# 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:** 415
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8291 "2023-07-30T17:24:06Z")
I feel like starting a thread called, I read it on twitter, explain. Twits are up in arms because they are trying to arrest someone named Devon because hes to give damaging testimony about the Biden family. I hope thats not true. ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8292 "2023-07-30T17:37:21Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Twits are up in arms because they are trying to arrest someone named Devon because hes to give damaging testimony about the Biden family. No. > **[As he prepares for Hill testimony, Hunter Biden ex-business partner also...](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/30/devon-archer-hunter-biden-testimony-00108902)** > > The request from a U.S. attorney's office isn't expected to impact Devon Archer's Monday meeting with a House committee. He was _Hunter_ Biden’s business partner and was convicted of fraud all the way back in 2018, and finally sentenced last year. But he has used various tactics to repeatedly delay going to prison. Anything criminal in Hunter Biden’s orbit is considered part of the “Biden Crime Family” as propaganda to attempt bothsideism, showing Joe Biden is just as bad as Trump. It’s fodder for conspiracy theorists. It has zero to do with Joe Biden and it doesn’t even look like Hunter was in any way involved with Archer’s crimes. Republicans are desperately trying to find something to pin on Joe Biden, because they sense they are going to get **WALLOPED** next year. > **[Former Hunter Biden associate to sit for closed-door testimony with House...](https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/former-hunter-biden-associate-sit-closed-door-testimony/story?id=101618183)** > > A former close business associate of Hunter Biden is expected to sit for closed-door testimony with the House Oversight committee next week, sources confirm to ABC News. ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8293 "2023-07-30T17:50:36Z")
Did they create the bloodstains using her gazpacho? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8294 "2023-07-30T18:44:40Z")
So its made-up alarmist stuff. Got it. Why arrest him, they can just send him paddleboarding. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8295 "2023-07-30T19:54:55Z")
Daredevil who illegally climbed skyscrapers falls 68 stories to splatsville. > **[Daredevil known for high-rise stunts dead after falling from 68th floor](https://nypost.com/2023/07/30/daredevil-known-for-high-rise-stunts-dead-after-falling-from-68th-floor/amp/)** > > Lucidi, known online as Remi Enigma, was pronounced dead at the scene. In a hilarious case of bad timing, this article praising him was posted on the day he died. > **[Scaling New Heights: The Thrilling Adventures of Remi Lucidi - BNN Breaking](https://bnn.network/arts/scaling-new-heights-the-thrilling-adventures-of-remi-lucidi/)** > > Portrait of a Global Wanderer Our world is filled with individuals driven by diverse passions and pursuits. One such individual is Remi Lucidi, a global ---
**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:** [July 30, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8296 "2023-07-30T20:06:00Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Daredevil who illegally climbed skyscrapers falls 68 stories to splatsville. If I understand the article correctly, he took the elevator to the top and only then made it to the roof and to the top, so he didn’t even climb the building from the bottom. According to the second article (which is awfully written, like a promo piece for the guy but nothing like serious journalism, though the actor allegedly is a journalist), this was how he made his living, posting selfies on Instagram from the top of high buildings he “climbed” in elevators. What an utterly wasted existence. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8297 "2023-07-30T20:19:10Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > If I understand the article correctly, he took the elevator to the top and only then made it to the roof and to the top, so he didn’t even climb the building from the bottom. Huh. I guess I didn’t read the first article closely enough–I had the impression that he was one of those guys that climbed up the outsides of skyscrapers. So his death is still stupid without the benefit of his having had athletic skill. ---
**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 30, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8298 "2023-07-30T20:26:08Z")
He was a “daredevil”. His talent was that he lacked proper risk management skills or self-preservation instincts. Those are things that keep people alive, and since he was handicapped in that area, it cost him his life. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8299 "2023-07-30T20:29:33Z")
He should have taken lessons from Phillipe Petit. I think I spelled that name correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8300 "2023-07-30T20:36:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > He should have taken lessons from Phillipe Petit. I was thinking about that. The only true difference between Petit, or Alex Honnold, and this guy, is that they are still alive. Each has done things that could have killed them, spectacularly. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8301 "2023-07-30T21:25:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > showing Joe Biden is just as bad as Trump Worse, much MUCH worse. Everything Trump did was necessary for the continued existence of the United States as a freedom-loving democracy. Everything (and I mean EEEEEEEEEEEverything) Biden does is criminal, evil, monstrous, demonic, and in league with the actual literal devil (or could it be Satan?). ---
**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 30, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8302 "2023-07-30T21:30:32Z")
That goes without saying, but I do believe the impetus specifically behind the “Biden Crime Family” idea is a tit-for-tat, “I know you are but what am I” sort of thing. Or simply the right wing propensity for projection; accuse someone else of what you’re doing. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8303 "2023-07-30T23:00:55Z")
I liked the movie made about Petit and the WTC. Joseph Gordon-Levitt played Petit, and looked very like him at that age. The CGI of the downward views were good enough that I felt a bit queasy, as I have a fear of heights. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8304 "2023-07-31T00:22:18Z")
This might actually belong in the Evil MFers thread. An 11-year-old student, described as an A student who never got into trouble, has been kicked out of a Catholic school. Because, you see, his parents dared to disagree with the new homophobic priest who yanked books from the shelves, among other actions. Doesn’t matter that the parents are staunch volunteers at the school, or that the boys father and his 15 siblings all attended the school. > **[‘After prayerful consideration,’ KC-area Catholic school kicks boy out to...](https://news.yahoo.com/prayerful-consideration-kc-area-catholic-100800306.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall)** > > Other St. John parents don’t see this decision as a pastor and principal standing up for orthodoxy, but for their own convenience. From Melinda Henneberger: ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8305 "2023-07-31T00:36:26Z")
Prayerful consideration. Enough to make one throw up. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8306 "2023-07-31T00:41:04Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The only true difference between Petit, or Alex Honnold, and this guy, is that they are still alive. And the fact that they were/are meticulous about practicing every last detail of their stunts, taking all sorts of factors into account in preparation, and being willing to back away from something if it didn’t feel right. That, and the fact they they didn’t die yet. I suspect Petit’s days of risky activities are over but certainly Alex still takes lots of risks. ---
**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 31, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8307 "2023-07-31T00:41:09Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Prayerful consideration. Enough to make one throw up. - Funny how God told them _exactly_ what them what they wanted to hear. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8308 "2023-07-31T01:24:49Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > This might actually belong in the Evil MFers thread. There is an “[Omnibus Religious Fucks in the News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066)” thread right here in the Pit, that would be the obvious alternative. (Really, they’re going to have to pin a “Guide to the _‘\_\_\_\_\_ Fuckers In the News’/‘Stupid\_\_\_\_News/Ideas’_ threads” at the top of the front page… but hey it fits) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8309 "2023-07-31T01:26:46Z")
You are correct, and I will post over there as well. Thanks for the reminder. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8310 "2023-07-31T01:36:20Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > the boy’s father and his 15 siblings all attended the school. This bit certainly sounds stupid to me, but that’s my opinion. 15?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=414) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=416)