# 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:** 125
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2490 "2022-02-13T17:56:53Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Certainly, the need for belonging is a powerful motivator, but I am more curious about the “being an asshole” aspect and why that is such a strong draw specifically. Speculation? Being an asshole to someone reinforces outgroups. To belong to one group requires that outside groups exist. If I’m right it requires you to be wrong. It also reinforces toxic masculinity in the sense that I’m fighting for “something”. I’m a badass. If I’m a warrior and you’re a farmer or a religious person my life is both more expendable and more important to protecting “our group.” Inherent human selfishness may require me to remind you of this? Not sure. Still not sure if this plays into the “sacrifice” narrative. I feel like it does. What I am sure of is oceans of ink have probably been spilled talking about this in philosophy and psychology texts. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2491 "2022-02-13T18:11:29Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I’d love to learn more about that spy headquarters they mentioned too. [One of the spies – Lieutenant John W. Headley – had a book published in 1906.](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3779046-confederate-operations-in-canada-and-new-york) Spymaster [Jacob Thompson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Thompson) tried to be a [Gray Ghost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Mosby) of the North, [without much success.](https://www.historynet.com/confederacys-canadian-mission-spies-across-the-border.htm) ---
**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 13, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2492 "2022-02-13T20:05:11Z")
Thank you! That was very interesting! ---
**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:** [February 13, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2493 "2022-02-13T20:32:38Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Riemann](#): > > > > I’m annoyed that my preferred brand of marmalade has been out of stock for three weeks. I’m thinking of joining NAMBLA. > > You really should! If you are a marmalade connoisseur, I encourage you to join the North American Marmalade Brunch Love Association. (Or the “Marmalobby” as it is called by those in the know.) You’re a NAMBLY-PAMBLY, too? For anyone who doesn’t want this to turn into another Ukraine thread, just go find more Stupid MFers In The News… or give us an excuse to start comparing marmalades. . But, seriously, you’ve got to love the kick you get from a tart marmalade when you add a smidgen of ginger… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2494 "2022-02-13T20:51:59Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Thank you! That was very interesting! 👍   ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2495 "2022-02-13T22:09:55Z")
> [@digs](#): > > But, seriously, you’ve got to love the kick you get from a tart marmalade when you add a smidgen of ginger… Holy crap, I love ginger. It’s one of my favorite flavors, it’s great in sweet dishes, savory… And it’s actually good for you. No need to sell me on that! ---
**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:** [February 13, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2496 "2022-02-13T22:18:10Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Holy crap, I love ginger. Then you’d love Quince&Apple’s Orange (/Lemon/Touch of Ginger) Marmalade, jes’ sayin’… Someone gave me some IKEA marmalade… I’d like it, if I hadn’t just finished two jars of tart/bitter/“grown-up”/yummy stuff. . OKAY, NO MORE. I apologize for the _(tasty)_ tangent. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2497 "2022-02-14T02:05:19Z")
Joe Manchin and Marco Rubio have introduced a bill to prevent the federal government from using money to pay for crack pipes. Something that nobody has suggested be done. > **[Joe Manchin and Marco Rubio teamed up on a bill to block government funds...](https://www.businessinsider.com/manchin-rubio-bill-to-block-government-from-buying-crack-pipes-2022-2)** > > A grant for harm reduction services related to drug use was recently announced, but officials said no funding will go towards buying crack pipes. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2498 "2022-02-14T04:03:43Z")
“_We had to pay for our own crack pipes that helped us think up this legislation; there’s no reason for those goddamn tweakers to get a free ride!”_ ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2499 "2022-02-14T16:58:36Z")
The Drug Policy Alliance [does think](https://drugpolicy.org/press-release/2022/02/health-policy-must-be-driven-evidence-not-dictated-clickbait) the kits in question would have included pipes. The terms used officially were certainly broad enough that the could have included pipes, despite the later denial that they would have. The bill in question bans using federal funds for both syringe programs and pipe programs. Syringes were definitely part of the original plan. So this bill is not just spitting in the wind. And it’s not stupid for an organization to react to a media kerfuffle by saying, “look, we never intended to do this thing, but since the possibility has been raised here’s a policy explicitly banning it”. ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2500 "2022-02-15T03:13:31Z")
He wanted people to hear what he had to say, so the obvious way to get their attention was > **[Portland man allegedly attempted to open airplane's emergency door midflight...](https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2022/02/14/portland-man-allegedly-tried-open-airplane-emergency-door-midflight-pdx-salt-lake-city/6791917001/)** > > The suspect told officers he created the disturbance "so other passengers would video record him sharing his personal views," according to the DOJ. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2501 "2022-02-15T14:38:43Z")
Witch-hunter in the House! > **[WATCH: Trump-loving pastor threatens to expose six 'witches' he claims have...](https://www.rawstory.com/pastor-greg-locke-witches/)** > > In his latest sermon, far-right Pastor Greg Locke of the Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, proclaimed that six "witches" have infiltrated his church — and threatened to expose them."We've got first and last names of six witches... > “Two of you in my wife’s ladies’ Bible study, and you know who you are, and we gonna ask you to get out, or I’ll expose you in front of everybody!” screamed Locke. “We got all six of their names. All six of them … So you got a choice. You can leave with your spells, all by yourself, or I’ll show up next Sunday with a stage full of brooms, and I’ll give you one and I’ll fly your tail up out of this place in the name of Jesus. But we ain’t playing your spellcastin’, witchcraft nonsense sage-burning games.” ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2502 "2022-02-15T14:48:46Z")
Turn him into a newt! ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2503 "2022-02-15T15:21:11Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Museum guard “corrects” paintings If ever there was a need for googly eyes… ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2504 "2022-02-15T15:30:43Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > sage-burning What does sage smell like that he hates it so? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2505 "2022-02-15T15:56:47Z")
Women getting uppity? Next thing they’ll want to wear shoes and refuse sex to any man who demands it ---
**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:** [February 15, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2506 "2022-02-15T16:14:00Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > Turn him into a newt! And don’t let him “get better”. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2507 "2022-02-15T16:19:07Z")
The witch community there must be really bored, to get their kicks by infiltrating a church just to cast spells on these people. Last I read, you’re not supposed to cast unless they deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2508 "2022-02-15T16:23:35Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > Turn him into a newt! Fold a fitted sheet! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2509 "2022-02-15T16:27:42Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > What does sage smell like that he hates it so? Turkey stuffing. It reminds him of the Thanksgiving service when everybody ate so much turkey that they fell asleep while he was preachin’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=126)