# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=3 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [JD Vance, Usha Vance, and Erika Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-usha-vance-and-erika-kirk/1024527)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-usha-vance-and-erika-kirk/1024527 "2026-07-24T05:01:59Z")
This may shock you, but MAGA is not terribly fond of brown people or non-Christians even when they have republican/MAGA cred. For example, Vivek Ramaswamy, a recent republican presidential candidate and candidate for gov… --- ## [Firehouse Subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firehouse-subs/1027532)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firehouse-subs/1027532 "2026-07-22T19:07:00Z")
The following is a letter I have tried to sent to Firehouse Subs headquarters but I don’t know if I succeeded as companies do not make it easy to sent them letters- Today, February 9, 2026, I stopped at the local Fireho… --- ## [Trump compared to Roman Emperor Commodus (180–192 CE) or other megalomaniacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-compared-to-roman-emperor-commodus-180-192-ce-or-other-megalomaniacs/1030881)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-compared-to-roman-emperor-commodus-180-192-ce-or-other-megalomaniacs/1030881 "2026-07-21T02:07:31Z")
One of my favorite YouTube programs is “Tasting History” with Max Miller. His most recent show was about the last meal of Emperor Commodus. You may remember this emperor from the first Gladiator movie. He was played b… --- ## [Only speak good of the dead. Lindsey Graham is dead. Good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619)
**Author:** [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619 "2026-07-19T00:02:34Z")
Fuck that dood. --- ## [Trade Trump for Iranian Concessions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622)
**Author:** [@Yosh99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosh99)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622 "2026-07-18T18:50:42Z")
The Iranians have put a bounty on Donald Trump and I suppose from their point of view consider him a war criminal responsible for the assassination of their leaders. I wonder if they’d consider a guarantee to keep Hormu… --- ## [It's No Pit yet of the captain of the Concordia? Allow me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-pit-yet-of-the-captain-of-the-concordia-allow-me/610089)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-no-pit-yet-of-the-captain-of-the-concordia-allow-me/610089 "2026-07-17T03:59:01Z")
Jeez, what a scuzz ball. He runs the ship onto rocks while buzzing too close to an island to “salute” a pal on shore. He didn’t use the ship’s navigation system, he navigated by eye because he “knew the waters well.” … --- ## [Meta Glasses Protest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meta-glasses-protest/1031687)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meta-glasses-protest/1031687 "2026-07-16T04:07:45Z")
I must be one of those people “living under a rock” the articles speak about, because I haven’t seen any of the influencer Kylie Jenner ads for the Meta eyeglasses. But they’ve got people so stirred up, it has caused the… --- ## [People defending Graham Platner are pathetic and intellectually bankrupt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-defending-graham-platner-are-pathetic-and-intellectually-bankrupt/1030839)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 589\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-defending-graham-platner-are-pathetic-and-intellectually-bankrupt/1030839 "2026-07-15T18:00:34Z")
Go ahead and say you should vote for him because 1 more in the senate is more important than a Nazi tattoo, that’s defensible. However, there are many people in P&E saying “oh no, that’s not a totenkopf, that’s just a s… --- ## [I pit posters who know and like bands that I don't know and like!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543 "2026-07-15T04:01:13Z")
Author’s note: The following rant is satire-like,…and not meant to be taken entirely seriously. While I do hold the actual view and opinions of this rant (so I would not call it trolling), I have attempted to put it in … --- ## [The SIH (Suffer in Hell) Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sih-suffer-in-hell-thread/1000217)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sih-suffer-in-hell-thread/1000217 "2026-07-13T03:54:30Z")
When someone really awful but also really famous dies, they get rightfully roasted in their RIP thread. But sometimes someone doesn’t quite breach the level of fame that earns a personal thread, and yet fully deserve a … --- ## [Jared Kushner - Deserves his own Pitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-deserves-his-own-pitting/1030544)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-deserves-his-own-pitting/1030544 "2026-07-12T21:42:49Z")
Corrupt, follows in dad’s business practices, Prince Bonesaw enabler, and now enemy of the environment for the rich. Plenty more stories can be added. --- ## [Finally, new columns for the White House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-new-columns-for-the-white-house/1031587)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-new-columns-for-the-white-house/1031587 "2026-07-11T22:23:27Z")
This little presser has to be the most infuriating one I’ve ever seen. The asshole just won’t let Biden go. He’s trying to get them to laugh along with him :grimacing: Michael Steele tears into Trump’s newest White Hous… --- ## [Anti-vaxxers are ignorant scumbags that kill children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 1715\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626 "2026-07-11T03:12:39Z")
Recently had an episode of this pop up on a friends Facebook, he was sensibly calling them idiots and some genuine anti-vaxxers popped up and tried and peddle their bullshit. Holy crap, the level of willfull ignorance a… --- ## [People who "forget" their babies in the car on a hot day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-forget-their-babies-in-the-car-on-a-hot-day/691248)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 391\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-forget-their-babies-in-the-car-on-a-hot-day/691248 "2026-07-10T09:50:49Z")
Maybe it’s really obvious to those of you who have children that I don’t, but you will NEVER convince me that those are usually accidents. :mad: I really think that the people who do this are sick of caring for the baby… --- ## [Fireworks (and meds) drove me over the edge last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-and-meds-drove-me-over-the-edge-last-night/1031459)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-and-meds-drove-me-over-the-edge-last-night/1031459 "2026-07-07T21:34:23Z")
A purely personal rant, having nothing to do with the board or any posts here, or a complaint about the state of the world. But I need to vent. First, at the best of times I now have chronic insomnia. No matter what I d… --- ## [Declaration of Independence -- Grievances against George III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declaration-of-independence-grievances-against-george-iii/1031431)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declaration-of-independence-grievances-against-george-iii/1031431 "2026-07-07T14:16:24Z")
At our town’s semiquincentennial Fourth of July celebration they read out the Declaration of Independence. I admit I haven’t read this in ages. One thing that struck me quite forcibly was the list of grievances against K… --- ## [The argument that Trump will do whatever he wants and no one can stop him is really fucking boring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 1638\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527 "2026-07-06T22:03:27Z")
Wasn’t sure about whether to put this in ATMB or the Pit but since I feel like swearing the pit it is. How can Trump get around the 14th Amendment? He doesn’t need to he has absolute power and can do whatever he wants. … --- ## [Mild Pitting of Beck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 1428\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691 "2026-07-06T21:02:15Z")
Over in CS, Beckdawreck is engaging in what I can only describe as “hotdish trutherism”; I.e., she asserts that Tim Walz must be lying about being a championship-winning hotdish cook, because he doesn’t “look” like he co… --- ## [Fuck the leftist purists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-leftist-purists/1030485)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 352\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-leftist-purists/1030485 "2026-07-05T18:22:39Z")
As I sit here and read various forums on this site and on other sites, I can’t help but notice that one group is pretty much denied blame for the shit show that we are currently living. To all of you to the left of, say… --- ## [Spineless, gutless Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spineless-gutless-republicans/1015402)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spineless-gutless-republicans/1015402 "2026-07-03T00:44:48Z")
The Republicans, I feel, don’t get nearly enough vitriol for the way they’ve not only fallen in line behind their emperor, but also for how they’ve been enthusiastically polishing his knob every chance they get. He could… --- ## [Blue June... (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520 "2026-07-01T07:39:17Z")
Continuing the discussion from What Rants May Come (Monthly Mini-Rants): :notes:…“You saw me ranting alone”…:notes: I’m planning a trip in the beginning of September to Nevada to spend a week in Vegas and also see my w… --- ## [Trump dishonors the Medal Of Honor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-dishonors-the-medal-of-honor/1031236)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-dishonors-the-medal-of-honor/1031236 "2026-06-30T01:27:33Z")
The Internet Slams Donald Trump For ‘Ruining’ Medal Of Honor Mo… First, he tells bad jokes during what is supposed to be a solemn ceremony. Then, he can’t figure out how a simple clasp works so he ties the ribbons toge… --- ## [This is why we can't have nice things: asshole tourists in Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-asshole-tourists-in-japan/1002391)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-asshole-tourists-in-japan/1002391 "2026-06-28T14:18:15Z")
Japan is struggling to deal with tourists who know no bounds of propriety. One small town has been overwhelmed with people who come to take a picture of mount Fuji with a specific convenience store in the foreground. Th… --- ## [Pitting Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 1133\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074 "2026-06-26T22:29:26Z")
Just pay the goddamn tip or don’t use the service you cheapass piece of shit. Don’t start a whole thread just to try and justify screwing over delivery drivers because they’re the only people you can screw. Funny how … --- ## [Goddam orange haired-idiot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-orange-haired-idiot/1031063)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-orange-haired-idiot/1031063 "2026-06-25T06:16:53Z")
Fucking goddam idiot Trump ! Everything he does is raising my blood pressure high enough to spin a turbine! If you stuck a generator up my ass, I could solve the energy crisis! He has the demeanor of jizzed-in mashed … --- ## [More attacks on the Dept. or Education](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-attacks-on-the-dept-or-education/1030949)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-attacks-on-the-dept-or-education/1030949 "2026-06-17T23:06:36Z")
The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education. We are doomed Todd Blanche will be in charge of civil r… --- ## [The cost of the war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cost-of-the-war/1030853)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cost-of-the-war/1030853 "2026-06-14T20:15:46Z")
I keep hearing “one billion dollars a day”. Is this a billion on top of what gets spent anyway? The guys get paid no matter where they are plus extra for being in a warzone and, as long as there is no fighting, the ships… --- ## [Kim Davis asks Supreme Court to overturn gay marriage ruling of 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-davis-asks-supreme-court-to-overturn-gay-marriage-ruling-of-2015/1021943)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 357\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-davis-asks-supreme-court-to-overturn-gay-marriage-ruling-of-2015/1021943 "2026-06-11T19:08:06Z")
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who was sanctioned for refusing to grant same-sex marriage licenses some years ago, is now petitioning the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark ruling that legalized same… --- ## [Sorting through Medicare: what a fucking pain in the motherfucking ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorting-through-medicare-what-a-fucking-pain-in-the-motherfucking-ass/1030437)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorting-through-medicare-what-a-fucking-pain-in-the-motherfucking-ass/1030437 "2026-06-11T08:46:35Z")
No question here (or only rhetorical ones). I’M JUST VENTING. I’M GOING THROUGH THIS SHIT NOW WHAT A FPITA Maybe this should be in The Pit? I turn 65 next month. Medicare kicks in on Monday. I have my card, I have m… --- ## [Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 9971\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2026-06-06T16:34:21Z")
I don’t have any trolls to report but we’ve completely lost our last troll thread, so I’m hoping we can start again with a new one while the old one devolves into the same group of people bickering. If you see any actua… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=4)