# 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:** 207
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4130 "2022-08-18T14:40:15Z")
In my area, a group has found more than a thousand voter registration anomalies but can’t provide proof. Their word is their honor or some such bullshit. > **[GOP-backed Spokane County canvassing group alleges elections system is 'not...](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/aug/17/gop-backed-spokane-county-canvassing-group-alleges/)** > > A report by the Washington Voter Research Project says Spokane County's voter rolls are poorly maintained, but doesn't provide any names and addresses identifying suspicious registrations. ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4131 "2022-08-18T15:18:26Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Their word is their honor or some such bullshit. It’s Spokane. 🤷‍♂️ I actually applaud the general idea of this, as long as they’re being sincere about it. But the fact that they’re not going to provide enough detail for the data to be useful suggests that this is not at all sincere. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4132 "2022-08-18T15:21:12Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > In my area, a group has found more than a thousand voter registration anomalies but can’t provide proof. Their word is their honor or some such bullshit. They have proof that there are 100 card-carrying communists in the …whatever it is… ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4133 "2022-08-18T15:23:11Z")
It appears they did provide data in other counties: > [@](#): > > The Voter Research Project has provided reports to Clark, King and Thurston counties. > > In each of those cases, county auditor’s received names and addresses that allowed them to look into the anomalies, Dalton said. > > “What was pointed out as anomalies turned out not to be actual problems, If the data didn’t amount to anything more than a wet fart elsewhere, why keep releasing the data? Now, just say you have the proof and leave it at that. Stupid motherfuckers. ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4134 "2022-08-18T15:25:29Z")
I think that any discrepancies can be explained away by this little detail… > Dalton also highlighted that the Voter Research Project is using 18-month-old data, which is important considering 20-25% of the county’s registration records change every year. That’s probably why their previous concerns “turned out not to be actual problems”. ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4135 "2022-08-18T15:25:55Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > there are 100 card-carrying communists It’s 57! There are exactly 57 card-carrying members of the communist party in the Department of Defense at this time! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4136 "2022-08-18T15:31:09Z")
Did you get that from Senator Heinz? ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4137 "2022-08-18T15:32:48Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > There are exactly 57 card-carrying members of the communist party in the Department of Defense at this time! Hmmm… 57 communists in the DoD. 57 varieties of products at Heinz. Teresa Heinz is married to John Kerry. John Kerry is currently the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, which is a position created for him. The Deep State is quite insidious! ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4138 "2022-08-18T15:36:21Z")
Glenn Beck, is that you? ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4139 "2022-08-18T15:40:50Z")
Not quite, though for a number of years I lived in the same city where he was born. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4140 "2022-08-18T15:43:53Z")
57=CItDoD ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4141 "2022-08-18T16:45:36Z")
Arrested, handcuffed, locked in the police car. She opens her cuffs, gets an assault rifle from the front seat, loads it, and begins shooting people. WTF? > **[Woman escapes cuffs in cruiser, shoots deputy with AR-15](https://local12.com/news/nation-world/woman-escapes-cuffs-in-cruiser-shoots-deputy-with-ar-15-oklahoma-suspect-injuries-handcuffs-arrest-arrrested)** > > A woman being detained in a police car in Oklahoma is accused of slipping out of her cuffs, getting her hands on an assault rifle in the car, and opening fire. > ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4142 "2022-08-18T16:52:01Z")
I hope that it’s not standard policy to leave a gun alone in a car within reach of a suspect. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4143 "2022-08-18T16:58:00Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I hope that it’s not standard policy to leave a gun alone in a car within reach of a suspect.  What I gather is that the gun was locked down, but the switch to unlock it was marked GUN and was accessible from the back seat. ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4144 "2022-08-18T17:00:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Did you get that from Senator Heinz? No, from Senator Iselin’s wife. ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4145 "2022-08-18T17:08:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Did you get that from Senator Heinz? Senator Iselin. ETA: DAMNIT, @Roderick_Femm! ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4146 "2022-08-18T17:09:26Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > What I gather is that the gun was locked down, but the switch to unlock it was marked GUN and was accessible from the back seat. How handy. Directions, even. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4147 "2022-08-18T17:44:22Z")
Donald Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most… I can’t even. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4148 "2022-08-18T17:54:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trans woman in Georgia is suing Chick-fil-a because they wouldn’t do anything when one of her coworkers sexually harassed her when he thought she was assigned female, and then homophobically when he found out she was trans > [Lawsuit: Pervasive 'Homophobic' Atmosphere at Chick-fil-A](https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/transgender-woman-sues-georgia-chick-fil-a-alleging-a-cesspool-of-sexual-harassment-and-racial-epithets/) Wow, hadn’t heard about this. Kinda surprised, too, because Decatur is memetically progressive and gay-friendly; the stereotype used to be that it was where every lesbian in North Georgia moved as soon as she came out. When the boycott began, that franchise was lightning-quick to put up signs that all customers were welcome, and boasted of its LGBT employees. ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4149 "2022-08-18T17:56:47Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > When the boycott began, that franchise was lightning-quick to put up signs that all customers were welcome, and boasted of its LGBT employees. Maybe that’s why she applied to work there. Clearly their signs were misleading. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=206) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=208)