"Death to America!"
Posted on 09/27/2015 7:01:58 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
Summary: U.S. Chief Data Scientist D.J. Patil shares why he's proud to see people across the country standing up for innovation and intellectual curiosity today.
Yesterday, a 14-year-old student named Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for bringing his engineering project (an electronic clock) to his high school. Officials mistook it for a bomb.
When I was growing up, my friends and I were fortunate to know how to use soldiering irons, circuit boards, and even a bit of duct tape when nothing else worked. We played, experimented, and learned through trial and error. The best part? When I brought my work in, my teachers loved it. And thanks to them it fed my desire to embrace science, engineering, and technology. That learning to play with technology and curiosity has helped me on every step of my journey so far.
That’s why I’m so proud to see people across the country standing up for the innovation and intellectual curiosity that Ahmed has shown.
That includes the President:
(President's tweet)
And he's not the only one. Today, Dr. John Holdren -- the President's top science advisor -- reached out to Ahmed and personally invited him to come to join us at the White House Astronomy Night on October 19, where we'll bring together scientists, engineers, and visionaries from astronomy and the space industry, along with students and teachers. They'll share their experiences and spend an evening stargazing from the South Lawn.
We think Ahmed will fit right in.
That's because we think it's really important that kids with a passion for science and technology have the opportunities they need to reach for the stars (sometimes, that's literal).
It's why the President has prioritized broadening participation in science and technology to a more diverse pool of students.
It's why we host kids from across the country at the White House Science Fair.
It’s why we believe that the National Maker Faire is so important, and why we are a nation of makers.
And it's why we're dedicated to telling the untold stories of some of the brightest minds in our country -- to inspire young people to follow in their footsteps.
Ahmed, you inspire us -- and we can't wait to meet you.
P.S. -- Don’t forget your NASA shirt. I’ll be wearing mine.
DJ Patil Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Data Policy and Chief Data Scientist in the Office of Science and Technology Policy Follow @DJ44
So back when DJ Patil was a little tyke teachers accepted stealing another’s work and claiming it as your own as quality, innovative work?
astronomy night at the White House next month [October 19], which was started under the current administration in 2009 according to WhiteHouse.gov link
Oy vey! Another ignorant scam by the mafia gang in the oval office. These criminals will use any excuse for a party. Astronomy night! LOL The only known way they’ll ever make it to ‘Heaven’ Again, LOL WTH is astronomy night? The gang steals telescopes in the dead of night? How convenient This must be another one of the common core practices The surprise here is oh, the dark won has no concept as to the definition of ‘astronomy’
Just another way in which to air more propaganda and CTA to hide the fact of their intent. The plan is beginning to focus now LOL Is there nothing this criminal gang won’t do? What does ‘astronomy night’ entail and do those invited need to bring their own telescopes or does the oval office hand those out as they do the obama phones?
"Death to America!"
Thanks Faith Presses On, extra to APoD.
Bergdahl is invited too.
As of 2014, only 11 Muslims have been awarded Nobel prizes, and that includes the bogus “peace prize”.
By contrast, hundreds of Jews have been so honored.
And that’s even more significant as Jews represent only 0.2% of the world’s population, while Muslims represent about 23%.
Now if they were to add a prize for clock repackaging...
The school suspected it to be a hoax bomb, and proceeded accordingly.
Ahmed the clockmaker was evasive when questioned; that’s what got him arrested.
No word yet if the high school staff/teachers were aware of his behavioural problems in Elem and middle school.
Not to be confused with ‘Patel’, which in Hindi means “my family owns many seedy little motels”.
Today it was a hoax, tomorrow it will be for real and we will have a bunch of Americans loudly wondering why we we did not get this little asshole the first time around. The whole problem is that we got these muzzies roaming around in our country and, while they are here, we line up trying to kiss their asses not once but over and over again. We have become muzzie sycophants a.k.a sickos.
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