# 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:** 54
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1061 "2024-05-02T15:18:55Z")
Yeah, that’s it. 🕶 ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1062 "2024-05-02T16:40:22Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Stupid MFer drives up to the guys at Home Depot, the ones who stand around waiting for a random person to ask them to work, and they get in his car. He then robs them at gunpoint. The most insane thing to me is that a guy in a MERCEDES BENZ tries to rob a couple of day workers. I guess inflation has really raised the cost of monocle polish, and folks are getting desperate. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1063 "2024-05-02T16:49:38Z")
Yeah, that’s a far cry from “I rob banks because that’s where the money is” ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1064 "2024-05-02T16:53:51Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Do not pet the fluffy cows! I don’t know. While the parents might be a little harder to pet, the Scottish Highland breed produces some of the most pettable (if that is a word) calves. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQjBKbCDkd0gLSUijvRfhMOcfOrDRWVOWrDgVWFMwk8BZeLzs7PNZw0TOc&s=10) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQjBKbCDkd0gLSUijvRfhMOcfOrDRWVOWrDgVWFMwk8BZeLzs7PNZw0TOc&s=10) The buffalo (African Buffalo, an unrelated species - _Syncerus caffer_) - we get in my part of the world are not nearly so cuddly. They take on attacking lions. I would not even attempt to go close enough to kick one, unless I was I was cunningly camoflaged with a full suit Kevlar armour outfit covered with grass. And a diaper. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1065 "2024-05-02T17:27:37Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > unless I was I was cunningly camoflaged with a full suit Kevlar armour outfit covered with grass (emphasis added) So, you’d prefer it trying to _eat_ you? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_undeposable_hand/32/8502_2.png) [@The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Undeposable_Hand)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1066 "2024-05-02T18:12:14Z")
She has the look of a heavy drinker. Which might explain the ill-conceived late night texting. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1067 "2024-05-02T19:47:11Z")
I could have made a tactical error there. I should have chosen browser camoflage over grazer camoflage. Tactical diaper, though… is indispensable. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1068 "2024-05-03T02:58:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Can they rebroadcast NFL games with only implied oral consent? Just, not the Bills. That would get the herd too riled up. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1069 "2024-05-04T05:36:03Z")
Restaurants and vendors who paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for booths at the “Ottawa Intetnational Food and Book Expo” are out their money and hopping mad after the expo turned out to be a fake event organized half-assedly by a Canadian alt-right party, with a series of speakers on such topics as UFOs, covid/antivax conspiracies, Dianetics, and speed dating for stoners, vegans, and cougars. > **[Angry Vendors Say They Were Deceived By Ottawa Book Festival Featuring...](https://pressprogress.ca/angry-vendors-say-they-were-deceived-by-ottawa-book-festival-featuring-far-right-convoy-speakers/)** > > Vendors say they lost thousands of dollars after a confusing and chaotic book festival was misrepresented to them > [@](#): > > Things went from bad to worse after PressProgress reported some organizations listed as event sponsors denied being sponsors, some people listed as festival employees didn’t exist, plus the man behind the whole event, Ray Samuels, was a far-right People’s Party activist and a prolific UFO conspiracy theorist. > > Before the end of the first day, Tourism Ottawa, the Embassy of Mexico, an upstate New York PBS affiliate and former Much Music VJ Bill Welychka – who was the emcee of the event – had all publicly cut ties with the festival. > > The Ottawa International Writers Festival also issued a statement clarifying it has no connection with the Ottawa International Food and Book Expo after learning the latter purchased a website URL with the writers festival’s name. > [@](#): > > Multiple food vendors were later surprised when festival attendees approached their stalls with free food coupons, something the event organizer never informed them about. One vendor, who estimates they lost over a thousand dollars at the event, said an attendee came to their stall and showed them a QR code on their phone that entitled them to free food. > > “He said he had bought the food voucher online,” the vendor told PressProgress. “He’s like, ‘I have this voucher for $15’ and I said, ‘well, I don’t have any way to charge that’.” > > Arecchi, who only sold $16 worth of oysters all weekend, said the same thing happened to him: “I did look at Eventbrite after the fact and they were selling my food for more than I was even selling it.” It’s like they said “hold my beer” to the AI Willy Wonka guy. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1070 "2024-05-04T06:41:02Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > UFOs, covid/antivax conspiracies, Dianetics, and speed dating for stoners, vegans, and cougars Hey, that’s just one shelf at the old Thunderbird bookstore in Carmel, California. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1071 "2024-05-04T07:05:12Z")
Try it to the theme song from _Are You Being Served?_ _Ground floor, UFOs, Antivax conspiracies, Dianetics, speed dating, Stoners, vegans, cougars, Going up!_ _First floor, tourism, Embassy of Mexico, PBS affiliate, Former music VJ, Going up!_ _Top floor, expo, URL for festival, QR code and vouchers, Oysters and Eventbrite, Going down!_ ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1072 "2024-05-04T07:23:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Hey, that’s just one shelf at the old Thunderbird bookstore in Carmel, California. We used to have a place like that in Seattle. It was also the headquarters of a fringe Communist cult whose leader was one of the leaders of the Weather Underground whose lackeys usually show up at left-wing protests dressed all in black and going around smashing shit. The bookstore did not survive the pandemic. I wandered in there once assuming it was a normal independent bookstore in Pioneer Square, thought it was pretty cool that they had so many Howard Zinn books on display, then gradually started realizing what I’d wandered into and excused myself before anyone noticed me. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1073 "2024-05-04T07:24:20Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Try it to the theme song from _Are You Being Served?_ Sorry, my brain insists on trying to set it to “We Didn’t Start The Fire”. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1074 "2024-05-04T09:39:24Z")
[Yep, another republican gets sentenced for election fraud.](https://www.aol.com/former-wisconsin-election-official-fined-113656485.html) (Link is to AOL.) > A former Milwaukee election official was ordered to serve one year of probation and pay a $3,000 fine Thursday afternoon for ordering three military absentee ballots under fake names ahead of the 2022 midterm elections and having them sent to a state legislator known for embracing conspiracy theories. I do love the bit about the state legislator, too. I wonder who that could’ve been and how lame their excuse is. > She told investigators that she sent the military ballots to Republican state [Rep. Janel Brandtjen](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/16/wisconsin-assembly-gop-boots-election-denier-from-caucus-meetings/69654248007/) to highlight a real gap in the election system. But, hey, it’s all worth it, right, when you trust Sir Shitzinpants! She lost her cush government job, too. > She was [fired from her job at the city](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/03/mayor-says-milwaukee-election-worker-fired-over-ballot-fraud/69616108007/) after officials there learned of her actions. Say what you will about the magaflatearthers, they are committed to proving election fraud! ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1075 "2024-05-04T12:11:08Z")
I’ve been following this one on and off. My question is, ignoring the case for a moment, if you were in her position, that is, you found a glaring hole in the absentee ballot process that made it easy for someone to cast fraudulent votes, you’ve notified your superiors multiple times and otherwise exhausted every way you can think of to get someone to listen to you, what do you do? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying you should commit election fraud to make your point, but what do you do? The only thing I’ve been able to think of are to either ignore it (I told them, they didn’t care, oh well) or get the media involved. I liked the statement I read in the local paper that said something to the effect of “_SHE_ was the one that was supposed to be catching this stuff”. And, keep in mind, like so many other fraud cases, it could easily be argued that she didn’t expose a security gap, she proved that someone attempting to exploit that gap will get caught. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1076 "2024-05-04T13:36:21Z")
I saw that story - must’ve been one hot mess of a “festival”. There’s gotta be sweet income involved in roping exhibitors into such events. If you want to make money, concentrate on selling space rather than selling goods (sort of like franchise operations, where selling franchises is much more lucrative than owning and operating them). Ontario appears to be [ground zero](https://holistichealingfair.com) for “holistic health fairs”.\* You wonder who’s more exploited, [exhibitors](https://holistichealingfair.com/exhibitor/) or their would-be clients. > [@](#): > > Each person that attends a Holistic Healing Fair™ has the intention of broadening their perspective when it comes to Holistic Healing and absolutely anything that falls into that category. Whether it be finding a bracelet that will help balance them and remind them to breathe, a painting or item that they can look at everyday and smile about, buying a dream catcher to help them sleep at peace or having a reading for some self assurance. Every attendee that walks through our doors is seeking positive change, they may not even know what for – and that is where you come in! I’ll have to look into those magic bracelets. Sometimes I forget to breathe and start turning blue, so Mrs. J. has to give me a painful whack as a reminder to inhale. \*_…a trip to the fair but nobody was there_ - Renaissance ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1077 "2024-05-04T15:12:52Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’ve been following this one on and off. My question is, ignoring the case for a moment, if you were in her position, that is, you found a glaring hole in the absentee ballot process that made it easy for someone to cast fraudulent votes, you’ve notified your superiors multiple times and otherwise exhausted every way you can think of to get someone to listen to you, what do you do? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying you should commit election fraud to make your point, but what do you do? The only thing I’ve been able to think of are to either ignore it (I told them, they didn’t care, oh well) or **get the media involved.** Emphasis added. This. This was an effective option available to her. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1078 "2024-05-04T15:14:30Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying you should commit election fraud to make your point, but what do you do? The only thing I’ve been able to think of are to either ignore it (I told them, they didn’t care, oh well) or get the media involved. Let’s see: you think you’ve got genuine election fraud risk; your superiors say that you don’t. Three choices: ignore it; get the media involved; or commit election fraud yourself. Sorry, but to me that’s an utter no-brainer. Get the media involved. (Of course, there’s a fourth choice: consider the possibility that your superiors are right. But I’ll grant that it’s at least theoretically possible that, having given that serious consideration, you might conclude that they’re wrong.) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1079 "2024-05-04T15:27:58Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Sorry, but to me that’s an utter no-brainer. Get the media involved. “_ **The media???** _ The Enemies of Real American People™?? Why would I, a good Republican, go to them?” ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1080 "2024-05-04T16:28:18Z")
Come on, if you’re gonna go making up things like Good Republicans, the rest of us have the right to posit the existence of Responsible, Fact-Based Media. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=55)