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PJ Lifestyle Seeking Freelance Technology Writers
PJ Lifestyle plans to continue expanding in many directions after the election — hopefully along with the rest of the economy! Over the coming months we’ll be seeking out new voices to complement our usual team of humorists and cultural critics. (Keep an eye out for future openings for new writers and bloggers.) Today we’re looking for freelance writers with experience and skills to review products.
Gadget Gurus and Tech Thinkers.
With the holiday season approaching we’re looking for people who can highlight the must-have gadgets and gifts: laptops, phones, tablets, stereos, cameras, TVs, and all manner of electronics. Can you compare and contrast different products? Rank which is the best to worst TV, phone, or tablet? Also seeking software and video games reviewers.
We’re also interested in people who can look at the tech industry in the broader perspective, arguing not just if you should buy the new Apple or Google product, but whether either company’s new move is good or bad, and what the future holds as the two contend with Amazon.
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Please email your resume, introductory letter, and urls of writing samples to PJ Lifestyle’s managing editor David Swindle: DaveSwindlePJM@gmail.com
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PJ Lifestyle Seeking Expert Critics and Product Reviewers
PJ Lifestyle plans to continue expanding in many directions after the election — hopefully along with the rest of the economy! Over the coming months we’ll be seeking out new voices to complement our usual team of humorists and cultural critics. (Keep an eye out for future openings for new writers and bloggers.) Today we’re looking for freelance writers with experience and skills to review products.
These are some of the areas we’re looking to fill:
Gadget Gurus and Tech Thinkers.
With the holiday season approaching we’re looking for people who can highlight the must-have gadgets and gifts: laptops, phones, tablets, stereos, cameras, TVs, and all manner of electronics. Can you compare and contrast different products? Rank which is the best to worst TV, phone, or tablet? Also seeking software and video games reviewers.
We’re also interested in people who can look at the tech industry in the broader perspective, arguing not just if you should buy the new Apple or Google product, but whether either company’s new move is good or bad, and what the future holds as the two contend with Amazon.
We’d like reviews of appliances and kitchen products, especially top 10 lists. We’d also be interested in How-To recipe articles explaining which products one needs to go about preparing various dishes. Those capable of supplying their own photographs or custom-made images for reviews are especially appreciated.
We’re interested in both the healthy, organic diet advocates and also the junk food apologists. Experts in Tobacco, Alcohol, and Wine also should apply.
Men’s and Women’s Fashion Experts
From high fashion to the casual and practical, what do we need to know to look and feel good no matter the occasion? And who offers the best deal?
What are the top 5 trends in fashion this season?
Also interested in experts in jewelry, purses, watches, and other fashion accessories.
Health and Hygiene and Make-Up Specialists
Best razors? Best deals this week on make-up? Are there new vitamins and supplements we should consider?
We’re interested in reviews of sporting equipment, fitness gear, garden and lawncare supplies, and home improvement tools. Also: survival gear, hunting, self defense, and gun experts.
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Please email your resume, introductory letter, and urls of writing samples to PJ Lifestyle’s managing editor David Swindle: DaveSwindlePJM@gmail.com
Poliwood Asks: Who is The Dictator Really Targeting?
Lionel Chetwynd and Roger L. Simon discuss morality in television, in addition to The Dictator, the latest film from Sacha Baron Cohen. Does The Dictator advance the Obama talking points, or is it a subtle jab at liberal culture? Find out. And Matt Atchity of Rottentomatoes.com brings you previews of Men In Black III, Moonrise Kingdom, and the Chernobyl Diaries on this Poliwood.
From PJTV: Vodkapundit’s Week In Blogs
One Vodkapundit, five ounces, five minutes, the entire Blogosphere:
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentioned:
http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Winging-it-Man-caught-smuggling-birds-in-pants-145057925.html
https://twitter.com/#!/Mayortommm/status/186536952571498496/photo/1
http://blog.american.com/2012/04/the-obama-jobs-gap-is-up-to-15-million-missing-jobs/
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/04/boy-band-turns-down-white-house-invite-119388.html
From PJTV: Vodkapundit’s Week In Blogs
‘Tis a simple formula for St. Patrick’s Day: One man, five ounces, four minutes, the world of the Blogosphere at your doorstep:
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentioned:
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/03/barack-obamas-had-pretty-damn-good-presidency
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/gallup-50-americans-say-obamas-presidency-failure_633331.html
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/us-budget-deficit-hits-all-time-high-february
http://blog.american.com/2012/03/the-real-unemployment-rate-its-sure-isnt-8-3/
http://www.freeenterprise.com/economy-taxes/unemployment-rate-remains-83
Slide Show: 5 Hollywood Horses Plot Revenge After Third Fatality Cancels HBO’s Luck
The International Business Times Today:
HBO’s new series “Luck,” has been cancelled unexpectedly after growing safety concerns for its equine cast members boiled. The show, which starred Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte, was responsible for the death of three horses in its short production span.
On Tuesday, a horse was injured and euthanized at Santa Anita Park racetrack, according to USA Today, and HBO agreed to suspend filming at the request of the American Humane Association, a group that oversees Hollywood productions.
HBO’s “Luck” had seen the death of two horses during shooting prior to Tuesday’s incident, both of which generated outrage from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). PETA sent a letter to L.A. District Attorney Cooley one day prior to the death of the third horse.

From PJTV: The Week In Blogs
You give Stephen Green five minutes and plenty of clear alcohol, he’ll send you around the world! Err, wait a second, that didn’t come out right. How ’bout, around the Blogosphere, instead?
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentions in the video:
http://www.jammiewf.com/2012/liberals-celebrate-death-of-andrew-breitbart/
http://blogs.tcpalm.com/off_the_beat_will_greenlee_blog/2012/02/a-driver-with-a-sexual.html
http://freebeacon.com/guy-falls-asleep-listening-to-joe-biden-speech/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/babymantis/20-pictures-of-chickens-wearing-sweaters-1opu
http://blog.american.com/2012/03/the-economic-case-against-obamanomics-in-13-charts/
http://shark-tank.net/2012/02/23/president-obama-gives-debbie-wasserman-schultz-goose-bumpsvideo/
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/death-star-surprisingly-cost-effective-weapons-system
From PJTV: Vodkapundit’s Week In Blogs
Five minutes; five ounces. Coincidence? We think not:
Here are the links to the items that Steve referenced in his video:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-cross-cocaine-white-house-293785
http://www.bob-owens.com/2012/02/confirmed-gen-y-dumb-as-a-box-of-hammers/
http://www.hannity.com/videos/?uri=channels/400391/1600506
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/who-killed-the-jobs.php
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/santorum-super-pac-backer-back-in-my-days-they
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2012/02/three-cheers-for-msnbc-buchanan-is.html
http://patdollard.com/2012/02/police-taze-300-pound-naked-shopper-at-walmart/
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/19/3438919/claire-mccaskill-digging-in-to.html
From PJTV: Vodkapundit’s Week In Blogs
One man, four ounces of clear liquor, five minutes of video, and millions and millions of blogs. It’s a beautiful thing:
Here are the links to the items that Steve Green mentions in his video:
http://www.breitbart.tv/msnbcs-odonnell-whiter-than-white-romney-tried-to-rewrite-ethnicity/
http://www.loweringthebar.net/2012/02/bottle-rocket.html
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/02/fox-tests-volt-runs-out-of-juice-in-lincoln-tunnel/
http://tammybruce.com/2012/02/occupy-oakland-your-weekend-mugshotspalooza.html
http://www.breitbart.tv/mika-defends-obama-administration-anti-catholic-bigotry-with-more-bigotry/
http://danieljmitchell.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/reagan-v-obama-growth.jpg
From PJTV: Vodkapundit’s Week In Blogs
One pundit, plus five minutes, four ounces of vodka and two olives = millions of blogs:
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentioned:
http://ladyliberty1885.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/sotu-iii-propellerheads-edition/
http://mrctv.org/videos/will-occupiers-sign-petition-banning-conservative-hate-speech
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/01/does-newt-own-a-beet-farm.php
http://www.foxnews.com//leisure/2012/01/20/electric-car-parking-perk-or-privilege/
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71834.html
From PJTV: Vodkapundit’s Week In Blogs
One man, four minutes of video, three ounces of vodka = millions of blogs, all boiled down to one video:
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentioned:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/video/marianne-gingrich-interview-15392793
http://www.gallup.com/poll/152021/Conservatives-Remain-Largest-Ideological-Group.aspx
http://mrctv.org/blog/jacob-lew-there-no-need-deal-social-security
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/01/event-more-for-media-than-ceos-110517.html
http://p.twimg.com/AjI9AirCQAAaib4.jpg:small
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/17/voter-fraud-normal-political-tactic-in-upstate-ny-city/
http://prudentbear.com/index.php/thebearslairview?art_id=10620
PJTV: Vodkapundit’s Week in Blogs
One man, one Martini, four minutes, millions of blogs:
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentioned:
http://www.breitbart.tv/navy-seal-describes-time-he-punched-jesse-ventura-in-face/
https://twitter.com/#!/MelissaTweets/status/156890848842354688
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/06/250-plus-noteworthy-climategate-2-0-emails/
http://lockerz.com/s/172822449
http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/09/let-them-eat-candy-corn/
Lionel Richie, Call Your Office
Also, this video answers a key question, as Steve Green writes at PJM Column. Why were computers invented?
“To do this. Computers were invented to make this video.”
It’s almost enough to make you want to go dancin’ on the ceiling.
Almost.
From PJTV: VodkaPundit’s Year In Blogs
You give Stephen Green seven minutes and 30 seconds and a swanky Rat Pack-era shawl-collared tuxedo, and he’ll show you what the entire Blogosphere was up to in all of 2011. In video form. Is that a bargain, or what? (Don’t everybody flash their uptwinkles at once…)
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentions in his video:
10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZi4JxbTwPo&feature=player_embedded%23at=73
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Indiana-8217-s-win-over-Kentucky-inspires-awkwa?urn=ncaab-wp6957
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/11/09/david_gregory_no_grand_wizard_in_gop_right_now_to_force_cain_to_go_away.html
8. http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2011/08/25/photoshop-of-the-year/
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=57742
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/01/breaking-fox-news-hires-olbermann/
7. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/video-crossbow-shooting-machete-redefines-dangerous/
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504784_162-20065379-10391705.html
6. http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/how-bad-is-the-employment-picture-this-bad/
http://www.businessinsider.com/details-from-the-awful-june-june-jobs-report-2011-7
http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/8623-chart-of-the-day-washington-fat-cats-are-getting-fatter
5. http://www.breitbart.tv/occupywallst-protesters-epic-meltdown/
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646
3. http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2011/05/weiner-meltdown.html
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-maher-jane-lynch-read-anthony-weiner-sexts/
2. http://www.downtwinkles.com/#
1. http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2011/12/15/johnnie-walker-knows-marketing/
Demián Bichir Garners SAG and Spirit Nominations for A Better Life
Demián Bichir has been nominated for Best Actor by both the Screen Actors Guild and the Independent Spirit Awards for his lead role as the illegal immigrant gardener in A Better Life. Oscar nomination next?
The story for A Better Life was written by PJ Media CEO Roger L. Simon.
After playing in theaters this summer, the film is now out on DVD, Blu-Ray and Amazon Instant Video.
As Charlie Martin wrote in July when he reviewed A Better Life, the overall acting “was pretty amazing”:
The adults are actors who have been around in both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking TV and movies for years. Joaquín Cosio, who plays Blasco, is one of those character actors whose face will be familiar even if his name is not; José Julián, who plays Luis, is brand new, and pretty damn good.
Demián Bichir, who plays Carlos, is on a whole other level. Bichir is from a theater family – his father Alejandro is a very successful hyphenate writer/actor/director, his mother Maricruz Nájera is a very successful actress, and his brothers Bruno and Odiseo are themselves successful actors. Michael Caine famously advised that the hardest thing for an actor in movies is to play small enough in a closeup; as he put it, in a closeup, you don’t act, you just think, and the camera reads your mind. In one memorable scene, Bichir shows us silently, in one 30-second tight closeup, as a moment of happiness dissolves and he begins to think of a dangerous time coming up. If the Academy is watching, and a bigger name actor isn’t playing a mental patient or tragic leftist politician, that one scene should get Bichir one of those gold statues.
The fact that the screenplay surprised me every step of the way is a sign of how well-built it was. (The screenplay is by Eric Eason, “from a story by Roger L. Simon,” which is the Writer’s Guild negotiated solution for credit in a screenplay Eason based on a screenplay of Roger’s that had been in development off and on for years). Almost nothing was strained. I grew up around people like these; I knew everyone, and the street/California/Mexican slang/Spanglish dialogue was spot on as far as I could tell. If you speak Spanish, keep an ear on the dialogue when it’s in Spanish. (If you don’t, there are subtitles, and anyway probably 80 percent of the dialogue is in English. You’ll manage; don’t let the part in Spanish deter you.)
But if you do speak Spanish, keep an ear out; there are some little subtle points that really work. One of them that should have been somehow subtitled but wasn’t is what sounds like some kind of nickname Carlos calls Luis. It sounded like “Meeho”, and — sue me — I don’t change languages easily. My ear takes a few beats to go from one to another. I had to listen carefully to finally catch on that he was calling Luis “mi hijo” — “my son”. So here’s a free hint: once you realize this, it tells you a lot about Carlos.
In July, Roger discussed A Better Life on Hugh Hewitt’s talk radio show. Click below to play the audio from Roger’s interview, courtesy of Hugh’s Hewitt’s producer, Duane Patterson, and used with permission:
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From PJTV: The Week in Blogs
From the Home Office high atop the North Pole, Stephen Green counts down the top ten items from the Blogosphere this week:
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentioned in his video:
http://nerdapproved.com/approved-products/giant-star-trek-enterprise-christmas-light-display/
http://blog.american.com/2011/12/the-5-worst-economic-ideas-of-2011-and-12-great-ones-for-2012/
https://twitter.com/#!/MethuselasChild/status/148595882068164609/photo/1
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=35733
http://www.strategypage.com/military_videos/military_photos_20111214215127.aspx
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/12/19/eric-holder-goes-all-in-on-race/
Video of the Day
It’s been a while since we’ve done a video of the day, but this was one was too much fun to pass up. A 1973 clip of David Bowie performing — not miming “Jean Genie” on the BBC’s Top of the Pops series, that was thought lost, until a copy of the videotape showed up recently in a BBC cameraman’s archives. He apparently took it home after the shoot and forgot about it, as did everybody else. Today, it’s a great look back at Bowie at the tail-end of his Ziggy Stardust persona:
From PJTV: VodkaPundit’s Week In Blogs
One man, two olives, three ounces of Smirnoff, four minutes and meeeeeeelllllllionnnnns of Weblogs. Stephen Green brings you…the Week In Blogs:
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentioned:
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/12/12/dnc-chair-unemployment-didnt-go-up-under-obama/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-q98JXr-s
http://news.investors.com/article/594258/201112120512/obama-white-house-christmas-trees.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpBBLsolRUk
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/theanchoress/2011/12/14/obama-i-am-the-4th-best-president-in-history/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/iran-releases-video-captured-us-drone
From PJTV: The Week in Blogs
You give Stephen Green five minutes, and he’ll give you entire Blogosphere, alchemically transferred from typed words to moving images — and then condensensed into a YouTube clip that we’ve plopped down into the middle of a post filled with typed words:
At least, we think that’s how it works. In any case, here are the links to the items that Steve mentions in his video this week:
http://www.youtube.com/Marines#p/u/0/FJ-dm5lcchY
http://times247.com/articles/ayers-pet-project-funded-by-obama-stimulus-plan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv6um6wF2O8&v=Lv6um6wF2O8&gl=US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmbqeTUbueM&feature=youtu.be
https://twitter.com/#!/alecbaldwin
http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2011/12/07/networks-skip-obama-confusing-kansas-and-texas/
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=252981991429903
http://aslbrowser.commtechlab.msu.edu/V/W4338.htm
http://www.break.com/pictures/wine-bottle-christmas-tree243388.html
http://www.breitbart.tv/meghan-mccain-bachmann-is-thinking-mans-palin/?utm_source=co2hog
The Week in Blogs
You know him, you love him, you can’t live without him. It’s Steve Green, it’s PJTV, it’s five minutes to get up to speed with everything you missed in the Blogosphere this week as the Christmas season goes into overdrive:
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentions in this week’s show:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2011/11/30/tina-brown-obama-doesnt-his-job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2lmffObGvs
http://www.punditpress.com/2011/11/ows-website-releases-official-goal.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2doemE_xirI
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/11/23/the-entire-occupy-movement-summarized-in-one-sign/
http://mrctv.org/videos/occupy-wall-streets-new-spiritual-leader
https://twitter.com/#!/tmkrausse1833/status/141797785912606720
http://www.bloomberg.com/data-visualization/federal-reserve-emergency-lending/#/overview/?sort=nomPeakValue&group=country&view=peak&position=0&comparelist=&search=
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/opinion/krugman-things-to-tax.html?_r=1
The Week in Blogs
You give Stephen Green, your friendly neighborhood Vodkapundit five minutes, and he’ll give you the entire Blogosphere — every Website boiled down, the boring bits chopped out, and then reconstituted…in video form. And now with a zesty twist of lemon!
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentioned:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/awesome-jeopardy-contestant-has-threesomes-on-her-mind/
http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/6/whats-so-funny-comedians-say-gop/
http://bigjournalism.com/jjmnolte/2011/10/28/occupywallstreet-the-rap-sheet-so-far/
http://perezhilton.com/2011-11-06-michelle-obama-on-icarly-preview#.TrvliGDmq4A
http://mrctv.org/videos/occupy-protest-california-who-pooped-bank
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/10/define-ironic-occupy-oakland-opens-wells-fargo-account/
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/national-emergency-alert-test-total-failure/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4uAxjf4XEI&feature=youtu.be
Video of the Day
Long before it became the theme song of the Blues Brothers, Booker T and the MGs remind us (and I think Creedence Clearwater Revival, who look to be in the audience) that “Time is Tight” — and with a rhythm section like that, what else could it be?
From PJTV: Vodkapundit’s Week In Blogs
You give Steve Green four minutes and a bottle of Noilly Prat, and he’ll show you the world — or at least the best bits of the Blogosphere this week:
Here are the links to the items that Steve mentioned:
http://www.breitbart.tv/occupywallst-protesters-epic-meltdown/
http://ironicsurrealism.com/2011/10/15/the-american-nazi-party-stands-in-solidarity-with-occupywallstreet/
http://biggovernment.com/rebelpundit/2011/10/17/update-communist-marching-with-occupychicago-identified-as-ofa-organizer-for-president-obama/
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/132064518.html
http://ideas.time.com/2011/10/20/is-herman-cain-the-most-unctuous-black-man-alive/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/scariest-chart-ever
http://www.nbc12.com/story/15716468/thieves-steal-truck-with-presidents-equipment
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/17/elizabeth-warren-im-going-for-the-hick-vote/
http://www.exurbanleague.com/Home/tabid/40/EntryId/1345/The-One-Percent.aspx
https://twitter.com/#!/TheAnchoress/status/127029895565029376
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/17/obama_gop_wants_dirtier_air_dirtier_water_less_people_with_health_insurance.html
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/17/cnn-poll-record-high-say-obamas-policies-will-fail/
PJTV: Vodkapundit’s Week in Blogs
You give Stephen Green four minutes, he’ll give you the entire Blogosphere — and a damn fine vodka Martini, to boot:
Links to the items that Steve mentions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnGcUnoNa5Q&feature=youtu.be
https://twitter.com/#!/MrHortonscycles/statuses/124115512136433664
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susannahbreslin/2011/10/06/why-crazy-people-make-better-bloggers/
http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2011/10/united-nations-firearms-instructor-from.html
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2586325
http://www.flickr.com/photos/louiscaldarola/6229089946/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/louiscaldarola/6229092824/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/louiscaldarola/6228572783/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/louiscaldarola/6228570973/in/photostream








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