ComicsPundit

The never-ending conversation on life, liberty, and sequential art…

…with Shawn Levasseur.

Archive for March, 2006

Merry Marvel Blogging Society: Life Imitates Comics

Posted on March 16th, 2006 by Shawn L.

from Gizmodo:There’s a new weapon in the war against non-cool weapons. This is the Israeli Smart Arrow which embeds itself into a surface and begins transmitting video for up to seven hours.Looks like Tony Stark inherited the arrow designs from the Clint Barton estate.

He had me at, “Hello.”

Posted on March 10th, 2006 by Shawn L.

As a child I enjoyed Saturday morning cartoons (okay, I enjoyed TV in general, but nevermind that right now).The extra special treat on Saturdays would be if I could get up extra early to catch the syndicated cartoon reruns on channel 7 before the network’s shows began. Bullwinkle & Rocky, Dudley Do-Right, Underdog, and Mr. […]

Coming Soon: Less than Live-Blogging of the Oscars

Posted on March 7th, 2006 by Shawn L.

“What… an…. Indifferent night for Oscar.Oscar, Oscar.Who will care?”Yeah, Yeah, I didn’t live blog the Academy Awards. I haven’t even watched the show yet. I have it TiVo’ed and will comment on it as I watch it. Hey, if the Olympics can be broadcast on tape delay, I can “Plausibly Live”-Blog the Oscars!Problem is, I […]

More about Harry Browne’s passing..

Posted on March 7th, 2006 by Shawn L.

(see earlier post for original announcement)The Libertarian Party issues a press release about Harry.A discussion thread about Harry is ongoing at the As Maine Goes forum.Former Washinton state L.P. candidate and current ex-pat in Costa Rica, Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey comments on her blog.She brings up the “campaign spending scandals” which were one set of […]

An update about Steve Kubby.

Posted on March 7th, 2006 by Shawn L.

He’s out of jail for now.More over at Reason’s Hit & Run

…And Steve Kubby isn’t feeling all that good either.

Posted on March 3rd, 2006 by Shawn L.

It wasn’t enough for the federal drug warriors to kill off Peter McWiliams for daring to speak out in favor of the medicinal use of Marijuana, and being a living example of its legitimate use. Steve Kubby, will be suffering the same fate for the same crime.At least Kubby, former Libertarian candidate for Governor of […]

Harry Browne, R.I.P. 1933 – 2006

Posted on March 3rd, 2006 by Shawn L.

I’ve just heard word that the two time Libertarian candidate for President of the Untied States, Harry Browne died yesterday.I have two copies of his book “Why Government Doesn’t Work” in my library. Both are signed by him. The first one was one I bought and gave it to him to sign when he came […]

Journalism’s failure leads to a failure of legislative leadership?

Posted on March 2nd, 2006 by Shawn L.

… That’s the premise behind Al Diamon’s column in the Courier-Gazette (and printed in many other publications across Maine)He points out an omission in VillageSoup.com’s reporting about a candidate for the Maine House…Peter P. Misluk Jr. of Searsmont has a dark secret.Drug addiction?Homicidal mania?Owns the “Dukes of Hazzard” movie and watches it several times a […]