# 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:** 254
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5071 "2022-11-08T16:44:41Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Don’t forget son of the Chairman of the Board (also named Tyson, as it happens!) - Birds of a feather… ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5072 "2022-11-08T16:48:46Z")
I’m pretty sure in Downey’s case there was more than just booze involved. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5073 "2022-11-08T17:07:38Z")
I had a friend in college - one night, he came back from a hard night of drinking, couldn’t get his key to work in the dorm room door, so he decided to pass out sleeping in the hallway, which is where I found him the next morning. The reason he couldn’t get his key to work is - he didn’t live in the dorms anymore! ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5074 "2022-11-08T17:49:07Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I will admit that I’ve been pretty damn drunk at times but just how wasted do you have to be to break into someone else’s house, strip, climb into a bed and pass out? And, not proud of this but, I know what blackout is like yet I always managed to get my ass home. You don’t even need to be drunk, just preoccupied: [Amber Guyger Given 10 Years In Prison For Killing Man In His Dallas Apartment : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2019/10/02/766454839/amber-guyger-ex-officer-who-killed-man-in-his-apartment-given-10-years-in-prison) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5075 "2022-11-08T18:18:39Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I will admit that I’ve been pretty damn drunk at times but just how wasted do you have to be to break into someone else’s house, strip, climb into a bed and pass out? Were the other two beds too hard, and too soft? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5076 "2022-11-08T18:26:55Z")
He needs to do a charity fight against Mike to make amends. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5077 "2022-11-08T18:49:11Z")
Ohio man shoots and kills his neighbor because he thought he was a Democrat. > **[Ohio man fatally shoots neighbor ‘because he thought he was a Democrat’](https://www.rawstory.com/ohio-shooting-neighbor-democrat/)** > > A southwest Ohio man shot and killed his neighbor because he believed he was a Democrat, according to the victim's family.Austin Gene Combs was taken into custody by Butler County sheriff's deputies just before noon Monday after the shooting was... ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5078 "2022-11-08T18:56:04Z")
All those silly Democrats/progressives scared of pistol packing Magas. Really, it’s just overreacting. 🙄 ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5079 "2022-11-08T19:43:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ohio man shoots and kills his neighbor because he thought he was a Democrat. I always take Raw Story with one or two grains of salt. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5080 "2022-11-08T19:50:01Z")
This appears to be the original story: > **[Man killed in Okeana shooting identified, bond set for suspect](https://www.journal-news.com/news/man-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-neighbor-outside-butler-county-home/XALOERKDY5C5DEPAGRIWIJUBLY/)** > > A Morgan Twp. man remains behind bars this morning charged with murder after his neighbor was found shot to death Saturday in Okeana. > The family told the dispatcher neighbor had confronted him before about some perceived political affiliation. > “He has come over like four times confronting my husband because he thought he was a Democrat, Why, why … Please, I don’t understand.” ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5081 "2022-11-08T21:01:20Z")
“Why, why … Please, I don’t understand. Can’t he see we’re not Democrats, we’re just like him!” ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5082 "2022-11-08T21:41:53Z")
> [@digs](#): > > we’re just like him!” If they were, they would have shot him. Maybe first. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5083 "2022-11-09T00:25:42Z")
So Brett Favre is still in trouble for taking welfare money from Mississippi to build a volleyball facility for his daughter’s school, but new allegations have appeared that he has taken more welfare money for two shady pharma companies he has dealings with. > **[Brett Favre Is in Hot Water Yet Again](https://www.thedailybeast.com/brett-favre-backed-pharmaceutical-companies-took-mississippi-welfare-money-overstated-benefits)** > > Two Favre-backed pharma companies took money intended for welfare recipients, and overstated the effectiveness of their concussion treatments, according to a new report. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5084 "2022-11-09T01:16:02Z")
heres one that was just posted > **[Duo Accused Of Kidnapping Teen And Taking Her Across State Lines, One Suspect...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/duo-accused-of-kidnapping-teen-and-taking-her-across-state-lines-one-suspect-might-have-wished-she-changed-before-being-nabbed/ar-AA13Svvp?ocid=BingHp01&cvid=a5b951c5b86c4d4083b5bf52a2c8dd27)** > > Two people face charges after police say they kidnapped her and took her across state lines from Alabama to Florida. One suspect was arrested in costume. Note to self when kidnapping and robbing someone looking like a vampire doesn’t mean you can cloud memories like them ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5085 "2022-11-09T01:28:50Z")
I would have never pegged that as a vampire. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5086 "2022-11-09T02:13:04Z")
It’s not. That’s Raven of Teen Titans. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/80/cb/cf/80cbcfc3bee338c075c8ed5a0aa31d22.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/80/cb/cf/80cbcfc3bee338c075c8ed5a0aa31d22.jpg) Here’s someone with a more, uh, faithful cosplay. [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0376/1956/4683/products/12_d43aea98-f04c-49b2-8ba0-6c80185e8b08_800x.jpg?v=1654914404) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0376/1956/4683/products/12_d43aea98-f04c-49b2-8ba0-6c80185e8b08_800x.jpg?v=1654914404) The other guy might be cosplaying as a leprechaun though. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT44DSqJKdcgWSracRM88HgIqUMZn25CUsDqPYXwYRCV90ZWNYV5Ivd50KlWrUu6svtj10&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT44DSqJKdcgWSracRM88HgIqUMZn25CUsDqPYXwYRCV90ZWNYV5Ivd50KlWrUu6svtj10&usqp=CAU) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5087 "2022-11-09T14:38:29Z")
36 _thousand!_ Including _household members!_ > **[Fairbury Man Accused of Possessing Over 36,000 Child Porn Videos & Photos...](http://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/fairbury-man-accused-of-possessing-over-36-000-child-porn-videos-photos-out-on-bond/article_0dfa3c70-5c8c-11ed-84ff-5b5d88ca9e53.html)** > > More details have been released regarding one of the largest child porn cases in the state. In late October, Paul Barth, 51, of Fairbury was charged with two counts of > If convicted on all charges, Barth is looking at a prison term of anywhere from 31 to 142 years. How long until this turns up on [SVU?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5088 "2022-11-09T14:46:58Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > 36 _thousand!_ Including _household members!_ You know the old saying, the family that …no,never mind. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5089 "2022-11-09T17:17:49Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > 36 _thousand!_ Including _household members!_ Personal Pet Peeve: There is nothing on that page that tells me where that is, not even the state! Yes, it’s in “Fairbury”. Where da heck is that? Bonus: every comment is internet spam! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5090 "2022-11-09T17:19:57Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “Fairbury”. Where da heck is that? Here: https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d330667.3578104302!2d-88.5275126168334!3d40.74039555127467!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x880c670059c34109%3A0xd3a20ab67fe04cf6!2sFairbury%2C%20IL%2061739!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1668014383872!5m2!1sen!2sus I’m originally from ~40 miles to the northeast. Not really much to do around there but surely the guy could have found better things to do with his time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=253) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=255)