# 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:** 120
**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:** [January 29, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2381 "2025-01-29T21:56:24Z")
Father Calvin Robinson (Anglican Catholic Church) finishing his remarks at the National Pro-Life Summit, > **[Fr. Calvin Robinson Gives An Elon Musk Salute](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkSFdczXkDk%2F1)** > > Content warning: The following scene may include dehumanizing rhetoric, calls for discrimination or violence, misinformation, or other harmful language. Righ... They’ve stopped even trying for plausible deniability. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2382 "2025-01-29T22:17:01Z")
I don’t know anything about this website, it’s just the first place I found the video. Conservative strategist defends Elon. Reporter tells him that if what Elon did wasn’t a nazi salute, then do it, right now, on TV (spoiler, he doesn’t). > **[‘Do It Right Now on TV!’ Catherine Rampell Dares Scott Jennings To Mimic...](https://www.mediaite.com/tv/do-it-right-now-on-tv-catherine-rampell-dares-scott-jennings-to-mimic-musks-salute-after-he-claims-it-wasnt-a-sieg-heil/)** > > CNN's Scott Jennings and Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell brawled on Monday over the salute Elon Musk gave at a rally last week. Life imitates art: [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/992/290/e57.png) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/992/290/e57.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2383 "2025-01-29T22:22:51Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Conservative strategist defends Elon. Reporter tells him that if what Elon did wasn’t a nazi salute, then do it, right now, on TV (spoiler, he doesn’t). That _is_ an effective response to those who downplay Elon’s gesture. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2384 "2025-01-29T23:55:36Z")
Don’t you know it’s only a Nazi salute when socialists (aka Democrats) do it, but was just a freeze-frame of a regular ol’ wave when a magaflatearther does it? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2385 "2025-01-30T06:08:21Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > It’s pretty fucked up that there was a Nazi band and a fan base to host a concert for, much less half a dozen. Black metal has had a Nazi problem for decades, unfortunately. (In fact, one of the bands from this show is named in the Wiki article I’ve linked below.) > **[National Socialist black metal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_black_metal)** > > Final solution > Pre-Machtergreifung > Post-Machtergreifung > Parties The guy promoting the concert apparently didn’t tell the venue owners (who are black) what bands were performing, and advertised the show as taking place at a secret location that wasn’t made known to ticketholders until the day of. The owner apparently found out they were hosting a Nazi concert when they were working concessions and got a call from a friend who found out on Facebook. They immediately cut the sound and ended the show when they found out. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2386 "2025-01-30T06:22:55Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Father Calvin Robinson (Anglican Catholic Church) finishing his remarks at the National Pro-Life Summit, Correction: FORMER Fr. Calvin Robinson. He’s now been defrocked. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:foalrmuwpoiopyshy2izpz3u/bafkreigljtcelr257eehif7ncibiewfhbzfiq7y66f6jvdhxog3ee6tn74@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:foalrmuwpoiopyshy2izpz3u/bafkreigljtcelr257eehif7ncibiewfhbzfiq7y66f6jvdhxog3ee6tn74@jpeg) I have never heard of the Anglican Catholic Church before (according to Wikipedia they split from the Episcopalians in the '70s over some doctrinal issues I’m not enough of a theology nerd to understand), but good on them for taking this seriously. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2387 "2025-01-30T06:33:20Z")
“a gesture that many have interpreted as a pro-Nazi salute.” Like this ACC? [![](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/8b95dc5f-1362-4971-929c-81942fb8ca7a.jpg) ](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/8b95dc5f-1362-4971-929c-81942fb8ca7a.jpg) 'Cause I don’t want to jump to any conclusions as to whether this fine mustachioed man is a fucking Nazi. One might want to conclude that making the fucking Nazi Salute is sufficient evidence but we shouldn’t judge to quickly . . . maybe he just has Asperger’s… ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2388 "2025-01-30T06:44:41Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I have never heard of the Anglican Catholic Church before (according to Wikipedia they split from the Episcopalians in the '70s over some doctrinal issues I’m not enough of a theology nerd to understand), but good on them for taking this seriously. I was an Episcopalian back in those days. IIRC, the two big theological issues which split that church were revising the Book of Common Prayer, and, the real biggie, ordaining women. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2389 "2025-01-30T14:37:45Z")
> **[ICE Says 'Sorry' After Detaining US Citizens for Speaking Spanish: Report](https://www.latintimes.com/ice-says-sorry-after-detaining-us-citizens-speaking-spanish-report-573967)** > > A Puerto Rican family, all US citizens, was wrongfully detained by ICE in Milwaukee after speaking Spanish. > The mother, grandmother, and young child had been shopping when authorities approached and detained them. They were not allowed to clarify their status until they were already in custody > “My sister, in English, explained that not only are they American citizens, but that they are from Puerto Rico. They were born in Puerto Rico” ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2390 "2025-01-30T17:21:36Z")
I’m surprised that the ICE personnel didn’t question them about about when the had emigrated from Puerto Rico to the US, and whether they had papers proving that they had done so legally. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2391 "2025-01-30T18:32:23Z")
“Sure, sure, That’s what they all say. “I’m Puerto Rican, I’m from Guam, I’m actually a veteran.” I’ve heard it all before.” ---
**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:** [January 30, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2392 "2025-01-30T19:28:05Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > “My sister, in English, explained that not only are they American citizens, but that they are from Puerto Rico. They were born in Puerto Rico” Future _Onion_ article: “ICE agents are working overtime to deport people from Puerto Rico, once they realize how many speak Spanish as a primary language.” (At least I hope it would be them and not AP reporting that.) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2393 "2025-01-30T19:46:49Z")
I wonder if the ICE agents are similarly going to seize Spanish-speaking people in southern Florida, where many are Cuban emigres (or descendants thereof) and very, very Republican. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2394 "2025-01-30T21:30:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Black metal has had a Nazi problem for decades, unfortunately. One of the bands on the schedule for the Detroit concert, Grand Belial’s Key, has had…interesting personnel. From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > Grand Belial’s Key is a black metal band founded in 1992 by guitarist Gelal Necrosodomy and vocalist Lord Vlad Luciferian. They had a bassist who went by Der Sturmer and their second album was called _Judeobeast Assassination_. Charming. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2395 "2025-01-30T23:17:28Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > We may remember this sort of fellow from our own teen years. Jason B. Harrell Here’s a fun article about his court appearance: > MARION COUNTY, Ind. — When Jason Harrell, 46, shuffled into Judge William Nelson’s Marion County superior court room on Tuesday morning in shackles and handcuffs, he signaled his wife in the gallery holding up five fingers and then making a walking motion with two fingers. > > This indicated that he expected to be released on a $500 bond and would be home by dinnertime – after he was charged with cursing and smacking around a teenager on a dirt bike in his neighborhood last weekend. > > The Marion County Prosecutor and Nelson had other ideas. [https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/west-side-man-ordered-to-be-held-without-bond-over-child-punching-incident/](https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/west-side-man-ordered-to-be-held-without-bond-over-child-punching-incident/) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2396 "2025-02-01T16:49:13Z")
Not sure where to post this crazy story, but since it involves multiple killings, I guess here. If you saw recent news about a shootout in VT in which one Border Patrol agent was shot and killed, this story involves that, along with a lot more odd stuff. > **[Ex-Lakeside students charged in killings now linked to string of deaths](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jan/31/ex-lakeside-students-charged-in-killings-now-linke/)** > > They went to high school at one of Seattle’s most-fabled private schools. Then they went their separate ways to colleges where they studied computer science. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2397 "2025-02-01T19:16:01Z")
You weren’t kidding. That’s a whole Tv movie. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2398 "2025-02-01T22:06:41Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [ICE Says 'Sorry' After Detaining US Citizens for Speaking Spanish: Report](https://www.latintimes.com/ice-says-sorry-after-detaining-us-citizens-speaking-spanish-report-573967) > > > The mother, grandmother, and young child had been shopping when authorities approached and detained them. They were not allowed to clarify their status until they were already in custody > > > “My sister, in English, explained that not only are they American citizens, but that they are from Puerto Rico. They were born in Puerto Rico” I am a bit worried about one of my bosses whose parents are both Puerto Ricans with limited command of English. And yes, the whole family voted for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2399 "2025-02-02T00:30:36Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Not sure where to post this crazy story, but since it involves multiple killings, I guess here. Yikes > [@](#): > > Youngblut and Snyder and the people with whom they associated are linked, prosecutors and police say, to five deaths across the country in the last three years. > > And the cases seem to have ties to a vegan extremist movement whose leader goes by “Ziz” and was reported dead in 2022. I’m confused. There are _extreme_ vegan movements? I kid, I kid. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/2400 "2025-02-02T00:37:27Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > You weren’t kidding. That’s a whole Tv movie. It reads like a treatment for a sequel to Natural Born Killers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=119) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=121)