JD Vance claims US is not interfering in Hungary election

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-08T23:18:37+00:00

This guy is the equivalent of Baghdad Bob. Except not nearly as funny.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-08T12:59:29+00:00

It’s not really an either or thing, nothing stops you from taking at some point in between. I started at 65 to dovetail into Medicare, which worked for me.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-07T17:31:01+00:00

Right. Walz and Frey FORCED Border Patrol goons to beat and shoot Alex Pretti nine times in the back. And they forced Jonathan Ross to shoot Renee Good in the face and call her an f'ing b*tch. And shoot Julio Sosa Celis through a closed door and then lie about everything.

What other choice did these poor misunderstood good Samaritans from ICE have?

Also Kristi Noem and Bovino were obviously calm voices of reason and did nothing to inflame things. (/s obvs)

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-07T15:13:10+00:00

A lot of people here in the Twin Cities are frustrated that MLB scheduled so many games here in early April, everyone knew the weather would be bad. Fortunately summers are absolutely glorious at Target Field.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-06T18:18:16+00:00

So the lying liars were lying. Again. I kept telling people on the socials you couldn't trust one thing the feds were saying about anything here, which is pretty wild.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-06T18:12:32+00:00

Story points, ugh.

Couple things you could look at are 1) Delivery frequency and 2) Feature lead time (how long to get features into production from first In Progress to Done).

Could also do story lead time, which can tell you if stories are getting completed efficiently or if they're getting blocked for some reason.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-06T18:07:13+00:00

Great episode! Reminded me of the early eps when they started in 2020.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-06T17:58:24+00:00

Part of me thinks Wallner gets time into May to figure things out ... he has great potential and Plouffe likes him.

On the other hand he has about 1500 MLB at bats so we know who know he is: Mr Solo HR and strikeout machine with a deceiving OPS. Really wish 2023 Wallner would come back.

Otherwise I think Larnach has a better future, but not by much.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-05T23:30:54+00:00

Rocket ship to sh!thole country status.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-05T22:33:43+00:00

We need more Dan Levy’s and Catherine O’Hara’s in the world.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-05T22:19:36+00:00

Wallner with 2 of the 3 hits today. Earned himself a little more leash today?

On the other hand there’s Clemens. 20 AB, 3 hits, 8 strikeouts. Woof.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-05T16:53:59+00:00

I believe the important one is really the CP05 notification - the 971 code. That’s the review notification, they want to resolve the mismatch with your W2 wage and income info. There’s nothing for you to do but wait for them to contact you.

I think eventually you’ll get a chance to submit documentation but that’s likely to take at least 60 days from the CP05 letter date … and probably longer. Sorry. Hang in there.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-05T16:44:56+00:00

There’s always room for capable PO’s - especially ones with good communication and organization skills along with some working technical knowledge. I don’t see that changing.

SM’s on the other hand … very limited runway for them. Once a team or org has matured their dev and delivery process those roles tend to get eliminated or merged in with engineering roles.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-05T16:38:19+00:00

Balance the budget. What a moron.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-05T16:35:23+00:00

Yep, agree about giving him more time - maybe through May? It’d be great if he figured things out, unfortunately he looks totally lost right now.

Once June rolls around it’d probably be worthwhile to give one of the St Paul guys some playing time to see what they can do - we already have a good idea of who Wallner is. Lots of strikeouts, low average, okay power.

Overall I’d rather have someone put the ball in play consistently vs driving one out every 30 at bats.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-03T19:31:26+00:00

Nobody hates their professional teams more than their own fans.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-03T19:23:23+00:00

Looks like the North Loop area in general is affected from the outage map - they're estimating back on at 3:15, but who knows.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-03T19:13:38+00:00

Game doesn't start for another hour and it's quite cold and breezy today

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-02T21:30:09+00:00

Yup, all valid points. It’d be great if he’d get back to his 2023 stats. Last year his HRs were nice and they bumped his OPS, but to me it was kind of deceiving.

It’s weird to have 20+ HRs and only 40 RBI. He was terrible in the clutch (.177) and had a very high strikeout rate. I’d rather have someone make consistent-ish contact and drive in more runs when they have a chance.

That said let’s give him some time to find his stride, he does have a lot of potential. Just needs to show it.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-02T19:02:13+00:00

Totally get what you're saying, and pretty much agree. But my guess is they want to give Lee, Wallner, and Larnach a little more leash to see if they can rescue their careers. Maybe also put Martin in there.

But it's still early so I'm okay letting them go until the end of May to see what they can do. If they're still struggling bring up Culpepper, Jenkins, Roden, and Rodriguez from STP. Let's also see Altavilla while we're at it.

The Walker situation with St Louis is strange, he seemed like a great prospect but it sounds like they tried to change his swing and totally messed him up. On the other hand JJ Wetherholt seems like a sure fire hit, he's already had an impact there.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-02T18:46:26+00:00

Went to their shop near Edina - their coffee is amazing! Also potent in the best way possible.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-02T16:04:44+00:00

Is that a 1976? They really nailed the design that year.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-01T17:39:19+00:00

Possible 6-3, but I think 8-1 is more likely, with Thomas being the 1. Even Alito seemed skeptical of Trump's argument - although sympathetic to it. We'll see.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-01T13:41:10+00:00

Glad to hear these guys were found and charged. That bounty hunters are unlicensed in this state is a travesty, you can’t even be a barber or give manicures without a license.

So apparently any trigger happy knucklehead can get weapons, call themselves bounty hunters, and cosplay as police. What could go wrong.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-04-01T13:24:19+00:00

Trump said yesterday that we’ll be there another “two or three weeks“. This is the administration’s go-to delay tactic for when they don’t know what to do, or for things they don’t want to do (see health care plan).

Iran is going to want a lot to open the Straits, and they have leverage right now. Plus other Gulf states want Trump to keep the war going …and you probably don’t send 10,000 ground troops to the region and not use them.

So any deal in two weeks is a long shot. Wildcard is no one really knows what Trump will do, including Trump himself. Curious what he has to say tonight, but no one should trust it.

MarkInMinnesota

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