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think

(11,641 posts) Mon Oct 19, 2015, 12:18 PM Oct 2015

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Ahmed Mohamed to visit White House for 'Astronomy Night'

Source: USA Today

IRVING, Texas -- The Texas teenager, who was handcuffed after taking a homemade clock to school, is making a special trip to the White House on Monday.

Ahmed Mohamed, 14, will meet with President Obama. The president was hoping to see the invention that sparked conversation nationwide, but it's still with the Irving Police Department in Texas.

Mohamed is scheduled to enjoy a night of science and stargazing on the South Lawn. The president personally invited him out for "Astronomy Night."

The high school freshman, who has since withdrawn from the Irving Independent School District following his arrest, arrived in Washington, D.C. over the weekend.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/19/ahmed-mohamed-visit-white-house-astronomy-night/74213650/

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Ahmed Mohamed to visit White House for 'Astronomy Night' (Original Post) think Oct 2015 OP

should make a lot of widdle heads explode! niyad Oct 2015 #1

I love the sound of right wing heads popping. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2015 #4

Why do the police still hold his clock? booksenkatz Oct 2015 #2

Did he "invent" a telescope? Qutzupalotl Oct 2015 #3

Astronomy Night should be held at the Vice President's home ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #5

niyad

(113,216 posts)

1. should make a lot of widdle heads explode!

Reply to think (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 12:21 PM

Oct 2015

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,863 posts)

4. I love the sound of right wing heads popping.

Reply to niyad (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 01:46 PM

Oct 2015

booksenkatz

(3,466 posts)

2. Why do the police still hold his clock?

Reply to think (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 12:38 PM

Oct 2015

Are they still unsure about its clockiness? WTF. It's Ahmed's clock, give it back to him.

Qutzupalotl

(14,300 posts)

3. Did he "invent" a telescope?

Reply to think (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 01:18 PM

Oct 2015

eppur_se_muova

(36,257 posts)

5. Astronomy Night should be held at the Vice President's home ...

Reply to think (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 02:34 PM

Oct 2015

its' on the grounds of the Naval Observatory !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_One_Observatory_Circle

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