# 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:** 27
**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:** [May 6, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/524 "2021-05-06T21:24:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > he “vote auditors” checking the ballots in Arizona are doing “forensic testing” of the ballot material in search of bamboo fibers that would reveal fraudulent ballots shipped over from China (“the south-east corner of the world”). Yeah, 'cause they are all about SCIENCE!!! ---
**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:** [May 6, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/525 "2021-05-06T21:48:20Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > IIRC, they’re getting kicked out of the venue they’re using in a couple weeks because it’s booked. I have no doubt that at that time they’ll announce that they have found IRREGULARITIES! and BAD THINGS! Things that MUST BE INVESTIGATED! But no evidence will be forthcoming. Just a lot of noise. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/526 "2021-05-06T22:08:13Z")
Regarding the vote audit in Arizona, I don’t expect them to overturn the Biden victory there (and even if they did, it’s not going to change anything). But are there Democratic House seats that could be overturned? What could they accomplish? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/527 "2021-05-06T22:38:23Z")
They aren’t looking at Congressional votes. Just the ones traitors cast for Biden. Because reasons. Looking for “bamboo fibers” is the same as “[seeing snow on their boots](https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/20057)\*,” and for pretty much the same reason. - - Read the abstract. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/528 "2021-05-06T22:40:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I have no doubt that at that time they’ll announce that they have found IRREGULARITIES! and BAD THINGS! Things that MUST BE INVESTIGATED! > > But no evidence will be forthcoming. Just a lot of noise. My guess is that they’ll get “close – oh, so close” to having all the forensic evidence that they need, but that [wait for it] they need money in order to continue. Because Trump. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/529 "2021-05-06T23:16:48Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > they need money in order to continue. And they’ll promise that they’ll get the proof in… … … … two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/530 "2021-05-06T23:26:03Z")
umm… Ring, ring, ring MAGOT : Hello? Caller : This was a done deal 7 months ago. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/532 "2021-05-07T01:14:24Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > But are there Democratic House seats that could be overturned? I wish they could overturn some Republican seats. If we could lose Biggs, Gosar, Lesko and Schweikert, now that would be something! ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/533 "2021-05-07T02:53:36Z")
My theory is that they’re intentionally making the Arizona “audit” as cartoonishly insane as possible and dragging it out forever so that adults will be compelled to step in and stop it. Then they can clutch their pearls and wail, “Oh, if only the lefty commie fascists hadn’t stopped our audit, because they’re AFRAID of the TRUTH.” Or it could just be that they’re assclowns. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/534 "2021-05-07T14:55:42Z")
I vaguely recall an NCiS episode involving Panda poo paper. " **In the lab, Abby looks into the footprints. The material that made them comes from a lot of technobabble involving recycled panda poop and paper manufacture, but Abby concludes that whoever made the footprints stepped in dust at an abandoned paper mill about 100 miles from where the truck was found.**" > **[A Year of NCIS, Day 96: Family (Episode 5.2)](https://ayearofncis.home.blog/2019/04/23/a-year-of-ncis-day-96-family-episode-5-2/)** > > Tony just wants to urinate in peace and not get a lecture on his amateur undercover work from the Mossad lady. Episode: 5.2, Family Air Date: October 2, 2007 The Victim: Petty Officer Christopher M… Bamboo paper made in America could be a thing other than that paper mill was abandoned back in 2007. I guess the next step would be to check for fungal spores and date them. _I watch too many forensic shows but not have enough science background so stuff sounds plausible._ ---
**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:** [May 7, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/535 "2021-05-07T17:48:26Z")
Just wait till the CSI Las Vegas team chimes in! ---
**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:** [May 7, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/536 "2021-05-07T18:03:51Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/video-shows-an-alaska-teacher-telling-students-that-george-floyd-would-still-be-alive-if-he-followed-police-orders-she-was-put-on-leave/ar-BB1gsUlQ?li=BBnbfcL](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/video-shows-an-alaska-teacher-telling-students-that-george-floyd-would-still-be-alive-if-he-followed-police-orders-she-was-put-on-leave/ar-BB1gsUlQ?li=BBnbfcL) He would still be alive if Chauvin hadn’t knelt on his neck for four fucking minutes. Enjoy unemployment. Your students are better off without you. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/537 "2021-05-07T18:29:36Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > for four fucking minutes 9 minutes and 29 seconds ---
**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:** [May 7, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/538 "2021-05-07T18:36:37Z")
> While school officials have not named the teacher, she is addressed as “Ms. Gardner” in the video, and a Connie Gardner is listed as a special-education teacher on the Lathrop High School website. When I was in K-12, “special-education teacher” described the _students_ and the _curriculum_. My, how things have changed. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/539 "2021-05-08T00:38:43Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-capitol-riot-suspect-yelled-f-all-of-you-at-his-zoom-court-hearing-then-hung-up-on-the-judge-reports-say/ar-BB1gtmPs?li=BBnbfcL](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-capitol-riot-suspect-yelled-f-all-of-you-at-his-zoom-court-hearing-then-hung-up-on-the-judge-reports-say/ar-BB1gtmPs?li=BBnbfcL) THAT’ll go well, ---
**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:** [May 8, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/540 "2021-05-08T00:47:20Z")
It went extremely well for him. It’s likely his get out of trial card. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/541 "2021-05-08T00:49:02Z")
What those nutballs don’t realize is that Crazy is Forever. You are committed (sorry!) to it for the rest of your life, because the second you are “sane.” you are on trial. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/542 "2021-05-08T00:53:53Z")
Or released into the “care” of a relative. So incompetent (unable to aid in his defense) rather than insane (dangerous). ---
**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:** [May 8, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/543 "2021-05-08T01:34:53Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > When I was in K-12, “special-education teacher” described the _students_ and the _curriculum_ . > > My, how things have changed. Since we’re in the Pit: Fuck you. I was a student in special education curricula for much of elementary school and into high school. “Special education” isn’t a synonym for “stupid.” Fuck you very much for being one of those assholes who thinks it’s clever and funny to use it as an insult. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/544 "2021-05-08T01:37:33Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Fuck you very much for being one of those assholes who thinks it’s clever and funny to use it as an insult. I echo this sentiment. Enough already. Can the short bus quips too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=28)