# 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:** 86
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1701 "2024-08-24T18:55:15Z")
The M.O. of [sicarii](https://terrorism.lawcomic.net/what-is-terrorism-pg-09-the-first-terrorists/). ---
**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:** [August 25, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1702 "2024-08-25T02:13:17Z")
[German police have detained a suspect.](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/24/europe/german-police-detain-suspect-solingen-stabbing-intl-latam/index.html) > The suspect was detained at a refugee shelter following a major manhunt which saw authorities establish “extensive search measures” throughout the German state of North Rhine Westphalia and deploy special forces. Police had earlier arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the incident, but said he was not the alleged attacker. > > “We have just recently arrested the real suspect. And now he’s being questioned and everything else is being clarified and then we can also say: Are we right? Do we have enough evidence? I can only tell you that it’s now more than just an assumption,“ Northrhine-Westfalia’s interior minister Herbert Reul told German public broadcaster ARD on Sunday. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1703 "2024-08-26T21:22:43Z")
Very sad that we weren’t able to kill every last one of these Taliban assholes during the war. > **[‘Frightening’ Taliban law bans women from speaking in public](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/aug/26/taliban-bar-on-afghan-women-speaking-in-public-un-afghanistan)** > > New vice and virtue restrictions offer ‘a distressing vision of Afghanistan’s future’, says UN ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1704 "2024-08-26T21:26:50Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > A _police officer_ was doing that around here a while back. Which force is she working for now? ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1705 "2024-08-26T22:23:53Z")
Given that she was actually charged, convicted, did 18 months in prison and is now on extended supervision, I’m guessing most PDs wouldn’t want her. Also, keep in mind that she wasn’t doing this as part of her job, so she doesn’t have any qualified immunity to fall back on. If I had to guess, if she’s still wearing a uniform, she’s probably private security. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1706 "2024-08-26T22:38:56Z")
I hope that a conviction like that would bar her from even a job in private security. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1707 "2024-08-26T22:50:07Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Very sad that we weren’t able to kill every last one of these Taliban assholes during the war. Fail to forget that Islam (not uniquely among religions) has a fondness for martyrs. Eradicating the Taliban would very likely result in something worse taking their place, probably partly in the name of the dead heroes. And bin Laden was still alive for years after the Taliban were chased out: he would have been beating the drum for devout Muslims to rise up to right that wrong.        Honestly, if I were running things, religious leaders would _all_ be in prison, with no channels of communication. It is fine to believe whatsoever you believe, but making use of belief for any form of profit is just not ok. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1708 "2024-08-27T01:18:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > making use of belief for any form of profit I hope this includes the lust for power, which I think is a much stronger drive for many religious leaders than money. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1709 "2024-08-27T02:09:28Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I hope this includes the lust for power, which I think is a much stronger drive for many religious leaders than money. money is power, especially in the quantities that some of those orgs collect ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1710 "2024-08-27T06:45:18Z")
Some get power through money, some get it in other ways. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1711 "2024-08-27T14:17:15Z")
I’m not 100% that he’s a Republican so I didn’t put it there. Working for FOX doesn’t mean always GOP, of course. I hope he gets a very severe punishment. > **[Columbia TV journalist arrested on charges of possession of child sexual...](https://www.wistv.com/2024/08/23/columbia-tv-journalist-arrested-charges-possession-child-sexual-abuse-material/)** > > A local journalist at Columbia news station WACH FOX 57 has been arrested for possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1712 "2024-08-27T19:06:05Z")
A Fox local affiliate station does not necessarily, and most of the time doesn’t, have any connection to Fox News. Fox is also a network, separate from Fox News. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1713 "2024-08-27T20:02:29Z")
The local Fox station up here in the Seattle area does not resemble Fox News in any way except the name “Fox”. Their news folks are normal journalists giving real news. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1714 "2024-08-27T20:12:25Z")
^ True. The MAGA station hereabouts is the ABC affiliate, owned by Sinclair. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1715 "2024-08-27T20:15:31Z")
And KOMO (and KATU in Portland) participated in this little 'independent" stunt: [Sinclair requires anchors to read script bashing ‘fake’ news (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGIYU2Xznb4) ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1716 "2024-08-27T20:40:28Z")
Maybe, but their content and presentation does not come close to the quality of the NBC affiliate. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1717 "2024-08-27T20:58:02Z")
I usually watch KING, yeah. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1718 "2024-08-28T18:52:27Z")
WaPo Gift Link: [Author of children’s book on grief to stand trial for husband’s murder](https://wapo.st/4cGVGOt) ---
**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:** [August 28, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1719 "2024-08-28T19:16:52Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > WaPo Gift Link: > > [Author of children’s book on grief to stand trial for husband’s murder](https://wapo.st/4cGVGOt) - ‘’ 'Twas research"! ---
**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:** [August 28, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1720 "2024-08-28T21:24:10Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > WaPo Gift Link: > > [Author of children’s book on grief to stand trial for husband’s murder](https://wapo.st/4cGVGOt) > [@](#): > > Kathy Nester and Wendy Lewis, attorneys for Richins, said in a statement that preliminary hearings favor the prosecution “to an extraordinary degree” and that they respect the judge’s decision to let the case proceed to trial. “Yeah, they got her good, but we’re going to beat this at trial.” > [@](#): > > “There is no medical evidence … nothing but pure speculation that because they believe she tried to kill him and successfully killed him in March, that that must mean she tried it before,” Nester told the court. Wut? Maybe the strategy here is to build a future appeals case based on ineffectiveness of counsel? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=87)