Martin Levin

Baseball, books, blues, b-movies, beasts, booze (ie, scotch)

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@elicalebon Congratulations. Eloquent and elegant.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@AndrewStoeten Tempest in a teapot, but that's standard these days. He expressed an opinion about a belief system, not people, intemperate though it may have been. Could he not have foreseen the blowback?

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@lfeatherstone @imluciekon CBC in Canada similarly captured by sanctimonious social-justice warriors. Good on you for standing up to the bullies.

[Pamela Paresky 🟦 (Habits of a Free Mind) @PamelaParesky]

Two icons of freedom and free speech.
Two survivors of Islamist terrorism.
Two nightmares for the ayatollahs.
Two heroes.
@AlinejadMasih
@SalmanRushdie

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@EmilySm43 North by Northwest, and I will be watching it tonight.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@sowuchyawant @davidfrum I offer cheap sneering and evil-laugh lessons.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

I'm shocked and saddened. Larry was for many years a valued colleague, and a friendly rival in fantasy baseball and hockey. RIP.

[Toronto Blue Jays @BlueJays]

The Toronto Blue Jays are deeply saddened by the passing of Larry Millson, one of Canada's most respected baseball writers.

For more than 30 years as a Blue Jays beat writer, Larry chronicled many of the most memorable moments in franchise history with insight, professionalism, and an enduring passion for the game. 

Even after stepping away from full-time beat coverage, Larry remained a familiar and welcome presence in the Rogers Centre press box, continuing to share his love of baseball through his writing, his stories, and the friendships he built throughout the game.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to Larry's family, friends, and former colleagues. His contributions to baseball journalism and the Canadian baseball community will be remembered.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@BlueJays @officialBBWAA @CDNBaseballHOF @baseballcanada Really shocked and saddened. He was a valued colleague and fantasy baseball rival for many years. RIP.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@BWheelerglobe Johnny Rotten, though I kind of like the Sex Pistols -- in appropriate doses.

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

The judiciary system in Iran has confirmed 74 lashes for Parastoo Ahmadi for the “crime” of singing.

She sang without compulsory hijab. She hurt no one. She simply used her voice.

Now she faces 74 lashes, a two-year travel ban, and a two-year ban from audiovisual activities.

This should not be only an Iranian women’s issue. Every singer, every artist, every woman, every man who believes in basic human dignity should stand with Parastoo.

Say her name. Share her story. Use your platform. 74 lashes for singing should outrage all of us.

Parastoo said:
“I am Parastoo, a girl who cannot stay silent and refuses to stop singing for the people she loves. This is my right, one I will never surrender. I sing for this land I adore, for the soil of my homeland. Here, in this sacred corner of our beloved Iran, listen to my voice in this imagined concert, and dream of a free and beautiful nation.”

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@SenSanders The Supreme Court will overturn it, as it has before.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@BWheelerglobe Hey Paul, Hey Paula, orr Itsy-bitsy, Teeny-weeny Yellow Pokedot Bikini, a song used as an instrument of torture in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

This is a rare photo of Donald Trump from 1934, helping Albert Einstein finish the theory of relativity. According to Trump, Einstein had been stuck for weeks.
“Very smart guy. Terrible with numbers. I looked at the board and said, Albert, put a little 2 up there. He loved it."

[Sandra Oller❌👑 @Mavicamin]

@donwinslow

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@simon_schama @mishtal Can't argue people out of something they haven't been argued into.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@MarkJCarney Especially when we don't bend the knee to the bloody-minded Yanks.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@UncleFjester @SwipeWright Clever.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@SwipeWright His motivation may not be quite what you hoped, but the result should be the same.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

Where are the demonstrations? Where are the fucking flotillas?

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

I am terrified of this new Fatva: Mohammad-Bagher Kharazi, Secretary-General of Hezbollah Iran, openly calls for killing women over the hijab.

He is one of Mojtaba Khamenei's closest associates, and his sister is married to Masoud Khamenei the son of Ali Khamenei.

Listen to how he urges every Basiji and every morality police officer to return to the streets and assault unveiled women.

One of the woman inside Iran told me, If threats, violence, and even murder could have forced us into submission, we would never have moved beyond the baggy manteaus and chin-strap headscarves of the 1980s.

This is the true face of the Islamic Republic. And while the world keeps silent, they will keep beating us. They will keep imprisoning us. They will keep killing us.

[Martin Levin @MartinLevin2]

@AndrewStoeten 110 games of haven't = can't.