# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=55 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 56 --- ## [Massive library fire in California was arson and building had no sprinklers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-library-fire-in-california-was-arson-and-building-had-no-sprinklers/848196)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-library-fire-in-california-was-arson-and-building-had-no-sprinklers/848196 "2020-02-20T16:30:28Z")
Two firefighters dead; two 13-year-olds are in custody on at least two charges: manslaughter and arson. Some 50 firefighters responded to the blaze in the 67-year-old two-story building in Porterville, about halfway bet… --- ## [Here's what you're up against, Democrats!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-youre-up-against-democrats/848208)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-youre-up-against-democrats/848208 "2020-02-20T07:18:35Z")
Diehard Trump Fans Exposed on Rally Road Trip (12:38 video) finds a producer and a cameraperson embedded with a group of Trump supporters who have hired a bus to take them to a Trump rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Resea… --- ## [Is Betsy DeVos a criminal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-betsy-devos-a-criminal/848169)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-betsy-devos-a-criminal/848169 "2020-02-20T03:33:28Z")
It may well be that DeVos’s principal crime is stupidity. But isn’t it fraud — or at least extreme negligence — to accept a position for which one is so dramatically unqualified? She has surrounded herself with frauds… --- ## [John Solomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-solomon/848177)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-solomon/848177 "2020-02-19T22:09:05Z")
There’s no good omnibus thread to drop this in but here’s the Hill’s article of contrition around their Ukraine “opinion pieces”: They describe what all Solomon did wrong, technically, starting pretty far down the pag… --- ## [The Welfare Queen, Redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welfare-queen-redux/782796)
**Author:** [@OsageOrange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OsageOrange)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welfare-queen-redux/782796 "2020-02-18T21:06:02Z")
I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m getting sick and tired of all poor people getting treated like shit just because they’re poor. Back in the eighties, the myth of the “Welfare Queen” made people start thinking th… --- ## [My fears for my country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fears-for-my-country/847724)
**Author:** [@contradancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contradancer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fears-for-my-country/847724 "2020-02-17T04:39:46Z")
I’m old now, 80 in a couple of years. I lived in villnius, Lithuania less than two years after the Soviets left. I saw that haunted, hollow look in the eyes of the people. I am so afraid of Trump and his sick ideas. … --- ## [margin has the self-awareness of a barnacle.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margin-has-the-self-awareness-of-a-barnacle/847934)
**Author:** [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margin-has-the-self-awareness-of-a-barnacle/847934 "2020-02-16T08:27:36Z")
And he/she is a coward, to boot. Most of the time margin does a passable job of imitating an enemy of ignorance, but the truth has been revealed. Take in this bit of misdirection: This is where. When challenged on … --- ## [Horrific discovery on deceased abortion doctor's property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrific-discovery-on-deceased-abortion-doctors-property/840243)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrific-discovery-on-deceased-abortion-doctors-property/840243 "2020-02-15T06:58:07Z")
Dr. Ulrich Klopfer worked at a clinic that did abortions in South Bend, Indiana until his license was suspended in 2015, and he earlier this month. I have a feeling that this is going to be Dr. Gosnell all over again, a… --- ## [Fuck Rush Limbaugh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-rush-limbaugh/525125)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-rush-limbaugh/525125 "2020-02-13T22:47:56Z")
All you conservatives on this board, Shodan, Starving Artist, you know who you are, come in here and defend this pompous sack of shit. Come on I dare you. Go ahead and stand up for this fat bastard. http://news.yahoo.co… --- ## [Enough with the fucking full moon names!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-full-moon-names/847626)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-full-moon-names/847626 "2020-02-13T02:33:04Z")
Anyone noticed how it is a thing now to have a cute name for every full moon now, often with a “super” tacked on the front? For instance, right now we have a “Super Snow Moon.” Coming later this year are Super Worm Mo… --- ## [A mystery \[Why people accept Trump\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-why-people-accept-trump/847565)
**Author:** [@contradancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contradancer)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-why-people-accept-trump/847565 "2020-02-10T16:43:44Z")
What mind set is it that allows millions of people to seemingly approve of a president who is so obviously mentally ill; who makes bad decisions, and is morally bankrupt?:frowning: --- ## [The Omnibus "Religious Leaders Being Fucking Awful" Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-religious-leaders-being-fucking-awful-thread/835108)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-religious-leaders-being-fucking-awful-thread/835108 "2020-02-09T02:24:54Z")
I don’t like religion. I grew up Catholic, and even for a while after I stopped believing in God, I still had a bit of a soft spot for my old community. That’s pretty much all long gone now. Fuck religion. I mostly crit… --- ## [Is thare any hope of getting rid of Trump? the majority of citizens weren't able to do that.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thare-any-hope-of-getting-rid-of-trump-the-majority-of-citizens-werent-able-to-do-that/847602)
**Author:** [@contradancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contradancer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thare-any-hope-of-getting-rid-of-trump-the-majority-of-citizens-werent-able-to-do-that/847602 "2020-02-08T16:04:15Z")
I’m approaching 80 now and the world I knew (thought I knew) is gone. My children will have to live in it. There is a huge problem here which we can’t define. I’m wondering if he did lose the election what we would do… --- ## [How does America fix broken policing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-america-fix-broken-policing/847532)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-america-fix-broken-policing/847532 "2020-02-06T18:33:53Z")
Most Americans realize that policing in America is broken with minority communities (unless they don’t care or are unaware, a lot of Americans are) What are your solutions? --- ## [Senate Acquits Trump, 53-47! \[satire\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-acquits-trump-53-47-satire/846734)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-acquits-trump-53-47-satire/846734 "2020-02-06T16:08:04Z")
The U.S.Senate has acquitted President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment brought by the House of Representatives. During the impeachment trial, held in the Senate chamber and presided over by Chief Justice Joh… --- ## [Fuck Caucuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-caucuses/847480)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-caucuses/847480 "2020-02-05T07:01:30Z")
This isn’t about the Iowa clusterfuck. That whole mess is a symptom, not the cause. The cause is caucuses. To wit: Despite what you read from the civics-impaired twits on Twitter, there is likely zero reason to think th… --- ## [Fuck meth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-meth/847190)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-meth/847190 "2020-02-05T05:27:24Z")
Sigh. Fuck meth. Formerly cute young woman. Got involved with meth. I took her child two years ago, placed the child with a grandparent. Made all the usual recommendations. Rehab. Counseling. Parenting classes. … --- ## [Modern Manners, aka Standing In The Way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-manners-aka-standing-in-the-way/846681)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-manners-aka-standing-in-the-way/846681 "2020-02-05T04:53:50Z")
I was thinking about a thing today that happened a while back. It was in a MALL, so you know it was back around the time the oceans drank Atlantis. I was on the downstairs portion of the mall, and upon determining I wan… --- ## [Charlie Wayne, are you trolling or just stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wayne-are-you-trolling-or-just-stupid/847020)
**Author:** [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wayne-are-you-trolling-or-just-stupid/847020 "2020-02-02T17:48:08Z")
He started this thread about the Chinese coronavirus asking if people are worried about it. The consensus seems to be that it is a good idea to be aware of the situation, but governments and healthcare workers managed t… --- ## [@Mods -- PLEASE do not BAN Jim Peebles.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-please-do-not-ban-jim-peebles/846620)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-please-do-not-ban-jim-peebles/846620 "2020-02-02T13:00:49Z")
Like many, I lament the lack of Trump defenders on this Board. Perhaps I am to blame, calling Mr. Ditka a “sea lion” (whatever that means) till he went away. We do have octopus and Shodan, but they hardly help: These d… --- ## [After \_many years\_ I return to SDMB to find Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-_many-years_-i-return-to-sdmb-to-find-shodan/846964)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-_many-years_-i-return-to-sdmb-to-find-shodan/846964 "2020-02-01T23:31:37Z")
Engaged in exactly the same arguments. And exactly the same people responding. With exactly the same points. Like seriously. Y’all. Actually for real, just resolve not to reply to Shodan. It’s that simple. --- ## [January's New Mini Rants for a New Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/januarys-new-mini-rants-for-a-new-year/845708)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/januarys-new-mini-rants-for-a-new-year/845708 "2020-02-01T19:58:09Z")
Two skunks were fighting in the back yard. My eyes are burning. It’s so strong that if I try breathing though my mouth I can taste it. The back half of the house is untenable. Apologies for the mediocre title. I was… --- ## [How do you spot socks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spot-socks/847054)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spot-socks/847054 "2020-01-31T18:02:20Z")
I’m not talking about mods, who may have IP addresses or whatnot. Run-of-the-mill SDMB users, I often see accusations that so-and-so is a sock puppet, sometimes with inferences that he is a sock of a particular poster. … --- ## [Hello Universe? Can we get some better Trump defenders on this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-universe-can-we-get-some-better-trump-defenders-on-this-board/845663)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 606\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-universe-can-we-get-some-better-trump-defenders-on-this-board/845663 "2020-01-31T14:05:32Z")
I mean, EasyPhil and Jim Peebles are just mental midgets who don’t even know how to parse the English language, refuse to acknowledge arguments refuting their ridiculous points, post cites to actual Russian propaganda ou… --- ## [Six Imams Ejected for Praying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-imams-ejected-for-praying/381360)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-imams-ejected-for-praying/381360 "2020-01-28T23:18:56Z")
From here, I learn two things: It only takes one moron to screw things up. 63% of the people taking the poll thought the airline did the right thing and 65% think no investigation of the incident is needed. That’s rid… --- ## [Trump's Defense Team Shaping Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-defense-team-shaping-up/846579)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-defense-team-shaping-up/846579 "2020-01-27T21:13:24Z")
For those keeping score, what a murderer’s row we have in the new additions to Trump’s dream legal team for the upcoming Senate trial: -Alan Dershowitz, who luckily ‘kept his underwear on’ for all those massages with Je… --- ## [You tried to kill my dog you horrific, awful person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tried-to-kill-my-dog-you-horrific-awful-person/319047)
**Author:** [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tried-to-kill-my-dog-you-horrific-awful-person/319047 "2020-01-27T18:31:03Z")
Dear bitch from hell, Dating you was one of the worst decisions I’ve ever made in my life. Over the course of our relationship you went from being positive engaging and upbeat, into belittling, bizarrely possesive, lazy… --- ## [Think Texas Gov. Abbott can't go lower? Look out for the backhoe!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-texas-gov-abbott-cant-go-lower-look-out-for-the-backhoe/846822)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-texas-gov-abbott-cant-go-lower-look-out-for-the-backhoe/846822 "2020-01-27T14:20:46Z")
Abbott joins Facebook troll in ignoring citizen in need just to bash Austin. But hey, he got to go to Davos. So proud to have him represent me. --- ## ["I'm kidding!" and/or "Just joking!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kidding-and-or-just-joking/846853)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kidding-and-or-just-joking/846853 "2020-01-27T11:19:41Z")
How many times and how many ways can this excuse be used? What is beyond the pale for “just joking”? And what will Republicans say when Democrats start telling their own “jokes”? This thread is to show examples of Rep… --- ## [Kansas radio station goes full-on Russian Propaganda.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616 "2020-01-26T19:18:44Z")
Six hours a day playing Radio Sputnik. 'Member when the American Right was opposed to a Russian take-over of the US? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=56)