# 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:** 216
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4310 "2022-09-02T20:01:50Z")
What the fuck is going on in this thread. 😐 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4311 "2022-09-02T20:38:14Z")
If I were you, I’d leave in a huff. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4312 "2022-09-02T21:41:30Z")
If that’s too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4313 "2022-09-02T22:14:45Z")
You know, you haven’t stopped talking since I came here? You must’ve been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4314 "2022-09-03T07:01:15Z")
Racist homophobe gets kicked off a flight, announces where he works, gets fired. > **[Homophobic Chemical Engineer Fired After Viral Plane Freakout, Says He's Racist](https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/02/homophobic-racist-chemical-engineer-fired-viral-plane-freakout/)** > > In one of the dumbest moves we've seen made by a person freaking out as they were kicked off a plane, a chemical engineer has now been fired from his job after announcing where he works to the entire flight. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4315 "2022-09-03T11:58:19Z")
Huh. Wonder why he was trying to fly on such a famously woke airline as JetBlue. (Also, I thought the way he said _“Obviously, I’m racist; I’m a white man with a black bag”_ sounded sarcastic.) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4316 "2022-09-03T15:02:50Z")
> **[Biden speech denouncing Trump, 'MAGA ideology' sparks threats, calls for...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-speech-denouncing-trump-maga-ideology-sparks-threats-calls-for-violence-003139767.html)** > > President Biden’s speech denouncing Donald Trump and what he described as “extreme MAGA ideology" has sparked online calls for violence, including death threats against the president, according to documents obtained by Yahoo News. > “Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal,” Biden said Thursday night at Independence Hall, flanked by two U.S. Marines. “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.” Biden: Trump supporters are too extreme. Trump Supporters: KILL HIM! ---
**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:** [September 3, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4317 "2022-09-03T17:17:10Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > (Also, I thought the way he said _“Obviously, I’m racist; I’m a white man with a black bag”_ sounded sarcastic.) He was trying to be sarcastic which was ironic because he was coming off as totally racist and homophobic. The whole incident had enough irony, you could take wrinkles out of your laundry. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4318 "2022-09-03T21:46:39Z")
On one site that I resist admiting that I go to, I have started seeing ads for things that are contra-me (my ad-blocker has become subpar). One is to send for a free copy of an edition of The Kid’s Guide which explains what [Individual-ONE] accomplished in his (_first_) term in office. So I visited the site (make the 3 word publication name into a url with the typical extension), and found the catalog to be replete with RW squickiness. As though Jack Chick were still alive. Naturally they are playing to home-schoolers. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4319 "2022-09-04T01:57:51Z")
The water in Jackson, Mississippi [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FbrzOzhXgAAyWJ5?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FbrzOzhXgAAyWJ5?format=jpg&name=medium) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4320 "2022-09-04T04:50:56Z")
Country singer Jason Aldean’s wife made anti-trans comments and Aldean supported them, and his PR firm have dropped him. [https://www.thedailybeast.com/jason-aldean-dumped-by-pr-firm-greenroom-after-wife-brittanys-transphobic-instagram-post](https://www.thedailybeast.com/jason-aldean-dumped-by-pr-firm-greenroom-after-wife-brittanys-transphobic-instagram-post) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4321 "2022-09-04T04:57:50Z")
This trend, though welcome, is still a bit surprising to this old duffer. Are these companies really putting principle over profits, or is it that they are afraid of losing more if they keep a client like this than if they drop him? Or some of both? Note that if it is the latter, I still think it’s a good thing that there are enough principled people in the world to make the practical calculus of business come out with this result. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4322 "2022-09-04T05:19:09Z")
I’m sure it’s all about profit in the end, but even if the companies aren’t doing it for the principle, they’re doing it in response to public pressure. And to me that’s better. I think the better sign of change is not a company wanting to avoid bigotry, but rather the millions of customers who are repelled by it. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4323 "2022-09-04T05:39:05Z")
Right wingers are trying to claim the the National Institutes of Health have approved ivermectin for Covid, and Individual 1 and his minions were right all along. No, that isn’t what happened. The NIH just discussed how ivermectin is being used in trials, but it’s generally thought that it would need to be 100 times the dosage recommended for humans in parasite use. > **[Fact Check: Did NIH Add Ivermectin to List of COVID Treatments?](https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-nih-add-ivermectin-list-covid-treatments-1739661)** > > Several conservative figures online have said that the antiparasitic drug was quietly added to a list of official treatments after years of controversy. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4324 "2022-09-04T13:11:43Z")
For fuck’s sake, we’ve got Paxlovid now. Why are Republicans still so invested in ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine? (Reason: Because if they’re right about that, they won’t have to admit that Trump made a mistake. Not that they ever admit it anyway). ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4325 "2022-09-05T09:16:32Z")
Hey, here’s a fun idea for a school activity. [Let’s baptize over one hundred children without their parents’ permission](https://www.insider.com/north-carolina-school-baptized-100-kids-without-their-parents-permission-2022-9). At least one of the children had been baptized into a different church prior to this event. You’ll notice on reading the link that the principal is not exactly apologetic about the whole thing. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4326 "2022-09-05T10:41:30Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Hey, here’s a fun idea for a school activity. [Let’s baptize over one hundred children without their parents’ permission](https://www.insider.com/north-carolina-school-baptized-100-kids-without-their-parents-permission-2022-9). At least one of the children had been baptized into a different church prior to this event. You’ll notice on reading the link that the principal is not exactly apologetic about the whole thing. - From the link. > Another parent said the school’s baptism felt like it “undid the baptism that had already taken place at their church.” Technically, isn’t it the same God? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4327 "2022-09-05T11:15:53Z")
Not even, just, technically! But you must remember that these folks don’t think other Christians are True Christians . . . and don’t get them started on whether Catholics are Christians or not. Die Heretic! Die!!! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l3fAcxcxoZ8/hqdefault.jpg "Emo Phillips - Golden Gate Bridge") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3fAcxcxoZ8) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4328 "2022-09-05T11:17:56Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Not even, just, technically! But you must remember that these folks don’t think other Christians are True Christians . . . > and don’t get them started on whether Catholics are Christians or not. > > Die Heretic! Die!!! - > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3fAcxcxoZ8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3fAcxcxoZ8) Baptize them all! Let God sort them out. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4329 "2022-09-06T04:37:40Z")
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