# 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:** 155
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3090 "2022-05-05T22:34:16Z")
That’s quite a valuable collection of collectors’ items. Does TSA confiscate shit like that, or do they give the would-be traveler a chance to turn around and walk away with his stuff? They should have given him 23 separate citations (or one 23-count citation). ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3091 "2022-05-05T22:37:09Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Does TSA confiscate shit like that, or do they give the would-be traveler a chance to turn around and walk away with his stuff? I left a Swiss Army Knife in my first aid kit and had it snagged by TSA two weeks ago. They said i could take it back out of the Secure area and mail it to myself or give it to soneone. Or they’d dispose of it. I let them keep it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3092 "2022-05-05T22:42:46Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I left a Swiss Army Knife in my first aid kit and had it snagged by TSA two weeks ago. They said i could take it back out of the Secure area and mail it to myself or give it to soneone. Or they’d dispose of it. I let them keep it. Yeah, I had a really, really small multi-tool in my dop-kit a while back. It had maybe an inch long blade. Oh, well. Sucks really, I just got back from a long vacation. Seems I could use a knife nearly every day. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3093 "2022-05-05T22:52:18Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Does TSA confiscate shit like that, or do they give the would-be traveler a chance to turn around and walk away with his stuff? As a state employee, I can tell you exactly what happens to it! For anything unclaimed, the TSA turns it over to the local state government, and they do what they want with it. In my state (Washington) it goes to our state surplus store, where it is sold from a big warehouse at crazy prices. I have a really cool boxcutter I bought for $1, which at one time someone tried to take onto a plane (probably at SeaTac). I go to the surplus store every now and then because it’s just down the street from my agency HQ in Tumwater, WA. > **[Buy Surplus | Department of Enterprise Services (DES)](https://des.wa.gov/services/buy-surplus)** > > Buy low-priced electronics, office furniture, mobile devices, and other items for your home or business that government agencies no longer need. There is a big table covered in things like boxcutters, corkscrews, and cheap pocket knives. The fancier stuff is under glass. It’s amazing the cool stuff they have there. Unfortunately, the stuff you see online is pretty limited, you have to go there in-person to see the other things (like the stuff they get from TSA). I don’t know what the other states do with things from TSA. They also sell surplus from state government, and cars seized by Washington State Patrol sold at auction. ETA: Here’s a site talking about this. > **[Where to find TSA Auctions? Airport Confiscated Items Like Seized Knives Are...](https://travelinglight.com/tsa-auction-confiscated-items/)** > > Have you ever wondered what happens to all the items that are seized by the Transportation Security Administration at airport security? Where does all that stuff go? Well, confiscated liquids and toiletries just > Each state sells the TSA confiscated items at auction. The state decides which auction service to use and the state keeps the profit. So yes, all of the states do this. ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3094 "2022-05-05T23:01:30Z")
Interesting, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3095 "2022-05-05T23:05:14Z")
You can also find auctions for this kind of stuff on eBay. They **say** “TSA” but _caveat_ and all that. ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3096 "2022-05-05T23:18:49Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/mechanic-killed-after-jeep-lurched-forward-following-oil-change-vehicle-owner-sued/ar-AAWXuLl?li=BBnb7Kz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/mechanic-killed-after-jeep-lurched-forward-following-oil-change-vehicle-owner-sued/ar-AAWXuLl?li=BBnb7Kz) What the everloving fuck??? > The lawsuit filed in March 2021 says vehicle owner Sergio Enrique Diaz-Navarro is “vicariously liable for the negligent acts” of technician Daniel Aleczander Thompson when his use of the vehicle led to the death of a certified mechanic. When I am King, this lawyer will NOT be the first against the wall. He will be on clean up detail for a week before his turn. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3097 "2022-05-05T23:54:43Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Sucks really, I just got back from a long vacation. Seems I could use a knife nearly every day. It’s your birthright as a human-ish creature to have a sharp object–whether hand axe or knife–in your posession at all times. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3098 "2022-05-06T00:03:34Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > It’s your birthright as a human-ish creature to have a sharp object–whether hand axe or knife–in your posession at all times. Does wit count? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3099 "2022-05-06T01:26:41Z")
Your “rapier wit” does. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3100 "2022-05-06T01:51:50Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > There is a big table covered in things like boxcutters, corkscrews, and cheap pocket knives. The fancier stuff is under glass What sort of fancier stuff? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3101 "2022-05-06T02:55:37Z")
Shuriken, Bowie knives, weird fantasy-looking knives, swords. Stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3102 "2022-05-06T15:02:34Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > When I am King, this lawyer will NOT be the first against the wall. He will be on clean up detail for a week before his turn. I agree there are stupid MFers behind this but I don’t think it’s the lawyer. > [@Typo\_Negative's link](#): > > Attorney David Femminineo, representing the estate of Hawkins, compared the owner’s responsibility in Hawkins’ death to when you lend your car to somebody so they can pick up lunch. If that person was to injure someone with your car, he told McClatchy News you would be liable for any negligent acts that occurred because you gave him or her permission to drive your car. Sounds lunatic to me but: > [@Typo\_Negative's link](#): > > While Diaz-Navarro is said to have “no active negligence,” records say he has offered $100,000 in policy limits as he agrees he “is liable for damages under the _owner’s liability statute_.” [Emphasis mine] Apparently Michigan has an owner’s liability statute that makes it a legal. Don’t blame the players; blame the game. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3103 "2022-05-07T15:57:06Z")
> **[Video of Jerry Jones' car crash shows scary collision in the middle of...](https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/video-of-jerry-jones-car-crash-shows-scary-collision-in-the-middle-of-intersection-151205878.html)** > > Jerry Jones was briefly hospitalized but was reportedly "all good" following the crash. Bad enough we’re dealing with douche Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who T-boned a car (at a pretty good speed, video shows) but then the article, itself, is so completely devoid of important information like - what happened to buddy _he smashed into_? Was JJ drunk? It’s all just “JJ turned out to be ok, after all”. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3104 "2022-05-07T16:11:55Z")
Those are interesting questions, all right. Another interesting question: Why was the guy making a LEFT turn from the RIGHT lane? It didn’t look like he signaled the turn, either. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3105 "2022-05-07T17:06:46Z")
This is a sports channel after all, not a general news channel, so the skewed coverage is at least not unexpected. As for the accident (as kaylasdad99 noted), the cross street looks like a one-way street, and the car that turned left and got hit was not in the left lane, in fact appeared to start from at least two lanes to the right of that. There’s no reason to suppose Mr. Jones was drunk, he was driving in a straight line with a green light and the other car turned in front of him. It seems he should have had time to slam on the brakes if he was alert, and maybe experts could tell whether he did or not. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3106 "2022-05-07T18:26:23Z")
I looked up the story in the Dallas paper, thinking “Okay, real journalists will have found out more detail.” Uhhh, big no. Their article was even less helpful, and just ended abruptly after saying that police had not revealed whether Jerry Jones was in the car. Good job, there, you Woodwards and Bernsteins… ---
**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 7, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3107 "2022-05-07T21:50:35Z")
Canada’s donut guys host [an outdoor summer camp for underprivileged youth](https://www.newsweek.com/tim-hortons-faces-boycott-calls-over-requiring-vaccination-summer-camp-1704530). Which, naturally, requires attendees to be Covid-vaccinated. > [@nutcase Tamara Ugolini](#): > > “Tim Hortons Foundation Camps are requiring full vaccination of all attendees, including campers,” she wrote on April 28. “It means that underprivileged kids are being discriminated against because of their medical status and denied opportunities.” This whole boycott Tim’s is a disgusting load of stupid. Protest something meaningful, you scumpuppy. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3108 "2022-05-07T22:03:25Z")
I’m assuming COVID vaccinations in Canada were at no cost to the person vaccinated ('Cause after all, if the US can, surely Canada…) in which case Ms. Ugolini is perfectly free to set up camps for the unvaxxed. I imagine Sturgis, Idaho would be perfectly happy to host it. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3109 "2022-05-08T00:49:30Z")
Idaho is a solid guess, but Sturgis is in North Dakota. /nitpick [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=154) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=156)