# 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:** 184
**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:** [January 25, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3661 "2025-01-25T01:53:59Z")
Man goes on an all meat-and-dairy “carnivore diet” promoted online, winds up with such high cholesterol that it started oozing out of his hands. > **[He followed online advice to eat just meat and dairy. It sent him to the...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/01/24/meat-cheese-diet-high-cholesterol-hands/77911062007/)** > > He told doctors he ate 6 to 9 pounds of cheese, sticks of butter, and hamburgers daily. His hands turned yellow from cholesterol. ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3662 "2025-01-28T13:58:15Z")
Allow me to present Geoff Young, a finalist in the Schadenfreude Sweepstakes. This dipwad won the Democratic nomination for Congress in 2022 in my Kentucky district, losing to the incumbent in the general election in a squeaker, 63-34%. His bizarre views didn’t help. > [@](#): > > In 2022, Young very publicly sided with Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, which he falsely claims is not an invasion. He appeared on RT, a Russian state-controlled television network, criticizing U.S. aid to Ukraine the day of the Democratic primary that he won. Now Young is in the news again, suing a currency exchange outfit after taking a bath on an investment in 22 million Russian rubles that cost him a big chunk of his life savings. > [@](#): > > “In January 2021, I invested most of my life savings in Russian rubles and Mexican pesos,” Young wrote in a press release announcing the lawsuit. “In February 2022, Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine. On March 11, 2022, [FOREX.com](http://FOREX.com) stole about half of my life savings by forcing me to sell all of my Russian rubles near the bottom of the market. Great timing there, Geoff! [https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article299234054.html](https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article299234054.html) ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3663 "2025-01-28T14:17:08Z")
Perhaps the money he has left can buy a very teeny violin so we can all play a sad song for him while he cries into his straight vodka-tequila cocktail. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3664 "2025-01-28T16:12:02Z")
What’s the deal with his allegation that FOREX forced him to sell his rubles? The article doesn’t offer any more detail. Why would they force him to sell? ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3665 "2025-01-28T16:25:22Z")
That was a month after the war started. There _may_ have been some sort of sanction placed by the USA on US people or businesses owning or trading rubles. Which would have forced [forex.com](http://forex.com) to divest all the positions they were holding on behalf of their customers. I reiterate _may_; I do not know for sure & am disinclined to research right now. If my surmise is accurate, he _may_ have been able to sidestep that by transferring his holdings to a non-US trading firm. The e.g. Indians definitely were disinclined to play along with any Western sanctions from the git-go. If he wasn’t smart enough to do that, well, …, maybe he should not be trading FOREX with his “life savings”. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3666 "2025-01-28T16:27:46Z")
Gym teacher gets into a car accident on the way to work but leaves the scene so he can drop his kid off at school and get to his teaching job. He blew a 0.40. 5 times the limit. > **[Waukesha gym teacher accused of driving drunk, causing crash](https://www.fox6now.com/news/waukesha-gym-teacher-accused-driving-drunk-causing-crash)** > > In court on Monday, the court Commissioner could not believe Randall Villarreal was drunk before 8 o'clock in the morning. Drunk School bus driver. Won’t let the kids off the bus so they call 911. > **[Hartland school bus driver arrested, accused of being drunk; kid calls 911](https://www.fox6now.com/news/hartland-school-bus-incident-driver-arrested-kid-calls-911-help)** > > A student on the school bus called 911 and said the driver would not let kids off the bus and was acting erratically. [![](https://eggharbordoorcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/drink-wisconsinbly-2021-500x400-1.jpg) ](https://eggharbordoorcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/drink-wisconsinbly-2021-500x400-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3667 "2025-01-28T16:32:59Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BxwZ4RuTCjs/maxresdefault.jpg "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxwZ4RuTCjs) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3668 "2025-01-28T16:40:24Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > There _may_ have been some sort of sanction placed by the USA on US people or businesses owning or trading rubles. Another possibility would be a straight-up margin call. If he was leveraged long in rubles and the ruble-dollar exchange rate took a dive, he might have had a margin call from his broker to force him to either put up more collateral or take a forced sale. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > maybe he should not be trading FOREX with his “life savings” That’s pretty much true of everyone, but doubly so in this case. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3669 "2025-01-28T17:02:21Z")
> In court on Monday, the court Commissioner could not believe Randall Villarreal was drunk before 8 o’clock in the morning. Clearly the Commissioner just moved to Waukesha over the weekend. ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3670 "2025-01-28T17:44:06Z")
About a decade ago, there was a Wisconsin state legislator who killed a woman and injured another while driving with a .20 BAC. He was not convicted of anything because “_they shouldn’t have been walking in the street_”, and, in Wisconsin, .20 BAC is Wednesday afternoon, 3pm. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3671 "2025-01-28T20:24:07Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Wednesday afternoon, 3pm. Wednesday at 3 in the afternoon? They were probably business drunk, totally legal to drive. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4G6tKTeTgT4/maxresdefault.jpg "Jack Donaghy on business drunk #30rock #funny #meme #memefunny") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6tKTeTgT4&t=1s) ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3672 "2025-01-28T22:36:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If he wasn’t smart enough to do that, well, …, maybe he should not be trading FOREX with his “life savings”. Looking at the exchange rates when he bought and sold, it looks like he lost 30%. That stings, but it’s not like he was bankrupted. ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3673 "2025-01-28T22:42:34Z")
Depends on how much leverage he was running. People too smart to make mistakes tend to make doozies. See also “Mr. Inconceivable” from _Princess Bride_. ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3674 "2025-01-28T22:56:16Z")
The legendary LSD maker Augustus Owsley Stanley followed such a diet. He swore off all plant foods forever. Lived on nothing but meat, milk, butter, and eggs. Gross immoderation. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3675 "2025-01-28T23:00:56Z")
I’ve heard of other people on an animal products-only diet, but I’ve never before heard of anyone _eating sticks of butter._ ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3676 "2025-01-28T23:04:39Z")
Given some of the things I’ve seen these nutbags eat, an entire stick of butter is downright normal. ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3677 "2025-01-28T23:06:22Z")
I’ve heard tell of state fair fry booths offering deep-fried sticks of butter. Excuse me while I go vomit. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3678 "2025-01-28T23:29:29Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > I’ve heard of other people on an animal products-only diet, but I’ve never before heard of anyone _eating sticks of butter._ [![](https://i.gifer.com/75z5.gif) ](https://i.gifer.com/75z5.gif) Also, a coworkers young child was on chemo and I think she was practically feeding him entire sticks of butter to keep his weight up. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3679 "2025-01-28T23:59:36Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Also, a coworkers young child was on chemo and I think she was practically feeding him entire sticks of butter to keep his weight up. When I was young, dinner was often an entire large pizza washed down with calorie dense protein shakes in a desperate attempt to gain weight. When I first got to 6’3", I was 135 lbs. 28" waist, 36" inseams. It wasn’t until my 30s that I broke 160. All of that and no chemo. I wish I could still eat like that at times! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3680 "2025-01-29T00:22:18Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Depends on how much leverage he was running. That can also explain why he was “forced to sell”, if he got margin called. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=183) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=185)