# 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:** 145
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2890 "2022-03-28T22:00:45Z")
Couple of extra rounds in his pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2891 "2022-03-28T22:09:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Maybe he only had 65 rounds in the house? Take one down? Pass it around…? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2892 "2022-03-28T23:04:53Z")
> [@Drsunflower1](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > I’ll understand the damage to him from the TBI, and how I’m sure the VA let him down, but nothing you take for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, joint pain\* and Parkinson turns you into a mass murderer. > > No. But being a traumatized army vet, who has had training to kill and probably did, might. Not to mention having TBI AND brain-splitting headaches as a bonus. Not even necessary to add medication to this for possible cause. Yeah. I was thinking of the combination, not of any one thing; and there are certainly medications, and combinations of medications, that can cause confused thinking. Confused thinking in itself doesn’t cause murder, but being unable to think coherently may contribute to it in somebody who was thinking of it for other reasons but who, if they were thinking clearly, would know better than to act on such impulses. TBI and/or severe headaches can cause confused thinking in themselves, of course. ---
**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 29, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2893 "2022-03-29T18:44:38Z")
Florida Woman sues Putin over nuclear threats. > **[Florida Woman Sues Russian President Vladimir Putin, Wants Him Ousted Over...](https://www.tampafp.com/florida-woman-sues-russian-president-vladimir-putin-wants-his-ousted-over-nuclear-war-threats/)** > > A Florida woman has filed suit against Russian president Vladimir Putin, and wants him ousted over fears of nuclear war. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2894 "2022-03-29T22:41:19Z")
I thought this was pretty funny until I learned the she has, apparently filed numerous LOLsuits over the years. In at least one she accused George W. and Jeb Bush of stalking and cyberstalking her. I suspect she is not well. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2895 "2022-03-30T00:00:16Z")
Nice to see some equality for women. Florida Woman.(the meme of Florida Man) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2896 "2022-03-31T18:21:30Z")
[speechless] > **['People would freak out when they heard' | 5 fetuses discovered in house...](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/five-fetuses-found-at-home-of-anti-abortion-activist-dc-police-say-lauren-handy-jonathan-darnell-clinic/65-f4399616-16be-4e99-9951-e7d299d7e8cd)** > > Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, where Lauren Handy serves as director of activism, said it plans to hold a press conference about the incident next week. ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2897 "2022-03-31T18:23:35Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [speechless] > > [5 fetuses found at home of DC anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy | wusa9.com](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/five-fetuses-found-at-home-of-anti-abortion-activist-dc-police-say-lauren-handy-jonathan-darnell-clinic/65-f4399616-16be-4e99-9951-e7d299d7e8cd) - I never thought they would take trophies. ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2898 "2022-03-31T18:59:01Z")
I assume they were trying to reanimate them, Herbert West-style. What better kind of anti-abortion activism might there be than literally undoing abortions?! ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2899 "2022-03-31T20:47:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I never thought they would take trophies. Where do you think they get their props? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2900 "2022-03-31T22:43:26Z")
If they’re anything like my relatives, these are the type of people who sincerely believe a baby’s soon-to-be-fatal birth abnormalities can be cured with enough prayer. 😕 Is there a thread for stupid racist MFers? > **[Racism feud erupts in South Dakota after Rapid City hotelier bans ‘Natives’](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/south-dakota-racism-native-american-hotel-ban-b2045114.html)** > > A shooting, social media posts, ostensible racism and a feud with local government have disrupted quiet Rapid City, South Dakota, writes Sheila Flynn ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2901 "2022-03-31T22:55:46Z")
> “The problem is we do not know the nice ones from the bad Natives … so we just have to say no to them!!” she allegedly wrote. It’s a good thing you’re so vocal, so we can identify the bad human. ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2902 "2022-03-31T23:47:04Z")
The bigots aren’t even trying to up their game. She didn’t complain about tomahawks at all. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2903 "2022-04-01T14:20:30Z")
Malevolent or just stupid? How would you characterize a biomedical engineer who ordered 100 packets of castor bean seeds and six lily-of-the-valley plants and when questioned by the FBI, told them that the seeds and plants were for gardening…in his Cambridge, Mass. apartment? > **[Former MIT researcher inspired by ‘Breaking Bad’ to buy poison is spared...](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/31/metro/former-mit-researcher-inspired-by-breaking-bad-buy-poison-is-spared-prison-term/)** > > Ishtiaq Ali Saaem, 38, a former research director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and three years probation for obstruction of justice on Thursday. Maybe it was just “curiosity” and not efforts by a would-be mass poisoner, but I imagine his co-workers are somewhat relieved that his scheme was uncovered before he could “experiment”.\* \*the case reminds me of Michael Swango, who poisoned co-workers when he was working as an EMT in Illinois, and investigators found a collection of poisons and related literature in his apartment. \*\*according to a relative, Saaem was also a fan of “MacGyver”. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2904 "2022-04-01T14:23:13Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > \*the case reminds me of Michael Swango, who poisoned co-workers when he was working as an EMT in Illinois, and investigators found a collection of poisons and related literature in his apartment. Have you read the book about Swango? > **[Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story Of A... by James B. Stewart](https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Eye-Terrifying-Doctor-Murder/dp/0684865637)** > > Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story Of A Doctor Who Got Away With Murder \[James B. Stewart\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story Of A Doctor Who Got Away With Murder Scary stuff. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2905 "2022-04-01T14:34:07Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > > [@Jackmannii](#): > > > > \*the case reminds me of Michael Swango, who poisoned co-workers when he was working as an EMT in Illinois, and investigators found a collection of poisons and related literature in his apartment. > > Have you read the book about Swango? > [https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Eye-Terrifying-Doctor-Murder/dp/0684865637](https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Eye-Terrifying-Doctor-Murder/dp/0684865637) > > Scary stuff. Good book. Swango’s “career” and mine crossed paths (though not overlapping) at a couple of locales. I knew a surgeon he evidently poisoned during residency, and an internal medicine residency director who recruited me during med school later accepted Swango into the residency program. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2906 "2022-04-01T14:36:28Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Malevolent or just stupid? How would you characterize a biomedical engineer who ordered 100 packets of castor bean seeds and six lily-of-the-valley plants and when questioned by the FBI, told them that the seeds and plants were for gardening…in his Cambridge, Mass. apartment? Also a very tricky Wordle answer. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2907 "2022-04-01T15:40:55Z")
Please fight my ignorance here. Do those things combine to make a poison? What’s the Straight Dope? I haven’t seen Breaking Bad and the article is paywalled. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2908 "2022-04-01T16:00:06Z")
Castor beans are used to make Ricin. Lily of the Valley is toxic (potentially fatal if ingested). ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2909 "2022-04-02T00:14:37Z")
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