# 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:** 72
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1429 "2021-10-11T06:55:24Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Husband and wife charged with trying to sell nuclear propulsion secrets to a foreign government. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg redux! (ETA: History repeats itself – first as tragedy, then as farce – Karl Marx.) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1430 "2021-10-11T12:41:46Z")
Fucked around, found out: > **[A man died after getting attacked by bystanders when he drove his car onto a...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/10/us/california-man-dies-drives-sidewalk-beaten-pedestrian/index.html)** > > A man died after driving onto a sidewalk in attempts to strike pedestrians before bystanders pulled him out of the car and allegedly attacked him in California Saturday. ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1431 "2021-10-11T13:22:02Z")
It’s really hard for me to have any sympathy toward that person. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1432 "2021-10-11T14:12:43Z")
Yeah, that’s a pretty clear-cut case of “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.” ---
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1433 "2021-10-11T16:50:20Z")
I’m thinking it will be similar to that case a few decades back where a small town bully got himself shot downtown on a Saturday afternoon and nobody saw nuthin’. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1434 "2021-10-11T17:25:29Z")
> **[Ken McElroy | 1981 killing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy#1981_killing)** > > In 1980, one of McElroy's children got into an argument with a clerk, Evelyn Sumy, in a local grocery store owned by 70-year-old Ernest "Bo" Bowenkamp and his wife Lois, allegedly because the young McElroy child tried to steal some candy. McElroy began stalking the Bowenkamp family, and eventually threatened Bo Bowenkamp in the back of his store with a shotgun in hand. In the ensuing confrontation, McElroy shot Bowenkamp in the neck; Bowenkamp survived, and McElroy was arrested and charged with a... ---
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1435 "2021-10-11T17:31:32Z")
That’s the guy. > In all, there were 46 potential witnesses to the shooting, including Trena McElroy, who was in the truck with her husband when he was shot.[[10]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy#cite_note-10) No one called for an ambulance.[[11]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy#cite_note-11) Only Trena claimed to identify a gunman; every other witness either was unable to name an assailant or claimed not to have seen who fired the fatal shots.[[12]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy#cite_note-12) ---
**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 11, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1436 "2021-10-11T18:07:37Z")
A mini series, too. > **[No One Saw a Thing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_One_Saw_a_Thing)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > No One Saw a Thing is an American documentary television series that was first shown on SundanceTV on August 1, 2019. > On February 27, 2018, it was announced that SundanceTV had given a six-episode series order to No One Saw a Thing, a new documentary television series directed by Avi Belkin. The series was executive produced by Belkin, Alexandra Shiva, Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, and Marci Wiseman. Production companies include Blumhouse Television. > ... ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1437 "2021-10-11T18:19:18Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > > Husband and wife charged with trying to sell nuclear propulsion secrets to a foreign government. > > Julius and Ethel Rosenberg redux! Yeah, that was my first thought, too. > [@DesertDog](#): > > I’m thinking it will be similar to that case a few decades back where a small town bully got himself shot downtown on a Saturday afternoon and nobody saw nuthin’. Reading the wiki on the guy, my question is Why did they wait so long? ---
**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 11, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1438 "2021-10-11T20:01:28Z")
Stupid idiots in large groups [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/civil-war-trends-on-twitter-after-iowa-trump-rally-attendees-remarks-go-viral/ar-AAPlJ7v?ocid=Peregrine&li=BBnb7Kz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/civil-war-trends-on-twitter-after-iowa-trump-rally-attendees-remarks-go-viral/ar-AAPlJ7v?ocid=Peregrine&li=BBnb7Kz) "I believe what I believe and no evidence will convince me of anything else. " ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1439 "2021-10-11T20:08:48Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > "I believe what I believe and no evidence will convince me of anything else. " Those idiots have been believing that crap for years. Still, I go armed when I go out now. ---
**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 11, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1440 "2021-10-11T20:43:32Z")
“I see a civil war coming. I do.” Well, we kicked your traitorous asses last time, don’t mind doing it again. Maybe this time it will stick. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1441 "2021-10-12T01:36:20Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > > their lost time, etc. If the woman who called in the threat is held liable for the costs that were incurred, they would add up to quite a lot. But, if the accountants are very accurate and thorough, there might also be a way in which she saved the airline some money. I hope the debits would still outweigh the credits. > > Not only hotel rooms and such. But how many flights may have to be screwed up because of the plane coming back to the gate? And parked there for how long? How many other flights where missed? And don’t forget how she’s responsible for a woman passenger on the delayed flight never meeting the man she would have married and never giving birth to their child who would have grown up to find a cure for cancer that would have saved the world trillions of dollars in lost labor and lives. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1442 "2021-10-12T11:45:00Z")
I will never get why these people say these things and act this way out in public. It’s one thing to be an edgy keyboard warrior but a totally different thing to take that persona into the real world. They just look sad losers with nothing going on in their lives to everyone else but among their group they see each other as freedom fighters. Embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1443 "2021-10-12T12:25:35Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > I will never get why these people say these things and act this way out in public. That’s easy - they believe they are right and in the majority. Everyone thinks that way, they just need to hear someone say it out loud! No different then saying “I like apple pie”. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1444 "2021-10-12T13:05:45Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > That’s easy - they believe they are right and in the majority. Everyone thinks that way, they just need to hear someone say it out loud! No different then saying “I like apple pie”. You mean folks like Andrew Yang, quoted in the article? > Polarization is worse than ever and getting worse not better. There is a Civil War coming if we don’t stop dehumanizing those we disagree with politically. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1445 "2021-10-12T13:41:35Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > You mean folks like Andrew Yang, quoted in the article? > > > Polarization is worse than ever and getting worse not better. There is a Civil War coming if we don’t stop dehumanizing those we disagree with politically. YMMV, but I read Yang has decrying the polarization and worried that a Civil War may be the result. The Trump supporters seem to think it is the only way to “Make America Great Again”, although I note that Trump has possibly changed to “MAPA” - “Make America Powerful Again”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1446 "2021-10-12T13:52:30Z")
Make America Great and Powerful Again! Pay no attention to the man behind the Iron Curtain! ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1447 "2021-10-12T14:16:18Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > although I note that Trump has possibly changed to “MAPA” - “Make America Powerful Again”. Well, his Super PAC has rebranded under the totally original and inspiring “Make America Great Again, Again!”, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1448 "2021-10-12T14:20:43Z")
Seriously, in the 2nd decade of the 21st century, what kind of MFer is stupid enough to send emails with racist, misogynistic, and homophobic and transphobic slurs to a business email address? Sure, it’s better if they simply weren’t any of those things, but a lot of folks are smart enough to keep their dirty laundry to personal email accounts. I guess they’re older and less tech savvy but this isn’t exactly rocket science. > **[Raiders' Gruden resigns over offensive emails](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32384058/jon-gruden-resigns-las-vegas-raiders-head-coach)** > > Jon Gruden has resigned as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, he announced in a statement Monday night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=73)