# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/422 "2021-04-22T21:06:41Z")
My barber did the same. ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/423 "2021-04-22T23:35:08Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/christian-prophet-johnny-enlow-claims-trump-anointed-by-god-to-take-down-billionaires-who-really-control-world/ar-BB1fWQw5?li=BBnb7Kz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/christian-prophet-johnny-enlow-claims-trump-anointed-by-god-to-take-down-billionaires-who-really-control-world/ar-BB1fWQw5?li=BBnb7Kz) What an evil idiot. ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/424 "2021-04-23T01:34:39Z")
Enlow’s god certainly works in strange ways. Don’t know that I’d call them wondrous through. ---
**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 23, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/425 "2021-04-23T03:34:56Z")
[Gender reveal party using 80 pounds of explosives sets off earthquake reports (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gender-reveal-party-using-80-pounds-of-explosives-sets-off-earthquake-reports/ar-BB1fX2gQ?ocid=msedgntp) Nobody gives a rat’s ass about your baby’s gender. You are a fucking idiot(s) ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/426 "2021-04-23T13:15:32Z")
For once nobody was killed or maimed. Pretty weak effort overall. I give it a weak 3. Eighty lbs. of dynamite would have been so much more satisfying. And deadly. I also like the fact the photo in the article shows blue smoke but the text says the baby’s gender was unknown to MSN. In other words, they don’t have any pictures of the event, so they just tucked some random file pic in because all articles need pix. And although they attributed it to Getty Images, they didn’t explicitly call it out as a junk pic. Way to go MSN / MSM giving fodder to the doubters. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/427 "2021-04-23T13:31:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > For once nobody was killed or maimed. According to the news last night, though, it DID crack foundation walls. I expect some lawsuits. They also said on the news that it was, indeed, a boy, so the blue smoke was appropriate, even if only fortuitously. ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/428 "2021-04-23T13:31:29Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I also like the fact the photo in the article shows blue smoke but the text says the baby’s gender was unknown to MSN. In other words, they don’t have any pictures of the event, so they just tucked some random file pic in because all articles need pix. And although they attributed it to Getty Images, they didn’t explicitly call it out as a junk pic. Way to go MSN / MSM giving fodder to the doubters. Further down, they show the same photo _again_, but with the caption: > © Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images These still images taken from a video provided by the US Forest Service show the moment a gender-reveal party sparked a wildfire in Green Valley, Arizona, in April 2017. A New Hampshire family have caused reports of earthquakes by setting off 80 pounds of explosives as part of their gender reveal display. So it’s definitely _not_ the explosion from the gender-reveal party story, but a completely different explosion from a completely different and totally unrelated gender-reveal party on the other side of the country four years ago. 🤨 ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/429 "2021-04-23T13:42:20Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Further down, they show the same photo _again_ , but with the caption: Interesting. That second pic and caption is not in the article I’m viewing from @Typo_Negative’s link. But that may be a matter of different ad blocking, me not being logged in, etc. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/430 "2021-04-23T18:23:38Z")
There’s just a lot of material here … > **[Police: Arrested Michigan lawmaker warned he'd call governor](https://news.yahoo.com/police-arrested-michigan-lawmaker-warned-155159134.html)** > > A Michigan lawmaker who was arrested for drunken driving and resisting police threatened to call Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and told state troopers it would not be good for them because he oversees their budget, according to an incident report. Rep.... … not the least of which is: > Jones, 26, faces charges including resisting and obstructing officers — a felony — driving with a high blood-alcohol content, reckless driving and possessing a weapon while under the influence. Police said they found a loaded handgun in the cup holder of his vehicle, which had a personalized “ELECTED” license plate. [You now have to wonder if “JAILED” is available, and if he’ll have the opportunity to hammer the new vanity plate out for himself ;-)] ---
**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 23, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/431 "2021-04-23T19:08:45Z")
“(Trump) is working with angels to take down several billionaires who he claimed “really control” the world.” Hmmmmm. Anybody want to take a guess about the religious background of these evil billionaires who really control the world? I’ve heard this crap before. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/432 "2021-04-23T19:11:34Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Trump) is working with angels to take down several billionaires who he claimed “really control” the world And he doesn’t want to control the world? ---
**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 23, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/433 "2021-04-23T19:13:42Z")
The philosophers “Tears for Fears” are clear on just who wants to rule the world. ---
**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 23, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/434 "2021-04-23T19:30:06Z")
#puremichigan Sometimes I think we give Florida a run for its money. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/435 "2021-04-23T19:32:56Z")
Is there any truth to what I’ve heard, which is that Michigan = Idaho with more people + Detroit (and a few more medium sized cities)? ---
**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 23, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/436 "2021-04-23T19:50:06Z")
So, racist or misogynist? [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/white-nc-official-refuses-to-acknowledge-black-womans-doctoral-title/ar-BB1fX80O?li=BBnbfcL](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/white-nc-official-refuses-to-acknowledge-black-womans-doctoral-title/ar-BB1fX80O?li=BBnbfcL) Either way, the guy is a dick. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/437 "2021-04-23T19:56:15Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Police said they found a loaded handgun in the cup holder of his vehicle So why wasn’t he immediatly shot, perhaps 20 times? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/438 "2021-04-23T20:01:39Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Is there any truth to what I’ve heard, which is that Michigan = Idaho with more people + Detroit (and a few more medium sized cities)? Wasn’t it James Carville who famously said that Pennsylvania is “Pittsburgh on one end, Philadelphia on the other end, and Alabama in the middle” ?? Which is really true of a great many states, demographically. Certainly most of the upper Midwest. Probably quite true of Michigan, too. [NB: born and raised in Michigan, but gone a good long time] ---
**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 23, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/439 "2021-04-23T20:02:38Z")
I’ve never been to Idaho, but there are large swaths of Michigan that are rural, conservative, fundamentalist, and racist. We have a lot of farms and the jingoistic rah-rah gun culture you might expect. Where we might deviate from Idaho is we have a lot of forest and spend a lot of time hunting. It’s a very outdoorsy culture. I lived in a rural area growing up, and I really liked the long stretches of backroad and not being surrounded by people all the time, but I wish it didn’t have to come with so much baggage. And that’s not even getting into the militia and KKK. Right now I have the worst of both worlds. I live in a small suburban community in Metro Detroit, so I have all of the traffic and congestion but I’m still surrounded by yokels. My neighborhood is festooned with Trump signs and Don’t Tread on Me flags. My local politicians are embarrassing. And strip malls are everywhere. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > So why wasn’t he immediatly shot, perhaps 20 times? Because he knows the governor! He can get her on the phone right now! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/440 "2021-04-23T20:13:58Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Where we might deviate from Idaho is we have a lot of forest and spend a lot of time hunting. It’s a very outdoorsy culture. Yeah, you’ve never been to Idaho. 🙂 ---
**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 23, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/441 "2021-04-23T20:28:32Z")
IDK man, I’m only familiar with the potatoes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=23)