# 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:** 342
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6831 "2023-03-12T14:29:00Z")
The link in that article to the SC handbook ( or so it seems to be) is wild. Ninja babies? Is that Great Replacement crap? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6832 "2023-03-12T14:36:46Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3Vnn-SRE0yg/maxresdefault.jpg "Fatal Shooting of Sovereign Citizen/American National Chase Allan (UNEDITED BODYCAM)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vnn-SRE0yg) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6833 "2023-03-12T14:49:36Z")
On the subject of foreign IDs being used in the U.S., I present two data points. Years ago, I was at a convenience store in Springfield, IL, and in front of me were two German men trying to buy liquor. The clerk absolutely would not accept that their German passports were valid forms of ID. The situation ended with the guys not getting their beer, which I have to assume would be quite upsetting to Germans. In the clerk’s defense, she was probably never trained about foreign passports being used as ID. The other point is that I’ve seen more than one video on YouTube of an American cop pulling over a foreign driver and steadfastly refusing to believe that they could drive on a foreign driver’s license. One California cop insisted that the Canadian tourist needed a California driver’s license! The Canadian politely asked the cop if he (the tourist) was expected to take the California driver’s license course and pay for a CA license, without having an address in CA, in order to be able to drive around for his week-long holiday. And the cop was like “Yes! Now step out of the car.” There was a yuge lawsuit,. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6834 "2023-03-12T15:21:02Z")
Thinning the herd. Too bad. ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6835 "2023-03-12T19:32:03Z")
In contrast, back in 2012 I was visiting back home and went to do early voting at the county office. I was required to produce a photo ID, so I asked if I could use my Swedish Residence Permit. They looked at it and accepted it (“as long as it is issued by a government it is ok!”). I did have my Utah driver’s license as a backup, but being allowed to vote with a _foreign_ ID kind of blew my mind! ---
**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 12, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6836 "2023-03-12T20:13:57Z")
> [@SailorHG](#): > > as long as it is issued by a government it is ok! Even a [scary music] _socialist_ government? ---
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6837 "2023-03-12T20:32:29Z")
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. > **[A man was crushed to death while allegedly attempting to steal a catalytic...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/us/georgia-man-death-catalytic-converter-theft/index.html)** > > A man was crushed to death while allegedly attempting to steal a catalytic convertor from vehicle at a Savannah, Georgia, car lot, police said. As a victim of catalytic converter thieves, with the result of my car being declared a total loss (only damage was the stolen converter), I have absolutely zero sympathy for corpse-guy. ---
**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 12, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6838 "2023-03-12T22:20:42Z")
That reminds me of one from a few years ago. A cop finds an empty car parked on the side of a busy road in the middle of the night. The owner shows up and explains that he ran out of gas was just running across the street to the gas station to fill up a jerry can and told the cop he’d be right back (he may have even tried to borrow some money from the cop). In any case, while waiting for him to return, the cop noticed six catalytic converters in the back seat AND it was a stolen car. He was arrested. I have to assume the cop asked for the guy’s ID, otherwise, there wasn’t really a whole lot of upside to returning to the car. If he said he was going to the gas station and just kept going, he’d have a healthy head start before the cop realized he was gone. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6839 "2023-03-13T01:14:53Z")
Darn it, **Joey P**. I was hoping you would’ve had a crushed-to-death story. 😢 ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6840 "2023-03-13T01:23:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I have absolutely zero sympathy for corpse-guy. If you die trying to steal a catalytic converter, you are reincarnated as a fish whose tongue has been stolen by _Cymothoa exigua_. > **[Why No Fish Wants a Tongue-eating Parasitic Louse in its Mouth](https://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/parasitic-tongue-eating-louse.htm)** > > Cymothoa exigua will make you feel very glad you're not a fish. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6841 "2023-03-13T03:38:55Z")
I have now learned about something even more horrifying than Tarantula Wasps. Thankfully I am getting old enough that some things seen can be forgotten if I don’t keep thinking about them. Imma gonna go look at kitten pics now. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6842 "2023-03-13T07:54:55Z")
Not clicking. Not clicking. Nope nope nope. ---
**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 13, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6843 "2023-03-13T16:09:33Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I was hoping you would’ve had a crushed-to-death story Did you ever watch [Six Feet Under](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OHulpfzgPE)? I knew a guy that did that (kinda). His truck wasn’t fully in park, and it backed over and killed him when he walked behind it. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6844 "2023-03-13T16:31:17Z")
There’s also [Anton Yelchin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Yelchin#Death). ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6845 "2023-03-13T16:34:48Z")
And [Brian Harvey](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-358451/Harvey-blames-potatoes-bizarre-car-accident.html). And [Jeremy Renner](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/25/entertainment/jeremy-renner-incident-report-emergency-brake/index.html#:~:text=Renner%20was%20%E2%80%9Ccompletely%20crushed%20under,road%2C%E2%80%9D%20the%20report%20says.). ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6846 "2023-03-13T19:59:58Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I knew a guy that did that (kinda). His truck wasn’t fully in park, and it backed over and killed him when he walked behind it. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > There’s also [Anton Yelchin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Yelchin#Death) > [@Gyrate](#): > > And [Brian Harvey](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-358451/Harvey-blames-potatoes-bizarre-car-accident.html). > > And [Jeremy Renner](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/25/entertainment/jeremy-renner-incident-report-emergency-brake/index.html#:~:text=Renner%20was%20%E2%80%9Ccompletely%20crushed%20under,road%2C%E2%80%9D%20the%20report%20says.). It’s started!! > **[Maximum Overdrive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Overdrive)** > > Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 American horror film written and directed by Stephen King. The film stars Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, and Yeardley Smith. The screenplay was inspired by and loosely based on King's short story "Trucks", which was included in the author's first collection of short stories, Night Shift, and follows the events after all machines (including trucks, radios, arcade games, vending machines, etc.) become sentient when Earth crosses the tail of a comet, ini... ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6847 "2023-03-13T20:48:40Z")
Maybe you’re registered as the correct party for that county… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6848 "2023-03-13T22:24:44Z")
And thank-you to all those with crushed cites. 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6849 "2023-03-16T13:07:32Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > You want to see a stupid MFer in the news? I give you [“sovereign citizen” who is now a sovereign corpse](https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/3/10/23632303/what-is-a-sovereign-citizen-farmington-police-shooting). The link is from _Deseret News_ and here’s the beginning of the article: The apple didn’t fall far from [the tree](https://www.ksl.com/article/50595039/video-mother-of-man-killed-by-utah-police-had-a-similar-traffic-stop). > [@](#): > > Video: Mother of man killed by Utah police had a similar traffic stop Do stupid things, watch your child do even stupider things. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6850 "2023-03-17T00:34:37Z")
[https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/politics/oregon-secession-idaho-partisan-divides/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/politics/oregon-secession-idaho-partisan-divides/index.html) [Emphasis mine] > **“We don’t think of ourselves as a secessionist movement. We see ourselves as a self-determination movement,”** McCaw said of the Greater Idaho Movement, which seeks to move the Idaho state line west to include more than half of Oregon. ‘It’s not a war. It’s a Special Military Operation!’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=341) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=343)