# 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:** 237
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4731 "2022-10-14T15:23:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I wish someone would have had the foresight to Heinz tomato soup away all of our problems long ago!!! Do you want Ted Cruz to starve? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4732 "2022-10-14T15:28:08Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Do you want Ted Cruz to starve? It might be healthy for him to starve a little at least. [![](https://assets.vogue.com/photos/602ffb112e8e171f2a85d62e/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/GettyImages-1231242317.jpg) ](https://assets.vogue.com/photos/602ffb112e8e171f2a85d62e/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/GettyImages-1231242317.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4733 "2022-10-14T16:37:18Z")
If you have to glue your hand to the wall, that seems like a really uncomfortable position to have it in. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4734 "2022-10-14T17:12:07Z")
Shame it’s not a modern art gallery. The curators could leave them there as exhibits. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4735 "2022-10-14T20:03:57Z")
Eek! Satanic money! Won’t somebody think of the children? > **[Pennsylvania district rejects Satanists' $578 donation for school supplies](https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/the-satanic-temple-satanists-578-donation-school-supplies/)** > > The Satanic Temple wanted to donate the money for school supplies, but the Northern York County School District rebuffed the Satanists. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4736 "2022-10-14T21:17:07Z")
They’re good people. I’m a bishop in the Temple! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4737 "2022-10-14T21:44:10Z")
This was my thought as well. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4738 "2022-10-14T21:51:38Z")
Cool! My daughter is also a member. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4739 "2022-10-14T23:42:10Z")
> **[Pecunia non olet](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecunia_non_olet#:~:text=Pecunia%20non%20olet%20is%20a,ruled%20AD%2069%E2%80%9379)** > > Pecunia non olet is a Latin saying that means "money does not stink". The phrase is ascribed to the Roman emperor Vespasian (ruled AD 69–79). > A tax on the disposal of urine was first imposed by Emperor Nero under the name of vectigal urinae in the 1st century AD. The tax was removed after a while, but it was re-enacted by Vespasian around 70 AD in order to fill the treasury. > Vespasian imposed a urine tax on the distribution of urine from Rome's public urinals (the Roman lower classes urinated i... > _ **Pecunia non olet** _ is a Latin saying that means “money does not stink”. The phrase is ascribed to the emperor Vespasian (ruled AD 69–79). ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4740 "2022-10-15T00:12:11Z")
A woman who went viral when she went on a rant about kids being exposed to drag shows, has been arrested for filing a false report of sexual abuse. > **[Far-Right ‘Mama Bear’ Accused of Wild Plot Against Old Pal](https://www.thedailybeast.com/kimberly-reicks-iowa-mama-bear-accused-of-false-abuse-report-against-former-partner-emily-petersons-family)** > > She waged a wacky protest over the alleged evils of kids seeing drag outfits. Now cops say she falsely reported sexual abuse in her old business partner’s family. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4741 "2022-10-15T01:18:49Z")
Right wingers think they have scored a point by pointing out one scene from the Pelosi video where she’s talking on her cell phone, and they’re saying “Who talks on a cell phone with a black screen”? Uh, doesn’t everybody’s screen go black after a few seconds? ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4742 "2022-10-15T01:23:39Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Do you want Ted Cruz to starve? Is this a trick question? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4743 "2022-10-15T15:14:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Far-Right ‘Mama Bear I wonder if this is the antivaxer who responded to my post in an online discussion, calling herself “Patriot Mommy”. \*I see that Ms. Reicks [is in fact an antivaxer](http://who13.com/news/iowa-mama-bear-arrested-over-alleged-false-reports-to-dhs-about-ex-business-partners-family/). There are however numerous Mama Bears/Mama Warriors/Patriot Mommies out there, who could be easily confused with each other. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4744 "2022-10-15T19:05:56Z")
Get them started young > **[Teen girl hires teen hitman to kill relative, say police](https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/state/teen-girl-hires-teen-hitman-to-kill-relative-say-police)** > > Two Baton Rouge teens are under arrest in an alleged murder plot that left a woman dead Wednesday night. East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Casey Hicks says deputies found the suspected shooter not far from the scene of the crime. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4745 "2022-10-16T06:03:24Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Get them started young High school term paper. “What I did during my summer vacation.” ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4746 "2022-10-16T17:54:03Z")
[“Terror granny” arrested in Germany plotted to return the Kaiser to power.](https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/terror-granny-accused-of-plotting-german-civil-war-to-bring-back-the-kaiser/ar-AA12Ywv7) I say we dig the old guy up and give him a shot. What’s the worst that could happen? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4747 "2022-10-16T18:05:48Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > "Terror granny” arrested in Germany plotted to return the Kaiser to power. What a nice refreshing change from the usual plans to bring back Hitler. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4748 "2022-10-16T18:25:30Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > What a nice refreshing change from the usual plans to bring back Hitler. No school like the old school. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4749 "2022-10-16T18:49:58Z")
The current heir to the German throne is a fellow named Georg Friedrich Ferdinand Hohenzollern, 46 years old or so. He apparently holds the title of Prince of Prussia; I have no idea how that works in a Federal Republic. I suppose it is an empty title of courtesy. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4750 "2022-10-16T19:00:30Z")
Doesn’t Hohenzollern translate to ‘High Toll’? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=236) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=238)