# 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:** 196
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3906 "2026-01-13T04:59:41Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I used to wear a **[Ushanka - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushanka)** Doubles as an ottoman. ---
**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, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3907 "2026-01-13T05:04:10Z")
In other news, Eric Adams has apparently decided to kick off his post-mayoral career with a crypto rugpull. > **[Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/leahmcelrath.bsky.social/post/3mcbkcpwyok2i)** > > Eric Adams, former NYC mayor, launched a memecoin (cryptocurrency) today. He marketed it as an “NYC Token” and used media appearances and his social media to promote it. > > Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed... ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3908 "2026-01-13T05:16:21Z")
Is there news about it, other than this Bluesky account? ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3909 "2026-01-13T05:36:33Z")
At this point how can anyone put actual money into a memecoin and not anticipate a rug pull? ---
**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, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3910 "2026-01-13T06:01:41Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Is there news about it, other than this Bluesky account? > **[Former 'bitcoin mayor' Eric Adams faces $3 million rugpull allegation after...](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/13/former-bitcoin-mayor-eric-adams-faces-usd3-million-rugpull-allegation-after-issuing-nyc-coin)** > > On-chain data revealed that a wallet linked to the token's deployer removed $2.5 million in liquidity, prompting accusations of a possible rug pull. ---
**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, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3911 "2026-01-13T06:04:38Z")
Stay classy, Eric. ---
**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 13, 2026, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3912 "2026-01-13T06:15:56Z")
Whoever invested in that coin is a fucking idiot anyway. ---
**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, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3913 "2026-01-13T06:44:20Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > At this point how can anyone put actual money into a memecoin and not anticipate a rug pull? [![](https://media.tenor.com/MyIFaCUmS8cAAAAM/football.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/MyIFaCUmS8cAAAAM/football.gif) ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3914 "2026-01-13T12:17:10Z")
I mean… Lucy is at least cute looking, albeit mean as hell, so poor Charlie falls for it every time. ---
**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, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3915 "2026-01-13T13:10:14Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Eh, that’s not too bad. That dude on the left looks waay too much like Obi Wan Kenobi. Otherwise that’s a very nice rendering. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3916 "2026-01-13T15:19:10Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Apparently, some FOP branches are purely fraternal organizations, and some branches serve as the police labor union for that city. Used to be public sector workforce including LEAs were barred from forming unions, so instead they formed voluntary Mutual Aid organizations. When public sector unionization came about, often these entities evolved into the union role, sometimes officially or other times de-facto in those states where police and other law enforcement remained explicitly excluded from unionizing. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3917 "2026-01-13T17:42:33Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > 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. The arson suspect reportedly said “I did my research”. What drooling over loony websites and social media posts that entailed, we may yet find out. Kudos for sustaining extremity burns as a result of the attack. Definitely a flare-up of stupidity as well as evil. ---
**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 13, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3918 "2026-01-13T21:03:00Z")
Maybe a third thread, “Omnibus Stupid AND Evil MFers in the News”. We’ve certainly had plenty of examples during the existence of the first two threads. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3919 "2026-01-13T21:52:52Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The arson suspect reportedly said “I did my research”. What drooling over loony websites and social media posts that entailed, we may yet find out. Or the phone book, yellow pages under S. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3920 "2026-01-13T22:29:00Z")
Why does that look like it should be a scene from a Monty Python movie? > [@Smapti](#): > > In other news, Eric Adams has apparently decided to kick off his post-mayoral career with a crypto rugpull. Isn’t that the whole point of memecoins? ---
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3921 "2026-01-13T23:24:23Z")
You’re certainly right that there’s a lot of overlap. And with our current criminal regime and senior officials thereof being both simultaneously very stupid and very evil, the overlap in the news grows by the day. But a third thread would be IMO the wrong response. IMO the right response is to post your find to whichever is more appropriate (More stupid? More evil? Why can’t it be both? 😉 ). Then quote yourself in the other thread. I’ve done that several times in both directions and it’s little incremental effort to post or to read. ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3922 "2026-01-13T23:29:17Z")
The ICE Gestapo is now going door-to-door in occupied Minneapolis asking people where the J̶e̶w̶s̶ Hmong live. > **[ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief...](https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/st-paul-ice-activity/)** > > Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently. ---
**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 14, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3923 "2026-01-14T01:24:28Z")
I know it’s not meant to be funny but that’d guy’s face… ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3924 "2026-01-14T01:51:33Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I know it’s not meant to be funny but that’d guy’s face The guy right after they smashed his window but before they dragged him out of the car and carried him off? You thought his face looked funny? ---
**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 14, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3925 "2026-01-14T01:59:41Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The ICE Gestapo is now going door-to-door in occupied Minneapolis asking people where the J̶e̶w̶s̶ Hmong live. The Hmong, who became refugees from their homes in Laos and Vietnam because they had been the U.S.'s _ **allies** _ during the Vietnam War, who were legal immigrants to the U.S., and who have been here for 30 to 50 **years**. Fucking evil. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=195) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=197)