{TA} And in a particularly unnerving intercession, Carson asks God for help in dismissing his incompetent, alcoholic secretary without hurting her feelings. (“I’m softhearted,” the doctor assures, “and it is especially hard for me to fire somebody.”) Two weeks later, the secretary doesn’t show up for work. “We never did find out what happened to her,” Carson writes. “She simply disappeared.” He regrets not being able to help her, but nevertheless, he is “thankful that this problem was resolved without any unpleasantness on my part.” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2015/11/05/ben-carson-the-humblebragging-instrument-of-god/) {Shinefrodo} Jesus christ {Shinefrodo} God is a monkey's paw and he's totally fine with that
In unrelated political news, I'm surprised it hasn't been spread all over the internet that I'm absolutely certain that software and products from the UK won't be sending all of your information to the government. (http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/snoopers-charter-uk-govt-can-demand-backdoors-give-prison-sentences-for-disclosing-them/)
Most politicians have only a passing relationship to the truth, since their bread and butter is rhetoric. Carson takes the cake for not thinking through all the lies he's spread over the years. Guess even brain surgeons can be dumb asses.
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Date: 2015-11-09 02:02 am (UTC){Shinefrodo} Jesus christ
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Date: 2015-11-11 03:37 am (UTC)Author is a US Lt. Col. He knows his shit.