# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/402 "2021-04-20T18:15:52Z")
He’s such a bad person. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/403 "2021-04-20T18:27:48Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > ‘I thought I was dying,’ musician said Holding the thought. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/404 "2021-04-20T19:36:10Z")
Flabbergastingly, the Fox news website seems to have let [some unflatteringly factual reporting](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ted-nugent-positive-coronavirus-diagnosis) on this situation slip through its filters. > [@](#): > > In the video, the “Cat Scratch Fever” singer repeatedly used racist slurs to refer to COVID-19 and reiterated his previous stance that he won’t be getting the vaccine because he claims wrongly that “nobody knows what’s in it.” > > [Ted Nugent revealed he was in agony after testing positive for coronavirus — months after he said the virus was “not a real pandemic.” “I thought I was dying,” Nugent says in a Facebook live video posted Monday.] > > Nugent, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, previously called the pandemic a scam and has railed against public health restrictions. > > A rep for Nugent didn’t immediately return Fox News’ request for comment. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/405 "2021-04-20T20:16:34Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Flabbergastingly, the Fox news website seems to have let [some unflatteringly factual reporting](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ted-nugent-positive-coronavirus-diagnosis) on this situation slip through its filters. It’s been quite a while since I monitored news sources on a semi-professional basis, but back when I did, I thought the Fox News channel was basically unusable as a source, but Fox News online was actually pretty good. There was a definite rightward tilt to what they covered, but I thought they were generally just as good on the actual facts as CNN and other major news sources. I don’t know how true that is nowadays, though. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/406 "2021-04-20T22:41:56Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > back when I did, I thought the Fox News channel was basically unusable as a source, but Fox News online was actually pretty good. … I don’t know how true that is nowadays, though. How about [CNN Celebrates Chavin Verdict](https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-celebrates-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict) ? wtelf is that? A story about CNN’s reaction to the verdict? Entirely and nothing but a report on what CNN had to say. Why? ---
**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:** [April 20, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/407 "2021-04-20T23:42:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > How about [CNN Celebrates Chavin Verdict](https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-celebrates-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict) ? wtelf is that? A story about CNN’s reaction to the verdict? Entirely and nothing but a report on what CNN had to say. Why? You think they would pass up a chance to lie and obfuscate? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/408 "2021-04-20T23:49:41Z")
I’m actually not seeing what’s wrong with “celebrating” a verdict that one thinks is just. There are tons of news-headline references to some people or other “celebrating” some verdict or other in some controversial case. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/409 "2021-04-20T23:52:51Z")
I guess CNN can now run with “Fox News Hosts Sad, Childish and Whiney about Chavin Verdict” ---
**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/410 "2021-04-21T00:53:12Z")
Nitpick for you and eschereal: Chauvin, as in chauvinism ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/411 "2021-04-21T01:37:29Z")
Natural typecasting at work! 😉 ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/412 "2021-04-22T01:55:50Z")
Republican candidate announces her idiocy and racism. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-candidate-for-governor-says-chauvin-verdict-makes-her-sick/ar-BB1fUc1q?ocid=Peregrine](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-candidate-for-governor-says-chauvin-verdict-makes-her-sick/ar-BB1fUc1q?ocid=Peregrine) ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/413 "2021-04-22T03:17:25Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > State Sen. Amanda F. Chase says jurors convicted the former police officer to prevent “civil unrest.” To be fair, if we never prosecuted anyone for crimes we would have a lawless society, so it’s true that convicting murderers (especially a cop like Chauvin) prevents civil unrest. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/414 "2021-04-22T19:10:18Z")
Some folks appear to think that putting up with some civil unrest in response to injustice is just the price we have to pay for maintaining the policy that cops who kill black people in any circumstances whatsoever must be allowed to get away with it. A lot of conservatives right now seem absolutely fuuuuuuuurious that that policy has been challenged. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/415 "2021-04-22T19:20:45Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > A lot of conservatives right now seem absolutely fuuuuuuuurious that that policy has been challenged. Pushing back against racism and keeping order seems like a win-win for anyone halfway decent and mostly sane. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/416 "2021-04-22T19:25:08Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > ### [Ted Nugent tests positive for coronavirus after calling pandemic a ‘scam’](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ted-nugent-coronavirus-b1834274.html) > > ‘I thought I was dying,’ musician said I wonder if the diagnosis made his shit his pants. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/417 "2021-04-22T19:30:05Z")
In Chicagoland, the Salons were closed. Now that they are open, the beauticians wear masks, and any waiting clients wear masks. People getting mani/pedicures wear masks. However, the people whose hair is being worked on do not because it’s obviously not a workable situation. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/418 "2021-04-22T20:21:06Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > However, the people whose hair is being worked on do not [wear masks] because it’s obviously not a workable situation. Last week I got my hair cut for the first time in a year. We all wore masks. The stylist was able to work around it just fine. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/419 "2021-04-22T20:25:15Z")
Same here. The barber was wearing a mask, and managed to cut my hair without me having to take my mask off. The customer before me was not wearing a mask while he was getting his hair cut. I didn’t notice if he put one on afterwards. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/420 "2021-04-22T20:32:26Z")
My barber puts tape on either side of my mask so that it stays in place, then takes the mask loops off my ears to cut my hair without the loops getting in the way. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/421 "2021-04-22T20:50:53Z")
My last haircut, the stylist pulled the mask away from my ears and I held it in place while she cut around my ears, and then I put it back on. nbd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=22)