# 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:** 287
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5721 "2025-10-10T13:45:05Z")
I got it. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5722 "2025-10-10T13:56:37Z")
The idea was it was supposed to be instant death, but it sometimes wasn’t and took several strikes. But any method of rounding up & killing wild animals is going to be problematic and will never have a 100% success rate for instant, painless death. - Hell, slaughterhouses don’t always kill animals instantly, even though the cattle is docile and restrained and they’ve had centuries to perfect the technique. It was just that video of someone smashing a seal’s skull with a club was particularly horrific. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5723 "2025-10-10T15:50:38Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > It was just that video of someone smashing a seal’s skull with a club was particularly horrific. I can also recall pictures (perhaps in _Look_ magazine) of a baby seal being clubbed to death and then immediately being skinned, with the carcass left on the ice within yards of its mother. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5724 "2025-10-10T22:51:33Z")
We have all heard of romance scams over the internet and we have all seen the movies where the beautiful spy seduces the government employee or member of the military to get classified information, but I am not sure we have all heard of the following: > According to the original indictment, the coconspirator regularly asked Slater for classified information. She called him, “my secret informant love!” in one message. She closed another by saying, “You are my secret agent. With love.” In another, she wrote, “Dave, I hope tomorrow NATO will prepare a very pleasant ‘surprise’ for (Russian President Vladimir) Putin! Will you tell me?” > **[Retired US Army officer sentenced to nearly 6 years for sharing classified...](https://apnews.com/article/army-air-force-spying-russia-ukraine-69bd316bd15e872eabd3e6f0b8dcf956)** > > A retired Army officer has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign dating platform. Indictment at: [https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/media/1340961/dl?inline](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/media/1340961/dl?inline) ---
**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 10, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5725 "2025-10-10T22:59:00Z")
Any time I read about people abusing their position to share confidential info for personal profit, it pisses me off. I’m sure those people think, awesome, I have access to all this stuff and I am going to milk this for all it’s worth. You are not special. You are a failure. Your job was to protect that stuff, and you are a loser with weak willpower and no morals. You aren’t some super spy, you are a sucker that fell for someone who figured you were stupid and gullible enough to fall prey to them, because they could tell you are a loser. It just pisses me off because there are so many jobs in both private and public service that cannot happen without being able to trust someone to have access to sensitive information, and every time some pathetic failure betrays their position, it makes everyone else that more suspicious and makes everyone’s job that much harder. Some people suck and make the world a worse place, and you are one of those people. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5726 "2025-10-11T01:52:07Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It just pisses me off because… I took my security clearances seriously. Wanna know what I worked on 30 years ago? No. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5727 "2025-10-12T01:12:44Z")
So true. Some county and state election officials come to mind. I don’t care which political party they betrayed the public trust to, I want long prison sentences. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5728 "2025-10-14T17:36:29Z")
Why are so many U.S.ers ignoring the huge controversy now engulfing Canada, involving the great B.C. ostrich cull? Threats of violence, stalking, mass outrage… [https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/14/strich-Farm-Cull-Threats-Violence/?utm\_source=flipboard&utm\_content=user%2FTheTyee2019](https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/14/strich-Farm-Cull-Threats-Violence/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FTheTyee2019) Not even [RFK Jr.'s attempted intervention](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/why-rfk-jr-wants-canada-to-pardon-400-ostriches-00455360) may save the infected ostriches. HHS wouldn’t let the cull happen if Canada was the 51st state. 😡 \*it’s pretty certain that right-wing influencers would be gung-ho for the ostrich cull, if they were allowed onto the farm to shoot them with high-powered rifles. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5729 "2025-10-14T17:40:26Z")
RFK just wants one for his collection. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5730 "2025-10-14T18:21:57Z")
Something totally senseless: a family of three Italian farmers is being evicted for not paying their mortgage. They threaten to blow up their house if law enforcement officers enter. Law enforcement enter anyway, so the farmers blow the house up, resulting in three officers dead and others injured. The three farmers (around 60 years old) will probably spend the rest of their lives in prison. > **[Italy: Three police officers killed in house explosion – DW – 10/14/2025](https://www.dw.com/en/italy-three-police-officers-killed-in-house-explosion/a-74345076)** > > A blast during an eviction near the northern Italian city of Verona has killed three and left 15 others injured. Authorities say the residents had been in financial difficulty and threatened to cause an explosion. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5731 "2025-10-14T19:03:15Z")
Somehow it is comforting to know that the USA does not have the planetwide monopoly on violent stupid selfishness. Shame a bunch of police were injured and killed delivering that object lesson to the rest of us. ---
**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 14, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5732 "2025-10-14T19:54:30Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Why are so many U.S.ers ignoring the huge controversy now engulfing Canada, involving the great B.C. ostrich cull? It took me a moment to register that you’re not talking about the Blue Oyster Cult. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5733 "2025-10-14T21:02:40Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Somehow it is comforting to know that the USA does not have the planetwide monopoly on violent stupid selfishness. I had the same feeling when I read the headline but I didn’t want to appear insensitive. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5734 "2025-10-14T21:05:42Z")
I debated posting or deleting my comment for the same reason, but my irreverent streak is evidently wider & deeper than yours. Cheers kiddo! ---
**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:** [October 14, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5735 "2025-10-14T21:59:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I debated posting or deleting my comment for the same reason, but my irreverent streak is evidently wider & deeper than yours It’s merely been fulminating decades longer. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5736 "2025-10-14T22:05:56Z")
Blue Ostrich Cult is a great name for a cover band. ---
**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 14, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5737 "2025-10-14T22:08:44Z")
🎶 _Don’t fear the reaper…_ _Baby take my hand…_ _Don’t fear the reaper…_ _Stick your head in the sand…_ 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5738 "2025-10-15T05:22:16Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > RFK just wants one for his collection. Or his lunch. ---
**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 15, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5739 "2025-10-15T05:29:03Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Or his lunch. His worm is lonely and wants a friend. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5740 "2025-10-15T22:46:37Z")
Brains were in short supply during this procedure, or a new twist on Take Your Daughter To Work Day. > **[“Horrific”: Brain Surgeon Arrested After Daughter, 12, Allegedly Drills A...](https://www.boredpanda.com/brain-surgeon-arrested-after-allowing-daughter-12-to-drill-into-patients-skull/)** > > “Jail time may help her get her priorities straight. I hope the patient sues the doctor and the hospital!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=286) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=288)