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Outstanding article Celia! What a rich summary, Thank you! Let the meltdowns continue!

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Thank you Bibi!

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Outstanding article. However these increasingly hateful meltdowns are downright dangerous. You would think they could see how miserable this all is making them, but nothing could be Farber from the truth. Nonetheless I pray for them to see the cultish ugliness they are participating in and mend their ways.

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Love it Bibi… nothing like sisterly support. You come from the same place and know what’s what. One day I hope to meet you.. huge love to you xxx

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Wouldn't that be wonderful, if we could all be together some day, somewhere? Anna I haven't seen you since 2015!

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“Claiming to be on the frontlines defending “democracy” against “fascism”…”

While they vote for an unelected candidate who was put in place by a back room deal. This is something that must be said over and over.

She is not a legitimate candidate.

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She's not a legitimate woman either, she was born a man - in Bangladesh at that, which makes her not a legitimate candidate for presidency either.

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Wow. Imagine Celia if Mr LATimes Owner actually did hire you?!! Prior to this year (and maybe 2023), we NEVER saw such surprises - such as Elon Musk Twitter acquisition and all that followed, RFK Jr and Tulsi Gabbard joining in Unity with DJT, the many many MDs, journalists, scientists/researchers who have been continuing to hold the line and speak out about all things re: C19, especially vaccines...(and are actually able to reach us out in the world, unlike pre internet times) and much more. Imagine!

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Yep. The narrative gates are cracking. Good.

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These propaganda organizations like the LAT or NYT have caused incalculable and irreparable damage to our country. Their stories and unyielding support of the establishment is the problem not the lack of it. If people would stop patronizing their absolute garbage and filth, and also turn off the damn TV, it'd be a much better world. But, for some reason that I don't understand, people seem to cling to these cults and believe a fairy tale version of reality that just does not exist.

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Yes… TURN OFF THE DAMN TV!

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Keith Olbermann not only suffers from severe TDS, he is insane. He actually uses the word "whore" which is totally appropriate and apt for Kamala. But don't use that word on X, your Tweet will be removed.

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remember when ole keith went full meltdown on those of us who didn't take the covid shot?

"they're looooooooooosers, they're terrorists!"

https://www.theblaze.com/news/keith-olbermann-video-unvaccinated-people-snowflakes-morons-losers-cowards

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Olberman went “mentally postal” years ago…he is certifiably insane.

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Agree 💯 It is a badge of honor and confirmation that you are correct when Keith hates you. Keith O = Loser.

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K. O. is the whore -- if we must perpetuate the hoary old epithet that's so misogynist -- how dare women charge for sex?

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some years ago (it seems like another epoch, antediluvian even, and several lifetimes ago; adverse circumstances have dictated that I reinvent/reincarnate myself more times than I can tally), I contacted each member of the LA Times staff of health "reporters" with an invitation to make history collectively by annihilating the "hiv/AIDS" myth. I then proceeded to supply them with much of the necessary documentary evidence, including CF's landmark Harper article, and requested nothing in return; they would have been free to claim all the credit for themselves. of course they all balked, but the barrage of facts I submitted did make the editor of that department so uncomfortable (at one point she even confided to me in an email that she felt "overwhelmed" by her responsibilities) that I believed it contributed to her departure from the newspaper. as it became clear that these pretenders would do absolutely nothing to challenge the orthodoxy, I realized that they were literally incapable of formulating a thought of their own but simply transcribed what any and all purported "experts in their field" declared in press releases or press-facilitated recording sessions, not caring in the least whether or not what they were in effect endorsing was an accurate much less plausible depiction of reality. the designation "journalistic malpractice" doesn't begin to describe their utter intellectual and moral vacancy.

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One would think the job of a newspaper would include stating the records of both Presidential candidates. But in this case, doing so would give the readers the truth about Harris, that she has a record of failures, and a sordid past as a high paid prostitute, and it would show to all the actual accomplishments of Trump. They can't allow their readers to see through their propaganda.

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Nailed it. Excellent article.

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This appears to be a Royal Rumble Retard fight. On the one hand, we have a masked vaccine maker and on the other, well, you know. We mustn't speak ill of the resource class.

As a business owner, and you are correct, my advice would be for him to see this as an opportunity. The staff showed who they are. If you don't like it, then you clean house. Sports organizations do this well when there's a change in management. When a new GM comes in, he brings in his team. It's only logical. Gotta manage loyalty, trust and competence. Can't do that with people you don't know. Leaves you vulnerable to unprincipled schemers. So yes, to me, this was a chance for him to fire everyone and bring in new blood. It's not like there's a shortage of talented journalists.

Alas, if his wikipage is correct, sounds like he's a fan of Hiltzik.

This is where my father (RIP) comes in. Whenever we messed up at home he'd say in Italian dialect (Calabrese) 'S'arranch'. This is my personal rough spelling. It's a derivative of 'to fix'. Or in this context 'You made this mess, now you fix it' And you could add, if you're so inclined, 'and fuck off' at the end of it.

This is a progtard fight. S'arranch.

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PS , my definition of fascism . Simply put , the carrot and the stick . There is a carrot hanging infront of the donkey , hanging from a stick . In the other hand of the rider of the donkey , there is a stick with no carrot . Both are suspended in the air , the donkey never reaches the carrot no matter how much he moves , and the stick without the carrot neither swats a fly , nor descends in a satisfying smack on the asses ass . Its just a state of domination and portend of control of sustenance and direction . La Kobama is very aware of what fascism is , when she accepted a BMW and a job from someone in a position of power . She could have just driven a Ford Escort and lived on a public servants salary . She is STILL trying to get the carrot , that is WHY she is running for the Presidency of the United States of America , and why the idea of Fascism seems to have unleashed the Kraken in her . Donald Trump , Mr "Your Fired " , has no problem swatting flies , making the donkey run , or giving a carrot with his own hand . He is not a fascist . In fact , and I am a serious believer in Jesus Christ , Donald trump is essentially riding into Jerusalem on a colt , no carrot , no stick , just being there . We can be SO grateful for his personal focus and willingness to work .

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And he gave us operation warp speed. He’s no Angel, he’s only the better choice of a terrible choice.

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Typical Woke pile-on, but of course this one is extra gross. Those commies mean business, there is no dissenting allowed. The smell of Democrat desperation is in the air again.

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Quite the article, Celia--thank you. Back when I was a senior editor I spoke to Lewis Lapham for about an hour on the phone and was so impressed. Conversely, since I am direct and not politic, was fired from the job because I expressed chagrin during a staff meeting where none of the editors appeared to understand what constituted plagiarism. And that was more than 20 years ago!

In the 1980s, when Deconstruction began polluting academic thought, I knew our culture was in very deep water. It was the signal to me that the end of any sort of objective scholarship, or objective journalism, or indeed, any Standards had begun. A classmate of mine decided that the Emperor in the Emperor of Ice Cream was a pimp! Impossible for scholarship to exist in an environment where the reader determines meaning independent from textual analysis.

I am not surprised by any of this. In fact, I can well imagine that table of editors at my last job pitching such an insurrection.

For what it's worth--the history of the L.A. Times is really interesting. It was owned and run by the Chandler family for more or less its entire history--or at least 80 years. But as the Chandler family expanded and all the moneys were in a trust--their family relationships began to crumble and their support for the Chandler who was editor-in-chief began to crumble as they saw every move he made as costing them money--. Fascinating stuff. I have sort of lost track of the history in this century.

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This is such a great piece C. Honestly made me laugh out loud more than once at the absurdity of the Dems! Thankful that they are becoming more transparent by the minute. It gives me hope from the shitty place I am in and believing we are winning which we are.

What is going to happen now to the LAT???? That’s interesting… let’s hope Elon buys it! Or Trump! 😛

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You are a fantastic writer Cecilia ! Thank you !’

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Modern reflexive atheists have a God hole that must be filled. Imagine that the only "filler" currently available is a dumb, vacuous paper doll with an unknown ventriloquist. If Harris' supporters seem unhinged it's because they are dealing with an unprecedented load of cognitive dissonance.

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when both parties are all in for genocide what is there to vote for?

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Check your voters pamplet for the Independent Candidate.

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Jill Stein.

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LMAO!

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She always runs because by then she needs some more donor money. Wasted vote. Sarcasm

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I liked your comment up 'til you said sarcasm.

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I didn’t know if you were being sarcastic. It’s hard to tell sometimes. I agree BTW.

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