# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=74 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 75 --- ## [You thought Trump Twittering was bad: welcome FEMA Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-trump-twittering-was-bad-welcome-fema-trump/821370)
**Author:** [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-trump-twittering-was-bad-welcome-fema-trump/821370 "2018-09-21T03:37:43Z")
"President Donald Trump may soon be communicating with you directly on your phone — even if you don’t follow him on Twitter. Next Thursday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will do its first test of a system th… --- ## [BPC and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad work trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bpc-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-work-trip/819800)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bpc-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-work-trip/819800 "2018-09-20T23:21:01Z")
This is a long one, so buckle up. Monday morning. 4AM. Trains to the airport aren’t running, so I have to wake up at 4AM, catch a bus, and catch a plane at 7AM so I can be at a seminar in Cologne by 10PM. I’m traveling … --- ## [Good riddance to bad rubbish (Scott Tucker sentenced)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-riddance-to-bad-rubbish-scott-tucker-sentenced/821454)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-riddance-to-bad-rubbish-scott-tucker-sentenced/821454 "2018-09-19T13:19:11Z")
Scott Tucker, payday lending millionaire and all-around jerk, is going to jail, hurray! https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article193241289.html --- ## [Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-answers-to-stupid-questions/821425)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-answers-to-stupid-questions/821425 "2018-09-18T19:52:27Z")
Making some “life changes” and selling off a bunch of shit. The ads are pretty straight-forward, English, reasonable well written. The items are high quality and priced accordingly. Words and phrases like,\* “I don’t tex… --- ## [New York Times hires unapologetic racist writer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-hires-unapologetic-racist-writer/819086)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 1094\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-hires-unapologetic-racist-writer/819086 "2018-09-18T13:50:10Z")
Excellent column by Andrew Sullivan. When Racism Is Fit To Print This is absolutely appalling. If a white person wrote identical tweets but replaced “white” with any other racial group like #cancelblackpeople, they wou… --- ## [Christians opposed to social justice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-opposed-to-social-justice/821052)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-opposed-to-social-justice/821052 "2018-09-18T13:23:36Z")
WWJD? 4,400 Pastors Have Signed John MacArthur’s Anti-Social Justice Proclamation. More proof of humans’ ability to use religion to justify any sort of hatred. But it’s an epidemic in America. --- ## [is this dillards ad offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-dillards-ad-offensive/821260)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-dillards-ad-offensive/821260 "2018-09-17T04:32:45Z")
heres the front page www.dillards.com …scroll down under the makeup ad to the first sale link ………… after the “hot chick " discussion it bothers me … what says the dope ……… am I overreacting or is” homecoming hottie" … --- ## [Trump \*celebrates\* 9/11 anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-celebrates-9-11-anniversary/821168)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-celebrates-9-11-anniversary/821168 "2018-09-16T18:38:18Z")
And I mean CELEBRATES. Look at the pic at the link - he is PUMPED over this occasion. 9/11, fuck yeah! is his clear attitude. Good Lord. --- ## [The weather here in the DMV orally pleasures various reproductive organs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071)
**Author:** [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071 "2018-09-15T15:35:31Z")
Nothing more than rain, rain, and more rain. I was going to go out and exercise; I had to go to the gym, instead. It’s gonna rain all week, too. Damn. --- ## [If Kavanaugh gets in and Roe v. Wade is overturned, what do you think that will look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-kavanaugh-gets-in-and-roe-v-wade-is-overturned-what-do-you-think-that-will-look-like/821031)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-kavanaugh-gets-in-and-roe-v-wade-is-overturned-what-do-you-think-that-will-look-like/821031 "2018-09-15T02:31:37Z")
I just can’t imagine it. Seriously, I just can’t. I’m way past the point of ever needing one, but I’m literally shaking just thinking about this. I honestly don’t know if the shaking is fear or anger or both. --- ## [Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative Party: Another Clusterfuck in the Making?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-fords-progressive-conservative-party-another-clusterfuck-in-the-making/818758)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-fords-progressive-conservative-party-another-clusterfuck-in-the-making/818758 "2018-09-14T17:27:14Z")
As a follow-up to the Ford Nation II election thread, this is a watchdog thread for all the shit that this recently-elected maroon will be up to. Obviously this Ontario Premier’s a Trump wannabe, just like Prime Ministe… --- ## [Bigoted Jackass is One of the Few, the Proud...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigoted-jackass-is-one-of-the-few-the-proud/748048)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigoted-jackass-is-one-of-the-few-the-proud/748048 "2018-09-14T15:50:49Z")
but he’s no longer a Marine! From the linked article: Good job, USMC Recruiting Command! I’d love to see the correspondence (especially the separation document) relating to the separation. --- ## [Terrorist scum, FUCK OFF!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-scum-fuck-off/821153)
**Author:** [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorist-scum-fuck-off/821153 "2018-09-13T23:33:01Z")
Yes, on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, I’m Pitting all terrorists, past and present. I don’t just mean Arabic extremists pretending to be Muslim, either. I mean ALL terrorism. This includes KKK, neo-Nazi, alt-ri… --- ## [I never want to see another drop of rain again in my LIFE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-want-to-see-another-drop-of-rain-again-in-my-life/821065)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-want-to-see-another-drop-of-rain-again-in-my-life/821065 "2018-09-12T15:22:34Z")
Or how I spent the day bailing out the basement, by Guinastasia. Western PA is under a flood watch, and as our storm drain seems to have clogged up, water is filling up our basement. Not a huge deal, as it’s only a few… --- ## [Do you consider the POTUS Donald Trump as a loose cannon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-potus-donald-trump-as-a-loose-cannon/820919 "2018-09-11T16:44:37Z")
Perhaps SD is the wrong place to question President Trump’s mental state of mind, but I just wanted to know what the numbers look like. In the days of sail, naval vessels mounted cannon carefully and purposefully rigged… --- ## [Democractic leaders appear on stage with Louis Farrakhan. MSM silent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democractic-leaders-appear-on-stage-with-louis-farrakhan-msm-silent/820719)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democractic-leaders-appear-on-stage-with-louis-farrakhan-msm-silent/820719 "2018-09-11T05:08:33Z")
President Bill Clinton and Black Democratic Leaders Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson share stage with avowed racist and Anti Semite Louis Farrakhan. And the Main Stream Media is silent. What if President Trump had appeared … --- ## [My apologies if this is personal for anyone, but "Rory" is a STUPID name!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apologies-if-this-is-personal-for-anyone-but-rory-is-a-stupid-name/821101)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apologies-if-this-is-personal-for-anyone-but-rory-is-a-stupid-name/821101 "2018-09-11T01:02:44Z")
I really am sorry, because I know that someone with the name will read this, and this is about a word, not a person, but I can’t contain this any more. It was bad enough when it was just Rory Kennedy, but THEN along came… --- ## [Privileging religious whiners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privileging-religious-whiners/820850)
**Author:** [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privileging-religious-whiners/820850 "2018-09-09T21:50:19Z")
When your religion is a blatant fake, with documented fake origins, then you simply mentioning that you’re sympathetic to such a farcical load of shit is already a childish joke. When I make fun of your childish “religio… --- ## [Now it's Egypt turn to be the worst human rights abuser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-egypt-turn-to-be-the-worst-human-rights-abuser/821055)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-egypt-turn-to-be-the-worst-human-rights-abuser/821055 "2018-09-09T16:42:39Z")
In case the eventual quashing down of the Arab Spring wasn’t enough, Egypt is now sentencing 75 people to death on trumped-up charges over a 2013 demonstration. Pretty cut and dry here, with not a whole lotta nuance, but… --- ## [You know who else used trains? (ICE rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-else-used-trains-ice-rant/820932)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-else-used-trains-ice-rant/820932 "2018-09-09T04:37:13Z")
Still livid after all these hours. The train comes to a stop in Havre, as it always does. This is number 7, so it stops short of the station because the fuel pumps are on the wrong end of the platform. We sit for about … --- ## [Trump is a threat to our nation, and those who are not actively opposing him are traitors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-a-threat-to-our-nation-and-those-who-are-not-actively-opposing-him-are-traitors/820744)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-a-threat-to-our-nation-and-those-who-are-not-actively-opposing-him-are-traitors/820744 "2018-09-09T01:18:01Z")
Yet another bookconfirms the worst suspicions about Trump: he is a reckless idiot who is going to get lots of people killed eventually. We’ve only avoided bigger catastrophes because his aides literally trick him. --- ## [Congratulations Russia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-russia/821025)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-russia/821025 "2018-09-08T22:30:01Z")
Looks like you are close to succeeding in securing Assad’s place on the throne, by killing the kids of the last few million Syrians not under his thumb (plus a not insignificant portion of the parents as well, of course)… --- ## [How the hell did Al Sharpton becomne the spokesman for the Negro in the US, usurping Jesse Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831)
**Author:** [@Shut\_Up\_Lutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shut_Up_Lutz)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831 "2018-09-08T19:49:00Z")
Not quite sure if this is the right forum, it’s not quite a rant, probably not a great debate, doesn’t involve elections, move if it you wish. Now I know it’s arguable that Sharpton is no longer the spokesman for the Ne… --- ## [Silver lining wins by acclamation! (So who is the SECOND most stupid Doper?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-wins-by-acclamation-so-who-is-the-second-most-stupid-doper/819186)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-wins-by-acclamation-so-who-is-the-second-most-stupid-doper/819186 "2018-09-07T21:52:17Z")
From time-to-time we’ve had nominations for stupidest Doper. I retract all my previous nominations and ask that Silver lining get the nod by acclamation. He’s not an AI — Eliza the Psychiatrist a half-century ago was … --- ## [I'm worried about CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-worried-about-cnn/820800)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-worried-about-cnn/820800 "2018-09-07T13:28:22Z")
(This is probably not pit-worthy, but it’s Trump-related) I’m not a steady regular viewer of CNN – I get most of my news from NPR and PBS – but I do check in on it from time to time. (It’s always on in my work location’… --- ## [Anyone else just getting sick and tired of Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-just-getting-sick-and-tired-of-trump/820818)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-just-getting-sick-and-tired-of-trump/820818 "2018-09-07T02:51:31Z")
His rantings and ravings and his vengeful attitude to hurt others and (to me) placing all that and himself over the job he was Fn elected for. It’s like babysitting a 2 year old that will never ever grow up. --- ## [Gym rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-rants/820674)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-rants/820674 "2018-09-06T20:10:45Z")
Been storing this one up for a while. People sitting on machines playing with phone forever Then when you ask if you can just swap on for a moment, and do a quick set, they reply with “I just have 3 more sets to go” … --- ## [And from the " Slut-Shaming Is The Way We Live, Deep In The Heart of Texas " Department...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-from-the-slut-shaming-is-the-way-we-live-deep-in-the-heart-of-texas-department/819817)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 414\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-from-the-slut-shaming-is-the-way-we-live-deep-in-the-heart-of-texas-department/819817 "2018-09-06T19:54:27Z")
When a Middle School in Houston’s public school district sees fit to adorn the walls with this missive aimed squarely at the girls in the building, you know just how things go down there. In Texas, where girls are appar… --- ## [elucidator, You Are The Ultimate Troll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-you-are-the-ultimate-troll/723162 "2018-09-06T19:24:47Z")
We have both been here a long time. Over the years, while I have posted sometimes lame and stupid shit, and sometimes decent stuff, you have continually posted nothing. You seem to be an intelligent sort, and occasional… --- ## [KY Governor: "Nice health insurance you have there, would be a shame if something happened to it".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-governor-nice-health-insurance-you-have-there-would-be-a-shame-if-something-happened-to-it/817239)
**Author:** [@Gollu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gollu)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-governor-nice-health-insurance-you-have-there-would-be-a-shame-if-something-happened-to-it/817239 "2018-09-05T14:01:23Z")
I can’t even… The sheer spite and vindictiveness of this GOP Governor is just sickening. Governor Bevin demanded that the state institute work requirements as a condition of having Medicaid health insurance. Never mind … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=75)