# 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:** 195
**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 10, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3886 "2026-01-10T23:37:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m proud of my sheriff for taking to Facebook and pointing out that this was wrong, and then getting into a flame war with a neighboring sheriff for making fun of the situation. Here’s the Philly Sheriff saying ice agents will be arrested and the DA will prosecute them. [https://i.imgur.com/sbYxzGh.mp4](https://i.imgur.com/sbYxzGh.mp4) ---
**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 10, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3887 "2026-01-10T23:40:06Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > [@Joey\_P](#): > > > > Seems it might be time for the Mayors to fire their (I’m assuming appointed) police chiefs > > This is the police union, chiefs have nothing to do with it. Police unions are always on the side of other law enforcement, almost regardless of the merits of the case You omitted the part of my post where I specifically mentioned that I was referring to the LEOs that are on board with the FOP’s statement. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3888 "2026-01-10T23:43:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m proud of my sheriff for taking to Facebook and pointing out that this was wrong, and then getting into a flame war with a neighboring sheriff for making fun of the situation. And you have every right to be, at least in this case. I’m not familiar with Sanders, but Swank’s response doesn’t surprise me at all: he ran for election on a very thinly veiled “law and order” (aka “control the [uppities]”) platform. The fact that he won is further proof to me that Pierce County lives down to the worst qualities of its namesake. (He’s also currently embroiled in a controversy because he doesn’t agree with the County Prosecutor — whom policy requires he use for legal advice — on immigration matters, so he’s trying to retain his own counsel.) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3889 "2026-01-10T23:46:31Z")
I didn’t miss it, I didn’t think it was particularly likely that any Chief or Sheriff would be making any public statement about this, supporting ICE or otherwise. ---
**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 10, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3890 "2026-01-10T23:56:00Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > I’m not familiar with Sanders He’s a former social worker who ran against our previous sheriff, who got elected as an “independent”, then went hard MAGA in 2020 and was involved in multiple drunk driving incidents while in office. Since taking over he’s reformed a lot of county policies, prohibited deputies from wearing unauthorized decorations (Punisher skulls / thin blue lines etc.), and generally made it clear that chuds aren’t welcome in his department. He’s really a breath of fresh air compared to the kind of sheriffs who think the county is their personal fiefdom. ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3891 "2026-01-11T00:10:12Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > [@Joey\_P](#): > > > > Seems it might be time for the Mayors to fire their (I’m assuming appointed) police chiefs > > This is the police union, chiefs have nothing to do with it. Police unions are always on the side of other law enforcement, almost regardless of the merits of the case. Based on the name alone, I _assumed_ the “Fraternal Order of Police” was a fraternal organization, not a labor union. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3892 "2026-01-11T00:57:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Based on the name alone, I _assumed_ the “Fraternal Order of Police” was a fraternal organization, not a labor union. Apparently, some FOP branches are purely fraternal organizations, and some branches serve as the police labor union for that city. In Chicago, for example, the Chicago FOP lodge has served as the labor union for the Chicago Police Department since 1981. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3893 "2026-01-11T03:16:14Z")
“I don’t want FOP Damn it, I’m a Dapper Dan Man!” 1312, at least in that jurisdiction ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3894 "2026-01-13T00:44:58Z")
A New York Times story on the arrest of a suspect in the arson attack on a synagogue in Mississippi says > The man charged with arson for setting a fire that severely damaged the oldest and largest synagogue in Mississippi told investigators that he had targeted the site because of its “Jewish ties,” federal officials disclosed on Monday. I admit to laughing at the mention of “Jewish ties.” I think there _might_ be one or ten Jews associated with the synagogue. ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3895 "2026-01-13T01:03:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think there _might_ be one or ten Jews associated with the synagogue. Well, at _least_ ten if they expect to have a minyan. ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3896 "2026-01-13T01:06:46Z")
Why do you think I said “one or ten”? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3897 "2026-01-13T02:16:26Z")
Those Jews are sneaky, but he was able to track them down! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3898 "2026-01-13T02:46:02Z")
If only they still had to dress like this [![](https://app.the-tls.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/b7066a4c-5987-11ef-a487-c5bb604cb973.jpeg) ](https://app.the-tls.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/b7066a4c-5987-11ef-a487-c5bb604cb973.jpeg) or this [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Hasidic_Men_on_Street.jpg/500px-Hasidic_Men_on_Street.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Hasidic_Men_on_Street.jpg/500px-Hasidic_Men_on_Street.jpg) or this [![](https://static.dw.com/image/17884832_1004.webp) ](https://static.dw.com/image/17884832_1004.webp) ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3899 "2026-01-13T03:10:47Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > Those Jews are sneaky, but he was able to track them down! Unlike the Comet Pizza guy. ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3900 "2026-01-13T03:16:30Z")
> [@susan](#): > > or this [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Hasidic_Men_on_Street.jpg/500px-Hasidic_Men_on_Street.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Hasidic_Men_on_Street.jpg/500px-Hasidic_Men_on_Street.jpg) I mean, to be honest, Hasidim have some _amazing_ fashion sense. I recently watched an indie movie set in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn, where most of the actors were from the community, and I was in awe of their outfits and the payot some of them have managed to grow out. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3901 "2026-01-13T03:23:46Z")
I want one of those big fur hats, but I don’t think you can really carry it off without the whole ensemble. It wouldn’t go well with cargo pants and a Cubs t-shirt. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3902 "2026-01-13T03:29:32Z")
I used to wear a **[Ushanka - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushanka)** when I lived in cold country. Not quite the same as that fellow’s oh so stylish fur hat. But still nice. And dayum was it warm. ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3903 "2026-01-13T03:34:29Z")
The Hasidic fur hat is apparently called a shtreimel. > **[Shtreimel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtreimel)** > > A shtreimel (Yiddish: שטרײַמל shtrayml, plural: שטרײַמלעך shtraymlekh or שטרײַמלען shtraymlen) is a fur hat worn by some Ashkenazi Jewish men, mainly members of Hasidic Judaism, on Shabbat and Jewish holidays and other festive occasions. In Jerusalem, the shtreimel is also worn by Litvak Jews (non-Hasidim who belong to the original Ashkenazi community of Jerusalem, also known as Perushim). The shtreimel is generally worn after marriage, although it may be worn by boys after bar-mitzvah age in Th... ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3904 "2026-01-13T04:04:09Z")
> [@susan](#): > > If only they still had to dress like this Eh, that’s not too bad. [![](https://i.imgur.com/RVQbWi7.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/RVQbWi7.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:** [January 13, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3905 "2026-01-13T04:40:05Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > It wouldn’t go well with cargo pants and a Cubs t-shirt. Talk about cultural appropriation. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=194) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=196)