast. Don was our waitress. If you know Don, say hello. Totally great. The vibe was electric. I bet it was absolutely electric. I'm going to tell you, I know this is a moral victory for Canada. Canada was the better team that game.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, no doubt.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I mean, they played un. And so did we. We played. We didn't play like slouches, but they were unbelievable.

[Chris Reivers]

Right?

[Mike Fratelloni]

You know, and we just had a couple of good hits. That Jordan Hughes, what a stud that kid is. So when his teeth are knocked out, he's just bleeding.

[Chris Reivers]

You have a tooth Jack.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Jack Hughes. What did I say? Jordan. Yeah, this is Jordan Hughes. Works guy I work with. That's not him. Jack Hughes. Wonderful guy. Broken, chipped teeth spitting out blood and just professing his love for America.

[Chris Reivers]

The photo of him smiling with blood dripping off of his gums. A tooth and a half missing and a third one chipped and the American flag draped over his shoulders. I'm not foghorning this. I think that will become one of the most iconic photos in sports history. It's Gordie Howe jumping in a Stanley cup game. I mean, you can't think of a more symbolic moment that captured such a historic event like that one?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Can I ask a question?

[Chris Reivers]

Absolutely. That's what I'm here for.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Why don't we win more gold medals for hockey? What country is better than us? Not in hockey, just in general. What country is better? What players make more money? What country has better diets? What country cares more about hockey? I know a lot of countries care more about hockey, but we have a lot of people playing hockey in the United States. Those guys, our team are collective. NHL. Annual salary was like 230 million bucks. These guys are getting paid 230 million bucks to play NHL hockey. We should be winning more gold medals in hockey. Is that weird to say?

[Chris Reivers]

I don't think it's necessarily weird to say, but why would Canada ever beat us?

[Mike Fratelloni]

I don't get it.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, but you've got to keep in mind, Michael, that Canada has such a longer and deeper rooted history in the sport, which is why, once again, that's why it made it such a historic win, is the fact that we beat them at their own game. This is the only thing Canada's good at.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Let's be honest.

[Mike Fratelloni]

They're not better than us.

[Chris Reivers]

But. But I'm saying. But that's.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Everybody that plays in Canada also plays in the NHL.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

These are all teammates.

[Chris Reivers]

I was looking for a tweet that I saw courtesy of Michael Russo, who reposted this on Sunday, which is. Which was the date of the win. This is from a gentleman by the name of Craig Custance. He is the head of creative development at the Athletic and he also used to work at ESPN. He tweeted this on January 24, 2011, 15 years ago. All right, so when most of these guys that you watched play on Sunday were the ages of my sons. Look out. 2026 Olympics at USA Hockey. USA Hockey's eight and under membership has reached 100,000 members for the first time ever.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, how cool.

[Chris Reivers]

First of all on so many levels, this is cool. The fact that Russo remembered that and then retweeted it on Sunday, and the fact that this guy freaking called it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I mean, granted, did he name anybody?

[Chris Reivers]

No, he just. But the fact that he had that kind of foresight to put that out 15 years ago, you're looking at a

[Mike Fratelloni]

bunch of 8 and 10 year olds and you're thinking, okay, boys, you're gonna become Olympians.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay? But let's just look. And by the way, we also developed another great line because Royce's a gem when it comes to social media. And by the way, it was between the hockey and Twitter. I couldn't get enough of it. Of all of it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So great.

[Chris Reivers]

I said, inject everything.

[Mike Fratelloni]

This is so great. I just take it all.

[Chris Reivers]

Whether it's the bald eagle coming down and snatching a Canadian goose off of the frozen ice, when guys are skating. I mean, I couldn't get enough of that stuff. It was fantastic. But Royse called the Tkachuk brothers, who were basically not the goons, because they're more skilled than that, call them cement heads. I said, oh, God. And I showed my oldest boy, who absolutely loves Royce. He said, dad, we gotta start calling guys cement heads. And so that's. Anyway, but when you watch that or the Hughes family and you're watching the skill involved, there were so many different storylines that became such a. Such a cool part of the story. And not to mention, by the way, the fact that Johnny Goudreau's widow and her two young ones, beautiful little kids, were there, and then the guys bring them on the ice.

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You were crying.

[Chris Reivers]

I lost it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah, you were.

[Chris Reivers]

I was sitting at the Lakeville South High School gym watching this and sobbing. Yeah, absolutely sobbing.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Did you see the video? I hate saying that because I. We're a podcast and it's stupid that we say that, but the video of a 12U team playing hockey, and then all of a sudden you hear in the crowd. The crowd goes, yeah. Cause someone's watching it. And then all of a sudden, they yell to the kids that we won the gold. And all the kids whip their gloves that are playing against each other, shaking each other.

[Chris Reivers]

That's cool.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It was really, really special, I think. And I know that the men's. It was really big. I'm gonna tell ya, the women's overtime win felt extremely exciting to me too.

[Chris Reivers]

For sure.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That was an incredible game. An incredible win. The hockey was great. The sk. It was the same outcome, right? Overtime win for the gold against Canada. It was really, really special.

[Chris Reivers]

It was very.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And I think that was a really unique thing. I do love the call that our FBI director, if you haven't heard this, Cash Patel was in the locker room with the team slamming beers. Slamming beers, right. Our FBI director, slammy beers. He picks up the phone and says, do you want to call the President? The President didn't know he was going to get this call.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, boy.

[Mike Fratelloni]

He calls and puts him on speaker. Puts the president on speaker. 6.

[Chris Reivers]

I didn't know that part of it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And he, like, he did it. I think even at the begin, the President said, I didn't know I was gonna get this call. And then if you haven't heard the call, where Donald Trump. Certain times, Donald can do cool things. He does a lot of moronic things. I'm gonna just say that I'm not a sycophant for him, but he did this. And he said, hey, boys, let's come to the State of the Union. It's on Tuesday. All of them just got back yesterday. They flew in to Miami yesterday. They're going to the State of Union tonight. And I think the entire team is going to the State of the Union.

[Chris Reivers]

They're already there.

[Mike Fratelloni]

They're already there, in fact.

[Chris Reivers]

Cause I saw this when I was looking for this tweet from Russo. He has photos of them already on the White House grounds.

[Mike Fratelloni]

What about the girls team, ladies team?

[Chris Reivers]

They politely declined.

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Why?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Why? They should have just gone. This could have been a bonding good thing for America.

[Chris Reivers]

I couldn't agree more.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Right. And you could just say, this isn't about Donald Trump. This is about the United States. And they could have won one for their team.

[Chris Reivers]

Did you get a chance to listen to the Garage Logic podcast yesterday yet? Cause I know sometimes you're a day or 2 Beyond GL.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No, I just listen to sports talk.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, I'd like to play you. That call from the President. So that was about the United States men's hockey team. Are you ready?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yes.

[Sean Farage]

This is your favorite president. And I just wanted to congratulate Team USA Hockey on their gold medal victory over Canada, or as I like to call them, snow Mexico. But I got off the phone with Prime Minister Carney and she's very upset about it. She's not happy about it, but she'll get over it. I told her, quiet, piggy, Shut the Tkachuk up and be quiet, because the winners are here. You look at the Tkachuk brothers. They did a fantastic job. You look at. I get along very well with him. Conor Hellebuk. And he did a tremendous job. You know, he's. They call him a net minder, I call him a goalie, but he did a fantastic job in net. The only thing more secure than Conor Hellebuk is southern border. It's a tremendous border. Nothing gets through. And Conor Ellebukh was fantastic. Jack Hughes. Jack Hughes. They say you don't know Jack. I know Jack very well. And he scored the game winning goal. It was a beautiful shot. Nobody's ever seen a better shot before. It was a tremendous shot. But our team won. You know, you look at it, Canada's French came out at the wrong time. You never want to go full French because once you do it means you're going to lose. And that's what happened to Canada. Poor snow, Mexico. And they're all very upset about it. But congratulations to Team USA on the gold. We love gold. Nobody loves gold as much as I do. We're going to tariff Canada's silver medals at 25%. The Supreme Court could chew on that. And to Canada. First we took your sport. Next we may take your country if we want to do that. Congratulations, Team usa. God bless America and thank you for your attention to this matter.

[Chris Reivers]

This guy, the comedian known by the name of Sean Farage is about to become a billionaire.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Other than one fact that is too realistic. Reverse.

[Chris Reivers]

If you were to not see the video and just hear it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

If it was just him.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Like I 100% believe that that is a speech that Donald Trump will give tonight.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh God.

[Mike Fratelloni]

He will say that. He could just say that exact thing. And he should say that exact thing.

[Chris Reivers]

He's gonna have a state of the Internet union tweet tomorrow. Oh, I just thought of that right now. Okay, go ahead.

[Mike Fratelloni]

He should go ahead and forward that comedian out and say, I couldn't have said it better myself. Cuz he could not. That's exactly what Donald Trump is.

[Chris Reivers]

No Mexican.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It was almost more calm than what Donald Trump would say.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Kinder, more polite. That Hellebuck. Boy, did he have a game.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes, he did.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That picture of above looking down at the save that he had.

[Chris Reivers]

It's such a great fallout.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Unbelievable save. What a great game. Congratulations to the United States men's and women's team. Very proud of the women too. You can't forget them Reavers. You don't want to be impeached.

[Chris Reivers]

I don't want to.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And they deserve greatness.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Mike Fratelloni]

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Yeah, but she's been doing all your IRS stuff where you're like Reivers. You still owe the irs. I'll pay him.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Mike Fratelloni]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[Chris Reivers]

You were mentioning the photo and the overhead shot of him stopping. I forget, was it Cale Makar? Is that who shot the. I can't remember.

[Mike Fratelloni]

One of the Canadians.

[Chris Reivers]

But that reaction was. I mean, that's just pure instinct. And being such so in the moment that you. I don't think even when they scored that one goal, I never felt like he wasn't in control of the entire game. And the best was.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Do they call it flow? He was in the flow.

[Chris Reivers]

The press conferences afterwards, and everyone is s. Faced because you just fought, clawed, blood, sweat, tears, everything. And you're just out of gas and you're thinking, get me a damn Corona. And Quinn Hughes at the press conference going one more like he's pointing to his beer, like, with the number one finger up, like, yeah, I'm gonna need another one here. Everything about it, everything about was almost as if, Michael, we just got to have a moment of brevity. Just. Just one moment where we'd have to worry about who hates who, who's mad at who. We just got to be a country for free. Two and a half freaking hours.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Why do you think they were drinking Corona Snow Mexico?

[Chris Reivers]

I have no idea.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Can I tell you why?

[Chris Reivers]

Well, isn't it the number one selling. I have no idea.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's a big beer. It's a big beer. But you may not know this, which I find this really interesting.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm interested to hear.

[Mike Fratelloni]

The Hughes brothers.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You know what their ethnicity is, Their religious affiliation, their ethnic makeup?

[Chris Reivers]

They're Jewish.

[Mike Fratelloni]

They're Jewish.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Do you know what Corona Extra and Corona Light are?

[Chris Reivers]

No.

[Mike Fratelloni]

They're kosher.

[Chris Reivers]

I did not know that. Yeah.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So they can drink Corona and Corona Extra. I wonder. I don't know if they're practicing Jews. I have no idea. But how cool is that?

[Chris Reivers]

I did not know that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Potentially the reason, I think, if I'm not mistaken, Claudia Scheinbaum, the president of Mexico, where Corona was developed, her family owned Corona at some point in time.

[Chris Reivers]

Doesn't she also have Jewish ties?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah, she's a Scheinbaum. She's a Jewish. She's Jewish. And they made it kosher so their family could Drink it. That might be totally wrong, but I think that's the territory.

[Chris Reivers]

Let's go with it. It's.

[Mike Fratelloni]

We're close enough. We're 51%. But do you think it's because of. The Hughes brothers were there, and they were like, hey, we want beer, too. We want a kosher. Let's drink some Corona and Corona Light. It wasn't halal. I don't think it's halal.

[Chris Reivers]

You know what? I'll take that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That's actually kind of cool.

[Chris Reivers]

When you asked me a few minutes ago or a minute or so ago about why. Why were they drinking Corona? I'm gonna guess. Cause it was on ice. It was there. It was available.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It was the thing. But you'd think in. First of all, you're in Italy. You think you'd have Italian beer, right? You'd have a Negroni for an example.

[Chris Reivers]

I've never. Never been to Italy.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Neither have I, but I'm sure they have Italian beer there.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And I'm saying Italian. Weird. Italian beer.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

But if you were in America, you would have probably Bud Light, especially hockey players. They're probably gonna kiss each other.

[Chris Reivers]

As long as we're talking about the Hughes family, I just like to have this on record. Mama Hughes. What's up?

[Mike Fratelloni]

You know what? Okay. I listen to Monday night sports talk.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And either you or Royce said, no, the older lady, the mom, she's 56 years old.

[Chris Reivers]

There's not a chance those guys wouldn't have called her an older lady. Maybe. Was it me?

[Mike Fratelloni]

It might have been you. You're like the mom. Like the older mom. But she's 56.

[Chris Reivers]

Because I called her older.

[Mike Fratelloni]

There was something because I had to look her up to see how old she was.

[Chris Reivers]

I bet you did.

[Mike Fratelloni]

When you.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah. I might have fallen for. I might have fallen for her. She's a looker.

[Chris Reivers]

She's an absolute. And I did not know, obviously, I found out through the course of the tournament, through the Olympics, that she herself had Olympic or not Olympic, but hockey playing in her background.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, she has a bunch of USA Hockey pictures of her train with USA Hockey.

[Sean Farage]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

But I don't think she ever meddled.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No, I'm sure.

[Chris Reivers]

But my point is, she had a significant playing career, and she was also a hockey correspondent for, I believe, CBS for. I don't know if it was a prior Olympics or whatever the case was.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, I get it. God bless her for having such great genes because all. All of her sons play hockey.

[Chris Reivers]

There was one guy that put out a Tweet. If the Hughes and Kachuks would have had three or four more kids, this son of a bitch would have been over. That kid would have been 5:1 us.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I mean, just think of the. I was staring at the Canadian players and if you would have said to them, actually, if you want. If you would have said to any other team besides Canada, you're going to leave with the silver medal. Canada, the United States, those are the only two teams that would have been pissed, right? Oh, yeah. Everyone would have taken us over. The Canadians. It could not have been worse for them. Oh, I mean, just think of that feeling. You lost in women's and you lost in men's hockey in the same year, and it was. It wasn't a miracle on ice. Right. These are pros. These are the best of the best in the world. But, boy, was it great.

[Chris Reivers]

The video of whoever it was that handed Nathan McKinnon the stuffed animal. What was that with the eye roll? I don't care, but that was. Oh, that's going to be. If he. If the Colorado Avalanche lose a playoff game, that's going to be the meme. Yeah, him just rolling his eyes like, oh, God, I guess I got a hand. I got to hold on to this.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Why are they handing him stuff?

[Chris Reivers]

Just wait till you get to the locker.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Just say, we put a four dollar stuffed animal and every. I was so excited about this reverse. I went online to see if I could buy a gold medal. You think I'm joking.

[Chris Reivers]

I don't. I do not think you're joking.

[Mike Fratelloni]

100%. People who have received gold medals in the Olympics and sold them and sold them, and they're a little bit pricey, but I thought if I put one in my office, then you know what I could say? I, too, have a gold medal.

[Chris Reivers]

You know what you could do? I was on the 1980 Olympic hockey team. Yeah.

[Mike Fratelloni]

No, no. I just have to say I earned a gold medal because I earned the money to buy a gold medal.

[Chris Reivers]

Can I ask what was the cheapest price?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Some of them. There was a combination of a silver and gold from like a 1956 Olympics.

[Chris Reivers]

What do you mean, a combination?

[Mike Fratelloni]

There was one gold and one sil. Gold medal medal, and they were 95,000 bucks. That was too much. Right. But I thought if you could buy a gold medal from anything real and know the participant who won the gold for any kind of value, I think that would be a cool thing to. Not a lot of people have gold medals. One thing I find to be kind of a travesty. And I get why they don't do it, but coaches don't get a gold medal.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah, I did not. I forgot about that. I did know that only because there was a story on one years ago and I thought, well, that's kind of weird.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, but then if you had a coach in, you had a singular coach in ice skating. Is she going to get a gold medal too? Right. It doesn't make a lot of sense.

[Chris Reivers]

Just for the contestant.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I don't know who the coach was. I can't remember his name. Of the woman's team when they won an overtime. Did you see the video of him?

[Chris Reivers]

Yes.

[Mike Fratelloni]

He looks like Ivan Drago, right? You know, he's blonde and he's handsome and he's tall and he's got a great suit on and he's a big, strong looking guy and he instantaneously balls his eyes out, covers his face because he's so. Just can't stop bawling.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, and the thing is, you know, you think about how much work it goes into, especially, you know, when it's a team aspect. You know, many of these teams, these are guys that have never played with each other. You got to get them all on the same page. And that's what was so impressive about both us. And I'll even give Canada some credit too. You got to check your ego at the door, man. You might be the best player on your NHL team. Get in line.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Sure.

[Chris Reivers]

Because you're sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth in line when you're on this team. The best of the best, you know, and that's what's so cool and so impressive about their ability. And I guess the other thing that was so cool is they talk often about the hockey brotherhood. Right? Where it's just, hey, we're all in this together. These are guys that in a week or so from now they're going to be checking the hell out of each other in NHL, actually. But right now we're all on the same team and that's so freaking impressive.

[Mike Fratelloni]

But they've probably played each other in growing up in College, in 17U, USA team. I mean, these guys all know each other, I'd imagine. Hell, my daughter's boyfriend is. He plays in juniors and he knew a couple of the guys. He's like, oh, yeah, he played in juniors my last year. I, I went in. So he knew of people, right? And they just know it. It's a relatively small community when you get to the top. Not saying my daughter's boyfriend was at the top, but he Just knew a couple of the guys from playing with him, and it's like, oh, that. That is pretty special. I. I am really. That was one ray of hope that we had. All right, I want to get two opinions that I need. I know you have other stories.

[Chris Reivers]

No, go ahead. Please, please.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I'm gonna steal a couple of them. Here's a ray of hope. And I just to want. Want to say this because I'm so damn proud of her. So if you don't know this, if you're not Catholic, Ash Wednesday was last Wednesday.

[Chris Reivers]

That's right.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yes. So if you go to church on Ash. Not Ash Wednesday, Not Ash Wednesday.

[Chris Reivers]

That's. This coming. That's tomorrow.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That's tomorrow. That's what the hockey players are going to call it. We're calling it Ash Wednesday. If you go to church last week on Ash Wednesday.

[Chris Reivers]

Yep.

[Mike Fratelloni]

You have to. You get a little mark on your forehead of a cross out of ash. So my daughters come home from school. They go to Catholic school. They had. You know, they had to go to church that day in school. Right. So they had.

[Chris Reivers]

They had Mass.

[Mike Fratelloni]

They had mass. I was going to say a ceremony, but it's Mass. So they come out, and my daughter, who's 18 years old, turns 18 tomorrow, in fact, she has it on her forehead, Right. My littlest one goes and wipes off the ash. And my daughter says, I got to go to work. And so she goes to work. Reavers at a restaurant in a nice town, a packed restaurant, One of those restaurants that has a lot of business. And she comes home later on that night, and I said, hey, I was working. She's like, great. She goes, everyone was asking me what was on my forehead.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, no.

[Mike Fratelloni]

A woman handed me a cloth to wipe it off.

[Chris Reivers]

You're kidding.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Didn't know what it was. And some people said, hey, that looks really cool. Like, many people knew what it was, right? And they were kind of saying to her, hey, thank you for doing that. And I thought, that is a little bit of a ray of hope that my little kid who came from my loins, who is 50% me, maybe even 51% me, I think I added a little bit more. Right. She was confident enough in herself to say, nope, I'm Catholic. It's Ash Wednesday. They put this on my head for a reason, and I'm gonna represent for the whole day. And I thought that was pretty damn special.

[Chris Reivers]

That's really cool.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That is kind of a ray of hope. Right?

[Chris Reivers]

And you know what? It's almost the other thing too, Mike, where when you see your kid doing something, when they're unprompted, you know when you see them. Because there'll be subtle things, too, that I'll see once I'm like, oh, all right, maybe I'm doing something the right way. And it can be just the most meaningless thing, or it can be something significant, like what you're mentioning, too. That's just. It's a cool. Like, oh, that's. You know what? I might be doing the right thing after all, as a parent.

[Mike Fratelloni]

This kid turned out all right. Let me ask you for your advice on something. We'll go to the next story. So the senior trip this year is to Puerto Vallarta.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, my God.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So we're supposed to leave in three weeks? No, I think the answer kind of has to be no, right?

[Chris Reivers]

I mean, unless you don't want them to come back alive.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, I'm with them, so I'd be risking myself, too.

[Chris Reivers]

Hell, no.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Really? I mean, yeah, I agree with you, but I think it's gonna be.

[Chris Reivers]

Is this spring break?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Spring break? Yeah, spring break. We're gonna be at an all inclusive.

[Chris Reivers]

Now, wait a minute. Is everything already paid for and all that stuff?

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's all paid for, but that doesn't mean I can't get out of it.

[Chris Reivers]

Mike, the answer is no.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I believe you. I believe you. It does make sense. I'm at a no right now, but there's a whole bunch of me that says statistically, I'm gonna make it right. Chances are. Knock on this. Maybe I shouldn't say that out loud, but statistically, I'm gonna probably be fine here.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, listen, Uncle Reavers. Yes. First of all, it's you, the bride, and all three girls.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Two of the three girls.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay. You care for your beloved.

[Mike Fratelloni]

They're nice enough girls. Yeah, they're all right.

[Chris Reivers]

You're going to Puerto Vallarta with three gorgeous girls, and you don't think that you might be susceptible to something like this? The answer is no.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I'm with you.

[Chris Reivers]

If you catch hell, you tell them I said absolutely not.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Well, they don't want to go.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, then the answer is no.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah. I'm 17 grand into this.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, That's.

[Mike Fratelloni]

We can maybe invest a little bit into going.

[Chris Reivers]

There has got to be some type of. Okay, listen. A civil war is breaking out. I cannot risk the. And jeopardize.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah. Do you get your tickets back if there's a civil war?

[Chris Reivers]

Mike, they are saying to us, people do not go, even to Mexico right now. It's not just Puerto Vallarta. They're saying, if you have a trip to Canada, Cancun, stay home, do not come down here right now.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And there's how bad it is. What drives me nuts is that I see in Cancun because I've been to Cancun many times, of course.

[Chris Reivers]

Me too.

[Mike Fratelloni]

The airport in Cancun is packed solid. Pack solid. Like it's huge delays, huge lines. The, the cartels scare me a little bit. Right. I. Statistically, they should. Yeah. But statistically I still kind of understand statistics. It would be rarer to have something going. And hanging out in Minneapolis tomorrow night at midnight is roughly the same amount of danger potentially.

[Chris Reivers]

Right, right. Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Protesting for ice out is same amount of danger.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Right. But I couldn't stand in line that long. I couldn't do the lines. What if I got to the airport and they said it's gonna be nine hours and you can't just jump in a car and drive through Jalisco, Mexico and drive up the, you know, this up through Mexico.

[Chris Reivers]

I have a suggestion for you, but let me do this first. Let's. First of all, you're nuts.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Let's.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

Screw Puerto Vallarta. Not going there. Take them to San Diego, if anything.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I'll go to Florida.

[Chris Reivers]

Go to Florida.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Go to Florida. Right?

[Chris Reivers]

I mean, it's not worth it. Here's. Here's what you do. If you want.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yes.

[Chris Reivers]

You pack up. I'll save you guys money.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay. You're gonna drive us down.

[Chris Reivers]

Pack up the car. No, you guys can fly if you want, because I know. I know you hate driving.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Sure, sure.

[Chris Reivers]

I will drive the car to Fort Myers for you guys. Really? I will absolutely.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Just drop it off. You know what? I might have to take you. I might leave a car down there.

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[Chris Reivers]

You should absolutely do that.

[Mike Fratelloni]

At some point in time, I might need to have you drive one.

[Chris Reivers]

I will. 150,000. Would you do that? Absolutely.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And you could maybe spend a couple days down there.

[Chris Reivers]

It would be great. I would absolutely love to do it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, that would be. Are you serious?

[Chris Reivers]

I'm 100% serious. I've made that drive. I've made the drive from here to Florida twice. I've loved it. It's. It's beautiful. If you do it right, you go through Nashville, and then you can either. I've done both. The southern route, where you go through the Tennessee mountains.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

And then you can go through, like, Kentucky and that route before you get to Atlanta. Now, Atlanta is a complete gong show, so don't get me wrong, but it depends on what day of the week. If you go through there on a Sunday, then you're fine. But you can also go through, like, Virginia, West Virginia. Go that way. It's beautiful.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It's kind of nice because you're going downhill the whole time, too.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, that and the Smoky Mountains.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Did you not get when I said that?

[Chris Reivers]

I did. I totally got what she said.

[Mike Fratelloni]

And technically, are you going downhill all the time? Is this the dumbest thought in the world?

[Chris Reivers]

No.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay, let me say this. The Mississippi flows from Minnesota to New Orleans.

[Chris Reivers]

That's true.

[Mike Fratelloni]

It would not flow that way if it were uphill.

[Chris Reivers]

That's true.

[Mike Fratelloni]

So is it slightly downhill?

[Chris Reivers]

Okay, here's the whole answer. Here's the whole answer.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I don't know how that's possible when

[Chris Reivers]

I've done the other dumb, dumb run. When you go through the mountain Pass. You know, in Utah and Arizona, that area I remember because it's 80. 80, in some cases, 85. I remember remember hitting about 90, maybe 100 and putting it in neutral and not having to hit my gas pedal for at least four miles. Really not joking.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

Because you're. You're just driving straight down the mountain, and you can see four or five miles ahead of you, and it's awesome.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay, well, okay, I'm going to see. Is the. Because is the Mississippi technically downhill? Because it flows from a higher elevation to a lower one? So, yes, the Mississippi is technically downhill. So Lake itasca is approximately 1475ft above sea. And of course, it ends in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Gulf of Mexico is at zero. So technically, you are going downhill. That. You know what that means. I won't have to give you any gas money, because hypothetically, you could just roll all the way downhill. 100%. See, I knew that I always made that joke about it was going downhill down the floor, but it's true.

[Chris Reivers]

I have to get to this before we conclude the program today because the city of New York just continues to. Not Continues to be a complete disappointment and an embarrassment. Why? Well, yesterday we discussed this at length on the Garage Logic podcast, but the Democrats and of course, the State of the Union addresses tonight, and everyone's saying, I'm not gonna be there. We're gonna host our own people's State of the Union. Okay, that's true. That's great. So New York and the Democrats were very, very outspoken about. We cannot allow there to be voter ID requirements because, a. It's racist. Okay. I don't know how it's racist.

[Mike Fratelloni]

They think black people are too unable to go get a driver's license, yet everyone has one.

[Chris Reivers]

Women won't be able to vote because, you know, they've had a name change or. I don't think that's slightly valid, actually, but don't think that's the case. But whatever. But now, you know. I don't know if you know this, but New York's getting blasted with a snowstorm right now. About two feet of snow.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Let me guess, you might need to show an ID to get a shovel or something.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, if you want to. They're hiring snow shovelers to help dig out the city, and you can do it. And it's now up to $30 an hour.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That's not bad.

[Chris Reivers]

That's good cash.

[Mike Fratelloni]

That's tough work, but that's not bad.

[Chris Reivers]

You do need not one, but two forms of id, actually.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I heard you need five forms of id, including, like, bills that you have to show that the bill is yours.

[Chris Reivers]

The thing is, and I did not share this earlier, and I probably should have, but I'm glad I saved it for our show. I'm not even mad at the people that do this anymore. I'm mad at you freaking morons that keep buying this garbage. Are you really that stupid? Are you really that dumb that you don't see what's going on here?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Mondami says, well, this is a federal law. We have to do this. We can't cut a check. I loved when he said, we can't cut a check for someone who's working without getting their id. It's like you cut a check for people coming to this country illegally staying in your hotels that don't have IDs, right? There's been a couple of that. One, that Mandami's video, and then Gavin Newsom when he said, I'm not so bright, just like you folks, waving his hand out into a group half filled with African Americans at a bookstore in Atlanta.

[Chris Reivers]

He really does like to talk with his hands a lot, in almost a patronizing manner.

[Mike Fratelloni]

How disgusting. I actually believe that he got a 960 on his SATs. I 100% believe that. I believe that he has dyslexia and he couldn't read a speech very well. I can't either. I do. I have the same thing. Right? That's why I don't. I like to do all my stuff off the cuff. Right. I believe that. But for him to have the audacity to say, hey, FYI, I'm just like you. Oh, my God, I'm dumb just like you. I'm like, screw you, you asshole. I mean, if anybody had any guts in that audience say, excuse me, sir, I have my PhD from historically black College, and I'm not dumb. So don't throw me under the bus just because you have such low expectations of black people. And they do. Democrats often have the lowest expectations of black people. Like, they can't get a driver's license. Like, the hell you mean you can't get a driver's license? Everybody in America can get a driver's license. We're all Americans. We all can do it. Yet there's a cadre of people out there that just think they can't do it. They're just not bright enough to do it. It's like, come on, are you ready

[Chris Reivers]

to get even more work?

[Mike Fratelloni]

Please, God, don't. I thought we were gonna Wind this up with some fun stories.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, no. Remember I said it was the good, the bad and the ugly.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Oh, this is the ugly.

[Chris Reivers]

This is the ugly part.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Yeah, you're right.

[Chris Reivers]

Actually, it's bad and the ugly because we mostly spent the majority of the show talking about how sweet the United States gold medal was for both the men and the women. Your guy, Mayor Zoran Mamdani and your gal, AOC Love her. Well, they released an ad, a joint effort.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Okay.

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Um.

[Chris Reivers]

It's an ad, Michael, to encourage all of our friends here, our new neighbors that came to this country to make sure that they signed up for free childcare. It's called Childcare for all. And they delivered the entire thing in Spanish. Hola, mi espanol. No es el calde sisu yo. I will help.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I understood the word gratis. It means no charge.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm going to read to you. Hello. My Spanish is a little rusty. He says, don't worry, Mayor. If your child is turning 3 or age 4 in 2026, you can enroll them in free 3K or pre K in New York City. Childcare. That's what that was. But you must apply on or before February 27, which is the deadline. That's when the calendar went. Popped up. Any New York City parent, Michael. Any New York City parent, regardless of your occupation, income or immigration status, is eligible to sign their child up.

[Mike Fratelloni]

I don't get that. Reivers. I don't get how they can do that. Right. And what's worse about me is I'm a softie. I want a little 4 year old to have a safe little kindergarten to go to. Right? But we can't afford to do it. New York surely can't afford to do it. And. And I wonder what they'd have to do to sign their children up. Do you think they'd have to show some identification of what the child's name is?

[Chris Reivers]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Honest to God, I don't know what they're thinking. I don't know what they're thinking. I do find it really interesting that they're doing it in Spanish. Right? That AOC was speaking in Spanish. That's interesting.

[Chris Reivers]

From the. Also from the file of. What are we doing here? What's going on?

[Mike Fratelloni]

What's going on?

[Chris Reivers]

Everything is up.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Do we not know? Stuff costs money.

[Chris Reivers]

Tim Walls was on the. That was hot on the trail today about banning illegal fire assault weapons. Okay, Tim, you're okay. We know you're a tough guy. But we have breaking news from Virginia. Virginia House passed A Democrat. Democrat. Democrat sponsored bill that bans anyone under the age of 21 from buying a firearm unless they are accompanied by an adult.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Hmm.

[Chris Reivers]

Virginia law defines an adult as someone who is at least 18 years old.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Wait, wait, wait.

[Chris Reivers]

So an adult can't buy a gun in Virginia Unless you had to live your life. I really. I'm not.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Don't bug me. I don't bug you.

[Chris Reivers]

That's just it.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Don't reach into my pocket. I won't reach into yours.

[Chris Reivers]

You need me to pay a little bit of tax? Okay, I got it. But it's just. Why did we get here? What led us down this path to get to nonsense land? Because that's where we're at.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Pure and utter nonsense hypocrisy.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait till tonight. A lot of people think it's going

[Mike Fratelloni]

to be great tonight. He's got. He's on a high. I don't. And I didn't think these orthopedic shoes would help me with my leg problems. Reavers. But I stand corrected. In which city do Indian people leave their mother?

[Chris Reivers]

I don't know.

[Mike Fratelloni]

Mumbai. How's my Indian accent? Mumbai. Reavers. Those are the best jokes I've ever heard. Reavers.

[Chris Reivers]

You are the. Wow. Please do us a favor. Rate and review the show wherever you happen to be listening to the weekly Scramble podcast. It helps others find the show and it helps us out as well. And we appreciate each and every single one of you. His name is Mike Fratelloni. My name is Chris Reivers. Thank you so very much for listening to the weekly Scramble podcast. We'll talk to you again next time. Until then, cheers.

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