# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=204 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 205 --- ## [U.S. soldiers formed militia to assassinate Obama, overthrow the government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-soldiers-formed-militia-to-assassinate-obama-overthrow-the-government/633036)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-soldiers-formed-militia-to-assassinate-obama-overthrow-the-government/633036 "2012-08-31T04:09:17Z")
No, really. And more: “There is no cannibalism or necrophilia at all in the Royal Navy. And when I say none at all, I do mean that there is a certain amount, more than we are prepared to admit . . .” The politics o… --- ## [I pit whoever the hell was supposed to be keeping track of rape kits in Detroit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whoever-the-hell-was-supposed-to-be-keeping-track-of-rape-kits-in-detroit/632733)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whoever-the-hell-was-supposed-to-be-keeping-track-of-rape-kits-in-detroit/632733 "2012-08-30T22:37:12Z")
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/Wayne-County-Prosecutor-s-Office-works-to-test-11-000-Detroit-rape-kits-to-reveal-suspects/-/1719418/16244576/-/vrx56j/-/index.html How the hell do you not test, and then lose track o… --- ## [Roger Stone says Koch gave Romney $100 million to name Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-stone-says-koch-gave-romney-100-million-to-name-ryan/632620)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-stone-says-koch-gave-romney-100-million-to-name-ryan/632620 "2012-08-29T20:06:09Z")
Someone had to bring this up here. Any legs to this story? I saw several stories, including Reuters, but I think there is only one source. --- ## [RNC Official Pat Rogers: N.M. Governor ‘Dishonored’ Gen. Custer By Meeting With American Indians.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-official-pat-rogers-n-m-governor-dishonored-gen-custer-by-meeting-with-american-indians/632539)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-official-pat-rogers-n-m-governor-dishonored-gen-custer-by-meeting-with-american-indians/632539 "2012-08-29T18:10:12Z")
I know, I know, more Republican bashing; but they make it so damned easy! Please, go ahead and try to show equivalence on the Democratic side. http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/susana\_martinez\_custer.ph… --- ## [Fucking Firefox toolbars and the fucking fucks who force the fuckers on you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-firefox-toolbars-and-the-fucking-fucks-who-force-the-fuckers-on-you/626234)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-firefox-toolbars-and-the-fucking-fucks-who-force-the-fuckers-on-you/626234 "2012-08-29T14:16:11Z")
It seems every piece-of-shit software thinks it’s so fucking important that you need a special fucking toolbar. Listen AVG, anti-virus software should be transparent. I only need to know about it when something bad comes… --- ## [I may actually go insane with anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 503\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848 "2012-08-29T00:41:12Z")
TL/DR: Evil always triumphs. Crime pays. Fuck everyone you can; it don’t cost nothin. If you’re a juror and someone claims insanity for murdering someone that hurt their family - acquit them before lunch and head for … --- ## [Why don't I want U-verse? Fuck you, that's why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-want-u-verse-fuck-you-thats-why/632598)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-want-u-verse-fuck-you-thats-why/632598 "2012-08-28T20:43:49Z")
Dear bright sparks at AT & T: When you send tag teams of young males around to neighborhoods with no ID other than a logo’d polo shirt they could have gotten anywhere, and they commence asking detailed questions about… --- ## [More Pat Robertson assholishness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-pat-robertson-assholishness/632835)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-pat-robertson-assholishness/632835 "2012-08-28T20:02:00Z")
This time he offers up a few bits of wisdom on adoption: http://gawker.com/5938144/old-monster-pat-robertson-warns-people-against-adopting-children?post=52208725 I suppose this is nothing new coming from him. Just sic… --- ## [Yahoo calls nutbag an anti-abortion hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-calls-nutbag-an-anti-abortion-hero/632694)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-calls-nutbag-an-anti-abortion-hero/632694 "2012-08-28T13:47:33Z")
Story here: http://news.yahoo.com/u-rape-controversy-reflects-teachings-anti-abortion-hero-020713545.html I’m beyond words. I know this pitting is weak sauce but to call the man who invented the fiction that a woman h… --- ## [RO: Cheerleader stripping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-cheerleader-stripping/632467)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-cheerleader-stripping/632467 "2012-08-27T23:06:59Z")
Forget Baby Boxing. That’s so last week. I’ve found a new best game ever: Judge and Jury. The rules are simple. You start as a high school cheerleading coach. (Just a tip: you’ll be finishing as a high school cheerlea… --- ## [Why no outrage from Huckabee and the religous right over this censorship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-outrage-from-huckabee-and-the-religous-right-over-this-censorship/632665)
**Author:** [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-outrage-from-huckabee-and-the-religous-right-over-this-censorship/632665 "2012-08-27T18:06:56Z")
LINK Dan Cathy is being held up as a victim of people wanting to suppress his right to speak freely. The Salt Lake City NBC affiliate is flat out refusing to air the new program The New Normal, because “the scenes may … --- ## [Pharmacies calling to remind you about refills.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacies-calling-to-remind-you-about-refills/632306)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacies-calling-to-remind-you-about-refills/632306 "2012-08-27T16:18:51Z")
A minor rant, I know, but am I the only one annoyed by this? I have one in particular, that comes from a specialty pharmacy. The prescription is written for twice a day, but I only take it as needed (with the doctor’s a… --- ## [Fox News collaborates with Al Qaeda in targeting Navy Seal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-collaborates-with-al-qaeda-in-targeting-navy-seal/632554)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-collaborates-with-al-qaeda-in-targeting-navy-seal/632554 "2012-08-27T13:30:54Z")
Ok, they didn’t exactly collaborate, but they may as well have. Then this: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543\_162-57500137-503543/al-qaeda-calls-for-death-of-navy-seal-who-authored-book-on-bin-laden-mission I don’t… --- ## [Another Idiocy From The Short Bus States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-idiocy-from-the-short-bus-states/632087)
**Author:** [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-idiocy-from-the-short-bus-states/632087 "2012-08-27T01:20:41Z")
Yes, you Red Staters sure are a constant source of amusement. The valedictorian is denied her diploma because she said “how the helldo I know” in her commencement speech. I’d ask if Gone With The Wind is R-rated in Oklah… --- ## [I Pit Indiana's Provisional Driving Laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-indianas-provisional-driving-laws/632657)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-indianas-provisional-driving-laws/632657 "2012-08-26T11:27:32Z")
So my 16 year old daughter wanted to go play miniature golf this afternoon with three friends. “Tyler” and “Luke” both have their licenses, and she and “Emma” both have their permits. No problem, right? Well, no, beca… --- ## [A fucking idiot videotaped Tony Scott's suicide jump and is showing it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fucking-idiot-videotaped-tony-scotts-suicide-jump-and-is-showing-it/632204)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fucking-idiot-videotaped-tony-scotts-suicide-jump-and-is-showing-it/632204 "2012-08-26T02:15:19Z")
Story here There is no link to the video. I am so angry right now I cannot type straight. How low can a person sink? --- ## [OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otakuloki/632325)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otakuloki/632325 "2012-08-25T22:29:39Z")
Listen fuckhead, all I was getting at is that the bad faith cunt making pathetic requests for cites that ANYONE who knows the slightest thing about the subject understands was not as bad as a holocaust denier for the sim… --- ## [Stupid girl, parents, media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-girl-parents-media/609049)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-girl-parents-media/609049 "2012-08-25T16:03:58Z")
Re: Colorado Student Banned from Yearbook Over Racy Photo First, I pit the girl in this story. Schools give guidelines for senior pictures, the main one being that they have to follow dress code. Posing like a hooker … --- ## [College Station, Texas shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-station-texas-shooting/631402)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-station-texas-shooting/631402 "2012-08-25T11:42:33Z")
Shooting in College Station, Texas near the campus of Texas A & M. Not many details other than one police officer dead and several people injured. Shooter is in custody. The article linked above says the shooter was f… --- ## [Democrat Thugs Disrupting Events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thugs-disrupting-events/632324)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thugs-disrupting-events/632324 "2012-08-25T06:15:12Z")
I wonder how much of a feature of the campaign this will become? Another incident in Virginia: --- ## [Why is my dog so thin? Fuck you, that's why.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-dog-so-thin-fuck-you-thats-why/632232)
**Author:** [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-dog-so-thin-fuck-you-thats-why/632232 "2012-08-25T01:15:02Z")
I have said here before I have a Pharaoh Hound. They are, like Afghans, greyhounds, whippets, salukis, etc., very thin as a breed. He is a rescue (I’m not that rich). Now greyhounds usually have some muscles going on … --- ## [Bricker is a purveyor of misinformation; listen to him at your own risk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-purveyor-of-misinformation-listen-to-him-at-your-own-risk/632106)
**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-purveyor-of-misinformation-listen-to-him-at-your-own-risk/632106 "2012-08-24T13:43:55Z")
In this thread, Bricker is contaminating the board with drek that could possibly get people killed. I find this offensive. In this post, he opines: There is a whole wrong with this statement, and I’ve outlinedall my o… --- ## [Can't you people tell when someone is unable to learn from their mistakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876 "2012-08-24T11:30:39Z")
n/m --- ## [Are you a candidate for Idiot Driver of the Year? Take the following test and find out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-candidate-for-idiot-driver-of-the-year-take-the-following-test-and-find-out/632067)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-candidate-for-idiot-driver-of-the-year-take-the-following-test-and-find-out/632067 "2012-08-24T01:41:52Z")
During my trip yesterday, I certainly encountered a number of candidates. So without further ado, let’s see how you measure up with the competition! You are driving a Winnebago in the right lane of I77 in Virginia (2 … --- ## [Too many liberals spoil the broth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-liberals-spoil-the-broth/631991)
**Author:** [@greenslime1951](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenslime1951)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-liberals-spoil-the-broth/631991 "2012-08-23T08:56:07Z")
I’ve recently been given “warnings” for responding in kind when someone calls me an “idiot,” “dumbass,” "jerk, etc. Apparently it’s OK for someone to call me those things but not OK for me to respond. What’s really goin… --- ## [Is there a Federal law that every sentence needs maximal snark and hyperbole? (Re: greenslime1951)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-federal-law-that-every-sentence-needs-maximal-snark-and-hyperbole-re-greenslime1951/631456)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-federal-law-that-every-sentence-needs-maximal-snark-and-hyperbole-re-greenslime1951/631456 "2012-08-23T02:48:08Z")
First of all, I don’t think there is such a law – I would have posted in GQ if unsure. Instead the thread title is intended as a parody of the slimy prose we get from greenslime1951. Second, I come here not to condemn … --- ## [What is it with men and sexual abuse of children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-men-and-sexual-abuse-of-children/628595)
**Author:** [@LadyMadonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyMadonna)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-men-and-sexual-abuse-of-children/628595 "2012-08-22T02:47:22Z")
Still reeling from the charges placed against Jerry Sandusky for child rape and sexual abuse, I find myself wondering when something will be done to help protect the children more. Are things getting to the point where … --- ## [FBI investigates skinny-dipper in foreign country!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigates-skinny-dipper-in-foreign-country/632079)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigates-skinny-dipper-in-foreign-country/632079 "2012-08-21T18:33:03Z")
A group of Republican members of Congress, with family and staff members, took a trip to Israel, not at taxpayer expense. Ho-hum. During the trip, several of them went swimming in the Sea of Galilee. Yawn. One of the Con… --- ## [WOW! Romney says he paid at least 13%.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-romney-says-he-paid-at-least-13/631745)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-romney-says-he-paid-at-least-13/631745 "2012-08-21T16:00:28Z")
Isn’t that impressive! 13% (which is probably a lie because he refuses to prove it). That is an unbelievable tax burden for a guy that is sitting on his ass watching the money flow in. Romney is a poster child for why t… --- ## [I am a bad American. I do not fully support the 1st Amendment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-american-i-do-not-fully-support-the-1st-amendment/630080)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-american-i-do-not-fully-support-the-1st-amendment/630080 "2012-08-21T11:42:36Z")
Today on the radio there was a mortgage guy presenting Obama’s latest blow to America and our struggling economy: the 3.8% tax on home sales. You know, I get it. I understand why the constitution dudes spelled out our … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=205)