All that's missing is the C4
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mrkelley23
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Re: All that's missing is the C4
How often do Bill Maher, BiT, and I all agree on one subject?
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman
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Bob78164
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Re: All that's missing is the C4
There is and I didn't. It was a close paraphrase, but I didn't use the precise words of my source. --Bobmrkelley23 wrote:You didn't paraphrase, as far as I can tell. You quoted. There's a difference.
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson
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BackInTex
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Re: All that's missing is the C4
How often are you and Bill Maher both right on a particular subject?mrkelley23 wrote:How often do Bill Maher, BiT, and I all agree on one subject?
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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mrkelley23
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Re: All that's missing is the C4
True, very true. Maher is wrong about so many things....BackInTex wrote:How often are you and Bill Maher both right on a particular subject?mrkelley23 wrote:How often do Bill Maher, BiT, and I all agree on one subject?
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman
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jarnon
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Re: All that's missing is the C4
Ahmed has met President Obama, the president of Sudan (where his family is from), and Jordanian and Turkish leaders. He's been accepted by a prestigious school in Qatar.
Family of Ahmed Mohamed, Student Clockmaker, to Move to Qatar
Family of Ahmed Mohamed, Student Clockmaker, to Move to Qatar
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BackInTex
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Re: All that's missing is the C4
Well good for him.jarnon wrote:Ahmed has met President Obama, the president of Sudan (where his family is from), and Jordanian and Turkish leaders. He's been accepted by a prestigious school in Qatar.
Family of Ahmed Mohamed, Student Clockmaker, to Move to Qatar
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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Spock
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Re: All that's missing is the C4
[quote="BackInTex"]
You fail to see, or accept, the obvious. My only solace is that I have immediate family in only 2 of 100,000 public schools in the U.S. The chances of one of those being the one that gets bombed are slim. But one somewhere in the U.S. will. Within 5 years. And it will be a student that delivers the device. And someone will have seen it before hand. But they said nothing. <<<<<<
http://www.kare11.com/story/news/crime/ ... /72411144/
This could have been a really bad school bombing/murder plot. A Waseca resident reported suspicious behavior by a teen involving a storage unit.
I haven't read the whole thread, but I assume the "Zero Tolerance" thing was brought up. It is stupid to treat this case in isolation-without "Zero Tolerance" context. As we live in a world where a 6 YO gets in trouble for pointing a chicken finger at a classmate-a suspicious looking case certainly merits examination.
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You fail to see, or accept, the obvious. My only solace is that I have immediate family in only 2 of 100,000 public schools in the U.S. The chances of one of those being the one that gets bombed are slim. But one somewhere in the U.S. will. Within 5 years. And it will be a student that delivers the device. And someone will have seen it before hand. But they said nothing. <<<<<<
http://www.kare11.com/story/news/crime/ ... /72411144/
This could have been a really bad school bombing/murder plot. A Waseca resident reported suspicious behavior by a teen involving a storage unit.
I haven't read the whole thread, but I assume the "Zero Tolerance" thing was brought up. It is stupid to treat this case in isolation-without "Zero Tolerance" context. As we live in a world where a 6 YO gets in trouble for pointing a chicken finger at a classmate-a suspicious looking case certainly merits examination.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: All that's missing is the C4
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=c ... +of+darfurjarnon wrote:Ahmed has met President Obama, the president of Sudan (where his family is from), and Jordanian and Turkish leaders. He's been accepted by a prestigious school in Qatar.
Family of Ahmed Mohamed, Student Clockmaker, to Move to Qatar
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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jarnon
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Re: All that's missing is the C4
Ahmed's father ran against the Butcher in the last Sudanese presidential election. He did it from the safety of Texas, and it sounds like the kind of campaign that an ex-governor of Virginia might run. Still, if the Butcher wanted to meet Ahmed, it would be prudent not to refuse.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=c ... +of+darfurjarnon wrote:Ahmed has met President Obama, the president of Sudan (where his family is from), and Jordanian and Turkish leaders. He's been accepted by a prestigious school in Qatar.
Family of Ahmed Mohamed, Student Clockmaker, to Move to Qatar
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BackInTex
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Re: All that's missing is the C4
Why? If the Butcher wanted to meet him, Mohammed should have said "Sure, come to Dallas."jarnon wrote: Still, if the Butcher wanted to meet Ahmed, it would be prudent not to refuse.
Perhaps they are both cut from the same cloth.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)