Zero Contents, Zero Sense: Time Capsules & Terrible School Boards

Summary

Garage Logic: "Zero Contents, Zero Sense: Time Capsules & Terrible School Boards"

Podcast #1804 — July 7, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray ("The Mayor")
Panel: Chris Reavers, Kenny Olson, John Haidt, Matthew (“The Rookie”)
Theme: Common sense perspectives on Minnesota life, strange history, and local controversies

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Episode Overview

This episode blends classic Garage Logic banter—weather talk, old-school nostalgia, critiques of government hypocrisy—with a scathing takedown of controversial local politics. The crew looks at time capsules from the 1976 Bicentennial, skewers a St. Paul school board member over shocking social media comments, and debates the public's apathy toward expanding governmental power and new projects like data centers. Throughout, Garage Logic’s familiar tone of exasperated Midwestern common sense prevails, with wit, sarcasm, and world-weary humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Timestamps

1. The Weather, Then and Now

[01:30 – 04:35]

• The Mayor kicks off with musings about Minnesota's 1936 heatwave: "101 degrees on this day..." (00:58).
  • John: “Two years after that were in the 70s.”
  • Joe: “We suffer through the seven months of winter and then you long for these days and these turds come on and ruin it. Just get. Make your water. Get your water.” (04:09)
• Commentary on how the public and media catastrophize normal weather:

  “I'm into the current weakness of the American soul. We get a 90 degree day and then these meteorologists turn themselves loose as though this is the end of all civilization...” — Joe ([03:40])

2. Minnesota State Patrol Badges and the "Woke" Flag Debate

[04:54 – 10:08]

• The panel examines a 1970s State Patrol yearbook, noting the patrol’s badge reflected the “true” state flag, not the new design.
  • “They haven't been woked yet.” — Joe ([07:49])
  • Kenny confirms the State Patrol updated their logo in 2024:

    “We really decided...this would be a great opportunity to align ourselves with state agencies throughout the nation and come up with our own identity.” — Kenny ([08:08])

3. The Disappointing Time Capsule (and Reflections on Americana)

[10:48 – 15:01]

• Discussion about a 1976 time capsule opened in Bardstown, Kentucky for the 250th (semibicentennial):
  • Contents included: an old Coke can, photos, bricks, a license plate, a decorative red boot, and a Playboy.
  • “I was hoping to discover something cerebral, something meaningful. No, this was just a bunch of junk.” — Joe ([12:46])
• “In your mind, when should a time capsule be dug up and opened? Give me years. 100 years.” ([13:00])
• Discussion branches into nostalgia and a darkly funny bit about a childhood pet turtle’s “weekly funeral” ([14:43])

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4. The Minnehaha Dog Park Controversy & Outrage over School Board Comments

[15:03 – 38:10]

• Central segment: Denunciation of St. Paul School Board Member Chantill Allen for a Facebook post about turning white Christian cemeteries into dog parks in response to Indigenous land issues.
  • Joe quotes Allen:

    “I don't get why we just don't make dog parks at white Christian cemeteries. If white Christians are okay with it. This is a simple fix. Leave indigenous land sacred and piss on the white corpses.” ([15:03])

  • Joe rails against both the content and the lack of official response:

    “This despicable, insidious fool…” ([17:05])
    “No lady, you're a moron. You're a complete idiot. You shouldn't be on the school board.” ([19:19])

  • The team discusses Allen's defense that her comments were "wordplay" and about “reversing roles”:

    “We use language often to try to point out where...people are saying there is no problem. To show that if the tables were turned that, yes, it would be a problem again. See, we're too stupid, right? We're too stupid to do.” — Joe ([19:05])

  • Broader criticism of activist politics and school governance:

    “This country suffers a great many embarrassments from its elected officials, and she's not even Trump. I'm gonna say something nice about Trump. Not even Trump has ever come up with something that vile.” — Joe ([22:50])

Notable Quotes & Moments

• “She's...revealing her vengeful, dispiriting attitude. It's just a shame that she would have anything to do with a school board.” — Joe ([21:52])
• "If the school board had any spine...if the mayor...would weigh in, if—well...you can't count on the governor—but this woman should be gone." — Joe ([23:21])
• Banter about “protected status” in identity politics turns into a sarcastic “top ten protection levels” ranking.
• John Haidt provides factual correction and clarifications: "They can't be recalled...need a vote by the school board to remove her." ([37:35])

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5. Public Apathy and The Problem with Local Government

[41:13 – 76:24]

• Joe reads an impassioned letter from listener Tom Cullen on government bloat and citizen disengagement:

  "I believe it is time for the sane members of our society to recommit...We are watching representative government drift further away from the people it is supposed to serve." ([65:05])

• Panel laments public indifference except "when it comes to their front door":

  “What will it take for the average Twin Citian to say enough is enough?...When it finally affects them, but then it’s too late.” — Joe & Matthew ([72:05])

• Tangent on new data centers: skepticism over who benefits, environmental impact, and neighborly noise.
  • “It just holds a bunch of computers to run. Not a bunch. 28, 30,000 square feet of them...row after row after row of, of, of, you know, James Bond stuff.” — Joe ([74:48])

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6. Small Victories: Citizen Engagement

[73:01 – 76:24]

• Celebration that Elk River rejected a data center proposal after community pushback.
  • “The city council listened and they acted on behalf of the citizens, the government at work. It came to their door that we don't want this in our backyard.” — Joe ([75:48])

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7. Odds & Ends: News, History, and Culture

[44:14 – 63:00]

• John’s news desk covers: Storm aftermath; crime reports; national news on Gaza, NATO spending, political allegations; and infrastructure woes (NYC building collapse).
• Stories from Minnesota history and lore, including the “Battle of the Piles” over river navigation (79:58).
• Brief mention of Hemingway, running of the bulls, and bullfighting as cultural asides ([61:15]).

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• “We’ve experienced a run of just beautiful summer.” – Joe, skewering weather panic ([03:39])
• “This [time capsule] was just a bunch of junk.” – Joe on the disappointment of nostalgia ([12:46])
• “No lady, you’re a moron. You’re a complete idiot. You shouldn’t be on the school board.” – Joe on Allen ([19:19])
• “Not even Trump has ever come up with something that vile.” – Joe ([22:53])
• “If the school board had any spine...if the mayor...would weigh in, if—well...you can't count on the governor—but this woman should be gone.” – Joe ([23:21])
• “What will it take for the average Twin Citian to say enough is enough? … When it finally affects them, but then it’s too late.” – Joe and Matthew ([72:05])
• “The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.” -- Joe ([72:23])

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Show Tone & Style

• Acerbic, irreverent, sarcastic, but always with an undercurrent of nostalgia for a more straightforward, "common sense" era—“Gumption County” as the ideal.
• Willing to address controversy head-on, especially when it comes to local government, public schools, and ideological “activists.”
• Side-conversations and recurring in-jokes with the panel keep it loose, while email from listeners grounds the show in community engagement.

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For the Listener

This episode is a classic example of Garage Logic’s conversational style: fast-moving, opinionated analysis of local controversy, with humor and exasperation in equal measure. The discussion of school district drama is both a cautionary tale and a rallying cry against institutional complacency and government overreach. Throughout, the Garage Logic crew urge listeners to get informed and get involved—before it’s “too late.”

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Essential Segments by Timestamp

• Start – 04:35: Weather history & media overreaction
• 04:54 – 10:08: Minnesota State Patrol badge/flag politics
• 10:48 – 15:01: The Bardstown time capsule letdown
• 15:03 – 38:10: St. Paul School Board/Minnehaha Dog Park controversy explodes
• 41:13 – 76:24: Letter on government drift; Citizen engagement, data center resistance
• 44:14 – 63:00: News headlines, local history, tangential quips
• 65:04 – 76:24: Listener feedback & the rally to active citizenship

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Conclusion

"Zero Contents, Zero Sense" delivers a lively, at times biting deconstruction of cultural decline and bureaucratic nonsense, wrapped in the camaraderie and local color that's made Garage Logic a Minnesota mainstay. If you care about city politics, the future of local schools, or just enjoy a no-nonsense take on the absurdities of modern civic life, this episode is for you.

Transcript

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Haidt]

Hail the flashlight king.

[Joe Soucheray]

And now from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's garage 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 fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe sushere. It was 101 degrees on this day for the record high in 1936. And then what happened, John? Two years were not 1936.

[John Haidt]

Correct. Two years after that were in the 70s.

[Joe Soucheray]

In the 1970s, the record high. Okay, and then back to 1936, five straight days was the record high beginning

[John Haidt]

what, July 10th through the 14th.

[Joe Soucheray]

Those five days in 1936, every record high was considerably over 100 degrees there.

[John Haidt]

I think the lowest was 105. There were two 105s, two 106s and one 108.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, so again, it's going to get warmer at the end of this week and that'll be presented cataclysmically. Warmer.

[Matthew]

How could it get any warmer?

[Joe Soucheray]

It's going to get warmer, but my point is, I think people did die during that Stretch that was in the

[John Haidt]

middle of the dust bowl.

[Matthew]

Of course.

[Joe Soucheray]

And air conditioning was non existent. Unless you were a trillionaire. I think you probably figure out a way to blow air over some ice cubes or something.

[Matthew]

Did they have it wasn't John Dillinger. He was at a movie because the theater was ace air conditioned.

[John Haidt]

Correct.

[Joe Soucheray]

It does seem to ring a bell. That's right.

[Matthew]

You really take weather talk to a whole new level. I think you should have some. Something in the title. You know you've got fireworks commissioner and this, that and the other. Could you be some like the official weather watcher or.

[Joe Soucheray]

No.

[Josh Arnold]

Kenny.

[Joe Soucheray]

Kenny, I'm a little disappointed in you. It goes beyond weather watching. I. I'm into the current weakness of the American soul. We get a 90 degree day and then these meteorologists turn themselves loose as though this is the end of all civilization. They do and it isn't. These are. We've experienced a run of just beautiful summer.

[Kenny Olson]

We've never experienced this before in the

[Joe Soucheray]

life of the earth. Especially here where you suffer through the seven months of winter and then you long for these days and these turds come on and ruin it. Just get. Make your water. Get your water.

[Matthew]

I. I know a guy that when the temperature hits 20 degrees above zero he calls that bitter cold. We're still 40 degrees away from bitter cold, my friend.

[Joe Soucheray]

But man, they got rocked pretty hard in the 30s and now I don't know why there weren't any minivans or anything. I don't. I can't understand. Must be something Jo. Be something to do with. With nature. A guy.

[Kenny Olson]

Where do you begin now? Where do you start with this one?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I got a nice note yesterday from a guy named Todd. It looks like Clennon from Austin, Minnesota. And he sent. He said. I don't know where I got this book but I figured you might enjoy it. He sent along. It's a. As a yearbook for the. From the Minnesota State Patrol.

[Kenny Olson]

Love the emblem on front.

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[Joe Soucheray]

We're going to get to that.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

And it's as near as I can tell it was mid-70s. Wendy Anderson was the governor. I don't know if the patrol does this frequently. I'd seem to be marking some historical high water mark in the history of the Minnesota State Patrol. Great, great pictures of the motorcycle fleet.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh yeah, they're lined up.

[Joe Soucheray]

Just wonderful stuff. And it's like a yearbook. Even smells like a yearbook.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Got the yearbook cover. Yes, well, but I took an interest and I.

[Josh Arnold]

And.

[Joe Soucheray]

And Todd was right. I did enjoy it. And thank you. But I took an interest in noting that their badge. You're not gonna be able to see this probably on tv, but their badge is the state flag, the true state flag. So the badge says Minnesota on top, it's a shield. And then in the middle of the shield is a replica of the state flag. A circular replica of the state flag. Etoile du Nord. How do you say that?

[Kenny Olson]

Start of the north. L' Etoile du Nord.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And then under that. State Patrol. So when I.

[Kenny Olson]

Hand me that, please.

[Joe Soucheray]

When I came in today, I said, rookie, I have an assignment for you. I want you to call the State Patrol and see if that's still their image on their badge. And of course, he figured out a way not to have to do any of that work.

[Matthew]

Well, it's right on the Internet.

[Joe Soucheray]

Any Internet. Well, I didn't even think of that. But he gave me his lanyard that he wears at the airport on which he's attached, apparently, all his awards.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, yes.

[Matthew]

Oh, that's flair. We call that flare. He's got 15 pieces of.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, and what he's trying to pass off as an award here is he's got a State Patrol badge on here.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. Patrolman of the Year.

[Joe Soucheray]

Look at that. It's one of the. He's thinking that's one of what's in the one above. It is. Looks like that's Air Marshal.

[Kenny Olson]

Federal Air Marshal.

[Joe Soucheray]

Federal Air Marshal. He passes these things off. What are these things that say msp?

[Kenny Olson]

Msp. Nice. Awards are compliments that people send in.

[Matthew]

I used to have a six of those.

[Kenny Olson]

There's six of those on that lanyard there, cowboy.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, well, I lost count after half a dozen. Let me. Let me. Let me finish. The State Patrol pin that you were given. Those guys just carry them around. They give them to guys.

[Kenny Olson]

There are many State Patrol retired State Patrol people that are now airport police.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay.

[Kenny Olson]

And they all listen to the show.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay. Well, anyway, it's the.

[Kenny Olson]

And their husbands.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's still the. The true flag. It's still the true flag.

[Kenny Olson]

That one.

[Joe Soucheray]

It has. They haven't. They haven't been woked yet.

[Kenny Olson]

The pins they're handing out still are the old states.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, can you verify and look up the current state badge on the.

[Kenny Olson]

You know, go. Go ahead, Kenny, if you have it, because I did, too.

[Matthew]

You're one of those guys such that in a crowd where we're all having fun, you say, I smell weed. Somebody's smoking weed. Because now you know what's. You had to open up Your big fat mouth. And now you know what's going to happen. Rookie has to give his pin back.

[Kenny Olson]

Rookie, give me that pin back.

[Matthew]

Why can't you roll with it?

[Kenny Olson]

No, I mean, the State Patrol is going to say, give me the pin back. It's inaccurate.

[Matthew]

No, what. What's going to happen is the State Patrol is going to switch now because Joe made a big deal about

[Kenny Olson]

actually in my research that I didn't really want to do. In 2024, almost two years ago, the Minnesota State Patrol new logo replaces symbol with old state seal but it's not the official. The Minnesota State Patrol put a new logo after state officials retired the old state seal and made a decision to replace the state seal with the state flag. We really decided the current state flag. Well, no, when it was changed, we decided as a state agency, this would be a great opportunity to align ourselves with state agencies throughout the nation and come up with our own identity.

[Joe Soucheray]

They did.

[Kenny Olson]

Colonel Christina Bjogavic Bogovic, chief of the state patrol said, yeah, so see, Kenny,

[Joe Soucheray]

I didn't ruin anything. They already ruined it for themselves.

[Kenny Olson]

He had the previous logo with the old seal on it for 50 years, more than half of its existence since 29.

[Matthew]

But Matthew, the new one is very familiar. Doesn't it feature a river and a star?

[Kenny Olson]

Correct. Yes.

[Matthew]

Well, the new one's really cool, Joe.

[Kenny Olson]

The new one is.

[Matthew]

It's a winding river with pine trees on both banks and a big star.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, okay, that's cool. But they got rid of the state flag.

[Kenny Olson]

That's still euphoria.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, they. This is nice. This is nice. It's handsome. But they. They buckled. They buckled. They buckled.

[Kenny Olson]

If they would have taken a vote between troopers active and retired, they would have said, leave it alone. But I'm sure the administration said, well, we got to do this.

[Matthew]

Yes, they buckled inside. Reference time. Here is our old co worker Bruce Gordon, still working down there. The part Department of Public Safety.

[Kenny Olson]

That's a good question. I'm going to text him right now.

[Joe Soucheray]

There's no. There's no reason to. We don't need to get in.

[Matthew]

Don't text him.

[Joe Soucheray]

We don't need to get into.

[Matthew]

This is Bruce.

[Joe Soucheray]

How are you?

[Matthew]

The last time I talked to him, it wasn't. I was kind of mean to him.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, let's say that yearbook is roughly from 1976. About.

[Kenny Olson]

Correct.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. I also have noted that some people in Ohio have opened a 1976 time capsule that they buried, anticipating this year's. What do we call this? The bicentennial this year, 250.

[Kenny Olson]

No, it's a buy and a half centennial.

[Joe Soucheray]

The 250th birthday.

[Kenny Olson]

That's a better way to put it. That's a bad.

[Joe Soucheray]

And so they opened it and I was wondering, what would you have in a 1976 time capsule? Yeah, I know what I would have. If we were to bury one today, I'd have it full of fraud information and things like that.

[Matthew]

Super negative stuff.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Very dark stuff.

[Matthew]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Dog park stuff.

[Matthew]

Maybe some actual dog poop.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right. So I read this and unfortunately the time capsule they planted. I'm sorry, it's Kentucky, not Ohio. They planted a. It looks like a brown coffin. It was buried in bardstown, Kentucky in December 1976. And they dug her up Saturday, revealing all the keepsakes. Keepsakes? Yeah, that were wrapped in white bins and wrapped in garbage bags. It took six people to lift the massive lid, but then the contents inside were pristine. An old Coke can. Really? Yeah, really.

[Matthew]

It would have been steel.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right, A Coke can. Old photographs, storybooks and newspaper clippings from the day. They had a postcard, a Kentucky style cookbook, a license plate, some bricks.

[Matthew]

Ding, ding.

[Joe Soucheray]

A trophy and a decorative red boot. One boot.

[Kenny Olson]

What does that represent?

[Joe Soucheray]

I have no idea. And then there's pictures of it here. And I was hoping to discover something cerebral, something meaningful. No, this was just a bunch of junk.

[Matthew]

In your mind. When. When should a time capsule be dug up and opened? Give me years. 100 years.

[Joe Soucheray]

I go with a Hun. 50 was not enough time.

[Matthew]

Nothing less than 100.

[Joe Soucheray]

I go a lot.

[Kenny Olson]

Just Coke cans changed since.

[Matthew]

Yeah, I mean, why not dig it up every year if you're going to go 50 years?

[Joe Soucheray]

And I love these morons that bury a car and then dig it up in 50 years only to discover it's just completely rusted out. So I'm looking at the pictures of it and I wish, I. I wish there was gainful material here, but there isn't. There's a. A 1976 Coke can which looks identical to the Coke can today, but it

[Matthew]

would have been the different pull tab.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right.

[Matthew]

And it would be steel.

[Kenny Olson]

Was that the actual. Not the button top. That was the.

[Joe Soucheray]

They had aluminum cans in 19.

[Matthew]

They didn't. They didn't invent aluminium until the 80s.

[John Haidt]

Aluminium. I got news for you. I'm looking here and over the July 4th weekend, there were dozens of cities

[Joe Soucheray]

that open time capsules.

[John Haidt]

Yeah. From 1976.

[Kenny Olson]

How about the one they opened in St. Paul? That everything was soggy and it leaked.

[John Haidt]

And it was the seaside California one.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

It had multiple newspapers, a beer and a Playboy magazine.

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[Matthew]

Who was in it?

[Kenny Olson]

What did she.

[Joe Soucheray]

Not sure.

[Josh Arnold]

What is she?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, the gala was in. Is probably now only 70.

[Kenny Olson]

That's all right.

[Joe Soucheray]

What were her turn only. Yeah, that's. That's Young Stately men.

[Kenny Olson]

Right. There you go.

[Joe Soucheray]

70s stately men in radio. No, 70 is what they call age appropriate.

[Matthew]

Hey, now, when I was a kid, I had a pet turtle that died, and I. I had a funeral for him, but then I dug him up once a week for the next six months just. Just to see how he was doing.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know what? No, that's demented. Yeah, well, funny. That's not very good.

[Matthew]

I'm not going to argue that.

[Kenny Olson]

Have you worked with him long?

[Joe Soucheray]

Speaking of demented, I said yesterday only Alpha News, where I first discovered it. And this show had commented on the Facebook postings of the St. Paul School Board member Chantill Allen, who. No one was really anxious for her wisdom, but she did it anyway. On Facebook, she had to weigh in on the Minnehaha Dog park controversy in which the dog owners will be no longer allowed to have their dogs run on the beach at Minnehaha Falls because it's been declared a native sacred area. And she had to post something vile and meaningless. She wrote, I don't get why we just don't make dog parks at white Christian cemeteries. If white Christians are okay with it. This is a simple fix. Leave indigenous land sacred and piss on the white corpses. And the St. Paul paper, I noted today, did a piece on this. So her remarks, as vile as they are, are getting. Getting attention. And she was granted one hell of an interview by the Pioneer Press by a reporter named. Who? I don't know. Imani Kruzin. You know, you don't know anybody anymore at the paper because we don't have a building.

[Kenny Olson]

You don't run into him, you know,

[Joe Soucheray]

looking for a ladder, you know, there's no place.

[Kenny Olson]

What does Reuben do?

[Joe Soucheray]

He's gone now. Oh, okay. We lost Reuben. No, two years ago.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh.

[Joe Soucheray]

At least, I guess I forget that.

[Matthew]

Wait a minute.

[Joe Soucheray]

He passed Reuben Rosario.

[Matthew]

Oh, damn.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, Quite some time ago now.

[John Haidt]

That explains why I haven't seen his

[Joe Soucheray]

column for a while.

[Matthew]

Yeah, that explains.

[Joe Soucheray]

Boy, oh, boy,

[Kenny Olson]

I don't get into the office much.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, you don't. In a Friday interview, Alan Chantill Allen, this despicable, insidious fool, said she often uses wordplay and tries to show people how they might feel if a situation were Reversed. So already I'm picking up the vibe that she's going to use this boilerplate activist BS to really, essentially tell the rest of us how. Just how stupid we are. We don't really understand this. While some people commented on the Post they understood Allen's point or agreed, others were offended. I'm offended that she's a school board member. The Post was picked up by Alpha News, New York Post, Fox News. It's playing out even more beyond what I expected. She said, in my mind, I thought I'd make this post on this page and the folks on this page would go, oh, that's a good point. Alan said, but the way it is blown up and with all the hatred and threats and bullying, see, suddenly she is able. This is right out of the activist playbook. She is able to make herself the victim of her own remarks. I just think it's so interesting that my words garner this much hate. Well, because you're a hateful, spiteful, vengeful fool.

[Matthew]

Her words, though, not hate.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, they're not hate. They're. They're instructions for us. Neanderth. It's really don't understand anything about life, Joe.

[Matthew]

It's wordplay.

[Joe Soucheray]

And then she drops this card, too. She says she's received threats, of course. Well, then, lady, keep your.

[Kenny Olson]

Why are we learning about this right now?

[Joe Soucheray]

Based on what she said about dogs taking a leak on white corpses, wouldn't any language towards her be okay? Could I. Can I say anything I want?

[Matthew]

You would think that. Yeah. That she threw the opening salvo. Yeah, absolutely.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I'll take the high road.

[Josh Arnold]

Wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

We use language often to try to point out where. Where people are saying there is no problem. To show that if the tables were turned that, yes, it would be a problem again. See, we're too stupid, right? We're too stupid to do.

[Kenny Olson]

Giving us a lesson.

[Joe Soucheray]

And so this situation, the statement that I made was really not that I want people to go and piss on anybody's grave, Right? Because I don't. That's the thing. No, lady, you're a moron. You're a complete idiot. You shouldn't be on the school board. I have placed calls to the mayor's office. I have placed a call to Uriah Ward, the school board president. I called the St. Paul schools. There's no answer. It's summer. They're not going to die of hard work. No one's answering the phone. No one. If you go to the end of this story. And this reporter, to her credit, I guess, keeps allowing this windbag to keep talking. The language that I'm using is intended to strike a nerve so that you can see the nerve that you're striking is the Native American community. Allen said. What?

[Kenny Olson]

Huh?

[Joe Soucheray]

She's full of BS and she wants us to know she loves dogs, too. And scientifically, it fertilizes the soil. What does? Dog pee. No, it doesn't. It kills the grass. So I don't think my corpse would care. Well, we'll find out.

[Matthew]

Only.

[Joe Soucheray]

But this isn't about me or my ancestors. It's about our neighbors ancestors and what they believe. So she really is instructing us and the school district. The reporter made an effort to get some response from the school district, and the school district spokesperson said the district has been made aware of this social media post and does not have further comment at this time. So this despicable woman will. Will probably skate on this. And I think she should be fired immediately. 100%, she should be fired. She. It's not acceptable now because this. This is her third brush with this kind of infamy.

[Matthew]

The first we know of.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. The first was fomenting a fake racial problem at a restaurant about four years ago. The second was her. You know, many people with justification complained about the way ICE behaved here. There are still signs in many windows. ICE out of Minnesota. Yep. No one. No one liked the way ICE behaved here. But very few people broke up a church ceremony. But Chantill Allen was among them. The always available. Nikkimi Levy, whatever her name is, was among them. And another professional activist was among them. She's.

[Matthew]

She's facing lemonade.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don Lemon was among them. And she's facing a felony charge on that. So. And now this. So she has a history of doing nothing except revealing her vengeful, vengeful, dispiriting attitude. It's just a shame that she would have anything to do with a school board. She has no experience in anything, much less how to run a school and how to budget. They handle a billion dollars of your money. St. Paul parents, apparently you're comfortable with this. I don't know who voted for her, but she was voted. She'd been a school board member since 2020. And it's an embarrassment. It's an embarrassment to the city. It's an embarrassment to the state. This country suffers a great many embarrassments from its elected officials, and she's not even Trump. I'm gonna say something nice about Trump.

[Kenny Olson]

Are you grave? Are you rolling? You rolling on this?

[Joe Soucheray]

Not even Trump has ever come up with something that vile.

[Matthew]

Would you say that she's. Would it be hyperbole to say that she's fomenting a race war or is that too far?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't think. I don't think she has the. I don't think she has enough strength to give the race war any leg.

[Matthew]

Do you think she's part of that industry, though?

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, absolutely.

[Matthew]

Where she benefits from us not getting along?

[Joe Soucheray]

Absolutely. Absolutely. That's her only reason for existence, is to be this immature fool and she gets away with it. She should not be on the school board. And if the school board had any spine, any ethical integrity whatsoever, if the mayor of St. Paul would weigh in, if. Well, you can't count on the governor to weigh in. But this woman should be gone. She should not be on the school board. I'm judgmental.

[Kenny Olson]

You can be. This is not me.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is not activist.

[Matthew]

That's very judgy of you, Judgy.

[John Haidt]

Joe. I do want to. Just so I can give Rookie a chance to call me a house boy. Point out. After the show yesterday, I noticed Channel 5 covered this.

[Joe Soucheray]

They did. I'm sorry, you're right.

[John Haidt]

Yeah. Wednesday and Thursday I had not seen it either.

[Joe Soucheray]

So I was wrong yesterday when I said only alpha in this show have covered it. Five has covered it. And now the Pioneer press is weighed in. Thank you for the question. And I'm glad. I'm glad it should get notice. I'm not. I'm not sure. When I look around St. Paul at the average citizen, I'm not sure anyone gives a bleep. I'm just not sure.

[Matthew]

Well, it's summer, Joe.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, Summer.

[Kenny Olson]

But the Officials of the St. Paul Public Schools should give a rats behind and say we can't. This is unacceptable behavior.

[Joe Soucheray]

You're a role model. I think the schools have become a den of iniquity. Why anyone would send their kid to a St. Paul public school is beyond me. Well, obviously money is a factor, but I mean, if this is who's running your school board or helping you run it, do you really want your kid working under this kind of environment?

[Kenny Olson]

Absolutely not.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is ridiculous. She's ridiculous and she brings nothing to the table. I tried to find anything that she's contributed. I could not. I've really gone down a rabbit hole on this because I'm really irritated. I just think this woman should.

[Matthew]

You get your hackles up.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, she should not be on the school board.

[Josh Arnold]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

I said yesterday, I know that the Leave it to Beaver days are over. You know, Ward Cleaver ain't gonna show up on the school board with his suit and tie on. I get that we're in a modern era now, but these people are despicable. This is ridiculous. That she's on a school. It's an embarrassment to the city of St. Paul. A complete embarrassment. The mayor should weigh in, in my estimation. I left my message for Kali. Her. I left my message for Uriah Heap. I'm trying to get through to these people. They don't answer the phone. They don't. Well, I'm. The mayor's busy. They don't read. How busy could the. Could the Uriah Heap be? His favorite hobby is to play Dungeons and Dragons. I looked it up. I'm into this. I don't want this woman on the school board.

[Matthew]

You already know they're going to excuse her.

[Joe Soucheray]

How can this be excused?

[Matthew]

I'm not on their side.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, here's how I'll explain it to you. I'll explain it to you.

[Matthew]

Go ahead.

[Joe Soucheray]

Because she is a black woman, she has an extra degree of protection because we have assigned, for absolutely no reason whatsoever, but we have assigned to marginalized people a certain virtue that gives them an intellectual credibility to lecture the rest of us.

[Matthew]

Oh, you've given me a great idea.

[Joe Soucheray]

So she's telling us how stupid we are. And the pain and suffering I receive for telling you how stupid you are is that I'm getting feedback on my Facebook post and I'm getting threats. First of all, we don't know that you're getting threats. And two, you could have avoided getting threats by keeping your big mouth shut. No one was looking for your wisdom on the dog park situation, you moron.

[Matthew]

Take a breath. You gave me a great idea. Protection level. Top 10 protection levels. Who's at number one? Would it be black gay women?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, she's a black lesbian woman, I think so.

[Matthew]

Is she number one or is that going to be somewhere in the top four?

[Joe Soucheray]

Boy, that's certainly in the top. I'd put that in the top three. You know what? What could top it? What could top a black lesbian woman

[Matthew]

as far as being able to say, yeah, anything you want.

[Joe Soucheray]

Anything they want without any recourse. They have more virtue than we do.

[Matthew]

Yes.

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

I loved how she sounds like a Modern Family episode.

[Matthew]

I loved how she explained how English works and the English language and what she was doing there with. With language.

[Joe Soucheray]

She's.

[Matthew]

Well, because I'm really stupid and I didn't understand that.

[Joe Soucheray]

She's a genius. Just a genius. These are. These are things about language that Never really occurred to me. And I've been involved with language my

[Matthew]

whole life from the get go.

[Joe Soucheray]

Just don't even. I just didn't even occur to me. It's wordplay, Kenny. It's called wordplay.

[John Haidt]

What?

[Joe Soucheray]

It's wordplay that it tries to show people how they might feel if a situation were reversed. Well, I did think about that. I'm serious. Let's say my ancestor was buried over on the. Below the falls.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay?

[Joe Soucheray]

It would not have occurred to me that dogs were causing a problem. Now, the native spirit says that dogs can absorb the prayers and therefore the prayers would not reach the intended. I don't believe that. But I can't tell a native not to believe that. If that's what they believe, that's fine. But it wouldn't bother me. It would not occur to me in

[Kenny Olson]

my close to 40 years of living, very close to an Ojibwe family. I've never heard that about dogs. And they were.

[Matthew]

Well, you should ask. You should inquire.

[Joe Soucheray]

See what they said. Well, you know. And thankfully we have this Chantill Alan to straighten this out with wordplay. Because now we understand better.

[Matthew]

Remind me how the dog park situation was resolved. Was it merely you can't take them off the leash for certain periods?

[Joe Soucheray]

I believe they're allowed to be off leash until December 31st. Then next year, or I suppose the dog park is used all year long, so it'll remain a dog park on January 1st. I believe that what changes is the dogs must be leashed the whole time they're on there.

[Kenny Olson]

It used to be unleash your dog once you go inside the park. Now they gotta stay on the leash.

[Joe Soucheray]

I believe the dog must stay on the leash because leash dogs apparently don't steal prayers.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, you take the leash and you go like this and it stops The.

[Matthew]

What if the leash. What if it's 50 yards long, this leash?

[Kenny Olson]

It's got to be a long prayer then.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's a good point and not a. Not a facetious one. I've seen those things that. Yeah, they stretch out forever. Yeah. They're retractable leashes. It's a good question. I don't know what they're going to do about that. If the dog gets a certain distance away from the handler, is the dog then susceptible to thievery?

[Kenny Olson]

Or more importantly, how did they find out that dogs can intercept that?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, then that's native culture. Not at yours.

[John Haidt]

In all city parks in Minneapolis, you are required to use a leash that does not exceed six feet in Length.

[Joe Soucheray]

There's Kenny's answer. There's Kenny's answer.

[Matthew]

Thanks, John.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, he's an FYI guy when you really appreciate it.

[Kenny Olson]

Second number two, the Google is.

[John Haidt]

It's a handy little item.

[Matthew]

Google's propaganda.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know it.

[John Haidt]

That's right. That's probably fake. Google made that up solid.

[Kenny Olson]

Johnny, you're gonna get like 15 ads of dog leashes now for the next week.

[John Haidt]

Great.

[Joe Soucheray]

The founder of the Minnesota Parents alliance is a woman named Christine Troyan. And she told Alpha News there has been zero scrutiny placed on members like Alan who have demonstrated time and again that they are unable or unwilling to conduct themselves with a modicum of respect that their constituents deserve, much less refrain from repeat radical offensive conduct. Thank you, Christine Truyan. You're right. Where is the expectation of civility? A school board is a fairly sober, important entity in a functioning city, isn't it? The school board? The school board usually certainly has a history of being respected. It was an honorable position, a terribly important one. It's fallen into the hands of these insidious, vengeful creeps like Alan.

[Kenny Olson]

They're supposed to be.

[Joe Soucheray]

She shouldn't be a school board member

[Kenny Olson]

setting the guidelines of what they should learn.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, somebody fire her ass. Yeah, they won't. This is ridiculous.

[Matthew]

Aren't they elected positions?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[Matthew]

I don't think you can fire them.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, impeach her then. Do some damn thing. Give her an assignment that doesn't let her attend meetings.

[Matthew]

Would it be keep her away from children?

[John Haidt]

Why is she even talking about this? That's what I don't get.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, again, John, I said no one was anticipating the knowledge. We weren't. We weren't breathlessly waiting for her wisdom on this.

[Matthew]

John, that's a great thing about social media. You get people points of view on all sorts of things you know you didn't want.

[John Haidt]

I'm sure people get my views they don't want.

[Matthew]

Yeah, but are you recommending people urinate on graves?

[John Haidt]

I don't. I can't get quite that controversial.

[Joe Soucheray]

Sorry. The current sign over there says, please keep dogs on leash until you enter off leash dog park area. That presumably will change Dec. 31. The sign will say, please keep your dog on leash at all times, I would imagine. And. And Chantill Allen had nothing to do with that. She's just a distant observer who saw another shot to open her mouth and prove she's a fool rather than keep it shut and only be thought one. Oh, it's just a shame. It's just as such an Embarrassment on the whole town. It really is. It's just an embarrassment.

[Matthew]

Would it be impolite for me to suggest we bring back the rail so we could run people out of town on a rail, prop them up there on a fold and.

[Joe Soucheray]

Or the stocks? How about this stuff? Yeah. Yeah.

[Matthew]

Well, I don't want violence, Matthew. I just want public humiliation. I just want humiliation.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think when you get to a certain level of protected status, you're immune to even being humbled. There's nothing what could possibly humble this woman and say, I've behaved poorly. What could possibly do that? Serious question. When you get to this level of vitriol and you keep getting away with it time after time after time, what could possibly cause you to join the rest of humanity and say, you know, I went too far with that? I. I'm terribly sorry. That was ridiculous of me, and I apologize. A true apology. Not. Not. No, but the word but can't be in there. Okay.

[Kenny Olson]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

What? I can't think of anything. This one. This one, As I said, not even Trump has come up with something stupid.

[Matthew]

Wouldn't it be something like Epstein related? I'm thinking back to Al Franken, who played Come in Rangoon about 30 years before he went down for it.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, well, you know, Al looked like an Eagle Scout compared to what. What's taking place in the world today. Yeah. Who hasn't done a little Come In Rangoon? I've gotten a swat in the face for it.

[Matthew]

Just yesterday, maybe.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, possibly.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

But, you know, she's allegedly married to me, so, you know.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it's all right.

[Matthew]

And she was gonna slap me anyway, so, you know.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's an interesting question because it speaks to the future of the mystery. If human integrity and ethical behavior is going to be passe, we're really in for a rough road. Because where in humanity will be the equalizer? Where in humanity will be the humbling experience that would bring someone back to the masses and say, I'm just. I'm like you. I apologize. I'm sorry if that leaves us. We're going to be a nation of what.

[Matthew]

What we are currently.

[John Haidt]

I was going to say, think of the political spectrum right now. How many members of that spectrum could you see right now apologizing for something that I can't see? Very many. A very small number.

[Matthew]

And are we. We're kind of basically talking about things that they've said on social. Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I don't know anyone who said, take your dog and have it piss on a grave. I Don't. I haven't seen that.

[Matthew]

Other than social media.

[Joe Soucheray]

Other than this.

[John Haidt]

More social media.

[Kenny Olson]

But nobody, you know, would say anything like.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I don't. But I know people who would. Who just wouldn't say it. The people I know wouldn't say that.

[Matthew]

Didn't even occur to me.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, of course not.

[Matthew]

That did not occur to us, dude.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, well, that's just your opinion, man. Unbelievable. It truly is unbelievable. If this woman continues to be a school board member, how can anyone take the school board seriously? It's hard enough now when they can't budget properly.

[Kenny Olson]

Curriculums budget. That's what we want from you. Shut up.

[John Haidt]

Yes, John, I did look up how they get rid of them.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

You.

[John Haidt]

They can't be recalled.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

And you have to have a vote by the school board.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't count on that.

[John Haidt]

With four members saying you're gone, that's the only way you can get rid

[Kenny Olson]

of her until it's career ending. For a socialist, yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

All these socialists are thick as thieves.

[Matthew]

No, that's. No, it's a notch. It's like getting fired from radio for using the F word. I mean, all that, that's just going to get you up to the next market. Matthew, that might not work in Des Moines, but it is going to work in Chicago.

[Kenny Olson]

I got to try that sometime.

[Joe Soucheray]

I do not.

[Kenny Olson]

Damn it.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know enough about the background of the school board members to know if any of them have the spine to attempt to remove this woman. But they should.

[Kenny Olson]

I read a couple of bottles.

[Joe Soucheray]

Does the mayor have any role at all, John? Are you noting that.

[John Haidt]

No, just the school board.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, I read a couple of bios and it doesn't look promising at all.

[Matthew]

When's the next election? I mean, maybe it'll just happen organically. That's wishful thinking, though, that far outward.

[Joe Soucheray]

Member term, John.

[John Haidt]

I'm looking.

[Kenny Olson]

I thought it was two years.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm trying to take from memory from yesterday.

[Josh Arnold]

And.

[Joe Soucheray]

And. And by the way, the schools have nothing to boast about. It's not as though this school board has been running a miraculous achievement factory.

[Matthew]

Oh, that's a good point. Let's run down her accomplishments. Okay. Well, that was a short one, I think.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think she currently holds the job of clerk of the school board.

[Kenny Olson]

She is clerk? Correct.

[John Haidt]

For your terms.

[Joe Soucheray]

For your term. When was she last elected?

[John Haidt]

That's a good question.

[Kenny Olson]

Looking her up right now.

[Joe Soucheray]

Does the school board have the courage and the ethical integrity to get rid of this woman?

[Kenny Olson]

Her term is from January of 2024 to December of 2028. So 2028, November of 2028 is when she's will be running or voted in or out.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Matthew]

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[Josh Arnold]

Sorry.

[Matthew]

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[John Haidt]

Thanks, Joe.

[Josh Arnold]

Huh.

[John Haidt]

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[Matthew]

Scootover ordered a five pound bag.

[John Haidt]

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[Matthew]

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[John Haidt]

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[Matthew]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John Haidt]

In. Let's see. Let's. First, I should tell you. Our news is brought to you by North American Banking Company Local and state news. National Weather Service teams in Detroit lakes after a suspected tornado damaged homes and businesses and left two people injured. According to the Becker County Sheriff's Office, numerous trees and power lines came down during Monday night storm and suspected tornado. The sheriff's said in a statement. Law enforcement officers will be controlling access to and from affected areas to protect property and ensure the safety of homeowners, utility crews and first responders. The two people that were hospitalized are expected to be okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's funny the way those storms exhaust themselves. It was coming towards the Twin Cities last night and it just kept running out of gas and running out of gas and by the time it got here it was about as powerful as some wet flatulence. Yeah, there was a little wind and a little light rain and it kept going and just out obviously disappeared.

[Matthew]

The wind hit us first and it was really bad for about three to five minutes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

Then the wind calmed down. But then the real heavy rain and everything.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't know.

[Joe Soucheray]

It was just a summer thunderstorm.

[Kenny Olson]

It was. But I don't know if you saw in the news. I don't think, I don't know if it's Channel 5 or for you who covered it, but we had a. On our front lawn and Adirondack plastic chair that was flipped over forward.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh no, no.

[Kenny Olson]

I mean I had to flip.

[Matthew]

Did you call the insurance company?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, I'll get on it.

[John Haidt]

I did notice my neighbor's recycling bin blew open and I had a pizza box on my lawn from them this morning.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh no.

[Kenny Olson]

You chose not to fight with the. The trash bucket, right? You didn't fall in and.

[John Haidt]

No, I didn't. I just. I don't think. I'm sorry.

[Matthew]

Go ahead, Joe or John, whoever you are. Yeah, I will.

[John Haidt]

Said Joe too. Isn't that weird? Anyway, I didn't think. I told you guys a couple weeks ago I had a large branch go through a shed.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, that's not terrible.

[Kenny Olson]

The news crews come out and it's

[John Haidt]

still not fixed and I'm waiting for them to get back.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, fix it.

[Matthew]

Did you see the storm though on radar, Joe? It went from like Morris all the way up to the iron.

[Joe Soucheray]

Nice little summer thunderstorm.

[Matthew]

Tell that to the folks in DL.

[Joe Soucheray]

DL got hit a little hard. Yeah. Gotta roll with it.

[John Haidt]

Elk river city leaders have rejected plans for a 60,000 square foot data center. That project would have brought 40 jobs to the area. But residents pushed back on the proposal as they raised concerns about energy use, noise levels and environmental impact. Council members are also considering a one year ban on future data set of projects. But that proposal is still in the works. A Hugo woman accused of making threats against Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Damith has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge against her. 43 year old, Rachel Marie Welch pleaded to one count of threats of violence yesterday, according to charging documents. The Minnesota State Patrol began investigating voicemails that Welsh had left with Damos office starting in January. At first, the messages mentioned finding Damith, a Republican candidate for governor, on the campaign trail, saying I'm going to find you and be there every step of the campaign. Over time, though, the messages grew more intense, with Welsh allegedly calling Daymond a traitor and referencing firearms, bulletproof glass and shooting lessons. February 11th voicemail warned you were going to fall and I will be there. I'll be at the end of that barrel. Welch is scheduled to be sentenced on September 10th. She faces a maximum prison term of 5 years. Horrible story from St. Paul a bicyclist has died from his injuries more than a week after being hit by an open car door in St. Paul. St. Paul police say at 3:22 in the afternoon June 27, officers were called to the 1600 block of Highland Parkway for a crash between a car and a bike. Authorities said that the vehicle was in park when the driver got out, opened the door and the bicyclist was hit with the car door. The woman in the parked car remained on scene. Cooperated with law enforcement. The man on the bike sustained a head injury, was brought to the hospital. Law enforcement says he was taken off life support this past Friday and died from the injuries. Identity has not been released at this time.

[Joe Soucheray]

Sounds to me like he would have run into a car door that was suddenly opened, correct?

[John Haidt]

Yeah, right. That's. I think I worded that badly. So she opened her door and he ran right into it is the gift

[Joe Soucheray]

of it right on. Davern between Daven and McAllister on Highland

[John Haidt]

Parkway and Minneapolis, police are investigating a shooting that injured a 17 year old boy and three men overnight on Monday. Law enforcement called to the 1300 block of Water street around 2:35 in the morning on a report of a shooting. We talked about this yesterday. There's a little more information on it. Officers found a 17 year old boy with an apparent non life threatening gunshot wound brought to Children's Hospital for treatment. About 20 minutes later, three men whose ages were not specified showed up at the hospital with apparent non life threatening gunshot wounds, police confirmed. Law enforcement says the four men were leaving a building when gunfire broke out. During a live broadcast yesterday, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher confirmed the men were walking out of a recording studio. No arrests have been made at this time. Why don't we take a short break here and hear from the mayor, Mr.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Kenny Olson]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[John Haidt]

In national and international news, the Hamas militant group says it's dissolved its government in Gaza and is preparing to transfer power to a technical committee backed by the United nations as part of that US Brokered ceasefire deal. Hamas did not say whether it planned to take the crucial step of disarming or handing over security to an international force, but described its decision as evidence of its commitment to Gaza's reconstruction after years of war. It's unclear if this move, announced by a lower level official, would lead to any meaningful change on the ground because the Board of Peace, the new entity led by President Trump with the mandate of governing and rebuilding Gaza, said it was aware of the Hamas announcement but would assess the impact based on what they called actions and not promises. The board stressed in a statement on X that the technocratic committee must control all weapons Gaza as laid out in the ceasefire agreement. Meanwhile, speaking of that ceasefire agreement, three tankers were hit by projectiles today in the Strait of Hormuz, the British military said in the latest attacks targeting vessels moving through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf. These new assaults threatened to choke off the flow of traffic in the strait, just as countries hope to restore normal shipping practices and ease the global economic strain of the war. One of the tankers was traveling off the coast of Oman and caught fire, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center. Iranian state television said the liquefied natural gas tanker came under attack after ignoring warnings but did not directly claim the assault. Two other tankers also hit, including one that was hit by a drone. Not immediately clear where they were at the time of the attacks. Iran's Joint Military Command warned last Thursday that all oil tankers moving through the strait must use its approved routes and also said interference by U S forces in the strait will be met with a rapid and decisive reaction.

[Kenny Olson]

What's your prediction on the timeline there? That that baby opens up completely or is this going to be a two year deal?

[Joe Soucheray]

This could be endless. B yeah, this ain't going to be solved tomorrow.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, we got oil to get and

[Joe Soucheray]

we got stuff to make.

[Kenny Olson]

Let's go here. I need my great stuff, right?

[John Haidt]

World leaders are gathering in Ankara, Turkey today for the 36th annual NATO summit. The 32 member alliance expected to showcase new military equipment funded by increased defense spending. NATO is estimated to spend about $258 billion more on defense across 2025 and 26 as members work to increase defense budgets from 2 to 5% of their gross domestic product by 2035. President Trump pushed for the higher target last year, saying that member states rel heavily on the US he threatened to reduce backing for allies that failed to meet the metric. Countries near Russia like Poland, Lithuania and latvia are nearing the 5% goal, while Spain and Belgium previously struggled to meet the 2% benchmark. US trade deficit widened in May, according to data published this morning by The Commerce Department. U.S. imports told $395.3 billion in May, up 3.3% from April. April. While exports. Exports were 317.7 billion, 3.2% lower than in April. Democratic Party leaders and close allies are urging Graham Platner to quit the Maine Senate race after a woman he had been romantically involved with publicly alleged that he sexually assaulted her. The allegation, which Platner denied, is the most serious so far to emerge in a campaign marked by controversy. And it puts his political future in doubt. Allies who had campaigned with him dropped their endorsements. Democrats scrambled to find a backup plan, what they see as a must win state with a deadline for a new candidate later this month if Platner steps aside. In a video he released yesterday, Platner said, quote, any accusation of non consensual behavior is categorically false. He also said he was mindful of the political impact it could have on his race against Republican Senator Susan Collins. The video comes after political detailed an allegation by Jenny Oresica, a 41 year old Maine resident who said Platner forced himself on her about five years ago and had non consensual sex with her after she told him repeatedly to stop. She had previously told the New York Times that he didn't respect women, that she had cut off contact with him after finding his behavior reckless and unsettling. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats campaign chair Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, both of New York in a joint statement called the allegations disturbing, said Platner needed to step aside immediately.

[Matthew]

I don't even know how to phrase the question, but I think you know what the question is. They're. So far they're just allegations, right?

[John Haidt]

They're correct.

[Matthew]

Have not been proven. There's no evidence to prove them yet. There hasn't been a trial. Is there even been a trial scheduled? Is he been charged with anything? No. No. Huh. All right.

[Joe Soucheray]

She one of them Democrats?

[Matthew]

Yeah, he is, but I just. I'm. I don't know. I don't know where I should stand on this.

[Kenny Olson]

Do you think they're chicanery? Where?

[Matthew]

I don't know. Matthew.

[Kenny Olson]

Lisa, come on out.

[Matthew]

Matthew, I. It's just I trust no one anymore. I don't believe any. I just don't know who to believe.

[Joe Soucheray]

Plus, the people who should run for office never do.

[Matthew]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

So you're left with the dregs.

[Kenny Olson]

He didn't have that politician look. He had kind of the.

[Joe Soucheray]

Isn't he a fisherman by trade? Noble trade. It'd be neat.

[Matthew]

Does anybody know. Does he have a history of this? Have other allegations?

[John Haidt]

Yes, there was. Yes.

[Matthew]

Oh, okay.

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

All right, now we're getting somewhere.

[John Haidt]

This woman, there's the story. They were a couple, right. Dating. And. And she said they had. Had. But this evening he was. She said he was out of control. Drunk and just out of control and

[Joe Soucheray]

what is he on? He's down on a school board there. Is he.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm not sure how that main school board.

[Matthew]

Has he taken the cure? Is he still drinking?

[John Haidt]

That's a good question. I have no idea. I'm not going to say. I'm not sure. Not sure.

[Matthew]

Yeah, that's it.

[John Haidt]

He's admitted. He's admitted in the past he's a veteran who had some PTSD and he's admitted he had some issues of other sorts also. So.

[Joe Soucheray]

So it's. Yeah, it's complicated.

[Matthew]

All right. I kind of wish I wouldn't have said anything. Sorry. Let's erase that. Gabe. Take that.

[John Haidt]

A White House or a White House report branding the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who can't be trusted, indicating that President Trump might be getting ready to install his own team there. The report, released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council, comes in the midst of Trump's aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and historic institutions. Trump in March, of course, revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian with an executive order that targeted funding for programs that advance divisive narratives and improper ideology. His words as he continued to broadside against culture that he deems too liberal. The Smithsonian did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The president has also imposed changes on historical statements, sites beyond Washington and all around national parks where signage that the administration says doesn't celebrate the nation's positive history enough. Critics say the administration is trying to rewrite history by erasing parts of it that they don't see as positive.

[Matthew]

Speaking of rewriting history, my favorite talking again. What's that?

[Kenny Olson]

Are you talking again? Yeah, I'm just kidding.

[Matthew]

My favorite Smithsonian covering up history stories. The one where they took all the evidence, evidence of giant humans and brought them out to sea and dumped it all off. So. So the evolution chain could not be interrupted by these giant humans. I love that story.

[Joe Soucheray]

Are you serious, Clark?

[Matthew]

No, it's complete bs, Joe, but it's fun, you know.

[John Haidt]

A high rise office building near Grand Central Terminal in New York City was at risk of collapse this morning, prompting an emergency response. During the morning rush hour in Midtown Manhattan, Fire officials said they received a call just before 8 this morning about falling bricks in the 200 block of East 42nd street, the building they're concerned about. More than 30 stories tall. Officials inspecting the building found that two support columns inside the building were buckling. Several upper floors were in the process of sagging. Construction workers were evacuated from the building. Officials cleared two adjacent buildings at 225 and 221 East 43rd street as a precaution. There were no injuries, according to the fire department. I did look up to see if there are any updates since I got that story this morning and there are none. The building's still there.

[Joe Soucheray]

That didn't used to happen in the once well built United States.

[Kenny Olson]

That's true.

[Matthew]

I've had a brilliant idea, Matthew, but bring a couple bricks into work tomorrow and just kind of spread them around Randomly, I'm out of here.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hoping for a day off.

[Kenny Olson]

Do I get paid for this?

[John Haidt]

And the annual nine day San Fermin festival, known of course as the running of the bulls, kicked off yesterday in Pamplona, Spain. The annual nine day San Fermin festival known as the running of the Bulls kicked off. That's the same sentence I just read. I wonder why. I put that in there twice

[Kenny Olson]

for effect.

[John Haidt]

There, I erased it. You could. Beginning today, thousands of people will sprint ahead of six fighting bulls and six steers every morning at eight local time followed by an afternoon bullfight. The medieval era festival honors Saint Fermin, remembered as the son of a Roman senator and Pamplona's first bishop. In the 16th century, festivities were moved from the saints feast day in the fall to July, presumably to coincide with the peak season in for cattle markets. This year celebrations coincide with the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ernest Hemingway's the Sun Also Rises, which popularized the festival. At least 16 people throughout the years over the past century are believed to have died when they ran over.

[Matthew]

There's some debauch in that book, John. That's a great book.

[John Haidt]

I don't know if I've ever run.

[Matthew]

Oh, gotta read that book.

[Joe Soucheray]

Sun also Rises.

[Matthew]

Yeah, yeah. And then also read Movable Feast. That's another good one.

[Kenny Olson]

By now that one I could get my hands on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Really does.

[Kenny Olson]

Big buffet, John.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you so much.

[Matthew]

Joe. Have you seen the running of the Bulls? Have you been there?

[Joe Soucheray]

Not personally, no.

[Matthew]

Have you seen a bull fight?

[Joe Soucheray]

Not in person.

[Kenny Olson]

Recovered that.

[Matthew]

I'd love to see a bull fight.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I'm. I usually root for the bull.

[Matthew]

Yeah, I know. I was. I was wondering about that given your stance on zoos.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't like zoo lose.

[Matthew]

Yeah, right.

[John Haidt]

Bulls are weird bull fights.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you know, they're different, John. There's different cultures and they have bull fights.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, I understand that. I understand your face, Kenny.

[Kenny Olson]

You've never played the game running from the ball.

[Joe Soucheray]

Nope. Okay, thank you very much.

[Kenny Olson]

Very intimate.

[Joe Soucheray]

It didn't work, did it?

[Matthew]

What's going on, Gabe?

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's a man who spends hours in

[Matthew]

hardware stores sifting through the nuts and bol

[Joe Soucheray]

sushirade.

[Matthew]

What? What do I do? We have a Bradshaw Bryant logo on a blank screen.

[Kenny Olson]

Turn the light on, will you?

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, I see a boat. I see a boat.

[Matthew]

Look at that.

[Kenny Olson]

Beautiful.

[Matthew]

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[Joe Soucheray]

WarnerStock.com Remember the fellow, he's become quite a favorite emailer of the show. Tom Cullen, who is going to sue Bianca Bernick because she didn't show up for work. Remember that kind of fell apart as it went through the system.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

While he writes, I hope you, the fireworks commissioner of Gumption county and all the GL faithful had a great 4th of July. I also hope everyone took a moment to reflect on the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. You realize how old those guys were when they signed that?

[Kenny Olson]

I know now I didn't prior to that. I didn't realize that

[Joe Soucheray]

and what they committed themselves to. They mutually pledged to one another that their lives, fortunes and our sacred honor. Those were not empty words. They were willingly risking execution for treason, the loss of everything they owned and the destruction of their reputations to secure American independence. I believe it is time for the sane members of our society to recommit ourselves to that same spirit of courage and responsibility. Not because we face the same circumstances, but because we are watching representative government drift further away from the people it is supposed to serve. Amen to that. As I mentioned in my last note, our government increasingly serves government instead of the people. We are viewed as a source of revenue to be managed, regulated, taxed and dictated to rather than citizens whose voices matter. Look around us. The elimination of the dog park wasn't driven by citizens demanding the change government decided. Minnesota's paid family and medical leave program wasn't something small businesses or anyone was Asking for government decided the Summit Avenue bike lane wasn't the result of overwhelming public demand. Government decided then consider the taxpayer funded programs that had been raped by fraud and abuse. No one was standing in line asking government to create those programs feeding our future autism, daycare, mobility service, etc. They simply appeared, grew and consumed more taxpayer dollars. All of them were conceived and designed by government for the increased dependence on the government. Little by little we have accepted a government that increasingly acts first and then ask permission later. The people elected to represent us too often fail to represent us at all. They represent ideologies and they are not supervised by adults. We make and sell electric powered wheelbarrows and have to navigate at 27% a year over year property tax increase on our St. Paul business while adjusting to the cost and administrative burden of the state's leave program. I cannot help but think about the sacrifice our founders made so future generations would govern themselves, not be governed by an ever expanding bureaucracy. Freedom is not something we inherit permanently. Every generation must defend it. I believe it is time for citizens to start saying no. Not through anger or violence, but through active citizenship. We need to challenge bad ideas, hold elected officials accountable, speak at public meetings, support leaders who represent people instead of the bureaucracy, and refuse to quietly accept every new tax mandate or program simply because the government says it knows best. I tried to hold my State Representative Bianca Virnig 52b accountable by suing her in small claims court. When it became convoluted and difficult to follow through with, I saw the writing was on the wall for the outcome, I gave up. I can no longer do that. No quitting. I must press on and become the giant pain in the ass everyone knows me can attest to my ability to be. If enough reasonable Minnesotans decide they have had enough and are willing to engage, we can restore government to what it was always intended to be. A servant of the people, not their master. At the very least we can make it more difficult to run over us. Thank you again for giving those people a place to gather. Best regards, Tom I would apply those remarks to this foul degraded school board member. The people of St. Paul should be speaking up. The people of St. Paul. Unless they don't care. Unless they're so uninformed they don't care.

[Kenny Olson]

I find that so hard to believe.

[Joe Soucheray]

But the people of St. Paul should speak up. The school board should have some backbone and say that you are an embarrassment to the school board. Chantill, Allen and you. We have the votes to end your term. You're done Goodbye.

[Matthew]

He brought up something very important. Important engagement. Hard to get people engaged.

[Joe Soucheray]

I guess so it's easier just to

[Kenny Olson]

turn your back and not worry about it. But it's still going to affect your grandchildren.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, I was thinking about that today. What will it take for the average Twin Citian to say enough is enough? Because obviously the current city council. No, no, obviously that point has not been reached. That point has not been reached. When will the people of the Twin Cities say, we've had enough, we're over taxed, we don't get anything for our money, our roads are terrible. We have duplicate redundant programs for everything under the sun. We never have an audit for achievement or accomplishment by the many dozens and dozens and dozens of people you keep hiring at the city level, the state level. When will people. I don't know the answer to that question. When will people realize this isn't working?

[Kenny Olson]

I don't know, but I wish we could get a poll for retired East Siders, retired south Minneapolis people, their parents that are being.

[Joe Soucheray]

What's retired got to do with it?

[Kenny Olson]

Well, because those are the ones that aren't paying attention, I think, that are. That are just going through the motions.

[Joe Soucheray]

They're not paying more attention than you think. There's no way else to do.

[Kenny Olson]

But they're not voting for these people.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, they're not.

[Matthew]

I think I have the answer. When it comes to their front door. Well, then they'll be engaged.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, I was thinking of that, too. Does that mean they get a knock on the door and are told you can no longer cut your grass with that lawnmower?

[Matthew]

Something like. Something like that, yeah, absolutely. When it finally affects them, but then it's too late.

[Joe Soucheray]

You can no longer plant that particular flower in your garden because scientific studies have indicated that that type of flower may attract ticks. Therefore, you are not allowed to plant that flower.

[Matthew]

You may not leave your house without

[Kenny Olson]

a mask on, remove your car from the parkway, it's no longer allowed.

[Matthew]

I mean, we could go on and on with this.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's probably what it's going to take to wake up someone who doesn't pay attention to anything and then suddenly have to open the door and be told you can no longer park your car.

[Matthew]

But so many are going to comply because the government in their mind, knows best.

[Joe Soucheray]

And the bigger the government, the smaller the citizen. Yep, that's what Tom is.

[Kenny Olson]

But look at how far back it's going. It's not only city councils now. It's the park board, it's the school board.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay. Okay, maybe we're looking at it wrong. Maybe, maybe. Maybe we're too dark in our thinking. Maybe people are enjoying their Twin Cities lives. Maybe everything's. Everything's fine. They still can cut the grass, they can still plant the garden, they can still go to the store. So what? I don't know what it'll take for people to realize the government is out of hand.

[Matthew]

Let's bring it back 250 years. Do you feel that we have taxation without representation?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes, I do. I do not feel represented at all. Because as noted in this note, they dream up the programs. We're not asking for them.

[Matthew]

They're going to come back to that statement. You know, I'm going to play. I'm going to play your opponent. Now, what about our roads and our parks and our this and our that and our other? You know, all the things that they do provide, your taxes, provide.

[Joe Soucheray]

Those are what we've acknowledged and are willing to pay for. We had a hand in the creation of those. They go back a century or more. We had a hand in that. Now, interesting to note that government appears to be working in Elk river, where the citizens turned out and weighed in and said no to a data center. And the city council said, you're right, we hear you. We need to put this in abeyance for at least a year. These data centers are apparently going to be a real thorn in the side for these suburbs that have a lot of space.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't want one in invigoral fights

[Joe Soucheray]

because they need a lot of space.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, I don't want that.

[Joe Soucheray]

And they need a lot of water. They need a lot of electricity, and no one really knows what the noise will be like. If you live in Farmington, for example, and a large data center goes in, are you going to hear a hum the rest of your life? An electric hum?

[Matthew]

I'm opposed to all of that, but I don't know what they are. Gabe, can you break it down? What is the data?

[Joe Soucheray]

It's the warehousing of the computers.

[Matthew]

Is that all it is?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, it just holds a bunch of computers to run. Not a bunch. 28, 30,000 square feet of them. I mean, row after row after row after row of, of, of, you know, James Bond stuff.

[Matthew]

This seems like Big Brother to me.

[Kenny Olson]

Where are they now?

[Joe Soucheray]

They're. They're. You can get

[Matthew]

someone in.

[Kenny Olson]

In Maple. Whatever has. Has got their. Has got a data center somewhere.

[Matthew]

That's. That's a great.

[Joe Soucheray]

Gabe, why.

[Matthew]

Why is it that what we have right now isn't good enough?

[Joe Soucheray]

Just the demand for artificial intelligence.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, my.

[Kenny Olson]

This is.

[Joe Soucheray]

We'll increase the demand for more electricity to run the computers to provide the AI. As of now, that's the most efficient way of doing it, which is why you're seeing, like, the city councils saying, we'll wait a year to see if the demand is really still going to be there and be worth putting these massive hundreds of thousands of square feet,

[Kenny Olson]

or are they just buying?

[Joe Soucheray]

See, now, there's an example that the people of Elk River, I believe the people of Egan, it came to their door that we don't want one of these things. And they turned out and they went to city council meetings and the city council listened and they acted on behalf of the citizens, the government at work. It came to their door that we don't want this in our backyard. My kids are playing little league baseball back there. We don't want this 40,000 square foot thing that's going to generate electricity for computers.

[Kenny Olson]

You're citing this as a small ray of hope, a little pushback, so.

[Matthew]

Well, wait a minute now. So they're going to keep going further and further out.

[Joe Soucheray]

Joe, they're coming to you.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

How are. How like, say, Montrose or even further west. Dassel. How are they going to benefit the people of Dassel? How are they going to benefit from having one of these outside of town?

[Joe Soucheray]

They're not. But I don't know how they wireless

[Kenny Olson]

or do they need the big op, the big optic cord to go from.

[Matthew]

Don't ask me.

[Joe Soucheray]

What do you mean, wireless?

[Kenny Olson]

I mean, what does the. What does the data.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here we go.

[Kenny Olson]

What does the data center do? It houses the computers. But how does it talk to my computer when I want to write, it's all about Matthew. It's all about porn when I'm on the dark web.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let's. Let's. Look, I'm going to save us all here. Yeah, let's just stop. Right?

[John Haidt]

Good luck.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, you can't just say stop.

[Matthew]

We probably should have stopped five minutes.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can say that. I'm gonna say it. I'm gonna say it all. And you know me well enough to know what would I chiefly be worried about.

[Kenny Olson]

You?

[Joe Soucheray]

No. If you installed one of these massive things out in Farmington and I happen to live there at a hobby farm, what am I going to be worried about?

[Kenny Olson]

All I can hear is the rat. No, he can hear the rattling. He's trying to go to bed or he's having a coffee. He's a rattling. No, not a hum. It's not a hum. It's a rattle. For him, it's always. It's an annoying rattle. Even though it's a hum.

[Matthew]

Is that even a factor? I've never read anything.

[Kenny Olson]

If he's driving in his car, I hear it. He doesn't hear a hum. It's what's rattling. It's not my car rattles. Your car never rattles.

[Matthew]

It's your glasses up, your sunglasses in the overhead sunglasses case.

[John Haidt]

You know what?

[Joe Soucheray]

That's. I have found that to be true.

[John Haidt]

It's annoying.

[Joe Soucheray]

I stuff Kleenex in there.

[John Haidt]

Data centers are significant sources of noise. According.

[Joe Soucheray]

We don't want that. I don't want the hum.

[Kenny Olson]

You don't think you can hear the one from Egan right now?

[Matthew]

It's not even built 60 cycle home.

[John Haidt]

Low frequency drones or humming sounds caused by powerful cooling fans, H vac chillers and occasionally large backup diesel generators.

[Matthew]

Oh, they're live.

[Joe Soucheray]

Brought to you by the same people who want to save the earth. Wow, those fossil fuels. Why, how dreadful they are. Wait a minute. We do need them for this. We need a data center.

[Kenny Olson]

Buckets and things.

[Joe Soucheray]

Only because they come to us all the way from Marleth Park. Kind of summer hours right now, isn't it?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, you better hurry.

[Joe Soucheray]

Pumalanga, South Africa Why don't you do this? On this day. It is July 7th. Well, on this day in 1849, the Minnesota Territory was divided into seven council districts. Territorial governor Alexander Ramsey declared the elections will be held August 1st. On this day, July 7th in 1862, 130 gold miners, including a group from St. Paul led by James L. Fisk, set out on ox carts from Fort Abercrombie on the Red river for the Montana gold fields. The federal government encouraged the expedition in an effort to find gold to finance the Civil War. On this day, July 7th in 1871, Stillwater lumbermen descended the St. Croix river at Hudson, Wisconsin just after dawn to remove wooden pilings underneath a bridge. Although the pilings supported the bridge, they were blocking navigation along the river. Lumber companies in Stillwater had obtained a court injunction requiring a 200 foot clearance between the pilings to allow timber rafts to flow through. But workers building the bridge had ignored the order. The lumberjacks returned to stillwater with about 100 pilings and the event became known as the Battle of the Piles.

[Kenny Olson]

So early lumberjack days, like in its infancy.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's right.

[Kenny Olson]

Roll logging. Some egg rolls.

[Joe Soucheray]

On this day in sports, disappointment history. July 7th. I was there. Where? On this day in 1980, Minnesota. Scott LeDoux lost the WBC world heavyweight title bout to Larry Holmes. He Scotty offered his head up as his defense and the ring doctor was a gynecologist.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, how could he?

[Matthew]

Didn't he once throat punch you?

[Kenny Olson]

No, that was Kenny Norton.

[Joe Soucheray]

Kenny Norton. He didn't throat punch me. He just picked me up by the throat.

[Kenny Olson]

I have to make a correction too. The late, great Ruben Rosario, who? I did enjoy his columns. I referenced him and I meant to reference who was the electronics guy that was always looking for a ladder or aspirin.

[Matthew]

We had him on Julio Zepeda Mercada. Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes. It was not Reuben Rosario. Ruben was a fine columnist.

[Joe Soucheray]

Not sure Julio was the one asking for a ladder, but somebody was.

[Kenny Olson]

I felt he was a ladder.

[Joe Soucheray]

Joe.

[Matthew]

It was the early days of toy Twitter. That's when it was still quaint.

[Joe Soucheray]

He was a Twitter expert.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes, he was. He was.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you so much. G. Ellers. Wow.

[Kenny Olson]

I did a double cross. Gallers, since you listen to this fine. As you listen to this fine music that will close out this performance of the Garage Logic podcast, you can do yourself a favor and join the town council. Go to garagelogic.com to find out how. Subscribe to Garagelogic on YouTube and you can enjoy the ins and the outs and the beautiful video. Eyebrow raising, eye rolling, shrugging. You can see that live and in person. Subscribe to Garagelogic right there on YouTube. And again, the town [e-mail]

[Joe Soucheray]

jailers. It's money talk Tuesday and we're having a money talk with the man himself at 952-925-5608. You can do exactly what I'm doing right now and talk to Mr. Josh Arnold for a free, no obligation financial consultation. Again, that phone number, 952-925-5608. Josh. With SpaceX taken off to the NASDAQ 100, we hear that there's some other news from Samsung. But is it good enough news?

[Josh Arnold]

Well, let's start with SpaceX, because that's been in the news for quite some time, probably since late last year and all of this year until the company went public just a month month ago. Baytech, which we have talked about before, we'll say is the premier rocket launch company, but it's more than just launching rockets. They've got a huge satellite telecommunications network called Starlink, which serves over 10 million customers, we'll say on a worldwide basis. And for those of you who live in tough to reach places for cell phone towers, being able to get on the Internet net and communicate primarily through Satellite network and their SpaceX communication satellites have been used to help more difficult places around the world with Telecom Communications. SpaceX also owns, formerly known as Twitter, the money losing, we'll say social network platform and Xai known for its AI product called Grok. But XAI also has a tremendous amount of compute power that is being rented to the likes of Google and Anthropic at we'll say $90 million plus a month. So they do have an opportunity to generate not only revenue but at some point put out some positive earning. Now most analysts that have come out, at least on the sell side that have come out or and investment banks have come out with their reports a month after the IPO. Now the IPO shares came out at $150. First trades were at 160 and the stock reached within several days a high of $220 $25 a share, only to start selling off when options trading started about a week after the IPO came out. And since it realized listing today on the NASDAQ 100. But given the reports that have come out and given the fact that the stock really has not zoomed up, guessing there's been a lot of profit taking and many investors who came in after the IPO price and after the first trades are currently underwater. And maybe just we'll say either throwing in the tap were just saying, well I'll just hold on and see what happens. The negative report came from the likes of Moffat Nathanson who may like the company and may like the potential, but they think at a 2 trillion dollar market capitalization, the stock is way, way over valued based on its earnings projections. On top of that, Moffett Nathanson does not, not see potential for data centers in space. And they say several, several old physical principles about time and distance and the longer the distance, the more signals degrade. And to put data centers in space, you're talking very large distances and signals would degrade. So maybe the technology at this point for data centers in space may not be there. On the flip side, Raymond James sees a potential for SpaceX to rise to $800 a share, which is very, very significant upside from the current price of $152 a share as we beat and that's based on space and advanced rocketry and making the rocketry almost like trucking. That too is a little bit out there. Again, plenty of potential. And I think companies like Raymond James have seen the vision of Elon Musk with Tesla and believe that other companies that he has started, you know, have a Lot of of potential potential is great but it may not necessarily translate into profit. One last thing around SpaceX is there's always the possibility and I say possibility that SpaceX and Tesla could merge at you know sometime within the next year. Well that will say is a is a wait and see with that. For those those who are interested in speculation as we have talked a speculation around for different companies involving telecommunications, space and space travel and artificial intelligence, this this would be a very very interesting company. But do be prepared for a lot of volatility around the name. And speaking of volatility how the chips are experiencing volatility on the downside today and have been experiencing downside for the last 10 days. I think the many of these companies particularly the memory names have gotten got way too expensive on both the price to sales and price to earnings basis and prospect for their continued growth at the same level I think has been hit reality. Today Samsung gave their preliminary report which showed tremendous tremendous sales growth which was up 2 times earnings growth was up and showed that a lot of some of the benefits coming from artificial intelligence and the need for chip. That said many analysts saw the report as confirmation of what what Samsung has been doing and and did not provide any more upside guidance in the preliminary report. Add to that Samsung's competitor SK Hynix is going to be listing later this week in the United States. So that adds to the pool of stocks available in chips, more supplies and demand. And then other questions is where is the money going to come from towards this $28 billion listing and it would obviously come from the sale of other chip stocks. So we've seen a lot of profit taking across the board in chips from Micron dropping almost 8% intel down 8% Nvidia down Marvell down AMD down as as well. What is up? Well favorite Apple happens to be up today and also some of my favorite leisure names including TKO and Live Nation. I think Live Nation which is a majority owner of the Mystic Lake Amphitheater down by Canterbury Downs has been getting quite the number of I'll say attendees D's for for concerts. Last night Bob Dylan performed and that brought in the crowds as well. So crowds coming to these concerts and this Mystic Lake arena which holds 19,000 at a peak has 40 dates set for this summer and probably more to come next year. But people are willing to spend spend on events and I'll say Live Nation is one of those places where people will spend money to see concerts not only here in the United States but around the world.

[Joe Soucheray]

You heard the man. With advice like that, that's grounded on earth, you'd be out of this world. And I'll pick up that phone and dial 952-925-5608 for that free, no obligation, financial consultation. Josh, once again, thank you very much.

[Josh Arnold]

You are welcome, Gabe. We'll talk to you tomorrow. Yes, sir.

[Joe Soucheray]

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