Posted on 09/25/2015 6:05:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I suppose that headline is a bit optimistic -- the media is very good about suppressing stories that expose them as frauds; see the Gosnell coverage.
But we're coming to a point where the media's continue refusal to acknowledge the obvious is going to become very embarrassing to them.
IBD states the obvious. (I can't quote it because it's short, but it dispels so much of the previous myth-making here; do read it.)
Suggesting, to me, that we're about to hit the moment of Peak Media Embarrassment is the fact that the tech community is now openly referring to this as a hoax. They focus on the fact that this kid did not "invent" anything -- he took a mass produced clock, took it out of its case, and put it into pencil box that looked like a small suitcase to make it look like a "cartoon" bomb.
People who do tech know that no one, not even a ninth grader, would think he did anything of value here, unless he were mentally slow, which this kid is not said to be. Some in this thread call it simple "plagiarism." That is the exact analogy I used in talking about this: It would be as like a ninth grader simply xeroxing "The Old Man and the Sea" and then telling people "Look at my story."
No one who is not mentally slow would think that mere act of photocopying made it "his story," and no ninth grader who was not mentally slow would imagine that taking a mass produced clock out of its case and putting it into another case constituted making an "invention" or even "building" a clock.
Two videos to illustrate the difference between an electronics hobbyist building a clock and someone not building a clock.
First, here is someone actually making a clock:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Now, here is what Ahmad the Genius Clock Inventor did:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Anyone see a difference? A slight difference?
Why would someone -- apart from someone who is mentally slow -- imagine that the latter "invention" was worth showing off at school at all?
I was once a ninth grader. If I had, say, taken a bit of blue transparent plastic and laid it over the red screen of a digital clock, I would have made the numbers appear purple rather than red.
This would have been more of an "invention" than Ahmad achieved -- I actually would have changed, in a minor way, the performance of the device -- and yet I would never have thought for one second that such a minor, trivial, idiotic alteration was worth showing off to anyone.
Worth doing? Who knows; maybe if I were going through a Prince phase.
But worth showing off to multiple teachers?
Hardly. I'd think they'd think there was something wrong with me for being so proud of something that a baby could do.
But we are told that this kid is a genius -- so much so he's getting scholarship offers from MIT -- for a hoax, and for a plagiarism.
Why would anyone think was an "invention" worth bringing to school?
Obama took him under his wing, two peas in a pod.
Yep. With Dad being a radical and sis getting tossed, this appears to be a family affair.
Most likely.
He is just doing what he was told to do, bring down our nation. He is not bothered by any of this, he is shameless.
The bomb reaction was probably a protocol issue...
The arrest or detention by the cops can be explained in the same way...Nobody can think or act for themselves anymore..unfortunately and this fact can easily be exploited.
And that answers the WHY of the event. It was a exploit.
Now I can’t say if this was all the product of this kids mind alone. But I can assume that he has a axe to grind that has either been taught by peers or elders or learned as the result of some experiences.
In short, I think he punked the school and authorities for whatever reasons...
For a towelhead, it is a brilliant invention. he removed the screws, kept the thing from shorting out. What more do you want?
LOL....actually when you remove the plastic case, everything falls out...no disassembly required...I have one just like it..
And he told us what he was going to do-—and he was elected,TWICE !!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cqN4NIEtOY
I despise the bas****.
I reserve a lot of my anger for the idiots that voted for him, especially the second time.
Well, take solace in the fact that “we” didn’t vote for him. And I’m not so sure he won those elections without a little “help” seeing how our voting process is corrupted.
And really that is the best perspective to have. We have been making the mistake of comparing the little towelhead to a normal American lad. He was probably sired by a goat and suckled by a camel. Four times(!) he turned the screws all the way, the right way! What were the odds? If he really wants to impress me then he should............Put it back together!
“And why would anyone suspect a crude contraption that needed to be plugged into AC to be a bomb? “
Because it only needed a blasting cap and explosive to be one.
Because it easily could be a bomb.
Because if there is an outlet, why bother going through the trouble of rigging internal power, especially since it is a micronta clock.
Much like the one in Air India 182.
It was a test and desensitization run.
Guarantee nobody will dare question anything this twerp brings in again.
Maybe he can make it to Mecca in time to catch the last rush.
Yeah, the stampedes at the Kaaba are beautiful this time of year.
As I said...”Upon Further Review...”
:-)
The beauty of blessed Islam on full parade.
Yeah, saw your post on that after the fact.
Lol.
The “holy” stampede at the “holy” moon god rock...heh heh.
;-)
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