# 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:** 390
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7781 "2026-07-17T20:11:20Z")
Without too much other comment, a woman who desperately wanted to find something to be an activist about and was completely wrong. [https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article316526458.html](https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article316526458.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:** [July 17, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7782 "2026-07-17T20:55:17Z")
Now _that’s_ a story worth clicking into. Although the suspect seems to be equal parts stupid and insane / drugged out. Which IMO adds a tinge of pathos to what’s otherwise a facepalming display of raw stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7783 "2026-07-17T21:52:14Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Without too much other comment, a woman who desperately wanted to find something to be an activist about and was completely wrong. [https](https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article316526458.html) “Subscribe to continue reading”, about one sentence in. Maybe a little comment? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7784 "2026-07-17T21:59:56Z")
Idiot vandalized memorial statue to fishermen lost at sea because the statue was holding a coiled rope, which obviously is a white supremacist dog whistle evoking nooses used for lynching. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7785 "2026-07-17T22:03:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I agree that the rider is a joke. I agree. However, it looks like he really is going to be at Riot Fest. > **[Riot Fest 2026… Now with 100% more William Shatner](https://riotfest.org/2026/07/16/riot-fest-2026-now-with-100-more-william-shatner/)** > > William Shatner is heading to Riot Fest and he’s bringing the debut of his brand-new heavy metal band, The \*uckers, to Douglass Park on Sunday, September 20. ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7786 "2026-07-17T22:06:42Z")
That looks to me like a creative way to say “Hell no, I’m not doing this show”. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7787 "2026-07-17T22:07:05Z")
The bassist used to play with Ozzy and Billy Idol. The guitarist and drummer played for bands I’ve never heard of, but I’m not much of a metalhead. This is making me really want to go to Riot Fest, the lineup is pretty strong this year. ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7788 "2026-07-17T22:07:20Z")
That thread doesn’t exist, and yes, the rider is obviously a joke. I put it here because starting a heavy metal band at age 95 when you’ve never been a good singer and don’t play an instrument is… questionable at best. ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7789 "2026-07-17T22:15:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > starting a heavy metal band at age 95 when you’ve never been a good singer and don’t play an instrument is… questionable at best. Since when are being a good singer and playing an instrument perquisites for being in a metal band? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7790 "2026-07-17T22:20:52Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > “Subscribe to continue reading”, about one sentence in. Maybe a little comment? Sorry, it didn’t give me that when I had gotten linked to it. More discussion on Reddit. [Reddit - Please wait for verification](https://www.reddit.com/r/SeattleWA/comments/1uz64sa/lady_vandalizes_statue_dedicated_to_fishermen_who/) ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7791 "2026-07-17T22:58:29Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > [Riot Fest 2026… Now with 100% more William Shatner](https://riotfest.org/2026/07/16/riot-fest-2026-now-with-100-more-william-shatner/) Does that mean there was one William Shatner before, and now there will be two? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7792 "2026-07-17T23:22:12Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Since when are being a good singer and playing an instrument perquisites for being in a metal band? BLASPHEMY! 👿 🤘 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7793 "2026-07-18T01:25:41Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > BLASPHEMY! 👿 🤘 Ah yes, Vancouver’s geriatric satanic nazi death metal darlings. Curious if Shatty will break out the cookie monster-like death metal growling, or just more soliloquizing. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7794 "2026-07-18T01:41:39Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Curious if Shatty will break out the cookie monster-like death metal growling, or just more soliloquizing. I suspect it will be the latter. He’s been doing it for decades with modest success, why stop now? ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7795 "2026-07-18T02:17:23Z")
STREISAND EFFECT TIME! In April, and then again last week, Wired published a series of (paywalled) articles about how the owner of Madison Square Garden has been running his petty fiefdom as a surveillance state - tracking fan’s identities and maintaining dossiers on them, kicking people out if they worked for a company with a legal dispute against them or they’d posted negatively about him on social media, assigning people “risk factors”, tracking whether they’re LGBT+ and in at least one instance surveilling a transgender Knicks fan’s movements through the venue minute-by-minute for some bizarre reason, pursuing vendettas against attendees and trying to get them fired from their jobs, and other generally creepy behavior. This week, MSG decided to sue them to try to force them to take down the articles. As a result, they’ve unpaywalled them. > **[The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine](https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine/)** > > Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. > **[Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities](https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-celebrity-database-surveillance/)** > > An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.” > **[Madison Square Garden sues Wired over article alleging celebrity 'risk scores'](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/knicks/2026/07/16/madison-square-garden-sues-wired-celebrities-database-risk-scores/90949363007/)** > > Madison Square Garden filed a defamation lawsuit against Wired Magazine over story claiming the arena tracked and assigned risk scores to celebrities. > **[WIRED (@wired.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/wired.com/post/3mqunihhcgc2l)** > > Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. > > We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone. ---
**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 18, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7796 "2026-07-18T03:11:34Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > He’s been doing it for decades with modest success, why stop now? I’d like to see his cover of “Walk” by Pantera. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7797 "2026-07-18T04:22:03Z")
Great stories. Thanks for finding them. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7798 "2026-07-18T11:48:26Z")
I’m just trying to imagine Metal … Lyrics … Delivered … With … Big … Pauses. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7799 "2026-07-18T11:56:49Z")
This is stupid, but stupid in the tragic sense, not the ignorant belligerence sense: **[‘She was amazing’: 18-year-old dies after falling at California dam](https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/isabella-fanuele-california-dam-22348125.php)**. Now that’s tragic: promising teen fell off the _underside_ of a highway bridge over the gorge just downstream of a dam. What were the teens doing hanging out under a bridge over a gorge? The usual dumb stuff teens do. Credit to the original SDMB ref to the article here: > [@Misread thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2031): > > Not a thread title here, but on my Facebook feed I swore I saw a headline that said “18-year-old dies after failing at California dream.” I had to reread it like three times before I realized it said “[18-year-old dies after falling at California dam](https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/isabella-fanuele-california-dam-22348125.php).” ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7800 "2026-07-18T16:26:33Z")
Oh, wow, I’ve driven over that bridge many a time. Sad when people die for stupid reasons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=389) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=391)