# 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:** 257
**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 11, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5131 "2022-11-11T19:14:40Z")
Princess Martha Louise of Norway claims she’s clairvoyant. She is engaged to an American “shaman” who claims that you only get cancer if you choose to, and sells a healing amulet for $222. After a lot of criticism, she has decided to stop all of her official royal duties. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5132 "2022-11-11T21:02:18Z")
What, you’ve never heard of a [chicken gun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun)? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5133 "2022-11-11T22:09:58Z")
This was posted a couple of days ago in the [Stupid Gun News of the Day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/642?) thread. It belongs in both, really. ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5134 "2022-11-11T22:54:14Z")
This guy in the UK threw eggs at the King. He’s out on bail now, but is not allowed to be within 500 meters of the King, or to carry eggs in public. > **[Man arrested for allegedly throwing eggs at King is banned from having eggs](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-arrested-allegedly-throwing-eggs-25484638)** > > Student Patrick Thelwell says he was protesting against fascism, borders and suffering ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5135 "2022-11-12T00:12:40Z")
Sounds like an ASBO > **[Anti-social behaviour order | Uses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour_order#Uses)** > > An ASBO was issued in response to "conduct which caused or was likely to cause harm, harassment, alarm, or distress, to one or more persons not of the same household as him or herself, and where an ASBO was seen as necessary to protect relevant persons from further anti-social acts by the defendant." In England and Wales, they were issued by magistrates' courts, and in Scotland by the sheriff courts. > The British government introduced ASBOs through the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. In the UK, a CR... ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5136 "2022-11-12T00:27:40Z")
Sounds like they need to consult with the Thais on how to protect the Monarchy. ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5137 "2022-11-12T05:18:15Z")
The head of a San Diego megachurch and her parents have been arrested on charges of beating and mistreating her daughter, who died in the hospital. The father committed suicide in front of the cops. The father was a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent > **[Megachurch Leader Arrested Alongside Her Parents for Allegedly Torturing and...](https://people.com/crime/mega-church-leader-arrested-alongside-her-parents-for-allegedly-torturing-and-murdering-daughter/)** > > Leticia McCormack was arrested Monday for allegedly torturing and murdering daughter Arabella in San Diego. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5138 "2022-11-12T05:51:04Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > You not only don’t do the prohibited thing; you don’t do anything that’s like the prohibited thing. > > It’s actually rather the reverse of deciding that beavers are fish so they can be eaten when meat’s prohibited. I may be mistaken, but I believe the eating of beavers on Lenten Fridays infringes on a completely different Catholic injunction relating to restricting a certain class of actions to be specifically directed toward the intended result. ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5139 "2022-11-12T06:18:33Z")
Crypto currency exec loses his entire $16 billion fortune in one week. > **[In less than a week, Sam Bankman-Fried's $16 billion fortune evaporated -...](https://abc17news.com/money/cnn-business-consumer/2022/11/11/in-less-than-a-week-sam-bankman-frieds-16-billion-fortune-evaporated/)** > > By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Sam Bankman-Fried woke up on Monday still a billionaire, even as his cryptocurrency empire was beginning to unravel. By Friday, his fortune was completely wiped out. Based on net worth calculations by Bloomberg,... ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5140 "2022-11-12T06:20:10Z")
Is he really broke, or is he now going to be forced to live on the millions he (presumably) squirreled away earlier? ---
**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 12, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5141 "2022-11-12T08:43:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That is a serious violation of food handling guidelines. “No officers, I **don’t** have a permit for the weapon. But the chicken does.” ---
**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 12, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5142 "2022-11-12T08:44:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Crypto currency exec loses his entire $16 billion fortune in one week. If there’s anyone who would lose billions in less than a week, it would be someone named “Bankman-Fried”. ---
**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 12, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5143 "2022-11-12T19:32:36Z")
The guy’s crypto company had naming rights to the Miami Heat arena. The team is scrambling for a new sponsor for the arena. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5144 "2022-11-12T21:29:13Z")
Trump Steaks Arena has a nice ring to it. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5145 "2022-11-12T21:57:43Z")
Man calls police on 9 year old girl spraying spotted lanternflies in her neighborhood > **[9-year-old girl now 'afraid to go outside' after neighbor called 911 on her...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/10/2135112/-9-year-old-girl-now-afraid-to-go-outside-after-neighbor-called-911-on-her-for-spraying-insects)** > > A New Jersey mother and her 13-year-old daughter read powerful words before a local city council to detail just how traumatic of an experience they lived through. Monique Joseph told the Borough of Caldwell City Council that her 9-year-old... > **[Local Republican Calls Cops on 9-Year-Old Black Girl Catching Lanternflies](https://www.thedailybeast.com/local-republican-calls-caldwell-new-jersey-cops-on-9-year-old-black-girl-catching-lanternflies)** > > “I don’t know what the hell she’s doing; it scares me though,” Lawshe told police, according to a recording of the call relayed by the girl’s mother. > “There’s a little Black woman, walking, spraying stuff on the sidewalks and trees on Elizabeth and Florence. I don’t know what the hell she’s doing, scares me though,” he tells police, adding that she’s a “real small woman.” > > “Real tiny. She’s got a hood on. Uhh…you can’t miss her,” Lawshe adds. ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5146 "2022-11-12T22:47:43Z")
“I don’t know what she’s spraying, but I think it might be liquid CRT! Bring your SWAT team!!!” ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5147 "2022-11-12T22:47:44Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Man calls police on 9 year old girl spraying spotted lanternflies in her neighborhood The comments in the article make it clear that by calling her a “little Black woman” rather than a child, he was likely trying to get her in serious trouble. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5148 "2022-11-12T23:09:46Z")
She was terrifyingly tiny! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5149 "2022-11-13T10:06:08Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Trump Steaks Arena has a nice ring to it. Trump stakes has an even nicer ring. ---
**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 13, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5150 "2022-11-13T19:31:39Z")
Texas middle school teacher tells the class that he thinks white people are superior to all other races, and everybody, no matter what race, thinks that, too. > **[Southside defends his son against white teacher who admitted to being racist](https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-11-13/253187/southside-defends-his-son-against-alleged-racist-teacher/)** > > Video footage of the teacher admitting to his racist beliefs has been circulating on social media since Friday (Nov. 11). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=256) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=258)