# 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:** 182
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3630 "2022-07-02T21:18:22Z")
Don’t people look for and try easy 2-3 mile long trails near home with very minor elevation changes first? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3631 "2022-07-02T21:41:05Z")
No, they go to the mountains. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3632 "2022-07-02T21:42:06Z")
Or, they do that 2-3 mile hike with gentle grades, and think that that means that they are ready to descend the Grand Canyon. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3633 "2022-07-03T00:17:33Z")
This is also a problem with Mt. Fuji. It doesn’t seem like a difficult climb, it is not **that** high, and it is easy to get to. So why would you need more than a light jacket to climb it? The reality is that you can get altitude sickness and the temperature near the peak can change and get down below freezing. It is not an easy hike and people die there every year even with the stations available at different levels of the mountain. [https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2020-01.html](https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2020-01.html) `//i\\` ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3634 "2022-07-03T00:38:10Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I haven’t managed to set my kitchen on fire yet, but some of my overly optimistic disasters have been epic. > > They are closing some Phoenix hiking trails during the hottest part of the day and people still sneak in and get in trouble, then call for help. I had to read this twice. The first time through, I thought, “Wow, that must’ve been some epic disasters if she got the trails closed!” ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3635 "2022-07-03T00:44:21Z")
> **[Twin brothers identified as armed bank robbers killed by police in Saanich,...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/suspects-identified-saanich-bc-1.6508827)** > > RCMP officers in Saanich, B.C., have identified 22-year-old twin brothers Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie as the two armed bank robbers who were killed by police in a shootout on Tuesday. “RCMP officers in Saanich, B.C., have identified 22-year-old twin brothers Matthew and Isaac Auchterlonie as the two armed bank robbers who were killed by police in a shootout on Tuesday.” ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3636 "2022-07-03T00:54:10Z")
Even more baffling. What on earth were they thinking? Social media posts shows that at least one of them was into high powered weapons (posing on social media with them) and warfare. But what was the plan? Did the daily diary look like this? 11:00 - Enter bank 11:00- 11:10 Rob bank 11:10 - 11:20 Wait for armed response team 11:20 - Firefight with armed response team 11:22 - die ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3637 "2022-07-03T00:54:29Z")
[US Navy Lieutenant accidentally killed two people after his Mount Fuji experience.](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-naval-officer-japan-faces-prison-deadly-crash-85193071) ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3638 "2022-07-03T01:04:59Z")
I know eh? Why did they drive from Duncan to carry out their suicide plan? Maybe not enough cops in Duncan? Or maybe there is no ERT team? Did they imagine they could survive somehow? Most importantly, why??? It kind of reminds me of the 2019 murder spree by Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky which made no sense either. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3639 "2022-07-03T01:11:55Z")
It reminds me of the [North Hollywood Shootout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout) back in 1997. Maybe that’s all the recent SMFers were going for: death by infamy. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3640 "2022-07-03T01:41:43Z")
The Grand Canyon, since has been mentioned a lot just now, [is having issues](https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/safe-water.htm), the upshot of which seems to be “_don’t drink the water_”. Mostly the problem is affecting rafters, who are having a widespread norovirus outbreak. And in desert lands, you really, really want to avoid “the trots”. ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3641 "2022-07-03T01:47:39Z")
> [@Latimera](#): > > Matthew and Isaac Auchterlonie I thought the same thing. From [this link](https://bc.ctvnews.ca/saanich-b-c-gunman-s-instagram-account-featured-rifles-anti-government-hashtags-1.5971975) to CTV news: “In one post that seems particularly troubling in retrospect, Auchterlonie shared clips from a documentary about the 1997 North Hollywood shootout, in which two heavily armed people robbed a bank and injured more than a dozen people during a 44-minute standoff with police.” ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3642 "2022-07-03T02:00:33Z")
Those two at least had a plan to rob the bank and get away; They’d done it successfully a couple of times before. These two though? Not known to police. No criminal record. No past history. (Other than a love of guns) ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3643 "2022-07-03T02:22:57Z")
Hmmmmmm. One of the brothers now deleted instagram accounts had photos of weaponry, as well as anti-vax and anti-Trudeau comments. Also repost of pro-gun stuff from a right wing gun group. Radicalized right wing terrorists? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3644 "2022-07-03T05:21:47Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Radicalized right wing terrorists This strikes me as quite repetitive. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3645 "2022-07-04T07:28:58Z")
more shit > **[A July 4 Parade In A Small Texas Town Has Been Divided By Right-Wing Culture...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-small-town-s-july-4-parade-has-been-upended-by-right-wing-culture-warriors/ar-AAZ90CC?ocid=U519DHP&pc=U519&cvid=615e317729504f7ca0f91c36ded52285)** > > The parade’s planning committee selected a local retired Marine to be grand marshal. Then the threats came pouring in. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3646 "2022-07-04T10:21:04Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > more shit > > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-small-town-s-july-4-parade-has-been-upended-by-right-wing-culture-warriors/ar-AAZ90CC?ocid=U519DHP&pc=U519&cvid=615e317729504f7ca0f91c36ded52285) Is this that “cancel culture” they’re so frightened of? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3647 "2022-07-04T14:01:30Z")
I’d cancel the parade entirely. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3648 "2022-07-04T17:30:48Z")
The mayor of Palm Bay, Florida celebrated Fourth of July by honoring an Iraq veteran who pled guilty to the murders of four Iraqi detainees. > **[Veteran Convicted of Murdering Iraqi Detainees Honored by Florida Mayor](https://www.thedailybeast.com/veteran-convicted-of-murdering-iraqi-detainees-honored-by-florida-mayor)** > > Former army sergeant Joseph Mayo pled guilty to participating in the execution-style 2008 murder of four detainees. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3649 "2022-07-04T19:04:23Z")
Well, this makes sense. The GQP honors a convicted murderer, while at the same time shouting death threats against an honorable marine who served two tours in Iraq. This is today’s Republican Party. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=183)