# Omnibus Evil MFers in the news thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 3, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496 "2023-05-03T11:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 109
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2161 "2024-12-16T02:16:20Z")
> [@Tride](#): > > and was a one-man opioid mill for years. Wow, that is quite the fucking story! I wonder how often Purdue Pharma reps visited him? I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest which included lots of interesting stuff about the opiod crisis in the US (and pretty much only in the US) and it talks about Purdue. I’ve read and watched lots about that complete shitstain of a company outside Gladwell’s latest book. Fuck Purdue and this asshole of an oncologist! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2162 "2024-12-16T15:59:24Z")
This [wouldn’t even be the worst case](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/farid-fata-doctor-who-gave-chemo-healthy-patients-faces-sentencing-n385161) involving an oncologist for misdiagnosis and wrongful drug prescribing. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2163 "2024-12-19T04:59:16Z")
The former Seattle chief of police, who was demoted earlier this year for sexually harassing female officers and claimed to be gay as a defense, has now been fired after investigators discovered proof that he’d been having an affair with his female chief of staff who is now a Fox News reporter. [https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/report-romantic-letter-seattle-police-chief-adrian-diaz-jamie-tompkins/281-98394b8f-312b-4a76-b768-5d055f2b3078](https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/report-romantic-letter-seattle-police-chief-adrian-diaz-jamie-tompkins/281-98394b8f-312b-4a76-b768-5d055f2b3078) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2164 "2024-12-19T05:18:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The former Seattle chief of police, who was demoted earlier this year for sexually harassing female officers and claimed to be gay as a defense, has now been fired after investigators discovered proof that he’d been having an affair with his female chief of staff who is now a Fox News reporter. I listened to NPR today, and one of their reporters (Ashley Hiruko) has been pursuing this story from the beginning. She and a reporter from the _Seattle Times_ (Sydney Brownstone) received a lot of criticism and derision, even from others in the media; they said she was reporting based solely on “rumors” and “gossip”. Here’s an early story. > **[Listen: Why Seattle police have stopped investigating new reports of adult...](https://www.knkx.org/law/2022-06-03/listen-why-seattle-police-have-stopped-investigating-new-reports-of-adult-sexual-assaults)** > > The Seattle Police Department has stopped investigating new reports of sexual assaults with adult victims, according to an internal memo sent to Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz. Reporters Ashley Hiruko from KUOW and Sydney Brownstone of the Seattle... And earlier this year. > **[10 female cops speak out about sexism, harassment within the Seattle Police...](https://www.kuow.org/stories/10-female-cops-speak-out-about-sexism-harassment-within-the-seattle-police-department)** > > From the outside, the Seattle Police Department might seem like a welcoming place for female officers in the male dominated field of law enforcement. > > But women in the force are starting to tell a different story about the department – one where they... She was very kind about it but you know she has to feel vindicated. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2165 "2024-12-19T05:31:43Z")
This guy must have slept thru the trainings like my HR has. Every year they have a 4 1/2 hour mandatory session about sexual harassment, gender and proper relationships in general. It’s hard to believe this cop could screw the pooch this way. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2166 "2024-12-19T05:35:52Z")
> [@Eric1](#): > > It’s hard to believe this cop could screw the pooch this way. Are you suggesting the Seattle Police Department’s K9 unit should do some interviews with it’s non-human officers? ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2167 "2024-12-19T05:55:00Z")
I love your sense of humor as I hadn’t considered second-meanings. A high five is in order! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2168 "2024-12-20T21:09:03Z")
I started a thread on this one: > **[Driver Plows Through Dozens of People at Crowded Christmas Market in Germany](https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/20/driver-plows-through-dozens-crowded-christmas-market-germany-magdeburg/)** > > A Christmas market in Germany erupted into chaos when a driver plowed through a crowd of people. > [@Another person driving their car through a Christmas parade \[Germany\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-person-driving-their-car-through-a-christmas-parade-germany/1011947): > ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2169 "2024-12-21T00:42:46Z")
A company in eastern Washington has plead guilty to taking decomposed and moldy fruit juices that had been sitting exposed to the elements and wild animals for years, mixing it with new juice, and selling it to the federal school lunch system. [https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article297319139.html](https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article297319139.html) > [@](#): > > Food and Drug Administration inspections of facilities owned by Valley Processing in 2018 found visible mold, animal urine and feces, and decomposing corpses of birds, rodents and insects in juice products, according to court documents. One inspector reported seeing and photographed a concrete tank of juice concentrate with a layer of mold and crust so thick and hard that a rat was walking on top of it, according to court documents… > > Tests of samples of the concentrate stored at the facility found it was contaminated with bird and rodent feces, fur, insects, decaying remains of animals, mold, yeast and other contaminants, according to a court document. The facility was used to store product from past grape harvests, some years ago, according to court documents. It had some grape juice stored in a cold room and in refrigerated storage tanks, but also had three 26,000-gallon capacity tanks that were open to the elements were insufficiently cooled by an air condenser that blew cool air across their tops, according to a court document. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2170 "2024-12-21T01:20:51Z")
Heh, recently ate. Close, there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2171 "2024-12-21T02:13:06Z")
Hey, it’s only a misdemeanor. Sentence her to six months in jail on a diet of bread and juice. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2172 "2024-12-21T02:15:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > has now been fired after investigators discovered proof that he’d been having an affair with his female chief of staff who is now a Fox News reporter. No, Tompkins left Fox News in Seattle to become Diaz’s Chief of Staff, a position he created for her. [https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/adrian-diaz-termination-denies-allegations](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/adrian-diaz-termination-denies-allegations) > According to a report from the OIG, Diaz is believed to have had “an intimate or romantic relationship with a former SPD employee,” who has been identified as Diaz’s Chief of Staff, Jamie Tompkins. Tompkins resigned her position at SPD November 6. Before working at SPD, Tompkins was a news anchor at FOX 13 Seattle. Anyone have a guess how long she continues to date Diaz now that he can’t continue her sinecure? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2173 "2024-12-21T03:32:24Z")
No kidding! What a horrible story. UGH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2174 "2024-12-21T04:24:02Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > No, Tompkins left Fox News in Seattle to become Diaz’s Chief of Staff, a position he created for her. My bad, I got that part backwards. Really, the funny part about this story is that he thought going on right-wing talk radio and claiming to be gay would make the allegations go away. > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Heh, recently ate. > Close, there. Hell, I found that story just after ordering my birthday dinner at Red Lobster. 🤢 Fortunately, as long as I don’t have to look at or smell putrid garbage it doesn’t really sicken me, so I was still able to polish off my giant plate of shrimp and fries and cheddar biscuits. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2175 "2024-12-21T04:31:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Really, the funny part about this story is that he thought going on right-wing talk radio and claiming to be gay would make the allegations go away. [And he bragged about how it job-proofed him!](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/former-seattle-police-chiefs-firing-linked-to-love-letter-found-in-suv/) > In one instance Diaz relayed a conversation he’d had with the mayor about his sexuality to one witness, saying “after the conversation I just had with the Mayor, there’s no way he can get rid of me now.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2176 "2024-12-21T06:25:33Z")
And just for a little icing on the cake, the mayor has announced that Diaz’s replacement will be the former police chief of Madison, WI… who also sexually harassed female officers during his tenure there. [https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-mayor-new-police-chief-shon-barnes-adrian-diaz/281-594f7cb1-d19b-4e9d-a60f-5f3e753a13fd](https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-mayor-new-police-chief-shon-barnes-adrian-diaz/281-594f7cb1-d19b-4e9d-a60f-5f3e753a13fd) > **[Complaint filed against Madison Police Chief Barnes over alleged, sexually...](https://www.wkow.com/news/complaint-filed-against-madison-police-chief-barnes-over-alleged-sexually-inappropriate-comments/article_858b39b2-6370-11ec-935c-87c7f261b346.html)** > > MADISON (WKOW) - A complaint has been filed against Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes with the city's department of civil rights alleging Barnes made sexually inappropriate comments to one of ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2177 "2024-12-21T06:29:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > And just for a little icing on the cake, the mayor has announced that Diaz’s replacement will be the former police chief of Madison, WI… who also sexually harassed female officers during his tenure there. Oh, fer crying out loud! Aren’t there _any_ decent police chiefs in this country? We keep getting stinkers. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2178 "2024-12-21T06:45:38Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > This is pure evil. Update on this one: the husband and 49 other men have been found guilty. > **[Mazan rapes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazan_rapes)** > > Over a period of nine years, from July 2011 to October 2020, Dominique Pelicot, a man from Mazan in south-eastern France, repeatedly drugged his wife, raped her, and invited strangers to rape her while she was unconscious. Gisèle Pelicot, who was unaware of the abuse being perpetrated against her, was raped 92 times by 72 men while her husband filmed them. The crimes were discovered in September 2020 when Dominique was arrested for taking upskirt photographs of women in a supermarket and the... ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2179 "2024-12-21T15:01:02Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A company in eastern Washington has plead guilty to taking decomposed and moldy fruit juices that had been sitting exposed to the elements and wild animals for years, mixing it with new juice, and selling it to the federal school lunch system. Where’s Upton Sinclair when you need him? Wonder if they checked for the remains of any missing employees in the juice tanks. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2180 "2024-12-21T15:18:41Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Oh, fer crying out loud! Aren’t there _any_ decent police chiefs in this country? I’m sure there are at least a dozen. What, you want enough of them for every police force to have a chief who isn’t a total scumbag? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=110)