# 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:** 153
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3050 "2022-04-30T01:43:23Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > We’re everywhere. It’s Dopeworld! Where Dope Goes 1, Dope Goes All! ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3051 "2022-04-30T12:00:48Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Congressman Nimrod tries to take a loaded gun through airport security. > > I am impressed that they caught it. > > [Congressman caught bringing loaded gun through airport security (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/congressman-caught-bringing-loaded-gun-through-airport-security/ar-AAWCKW7?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=ce96b55d59a148479d5d65234611f6be) Can someone explain to me why a paralyzed Congressman, confined to a wheelchair, needs to have an automatic pistol in the first place? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3052 "2022-04-30T12:06:53Z")
Sooooo, disability status is a qualifier for gun possession? Color me confused. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3053 "2022-04-30T12:07:01Z")
There are many reasons to criticize this nimrod, but being in a wheelchair isnt one of them. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3054 "2022-04-30T13:29:02Z")
So, that wasn’t a factor in his thinking? _Every_ US representative has a 2nd amendment right to take a pistol onto an airplane? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3055 "2022-04-30T14:51:37Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > Can someone explain to me why a paralyzed Congressman, confined to a wheelchair, needs to have an automatic pistol in the first place? OK, I’ll play devil’s advocate: Presuming that his eyes and arms work: he needs the pistol more than somebody would whose legs work, because he’s less able than most people to defend himself without a gun. There are lots of things wrong about trying to take it on a plane; and arguably things wrong about ordinarily carrying weapons in general; but the wheelchair isn’t one of them. It argues if anything in the other direction. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3056 "2022-04-30T17:05:35Z")
Yeah, I hate to defend that jerk but target shooting is a sport that just about anyone can compete on an even playing field. Women, children and the disabled can operate firearms just as well as a young man. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3057 "2022-04-30T18:44:24Z")
But one would hope he is not intending on doing any target shooting while aboard an aircraft which begs the question, why he wanted it there. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3058 "2022-04-30T18:57:54Z")
Here’s a stupid MFer from across the pond. I understand these meetings can be incredibly boring, but really? > **[British lawmaker Neil Parish resigning after watching porn in the House of...](https://www.npr.org/2022/04/30/1095759573/british-mp-porn-house-of-commons-neil-parish-resigns)** > > The member of Parliament says he watched pornography twice in the House of Commons in a "moment of madness." The Conservative Party suspended him Friday over the allegations. > Two female colleagues said they saw Parish looking at porn from his phone, while they were sitting near him. The Conservative Party suspended him Friday over the allegations. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3059 "2022-04-30T19:28:29Z")
Oh, that’s just because he’s an asshole, it has nothing to do with the wheelchair. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3060 "2022-04-30T20:52:14Z")
Two moments of madness, unless a moment lasts a lot longer than it ought to. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3061 "2022-04-30T21:55:48Z")
It’s their fault for being nosy and looking at his screen! /s ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3062 "2022-05-01T00:34:36Z")
Parish actually took responsibility and apologized. I was trying to remember the last time I saw something like that on this side of the pond. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3063 "2022-05-01T01:40:41Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Parish actually took responsibility and apologized. I was trying to remember the last time I saw something like that on this side of the pond You must not apologize. It is a sign of weakness. Your cause is just and righteous, and you must show strength and persistence in your pursuit of these noble goals. Apololgizing shows admission of wrongdoing, which sullies the purity of your drive toward these most divine and vital goals. Not being a wussy/liberal means never being allowed/having to say you are sorry. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3064 "2022-05-01T02:23:52Z")
That’s right. _Being_ a right-wing-nut is sorry enough all by itself. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3065 "2022-05-01T15:38:12Z")
It’s all a big misunderstanding. [He was trying to look at tractors.](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/apr/30/calls-for-neil-parish-to-resign-after-being-named-as-mp-who-watched-porn-in-commons-uk-politics-live?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1651328930-1) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3066 "2022-05-01T16:46:16Z")
Well, that fits. I’m sure some of the participants in the videos [had huge tracts of land](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPX-mW4l1rU) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3067 "2022-05-01T17:23:21Z")
[Juneteenth soul food festival in Arkansas canceled](https://www.yahoo.com/news/juneteenth-soul-food-festival-arkansas-214947959.html) because all three judges are white. I wonder how rigorous that job search was. I am definitely looking forward to how the late night hosts and SNL are going to cover this. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3068 "2022-05-01T17:57:01Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > It’s all a big misunderstanding. [He was trying to look at tractors.](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/apr/30/calls-for-neil-parish-to-resign-after-being-named-as-mp-who-watched-porn-in-commons-uk-politics-live?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1651328930-1) He probably misspelled “tractor pull” and autocorrect did something nefarious . . . from his history. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3069 "2022-05-02T16:26:38Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > Can someone explain to me why a paralyzed Congressman, confined to a wheelchair, needs to have an automatic pistol in the first place? Because a bunch of crazed seditionists may storm the capitol and take it over! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=154)