# 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:** 218
**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:** [September 7, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4350 "2022-09-07T02:35:57Z")
" “We have determined this device originated in one of our jurisdictions. The jurisdiction has now reported the device to law enforcement as stolen.” Has **NOW** reported it stolen? Were they not going to bring it up if nobody noticed that it was missing? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4351 "2022-09-07T02:41:09Z")
Thank goodness it was bought by just the right person. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4352 "2022-09-07T11:06:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Has **NOW** reported it stolen? Were they not going to bring it up if nobody noticed that it was missing? I think a reasonable explanation is that they checked all their machines in, then someone got into the storage space and nabbed one (or more). Notified that “we seem to have one of your voting machines”, they did a count and said “shit”. It’s not something that you would check every week to make sure you hadn’t lost one. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4353 "2022-09-07T15:21:18Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > It, I think, can be detrimental to some homeless people to just give them money. They may not use it for food. So f\*cking what? Just like I don’t want anyone deciding what I do with my money, regardless of how I acquired it, I extend the same courtesy to others. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4354 "2022-09-07T15:40:50Z")
The “So f\*cking what,” really depends on what the giver wants to do. If I see a man who is hungry and I wish to give him some food so he can eat, that is what I want to do. If I see a homeless person who does not appear to have managed things enough to get himself fed, or, at least, a reliable means of support, I know that if I give him food, he will have food. While I can’t force him to eat it, I will know that if the man is hungry, it isn’t because he has no food. If I see a homeless person who does not appear to have managed things enough to get himself fed, or, at least, a reliable means of support, and I give him money, he might not buy food, but, rather, make the decision to spend the money on something else. Regardless of what I, or anyone else, may think of that decision, the man could still be hungry because he has no food. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4355 "2022-09-07T16:05:09Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > So f\*cking what? Just like I don’t want anyone deciding what I do with my money, regardless of how I acquired it, I extend the same courtesy to others. If they just want to score some meth, I’m am hesitant to give them money. That’s what. If the sign says ‘Hungry’ at the entrance to a McD’s I will buy them and their dog a couple of burgers as I go through the drive through and hand the bag to them as I leave. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4356 "2022-09-07T21:32:50Z")
Back in the 90s, I passed a homeless guy in SF with a sign: **Need Money For Basic Needs** **(But if you give me $5, I’m buying weed with it)** He got money from me for humor and honesty. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4357 "2022-09-07T22:39:47Z")
As Freewheelin’ Franklin said: “_Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope_” ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4358 "2022-09-07T22:52:41Z")
I always liked the version that went: “Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.” – which is beginning to look kind of unnervingly prescient, except that some of us may wind up with neither. ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4359 "2022-09-08T00:14:45Z")
In Seattle there was a guy who didn’t have a sign but he came up to myself and a few coworkers as we were going to lunch, asking for money. He specifically said it was for alcohol. We commended him for his honesty, but he didn’t get anything. ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4360 "2022-09-08T02:24:07Z")
My first Mardi Gras there were a couple of wacky guys with a sign that said ‘Money for booze’. I gave them some money. ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4361 "2022-09-08T04:55:50Z")
Well damn, it’s Mardi Gras, of course! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4362 "2022-09-08T15:20:27Z")
Did you get upset when they didn’t give you booze? ---
**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 8, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4363 "2022-09-08T17:57:20Z")
Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas) County Administrator arrested for murdering the reporter whose reporting cost him re-election. > **[Police arrest county official in reporter’s stabbing death](https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/police-arrest-county-official-in-reporters-stabbing-death-2635486/)** > > Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4364 "2022-09-11T18:13:36Z")
A right wing Italian politician videoed himself walking up to a random Roma person on the street and telling the camera that if the voters vote for his party, you’ll never see Roma people on the streets again. > **[‘Vote for us to never see her again’: fury after Italy politician’s video...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/06/italian-far-right-politician-sparks-row-over-roma-comments)** > > Far-right councillor Alessio Di Giulio films video of himself with Roma woman in Florence ---
**Author:** ![omenran](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omenran/32/3318_2.png) [@omenran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omenran)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4365 "2022-09-12T01:15:54Z")
I guess it’s ok because it’s not gay. /s > **[Florida Christian school teacher arrested after "twerking" on student](https://nbc-2.com/news/crime/2022/09/09/florida-christian-school-teacher-arrested-after-twerking-on-student/amp/)** > > A former Florida Christian school teacher has been arrested for multiple incidents, including twerking on an underaged student. ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4366 "2022-09-12T18:28:44Z")
Josh Harder, who is an incumbent Democratic Congressman in our area, is running against county supervisor and Republican Tom Patti. Patti is Mike Tyson’s former manager. Harder, the Democrat, is running on a campaign of fighting Patti wanting to raise taxes. We are in upside down world. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4367 "2022-09-13T17:43:41Z")
Well, this is not the story I expected to read after the headline! This one’s about a NON-Trump supporting loon. > **[Woman arrested for allegedly threatening judge in Mar-a-Lago documents case |...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/politics/aileen-cannon-threat-arrest/index.html)** > > A Texas woman who allegedly left a series of threatening messages on the voicemail of a federal judge overseeing one of former President Donald Trump's legal fights in Florida was arrested last week, according to court documents. ---
**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 13, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4368 "2022-09-13T19:19:20Z")
Both sides of the political aisle have their nutjobs. The difference is that on the right, those nutjobs are running things. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4369 "2022-09-13T19:44:53Z")
s i g h . . . I miss the good ol’ days where both side’s nutjobs were funny instead of scary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=217) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=219)