Ben, Ben, Ben....

Ben Carson faced growing questions about key aspects of his personal narrative that he has discussed publicly over several decades. Carson himself acknowledged that a scholarship offer from West Point military academy was "informal." 
  

His personal narrative, a centerpiece of his campaign and star power, has long revolved around his accounts of his violent past and descriptions of the healing powers of his faith.

"As a teenager, I would go after people with rocks, and bricks, and baseball bats, and hammers. And, of course, many people know the story when I was 14 and I tried to stab someone," Carson said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

CNN reported that childhood friends of Carson were surprised about violent incidents and had no recollection of such events.

"Guy comes in, put the gun in my ribs," and I just said, 'I believe that you want the guy behind the counter,'" Carson said on Sirius XM Radio. "I redirected him. ... The resolution was, [the gunman] said, 'Oh, sorry,' and then he went to the appropriate person behind the register who gave him the money, and he left the store running before the police got there." The police didn't find any report about this incident.

In a “Faith & Liberty” interview posted,  Ben Carson discussed his rejection of the theory of evolution, arguing that the science of evolution is a sign of humankind’s arrogance and belief “

Carson told the graduates of Andrews University in Michigan that it is his "personal" belief that the pyramids were built as storehouses for grain and not, as archaeologists say, for the interment of dead pharaohs.

Donald Trump is looking Fantastic by now, thanks to Carson.

Just a thought.

Video Taping?

A Taco Bell executive who lost his job after allegedly beating an Uber driver was slapped  with further criminal charges that put him at risk of spending up to a year behind bars.

Benjamin Golden, 32, Newport Beach, California, was charged with four misdemeanor counts by the Orange County District Attorney's office.

 "Given the behavior of the individual, it is clear he can no longer work for us," Taco Bell said in a statement. "We have also offered and encouraged him to seek professional help."

The video reveals the driver repeatedly and unsuccessfully asking Golden for driving directions. He flips his camera around to show the inside of the car, and Golden topples over in the back seat with an audible thud as the driver makes a left turn. The video has seen by 1.3 million times on YouTube.

Golden was arrested on July 8, 2012, in Louisville, Kentucky, on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.  

Golden's license was also suspended for one month, the prosecutor's office said.
Golden's LinkedIn account is no longer available, and his Twitter link was blocked from public sight, but on a cached version of his Twitter page, he describes himself with a simple statement: "Sushi lover. Bourbon drinker. The end."

Not sure the driver has the right to video tape any passenger without a consent. The passenger could be a woman breastfeeding a child, a sick patient, etc.. He should be sued on this ground......

Just a thought.

Oh Mai...

Jacqueline Eide was out celebrating early Sunday morning when she got the brilliant idea to pet a big cat. [don't we all get bright ideas]. So she broke into the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska, and approached a tiger believed to be Mai, an 18-year-old female who was brought to the zoo after losing one leg to a snare. [felt he needed more support from the public]

Unsurprisingly, Mai wasn't happy being pet, and attacked Eide's hand. A friend transported Eide to Creighton University Medical Center, where police were called after she became disruptive.
"Eide was aggressive toward staff and showed signs of intoxication of alcohol and/or drugs," the police said in a release.

In the meantime, the zoo released a statement reassuring the public that safety at the park is of the utmost priority. [During the business hours.........?].

Just a thought.

The End of the Bushys

Working to reinvigorate his sagging presidential campaign, Jeb Bush spoke at the Tampa Garden Club and took shots at President Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham-Clinton, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio.
Bush alluded to 44-year-old Rubio when he said, "The challenges we face as a nation are too great to roll the dice on another presidential experiment. To trust the rhetoric of reform over a record of reform."


Here is the text of Bush's Tampa speech:
“The story of a big, diverse state, shaped by conservative, results-oriented leadership.
“Reforming government.  Disrupting the status quo. Challenging the special interests. Restoring opportunity. Refusing to compromise in the defense of freedom. Lifting people up, not tearing them down.
“Standing up for everyone.
“Our story is about action.
“Doing, not just talking.
“Listening, not just lecturing.
“That is my story.  

  “Our economy has suffered its slowest recovery since the Great Depression.
“One in ten able-bodied Americans can’t find full-time work, or have given up looking altogether.
“One in seven Americans lives in poverty.
“One in five children is on food stamps.

So What are you Going to do?????????????????????????????? 
This is it, the End of  a Dynasty.

Just a thought.

Not Going...

 

In a scathing critique of the Republican presidential candidate, The New York Times calls on Chris Christie to exit the race. Stat.

“The point is that New Jersey is in trouble, and the governor is off pursuing a presidential run that’s turned out to be nothing more than a vanity project,” the editorial board wrote. “Mr. Christie’s numbers are in the basement, and he’s nearly out of campaign cash. This is his moment, all right: to go home and use the year left in his term to clean out the barn, as Speaker John Boehner would say.”

The editorial comes the day after the third Republican debate where Christie is widely considered to have had a good debate performance, but he is struggling with low poll numbers in the crowded field. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released earlier this month showed Christie receiving just 1% support.

Christie responded via Twitter, saying he’s “Not Going Anywhere.” And so is Fiorina, Huckabee, Rand Paul, and Kasich.

What is the point of spending money, traveling, making empty speeches, have no solutions, and getting no where?

Just a thought.

New York City Marathon

A few days before last year’s New York City Marathon, this 94-year-old race participant insisted to USA TODAY, “This is it – the last hurrah.”
As it turns out, Mendes does not tell the truth. Now, a year after promising his children he would stop this business of taking on the biggest marathon in the world, Mendes will once again be the oldest entrant in the race of 50,000. 

Hadley, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, could be one of the best collegiate distance runners in the country, racing with a team and the backing of an NCAA athletic department. Instead, she runs 120 miles a week in obscurity. She’s been rising at 5:30 a.m. every morning to run 5 miles, the first of two solitary workouts each day, around the campus so she can be back at her dorm by 6:40 a.m. and showered in time for her 8 a.m. writing class.

All this in preparation for the first day of November and the New York City Marathon. For Hadley, Sunday’s marathon isn’t just about competition or ambition. 

50,000 participant in this Marathone and I am proud to say Four Runners are my Co-Worker.

Just a thought.

Ben-Ghazi's Bottom

Hillary Clinton must have been mindful of the old adage that you never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake. She sat in the witness chair with the patience of Job, hour after endless hour, while the House Select Committee on Benghazi did all it could to make her our next president.

How much of a self-defeating travesty was last week’s hearing for the Republican Party? The answer is obvious from how quickly the GOP has sought to turn the page.

Had a glove been laid on the presumptive Democratic nominee, the Sunday talk shows would have been a jamboree of Clinton-bashing. As it was, chief inquisitor Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) could only grumble on “Meet the Press” that Clinton’s testimony lacked “wholeness and completeness,” by which he seemed to mean she failed to make a case against herself. Gowdy also said he regretted that the hearing was held publicly rather than behind closed doors.

Among the Republican presidential contenders, the most deliciously ironic reaction came from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who claimed Clinton was “unaccountable” because she left the Benghazi compound’s security arrangements to be handled by lower-ranking State Department professionals. As “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson pointed out, Christie gave a similar explanation to exonerate himself in the George Washington Bridge.

So please help Hilary to become the next President. Just a thought.

Fires...?

Investigators want to know who sparked fires at six predominantly African-American churches in northern St. Louis over the last two weeks.
Damage from the latest blaze was discovered on the front doors of Ebenezer Lutheran Church on Sunday morning, according to the ATF, which is offering a $2,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the party responsible for the fires.
The previous five blazes were also set at the front doors of churches, said St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson.
                     
The first fire was set on Oct. 8 at Bethel Non-Denominational Church, just off of West Florissant Ave. in Jennings, a city that borders Ferguson. St. Louis County Police Department spokesman Shawn McGuire said the church sustained about $250 in damages.

The next fire was set two days later at New Northside Baptist Church. Subsequent fires were set at St. Augustine Catholic Church; at the New Testament Church of Christ; and at the New Life Missionary Baptist Church, according to the ATF.

Hate for what the church stand for and peaceful people is everywhere. I am sorry for those who committed these crimes. Certainly they don't know what theydoing to themselves and their families as a result of these crimes.

Just a thought.

Valeant Canada

In a chaotic day of trading, once-highflying Valeant Pharmaceuticals defended itself against some of the most severe criticism yet of its business practices, denying allegations of improper accounting from an investor who is betting against the company.  The short-seller’s report knocked Valeant’s stock down wiping some $20 billion from its market value .

The report, from research firm Citron Research, fanned concerns about Valeant’s accounting, raising questions about its use of certain pharmacies to supply its drugs and its accounting for the dispensing. Valeant “categorically” denied the report.

Doubts about the sustainability of the approach, long harbored by hedge funds that made and lost bets against the company, came into the open after Valeant sought to make its biggest deal yet last year with a hostile offer for Botox maker Allergan. In fighting back, Allergan’s then-CEO David Pyott campaigned against Valeant’s accounting practices and said its aversion to research threatened its ability to find new growth sources.

Valeant said last week it had received subpoenas from federal prosecutors asking about its drug pricing and patient-assistance programs.
The company said it would change its approach, spending more on R&D and focusing more on reducing its debt than on dealmaking. Shares fell nearly 8% that day.

When you charge patients and government the highest prices ever it is ok, but when you screw up with hedge Fund, you go down.  Just a thought.

Underwear.. SNL