# 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:** 95
**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 12, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1881 "2024-07-12T18:39:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > That is one fine family-oriented news source, careful to obscure words like “a\*\*” and “h\*rny” so that readers with delicate sensitivities will not be offended by those naughty words. Yeah, I don’t get it. Why use the word “ass”, if you’re just going to censor it? It’s not like there aren’t plenty of other words that could be used instead. And why does “horny” even need to be censored at all? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1882 "2024-07-12T18:44:03Z")
@#$&\*#s like you just wouldn’t understand. 😊 ---
**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 12, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1883 "2024-07-12T19:02:02Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > 2 kids set a car on fire. The cops catch them because they came back to watch the car burn. One of them is a ‘person of interest’ in a murder. Sometimes the dimmest bulbs give off their brightest sparks just before they burn out. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1884 "2024-07-12T20:41:05Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And why does “horny” even need to be censored at all? My “Unicorns Playing Brass Instruments While Rhinoceros-Riding” magazine is not available on the web anymore, due to exceeding the limit of asterisks in the latest issue… ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1885 "2024-07-12T23:51:06Z")
      _Mary had a pair of skates_       _On the ice she likes to frisk_       _What a silly girl she is_       _Her little_ \* ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1886 "2024-07-12T23:57:20Z")
I have never seen that before, but it made me guffaw. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1887 "2024-07-13T00:33:37Z")
I remember seeing this in Reader’s Digest when I was a little girl! I took it to my mom and asked her to explain it to me. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1888 "2024-07-13T00:55:14Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I took it to my mom and asked her to explain it to me. It will have to be explained to me now. Brisk, list, mist, risk, whisk… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1889 "2024-07-13T01:00:30Z")
Asterisk = ass to risk. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1890 "2024-07-13T01:03:28Z")
Thank you. I thought the asterisk was a replacement for a naughty word I couldn’t think of, rather than the word itself. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1891 "2024-07-13T17:47:38Z")
You’re not alone. ---
**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 13, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1892 "2024-07-13T21:35:48Z")
“Her little star” “Her little multiplier” ---
**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 13, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1893 "2024-07-13T21:42:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > That is one fine family-oriented news source, careful to obscure words like “a\*\*” and “h\*rny” so that readers with delicate sensitivities will not be offended by those naughty words. > [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, I don’t get it. Why use the word “ass”, if you’re just going to censor it? It’s not like there aren’t plenty of other words that could be used instead. And why does “horny” even need to be censored at all? Especially when in that same paragraph they offer “butt-chuggers”, which might not have quite the same gravitas as “horny”, I guess. Those reptiles-in-pants stories got me (unsuccessfully) searching for Micheal Palin’s SNL hosting intro where he sings “The White Cliffs of Dover” while getting two (yes, live) cats stuffed down his pants. Hope he was wearing a cup. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1894 "2024-07-14T01:41:43Z")
If you only knew how much work his handlers had to do to get him to say colored. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1895 "2024-07-16T20:21:14Z")
[Guy kills his wife street racing](https://autos.yahoo.com/street-racing-husband-kills-wife-180000878.html) It’s amazing to us how many supposedly grown up people with careers, [kids](https://theautowire.com/2024/07/12/florida-women-street-race-each-other-with-kids-along-for-the-ride/), [spouses](https://theautowire.com/2024/03/18/husband-and-wife-get-busted-street-racing-each-other/), and other responsibilities go street racing like [irresponsible teenagers](https://theautowire.com/2024/03/21/kansas-teens-killed-in-street-racing-crash/). We keep seeing news stories like that, but few are as heartbreaking as this one out of New Jersey where a man street racing [crashed](https://theautowire.com/2024/06/25/las-vegas-street-race-turns-fatal/), killing his wife. The other racer also crashed, injuring 3 passengers in his vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1896 "2024-07-16T22:39:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Today during the racketeering trial of rapper Young Thug in Atlanta, Thug’s attorney revealed that he had learned of a secret meeting between the judge, the prosecutor, and a star witness in the judge’s chambers, in which the witness was threatened with indefinite detention if he refused to testify against Thug. > **[Judge removed from Young Thug trial, new judge assigned](https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-removed-young-thug-trial-new-judge-assigned/story?id=111990225)** > > The judge presiding over the trial of rapper Young Thug was ordered off the case Monday afternoon after two defendants requested his recusal. ---
**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 16, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1897 "2024-07-16T23:33:12Z")
I’m glad that awful judge is no longer in charge of the case, but this is infuriating: > Krause said that she found nothing improper about Glanville’s meeting, but said she still ordered Glanville to be recused in order to preserve public trust. Nothing improper?! Then further on: > Last week, Steel filed a motion with over 200 pages of exhibits calling for Krause to recuse herself from deciding if Glanville should be removed from overseeing the trial, and reiterating the request for Glanville to be recused. The motion suggested that Krause could not be objective in her ruling and cited a $2,000 contribution from Glanville to Krause’s reelection campaign in April 2024. Yeah, that fucking tracks. What a shitshow. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1898 "2024-07-17T01:46:27Z")
The level of corruption going on in that courtroom right now is fucking STUNNING. There’s nothing new under the sun of course, so I’m sure there are other examples out there, but this is a new one on me. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1899 "2024-07-17T01:49:57Z")
But…the Supremes said bribery is okie-dokie! ---
**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, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1900 "2024-07-17T03:54:10Z")
Jack Black is breaking up Tenacious D because Kyle Gass made an offhand joke about the Trump shooting at a concert the other night. > **[Jack Black Cancels Tenacious D Tour and ‘All Future Creative Plans’ After...](https://variety.com/2024/music/news/jack-black-cancels-tenacious-d-tour-trump-assassination-kyle-gass-1236073486/)** > > Jack Black says Tenacious D will no longer tour after blowback over a comment Kyle Gass made about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. I didn’t think a guy who built his entire career around this image of him as always being authentic to himself and never selling out would throw his bandmate of 30 years and the man who helped make him famous under the bus so quickly. Meanwhile, the “comedy is no fun any more, you’re not allowed to offend anyone or you’ll get cancelled” crowd is awfully silent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=96)