# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=208 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 209 --- ## [Pitting Senate Republicans for trying to shut down the Consumer Protection Agency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-senate-republicans-for-trying-to-shut-down-the-consumer-protection-agency/608417)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-senate-republicans-for-trying-to-shut-down-the-consumer-protection-agency/608417 "2012-07-20T18:15:14Z")
Using a recess appointment, Obama names former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the agency that was created after the debacle of financial meltdowns in 2008. Expectedly, conservatives are already pissing an… --- ## [Guilty until \*you\* prove your innocence (literally). Don't get busted in Florida!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-until-you-prove-your-innocence-literally-dont-get-busted-in-florida/628231)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-until-you-prove-your-innocence-literally-dont-get-busted-in-florida/628231 "2012-07-20T16:40:06Z")
This is so fucked up… And people say liberals make for activist judges. I mean, they’re only tossing 100+ years of due process law out the window here. Fuck off Florida. This is bullshit. Presumption of innocence … --- ## [greenslime1951 is snarky and arrogant ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenslime1951-is-snarky-and-arrogant/628567)
**Author:** [@Monocracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monocracy)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenslime1951-is-snarky-and-arrogant/628567 "2012-07-20T04:37:18Z")
And is acting like a jerk in this thread in Great Debates. He manages to add subtle or not-so-sublte insults into almost every post. He accuses anyone who disagrees with him of being a Marxist and hating “eeeeeevil cor… --- ## [A sniffle is not the flu!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sniffle-is-not-the-flu/628251)
**Author:** [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sniffle-is-not-the-flu/628251 "2012-07-20T01:22:49Z")
From Wikipedia-“Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses), that affects birds and mammals. The most common symptoms … --- ## [Dunning-Kruger Overdrive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102 "2012-07-20T00:35:16Z")
Is it just me or has the SDMB been visited lately by an influx of people who not merely ignorant or deluded or trolls (which is par for the course and from various viewpoints could describe many of us to some degree) but… --- ## [Why Obama Will Probably Lose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-obama-will-probably-lose/623352)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-obama-will-probably-lose/623352 "2012-07-19T20:10:44Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, the Republican base: --- ## [fucking antiGMO idiots.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-antigmo-idiots/628330)
**Author:** [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-antigmo-idiots/628330 "2012-07-19T15:47:06Z")
OK, before the WTFs start flying, I am against monsanto and their GEO foods. That is not the problem I have with the anti-GMO people. Nope, it is the lack of accuracy in their use of the term GMO. I don’t know about t… --- ## [get rid of russert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-russert/628516)
**Author:** [@tellthetruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellthetruth)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-russert/628516 "2012-07-19T13:04:54Z")
Luke Russert sucks! Okay, MSNBC hired him because of his Dad, but really, there are probably hundereds of people out that could do a much better job than Russsert…he carries on like a frat boy at a party. --- ## [Oh my FUCKING GOD! (Burns.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-god-burns/470159)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-god-burns/470159 "2012-07-19T10:01:02Z")
Jesus FUCK I cannot believe what I did. You know how once you put a skillet in the oven it gets really hot, and then you put it back on the stove and only a FUCKING MORON would forget and grab the handle? I just today… --- ## [I'm tired of loud sneezers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-loud-sneezers/628341)
**Author:** [@SweetLucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLucy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-loud-sneezers/628341 "2012-07-19T01:45:10Z")
There’s a radical new concept called covering your mouth when you sneeze, or sneezing on your arm, or otherwise not subjecting everyone within a 10-mile radius to your loud sneezing. This also helps keep your germs from … --- ## [The London 2012 Olympic Games Committee is cute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-london-2012-olympic-games-committee-is-cute/628198)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-london-2012-olympic-games-committee-is-cute/628198 "2012-07-18T23:24:12Z")
They think they can decide who can link to them and what they write in their links: Linking Policy heh heh they think they are a junior Central Propaganda Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party. Endearing small critte… --- ## [Romney donor at Hamptons fundraiser feels sympathy for the common people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719 "2012-07-18T20:47:56Z")
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-hamptons-fundraiser-20120708,0,4909639.story?track=rss&utm\_source=dlvr.it&utm\_medium=twitter&dlvrit=56325 I want to thank her for letting us know, through the reporter,… --- ## [Fury at liars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fury-at-liars/628568)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fury-at-liars/628568 "2012-07-18T20:16:26Z")
I’m going to be vague here, since this is a real life situation and since I don’t want the details out in the open. I simply want to vent. It isn’t about anyone on this board (it’s work related). Basically, it’s about… --- ## [Pitting the FDA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-fda/628529)
**Author:** [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-fda/628529 "2012-07-18T18:10:04Z")
I heard a new medication today called Nuvigil. It is now being prescribed for Shift Differential syndrome. The inability to stay awake because you have a split shift. The goal here is being alert Side effects Headac… --- ## [The curse of same sex marriage, according to FounderChurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-same-sex-marriage-according-to-founderchurch/628331)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-same-sex-marriage-according-to-founderchurch/628331 "2012-07-17T08:13:36Z")
These blueberries of posts are courtesy of a new member, with an apparent personal agenda. I just feel the level of response this wacko deserves is best handled in the pit. And Well, I did quote him as saying this d… --- ## [Philip Gray, pro se extraordinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-gray-pro-se-extraordinaire/628326)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-gray-pro-se-extraordinaire/628326 "2012-07-17T02:56:56Z")
Phil, you’re one of those pro se litigants who likes to spend time tying up the judicial system, and blaming your losses on the system. You’re one of those pro se litigants who tries to weasel out of paying child suppo… --- ## [Taliban Stupid and Just Don't Care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715)
**Author:** [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715 "2012-07-16T23:52:42Z")
Is their world view so limited that they don’t realize how this execution video will be viewed in the rest of the world or do they not care that it causes billions of people to hate them? --- ## [WTF kind of BBQ is this???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-kind-of-bbq-is-this/626942)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-kind-of-bbq-is-this/626942 "2012-07-16T20:44:45Z")
So, we’re invited to a BBQ at my mum’s coworkers house for Canada Day - nice right? Except she’s charging us $8 each for meat and we pulled up and apparently it’s a potluck as well?!? Of course we have nothing (other th… --- ## [Dick Cheney had a heart transplant. Now he needs a brain transplant.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-cheney-had-a-heart-transplant-now-he-needs-a-brain-transplant/628161)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-cheney-had-a-heart-transplant-now-he-needs-a-brain-transplant/628161 "2012-07-16T14:15:42Z")
What a worthless piece of crap. This: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/13/cheney-romney-only-choice-for-handling-foreign-policy-crisis/ Yea, you and Bush and your neocon buddies did such a great job of keeping u… --- ## [Dear Mississippi Tea Party: Are You Sure Inciting Treason Isn't A Crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mississippi-tea-party-are-you-sure-inciting-treason-isnt-a-crime/626885)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mississippi-tea-party-are-you-sure-inciting-treason-isnt-a-crime/626885 "2012-07-16T13:45:16Z")
http://msteaparty.ning.com/?xg\_source=msg\_mes\_network I can’t quote the whole thing due to content rules here, but you should go read it, it’s really worth a look. Guys, can we stop? Please? It’s over, you lost (twice… --- ## [employer being assholes about time off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employer-being-assholes-about-time-off/628112)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employer-being-assholes-about-time-off/628112 "2012-07-15T16:13:19Z")
Argh. I have a doctors appointment next week. Id like to take an early lunch hour. Nope. I need to take time off unpaid or take half or full vacation day. I have jury duty coming up. Nope unpaid or vacation day. Heaven … --- ## [Pitting the parents of Jonathan Krohn.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218)
**Author:** [@Dostoyevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dostoyevsky)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218 "2012-07-15T06:26:28Z")
Here, here, and here a youth dies on camera as a pundit is born. :frowning: I grew up listening to Rush Limbaugh (beginning at age 12) and wish now that I had just watched cartoons instead. Krohn’s parents should end … --- ## [Anti-gay group to boycott Google.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gay-group-to-boycott-google/628031)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gay-group-to-boycott-google/628031 "2012-07-13T22:28:05Z")
Here Ya’ know, I’m not even going to pit these fuckers because they seem to be doing a pretty good job of it themselves. \[QUOTE=AFA\] A lot of us are so integrated into Google and Google products. This is going to be a… --- ## [Stupid APC uninterrupted power source](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-apc-uninterrupted-power-source/626771)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-apc-uninterrupted-power-source/626771 "2012-07-13T14:38:44Z")
So I sleep with a CPAP and ti ensure that I can use it in a power outage I have it hooked up to an APC uninterrupted power source. A few minutes ago a storm knocked out our power and I think at least I can sleep. Except… --- ## [Is "The BBQ Pit" a Harbinger of the End Times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840)
**Author:** [@NojNoj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NojNoj)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840 "2012-07-13T13:04:28Z")
I don’t get it. People need a place to insult other random people who they only know by some internet handle? Or they get gleefully excited about the ways they can mess with “sock puppets,” and others. When did sadism… --- ## [Incompetent motherfucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150 "2012-07-13T10:49:52Z")
I’m freelancing these days. Not my preference – I actually like having a nice 9 to 5 job with a predictable income and benefits – but you play the hand you’re dealt. I have a regular client, a print publication, which i… --- ## [Shodan gives us all his regards.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825 "2012-07-13T07:04:56Z")
It’s a minor thing, but I think it’s incredibly polite of Shodan to sign off every single post with a kind word so that every Doper knows that Shodan really has regards for us. Knowing that he holds us in such regard ma… --- ## [Pitting energy-saver globes......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-energy-saver-globes/627882)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-energy-saver-globes/627882 "2012-07-13T05:40:06Z")
…that don’t fit my old-fashioned light-shades. In Australia now, you can’t buy the old style light globes…they’re all of the energy-saving variety, and whilst that’s good in itself, the new ones don’t fit under my (also… --- ## [PapSett, you're a fucking idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papsett-youre-a-fucking-idiot/627862)
**Author:** [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papsett-youre-a-fucking-idiot/627862 "2012-07-11T16:49:08Z")
Here we go, you want people picking on you? Stick this right up your arse and swivel. You’re a pathetic, puling excuse of a human being. You flounced from the Dope once before because people were being “Mean”. And by “m… --- ## [Fuck you car insurance!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-car-insurance/627804)
**Author:** [@ladybird185](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybird185)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-car-insurance/627804 "2012-07-11T03:11:20Z")
How on earth can it be legal for car insurance companies to so blatantly rip people off. I have moved to a new area, this new area just so happens to be closer to the city centre, I do the ‘right’ thing and phone my ins… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=209)