JUST IN TIME FOR THE OSCARS:

MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE:

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT WAR WITH TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE: Hilarious: Jake Tapper to Explain Biden Brain Coverup and Why It Was a Bad Idea.

The book isn’t out yet so I could be wrong, but I think the chances that Jake Tapper will spill the beans on how he and the rest of the Pravda Media colluded with the White House to cover up Biden’s senility are about zero.

For years, my recurring headline for Joe’s innumerable gaffes was “Super Gaffe-O-Matic ’76,” a takeoff on Dan Aykroyd’s classic Saturday Night Live TV commercial parody. I ran my first “Trunalimunumaprzure!” headline near the end of the 2020 election, after Biden screamed his way through a speech, badly garbling the script on his teleprompter. On September 29th of 2020, William Voegeli of the Claremont Institute published his column headlined “The Weak Leading the Woke,” in which he debated, “Is Biden still, you know, all there?” In contrast, Tapper was a loyal trooper until Biden’s disastrous debate with Trump in June of last year, when the new marching orders went out:

Tapper now tells us that he and others saw Biden’s “health problems,” but that sure isn’t what he told us all at the time. He was just as much an attack dog against Biden critics as any MSNBC flak, and his network was as much in on the conspiracy to hide Biden’s decline and slander those of us pointing it out as Karine Jean-Pierre.

A decade ago, John Nolte of Breitbart.com coined the phrase “Bensmithing” to describe how the Buzzfeed (later the New York Times and now Semafor) Democrat stenographer Ben Smith would feign being bored anytime conservatives pointed out how Obama was screwing up and dismiss each issue as a nothingburger. Perhaps Tapper will be employing Will Smith to shoot the commercials for his new book:

UPDATE:

I’M SO OLD, I REMEMBER WHEN ANTI-IMMIGRANT BIGOTRY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BAD:

Of course, if you think this is bad, just wait until 2028, when Hispanic voters overwhelmingly turn out for J.D. Vance. . . .

ET TU, CONNECTICUT?

When Scott Presler is finished in New Jersey, can we please get him out here to Colorado?

BOOM:

Congress, it’s your turn next.

JOHN NOLTE: WaPo Editor Quits After Bezos Orders Opinion Page to Defend Free Markets, Personal Liberty.

Bezos said, “I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t ‘hell yes,’ then it had to be ‘no.’”

“After careful consideration, David decided to step away.”
Yeah, that’s a shame.

“I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion,” Bezos said in closing. “I’m excited for us together to fill that void.”

One crybaby Post staffer has already threatened to quit: “I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side of coverage,” wrote someone who works at the Post named Jeff Stein, “but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know.”

Yeah, you let us know, Jeff. We’ll all be right here on the edge of our seats waiting for you to let us know.

A crybaby Post subscriber who does legal analysis for cable news is so offended by the idea of defending free markets and personal liberty, he canceled his subscription.

This looks to me like a Trump-style move to rid his failing newspaper of the Woke Parasites eating it alive. Maybe this will get more of them to self-deport quit in a huff like Jennifer Rubin did (nobody misses her). That way there’s no severance or lawsuits.

Oh, and speaking of Rubin:

Earlier: Fast Times at Bezos High: Jeff Bezos sparks outrage with overhaul of Washington Post opinion page.

DENNIS PRAGER: What’s the Difference between Socialism, Fascism, and Communism? (Video.)

 

SO THAT’S A NO THEN? Syria Suffers Massive Israeli Strikes Hours After Jolani Demanded Withdrawal. “Israel in a rare confirmation of the overnight airstrikes said its warplanes struck ‘military targets in southern Syria, including headquarters and sites containing weapons.’ It added, ‘The presence of military assets and forces in the southern part of Syria constitutes a threat’ to Israeli citizens.”

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Why Hollywood Is Eerily Similar to USAID.

Consider “Wolf Man,” the latest attempt to revive the classic horror movie character. The January release flamed out at the box office, but a look at the film suggests it must have cost less than “The Brutalist.”

Much less. Why?

The film is primarily set in a cabin in the woods. A few scenes take place in the neighboring forest. The FX are minimal, to say the least, and the only “name” in the cast is Julia Garner of “Ozark” fame.

The reported budget stands at $25 million. Where did all the money go?

Read the whole thing.