# 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:** 332
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6621 "2026-03-14T09:12:56Z")
A man who worked on Jasmine Crockett’s security detail was impersonating a cop, using multiple aliases, and driving a faux-unmarked car with stolen plates while running a side hustle, and has been shot dead by Dallas police after leading them on a chase and barricading himself in a vehicle in the parking garage of a children’s hospital. > **[Dallas SWAT officers shoot, kill fugitive who pointed a gun at them in a...](https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-police-swat-shooting-childrens-health-fugitive/)** > > DPD Chief Daniel Comeaux said officers tracked the man to the parking garage of Children's Medical Center Dallas. > **[Wanted fugitive killed by Dallas SWAT officers worked security for Rep....](https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-police-killing-raises-questions-about-congresswoman-security/)** > > Sources say the man, known publicly as Mike King, used aliases while running an off‑duty police job service and serving on the congresswoman's security team. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6622 "2026-03-14T12:54:47Z")
Well, the racist/misogynist fucks are going to have a field day, Crockett being a favorite target already. Now, she deserves ridicule for hiring the guy, but it will be tied directly to her race and gender. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6623 "2026-03-14T18:07:14Z")
Doesn’t the FDA specify the method to be used to measure Calories? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6624 "2026-03-14T19:04:43Z")
[Yes, they do:](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/part-101/section-101.9#p-101.9(c)(1)) > (1) “Calories, total,” “Total calories,” or “Calories”: A statement of the caloric content per serving, expressed to the nearest 5-calorie increment up to and including 50 calories, and 10-calorie increment above 50 calories, except that amounts less than 5 calories may be expressed as zero. Energy content per serving may also be expressed in kilojoule units, added in parentheses immediately following the statement of the caloric content. > > ###### Enhanced Content - Paragraph Tools > > URL > https:/​/​www.ecfr.gov/​current/​title-21/​part-101/​section-101.9#p-101.9(c)(1) > Citation > 21 CFR 101.9(c)(1) > > (i) Caloric content may be calculated by the following methods. Where either specific or general food factors are used, the factors shall be applied to the actual amount (i.e., before rounding) of food components (e.g., fat, carbohydrate, protein, or ingredients with specific food factors) present per serving. > > (A) Using specific Atwater factors (_i.e.,_ the Atwater method) given in table 13, USDA Handbook No. 74 (slightly revised, 1973), > > (B) Using the general factors of 4, 4, and 9 calories per gram for protein, total carbohydrate, and total fat, respectively, as described in USDA Handbook No. 74 (slightly revised, 1973) pp. 9-11; > > (C) Using the general factors of 4, 4, and 9 calories per gram for protein, total carbohydrate (less the amount of non-digestible carbohydrates and sugar alcohols), and total fat, respectively, as described in USDA Handbook No. 74 (slightly revised, 1973) pp. 9-11. A general factor of 2 calories per gram for soluble non-digestible carbohydrates shall be used. The general factors for caloric value of sugar alcohols provided in [paragraph (c)(1)(i)(F)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(c)(1)(i)(F)) of this section shall be used; > > (D) Using data for specific food factors for particular foods or ingredients approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and provided in [parts 172](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/part-172) or [184 of this chapter](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/part-184), or by other means, as appropriate; > > (E) Using bomb calorimetry data subtracting 1.25 calories per gram protein to correct for incomplete digestibility, as described in USDA Handbook No. 74 (slightly revised, 1973) p. 10; or > > (F) Using the following general factors for caloric value of sugar alcohols: Isomalt—2.0 calories per gram, lactitol—2.0 calories per gram, xylitol—2.4 calories per gram, maltitol—2.1 calories per gram, sorbitol—2.6 calories per gram, hydrogenated starch hydrolysates—3.0 calories per gram, mannitol—1.6 calories per gram, and erythritol—0 calories per gram. I’m not going to pretend to know what any of this means, but I do see they specify a bomb calorimeter (with some adjustments). Looking back at the article, they said, WRT the using a bomb calorimeter "That method includes the calories in nondigestible ingredients — including EPG — in its count, he added. " So, I have no idea if they’re saying they didn’t adjust for non digestible ingredients (or didn’t adjust correctly) or that it was improper to use that method on the first place or something else entirely. And, I’m not going to go down this particular rabbit hole trying to figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6625 "2026-03-14T20:45:32Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Officials explained that there had been a misunderstanding and clarified that the guidance initially cited by staff applies only to individuals who are changing their names – not to children given the name at birth. Wow, I guess in Britain, you’re not allowed to change your name to any Disney character name. This would include (just under “A”) 1. Abby — _Chicken Little_ 2. Abigail — _The Aristocats_ 3. Abu — _Aladdin_ 4. Adelaide — _The Aristocats_ 5. Adella — _The Little Mermaid_ 6. Akela — _The Jungle Book_ 7. Aladdin — _Aladdin_ 8. Alcmene — _Hercules_ 9. Alice - _Alice in Wonderland_ 10. Amelia — _The Aristocats_ 11. Amos — _The Fox and the Hound_ 12. Anastasia — _Cinderella_ 13. Andrina — _The Little Mermaid_ 14. Andy — _Toy Story_ 15. Anna — _Frozen_ 16. Antonio— _Encanto_ 17. Apollo — _Hercules_ ---
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6626 "2026-03-14T20:49:42Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Wow, I guess in Britain, you’re not allowed to change your name to any Disney character name. What an odd take. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6627 "2026-03-14T21:21:14Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > clarified that the guidance initially cited by staff applies only to individuals who are changing their names – not to children given the name at birth. Well, the passport staff clarified that “the guidance initially cited by staff **applies only to individuals who are changing their names** – not to children given the name at birth.” The initial guidance being that they will not issue a passport to people whose names are from a Warner brothers film. I guess since Disney is not going to take over Warner bros now, it’s all good for the Disney names - just not anyone who changes their names to one from any Warner Bros. film ever made. The British passport office are morons, and their “clarification” is also moronic. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6628 "2026-03-14T21:56:22Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The initial guidance being that they will not issue a passport to people whose names are from a Warner brothers film. I guess since Disney is not going to take over Warner bros now, it’s all good for the Disney names - just not anyone who changes their names to one from any Warner Bros. film ever made. Names that are **trademarked**. Not just any name that has appeared in something. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The British passport office are morons, and their “clarification” is also moronic. Oh absolutely, just not in the weird way you put it. It’s stupid because the point of a trademark is to legally protect someone’s brand, particularly to avoid confusion. So, someone can’t, say, create a TV show about a woman named Daenerys Targaryen who controls dragons in a fantasy realm and trick viewers into thinking it’s a _Game of Thrones_ spinoff. A real life person changing their name to Daenerys is no threat to the brand. But as stupid as that is, they aren’t saying if you want to legally change your name to the common, non-tradenarked name “Bill” that you can’t because a character named Bill was in a WB project. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6629 "2026-03-15T03:59:17Z")
This fooferaw reminds me of the trouble a local burger hangout in Syracuse got into decades ago. They had a giant burger they’d sold for years as “The Whopper” - before Burger King came up with the idea of marketing their own Whopper. Burger King’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist notice to the local burger joint, which began portraying itself as the victim of a Giant Corporation and enjoying the publicity. They wound up changing the name of their burger to “The Vopper” . ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6630 "2026-03-15T10:38:12Z")
The V for “victory” no doubt. Or maybe there are lots of German Americans settled there: “Ve vant sree Voppers und some freis, pleace.” ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6631 "2026-03-15T17:12:21Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > They wound up changing the name of their burger to “The Vopper” In town here there is a donut shop with a yellow and brown sign, “Vinchell’s.” If you look at it closely you can see where the missing half of the W was removed. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6632 "2026-03-15T20:59:05Z")
In Osaka, Japan, an 11-foot wide, 42-foot tall steel cylinder inexplicably erupted out of thd ground overnight in the middle of a city street. City officials have not explained why it arose. > **[Mysterious large steel cylinder suddenly emerges from the ground in Japan](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/mysterious-large-steel-cylinder-suddenly-emerges-from-the-ground-in-japan/)** > > Japanese authorities were investigating Friday how a large steel cylinder suddenly emerged from the ground during sewer construction work and rose to the height of a four-storey building in the city of Osaka. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6633 "2026-03-15T21:00:46Z")
Attack of the mole people. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6634 "2026-03-15T21:12:41Z")
Close: > **[The Incredibles Ending](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhwlcVAClk%2F)** > > تعبیری عرفانی از این ویدیو در این صفحه:http://www.panevis.com/2011/01/up-or-down.html eta: Didn’t realize I got an Arabic(?) post - the Underminer from the Incredibles. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6635 "2026-03-15T21:25:50Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Didn’t realize I got an Arabic(?) post - the Underminer from the Incredibles. Persian, apparently. Google Translate says that the “panevis” web address is a link to a “spiritual interpretation” of the video. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6636 "2026-03-15T22:03:56Z")
Back when I lived in St. Louis there was a small city 20+ miles up the road that had a real Krumbly Burger. They predated the fictional _Simpsons_ burger joint by a couple years. Just now checking on them I see they shut down in May 2024 some 36 years after they opened. Here’s a ref from when they were still alive: **[Krumbly Burger Menu - Troy, MO](https://www.roostcafeandbistro.com/krumbly-burger-63379/)**. And another about their closing: **[Troy restaurant owners bid farewell after three decades – News in Style](https://styz.me/troy-restaurant-owners-bid-farewell-after-three-decades/)**. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6637 "2026-03-15T22:07:41Z")
Except that The Simpsons featured a Krusty Burger restaurant not a Krumbly Burger restaurant. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6638 "2026-03-15T22:23:41Z")
D’oh! It’s been a long time … a long time … since I watched _The Simpsons_. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6639 "2026-03-15T22:24:29Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > This fooferaw reminds me of the trouble a local burger hangout in Syracuse got into decades ago. They had a giant burger they’d sold for years as “The Whopper” - before Burger King came up with the idea of marketing their own Whopper. And then there’s Burger King of Mattoon, IL, which predates the chain and has the exclusive rights to use that name in the Mattoon area. > **[Burger King (Mattoon, Illinois)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger_King_(Mattoon,_Illinois))** > > Burger King is a restaurant founded by the Hoots family and operated by Burger King LLC of Illinois in Mattoon, Illinois, United States; it is not related to the fast food chain Burger King. The restaurant's founders claim that it is the "original" Burger King and predates the fast food chain. A 1968 court case between this restaurant and the larger Burger King chain is a landmark case in United States trademark law regarding the Lanham Act. > Mattoon residents Gene and Betty Hoots bought the su... ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6640 "2026-03-15T23:01:34Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > In Osaka, Japan, an 11-foot wide, 42-foot tall steel cylinder inexplicably erupted out of thd ground overnight in the middle of a city street. > > City officials have not explained why it arose. And this is about stupid MFers because? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=333)