# 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:** 56
**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:** [August 30, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1108 "2021-08-30T19:51:00Z")
I guess it would be unethical to start the rumor on right-wing sites that injections of Potassium Chloride will cure covid, and really trigger the lib snowflakes. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1109 "2021-08-31T18:08:00Z")
The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine contains potassium chloride. Also cholesterol and sugar, two of your essential major food groups. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1110 "2021-09-01T02:13:22Z")
đŸŽ”â€Šand mixes it with love and the makes the world taste good. đŸŽ” ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1111 "2021-09-02T20:28:39Z")
[‘Crazy’ man who accosted MSNBC reporter during live hurricane coverage arrested in Ohio](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/crazy-man-who-accosted-msnbc-reporter-during-live-hurricane-coverage-arrested-in-ohio/ar-AAO2awQ?ocid=Peregrine) Benjamin Eugene Dagley - complete and utter moron. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1112 "2021-09-02T22:52:21Z")
He was also in trouble for violating probation by traveling out of state. Why was he on probation? > The probation reportedly stems from a 2017 incident in which he drilled holes into tanks of dangerous chemicals at an electroplating company he once owned. ![](https://media3.giphy.com/media/XB43a39jYFT6JxjVtR/200.gif) ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1113 "2021-09-02T22:55:41Z")
[quote=“Atamasama, post:1112, topic:931945, full:true”] He was also in trouble for violating probation by traveling out of state. Why was he on probation? > The probation reportedly stems from a 2017 incident in which he drilled holes into tanks of dangerous chemicals at an electroplating company he once owned. And then beat up people at his place of business. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1114 "2021-09-03T00:42:35Z")
> Dagley drilled into tanks of sodium cyanide, hydrochloric acid, yellow chromate, ferrous chloride, and sulfuric acid > **[Man drills into dangerous chemical containers during Cleveland business...](https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2017/08/cleveland_man_drilled_holes_in.html)** > > The former co-owner of a Cleveland business is accused of breaking into the building and drilling into containers of sodium cyanide and hydrochloric acid, police say. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1115 "2021-09-03T03:30:30Z")
This could also go in a covidiot/maskhole thread, but a metric bum-load of dumb, featuring Florida, should slot in here, just fine: > **[Florida chiropractor reportedly signed 500 mask exemptions for students](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/570582-florida-chiropractor-reportedly-signed-500-mask-exemptions-for-students/)** > > A Florida chiropractor has reportedly signed more than 500 medical exemptions for parents who want their children to opt out of the new mask mandate issued by Sarasota County, one of several defyin
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**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:** [September 3, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1116 "2021-09-03T04:52:54Z")
I’m guessing it’s parents/voters like those that keep a governor like that in office. Seems like that was kind of sloppy mandate writing that allowed someone other than an MD to write a mask exemption. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1117 "2021-09-03T08:46:40Z")
One wonders how a chiropractor, whose focus is in theory on neuro-muscular issues is competent to exempt people on pulmonary issues. Wait
 a chiropractor? How is he even competent on any medical issue? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1118 "2021-09-03T09:03:57Z")
I wonder if he also provides medical exemptions for bone spurs. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1119 "2021-09-03T10:47:23Z")
> **[A doctor's claims about ivermectin-overdose cases in Oklahoma ERs are being...](https://news.yahoo.com/oklahomas-ers-backed-people-overdosing-053822589.html)** > > An emergency-room doctor told a local news channel that people who overdosed on ivermectin were adding to overwhelmed hospital emergency rooms. Which is scarier, the fact that ivermectin overdosers are crowding out gunshot victims in Oklahoma, or that Oklahoma has a lot of gunshot victims? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1120 "2021-09-03T19:54:43Z")
The Stupid Fucking Idiots National Tour! [Trump loyalists team up with anti-vax doctors for ‘health and freedom’ tour (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-loyalists-team-up-with-anti-vax-doctors-for-health-and-freedom-tour/ar-AAO3h7D?ocid=entnewsntp) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1121 "2021-09-04T02:18:51Z")
Principal in a Tucson area school orders a student to quarantine due to contact with an infected person. Several people [confront her, one threatening citizen’s arrest](https://kvoa.com/news/top-stories/2021/09/02/police-on-scene-at-vail-elementary-school-after-group-threatens-to-zip-tie-principal-over-covid-19-protocols/), including bondage with wireties. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1122 "2021-09-04T02:24:43Z")
With zipties. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1123 "2021-09-04T02:37:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > including bondage with wireties. > [@susan](#): > > With zipties. Those are exactly the same thing. Wire ties, zip ties, cable ties, tie wraps, hose ties
various names for the same product. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1124 "2021-09-04T21:20:08Z")
This leads me to wonder what the procedures/limitations/policies are for a “citizen’s arrest”. Am I allowed to physically restrain someone, tase them, or hold them at gunpoint until the police arrive? If someone I’m attempting to arrest draws a weapon, am I allowed to shoot them for “resisting arrest”? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1125 "2021-09-05T02:00:44Z")
From our own SD: [If somebody ignores my “no trespassing” signs, can I make a citizen’s arrest? - The Straight Dope](https://www.straightdope.com/21344073/if-somebody-ignores-my-no-trespassing-signs-can-i-make-a-citizen-s-arrest) > In other words, you’d better make sure you’ve got **legitimate grounds** to arrest someone or you could be in big trouble. Even more important, the arrestee has a right to resist if you lack the right to hold him, so you could wind up with a literal black eye as well as a legal one. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1126 "2021-09-05T15:09:38Z")
That ER doc may not have accurately characterized the situation in Oklahoma. From the linked story: “The situation is so dire that people with gunshot wounds have to wait their turn to get treatment, [Dr. Jason McElyea](https://health.usnews.com/doctors/jason-mcelyea-815102), an ER physician affiliated with hospitals in Sallisaw, [told NBC affiliate KFOR](https://kfor.com/news/local/patients-overdosing-on-ivermectin-backing-up-rural-oklahoma-hospitals-ambulances/).” “McElyea said the hospitals he worked at became overwhelmed after people started taking ivermectin, believing unverified claims that it’s an effective COVID-19 treatment.” “The ERs are so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get definitive care and be treated,” McElyea said
" NHS Sequoyah, a hospital in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, released a statement over the weekend that said it is not one of the hospitals treating people for overdosing on ivermectin. “All patients who have visited our emergency room have received medical attention as appropriate,” the statement said. “Our hospital has not had to turn away any patients seeking emergency care.” The hospital also said McElyea has not worked at Sequoyah in two months, but clarified that he “is affiliated with a medical staffing group that provides coverage for our emergency room.” I have no difficulty accepting that poison control centers are getting calls relating to improper ingestion of ivermectin or that ERs are seeing such patients, but am dubious about claims that ERs are jam-packed with them to the point of having to turn away trauma cases. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1127 "2021-09-08T14:49:35Z")
One of the men arrested in an online “child predator” sting in South Carolina is Jeffery Dennis Rape, 61, of Heath Springs, South Carolina. You can’t make this up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=57)