# 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:** 182
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3626 "2025-11-17T03:36:08Z")
Oh dear, how sad. A “lost” time of pedophile millionaires able to rape children at will. See how much we’ve lost with “woke” and “DEI” I may vomit. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2025, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3627 "2025-11-17T04:21:02Z")
I thought the article was totally worth it for mentioning that Jeffrey Epstein attended the 25th anniversary party for The New York Observer newspaper, owned by Jared Kushner. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3628 "2025-11-17T05:43:24Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > > [@Chronos](#): > > > > But we must support Israel and everything they do! > > You’ll be glad to know that Gaetz is one of the Republicans who has opposed aid to Israel and who has criticized the war in Gaza. So he’s consistent in his antisemitism. So you believe that opposing any government actions of Israel is anti-semitic? I’m not surprised, except that you would say so plainly and openly. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3629 "2025-11-17T06:08:37Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > So you believe that opposing any government actions of Israel is anti-semitic? Nope! There are plenty of reasons why one might oppose the actions of Israel, some of which involve antisemitism and others do not. Matt Gaetz, I am quite confident, bases _his_ opposition to Israeli actions on his raging antisemitism. As evidenced by incidents like the one linked above. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3630 "2025-11-17T08:19:48Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > But don’t all the world’s Jews have to be gathered together in Israel when it goes kablooie? Yes. I’m sure that we’re on the deportation list somewhere, after they get rid of the Spanish-speaking Brown people and a couple other categories. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3631 "2025-11-17T12:28:04Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > You’ll be glad to know that Gaetz is one of the Republicans who has opposed aid to Israel and who has criticized the war in Gaza. So he’s consistent in his antisemitism. > [@Babale](#): > > > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > > So you believe that opposing any government actions of Israel is anti-semitic? > > Nope! There are plenty of reasons why one might oppose the actions of Israel, some of which involve antisemitism and others do not. > > Matt Gaetz, I am quite confident, bases _his_ opposition to Israeli actions on his raging antisemitism. As evidenced by incidents like the one linked above. A reader might be forgiven for reaching the same conclusion I did, as it is a pretty bald statement taken by itself. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3632 "2025-11-17T14:12:44Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > A reader might be forgiven for reaching the same conclusion I did, as it is a pretty bald statement taken by itself If you ignore all context, sure, I can see how you’d come to that conclusion. In context, I was referring to a post that sarcastically claimed that Gaetz was antisemitic yet pro Israel; I pointed out that this isn’t the case, he’s actually very anti Israel, as one would expect of an antisemite like him. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3633 "2025-11-19T12:29:47Z")
I heard a news story from the radio that some guy on an L in Chicago torched another passenger with propellant over a minor disagreement. I didn’t find an online article otherwise I’d cite. So you might now, I’m not picking on Chicago; there are regular, almost seemingly scheduled, fights on the San Diego trolleys I ride here. As some see it, it’s every day in the hood. Yet if I were the guy’s brother, I’d show him my Anger Control workbook and say “Anticipate what sets you off and think it through beforehand. Leave the butane and fireplace starter at home!” ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3634 "2025-11-19T13:04:22Z")
> [@Eric1](#): > > I heard a news story from the radio that some guy on an L in Chicago torched another passenger with propellant over a minor disagreement. I didn’t find an online article otherwise I’d cite. Yes, there was apparently some sort of argument between a man and a woman on the Blue Line in the Loop area (Clark and Lake if I recall correctly - it’s been on the TV news since last night). At some point the man poured “a liquid” over the woman and set her on fire. Last report is that she’s still alive but with burns over 50% of her body, some third degree. Overnight video surfaced of someone attempting to set fire to City Hall with what is described as a “resemblance” to the man in question. And no, this was not in the “hood”. Not that it matters - we shouldn’t be dismissive of crimes “in the hood” because crime is crime no matter where it occurs. Also, even in the worst areas of Chicago one person setting another on fire is exceeding rare, one might call it an aberration. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3635 "2025-11-19T13:25:30Z")
> [@Eric1](#): > > I didn’t find an online article otherwise I’d cite. Here’s one of several that showed up in a Google search. > **[Woman set on fire on CTA Blue Line train; man in custody could be linked to...](https://abc7chicago.com/post/woman-set-fire-cta-blue-line-train-clark-lake-station-loop-chicago-police-say/18168772/)** > > A person of interest is in custody after woman was set on fire and suffered critical injuries on a CTA Blue Line train in the Loop on Monday night, Chicago police said. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3636 "2025-11-19T16:09:32Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > But don’t all the world’s Jews have to be gathered together in Israel when it goes kablooie? …and can you imagine trying to get a hotel room then? Fageddaboudit ---
**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:** [November 20, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3637 "2025-11-20T05:55:46Z")
AI-powered teddy bear for kids pulled from the market after it turns out it wants to tell your children how to start fires, where to find knives, and how to tie up your sexual partners (which it suggests may include family members). [https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/tech/folotoy-kumma-ai-bear-scli-intl](https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/tech/folotoy-kumma-ai-bear-scli-intl) ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3638 "2025-11-20T18:09:30Z")
Yes, AI toy manufacturers who make those are evil. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3639 "2025-11-20T18:21:33Z")
What they _should_ do is reissue the AI-enabled teddy bear except explicitly and exclusively for adults. I bet it will find an audience. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3640 "2025-11-20T18:59:50Z")
My Furry Friend [shudders] ---
**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:** [November 20, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3641 "2025-11-20T19:29:38Z")
Eh, whatever floats someone’s boat. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3642 "2025-11-20T19:40:50Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What they _should_ do is reissue the AI-enabled teddy bear except explicitly and exclusively for adults. I bet it will find an audience. How about an AI-enabled sofa? I have my asbestos long johns packed and ready to go. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3643 "2025-11-20T19:44:44Z")
Talking teddy bears are one thing. But talking sofas? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3644 "2025-11-20T19:52:28Z")
They could put one in the Veep’s office. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3645 "2025-11-20T20:06:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > My Furry Friend A plush “Fleshlight” with AI capabilities could make someone very wealthy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=183)