# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=23 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 24 --- ## [Vials labeled "smallpox" and "vaccinia" found in a freezer in a lab near Philadelphia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vials-labeled-smallpox-and-vaccinia-found-in-a-freezer-in-a-lab-near-philadelphia/954542)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vials-labeled-smallpox-and-vaccinia-found-in-a-freezer-in-a-lab-near-philadelphia/954542 "2023-09-29T04:34:42Z")
It happened at a Merck facility, which was placed on lockdown until authorities deemed it not dangerous. I have never believed that the virus only existed in two high-security labs, and this incident in 2014 proved ot… --- ## [Blast it, Microsoft, stop with the unwanted "improvements"!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blast-it-microsoft-stop-with-the-unwanted-improvements/990703)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blast-it-microsoft-stop-with-the-unwanted-improvements/990703 "2023-09-27T21:29:49Z")
Grrrrrrrr… Wasted two hours of my life this afternoon wrestling with an unwanted update to email on one of my computers. Dammit, Microsoft, I’m happy with Mail on that one, don’t want to switch to New! Improved! Outlook… --- ## [Please leave me out of your kink, or a horrifying breach of public restroom etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-leave-me-out-of-your-kink-or-a-horrifying-breach-of-public-restroom-etiquette/989247)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-leave-me-out-of-your-kink-or-a-horrifying-breach-of-public-restroom-etiquette/989247 "2023-09-18T23:00:00Z")
I made a pit stop at my local grocery store yesterday. The first stall was disgusting, so I went into the second one and took a seat. I was on my phone and not making any noise, which is something I wish I could change. … --- ## [Jeremy Clarkson is a pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-clarkson-is-a-pig/976814)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 342\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-clarkson-is-a-pig/976814 "2023-09-17T14:44:44Z")
News at 11. This past Friday, he published a column that contained this about Prince Harry’s wife Meghan (sorry I can’t remember her title and don’t care to look it up, which has nothing to do with anything except lazin… --- ## ["Florida Schools Will Teach How Slavery Brought ‘Personal Benefit’ to Black People"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-schools-will-teach-how-slavery-brought-personal-benefit-to-black-people/987304)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-schools-will-teach-how-slavery-brought-personal-benefit-to-black-people/987304 "2023-09-16T13:07:01Z")
Jim Crow is alive and well: In this instance, a small town in Alabama had an archaic and byzantine executive political system that meant mayors were rarely actually elected. A Black resident decided to run for mayor, … --- ## [YouTube history and mouseover on home page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-history-and-mouseover-on-home-page/989954)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-history-and-mouseover-on-home-page/989954 "2023-09-14T23:36:37Z")
I do a lot of browsing on the You Tube home page looking for something interesting to watch. I recently wanted to go back to a channel that I had been watching the prior day but wasn’t getting any recommendations for, s… --- ## [The many, many examples of GOP compassion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582 "2023-09-14T01:54:32Z")
Listen, the GOP does not get a fair shake on this board, and frankly it’s getting a little tiresome. Sure, we disagree on many policies (e.g., should citizens die for lack of basic medical care), but Republicans are not… --- ## [Educational WTF from across the globe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-wtf-from-across-the-globe/989078)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-wtf-from-across-the-globe/989078 "2023-09-13T15:56:36Z")
Because far-right whackos are becoming more involved in education and school administration, I thought a separate thread would be useful. Of course, idiots are of all political stripes, so they can be included here. It d… --- ## [I pit trailers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-trailers/989944)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-trailers/989944 "2023-09-12T19:52:45Z")
OK I’m sure I am not the first or the last old git to pit trailers nowadays But seriously WTF is wrong with people (or the film industry) that they need every last plot twist laid out in the fucking trailer. Case in po… --- ## [Confederate Battle Streamers for US Army units](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-battle-streamers-for-us-army-units/969880)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-battle-streamers-for-us-army-units/969880 "2023-09-12T14:45:48Z")
WTF? I just checked my E-mail and got this report from Military.com. Honestly, I’d never heard of this. Here’s the meat of the matter: The chair of the national panel, retired Navy Admiral Michelle J. Howard, has notif… --- ## ["How does the mirror know the ball is there?" Oh my God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-mirror-know-the-ball-is-there-oh-my-god/989224)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-mirror-know-the-ball-is-there-oh-my-god/989224 "2023-09-12T13:49:50Z")
Recently a video has appeared in my Facebook feed in which someone expresses amazement at how mirrors work. Here is an equivalent video: I say “Equivalent” because the one I keep seeing involves a tennis … --- ## [Houston to convert school libraries into "discipline centers"!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-to-convert-school-libraries-into-discipline-centers/987710)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-to-convert-school-libraries-into-discipline-centers/987710 "2023-09-06T00:43:26Z")
THIS IS BARBARIC!!! BARBARIC!! We are entering a new Dark Age. The Houston Independent School District, the largest in Texas and the eighth-largest in the United States, will eliminate librarian positions in 28 school… --- ## [Is Mexico ISIS farm league? Or maybe the other way around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mexico-isis-farm-league-or-maybe-the-other-way-around/704055)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mexico-isis-farm-league-or-maybe-the-other-way-around/704055 "2023-09-05T16:05:23Z")
So wait, a Mexican Mayor ordered police to abduct and kill a bus full of 40+ teaching students at which point the cops handed them over to a local gang who killed them all, burned their bodies in a tire fire and dumped t… --- ## [Pitting nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-nearwildheaven/961176)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-nearwildheaven/961176 "2023-09-04T23:06:37Z")
Well, it’s a good thing he didn’t get the job anyway and she didn’t suffer any humiliation from doing so! She sure showed him, didn’t she? Body language, huh? Maybe take this to the thread about “things I believe with n… --- ## [Health insurance won't pay, because no one knows how to bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-wont-pay-because-no-one-knows-how-to-bill/989372)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-wont-pay-because-no-one-knows-how-to-bill/989372 "2023-09-02T12:25:02Z")
So i made an appointment at Walgreens to get an RSV vaccine. I got there, and they said they couldn’t bill my insurance. Does my insurance not cover it (in which case I’m willing to pay) or does it just not cover it her… --- ## [Severe Hijack, about US borders, moved to pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-hijack-about-us-borders-moved-to-pit/988949)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 418\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-hijack-about-us-borders-moved-to-pit/988949 "2023-08-30T19:26:58Z")
What, even at the border? --- ## [Trumps motorcade for getting booked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077 "2023-08-30T04:24:03Z")
This is ridiculous, and Trump is as well, so I assume best for the PIT. My count is 12 emergency vehicles. Cop cars an Ambulance and some other large vehicle. Of course we KNOW that Trump did not spend a … --- ## [Now that the Obamas finally have had their portraits unveiled, who should paint Trump's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215 "2023-08-30T03:43:37Z")
In a ceremony yesterday, the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unveiled – many years after the time they would traditionally have been unveiled. But there’s no way that Trump would have done such a thi… --- ## [Shop class no no’s Shorts, long hair and giant prosthetic boobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-class-no-no-s-shorts-long-hair-and-giant-prosthetic-boobs/971773)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 707\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-class-no-no-s-shorts-long-hair-and-giant-prosthetic-boobs/971773 "2023-08-30T01:19:55Z")
Distractingly large prosthetic boobs on a trans shop teacher who also wears shorts and long hair wig while teaching high schoolers how to use power tools. Seems like an accident waiting to happen. --- ## [This organization says that sheriffs are the final arbiters of law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-organization-says-that-sheriffs-are-the-final-arbiters-of-law/988901)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-organization-says-that-sheriffs-are-the-final-arbiters-of-law/988901 "2023-08-28T23:32:43Z")
I’d heard that this this belief was popular among the far-right before, but now it’s organized. The numbers and influence described here are chilling. “Over the last five years, the group has hosted trainings, rallies, s… --- ## [Crank fights - now that's entertainment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crank-fights-now-thats-entertainment/988864)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crank-fights-now-thats-entertainment/988864 "2023-08-28T18:35:31Z")
Two beauts have broken out. In one corner of the antivax ring we have Karen Kingston, Pfizer “whistleblower” who accuses mRNA vaccine “inventor” Robert Malone of being part of a CIA plot to assassinate her. While denyin… --- ## [Oh yes, Tennessee, tell me again how the problem is trans care and drag queens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723 "2023-08-27T14:47:41Z")
There are some things I love about living here in Tenses, particularly in Nashville. I’ve made wonderful friends here. The food is delicious. The community that I live in is both culturally diverse and some of the mo… --- ## [Bad Ju-July (monthly mini-rants) \[Old\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 376\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411 "2023-08-23T08:58:04Z")
Continuing the discussion from June Bugs (monthly mini-rants): At my work, one of my customers came to me saying that her laptop won’t turn on. It didn’t die because the battery was dead, it was charged, it just decide… --- ## [Pitting society’s lack of concern over the crisis in pediatric infectious disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-society-s-lack-of-concern-over-the-crisis-in-pediatric-infectious-disease/975464)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-society-s-lack-of-concern-over-the-crisis-in-pediatric-infectious-disease/975464 "2023-08-22T01:39:32Z")
Flashback fairly early days of Covid. There was fairly decent evidence that children were not very effective spreaders of Covid and zero solid evidence that closing schools was very effective at reducing its spread. But … --- ## [Ivana Trump's Body Lies a-Moulderin' in the Grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trumps-body-lies-a-moulderin-in-the-grave/988566)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trumps-body-lies-a-moulderin-in-the-grave/988566 "2023-08-21T13:25:31Z")
… and the Grave is a-Moulderin’ on top of Her: --- ## [When Republicans finally accept that climate change is real, how will they blame Democrats for it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-republicans-finally-accept-that-climate-change-is-real-how-will-they-blame-democrats-for-it/987043)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-republicans-finally-accept-that-climate-change-is-real-how-will-they-blame-democrats-for-it/987043 "2023-08-19T21:21:04Z")
I have no doubt that it will eventually happen but I’m curious what twisted logic they will use to do it. --- ## [I Took a Wild Guess about Why Some Psycho Fatally Shot an Eight Year Old Girl...AND I WAS RIGHT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204 "2023-08-15T00:36:07Z")
Murders are almost routine in Chicago, let’s be honest, but this one had people shaking their heads. A man shot an eight year old girl to death. The girl’s father who was there tackled the shooter and shot him in the fa… --- ## [Pitting Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cartooniverse/962157)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cartooniverse/962157 "2023-08-14T20:26:24Z")
Cartooniverse is a racist fuck. In the Will Smith Oscar thread he said this, There are some truths at play here. Pointing them out would get me permanently banned. I would encourage one and all to Google who the Pro… --- ## [Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, 2018 October 27](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synagogue-shooting-in-pittsburgh-2018-october-27/823600)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synagogue-shooting-in-pittsburgh-2018-october-27/823600 "2023-08-02T17:20:44Z")
I’m just so angry. Shooting up a synagogue? What exactly is this supposed to help? Death toll at 10 so far. --- ## [Sears Repair Direct? I'd rather take the next OceanGate ride](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sears-repair-direct-id-rather-take-the-next-oceangate-ride/987372)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sears-repair-direct-id-rather-take-the-next-oceangate-ride/987372 "2023-07-31T21:12:29Z")
At least that would be quick. We had our over repaired under warranty - or at least tried to. The technician missed the service call and came the next week. He couldn’t finish the repair because of supply shortage. N… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=24)