# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=235 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 236 --- ## [Sarah Palin exposed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-exposed/596425)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-exposed/596425 "2011-09-23T20:35:19Z")
Since the Elections thread on this was closed, and I probably couldn’t have said this in there anyway: fuck you, you self-righteous, moralizing, right-wing harpy. McGinniss has exposed you for what you are: a lying, gr… --- ## [I pit facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-facebook/596732)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-facebook/596732 "2011-09-23T17:27:21Z")
I use facebook as a way to keep in touch with my friends only, I have less than 4 friends on facebook who aren’t people I know personally. It has been very useful to organize my friends for events by just posting up on … --- ## [Fuck You Ubuntu...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ubuntu/454098)
**Author:** [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ubuntu/454098 "2011-09-22T23:05:46Z")
I’m so fucking angry I could spit. I am so goddamned tired of these USELESS Linux apologists trying to get everyone to fucking switch to Ubuntu so we can all share in their misery. How many times do I have to read an art… --- ## [OK. I give up. Why all the hate on Guinastasia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-why-all-the-hate-on-guinastasia/596654)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-why-all-the-hate-on-guinastasia/596654 "2011-09-22T20:30:30Z")
Inspired by this I’ve been on the Dope for a long time now, but I guess I’m just not quick enough or something. Why does everyone hate on Guin all the time? She’s like the Meg Griffin of the Straight Dope. I know she… --- ## [It's shit like this FOX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-shit-like-this-fox/597051)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-shit-like-this-fox/597051 "2011-09-22T17:08:55Z")
FOX News had the following headline yesterday: Impeached President Says Global Warming Deniers Embarrass America The link above is to a screen shot of the headline. I offer that because I have no interest in driving t… --- ## [Tea Party congressman only has 400k leftover!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-congressman-only-has-400k-leftover/596826)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-congressman-only-has-400k-leftover/596826 "2011-09-22T16:49:38Z")
Poor Poor fucking Baby. No I don’t have a link, Find it your damn self. One of the Congressman Tea baggers was just on CNN discussing Obama’s to be unveiled tax hikes on the “job creators”. Turns out, that after he pays… --- ## [Fuck FEMA? Yeah, maybe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-fema-yeah-maybe/597100)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-fema-yeah-maybe/597100 "2011-09-21T20:28:51Z")
Love me some FML. Read this one, and had to post in here. Is FEMA really Making recipients of emergency funds after Katrina fully repay them or face debt collection? Apparently so. So, fuck you FEMA. --- ## ["Against abortion? Then don't have one!" is a totally confused line.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/against-abortion-then-dont-have-one-is-a-totally-confused-line/548514)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/against-abortion-then-dont-have-one-is-a-totally-confused-line/548514 "2011-09-21T19:29:29Z")
(Just in case anyone thinks I’m making a straw man argument, here’s some evidence that I’m not) I support legalized abortion, but lines like “if you don’t support abortion, don’t have one” are completely confused. To ha… --- ## [An interesting thought about science denialists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-thought-about-science-denialists/595940)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-thought-about-science-denialists/595940 "2011-09-21T17:20:17Z")
Something just hit me about those who deny scientific advancements that they disagree with, find unintuitive, or just don’t like. Creationists. Climate denialists. HIV/AIDS denialists. Germ Theory denialists. The whole b… --- ## [Joe Arpaio forms "posse" to investigate Obama birth certificate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-arpaio-forms-posse-to-investigate-obama-birth-certificate/596956)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-arpaio-forms-posse-to-investigate-obama-birth-certificate/596956 "2011-09-21T16:10:56Z")
Here’s the story: http://gawker.com/5841963/americas-sheriff-assembles-elite-team-of-five-to-investigate-obama-birth-certificate Glad to see “America’s Sheriff” is using taxpayer money wisely by beating a dead horse. --- ## [I pit the morons who applaud people be executed in Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539 "2011-09-21T05:14:22Z")
\*being executed in Texas Ok, I know I’m a little late on this pitting, but not many things get me as upset as this, and it’s time I got this off my chest. Let me just put out there that I am politically opposed to the … --- ## [I hereby pit the gang of hypocritical deniers "debating" GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-the-gang-of-hypocritical-deniers-debating-gigobuster/595281)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 554\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-the-gang-of-hypocritical-deniers-debating-gigobuster/595281 "2011-09-21T00:42:42Z")
GD thread. So come on down, Magiver brazil84 The Other Waldo Pepper Blake ralph124c \[et. al\] GIGO is far to much of a gentleman to pit this gang of obnoxious assholes, even tho they so richly deserve it, so I’ll … --- ## [Do fast food managers use randomization software when scheduling workers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fast-food-managers-use-randomization-software-when-scheduling-workers/596568)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fast-food-managers-use-randomization-software-when-scheduling-workers/596568 "2011-09-20T21:29:44Z")
“Can you drive me to work?” “I looked at the schedule you posted in the kitchen and you don’t work today.” “That was last week’s schedule. I work from one to seven today and two to eight tomorrow. The next day I work… --- ## [Mild pittage - those "Airblade" hand dryers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pittage-those-airblade-hand-dryers/596300)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pittage-those-airblade-hand-dryers/596300 "2011-09-20T16:45:40Z")
You know, those “upside down” hand dryers that have a slot in the top that you stick your hands into. Which moron came up with them? (I’ll tell you, it was this moron.) With a normal hand dryer, the air blows the water … --- ## [FBI Teaches Agents: 'Mainstream' Muslims Are 'Violent, Radical'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-teaches-agents-mainstream-muslims-are-violent-radical/596367)
**Author:** [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-teaches-agents-mainstream-muslims-are-violent-radical/596367 "2011-09-20T00:27:21Z")
“The FBI is teaching its counterterrorism agents that ‘main stream’ \[sic\] American Muslims are likely to be terrorist sympathizers; that the Prophet Mohammed was a ‘cult leader’; and that the Islamic practice of givin… --- ## [HDTV = The Airbox Corvette Commercial Channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hdtv-the-airbox-corvette-commercial-channel/596292)
**Author:** [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hdtv-the-airbox-corvette-commercial-channel/596292 "2011-09-19T16:47:34Z")
WTF is it with this channel? Can’t they sell their own airtime? They show the same commercials over and over again at every break - and 90% of them are for HDTV - either “Mecum Auto Auction” (YAWN) or that goddamned 3-mi… --- ## [CVS mail order insurance bastards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cvs-mail-order-insurance-bastards/596352)
**Author:** [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cvs-mail-order-insurance-bastards/596352 "2011-09-19T15:17:34Z")
So I just got on my husband’s insurance plan after retiring. We both take the same drug everyday for HBP but his is twice the dosage mine is. The plan demands you order by mail if you want a 90 day scrip. So I go thru th… --- ## [Hire people who are smart enough not to burn popcorn in a microwave oven.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2011, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785 "2011-09-19T09:05:03Z")
HIRE PEOPLE WHO ARE SMART ENOUGH NOT TO BURN POPCORN IN A MICROWAVE OVEN. Crap. Busted. Sorry. --- ## [A poll non-poll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-non-poll/595120)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-non-poll/595120 "2011-09-19T01:59:15Z")
Do you have to poll every stupid fucking thing you ever thought of? It totally clogs new posts up. Option 2: blow me. --- ## [Fuck everything about this ("Congress contemplates draconian punishment for Internet lies.")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-everything-about-this-congress-contemplates-draconian-punishment-for-internet-lies/596541)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-everything-about-this-congress-contemplates-draconian-punishment-for-internet-lies/596541 "2011-09-18T13:40:30Z")
From The Wall Street Journal: It really is worth reading the whole article. It cites real examples that show the above is far from unimaginable. I am at a loss for words. With this in place surfing the internet woul… --- ## [Cheneys book comes out and he was right, every one else wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857 "2011-09-18T00:25:52Z")
I don’t know if Great Debates is the place for this, but Cheney does cause a lot of heat. Cheney’s book has come out , Condi was in over her head. Powell was not a team player and was forced out. The war in Iraq was f… --- ## [An Open Letter to Paul Krugman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-paul-krugman/596105)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-paul-krugman/596105 "2011-09-17T18:59:52Z")
In response to this: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/the-years-of-shame/ It’s kind of hard to find the words on this one. This one just hurts me. It hurts me in ways that I didn’t think some asshole pund… --- ## [What the fuck, Bank of America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-bank-of-america/596163)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-bank-of-america/596163 "2011-09-17T06:22:28Z")
I happened to call Bank of America about a change in my homeowner insurance. While discussing this change the CS happens to notice that I am $3000 in arrears. WHAT? What in the hell are you talking about? There must be s… --- ## [Elbows, Come on down and finish this off. (weird guy at gym thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elbows-come-on-down-and-finish-this-off-weird-guy-at-gym-thread/595452)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elbows-come-on-down-and-finish-this-off-weird-guy-at-gym-thread/595452 "2011-09-17T05:37:15Z")
This is only in the Pit since it is a continuation of a closed thread, so don’t expect venom and vitriol. Restate the last post: Okay, I did. I asked my wife, Nashiitashii. She was never groped, or assaulted during he… --- ## [Fuck PayPal…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-paypal/596164)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-paypal/596164 "2011-09-16T20:47:37Z")
I was checking my credit card statement last night when I discovered an unpleasant surprise… A $999.99 charge to PayPal in California… WTF!!! I never use PayPal, well rarely, the last purchase through them was at leas… --- ## [Nice salaries!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-salaries/596391)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-salaries/596391 "2011-09-16T18:04:40Z")
Wow. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44530009/ns/business-world\_business/?gt1=43001 Cutting 3500 jobs saves 2.3 billion dollars! That’s nearly $660,000 per employee! Damn those Swiss pay well! Reminds me of a company I … --- ## [University climate research accounts used for travel, PR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-climate-research-accounts-used-for-travel-pr/596412)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-climate-research-accounts-used-for-travel-pr/596412 "2011-09-16T16:52:31Z")
Well, at least that’s what the headline says. University climate research accounts used for PR, travel, wining and dining: records If you’re looking for evidence of those evil climate change researchers misusing money … --- ## [Scientology = load of crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-load-of-crap/944)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-load-of-crap/944 "2011-09-15T20:53:32Z")
The teachings of the “church” of $cientology are a load of crap and L. Ron Hubbard was a deranged drug addict of the highest order. If any of you S. Dopers are scientologists, you are a brainwashed idiot and I bash your … --- ## [I'm just so fucking.....angry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-so-fucking-angry/458743)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-so-fucking-angry/458743 "2011-09-15T20:50:39Z")
It’s not one thing, it’s every. fucking. thing. The house is a mess, the lawn needs mowed, the bills need to be paid, the car needs to be fixed, the child needs to go to the dentist, the husband is sick…ad infinitum…and… --- ## [Gay Love \> Terrorism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-love-terrorism/596054)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-love-terrorism/596054 "2011-09-15T05:13:33Z")
A noted Okie \[del\]state legislator\[/del\] bitch is at it again. I’d like to say something positive about Oklahoma politics and beliefs but it’s just not possible. The state GOP mimics the worst of the national policy: Hom… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=236)