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A ‘Climategate’ Victory Lap

By | 12.01.09 | 1:21 pm

Here’s one of the cheerier conservative videos of the day: Myron Ebell and Lee Doren of the energy industry-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute hound the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and the Center for American Progress for interviews on the so-called “climategate” scandal. (Some quick background: More than 1,000 emails were More…

Too Much, Magic Bus

By | 05.06.09 | 9:02 am

PajamasTV hasn’t really been in the news since it hired Sam “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher to report on the war in Gaza, but it’s still kicking. Some of its most popular content is coming from black conservative comic Alfonzo Rachel, who sometimes appears as “President Zobama.” He’s put together a More…

Swat Valley High: Taliban Spokesman Goes Quasi-Viral

By | 04.30.09 | 9:40 am

The NEFA Foundation has gotten ahold of an English-language video interview given by a Swat Valley spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban — think of them as a big tent of Taliban factions — apparently recorded on April 27. You can hear Haji Muslim Khan expand on the finer points of More…

Plus, ‘Obama’ and ‘Fidel’ Both Have Five Letters

By | 04.09.09 | 9:52 am

Obviously I watched Glenn Reynolds’ “American Tea Party” interview with Publius Pundit blogger Robert Mayer as soon as I could. I’ve been familiar with Publius Pundit for years as a site that covered popular revolutions in third world nations. Mayer informs viewers of the PajamasTV show that the More…

Joe the Plumber Goes to Washington

By | 02.25.09 | 1:37 pm

Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher is in Washington today through the weekend, having spent the morning at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday breakfast, taken a quick smoke break, and lunched with conservative journalists before a series of events at CPAC.

The most important question: Is he still working as a plumber? “For More…

Right-Wing Website Sends Joe the Plumber to Israel to Report on Hamas

By | 01.07.09 | 1:05 pm

In the past three months, Joe Wurzelbacher has gone from plumber to pundit to potential Congressman. The logical next step? War correspondent, of course.

The Associated Press reports that the conservative PajamasTV Website is sending Wurzelbacher to Israel to cover the Gaza invasion. He plans to spend More…