# 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:** 62
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1221 "2024-06-05T13:52:16Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Smith was found wearing latex gloves and carrying a backpack that contained a loaded handgun, a large knife, handcuffs, rope, masks, a hammer, a crowbar, duct tape and latex gloves, according to the Royal Oak Police Department. Yet his bond was set at only $25,000? Did they mean his bail or his bond? Too low either way. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1222 "2024-06-05T16:01:01Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Am I the only one wondering about “masks”? What sort of mask? I’m thinking this: [![](https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/Burger-King-Mask-Eco_060f8fd5-1e7b-4f07-8c88-799997270ebc.ec4debde2c6f24355c34487bf96a8e4c.jpeg?odnHeight=768&odnWidth=768&odnBg=FFFFFF) ](https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/Burger-King-Mask-Eco_060f8fd5-1e7b-4f07-8c88-799997270ebc.ec4debde2c6f24355c34487bf96a8e4c.jpeg?odnHeight=768&odnWidth=768&odnBg=FFFFFF) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1223 "2024-06-05T18:06:06Z")
I think maybe you fellas don’t really understand how fucking scary this is for women. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1224 "2024-06-05T18:21:02Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > A Michigan lawyer is in [a wee spot of trouble](http://abcnews.go.com/US/man-allegedly-break-workers-home-weapons-rope-handcuffs/story?id=110826924) for allegedly trying to break into the home of a former co-worker in which he was reported to have had a “romantic interest”. > > > [@](#): > > > > Smith was found wearing latex gloves and carrying a backpack that contained a loaded handgun, a large knife, handcuffs, rope, masks, a hammer, a crowbar, duct tape and latex gloves, according to the Royal Oak Police Department. > > Isn’t it romantic? > > _Sweet symbols in the moonlight_ > _Do you mean that I will fall in love perchance?_ You know, I always wondered how scum or thugs or enforcers would come after a person after they said no to them. I wanted to ask the question 50 posts back when the juror reported the huge cash bribe… but I guess it applies to lone wolf religious psychos who don’t like one’s lack of religion, political identity, or relationship choices as well. Would they break in to try to murder that person or their family in their sleep? Would they start some sort of staged street ruckus in front of their house to get that person to come out so they can be shot? Would they just drive down the block LA-Gang-Style and have some idiot in the back seat shoot bullets into their house? How would well-funded teams of thugs try to kill a target who wouldn’t act the way they wanted them to…? ( I always thought guns were for amateurs because that lit a fire under the local cops to actually investigate and to solve the killing. ) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1225 "2024-06-05T18:27:50Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > You know, I always wondered how scum or thugs or enforcers would come after a person after they said no to them. Speaking of evil MFers… I was listening to a podcast interviewing Peter A. Levine who wrote a book about overcoming trauma. When he was five years old the local Mafia sent a group of thugs to rape him in order to punish his father for testifying in court. He was supposed to tell his parents what happened, but he didn’t until much later. An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey [https://a.co/d/2JOJqIz](https://a.co/d/2JOJqIz) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1226 "2024-06-05T19:06:24Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I think maybe you fellas don’t really understand how fucking scary this is for women. Point taken. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1227 "2024-06-05T19:15:32Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > I always wondered how scum or thugs or enforcers would come after a person after they said no to them. I think about it a lot. Mostly to protect myself should I piss off a motivated person. There’s a lot of things that don’t rise to the level that cops take them seriously that can still make your life hell. For example, my dogs are vulnerable. Throw some poisoned meat over the wall and now I have no dogs, and the cops will be “well, there’s nothing we can do.” ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1228 "2024-06-05T19:28:02Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I think maybe you fellas don’t really understand how fucking scary this is for women. Yeah, I do. I mean, not at a vicarious level, but it’s pretty clear. I just have the kind of mind that fixates on a puzzle or oddity whenever I see one. And “masks” seemed kind of out of place, on that list. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1229 "2024-06-05T20:41:43Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Mostly to protect myself should I piss off a motivated person. Have you thought about living your life in a righteous upstanding and generally friendly way that would not piss off everyday people whom would be fine if left alone? Attacking, harassing, or intentionally annoying ( some undeveloped cultures use ‘shunning’ ) neutral people for faux superiority jollies sometimes comes at a price. “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction” is a statement of Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion. Yes, I’ve read the gift of fear. Everybody has. Books of recipes are more fun. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1230 "2024-06-05T23:48:02Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Have you thought about living your life in a righteous upstanding and generally friendly way that would not piss off everyday people whom would be fine if left alone? You mean like agreeing to testify against a criminal and getting targeted by them? Or refusing to pay protection money so your store won’t get burned down, and your store gets burned down? Or maybe I’m misunderstanding your post… ---
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1231 "2024-06-06T00:24:30Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Have you thought about living your life in a righteous upstanding and generally friendly way that would not piss off everyday people whom would be fine if left alone? Anthony Fauci has lived an upstanding life, but is still at risk from everyday assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1232 "2024-06-06T01:27:43Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Or maybe I’m misunderstanding your post… \< Looks left \> \< Looks right \> I think maybe you’re misunderstanding my post. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1233 "2024-06-06T01:33:37Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Anthony Fauci has lived an upstanding life, but is still at risk from everyday assholes. This is both sad and true. Covering every step he takes with cameras while Street Performance Thugs harass him with gestures and threats evert time he leaves his house changes none of this. Given his training and skills, the people who do this to him ought to consider themselves lucky that they don’t walk outside of their own houses into a nice cloud of Anthrax. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1234 "2024-06-06T01:45:15Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > \< Looks left \> > \< Looks right \> You forgot "\< Looks behind\> ". ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1235 "2024-06-06T02:40:08Z")
> Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said that one of the two inmates at the Waupun Correctional Institution was dead in his cell for 12 hours before his death was discovered — and before that, even after he had collapsed, staff skipped rounds to check on his health and a nurse decided without visiting him that no medical entry was needed. > > Another inmate died of dehydration and malnutrition, and **an investigation showed that officers at his restricted unit failed to feed him nine out of 12 meals over the course of four days** , Schmidt said. > **[9 charged, including warden, in connection with 2 Wisconsin inmate deaths](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/9-charged-warden-connection-2-wisconsin-inmate-deaths-rcna155755)** > > The sheriff said the inaction surrounding the deaths of two inmates, including one dead in his cell for 12 hours, showed a “blatant disregard for the safety of human beings.” ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1236 "2024-06-06T02:43:00Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > > > \< Looks left \> > > \< Looks right \> > > You forgot "\< Looks behind\> ". This might be why old laptop backpacks fit up to three bulletproof inserts so easily. Avengers Assemble (?) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1237 "2024-06-06T09:37:13Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Given his training and skills, the people who do this to him ought to consider themselves lucky that they don’t walk outside of their own houses into a nice cloud of Anthrax. And the rest of us consider ourselves unlucky that they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1238 "2024-06-06T14:43:03Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > The HOA has rules but they aren’t overbearing and are usually sensible. > … > Once a tree in our landscape died (a tree planted before we bought the house) and they threatened a fine if it wasn’t removed, And therein lies the rub. What you consider sensible, I consider an insane amount of control ceded by a property owner. Fined because of a dead tree? That’s just nuts. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1239 "2024-06-06T15:13:10Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Fined because of a dead tree? That’s just nuts. A dead tree can be a hazard, more likely either to fall or to have large parts break off and fall. That’s one good reason. If there are other healthy trees nearby, whatever killed that tree might be contagious. That’s another good reason. If the dead tree is in the public view, it might be an eyesore. That’s a less good reason. In the city I live in, if you had a tree in the sidewalk that died, not only must it be removed but also replaced with a new tree. So it’s not that unusual to note that things that happen in your yard area can also affect your neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1240 "2024-06-06T15:34:02Z")
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