Boner Candidate #1: JUST LIKE THE NAZIS.
OREM, Utah — The owner of an Orem tuxedo store is using a Nazi phrase to voice his displeasure over Utah’s mask mandate to help fight the current COVID-19 surge. A sign on the door at the Tuxedo Warehouse location at 155 400 North says “Gov’s mandate, Masks required, Sieg Heil!” The phrase “Sieg Heil” was used by Nazis when saluting Adolf Hitler and his regime with an outstretched arm and open hand. In German, the phrase translates to “Hail to victory” or “Hail victory.” After a photo of the sign was posted to social media over the weekend, a number of people voiced their anger. “This is truly terrifying,” said one woman on Twitter. Another woman upset over the sign left a message for the store on its Facebook page. “Just saw your charming note. I won’t ever frequent your business again and I’ll tell everybody I know not to either,” wrote the woman.
Boner Candidate #2: APPARENTLY SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT FIGHT CLUB.
When deputies from the New York City Sheriff’s Office broke into a Bronx warehouse late on Saturday, they say they found more than 200 people packed inside, many without masks. Purple and red neon lights bathed empty plastic cups and food containers on the floor. And in the center of the room, behind metal barriers, men in boxing gloves threw jabs at each other. A video posted to social media shows the mostly unmasked crowd cheering as two fighters chase each other in the ring. The gathering, which police said exceeded the limit of nonessential social gatherings limited to 10 people and also violated unrelated coronavirus regulations, was an underground fight club called “Rumble in the Bronx,” authorities told Gothamist. Ten event organizers, including the leader of the club, Michael J. Roman, 32, were charged with unlawful assembly, health and alcohol violations and participating in a prohibited combative sport, police told Gothamist. They each face a fine of $15,000, the local site reported.
