# 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:** 398
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7951 "2023-07-08T02:04:32Z")
Replied to me like a true…gentleman. I think that’s the word. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7952 "2023-07-08T11:45:47Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Maybe she was quizzing them on Greek mythology? Or Full House [trivia](https://fullhouse.fandom.com/wiki/Jesse_Katsopolis). ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7953 "2023-07-08T12:52:23Z")
A 66.6 million dollar lawsuit with purebloods and sovereign citizens rallying in British Columbia. > **[Anti-vaccine doctor's fans flood court, claiming to be 'common-law grand...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/daniel-nagase-lawsuit-1.6900086)** > > Members of the crowd, some wearing shirts reading “Purebloods Stand Together,” took turns reading out a statement charging a government lawyer with obstruction of justice for attempting to have Dr. Daniel Nagase’s $66.6-million lawsuit against the... ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7954 "2023-07-08T14:38:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If he is, it’s certainly ‘convenient’ that he should die in an ‘accident’ while the Deep State is in power… The Deep State is always in power. That’s its defining feature. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7955 "2023-07-08T15:31:53Z")
I still don’t understand the whole Sovereign Citizen thing. Even if what they’re saying is the Real True Law and the government are just usurpers, what makes them think that pointing that out is going to just make the evil government give up? Surely, they’ll just continue ignoring and usurping the Real True Law. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7956 "2023-07-08T15:54:44Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I still don’t understand the whole Sovereign Citizen thing. Even if what they’re saying is the Real True Law and the government are just usurpers, what makes them think that pointing that out is going to just make the evil government give up? Surely, they’ll just continue ignoring and usurping the Real True Law. - Because fools are full of optimism…and other substances. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7957 "2023-07-08T16:12:42Z")
SovCit magical thinkers have constructed an alternate reality bubble with a Kevlar integument. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7958 "2023-07-08T20:27:03Z")
It’s a magic spell. If you say Rumpelstiltskin’s name you automatically win. > [@I pit the SovCit movement... For a different reason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sovcit-movement-for-a-different-reason/980412/8): > > The sovereign citizens’ unexamined premise is that everyone in the current government is totally faithful to the secret rules and entirely trustworthy regarding them. It’s not government that they misunderstand - it’s human nature; the idea that the people whom the SovCits claim have hijacked the machinery of society will immediately about-face if the right words are used is mindboggingly naive. We’d be better off calling them “Government-Worshippers” - it’s more accurate than Sovereign Citize… ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7959 "2023-07-08T21:10:21Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > A 66.6 million dollar lawsuit with purebloods and sovereign citizens rallying in British Columbia. “Purebloods?” Hey, Rowling. Do you like what happens when you go reactionary? 'Cause this is what happens when you go reactionary. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7960 "2023-07-08T22:20:18Z")
This is some fucking stupid shit: > **[Texas gets $60 million in federal funds to strengthen power grid against...](https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/06/texas-electricity-grid-federal-grant-extreme-weather/)** > > The Texas Division of Emergency Management will decide how to use the money. The utilities are all private, for-profit entities, getting free money form the Feds. So much for libertariaism. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7961 "2023-07-08T22:44:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > So much for libertariaism. [We’re way the fuck past that.](https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/resources/funding.php) > In 2021 alone, the federal government allocated a historic level of funding to states, including Texas, through two pieces of legislation signed by President Biden. Here you can find pertinent information about how the American Rescue Plan and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act affect Texas now and in the future. > The **Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)** is a $1.2 trillion federal investment in the nation’s infrastructure signed into law on Nov. 15, 2021. So far, the Act has allocated an estimated $36.7 billion for existing and new programs in fiscals 2022-26. PDF is in infographic with the actual numbers > **[infrastructure.pdf](https://comptroller.texas.gov/about/media-center/infographics/2022/infrastructure.pdf)** > The **American Rescue Plan Act of 2021** is a $1.9 trillion federal coronavirus rescue package signed into law on March 11, 2021. The Act allocated nearly $40 billion to Texas. > **[arpa.pdf](https://comptroller.texas.gov/about/media-center/infographics/2021/arpa.pdf)** Apologies if this is wrong or doesn’t apply here. It was the first thing that popped up when I googled how much federal money Texas has received. I would wager a guess that Florida is pretty similar, even if they (publicly) eschew federal grants. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7962 "2023-07-09T04:46:54Z")
Maybe better for this thread: > [@Reluctantly — Fuck Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/): > > Man, it kills me to write that title. I love this state. I love the food and the culture, I love the diversity. I bristle at the caricatures of Texans as a bunch of ignorant, braggadocious cowboys, knowing that the overwhelming majority of people I encounter are personally humble, friendly, kind and generous. But as I sit here wrapped in blankets with no power for four days, I’m increasingly enraged by the fundamental governing philosophy of this state — “Go get yours. You didn’t or can’t? … ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7963 "2023-07-10T16:30:25Z")
There are no words: > **[Boat jumping incidents in Alabama cannot be attributed to social media, law...](https://www.today.com/news/boat-jumping-challenge-tiktok-deaths-rcna93368)** > > Officials say they do not have any record of deaths resulting from a social media challenge. > “The four that we responded to when they jumped out of the boat, they literally broke their neck and, you know, basically an instant death,” Dennis said. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7964 "2023-07-10T16:46:53Z")
Apparently the answer to “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?” is “I would if they did it on TikTok.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7965 "2023-07-10T17:09:21Z")
From @Joey_P 's cite: > [@Joey\_P](#): > > The **American Rescue Plan Act of 2021** is a $1.9 trillion federal coronavirus rescue package signed into law on March 11, 2021. The Act allocated nearly $40 billion to Texas. That’s a surprisingly low allocation to Texas, actually. It’s slightly more than the 1/50 of the total that the average state would get, but Texas isn’t an average state: It’s the second-largest by population, and close to a tenth of the population of the country. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7966 "2023-07-10T17:17:43Z")
I can’t tell if we’re slamming ARPA in general but for what it’s worth that funding is also helping domestic violence survivors in Michigan. I think though that you are just pointing out that Texas is a hypocrite, in which case, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7967 "2023-07-10T17:23:26Z")
I’m not slamming it, and I’m not pointing out that Texas is hypocritical. It often is, of course, but in this case I don’t think the label is justified, since Texas is railing against ARPA while collecting a much smaller share, per capita, than the average state. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7968 "2023-07-10T18:18:25Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Apparently the answer to “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?” is “I would if they did it on TikTok.” > **[Bridge](https://xkcd.com/1170/)** > > And it says a lot about you that when your friends jump off a bridge en masse, your first thought is apparently 'my friends are all foolish and I won't be like them' and not 'are my friends ok?'. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7969 "2023-07-10T19:14:48Z")
I’m ashamed to report that my friends and I used to do just that all the time. We called it, “TORPEDO!” I almost broke my neck one time. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7970 "2023-07-10T19:26:53Z")
I dunno’ if Texas wasn’t being hypocritical they wouldn’t be taking any money would they? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=397) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=399)