# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**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 26, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1981 "2024-07-26T22:21:26Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Why would Russia want to disrupt the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics? They are banned from playing this year. Probably not happy with that. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1982 "2024-07-26T22:23:24Z")
So, just an act of national petulance? I guess I can see that. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1983 "2024-07-27T08:38:19Z")
One of the most watched events, of course, is the Olympics. Paris has made some odd choices for it. [\> But flying the Olympic flag upside down is an interesting one.](https://sports.yahoo.com/2024-paris-olympics-olympic-flag-raised-upside-down-during-opening-ceremony-210007166.html) ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1984 "2024-07-27T10:10:04Z")
They are just signaling their dark Lord Satan. > **['An Abomination, Blasphemy': Paris Olympics Drag Show Parodying The Last...](https://www.news18.com/world/an-abomination-blasphemy-paris-olympics-ceremony-sparks-outrage-with-drag-queens-parodying-last-supper-8980405.html)** > > A parody of the 'Last Supper' featuring drag queens at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony sparks backlash from the Christian community and social media users ---
**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 27, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1985 "2024-07-27T11:10:21Z")
Foolish of France to condone such a thing. They should have had someone dressed up as Mohammed instead. I mean, if they really wanted to set off the religious, no half measures. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1986 "2024-07-27T12:56:18Z")
The French have a… complicated relationship with Christianity. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1987 "2024-07-27T14:09:56Z")
Oh no! A parody of the last supper? Nobody has ever done that before! ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1988 "2024-07-27T16:22:04Z")
I have no idea which (if any) thread this one should go in: > **[Secret Service agent, robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, shot one suspect, police...](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-25/secret-service-agent-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-tustin-shot-one-suspect-police-say-3-arrested)** > > Police have arrested three suspects in the robbery of an off-duty Secret Service agent who was held up at gunpoint last month in Tustin. > According to Tustin police, Johnson got out of his car and pointed a firearm at the victim’s face while demanding his belongings. > > The off-duty agent then fired at the men with his gun, police said, striking Bell. > > The suspects then allegedly fled with the victim’s bag. Police later found some of the victim’s belongings nearby. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1989 "2024-07-27T21:35:18Z")
> **[29 Felony Charges Filed Over 'Swat' Calls Made By an 11-Year-Old - Slashdot](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/07/27/1715244/29-felony-charges-filed-over-swat-calls-made-by-an-11-year-old)** > > Law enforcement officials have identified the criminal behind "more than 20 bomb or shooting threats to schools and other places," reports CNN. > > It was an 11-year-old boy: > > > > Investigators tracked the calls to a home in Henrico County, Virginia,... ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1990 "2024-07-28T23:02:57Z")
How NOT to pick up a fallen kneeboarder by BACKING the boat up. > **[Missouri child dies after tragic Table Rock Lake boating accident](https://www.kctv5.com/2024/07/27/missouri-child-dies-after-tragic-table-rock-lake-boating-accident/)** > > A Missouri 6-year-old lost his life after a tragic boating accident on Table Rock Lake over the weekend. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1991 "2024-07-29T03:29:48Z")
I just hope it was quick so the child didn’t suffer in pain and terror. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1992 "2024-07-29T04:13:26Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Of course that needs consideration, but I’m quite sure (at least I hope so) that the Dutch Olympic committee or volleyball association that nominated him for the Games has cleared these matters before. [And what do you know?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/dutch-admit-protecting-convicted-child-120315661.html) (The link goes to Yahoo.) > The Dutch Olympic team have explicitly admitted that they are shielding Steven van de Velde, the beach volleyball player who made his Games debut here on Sunday despite being convicted of raping a 12-year-old British girl when he was 19, from talking publicly about his past. Reading the rest of the article, ISTM, van de Velde is violating some legal restrictions. But, hey, he’s promised to be a good role model, as the covenant all Olympic athletes must sign requires. Good job, Netherlands! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1993 "2024-07-29T07:15:48Z")
A 17-year-old in Nebraska has been charged with deliberately derailing a freight train so he could film the crash for Youtube. > **[Nebraska teen accused of causing train derailment for YouTube video](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jul/26/nebraska-teen-accused-of-causing-train-derailment-/)** > > A Nebraska teenager has been accused of forcing a train to derail so he could record the incident and share it on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1994 "2024-07-29T07:39:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A 17-year-old in Nebraska has been charged with deliberately derailing a freight train so he could film the crash Not only YouTube. He also sent it to all the local news outlets. Here’s a news clip showing the train hitting the coal car standing empty on the track. (I don’t know how to edit the clip-it segues into the next story) > **[Teen accused of tampering with rail, filming derailment in Bennet](https://www.1011now.com/video/2024/07/22/teen-accused-tampering-with-rail-filming-derailment-bennet/)** > > A Bennet teen is accused of tampering with a rail and filming the resulting derailment. This is in my home county, less than 20 miles from me. A tiny town, gravel side streets, the rail yard grain silos the tallest things for…well, 20 miles. In this ag state, messing with the railroad is akin to stealing a horse in the Wild West. The hammer of justice is going to land hard on that teen. It was a Burlington Northern train. Stupid doesn’t begin to cover it-stupid and doomed is more like it. At least they didn’t summarily hang him from the nearest cottonwood like in the old days. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1995 "2024-07-29T10:20:51Z")
[More from the Olympics opening ceremony (or should I call it opening disaster?)!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/olympic-committee-calls-south-korean-102322509.html) (The link goes to Yahoo.) > Olympic committee calls South Korean president after labelling country North Korea in ceremony > > As millions of spectators around the world watched the South Koreans float down a river in a barge and wave their flag, an audio broadcast said they were from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. That is the official name of [North Korea](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/north-korea/) and the South’s arch-enemy. Good job, Paris! ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1996 "2024-07-29T13:11:03Z")
Speaking of gaffes at the Olympics… Eurosport announcer Bob Ballard said on air that > the women swimmers were “finishing up” and “you know what women are like… hanging around, doing their make-up.” > **[Olympics commentator Bob Ballard dumped after sexist remark during swimming...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/29/bob-ballard-fired-sexist-comment-australian-swimming/74584769007/)** > > Former BBC reporter Bob Ballard loses Olympic broadcasting gig with Eurosport after a sexist on-air remark during the swimming competition in Paris. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1997 "2024-07-29T13:36:56Z")
That’s idiotic. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1998 "2024-07-29T15:29:22Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > They are just signaling their dark Lord Satan. I’m thinking that forgetting your Holy Book doesn’t contain trident-wielding blue god’s is far more offensive to the religiously-minded than whatever happens at the Olympics, but that’s just me. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1999 "2024-07-29T15:34:27Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’m thinking that forgetting your Holy Book doesn’t contain trident-wielding blue god’s … To what is this a reference? ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2000 "2024-07-29T15:39:46Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > millions of spectators around the world watched the South Koreans float down a river in a barge and wave their flag, an audio broadcast said they were from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. That is the official name of [North Korea](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/north-korea/) and the South’s arch-enemy. > > Good job, Paris! Just goes to show, it’s not just Americans who are not paying attention. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=101)