# 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:** 458
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9151 "2023-10-25T14:52:17Z")
This guy’s just dumb (and evil). Where are all of the master criminals these days? “I’m an expert in lions. Oh, however did my wife get all of these huge cuts and slashes on their body! What a mystery!” > **[Minnesota doctor and poison specialist accused of fatally poisoning his wife](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minnesota-doctor-poison-specialist-accused-fatally-poisoning-wife-rcna122016)** > > Connor Bowman, 30, who once worked for poison control, allegedly killed his wife, Betty Bowman, 32, by giving her a "drug for an ailment she did not have,” police said. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9152 "2023-10-26T00:02:01Z")
It always amazes me when people that young have no concept of how internet search history works. Another source indicates he had searched for such gems as “delete amazon data police”, and even calculations for the lethal dosage of medication specific to his wife’s weight. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9153 "2023-10-26T00:35:27Z")
Here’s a musical interlude. It’s old, but the recent kerfuffle in the house speakership brings it to mind. > **YouTube, not safe for work** > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXoJd4BoZTQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXoJd4BoZTQ) ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9154 "2023-10-26T10:52:07Z")
And in the “Sun rises in the East” segment of tonight’s news, we have [George Santos lying](https://www.yahoo.com/news/george-santos-suggests-chinese-communists-132621204.html). > The notorious congressman ― who [fabricated details of his past](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-santos-more-lies-cnn-report_n_63acf860e4b0fe267ca66ccd) before his election in 2022 and [currently faces 23 criminal charges](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-santos-new-charges_n_6525c849e4b09f4b8d422c12) ― has been caught in yet another apparent tall tale, suggesting that people affiliated with the [Chinese Communist Party](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/chinese-communist-party) briefly kidnapped his 5-year-old niece. Surely, law enforcement would know about this, right? Let’s see what The Law had to say: > The Times contacted a high-ranking law enforcement official who reportedly confirmed police officers had been tasked to investigate. They never found evidence that anyone was kidnapped, however, let alone of any involvement from the Chinese Communist Party. > > “We found nothing at all to suggest it’s true,” the official told the Times. “I’d lean into, ‘he made it up.’” ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9155 "2023-10-26T11:43:19Z")
At this point, I’m genuinely thinking Santos has some kind of disorder. I’m not a qualified expert in those, of course. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9156 "2023-10-26T14:34:36Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I’m not a qualified expert in those, of course. Sure you are! WWSD? (what would santos do?) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9157 "2023-10-26T14:35:50Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > At this point, I’m genuinely thinking Santos has some kind of disorder. I’m not a qualified expert in those, of course. Constant lying about everything? It’s called “Trumpism” ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9158 "2023-10-26T14:50:30Z")
What about “Trumpism by proxy”? ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9159 "2023-10-26T18:10:00Z")
Eeeehhhh… but what possible profit does he get from saying _“ChiCom Agents kidnapped my niece (but now it’s ok)”_? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9160 "2023-10-26T18:16:47Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > but what possible profit does he get from saying _“ChiCom Agents kidnapped my niece (but now it’s ok)”_? Nothing except attention. Even negative attention means someone is paying attention to you! Often, compulsive liars just have to lie about stuff. Every day. Even if the lie is of no benefit to them whatsoever. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9161 "2023-10-26T18:18:28Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > At this point, I’m genuinely thinking Santos has some kind of disorder. One of the main distinctions is that pathological liars often lie for no reason. The fact that he’s lying about random easily falsifiable things does indicate there is something more going on than lying for political points. That’s my armchair understanding anyway. When I was in high school a dated a pathological liar, and he lied about the dumbest things. Probably the ballsiest was this 5’6" guy telling me he had a basketball scholarship to Duke University. The relationship didn’t last long. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9162 "2023-10-26T19:08:52Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Probably the ballsiest was this 5’6" guy telling me he had a basketball scholarship to Duke University. Spud would like a word with you 🙂 > **[Spud Webb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spud_Webb)** > > Anthony Jerome "Spud" Webb (born July 13, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. Webb, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), is known for winning a Slam Dunk Contest despite being one of the shortest players in NBA history, being listed at 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) tall. He is currently the president of basketball operations for the Texas Legends, the NBA G League team for the Dallas Mavericks in Frisco, Texas. > Webb was born into poverty in Dallas, Texas. He was ... ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9163 "2023-10-26T19:36:46Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Spud would like a word with you He’s tall compared to legendary NBA star [Muggsy Bogues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggsy_Bogues). ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9164 "2023-10-26T19:47:10Z")
Can’t believe I didn’t think of Muggsy first! Spud at the NBA dunk contest was the first thing that popped into my head. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9165 "2023-10-26T20:08:53Z")
Believe me, he was no Spud. He was cute, though. So I was willing to forgive a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9166 "2023-10-26T21:12:26Z")
Ain’t that how it is? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9167 "2023-10-27T12:03:53Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > When I was in high school a dated a pathological liar, and he lied about the dumbest things. I dated\* a pathological liar in college and she would lie about the dumbest things as well. \*If going out on two dates counts as “dating.” Among other things, she claimed her stickon nails were real, her fake glasses were real, her fake accent was because she was a European princess, and her father was dead (but was there when I came to pick her up). But she was cute, so we went on two dates. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9168 "2023-10-27T15:35:59Z")
A current client is like this. _Whatever_ you have experienced, she has experienced something greater. It is SOOOOOOO annoying. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9169 "2023-10-27T15:37:31Z")
I’ve got TWO clients like that. 😉 ---
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9170 "2023-10-27T16:08:54Z")
I too had an employee like that. One day a group of us were talking about a brutal rape that had occurred in our area and she pipes in that she had been raped like 5 times(!) so of course we asked for details and her story was pretty silly. I can’t recall the exact details but it was something like the guy had come into her house through the same window 5 nights in a row. Of course I made a smart ass comment and she was really pissed at me for about 2 minutes. She forgave easily because deep down she knew she was telling tales. RIP Linda, you goofy kook. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=457) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=459)