# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 120
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2390 "2022-02-07T01:47:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@silenus](#): > > > > With an even littler yacht. -   > > It’s yachts all the way down.   We _knew_ this was coming. ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2391 "2022-02-07T02:06:35Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > > Because Jeff’s new yacht is so big and shitty, it also needs a second “shadow yacht” that will tag alongside it. It will carry crew and other personnel and private additional space for meetings and entertainment. It’ll also house a helipad. Talk about embarrassing. You build the largest sailing yacht in the world and you have to get a second one because not all of your stuff fits. > > Uh. Wow. Ah, right, I see… because the main vessel is a _sailing_ yatch. so some practical stuff like a helipad (because, y’know, masts) or large conference rooms has to be over on a tender. [Which tender](https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-superyacht-directory/damen-ys-7512--101807), BTW, would be itself a banger boat for anyone else in its own right, a 246-footer. Which for the rest of us would be the easy call, buy THIS one and be done with it. So while he sails the winds, he’ll have an escort unit burning fuel right behind him. Ah, it’s good to be a super rich bastard… ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2392 "2022-02-07T02:13:08Z")
I’ve read that the sailing yacht, the one for which the bridge is going to be temporarily removed, is costing him something like $500 million. If you imagine the tender yacht costs the same (and it probably doesn’t), the total cost is about a billion. As a fraction of his net worth, it’s as if someone worth a million dollars spent $5,000 on a boat, which isn’t all that much. ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2393 "2022-02-07T02:24:47Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > They describe it as a “sailing yacht”, which makes me curious about this: if it actually has yards and sheets and spars and large cloth things for moving forwards, what must it be like to navigate a helicopter around all that? [Concept art](https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/gallery/jeff-bezos-bought-himself-a-500-million-superyacht-with-its-own-shadow-yacht_1.jpg) of what it’ll be like underway. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2394 "2022-02-07T02:58:51Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > they’re going to - welp - _investigate_ into the matter! And do what – ban GoFundMe from Florida? ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2395 "2022-02-07T03:19:54Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > [Which tender](https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-superyacht-directory/damen-ys-7512--101807), BTW, would be itself a banger boat for anyone else in its own right, a 246-footer. Which for the rest of us would be the easy call, buy THIS one and be done with it. To put that in perspective, you could put all 4 of Cristobal Colombo’s original-voyage ships, bowsprit to stern, along the starboard side of that thing and not be able to see them from the port. Maybe the masts. What’s that you say, he only had three? Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2396 "2022-02-07T03:48:13Z")
If there is a more egregiously misleading misnomer as [Children’s Health Defense,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Health_Defense)I’m all ears. A fucking Kennedy, at that. Chilling. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2397 "2022-02-07T04:12:07Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised if they (or someone else) ordered the arrest of executives or something like that for some stretched-out excuse of criminal charges. (Yes, the execs would likely be out-of-state. No, I don’t think it would matter as far as announcing a stunt like this goes.) Once someone does, and it doesn’t necessarily have to be a reelected Trump (though I’ve marked him as most likely), it may be a political game-changer, though of course it’d be better if it didn’t get to that point. ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2398 "2022-02-07T06:13:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s yachts all the way down. Yachts everywhere! **A sea of yachts!** _ **YACHT SEA!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2399 "2022-02-07T07:13:13Z")
Protesters – (or someone) – in Ottawa attempt to burn down an apartment building full of people. > **[Tenant claims anti-vaccine protesters tried to start a fire in his apartment...](https://www.rawstory.com/truck-protest-apartment-fire-allegations/)** > > The trucker protests rolled through Ottawa after drivers decided to protest vaccine mandates. > > According to CTV News Ottawa, the truckers are responsible for delivering products all across the country, but they don't want to abide by the COVID-19... > [@](#): > > But in Ottawa, the protests took a turn after midnight when residents near the protest began shouting out of their windows for protesters to be quiet and go home. > > According to surveillance video, some of the protesters went inside of an apartment building and attempted to start a fire. > > Screen captures of the videos were posted by Matias Muñoz, who explained that two people brought firestarter bricks into the lobby at 5:00 a.m. > > “We were able to see the building’s video footage of the event,” Muñoz explained in the post. “These two men got into the lobby, and began lighting the full package. The building is old and has wood paneling on the walls. It is also located at the epicenter of the convoy protests in Ottawa’s core. One of them taped up the door handles so no one could get in or out. This is the most insidious part of the experience besides the lighting of the fire.” ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2400 "2022-02-07T10:11:25Z")
Based on the standard of reporting set by right-wing media, we are now allowed to claim that “rioters burned down Ottawa”. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2401 "2022-02-07T16:25:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Yachts everywhere! > > **A sea of yachts!** > > _ **YACHT SEA!!!** _ OUCH! ---
**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:** [February 8, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2402 "2022-02-08T00:12:06Z")
It looks like gofundme is well on track to becoming the next fiendish enemy of the RWIdiosphere after they declared a woman’s efforts to obtain ivermectin for her dying husband “prohibited conduct” and shut down the panhandlery. > **[GoFundMe Removes Fundraiser for Dying Texas Sheriff Deputy After Wife Posts...](https://www.emilypostnews.com/p/gofundme-removes-fundraiser-for-dying-b95)** > > Erin and Jason Jones cannot access $36,000 in funds for medical and legal bills And a LEO, no less. How “low” can gfm sink!!1!? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2403 "2022-02-08T02:14:43Z")
36 thousand dollars??? [https://www.goodrx.com/ivermectin](https://www.goodrx.com/ivermectin) > The lowest GoodRx price for the most common version of ivermectin is around $29.72, 68% off the average retail price of $93.77 Just how fat is her husband? ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2404 "2022-02-08T02:32:49Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > 36 thousand dollars??? > > [https://www.goodrx.com/ivermectin](https://www.goodrx.com/ivermectin) > > > The lowest GoodRx price for the most common version of ivermectin is around $29.72, 68% off the average retail price of $93.77 > > Just how fat is her husband? - She’s gonna need some money once she’s rid of him. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2405 "2022-02-08T05:55:54Z")
[It is not _that_ cold in Canada](https://globalnews.ca/news/8595242/bc-woman-naked-man-trunk-car-days/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark) > [@](#): > > Nanaimo (BC) resident Bethany Coker … noticed some mud in the front seat of her car earlier this week. She deduced someone had broken in and spent the night in her vehicle so she cleaned and steamed the upholstery and moved on. > > However, three days later she noticed the windows of her car were fogged up. Then when she was inside the car she heard a voice say “hey.” That’s when she discovered the naked man in her trunk and quickly realized something was wrong. I guess it is good that she did not _slowly_ realize that something was wrong. > [@](#): > > RCMP officers did attend and said the man has “significant health issues.” … he is now receiving the help he needs. I nominate this story for understatement of the month award. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2022, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2406 "2022-02-08T07:54:36Z")
[Nick?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Knight_(Forever_Knight)) Izzat you? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2407 "2022-02-08T18:11:22Z")
> **[CEO of Canada’s largest trucking company says COVID-19 vaccine mandate ‘not...](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-ceo-of-canadas-largest-trucking-company-says-covid-19-vaccine-mandate/)** > > The chief executive of TFI International says the conglomerate’s operations have been virtually untouched by the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers Oh. Ok, then. So, um… > [@](#): > > “The biggest issue for us really in January is sick people in the U.S. with COVID” – particularly at TForce Freight, the massive freight business previously known as UPS Freight that TFI bought from United Parcel Service for US$800-million last year – Bedard said. Riiiiiiiiiiight, so then, you guys are causing all this shit for, um, _what_ reason, again? > [@](#): > > …a grab bag of grievances… Ah, good, thanks, just checkin. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2408 "2022-02-08T18:21:24Z")
Even if the Canadian trucking protest was largely driven by truckers, and even if those truckers were 100% protesting vaccine mandates, even then statements by the CEO of the biggest trucking company in the country that “the mandate is not an issue” would hardly be representative of the position of the actual truck drivers. As it is, with a few truckers and lots of other random people performing a protest I hardly see how it’s fair to characterize this CEO as part of the “you guys” who are causing trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2409 "2022-02-09T00:22:54Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > Even if the Canadian trucking protest was largely driven by truckers, and even if those truckers were 100% protesting vaccine mandates, even then statements by the CEO of the biggest trucking company in the country that “the mandate is not an issue” would hardly be representative of the position of the actual truck drivers. Noooooo kidding. > [@tofor](#): > > As it is, with a few truckers and lots of other random people performing a protest I hardly see how it’s fair to characterize this CEO as part of the “you guys” who are causing trouble It was clear enough that the “you guys” would be in reference to the truckers, and the obviously salient point in my post was how this CEO has offered jack-shit in, um, “reasons”? for all this bullshit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=119) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=121)