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Joe Chi Minh

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17. They must make great educators. Some kid brought in a butterfly. Heck! Stop him!

Reply to Humanist_Activist (Reply #12)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 05:44 AM

Sep 2015

He' trying to start a tornado in China! The sky's falling! The sky's falling! (Actually it is, but I digress.)

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9th-grader arrested -- taking homemade clock to school: 'So you tried to make a bomb? [View all] laserhaas Sep 2015 OP

Some teachers should be fired, right now! And a school district should be sued. delrem Sep 2015 #1

Agree.... This is absurd. laserhaas Sep 2015 #2

...+1 840high Sep 2015 #6

Yeah... tecelote Sep 2015 #10

That's it… MrScorpio Sep 2015 #3

How dare a non-white be creative and smart.... laserhaas Sep 2015 #4

What's sad is that this story isn't even surprising. marmar Sep 2015 #5

Is there any country out there - pure in political quests - that is laughing at U.S. right now? laserhaas Sep 2015 #7

Sorry New Zealand fingrin Sep 2015 #8

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Sep 2015 #15

Did it look like this alarm clock? betsuni Sep 2015 #9

American exceptionalism Geronimoe Sep 2015 #11

This is one of those situations where I wish personal immunity was waived, the teacher and... Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #12

They must make great educators. Some kid brought in a butterfly. Heck! Stop him! Joe Chi Minh Sep 2015 #17

Shit, I made a stopwatch and showed it off in school, and that fucker counted down to zero! n/t Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #13

So he'll be charged with "clocking while Mohamed"? PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #14

If he bakes a cake and shows it to the Home Ec teacher they'll arrest him for a biological weapon. Solly Mack Sep 2015 #16

.. and they'll probably invite a Monsanto guy round, to preach the miraculous benefits Joe Chi Minh Sep 2015 #18

"frankenfoods" laserhaas Sep 2015 #28

It's an 'oldie' in Europe. We all usually cross-pollinate better than that! We Joe Chi Minh Sep 2015 #45

In a Boston public school, Kozol found switches soaked in vinegar, for the black kids, jtuck004 Sep 2015 #19

Texas. Turbineguy Sep 2015 #20

Is his English teacher an explosives expert? Orrex Sep 2015 #21

That's What I Thought, Too ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #26

once had a hotel door kicked in and police run in and slam me to the floor w0nderer Sep 2015 #30

WOW.... laserhaas Sep 2015 #32

the door belonged to the hotel w0nderer Sep 2015 #46

If you see something, say something. O.K., I'll say something: Fucking Assholes ! Hoppy Sep 2015 #22

It's a wonder Oathkeepers isn't down there now laserhaas Sep 2015 #23

It makes you want to bang your head on the wall. Vinca Sep 2015 #24

This year's Science Fair cancelled rurallib Sep 2015 #25

Threads like this make me wish that the victim read DU Orrex Sep 2015 #27

AMEN to that... laserhaas Sep 2015 #29

Totally fucked up. Schools aren't being blown up, kids are being shot by armed to the teeth RWers... marble falls Sep 2015 #31

Exactly... laserhaas Sep 2015 #34

+1 !! exactly lunasun Sep 2015 #42

there will be no creativity... Javaman Sep 2015 #33

Welcome to "The Home of the Brave" ... Nihil Sep 2015 #35

I bet he also made a Bibi's style drawing of the bomb! Helen Borg Sep 2015 #36

Ahmed Mohammed, eh? malthaussen Sep 2015 #37

Really good stuff here: #IStandWithAhmed Rose Siding Sep 2015 #38

Thanjs for the Hastag link...Odd thing us laserhaas Sep 2015 #39

I wrote to Homer Hickam about him. Rose Siding Sep 2015 #43

This kid would love NASA camp. Hope he gets to go. mainer Sep 2015 #48

He does get to go! Rose Siding Sep 2015 #49

Yay!!! Good for you, too, to email him. mainer Sep 2015 #55

This one is the greatest reflection Sep 2015 #72

America just continues to teach 'fear of the other'. Engineering is now the realm of 'terrorists'. sinkingfeeling Sep 2015 #40

ugly truths deacon_sephiroth Sep 2015 #41

"You look like a sandn*gger" is what is teacher meant. DRoseDARs Sep 2015 #44

That English teacher w0nderer Sep 2015 #47

Why Ahmed Mohamed should be a topic at Wednesday’s GOP debate mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 #50

This is more common than you might think fbc Sep 2015 #51

Why arrest him? damnedifIknow Sep 2015 #52

I cannot, for the life of me, understand... gregcrawford Sep 2015 #53

Completely shocked the cops didn't just unload and kill him on site ** LannyDeVaney Sep 2015 #54

You can't cure some people of the stupids. blackspade Sep 2015 #56

Would love to chip in to help the family move away from Texas. Daniel537 Sep 2015 #57

dear english teacher, how much experience do you have with bombs? are you an expert? can you tell niyad Sep 2015 #58

Here is the kid of digital clock those teachers and cops could handle csziggy Sep 2015 #60

I think you are giving them wayyyyyy too much credit!! niyad Sep 2015 #62

Faux znews is going to go nutz, after POTUS invites laserhaas Sep 2015 #59

Engineering teacher should have kept it until the end of the day. Darb Sep 2015 #61

+1. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #69

The White House did the right thing CreekDog Sep 2015 #91

Here is a pic of Ahmed's clock. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #63

Whoa! I can see why they were nervous. Where is the dial? hollowdweller Sep 2015 #64

It lacks all the bomb parts of a bomb. Taitertots Sep 2015 #65

You can see that, but not everyone can. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #66

Yes. joshcryer Sep 2015 #67

Congratulations. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #68

Apparently he can do more than either you or that dipshit of a "teacher" ... Nihil Sep 2015 #70

Sorry, I don't understand your post. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #74

Welcome to DU CreekDog Sep 2015 #92

Yes, a clock or any other output message IDemo Sep 2015 #75

I'm glad you are able to tell that. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #76

I'd be willing to bet IDemo Sep 2015 #77

That would be like reading 2 copies of the morning newspaper to check the facts. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #78

So if you don't know what something is, you assume it's a bomb? PersonNumber503602 Sep 2015 #85

Did you see the picture I posted? Lychee2 Sep 2015 #86

I'm not a bomb expert either, but I can see it's not a bomb. PersonNumber503602 Sep 2015 #87

The cops say they thought it was a "hoax bomb." Lychee2 Sep 2015 #89

But is there anything to suggest this kid would do that? PersonNumber503602 Sep 2015 #90

The only bomb here is your post CreekDog Sep 2015 #93

I'd recognize its a circuit board a piece that is in every piece of technology we have. Sunlei Sep 2015 #81

how many clock driven bombs lapfog_1 Sep 2015 #82

that is an A reddread Sep 2015 #88

Yes. Big digital face and zero explosives = clock. sinkingfeeling Sep 2015 #94

But he told his math teacher... bill Sep 2015 #71

Bill (though you made me chuckle) laserhaas Sep 2015 #80

you know, of course... lapfog_1 Sep 2015 #83

Well aware - and am currently studying Sumeria - that was Meso - prior to all Judeao/ Christ'oh laserhaas Sep 2015 #84

What I don't understand is why the police brought handcuffs instead of the bomb squad. threethirteen Sep 2015 #73

Happy Ahmed has good support & agree that this Texas school is a "hostile environment" for kids. Sunlei Sep 2015 #79