# 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:** 47
**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, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/921 "2024-04-19T14:27:51Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I had to look up what a person that studies meteors is called. [Meteoriticist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoritics) Around here we just call them @Darren_Garrison. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/922 "2024-04-19T14:28:27Z")
> [@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). Meteors are atmospheric phenomena. You don’t have meteors on the Moon, for example. Meteoroids are the small natural chunks that create meteors when they pass through an atmosphere. Meteorites are what’s left of a meteoroid once it strikes another body (whether or not it produced a meteor). These terms are often conflated. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/923 "2024-04-19T15:15:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > A Democratic Senator who doesn’t believe chemtrails exist added an amendment to protect Bigfoot. Nice. I approve. ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/924 "2024-04-19T15:17:34Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Nice. I approve. Why are you in the pocket of Big Foot? ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/925 "2024-04-19T15:41:04Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Why are you in the pocket of Big Foot? Big Bigfoot. aka Big Cryptozoology. They control ALL chupacabra-related products. ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/926 "2024-04-19T15:41:42Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Big Bigfoot. aka Big Cryptozoology. Not to be confused with Big Crypto (probably). ---
**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 19, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/927 "2024-04-19T19:48:04Z")
A guy sets himself on fire outside the courthouse where the trumptrial is. And it seems, NOT in support of the disgraced former president. Something about crypto currency? Last I checked, no word on his condition, ---
**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, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/928 "2024-04-19T19:52:35Z")
There’s a thread in FQ. From what I heard on CNN, he’s in critical condition. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/929 "2024-04-19T19:59:28Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Last I checked, no word on his condition, When someone sets themselves on fire if you don’t hear they’re dead it’s usually safe to assume they’re in critical condition. ---
**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, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/930 "2024-04-19T23:34:42Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > A Democratic Senator who doesn’t believe chemtrails exist added an amendment to protect Bigfoot. > > Nice. I approve. The problem is in the idea that adding Big Foot protections will be so obviously over the top that it derails this nonsense bill from passing. The good Senator has grossly misunderestimated the foolishness of his colleagues. He probably _increased_ the likelihood of passage. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/931 "2024-04-19T23:41:45Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The problem is in the idea that adding Big Foot protections will be so obviously over the top that it derails this nonsense bill from passing. Oh, I’m not expecting that it will derail the bill. Derailing it is a separate task. Adding bigfoot adds ridicule. I approve. ---
**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, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/932 "2024-04-19T23:55:45Z")
I think it adds opportunities for us smart people in other states to ridicule Tennessee. As you say. I also think it’ll increase the likelihood that the legislators will receive more approval, not ridicule, from their constituents over their wise decision to protect Big Foot. They’ll eat that shit up. “Hell Yeah!” will be the rallying cry. Not “What were you THINKING?” YMMV of course. We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/933 "2024-04-20T00:00:26Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I’m not expecting that it will derail the bill. I am. There’ll be protests against the Feds taking away our gun-given rights to shoot stuff. It’s definitely a poison pill amendment. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/934 "2024-04-20T00:05:49Z")
The funny thing is that all the military has to do issue a press statement to the effect that, as of now, any and all use of chemtrails has been banned. ---
**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 20, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/935 "2024-04-20T00:06:28Z")
[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/jirfeQ0.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/S3HoFjI) ---
**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 20, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/936 "2024-04-20T11:08:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The funny thing is that all the military has to do issue a press statement to the effect that, as of now, any and all use of chemtrails has been banned. That’s a very eye-openingly novel idea. Good one! But I’m not really understanding what you’re advocating and what you expect would be the response from who. Care to flesh this out a bit? I see such an announcement as totally validating everything QAnon ever said about the secret government running cover-ups. This would be the announcement that launches a thousand (at least) fresh CTs about any-/ everything. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/937 "2024-04-20T13:54:48Z")
David McCormick running for the Senate “started with nothing” as the humble son of a college president, growing up in a simple, homespun President’s mansion. Truly remarkable > **[This GOP Senate Candidate Says He Grew Up on a Family Farm. Not Exactly.](https://news.yahoo.com/gop-senate-candidate-says-grew-174025158.html)** > > BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — David McCormick’s origin story goes something like this: He grew up in rural Pennsylvania, southwest of Scranton. He baled hay, trimmed Christmas trees and otherwise worked on his family’s farm. And from those humble beginnings, he... ---
**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 20, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/938 "2024-04-20T14:00:30Z")
The chemtrail crazies are going full-bore on X/Twitter, especially posters in the U.K., where it’s been cool and rainy (shocker!), which means the evil gummint is sabotaging the blue sky to drench everyone and make them miserable. đŸ˜± 😭 ---
**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 20, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/939 "2024-04-20T14:17:06Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The problem is in the idea that adding Big Foot protections will be so obviously over the top that it derails this nonsense bill from passing. > > The good Senator has grossly misunderestimated the foolishness of his colleagues. He probably _increased_ the likelihood of passage. No, the proponents of the bill believe in Bigfoot, but they want to be able to hunt him, not to protect him. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/940 "2024-04-20T14:21:24Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The chemtrail crazies are going full-bore on X/Twitter, especially posters in the U.K., where it’s been cool and rainy (shocker!), which means the evil gummint is sabotaging the blue sky to drench everyone and make them miserable. đŸ˜± 😭 I thought the law was that the rain must never fall ‘til after sundown. Or was that exclusively in Camelot? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=48)