President Obama’s Reaction to the 9th Grader Arrested for Building a Digital Clock

“Cool clock, Ahmed.”
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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:40:32am
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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:41:23am

Sometimes a photo just says it all. You can feel Ahmed’s confusion, sadness, and anger. Good for President Obama for standing up for this kid.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:41:42am
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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:41:44am

Steven Crowder: Never built a clock when he was 14. Still can’t.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:41:48am

re: #1 The Vicious Babushka

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NO the worst idea ever was you Steven actually thinking you’re credible.

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:41:55am
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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:42:28am

re: #4 jaunte

Steven Crowder: Never built a clock when he was 14. Still can’t.

He can’t tell time on an analog clock.

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EPR-radar  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:43:27am

I hope Ahmed actually gets a White House visit out of this mess. A chance to do the right thing while trolling bigoted idiots shouldn’t be wasted.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:43:39am
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EPR-radar  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:44:46am

re: #4 jaunte

Steven Crowder: Never built a clock when he was 14. Still can’t.

Steven Crowder: Internet RWNJ that never had a good idea in his entire life. Never will.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:45:33am

ummm…no.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:46:16am
“…The Center for American Progress calls CSP part of the “Islamophobia network,” particularly under its founder and director Frank Gaffney.”
sourcewatch.org

Made infamous by their promotion of paranoia around the “Ground Zero Mosque,” a community center not at ground zero.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:46:36am

re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth

ummm…no.

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Nope.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:46:39am

Skeptical Owl is skeptical.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:47:24am

Cool kid gets to meet a cool President. Cool.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:47:54am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:48:47am
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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:49:02am

re: #16 jaunte

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I had a couple RadioShack build—a-radio kits back in the day. Good thing I didn’t bring one to school…while being Muslim.

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sffilk  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:49:11am

I wonder what will be said/written/etc. when it’s determined it truly WAS a clock and nothing more.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:49:12am

re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth

Orly?

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:49:43am

re: #15 Nyet

Cool kid gets to meet a cool President. Cool.

It’s a nice ending. I a glad POTUS did that. Because instead of being the kid that got arrested to his classmates, Ahmad’s going to be the kid that got meet the President.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:49:51am
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It's on his hat!  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:50:04am

re: #16 jaunte

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LOL, that’s the exact kit I recommended downstairs.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:50:07am
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Kilroy01  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:50:14am

This “clock” maker got ten in the pen for this..//

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KGxvi  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:50:18am

re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth

a couple of random thoughts/questions… who has a bomb that you have to plug into a wall socket? where is the thing that looks like it could cause an explosion? WTMFFF?

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Jenner7  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:50:33am

re posted from downstairs

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:50:50am

re: #26 KGxvi

a couple of random thoughts/questions… who has a bomb that you have to plug into a wall socket? where is the thing that looks like it could cause an explosion? WTMFFF?

old school…

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Teukka  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:51:03am

re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth

ummm…no.

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Stole that one.

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EPR-radar  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:51:03am

I wonder how much total ignorance is contributing to this mess. E.g., that square object in the center of the photo is clearly a transformer for getting line voltage down to a low voyage for driving the rest of the circuit, but it might look suspicious to someone who is totally clueless.

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lawhawk  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:51:26am

re: #17 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump is flying around with a known terrorist device. A Boeing 757.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:51:39am

spam alert
littlegreenfootballs.com

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Teukka  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:52:21am

Who feels like me, that the Irving, TX case shows how utterly moronically idiotic prejudice is?

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nines09  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:52:33am

Just envision YOUR kid cuffed and paraded past all his or her school mates. I wonder if anyone took a crystal radio into school what would happen. Morons.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:52:49am
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[deleted]  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:53:02am
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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:53:46am

ffs

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:54:06am

ban hammer time

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:54:07am

It’s funny when things re-enforce themselves. Not that I really care about athletes and who they support politically but I just think it is so fitting that Tom Brady is a Donald Trump fan.

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KGxvi  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:54:27am

re: #34 nines09

my guess is it won’t help his cred in school like McLovin in Superbad

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:54:37am

re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth

spam alert
littlegreenfootballs.com

Got deleted quickly eh.

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It's on his hat!  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:55:09am

re: #39 HappyWarrior

It’s funny when things re-enforce themselves. Not that I really care about athletes and who they support politically but I just think it is so fitting that Tom Brady is a Donald Trump fan.

I actually gave him a lot more credit than that. He genuinely seems like a bright guy.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:55:30am

Sharpshooting.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:55:44am

re: #41 HappyWarrior

Got deleted quickly eh.

You are the Frisco Kid.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:55:52am

spammer now in a dead thread.
busy little twit.

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WhatEVs  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:56:39am

re: #4 jaunte

Steven Crowder: Never built a clock when he was 14. Still can’t.

Likely couldn’t even tell time. Much resentment for that deep failing that has followed him throughout his lifetime. It’s sad, really. It’s pure analog failure. /

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:56:50am

re: #42 It’s on his hat!

I actually gave him a lot more credit than that. He genuinely seems like a bright guy.

I was honestly surprised. He’s from the Bay Area, plays in a liberal area, and has a foreign wife. What I mean though is I’ve always disliked him and it’s amusing to have that re-enforced but yeah I did think he’d be smarter than that too even if I have always disliked him I mean granted athletes are much more conservative than entertainers but I was surprised still..

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:57:23am

OK, I’m hooked. What’s the story behind Chuck and Mein Kampf?

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stpaulbear  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:57:39am

OMG!! their’s a bomb right next to you’re monitor!!

Texas cop:But what is it really for?
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EPR-radar  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:57:48am

re: #47 HappyWarrior

I was honestly surprised. He’s from the Bay Area, plays in a liberal area, and has a foreign wife. What I mean though is I’ve always disliked him and it’s amusing to have that re-enforced but yeah I did think he’d be smarter than that too even if I have always disliked him.

I think support for Trump correlates very well with being an asshole. Some assholes are intelligent.

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Jenner7  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:58:42am

Dick.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:58:48am

re: #48 Nyet

OK, I’m hooked. What’s the story behind Chuck and Mein Kampf?

Probably due to his newest love affair with Trump.

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It's on his hat!  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:59:15am

re: #49 stpaulbear

OMG!! their’s a bomb right next to your monitor!!

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I was just thinking the same thing. I brought a PC to school many times, but I’m white and so was 99% of my high school, so I didn’t get handcuffed.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:59:22am
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Kid A  Sep 16, 2015 • 11:59:41am

BOMB!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:00:20pm

re: #49 stpaulbear

OMG!! their’s a bomb right next to your monitor!!

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That soooo needs to be tweeted.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:00:21pm

re: #18 Timothy Watson

I had a couple RadioShack build—a-radio kits back in the day. Good thing I didn’t bring one to school…while being Muslim.

Radio Shack crystal radio = secret Al Qaeda communication device.

*headdesk*

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:00:27pm
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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:00:29pm

re: #55 Kid A

Sharia Turkey Returns!!!

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stpaulbear  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:01:04pm

re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth

Skeptical Owl is skeptical.

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Sceptical Owl has beautiful eyes.

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Kid A  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:01:36pm

re: #59 jaunte

Sharia Turkey Returns!!!

AND IT’S ONLY SEPTEMBER!!!!!11ty!!!!

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:01:45pm
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It's on his hat!  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:01:48pm

re: #55 Kid A

Reminds me of this: Instant Bacon!

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:02:09pm

re: #48 Nyet

OK, I’m hooked. What’s the story behind Chuck and Mein Kampf?

The implication I got was he was planning to get shit hammered and read it. That doesn’t sound like a good idea but reading anything while shit hammered is rarely a good idea.

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Kid A  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:02:19pm

Obama trolling wingers like a FUCKING BOSS.

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WhatEVs  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:02:43pm

re: #60 stpaulbear

Sceptical Owl has beautiful eyes.

Don’t they all?

We need more owl videos. Who know people kept owls as pets. I am hooked! Better than cats that look like Hitler! :-)

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:03:46pm

re: #64 HappyWarrior

The implication I got was he was planning to get shit hammered and read it. That doesn’t sound like a good idea but reading anything while shit hammered is rarely a good idea.

Especially something as unreadable as Mein Kampf.

A book that, btw, Hermann Göring once privately referred to as “Mein Krampf” (my fit).

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Tigger2  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:05:27pm

re: #1 The Vicious Babushka

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Teukka  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:05:41pm

I wonder, is a TX Secret Service agent working and Ahmed came by with his clock? ///

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:05:46pm

re: #50 EPR-radar

I think support for Trump correlates very well with being an asshole. Some assholes are intelligent.

Oh for sure. I guess what I mean is I’ve always disliked Brady but admittingly that was sports related and my own bias and it’s sort of good sometimes to have that re-enforced from the horse’s mouth himself. A lot of Trump’s famous endorsers are assholes. Terrell Owens, Ann Coulter, Ted Nugent.

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:05:56pm

STEVE CROWDER BEING MOAR STUPIDS==>

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:05:58pm

re: #48 Nyet

OK, I’m hooked. What’s the story behind Chuck and Mein Kampf?

Maybe he’s pretending to be in jail after an attempted putsch.

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lawhawk  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:06:10pm
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whitebeach  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:06:28pm

Did not one of the assholes questioning the kid have the sense to ask, OK, say it’s a clock, how does it work?

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:06:52pm

re: #67 Dr Lizardo

Especially something as unreadable as Mein Kampf.

A book that, btw, Hermann Göring once privately referred to as “Mein Krampf” (my fit).

The professor of one of my poli-sci classes said something to the effect of, “even if you’re a history buff, don’t even waste your time trying to read it.”

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:07:21pm

re: #67 Dr Lizardo

Especially something as unreadable as Mein Kampf.

A book that, btw, Hermann Göring once privately referred to as “Mein Krampf” (my fit).

Hahha. Never knew Goering said that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:07:55pm

A pregnant woman wanted her tubes tied. Her Catholic hospital said no.

It’s a whole lot worse than the headline sounds.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:08:04pm

re: #75 Timothy Watson

The professor of one of my poli-sci classes said something to the effect of, “even if you’re a history buff, don’t even waste your time trying to read it.”

I had to read excerpts of it for German history class and man I was even more bored than I was when I read the Communist Manifesto.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:08:57pm

re: #75 Timothy Watson

The professor of one of my poli-sci classes said something to the effect of, “even if you’re a history buff, don’t even waste your time trying to read it.”

Yeah; it’s basically unreadable. I read it in the original German, and it was still crap. Little more than one long disjointed rant from Hitler dictating to Hess when they were in Landesberg Prison.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:09:44pm

re: #79 Dr Lizardo

Yeah; it’s basically unreadable. I read in the original German, and it was still crap. Little more than one long disjointed rant from Hitler dictating to Hess when they were in Landesberg Prison.

Heh, a stream of consciousness rant, so of course UpChuck loves it.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:10:13pm

re: #79 Dr Lizardo

Yeah; it’s basically unreadable. I read in the original German, and it was still crap. Little more than one long disjointed rant from Hitler dictating to Hess when they were in Landesberg Prison.

I think I remember hearing that one chapter alone is just Hitler ranting and raving about things he doesn’t like. Really as a history BA, I understand the importance of primary sources but there are much better ones than Mein Kempf.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:11:49pm
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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:12:30pm

re: #81 HappyWarrior

I think I remember hearing that one chapter alone is just Hitler ranting and raving about things he doesn’t like. Really as a history BA, I understand the importance of primary sources but there are much better ones than Mein Kempf.

Yep; he was going on and on and on about LGBT Germans, porn, syphilis, more porn, white slavery, the poor quality of modern music and art, the Jews, back to syphilis, then a little more about syphilis, then degenerate art and literature, and a little extra helping of syphilis and the Jews.

Yeesh.

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Belafon  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:13:07pm

#80 Timothy Watson:

While Chuck’s getting drunk, someone should substitue Finnagan’s Wake.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:13:16pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

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Remember, Malkin organized the harassment of a child that had the nerve to testify to more affordable health insurance for children so nope they feel no shame at all. It’s part of the reason they’re wingnuts.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:13:22pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:14:11pm

re: #83 Dr Lizardo

Yep; he was going on and on and on about LGBT Germans, porn, syphilis, more porn, white slavery, the poor quality of modern music and art, the Jews, back to syphilis, then a little more about syphilis, then degenerate art and literature, and a little extra helping of syphilis and the Jews.

Yeesh.

An early drunk facebook rant if you will. It’s too bad he offed himself. Would have been nice to get a psychiatrist in with him.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:14:14pm
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WhatEVs  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:14:22pm

re: #74 whitebeach

Did not one of the assholes questioning the kid have the sense to ask, OK, say it’s a clock, how does it work?

You are thinking way too logically and in a fashion that those police officers were incapable of.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:15:19pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

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I know how Chuck feels. I am always automatically suspected of being up to no good because of Eric Rudolph.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:15:20pm

re: #21 HappyWarrior

It’s a nice ending. I a glad POTUS did that. Because instead of being the kid that got arrested to his classmates, Ahmad’s going to be the kid that got meet the President.

Ordinarily that would be pretty cool. But this is a school in Texas and I bet there are some block heads that will make something out of a Muslim kid going to meet “the Muslim in the White House” or some kids saying “my daddy would never let me go meet Obama” or equally dumb shit.

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:15:49pm

Meanwhile Scott Walker is having a “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS” sale on his campaign swag.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:16:27pm

re: #87 HappyWarrior

An early drunk facebook rant if you will. It’s too bad he offed himself. Would have been nice to get a psychiatrist in with him.

There was a book, The Psychopathic God, that attempted a postmortem psych profile; the conclusion was that Hitler likely had Borderline Personality Disorder combined with a Histrionic Personality and a few other neuroses.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:16:33pm

re: #91 ObserverArt

Ordinarily that would be pretty cool. But this is a school in Texas and I bet there are some block heads that will make something out of a Muslim kid going to meet “the Muslim in the White House” or some kids saying “my daddy would never let me go meet Obama” or equally dumb shit.

True that. The kids around here and this area isn’t as conservative as Texas have some wacked out beliefs about Obama that are surely echoes of Mom and Dad.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:17:09pm

re: #93 Dr Lizardo

There was a book, The Psychopathic God, that attempted a postmortem psych profile; the conclusion was that Hitler likely had Borderline Personality Disorder combined with a Histrionic Personality and a few other neuroses.

I’ll have to look at that. Probably really dry and academic but interesting too in some ways.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:17:13pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

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I suppose Chuckie’s still smarting from all those times the cops arrested him at school for being a Ginger, just like so many IRA terrorists.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:18:31pm

re: #96 Blind Frog Belly White

I suppose Chuckie’s still smarting from all those times the cops arrested him at school for being a Ginger, just like so many IRA terrorists.

I still haven’t gotten over the time my German surname had the staff assuming I was planning a genocide on my Jewish peers. //

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:19:00pm

re: #95 HappyWarrior

I’ll have to look at that. Probably really dry and academic but interesting too in some ways.

Here it is. It’s a pretty good book - I enjoyed reading it.

amazon.com

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:19:30pm

re: #30 EPR-radar

I wonder how much total ignorance is contributing to this mess. E.g., that square object in the center of the photo is clearly a transformer for getting line voltage down to a low voyage for driving the rest of the circuit, but it might look suspicious to someone who is totally clueless.

So…you’re a bomb maker are ya’???

/

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:20:31pm

re: #98 Dr Lizardo

Here it is. It’s a pretty good book - I enjoyed reading it.

amazon.com

Wish list added. I am going to have to read that. I am trying to get back into reading again since I got the problem with my Kindle charger taken care of.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:21:24pm
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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:21:45pm

Zuckerberg Invites Suspended Texas Student to Facebook | TheHill

“Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed. Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I’d love to meet you. Keep building,” Zuckerberg wrote in a post.

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stpaulbear  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:22:17pm

re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth

Be my guest. I don’t have an account.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:23:41pm

oh, good freaking grief…

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Bubblehead II  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:24:24pm
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allegro  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:25:01pm

I keep wondering about his teacher to whom he brought the clock in to show. Did no one think to ask the teacher “is this really just a clock?” if they found the item at all questionable? In a high school was there not one person who could answer that question? If not, who the hell are they hiring to teach there that a 9th grader could have them so buffaloed?

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:25:14pm

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

“let’s inspire more kids to like science as you do”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:26:51pm

re: #107 jaunte

“let’s inspire more kids to like science as you do”

Winston Tastes Good, Like A Cigarette Should.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:27:35pm

You have to love a grammar quibble that begins: “What he hopefully meant…”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:28:00pm

re: #103 stpaulbear

Be my guest. I don’t have an account.

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allegro  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:28:18pm

re: #108 Blind Frog Belly White

Winston Tastes Good, Like A Cigarette Should.

LOL That was the first thing I thought of. Man, we are old.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:28:48pm

BTW, it should come as no surprise that Breitbart’s commenters are all over this like flies on shit, like maggots on a corpse, like cow flops in a pasture, etc.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:29:36pm

re: #111 allegro

LOL That was the first thing I thought of. Man, we are old.

I’m now older that what the Ajax White Knight was stronger than.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:30:06pm
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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:30:11pm

re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I wish my cable management looked as good as that.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:31:12pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

The Irving Police are in on it!

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It's on his hat!  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:31:31pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

Tweet went poof.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:32:10pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

What was there?

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Franklin  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:33:15pm

re: #118 Nyet

What was there?

Forget it Jake…

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:33:39pm
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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:34:01pm

“Just asking questions…”

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Kryptik  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:34:48pm

It’s amazing how people demand more collective accountability from a religion of a billion plus people without a centralized leadership, a protest movement without an actual formal membership coalesced around a label, and/or an entire people of varying social status and means. Meanwhile, groups like police, with actual hierarchy, institutional membership and policy, and history of wagon-circling is above and beyond reproach and anything that happens in regards to such a group is mere ‘some bad apples’.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:34:54pm

re: #121 jaunte

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“Just asking questions…”

Idiot.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:35:20pm

re: #123 HappyWarrior

Yes.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:35:26pm

False Flag! FALSE FLAG!!11!!!

She deleted that tweet but is still responding to people who responded to it and the other deleted tweet.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:35:36pm

re: #121 jaunte

So she’s just another JAQ-off…

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:35:39pm

re: #122 Kryptik

It’s amazing how people demand more collective accountability from a religion of a billion plus people without a centralized leadership, a protest movement without an actual formal membership coalesced around a label, and/or an entire people of varying social status and means. Meanwhile, groups like police, with actual hierarchy, institutional membership and policy, and history of wagon-circling is above and beyond reproach and anything that happens in regards to such a group is mere ‘some bad apples’.

It’s double standard bullshit.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:35:59pm

re: #106 allegro

I keep wondering about his teacher to whom he brought the clock in to show. Did no one think to ask the teacher “is this really just a clock?” if they found the item at all questionable? In a high school was there not one person who could answer that question? If not, who the hell are they hiring to teach there that a 9th grader could have them so buffaloed?

I had this response to a similar comment to yours from Klys in an earlier thread.

I bet if you look into it, it will be a teacher the kids like and consider to be cool. And if that is true, that teacher is probably not liked by the majority of the teaching staff and probably hated by the principal. So, sadly they probably knew their position in the matter.

The whole thing stinks to high heaven. Educators? I think not. Creators of more idiots like Texas already has way too many of…yes.

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gwangung  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:37:08pm

re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth

False Flag! FALSE FLAG!!11!!!

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She deleted that tweet but is still responding to people who responded to it.

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What? The lack of a lockdown? The lack of an evacuation?

Yes, this WAS an orchestrated effort…but it was by the Irving School District to bully and intimidate the child of an Islamic believer who wouldn’t back down under pressure.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:37:25pm

re: #124 jaunte

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Yes.

Yeah holy fucksticklse.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:38:08pm

re: #129 gwangung

What? The lack of a lockdown? The lack of an evacuation?

Yes, this WAS an orchestrated effort…but it was by the Irving School District to bully and intimidate the child of an Islamic believer who wouldn’t back down under pressure.

Right, if they felt it was a genuine bomb, they would have evacuated the school rather than doing what they did.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:38:13pm

good grief

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:39:05pm

re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth

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good grief

I swear. I give up.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:39:08pm

re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

good grief

She just keeps digging.

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TedStriker  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:39:09pm

re: #105 Bubblehead II

.@AnneClaireCNN Ummm, nope. If they thought it was a bomb why no evacuation & bomb squad called in? They knew it wasn’t a bomb is why not.

— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) September 16, 2015

I think we all know the reason for that: the school and the cops just couldn’t admit they fucked up, because that’s a sign of weakness, so they double-down and make an example of him by perpwalking him in front of pretty much everyone in the school, handcuffed with a cop on each arm, and go through the motions as though he actually did something criminal.

Fuck the teacher who reported him and the principal (neither of which followed their own bomb threat protocols, AFAIK), fuck the cops who were involved, and fuck their RWNJ mayor for trying to cover for her city employees while never uttering a word of apology to Ahmed and his family.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:39:34pm
137
lawhawk  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:39:37pm

re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth

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No Depression  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:39:46pm

LOL Donald Trump lost his job to an immigrant:

Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace Donald Trump as Celebrity Apprentice host

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Iwouldprefernotto  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:40:03pm

Please help me. Has any event in the history of mankind ever NOT been part of an evil conspiracy?

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stpaulbear  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:40:31pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

False flak operation!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:40:43pm
142
jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:40:54pm

re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m skeptical of her investigative and reporting abilities.

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piratedan  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:41:12pm

re: #137 lawhawk

upding for the True Lies reference :-)

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:41:13pm

re: #139 Iwouldprefernotto

Please help me. Has any event in the history of mankind ever NOT been part of an evil conspiracy?

According to Alex Jones, every event is a false flag. In fact, Alex Jones’ birth was a false flag to cover up the fact that Alex Jones’ mother was craving ice cream when she went into labor.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:42:06pm

re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oh NASA, you awesome guys. My great aunt worked there in the early years. Met all the astronauts. Unfortunately, I don’t have any stories since she died when I was a toddler.

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Kryptik  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:42:53pm

re: #127 HappyWarrior

It’s not just double standards, it’s backwards standards. Collective accountability from something like a company or a government institution, where its leadership and official policies (or failures of enforcement thereof) can often mean a failure and responsibility beyond just the specific people involved? That’s understandable. Collective accountability of a group based on a stereotype and generalization, less so. Yet most of the fucking country wants said accountability from the latter groups and absolve the former with ‘bad apples’. It’s fucking horrifically backwards.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:43:56pm

Can someone give a brief description of what the newest (and now gone) member posted in this thread and in the others that caused them to get booted. I don’t need details, just general tone of the comments. Thanks.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:43:58pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:44:01pm

re: #146 Kryptik

It’s not just double standards, it’s backwards standards. Collective accountability from something like a company or a government institution, where its leadership and official policies (or failures of enforcement thereof) can often mean a failure and responsibility beyond just the specific people involved? That’s understandable. Collective accountability of a group based on a stereotype and generalization, less so. Yet most of the fucking country wants said accountability from the latter groups and absolve the former with ‘bad apples’. It’s fucking horrifically backwards.

Yeah I understated it, you’re absolutely right.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:44:09pm

Hemingway also deleted this one:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:44:12pm

re: #147 ObserverArt

Can someone give a brief description of what the newest (and now gone) member posted in this thread and in the others that caused them to get booted. I don’t need details, just general tone of the comments. Thanks.

It was a spammer.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:44:27pm

re: #139 Iwouldprefernotto

Please help me. Has any event in the history of mankind ever NOT been part of an evil conspiracy?

The breeding of the teacup pomeranian.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:45:02pm

re: #147 ObserverArt

It was just a commercial spammer.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:46:17pm
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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:46:50pm

re: #152 Dr Lizardo

And just to add, you know, I’d be embarrassed walking one. Seriously. I’d feel silly.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:47:07pm

re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth

It was a spammer.

re: #153 jaunte

It was just a commercial spammer.

Thanks.

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gocart mozart  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:48:23pm

Back in March

</

The mayor stands by her statements, including an interview with former Fox News host Glenn Beck last month, when she said Sheikh and other imams were “bypassing American courts” by offering to mediate disputes among their worshippers according to an Islamic code called Shariah.

The mediation is advertised as voluntary, non-binding and in harmony with the law.

But it’s led Van Duyne to back Rep. Jeff Leach’s bill, “American Laws for American Courts,” which would forbid judges from the already illegal practice of using foreign law in their rulings

blockquote>

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:48:39pm

re: #156 ObserverArt

You can make lots of money selling Grit; stuffing envelopes; online.

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It's on his hat!  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:48:47pm

#IStandWithAhmed truthers. For real.

That’s it, I’m done with the Internet for today.

Later, Lizards.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:49:13pm

re: #157 gocart mozart

Back in March

blockquote>

Good god.

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b_sharp  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:49:54pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

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Routinely bomb?

What is his definition of routinely?

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:50:00pm

I’m growing mroe cynical daily. Thanks assholes. Not you guys obviously but the hateful pricks ceiling this kid a terrorist.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:50:07pm
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Great White Snark  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:50:35pm

How much did various governments state and federal put into bomb sniffing dogs and bomb squads? Maybe don’r involve the keystone cops next time.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:50:41pm

re: #137 lawhawk

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I imagine a cross between this and Keystone Cops:
Stargate SG-1 Soviet spies

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Kryptik  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:51:41pm

re: #159 It’s on his hat!

It’s clear nothing a Muslim or Muslim-looking person (and for those of you that wonder what I mean by that, hint for you: brown) ever does in this country can be innocuous or harmless. Clearly, everything must be for the greater cause of the America-Destroying Sleeper Cell waiting to activate and tear down the US from within.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:52:01pm

re: #164 Great White Snark

How much did various governments state and federal put into bomb sniffing dogs and bomb squads? Maybe don’r involve the keystone cops next time.

It’s what was installed between human ears by people like Geller that’s at fault.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:52:18pm

re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth

Seems like lemons became great lemonade.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:53:51pm

re: #168 Nyet

Seems like lemons became great lemonade.

Some need more sugar than others.

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:54:06pm

re: #152 Dr Lizardo

Umm, this looks so artificial it’s not even cute. Obviously en evil conspiracy.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:54:12pm

I’mma just waiting for Geller or Spencer or one of their sickening ilk to call for Muslim kids to be banned from public schools.

I reckon I won’t have to wait long.

*sigh*

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:54:52pm

re: #171 Dr Lizardo

I’mma just waiting for Geller or Spencer or one of their sickening ilk to call for Muslim kids to be banned from public schools.

I reckon I won’t have to wait long.

*sigh*

Yeah that’s coming I expect or Pam calling him a Jihadi.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:54:56pm
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b_sharp  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:56:10pm

re: #155 Dr Lizardo

And just to add, you know, I’d be embarrassed walking one. Seriously. I’d feel silly.

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They’re great scouring pads.

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wrenchwench  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:56:14pm

re: #171 Dr Lizardo

I’mma just waiting for Geller or Spencer or one of their sickening ilk to call for Muslim kids to be banned from public schools.

I reckon I won’t have to wait long.

*sigh*

I’m hoping that they get mixed up in the apologetic response and look as stupid as they are.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:56:25pm

re: #172 HappyWarrior

Yeah that’s coming I expect or Pam calling him a Jihadi.

Pam just woke up:

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#CampaignZero  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:57:08pm

I never post FB, so wonder if you can open this. Post credits the photog.

facebook.com

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bubba zanetti  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:57:29pm

The latest line is “BUT HE TOOK IT OUT IN ENGLISH CLASS”.

Ugh.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:57:37pm

re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth

Pam just woke up:

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Yep, she’s an evil bitch.

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b_sharp  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:57:57pm

re: #177 #CampaignZero

I never post FB, so wonder if you can open this. Post credits the photog.

facebook.com

Embedded Image

Poor bear.

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jaunte  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:57:58pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:58:04pm

Link for quote at 157.

dallasnews.com

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EPR-radar  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:58:16pm

re: #155 Dr Lizardo

And just to add, you know, I’d be embarrassed walking one. Seriously. I’d feel silly.

Embedded Image

My Dad had the perfect line for that kind of thing: “Look, someone’s walking their bug!”

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:58:20pm

- Pardon me, while I whip this out.
- *gasp of horror, then relief* Oh, it’s a clock.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:58:46pm

re: #177 #CampaignZero

I never post FB, so wonder if you can open this. Post credits the photog.

facebook.com

Embedded Image

Great photo. Kerstin Langenberger Photography” gets the credit.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2015 • 12:59:28pm

re: #182 gocart mozart

Link for quote at 57.

dallasnews.com

Coming from the same assholes that want covenant marriage laws instituted in every state in the country.

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TedStriker  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:00:29pm

re: #172 HappyWarrior

Yeah that’s coming I expect or Pam calling him a Jihadi.

“He was probing the school’s security procedures”

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b_sharp  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:00:30pm

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Wingnuts are what happens when you dumb down science classes.

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Franklin  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:01:42pm

re: #181 jaunte

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:01:58pm

OK, to be clear: neither the school, nor the police have apologized, right?

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:02:43pm

re: #190 Nyet

OK, to be clear: neither the school, nor the police have apologized, right?

Not that I’ve seen.

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EPR-radar  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:03:34pm

re: #188 b_sharp

Wingnuts are what happens when you dumb down science classes.

It’s a bit more than that.

IMO, wingnuts are what you get when cynical sociopaths decide to retain/keep political power by amplifying all of the worst aspects of US society to create a mindless base of GOP voters.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:03:36pm

re: #183 EPR-radar

My Dad had the perfect line for that kind of thing: “Look, someone’s walking their bug!”

On the old sitcom Coach, there was a great line about tiny dogs;

“That’s not a dog. That’s a pull-toy.”

194
HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:04:09pm

One of the officers, teachers, or administrators will turn out to be a Democrat and that will make this a “Democratic issue.”

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Nyet  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:04:25pm

re: #191 HappyWarrior

Because they must apologize even if they did have the best intentions (LOL). Alleged good intentions don’t mean you don’t have to apologize.

196
lawhawk  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:04:32pm

By the end of the day, I’m figuring that the kid will have an MIT or Stamford scholarship; a Facebook or NASA internship, or a full-fledged job with any number of tech companies.

And the right wing will still seek to assassinate the kid’s character - all for doing absolutely nothing wrong.

The same can’t be said of the school and police officials who overreacted with great haste.

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TedStriker  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:04:51pm

re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth

Pam just woke up:

Just like clockwork…

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:05:09pm

re: #192 EPR-radar

It’s a bit more than that.

IMO, wingnuts are what you get when cynical sociopaths decide to retain/keep political power by amplifying all of the worst aspects of US society to create a mindless base of GOP voters.

Wingnuts well American ones are what happens when the Southern Strategy succeeds.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:05:37pm

re: #195 Nyet

Because they must apologize even if they did have the best intentions (LOL). Alleged good intentions don’t mean you don’t have to apologize.

Agreed, people have apologized for smaller things. They owe this kid and his family a big apology.

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TedStriker  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:05:48pm

re: #181 jaunte

Yeah, pretty much.

At least I hope he and his family prevail in the inevitable lawsuit coming the city’s way.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:06:19pm

re: #196 lawhawk

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By the end of the day, I’m figuring that the kid will have an MIT or Stamford scholarship; a Facebook or NASA internship, or a full-fledged job with any number of tech companies.

And the right wing will still seek to assassinate the kid’s character - all for doing absolutely nothing wrong.

The same can’t be said of the school and police officials who overreacted with great haste.

MIT is Ahmed’s dream school, and they’ve already invited him to visit.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:06:59pm

re: #200 TedStriker

Yeah, pretty much.

At least I hope he and his family prevail in the inevitable lawsuit coming the city’s way.

The family is consulting a lawyer right now.

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JDRhoades  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:07:35pm

OMG OBAMA IS SO DIVISIVE!11!! WHY CAN’T HE JUST DO HIS JOB AND KEP HIS NOSE OUT OF THIS!!!111!

[/wingnut]

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:07:41pm

re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth

MIT is Ahmed’s dream school, and they’ve already invited him to visit.

That is too cool of them.

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b.d.  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:08:51pm

Now this is a scary clock:

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gocart mozart  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:09:00pm

re: #186 Timothy Watson

They are against religious freedom or basic religious accommodation except for their religion where they demand preferential treatment. Christian sharia.

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No Country For Old Haters  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:09:04pm

re: #51 Jenner7

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Dick.

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:09:34pm

re: #179 HappyWarrior

Yep, she’s an evil bitch.

She’s just living down to her name and reputation.

I would be surprised if she acted sane and decent.

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Timothy Watson  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:09:49pm

re: #207 No Country For Old Haters

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Nice to see Texas instituting death panels.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:09:52pm

re: #207 No Country For Old Haters

[Embedded content]

I meant to comment on this earlier. Abbott is bragging about the mother of a small child being arrested. What a vile bunch of assholes Republicans are.

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TedStriker  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:10:15pm

re: #205 b.d.

Now this is a scary clock:

Embedded Image

Looks like they stole the Firebird off the hood of a Trans Am and ‘shopped it to change the colors.

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No Country For Old Haters  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:12:22pm

re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth

Pam just woke up:

[Embedded content]

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ObserverArt  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:12:22pm

re: #188 b_sharp

Wingnuts are what happens when you dumb down science classes.

Don’t forget the fundie religion types home schooling. I’m sure paranoia, fear and hate for others are major subjects. Just like the good Lord intended.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:14:04pm

re: #213 ObserverArt

Don’t forget the fundie religion types home schooling. I’m sure paranoia, fear and hate for others are major subjects. Just like the good Lord intended.

Yep, that type of “education” causes people to fear anyone not a white heterosexual evangelical Christian.

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No Country For Old Haters  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:14:28pm

re: #124 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Yes.

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aagcobb  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:25:55pm

re: #75 Timothy Watson

The professor of one of my poli-sci classes said something to the effect of, “even if you’re a history buff, don’t even waste your time trying to read it.”

I read it. Wish European leaders had read it before they imagined Hitler was a rational person they could deal with.

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Nojay UK  Sep 16, 2015 • 1:50:15pm

re: #183 EPR-radar

My Dad had the perfect line for that kind of thing: “Look, someone’s walking their bug!”

I was clearing a blocked sink drain at the weekend. One of those toy Poms would have been IDEAL.

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WhatEVs  Sep 16, 2015 • 2:02:53pm

re: #155 Dr Lizardo

And just to add, you know, I’d be embarrassed walking one. Seriously. I’d feel silly.

[Embedded content]

That’s $13,000 worth of embarrassment. I would love one of those things!

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thecommodore  Sep 16, 2015 • 5:36:31pm

re: #155 Dr Lizardo

And just to add, you know, I’d be embarrassed walking one. Seriously. I’d feel silly.

Embedded Image

That puppy is absolutely adorable.


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