Mike Stephens

Husband & father, entrepreneur, business geek and lover of music, books and the Truth.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

Hold time was 90 minutes this morning. When I got through, the rep fixed it and was very professional and kind. That’s more of what I expected from @AlaskaAir. Please hire more agents like the one I worked with so hold times are not so crazy. #MadeItRight

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@AlaskaAir cancels my flight through the app, sends a text message apologizing, has an 8 hour hold time for customer service and has said nothing for 14 hours about fixing the problem. #fail

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@alaskaair_455_4 Ball is in your court now.

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

We often hear about the 7 Wonders of the World, both ancient and modern.

But what about wonders of the Medieval Age?

Here are seven — and what happened to them... 🧵

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@DeaceProducer B/S/H
Ohio Restaurant Unveils New Pumpkin Spice Cat https://t.co/IPuDaXY02I via @TheBabylonBee

[Steve Deace @SteveDeaceShow]

Joel has been on a righteous tangent about this all week, and he is sadly correct. The salt lost its savor, became of no use to anybody, so it was thrown out and trampled under foot. The Church systemically ran from the battle in the last generation to build megapolises in the suburbs, and/or when it did engage made its first priority making sure we waged the battle like proper gentlemen (aka nicer than God) rather than winning it. We were purpose-driven, by forsaking one of our primary purposes.

When I was on the Cruz campaign opposing Trump in 2016, I made an analogy about his popularity with evangelicals. Because we were also striving to be the evangelical candidate, and couldn't figure out why this NYC celebrity with a tabloid greatest hits album was more popular with Southern Baptists than our Southern Baptist candidate? And I pointed to Clint Eastwood's drifter/pale rider anti-hero in the Spaghetti Westerns as that analogy.

The people preferred the Gary Cooper nice guy sheriff would cleanse the town of the banditos. The one they could look up to. Desire to marry their daughters off to. The one they would name their sons after. But that nice guy sheriff never showed up for the fight, and thus the town kept getting overrun by the banditos.

Sooner or later, you just need to survive. So you turn to the pale rider, the drifter, the anti-hero when you're cornered and out of options. And you know the collateral damage of aligning with him will be high (as in some of your windows and storefronts are likely to be shot out, or your townsfolk may be caught in the crossfire). You know he's got unrepentant flaws you don't aspire to. But you also know it is this or the end of your town.

The reality is for all of his flaws, and for all the things about him and his way of doing things that have both flummoxed and frustrated me, the truth is Trump has done more to fight the darkness seeping into this culture and threatening to overrun it since he came down that escalator in 2016, than The Church has done collectively thus far this century.

There's a reason the darkness is shooting at Donald Trump instead of The Church. The biggest problem America has is most of her pastors are unworthy of being shot at.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@Timcast According to Fox and CNN, it was just an “incident”.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@AmericanAir stranded my wife overnight in Chicago because they delayed her so many times she missed her connecting flight. Offered a hotel in Chicago for the night and locked up her bag overnight. No change of clothes or toiletries. Should’ve paid less and gone with anyone else.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@ArizonaDOT please fire the genius who decided to shut down I-17 South on Mother’s Day weekend. 2 hours to travel 4.5 miles south and I’m still stuck in traffic. I factored in extra time and it still wasn’t enough. Your planners suck.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@MLBTV I paid for https://t.co/xhhe60cLF8, I paid for DBacksTV. In Phoenix, I can watch the SEA vs AZ game on the AZ feed. ROOT is blacked out. Please get your licensing figured out. Paying fans should be able to get both streams.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@T77t_town @IISwitchII That cash made the Ray trade cash neutral and the $2M they sent to MN made that trade cash neutral. M’s still have some budget to spend, but as of right now have a pretty solid roster.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@T77t_town @IISwitchII $6M of the $8M is coming from SF as part of the Ray trade.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@cougedit93 @TrailWestllc @Mitch_Seattle No commentary from Andy, just video of the event. What makes this propaganda?

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@GeoffBakerTIMES $18.95 x 12 = $227.40 + tax. https://t.co/6oKFJJEZYj plus a VPN = ?

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

Al Sharpton Asks: Can you imagine if James Madison or Thomas Jefferson tried to overthrow the government?

🙄🙄

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@StoneLarry Thank you. I’ve had the pleasure of reading your columns since I was teenager in the 90s. Enjoy retirement and maybe find a way to leave “ripe” bananas in random places for @RyanDivish from time to time.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@spencer_ogara @LookoutLanding Went to all 3 games last weekend. I was impressed with Canzone. Rojas is having a down year but is a great player. Saw Bliss in the futures game. Hoping he’s in the AZ Fall League again this year.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@keeversynergy @LookoutLanding Many teams were interested. Jerry wasn’t interested in trading with a direct contender. Legit, a good haul. Bliss was in Seattle for the Futures game this year. Rojas is a good player having a down year but still hitting 60 points better than Wong. Canzone is 1.000+ OPS in AAA.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@AaronLevine_ 2019 was Pre-Covid lockdowns. That changed player development drastically. Minor leaguers not invited to the alternate site missed a year of development, not to mention colleges that cancelled or shortened seasons. There will be a long tail of impact because of that.

[Mike Stephens @_Mike_Stephens]

@tbailey1976 @JeffPassan @trumplostsuckit Dumping Pollock after his performance this year is addition by subtraction.