# 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:** 34
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/661 "2024-02-14T23:16:46Z")
This quote in a CBC article is messing me up, in the implication that there’s something _normal_ about this because it’s a big American city … > “It sucks that someone had to ruin the celebration, but we are in a big city,” Sanders said. It’s not normal and it’s all making me feel very sad. > **[Police say 1 dead, up to 15 injured after shooting near Kansas City's Super...](https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/shots-fired-kansas-city-super-bowl-parade-1.7115397)** > > One person was killed and up to 15 were injured in a shooting at the end of the parade to celebrate Kansas City's Super Bowl victory, sending terrified fans running for cover and marring yet another high-profile public event with gun violence. ---
**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 14, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/662 "2024-02-14T23:19:20Z")
Wasn’t Talyor Swift told not to come because here safety couldn’t be guaranteed? I thought I heard something like that earlier today. Looks like no one else’s safety could be guaranteed, either. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/663 "2024-02-15T03:56:38Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Looks like no one else’s safety could be guaranteed, either. Yup, despite all the LEO security present. I wonder how long it will be before another Boston Marathon bombing style event, despite enhanced security. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/664 "2024-02-15T15:17:49Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Looks like no one else’s safety could be guaranteed, either. Our pro-gun, asshole GOP governor was spotted fleeing the scene (_ala_ our pro-gun, asshole GOP senator Josh Hawley) with his security detail. You’d think he and his squad of good guys with guns would have run towards the danger. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/665 "2024-02-15T15:50:37Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Our pro-gun, asshole GOP governor was spotted fleeing the scene (_ala_ our pro-gun, asshole GOP senator Josh Hawley) with his security detail. You’d think he and his squad of good guys with guns would have run towards the danger. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bK6hFk8jtvo/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python - I'm a coward, sir!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6hFk8jtvo&t=26s/) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/666 "2024-02-15T16:40:01Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > You’d think he and his squad of good guys with guns would have run towards the danger. Mike Parson was in the Army (in their police force) and was later a sheriff, so it’s not even like he doesn’t know how to use a gun or lacks combat training. He could have charged out there with gritted teeth and tough guy quips like a Harrison Ford movie character. Isn’t that how the GOP imagines their leaders? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/667 "2024-02-15T17:19:52Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Isn’t that how the GOP imagines their leaders? There’s a whole slew of things they imagine that have only tenuous connections to reality. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/668 "2024-02-17T01:26:37Z")
It it’s possible to be evil and pitiful at the same time, Dr. Joe Mercola is managing it. A charter member of the Center for Countering Digital Hate’s Covid-19 [“Disinformation Dozen”](https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2021/07/19/de-platform-the-disinformation-dozen/?sh=659b03767378), Mercola has come under the spell of a psychic identified as “Bahlon”, and as a result is declaring himself the new Jesus. No, really. Details [here](https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/02/16/quack-tycoon-joe-mercola-now-thinks-hes-the-new-jesus-who-will-save-the-world/). Mercola has gotten rich selling [dubious supplements and other products](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health-pseudoscience/upside-down-doctor) (he claimed a net worth in excess of $100 million back in 2017) and has bankrolled fellow antivaxers and the virulently anti-GMO Organic Consumers Association to the tune of millions of dollars. His associates are quite alarmed at Joe’s coming under the spell of Bahlon. They must fear that access to the Mercola gravy train is slipping away. Really, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/669 "2024-02-17T01:42:55Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Mercola has come under the spell of a psychic identified as “Bahlon”, and as a result is declaring himself the new Jesus. No, really. - He’s probably counting on not being dealt with the way the first one was. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/670 "2024-02-17T06:05:12Z")
Ever heard of Gnosticism? There’s a strong thread of _Jesus was replaced on the Cross_ belief there, so this dude’s probably not concerned. ---
**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 17, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/671 "2024-02-17T12:00:46Z")
Maybe Bahlon can set him straight about COVID. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/672 "2024-02-20T14:04:52Z")
“A 41-year-old man in Indiana is charged with posting threats using interstate communications after allegedly threatening (on Facebook) to “kill every Jew” in Fort Wayne” > **[Freelance reporter charged after threatening to kill pro-Israel US officials](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/indiana-freelance-reporter-charged-after-threatening-kill-pro-107350801)** > > A 41-year-old man in Indiana is charged with posting threats using interstate communications after allegedly threatening to “kill every Jew” in Fort Wayne and shoot “every pro-Israel U\_S\_ government official." He also reportedly posted on the CIA’s website threatening to “make sure that every CIA member who is pro-Israel is eliminated." He claims to have been drunk when posting, so no biggie. \*a freedom of the press defense would be…interesting. ---
**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 20, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/673 "2024-02-20T14:09:30Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > He also reportedly posted on the CIA’s website threatening to “make sure that every CIA member who is pro-Israel is eliminated." There’s a group you really don’t want to see knocking at your door. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/674 "2024-02-20T14:23:22Z")
Their “knock” is kinda loud and tends to leave splinters where the door used to be. I think “freelance reporter” is a great catch-all term for “has no visible means of support, posts a lot online, and is hoping to gain some First Amendment protections for their noxious drivel.” ---
**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:** [February 20, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/675 "2024-02-20T19:01:41Z")
On the contrary. There’s no knock and the door, driveway and lawn remain perfectly intact. YOU, on the other hand, are somehow nowhere to be found. Or at least that’s how it would go, if their harebrained conspiracy tales had any substance to them… ---
**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:** [February 20, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/676 "2024-02-20T19:18:24Z")
Never mind. Joke response ninja’d. ---
**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 20, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/677 "2024-02-20T19:41:03Z")
Cue Weird Al’s “Party In The CIA.” ---
**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 20, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/678 "2024-02-20T21:09:03Z")
As a Jew living in Indiana only a short drive from Fort Wayne I’m kinda glad that nutball is now locked up… ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/679 "2024-02-21T00:33:37Z")
Student beaten brutally in school bathroom, and dies the next day > **[Parent of 16-year-old Owasso student who died released statement](https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/owasso-police-interviewing-staff-students-in-connection-to-students-death)** > > OPD said detectives have, are and will be interviewing school staff and students over the course of the next two weeks. > OPD said no fight was reported to them before the teen’s parent told them. A school resource officer took details about the incident from the parent at the hospital. > The school said a fight started in the bathroom at the Owasso High School West Campus. The students were in the bathroom for less than two minutes before other students and a staff member broke it up. > > According to OPS, district administrators took statements and called the parents/guardians for all of the students involved. > > The school said all of the students walked to the principles office and nurses office on their own. All were check out by the on-sight nurse and was evaluated for their injuries. **It was determined that none of the injuries required an ambulance, according to the school.** There’s a lot of other information out there that is not confirmed, but this is bad enough. The most reliable other source I can find is this > **[Oklahoma Republicans Passed a Bathroom Bill. Now, a Trans Kid Is Dead.](https://newrepublic.com/post/179161/oklahoma-nonbinary-teen-nex-benedict-dead)** > > Nonbinary teen Nex Benedict died after being violently attacked in their school bathroom. which includes this bit: > Benedict’s mother, Sue Benedict, told the publication that she was furious the school didn’t call an ambulance or the police. To add insult to injury, the school then informed her that the bloodied teen—a straight-A student who enjoyed drawing, reading, and taking care of the family cat— **would be suspended for the next two weeks.** Note: the child, Nex Benedict, was in the girl’s bathroom, as legally required by Oklahoma law, but apparently identified as non-binary. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/680 "2024-02-21T03:24:34Z")
OK, help me here, non-binary is not trans, right? That poor kid and parents. I hope they sue the pants off that school and I hope those other kids get some time in juvenile detention at least. I’m so disgusted by all the hate generated by people at the top. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=35)