# 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:** 183
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3641 "2025-01-20T11:45:20Z")
Many of you may have been aware that Alabama and Mississippi combined “Lee Day” with MLK day, but I was not, and it’s depressing to learn. > **[Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King...](https://apnews.com/article/martin-luther-king-jr-holiday-alabama-mississippi-0f535594cf50af7103ca2d953e1bc9a1)** > > The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in two states, Monday is also Robert E. ---
**Author:** ![Nyvaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nyvaak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nyvaak)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3642 "2025-01-20T12:04:58Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Many of you may have been aware that Alabama and Mississippi combined “Lee Day” with MLK day Virginia too. I don’t know if it is still a combined holiday, but when I lived there (till ca. 1991) it was King-Lee-Jackson Day. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3643 "2025-01-20T12:08:56Z")
My ex father-in-law used to refer to MLK Day as “James Earl Ray Day.” ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3644 "2025-01-20T12:35:35Z")
A classy gent, clearly. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3645 "2025-01-20T15:45:15Z")
January 20 is also the birthday of [Joel Rifkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Rifkin), so we can celebrate that too. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3646 "2025-01-20T16:00:06Z")
SF author Lois McMaster Bujold thought this through. If you simply freeze a person, the ice formed will damage the cells. To cryo-preserve a person you have to first replace all the blood with “cryo-fluid” and to revive a person you have to repeat the process in reverse. Bujold envisioned an entire planet of frozen people warehouses in the future: in _[CryoBurn](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7841670-cryoburn)_ there are hundreds of billions of person-sicles who’ve been abandoned because nobody is coming back for them… there’s a great sadness to that novel. Comes complete with power outages, naturally. When I die, let me just return my elements to the Earth the old-fashioned way. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3647 "2025-01-20T16:27:16Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > When I die, let me just return my elements to the Earth the old-fashioned way. Amazon return policy? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3648 "2025-01-20T19:25:23Z")
Drop her off at Whole Foods and they’ll take care of the rest. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3649 "2025-01-20T19:45:55Z")
Virginia decoupled Lee-Jackson day from Martin Luther King Day in 2000. Virginia’s Lee-Jackson day was canceled in 2020 (shame that it took so long). ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3650 "2025-01-20T19:56:26Z")
I’ve read it; it’s a great book, as are all of the Vorkosigan books. Note that even there, hundreds of years in the future, when cryo-preservation is routine, there’s still a chance of failed revival and long-term brain damage - a major plot point in _Mirror Dance_ and subsequent volumes. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3651 "2025-01-20T20:03:57Z")
Ill have to read it. Really enjoyed the Vorkosigan books. My wife met her several times years ago when she was involved in publishing. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3652 "2025-01-20T22:48:32Z")
Bujold also has two series of books set in fantasy worlds (the Sharing Knife; the World of the Five Gods), equally good reads. ---
**Author:** ![Nyvaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nyvaak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nyvaak)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3653 "2025-01-21T13:54:30Z")
Thanks for the update, Johanna. It’s been many years since I’ve lived there. If I recall correctly, prior to decoupling the holidays Virginia used to rotate the name by which they called it. One year: King-Lee-Jackson Day, then next year, Lee-Jackson-King Day, etc. I could be misremembering, but either way the whole concept of that shared holiday boggles the imagination. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3654 "2025-01-21T14:49:23Z")
_Something for everyone_ _A comedy tonight!_ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3655 "2025-01-22T00:22:42Z")
Next thing you know, Broadway will be reviving “Springtime for Hitler” as a historical drama. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3656 "2025-01-24T00:00:31Z")
Not precisely “in the news” but I caught a small bit of Chuck Todd blathering on a local NPR show today, saying Biden’s pardons justified Trump’s. He also started to yap about “Biden’s whole failed presidency” and that’s when I bailed on the show. What a stupid asshole! ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3657 "2025-01-24T05:26:29Z")
When did he clapton out? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3658 "2025-01-24T15:56:38Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > He also started to yap about “Biden’s whole failed presidency” and that’s when I bailed on the show. I wonder if this is because Chuck Todd has been fading into obscurity since he was a disaster at his last couple of jobs (one could call him a “failed moderator” at _Meet the Press_) and he wanted someone to pay attention to him again. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3659 "2025-01-25T00:42:13Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I wonder if this is because Chuck Todd has been fading into obscurity since he was a disaster at his last couple of jobs (one could call him a “failed moderator” at _Meet the Press_) and he wanted someone to pay attention to him again. I think that ship has sailed for the embarrassing relative Sweeney won’t talk about. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3660 "2025-01-25T00:56:20Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I think that ship has sailed for the embarrassing relative Sweeney won’t talk about. LOL, good one. To their credit, the hosts of the show immediately pushed back on Biden’s whole presidency being a failure and Chuck back-pedaled fast to, well, maybe not all of it, but pardons! Afghanistan! and that’s when I switched to another channel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=184)