# 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:** 186
**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 3, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3706 "2025-12-03T02:29:28Z")
Rand Paul posts a letter from the commandant of the Coast Guard (who’s probably gonna get fired now for making Butcher Pete look bad) stating that they interdicted 69 boats in the Caribbean last year without having to commit any war crimes, and also about 1 in 5 of them turned out to not have any drugs. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ekts44pfepbmryv2h633onqu/bafkreidxfohzexujr2vtujymyewpvt5umbm5nmvrl2ujj3y2tzamac5yzy@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ekts44pfepbmryv2h633onqu/bafkreidxfohzexujr2vtujymyewpvt5umbm5nmvrl2ujj3y2tzamac5yzy@jpeg) ---
**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 3, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3707 "2025-12-03T11:57:29Z")
At that I would bet at that none were outboard open boats over a thousand miles from our shores. ---
**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 4, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3708 "2025-12-04T02:38:02Z")
Adm. Bradley tends to tell Congress that the two survivors clinging to the wreckage of their boat were “attempting to continue their drug run” and therefore it was OK to murder them. I no longer feel bad about Butcher Pete throwing him under the bus. [https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/survivors-of-boat-strike-were-actively-continuing-drug-mission-admiral-to-tell-lawmakers-b82f0ab3](https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/survivors-of-boat-strike-were-actively-continuing-drug-mission-admiral-to-tell-lawmakers-b82f0ab3) ---
**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:** [December 4, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3709 "2025-12-04T03:19:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > hey interdicted 69 boats in the Caribbean last year without having to commit any war crimes, and also about 1 in 5 of them turned out to not have any drugs. Holy Shit. I bet these facts are buried - damn quickly. That’s all I have to say. ---
**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 4, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3710 "2025-12-04T03:27:00Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I bet these facts are buried - damn quickly. What do you mean? Clearly the Coast Guard has been taken over by ObamaBiden woke and needs to be purged. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3711 "2025-12-04T03:30:23Z")
Exactly. ---
**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 4, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3712 "2025-12-04T04:13:26Z")
I’m just surprised they haven’t tried to claim Biden ordered that second strike. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3713 "2025-12-04T04:56:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Adm. Bradley tends to tell Congress that the two survivors clinging to the wreckage of their boat were “attempting to continue their drug run” and therefore it was OK to murder them. Well, this is the dumbest thing I’ve heard from the regime in the last five minutes. Did he think the survivors were going to put the “drugs” on their back and swim the rest of the way to Florida? And Commandant Lunday should stay away from the water for a while so his ship doesn’t get mistaken for a Venezuelan fishing boat. ---
**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 4, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3714 "2025-12-04T04:58:20Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’m just surprised they haven’t tried to claim Biden ordered that second strike Biden was too busy trying to get them on Medicaid and SNAP. ---
**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 4, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3715 "2025-12-04T05:00:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I no longer feel bad about Butcher Pete throwing him under the bus. I was wondering – but hadn’t looked – if Adm. Bradley was one of those recently promoted after quite a few flag officers resigned. Whether he was or not he should have reused the Secretary’s order. ---
**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 4, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3716 "2025-12-04T05:20:14Z")
According to Wikipedia, he was promoted to four stars and put in command of JSOC in June. He also got promoted to commander of SOCOM a month after the murders. He was also on Seal Team Six from 1999 to 2015. Sounds like they were looking for a bloodthirsty killer and they found one. > **[Frank M. Bradley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M._Bradley)** > > Frank Mitchell Bradley is a United States Navy admiral who serves as commander of the United States Special Operations Command since October 3, 2025. He most recently served as commander of Joint Special Operations Command from August 10, 2022 to September 26, 2025. Prior to that, he served as the commander of Special Operations Command Central from July 20, 2020 to July 1, 2022, and as the assistant commander of Joint Special Operations Command from 2018 to 2020. > On orders from Bradley was ... ---
**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 4, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3717 "2025-12-04T05:29:03Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Did he think the survivors were going to put the “drugs” on their back and swim the rest of the way to Florida? ‘Fun Fact! You can easily tell fully aquatic drug mules from fully terrestrial drug mules by looking at their limbs. Terrestrial drug mules have calves the size of cantaloupes for running while aquatic drug mules have upper arms the size of grapefruit for swimming!’ ~ Former U.S. Congressman, Steve King ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3718 "2025-12-04T06:07:33Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > hey interdicted 69 boats in the Caribbean last year without having to commit any war crimes, and also about 1 in 5 of them turned out to not have any drugs. > > Holy Shit. I bet these facts are buried - damn quickly. Of course, the Coast Guard aren’t _real_ armed forces. There was a commercial that called the USCG ‘the _other_ armed force’ or ‘the fifth armed force’, but I don’t remember exactly. ---
**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 4, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3719 "2025-12-04T14:13:58Z")
With his autopen. ---
**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 4, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3720 "2025-12-04T15:40:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > There was a commercial that called the USCG ‘the _other_ armed force’ or ‘the fifth armed force’, but I don’t remember exactly. Here is one from 1980 (it’s actually 2 commercials, but the first one is USCG, the other is for the USO). It has the tagline at the end, “AN ARMED SERVICE AND MORE.” James Earl Jones does the voice-over in it, because I guess they wanted Darth Vader to promote them. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TJuwoah5ONw/maxresdefault.jpg "Commercial US Coast Guard James Earl Jones USO Circa 1980 PSA 16mm HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJuwoah5ONw) [![](https://i.imgur.com/bt6LYXa.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/bt6LYXa.jpeg) There is also this 1990 video with Lou Gossett, Jr actually appearing in it as himself. It was supposed to look like Miami Vice. There is no relevant tagline, but I’m including it anyway because in this scenario trying to show how great they are, they chase down the drug-smugglers and force them to surrender. They don’t just blow them up without any warning. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DEURkgZR8RE/hqdefault.jpg "1990 The Coast Guard Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEURkgZR8RE) ---
**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 4, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3721 "2025-12-04T20:43:00Z")
Damn, the woke mind virus goes back farther than we originally thought! ---
**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 4, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3722 "2025-12-04T23:46:12Z")
> **[Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/jbendery.bsky.social/post/3m76jja75uc2v)** > > Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2: > > "Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful." > **[Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/jbendery.bsky.social/post/3m76jn7ywvs2v)** > > Q: What did you see in the second strike? > > Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight." The utter GALL of those scoundrels to try to salvage their capsized boat in the middle of the ocean, instead of letting themselves drown! Truly an act deserving of being blown up by a flying robot. ---
**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 5, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3723 "2025-12-05T00:10:55Z")
**“What are we supposed to do? Just let them get on the boat, and keep taking their drugs to the United States to kill babies? ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF KILLING BABIES?!?!”** "…You could, you know, propel your boat over to them and arrest them. **“We can do that? Since when?!”** ---
**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:** [December 5, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3724 "2025-12-05T13:37:01Z")
This could be placed both in this thread and the Stupid MFers thread. A Kansas CPA attempted to screw his family members by transferring money to a nonexistent ranch, which was aptly named. (bolding mine) > According to KSN-TV in Kansas, court records show that 45-year-old Quintin Flanagin, a CPA, used his status as a signatory on his clients’ business account and trust account to take money from them and transfer it to “ **Middle Finger Ranch** ,” a made-up name linked to his personal account. > > Between December 2021 and August 2022, checks and wire transfers totaling $409,710 were deposited in Flanagin’s account. The memo lines of the checks indicated they were for farm operations. He’ll be spending the next 4 years trying not to get screwed while behind bars. > **[Kansas Accountant, Who Created Fictitious 'Middle Finger Ranch' for Fraud...](https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/12/04/kansas-accountant-who-created-fictitious-middle-finger-ranch-for-fraud-scheme-sentenced-to-4-years/174381/)** > > Quintin Flanagin, 45, of Colby, KS, was sentenced to 48 months in prison on Dec. 3 after admitting this past summer to defrauding clients, who were his family members, and using part of the money to build a home. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3725 "2025-12-05T14:24:56Z")
There’s a reason they’re called “trusts”. You need to be able to trust the people managing them for you, or else you’ll find your trust (both kinds) has been misplaced / rehomed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=185) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=187)