# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=101 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 102 --- ## [The Unitd States of Cunts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unitd-states-of-cunts/780738)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unitd-states-of-cunts/780738 "2017-03-02T00:19:26Z")
The good news is she wasn’t abducted in the street in some third country and disappeared to a black ops site by a private company. Or waterboarded. Or made to stand on a box wearing a hood with electrodes connected to h… --- ## [Republicans want to eliminate the EPA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976 "2017-03-01T22:15:02Z")
Already legislation has been passed that allows streams around coal minds to be destroyed. 'The Environmental Protection Agency shall terminate on December 31, 2018.’ The Bill The same science committee with all the … --- ## [Who would you invite to the ~State of the Union/'Joint Session of Congress'...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-the-state-of-the-union-joint-session-of-congress/781075)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-the-state-of-the-union-joint-session-of-congress/781075 "2017-03-01T21:00:42Z")
If I were enabled to issue an invitation to make a political point, I would like to invite 500 family members of those murdered by blue-eyed people. This, in spite of the fact that I have blue eyes, myself. I feel it’s … --- ## [Wasn't there supposed to be a plan in the first 30 days to defeat ISIS? So where's the plan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasnt-there-supposed-to-be-a-plan-in-the-first-30-days-to-defeat-isis-so-wheres-the-plan/780947)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasnt-there-supposed-to-be-a-plan-in-the-first-30-days-to-defeat-isis-so-wheres-the-plan/780947 "2017-03-01T17:23:14Z")
Of course it was all bullshit. But Trump did promise that he’d convene his generals first thing after being inaugurated, and have them come up with a plan in 30 days to defeat ISIS. You see, that’s what went wrong, acc… --- ## [Paedo scumbag jailed for 27 years. Go rot, you vile thing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paedo-scumbag-jailed-for-27-years-go-rot-you-vile-thing/781108)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paedo-scumbag-jailed-for-27-years-go-rot-you-vile-thing/781108 "2017-03-01T16:49:27Z")
Read this Guardian article and give your kids a hug. My niece is 10. One set of grandparents live near Teesside. This vile, evil, and depraved man has been brought to justice and been sentenced. He will not enjoy his … --- ## [Yvette Felarca: heroine? ... or terrorist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yvette-felarca-heroine-or-terrorist/779237)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yvette-felarca-heroine-or-terrorist/779237 "2017-03-01T03:05:58Z")
Here is a video of Yvette Felarca, an organizer for BAMN, being interviewed. She has a wound dressing on her forehead. This was after she was allegedly attacked by a neo-Nazi though I didn’t find a YouTube of the attac… --- ## [Trump scandal and corruption omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-scandal-and-corruption-omnibus-thread/771880)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-scandal-and-corruption-omnibus-thread/771880 "2017-03-01T00:39:32Z")
We’re going to need it. Credit to this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=810449 “Let the corruption begin” There is massive potential for self-dealing in his administration. And we know Tr… --- ## ['Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-knew-that-healthcare-could-be-so-complicated/781002)
**Author:** [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-knew-that-healthcare-could-be-so-complicated/781002 "2017-03-01T00:33:33Z")
Trump establishes the fact that he is either (or both) the stupidest person to ever run for president or the biggest liar to run for president. EVERYONE with a high school education and an IQ above 60 knew that healthca… --- ## [Fox News host destroyed by facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-host-destroyed-by-facts/780493)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-host-destroyed-by-facts/780493 "2017-02-28T21:40:37Z")
This video is highly amusing if you like facts, dislike Tucker Carlson, or both. Brief recap, for those unwilling to watch: Tucker Carlson offers a long list of immigration myths and racist “truisms” that… --- ## [The Gedankenexperiment -or- How to not look like an idiot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gedankenexperiment-or-how-to-not-look-like-an-idiot/781008)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gedankenexperiment-or-how-to-not-look-like-an-idiot/781008 "2017-02-28T15:28:42Z")
In another thread someone asked if the seas were rising or if the continents were being sucked under by geological forces. This triggered what Einstein called a Gedankenexperiment, or a thought experiment. A simple way… --- ## [Have Bannon & Trump missed their chance? Oscars, Nerd Prom: False Flag Still Possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-bannon-trump-missed-their-chance-oscars-nerd-prom-false-flag-still-possible/780882)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-bannon-trump-missed-their-chance-oscars-nerd-prom-false-flag-still-possible/780882 "2017-02-27T21:56:10Z")
We all know that Trump admires authoritarians and authoritarian rule; he’s expressed wistful envy of Kim Jong Un’s ability to have people killed: 5 Controversial Dictators and Leaders Donald Trump Has Praised - ABC New… --- ## [I wish you had grown up in a barn...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-you-had-grown-up-in-a-barn/780289)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-you-had-grown-up-in-a-barn/780289 "2017-02-27T11:59:07Z")
…because then you’d have at least a clue. The way to “wash” flatware and utensils is NOT to leave it in a stopped-up sink “soaking” for three days!! I understand that the ossified dishes you brought in from the bowels … --- ## [Lefties Playing the Race/Islamophobia Card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464)
**Author:** [@Jefferson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jefferson)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464 "2017-02-27T05:13:22Z")
They really are a tiresome bunch aren’t they.When they lose an argument (if they even tried to engage to start with) they trot out the usual claims of racism, Islamophobia, xenophobia and so on. Often claiming their oppo… --- ## [I pit the Pope - What a dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139)
**Author:** [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pope-what-a-dope/780139 "2017-02-27T05:11:48Z")
Is this the worst Pope ever or what? I’m not sure what their defect is. Perhaps it’s because it’s the first Jesuit Pope or perhaps it’s because it’s the first Pope from the Southern Hemisphere, but this Pope has got som… --- ## [Let's welcome our newest bigot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-welcome-our-newest-bigot/779617)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-welcome-our-newest-bigot/779617 "2017-02-27T02:26:01Z")
Hi, Jefferson. I especially like that it only took him nine days after registering to toss out this fun “fact”: Of course, that was just an afterthought (apparently) to this stupidity posted four days after registerin… --- ## [This Blinky and Pinky numnuts is still around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-blinky-and-pinky-numnuts-is-still-around/779685)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-blinky-and-pinky-numnuts-is-still-around/779685 "2017-02-26T05:21:16Z")
If any mod here can provide me an explanation as to why Blinky and Pinky is somehow still around, I’m all ears. your thoughts on these posts: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19975503&postcount=569 h… --- ## [MSNBC: it’s the media’s job to “control exactly what people think.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-it-s-the-media-s-job-to-control-exactly-what-people-think/780561)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-it-s-the-media-s-job-to-control-exactly-what-people-think/780561 "2017-02-26T05:14:10Z")
I’ve seen variations of this article on a number of right-wing American sites. (Bolding mine.) Naturally, it seems to be entirely absent from left-wing sites. Though I don’t know how the Chicago Tribune leans. I’ve … --- ## [Bullshit fake news from the left](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-fake-news-from-the-left/779641 "2017-02-26T00:56:03Z")
And, yes, I know the right does it too. Circulating widely at present is this fake photoshopped picture of Steve Bannon. Now come on, he’s ugly enough as he is, why the fuck would people need to add to it? This stupid c… --- ## [Apparently the new thing is to claim that Republicans never insulted Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-the-new-thing-is-to-claim-that-republicans-never-insulted-obama/780602)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-the-new-thing-is-to-claim-that-republicans-never-insulted-obama/780602 "2017-02-24T21:35:11Z")
And how awful it is that Democrats are insulting Trump. :smack: Fuck these people. I just don’t have the time or patience for that crap anymore. --- ## [I'm gonna have to pit all you butt-hurt snowflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 968\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203 "2017-02-23T06:39:17Z")
Okay, people. You’ve had your tantrums repeatedly since the election. We grown-ups thought they were amusing at first, but now they are just annoying. It’s now time for you to face up to real life. Donald Trump is g… --- ## [Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Jason Chaffetz etc SHOWING DISRESPECT: Avoiding Saying "Trump"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863 "2017-02-22T23:29:48Z")
Sure, they all say “the President”-----but they won’t say “President Trump.” Why not? Doesn’t he deserve to have his name spoken? This appears to be true for all the most prominent Republicans who are, supposedly, worki… --- ## [When did Quartz become such a tool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052 "2017-02-22T21:48:58Z")
ATMB thread he started. Note Colibri, a mod, called him on his “concerns”… So, just to give the board a better “aura”, or something, we are to refrain from calling a spade a spade? Sing kumbayas while the country mel… --- ## [So um, this is not going well so far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-this-is-not-going-well-so-far/779754)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 371\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-this-is-not-going-well-so-far/779754 "2017-02-22T20:20:16Z")
Trump’s administration is unstable, he has no idea what makes for a proper executive order, there’s little vetting of these EOs apparent, and no one really knows what they are doing. Congress isn’t doing any better yet,… --- ## [To hell with the Russians - 37 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-with-the-russians-37-years-ago/780490)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-with-the-russians-37-years-ago/780490 "2017-02-22T18:37:33Z")
Miracle on Ice highlights The players were not completely anonymous to me. I’d watched almost all of them play in college and two of them in high school. I also went to the game at Madison Square Garden the week befor… --- ## [Oh the horror! First Bowling Green, now Atlanta! When will it end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373 "2017-02-22T10:39:21Z")
Spicer mentioned Atlanta three different times. 1/29 On ABC’s “This Week”: 1/30 on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”: Spicer’s 1/30 press briefing: Atlanta? What’s he talking about? If we don’t want any repeats, I suppose … --- ## [Never take medical advice from teh 'Net...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-take-medical-advice-from-teh-net/780371)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-take-medical-advice-from-teh-net/780371 "2017-02-22T07:36:34Z")
:dubious: :eek: Erm, just say no… https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/gluing-your-labia-shut-during-your-period-is-a-bad-idea/ From a quackasstic chiroboob no less… Even if this shakes out as a joke, some id… --- ## [People need to stop making stuff up to make Trump look bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887 "2017-02-20T02:25:07Z")
He doesn’t need the help, for starters, but it’s also making Trump opponents look like drama queens. The numerous hate crime hoaxes right after his election was one example, but now we’ve got a new one: http://www.fox2d… --- ## [This Michael Flynn guy just can't stop committing treason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-michael-flynn-guy-just-cant-stop-committing-treason/779770)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-michael-flynn-guy-just-cant-stop-committing-treason/779770 "2017-02-18T23:12:59Z")
Michael Flynn was fired from the DIA for being “Abusive with staff, didn’t listen, worked against policy, bad management, etc.” But strangely he wasn’t fired for providing military secrets to foreign governments, which i… --- ## [A Russian President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-russian-president/776540)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-russian-president/776540 "2017-02-18T02:42:54Z")
Something I have been wondering about since before your elections last year, why does it seem that Americans are suddenly so blase about the fact that your president seems to be completely under the thumb of Russia and P… --- ## [drad dog, you owe me an apology.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-you-owe-me-an-apology/779998)
**Author:** [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-you-owe-me-an-apology/779998 "2017-02-17T22:11:57Z")
I have been civil in my responses to you in the Kasparov thread, but you are pushing me to the limit. You are imputing motives to my posts that are not justifiable, which is bad enough, but you’re also being a flaming as… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=102)