# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=11 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 12 --- ## [Heh. I called it. I knew that conservatives would try to prosecute climate change activists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517 "2025-07-07T16:05:27Z")
I guess it is nothing to crow about. I cynically started a IMHO post back in 2016 aimed at conservatives whether we should fire climate scientists for incompetence (for being wrong about climate change) or whether we sh… --- ## [3 greatest achievements of trump's first term](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-greatest-achievements-of-trumps-first-term/1020142)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-greatest-achievements-of-trumps-first-term/1020142 "2025-07-06T14:24:08Z")
I mean the 3 according to the MAGAts. I watched a short clip the other day where he was, with little prompting, claiming widespread support for him being on Rushmore. Because of his uber-successful first term. I’m sure t… --- ## [Are you ready for the show investigations/trials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ready-for-the-show-investigations-trials/1020467)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ready-for-the-show-investigations-trials/1020467 "2025-07-04T02:34:00Z")
Now that Congress, in one fell swoop, has passed all the bills Trump told them to pass, they are done with that part of the job. He can move on now to his favorite part of being King - REVENGE! We can look forward to i… --- ## [Dry Eyes can suck it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-eyes-can-suck-it/1020358)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-eyes-can-suck-it/1020358 "2025-07-03T20:23:24Z")
A couple of months ago I noticed that my eyes were occasionally weeping, particularly in the morning. I figured it was just allergies or the incredibly dry winter we had here, or both. One day when I was driving, I reali… --- ## [Damn, Walgreens, Fix Your Online Vaccine Booking System!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-walgreens-fix-your-online-vaccine-booking-system/1019963)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-walgreens-fix-your-online-vaccine-booking-system/1019963 "2025-06-28T00:49:51Z")
We (me and allthegood) are going to be participating in Berkshire Music Festival for the first time, in July. Standing in close proximity to 140 other singers from all over, inhaling and exhaling very deeply, sharing ai… --- ## [Anthony Weiner may be in serious trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571 "2025-06-25T05:43:20Z")
I’m a little skeptical of the Daily Mail, but it’s being picked up by the Guardian so maybe there’s a shred of credibility to it. Weiner is reported to have had highly illegal online communication with a teenager. Than… --- ## [Hey night auditor, I can send as many elevators to the top floor I want!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-night-auditor-i-can-send-as-many-elevators-to-the-top-floor-i-want/1013974)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-night-auditor-i-can-send-as-many-elevators-to-the-top-floor-i-want/1013974 "2025-06-23T05:09:51Z")
Not really… I essentially live in hotels, so I know what is normal and what is not. When I first arrived I was told that the set of elevators closest to the front desk were not working, and to use the second set. I was … --- ## [I Pit Split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-split-p-j/941620)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 1472\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-split-p-j/941620 "2025-06-23T01:21:15Z")
My first pitting! This tool comes out guns blazing in the Derek Chauvin thread claiming to have a smoking gun, but when shown that the gun is actually a steaming turd, just keeps repeating the same nonsense again and ag… --- ## [Toothache AND busted toilet!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothache-and-busted-toilet/1019930)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothache-and-busted-toilet/1019930 "2025-06-22T13:35:04Z")
GODDAMMIT! My dentist screwed up my filling, and then went on vacation for a week. So, I can’t get the tooth fixed until Monday. AND I get get up this morning , and the toilet is busted. And I can’t get anybody to sh… --- ## [Supporting military action that you are able but not willing to participate in is extremely cowardly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supporting-military-action-that-you-are-able-but-not-willing-to-participate-in-is-extremely-cowardly/834250)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 546\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supporting-military-action-that-you-are-able-but-not-willing-to-participate-in-is-extremely-cowardly/834250 "2025-06-22T00:14:59Z")
Spinoff from this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=875473 In more detail, my position is this: The basis of whether military action by one’s country should be considered should be based on th… --- ## [The most Republican accident ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153 "2025-06-21T22:51:50Z")
An ex republican congressman, after being convicted of tax fraud, is paralyzed by falling off a horse while playing polo. And he starts a go-fund-me. Can you think of a more Republican thing than that? --- ## [Presidential pardon for Kilmar Armando Ábrego García](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pardon-for-kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia/1019917)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pardon-for-kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia/1019917 "2025-06-21T17:27:17Z")
Of course it won’t happen, but it would be pretty funny if someone were to start a GoFundMe with the purpose of purchasing a pardon. If it went far enough to draw indignation from Leavitt, that would be great. --- ## [Smapti, Kabbalah, And Cultural Appropriation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-kabbalah-and-cultural-appropriation/1019724)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-kabbalah-and-cultural-appropriation/1019724 "2025-06-21T14:28:05Z")
He started a thread announcing he would be undertaking a six month long Kabbalah ritual. I had questions I objected to the fact that Smapti chose a ritual with rules he didn’t intend to follow. It also called for fa… --- ## [A Friend Turns MAGA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-turns-maga/1019643)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-turns-maga/1019643 "2025-06-20T21:45:35Z")
a bunch of history that is very relevant- During the last Presidential election, I spoke out against Trump to anybody who would listen and at every possible opportunity. My friends Bob and Stephanie (they have been marr… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump -- Special Flagpole Erection Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-flagpole-erection-edition/1019858)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-flagpole-erection-edition/1019858 "2025-06-19T19:42:55Z")
On June 18 2025 Trump watched as they put up a couple of new flagpoles, and his talk meandered around a bit. A lot. We’ll be putting it up at 11:00 here And a couple of minutes later, On the other side. We’ll start h… --- ## [Do American people make sandwiches at home? Or is it more of a specialty thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-people-make-sandwiches-at-home-or-is-it-more-of-a-specialty-thing/1019414)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-people-make-sandwiches-at-home-or-is-it-more-of-a-specialty-thing/1019414 "2025-06-18T19:58:02Z")
I tried using my home sandwich making kit today and while the result was delicious it was catastrophically unlike a professionally made sandwich. But I don’t expect to be making sandwiches at a Subway. In the Land of th… --- ## [Trump now wants to use military force to take California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-california/1019341)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-california/1019341 "2025-06-14T03:53:51Z")
Parody title, actual story. So the President activated National Guard troops without the Governor’s request or approval. And the Sec Def is threatening to send in Marines. Where are all our “Second Amendment protect… --- ## [The stupid: Aus local council fines 'rough sleepers'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-aus-local-council-fines-rough-sleepers/1018319)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-aus-local-council-fines-rough-sleepers/1018319 "2025-06-11T20:51:25Z")
In an epiphany, the Gold Coast Council (there’s Federal, State and Local Councils in Australia) has come up with the best solution ever for people sleeping rough. FINE THEM. These are people who, for whatever reason, ar… --- ## [Fuck Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Fuck the Death Penalty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-oklahoma-governor-mary-fallin-and-fuck-the-death-penalty/731478)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-oklahoma-governor-mary-fallin-and-fuck-the-death-penalty/731478 "2025-06-11T02:40:34Z")
Oklahoma is going to execute an innocent man in a few hours. Everyone agrees Richard Glossip was not the killer. The actual killer, Justin Sneed, and he alone, is the state’s evidence that Glossip was involved. The actu… --- ## [Luigi Mangione something something Morality something something Billionaires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luigi-mangione-something-something-morality-something-something-billionaires/1019285)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luigi-mangione-something-something-morality-something-something-billionaires/1019285 "2025-06-08T21:09:04Z")
Here’s a very straightforward example of (almost certain) bad faith posting from DT: She selectively quotes me to make me appear unhinged and “extremist”, completely leaving out the critical context that the people I’… --- ## ["Intellectual Dark Web" Stupidity Omnibus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intellectual-dark-web-stupidity-omnibus/827193)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 309\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intellectual-dark-web-stupidity-omnibus/827193 "2025-06-07T13:37:22Z")
The “Intellectual Dark Web” is a group of largely right-wing, conservative, and reactionary thinkers. They are almost all cishet white men; their main qualifying factor is being willing to “Speak hard truths” (T/N: const… --- ## [Dear President, I would like a felony pardon because](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-president-i-would-like-a-felony-pardon-because/1019057)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-president-i-would-like-a-felony-pardon-because/1019057 "2025-06-04T18:47:47Z")
…I can give you a lot of money …I can name a building after you (add your own) --- ## [Hey wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wolfpup/1019127)
**Author:** [@Dirtymartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirtymartini)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wolfpup/1019127 "2025-06-03T04:21:32Z")
Just because you can’t counter my arguments in the Pronunciation thread is no reason to go crying to a moderator. Piece of shit. Uses the Cambridge dictionary then cries when I do the same. --- ## [US Dopers: In Trump's America, should we stay & fight or get out, and what's the final straw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-in-trumps-america-should-we-stay-fight-or-get-out-and-whats-the-final-straw/1014197)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-in-trumps-america-should-we-stay-fight-or-get-out-and-whats-the-final-straw/1014197 "2025-06-03T03:47:57Z")
My final straw is the 2028 election. By then, I’ll be 62, and that election will tell me if we still have some semblance of hope as a Democracy or if we’re a full-blown Trump dictatorship. Currently, I’m leaning toward… --- ## [My achin' dry eye eye eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-achin-dry-eye-eye-eye/1012667)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-achin-dry-eye-eye-eye/1012667 "2025-06-02T21:43:52Z")
I was going to put this in mpsims, screw that this is a rant. Anyway, I went to the eye doctor, and was assured that I do have dry eye as I suspected. At least I don’t feel like I’ve been watching watching too many dru… --- ## [Donald Trump is Auric Goldfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-auric-goldfinger/1018520)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-auric-goldfinger/1018520 "2025-06-01T20:31:15Z")
I don’t know how I missed it all this time. – He’s got the same body shape – He loves gold decorations, covering buildings with it and his signs, and now adding gold decorations to the austere Oval Office. – He cheats… --- ## [...Bring May Glowers (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-may-glowers-monthly-mini-rants/1017737)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 370\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-may-glowers-monthly-mini-rants/1017737 "2025-06-01T20:15:48Z")
Continuing the discussion from April Sours… (Monthly Mini-Rants): We’ve been in this house for almost 13 years now. We bought it new; in fact, we bought the house before it was built and got to visit it at various stag… --- ## [What IS the purpose of the BBQ Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-bbq-pit/269627)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-bbq-pit/269627 "2025-06-01T18:33:46Z")
And does it differ from the original intent? I’ve actually been wanting to post this for some time, but I couldn’t figure out where to post it. “About This Message Board” didn’t seem like the right place because it’s n… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump -- Special Alcatraz Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-alcatraz-edition/1017959)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-alcatraz-edition/1017959 "2025-05-31T02:19:37Z")
“How will you use it? How did you come up with the idea?” a reporter asked the president on Monday. Well, I guess I was supposed to be a moviemaker. We’re talking — We started with the moviemaking, And it will end. … --- ## [It's Memorial Day, NOT Veteran's Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-not-veterans-day/689341)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-not-veterans-day/689341 "2025-05-30T04:54:00Z")
When did Memorial Day become another all-purpose “honor the troops” day? Was it so gradual I missed it? It’s supposed to be about soldiers who gave their all. Bluntly, it’s to remember those who never got a chance to be… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=12)