# 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:** 46
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/901 "2024-04-17T21:09:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Perhaps people who frighten easily and have mental decline should not be permitted to have firearms. well, then come and try to take the gun away from his cold trembling hands - just b/c he is old doesn’t mean ~~you~~ any commy can violate his constitutional rights! /s (just in case) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/902 "2024-04-17T21:23:13Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > come and try to take the gun away from his cold trembling hands “Your proposal is acceptable.” ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/903 "2024-04-17T22:07:33Z")
got a good one here: Women in Brazil wheelchairs dead uncle into bank to co-sign a loan for her. Somehow, somebody noticed that the person was dead already, and as such no longer a person, … [some blurred photos and a (surprising) video of the act (below article, non gory but def. weird (prob. NSFW))](https://www.emol.com/noticias/Tendencias/2024/04/17/1128104/mujer-banco-brasil-dinero-cadaver.html) anybody going to one-up this one in terms of “stupid MF”? ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/904 "2024-04-17T22:57:44Z")
🤣That is truly in a class by itself. Even sovereign citizens laugh at this woman. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/905 "2024-04-18T02:42:14Z")
apparently hiring “gods misfits” to help kill your kids mother and the social worker helping her is a bad idea > **[Custody battle, group 'God's Misfits' behind killings of missing Kansas moms:...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/16/kansas-women-deaths-affidavit-custody-battle-gods-misfits/73338551007/)** > > An affidavit reveals that a bitter custody battle was behind the deaths of the two missing Kansas women. The suspects are in "God's Misfits". ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/906 "2024-04-18T09:36:38Z")
Get Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children to do it next time. Easy mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/907 "2024-04-18T11:34:29Z")
Why am I not surprised that the murderous “God’s Misfit” is the chairperson of the county Republican Party? ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/908 "2024-04-18T15:38:01Z")
A tree thief is cut down by DNA technology. > **[Tree DNA solves 2019 Mark Twain Forest cold case](https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/tree-dna-solves-2019-mark-twain-forest-cold-case/)** > > Tree DNA has helped solve a 2019 cold case within Mark Twain National Forest, marking the first instance of tree DNA being used to resolve a case of illegal tree harvesting in MTNF. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/909 "2024-04-18T22:32:03Z")
A man who claimed he killed his friend because he believed the victim was summoning Bigfoot was convicted of murder. > **[Okla. Fisherman Who Thought Friend Was Trying to Feed Him to Bigfoot...](https://people.com/oklahoma-man-killed-friend-believed-wanted-feed-bigfoot-8635532)** > > Larry Doil Sanders was convicted of killing Jimmy Knighten in July 2022. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/910 "2024-04-18T22:45:32Z")
I considered training to be a forensic tactical weatherman but I went into IT instead. Such a shame, I could have helped. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/911 "2024-04-18T23:06:11Z")
[Plant DNA has also helped convict a murderer.](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13818750-600-murder-trial-features-trees-genetic-fingerprint/) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/912 "2024-04-19T10:36:32Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But the terrorists’ explosion was beaten to the punch by mere milliseconds when a large meteor landed on the building obliterating much of the surrounding city. > [@digs](#): > > They’d need a forensic team, a ballistics expert, and a meteorologist… ISWYDT (Sorry for the delay, I meant to post that a couple of days ago.) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/913 "2024-04-19T13:44:19Z")
This is old news, but I just saw it today. > **[Tennessee legislature passes bill based on 'chemtrails' conspiracy theory:...](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2024/03/20/tennessee-senate-passes-bill-banning-chemtrails-what-to-know/73027586007/)** > > The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill targeting "chemtrails." Why the conspiracy theory has been debunked and what's next. A Democratic Senator who doesn’t believe chemtrails exist added an amendment to protect Bigfoot. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/914 "2024-04-19T14:10:15Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > > [@digs](#): > > > > They’d need a forensic team, a ballistics expert, and a meteorologist… > > ISWYDT > > (Sorry for the delay, I meant to post that a couple of days ago.) Hmm. I didn’t. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/915 "2024-04-19T14:13:09Z")
Despite the similarity, meteorologists don’t study meteors. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/916 "2024-04-19T14:16:13Z")
The “weather” meaning of that root actually came first. Before it was known that there were rocks out in space, meteors were generally assumed to be… some sort of weather phenomenon (with handwavy details). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/917 "2024-04-19T14:18:07Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The “weather” meaning of that root actually came first. Before it was known that there were rocks out in space, **meteors were generally assumed to be… some sort of weather phenomenon** (with handwavy details). - They weren’t kidding when they predicted heavy showers. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/918 "2024-04-19T14:25:54Z")
In other news, today we had house-sized hail! Ouch! ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/919 "2024-04-19T14:26:05Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Despite the similarity, meteorologists don’t study meteors. I had to look up what a person that studies meteors is called. [Meteoriticist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoritics) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/920 "2024-04-19T14:26:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > A Democratic Senator who doesn’t believe chemtrails exist added an amendment to protect Bigfoot. Here’s more from the legal expert POV … > **[Are Chemtrails Spreading Across the Country? No, But Goofy Chemtrail...](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2024/04/are-chemtrails-spreading-no.html)** > > It’s almost like these legislators don’t really understand science. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=47)