# 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:** 335
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6691 "2023-02-28T06:45:05Z")
Sue it all you want, it is 65 and you ain’t gettin’ _nothing_ out of it. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6692 "2023-02-28T11:56:59Z")
Reading this post after some others made me do a double-take until I realized it was a reply to a different subject. 😁 ---
**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:** [February 28, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6693 "2023-02-28T12:13:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Sue it all you want, it is 65 and you ain’t gettin’ _nothing_ out of it. - It’ll never stand up in court, anyway. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6694 "2023-03-01T13:41:43Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Is there a term for a reverse Freudian slip? A mishearing is within the scope of meaning of a Freudian slip. Or at least it is to psychoanalysts, if not colloquially. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6695 "2023-03-01T15:37:14Z")
So, like a Freudian Wet Willie? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6696 "2023-03-02T03:38:58Z")
The allegedly Democratic mayor of New York: Civil rights groups blasted the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, after he said he believed God had made him mayor, appeared to support compulsory prayer in public schools and [said] “Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state.” > **[Outcry after New York mayor dismisses separation of church and state](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/01/eric-adams-new-york-city-mayor-separation-church-state)** > > Eric Adams says ‘Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state’ at an interfaith breakfast ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6697 "2023-03-02T03:51:13Z")
The evangelical “He Gets Us” campaign, partially paid for by Hobby Lobby, is not appreciated by the right wing. We already knew it wasn’t supported by the left. And now it turns out that the campaign is associated with the Swift Boats attacks on John Kerry. > **['He Gets Us' and Sleazy 'Swift Boat' Ads Share a Central Figure — Further...](https://religiondispatches.org/he-gets-us-and-sleazy-swift-boat-ads-share-a-central-figure-further-evidence-of-a-right-wing-bait-and-switch/)** > > One of the funnier developments in the ongoing drama around the “He Gets Us” campaign that aired pro-Jesus ads during the Grammy Awards and the Super Bowl has been the attacks from numerous evangelicals on social media who berate the PR messaging for... ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6698 "2023-03-02T06:01:25Z")
I really thought that “Central Figure – Further” said “Central Figure – Führer”. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6699 "2023-03-02T06:10:32Z")
Congressman James Comer says that Biden’s dead son, and bronze star recipient, should have been prosecuted before he died. > **[White House Livid Over Republican’s Attack on Biden’s Dead Son](https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-livid-over-rep-james-comers-attack-on-bidens-dead-son)** > > “It’s completely inappropriate. It’s ugly,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said of Rep. James Comer’s comments. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6700 "2023-03-02T07:39:29Z")
Libertarian Party of Georgia: “Taiwan is part of China.” > ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6701 "2023-03-02T08:04:24Z")
Here’s a version of the story for those who don’t have a _Daily Beast_ subscription: > **[White House calls senior Republican ‘despicable’ for Beau Biden prosecution wish](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-beau-oversight-james-comer-b2292283.html)** > > ‘Jim Comer has a Trumpian blend of incompetence and malice,’ former Obama adviser says ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6702 "2023-03-02T13:43:14Z")
Huh? > **[Schoolchildren stranded in US after hotel ‘shredded 44 passports’](https://www.independent.co.uk/us/schoolchildren-stranded-america-passports-shredded-b2291292.html)** > > Pupils from Barr Beacon School in Walsall were meant to fly home from Boston on Saturday after their skiing holiday ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6703 "2023-03-02T13:55:08Z")
How does that happen “accidentally”? ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6704 "2023-03-02T14:03:15Z")
WT actual F? 44 emergency passports plus room and board in NYC for at least 4 days plus possible/likely airfare charges sounds like a pretty penny. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6705 "2023-03-02T14:08:24Z")
This is fucked up, but my question is: why does a British school class fly to Boston for a skiing holiday? I’ve never heard of the Boston area as a ski resort, and they could have traveled for much less money in much less time to the Alps. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6706 "2023-03-02T14:14:33Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > why does a British school class fly to Boston for a skiing holiday? My guess is they did it for the same reason that a school class in Dallas would fly to the Alps for a skiing holiday, rather than to Colorado. Doubtful if money or time is an issue. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6707 "2023-03-02T14:15:58Z")
I just thought that such a long trip must be pretty expensive for a school holiday. Must be one of those posh British private schools… ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6708 "2023-03-02T14:17:50Z")
Wikipedia says it’s a language school, so my guess is they came to the US so they could practice their English. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6709 "2023-03-02T14:35:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Libertarian Party of Georgia: > “Taiwan is part of China.” If you read the Twitter exchange it’s apparently because they don’t want our kids fighting for Taiwan. That’s fair enough, but it seems like a bizarre way for a libertarian to express that view. Don’t people in Taiwan get to resist unification if _they_ want to? If China says it wants Staten Island, will they tweet that Staten Island is part of China? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6710 "2023-03-02T14:47:39Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > This is fucked up, but my question is: why does a British school class fly to Boston for a skiing holiday? I’ve never heard of the Boston area as a ski resort, and they could have traveled for much less money in much less time to the Alps. No ski resort in Boston, but it would be a good port of entry if going to New Hampshire or Vermont. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=334) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=336)