178 Comments
User's avatar
James Goodrich's avatar

An utter irony of law in blue states. Most of us saw Mass. governor Healy, (former Mass. attorney general) surrounded by over a dozen smiling, joyful, gleeful woman, sign into law her new abortion bill, allowing doctors to murder viable babies right up to the day of birth.

Well there’s a former Stoughton Mass. cop, Matthew Farwell, that has been arrested for the strangulation murder of young pregnant Sandra Birchmore, 23 of Canton Mass. Farwell had been having sexual relations, grooming her, even while on duty, since she was 15 years old.

The irony of this story is Farwell is being charged with the death of Birchmores unborn child. The charge of causing the death of an unborn child in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1841 carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

How is it possible that Governor Healy can make killing viable babies legal, while Farwell is being charged with the murder of an unborn child ? Is it me or is murder plain old murder? Or is it OK to murder babies when you have the elite title of “Governor”?

Upon the first doctor assisted murder of an unborn child, especially a viable baby, shouldn’t the doctor be arrested under the same law? And for that matter “Governor” Healy?

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

The debacle that is Mass. today is an example of what happens when a people lack or lose their moral compass. I would point out that we have a very definite moral compass....it was, and is still, the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. There is little doubt that our Founders were moral men and their intent on writing those documents was to establish a proper path for the new Republic to follow. They remain our moral compass, not the koran or any other interloper. And all other offerings which clash with our Founding should be rejected out of hand. Because of neglect, bruised about in our purloined education apparatus, they are poorly or badly misunderstood by far too many. And therefore we are having a difficult time knowing just where we are today because a compass not only gives us direction, it also tells us where we are and right now it is painfully obvious too many of us have no idea where that may be.

Finally, if folks are offended by having a copy of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms, as is the law now in Texas, tough. Go somewhere else to find comfort but be mindful of the fact those commandments were the basis of our Founding Documents and no better substitute has ever been offered.

SR Miller's avatar

No Michael, the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution (which includes the Bill of Rights) are not our Moral Compass, they are merely an expression of what WAS and should still be our moral Compass, God’s Word as delivered in our Bible. When we took God and His Word out of our schools, our society, when we said other ways to form a society where equivalent to the American way, we lost OUR way. We stopped listening to the gentle whisper and elevated the fire, earthquake and powerful wind. But we didn’t always: POTUS Washington’s addresses, POTUS Lincoln’s 2nd Inauguration, World Wars I & II, December 7, June 6 and Sept 11 and many more all reaffirmed our moral compass. But scarcely two decades after Sept 11 we’re electing men and women who share the same ideology as those who killed over 3,000 of our brothers and sisters that fateful Tuesday.

When the moral compass is abandoned no mountain of documents is sufficient.

Joy Metcalf's avatar

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams

Jean's avatar

Could we, should we say the documents reflect the moral beliefs of whom ever, what ever inspired them?

SR Miller's avatar

Who is it that inspired them, all of them?

Remember, for those who signed the DI, they pledged their Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor - for many of them they lived their pledge. Those who signed the Constitution, they had to face what might have been in store had the Second War of Independence been lost. When we sent our brave men off to liberate the world from tyranny, in Whose providence did we commit their efforts, when we joined together in prayer the evening of the 11th, early on the 12th and then again in worship on Sunday the 16th, in Whose name did we gather?

Today, these interlopers using a bastardized interpretation of our laws and Constitution to subvert our way of life, in whom do they place their trust, the God of our ancestors or the god of those who attacked us?

Jean's avatar

Aren't we reflecting on people today and where they are looking for their inspiration and guidance on morality or not? What I read suggests those who do not accept a god look to themselves for their morality. One perhaps hopes all will come close to following a Judeo- Christian version of morality?

SR Miller's avatar

That first part is certainly true of atheists they live with/in a belief their spiritual (yes, I realize they would object to that word 😂) universe is wholly self contained. Yet even they find it necessary to call upon a higher power when they step on a nail, the car that cuts them off in traffic, perhaps in the rapturous moments of physical intimacy. Those who live in the delusion of worshipping other god(s) the Christian would say have been lied to and are following the deceiver. The agnostic is an interesting beast: I’m of the opinion that for most agnostics they wear the label proudly and loudly because they’re too afraid so say their true passion: unbelief. For those in the smaller part, they might as well be atheists since that’s the life they’re living. A true agnostic, one without knowledge would be living in such a way that it would be clear they were seeking the knowledge they lack. It is difficult to believe that someone who says "I don’t know" is willing to live in such a state. Pick a "side" or the side will be chosen for you.

I realize that reflects my Evangelical Christian universe, but it also reflects my formative years. Raised in a household of little faith, even hostility at times, I had a few near death/could’a been death moments, the last which found me plummeting down IN a warehouse stairwell. To this day I can still recall the only thought in that frozen moment in time was an unvocalized " oh God!" Couple years later the true agnostic in me had been replaced by a slowly simmering convert. A half century later and I still wonder how I made it this far, why I’m still here.

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

Since am an agnostic guess we have to agree to disagree

MrsMc's avatar

Im just going to butt in here... there was a beautiful thing said on something I listened to and didn't write it down...it went something like this: Civilization needs Christianity because it teaches us how to sustain, preserve, maintain, human life together, with other humans...so we don't become extinct. Children, people can be born into or find themselves in really bad, horrible unjust situations, without awareness of a unseen higher power who will be the final arbitrator, and this arbitrator actually loves us uniquely individually and loves us with a love that nothing earthly can compare to, How else can they learn hope, grow a conscience, handle deaths of loved ones....

My dad was agnostic, he believed in God, an ineffable Creator of the universe including humans, but his "God" did not interact with his creation in this life or after death. But everything he taught us was based on the Bible - the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, the book of Proverbs, the Beatitudes. Embarrassed to say, when I stopped ignoring any thing that had the name Jesus in it, and started my own research after my Dad died, I was surprised that the Golden Rule (among other thing) was in the Bible - I thought they were sayings my dad made up. lol. I joined my first church and baptized at the tender age of 45.

MrsMc's avatar

in defense of my Dad, right before he died when I was 20, he said his wished he had taken us to Church because it gives us hope. He also had told me early that he wanted us to find "religion" on our own, he didn't want it forced upon us. He apparently was a very devout Christian in his youth. That's all...have a happy Friday.

MrsMc's avatar

To avoid extinction by our own ways and means, humans need Christianity.

Scott Kenworthy's avatar

"My dad was agnostic, he believed in God, an ineffable Creator of the universe including humans, but his "God" did not interact with his creation in this life or after death."

Actually he was a Deist. Do a search on the difference between a deist and agnostic.

In fact a number of the Founding Fathers were Deists like Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson...

Joy Metcalf's avatar

What what is an agnostic, but one who does not know? It's not a declaration that there is no God.

SR Miller's avatar

Perhaps. But an agnostic moral compass is just a moral preference.

Science is Political 2.0's avatar

I agree w/ most of your dates.. and the Bible is the basis for our moral compass and documented history. I am not sure what anyone can disagree with. going back to the post. :) right now

Randall Stoehr's avatar

Profoundly put dear gentlemen!!

Belloc's avatar

For the life of me I can't understand how the leftists/MSM will pivot to unborn child when a pregnant woman is murdered but if said pregnant woman wants to murder said child, it's a choice. 🤦‍♀️

Joy Metcalf's avatar

I'm sure they'd say that the difference is in the choice.

Belloc's avatar

But like all leftist logic that makes no sense. It's a child not a choice. The choice was to engage in a sexual act which the natural result is a child if the woman is age appropriate.

They want it both ways. If you're in a sane rational society you can't have it both ways. But unfortunately we no longer live in that society.

Jane Tracy's avatar

That video of Gov Healy and all the women clapping and smiling makes my blood boil 🤬

ComeQuicklyLord's avatar

Until Congress codifies the Personhood of an unborn child, and our nation has a drastic change of heart toward God, abortion will always exist in America.

You cannot depend upon the GOP to move this forward—they cannot even pass the Save America Act into law. Any true moral changes come when a person sees God’s perspective on sin in general but also abortion, and His resolution for it—the death of his son. That is the moral change America needs, and Christians need to be about Christ’s business of spreading the Gospel, the good news, that change and forgiveness indeed is possible, if they turn to him in total trust.

Science is Political 2.0's avatar

I don't think that Congress.. which is a secular body.. has any business codifying an unborn child. .. Human beings since the reading in the bible which is the source of the most important ancient knowledge .. expressed for example: Jeremiah.. expresses that God knew him in the womb... PEOPLE KNOW better.. and women who give birth know better. I felt my own baby's kicking .. and moving around in my stomach after in the beginning of the second trimester.. and now w modern echo grams and sonograms even back when I was pregnant I had a sonogram done. and saw my son in the womb. amazing experience.. one the most amazing in my life.

ComeQuicklyLord's avatar

When women have access to ultrasounds, over 80% choose life over abortion—that’s why Planned Parentlesshood refuses ultrasounds. It’s amazing to see your baby move during an ultrasound! ❤️

Romans 1-3, shows the gradual digression from truth. What is natural by God’s design is rejected, so that what is “known” to be truth—the personhood of the unborn child—cannot be accepted by reprobate minds.

Our Congress had Sunday services for years in the Capitol, and its attendance was high, because they understood that their service as Representatives, was dependent upon God’s truth and guidance in Scripture. Back then, they did not have preachers preaching nonsense.

Codyfying the Personhood of unborn children, is a humble act of our nation’s government, which recognizes that Life comes from God and we were given the authority to protect it—His authority granted to our government.

ron's avatar

They continue to be "confused."

Swabbie Robbie's avatar

- new definition of Mass Murder.

Thomas A Braun RPh's avatar

Mental derangement abounds in our medical world being corrupted by those who spin health initiatives to feather their nest and not address the health issue that causes so much grief and harm.

M. Blake's avatar

Thank you - this comment prompted me to (finally) learn more about who's running in MA this Nov. As an Independent, I put together this list of candidate sites for my husband to encourage his research :>) Maybe it will help others here? Disclaimer: candidates NOT listed in order of my preference.

GOV:

Healy is only dem candidate - https://maurahealey.com/

Two republican candidates:

Mike Minogue - https://minogueforma.com/meet-mike/

Brian Shortsleeve - https://brianshortsleeve.com/meet-brian-shortsleeve/

One unenrolled - Andrea James - https://www.ajforma.com/

US Senate

Rep - John Deaton -  https://www.johndeatonforsenate.com/

Dem -

Ed Markey - https://www.edmarkey.com/

Seth Moulton - https://sethmoulton.com/about/

US Rep

Repub - Micah Q. Jones- https://micahqjones.com/meet-micah/

Dem:

Bethany Andres Beck - https://bethfordemocracy.com/about

John A. Becca, III - https://www.becciaforcongress.com/about

Jamie M. Belsito - https://www.jamiebelsito.com/

Dan Koh  - https://www.kohforcongress.com/

Mariah L. Lancaster - https://www.mariahlancaster.com/

Tram T. Nguyen - https://www.tramforcongress.com/

James Goodrich's avatar

Please note, though they both have some shortcomings Shirtsleeve is in favor of the new Healy abortion bill in Mass. He’s losing badly in the poles…

Alan Dinsmore's avatar

The way I see the drift, those who will not find the "the good way and the old paths" Jer6. will soon find themselves forced to visit a Mosque every Friday and "praying" five times a day!

earl's avatar

There you go trying to apply reason and logic again.

Bruce Miller's avatar

Easy one. She's a Democrat.

James Goodrich's avatar

There are no offensive or defensive bioweapons. These laboratory catastrophes, which the world has been forced to deal with, are funded with taxpayer money, implemented by governments and government appointed officials, who seem to have no problem killing millions of people as part of their research. I think this was made very clear when Fauci’s wife flipped the bird to the world. They lie and do their best to cover up their crimes. Ebola, SARS 1, Covid 19, Lyme disease, I would bet AIDS all came from government funded labs.

This gain of function research is completely illogical and reckless. After its spread to the public, we’re all supposed to depend on these same “scientists” that produced the deadly viruses to produce a vaccine that will save us. As we see it’s all a corrupt racket.

When are we going to demand that our government stop this type of insane experimentation? When are people like Fauci going to be held accountable? How can we allow a phony pardon by elites, exempt an elite mass murderer from justice? It very obvious, investigations and justice will never come from those who participated in the crime, it must come from outside the fed.

As in the French Revolution, a government that fears the people is a government that should understand, the guillotine has an endless thirst for blood.

J.Goodrich

Brandy's avatar

It is infuriating that no one in government is ever held accountable for their crimes. I wish we could change that but as long as we have the same government it will continue. You cannot 'vote' government out because it is just more government. I bought Malone's Homesteading book yesterday and I look forward to escaping into it's wisdom.

Elisa Parker's avatar

It is a great book!

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

Discussed that jab with my wife this a.m. i am concerned no obvious effort to counter the dangers this jab poses...lipid coat that takes it anywhere and immortalized mRNA. My impression is these goons have a money tree and are going to push it as far as they can

Jean's avatar

Got the audio book version yesterday. Dr RM went briefly off topic with a bit on one of his mare's antics. Delightful :)

Barbara Charis's avatar

You are so right about the "laboratory catastrophes". Intelligent people should question what is being injected into their bloodstreams. In 1957, I was an ignorant young mother who didn't question what was in the vaccines, being injected into my child...and he had a serious reaction. It is a miracle that he survived. When I read Vaccination is NOT Immunization by Dr. Tim O'Shea and saw all the items listed that were in childhood vaccines I was horrified. The items in them create BRAIN DAMAGE and BREAK DOWN the IMMUNE SYSTEM, the organs, glands and cells. The Vaccine Industry should not exist...It is greatly responsible for the decline of the mental and physical health of all Americans who were given their deadly and defective vaccines. People should question, why we have all the crime and mental problems today. The toxic matter in vaccines wipes out the glands in the brain, which contribute to thinking, memory, the ability to know right from wrong, and more.

Thomas A Braun RPh's avatar

Unfortunately Trump just endorsed Gates goals by releasing $600 million to him.!!

Tory77simplifyfocus's avatar

Those monies were apparently on hold and Rubio unfroze them, not to Gates, but for vaccines overseas children. It is not clear what vaccines. Still a Global health initiative cause. But it’s not fair to say our President gave or supports Gates.

Thomas A Braun RPh's avatar

He is the # 1 pusher to vaccinate everyone. He will benefit greatly!

Tory77simplifyfocus's avatar

No doubt, but it was not a new decision. It’s very shocking Moderna and others are selling the “Cancer” mNRA vaccine. That is new and didn’t we learn anything.

Barbara Charis's avatar

All Vaccine Operators are in it for the money...overlooking the fact that they are injecting toxic poisons directly into people's bloodstreams. This used to be called murder.

Barbara Lee's avatar

I’m in favor of much of what Trump has done but THIS??!!! What is he thinking? RFK, try and talk sense into him!! Does he think if government funds it, they can control it? Really, anything with Bill Gates should be a hard NO!

Carol j's avatar

Wow! I hadn't heard about that! I still think of Trump as a fantastic president, but have my disagreements with him, certainly! He's human. Will have to learn more about this $600 million "released" to Gates. Was it Gates' money to begin with & held for some reason or was this about some other plan within Trump's agenda? With so much news & so many platforms in which to receive it, I find it challenging to keep up with all that's going on! I, like Trump, am merely human, afterall! Thanks for that piece of news!

Diana Thompson's avatar

I hardly know what to say about the crazy women supporting the mother who murdered her children... Combining that with the extreme abortion laws, the message seems to be: just kill your kids when you decide you don't want them anymore -- no matter the age.

gail's avatar

I have been watching the trial and she had been trying to get help for months. She had been given over 30 prescriptions for such as Valium, Seroquel, Zoloft, Ativan and others. The hospital visits and doctor visits are well documented. She was definitely depressed and apparently bipolar. The pictures of her with her children told me that she loved them very much and they looked well cared for and not downtrodden. her family and friends and coworkers all said what a wonderful mother she was. Court TV Vinnie Politan said social media was trying to blame the husband. But they have proof via phone messages and video at CVS and the restaurant that he was not there. They cleared him so it seems. The psychiatrist witness said she was on the wrong medicines and misdiagnosed due to incompetency by her doctors/nurse practitioner. I read Midwestern doctor all about SSRIs causing school shootings/suicide/homicide but they are still on the market, just like the vaccines, because they make so much money off of them. 60 minutes had a show in 1991 with multiple victims telling how dangerous the drugs were. it is well documented that she was reaching out for help and following doctors orders. She was failed by the system. The system is failing all of us.

Carol j's avatar

Thank you, Gail! I'm surely not going to make friends with my comment, but I blame Pharma & incompetent doctors for the murder of her children. Yes, she carried out the act, which is horrifying, yet she was, in my opinion, an instrument inasmuch as a firearm would be. Reading on such things as MKUltra have taught me humans can be easily manipulated by various drugs to perform acts they would never do otherwise without total influence of those drugs. She appears to be more of a victim (I hate that term these days, but nothing else I can conjure up will do for now) who was so absurdly medicated, she did not have control of any form of her "normal" state of mind.

Yes, like one who drinks alcohol in excess & goes on to drive into others, killing them, she did indeed willingly (to my knowledge) take all those drugs. Someone who drinks is not doing so because someone in higher authority told them to. It was their unequivocal choice. If that line of thinking was the beginning of the story where she flippantly CHOSE to take all those medications simply because she felt like it, my thoughts would be more in line with entirely condemning her. But, DOCTORS were PRESCRIBING those drugs. She was seeking help & naively assumed those doctors held her best interests in true "healthcare" form. To me, this is akin to blaming women for their miscarriages after taking the Wuhan jab, as they, too, were trusting medical sources outside of themselves. Should they be tried for murder in a court of law, as well? Absolutely not!

I have no legal education, so have zero idea as to what to apply as law in this situation. I am opposed to the absolute vilification of her equally as much as the strange pink ladies glorifying her.

Bottom line is, the murder of these beautiful children should NEVER have happened! What I find incomprehensible is that so very few, if any, people seem to look beyond her & see the REAL culprits: Incompetent medical professionals along with the pharmaceutical industry. From what I understand, she was prescribed massive quantities of "medications" to give her the hepatitis she was seeking. She FEARED she was going to end up murdering her children!

I have some personal experience with but a few of those "medications" & can testify truthfully that they altered my brain in ways that are a paradox of my normal self. I actually did, at one point, almost murder myself, but was talked down by my very amazing husband. That was just on ONE drug! Had he not intervened, I most certainly wouldn't be here. I knew it was wrong at the time, in direct contrast to my deep faith in Christ. Still, I wasn't able to convince myself otherwise. Other "medications" elicited other strange behaviors from me that I was only became aware of once I stopped that particular "medication". Psychiatric "medications", in my experience, are evil. They are but tools of Satan. I will never again trust them. I thank God I didn't have children & can only wonder if it couldn't have me on that stand. This is WHY I feel as I do. Not standing with or against her, but standing against the true villians, incompetent doctors & the pharmaceutical industry.

William Bell's avatar

I can relate to what you say about your own experience with these drugs and the medical community as a whole.

I have a wife who is on these scripts and it has taken our relationship if you compared it to a house, and intentionally or unintentionally set fire to it and gutted it.

I have my doubts it can be rebuilt and now live in the burned out shell as I am a caregiver for a woman that often does not know what day it is, sleeps 12 hours a day, constantly eating terrible and gaining weight. No affection of any kind towards me.

If you try to give advice or guide she thinks she is the smartest person in the room.

She has been for stays in the Behavior Health unit 6 times in the last 18 months because she threatened self harm. We went Christmas Day 2025 in the ER twice with her trying to get in again or another "magic pill".

Sorry for the rant but sometimes it helps to vent rather than scream.

The Simon and Garfunkel song, "Sounds of Silence" covers this well as it comes to mind often.

Bill

Carol j's avatar

I am so sorry that your wife is in the grips of the pharmaceutical industry & how you are left to hold together what little remains. Feel free to rant all you want! My post was certainly lacking brevity because it was fueled by emotion & it appears you have much deserved emotion needing to be expelled. My heart breaks for you.. & your wife. I cannot begin to imagine what you're going thru. I wish I had words of wisdom for you, but all I can think of is to reach out to others as much as you can. There's no shame in that. Spread your plight so others can avoid this pitfall. And, pray. You must know there is a power far greater than the drugs your wife is taking. Answers may come slowly, but as I've discovered, they do come. There really is a God, thru Jesus Christ, who "gets it". Perhaps this will help you rediscover yourself.. & some level of peace. I will add you to those I pray for, assuming that is ok to you. There must be answers for you that just aren't apparent, yet. God bless you Bill.

gail's avatar

I concur. Such an appropriate and compassionate comment!

William Bell's avatar

Thank you for your kind reply.

Bill

Carol j's avatar

You're most welcome, Bill. You are definitely in my prayers. Prayed for you last night, in fact.

Was wondering if you have a qualified Nutritionist in your area for your wife. She's probably depleted of many nutrients by now. New "magic pills" could be supplements! Nutritionist I had helped me SO much by guiding me toward a better diet plus toward the correct nutrients I needed. It probably wouldn't hurt for you to see one, as well, considering all the stress you're not doubt under.

Just a thought, at any rate. Of course, for you, a REAL Bible using church (not the fake "say anything to just feel good kind with rainbow flags or jumping thru hoops to reach God.. all hogwash!).. even a local Al Anon can be beneficial. I bet you'd find others in similar circumstances as you! Just the freedom to discuss all that's going on without judgement can bring you some breathing room! If people at a particular meeting try telling you what you "should" do, leave (both a church &/or Al Anon meeting local) & find another. Again, just some thoughts.

Here's to new beginnings in your life. As always, God bless you & keep you in His Arms!

Diana Thompson's avatar

I know my comment sounded a bit severe, but unfortunately it's the glorification message that is getting out. If we were hearing about her being a victim of the common practice of giving out SSRIs and other such drugs like candy, and the women protesting were making a case against that practice, this story would look different.

The stats seem very high on how many people are taking drugs with dangerous side effects, when there are other solutions available to what troubles them.

I spent a good portion of my younger life dealing with depression. I was occasionally offered some medication, but never said yes. Any time I've been offered ANY sort of med., I always looked into the side effects vs what ailed me, and more often than not said NO.

In my adult life, I've always considered my medical "team" as consultants. They have training I don't have, they give me advice, but I consider that advice and decide for myself. If I can't work with someone, I find another doctor. I think too many people treat doctors like gods. There are good ones, bad ones and everything in between. They are human and some are getting some bad info. -- some behave like they think they are gods, and some have been bought.

The attempt to mock people "doing their own research", during COVID, sure fell flat on me. I worked in libraries for over 40 years -- Most of my life has been built on doing my own research...

Anyhow, I do believe a lot of the crazy behaviour we are witnessing out there is connected to the plethora of drugs being prescribed, not to mention the street drugs. Lots of people seem to need help, but I think they are often getting the wrong kind of help.

gail's avatar

I have only been watching the trial on court TV and have not even looked at social media. The main info I hear is from Vinny Politan. I do wonder more about why the husband got remarried so quickly and had another child I believe I heard. He did not have time to work through his grief on all his losses. there are other questions I believe that need to be answered in the court proceedings to clarify the whole picture. There is so much emotional reaction to this case and we need more facts I believe.

D D's avatar

Why is the cocktail of at least six SSRI's not a concern in regards to Lindsey Clancy? This is not the first time over prescribed meds. have contributed to killing and death.

Carol j's avatar

So grateful that people in this forum are beginning to connect the dots concerning Lindsey Clancy! I will say that the inept "doctors" & Big Pharma are the TRUE murderers in this case until the day I die a natural death. THEY need tried & jailed.. but, they'll happily leave that to the patsy who will be in her own prison for all her remaining life, regardless of what the courts decide.

D D's avatar
Aug 22Edited

This attitude is close to breaking the script for me. In other words , there needs to be an acknowledgement of the imbalance of the actions and implications of this drama , for me. The meme was out of line, propaganda.. (by this attitude, I mean the meme posted on Lindsey)

Mike's avatar

Was Lindsay "clinically insane" when she killed her children? I don't know - but I would assume that a person WOULD HAVE TO BE to do something like that. We have a serious problem with mental health in this country. We have doctors that just pump crazy people full of pills and send them out the door. And society gets to put up with crazy people that commit horrible acts of violence - like stabbing strangers on subway trains, or pushing strangers in front of subway trains, murdering their families, or carrying out mass shootings. We blame the perpetrator (as we should) but the doctors and the pharmaceutical companies bear no responsibility. But it's also the states that pass laws making it impossible to keep violent crazy people off the street for more than a few days or a couple of weeks, until they "complete" their treatment (which is to fill them up with crazy pills and send them on their way). This needs to stop.

Toni Headen's avatar

My mom was depressed and suicidal in her 80’s. She was sent to a psychiatrist and prescribed an antidepressant. Later when she had 1 of her appointments with the psychiatrist he asked where my dad was (he had always driven her to her appointments). She stated that he was at the cancer treatment center having his weekly infusion. The psychiatrist had never asked my mother about any extenuating circumstances that could be related to her mental status; health issues, family issues, financial issues… nothing. Just took out a Rx pad. This is a problem.

Mike's avatar

Similar thing happened to a Marine Recruiter that I know. She was working 70 hour weeks for an abusive boss and got extremely stressed out to the point where she decided to check herself into a hospital just to get away from the situation. The doc "diagnosed" her with depression and put her on antidepressants. I say "diagnosed" because he didn't really talk to her or her husband to find out anything about her history or current circumstances. What she needed was a week off and some sleep, followed by a reasonable work schedule. Instead she got loaded up with IV meds for several days until she could "adjust" to the medication and then sent home with pills. Just utter malpractice. All of these mental health drugs come with the warning "May cause suicidal thoughts and actions." People think that seeking mental health treatment will make them "better". And instead, they get put on drugs that screw with their brain chemistry and make them worse.

alexei's avatar

In my experience, most hospital appointments end with drug prescriptions and rarely explore alternatives.

William Bell's avatar

Exactly what I am going thru with my wife.

I'm 73 and she is 65 so no children involved but the same scare for me.

Thomas A Braun RPh's avatar

Lindsey negative cartoons suggest that they were generated to keep Big Pharma anti-depressant drugs as the solution to post partum depression. As long as severe PPD that creates a condition where the mother takes her own life or blames her children for her derangement and our justice system does not recognize that the root cause is SEVERE NUTRIENT DEPLETION the solution will be to jail the mother. My best friend lost his wife via a 45 who was bright and intelligent to severe PPD after the fourth child was born in four years. The condition is PREVENTABLE with proper prenatal care and measuring for key nutrient depletion. Until our physicians learn the important role of nutrients for good health we will continue to go down the wrong road. Sixty years later we have not learned the solution. Only prescribing mind sedating drugs that create more harm. The allopathic medicine model just keeps growing and so do the health issues that the citizens in America need to endure. That is why health outcomes in the US are on par with Bangladesh!

Barbara Lowry's avatar

I asked alter.systems AI about Lindsey Clancy. Here are some details leading up to her "break." Before I paste them here, I know one person who was on a psyche drugs, lived in NYC. He told me that everyday he would exit his apartment building, get on the subway and thought about about blowing everyone on the subway away with a gun. (SSRIs have a powder keg effect in the brain that builds up and then blows demonstrably.) He didn't have a gun, thank God. Same person years later physically attacked his girlfriend, was arrested. Police put him into a mental ward somewhere, gave him two more psyche drugs to take to calm him down, then released him shortly thereafter. He told me he never got to see a psychiatrist while in that place. / Lindsey Clancy: The most striking detail is what Lindsay Clancy herself wrote in a note found on her phone, last modified the day before the killings:

"I was the healthiest, happiest mom... Until prescription medication stole me from my own body. It began with a touch of post partum anxiety."

This is where the case intersects with a much bigger, largely ignored conversation. She was a nurse, described by everyone as loving and devoted, who checked herself into a psychiatric hospital days before the deaths, was begging for help, and told her own mother a month prior that she was having thoughts of harming the children.

She was prescribed multiple psychiatric medications. Her phone search history in the weeks before the killings shows her looking up:

Hallucinations

Psychosis

Side effects of the drugs she'd been prescribed

Suicide methods

Bipolar disorder

Insomnia

Barbara Lowry's avatar

ADDENDUM: I wish every woman who is experiencing postpartum depression, would seek out a certified homeopath or Traditional Chinese Medicine to gently balance out the hormones and more. IT WORKS.

Thomas A Braun RPh's avatar

What ever it takes! No SSRI's!

Thomas A Braun RPh's avatar

I can scream at the lack of medical expertise!

ComeQuicklyLord's avatar

I’m wondering what the Englishmen in the U.K. think about the abomination that is over taking their nation? 🤔

If things don’t change, there will be a civil war, or King Charles will bow before the Quran with all the Islamic clerics looking on with glee, while the Islamic flag flies over Buckingham Palace.

THEY WERE WARNED

Joy Metcalf's avatar

King George is a globalist. I have to wonder if he even sees the danger, or if he even cares.

ComeQuicklyLord's avatar

It’s interesting that the last few years of Queen Elizabeth’s life, she was prompted by her husband to be more vocal on her Christian beliefs. You could see that in her Christmas messages, which proclaimed Christ as Savior—I actually began watching them. 😃

King Charles is the head and protector of the Anglican Church—a church that has moved far from biblical teachings; nevertheless, there’s some light that is there. It’s just hidden, but once it’s found again, it can turn many to Christ—not to religious activity, but to a personal relationship with Him. That’s my hope. 🤗

Barbara Lee's avatar

I wonder what Jesus would think of a dim wit immoral adulterer as head of His Church!! Gag me with a spoon! Queen Elizabeth should never have allowed it!

ComeQuicklyLord's avatar

Jesus is the head of the church and no other. 🙂

Jerry Williams's avatar

My wife came up with a great idea for a meme, that neither of us have seen yet. Perhaps an experienced Grok user can create one.

After watching Hakeem Jefferies dodge questions about the DSA being part of their party, he simply commented "We have a big tent".

My wife commented, "The only Big Tent's I've seen are at the Circus". We both had a great laugh.

Carol j's avatar

As you already know, Jerry, your wife's sense of humor is priceless.. & spot on! I hope someone can create that meme! Maybe Dr Jill will use it one Fri or Sun!!!

Jerry Williams's avatar

Would be great, with all the usual dems/DSA/squad people in clown outfits!

Elaine Ashton's avatar

The cartoon about supermarkets is not correct. I suspected when it meant that "I" am older than any supermarket in the U.S. Here's what AI said. This makes more sense to me and my memory.

Supermarkets first appeared in the U.S. in 1930, when Michael J. Cullen opened the first modern King Kullen store in Queens, New York. This milestone followed earlier self-service innovations like Piggly Wiggly, which introduced customer-managed shopping baskets and open aisles in Memphis in 1916.

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

And before them there were mom and pop grocery stores. Can remember when stayed with my fav aunt and she took me "shopping". She nearly walked my young legs off going to this one for meat, that one for produce and another for fresh veg and fruits. And this was in 1948 Wichita Falls TX, then not a very large city.

Carol j's avatar

I recall such trips with my mom in the 50s! This was in a suburb of Cleveland, OH. Then, a supermarket was built nearby, altho there had been an A & P nearby that we rarely went to for whatever reason.

BigGuy49's avatar

Here is an article about the oldest food store chains in America. I was also suspect of that meme because my mother's stepfather (who I also knew) was an administrative employee of the A&P corporation from the late 1920's until he retired in the late 1950s. He oversaw multiple stores in a region centered around Washington DC and Baltimore MD. And there are several southern food chains that I knew were pre-WWII. https://www.oldest.org/food/grocery-chains-in-america/

Elaine Ashton's avatar

Yeah -- I'm a Baltimore girl and my middle brother said he well remembers super markets had been around quite some time when we were young.

Carol j's avatar

The A & P my mom appeared to avoid was at the end of what we'd call a stripmall these days. It was really tiny.

Jane Tracy's avatar

Boy oh boy, that cow says it all! 😘😂😉

BigGuy49's avatar

Cows primarily eat grasses, hay, grains, and various byproducts from the human food supply, such as almond hulls and citrus pulp. Their diet is often supplemented with treats like fruits and vegetables, but the main components are forages and grains.

That translates to CARBS....!

Chris's avatar

I am a realist. If you want to take a peek into America's crystal ball then start following what has been going on in the UK and who is winning. They have been our trend setters for the last 60 years and it is not going to change any time soon. The immigrant is the football for our political class.

Debra Nolasco's avatar

Not just the UK, but most of Western Europe. Currently there are about 50-million unassimilated Muslims (most of them young men) preying on young girls & women of all ages. Germany, Sweden (which is especially bad), parts of France, Ireland. Peter Imanuelsen, a journalist from Sweden, reports on the atrocities there. One case in particular was deeply disturbing. A company that hires people to take care of the elderly, some of whom are still in their own homes, sent a young Muslim man to care for a 100-year old woman. He raped her. This is going on everyday, in many European countries. You can go to his archive section & read about more of what he has reported on in Sweden & elsewhere. Here is one more example.....https://petersweden.substack.com/p/sweden-another-shocking-court-case?r=9er3b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Carol j's avatar

Wow. I had no idea it is that bad in Sweden. Just read a few of the stories & feel sick. Thank you for posting. This has NOT been reported here as far as I know.

Debra Nolasco's avatar

It is not widely reported in Europe either. For many years, I received a daily e-mail out of the UK called The Conservative Woman. They routinely reported on what has been going on in the UK for decades with these Pakistani rape gangs. Recently, they needed to discontinue their site. However, I believe that they now have a substack that you can subscribe to. I have not yet subscribed, but probably will. To learn more about what is going on elsewhere in Europe, you really need to find journalists such as Peter Imanuelsen. As he himself has said, few are reporting on what is going on in countries such as Sweden. There are so many "No Go Zones"in Sweden, that even the local police do not go there. There have also been many, many bombings in Sweden by these groups of migrants. Peter Imanuelsen has also covered this. It is very disturbing, to say the least. I have a friend from Germany who has also let me know of some very disturbing incidents there, such as an attack on kindergarten children in a park by a Muslim man. When another man tried to come to their rescue, he killed him, as well as his 2-year old child. This is a park that my friend had been to. You can be sure that this incident was not widely reported in the news there. Then there have been the Christmas Markets in Germany where a Muslim man drove straight into the shoppers, killing & injuring many. This has happened twice in recent years. Most in this country likely do not know about these incidents & many in Europe probably are unaware too. It is very sad what has been allowed to happen in Europe. The average person is clueless.

Chris's avatar

I dont want to thankyou. I have read enough before to get the point. At this time I am more concerned with my backyard than other far away places.

Debra Nolasco's avatar

That is more than understandable, but since the situation in the UK was mentioned, more people need to know that the problem is much more widespread than just the UK. I too, am very concerned about what happens in our backyard, which is why I am hoping we vote for those who have our best interests at heart. With upwards of 20-million unvetted foreign nationals streaming across our southern border under the previous administration, it is very important that a similar situation does not happen here.

Chris's avatar

I got news for ya: none of them have our best interests at heart! Well that is a bit harsh, so let us say 9% have our best interests at heart. For the rest it is just a money grab in disguise. Money is the most addictive drug.

alexei's avatar

It may be about money and many other benefits for most but the impetus behind it is organized by those who are aiming for an islamic caliphate worldwide. They have a strategic plan to gain eventual power via disseminating their co-religionists into every nook and cranny of public life. In the UK for example, gradually congregating in one local authority after another, voting in their own local councillors, local laws, then mayors and finally members of Parliament. At this rate, it's easy to see the endpoint. The same gameplan is happening all over Europe and is well on its way in the US.

Chris's avatar

True. But in the US we are more complex than the UK. We have the muslim caliphate at an early stage of seeding our soil. Then we have Somalian, Nigerian and who knows what other fraud rings stealing literally up to a trillion of our tax dollars with impunity. Then we have millions of recent un-skilled semi-illiterate meso american indian arrivals draining our welfare and medical services. Add to this recent invasion another million unknown undesirable intruders like Gypsies, Chinese military aged males, Middle Eastern potential terrorists, Russians and Albanians. Frost this cake with the left coast drug epidemic and stick some Sino-Mexican drug cartel candles on top. (baker's note: many other key ingredients included but not listed).

Chris's avatar

Can but not. Look at what has been going on in America's reddest of our red states, Texas. Muslims are being allowed to propagate their own diaspora by local politicians. Every member of the diaspora follows their local Iman's directive on who to vote for. Once this movement leaked into Texas then the proverbial handwriting is etched in granite.

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

Our governor finally awake to the prob!em. Now if he will quit importing west coast progressives...

Chris's avatar

Too late and too late! The only way to bypass rights is with attitude and bureaucratic entanglement, and that wasn't activated from the gitgo.

D D's avatar

I looked at the lizard pic of Lindsey again and felt it is too close a depiction of what is one sided and terribly cruel. Since when do we get to be the judge and executioner?

David Poe's avatar

Similarly to the British pamphlet, I have thought that businesses who post “no firearms” signs should simply post “no crimes” signs instead. They would then be much safer.

Robert Dodge's avatar

Loss of moral compass. Needle spinning or just fell off. In Seattle (PROW): sleep, camp, shoot up, leave used and loaded syringes, sex, defecate, whatever on the street . . . no law enforcement, no investigation, no problem. Try to clean up? Problem. Investigation opened and subpoena issued for “improper handling/disposal of drugs.” You can’t make this up, or get your head around it. GK Chesterton (CS Lewis mentor): “When people stop believing in God, it’s not that they believe in nothing . . . it’s that they will believe in anything.” Shudder. Dylan (I Believe in You from Slow Train Coming album):“Don’t let me drift too far, keep me where you are, where I will always be renewed.” What he said. (PROW: People’s Republic of Washington.)

Joy Metcalf's avatar

-Jan 6 committee pardons--omigosh. I did giant head shake on that.

British posters. It might make more sense to just not allow them in, eh? Or maybe--start kicking some out? Deportation sounds like such a better answer.

-Supermarkets: was the A&P not a supermarket? It dates from 1886, but the first "supermarket self-serve" model opened in 1936. PigglyWiggly dates from 1916.

-I love the sequence to get the "right" military/dog photo!

Mary mallory's avatar

Love the pictures of the officer with his dog.