# 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:** 204
**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, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4070 "2022-08-10T00:40:32Z")
To be fair, that R is more on his stomach than chest I suppose. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4071 "2022-08-10T01:13:31Z")
Andrew Yang no longer pretending that his Forward Party is a third party, shilling for the Republicans: “I’m no Trump fan. I want him as far away from the White House as possible. But a fundamental part of his appeal has been that it’s him against a corrupt government establishment. This raid strengthens that case for millions of Americans who will see this as unjust persecution.” > ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4072 "2022-08-12T22:10:54Z")
An Elon Musk fanboy is asking for volunteer parents to allow their kids to be guinea pigs to prove that Teslas don’t run over children. > **[Elon Musk fan wants to prove Tesla won't run over children by trying to run...](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2022/08/elon-musk-fan-wants-to-prove-tesla-won-t-run-over-children-by-trying-to-run-over-child.html)** > > The Dawn Project's test has been criticised for not reflecting reality. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4073 "2022-08-12T22:30:53Z")
I read your post thinking, “they should just use dummies” and then I realized they had a good one available, the one proposing using real children. ( yes I read the article and know now that Qazi is criticizing another group’s tests that used dummies). ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4074 "2022-08-13T05:08:43Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > yes I read the article and know now that Qazi is criticizing another group’s tests that used dummies Then you must have read that there is some question as to whether FSD was actually even engaged for the test. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4075 "2022-08-13T05:42:01Z")
Or maybe Elon can break out the Long John Silver Impersonators. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4076 "2022-08-13T17:04:22Z")
[https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-lauren-boeberts-neighbors-called-153353469.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-lauren-boeberts-neighbors-called-153353469.html) > When Sheriff Lou Vallario arrived on the scene, all the parties “agreed to work it out as neighbors. No charges. No further action,” according to the Post. Well, that’s a surprise! (Not.) Drunk and disorderly? Intentional damage to property? Physical threats? IOKIARDI. ---
**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 13, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4077 "2022-08-13T20:33:11Z")
> Officers from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office opted to let the neighbors settle the dispute among themselves, though they didn’t explain why, the Post reported. The Sheriff’s Office and a spokesperson for Rep. Boebert did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment. It’s because they get special treatment of course. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4078 "2022-08-13T20:49:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Well, that’s a surprise! (Not.) Drunk and disorderly? Intentional damage to property? Physical threats? IOKIARDI. At least he didn’t pull out his penis this time. ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4079 "2022-08-13T21:04:30Z")
It was in Lauren’s purse. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4080 "2022-08-13T21:09:07Z")
You’re thinking of Lorena Bobbitt, not Lauren Boebert? ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4081 "2022-08-13T21:15:40Z")
I have more respect for Lorena. ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4082 "2022-08-13T21:16:42Z")
She’s certainly sharper. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4083 "2022-08-13T21:16:44Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It was in Lauren’s purse. > [@susan](#): > > You’re thinking of Lorena Bobbitt, not Lauren Boebert? **NSFW** [King Missile.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDiILrNbM4) ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4084 "2022-08-13T21:17:21Z")
I love that song, I linked it in the “unlikely hits” thread in the Cafe. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 13, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4085 "2022-08-13T21:54:06Z")
The followers of Romana Didulo, the Queen of Canada (and how does she have followers?) showed up at the Peterborough Police Station to arrest them because the Queen told them to. And they were expecting the military to show up to help them. > ---
**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 14, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4086 "2022-08-14T19:21:31Z")
> [@](#): > > # Armed Man Dies By Suicide Outside U.S. Capitol After Crashing Car: Police > > The man fired a gun into the air after crashing his car into a barricade just after 4 a.m. His vehicle then caught fire as he escaped the wreckage, authorities said. > > A man fatally shot himself outside the U.S. Capitol early Sunday after crashing his car into a barricade and opening fire as his car caught fire, police said. > > The unidentified man escaped his burning vehicle and fired several shots into the air just after 4 a.m. as officers hurried to the scene on the east side of the Capitol, [U.S. Capitol Police said](https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/law-enforcement-investigating-car-crash-gunshots-and-suicide-east) in a statement. > **[Armed Man Dies By Suicide Outside U.S. Capitol After Crashing Car: Police](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capitol-fiery-car-crash-shooting-man-killed_n_62f8f867e4b0da517ef97448)** > > The 29-year-old man fired a gun into the air after crashing his car into a barricade just after 4 a.m. His vehicle then caught fire as he escaped the wreckage, authorities said. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4087 "2022-08-14T22:17:10Z")
Two Peterborough protesters got arrested. > **[Canadian Q-Anon followers arrested attempting citizen's arrests of...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/13/2116411/-Canadian-Q-Anon-followers-arrested-attempting-citizen-s-arrests-of-Peterborough-police-officers)** > > Background: There has been a lot talk recently at The Qult Headquarters over on Reddit (a fine group of folks who track and post updates on the Q-Anon loons) regarding self-proclaimed Queen Romana Didulo of the Kingdom of Canada’s followers plan... ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4088 "2022-08-15T03:20:40Z")
Jim Acosta of CNN calling Andrew Yang out for wanting to make Individual 1 President again. > **[Jim Acosta grills Andrew Yang on new political party: Do you want Trump back...](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/08/14/andrew-yang-new-political-party-acostanr-sot-vpx.cnn)** > > CNN's Jim Acosta presses former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang on his new political party called Forward, which a group of former Republican and Democratic officials formed in an attempt to appeal to what they call the "moderate,... ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4089 "2022-08-15T03:22:50Z")
I just watched that clip. Amazing how the two of them kept trying to talk over each other, and how Yang’s responses seemed so … practiced, canned, and smarmy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=205)