# 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:** 156
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3110 "2022-05-08T00:52:49Z")
South Dakota. How many nits would a nitpick pick … ---
**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, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3111 "2022-05-08T00:55:54Z")
Doh. Brain farts while nitpicking are so embarrassing. ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3112 "2022-05-08T02:18:47Z")
Accccctually… when one speaks of “nitpicking”, one’s mind drifts back, as it is wont to do, to an image of simians (perchance seen during a perambulation through a zoo or wildlife park) grooming each other. This is misguided at best. I would go so far as to say that the primates in question neither knit nor use a pick, but the contrapositive-negative style of humour (that the French refer to as _“[**Grinçant**](https://www.private-frenchlessons-paris.com/blog/frenchculture/1683-is-french-humour-difficult-to-understand)”)_ would be lost on denizens of a mere message board. ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3113 "2022-05-08T02:41:49Z")
[Well, well, well,](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/06/he-hinted-hardened-service-oath-keepers-leaders-military-records-dont-back.html) Oath Keepers founder’s military records show that he wasn’t all that while in the military: > But a copy of his [Army](http://www.military.com/army) retirement paperwork reviewed by [Military.com](http://Military.com) reveals previously undisclosed details about Rhodes’ career that show a soldier who served quietly and relatively unremarkably, despite the central role his military career plays in the fabric of the Oath Keepers. He was honorably separated from the Army after serving two years and seven months on active duty, leaving at the rank of specialist with a “temporary” physical disability, according to the document. _Interesting_. ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3114 "2022-05-08T03:01:18Z")
Meh. I never expected to learn of anything about his service being extraordinary, given the circumstances and rhetoric surrounding his founding of that gang. ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3115 "2022-05-08T04:22:30Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > Sturgis is in North Dakota. > [@OttoDaFe](#): > > South Dakota. D’oh! 🥴 ---
**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 8, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3116 "2022-05-08T07:14:35Z")
Our aeroplane crashed in the mountains of Northern Idaho, and after making our way through seemingly endless miles of rugged pine forest, we parted the foliage to gaze upon the glittering architecture and rumbling bikes of the mythical, mystical town of Sturgis-La. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2022, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3117 "2022-05-09T09:55:13Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > leaving at the rank of specialist with a “temporary” physical disability When will we finally find a cure for the curse of bone spurs? ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3118 "2022-05-11T12:52:41Z")
I placed it here because I’m not 100% sure that Republicans were involved. It seems plausible, but still… Florida news: [A school board reverses the decision to cover over photos showing a student walkout in a yearbook photo](https://nordot.app/896944070993756160?c=592622757532812385). They say it wasn’t about censorship, but c’mon. A happy ending, at least. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3119 "2022-05-11T18:04:57Z")
A member of the Louisiana state Republican party Central Committee, who is also the headmaster of a Christian school that he founded, has been arrested on child abuse charges for the second time in a month. > **[Christian School Headmaster Arrested For Allegedly Whipping 4-Year-Old Child](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/louisiana-headmaster-arrested-abuse-child_n_627aef0be4b009a811ca603d)** > > The Louisiana GOP official was also arrested last month after he was accused of taping his students' mouths shut for "excessive talking." ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3120 "2022-05-12T00:06:01Z")
> [@HuffPost article quoted by Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Louisiana GOP official was also arrested last month after he was accused of taping his students’ mouths shut for “excessive talking.” Spare the duck tape and spoil the child! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3121 "2022-05-12T08:52:04Z")
Idly wondering what the race of the child was… ---
**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 12, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3122 "2022-05-12T08:57:58Z")
Probably white if he was allowed in that school. ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3123 "2022-05-12T12:08:46Z")
He was arrested for it in Louisiana. It’s hard to imagine he’d get more than a slap on the wrist if the kids weren’t white. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3124 "2022-05-12T18:35:39Z")
Two parents were arrested after their oldest son showed his teacher a video of his little brothers with their hands tied behind their backs and boxes over their heads. > **['Started as a Joke': Utah Couple Charged with Child Abuse After 11-Year-Old...](https://lawandcrime.com/crime/started-as-a-joke-utah-couple-charged-with-child-abuse-after-11-year-old-shows-teacher-video-of-younger-brothers-tied-up-with-boxes-on-their-heads/)** > > "The box thing is something we've never even heard of or come across," a local police officer said of the disturbing allegations. ---
**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 12, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3125 "2022-05-12T20:41:54Z")
It’s worse than that; they had small boxes on their heads that restricted airways. Their hands weren’t tied behind their backs; they would tie an arm to a leg to force them to stand on one leg for 30 minutes at a time. They were also forced to be outside in the cold for 10 minutes or more with nothing but short sleeve shirts, pants, and socks. They also sometimes had to sleep on a bare wood floor with no mattress. And when company came over, they were locked in rooms with the doors tied shut. These kids are 5 and 8 years old. Their reason for being tortured? They were “being loud in the morning”. (In other words, acting like normal kids. I’m a dad, kids are loud.) ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3126 "2022-05-13T00:21:48Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > They were also forced to be outside in the cold for 10 minutes or more with nothing but short sleeve shirts, pants, and socks. Does “pants” mean in Canada the same it does in the UK, i.e. underpants? ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3127 "2022-05-13T00:26:01Z")
[Followers of QAnon’s “queen of Canada” are having some troubles](https://www.yahoo.com/news/followers-qanon-queen-canada-face-232436123.html), and to get out of that trouble, they call on her for help. Also, WTF? Why would Canada have QAnon types. > **After being persuaded to disregard bill payments by a Filipino QAnon influencer who told her followers that she is the Queen of Canada, believers are now facing thousands of dollars’ worth of bills and utility outages.** > > [Romana Didulo](https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3na53/qanon-queen-bills-electricty-canada) rose to popularity over the last two years after several QAnon influencers “confirmed” that she had sovereign power over Canada, growing over 70,000 followers on the instant messaging platform Telegram. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3128 "2022-05-13T01:08:46Z")
Nope. Trousers. Slacks. A lower body garment with two connected tubes, one for each leg. ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3129 "2022-05-13T02:53:29Z")
I forgot to mention something that cracked me up. That “QAnon Queen” followers were whining about how badly the utility companies are treating “we the people”. First, it’s “us the people”. Next, they seem to be unaware that “we the people” is part of the governing document of a country that rejected monarchy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=157)