# 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:** 303
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6051 "2023-01-19T23:17:29Z")
So there is some justice in this world: Three stupid MFers who got in a fight with a Family Dollar store security guard in 2020 over masking and wound up shooting him in the head, killing him, have all been [sentenced to life in prison](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/us/family-dollar-mask-shooting-life-sentence-michigan/index.html) > The security guard, Calvin Munerlyn, was shot after telling a customer she needed to wear a mask in the store, prosecutors have said. The altercation occurred when retail employees and customers were required by a state-wide executive order to wear masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19. > > Sharmel Lashe Teague, Larry Edward Teague and Ramonyea Travon Bishop were each convicted on murder and felony firearms charges in connection with the shooting, sentencing documents show. Larry Teague was also convicted of a habitual offender offense. > > . ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6052 "2023-01-20T00:59:34Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > There is real pressure from funders and the board of directors to see sustained growth. This is something I really don’t understand. What would “sustained growth” look like in an operation like NPR? More news bureaus around the world (staffed by reporters and analysts with fabulous names)? And how would that benefit the funders? If you care to elaborate, I would be interested. Also, I have assumed that corporate funders were more like customers than owners. They do business with NPR or they don’t. Are any of them large enough to threaten enough to cause enough problems to cause management to change their practices? I do indeed hope not. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6053 "2023-01-20T02:22:45Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > There was a development in my old town called Timber Ridge. The first thing the builder did when he started work was to cut down every last tree. Shoulda called it _TIIIMMMBERRR!_ Ridge. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6054 "2023-01-20T02:45:23Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > This is something I really don’t understand. What would “sustained growth” look like in an operation like NPR? More news bureaus around the world (staffed by reporters and analysts with fabulous names)? And how would that benefit the funders? If you care to elaborate, I would be interested. > > Also, I have assumed that corporate funders were more like customers than owners. They do business with NPR or they don’t. Are any of them large enough to threaten enough to cause enough problems to cause management to change their practices? I do indeed hope not. Well, I’m just spitballing here, but foundations have their own investors to worry about. So they need to be able to say, “See, we’re funding NPR, which is doing all these great new things with the money you’re giving us.” I don’t know that they need to see explicit operating revenue growth per se, but they want to constantly see innovation and improvement, which is often impossible to achieve without revenue growth. So it might translate to more news bureaus around the world, or it might translate to special projects requiring additional staff, or an additional radio show, or something interesting that foundations can say to _their_ donors, “Hey, look what we’re doing with your money.” Meanwhile, nonprofit boards often comprise corporate types who make a ton of money and have a hard time conceptualizing success in anything other than $$$. They are put on the board to solicit donations from their rich friends and colleagues, so it’s a deliberate choice on behalf of the nonprofit, but it can lead to a disconnect between the board’s ideas of what a successful nonprofit looks like vs. the staff on the ground. With corporations it’s a bit different, because I would imagine whatever tax write-offs they are getting figure heavily. I understand the PR side a little better - corporations are concerned with the image that they are doing good with their money, and often what they are funding is designed to offset, in the public consciousness, whatever damage they are doing. So a big oil company would have a whole foundation arm dedicated to natural preservation or something. Some corporations have their employees decide on key issues to address with the funding. Some have their pet interests. I have no idea what corporations are funding NPR or how that figures in, in this case. In my experience, corporations tend to be heavy on giving in areas related to “community” improvement, so improved social services, economic growth/job preparedness, youth education (especially STEM), community development, and lately a whole slew of anti-racism initiatives. But I guess my overall point is that nonprofit or not, there’s a certain business-like culture that is hard to avoid. How much influence a given foundation/corporation has on actual non-profit governance depends a lot on who is at the helm. Some orgs will jump at any chance to gain more revenue and others will say, “Fuck no, we’re not doing that.” Some funders don’t particularly care what you do with the money as long as your overall organization is strong, others have very stringent requirements. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6055 "2023-01-20T02:47:37Z")
I’m less sure about the private foundation piece. I’m not positive how those operate or how they are accountable to their investors. I’ve always wanted to try out grantmaking, and see what it’s like on the other side. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6056 "2023-01-20T03:24:16Z")
A Florida woman has been pulled out of a Florida storm drain for the second time in two years. She was also pulled out of a storm drain once in Texas. > **[Florida woman pulled from storm drain for third time in 2 years](https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-woman-pulled-from-storm-drain-for-third-time-in-2-years/)** > > A woman was pulled from a storm drain for the third time in just over two years on Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6057 "2023-01-20T03:30:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A Florida woman has been pulled out of a Florida storm drain for the second time in two years. She was also pulled out of a storm drain once in Texas. But don’t be unfair to this lady. It is wrong to infer from this information that she is bad at getting out of storm drains. She may have been in storm drains thousands of times, but she only gets publicity on the three occasions that she has to be rescued. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6058 "2023-01-20T03:36:38Z")
A Canadian woman is about to lose her home because she has stopped paying her mortgage, because the Queen of Canada has told her that the banks are fake and all debts will be forgiven. > **[A Mom Is Losing Her Family Home Thanks to the QAnon Queen of Canada](https://www.vice.com/en/article/93a4vz/romana-didulo-qanon-follower-losing-home)** > > Court documents show a woman is about to lose her family's home because she's refusing to pay the mortgage because of the QAnon influencer's "royal decree." ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6059 "2023-01-20T03:55:32Z")
‘In a small central Albertan town…’ Why does this not surprise me? ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6060 "2023-01-20T03:55:46Z")
British PM Rishi Sunak recorded himself in a moving car and now the police are investigating him not wearing a seatbelt. > **[Rishi Sunak's failure to wear seat belt to be investigated](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64337866)** > > The prime minister has apologised for removing his seat belt while filming a clip for social media. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6061 "2023-01-20T04:16:48Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I haven’t the faintest idea … why the rules are different for pines. because it is where the sun never shines You will shiver the whole night through ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6062 "2023-01-20T04:17:57Z")
This is so sad. These Q creeps are con artists who take advantage of these sorts of people. I can’t even imagine how many have died because of this garbage let alone lost their homes. It seems that ole’ Ramona sniffed out a way to make some $ at the expense of ignorant people. I wonder when she’ll tell 'em all to off themselves for some equally stupid reason. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6063 "2023-01-20T04:26:13Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > These Q creeps are con artists who take advantage of these sorts of people. It’s Q creeps taking advantage of Q creeps. I feel bad for the kids, but there is too much other suffering in the world to get worked up over the self-inflicted plight of the mother. Pointing and laughing seems appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6064 "2023-01-20T04:28:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A Florida woman has been pulled out of a Florida storm drain for the second time in two years. She was also pulled out of a storm drain once in Texas. > [https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-woman-pulled-from-storm-drain-for-third-time-in-2-years/](https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-woman-pulled-from-storm-drain-for-third-time-in-2-years/) _”Unnamed sources report that upon emerging from the storm drain, she gave her name to emergency workers as ‘Penelope Saggio.’”_ (Made up quote) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6065 "2023-01-20T04:48:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A Florida woman has been pulled out of a Florida storm drain for the second time in two years. She was also pulled out of a storm drain once in Texas. To quote Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo > That’s the land of crazy. Florida is the land of sanity. I’m starting to think that the anti-mask, anti-vax, anti-covid, hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin promoting Surgeon General isn’t as smart as his title suggests. I wonder if he might also be wrong about Florida being the land of sanity? ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6066 "2023-01-20T04:50:51Z")
Alex Jones says he can’t go anywhere without women throwing themselves at him. > **[Alex Jones Says He Can't Even Go To Dinner Without Women Throwing Themselves...](https://god.dailydot.com/alex-jones-women/)** > > "This has major 'many people are saying' energy." ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6067 "2023-01-20T05:26:57Z")
They’re probably tucking themselves into balls, going for the takedown. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6068 "2023-01-20T05:48:16Z")
I read the article. WTF? “Bonnie” is a complete moron. I suppose she’ll camp with the queen. The same morons who complain the government is too large, has a deep state, yet the morons continue their freedom to willingly get duped and suckered by someone who has no idea what government is and just lies. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6069 "2023-01-20T05:55:13Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I read the article. WTF? “Bonnie” is a complete moron. IMO , “Bonnie” is mentally ill and is being taken advantage of by a grifter (who is probably also mentally ill) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6070 "2023-01-20T06:05:26Z")
Florida Man tries to pawn a WWI anti-ship ordinance and the whole street gets shut down. > **[North Port police: Man tries to sell WW1 anti-ship round at pawn shop](https://www.wtsp.com/amp/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/north-port-sell-ww1-anti-ship-round-pawn-shop/67-2f1b40e1-2a54-4b0b-80c7-941579c79cc0)** > > Explosive experts with the North Port Police Department, Sarasota Police Department and MacDill Air Force Base went out to the scene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=304)