A virus is spreading throughout the world. It affects the comprehension and common sense portion of the brain and leaves its victims dumbed-down and easily herded by the propaganda masters and their political cult. Carrie’s Take strives to provide an antidote to the mind-control and hopefully will stir up memories of long ago when our society demanded truth & honesty in journalism and expected it to be the guardian of facts, rather than PR mouth pieces for self-serving politicians and their personal agendas. ~Carrie K. Hutchens
The Indian River County School Board unanimously voted to remove books from school shelves during an August 28, 2023 meeting. (Screenshot/School District of Indian River County)
A Florida school board voted unanimously to remove several dozen books from school shelves after concerned citizens read graphic excerpts from the hotly debated novels.
The board decided to remove the books in question because of a rule signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in May that states parents “shall have the right to read passages from any material that is subject to an objection.”
Under HB 1069, if a school board denies parents the right to read passages considered “pornographic” or “harmful to minors,” the school district must discontinue the use of such materials.(Click to continue reading)
Obviously, there was election interference in the 2020 election. There was also a lack of a thorough investigation before the certifications. I still remember ole Barr saying that while there was fraud, there wasn’t enough to change the outcome. How would he know the latter when a “thorough” investigation couldn’t be done in that short a time? Regardless, I can see why President Trump would be a bit upset about how it was all handled and not handled and all the last-minute changes that shouldn’t have been allowed. You don’t change the rules in the middle of the game.
Now, to the matter at hand.
You think Trump should have been on the debate stage? Really?
For one thing, people know his position. We all lived through the results of his policies and the actions he took. Been there. So, why would we need him to tell us what we already should know?
On the other hand…
Do you really think it would be fair if he got up on that debate stage and everyone was allowed to hit him with allegations involving all these indictments, only for him not to be allowed to respond or could be in trouble with the court if he did?
You know, as well as I do, that if Trump refused to answer because of a court order, some libs and other Trump haters would run with the claim that he must be guilty or he would have answered. That’s how some of them play – dirty.
I don’t know about you, but I’m beyond tired of the dirty tricks and outright gaslighting that has been and continues to transpire.
I’m tired of people thinking that it’s okay to do whatever because, after all, it is “only” Trump.
I’m tired of people thinking Trump has no rights, especially the right to be upset when he is wrongly treated and wrongly accused.
Funny, how so many would be upset if treated like Trump, yet thinking it is okay when done to him.
I don’t like those kind of people. Do you?
Just a little trip back in time…
Do you remember when Trump was accused of mocking the “disability” of a reporter? He didn’t. What he did was a gesture representing frustration or of one being flustered which he had used for years. (If he were to mock Serge’s disability it wouldn’t be with that gesture.) That’s right, he didn’t mock the reporter’s disability, but millions were told he did and many still spread that lie to this day. It makes him appear to be something he is not and why many don’t like him. But… oh well… it’s only Trump.
How about when Trump used the “saying”… “blood in her eyes?” Remember how they made up a new meaning for that saying and tried to make it that he insulted Megyn Kelly (a woman) and somehow how it was a reference to menstruation? Boy, was that a reach, but lots of people not growing up with the saying believed the lie. Once again, this paints a picture of Trump that is untrue.
We’ve probably all been lied about at some point in our lives, but the media has never gone after you and me with such intense determination to destroy us, such as they have Trump.
I could name lots of lies told about Trump, but I don’t think I need to. I think just the few mentioned here should be enough to make the point.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve said things like, “I guess I’ll have to go rob a bank.” Of course, I didn’t mean it literally. It was just a way of saying “That’s a lot of money.” However, if I were treated like Trump, your little DA might try to indict me, too.
The point being, that just because someone says something doesn’t mean they mean it the way others are presenting it. That should matter. Others have no right – or shouldn’t have – to try to change the meaning and intent of the person commenting. When they do – they are at the very least – liars or ignorant puppets.
I know for a fact there was election interference in 2020. No doubt, in my opinion, it was enough to change the outcome. I also know there was absolutely no way that a thorough investigation was done when Barr announced there was fraud but not enough to change the results. But see… none of this matters. Too many in the media and powerful places are determined to find fault with Trump and accuse him of things he is not guilty of. Yet, you think he should get on that debate stage when he can’t readily defend himself? You think he should make himself an even bigger target and give a chance for the hate-Trumpers, DOJ, DA, FBI, and pals to twist his words or claim his silence is, and was, a sign of guilt?
I don’t think so.
In my opinion, rather than claim Trump is a loser for not getting on the debate stage, perhaps you should be calling the people losers who are weaponizing their offices, agencies, and positions to go after someone… anyone… and in this case – Trump. As I always say, if someone will do something wrong to one person – they’ll do it to anyone. They can’t be trusted.
Yep. Perhaps you should turn your focus from the debate stage and instead take a real good look at what is actually transpiring. Then ask yourself how you would feel if it were happening to you or yours. You only have to think it, so you don’t have to worry about the media or Trump haters – you can be honest.
Really, how would you feel and react? What would you do if it were you they were after, rather than Trump?
I have no use for those who will lie about another to save their own skin. These are not honorable people, nor are they worthy of trust. I will turn my back on such people and walk away.
Donald J. Trump deserves to be indicted. Just ask people like Stephen King, Rob Reiner, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, Nancy Pelosi, the gaslighting crew and indoctrinated puppets. On second thought, you won’t have to ask them. They’re busy trying to draw you into what appears to be their cult of, “Let’s take down Trump By Any Means Necessary.”
People may not like Trump for a variety of reasons and tell others why. That’s their right.
People may not want Trump to be president again and argue their position. That’s their right, too.
What is NOT anyone’s right is to lie about the former president, whether by outright lie, half-truths, word/phrase meaning changes, or things taken out-of-context.
What is NOT anyone’s right is to seek indictments by the above means and/or creative application of the law.
Some are laughing and carrying on about what appears to be political indictments because it is Trump. Would they be laughing and carrying on if it were they or one of their family members who had gotten on the wrong side of whoever is in power only to be the recipient of all done to Trump being done unto them?
It’s dangerous to think what is transpiring is okay “simply” because it is Trump. Think. Step back and think. Reality is… if it can happen to “one” person, it can happen to “any” person. No one is safe no matter how much one believes they or theirs are. That’s a simple truth. Grasp it.
Obviously, there was election interference in the 2020 Election. Yes, obviously. Yet, you wouldn’t know it if you listen to the liberal media and others that hate Trump. They seem to conveniently ignore anything and everything that goes against their gaslighting narrative that portrays Trump as the perpetual bad guy.
I don’t know how many times I cursed the media as I listened to them claim Trump was lying about something that I knew for an absolute fact he wasn’t lying about because I saw and heard whatever personally. How dare they call me a liar. How dare they tell the public that I was a liar or a fool if I dare defend the truth because that is what they were doing.
How many times has the media been busy gaslighting and falsely labeling when creating or defending the chosen narrative of the day, especially when it is against Trump and anyone who dare defend him because they were defending the truth – not just the man?
It – what is happening and my writing about it – is redundant.
What is happening to Trump keeps happening to Trump. Over and over and over, attempts are made to lie about the man or twist his words or actions. It’s beyond tiring. It’s beyond wrong.
I’m tired of hearing people change the meaning of words and phrases and then applying their change as if it is the absolute meaning and what someone meant and intended to mean if they use one of them.
I have a good example.
Trump once said something to the effect that Megyn Kelly had blood in her eyes. Next thing one knew, the mob of Trump haters was claiming he was talking about menstruating, etc, etc etc.
Unbelievable. That’s not what the phrase means. No relationship at all.
I, for one, know that saying. Lots of people know what it means. How many spoke up? How many shouted out the truth as loudly as the liars (or misinformed) were shouting the lie?
Few.
Why? Because it was only Trump?
People… important people in important positions… lied about Trump and Russia. It was a lie, yet some continue repeating it.
People lied about Trump mocking the disability of a reporter. He didn’t, yet the lie continues by some.
Trump was told the numbers at his inauguration were larger than Obama’s and he repeated it. He, rather than the people that told him, was called a liar. And that is just a tiny fraction of what transpired that is ignored.
Even Fox News failed to assure that the whole truth was told.
Chris Wallace showed a picture of the alleged crowd. It was apparently early in the day before everyone arrived that was coming. Another employee did state at least once that the picture was of early morning and that was it. Fox News, to my knowledge, never made Wallace correct the misrepresentation, much less apologize. His lie was allowed to stand.
Two things.
I don’t remember the channel, but one did announce at least once that the Port Authority, I believe it was, reported that Trump’s crowd was bigger than Obama’s. I remember that because I commented to someone about it.
I have searched and searched for a video of that day, but of all things one might find – guess what I couldn’t find. Something I know happened (was said), because I heard it myself, is either hidden or permanently missing.
(I didn’t know it would become so important to note the channel and reporters, or I would have readily documented it all as it happened.)
CNN, I believe it was, had a live interaction program on their site that day and I spent a great deal of time using it, while the television was also on broadcasting the event. That’s one of the reasons I knew for a fact that Wallace was giving out inaccurate information about the crowd. But as I said, I didn’t see even Fox News stand up and say, “Whoa, that’s not right.”
Of course, this only happened to Trump, so some seem to think it is perfectly okay.
I remember people, including one of Nancy Pelosi’s daughters, trying to find a way to stop Trump from being sworn in. Where are their indictments?
I remember people pounding on the doors of the Supreme Court. Where is the investigation of them and the indictments?
I could go on about things I saw and heard personally that were twisted, denied, or re-created into a narrative of lies, but who cares? It only happened to Trump. That’s right. It only happened to Trump so it’s okay. It doesn’t count as wrong. Right?
I don’t think so.
It doesn’t matter if one takes down Trump today because there is always tomorrow. There is always a day of truth that will arrive, even if not as fast as one would like. A day when the gaslighters will be outed for the liars they are. A day when the indoctrinated will realize they were wrongfully programmed or merely move on to the next mission assigned to them by their handlers. A day when the gaslighting media will either become honest or be seen as the fiction-producing programmers they are.
Yes, there will be a day when the truth steps up and refuses to be denied any longer by the masses. Until then, we are exposed to what appears to be an overwhelming crusade to take down Trump by any means necessary – even by intentional and unintentional untruths.
Some say Trump deserves to be indicted. Perhaps, instead, it is their motive, claims and reasoning that should be indicted? After all, we need to ask if we are seeing a guilty man being held accountable or dirty politics gone wild? It is essential that we find and accept the truthful answer to that question and many more. Our Constitutional Republic, well-being, and freedoms depend upon it.
Simply put, as Adrian Monk would say, “I may be wrong, but I don’t think so.”
I learned to swim at the U.S. Embassy swimming pool in Niamey, Niger, in 1976. Little did I know, that would lead to a career as a U.S. Navy diver.
It wasn’t pool parties, picnics or watching movies at the Recreation Center, the only entertainment in a country that didn’t have television, that prompted my 25-year career as a special operations officer. It was theMarines from the Security GuardDetachment that stood watch at the embassy all day, every day.
Even though they were fun during picnics or dressing up as elves to escort Santa riding on a camel at Christmas, under those smiles were steely-eyed warriors. There was no question that they would put their lives on the line to protect us. I knew I wanted to be like them by standing watch over the country that gave my family a second chance. (Continue Reading)
BROOMALL, Pa., July 21, 2023—The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) and the National Catholic Partnership on Disability urge the Uniform Law Commission not to change its recommendation for the definition of brain deathfrom the irreversible cessation of brain function to the permanent cessation of most brain activity. Such a change in policy would allow living patients with severe brain damage to be declared legally dead.
Under the proposed changes to the Uniform Determination of Death Act, whole brain death would be replaced with partial brain death. Consequently, nonresponsive patients with severe neurological injury could be declared brain dead even if they still exhibit some integrated brain function. Rather than improve the accuracy of clinical protocols, this change would bring them in line with current practices, which have been criticized for their lack of rigor and potential for abuse. Moreover, although motivated by a noble desire to save lives through organ donation, relaxing the existing standard of whole brain death involves an implicit judgment that doctors can violate the physical integrity of these vulnerable patients to benefit other patients whose lives are considered more worth saving.
Patients with severe neurological injury cannot speak for themselves, and given the complexity of their conditions, it can be very difficult for their family and friends to effectively advocate on their behalf if they do not have medical expertise. Consequently, the medical and legal communities have a special duty to protect these patients by establishing adequate safeguards so that vital organs may not be procured prior to death or be the cause of the donor’s death. In this context, relaxing the criteria for declaring a person brain dead not only could dissuade people from becoming donors but also could have a disastrous effect on trust in the physician-patient relationship.
To ensure that organ donation remains a selfless gift motivated by genuine love of neighbor, and to support a strong relationship of trust between patients and physicians, the standard for determining brain death must include the complete and irreversible cessation of integrated function in the whole brain. Commenting on the review process, NCBC Staff Ethicist Edward Furton said, “The Uniform Law Commission is about to affirm that current neurological criteria for determining death are too rigorous and need to be relaxed. Instead of calling for their more careful application, the lax standards are to be incorporated into the rule. This will result in the withdrawal of support from those who demand complete confidence that the patient has died before organs are donated.”
The National Catholic Bioethics Center provides education, guidance, and resources to the Church and society to uphold the dignity of the human person in health care and biomedical research, thereby sharing in the ministry of Jesus Christ and his Church. The NCBC envisions a world in which the integral understanding of the human person underlying Catholic teaching on respect for human life and dignity is better understood and more widely embraced in America and worldwide. More information can be found at ncbcenter.org.
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You seem to think that “because you said” there was no widespread election fraud that would alter the outcome of the election that everyone, especially President Trump, should take your “opinion” as gospel. Well, I didn’t and I don’t.
You, Sir, apparently were aware of election interference and did nothing, right? What do you call election interference, if not a fraud upon the American people? Votes were cast based on that fraud. So, what were you saying again? There wasn’t widespread election fraud? In your dreams perhaps, but not in reality.
Trump had a right to question the election results. Bill Bar, as Attorney General of the United States, you had a duty to call for, and oversee, a fair and thorough investigation. No way did you. No way could you have done so in the brief time from accusation to your declaration. And just what was your declaration again? Well, there was fraud, just not enough to change the election results.
You, Bill Barr, try to declare yourself to be oh-so righteous and knowing. However, you, Sir, in my opinion, show yourself to be a pompous arse that demands agreement with your views or be cast into the realm of criminal or at the very least – ignorant.
Trump may or may not have lost the election, but he, and we, the American people, had, and continue to have, the right to question and demand proof the results were fair and accurate. To be accused of lying because any believe the election was not fair is an abuse of power, as well as slander and libel by those doing the accusing.
Your dislike for Trump was obvious to me. You seemed to always find fault with him. When you said, “always something” were you EVER referring to the people that were ALWAYS trying to block Trump’s efforts or take him down? What did you do when you knew those 51 were signing a letter that implied a lie? You couldn’t interfere in an election? Isn’t that exactly what you were doing with your silence?
Perhaps you don’t remember Nancy Pelosi’s daughter being involved in trying to stop Trump from being voted in and taking office, but I do. Where are the charges against her and the others that were involved?
Why is Trump the only one being charged and having to prove that either he isn’t guilty or it isn’t a crime to do whatever he did do? Why do others get a free pass to do whatever. That’s justice?
Unlike so many involved in the “get Trump by any means cult,” I happen to believe in fairness to all, including people I can’t stand. And, if I know a lie is a lie being told about someone I dislike, I step up and say so. Can you truthfully say you do?
It’s bad enough that you were aware of the election interference and allowed it to continue, but you can’t stop throwing gas on the fire, can you? You have to keep finding fault with Trump. Everything has to be his fault. It can’t be that others are abusing their office and oaths, right?
I’m ashamed for once having thought you, as attorney general, would ensure that there would be justice and fair play for all. I was obviously wrong. Think not? The treatment of President Trump is an obvious example of just how wrong I was.
In closing, I would like to say one thing that says it all.
