Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)

Me, too.

But I’m also morbidly curious about the mindset of people that, upon finding unlabled bottles in the middle of the ocean, their first thought is to drink them. It’s not like they were dying of thirst, surviving on urine and rainwater.

Florida Man shoots an experimental Walmart Delivery drone.

Let’s see, we have…

  1. BET honoring O. J. Simpson this past Sunday (the link goes to AOL),

  2. The Netherlands sending a convicted child rapist to the Olympics (the link goes to CNN),

  3. A white dude in Nebraska getting triggered by hearing Spanish pulled the trigger a bunch of times, finally killing himself (the link goes to ABC News),

and

  1. GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz forgetting she has a weapon on her when she goes to the airport (the link goes to AOL).

Calling the rape of a 12-year-old a “misstep” is disgusting. I’m for criminals doing their tube an rejoicing society, but that language is terrible.

Does Gaudere’s Law apply in this situation?

In which it is revealed that throwing a tarantula down the stairs does not reflect Republican Party values.

My spidey-sense says she’ll probably get elected anyway.

  1. “Kahunas”? 2) That poor spider. I hope it’s ok. They’re pretty fragile. 3) I wonder what other info they found out about her?

I didn’t know there was more than one!

Gosh, I love tarantulas, but I’m surprised at this. Considering they were just fine with the lady who killed a puppy.

Loosely related, there’s a running meme in my household, “please love your spiders,” because of a Spanish language love song by Shakira that contains a line that my husband misheard as “please love your spiders.” (Y mis labios para cuando quieras besar.)

And I do love my spiders. I don’t have any as pets but I enjoy seeing them around the house from time to time.

Glad Republicans did the right thing for a change. :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

I woke up one morning hearing my mother declare “There’s a spider in the tub! So be sure to chase it out before you take a shower, so it doesn’t drown.” I also remember the spider that lived on the sliding glass door by the kitchen: watching it build its web one morning was fascinating.

I love tarantellas, tarantulas not so much.

Tortillas are pretty nice too. Tornadoes less so.

Then there are tortilla tornados.

oh, Yes,

Oh, aren’t we clever.

There’s a hint in this story why Republicans withdrew their endorsement of a candidate whose slogan is “Rebuilding Safety Through Family Values”.

Simonetti seems to be reveling in all the attention, as her Twitter account is chock-full of stories and commentary she posted about her domestic violence arrest. She also says the G.O.P. is prejudiced against her because she’s a woman (apparently, a man who erupted in a screaming fit, banged pots and pans together, played Christian music at high volume and threw a tarantula down the stairs to intimidate a tenant would’ve retained party support).

She may have a point… :thinking:

Naah. She shoulda shot somebody on 5th Ave; then she’d have full support

As usual, a woman has to do more than a man to get the same support.

Thankfully she wasn’t bitten by a radioactive tarantula and given superpowers. I’d be happy with just the radioactive bite.