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christx30

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17. His family are grifters.

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #16)

Sat May 20, 2017, 12:05 PM

May 2017

They wanted a reaction so they could scream 'islamophobia' and get a huge settlement. And they got shut down at every stage, with every attempt. He's going to have to accept that there's nothing inherently special about him. Study hard, get good grades, and he can get a decent job that'll support him and his family. But they are not going to become millionaires off the backs of Irving taxpayers.

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"Clock boy" discrimination lawsuit dismissed by federal judge [View all] christx30 May 2017 OP

Actually, he took the circuit board and digital display itsrobert May 2017 #1

I don't really think that is the point. bitterross May 2017 #4

Initially the story was that he built it from scratch Crash2Parties May 2017 #19

He brought it to school to show the teacher how the thing worked. pnwmom May 2017 #5

No, tired of news making up facts. itsrobert May 2017 #6

No one was making him out to be a genius. Just a kid who was pnwmom May 2017 #7

They sure did MichMan May 2017 #26

Hmmm . . . now I'm hearing some jealousy. pnwmom May 2017 #27

Jealousy by me? MichMan May 2017 #28

Not you in particular. By the people here who seem to need pnwmom May 2017 #30

He is a scammer just like his sister the scammer....trained by dad snooper2 May 2017 #31

What is wrong with you? alarimer May 2017 #34

I agree with snooper obamanut2012 May 2017 #36

this was AM radio's best bullshit hate fuck storm of the year. why did they give up so soon? juxtaposed May 2017 #2

I doubt the Irving Independent School District has any money anyway ck4829 May 2017 #3

Lawsuit had ZERO basis to claim discrimination gyroscope May 2017 #8

You're joking, right? paleotn May 2017 #9

The courts were not joking when they dismissed a stupid lawsuit gyroscope May 2017 #23

And here's the Unabomber's: christx30 May 2017 #14

Wonder how he is doing now dembotoz May 2017 #10

I bet the child is doing well. He and family moved to a better school in another country. Sunlei May 2017 #11

They came back from Qatar and wanted christx30 May 2017 #13

So this is not the land of opportunity dembotoz May 2017 #16

His family are grifters. christx30 May 2017 #17

His father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed ran for President of Sudan, lost 2x Crash2Parties May 2017 #20

I'm sure his sisters enjoyed Qatar. n/m RhodeIslandOne May 2017 #24

Brain drain Nash Teeth May 2017 #12

Oh for crying out loud. LisaL May 2017 #15

He took 9 screws out of a store bought clock & put the pieces in a briefcase. Crash2Parties May 2017 #21

I'm sure his sisters loved it there. n/m RhodeIslandOne May 2017 #25

LOL- some people thought you were being serious snooper2 May 2017 #32

I soulda used the sarcasm thingie. My bad. Nash Teeth May 2017 #33

The more time passes, the more I think this was a set up obamanut2012 May 2017 #18

That's the problem - all of this is totally his Dad's style Crash2Parties May 2017 #22

Yup, it was just used as a dividing weapon too, imo obamanut2012 May 2017 #35

Agreed. It doesn't pass the smell test. dalton99a May 2017 #29