# 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:** 270
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5391 "2022-12-04T18:34:15Z")
Somebody shot up several power substations in Moore County, NC, in retaliation for there having been a drag show in town. 40,000 people without power. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5392 "2022-12-04T18:35:11Z")
I’m starting to not get shocked by this stuff anymore.😧 ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5393 "2022-12-04T18:40:40Z")
A federal judge has sanctioned the plaintiffs’ attorneys in Kari Lake and Mark Finchem’s repeated lawsuits against the Maricopa County Board of Elections, ordering the attorneys themselves to pay the defendants’ legal fees. His 30 page order was particularly scathing, > **['Furthering false narratives': Lake, Finchem lawsuit draws sanction order...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/furthering-false-narratives-lake-finchem-030507472.html)** > > A federal judge ordered sanctions against the attorneys of Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in their lawsuit against voting machines. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5394 "2022-12-04T19:09:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Somebody shot up several power substations in Moore County, NC, in retaliation for there having been a drag show in town. 40,000 people without power Some of whom undoubtedly also didn’t want a drag show in town. Though whether being personally inconvenienced by this particular person’s technique for discouraging one will make them think twice about whether to make a big deal of it themselves is another question. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5395 "2022-12-04T19:25:41Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Though whether being personally inconvenienced by this particular person’s technique for discouraging one will make them think twice about whether to make a big deal of it themselves is another question. Easy answer: most of them will blame the drag performers for the outage, as the perp intended. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5396 "2022-12-04T19:38:38Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Some of whom undoubtedly also didn’t want a drag show in town. Though whether being personally inconvenienced by this particular person’s technique for discouraging one will make them think twice about whether to make a big deal of it themselves is another question. Find them, charge them with domestic terrorism. These people are morons. They’ve probably posted their actions on social media. Or bragged about it at the local watering whole. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5397 "2022-12-04T19:38:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Somebody shot up several power substations in Moore County, NC, in retaliation for there having been a drag show in town. 40,000 people without power. Cite for the motive? It seems quite speculative. The police have questioned a woman who said on Facebook that she knew why the power was out, and she led a protest against the “family-friendly” drag show. I can’t find a source that goes any further than that. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5398 "2022-12-04T19:46:48Z")
Might not matter why. But it was done deliberately. Lock them away. That’s not a protest 'or polite political protest, or tourists. Big time in the big house is the only way these idiots will be stopped. I almost said these idiots will see the light. But that’s never going to happen. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5399 "2022-12-04T19:56:39Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Somebody shot up several power substations in Moore County, NC, in retaliation for there having been a drag show in town. > > Cite for the motive? Article linked by @Smapti in the SRIOD thread: > **[The drag show must go on: Organizers say death threats won't stop Southern...](https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2022/12/02/organizers-say-far-right-criticism-wont-stop-southern-pines-drag-show/69678089007/)** > > Organizers of a downtown Southern Pines drag show say they aren’t backing down after receiving threats of violence from far-right activists. > This time, the opposition went on a “crusade” to shut down the event by claiming drag performers are pedophiles with intentions of grooming children, Moore County political blog writer Cheryl Christy-Bowman said. > “The LGBTQ forces are coming to Southern Pines and they are after our children,” [a letter from Southern Pines Christian school leaders to sponsors of the event] read in part. “This is their target audience to peddle their abomination.” > When the [Proud Boys] protested an October drag event in nearby Sanford, they were joined by at least two people who have condemned the Southern Pines event online. Neither responded to requests by The Fayetteville Observer for comment. > > In a photo taken at the Sanford event, the group is seen flashing a white power symbol. One man is wearing a hat that states “shoot your local pedophile.” > In response to threats of violence, organizers have ramped up security. Private security and the Southern Pines Police Department will monitor the event, and IDs will be checked against tickets at the door, Dietzel said. > > “We’ve taken security very seriously,” he said. I’m inclined to believe that the chickenshits took to [shooting up substations](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/04/us/power-outage-moore-county-criminal-investigation/index.html) rather than face the increased security at the event. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5400 "2022-12-04T22:24:48Z")
Milo has been fired from Kanye’s presidential campaign after infighting. > **[Milo Yiannopoulos Is Out at Kanye West Campaign After Infighting](https://www.thedailybeast.com/milo-yiannopoulos-is-out-at-kanye-wests-2024-presidential-campaign-after-infighting)** > > “I’m not in the least bit drawn in by perks and private jets,” Yiannopoulos told The Daily Beast, tossing other informal campaign members under the bus. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5401 "2022-12-04T22:40:54Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Find them, charge them with domestic terrorism. These people are morons. They’ve probably posted their actions on social media. Or bragged about it at the local watering whole. Officeh Digs, _suh!_ Repo’ting fer duty, _SUH!_ Volunteerin’ fer poppin’ round all the local wat’rin’ holes in a ten-mile radius. Full disguise, workin’ class colonial accent, coon dog optional, expense account mandatory, _SUH!_ ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5402 "2022-12-04T22:42:00Z")
Fucker Carlson asked Hunter Biden to help his son get into a college. > ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5403 "2022-12-04T23:00:32Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Obviously they had so much success pwning the libs in the recent election that they now have no recourse than to start pwning each other. Next up: Pwnshop, starring Whatsisname and That Guy! ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5404 "2022-12-04T23:50:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fucker Carlson asked Hunter Biden to help his son get into a college. Bit slow on this. > **[A look at the time Tucker Carlson asked Hunter Biden for a favor](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/19/look-time-tucker-carlson-asked-hunter-biden-favor/)** > > Tucker Carlson and his wife were looking to get their son a leg up on his application to Georgetown University when they turned to a well-connected Washington friend who had an even better-connected father. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5405 "2022-12-05T00:56:39Z")
By the way, that’s not just any woman, [that’s a former Army captain who resigned her commission in the wake of the January Insurrection](https://www.rawstory.com/north-carolina-blackout-police/) and [she has a history](https://nypost.com/2021/01/11/army-investigating-officer-who-led-group-to-deadly-dc-riots/): > In Facebook posts, Rainey called her Moore County Citizens for Freedom a “movement.” In one post in November, the group bragged about having a “peaceful protest,” warning at the time, “They should pray we stay that way.” ETA by PuzzleGal: @Skywatcher asked me to clarify that she said that in Nov 2020, not recently. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5406 "2022-12-05T01:29:37Z")
A man tries to run over a snowman [but gets a big surprise](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2fxGC_VM6yE). ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5407 "2022-12-05T03:51:50Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I’m inclined to believe In fact, so am I. But I don’t post it as a fact. If there had been a “probably” or something similar in the post, I wouldn’t have questioned it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5408 "2022-12-05T12:32:42Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > A man tries to run over a snowman [but gets a big surprise](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2fxGC_VM6yE). Funny, but the story is from 2019. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > ordering the attorneys themselves to pay the defendants’ legal fees Wow. This seems abnormal (albeit entirely justified). How often do the _lawyers_ end up with a judgment against them? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5409 "2022-12-05T12:49:51Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Funny, but the story is from 2019. Noooo! ☹ ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5410 "2022-12-05T17:56:53Z")
Further on this, from [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/suspected-vandals-leave-thousands-dark-north-carolina-2022-12-04/) > A motive for the Saturday night damage spree wasn’t clear, said Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields. > Fields dismissed online rumors that the incident was connected to a drag show. Not conclusive, only the county Sheriff. Also note that the FBI is investigating, in addition to state and local authorities. So it may be a while before the public finds out the whole story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=271)