# 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:** 203
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4050 "2022-08-08T10:06:40Z")
So I finally got around to reading more about Jones’ so-called retraction of is comments about the Sandy Hook shooting. Turns out that he’s claiming the FBI and some other government entities carried it out. Have any of his followers been harassing those agents like they harassed the Sandy Hook families? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4051 "2022-08-08T15:30:53Z")
It’s not surprising to me (as an old person who has changed over the years) that she was more easily able to recognize him than herself from years ago. > [@Yllaria](#): > > I don’t know whether to hope that alcohol was involved or not. That would be better than some more permanent confusion caused by a medical condition. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4052 "2022-08-08T16:32:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lions Not Sheep clothing, in Utah, known for their Individual 1 crap and pro-gun crap, has been fined over $200,000 from the Federal Trade Commission for removing Made in China tags and replacing them with fake Made in USA tags. Wouldn’t it be great if the “Made in USA” labels were actually made in China? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4053 "2022-08-08T16:44:18Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Wouldn’t it be great if the “Made in USA” labels were actually made in China? From what I can tell, these are. [https://www.amazon.com/Stickers-American-Sticker-Product-Labeling/dp/B09NPKDF81](https://www.amazon.com/Stickers-American-Sticker-Product-Labeling/dp/B09NPKDF81) At least [other products](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VSRKLH6) made by “GOCCOHHI” and sold on Amazon say China as the country of origin. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4054 "2022-08-08T16:46:26Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Have any of his followers been harassing those agents like they harassed the Sandy Hook families? Hell no. FBI agents carry guns. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4055 "2022-08-08T17:06:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > So I finally got around to reading more about Jones’ so-called retraction of is comments about the Sandy Hook shooting. Turns out that he’s claiming the FBI and some other government entities carried it out. Have any of his followers been harassing those agents like they harassed the Sandy Hook families? We need a meme saying that Jones did it to give himself something profitable to scream about. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4056 "2022-08-09T01:33:08Z")
I’m wondering something about Alex Jones. He said in court that he now believes that Sandy Hook was not a hoax. But is that what he’s going to say on his radio show? Or will he blame the “globalists” for forcing him to say that? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4057 "2022-08-09T01:55:51Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Or will he blame the “globalists” for forcing him to say that? Backslide and get sued again? No, he’ll most likely either ignore it or make the tiniest of mea culpas before he starts railing on his violated 1rst Amendment rights. "Look guys, I admit I was wrong about Sandy Hook. I mean given all the disinformation it obviously looked engineered. If I were stare at it with the same fresh eyes all over again I think would have come to the same conclusion. But that’s all beside the point. What actually matter is this obscene abridgement of my right to free speech! Even if I now accept a different narrative, I had the right back then to express my honestly held opinion! Instead these Godless-pinko-commie-socialist-crybabies SUED me! And WON! IS THIS AMERICA??? IT’S NOT THE AMERICA I REMEMBER! And now I’ve been forced to declare bankruptcy and I am barely hanging on by my financial fingernails! Without your help I may be forced to end these broadcasts and stop speaking truth to power! Please donate to the Alex-Saves-Society-from-Horrible-Organized-Liberal-Elites fund today! Help me fight for the future of America!" ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4058 "2022-08-09T03:26:03Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Backslide and get sued again? No, he’ll most likely either ignore it or make the tiniest of mea culpas before he starts railing on his violated 1rst Amendment rights. > > "Look guys, I admit I was wrong about Sandy Hook. I mean given all the disinformation it obviously looked engineered. If I were stare at it with the same fresh eyes all over again I think would have come to the same conclusion. But that’s all beside the point. What actually matter is this obscene abridgement of my right to free speech! Even if I now accept a different narrative, I had the right back then to express my honestly held opinion! Instead these Godless-pinko-commie-socialist-crybabies SUED me! And WON! IS THIS AMERICA??? IT’S NOT THE AMERICA I REMEMBER! And now I’ve been forced to declare bankruptcy and I am barely hanging on by my financial fingernails! Without your help I may be forced to end these broadcasts and stop speaking truth to power! > > Please donate to the Alex-Saves-Society-from-Horrible-Organized-Liberal-Elites fund today! Help me fight for the future of America!" That’s some scary shit, Timur; Scary because it’s a very good bet he’ll say that or something very like it (maybe running it past his lawyers this time…) Interesting times, indeed. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4059 "2022-08-09T04:39:45Z")
I believe he said it was a deep state operation with actual deaths. And, of course, he mentioned, IIRC, something about “They won’t let me take it back”. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4060 "2022-08-09T05:35:31Z")
I think it’s easier than that. “I was misled, as many of you were, by the terrible way the mainstream media portrayed this. And then they wouldn’t let me retract it, all in a plot to discredit me and shut me down. We can’t let this witch hunt continue!!!” He just keeps playing the victim, insisting the left is conspiring against people trying to spread the truth, oh and buy his magic alternative medicine products. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4061 "2022-08-09T07:56:24Z")
I’d bet real money you are correct. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4062 "2022-08-09T15:35:00Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > > > Florida Man and Florida Woman arrested for having sex with a dog. > > > > Cases like this I always wonder how they got caught. > > Per the article, _“According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Christina Calello willingly engaged in sexual activity with the dog while Geoffrey Springer, her ex-boyfriend, recorded it.”_ It says “her **ex** -boyfriend recorded it” – so, was he her ex at the time (dumped in favor of the dog), or did they break up later (and then, was he the one who got caught with the video, or perhaps tried to snitch on her)? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4063 "2022-08-09T20:21:26Z")
Alabama town shuts down its entire police force - and good for them: the stupid folks in this story are the police who were spending their time sensing racist texts > **[After a police officer sent a racist text, a town dissolved its police...](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/1116221784/vincent-alabama-racist-text-police)** > > After officials in Vincent, Ala., fired the police chief and assistant chief, the city council voted to end the department entirely. But the mayor says it's only a temporary measure. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4064 "2022-08-09T23:30:17Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > the stupid folks in this story are the police who were spending their time sensing racist texts The ability to sense when a text is racist can only help in the discovery and investigation of hate crimes. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4065 "2022-08-09T23:51:48Z")
D’oh! Sending, not sensing ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4066 "2022-08-09T23:53:27Z")
Just messing with you. It’s a horrible situation. > Soon after the text message first surfaced, the city’s police chief, James Srygley, [told al.com](https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/appropriate-disciplinary-action-taken-against-vincent-police-officer-who-texted-racist-joke.html) that an internal investigation had been conducted and that “appropriate disciplinary action has been taken.” > > Two days later, Latimer announced at a city council meeting that he had suspended Srygley and Assistant chief John L. Goss, [according to al.com](https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/after-racist-text-vincent-council-reportedly-moves-to-fire-police-chief-disband-department.html). We can read between the lines that the disciplinary action taken was neither appropriate nor sufficient. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4067 "2022-08-10T00:17:37Z")
Yeah, well I ain’t getting back the time I wasted trying to find a superhero that worked for that. Apparently there are no supes with just an “R” on their chest other than Robin. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4068 "2022-08-10T00:36:30Z")
There’s Redstone in Marvel Comics. He was from the same alternate reality as Squadron Supreme. (He in fact joined the rebels trying to free the US from that group’s tyrannical rule.) [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/db/8b/66db8b7e5543f4cb6b9ee68494331cb1.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/db/8b/66db8b7e5543f4cb6b9ee68494331cb1.jpg) Much more obscure than Batman’s sidekick, of course. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4069 "2022-08-10T00:38:25Z")
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