Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly.
He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
The frog or human headed god Heh (Huh) was one of the original eight gods of the Ogdoad of Khmunu (Hermopolis). He was the god of infinity and time, the god of long life and eternity. In his hand he is shown holding one or two palm fronds of ‘A Million Years’ in his hands, the Egyptian sign of long life. Sometimes he was shown wearing a palm frond on his head, as a headdress.
As a god of infinity, his name was linked to numbers. His determinative – an image of Heh with his arms raised – was used for ‘one million’.
Back in June I posted a Weekly Diary Roundup that profiled diaries that I thought deserved more attention than they initially received. I only did it once and then real life chaos ensued.
I was wondering if someone who has free time on their hands would be willing to take this project on? I’d be willing to help out with semantics. There is so much great stuff written here, this gives another chance for everything to get read and discussed.
With no further information I’d guess the victim was white and either Christian or Jewish and that it will be put down as “suicide” (Fox wont be using the homicide bomb label). No doubt some mental or emotional problems will be found.
No doubt some mental or emotional problems will be found.
If you knew that even before reading the spate of articles to come out, then you’re even better than me! A a rarity, indeed!
Yeah – not sure what’s up with the ’emotional problems’ stuff.
Drudge had just linked to a pic of the dude with a big, frothy beard – a la Osama and company – but now it’s gone. The only other pic I can find shows the dude with a very small beard.
Man, operation cover-up is working hard to suppress this…
“He was a very private individual,” said his father, Joel Hinrichs Jr. “I knew he had gone through several severe bouts of depression, but I never saw this coming.”
Saw this dude on C-Span last night. He was giving a speech on his book at Hillsdale College – yes, that Hillsdale College. His book, A War Like No Other, seems fascinating.
And I have to tell you – this dude seems so smart – I mean actually, genuinely smart – but all of his online stuff, and even a lot of the titles of his books are just from wingnut land. God is Warrior Chief. In Praise of the Ultimate Penis Warrior. All that stuff.
Here’s the thing – I knew about the Hillsdale School of Fascism. I knew about the Hoover Institute – where the screen said he was a paid propagandist. But to listen to this dude talk – you would swear he was a liberal. He actually, truly, seemed to grieve for the dead – killed in this senseless war on Iraq.
It was so bizarre to see him on tv – liberal, nutjub, liberal, rushbo, liberal, hannity – back and forth, over and over again. It was like watching an academic version of Fight Club.
This dude has some serious brainpower. I don’t care how wasted his brain is on acting tough and fighting to make sense in all the inherent contradictions that is modern conservatism. It was wild to listen to him just go on and on with Greek and other names – some very difficult to pronounce – tens of them – hundreds of them, and all their relationships to one another – who died where – how – when – why. Unreal.
Here’s one example of his flip-flopping: He would talk with deep anguish about the results of ‘total war’ – the type of war the U.S. is now fighting in Iraq – razing villages, killing all the men, women, and children, and even animals, torture, etc. And then in the next sentence, he would say that this wasn’t necessarily something to shy away from – just something that we should expect in war.
I’m tellin you man – deep, deep personality split disorder going on with that dude.
I feel like I could almost read this book, but all the right-wing nutjobedness – don’t think I could hack it. Not to mention the split personality disorder thing…
BooMan, I’m shocked…you still haven’t had jiacinto show up yet…but all the Casey/Schumer operative regulars are there…
You should bring up Casey’s position on stem cell research with Desroko…(he took StemPAC out of his sig line after it was pointed out to him that his sig line was an oxymoron promoting Casey AND StemPAC atthe same time)…
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TDS: Martha Stewart, Rosario Dawson, John Hodgman, Richard Clarke
TCR: Ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey, Rev. Al Sharpton, Matt Taibbi, Tim Robbins
Letterman: 11/18: Sen. McCain
Pew Poll: The Libby Effect Even 41% of White Evangelicals do not think Bush has lived up to his pledge to restore integrity to the White House. And other fun numbers.
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The View: Maureen Dowd on 12/5
Colbert Report: Maureen Dowd on 12/5; Anderson Cooper on 12/6; Craig Crawford on 12/7; Andrew Sullivan on 12/8; Bob Costas on 12/13; Dermot Mulroney on 12/14; Mark Cuban on 12/15
Daily Show: Ex-Pres. Jimmy Carter on 12/5; Michelle Yeoh on 12/6; David McCullough on 12/7; Jake Gyllenhaal on 12/8
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Maureen Dowd on 12/5/05 (a rerun of her 11/23/05 appearance).
Jimmy Kimmel: Larry King on 12/6
Leno: George Clooney on 12/8 (promoting Syriana, which will drive the right-wingers nuts)
Tony Danza Show: Al Roker on 12/8; Alan Alda on 12/9
Letterman: Stephen Colbert on 12/14
Conan O’Brien: Barbara Walters on 12/16; Doris Kearns Goodwin on 12/21
2006 Campaign Update States A through F (11/12-11/30/05) Campaign news, notes, snark, polls, editorial cartoons and some analysis for Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware and Florida. (Of note: CA-50, Kolbe’s seat, Pombo, Musgrave, Arnold, Shays, Simmons, Johnson in CT)
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On Iconoclasts, Renee Zellweger interviews Christiane Amanpour. Tonight, Sundance channel.
Colbert Report: Harry Smith on 12/12; Bob Costas on 12/13; Dermot Mulroney on 12/14; Mark Cuban on 12/15; after this week, comes a week of re-runs and then, a week of pre-emption.
Daily Show: George Packer on 12/12; Howard Stern on 12/13; Tom Brokaw on 12/14; Sarah Jessica Parker on 12/15; after this week, comes a week of re-runs (with Jimmy Carter re-run on 12/21), and then a week of pre-emption.
Letterman: Stephen Colbert on 12/14
Conan O’Brien: Barbara Walters on 12/16; Doris Kearns Goodwin on 12/21; Marc Maron (re-run) on 12/26; Steve Carell (re-run) on 12/29
Selected Entries:
2006 Campaign Update States K through M (11/15-12/12/05) Campaign news, notes, snark, and some analysis for Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Montana.
Media News Monday 12/12/05: Sinclair’s DeLay & Ehrlich connection, love of “titty bars,” and fixing the media coverage for MD Gov race in 2002, exposed by GQ In this edition: CIA leak investigation update; A Faux Creation (the war on Christmas); changes at ABCNews; what goes on in the green rooms; American press shoots itself in the foot; Major papers ignore 9/11 Report Card; Kyra Phillips whines; Franken signs books; CNN Pipeline reviews; kudos to full disclosure; Nancy Grace hearts FDR; Mike Wallace smacks Bush; Sinclair gets sued; US news industry needs a new set of rules for journos to follow; innovations and media channels/networks for progressives to tap into; and more…
For all you who use “Heh” in your posts:
so maybe the shrub is asking for devine guidance, albeit from a “pagan” source, every time he thinks he’s being funny?
Oh no you don’t. No pawning that schmuck off on Pagans.
He’s a Christian problem.
Pardon me. That’s “Christian” problem.
Back in June I posted a Weekly Diary Roundup that profiled diaries that I thought deserved more attention than they initially received. I only did it once and then real life chaos ensued.
I was wondering if someone who has free time on their hands would be willing to take this project on? I’d be willing to help out with semantics. There is so much great stuff written here, this gives another chance for everything to get read and discussed.
Thoughts?
Tough job. There are so many quality diaries here.
Great idea…but like Catnip said, tough job.
Someone want to explain to me why nobody is reporting this? I mean, the guy almost made it into a stadium packed with 84,000 people in middle America.
What’s really going on here? Why the cover-up?
With no further information I’d guess the victim was white and either Christian or Jewish and that it will be put down as “suicide” (Fox wont be using the homicide bomb label). No doubt some mental or emotional problems will be found.
If you knew that even before reading the spate of articles to come out, then you’re even better than me! A a rarity, indeed!
Yeah – not sure what’s up with the ’emotional problems’ stuff.
Drudge had just linked to a pic of the dude with a big, frothy beard – a la Osama and company – but now it’s gone. The only other pic I can find shows the dude with a very small beard.
Man, operation cover-up is working hard to suppress this…
Seems to confirm the ’emotional problems’ tag used by the Uni President:
Death by explosion? Whew…
Just a lucky guess.
Saw this dude on C-Span last night. He was giving a speech on his book at Hillsdale College – yes, that Hillsdale College. His book, A War Like No Other, seems fascinating.
And I have to tell you – this dude seems so smart – I mean actually, genuinely smart – but all of his online stuff, and even a lot of the titles of his books are just from wingnut land. God is Warrior Chief. In Praise of the Ultimate Penis Warrior. All that stuff.
Here’s the thing – I knew about the Hillsdale School of Fascism. I knew about the Hoover Institute – where the screen said he was a paid propagandist. But to listen to this dude talk – you would swear he was a liberal. He actually, truly, seemed to grieve for the dead – killed in this senseless war on Iraq.
It was so bizarre to see him on tv – liberal, nutjub, liberal, rushbo, liberal, hannity – back and forth, over and over again. It was like watching an academic version of Fight Club.
This dude has some serious brainpower. I don’t care how wasted his brain is on acting tough and fighting to make sense in all the inherent contradictions that is modern conservatism. It was wild to listen to him just go on and on with Greek and other names – some very difficult to pronounce – tens of them – hundreds of them, and all their relationships to one another – who died where – how – when – why. Unreal.
Here’s one example of his flip-flopping: He would talk with deep anguish about the results of ‘total war’ – the type of war the U.S. is now fighting in Iraq – razing villages, killing all the men, women, and children, and even animals, torture, etc. And then in the next sentence, he would say that this wasn’t necessarily something to shy away from – just something that we should expect in war.
I’m tellin you man – deep, deep personality split disorder going on with that dude.
I feel like I could almost read this book, but all the right-wing nutjobedness – don’t think I could hack it. Not to mention the split personality disorder thing…
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this needs a BooSwarm. LOL.
BooMan, I’m shocked…you still haven’t had jiacinto show up yet…but all the Casey/Schumer operative regulars are there…
You should bring up Casey’s position on stem cell research with Desroko…(he took StemPAC out of his sig line after it was pointed out to him that his sig line was an oxymoron promoting Casey AND StemPAC atthe same time)…
TV Alerts
* Ex-Pres. Clinton on “NickNews” (Nickelodeon, SUN, 8:30 pm). (Via Hotline)
Next week’s guests in order of appearance M-Th. (Subject to change.)
TDS: Martha Stewart, Rosario Dawson, John Hodgman, Richard Clarke
TCR: Ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey, Rev. Al Sharpton, Matt Taibbi, Tim Robbins
Letterman: 11/18: Sen. McCain
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