Shawn Levasseur

Businessman, Comic Book Fan, Political activist.: Geek of all trades, master of few.

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[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

@TheCinesthetic For once, Bond is the damsel in distress.

[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

@RazzberryYams @Lux_Stella_ In part, because potential candidates flocked to the open Governor’s race. Both the D & R fields are very large with no clear contenders.

[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

@Lux_Stella_ @asymmetricinfo Not following: what was she trying to intimidate state officials to do or not do?

[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

@DirigoDuke @MaineDems @mainegop Side note : I’ve just noticed the gubernatorial race is overloaded with nepo-babies.

[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

@DirigoDuke @MaineDems @mainegop Pingree? (Sr. or Jr., but if Chelie, only if Hanna can replace her on the US house-1 ballot. )

[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

@reason Maybe, but wait a minute, there will be a dumber one soon enough.

[Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo]

The allegations against Platner are better corroborated than the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh were and it will be interesting to see who manages to be consistent in their beliefs about such things.

[Zineb Riboua @zriboua]

Marjane Satrapi died today.

Her work incredibly matters, she showed millions of people what the regime hides.

In fact, Persepolis was so controversial that Iran’s government sent a letter to the French embassy in Tehran to protest it and pressured organizers of the 2007 Bangkok Film Festival to remove it from the lineup.

[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

@JustinRYoung He certainly would be a wild swap. Golden is as close to a Blue-Dog Democrat as you can get in the northeast these days.

All the more reason why it wont happen. Platner isn't going to step aside for him, he'd sooner endorse Gov. Mills.

[Libertarian Party @LPNational]

The primary purpose of the National Guard is homeland defense, disaster response, and civil support. Excessive overseas deployment strips states of their emergency resources.

Defend the Guard is a state-level legislative movement to prohibit state National Guard units from being deployed into overseas combat unless Congress issues a declaration of war.

Jeremy Todd (Libertarian) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District.

The election is on November 3.

Follow/Support @Jtodd601 and @DefendTheGuard

[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

The NY Times obituary also mentioned this in greater detail

“…she never liked the term graphic novel.
“I think they made up this term for the bourgeoisie not to be scared of comics,” she said. “Like, ‘Oh, this is the kind of comics you can read.’”

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” illuminated the struggles of Iranians during the Islamic Revolution, died at 56. https://t.co/WQWxavBm5l

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” illuminated the struggles of Iranians during the Islamic Revolution, died at 56. https://t.co/WQWxavBm5l

[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

From the CNN obit for Mahabad Satrapi:

“Satrapi's work spanned numerous graphic novels - which she preferred to call ‘comic books’…”

As if I needed more to respect her for. Harlan Ellison was the same on the use of the term ‘graphic novel’.

https://t.co/WWp2ki4WLo

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

Marjane Satrapi, an artist and author who wrote "Persepolis" that chronicled her childhood in Tehran under the Islamic Revolution, dies at 56. https://t.co/w6ioeXP80y

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

At this point, every judge should assume DHS is lying unless it has evidence in hand. Lying is clearly officially sanctioned conduct under this admin. Judges need to impose more serious consequences. Why should they get to appear before them ever again?

[Nick Gillespie @nickgillespie]

If the choice is between AMAC and AARP, this fucking guy is going with OMAC every goddamn day of the week and twice on Sundays.

[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

@neontaster @bendreyfuss And, to be fair, it's probably what he wanted. Being fired can have advantages over quitting, depending on the contract.

[Shawn Levasseur @ShawnL]

@Papaduke @alexbrasky In 1997, the NFL almost had a Super Bowl featuring two expansion teams in their second years of existence.

No one claimed it to be a sign of decline of the league.

A team's job is to be competitive, not to be the Washington Generals.

[Pipeline Comics (Augie De Blieck Jr.) 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 @pipelinecomics]

A quick, possibly pedantic, reminder:

"Word balloon" is correct. "Word bubble" is not.

Thanks for attending my TED talk....