# 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:** 66
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1301 "2024-06-11T10:34:52Z")
> [@Eric1](#): > > Apparently some American college professors who were just hanging out in a park in China were stabbed by some bad actor there. Was it Jackie Chan? Because he’s great with the stunts but not so much the acting. ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1302 "2024-06-11T14:28:17Z")
That explains John Wilkes Booth, too. Thespians! Take some lessons before you kill someone. (I’m going to keep my eye on you, Gwyneth…) ---
**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 11, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1303 "2024-06-11T15:03:49Z")
I dunno, I’d call “being funny” an acting skill, and Chan is pretty good at that. Granted, it’s usually a physical sort of comedy with a lot of overlap with the stunts. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1304 "2024-06-11T16:58:08Z")
I feel guilty about continuing this very non-evil hijack, but not guilty enough to refrain from posting [this 2010 thread:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-when-did-jackie-chan-and-shah-rukh-khan-turn-into-real-actors-mnik-karate-kid/543566) “Hey, when did Jackie Chan and Shah Rukh Khan turn into real actors?” ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1305 "2024-06-11T21:07:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A 17-year-old in suburban Seattle and two of his friends were returning a defective airsoft gun to Big 5 when a self-appointed security guard who claimed to be “conducting overwatch” decided to shoot him dead in the parking lot, while his hands were up, lest he rob the karate dojo next door. Update on this story; the “security guard” has been charged with second-degree murder, and it turns out this wasn’t even the first time he stalked an unarmed person that he thought had a gun because he “thought he would have to shoot them”. > **[Prosecutors: Man charged for killing teen outside Renton BIG 5 'chose to...](https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/big-5-renton-shooter-charged-aaron-brown-myers/281-fa69e315-fba1-4973-b738-ad57b9c4d4be)** > > According to prosecutors, Aaron Brown Myers "chose to escalate with more and more violence" during the interaction with three teenagers on June 5. I really wish this state hadn’t abolished the death penalty. ---
**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 11, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1306 "2024-06-11T21:21:37Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Update on this story; the “security guard” has been charged with second-degree murder, and it turns out this wasn’t even the first time he stalked an unarmed person that he thought had a gun because he “thought he would have to shoot them”. That reminds me so much of the film Observe and Report. > **[Observe and Report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observe_and_Report)** > > Observe and Report is a 2009 American crime comedy film written and directed by Jody Hill and starring Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, and Ray Liotta. It follows a mentally unstable vigilante mall cop who attempts to join the police academy and pursues a flasher tormenting female visitors to the mall where he works. It was released on April 10, 2009, and grossed $27 million. > An anonymous flasher exposes himself to shoppers in the Forest Ridge Mall parking lot. The head of mall security, Ronnie Barnhardt... While that movie was a comedy, it was extremely dark, and the protagonist was a dangerous nutcase. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1307 "2024-06-12T09:04:18Z")
And now, a story from my neck of the woods with a happy ending. Here in Olympia, there is a stretch of disused railroad track down by the water from when our port was busier than it is today. It’s been abandoned for decades and is no longer usable, and at some point, I don’t know when, people painted a rainbow pattern onto the tracks that you can see from the main bridge between downtown and the west side. It’s become an unofficial landmark locals call “the Rainbow Rails”. [![](https://preview.redd.it/rainbow-rails-what-time-tomorrow-v0-24s7n68cfg5d1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=89f3642867de08e7dfe07039be089424595d156d) ](https://preview.redd.it/rainbow-rails-what-time-tomorrow-v0-24s7n68cfg5d1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=89f3642867de08e7dfe07039be089424595d156d) Then, late last Thursday night (between midnight and 2 AM based on live Google data that was viewable that day), the chuds climbed out of their subterranean holes and spray-painted them all black and white for “straight pride”. The police aren’t investigating it because it’s abandoned property, but we suspect it was Patriot Front, since they defaced one of our public Pride murals two Junes ago. [![](https://i.redd.it/c2ed95lese5d1.jpeg) ](https://i.redd.it/c2ed95lese5d1.jpeg) Fortunately, our community is awesome, and by that afternoon a bunch of volunteers had shown up to repaint the rails, which are now back to their former splendor. [![](https://preview.redd.it/rainbow-bridge-v0-bbf7mt0gng5d1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=4f3c6d047bfeb83a958dfe04da72d66c232bee24) ](https://preview.redd.it/rainbow-bridge-v0-bbf7mt0gng5d1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=4f3c6d047bfeb83a958dfe04da72d66c232bee24) [![](https://preview.redd.it/i-think-its-finished-v0-hsgjgqvtz06d1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=39ba5f5a1bbf0fd72d72d01de96d4316e816e33a) ](https://preview.redd.it/i-think-its-finished-v0-hsgjgqvtz06d1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=39ba5f5a1bbf0fd72d72d01de96d4316e816e33a) The repainting even made it on the evening news in Seattle. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/D0uzWK7kImY/maxresdefault.jpg "not my video, kiro 7's coverage of Olympias rainbow railroad re-painting") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0uzWK7kImY) ---
**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 12, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1308 "2024-06-12T09:07:41Z")
I’m surprised the chuds didn’t paint them all only white. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1309 "2024-06-12T12:20:52Z")
Nitpick: the ties (sleepers, if you’re British) were painted, not the rails. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1310 "2024-06-12T12:26:46Z")
> **[Four Tops Singer Sues Hospital After They Didn't Believe He Was in Legendary...](https://people.com/four-tops-singer-sues-hospital-after-they-didnt-believe-he-was-in-group-8661919)** > > Four Tops singer Alexander Morris sued the Michigan hospital, as well as two employees — one of whom appears to have died months after the 2023 incident. > Upon arrival, he told staffers he was a member of the Four Tops, and had “current security concerns due to stalkers and fans.” The complaint says that the employees did not believe him, and **took him off oxygen** and pursued a psych evaluation instead of the emergency medical treatment he needed. > > Morris says his requests for oxygen were “ignored,” and he was put in a restraining jacket. When he asked to be removed from the restraints so that he could leave and get treatment at a different hospital, his request was denied, according to the complaint. He also alleges that the late security guard, who is white, told him to “sit his Black ass down” when he asked if he could show ID to prove his identity. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1311 "2024-06-12T14:53:48Z")
[In Missouri, if they discover you were actually innocent](https://www.salon.com/2024/06/11/that-is-not-justice-missouri-sets-execution-date-for-a-man-even-prosecutors-say-is-innocent/), you probably better not be the wrong sort or they might decide to kill you anyway. DNA has found this man has no connection to the crime, and the prosecutors do not think he actually did it, but the governor and SCotsoMO still think offing him is the right thing to do. ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1312 "2024-06-12T15:05:41Z")
I gotta laugh at this part of the article, though: “Morris was then put back on oxygen and ultimately diagnosed with a heart infraction that may require a heart transplant and pneumonia.” I did not know that pneumonia was a recognized treatment for heart infraction! ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1313 "2024-06-12T15:16:53Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “Morris was then put back on oxygen and ultimately diagnosed with a heart infraction that may require a heart transplant and pneumonia.” > > I did not know that pneumonia was a recognized treatment for heart infraction! If your heart commits an infraction, they sentence it to pneumonia. Dan ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1314 "2024-06-12T16:50:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > the chuds climbed out of their subterranean holes Chuds doing their thing across the state too. > **[Pride crosswalk damaged hours after repaint; suspects arrested](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/06/pride-crosswalk-damaged-hours-after-repaint-suspec/)** > > A downtown street painting recognizing Spokane’s LGBTQ community was damaged mere hours after it was repainted due to previous vandalism. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1315 "2024-06-12T16:57:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > chuds climbed out of their subterranean holes If they’re Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers they’d be much easier to spot. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1316 "2024-06-12T17:26:15Z")
CHUDs are choads? ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1317 "2024-06-12T17:34:21Z")
Bicyclist in Missouri survives 13 hour ordeal after jumping off a bridge to avoid being struck by an asshole SUV driver. > **[13 hours after jumping from a bridge to avoid almost certain death, a cyclist...](https://www.kctv5.com/2024/06/07/13-hours-after-jumping-bridge-avoid-almost-certain-death-cyclist-speaks-out/)** > > To avoid the collision, Jeremiah Koch said he jumped off his bicycle over the concrete barrier. ---
**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 12, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1318 "2024-06-12T18:48:57Z")
I’m confused. > To avoid the collision, Jeremiah Koch, 43, said he jumped off his bicycle over the concrete barrier of the bridge, falling 22 feet, where he lay with multiple broken bones and trauma. > There is no word yet on who hit Koch. An investigation is ongoing. I think the ground hit Koch, I don’t think you need to investigate that. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1319 "2024-06-12T19:11:40Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I think the ground hit Koch, I don’t think you need to investigate that. Obviously poorly written. But the authorities are still trying to figure out who tried to hit him with his SUV. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1320 "2024-06-12T19:48:36Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Obviously poorly written. But the authorities are still trying to figure out who tried to hit him with his SUV. It will never be known if this was an accident by an inatentive driver or deliberate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=67)