# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=75 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 76 --- ## [Yet more Catholic priests are rapists? Oh. Say it ain't so.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-catholic-priests-are-rapists-oh-say-it-aint-so/819624)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-catholic-priests-are-rapists-oh-say-it-aint-so/819624 "2018-09-05T00:03:10Z")
Pennsylvania, a breeding ground for Catholic Priest rapists. Yanno… a lot of years ago, Catholic Dopers around here got really all up in arms because I wanted Bernard Cardinal Law to be arrested. They thought I was just… --- ## [Avatar criticism thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453 "2018-09-03T21:50:58Z")
Shit talk individual avatars HERE. Mine, yours, or anyone else’s. Why does mine suck? Why is yours awesome? Why doesn’t rat avatar have a rat for an avatar yet? Ask these questions, and answer them, in this thread. --- ## [Republicans today are a danger to the US and the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-today-are-a-danger-to-the-us-and-the-world/819848)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-today-are-a-danger-to-the-us-and-the-world/819848 "2018-09-02T18:02:06Z")
As a Dutch Canadian immigrant child of the 50s, having been much exposed to the post war atmosphere where talk of the war was still a very regular experience, I came to wonder how Germany could allow itself to commit a… --- ## [Hey Jim's Son? Go fuck yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jims-son-go-fuck-yourself/819355)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jims-son-go-fuck-yourself/819355 "2018-09-02T16:00:14Z")
Better a nutjob than one who smears someone with a debilitating illness. (Hint: protesting a war isn’t “smearing the troops”. Fuck you.) --- ## [Nice to know the Roman Catholic Priests don't have a corner on the market.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-to-know-the-roman-catholic-priests-dont-have-a-corner-on-the-market/820624)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-to-know-the-roman-catholic-priests-dont-have-a-corner-on-the-market/820624 "2018-09-01T21:28:37Z")
Hey, let’s everyone grope a woman’s breast on live television because hey - you’re a Bishop and what the fuck ! Classy move there, Bishop. How exactly would Miss Aretha have taken this? --- ## [The scorching rants of August](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scorching-rants-of-august/818920)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scorching-rants-of-august/818920 "2018-09-01T17:50:40Z")
I have too much to rant on and too little energy to do it. Let me get some tea in me and maybe I’ll try again in a bit … --- ## [Trump threatens to take US out of WTO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-take-us-out-of-wto/820566)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-take-us-out-of-wto/820566 "2018-09-01T05:22:52Z")
BBC story here. I mean this is only the organisation managing the basics of world-wide trade. What could possibly go wrong? If you thought that Brexit was bad then this is really going to make you steam. And Trump is ol… --- ## [The Pentagon's parking lot SUCKS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pentagons-parking-lot-sucks/820506)
**Author:** [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pentagons-parking-lot-sucks/820506 "2018-08-30T22:27:39Z")
I’m stuck out in the N-C section of the lot - way out in the boonies. Why in Hell’s name can’t South Rotary Road be made two-way after 6PM and all day weekends? Also, why is the Eads Street entrance closed to pedestria… --- ## [Hurricane Maria's Puerto Rican death toll may be as high as 8,500](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-marias-puerto-rican-death-toll-may-be-as-high-as-8-500/815090)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-marias-puerto-rican-death-toll-may-be-as-high-as-8-500/815090 "2018-08-29T17:22:29Z")
64 official deaths, my foot. I’ve known that all along, and most of (generic) us have too. A Harvard-sponsored study says the death toll may be as high as 8,500, most of them “excess deaths” resulting from things like … --- ## [Are you fucking kidding us, Mike Pence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fucking-kidding-us-mike-pence/820225)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fucking-kidding-us-mike-pence/820225 "2018-08-28T19:43:06Z")
Go fuck yourself, fucker. Fuck you. Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you. And fuck your fucking GOP cohorts, too. Fuck you all. --- ## [So what would the world complain about if America didn't exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-would-the-world-complain-about-if-america-didnt-exist/820348)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-would-the-world-complain-about-if-america-didnt-exist/820348 "2018-08-28T18:25:44Z")
Honestly very curious, and this isn’t motivated by current events because I remember the Internet of the mid-90’s back when “Everything Is Fine!” Europeans mainly were still talking a shitstorm about the United States. --- ## [Senoy, not a pit, just an ask, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senoy-not-a-pit-just-an-ask-please/820099)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senoy-not-a-pit-just-an-ask-please/820099 "2018-08-25T05:52:46Z")
Senoy, paragraphs are really handy things, especially on a messageboard like this where reading stuff is what we do. Nowadays, I see your posts but my eyes just glaze over mate…because it’s just TOO HARD to read your sw… --- ## [@ HurricaneDitka, what is your opinion about "Truth isn't Truth"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-what-is-your-opinion-about-truth-isnt-truth/819981)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-what-is-your-opinion-about-truth-isnt-truth/819981 "2018-08-24T18:49:57Z")
Since Mr. Ditka asked very politely … … I’ve started a thread for him to discuss the latest Republican meme that “Truth isn’t Truth.” Of course others should feel free to chime in, but I am especially interested in Mr… --- ## [The "piece of trash" corporate citizen awards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piece-of-trash-corporate-citizen-awards/820020)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piece-of-trash-corporate-citizen-awards/820020 "2018-08-24T01:45:29Z")
I hereby nominate Verizon for the 2018 Piece of Trash corporation of the year. They throttled the internet connection of the Santa Clara County Fire Dept. during an active fire. This is a stunning example of “we’ll … --- ## [Grotesque unearthly bad monument.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grotesque-unearthly-bad-monument/818971)
**Author:** [@mrka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrka)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grotesque-unearthly-bad-monument/818971 "2018-08-20T19:30:43Z")
My problem is with Poland. The government there isn’t doing anything about remembering the Polish victims from Auschwitz death camp. We have grotesquely bad and evil as well as ugly monuments to the victims. A heap of … --- ## [Goddammit...Public Finance Reform...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-public-finance-reform/541477)
**Author:** [@lurking\_guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurking_guest)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-public-finance-reform/541477 "2018-08-20T12:03:36Z")
Everybody ‘picks’ their comfortable political party. Liberals. Conservatives. Libertarians. Socialists. WHAT EVVVer. Can we ALL agree that over the last year, our intellects and factual evidences have led us to SE… --- ## [Stupid Black idea of the day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699)
**Author:** [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699 "2018-08-16T05:06:11Z")
So I thought it’d be useful to have a single omnibus thread to collect all the stupid things Black people have said. It was inspired by the “Stupid Republican idea of the day” thread and this exchange including long time… --- ## [Listen, you pigeon bitch!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-you-pigeon-bitch/305571)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-you-pigeon-bitch/305571 "2018-08-15T02:46:28Z")
OK fine, sure. I’m sorta a softy when it comes to animals. But c’mon! Yeah sure, I adopted the cat, and he’s a lazy spoiled mother fucker. Oh, oh, I only eat chicken and tuna. Yeah whatever you stupid little mother fucke… --- ## [Catholic Church Gives Pedo Preists A Second Helping ... er, Chance ... in South America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-church-gives-pedo-preists-a-second-helping-er-chance-in-south-america/731579)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-church-gives-pedo-preists-a-second-helping-er-chance-in-south-america/731579 "2018-08-14T22:54:11Z")
The Catholic Church is up to its old tricks again, posting pedo preists to new parishes, just this time,on another continent. Already, there have been new allegations of abuse. This will go well! --- ## [Melania's parents are now U.S. citizens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melanias-parents-are-now-u-s-citizens/819361)
**Author:** [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melanias-parents-are-now-u-s-citizens/819361 "2018-08-13T16:20:56Z")
Link: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/melania-trumps-parents-sworn-us-citizens-57123484 From the Trump administration’s perspective, what’s the upshot of this? Two more voters? A big F you to the haters? Wh… --- ## [...Trevor Noah.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trevor-noah/818650)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trevor-noah/818650 "2018-08-13T06:05:23Z")
…a few years ago Trevor Noah told a really bad joke. It was a racist joke. It was an offensive joke. Its a problematic joke that played into hurtful stereotypes of a people that have almost nothing left and have been… --- ## [It seems that private prisons are violating the 13th Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-that-private-prisons-are-violating-the-13th-amendment/806980)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-that-private-prisons-are-violating-the-13th-amendment/806980 "2018-08-08T18:27:00Z")
or at least coming close. Class-action lawsuit alleges immigrants are forced to labor in detention PRIVATE PRISON CONTINUES TO SEND ICE DETAINEES TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR REFUSING VOLUNTARY LABOR --- ## [I hope you're next, Tom Price!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-youre-next-tom-price/819276)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-youre-next-tom-price/819276 "2018-08-08T15:18:03Z")
My deep hatred for Tom Price, the former head of the Dept of Health and Human Services who had to resign because he was racking up tens of thousands of dollars in airfare for no reason, is bringing me some joy today. Wh… --- ## [WTF, Colonel Sanders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556 "2018-08-07T19:42:23Z")
Whose decision was it to turn Colonel Sanders into some mindless, redneck football fan? (Loads of contradictions there, I know.) I’ve seen the new commercials, and I’m sure the original Colonel is spinning in his grave. --- ## [Lets shut down the highway, that'll solve all the problems!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577 "2018-08-06T18:25:32Z")
Assfuck activists are going to try to ‘shut down’ Lake Shore Drive in Chicago during a very busy rush hour. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lake-shore-drive-lsd-shut-down-protest-march-489047501.html These clueles… --- ## [Ongoing Snark Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-snark-thread/808668)
**Author:** [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-snark-thread/808668 "2018-08-05T18:16:04Z")
Inspired by a discussion in the Omnibus Trolls R Us thread, this thread could be used for ongoing conversational pitting of the board’s douchebags, turdburglars, twatwaffles and fuckwits of the day when their behavior do… --- ## [The new Doctor Who sonic screwdriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-who-sonic-screwdriver/818411)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-doctor-who-sonic-screwdriver/818411 "2018-08-04T19:38:33Z")
For those who don’t watch Doctor Who, the sonic screwdriver is an acessory carried by The Doctor. It is periodicly redesigned but has always been a linear tube with various embellishments (think about the geegaws added t… --- ## [An Ill Wind blows A-Gust of Mini-Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ill-wind-blows-a-gust-of-mini-rants/818944)
**Author:** [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ill-wind-blows-a-gust-of-mini-rants/818944 "2018-08-01T20:23:37Z")
Ranting that I had to start this :smiley: --- ## [Fotheringay-Phipps: Why do hyoo-mons find humor funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotheringay-phipps-why-do-hyoo-mons-find-humor-funny/818909)
**Author:** [@ScarletNinny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScarletNinny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotheringay-phipps-why-do-hyoo-mons-find-humor-funny/818909 "2018-08-01T16:45:29Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=859613 --- ## [Sean Spicer Threat to Sue AP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-spicer-threat-to-sue-ap/818774)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-spicer-threat-to-sue-ap/818774 "2018-08-01T01:27:20Z")
So the Associated Press, being by all accounts a news organization, reported an event. So far as I am able to determine, their report was factually accurate. That’s the first paragraph. The second paragraph – the one … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=76)