# 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:** 81
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1601 "2024-06-22T03:50:36Z")
Glad I clicked on that, learned two things: 1. They’ve repealed the law! DIDN’t expect that… 2. I was surprised at how tan/sunburned the dad reunited with his family was. Turns out, he wasn’t in jail. He was just required to not fly back to the USA until things were sorted out. Looks like Dad got to do a little golfing, a little swimming, maybe a poolside massage… _“Hey, compadres, d’ya think you could repeal the law a couple months from now”_ ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1602 "2024-06-22T03:52:17Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Looks like Dad got to do a little golfing, a little swimming, maybe a poolside massage… Any target shooting at the range? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1603 "2024-06-22T05:13:58Z")
Well, they confiscated his bullets, so it was more like: “PULL!” _::click::_ “PULL!” _::click::_ “Great job!” ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1604 "2024-06-22T05:26:30Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Update on the Turks & Caicos visitor with ammo in his luggage: You know…fuck that guy. He got a long vacation and did not have to spend a single day in prison. Sure, he was out of work the whole time (unless they let him work remote, then, seriously, fuck him and the plane he flew in/out on) and his family missed him. Big whoop. I don’t give a single fuck that it was unintentional. It was still irresponsible and stupid. If he was not so fortunate as to be an American, he wouldn’t have gotten such special treatment. I’m sooooo very happy that they’ve decided the law should be applied differently to some people than others. It’s a wonderful precedent to set. /s ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1605 "2024-06-22T11:14:41Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I’m sooooo very happy that they’ve decided the law should be applied differently to some people than others. It’s a wonderful precedent to set. /s This one (American) person may have been treated differently from others up until now, but Turks and Caicos has now removed their 12 year minimum prison sentence, which should mean other people accused of something similar (and with similar extenuating circumstances) also won’t be looking at a mandatory minimum 12 years in prison. > **[NO MORE 12-YEAR MANDATORY MINIMUM FOR FIREARM OFFENCES](https://suntci.com/no-more-year-mandatory-minimum-for-firearm-offences-p11069-129.htm?ftag=YHF4eb9d17)** > > NO MORE 12-YEAR MANDATORY MINIMUM FOR FIREARM OFFENCES ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1606 "2024-06-22T11:55:54Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > It was still irresponsible and stupid. You want the government of Turks and Caicos to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to house an inmate for 12 years who never represented a threat to any resident of T&C? I’m as happy as the next bleeding heart anti-gun liberal to see irresponsible ammosexuals get their comeuppance. 12 years for having a couple of bullets in the bottom of a suitcase? That’s excessive. This legislative change makes sense as noted in the article, to differentiate between people who are actual threats from people who are not threats. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1607 "2024-06-22T12:12:59Z")
It probably does still reflect some institutional injustice that the only reason the law was changed was because it affected an American. How many others were arrested and served long sentences before this guy? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1608 "2024-06-22T14:01:15Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Swell story out of Michigan about Republican State Representative Neil Friske, arrested by Lansing police following an incident in the wee hours of Thursday morning in which he allegedly chased a stripper from his home. This is the hard-hitting reporting I expect from this thread! Loved the Slate article too. Props that he worked the deep state into his defense. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1609 "2024-06-22T14:25:22Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > You want the government of Turks and Caicos to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to house an inmate for 12 years who never represented a threat to any resident of T&C? No, I want consistency. If they want to change the sentencing so there is an explicit set of guidelines that allows judges to suspend or reduce the sentence given specific, measurable criteria, great! Or even change the minimums for everybody? That also works. But, no, the actual change they made was to keep the 12 year minimum but allow the judges broad personal latitude in adjusting that sentence. They’re basically saying “we’re setting a different standard for Americans without explicitly stating we’re setting a different standard for Americans”. That’s complete horseshit. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1610 "2024-06-22T15:38:31Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I’m as happy as the next bleeding heart anti-gun liberal to see irresponsible ammosexuals get their comeuppance. 12 years for having a couple of bullets in the bottom of a suitcase? That’s excessive. My sentiments exactly. And also, what about his Second Amendment rights? (That was sarcasm by the way - I’ve come to learn that Americans who sneak guns out of the country love to invoke their 2A rights when caught with them in foreign countries.) ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1611 "2024-06-22T17:05:36Z")
Don’t know if this belongs here, but there isn’t a What Are You Thinking thread. Bell Belichik, former NFL head coach, is 72, and recently started dating a 24-year-old former cheerleader. > **[Bill Belichick Started Dating 24-Year-Old Cheerleader Jordon Hudson Over a...](https://people.com/bill-belichick-started-dating-24-year-old-jordon-hudson-year-ago-8667343)** > > Former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is dating 24-year-old Jordon Hudson, a cheerleader, after he ended a 16-year relationship with Linda Holliday But, the relationship is fine, according to her former boyfriend, who’s only 64. > **[Jordon Hudson’s 64-year-old ex slams Bill Belichick relationship critics:...](https://nypost.com/2024/06/22/sports/jordon-hudsons-64-year-old-ex-slams-bill-belichick-relationship-critics/)** > > Jordon Hudson’s 64-year-old ex has come to the defense of her budding romance with former Patriots coach Bill Belichick. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1612 "2024-06-22T22:44:45Z")
He’s old, wealthy, and famous, she’s young and pretty. They’re both adults. It’s so common it’s a cliche. I can’t really bring myself to criticize either of them much even if it seems gross to me (though I’m even a bit of a hypocrite as you’ll see below). Who knows, maybe they even like each other, you never know. I once was engaged to a woman 20 years older than me (I was 23 and she was 43). The age difference was never a problem. Of course, their age difference is exactly double what mine was, but still, it’s not always a big deal. I say if they are both willing and enjoy their arrangement more power to them. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1613 "2024-06-23T00:37:34Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I say if they are both willing and enjoy their arrangement more power to them. May be that Ms. Hudson just has a type. But really if it hadn’t been that she started dating Belichick, specifically, all she and whoever she was with would have to deal with would be disapproving eyebrow raises from restaurant servers and Uber drivers. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1614 "2024-06-23T00:53:19Z")
And now, the latest attempt in the world of “I want to exploit a public domain IP but I have no talent so I’ll fake it with AI”; a Winnie the Pooh Xmas movie for Amazon Video, starring such timeless characters as Grrgrckl, the three-legged headless abomination with teeth growing out of its back directly above its asscrack. > **[‘Winnie-The-Pooh’ Movies & Series Coming To Amazon Through Kartoon...](https://deadline.com/2024/06/winnie-the-pooh-kartoon-studios-amazon-prime-video-series-films-1235979993/)** > > 'Winnie the Pooh' films, series and holiday specials will premiere on Amazon Prime Video Channels through the subscription Kartoon Channel. > ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1615 "2024-06-23T04:17:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Probably somewhere near the skull fragments. But no brain tissue. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1616 "2024-06-23T04:30:02Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > He’s old, wealthy, and famous, she’s young and pretty. I remember an ad long, long ago – can’t remember what what it was selling – but there was a photo of a very young and beautiful woman in a bridal gown feeding a slice of cake to this incredibly decrepit old man in a tuxedo. Below was, _They tell me she’s only marrying me for my money._ _Like I care._ ---
**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1617 "2024-06-23T04:52:22Z")
Was it a Dignitas Pillow ad? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1618 "2024-06-23T04:59:36Z")
Like the joke about a 70 year old Billionaire talking about his 20 year old bride: “I lied to her about my age” “Did you tell her you were 60?” “No, I told her I was 95” ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1619 "2024-06-23T07:11:28Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I remember an ad long, long ago – can’t remember what what it was selling – but there was a photo of a very young and beautiful woman in a bridal gown feeding a slice of cake to this incredibly decrepit old man in a tuxedo. “Aren’t you worried that if the two of you get too physical that it could be fatal?” “Sure I’m worried, but if she dies, she dies.” ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1620 "2024-06-23T08:54:55Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “Sure I’m worried, but if she dies, she dies.” _- Dirty Old Man Ivan Drago_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=82)