# 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:** 310
**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 25, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6191 "2023-01-25T04:35:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Wonder if the Desantis for President campaign would want to share that one? No - DeSantis would be worried that somebody might think they are Hindus. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6192 "2023-01-25T04:53:40Z")
All I could think about was how scared that poor horse was. If you watch to the end, the poor thing is running off trying to kick the lead rope away from it’s legs. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6193 "2023-01-25T04:58:30Z")
I hadn’t realized it was frightened! Poor horse. ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6194 "2023-01-25T07:45:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Ever since Disney bought the MCU, I’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop and give us: > Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse → Tarzan Treehouse → _I Am Groot_. Ugh, you’re probably right! 😭 ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6195 "2023-01-25T08:04:23Z")
Hmm, seems like a book ripe for banning. We can’t have that “woke” stuff in our libraries. Why in Michigan we close libraries rather than expose our innocent _ **white** _ children to _gasp_ ideas and ugh diversity. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6196 "2023-01-25T14:07:20Z")
If these guys are so proud, why do they hide behind masks? ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6197 "2023-01-25T17:07:45Z")
covid protocols ---
**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 25, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6198 "2023-01-25T18:31:30Z")
Just days after the Monterey Park massacre, Wall Street Journal runs a headline, “Are there ‘Too Many Asians.'” > **[Wall Street Journal criticized for 'Too Many Asians' headline – AsAmNews](https://asamnews.com/2023/01/25/wall-street-journal-criticized-for-too-many-asians-headline/)** > > The Wall Street Journal is facing criticism for an OP-Ed published Monday evening with the headline “Are there ‘Too Many Asians.'” Many Asian American activists feel that it was inappropriate to write a provocative headline after several Asian... ---
**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 25, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6199 "2023-01-25T18:40:16Z")
Good grief. It’s impossible to believe that this is just stupidity, that it didn’t occur to anyone how insensitive it is. The actual content of the piece is irrelevant. Deliberately provocative, imo. Aka racist trolling. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6200 "2023-01-25T18:46:54Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Deliberately provocative Indeed, using the old journalistic trick of phrasing it as a question. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6201 "2023-01-25T23:26:53Z")
I call that “clickracebait”. ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6202 "2023-01-25T23:38:29Z")
And now Twitter has suspended Ali Alexander after reinstating him earlier, but I can’t find why. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6203 "2023-01-25T23:39:27Z")
I call it pretty damn dangerous too. I’m pretty shocked, actually. Geez oh Pete. ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6204 "2023-01-28T02:04:15Z")
A radioactive capsule used in mining has disappeared in a 1400 km region in Western Australia. It can cause serious damage if a person comes in contact with it. And it’s been missing for two weeks and just now revealed. > **[Tiny radioactive capsule goes missing in Western Australia](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64429375)** > > The tiny object contains Caesium-137, which could cause serious illness. ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6205 "2023-01-28T02:33:13Z")
A candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court wants to open a gun range that serves alcohol, > **[Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Is Trying to Open a Gun Range That Serves...](https://news.yahoo.com/wisconsin-supreme-court-candidate-trying-231000046.html)** > > There’s a pivotal election in April that you may not have heard about: A conservative judge on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is retiring, and four people are running in a race that could tip the body from its 4-3 conservative majority. It’s not... ---
**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:** [January 28, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6206 "2023-01-28T03:29:36Z")
I think that’s a great idea. Let them Kilkenny Cat each other out of our hair. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6207 "2023-01-28T03:46:00Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Let them Kilkenny Cat each other out of our hair. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/K4rOx0nWD8U/maxresdefault.jpg "Wild Cats of Kilkenny") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4rOx0nWD8U) ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6208 "2023-01-28T04:09:55Z")
A Danish idiot burned a Quran in Sweden, so Turkey and Pakistan are outraged and are protesting against Sweden. So they burned Swiss and American flags. ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6209 "2023-01-28T04:17:38Z")
They had probably made a bulk purchase from Diba Parcham Khomein, it’s hard to anticipate what flag you might need to burn. Perhaps a reversible flag with a different country on the back could be a new product line for them. > **[Iranian factory making thousands of US and Israeli flags for protesters to burn](https://thehill.com/policy/international/480735-iranian-factory-making-thousands-of-us-and-israeli-flags-for-protesters/)** > > A factory based in the hometown of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is producing Israeli and U.S. flags primarily for the purpose of supplying props for protesters to … ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6210 "2023-01-28T04:33:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court wants to open a gun range that serves alcohol, Just for reference, she’s the judge from the Waukesha Christmas Parade/Darrell Brooks case. I feel like she’ll win on her minor celebrity status alone. There’s four judges on the ballet and hers is the only name I’ve ever heard. But that’s still a stupid idea for a business. And for full disclosure, I have no major issue with gun ranges. Before I clicked on your link I figured there was more to it. Maybe the gun range and bar would be in entirely different sections of the building, or, at the very least, they wouldn’t have overlapping business hours. I fully suspect that any shooting range/bar that relies on "a breathalyzer to be used on “suspicious individuals.” " is going to wind up with someone dead. It probably won’t even take that long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=309) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=311)