wcw43921 Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Nice work Dallas. 9th Grader arrested for bringing a home-made digital clock to school. Race has no bearing on this case, Police said. Guess which group 9th grader belongs to? It's caused something of a storm on tech sites... http://www.wired.com/2015/09/make-homemade-clock-isnt-bomb/?mbid=social_twitter Seven Kids Not Named Mohamed Who Brought Homemade Clocks To School And Didn't Get Arrested Cygnia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Seven Kids Not Named Mohamed Who Brought Homemade Clocks To School And Didn't Get Arrested "Don't be a conspiracy theorist. They might be a little prejudiced, but I'm sure they thought he had a bomb." "Okay... "But they didn't evacuate the school, like you do when there's a bomb. "They didn't call a bomb squad - like you do when there's a bomb. "They didn't get as far away from him as possible, like you do when there's a bomb. "Then they put him and the clock in an office: not like you do when there's a bomb. "Then they waited with him for the police to arrive, and then they put the clock in the same car as the police. "Then they took pictures of it." "... Damn... They never thought he had a bomb." Lucius, Enforcer84, L. Marcus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Bear Cub Sneaks into Pizza Parlor, Eats a Snack and Takes a Nap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Seven Kids Not Named Mohamed Who Brought Homemade Clocks To School And Didn't Get Arrested "Don't be a conspiracy theorist. They might be a little prejudiced, but I'm sure they thought he had a bomb." "Okay... "But they didn't evacuate the school, like you do when there's a bomb. "They didn't call a bomb squad - like you do when there's a bomb. "They didn't get as far away from him as possible, like you do when there's a bomb. "Then they put him and the clock in an office: not like you do when there's a bomb. "Then they waited with him for the police to arrive, and then they put the clock in the same car as the police. "Then they took pictures of it." "... Damn... They never thought he had a bomb." It's just fortunate they didn't pack the guy off to Gitmo. Apparently there are quite a few people here in America who believe that we should be at war with Islam -- all of Islam, that every single Muslim on the face of the planet if our enemy down to the last infant. They probably want him kicked out of the country, even if he is a natually-born citizen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 It's just fortunate they didn't pack the guy off to Gitmo. Apparently there are quite a few people here in America who believe that we should be at war with Islam -- all of Islam, that every single Muslim on the face of the planet if our enemy down to the last infant. They probably want him kicked out of the country, even if he is a natually-born citizen. exaggerate much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Not much of an exaggeration at all. Spend 2 minutes on a Yahoo news comment section and you'll find someone calling for the death or deportation of all muslims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Not much of an exaggeration at all. Spend 2 minutes on a Yahoo news comment section and you'll find someone calling for the death or deportation of all muslims. I AVOID Yahoo news like the plaque,blocked it from my Facebook. Cancer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Avoid reading the comments on Yahoo articles, and you should be fine. Like I said elsewhere, those guys were probably banned everywhere else. Pres. Obama has invited the kid to the White House. And Bristol Palin blasted him for it. But that last bit isn't exactly news (or newsworthy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Dude, that is awesome! Great find! More -- video from Aussie morning show. https://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/29551921/seal-hitches-ride-on-the-back-of-a-whale/#page1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Not much of an exaggeration at all. Spend 2 minutes on a Yahoo news comment section and you'll find someone calling for the death or deportation of all muslims. MSN isn't much better. Any article about Muslims, or Obama, or both, will have hundreds of comments against them, and about how Obama is secretly Muslim, or that he's a racist--that last one is especially popular. If there's any doubt that bigotry is alive and well in the United States, one need only go to the comments section after any MSN news post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Never underestimate humanity's ability to suck. tkdguy and Old Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnStrawberry Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 I tend toward cynicism, but in this case believe that a tiny minority of conspiracy minded bigots do nothing but compose vitriol in the morning and spew it on every news service they can throughout the day. Noise out of all proportion to their actual numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 http://comicsalliance.com/bill-finger-credit-gotham-batman-v-superman/ assault and Enforcer84 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 http://comicsalliance.com/bill-finger-credit-gotham-batman-v-superman/ I approve of that news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/09/18/ig_nobel_prize_2015_winners_present_improbable_research_at_harvard.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Never underestimate humanity's ability to suck. You laugh, but I became a much less unhappy person when I consciously, and drastically, lowered my expectations for people in general. Of course that guy cut me off in traffic, he's a human, and humans are little better than hairless chimps. Of course that man is racist, he is trapped in a bubble of prejudice and propaganda that only logic and critical thinking could break him out of, and few people are so equipped. It is as though I'm one of a small number of sapient beings, living among a population of animals that have yet to be Uplifted, and I set expectations accordingly. tkdguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Niagara cop found guilty of cheese smuggling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Niagara cop found guilty of cheese smuggling I was so hoping that "cheese smuggling" was some kind of euphemism, like "crop dusting". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 I knew he was up to no gouda BoloOfEarth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Meant for another thread, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 I was so hoping that "cheese smuggling" was some kind of euphemism, like "crop dusting". Like "hide the salami"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Or "park the bus in the patisserie"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Married church minister 'ran bottom spanking cult' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 "There's but one punishment for lighting the grail shaped beacon..." BoloOfEarth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 "There's but one punishment for lighting the grail shaped beacon..." Well, I could stay a bit longer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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