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Who's behind the campaign for Ahmed, the young Muslim clockmaker?
BBC ^
| 09/17/2015
Posted on 09/17/2015 4:52:59 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
More than 700,000 people have taken to Twitter to support Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old student who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb. --SNIP-- Jafari, a 23-year-old psychology student at the University of Texas Arlington (UTA), was shocked that such a young student was arrested in her state. She told BBC Trending that as the oldest of nine children, with two siblings around Ahmed's age, "it was so close to home."
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ahmedmohamed; education; texas
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To: wrench
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posted on
09/17/2015 7:05:46 PM PDT
by
petenmi
To: wrench
The main point is that the kid did not create the circuit board. It was something pre-made.
I suppose that it could be a microcontroler board which can be tasked to do various things via interface and software, but he did not make the guts.
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posted on
09/17/2015 7:23:15 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: CivilWarBrewing
Your DHS poster would make a great parody with the kid’s proto-bomb in the background instead!
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posted on
09/17/2015 7:37:07 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Wow! got one in the basement my dad made!!
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posted on
09/17/2015 7:38:21 PM PDT
by
gibsosa
To: norton
To: Kid Shelleen
The kid’s dad is a Muslim activist.
This was all planned out...the kid isn’t a “scientist”, he is being used as a tool to get sympathy.
To: Kid Shelleen
It was NO DAMNED CLOCK!!!
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posted on
09/18/2015 4:38:37 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: SoFloFreeper
>>This was all planned out <<
Of course. That is why they waited until the week around 9/11.
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posted on
09/19/2015 4:19:15 AM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: All
PENAL CODE - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND MORALS
(13) "Hoax bomb" means a device that: (A) reasonably appears to be an explosive or incendiary device; or
(B) by its design causes alarm or reaction of any type by an official of a public safety agency or a volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies
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posted on
09/19/2015 4:31:54 AM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: wrench
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posted on
09/19/2015 5:12:50 PM PDT
by
Revel
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