# 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:** 139
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2770 "2022-03-09T15:23:14Z")
Anyone who deals with these situations knows the solution about deflating tires. No 8 year old told them something they didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2771 "2022-03-09T15:30:23Z")
I’d just like to re-submit the glaring exception to this sage post: > I would posit that the list of things an eight year-old could teach this particular trucker is shockingly long and painfully basic. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2772 "2022-03-09T15:43:10Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I would posit that the list of things an eight year-old could teach this particular trucker is shockingly long and painfully basic. The truck drivers don’t need to know. It’s the cops and tow truck operators, and they know. Not that they’re aren’t below average representatives in both groups. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2773 "2022-03-09T15:55:08Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Anyone who deals with these situations knows the solution about deflating tires. No 8 year old told them something they didn’t know. _1963 Reader’s Digest Treasury For Young Readers_. Page 47 Feature:What Would You have Done? 2nd problem, credited to Harry W. Henderson. (No other info) [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2aeRsDsPbHc/TYukf1tAPXI/AAAAAAAACY8/MnLEuBEMpQE/s1600/1963readersdigestnewtreauryforyoungpeople01.jpg) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2aeRsDsPbHc/TYukf1tAPXI/AAAAAAAACY8/MnLEuBEMpQE/s1600/1963readersdigestnewtreauryforyoungpeople01.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2774 "2022-03-09T16:47:35Z")
Wow. My grandmother had that book for us kids when we visited. That’s a hell of a blast from the past! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2775 "2022-03-10T02:43:19Z")
greg gutfeld needs to grow a pair it seems > **[Fox News reporter in Ukraine rejects Greg Gutfeld's claim that media is...](https://www.aol.com/entertainment/fox-news-reporter-ukraine-rejects-074501758.html)** > > Reporter Benjamin Hall said that what is being reported is what is happening on the ground in Ukraine, but Gutfeld saw the dismissal of his take on the war as a "cheap attack on me." ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2776 "2022-03-10T05:21:08Z")
I find it truly amazing that someone connected with Fox actually tried not only broadcasting the news but defending broadcasting said 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:** [March 10, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2777 "2022-03-10T05:31:09Z")
He’s an Englishman who is a foreign correspondent for Fox News, and has written for the NYT and BBC among others. He’s not the usual Fox hand puppet. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2778 "2022-03-10T12:00:24Z")
not in the news itself but I’m pitting a lot of these the dumbfucks in the comment section for political and environmental stupidity > **[First sign of oil price relief: UAE says it wants OPEC to increase production...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/oil-prices-tumble-after-uae-says-it-wants-opec-to-increase-production/ar-AAUQMMi?ocid=SK2DDHP)** > > The oil market has been stretched incredibly thin, with few willing -- or able -- producers to replace Russia's taboo fossil fuel supply. Queue the United Arab Emirates, which suggested it may be coming to the rescue. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2779 "2022-03-11T18:36:53Z")
One of the members of the truckers’ convoy is pissed that DC drivers are flipping them off for slowing down traffic, > **[Convoy Trucker Not Pleased That DC Drivers Keep Flipping Him Off](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-trucker-convoy-flipping-bird_n_622a56dde4b0e01d97a841ee)** > > “Birds are flying everywhere. That’s the kind of people that live up there,” a trucker with the People's Convoy lamented. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2780 "2022-03-11T19:27:29Z")
My guess is that most DC denizens would attest that you generally get flipped off on a near-daily basis by other drivers. Leave it to the FluTrucksKlan to think it’s all about them 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 11, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2781 "2022-03-11T21:42:52Z")
'Cuz, no one ever flipped off them greasy anti-war protesters in the '60s, nosiree, we was all polite and respectful to them’uns. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2782 "2022-03-11T21:57:53Z")
They obviously have conveniently forgotten about this small incident. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lWjK_Eu8uME/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Fans Harass Biden Bus in Texas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWjK_Eu8uME) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2783 "2022-03-11T23:34:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > One of the members of the truckers’ convoy is pissed that DC drivers are flipping them off for slowing down traffic, “For you, the day Beltway drivers subjected you to delays, reckless endangerment and abuse was the most important day of your life. But for them…” ![](https://c.tenor.com/b1VQRa02zkoAAAAC/for-me-it-was-tuesday-general-bison.gif) ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2784 "2022-03-16T12:53:30Z")
Congressman Massie from Kentucky, joined by a bunch of other Republicans, has announced a lawsuit to overturn masking requirements for airline passengers. The lawsuit supposedly is targeting “faceless bureaucrats”. From the Lexington Herald-Leader" “Sen. Rand Paul, a continual critic of government mandates, has signed on as a co-plaintiff. The named defendants are CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and CDC chief of staff, Sherri Berger.” Well then, guess they’re not really “faceless”, are they? But that’s how you stir up resentment against people doing their jobs and trying to protect the public. They’re not human after all, they’re malevolent Things. > **[Massie, Paul sue ‘faceless bureaucrats’ to end airline mask mandate](https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article259418249.html#storylink=cpy)** > > The lawsuit targets the CDC for continuing to require masks on public transportation. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2785 "2022-03-16T12:57:10Z")
So, wouldn’t the result of this succeeding be a mandate from the government to not wear masks? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2786 "2022-03-16T13:02:19Z")
Indeed. “We don’t want the government telling you what to do so we, the government, are telling you what to do about it!” ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2787 "2022-03-16T14:30:04Z")
“We dont want _ **those** _ faceless bureaucrats telling you what to do, we want _ **our** _ faceless bureaucrats telling you what to do!” ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2788 "2022-03-16T15:01:19Z")
Does the CDC have the power that is being imputed to them, to require facemasks on airplanes? I thought it was the Transportation Security Administration’s requirement. The CDC proposes, and TSA disposes. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2789 "2022-03-16T15:20:00Z")
Looks like it is/was an FAA thing (**[5pp PDF](https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10572)**) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=138) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=140)